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

Extraordinary and Mysterious Death;

The neighbourhood of Millwall was on Monday

fast thrown into a state of the greatest excitewen

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 bad
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 wifo 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, on 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, Westferry -road,
Millwall, on Monday morning, at nine o'clock,
after having had a serious quarrel with his wile,
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
Lion of the body by Dz.lll..Audrews, of 6, Limekiln-
Limehouse, it was found that there were seve-
ral stabs on the body, which must have been inflicted
bout 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 fLom the Messrs. Snook's employ-
ment, and that the greatest excitement still exists
in the neighbourhood, crowds congregating round
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
police 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, he (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 tho police
have charge of the rope and the razor which were
found in the room.

PICCADILLY,—In Aggas's map of Londodn
as " the road to Reading," which is apt, fir
in 1594, the present Piccadilly
at
edition
give the idea that it was a sort of topographical
ee that it
us
reflection, we s
Dur-
ing Mayor's spelling, but, on calm
Berkshire paradise.
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no at
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denotes the road leading to that
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is simply London, drawn
tion of Piccadilly—a circumstance
but in the time of the
ing the reigns of Elizabeth and
- thing to mention;
crops up for the
that there was n.,Piccadilly
name of
(3 where, however,
fofirnbdyntohemfeanci
first time as a gambling
a cause of much
ness of visitors did notiries
arose
a cause in which the pub-
boll' in ejxacaametelnintednrient gambols.
" no effects," for it is unsettled
con
lie has returned
How the name
a verdictsay it comes from pickadilla, a flower
to this day'
wild on the banks and hedges about there ; but
contention amongr
which grow ^"-- fians,---bas been
this suggestion seems as wild as the flower, and we decline to
draw on those banks for the derivation. The generally-received
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 sought there. Considering their love of gain •
bling, we cannot be surprised to find these gentry with ruffs.
A tailor named noggins, who was celebrated for making
these, built the house, and, in the nick of time, this
lace
received the nickname of Piccadilly.—Fun, 13
CRICKET.—'IHE ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST
THE UNITED ALL ENGLAND 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 oniy reaching 97.
Mintprice
£1
sterling. On
The quotation of gold at Paris is about >t per mule pain sad
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per
comparing these rates with the English
17s. lOid per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold it
n arly 1-10th per cent. dearer in London.than in parts. ,