The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-21 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCIIIT.—LANCASTER, Fan. 20.
The commision wee opened here on Saturday last, before
Mr. Justice Hill and /tr. Justice Keating. The business
at the assizes, which was light, the calendar only containing
the names of 17 prisoners, while the offences with which
they are charged were of • comparatively trivial character,
commenced this morning. when Mr. Justice Hill took his
seat in the crown court, and Mr. Justice Keating in the nisi
pries. In the crown court all bet two cams were got
through, there being nothing of importance. In the nisi
pnue court, before Mr. Justice Keating, the only cause
heard was " Fielden v. Cuoliffe," and which was of no
public
eaainterest. The businem et the assize terminated on
Tuesday at 6 o'clock.

THE WIFE MURDER IN THE TALE OF WIGHT. —An
inquest was opened on Monday before Mr. F. Blake, the
coroner for the Isle of Wight, at Oldham Farm, the some
of the warder, about • mile from Hyde, to inquire into the
cause of the death of Jane, the wife of Henry Lacy, a
farmer residing at that place, reported in our columns on
Tuesday. The proceedings were continued on the following
day, when several witnesses were examined, from whose
evidence it appeared that Lacy had thrown his wife down
stairs, and that she died from the injuries she received.
Susan Wilder, the niece of the deceased, appears to here
been implicated in the occurrer.ce, or, at allevents, she
knew of it, and endeavoured to conceal the fact that
Lacy bad thrown his wife down stairs, and represented that
she had fallen down. Lacy is a man of drunken habits,
and it is supposed that he was iutoxiciited when be com-
mitted the crime. The deceased had several braises, and
marks of blood were found on her clothes and on the bed
where she had been lying. The jury returned a verdict of
"Wilful murder" spinet Lacy, who has been committed to
Winchester Gaol. The woman Wilder, who is of rather
repulsive appearance, hes been examined before the magis-
trates of Hyde, and remanded on the charge of having on
the 17th inst., well knowing that one Henry Lacy had then
and there feloniously killed and murdered one Jane Lacy,
feloniously relieved, comforted, and assisted the said Henry
Lag."
DEATH FROM STARVATION.—Yesterday Mr. Ser-
tuit Payee held an inquest at the Fountain, Fore4treet,
on the body of John Wastaiondand, aged 7sl,
whoPPLlared of Aeration. It appeared that the deceased
bad formerly beea a master tailor in • large way of busi-
ness, having bad shore at Charing-croes, Chelsee., and the
New North-road, but had lately lost the whole of his pro-
perty. He occupied one room at No. 73, Milton-street,
Cripplegate, and not making his appcara Cu Monday the
door was forced open, when the oh Mill) was found oe the
floor, quite dead. There was no bed in the room, and only a
handle of rags for him to lie down upon. There was not •
particle of food, clothing, or furniture in the place, and all
the money that was found was one-halfpenny. Dr. Timothy
bad made • post mortem examination of the body, and he
found that the deceased died of ossification of the heart,
accelerated by the want of nourishment and the common
necessaries of life. It was stated that if the deceased
had made his circumstances known the parochial autho-
rities of St. Giles, Cripplegate, would at once have relieved
him. The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased
died of ossification of the heart, accelerated by the want of
the common necessaries of life."
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steers need only turn to Holloway's narivabed remedies to and
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ewe of such pains, every one knows that exposure to wet or
sold badness them, and It should be as universally known that
Wwsthetaseet, well rubbed upon the affected parts, ts •
and ertain antidote. It month. s ths severity ,d the attack,
sad effectually wards off its future return. When the pain is
"Herod ecmtinewl friction with this curative ointment soon
mfformi alwritirth to the 1111U1CiPS and flexibility to the joint& lt
regulates the local circalatkoa aad precludes gnarls.