The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-20 00:00:00

MUZDIR NIA2 SHIZLDB.

Yesterday morning a fearful crime was perpetrated
at Jarrow. A mac, named John Shafto Wilthew, murdered
him wile by cutting her throat with • rigor, and afterwards
made • similar attempt on his owe:tiffs. Jarrow has through-
out the day been in a wars at great exeitemsne,
theltones in which the murder we. sewer— beteg ma-
Wantly surrounded by a crowd. The klevrig me the yew
Ureters of this sad affair, as &Weed by eft with ea the
spot,—John Shafto Wilthew sail& eel% Illmemaelt
occupied two small those in BNINIMAININEIN user
the Railway Station, Jarrow, gar width thy pellia sot disk
per week. Reelding with them were three ell flak shildren,
namely. a girl, 17 rand age, end two lam ene need the
otber 13 years of age; and • brother el the gemmed gamed
Omega Charlton. About four chase y. L.,
Charlton, who slept in the kitchen, wee greatly donned on
seeing his Meter enter from the other room in her night-
dress, holding her hand to her throat, from which the
blood waa flowing profusely. She was tumble to speak,
and presented • meet fearful spectacle. He Instantly
jumped out of bed, when she caught hold of his right arm,
and mad* signs that she had received • severe wound
on her throat. Presently her husband, having only his
trousers on, ease runniog into the kitchen, mad passed
quickly through into the yard. In • few momenta he re-
turned, when Chatham, suspecting from him appearance
that he had done or meant to do himself some injury, left his
sister for a moment, and followed him into the other room
where he found him lying on his Loa in a pool of blood.
He returned to the kitchen to attend to his later, who was
sitting on the deer, with her head resting on a stool. Blood
was Bowing very fast trees her. By this time several of the
neighbours stared the hones. Dr. Saunders was seat foe,
and on he arrival he inansellately attended to the de-
ceased, who wag considered to be in the more dangerous con-
dition. He found that she had received • severe wound in
the throat. On Dr. Saunders oommencesig to dress the
deceased's throat, she looked imploringly to him. end
payed rather than spoke the words, " Oh, Doctor
Saunters, I didn't deserve this I" She was getting weaker,
and a few minutes after the doctor had stitched sad
bound up the wound, she expired. The attention of Dr.
Saunders was then directed to the husband, who was lying
its • pool of blood in the bedroom. It was found that while
In the yard he had Melded a wound on his throat between
three sad fear 'nohow ka Isagth. He had cut through to
the windpipe, but the windpipe was not Wend,
although the eaterwal }vase wis was cat. His
wounds having boa &weed he the placed in the bed
where he and lila murdered jerreerm hed
_yeesed the night,
We understand that he voluntarily ushered in having ant
his witen throat. Yesterday isteaker, es being visited,
he spoke of the fearful occurrence Is a Gael awl collected
manner, and even sat up In bed sad aweked W pipe. He
is folly expected to recover. It in seppend tlist, he wee
led to commit the crime by jealoweg, lir whisk so far re
Is known, not the slightest groaai added. There was
lathing in his rw Int behaviour to show tits be ostlers&
this foul crime. Wiltliew who is 66 yak of age, wee k
the employment of Noses. Palmer Brellmee mad Corearsy,
Iron shipliaildersos peeksew„ dr., eta of et lea per
week, which similes he heeled& about tee Shady
after the &mated screams bei Mimi yank tethered
Salter and polieweeethable Dither, of the wthey eemth
balmy, arrived at tie bare, milk& yeethein et the steers
which Wilthew bad used in haelft the meek ea bk
wife's throat sad his own. Polisememehdde Anthem sr

miss to the roost with Wiltbsw.—ilioshotw Ow►Jiw oil
this day.

