The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-13 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT 0..1L IVA P.

Patrick Lydon, sentenced to death at the lad
Galway emit% for the wilful murder of hie wife, Mary
Lydes, underwent the extreme penalty of the law on the
eraflold is hoot of the county gaol on Tuesday Mr. The
crime for which he .offered was perpetrated nearly .wo von
ago, and the circumstances of It prevent a ("earful Motor/el
criminality. In the liven of 185 d the deceased, Yam
Lydia, then Mary Comeely, preferred • charge of violation
against the priaoser, and infwernaliaal were taken against
him to stand hie trial at the spring soiree of that year.
Lydian, hoverer. In order to save himself from the probable
consequence* of the prosecution, consented to
gamy
the woman, who has been described as •
looariklcfnei girl, twenty-eve ran of age, and thus
ems the prosecution. But from that day for-
te he sever loved her, sad had been heard ',pettedly
attertag threats of veneance against her, and deal*rme. that
" filie swore a lie assault him. On the night of the 17th el
August, 1866, he west to bee mother's house, sad he mil
deceased lea It together, sod she war seen alive so more.
?to bursas eye witnared the deed, yet the unerring head of
Providesos mood it to be mysteriously traced oat. The
murder, @wording to the medical evidence, most bare be
committed by simagulation ; sad it would appear that Lydon
carried the body el his victim a long distance to the shore of
Lough Mask, in the Joyce's country, a remote dietrict in the
main of Coosemsra, where be everted to find • boat to
take it out to me and give it a grave under the water, of
the Lough. But having boa dimappointed in Ude, be buried
ft In the sands at the edge of the lake. the mikes
of the waves, however, disturbed the sand, aid In • day
or two after We foot ind part of the clothes of a human
losing were seen in the end. The body weetaken up, and
Lydia and lila brother committed to the conoty gaol on the
let of September, 1156. cm the CofOrieg warrant, charging
them with wilful arnder. Par nearly a year sad a half the
law teems of the crown were tenable to obtain KIEL: eat
evidence to warrant thaw in putting the prieonem on trial.
They did so however, at the last emcee, and the pr
une.Patrick Lydon we. convicted of murder, though ea-
tlrety circumstantial evidence; hie brother Jobe wee
discha. It should be mentioned that the crown had con-
sented to the early part of the year to admit both to ball oa
giving sufloicat security, bet Patrick could fled mete, and
be. accordinely remained is gaol now nearly twenty
mouths. Siete Au conviction, and when it was in-
timated that them was so hops of mercy being
extended to him, he km been extremely Wendy,
to hie religions datum. When on the drint,r2ge:
proceeded to address the crowd in the Irisha
His eddies; was 'twisted Iva hagfish tut he delivered
it, by the Rev. Mr. Commie. He commenced by saying
that the minim who was now no move had brought a Juror
against him, of which he wee as innocent m the child on-
hero. Elena witness.. had sworn, and they had sw,rn
falsely; fur they knew nothing whatever of what ha had
dom. Ile motored that les alone committt d the murder,
bet that no human aye sew kin do it, sad that it was known
oily to God Almighty. He said that settler brother, maim,
or soy other relate:to:had say had, act, or part in it, end if
they bad known ha was going *de It they wooldn't have let
him. He then mid that he forgave may GM ca earth, and
be hoped to be forbear by God; sad he besought the
payees of the people for WO 6014 that he might re," ive
rusecy, sot alone for the crime for which, he um now about
to suffer, but for all the sins of his past life. The ateCnnall
the took place.

