The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-14 00:00:00

ST. GEORGES-IN-THE-EA.ST-DIS-

Yesterday the disturbances at this now notorious
pleas of -worship were worse than ever. The clergy
manifested no disposition to abate one jot or tittle
of their ceremonial, and the people were fully deter-
mined to put an end at least to some of the present
oractices, especially the intoning and the turning
to the East.
In the morning the Rev. C. F. Lowder took the
service, which was conducted in the usual way.
The congregation was unusually large, and the
effect of ths mass of the people " saying " the re-
sponses while the choir chanted them was exceed-
ingly painful. In fact the whole affair was a bur-
lesque on public worship—an utter violation of all
those ideas of decorum which even the pro-
fane will generally allow to restrain them in a
place publicly and regularly set apart for Divine
worship, and particularly while that worship is go-
ing on. It is remarkable that the audience yester-
day was mainly composed of men and boys, and
scarcsly a bonnet was to be seen in the place. Many,-
strangers, too, were present; for the services at St.
George's may now fairly be placed in the category
of those things which must be " done " by the sight
Keine.9 multitude. The principal methods of ex-
pressing disapprobation were yesterday indulged in
to an extent which exceeds the disturbances of any
previous occasion. A host of powerful voices in all
parts of the church " said" the responses, and thus
produced a degree of confusion and profane disor-
der which can hardly be conceived, except by those
who have witnessed it for themselves. Every now
and then some one coughed rather loudly, and the
whole congregation was instantly affected, and
such a cough was at once set up as was probably
never heard before, certainly not in a church.
People were incessantly leaving their seats
and slamming the pew doors in the most
violent manner. Once or twice the cough-
ing was very protracted, and so violent as
completely to drown Mr. Lowder's voice. The
police were scattered in every part of the church,
and we are told that a large reserve was at
hand, and could have been brought to the spot, if
needed, at a moment's notice. The superintendent
took up his position in the churchwardens' pew, by
the principal entrance.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Low-
der, who exhibited the greatest calmness and pre-
sence of mind throughout the whole of the dis-
course, in spite of an audience in the presence of
which the boldest preacher might well have
quailed. He ascended the pulpit in his surplice
and hood, with a black stole, on the back of which
a red cross was embroidered, and this, on his turn-
ing round to invoke the Trinity, was visible to the
audience. This turning to the East at the begin-
nihg and close of the sermon, is one of those prac-
tices which are regarded by the congregation with
the utmost disapprobation ; but the clergy, in their
deplorable obstinacy, will not give it up, and hence
these hisses. In fact, the church is desecrated by
zoological noises of divers kinds. He took for his
text John xiv. 27. Peace I leave with you, my
peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth
give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid." On this he based an
earnest, eloquent, and practical discourse, in which',
he avoided all those points of doctrinal difference
which might have provoked dissension ; but his
most pathetic passages were, nevertheless, drowned
by the awful and universal cough which was now
and then set up, and which was varied by a little
hissing and hooting, and the violent slamming of
the pew doors. The uproar burst forth now and
then, spparently at the caprice of some unseen
fugleman, and without the remotest connexion
with what the preacher was saying. He remarked
that we all needed peace, and especially the Church,
which had been sorely troubled in various periods
of her history, particularly in the times of the
Apostles, when Christians were obliged to go
into , caverns and secret places to worship God
in quietness, and were not even safe then,
for traitors and spies got in amongst them
and betrayed them. Whether or not, the congre-
gation considered this an uncomplimentery. obser-
vation reflecting on themselves, certain it is that
they resented it most fiercely. A terrific groan as-
'sailed the rev. gentleman before the words were
scarcely out of his mouth, and men stamped vio-
lently on the floor, the scene being precisely that
which one sometimos witnesses at a theatre when
the audience disapproves of an actor or a piece.
When the passion of the congregation had subsided,
Mr. Lowder proceeded to say that out of all the
troubles with which the Church had been assailed,
she had been graciously delivered, and peace had
come at last. The storm had passed away, and God
bocarne again present with his Church, speaking
words of comfort and of peace. Esch one amongst
them should recollect, at the s tine time, that there
could be no peace without pardon. Peace was friend-
ship with God, and how were they to become friends
of Crud ? In the first place they must obtain par-
don of their sins, for it was their sins alone which
separated them from God. how was it that they
had not rest and peace in their hearts? Why were
they restless, disturbed, troubled, excited? Simply
because they had not in their hearts the love of God.
If they secured this peace they would care nothing
for the troubles, the trials, and temptations of the
world, and all evil passions and tempers would pass
away like a morning cloud. At the close of his
sermon, the rev. gentleman turned round to the
altar and invoked the Trinity, and the congrega-
tion yelled again.
A vast and excited mob filled the churchyard and
street immediately after the sermon. Mrs. Kin..
was hissed on her way to the Rectory House, the
choristers were mobbed, and Mr. Lowder was as-
sail° i with a variety of exclamations, the prin-
cipal one being " Rotten eggs," in allusion to a
case. in which he was concerned while-curate of

