The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT NORWOOD.

The name of the wretched man who committed mur-
der and suicide at Norwood, as reported in our paper
yesterday, was James, not John, Young, and his age
was twenty-seven years_ He married the unfortunate
victim of his violence upwards of two years ago; she ha.,l
three children by him, two of whom died shortly after
their birth. For some time past he had behaved in an
eccentric manner, but nothing elangerous VI as appre-
hended in his conduct until last Christm,:s, when he
showed evident signs of mental aberration. Mr. Chap-
man, a medical man in the neighbourhood, was con-
sulted, and prescribed for him, and advised filet he
should be looked after, as he considered he might inflict
injury on those around him. His wife, who was greatly
attached to him, objected to his being placed utal.?r re-
straint, and expressed her conviction that he would I
neither hurt her or himself. It appears that a young
man lodged in the house with him, and slept there on
every night but Saturday night; had he been at home,
he might probably have rescued the victims from the
unhappy maniac. When Young returned borne cn
Saturday night, he was so unwell that a medical gentle-
man was called in to see him, who gave it as his opinion
that he ought to be closely watched. About thieeo clock
on Sunday morning, Young and his wife were heard
quarrelling by their servant-girl; he asked fur some-
thing which she said she bad not got. Ho then flew
into a passion, saying he knew she had got what he
asked for, and he was determined to have it. He at
the same time struck her, and she exclaim-d, " Ah!
James, you know you ought not to have done this."
The quarrel then ceased. James Pope, a journey-
man shoemaker, in the employment of Mr. Quy, of
No. 7, High-street, Norwood, next door to the house in
which the murder was committed, was awakened about
ten minutes past 6 o'clock on Sunday morning by the
screams of a woman. He immediately got up and, with
Mr. Manshe, who lives at No. 5, knocked at the door of
Young, which was opened by the servant-girl, wbo, in
answer to their gig stion, " What is the matter?" replied,
she did not know, but thought her master was killing
Mrs. Young. They saw bleed dripping down the stairs,
and Mrs. Young lying with her feet on the stairs, and
her head on the landing-place, bleeding from a wound in
the throat; there was a cut on the throat and another at
the back of the neck. His (James Pope's) impression is,
that Young first cut his wife's throat in the bedroom;
that she crawled to the top of the stairs, and screamed
for help until she became exhausted; he recollects the
scream growing fainter until it died away. Upwards of
two minutes elapsed after he heard the first scream be-
fore he got into the house. Whilst Pope and Manshe
were on the landing place, Young came out of the bed-
room; they then ran down stairs and went for a police-
man and a doctor. No person saw Young cut his throat
as he did it before any one returned to the house. It
further appears that shortly before six o'clock on Sun-
day morning Mrs. Young called the servant-girl up and
told her to get breakfast ready; whilst the• girl was
lighting the fire she heard Mr. Young ask for something,
to which his wife replied, " My dear, I have not got
any." He said, " You have;" a scuffle ensued, and her
mistress endeavoured to call her by name, but could not;
fearing that he was ill-using her, she ran out and called
at Mr. Quy's house. The scuffle was the fatal repetition
of the quarrel which the girl heard at three o'clock the
same morning.
The inquest will be held this evening.

THE JUDGES AND CORPORATION AT ST. PAUL'S.—
On Sunday, it being the first in term, the judges and
civic corporation went in state to St. Paul's Cathedral,
where they attended Divine service. There were present
Lord. Denman, Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas; Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Al-
derson, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice
Cresswell, Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, Mr. Sergeant
Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones, Mr. Sergean Man-
ning, the Lord Mayor (with his chaplain, the Rev. H. E. C.
Cobden, M.A.), Alderman Farelirother, Alderman Sir Chap-
man Marshall, Alderman Kelly, Alderman Hughes Hughe,,
Alderman Farncoinlp, Alderman and S;ieriti Challis, Mr.
Sheriff Kennard, the Recorder, Mr. Cosimissioner Bullock,
and a large nweber ot members of the Gennion Come ; the
Lord Bishop of London. the Lod Bi-:hop et Llaileaff (Dean
of St. Paul's). the Lod Bishop of Oxtord, the Vesierable
William Nile Hale, M.A., Archdeacon of London; the
Venerable Archdeacon IL Wilberforce, the Honouraiile an,
H. Montague Villiers, M.A., Rector ot St. ,eorge's,
Bloomsbury, and Canon Residentiary or St. Paul's; the 11,,v.
