The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS MURDER.

Yesterday morning the woman Ann Lawrence,
charged with the murder of her son, aged four years, at
Tunbridge Wells, on Saturday, was brought up at the
Town-hall on this charge, and also on a further charge of
attempting to murder Walter Highams, the man with
whom she was living, by cutting him on the head and body
with a billhook, at the same time and place. Several
witnesses were examined.

The man Highams was examined at the Infirmary, and
his statement was that on the Friday previous the prisoner
went to London, and on returning home she commenced
swearing at him because she thought he bad been with
another woman, and the little boy (the murdered child)
was crying and his pinafore dirty. They went to bed all
right, and in the morning, at about five o'clock, the
prisoner got up, and on being asked the reason
why by Highains, she replied that she intended
to make a fire. She went down stain and
he took hold of the baby, about nine or ten months old,
and while holding it in his right arm, on his breast, he
went to sleep, the murdered boy lying on the left foot of
the bed. Some time afterwards he was awoke by several
blows levelled at his head by the prisoner, who was armed
with a billhook, and in endeavouring to ward off repeated
blows he held up his hands, which she cut in a frightful
manner, the lower knuckle of the middle finger of the
right hand being cut completely through. He succeeded in
pushing her away against a sieve that was in the room,
and slid down stairs into the washhouae, where she again
►ttacked him with the same weapon. lie, however, sue.
ceeded in overpowering her and wresting the billhook
from her. She then laid hold of the hair of his head,
thrust him several times against the wall and hit him with
her fists, his loss of blood being now so great that ho was
too weak to resist her.
The Chairman cautioned the prisoner in the usual way,
after which she said, " I own to all but killing the child.
I can't own to that. I did not do it, and therefore I can't
own that." She was then committed for trial at the next
assizes on both charges.
In the afternoon an inquest was held on the body of the
murdered boy, when a verdict of " Wilful murder"
against the woman Lawrence was returned.

THE CITY TAILORS AND THE WAGES MOVEMENT.
An aggregate meeting of the operative tailors of the City
of London, convened by the London Operative Tailors'
Protection Association, was held yesterday at the City of
London Theatre, Mr. W. Neal (the president of the asso-
ciation) in the chair, for the purpose of taking measures to
obtain in the City an advance of one penny per hour on
the present rate of wages. The chairman, in opening the
proceedings, alluded to the saccess attained by the tailors
of the west-end on the occasion of their recent lock-out,
and said that the tailors of the City, who so much contri-
buted to the happy results of that movement, now in-
tended to take measures for their own benefit. He consi-
dered they did not occupy their proper social position
amongst the mechanics of this country, and the fault would
lie with themselves if they did not cry out against the
injustice to which they were subjected by their employers.
The public were concerned in the question at issue,snd he
had no doubt the public would endorse their claims. Mr.
Hardcastle proposed the following resolution, "That this
meeting views with satisfaction the termination of the dis-
pute at the west end and that we in the City believe it
would be an act of injustice to men and masters if we did
not use all the means in our power to obtain the advance
contained in the measure addressed to our employer,—
namely, Id. per hour on the present rate of wages." He
requested the tailors of the City to abolish all distinctions in
the trade. They should also unite as one man and make
the demand of their employers, no matter whether they did
slop work or private work. The employers who gave 4d. or
lower were expected to give 5d., and those who paid sd.
were asked for &I. Mr. M. Laurence, president of the west
end branch of the Tailors' Protective Association, seconded
the resolution. He urged the operative tailors of the City
to battle for their rights, and said the central committee
would stand to their backs. The resolution was then put,
and carried with acclamation. The chairman said he thought
it right to say that three employers in the City had ac-
ceded to the demand of the men. Mr. Hawley proposed a
resolution, pledging the meeting to give to the committee
power to use all legitimate means to obtain the advance.
Mr. Barry, a west-end tailor, seconded the resolution. He
said the inadequate Ray of the tailors compelled them
and their families to inhabit dens of contagion, where
outside work was done. If the general public was aware
of the means to which the employers of the west-end had
to resort during the lock-out they would shrink from
wearing the garments then made. Mr. Green, secretary
of the west-end branch of the Tailors' Protective Associa-
tion, then addressed the meeting, and was very warmly re-
ceived. He said their demands were just and reasonable,
and should they be refused by the employers they would
adopt efficient means for enforcing them. The resolution
was carried unanimously.
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