The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FMAT.

A report has reached here that Sergeant Whit-
worth, of the Coed Brigade of Royal Artillery, "Mimed
at Bandown Fort, Isle of Wight, destroyed
his wife and five children this inandeg
nearly severing their heads (role their b
afterwards attempted to cut his own throat, bertled to
do this effectually. He afterwards rushed tote the
of the commanding officer, and made deeirztetiensmaleZ
committed these dreadful deeds. Three a
oHesn were despatched to the man's quarters, on ente
which the unformed" wife and five children were found
quite dead, one of the children's heeds being severed from
the body, and all presenting • horrid spectacle from the
dreadhtl nature of the wounds. Whitworth was at mos
made • primmer, and the led news from the Wend dates
that he a likely to recover. He is supposed to be imam

WILIM AND BZQUENTA. —Eke W. C. ROSIN R.A. ••
The will end codicil of Sir William Charles Bran of Pita.
my Undies, portrait painter to her were
sZ7in the Pried* Ree. on the 14th of by
Worwald, Esq., aid David Barclay Chapman, ~
the two executor& Sir Edmund Filmier but, maim
mend, was also an executor. The pominalty sworn under
25.000/. It is quite a family disposition, with the *Kemp-
tioo of an annuity of 20/. to Adeline Call, a faithful
attendant upon him for many yeam. There is a annuity
of 401. to the widow of his late brother John lilies.
He leaves the residue of his pripeoritLiZzlisheiriameted, end
the interest given anmenst the f .ben of his
family who may survive him. viz., his , his brother
Hugh, and his two sisters Maria and Mipdalmle I midi
peril
to demise of the last survivor of them, Una the principal
to be divided arnoupt his first and second cousin, as
enumerated in his will, which been date the 25th at
August, 1.348, and the codicil the 2od of Mareh, 1858. Hit
death ore mod on the 20th of January last, aged 66.
Meuntocx STATISTICS. —lf the last inquiries did
no goal, and the proposed inquiries give dimeatufactioa, let
WI have no religious statistics at all. As the last 0801111/ pro-
duced irritet!oo, to ask no question may tend to peace, Let
the whole religious Ingo tie abandoned. Everybody knows
that we have plenty of divisions, and that the religions
divieiiime Englead love each other much as all religions
divisions have ever done. It does ax good to count noses
either war. If churchmen do not lake noses counted at
church or chapel, sad if dissenters do an lilt noses manned
at home. let them not be counted at all. Let us give Mr.
Mean a Wider, and save the expense of printing and the
vexation of collecting religions nannies which, after all,
prove sintlimg, and only tempt people is the name of reii-
gam to mime and swear. —.larairdea Review.
TIII6 LATE MCIDEIt AND BEICIDII IN 81101EDITCIL
—last evening Mr. Humplireye sauced the *airy at the
lids Hone Tavern. Klagaland-road, respeetiag the death
el Mae Hart, aged 41, who was found brink mardend
• Tasalay morons hat at N., 40, Phillip-street ikepheri
ned, 81orediteh. The inquest room was mg& morshek
and the utmost interest was nuoifened diatom the pre-
miaow The inquiry also extended to the death alJaeot
mod who comniittol suicide by
the Regent s-canal It appeared front the aterid=tat
both the deceased were given to intempoomns, end err
nonally quarrelled tolmwr —the MUM being }nosey.
Ranks bad be heard to threaten to "do for her
(Hart) scene day." The evening before the murder they
meet some time together at a park house re company meth
new of Itaildres shorsere and others, when Redden
sang several swage sad his victim joined in the chortle.
They were thee partially intaxioited. The jory, after a
brief imeendknioa. vetemmcd a verdict of " Wilful murder
wren Jinni Boddie for killing awl slaying then Hart,"
and la the moo et the deceased Haderer they weed te a
verdict of " Fond deed in the Itegeat'e-caaal from Aran-
hag bet thew or by what IMMO bir dame inte the urn
the, had no legal endure to pres= lir/ hilly
believed that he had committed WI

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