The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

SHOCKING OCCUININCE AT BILVIIOHAM.

Under this heading we stated yesterday that a
man named Dutton was stabbed early on Saturday morning,
while Mewled intoxication,and died shortly after,and that
St the same time • woman's throat was cut sio fearfully that
her We was despaired of. to yesterday no clue bad been
obtained by which to trace the party or partite who perpe-
trated the outrage.
Dutton was a young man, nearly twenty-four years of
age, and has for sometime past worked as a tube-maker, at
the coin and tube manufactory of Masers. Ralph Heaton and
Co., in Bath-street. His father dying • few years back,
the pang man, who was unmarried, of steady
and industrious habits, has been mainly latera-
-1 mental in supporting his widowed mother, and up to the
time of his death melded with her in Belmont-row. Of the
woman little is known. It would appear, however, from her
that she belongs to the lowest clam anxiety.
Dutton and she were found lying near each other,
does sot seem that she had any acquaintance with, or had
ems spoken to him. Basely on Friday afternoon the de-
ceased ememenced drinking in company with • fellow-work.
man sawed Slick, and, it being fen time, the two men
strolled together through the fair. About three o'clock
on Saturday morning two women were sees fighting near the
Bell tea, Dutton and others being near the spot. Suddenly
• my wee raised that one of the women had had her threat
net. • gnawsl uproar prevailed, and in the midst of it
Dutton was found lying on the pavement with his head sad
shoulders against the wall of a house, while a men was in
the set of kicking him violently. His companion Blink
rushed forward to rescue him, whereupon the
sesailant immediately decamped, and Dutton, who
wee bleeding profusely, was conveyed, together with the
injured woman, to the surgery of Mr. Rano, where he expired.
The wound of the female was sewn up. On her way to the
hospital the stated that she knew who hod perpetrated the
outrage, bat positively refused to disclose the name, and she
stall perigee in keeping it secret. In Dutton's left groin
wee lased • punctured wound about an inch in length and
See feeble and • half in depth, and his shirt end trouser@
wen saturated with blood. On searching the spot where the
tragedy wee enacted a police constable found a amen pocket
knife. It is a black-handled Instrument, about
itlignohes
enda half In length, and hes two blades, the about
two inches in length end half an inch in wid nod the
earlier • pen blade about an Inch and three la
length. The larger blade's bent, and both
bet whether the Seim me of blood not
due not clearly appear. It la probable the
Nab Datton's groin was Inflicted wi the
Wier blade; it is suck • wound as might have
been inflicted with such • knife, but It Is extremely
doubtful whether a large knife or even • small dirk was not
employed. A singular fact is that the knife when found wee
closed. The same or even greater doubt also exists with re-
spect to the wound in the woman's neck. The knife found
might certainly have inflicted such • wound, but, coneidering
the length of the iodates, it is somewhat improbable. To
balm a wound two inches la length with so abort a blade
would almost indicates passiveness on the part of the woman
altogether at variance with the dream/names under which
She 1.001•11 d It.

The whole affair is at percent involved In mystery. In the
woman's case something is mentioned about jealousy on the
part of a man with whom she is connected. Bupposiag this
to have existed, Dunce might have been attacked in mistake,
sad his assassin might she have perpetrated the outrage on
the woman. The latter gave the same of Fanny Bird, bat
her teal name is Ann Comdex" sad she also as about 24
years of age. She still lisp at the General Hospital in • dan-
gerous state.

SHOCKING SOlClDE.—Yesterday morning Mr.
Wakley reasimal Information of the death of Mr. John
Hicks, wbo resided at 6, Sooth-cresomat, Bedford-square, and
who amansisted agf-destruction. The unfortunate gentle-
sum was a merger of the legal profession, and for some time
had been suffering under nervous debility. Oa Saturday •
report of Unarms was heard. On the immure repairing to
Ina bedroom they found him lying on the ground weltering
in a pool of blood, with bis bead nearly blown from bi• body,
and the finger of the right hand partially burnt. A Imo
borm-pistol, which had been recently discharged, was lying
within math. A ear gees was mat for, bat life wee extinct.
FIUGHTFOL Daalw.—On Saturday Mr. JObll
Epps, the of the Old Kent-road, was emporia-
India( the. of a well in Skinner-street, when by some
mischaaas It• MI down the aperture, • depth of 70 feet,
having aa has crowbar in Dia hand. Be fell on the pointed
saui *d, IlltiCil Wand his abdomen, and on being got oat he was
catered