St. Barnabas, having, as was alleged, incited his
choristers to pelt with eggs a man who was carry-
ing a placard asking the parishioners to secure the
return of Mr. Westerton, as churchwarden.
The police took two boys into custody, and at the
station they were charged with using insulting lan-
guage, calculated to provoke a breach of the pace.
They were, however, liberated on bail, and will be
brought up at the Thames police-court this morning.
In the afternoon the scene was disgraceful in the
extreme. Such an outrage was perpetrated as baffles
all description. Mr. Lowder again officiated, and
was. hissed, and hooted—and mobbed, in fact—on
his way to the altar, before which he and his cho-
risters knelt, two abreast, the choristers' seats hav-
ing been previously taken up by parishioners. The
effect of the " saying" of the responses by the people,
while the- choir chanted them was most painful in
the Litany, as maybe readily supposed.
There was one incident of a very novel and
startling nature. At one of the most solemn pas-
sages, a sudden howling was heard, which excited
loud laughter and produced confusion. It arose from
a large black dog which had been treated very
freely to some intoxicating beverage, and was rush-
ing madlyabout the edifice whining most piteously.
Presently the animal dashed right into the very
midst of the priests and choristers, upsetting some
of the more diminutive, and producing a scene of
the most extraordinary character. Mr. Lowder
kept on with the service in spite of all these noises,
and the profanity of the scene was such as to shock
the feelings of every right-minded individual who
was present. Presently another dog was introduced
and set up a protracted howl which made most
of those laugh who were not afraid that the
poor creature was mad. The " effect" was most
painful, and the noise of these wretched
creatures was so continuous, that almost

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any one but Mr. Lowder would have abstained
from going on with the service. This " dog scene,"
which was obviously preconcerted, can never be for-
gotten by those who witnessed it. The infuriated
animals went yelling over every part of the edifice,
and although kicked out more than once they re-
turned to the charge with redoubled vigour. One
of these eanine protesters was eventually so "over-
taken" that he dropped off to sieep.and was found
in the gallery in a state of helpless intoxication.
Mr. Lowder, after the service, was hissed and
hooted all the way to Calvert-street, by a mob of
several hundred persons, same of whom eventualiy
came into collision with the police, and the atten-
tion of the mob being thus diverted, Mr. Lowder
escaped in safety.
In the evening there was again a iarge congre-
gation, and the same disgraceful scenes. In fact,
the people seem determined to " say" the responses,
while the choir persists in chanting them ; and while
this state of things is kept up, the peace of the
parish cannot possibly be preserved. Mr. Maccono-
chie preached, and the hisses and interruptions at-
tained such a de"ree of intensity that the rev. gen-
tleman stopped short and inquired what the people
meant. He said he would not inflict a sermon
upon them against their will. Should he go on or
not. To which some of the people shouted, " No,
no, no," while others said, " Glo on," and laughter
then ensued. After this somewhat "startling
novelty," the sermon was pormitted to be concluded
in peace, but at the invocation of the Trinity the
preacher turned his back to the people, which called
forth a terrible shout of disapprobation, in the
midst of which the benediction was pronounced, mil
the affair terminated in the usual way.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 12.

