Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-02 00:00:00

FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF CAPTAIN KELSO.

Captain Elward John Francis Kelso, who had recently taken
up his temporary residence, with his wife and family, at Salt-
hill, near Windsor, has met his (loath under the following
circumstances, as given in evidence at an inquisition held on
Wednesday, in Windmi 1 Hotel, Selt-hill, William Prle❑dum,
Wrexham, papermaker, deposed that he was walking on he
Slough-road on Monday last, about fuu• o'c'cork in the afternoo
and saw a gentleman and lady proceeding tow,,r,'s Slough. On
reaching the road which crosses from S eke in the direc.ion of
Eton, and hearing a horse coming from Stoke at a rapid rate,
he turned round and saw it within 50 yards of the turnpike
road in air aster, and heard the rider say " Coma up." He
had one rein in his right hand, and the other in his lef•. The
horse then struck into a full gallop at the time the lady and
gentleman were crossing the road, when the animal ran against
the lady and knocked her do•sn. and its chest struck
man s, sou uc ai,o tell to the ground, Lead first. nie rider
pulled up the horse within a few yards afterwards• and in so
doing fell over its head. The witness picked up the lady and
gentleman ; the latter never spoke or groaned, and b'ood poured
out of his mouth, and from the left ear. Toe lady at fist was
insensible, but shortly afterwards recovered her consciousness.
The rider was riding like a jockey at a steeplechase, and ap-
peared as if be wanted to go Rater than his horse. The witness
identified the rider, who was in the room, and whose name is
William Neighbour, a tailor, of Windsor, about twenty years
of age. William N, 'elbow said that, at the time nf the acci-
dant, he had been to Baylis rouse, Stele, on business, on a
horse he hired of Cannon of Eton. The horse c intered with
him there. On returning borne he had a youth's coat in one
of his pockets, but had nei her whip, stick, nor spur on. When
within about 300 yards, of the h'gh road, the Lcr e bolted,
from what cause he could not say, and he endeavoured to stop
Etta, but he continued his speed. When lie first saw the
deceased and his wife, who were both together, he vtas within
15 yards of them. They were crossing the road in junction
with the turnpike road. I hey were hesitating. and in a moment
the horse was upon them. A few strides afterwards ho was
thrown, and went to the assistance of the lady and gentleman.
The pace of the horse threw him in the position of standing in
the stirrups, and his attention being directed to the horse, he
did not see them in time. Thomas Hopkins Cannon, livery
stablekeeper, deposed the horse to be a very temperate one, and
used to be ridden wi.h a snaffl Never kn.w it to run a vay.
Thought that the sin ill parcel in Mr. Neighbour's pocket would
not start the horse. If it had got into its fill speed might be
pulled up in 100 yards, and the d:s-ance from whence it has
been sated he started off was nearly 301 yards. Several other
witnesses who were examine! gave similar evidence as to the
cause of d• ath. The chcessed, a fine man, about s'x fret three
inches in heiglr, was in his 48th year. He had recently leit a
son iu India, and leaves a wire and several children to
deplore his loss. The jury returned a verdict of Mae-
slaughter.

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LEWIS & COMPANY, Itanalagh-street.

Bills offering a reward of £3OO for the discovery of the
perpetrators et the Wate:loe-briftge murder have been
placarded at Roulogne-snr-Mer.
A WIDOW PARTING Walt TIER " WEZDS."—in insid :nt
of Paris life, which has given U 3 groat cause flir rr flection,
has occupied us dui in; the wee k, an i ben disc:llB3M with
canons opinion:. Seercly two moats ago, dial at
Enghien, one of our rich capitalists, wiil known in England,
whose salon had beeu enlivened for seine ye us by the most
charming, acre--able, and virtuous little wife it r ver fell to
rich man's lot to wed, The Ellis lady, who had hel the
best and most affectionate of e iees, created no eurpise
when she appeared the most discen3olate of widows, and,
contrary to the usual custom iu Paris, mere speculatioes
took place upon the length of time she would be seen 'o
nanurn her husband's death than up.:n the subject of who
would be chesen toehe hie spore as fir. Her coniutral 1 .ve
could not be aoaD!ed, for every sacittice had been made by
her to soya her husband's name and credit during the
monetary cri is r f two years ag when she valiantly signed
away her reversion of the chateau and grounds at Engblen,
in order to enable him to rise above the diffinVtiai to which
the pressure had given rise. ith these preliminaries,
you will ho enabled to judge of the utter confoneding of
all our pre-conceived ideas, when we heard that Melanie
de M— had been s-en at last week's noes at Lengehernps
—l-1e verystar of fashion—the very planet of the mode—
attired in rose colour, driving is an once carriage a la
Doumont, with her mother (a rnaitresse femme, by the way)
seated by per side. The annoneceraent caused more
efts Alen at the Jockey Cluh that night than the most
unexpected. loss or gain upon the turf. The thing could
not be believed, save by those who had actually teren
and was thought wori.hy of the str•etest examina ion. The
truth was soon elicited, for the lady makes no secret of the
causes of her conduct. Her husband's papers COO! ying
over the reversion of the chateau, which he bad mean'y
extorted from his wife, and r pretence of embarrassment,
to a certain Comtesse C—. a woman h !frig a-high
position in Parisian society, had given her sufficient pro ,f
h while prtafeesing off ction for ber, his heart and
itntaetr'sqs had all been elsewhere. The disclosures made
concernirg the inatnenFe sums bestowed upon the C mime
by the deceased ars said lo be so astounding.. that she
liwyere themselves renneiced anarz.id
end
itnpertence.
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solemn 1l 1 d gwicaeldl
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to which her widowed etate compelied her, and enclosing
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luyp dear the,;ne. dwilifieuL teas
the whole costume—cap, hoetsete hood, and all—in a neat
pecking case, despetehel them with a cutting note to the
Corntes,e—proolaitring h r greater right to wear them,
and wishing her all health and prosperity in the cha:can
and grounds of Enghien.—Court Journal.

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