The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-27 00:00:00

TEE LATE NUIWBSOUS OUINAGB IN LEEDS

The Leeds magistrates were occupied for several
hereon Saturday afternoon, in the inrest4ation date dr-
onmetenees attending the realist stimuli and robbery of Mr.
Janis Trafford, silk mundsoturer, Leek, Staffordshire,
white took place on Tuesday ennieg, in a notorious
Ihmwegbeme, celled Nelson-street, in Leeds. Three pence&
men le eenody up to Friday night, on suestolon of being
INIONISSi lathe outrage, their nature being G. Harrison, at
Hnlnweleest, red Joseph Matthews, of Nelson-siren, and
the heeds of loses chancier, morally ogled •• Polka
Ass," Mho legged la Harrison's home. Some other infor.
mettles, however, oeme to the knowledge of the police lea
mathisy eight, which led to the apprehenidon of three
dire reties tar the crime. These were " Sam " Matthew-
:2lmm Waton, and Martha Bata, all of wham
at a disreputable house in Neleou•street, Wane
YIN seder the protection of the male prisoner. No evidence
wee bless against George Hombee, Joseph Matthews, and
Yea More, sad these gamesmen scoordingly theolmeged.
Tke pesseeder, Mr. Teethed, wee able to attend the mead-
earitem bee be wm very pale, aad smeared to be very leapt&
He dsollel the alsounistaticee atteadiag the mem& sad

