The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

THE MURDER OP A YOUNG, WOMAN IN
DEVONSHIRE.

On Saturday an inquest was held at Lynton on
the body of Maria Blackmon, who had been murdered, as
stated In our paper last work, by • man of the named
Berwick, to whom she was engaged to be married.
Hannah Mogtidge, a domestic servant, in the employ of
Mr. Crocombe, of North Cliff Cottage, stated that on Wed-
nesday evening last, about 20 minutes before 8, on going up
by the Valley of Rocks Hotel, abs met the demised, who
said there had been Slat works at the Globs to-day, that
Barwick end Lethaby had been fighting, and that she should
like to see Barwick, for she had no doubt he was narked.
Deceased than asked witnessif she would go to his mother's
hone, and call him out. Witness did so. John Barwick was
in the house, and she said, " Maria wants to speak to you."
On Barwick's ooming out witnees heard the deceased soy to
hint, " You have bet n drinking to.day." Barwick replied
that he had not. Deceased said, " Yea, you have, for I have
been told so." She also said, " I heard yon had been fight-
ing," and he replied that he had. Witness then wait far
soot, milk, and on returning to where the deceased and Ber-
wick were standing, she said to the former, "An yen
coming l'' Deceased replied, " Not for • few minutes."
Women did not see her alive afterwards.

iimeaFromban; st7ate7iia7l/I;de7eased tired with her
mother. Between nine and ten o'clock dui mime into her
(witneses) kitchen, and mid to her htialtand, " I'm bleeding."
She was covered with blood. Witl24/8 eked bee who did it,
and deceased replied, .6 Barwick." Withers reeled her in.
chair, but she fell along the floor and died. She il:1101F
diately called for aseistance, and Richard Norman, Jamey
Ridge, and Ann Ridge, soon mom in. The mother of
deceased wee in bed, but by the time she got op Maria Black.
more wee dasd. _

Itir. John Clark, sumo's, depoeed that on examination he
discovertd a wound in the throat of the deceased, about en
inch end a half to i
John Woodrow.;lrce-oonstable for the pariah of Lynton,
stated that on Wednesday night, about ten o'clock he wan
pawing through the village of Lynton, and met John Bar-
wick's sister. She said that Barwick had cut his sweet-
heart's threat. Witness immediately went to Barwiek't
house, and Naked him what he had been doing ? Ben plied,
" If you had not come when you did, you would not have
found me alive." On searching Barwick ho found in his
pocket two knives and a moor, which he produced. The
large; knit. hod a quantiiy of blood upon it, which
wee apparently froth. There wenspots of blood en Bar-
wick's hand when he took him into custody. After motion-
ing Barwick, he said to witness, "She told me that she
should break off all correspondence with me that night, and
that caused it."

The jury a verdict of wilful murder spinet
Barwick, end he was oommitted on the coroner's warrant to
the Devon county gaol.

SHIPWRECK Oct TITS 111L1 OF MAN AND Lott
OP LIFP..—LITIOZOOL, TVZSDAT.—llltellire WU le-
mired hers this anoroing of the total lOU of e screw deem
ship, Earl of Carrick, bound from Ayr to this port, off the
isle of Man. The unfortunate catastrophe took plate on
Sunday but, when she struck upon a reef of rocks of lisrby
Point, neer Douglas, Isla of Man, and soon after became •
total wreck. She had, in addition to the crew, one passenger
on board, but, with the exception of two of the former, ail
met with a watery gram. The two survivors were washed
on shots and taken to Douglas. Those are the only par-
ticulars yet known. The Earl of Carrick was • fins screw
steamer, iron, of 690 toss, end commanded by Captain John
Allenby.
METROPOLITAN TOLL GATES.—The Hon. George
Byng, M.P., ham signified his intention to move, on the re-
weembling of parliament, for some returns and accounts in
relation to the toll-gates and bars round the metropolio, sod
those parishes which now repair all their rands end streets
without any aid or assistance, but entirely out of their local
means ; and also as to those parishes who do not repair sa
their own roads, and whose mein roads are not maintained
out of local raw, but by the tolls oollected at Meal gates and
hers. This information will be important, as showing where
lies the difficulty of clearing London of such barriers.
Though the City of London authorities have abolished ill
their toll., the gate in the City-road is kept up ins neigh"
bouriog parish. Whilst the principal parishes in the
city of Westminster are without toll•gann and maintain their
own roads, the turopMe-gate at Kensington is kept up in a
Westminster perish.
A STORT !ROY Mertlen.—The Courrier de Paris
relate. the fonowing somewhat singular snd nut very yo-
bible anecdote A few days ego a gentleman. salting
through the Charles Straws at Munich, and having on his
um a Wrge cloak, happened to stop opposite the office of the
Mott. de-Piitj. Be was immedately waded by a fees*
one, it appear', of several, who watch near those evteblisb-
, meet. et Munich for the purpose of gaining a trifling rum by
pledging articles for person. who feel Rimmed of entering
those places themselves. Ah I mein herr,' said the WOIIAN
you do not like to go in thane yourself, end yet re
perfume wish to pledge your cloak? Give it to me, I win
get you a good sum on it.' ' Ton will render mo a ens
sum
• milled the gentleman, age a moment's besitatioo,
' take the cloak, end I will wait here until you return? At
the led of five minutes, the woman returned, end handed to
the gentleman ten florins, the sum lent on the cloak.
' Thank yes, my good woman,' said the owner of the closfis
'and now by way
,of 000nniseinn put these ten florins to
your pocket, end she these,' giving her eleven more, ' Bud
redeem the cloak and pay the interest.' The woman was et
a loss to understand an nib, but she did as she was Mid.
and on her return, as she wm handing over the cloak to its
owner,. company of soldier, paned by, who presented saws
to the gentleman, whom the astonished woman then food
wee so other than King Laub. On his return to the pain
his Majesty sent foe hie tailor, and rated him soundly
charging 80 florins for a cloak on which ho could call
borrow 10 florins."
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