The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-27 00:00:00

A WOMAN KILLED IN SHEFFIELD.

A distressing affair, resulting in the death of a young
woman named kary Bennett, took place in Water-lane on
Thursday night. The deceased, who .is about twenty-six
years of age, hag been living with her husband for a little
more than a week at the Barrel Inn, a beer house in Water-
lane, Sheffield. Her husband is a sawyer by trade, and
had come to Sheffield in search of work ; but, failing in his
object, they had intended to leavethe town in the course of
Friday. It seems that three women hid been lodging,
attheßarrel a few nights; but the landlord, George Loy,-
day, finding them more disorderly even than the usual e-
quenters of the neighbeurheod, told them ibey must leave.
They continued drinking in the house, however;-till about
twenty minutes to twelve at nieht, when they had
become so uproarious with the liquor they had imbibed,
that Loveday proceeded to drive theta out of the house.
They turned and abused him, and he seems to have sent
them pell-mell along the passage lading from the tap-
rooM to the front of the house. This passage is quite
dark at night, so that no person can recognise another in it.
It nnfueueately happened that while Loveday was driving
the women before him, Mrs. Bennett entered the passage
from the street, with some food she had been fetching for
her own and her husband's supper. She became mingled
with the three retiring women, and in the confusion and
darkness Loveday struck her a blow which felled her to the
ground. The three women ran out of the Buse, and Love-
day soon discovered -what a terrible mistake he had made.
The first the other inmates of the house learns d of the affair
was by seeing Loveday br;ng Mrs. Bennett in his arms into
the taproom. He said to .her husband, who was sitting
there, George, it's a bad job, I have hit your wife by
mistake." Bennett took charge of his wife, whose lip was
swollen, whose nose was bleeding, and who was crying
as if in pain. He carried her into the back kitchen,
where she exclaimed, " Oh, my lad, I believe I am a
murdered woman." He unloosed her frock and took her
bonnet off, she crying all the time, and seeming to suffer
greatly from pain. She complained particularly of her
forehead and the back of her head. Her husband said to
her, " What's the matter?" and she ' replied, "I am
losing my senses. He got some cold water and
a handkerchief and bathed &t. head, in which Mrs.
Loveday assisted him; but as she seemed only to get
worse, Mrs. Loveday went and fetched her husband,
telling him the woman was d 1 ing. Loveday came
and said, "What shall I do George? Shall I fetch
a doctor ?" Bennett told him he had better_ do so, and he
immediately left the honse, apparently for this purpose;
but up to last evening he had not returned to the house.
Bennet, not feeling satisfied, went out himself. in search
of a surgeon, but, failing to gat one, returned. When he
got back it was about half-past twelve, and his wife was
Just dead. It is supposed that Loveday only struck the
deceased with his fist, as he had no weapon in his hand
when he went to turn out the wiimen ; but no doubt he
hit her a very violent blow, he being-a passionate man, and
having, it was said, drunk heavily during the night. The
unfortunate woman had been married to Bennet about two
years.

How THE ARTICLES OF SOME LONDON JOURNALS ARV
FABRICATED. - The Ao; cl gives some insight into the
sources from whence the late articles in the :limes on this
deeliue of France were taken. It states that they are
chi. fly extracted bath for subject matter and form a
bof k written by M. Ratidot, a member of the Legislative
Assembly, under the title :—".De la Decadence de la
France." and published in 1850. It proves nothing
more against France, says the <Nord, than the work of
Leirti Rollin on the " Decline a England," has done
against this last-named country.
A PIEDMONT ANECDOTE Pensiero of Oneglia, in
Piedmont, relates the following anecdote :—" A few days
ago one of the prisoners in. our penitentiary died. One of
his companions being particularly desirous of exchanging
the confined air of he cell for the parer atmosphere of the
fields, resolved to purchase liberty by substituting himself
for the deceased. He accordingly secreted the body under
the straw, and occupied its place. His stratagem was very
near succeeding, for he was carried out of the cell in due
form, and had a fair chance of effecting his escape, when
he was seized with a violent fit o 1 coughing, at which the
men who were carrying him ran away in a fright; bat the
turnkeys who witnessed the scene were less superstitious,
and took him back to his prison."
TUB AUSTRIAN ARC EIDER E. —An Austrivn sailor at
Corfu, having a short time since been wounded whilst
serving a saluting gun; wi,s taken to the English hospital
there. On his recovery and discharge the Austrian con-
sul wrote to the 'medical officer in charge, desiring to
know to what .amount the'Austrian Government was in-
debted for the man's medical sattendaL'ce. The surgeon
stated, in reply, 'that her Majesty's Government was at all
times happy to receive into its hospitals wounded men of
any foreign nation, but never made any charge for so
doing. The Archduke, who commands the Austrian fleet
having heard of this, returned thanks for theattention
given to an Austrian sailor; and his Imperial Highness
has recently presented to the surgeon a very handsome
diamond ring.—lifilitary Spectator.