The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-14 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINAJIT Ar MURDER

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Great excitement has naturally y been occasioned
as Winchester by the ciradstioa of the intelligence that at
an early hour on Saturday seeming an attempt at murder
had been made in that city by a soldier, who indicted •
dreadful wound with a ream on the person of a female with
wham he had cohabited, and immediately afterwards
stisarpted self.destructioa by similar means. The
waft extraordinary circumstance in connexion with the
arra is that it smears to be a question whether the parties,
either while in a stare of intoxication or affected by some
maudlin sentimentality, had mutually agreed to put
as end to their respective lives, or whether the
eddisr attempted the murder of his unfortunate corm
Meswho now endesvours apparently to screen
from the criminal consequences of the dreadful
set. The brief facts ascertained by our correspondent
are that Robert Simpson, a private in the lit lattilion of
the 60th Rides. and Sophia Rowe, a prostitute, proceeded
on Friday night to the Painters' Arms. an Sussex-street,
Winchester, where they passed the night together; that
about levee o'clock on Saturday morning Simpson cut the
you woman's throat with a fluor, sod inflicted injuries of
so dreadful a nature that it is extremely doubtful whether
she will recover, the medical gen..lemen considering her cue
to be an almost hopeless one ; arid that Simpson then endea-
voured to terminate his own existence by cutting his threat,
but did ant succeed to any very serious extent. Mr.
But:lmA the surgeon wise was called in, eressed as
opinion the unfortunate young woman might possibly
of 4 from her wounds ; the Mayor of Winchester
(Mr. ) therefore proceeded to the house where
the tragic occurrence had taken place, sod the girl, dice
bag fan sworn, made the subjoined extraordinary state.
menu r—u My same is Sophia Rowe. Robert Simpson, a
private is the Ist battalion of the 60th Rifles, cut my
throat with a razor this morning. He did so by my wish.
I pre him the money to buy the rasor, and he bought it.
We slept together islet night in the room lam now in. He
eat my throat about seven o'clock this morning ; he then
cut hie owe throat is my presence. I have known Simpson
SUMO time. The °actor says it is passible I may never
recover. I wish to die ; sad I think if I were to die I
should die hippy "

•
TBZ LORDS AND TIIS Etna IJVTIIIeI BILL--A requi-
sition to the Mayor u being signed at Birmingham request-
ing him to convene a town's meeting to aoo•ider the course
torurto be adopted by the Mouse of Lords with respect
e/d'aper Duties Rill, and their expressed determination
to continue • tax which the crown and the Commons have
speed to repeal.
There is great mortality amongst Lambe in the
south of England. One fanner, near Winchester. has s-
tabbed • to.. of upwards of Mt through the mortality.
The asirsaL. are struck with disease, and die almost Immo-
diatdv.
ROWEOPATE IC COCOA. Eta delicious
arrow ;maw armwthness. and Invigorating Power have Pro-
cured do bee •eal adoption as • breakfast beverage. lb.. lb.,
seal IIR ;meet.. at le dd. per lb., by tee ➢n~iW 'recede
Labelled Lppe Ilomaepable ebeeekt. Loado•
adverliselboat.

Labs Entelitgaut.

NOTICES.
METROPOLITAN 00UNTY COMTE
'MOM =abet Ow Ur prinent week.
Uisa—Monslay, 16y 14; Tuesday,
167111_, W.
Tbuisday, 1T: Friday, II
pontland.road.—Widassday, May 16; Thursday,
1T: Prlday.l&
Chinuninnua, Duncso.terrain.—lloody, May It. Wednesday,
; Friday. la
Mannunows, Marylebooe.reowL Monday, May la; Taw
dairioliwurroz, Old-strestraed.—Tuseday, May 16.
Bow, Pahrieldoond.—Wednesday, May la
Wwitym. Great PressoUt Tuesday, May Id:
Thursday, 17 ; Friday, U.
RowIWWARE, awintstsseL Doroset—Toseday, May 15: Thurs.
day, IT Friday. IL
1/1111,1011.—Wathisdspr, Mayll
Woosancit —7lwasday, May 11.
WAlrelloßTS, flowllstareet —Thursday, Kay 17.
Cm ow LnllDOlt. Onlldhalllndldhrge—Xmday. May 14 ; Tsar
16: Thursday, 17. Friday, la

COURT OF COMMON PLEA/.—M AT 12.
Sittinp at Nisi Prins in Londes.—(Before Lard Mist
Justine Ms, sad a Ooronsu Jury.)
ZLBTON T. ABITENDIN.-INTLOTICINT TO /SALM •
DO.

The plaintiff had been:3:3E2(year. Is various employ-
ments, but in 1852 he wee cm business on hie own
account as a dealer on 3212:=41 Pr°4ooB-
- 'defendant at that time was a ,
bourne, in Kent, and he had also • wird at
Pimlico. The plaintirs cam was that about the end
1862 he was employed by the defendant to miners the
business at Pimlico, upon the terms that he wag to receive
for his trouble one third of the profits. The plaintiff drew,
for some time, one pound a week, and afterwards more, the
employment continuing down to July, 1886 ; and
he now claimed a considerable balance beyond the
sum paid, on account of his share of the
profits. On the other hand the defendant's case was
that there had been no employment upon the terms stated
by the plaintiff, the simple stipulation being that the
plaintiff was to have 11. • week. Beyond this it wee mid
that in truth there Ina no profit apes the Maine s, but •
loss of about I,oool.,warthe defendant had been compelled,
principally on account of this loss, to come to an wrung,-
meet with his creditors.
The jury, without hewing the matter to the end, inti-
mated that they thought that the plaintiff had not made
out his case, and accordingly • verdict was entered for the
defer ant.