St/[C11,1: AT ifaCKNET.—COZONER'I INQUEAT.—
As Inquest was held umterdsy at the Cat and Diatom,
Hartsee, on the body of William Wilullso, axed 111. The
(Mowed's father, a seed merolmat, of No. 8, Tirsailow-
se,r,. slates 'het bison had bees for some Woe is • de-
loused state of Mired, and bad mmaged a ow to look
after him, but the min hod left slew days ago. Last Friday
morning thr deomosil we head Zig OS the *Mow;
Ids throat wee cat, sad be MOM ba bad thrown him-
self out of his bed•rocen whogrew. The whitlow wee forty
test from the monad. Twommers. wand with bleed, won
hand is hie Old-roam lie/kW assiebencep was called is,
hat he died eon dr. Wilma bad takes a house at
Orememed, sad betided le wimarre dierrd teen as the fol.
loldfg day. So hod se ameba to go, sad this mgve
led to *. Mal set Valid, Temporary imeelty.i"ht ha
Two rare examples d learnity are recorded in
the Naples pow* whisk dela that thuss ere Dow ti
at flutertai a brother sad abr, the firmer of whom,
Vile, was born is NoverMar, =gas ail kw lam. is
Nomesher, 1741, than 207 years.
Vito employs himself is =ag seer the mountstris
tiny troth for =Wag leamm sad durime the 01110• K"
walks from tea to twelve miss a day sith his 'aid. The
Oen also tabs a long walk every day.

Lab) intrittstnu.

DOUBT OP COMMON MEAS.—MAT 12.
(Sittings at Nhd Prima ha Iltiddlasax.—Before Mr. Judos
BTUs sad a Comma Jam)

111LTI V. uuaOX.—PArn.t QOARRILS.

This wee; iiti;n7o norm ioisri.:lol. for money lent
and money pad far the deheast, but incidentally then
Were involved Nana andlly' Whiten of a painful nature. His
lordship more hen was Ivied to hies the parties to have
maw
discanswileal d mart, se es to avoid may =-
pleurae hemes
Nr. &brim Jeer, 0., sad Mr. Imes appeared for the
plaintiff , sad lir. J. hr tb delliedems.
The plaintiff is a ssemrymsa eel eh= tekbatedzse, at
Barbital. Mar Hingskes, he beams augniatel with ties
defends= ia 1868. Is November of that year le married
odeberief daughler, a praise= SI yam old,
who poessesed Ia 1867 the
dile= was dret=selleald the *Will true bine ae
eassesmedition tell he IN, eel pat it allsewards. Hs also
gm him a bill of e lb. Mahe he 4,11. ils. 10d. Thee
MK with some mall ahem= seeds the me said he
1061. i. 11811. • tow mese= shaft the pideittlf nee maniat
bas wide lele boar" rid the deheare, so a est-eir to the
pleheire ahem, =is oat as accent for supporting the
peskier@ =le whilst she was HONE away hom hum It
wee selemlasti, however, thee he beil no right to charge the
=he his eV? e ladatemmas, lemma= se the plaintiff
wee mhos that she sheeld live with him.
The *NM pen Maws in sweet of his chi= end
stated the vselsem Mem of while the skim wee eampased,
sad aceseeher Mhos, wee also given to arks eel the ente.
Mr. J.. lb opined the dellmilenes care, send said Net
the plaintiff's will bed tree compelled to leave him theangh
cruelty is Joe, MI, =vie bean =Ms& mly la Nome-
her ot the peeves= • mei it wee ender them acme-
seances that the chimed le Mph he
bor. After the Osiers wits bed bit is Ingle is .
lisffews

