The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-28 00:00:00

SHOCKING MIJILDIR IN YORKSHIRE.

WICITWOOD, MOIDAT Evanmo.
A shocking murder was committed at this place
at an early period on Sunday morning. The village of
Whitwood is situate about three miles from Normanton,
and has acquired a most unenviable notoriety, in consequence
of the numerous assaults which are continually committed
there. The inhabitants are simian exclueively colliers, and
the parties concerned in the present ease belong to the same
Glass. There is a row of houses situate on the edge of the
Great Eastern line of railway, and one of theme housee,or rather
'satiate was tenanted by the deceased, Joseph Wilkinson,
while three homes further down the row resided
two mead persons, a married couple, named Edward
and Sarah Hint, the male prisoner being better !mown in
this locality by the somewhat familiar cognomen of "Long
Ned." A certain footpath runs alongside the house =-
pied by the prisoners, who claimed—though we understand
unjustly—its exclusive tine, and a defiance of this claim
moms to have led to the fearful occurrence which we now
record. The murdered man was returning home, in an
intoxicated condition, front a neighbouring town, Castle-
ford, at half-past 12 on Saturday night, and proceeded
along the footpath in question, which led him into a
little grass-pint before the home occupied by the accused,
where he commenced to use indecent and insulting
'unhand

language, avowedly applied to Kra Hint, whose ht._
then came out, and directed Wilkinson to leave his pre-
mises, as he bad no right either there or on the footpath
which led to the house. The deceased replied that he had
used the road ever since resoling there, and would continue
to du so despite of Hint's remonstrances. Some further
anpy remarks passed between the parties, end the female
primmer was then seen to rush at Wilkinson
with • prden hoe, with which she seems to
have felled him to the ground. The male pri-
weer also mired a piece of wooden rail, about six feet
long, and several inches thick, and struck the deceased
several times upon the head with it whilst upon the ground.
The effect of these blows was to break the rail in two, lad
fracture the base of Wilkinson's skull, causing death to
ensue in two hours afterwards. The accused were at once
taken into custody, and after being cautioned, the male
prisoner made a statement much to the above effect. This
morning the prisoners were brought before the Wakefield
bench, and formally remanded until Monday next, in order
to afford time for the coronet's inquest, which was held at
I o'clock this afternoon at the Ide:borough Arms, Whit.
wood, before C. Jewison, Fsq. Several witnesses were ex-
amined, and the inquiry was adjourned until Thursday, IU
order to allow time for the completion of the post.-mortem
examination. lhe wounds are described as being of •
dreadful character.

THE EMPRESS OF AURTRIA.—MeT Majesty's steam
yacht Victoria and Albert, with the Empress of Austria on
board, was spoken with on the 24th inst. at 4 p.m., forty
miles W.S.W. of the Lizard, going at full speed, by the
ship Medea, which has arrived at Falmouth.
THE OUTWARD MEDITERRANEAN, BOMBAY, AND
FannerLea MADA.--HOHTHARPTOE, Nov. 27.—ThePerdn-
miler and Oriental Company's steamship Mora, Captain
Joy, sealed hence to-day with the mails for Gibraltar,
Malta, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Bombay, and Upper Bengal.
She takes out, excluding those who proceed "4 Marseilles,
130 amongst whom ere Dr. Dane, Rev. Mr.
W jar Cameron, Colonel Sheppard, Rev. Mr.
Hialop, Bir J. Jejubhoy, Rev. Mr. Sheriff Sir R. Douglas,
Rev. Dr. Veda, Major Panne, Paymaster' Bramell, Major
Robertson, Captains Bray, Byrne, Dawson, and
Cinder, sod Lieutenants Beddome Malcolmson, Andros,
Campbell, Henderson, Williams, Davies, Vidal], and Pitts.
The Ellora takes out on freight 67 boxes of specie, value
44731.. of which for Bombay is bar elver 17,260/. ; sove-
reigns, 5,8001. ; medals, jewellery, watches, 4231. 10s. ;
for Alexandria, sovereigns 5,0601., and gold coin, 4,889 e.
10s. ; abio • full cargo of general merchandise. The Alham-
bra, Captain Steward, also sailed to-day with the usual
mails for the Peninsular porta, 18 passengers, and a general

cirtadOforn Wise-HOUSEB.—A journal of Augs-
burg contains the following singular announcement :—" We
think right to all general attention to the public wish-
bonee of the hospital of this town, which is per-
fectly organised in every respect. Not only have
all the latest improvements been introduced into it,
but regard is had to the difference in the religious creeds! of
the customers. Thus the linen of Roman catholics and that
of protestant. are washed in separate tube. The washed
linen is afterwards placed in a wheel which, it is true, is
consecrated to both forme of worship, and there, by a cen-
trifugal apparatus belonging equally to both religu.ns, it is
freed from the water it contains. but the Roman catholic
linen is afterwards carried into the catholic drying-place
and the protestant into that appointed fur itself ; and then
is distributed to its owners."