CLERKENWELL.—A PERFECT CANNIBAL.—
VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON THE POLICE.—Jacob
Hull, aged 31, a rough, powerful, brutal-looking
fellow, described as a labourer, residing at 41, Col-
lege-grove, Camden-town, was charged with being
drunk, creating a disturbance, and assaulting police-
constable James Mannering, at Bayham-street,
Camden-town.
Mr. Wakeling appeared for the prisoner.
Inspector Stokes, S division, when the case was
called on, handed in the following certificate :
"Nov. 12, 1859.-1 certify that police-constable
Mannering, 442 S, is on the , sick list from injuries
received to his hands, inflicted in the execution of
his duty.—George Bermingham, divisional sur-
gcon." The prisoner was fined £6 only three weeks
ago for assaulting two policemen, he having been
remanded for more than a month, and one of the con-
stables is now unable to go on street duty. Before
that he was fined £4 for biting off part of a man's
ear, and he had been fined for Musing a horse on
the Great Northern Railway.
Police-constable Mannering, 442 S, said that on
Friday afternoon be was on:duty in Bayham-street,
Camden-town, when he saw the prisoner, who was
very drunk, turned out of a public-house. The pri-
soner no sooner saw him (witness) than, before a
word could be uttered. he struck hitn(the constable)
a violent blow in the chest, and nearly knocked
him down. When he recovered himself the prisoner
again struck and knocked him down, ran into a
sweep's house, and hid himself in a quantity of
soot. (A laugh.) Witness got him out, and con-
veyed him part of the way to fle station, when the
prisoner became exceedingly violent, put his legs
between the constable's legs, threw him down, bit
one of the knuckles of his left hand, as well as biting
the fingers of his right hand, and kicking him se-
verely. It was not until the arrival of assistance
that the prisoner could be conveyed to the police-
station. When the prisoner first struck the con-
stable he said, "Take that, you you are one
of the gang that got me fined the other day."
Witnesses were called, who confirmed the con-
stable's statement, and said the violent conduct of
the prisoner was disgraceful.
The prisoner said he was very sorry, and if he
was forgiven this time he would never drink any
more. llad it not been for the liquor it never would
have occurred. If he was sent to prison he should
lose his work.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a brutal,
violent, beastly fellow, and the only doubt he had
was whether he should not send the prisoner to the
sessions for trial. He could not allow the excuse of
drunkenness as a plea for knocking the constables
about. To mark his sense of the prisoner's conduct
he should send him to the House of Correction, with
hard labour, for one month. _ _ _

Mr. Wakeling applied that a fine might be in
flitted, but the magistrate would not alter his deci
sion.

MARLBOROUTI-STREET.—BRUTAL ASSAULT
BY SOLDIERS.—John Davis and Richard Prew,
privates in the Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards,
stationed at St. John's-wood Barracks, were charged
with the following brutal assaults :
Mr. Theodore Briesler, a German, of 25, George-
street, Portman-square, cabinetmaker, said he was
passing through South Audley-street at half-past 11
over night, and saw the prisoners—one leaning on
a post, and the other standing by him. As he passed,
the one said to the other, who was leasing, "Keep
up, my boy, and don't be a fool ;" upon which the
one addressed, j mnping u,p, asked him (complainant)
why he had called him a fool. He told him he was
mistaken, for he had not insulted him or even
spoken. Fearing the prisoner meant mischief, he
ran away as fast as he could, and finding he was
pursued by the prisoners, he appealed to a constable
he met, who recommended him to pass on, and ho
did so, but on reaching Orchard-street, was over-
taken by them and knocked down, and then kicked
in the ribs and eye. The prisoners, he considered,
were the worse for liquor. He himself was quite
sober, having taken nothing in the way of liquor
all day.—(The complainant's eye was frightfully
swollen and discoloured.)
Mr. John Cutting, 1, Vere-street, Oxford-street,
draper, was passing, and saw Davis knock the com-
plainant down by a powerful blow, and when on
the ground he kicked him iu the most brutal man-
ner about the body, in the ribs, and iu the eye.
The complainant succeeded in getting up, was
knocked down again, and while being so ill-treated,
Prew called out, " Give it him, let him have it."
Sergeant Greaves, 31 I), being informed of the
assault, followed the prisoners to Portman-square,
where Davis, who was about 20 yards from him,
seeing him (witness) took off his belt, doubled it,
and twisted it, round his wrist. He went quietly
up to him, and got it suddenly from him, telling
him he was charged with assaulting a foreigner.
He replied " All right," and then the compl-iinant,
whose face was covered with blood, coming up with
another officer, he laid hold of Davis to take him
into cust ; upon which, falling a pace or two
back, he ran at and butted him in the stomach with
his head, which knocked him down. Scrambling
up in the best way he could, he was ag in knocked
down in a similar way. With difficulty he reco-
vered his standing and closed with him, and then
was struck in the eye by Davis, and after some
struggling both fell down together. At length,
with assistance, they were got to the station.
Davis had nothing to say.
Prew said the complainant called him a d--d
fool, and abused him, and taunted him about fo-
reigners beating them in the Crimea. They had all
been drinking together just before.
Complainant recalled.
Mr. Bingham—ls there a word of truth in this
statement I)

