The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

dUSPECTED MURDER IF NO2TINGIAIt

NOTTINGHAM, bavonie•v.
Yesterday afternoon the neighbourhood of Sandy-
hum (a low part of the town, inhabited by many Irish), was
thrown Sato considerable excitement In consequence of a
rumour that • man, named John Dovihan, hod hems mur-
dered hi his etur, Michael Finnican, a boy 16 years of
MIL C=Adule mystee7 hangs over the Mbar, as MGM
but the supposed perpetrator of the deed wee in the house at
the tint' of ite occurrence. Finnigan elates that the de-
ceased and himself had a few eery words, and a quarrel
amid, which caused the deceased to seize a coal rake, with
which be attempted to strike the nephew, who, seeing the
threatened blow, struggled with his uncle, and got pmeassion
of the weapon. Whilst dghting, Finnigan stone that ha' uncle
Ist go his hold of the coal rake and tell backwards, hb head
coming violently in contact with the bedpan which was
standing to the house ; and that the dammed rose np, threw
himself on the bed, and died instantly. Becoming alarmed
Finnigsn ran out of the house in an excited manner, several
neighbours ran in, • surgeon was set for. but lib was
extinct. Finnigan was speedily taken into custody. This
morning he was brought before the Nottingham bench of
ins&trates, and remanded until Tuesday. An inquest upon
the Wdy of Douqhmt will be held on Monday.
The coal rake se very much bent, and bears testimony to a
severe struggle having taken plats.

A LADY CONVICTED 07 OBTAINING TWO
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY POUNDS (IMAM
74141 PBBTANCEB.

On Saturday, in the Court of Quarter Sermione at
Bath, a lady of respectable connexions was tried upon the
&ergs of having frendulently obtained by file. protium the
soon of 2801. The prisoner, Mary Weeks )COhl. la thirty
milf age, daughter of the late Mr. Edward Vernon
, a solicitor, and clerk to the county court at Bath,
sod widow of his successor in that office, Mr. Willoughby
WOK', also a solicitor of good standing. We reported the
hots pretty fully at the time she was oommitted.
Mr. Cole, instructed by Mr. B. F. Sleek, solicitor, con-
ducted the prosecution ; and Mr. T. W. Saunders and Mr.
Mae_prcrieh, Kuneratydid by Mr. Mandord, solicitor, appeared for
th.
The hies mimes upon which the charge in the first wont
of this hiZei was made was that the prisoner wee owner
of • freehold house, No. 40, Oreevssor-placs ; that she wee
la Kama of the note ; that thole rents were available
eswished to borrow • and
that the alas house were in the bands of her mdcitor,
Mr. Cook, of Unieretrest, and should be handed over to
latanamoiletbs prosecutor, as security for the to he
second count charged the prisoner with
hill* Ind traudalmatly representing that stis was acting for
her Moos, Kim Athie WOhie, be obtaining • loan of 2601.,
ami that elm wee authorised hew et Oreeveraor-
by her to offer the security of the
She mu at Stroud by a policeman, who found
bar in • eked, with a shawl over her head ; whoa
be said, "I believe you are Mrs. M'Ohia," alas dolled tt,
maybe, " No, my mate is Wester Price." She bad some
letters addressed to " Mrs. Price," which she endeavoured
to tear up; one was from her solicitor. Mr. Cook, who
therein stated that he did not see any means of raising the
amount necessary to se thto Wires, and advised her to keep
out of the way, or go to Manometer, where he thought she
would be ester until the prowsoator wee tired of Wang for
bor._

Tla• primmer having been found guilty,
The &corder (Mr. Jardine) said it was a matter of great
pain to him to have to pees sentence upon • person In her
position. She was connected with persona in Bath whom he
bad himself known, and whose name was emaciated with
nothing that was not honourable, jolt, and true. She had
disgraced that name. The offences of poor creatures who
went to a baker's or anyother shop, and committed rota which
rendered them subject to the punithment of the law, were set
to be compared with We. She had evidently dedgmd sad
premeditated the dimes she had also Imputed forgery to her
niece, for the purpose of getting money to sapped some
extravagance of her own ; and altogether ft was as bad a
cam as he had seer known. The sentence was that she he
committed to the Beth Owl and kept to hard labour for the
term of eight calaadar months.
The prisoner, who oat during tbe trial, evinced no par-
ticiple: modem though she drew her veil over her face im-
mediately after sentence was pared.

TEE CHARGE AGAINST THE HEAD MASTER Or
mat BRIM RUA' SCHOOL.—On Saturday a bill of indictment
was preferred at the London sessions against the Rev. E.
John Me,. head master of the Brewers' Company's School,
Tower-hill, who was charged with having assaulted john
H=.lorommith. one of hie scholars. The Lord Mayor
assisted by the Reoorder and a full bench of alder-
men. he matter had been before the Lord Mayor, who had
sent the cave to the sessions. The Freud jury investigated
the case for upwards of an hour, and the result was that they
ignored the bill, the foreman saying that they were, with ems
exception, unanimous. Mr. BAkin than prayed that the
recognisancee might be discharged, and, in constamence of
the importance of this matter to the Rev. Mr. May, b
to be allowed to say a few words. The lade now eingt
school had expressed their strong sympathy with the Rev.
Mr. May, and their parents had offered to bear all the =-
pewee to which he had been put. Thum boys who bad leg
the school, and were now warning their livelihood, had met
said come to a resolution highly oomplinseatary to their Ws
make; and Lady, the court of amistants of the Bowers'
Cowpony had met and unanimously determined to expel this
boy from the school. Mr. Sleigh, on the tart of the proem-
Son, expressed a hope that the boy would not be
It yea the Lard Mayor who bad bent the carte lismaritte
boy's father had offered to withdraw on real viag an apiogy.
The Recorder He had offered to withdraw If the defendant
would admit that ho wee wrong. Mr. Bodkin : And to do
which would have entirely destroyed has authority. A large
number of boys consecteid with the school had bean in court
the morning, awaiting the result of the promedinge.
When they came out they set op a cheer, which must hare
berm recenul to the ears of their newer, sod which demon-
strafed their °pinkie limn the esetter.
NSWCABTLE COVET Or PRODATE.—We undcr-
gaol that Mork Li-chart Jobiing. Req., of this town, bas
been appendthe dna regietrar of the enact at Newcastle.
The most Important of the r oonntry districts, that of Wok/o-
s:met we are informed, boss mudded by
le J Me,
. Henry lAstobeems, Bee., al Widowed. The
Mad of Works has pur.hsaed • home in Weargats-strest
hi Oil vegbary, wad ammemes in the =el
tadrtrf fa London and all *eked reglebtes not y
or y.—lfeworetts triaardims.