James Endell Tyler, R. D., Rector of St. Giles's and Canon
Residentiary of St. Paul's; the Rev. T. Boyle Murray; thz
Rev. 11. Browne; the Rev. W. J. Hall, and several other
clergymen in their robes. Full choral service was per-
formed, and a sermon preached by the Lord BL,,hop of Lon-
don, who selected for his text the tenth verse of the second
chapter of the general epistle by St. James—" Whoever
keepeth the whole law, and yet offendeth in one point is
guilty of all. The Right Rev. Prelate dwelt on the nature
of sin, exposed the destination drawn by the Roman Catholic
Church between moral and venial sins, and impreuively set
forth the efficacy of true repentance. At the close of the
sermon the procession left the cathedral in the order in
which it had entered

FIRE NEAR WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Yesterday
morning, at three o'clock a fire, attended with serious de-
struction of property, broke out in a large building known
as the Prince of Wales beer-shop, the property of Mr. E.
Underwood, 10, Princes-street, Westminster, nearly facing
the Abbey. A police-constable'of the B division, . passing
the premises, first discovered the fire, by perceiving. flames
issuing through the bar shutters. The constable raised an
immediate alarm, and after considerable trouble the inmates
were aroused from their slumbers, but such a firm hold the
flames had obtained, that none of the residents were able
to escape by the staircase. By great perseverance the whole
of the parties succeeded in effecting a safe retreat from the
blazing premises by the back windows. Although the fire-
men exerted themselves to the utmost, they were unable to
get the fire extinguished until the whole of the stock in the
building was destroyed, and the premises nearly gutted.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. ARNOTT, or CHATHAM
DOCKYARD.-711r. Carter yesterday held an inquiry at the
Clayton Arms, Kennigton-oval, on the body of Mr. Robert
Arnott, aged 70, master carpenter of the dockyard at Chat-
ham. Susan Austen, housemaid to Edward Russell, Esq.,
24, Kennington-oval, stated that the deceased had been
staying with Mr. Russell on a visit, Mrs. Russell being his
daughter. On Friday he bad been out in the forenoon, and
was apparently well. In the evening, about seven o'clock,
she was called down stairs, and then found the deceased
lying on his back, and quite dead. He had apparently been
in the act of smoking a pipe, for he had one lighted in his
hand. She sent the groom for Mr. Duke, the surgeon, of
Harleyford-place, who came immediately, but his skill was
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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Aram 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-There has been a very small business
done to-day. As regards prices we consider them to be
pretty firm, especially when compared with the last few
days. On he part of sellers there is a reluctance to accept
the prices offered. The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1.4 dis.-Eastern Counties, 1834 -Eaat
Lancashire New (scrip), % p.--. Leeds and Thirsk, New, 21,8
dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 134 p.-London and
North-Western, 171 Ls-Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares
(late Extension), 11,-4 p.-Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and
Bury), 3 p.-Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 7/q p.-
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 881/2-Midland
Stock, 1151,4-Ditto, New, 2/. Gs. 3d. p.-North Stafford-
shire, 2N, p.-North-Western,'ll% dis.-Preston and Wyre,
34/2-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 214 dis.-Shrews-
bury and Birmingham (B), tg dis. ex int.-South-Eastern,
No. 4, Thirds, IA p.- York and Newcastle, Preference, 31/8 p.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 19.
STOCK EXCILANGK.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 3/4-East Lancashire (late
B. aad P.), New (scrip), 7-16-Fieetwood, Preston, and
West Riding Junct., 11-16-llndilerstisld and Manchester
Rai!way alit Canal, 1 - 1 Wt.), Thirds, 14?-.Alanchester and
Leeds, Halves, 11. and S., 'N)-Di 32/. Shares (late Ex-
t;I:sion), 112-Ditto, Fiftlis (late West Riding Union),
-Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 134-
Mancheste7 and Southampton, 191.- North British, Ex-
tension, lls. 91-North Staff irdshire, 214-Oldham Alliance,
14-South-Eastern aad Dover, No. 3, I/iv-Ditto, No. 4, LAS
South Staffordshire, W.
LEEDS, Amt. 19.
STOCK. ENCRAN(IE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham. and 16:. dlis.-East Lineasiiir-, New, 7s. (11.
p.-Ditto, New Scrip. Bs. P.-East and West Yorkshire, Bs.
63. dis.-Iludderstield and Manchester. Tiiirds, 10s. p. -
Leeds and Bradford, 431,4. p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 p.-
Ditto, Branches (blue), 2% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3 4 dis.
-Ditto, Preterence, 16s. p.-London and Brighton and
South Coast, 521,i-Dittn, Fifteenths, 2s. Ed.
and Dritlield Junction, Is. 6d. dis.-111ancbester and Leeits,
Fifths, 4% p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 28s.
