The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-25 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER IN LIVERPOOL AND

SUICIDE OF THE MU.RDERE.R.

Last evening a shocking murder was committed
it the Old Swan, Liverpool, the victim being a young
woman named Anne Trains, wife of a purser, and the mur-
derer her own cousin, John Thomas Moss. In a dispute
with the young woman the wretched man literally smashed
her head with a hatchet, and then cut his own throat with
a large knife.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

FRIDAY, MAY 15. I.IL

Eitr
B. T. IW.I ' IL —% I, ,256. WIL 1 to
7., D. a
Asks
.30.0454., N.W. \ 1 S B.W. b 1
Aberdeen 20.03 62 8. 1 4 8.1. b 1
Leith lOOB 51'. N.E. 2 3 E. b— 2
Ardromaa 30.03 63. K 3 4 E. b— 2
Oreeacutle 30.02 511 X.N.E. 2 3 K. b— 2
Valentia 29.7051;1 8.2. 7 2 Z. bm 2
Cape clear i I—! - - - -
Liverpool 29.99 6V E. 3 6 N. bm 2
'Holyhead 2992 49! E.N.E. 6 7 E.N.E. b 5
PeIIZIMCO 19.08 531 E.S.E. 9 8 E.S. K. 6 7
Brest .. ,28.57 50, B.E. 6 6 E.N.E. or 4
Lorient
Rochefort._ 60.06 59 B.L 3 4 B.E. ro 0.2613
1
Plymouth
Weymouth
Portsmouth 29.78 62' E.N.E. 8 4 E. c— 7
London -
Yarmouth_ 29.9745,, L S.L el 6 LB.l. be I 4
Scarborough. 30.0652, K. 2 2 L b— 3
Shields 30.01 51; B.E. 2 2 B.Z. bl 2
Helder I —I - -

Fumanti
on XOllllll4lll BrNDAT.
• COASIS. N.L to S.W.. strong,
to moderate.

SATURDAY.
Varying, but chiefly
easterly, moderate to
strong.
Chiefly easterly, but WISTIIII. Varying winds, strong,
varying, a gale to squally to moderate.
moderate, some rain
in places.
As next above.
Similar to above.

Borman!. As next above.
issrsan. E. to N. and N.W.,
Wong. squally, to
moderate.

Northern—Scotland. Western—lreland, Wales, and adja-
cencies. Southern—Englieb Channel MI Bay at Biscay.
laitera--leseward England and North Sea.

Captain Hayter intends to move as an amend-
ment to Mr. Bouverie's instruction on going into
committee on Representation of the People Bill, " that
this house, although desirous that the subjects
of the franchise and of the redistribution of seats,
should be considered together, is of opinion that
the system of grouping proposed in the present Bill for the
Redistribution of Seats is neither convenient nor equita•
ble, and that the scheme of her Majesty's government is
not sufficiently matured to form the basis of a satisfactory
measure."

We (Times) are authorised to state that there
will be no review of the metropolitan volunteer corps in
Hydapark on the 2nd of June.
The seventh of the current series of afternoon
lectures was delivered at Dublin on Wednesday in the
lecture-room of the Museum of Irish Industry, by the
Right Hon. Mr. Justice O'Hagan. His lordship's lecture
" On the Poetry of Coleridge," was attentively listened
to by a numerous and fashionable audience, and elicited
frequent bursts of applause. The chair was occupied by
the Lord Chancellor.
The British cricketers commenced their season in
the Bois de Boulogne this week, by receiving the Civil
Service Club. Cricket has not yet become fashionable
amongst the French, nor does the play in the Bois attract
much attention. His Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuys is
the honorary president of the club, the Emperor pa.
lionises it, and the city of Paris is most generous in ac-
cording the ground.

Several rowing clubs have engaged each other
for matches on the Seine.
NEWEVENDORE' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT
Soarer.—The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the mem-
ben of the above society was held last evening at the News
Exchange, Black Horse-court, Fleet-street, Mr. R. T.
Wood in the chair. Mr. Jones, the secretary, read the re-
port, which congratulated the members upon the improved
financial position of the society, the receipts for the last
year having exceeded by 1501. those of any previous year,
45/. of such increase having been derived from new an-
nual subscriptions. The committee attribute much of
this 'access to the president, Mr. C. Dickens, who presided
at the annual dinner in May, 1865. The committee have
farther the pleasure to add that 210/. have been added
daring the year to the funded capital, which now
amounts to 2,395/. List year 721. had been received
as donations from the proprietors of several of the daily
Papers. The committee would earnestly impress upon
those of the trade who had not become members to do so
It once, for many instances had occurred in which mem-
bers of the trade, once in affluent circumstances, had their
declining years soothed by the benefits afforded by this '
society in the way of pennons. Mr. George Augustin Seta
bad consented to preside at the next annual dinner, the
last having been presided over by Mr. Torrena, M.P. for
hishary. The total receipts for the year have been 4011.
13.5.1., and the expenditure, including the perches. of 2501.
Si consols, 445/. 2s. 10d., lea?* a balance of 461. 9a. 7d.
On the motion of the chairman, supported by Mr. Terrey,
11r. Miles, and others, the report we adopted. Some
verbal alterations having been made in the rules, Mra.Lax.
ton and Mrs. Hindley were elected on the fund as pen-
sioners, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the
Proceedings.