The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-14 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

TEL TOLLOwING 1100.11111 •AV' LITT NUM 701
SHREVraIiVitT :—Kiag WLiiww,, York, Squrs, Clll9lll,
Jan, Tienandra, Matinees, Braistade, Maria Apiejtcons,
Tom ()teeny, Vilikins, and Donated.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WOOLWICH, Nov. U.
Sir con-commissioned officers qaalifird to act as
artillery inetructore have embarked oo board the Shama
tricil:;p at Ponaisiouth for Cbilla; but the departure of ths
force from Woolwich has been again delayed, sad
It to now stated that the form will embark at Faulthansplcm
oa Tuesday next.
Captain Orant has received Iniltructiona to contract
cooking apparatus to be forwerded to China capable of pro-
vidiog food for 6,000 men.
This Trident, paddle steam vessel. Commander Close, MS
paid off at this yard yesterday, and the continuous sondes
men were granted leave of absence. The malority of those
whose term of service had expired took their Memberssffrom
the vessel. The Indent took two prises during bar amine
on the west of Africa. and the officers and mew will share a
considerable amount of prize morn,.
The Firtfly, steam vessel, Master Commander Taylor,
which loft Woolwich about four months sines for the Channel
Islands as the surveying service, arrived in harbour yester-
the
day
foe dl foe iteeseeety moire, mod to be fitted out for service in
torreara.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.
The Urgent, iron screw troop ship, Commander
Hire, sailed to Ireland yesterday to embark • regiment of
=Whit (ere believe the Lanarkshire) for conveyance to this
port.
The Prussian frigate, That* arrived yesterday, end dila
aterslag szteiragod manta with the german end the VD:t-
arry, lorebip.

BIUTAL MUMMA AT COVENTBT.—COVVITRT, BA-
trritne.Y.—Tbe inhabitanteof We city have been thrown into
an unntenal mate of excitement to-day, from the perpetration
of • cold-blooded and brutal murder in the public street.
The murderer's name is William Kingston. He was for-
merly • drummer in the let Warwick Militia, and was
known among his lessociates for • parson of vilest and
ungovernable passions. The victim was hie wife, an blt-
fenny. woman, following the ribbon trade here. It appears
that Kingston was bound over to keep the peace towards his
wife for some threats on • former oecesioa, and the ball ran
mat on Saturday She had, in conniqemene of Ids violent
conduct, been obliged to live apart from hiss, tendon maeriag
her in the street this morning, he asked bar whether she
teat to live with him again. She geld, No, I don't."
He then laid hold of her, drew out a knife which he had
ormosaled about him, end aimed • blow at her breast,She cried lustily for help, mid • man, !accompanied by • boy,
cams running op to tha spot--• moment too late. The knit.
had only grazed the wontan's amok, and Kingston they
plunged his weapon savagely into her throat, drew it across
from ear to ear' and turned the knife completely round, to
reader It quite effectual. She fell dead at his fast A crowd
of cinema soon ooDsoted, and on the particulars being made
knows. Kingston was takes into custody and brought before
the magistrates. fleficient evidence having been taken so
warrent a remand, the prisoner was 'emended, to the Coven-
try Gook maul Monday, when he will appear before the
bench again.
THE SUICIDE IN • POST-OFFICE VAN.—On
Saturday morning Mr. Watley held an inqweet at the Hol-
born Ueda', Gray'e•iimproad, on the body ol Thomas Millie,
aged 66, who committed suicide nadir Um following deter-
mind circumstances:—lt appeared from the evidence of
Thomas Mullis, eon of the deceased, that V wee • green-
grocer, end carried on beeineee in Covent-prdan, and was
a man of very intemperate habits, tad had threatened to
destroy himself before. On Tu•eday morning last one of the
drivers of the Pom-otios carts went to Warwick-place, Bed-
ford-row, and found the dammed lying at the bottom of the
cart with • rope round hie nook, sidle deed. He was cot
down and medical striatum sent for, but Ws wee extinct.
The jury returned • verdict " That the deceased destroyed
himself while in a state of temporary inasaity."
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN TUE CITT.-00 Saturday
morning between six and seven, • ire, attended with gnat
lose of property, broke out on the premises of Mr.
Theresa Yippard, artificial florist, No. 23, Jewia-.beet,
Alderegatiestreet. The discovery was mods by ose of the
City polios whilst piecing the boom. Not s moment was
Met in giving the necessary alarm. The amines of the
Leedom Brigade quickly attended, sad a good supply of
water being procured they were rot to work, but • very few
minutes elapsed bet we the whole of the promisee were in •
1•644. Notwithstanding the molt strenuous ezertions on the
part of the firemen the ere wee not eatingnielted until they
were entirely destroyed, nod the adjoining houses severely
damned. As to the origin of the niiefortuns nothing at
present can be ascertained. The lilyst Society' Ire-escape
men entered the bolding shortly after the outbreak, but
found no ose on the Premises.

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSE OT FOUR LIVES
AT Euoo.—A telegraph mermga mast received In Dublin om
Friday, announcing that the extensive mills belonalag to
Robert Culbertson, E.q., of BalMo.:lore, within four miles of
Sligo, were completely destroyed that worlds' by Si.. The
telegraph adds that lour men ham been killed, end ten are
stated to be very badly wounded.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A correspondent of the
freernee's .feerresf, writing from Clonual, Thursday night,
rye This morning • dreadful accident, reeoltiog in the
deaths of two men, otxurred in the store of Mr. Patrick Dor-
man, of this town. It appears that the men were engaged
In turning corn on a top loft of the store, when it gam way,
precipitating the awn on the neat loft, which also gave way,
carrying the two remelting lode with it to the ground door.
TM noire of the falling mamma attracted a great number of
=Tto the spot , the pollee alai arrived, and after a great
axation the bodies of the two unfortunate men were
discovered under the diirsi and corn. Life wee extinct in
each. The elder of the two, John Duggan wee the father of
▪ hop family i the younger Petrick Hitius, wee only 19
peen 01d, end wee a respectable young men.'
DISTURBANCES IN THE COUNTY OP DUBLIN.—
We (Promos 's Journal) 'roust to learn that a Pease
of disgraceful sod wanton offences against property have be..
recently perpetrated at Cabmteet), in the county of Dahlia.
Some of these have been perpetrated in the tickers of the
police barrack, end painfully dein,nairate the necessity of In-
snensieg either the number or the vigilance of the roaatabn•
fry In thee district. Trees hare bees destroyed, favourite
doge broad on galas, and thresteothg notices seed. A
rwardas of rseetstratee has, we underatead, been held, and
we bete inn will be takes to punish the °deaden, and pre-
vent a arearreooe of such disorders.
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