The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-21 00:00:00

TWO CHILDREN BEHEADED BY THEIR FATHER.

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DUBLIN, WEDNEISDLY EVII2IIIIIO.

A tragedy, moat terrible in its character, was
committed this morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, in
Cumberland-street, in this city. A man named /dollen,
who had been a waiter in one of the city hotels, but who
had been without employment for some time put, and had
become reduced in consequence to a state of great distress,
having missed some articles of clothing diaposed of by hie
wife for the purchase of necessary food. an altercation took
place, which resulted in a most garage attack upon the wife
and a sister-in-law. The two females smiled made their
escape from the house, but had previously received severe
injuries. As soon as they had left, the husband (Mollon),
in a fit of rage, seized a knife, and rushing madly on his
two children nearly severed their heads from their bodies.
The murderer was immediately arrested by the police
without offering any resistance.

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DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY ErzmNG.

One of the mar painful tragedies that has occurred in
this city for years past was perpetrated this day, at 25,
South Cumberlandetreet, between 10 and 11 a.m., and
from the circumstances attending it, bee evidently been the
work of • madman. The father had boon • waiter in an
inn, at Bray, but left his situation in September last.
Slow then he has been unable to obtain employment, and
consequently was brought to poverty, and had barely suf-
ficient food to walla for to-day. After having sold the
little property they powered, it appears • quarrel arcee
between him and his sister•in-law about his shirt collars.
He took up a poker and rushed upon her, and inflicted a
serious wound on her left temple. She ran from him and
fled. His wife interposed, but he turned upon her and
most savagely attacked her, cutting her with the poker on
the bead sod in several other places. She succeeded ia
getting away. Rendered mad at being thwarted in his
murderous attack on his sisterdn-law and wife, he took up
• knife, and catching bold of the youngest child—a fine lay
of two years old—he inflicted a fearful gash across his
throat, severing the head almost from the body. He thee
erred the other child and cut his throat, but the wooed did
not cause instantaneous death. He now appeared to have
become conscious of what be had done, and cried out in the
most sionimog and frantic manner for help, weeping bit.
telly. He was taken into custody and did not offer the
least resistance. The older child died shortly after
being taken to the hospital. On being brought up at the
police.office, the accused was remanded till the following
morning.

The Calorie Gazette Rays :—" The Bank' of
Homburg has recovered all that was gained from it by a
certain Spanish gentleman. The latter hu just lust in tum
2,000,000 franca, and has returned home as poor as be was
when he came."

A letter from Frankfort in the cologne Gazette
says :—" We lawn from a good source that the Grand Duke
of Home is &Mimed with the difficult position created for
him by his ministry, and that he only waits the death of
the aged landgrave to abdicate in favour of his nephew.
Prime Louis, future husband of the English princess. and
to retire to his chateau at Homburg, to live according to his
tastes."

"A railway locomotive," says the Bombay Ga:elle
of October 28, " is actually on the soil of the Punjab.
Uzi:motives, tenders, kc., have been laoded at 3looltari
sad are cia their road to Lahore. The problem as to the
thus of their arrival may be worked out by Profes'i°"l
uetaariea from the following data—Distance from Morass
to Labrxe, 215 miles ; number of feet in a mile, 5.210:
average rate of progress of locomotives, &c., 50 feet Per
diem. The carriages travel on moveable rails, and are
dragged by coolies."