tisoccuto CASE OS VITRIOL THROWINCL—A
ebecting ocourvence took place on Tuesday evening last. In
Rochiliesarest, Limerick, under circumstances horrifying to
dwell upon. It appears that a young man named Duggan,
who bee moved in rather a respectable epbere, and who bee
been employer to a oonefiderable extent in the building trade,
breed some lime ago a connection with a young woman
oeseed ?reek whom father clothed on Weiner at a victualler.
The puttee bad been either living together or visiting each
other fur some time, and it is alleged with en ultimate view
to matrimony. However tbie may be, it appears that on the
evening above stated the young women invited Duggan to
her lodgings to tea; and while at Ms the question of his
and her reliance on it and it to warted wee
rllreirseed by reproaches and recelminatlooa, and exprowdoes
of a decided determination on the tort of the young man sot
to merry the young woman. The statement runs that the
young woman proc. eded to a cupboard where there was •
bottle of vitriol, the connote of which she poured into& bowl,
sad threw it into the face of her unfortunate visitor, whom
@offerings sad bottoms are deeerib,d as dreadful. The con-
sequence. were fearful. The upper portion of the head has
been greatly injured, one of the eyes has auff-red so meek
that there are alleged to be no hopes of its recovery, and la
other respect,' the wretched young man is lying in • very
prefriou. rate. The culprit le said to bare been arrested.

A LAlteinG OCCURRENCE IN THE BOROUGH
MARI( IBT.—As occum OM took place in York-place, Borough
Market, an
:Sunday evening, which has created much alum
is the et, tatty. Toe house adjoining the Gioia Tavern and
Market House in York-street, Borough, on the other side
of which le a meant plot of ground, the site of a budding
that has bean pulled down, arm occupied as a dairy for mate
yaws, and was securcly ahead up. On Sunday morning the
occupiers went out for a day'. pleasure, leaving a young girl
in chem. She awes that she heard a cracking noire during
the day, but written( ft proceeded from Me house next
door she re it no maim el ft, bat moos after live o'clock
the roof fell in with • terrific malt. Fortunately no pares
woo poem at the liar, am much of the debris fell eateldri.
The Vag sad gate of the building were well seemed gay
shoves, otheredoe two livve at lewd most have base Pori& lid.
THE EEPLOSION Or • OTEAM-ENGINI AT LEWES.
—The jury slier a amber of bitting, to *sire into the
deaths of the usfortunale penes killed by the expiation of
as agricultural umcbize et Leer have returned the follow-
ing verdict :—'• That the deaths were ocesaimed by the ez•
plosion of a ateenpeogine boiler, (sued by lite nos- aeliOt of
a safety valve; and that the maid sage" from aubesquent
erannaatee hm been found to be of ishrior quality end
construction, end out properly prepared sod easnilnad before
it was Good. The jury feel it their duty to recommend that
every petable swain engine should have as indicating pree-
inur- gauge ; and that the present ',stem of employing
dulled IS Mg barn requires that ell persoa ao
eyYsfvi shoal be properly ermined and medicated ;
thee pedaled impales of ouch eosins. abould be
mode by sorapeset . '
THE LATH 17.17)..0!, IN BIRMINGHAM,
Fourteen of *see who perished by the sad occorreroe were
buried le St. Mary's churceyerd as Sunday afterreoa ;
from thirty to lefty theimiad pewee are sad to have bees
gannet.
METROPOLITAN FIZZ HOSPITAL; DEVONSHIRE-
stwaitn, CITT.—Tee aggregate muster of vendee relieved
dyes, rho warn ending October I was: Meaed, 662; ear-
deal, 339; total, 691; of white 319 were am mow