The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

A IVIIOLE FAMILY POISOXID.

Yesterday (Wednesday) morning, the neighbour-
hood of Climber Moor, near Whitehaven, was thrown into
great excitement by the discovery that en entire family were
in =apparently dying state, and, in all probability, from the
abets of poison. About nine o'clock yesterday morning it was
Marred that the home of a miner, named Joseph Arro•
strong, remained closed, though its inmates should have been
up and about their work for hours. This attracting the
attention of come neighbours, they approached the house,
and, hearing some strange noises, looked through the win-
dow, and saw two children lying apparently dead. They at
once broke open the door, and found two lads, one of nine-
teen, and the other of ten years, dead. Their father, his
wife, and three daughters, were lying convulsed and Mien.;
able. Medical uststasee welt at once Bought; bat Arms
strong's wife, who waKsix months advanced in pregnancy,
afar lingering till one o'dock, p.m., expired. The husband
madam of the daughters, when our account was despatched,
were considered in a very precarious state; their recovery
was very doubtful. Of the other two daughters there was
some hope that, with greet care, they might recover. As
to the masa of this fatality, nothing certain is known.
There are rumours in the locality of diengreements between
the husband and wife; but whether these differences have
provoked either to the commisaion of a dreadful crime, or
whether the eireuniatances which have imperilled the hues
of seven individuals sad certainly destroyed the lives of
three of the family, have been of an accidental nature, is
yet involved in mystery. When our despatch was sent, the
notate of the poison had not been amertained.—ifariotester .
Guardian.

MURDER AT WEYMOUTII.--A man named William
Newton, a labourer, of Totten Farm, near Upway, has
been brought up in custody at the Ouildhall, Weymouth,
before John Brymer, Nag., charged with cutting and wound-
Larise White, of the same parish. From the evidence
it semis that the parties had been to Upway Club on
the ons Wednesday. White was returning home with
his ides end child in the evening, accompanied by a relative
named May Tewkesbury. The prisoner 011/210 up with
sal reque:thththeabcom.pru of
ld n not
young wo
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VAIN she should snot go with Newton. to, Upon
Usithig this the prisoner got into a rage, and swore that
she should; and initantly drawing a knife from his •
pocket, tubed between White and Tewkesbury. The -
two men immediately fell to the ground together. On
White's wife attempting to lift her husband from the
[ ground, she found that he was covered with blood, and,
on examination afterwards, it was found that the villain
had stabbed him in no lees than four placer. One cut on
the tide of the heed had sliced off a great portion of tho
ear; the round we. at the back of the neck ; a third under
Me ist breast ; and the fourth, and went of all, woe in the
arlanata. The poor man was immediately assisted home,
sober* eurgleal ad was promptly procured, and the wounds,
'AM were considered to be of a very dangerous character,
leered. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday OM;
5/ further examination. The unfortunate man White
from the injuries he received, on Saturday night lag,
lion having set in rapidly.—Sherdeerse Joarnal.
ATROCIOUS VILLANY AND CREDULlTY.—Yester-
day, et the Wakefield Court-house, • woman, named Caroline
Raameden, of Leeds, was charged with obtaining money by
falae preterit ee, from a young lady of Ardaley, of propene.-
sing epperrince, named Raley Littlewood, who stated that,
being in a bad state of health, she applied to the prieoner,
who pronounced her bewitched, and undertook to cure her for
a sovereign. She gave her cakes to be burned and medicine
to swallow; and at various times the prisoner received
21. end other sums, to procure charms to free her tram
the man who was "witching" her. The prisoner was
committed for two mouths. Next, a revolting-looking
elderly man, almost blind, named lease Rushworth,
was charged with having administered grain. of para-
dne to the mid ltittey Littlewood, to procure abor-
tion. It wet. that Miss Littlowood fire! saw the
prisoner in her father's house about a year ago, and con-
sulted him eLotit her health and the probability of procuring
a husband. Ho undertook to procure her a husband,
eedueed her. and extorted M. from her, and when she found
herself rneei 0,, he administered to her grain% of paradir..
When apprehended at Leeds, the wretch was surrounded by
books of share hieroglyphs, Sc., and admitted the whole of
the atrocity charged against him. In court ho denied it ;
but was committed to the asair.es for trial.—Manchester
Guardian.
Tun FATAL ENCOUNTER IN WELLINGTON-STREET.
—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Redford, the coroner for West-
minster, held, at Ring's College Hospital, the inquiry touch-.
iug the death of the man who died in that institution on
Saturday lasi from the effect. of the broken jaw received in
Wellington-sheet. Strand, in the pugilistic encounter with
the young ruwn named Ilildebrend, an Ethiopeen serenader.
Legal gentlemm were in attendance, and a greet many 'ill-
nesses wereexamined' at considerable length. The affair
took plate in the previous week at half-paet two in the morn-
ing. Hildcbrmul was going over Waferlon-bridge in com-
pany with a female. when the deemed used some filthy °s-
us...lion to the woman and shuck Hildebrand, when the
latter knocked hint down end broke hie jaw. Hildebrand
said that he supported his father and mother by his perform-
owes, begrunfing at Cormorue and finetbiug at Evans's.
Alter an inquiry, protracted over four hours, bad concluded,
the jury returnei a verdict to the effect that the deceased
died from tail motttion, accelerated by a Lilo. received from
Itildebrend in welt-defence. Hildebrand has been examined
before the nIE-ideate at Bow-street, ands now on bail for
Mere appearance.
NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND SCHOOLS,
nt.THVILIIITH C.—The great increase of pupulation in this
locality having rendetol an an of free whaol accommo-
dation awar d:le. tho members of the above church raised gob-
iptione for that ;turrets, end purchased an eligible rite of
ground abutting upon the Lower-road, Rotherhithe, where-
upon to erect wheel.' to hold about 500 children. The deign
for the building, supplied by Mr. Snook's of Duke•trect,
London-bridge, was approved, and John Locke, F.sq., M.P.
for Southwark, having kindly consented to lay the founda-
tion stone, flint ceremony took place yesterday. 'f be build-
ing, which will be in the Italian style of architecture, with
handsome pediment, Is to be formed of plain, but a salmi",
data of fire bricks; rind Item the portion already cemented it
would secant' it the auhntantid so well as ornamental portion
of the design will be earried out. The cost of the building
will exceed SA!. ; and notwithstanding the asaount
by the people to connexion with this church, together with
about lOW. elle, I ou than stone by the assemblage, nearly
4001. bee URI to raised.