robbery, but qualified somepertlans o-----fres statement,
It now swore that the rob took plea in Nelson-street,
end that the me. atee's ignorance at the locality had led
him to ,se• the two streets, whisk run parallel front
Vitae law to Millgark-street. Mr. Trafford mid be was
Intending to visit a customer in Gworgiestrost, but that he
bused down Nelson-street by mistake, sod was there at-
tacked and robbed. The widener mutest Matthewmen,
Bates, and Widows, wee certainly 1111101111111 to warrant the
magistrates in sending the ease for trial. Mary Connor,
wife of John Connor, parlor, bottom of Nelsoo•street, and
tamale who lodged with her, called Georgians Ward, both
distinctly swore that they were alarmed by criesof "murder,"
es they were sitting on their own house ; that they, their
fore, ran to the door ; that the saw Mattliserman strike the
prosecutor on the head ; that 'Watson afterwards rifled the
pockets of the fallen men ; that Bates was standing by ;
and that the three primness afterwards nth into their own
house, which was dote by. Mrs Connor says the called
oat to the prisoners not to hurt the poor men, but
that the dared not further intestate. Attar the prim-
awe led ma away, Mr. Trafford rose from the gamed,
sod Ampred down the street, but fell twice be be
reached the bottom. The witnesses affirmed there meld be
no doubt about the prisoners, as they saw the whole assault
sad robberyand had previously known Matthewman, Bates,
end Watson.o Mrs. Martha Booth,wife of Samuel Booth, 42,
Nelmon-street, also stated that on the morning after the as-
sault she saw • maroon coloured women's sleeve lying in the
chanuel of the stmt. Teresa Wagon came down Name-
street at that time, picked up the sleeve, and went with it
into Mrs. Booth's house, saying, " This is my sleeve; I lost
It last night ; let it lay here until I come beck." This
sleeve, which was covered with mod, and nook rumpled, was
afterwards claimed by Watson, and mho away. There were
Mbar auspicious oircuntstanoes, as, for instance, the primeness
preparation foe a flight to Bradford as moose they knew they
were suspected ; but the evidence was not completed, and to
allow time for this being done, the cue was remanded until
Wednesday next.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN BISHOPEGATE-
witismT.—Ou Bate:day afternoon last en iiirptest was held at
tha United States Tavern, Liverpool-street, Bishomate, by
Mr. Payne, the coroner for the City of London district, upon
the body of Hester !Limber, aged 46, who met her death
under the following singular circumstances. It appeared
that the deceased was crooning the rood neat Camomile-
street, sad se she pared from behind • met, an ontriene,
drives by a man named Mott, for whom Mr. 'Beard watched
the proceetlinp, coming In an opposite direction, threw her
down bat did not run over her. She was picked up, end
strange to ley, when asked if she wee hurt, said no, she
was all right. She wee taken to the police-station, and
medical assistance soon after arrived. She declared herself
perfectly free from pain, bat in a few miantes after a change
mime over her, end in le s* then a quarter of an hear she
betrothed her lad. Dealt was attributed to rupture of the
liver. The jury were unanimous. Verdiet,—Amidentel death.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ALDBOROUGH.—
ALDIOIOOON, &mitotic, Dec. 24. A meeting of the local
lifeboat committee woe held here to-day, when a ranching
Inquiry wee made as to the cause of the accident to the Ald-
borough lifeboat on the 21st inst. In reply to questions put
to the coxswain and crew of the lifeboat as to the dream-
stances attending the upsetting of the lifeboat, the fallowing
foots were elicited :—The lifeboat was bring hauled off by a
warp, with close reefed micro set, the foremast up but not
hoisted; wind south-west; the direction of the sea south.
A tretnendoue sea streak the lifeboat on her larboard bow.
Site upset by the weight of the sea alone, which filled
end upset her instantly. Onellman remained in the boa,
having clung to her thwarts or seem, nine others regained
her. Five swam for the shore, two only of whom
gained It by the aid of man on the beach, who,
at great mooned risk—for the sea win rolling in
very heavily em the beach—rushed into the end with lines
fastened round them. Three We unfortunately perished,
being throe-quarters of en hour in the water before they
could be got out. Had the lifeboat not self-righted and
the mew been provHed with life-belts all would probably have
Errd; bat had the weather been milder all might possibly
been saved. The confidence of the crew is not in any
way shakes is the boat, but rather increesed. Each of the
three drowned men have left a +Mow, bat, fortunately, no
children. John Wythe, who nobly rushed into the sea to
their reser, has since, nottappily, died of chill; and James
Cbatten, who likewise did so. a seriously ill. The care .1
the three poor widows will be taken into cossideratios at the
next meeting of the National Lifeboat Institution. In the
meantime the society has sent down 301. to them end the
crew of the lifeboat. Daring the peseta year the lifetime'
of the National Institution have been instrumental in saving
nearly two hundred peewee from various shipwrecks, and
with the exception of the Aldborough boat, fortunately not a
Bogle accident has happened to any of the lifeboats or their
hardy crews. Nevertheless, it to evident that so dangerous a
service se that performed by lifeboats, which are only need
in the roughest weather, and when no other boat is of any
avail, cannot claim immunity from accident; and that a com-
bination of circumstances arising from the tempestuous stets
of the weather are beyond the mond of any omen being,
and must occasionally bale the best calculations of aclenoe
and skill.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN A WELL.—On Friday,
at Swinton, in the North Riding, a terrible argelent betel an
old see, named David Fletcher, of Norton. Pletcher wee
eagared in stoking a well through the limestone rock, on
the tame of W. Wise, Keg , of Highfield House, Melton, and
had had recourse to blasting. One charge, it appears, bad
bang Ire ; and, after waiting a long time at the top, Fletcher
ballades it to be deed, dew:ended the well, a depth of 34
yards, to drill it out. It is not clearly known whether he
etioneeded to doing "hie ne not, built is found that a stick need
foe firing the previous blasts was not out as was=o,ll
and it le supposed that the touch of the blest not d
her teen e • tended by the burning stick. Be that as It
ntay. Fletcher teemed to have biome &woe at lb boor
just in time to throw hissed beak esaisst the aide of the
wdil, sae to this be me dombt boss the prsoorwsbm et bre
lib. That =pleb= fluidly biles* bomb, elf Flates's
ober, sad basing sod wemsdisi Ida wry sobody b the
lady, sad smarty Wring all the belt trast ow am. The
pew use vas vessmod as spiral: as possible, awl now Ilse in
a peeowessiersdhicia.
CETITAL PALACAL.-- on smug° DAY,—.
MONDAT. D111:4 merseet. 34001; due
by abbe kebab, 3,366,—Te1i videos% 66.35