The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-27 00:00:00

Extraordinary and Mysterious Death,

The neighbourhood of Millwall was on Monday
last thrown into a state of the greatest excitement
in consequence of the discovery, in the back room
of a small house, of the body of a woman lying in
a pool of blood, with her throat cut from ear to ear.
A rope was also found by her side, and her neck
bore strong marks of strangulation as if a rope had
been used for that purpose. On examination it
also appeared that the throat had been cut from
right to left, showing that unless the deceased had
been left-handed it was at least improbable that the
wound was self-inflicted. On the discovery of the
body search was made through the house, and in
the yard the deceased's children, who were all of a
tender age, were found locked out. On further
inquiry it was found that the unfortunate deceased
was the wife of John Brown, a foreman ship-
wright at Messrs. Snook's yard, Millwall, and that
for some time past the deceased and her husband
had led a most unhappy life arising from intemper-
ance on her part, and intemperance, coupled with
the most extreme violence, ou his. It is also rumoured
that a third party, a young and handsome woman,
had taken some trouble to induce the unfortunate
deceased to drink, and when intoxicated had fetched
the husband and shown him the state his wife was
in. On other occasions great violence is said to have
occurred, even to the extent of several stabs having
been inflicted on the deceased, but no complaint to a
magistrate was made, as the deceased refused to give
any evidence which might criminate her husband.
The husband's account of the matter is, that he left
his house, 12, Thomas-street, Westferr3 -road,
Millwall, on Monday morning, at nine o'clock,
after having had a serious quarrel with his wife,
during which he had informed her that it was
his intention to leave her, and did not see her again
until she was discovered by her son. On examina
t ion of the body by Dr. M'Andrews, of 6, Limekiln-
Linathouse, it was found that there were seve-
ral stabs on the body, which must have been inflicted
about a week previous, and that although there
were signs of strangulation, yet death must have
resulted from the cut in the throat.

From inquiries instituted on the spot it appears
that John Brown, the husband of the deceased, has
been dismissed from the Messrs. Snook's employ-
ment, and that the greatest excitement still exists
in the neighbourhood, crowds congregating roun3
the house and discussing the act committed, with
the rumours current concerning it. It would appear
that the poor woman's death could not have been
immediate, as the floor of the room was literally co
vered with her blood, having the appearance, as the
polica described it, of a slaughter-house. The man's
own account of the discovery of the body of his wife
is that he came home at 1 p.m., and, not finding
her, sent his eldest son to seek her; that he being
unsuccessful, be (the father directed him to go to
the top of the house, where she was discovered; a
razor was also found, which he (the husband) at
once smashed, cursing it as the instrument which
had done the deed. The body is now in possession
of Mr. Mills, the coroner's officer, and the police
have charge of the rope and the razor which were
found in the room.

in 1594, the present Piccadilly
PICCADILLY,—In Aggas's map
is
Bh:flat:first sight, to
as " the road to Reading," which is apt,
topographical
edition
of Lonlydodne,sdorr
idea that it was a sort of
' we see that it
give us the
Dur-
aradise.
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we find nohem
fact
ing the reigns of Elizabeth and denotesof i‘iayotrh' se
spelling,road
toont heaadtl mjear reflection,
tion of Piccadilly—a circumstance ;
but in the time
for the
that there was nuthing to me
,„_nadilly cropshuep
la ful-
unlucky Charles I. the nail, of ri' yet of the
where, however, t p y i
first time as a gambling house, for b.
ult in exactly innocent gambo 8.
accounted
ess of visitors did not.res
ascaubeseen a cause of much
in which the pub-
contention for it is unsettled
d /I verdict of
lic has returned
0 say it comes from pickadilla, a flower
eenHrteethtiec:reeeergieciciaiid(;efieyriaser,o,sle:
to this day.
rewildSem on the banks and hedges about there ; but
whichggr- cv- seems as wild as the flower, and we decline to
this su7he:tsle°bnanks for the derivation. The generally-received
dravv. on --
opinion, however, is that the name originated in piccadil,' a
kind of starched collar or ruff, without which no gentle-
man's toilet in the reign of Charles I. was complete, and
much worn by the frequenters of Piccadilly-house; this,
perhaps, accounts for their choleric propensities, duels
being often fought there. Considering their love of gam.
bling, we cannot be surprised to find these gentry with ruffs,
A tailor named Hogging, who was celebrated for making
these, built the house, and, in the nick of time, this place
received the nickname of Piccadilly.—Fun.
CRICKET . -'1 lIE ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST
THE UNITED ALL EN GLAND ELEVEN,—The contest be-
tween these two great elevens was resumed yesterday morn-
ing, at Lord's ground, soon after 12 o'clock, and the result
was looked forward to with much interest, there being pre-
sent on the ground no less than 5,000 spectators. All Eng-
land in their second innings had to go in against 167, but,
although H. H. Stephenson, Tarrant, Hayward, Daft, and
Parr showed much skill, the United defeated them by 70
runs, the total only reaching 97.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. Oa
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
I7s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
nearly 1-10th per cent, dearer in London than in Paris.