"Der John,—Page desires me to ay be &mil be baggy
to me you to dinner at half-past 1, when I can velum with
you, es be wishes to resign me to you Mesa limn cannot
tome to dinner, you must come when it phones you.—You."LIZLY Berra."
And in reply the plaintiff mid—
" Dear Llsy —I beg to decline your father's Invitation to
Dom As relprie yourself and my fetching you, if it is
wham I Maass yen Minim to wait some time longer, as I do
net phew to Nish you at all. You left your horn on Mon-
day, mad I
aumg to return the someday. I wrote
you on return &redl, aad u
wowised to do se en ffoleniCu orto Sunday. neithery of which
hare you Mad If pee heegine that I shall come after
you when you ere them disreputable pranks you will
find yourself 6r 7smived, sad as you have stopped
away one to lime yourself without my ocomek you
may now, If ma Hi* Mel away two weeks with my
c 'went. Who is your- avber Ido not lower, hat Ido Dot
think much of blot, sod I Ilia by pmenteg she plan you
have you will and promote pee owe
Mr. Imams was eamlieeL Be =r= the defied-
I ant. When the pisistlff be omminted with my
daughter I told him_ egy_eleommiteetea, and afterwards odd
that I =ld net terabit bee with an outfit for bee mar-
riage. He mid be maid net ergs • hill, but he was going
to sell an estate, awl would then let roe hare 2001. or 3001. I
=ad if • mean deem would mot de fiat a village
The plaintiff said no, she &mkt have the richest maferals
for her dre=ss. a aauapuenw, I ordered drams anmeena
log to about 401. I ban shot beam seed it the amount
The plaintiff told me to Ilerply the bat millet breaking
that could be had. I mid I had no Mae, amid the plaintiff
said his friss& Mr. Barlow, would introduce me to
a wine mmehenß The marriage was on the 13th
Nov., and seen afterwards the plaintiff gave me the two
bah in question. Put of the proem& of the 601. hill was
spent in wedding eiressa. The 431. Ile. 10d. bill was
brought to me when I was in melody foe debt. I gave it
back, and all diet the plaintiff gee me on account of it was
261. I never ponied to take the
cm 0111. My daughter
left herbogged on the 16th June and that conics
ohs oomplainM bno of herb andl maw that hie
bit hand was wooded. I teak Du an SoMay, the 21st
M Jana, The phintiff awe to me in a most Mai= and
furious *lea aid mat into the room =I Mud his wife,
sad said More the woe lie would be. I thrust him away,
mid said be misald sot have bee until be knew how to treat
bee. Hs amid be would have her than, mod that he would
brisk bar PlNTherkst spirit. At their request I Lit them alone,
but my dungliesr ofterwieszceie come to men in Imes, and I took
her book. Tbh Isok pthe home et Mrs. Clithey.
The pleintlif ie well J. My in
duittew baneines this been
living with my wife, and I base reviled beg with based,
and also with elething, to the soma ai 401. The plaintiff
Me given nothing towards beer support. When my daughter
was married obtained a piano, and told the plaintiff if I
could not pity for it it must be returned. Helot; it still.
The price is 45 guineas. My daughter's support would coat
about two guineas a week.
Croft-examined—l an an insolvent, and have come froze
prison here.
Mrs. Belle—l am the plaintiff's wife. lam now 28 and
he is between 40 and 60. He paid his adder= to me for
about six months. My father applied to bin he many to
provide for the wddieegg. He said he bed no messy, bat
would pay for it afterards. Before Ilea he= my Mined
told me to go. I had not been marled more titan three
week, when, in a fit of jealousy, my keened come be the
bedside with a rotor with which he had been shaving and
maid he would cut my throat if I did not beg bikperdea. I
bed dome nothing incorren, nor have I sleet. Wore I left
be had struck me. He bar pushed me down sad knelt upon
my wedding ring hand; the ring broke, sad thin was a
bruise upon the finger for weeks aftetweede. He newer
allowed me any money. He never gave me any bat OM 10s.
He did not allow sufficient money for neemearies for the
family. He bad four children by his first Ws. He
me into a blackthorn hedge one day, and lo t=
quarter of an hour. I was sad ma armed at his
conduct. He never gave me any waving &Feast On the
Sunday at Mrs. Chifney's, the plaintiff salami me very
roughly by the arm, and told me to go holm My father mune
in and protected me. My father bas dace provided we
with clothes.

