The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-15 00:00:00

SUSPECTED MURDER AID SUICIDE AT

CAILML&

CABLLSLE, FILIDAT Evionsro.

An inquest was held here tO-day, before Mr.
Carrick, the county eareiner, upon the body of a young mu
named `iFilliam Horsley, 23 years of age, who was found
deed is • " settle" or seat in •smallpublic.houm is this city
this meniing, wader circerestames which seem to involve
charges of murder and @nicht*. The marl cia seine at the
leshwa! that the deceased was a s assistant,
tt hem married to a daughter of Jane virtue', the
landlady of a small inn called the Pack Hons. Davidson
wee a maned woman, between 40 and 50 ei age, but
, her kumbasd worked as an agricultural labourer in the
scieetry_ end was seldom at boom. About .18 months ago
Heraley's wife died, and since then his motherin.law, Mrs.
Dmidatia, appears to hare entertained a strong affection for
him He wasseseeteened to visit her inn frequently &flubs, had
left badness in the evening, and be has often stayed in She
beam all sight, sleeping upon a " settle" in the kitchen.
Beteetly Mn. Davideou appears to have had reason to be
*lees on account of Horsley keeping company with a
woman. In conseqoeuce of this she induced a widow
isigkoer named Short to watch him when he left his
mestees shop on Wednesday night lot. Abort did so. She
saw a young woman meet Horaley when he shut up the
shop, and saw them stand and talk together. They parted.
Short watched the girl to see where she went, and followed
bee to the home when she was servant, sod accosted her at
the door, telling her, by Mn. Davidson '@ request, that
the young man she had been with was "engaged." The
girl resented this interference with her love affairs, and
suhserprently Short wrote a letter to her mistime, at the ros•
quest of Mrs. Davidson, saying that the girl war keeping
company with a married man. This was on Wednesday.
That same night Hrs. Davidson told Short that she had
been eriesultiog a foreuie.teller, who had told her that her
bashed would sew die, and she would be married a
sound time. as did not make soy allasios to the do.
cosood man, but requested Short to go to
a s,_sookgot her a peneyworth of " dragon's blood,"
to Dena le Ms in to torment this young 111411, to keep
MIN Mee pin with the young woman, sod to make him
cane and es* Isproatf. It further appeared that on Thursday
night, the sin sight after the „chum" had been procured,
, WilliamHerels7 went to the Pack Horse Inn after he left
boanees, mid all the other inmates had retired to rest
iceto:ra4g of another son-in-law of the landlady's, named
sod his wife and two children), the landlady
and Hardy were left together in the kitchen.
No eels* was heard during the night, except that Rename
heard hie atedierin-law come to bed, and she told him it
was about twelve o'clock. Next morning Horsley was found
lying dead en the settle in the kitchen. He was
covered with a quilt from his feet to hie shoulders, blood
had flowed prefueely from his non, his face was a dark
red tia one side • his shirt cellar was tight and
his oeek•tiooseo croiSed in a tingle kook ao tight that the
potion-ran who was called could scarcely got his gnaws ie.
Th. medical area, however, gave their opinion that the ex-
ternal marks did not account sufficiently for death. Mesa.
while, Mn.e Davide:ie, the huidledy, hail been very ill. She
bail been seised with serer* vomiting darn( Thunolay
night, and she vomited a great deal dunog today (Friday).
As the coroner and jury were viewing the body of her eon.
to-law she died. The inquest has been adjourned ia order
that both bodies may be opened.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE Or Two CONVICT'S AT
CHATHAM.—OS Friday afternoon, during the time a large
ausalser of convicts were at work iu Chatham Dockyard, as
of them, a notorious character, who is known by the name
of Forlsewood. sad who is ender mutes* of four yams'
perms' sesMada Missapted to make his escape in a very
daring saremer. The sumer Eoclaiwood, with the ether
coavards, wee employed near the testinghouse es the
Ancherwherf, serapieg and claming the chain cables, sad
during the moment of the attention of his keeper being
diverted slipped away from hie peg, letting laimesif late
the aperture from which the chain, were draw" up. sad
whisk led into the storehouse in which the cables 'redepo-
sited. Almost immediately afterward., however, be we
mimed and an alarm raised, when another convict, maned
Coombe*, who is undergoing a sentence of eve yea' Renal
aerviture, under pretence of calling for assistance sad *Oleg
in discoveneg F.ccleswomi, dropped into the same hole
that the other prisoner had disappeared in, with the inten-
tisi of of ectiag his .ape. This enameuvre of his was in•
strictly detected by the warders, one of whom drew him
nut and had him conveyed back to the prison. This is the
fourth attenapiCsanbes has made to escape. After Coombs
bad been draped from the hole a search was made far the
' Sher man. Durt the time the police were searching the
stoescroons two pairs of mass trousers and a canvas jacket
were found commied, which bad evidently been stolen by
the soviets from the workmen's chests, sad deposited there
to assist them in Eakin their escape. After some time
Ecekewood was discovered wetted in the Anchor.
wharf storeivess whoa he was immediately secured
and removed te prism.
THE BOOTS LANCASHIRE STRIKE. —The arbitra-
tors appointed to settle the dispute between the employes
end operatives of Clitkercie. having failed to come to a'
sithemefory arrangement of the question at asne, the
matter was lead in the hands of the empire, the Rev.
ow i
e. who decided, on Thursday, that the Black-
legs slaudaull should he
,paid, subject to a small per
la agieldwmtioe of 'local disiolvanteges." This
amerdiag to our corespondent, beau received
walk watainiedaenteo ; hut one manufacturer, at host, is
rai.:lll:avis his determination to abet up his
sibs than au mit to the umpire's verdict —dfasselas-
dar