The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

SUPPOSED MURDER AT MIDDLETON,
NORFOLK.

Information was morind iMiterday tram the
Nosmodis to the sleet that a strict mansiestiem ahead
Mho plesee into the dremmelances etanding the flo=
bum= geleten, ingpmed to be the means of •
soma Bal, who MO Mend et Masai. as sight u
end hoe as,., ante bma Mord 414 end who was summed to
ham hem Addy mirdend et that place. It opmers-thot Ude
Yr. Ma lA, at the time of his wee Wing
ups his_ pavane mime, and hod flametwe
rem Be hid emend relethee who meted thersailme to
the Mom l Meow tam and odor what drommaoss
hi dieeppmenee teat plena All, however, that could he
slated wr that, ea the 13th Nev., 1319, the old gentlionsa
was ens mar a bridge la ths vicinity of • field
felled, la the the Four-Mile cou the
Lanikemead. Over/ vas set ea foot, 'and rimed.
wave Calla dress dm to time till they ineremed to the sum
of 11101. lets that Milweemmit Pied to lead to any astir
Mtn molt. In Mills. fumy river a the noghbour-
Med kr same mike mod was drugged, and every expe-
dient that the simmetmeoes of the cue enameled was
adapted time taveetigaloss • ha lea fod that
wee supped be to the minim minalema and •
mane end • largo Mite were also food le • drain
new Hjaora The mum which was quits empty, woo
Mmillied by besnisee as the property of the abaft man.
The me& .called Ise semen months, but no farther clue
army Mod big Minima I radially cooled, and eveatai-
▪ mosed simplaw. • few days ago a home akeleton
emmi wee add
np, The Ate oft he discovery is a
trimeguier-Mmed pises of land adjakdag Tawn-
ier. hollse from lite Norwich turnpike coed,_ The
greened wee formorly pest of the proper_ly of a Mr. Wythea,
who ems mars ors sad It to dr. Edward Claims. It
remained to his pommion some tim, sad
goat 111 maths
ago be itt it to • Nr. John Wicks, is whoee pommies it
was at the time of alediecomiry. In the course of lest
week Mr. Necks ordsmd ennui of hie labourers to
this Sold ; and wlale ene of the ern (Burton) was emgmign:
does Meat Ulan Mies below the surface his spade come
in mina with some beam. He proceeded to clear the mirth
amsy, end men beams MOM until what appeared to be a
whela edam wee to to are. Tb. position I. which
the de beion Mal woo riscoliar. It was lyiug on the
=bet Mr heed sad Mrs were raised rather above the
end one leg was mimed over the other near the
mete. It appeased that the body had been thrust into a
kale ea sufficiently load to allow of it. lying at full length.
Upon or neer the chest wee found • piece of corroded
incratted with dirt, and bowing an exact resemblance to as
ordiewy razor blade. In fact, from eubsequent inmate-
Pion there is no doubt that such is the cam. The la-
bourers, being ignorant or carekse, did not attach mach
importance to the diecorety, and began to rumor tie
boat with the soil. The rumour, however, soca agreed,
tad their tamer, mempanied by the Rev. Cason Kathy,
the rector of the perish, waif to the spot sad stopped that
further proceedings. The bones wove eatiesquontly siatemd
in the most careful manner, sad decently conveyed to tie
parish church. Two medical men, Mn... Kendal and
Coulcher, were than called in, and made • Manta ex-
mitten= of them, and they gave it as their_ opialse
that It wee theskeleton of a tom who had he buried for
some yearn. TM skull was brutes in several pima, the
jaw was fractured ; but • mod set of teeth remained.
Supposition immediately became rife in the seighbour-
hood that the remains were those of old Mr. John Bell, or
those of some other non who had been murdered in •
mysterious =ADM and whose body had beat hastily interred.
Infos:lmmo woo conveyed to Mr. Wilkie, the stoner of
the distlict, who am* down, and in the premise of the
medical men and others, viewed the remains. He then
ounnaosed a jury who have since toot, and after • view the
coroser informed 'them that, so the case es. so mysterious,
they coal not at prevent come to any fficieion, that he
shrisM Mime the inquiry, and lay the Liam of the cam
ham BB George Grey, the Hom Secretary, sad request
tho advice sad mastame of the gown mutat upon the sub-
' jest. la the mentbso the mat energetic imairies would
he made by the polka, and he lamed the neat some they met
he Moot Ise It • position to lay ouch evidence before them
as woad amble theta to wave et • satisfactory solution of
espleiy. The jury asammed to this came, and the
Inquiry wee askionuad.

Tat BRAMHALL TRAGEDY.—The Henderson,
bars gives up thole fans, and are. it is said, about to leave
this mantry for the United St•tea. A sale by auction of
stock. furniture, tr., is advertised foe the salad Met.
Tile MURDER OE Man. KELLY.—Ia this Dublin
Court of Exchequer on Monday Mr. George Striven @p-
pm:ad la an a him for slander against Christopher W.
Campion. TIM caw is ono of considerable interest. It will
be recollected that Mn. Kelly ems murdered on the Mb
of April, IBA In the daytime, and while new to • Said
then • smasher of her labourers were employed at the
moment Mom the covenantal of the onion ao des
to W awasida has bess obtained. The damages
were Yid try Mr. Strews at 3,0001.. and the pleadinip
showed that the defendant had published awl sinks
winds le the liallovise enoct sgsines the plaintiff This
le thew' who got it dune.. " Mr. Wows, haw
wee theljoh deal r Where did they seer kaa, we where
did they go let whoa you say dry did um panne yea say
wore, yea were ass the ma they wanted to shoot" The
launder were le the drat that the plaintiff had con-
spired tle two sea is sheet Mn. Kelly. and hkesise the
t. The dimes esaelelnd is a denial of the we
of the words malted le the delhadant la tie defamatory
seam slimed, sad re *ddrneges sesting tat eircummancee
how which the helieved in the relit of the
ptelatiff, and that he spate the words believing that
Ike plaiatlf had owasto wider Mrs. KeLly. fle de-
knee mm led two wrehes rasa la such Oliell—Mainly,
that the defendant had preassable and probable raw for
betieviag that the plesauf bed ineadered Mrs. Kelly, end
that the coronenakatlea la whine he represented that be had •
ustudiarad her as. a plivigrypee asemeneniostioe. The issues
which the jury bed to try ware, whether this defendant had
Eirt words la a ohisamiery sare• amemilly, whether
eahe
tters mated in the epochal dedwe'wera we In sub.
Waco sad fact. Mr. Whireida. Q.C., maim the plaintif 's
emu and the further &Mai was adjourned to the Ilellereiag
noralleg.
atTITAL PALMS. 012 Swum, DAT.
TVISIMAT, Dec. 15.—Aaisme se 540; ditto,
by ems limb; 234; MI Ammo