--Ercetalnised—l did not inform my friends of my
rage until I left home. Before I left him he was angry
with me far neglecting his children, and we had a very
airbus quarrel. Be said I was not attentive to his children.
In • "huff" he told me to go sway, and I went to my
father's and wrote Lim this letter .—" I have. conformed to
your wishes, and am safe with my father.—Ltzzr."
This is my mother's letter „—" Dear Bir, —lf you
wish to write to Liar. and rend • letter to me, I will forward
it to bat.—Yours, H. Iseßcsog." The Issued counsel
also handed in a number of other lettere. On the 18th June
the plaintiff wrote to hers wife denying that he had told her
to leave home, and aided . " I am not going to fall out
about each trifire, end I should have written to you before,
had I your eddies*. I went you to return home directly, as
I want to make some arrangements for uncle, who is cum
up on Tuesday." The next day tbia letter was
The plantire wife said : "Of course, se you bi.ve written
to me, I sail return to you to-morrow; but I give yea to
understaod that I must have an entirely different mites and
an allowanm for myself ; and I cannot submit to do menial
work as • *errant, but I am ready to give lessons to musk,
and to Mau you of the burden of • wife who will
not work." On the 21st, altar the interview, else wrote, inti-
mating that she bed gins the servant directions as to what
she should west ; sad If the things were not sent down, that
says eboahl put km to the expense of fresh ems ; sad that
she should melee no secret al his conduct Oa the 29nd the
placid! wnM :—" My deer Liegy,—Behnu home imme-
diately, sad all wll be wilL—Toure truly, Joao Boma"
On the rue day be wrists to Misisat, sittliking far any-
thing "elusive Is or wane wik," adjuring him
se a Maul to counsel his "Max wile Limp's" return imme-
diately. On the 24th June he addressed his wife se "My
darling girl," end weld, "I do hops mod frost in heaven you
will this time look over my Giulia, sad you may rest seamed
that this shall not happen again." " I will immediately make
• different arrangement ; the children shall be rent to boarding
-
school, and we shall here more time for recreation," and ko
expressed his regret that her father had not allowed him to
speak to him, for he tad gone to his hones penitent, and
though he had struck him twine, he had not raised a anger
in return His wife, however, in answer to his entreaties,
worm, " Dear John,—Notwlthatsalizit your admission of
you, cruel behaviour towards me, and promise of amendment,
still it is with ranch pain that I adhere to my resolution not
to return to you."

W :117this adze of the canes a conference took place between
the learned enuneel, which resulted in an arras t that
the miner should he settled by a stet processes being mired.
Mr. Brown said it was desirable, fnr more 1.00/0111 than ap-
peered to the mart at present, that an'arraneement shanld be
comas to. Re bed strongly advised his client bee:edit to the
terms mentioned. Bhe had yielded to the inue-Neat.
Mr. Jos** Bess said he wished he felt it in his power to
may anything heni to the retouriliarios of the pens ; but
he noold ant help sayint_that 'be last lettere of the husband
to the wife we mennie Is him:

♦ else moms see sooordiagly estered.
COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL
CAME& —KAT It
(Before the Lord Chief 'is**. the Lee/ Mkt Bares, sal

re.ittig7o43lT-77)

TOVLLE V. TO ALT. Al; RENSHAii.

JORT.

This tree • salt for • divorce 4 ?iamb peened by Yr.
Joha Jon* Towle against Skew Anne Tiede So va-
rious aele eimentery alleged to lase bees esseimined by her
be won the let at Se "tomb/v*lBK mad the ladt id Yebreery,
MM. The Ma &Wad Ohm temainks Odom slime;
sad she Illnirke plerled bortime, andometbe, nee ear
stream
Mr. ow Q.C., and Miens. Coleridge and Kblikasr•
peered he Ike penises, ; Dr. Philhmore, Q.C., Dr.
and Kr. C. FOBS* for Mrs. Towle; Dr. Doan Q.C.,
Bajenet Meliteseas he Mr. Daoshav ; bet than to Let
"sediment wee sot aboorod to Wives the court la eariee-
gree of deb cant having neglected to lb me swim to
Irderde%_. ta fteeihg the one, sag that the
Mr. Toide, • imile preWebn to the shy, weeCt.betidamters
• seednein ore deseisid. bat de had bass shed" it
the am* elltemems. The respiembet see the el
• dais mimed lohnne, lineely reititeg im Ald-
E•
le &Mk. The wirmstage. lint* vas le ovary
• mellebb me tisk plan es the 17tk of Deneater,
the Indlheter Wag Men 311 years of ent mei the no-
n Ile MI • intim of U 461., 'kids we
seeded ups leo to her mtvereb see; and the endowed abo
isalniel tee Ids pedalo effected by Mr. Tour* esenating
to 1,0001. The ponies at ern livid La &whimpers-WM-