CRICK CT.—GENTLEMEN V. PLATEN.B.—Thiernatol2,
which was commenced at Lord's on Monday, was mussed
yesterday in the presence of a large comma of spectators,
and when the stumps were draw* it will be seen that the
Gentlemen had the large store of 230 to get to wit. They
commence the task this day (Wednesday). The followieg in
IL soon :—Players, Ant inning., 226 ; mond ditto, 187 ;
Gentlemen, first innings, 184.
MAGNHAM V. ERITH.—This was the return
match, and took place open the ground of the for-
mer on Tuesday, July 19. Beth wore declared
the victor. by 23 runs. only ono inning. being played
out. The wore was With, 79 • Reinham, 56. The gelding
an the pert of the Erith wee 'sleet excellent, end was mach
admired by all present.
ACCIDENT ON ESTFIWAITE WATEE.—A fatal boat
accident on Bathwaite Lake occurred on Saturday lee,
which resulted in the death of Thomas Stanley, Reg., of
Heaslugham House, near Whitehaese, son of Dr. Stanley,
of Halle Vile, Dialogue. Mr. Stanley has been for some
short time residing in the immediate refaity of Windermere,
and on Saturday was crossing Helswalte Lake in a boat,
exonspanied by another gentleman, when by some means or
other as yet unexplained, the craft suddenly nue, and both
gentlemen were precipitated into the water. Ilia companion
succeeded in making his wasps by swimming to the shore,
but the unfortunate Mr. Stanley immediately sank, sad was
drowsed,—Nettgrlsted Faqirs:.
A FARMER KILLED BT A BOLL—On Saturday
last (say. the Weetsris awaits Herald) the inhabitants of
Gaffney, near Glastonbury. &edits wiehbourhood were pain-
fully excited by a report that Mr. B. Wilcox, farmer, of Gai-
ney, hay come to as untimely end. It appeared that Mr.
Wilcox was the owner of a bull, end, hating, from the noise
the animal was making, that it was suffering from thirst, went
to it with a supply of water, when, immedi.tely epos his en-
tering the building where the animal was confined, it sat upon
him in an infuriate 1 manner and gored him to death. Hie
absence for a considerable period carrel some auseasieees on
the part of his wife, who went to the outbuilding Ia search
of him, and found her husband mutilated in a shaking man-
ner, with the maddened beast still standing over him. Life,
wee quits extinct. Deceased has left • tram and a large
family to deplore his untimely end. He was about fifty yeses
of age.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT
'AIM—Mrs. Watts, the old comae whose throat was cut
by a .an named Abraham Fawcett, In Leeds, last Thursday.
Is peogresslng favourably. Fawcett is slap Improving, sad
lisps are entertained that both will eventually recover from
their wounds.
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AUSTRIAN Visenut tot BaiTisii Poore.—An
order has come from Austria that versa belonging to that
State which have been detained in the Tyne end other north-
east port during the recent hostilities between Austria and
France may now proceed on their voyages unmolested. At
the outbreak of the Russian war the sale of vemels beloag-
tag to that country to English owners was considered a legal
transfer. The French government would not recognise the
sale of Auttrian oracle to oar &Innovates, and they have
been lying in our north-vest pats, ea sailors plume it,
" owing teeir heads off."
THE HARVEST IN SurFouc.—The wheat harvest
asemented is the neighbourhood of Newmarket on Friday
Let. A *ample of new wheat wee offered in the local market
en that day, end 45a. a quarter refuaed for it. At • sale of
the growing crops on the Alruonet's Barr Farm, the follow-
ing prices were obtained Three acres of barley sold for
194 lk ; twelve sores of wheat, 901. 10e.; twelve acres of
barley, 911. 10..; end six aria of peas, 441. 10e. The above
were sold on the oonrittion that they were to be harvested and
threshed at the eapenee of the perthaser ; the straw, chaff,
to., being left upon the premier.—Nary Amt.
ODD PLACE TOR A LARn'S NEST.—At the pre-
met time, neer Berrania, a mother lark may be observed
aseidnottaly hatching three eggs in her neat, built in the in-
ride of the rails of the Kilmarnock mineral line, under one of
the tt sleepers." The engines pars and reams over it, but
the determined lark will no' min A day or two ego some
cinders fell from en eaglets while pawing, and oonsumed half
the neer. but the mother did not freak, her charge; mate,
sal inetinct wee stronger then the fear of death, and she sat
bravely on.—ifilaterma Post.
MOUNT VERUTIUn.—At 3 aim on the morning of
the wed instant (gays a correspondent writing from am-
Anal tha crater, in the direetioa of Pompeii, formed • fusee,
so that It is now imputable bs oftirtan no awns! depth.
Flames of wartime celoure proceed teriat it ; the whole crater
imemblea sad the Swamis which were made In it • few days
singe ate now • bed of fire. Towards the deemitage another
erasing ham been media with two esparate chimneys," one
of which throws out tire ethers, and the ether pumice end
mhos. The month from which the &realer Lanes lamed le
now much enlarged. At the foot of the mountain, in the
&maw of Retina, • smell crater bas been formed. from
which are ejected red-hot atones, weighlegri:fall mat
About 200 feet below it a crater be. born fo is a fame,
whence lamas red-hot lava, which rem forwards so via.
ion* that, If it took a etraiebtlorwerd dimottoo, It must &r-
-am WOO is Resins or Partici. It breathes off, however, in
three different direaiosa.