63. p.-lii!to, West Riding Union, 14s. p.-Newcastle and
Berwick, New, 2 1-16 p.-North British, Thirds, 41s. 6d.
p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 9i. 6d. p.-North Stafford.
shire. 214 p.-Northern Counties Union, 214 dis.-North.
Western, 1% dis. -York and North Midland, Exteneion,3934.
SHEFFIELD, APRIL 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), dis.-Ditto,
20/. Shares, 465. dis.-Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, 1% dis.-
.nidiand, New, 214 p.-Ditto (Sheffield and Rotherham),
32 4-West Riding Union, 78 p.
EDINBURGH, APRIL 17.
STOCK RXCIIANGE -The sales are-Caledonlan, New,
455. 6d.-Edniburg,h, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 13s. 6d.
-Edinburgh and Northern, New, 743. Ed.-Ditto, New-
port, 7%-Edinburgh and Perth, 589.-Ditto Halves,
20s. Ed.-North British, Quarters, 71s. Ed.-Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 245. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 623.-Direct Bom.
bay and Madras, 3s. 6d.

SUSPECTED DEATU FROM STARVATION IN ST.
PA/WA...S.—Yesterday (Monday) morning, between the
hours of one and two o'clock, a woman, name unknown, was
admitted into the University College Hospital under the
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lying on the pavement, near the Coronation public-house, in
the above street, and shivering with cold. On appreaching
her he found her in a very exhausted state, and she appeared
as if on the brink of death from the want of food and
nourishment. She was in tlse most filthy plight, being liter-
ally covered with a few dirty rags, and was reduced to such
a state of weakness as scarcely to be able to articulate. She
said she had had no food for several days, and the policeman,
assisted by another constable, conveyed her to the above in-
stitution, when she was atterded to by Mr. Cadge, the
night-surgeon, who pronounced her to be in a dying state.
She was so exhausted as to be unable to take any nourish-
ment, and notwithstanding all the care and attention paid
her, she expired in an hour and a quarter after her admission.
The deceased appears to have been about 55 years of age, and
has all the appearance of having died from want and des-
titution.
THE ALLEGED MURDER IN STEPNEY.—Yesterday,
the adjourned inquiry was resumed and concluded before
Mr. William Baker, coroner, at the Grave Maurice, White-
chapel-road, respecting the death of William Bridge, a
painter, aged 64 years, who died in the London Hospital, on
Sunday, the 11th inst., from a rupture in the bladder,
alleged to have beet occasioned by a female named Mary
Burns, in the Artichoke beer-shop, Jubilee-street, Stepney,
on Thursday evening, the Ist instant. Mr. Buchanan, a soli-
citor, attended for the accused. It was alleged by three
witnesses, who were present during the affray, that the
woman Burns stamped three times upon the deceased while
he.was lying upon the it..or, and that she wore a pair Of
wooden clogs with iron round the soles at the time she did
so. The deceased afterwards complained of severe pains in his
stomach and abdomen, and was removed to the London Hos-
pital, where he expired on Sunday, the 11th inst. Mr. John
Nash, house surgeon to the London Hospital, attributed
death to a rupture of the bladder. It might have been pro-
duced by a kirk or a fill against some pointed. substance. A
girl, named Eleanor Holmes, sister to the female Burns,
was examined at great I,ngth, and she en'irely contradicted
the statements made by the previous witnesses. Site stated
that several men were in the top-room, very much intoxi-
cated, anti they e4mrnenceql alrusirig the deceased, who was
also drunk. Her :sister entered the room and advised him
to leave the house. are man, named Haynes, struck her
sister, and the deceased also struck and kicked her on the
right leg. He was about to kick her again, and he fell side-
ways over a chair with great violence. She did not see her
sister kick the deceased at all, and she was quite certain her
sister did not wear any clog boots that. day. Jane Storey, of
No. 3, Henry-street, Jubilee-street, Stepney, stated that she
was present during the altercation between the deceased and
Mary Burns. The deceased was sitting in a chair when
Burns entered the room, and endeavoured to eject the old.
man from the house. She kicked him on the leg, and then
dragged him from his chair. He fell upon the floor from her
violence, and she stamped upon the lower part of his sto-
mach. She was desired to desist, and she then left the
room. In answer to questions by the coroner, the witness
said that the female Holmes was not present during the
affray, and that Burns did wear a pair of clog boots on that
day. The Coroner then summed up at great length, and
the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
" Maneaughter against Mary Burns." The witnesses were
then bound over to prosecute. Burns will be brought up
before the magistrates at the Thames Police Court on
Thursday next, when she will be fully committed to take
her trial at the Central Criminal Court, for the manslaughter
of the deceased.

THE TIBBENHAM POISONINGS.—The uncertainty
and mystery originally attached to these cases seem to be
disappearing, and the real facts gradually, though slowly,
unfolding themselves ; and there is some probability that the
whole truth may yet be discovered. Though the cause of
death seemed at tirst uncertain, the chymical tests applied
by Mr. Firth left no doubt of that being poison ; but at the
adjourned inquest, though the strong probability was that
this had been feloniously administered, there might be some
doubt remaining, considering the quantity of poison that was
proved to be about the house for the purpose of destroying
the mice, whether some of this might not accidentally have
got mixed with the water in the pail or the tea-kittle, and so
have undesignedly caused the deplorable consequences which
followed. Subsequent discoveries, however, have set this at
rest, and it is now placed beyond a doubt that this poison has
been given by design. The Jury re-assembled on Thursday
last to inquire by themselves into the new facts the case pre-
sented, but they examined no witnesses, nor was the court
opened. It is not considered prudent at present to say 'who
has fallen under suspicion; but it may be said, that other
poison has been found mixed up and secreted in a bottle and
buried two feet beneath the surface of the soil in a garden.
Every Every exertion is being made to discover the
these appalling murders, and, it is said,
wilhromuled%o a lity of success, but no one is apprehended. t.
se-
rious public evil for such a case to go undetected'
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SOCIETY OF GUARDIANS FOR
THE PROTECTION OF TRADE.
This society was instituted in 1776, in the city of
London, for the protection of trade from the frauds of
the swindler, who, by means of its machinery, has been
often thwarted in his nefarious plots, and deprived of
the ill-gotten gains which formerly he was wont con-
fidently to count his own. The members and their
friends of this worthy society, in celebration of their
success, and to cheer each other for the toils of the
future, sat down to dinner to the number of about 70,
is the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, last evening;
Alderman Farebrother, the president of the society, in
the chair.
Of the dinner we need say no more than that it was
most excellent in all that went to make up the comple-
ments of good fare, enjoyment, and hearty conviviality.
The stewards had done so well their part, and the ser-
vants so satisfactorily did theirs, that any fault, if such
existed, must be attributed to the individual knife anti
fork. The singing, which was of a very high character,
was conducted with great ability, under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Bruton, by Messrs. Genge, Turner, and
Simmons.
After dinner the " Non Nobis" was sung by Messrs.
GengP, Turner, and Simmons with good effect. Thv
following toasts and songs were then received with
applause Queen"—National Anthem; "Queen
Dowager, Prince Albert, Albert, Prince of Wales, and
the Royal Fa,tuily"—song, "Here'. a health to the Prince
and die Queen ;" " The Navy and Artri"—glea, " How
merrily we live that Soldiers be!" " The City of London,
its Trade, and the Corporation," conw-ctcd with the
name of Mr. Adlard"—song, " The bootie r,ws."
The CHAtrkIAN, in drinking the health of Rowland
Hill, Esq., who sat on his right, paid a high compliment
to that gentleman for the universal benefit which had
arisen from the scheme of postage which that gentleman
had. originated, awl which had very much aided the ob-
jects of the society.
Mr. HILL, in reply, referred to the progress of the
Post-office, and said that the first petition in favour of
reform in that department was taken up and encouraged
by the city of London, and prosecuted by Lord Ashbur-
ton. Till that time no thought of improvement or reform
in the department had ever occurred. But reform hav-
ing been adopted, the increase of the letters bad been so
great, that while the whole of the letters passing through
the post-office of Belgium was 6,000,000 per annum, the
number of letter. for London and its immediate environs
was 75,000,000. That would show that the correspon-
dence of even the metropolis alone, much more of the
country itself, was of importance to the universal world.
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by thanking the com-
pany for the honour they had done him.
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Prosperity of the Society
for the Protection of Trade." He felt it unnecessary to
enlarge on benefits which they all acknowledged, which
they all expected, and which they well knew they had
all enjoyed.
In the course of the evening one of the guests
an officer of the society, stated that one firm had been
saved through the means of the society to the amount
of 3001, another of 1501, and another of 5001.
Song—" The man with the beard," a comic effusion,
by J. H. Dixon, Esq., in which was detailed the adven-
tures of a well-known character, whose portrait had
been lithographed by the society, the original being
celebrated not only for his light .fingership, but also for
his unusual beard.
J. H. GASSIOT, Esq., proposed " The health of the
Chairman."
Other toasts followed, and Messrs. Bruton, Genge,
and Simmons enlivened the company throughout the
evening with songs of a comic but appropriate character.
About ten o'clock, when the spirit of hilarity was
high, the Chairman retired, all being in the very best
spirits.