Complainant—Not a word, upon my honour. I
never saw them before.

Mr. Bingham—l must say that the defence of
Prew is, if possible, the worst feature in this case.
You thought, by this impudent falsehood, to mislead
me, but you shall find yourself disappo'nted. I do
not stop to inquire what your characters are. If you
were the best men in the regiment, which
you by such conduct disgrace, you 401414 be
severely pumished. To knock an unoffendin? man

down in the streets is most monstrous, and your as '
sault on the police most brutal. For the assault on
the policeman you, Davis, are committed for one
month, and fined £5 or two months for the previous
assault, to commence at the expiration of the first
term; and you, Prow, are fined £3, or six weeks,
for encouraging your comrade in his barbarity.
ROBBERY BY A BAD.MAID.—Emma King, bar-
maid, in the :service of Mr. L. Hammond, licensed
victualler, and proprietor of the Gloucester Hotel,
Park-street, Oxford-street, underwent a re-exami-
nation on the charge of robbing her master's bar
of various sums of money at various times.

The prisoner entered prosecutor's service in June,
and in consequence of suspicion money was marked
and given to Roy, the detective officer, and to a
Private person, who sent in customers with the same
to test the honesty of the prisoner. 'When accused
after this she denied taking the money, but finding
the officer was sent for, fell on her knees, begged
forgiveness of her master, and admitted stealing
about £4 10s. In her purse, required of her by Roy,
was found, among £l6 10s. in gold, a marked sove-
reign, stolen from a slab in the bar the over night.
Mr. Child, of the firm of Wire and Child, atten-
ded for the prosecution ; and Mr. Lewis, of Ely-
place, for the defence.
Mr. Hammond said be had lost a very great deal
of money at various times since the prisoner entered
his service, to the extent of full £ll or £l5 a-week,

Mr. Child said the case hid assumed a far more
serious aspect thm before, from the fact that a num-
ber of letters, amounting to nearly 300, addressed
to.the prisoner, had been found—letters of such a
character that they defied all description—and that
any one calling himself a man could have ventured
to address them to a female was a perfect marvel.
The letters spoke of the writer being engaged in a
burglary that did not come off, and altogether their
contents were such as to stamp him as a villain of the
deepest dye. He had no doubt this fellow had in-
cited her to rob her master. In one of his letters
he boasted that he hat gone home drunk, sold off
the whole of his furniture—for he was a married
man, with a family—and that he had got blind
drunk with the money so raised ; this was the
fellow who made love to the prisoner. As a further
specimen of what sort of a man he was, he would
mention that he signed his letters to the prisoner,
" Albert Pearl, alias the Villain." During the whole
of the time the prisoner had been in the prosecutor's
employ he had lost upwards of £lO a-week.
Mr. Lewis said the prisonPr was at the mercy of
the prosecutor. He was afraid that what was stated
was too true, and that she had been in the hands of
an infamous man.

The prosecutor said he would listen to nothing in
the shape of a compromise, but was willing to leave
the case in the hands of the magistrate.
Mr. Child said his only regret was that the great
offender was not in custody.

Mr. Bingham (the prisoner pleading guilty) com-
mitted her for six months, with hard labour.
The prisoner it appears was discharged from a
former situation, in the employ of Mr. Amos, for
encouraging the fellow Pearl, who is stated to be a
notorious skittle sharper, and to have once been
convicted, Mr. Amos having been informed of the
character of the man.
Some of the letters, which were produced by Roy,
338 A, the detective having charge of the case, were
of a most singular nature. Mixed up with protes-
tations of love were such expressions as the fol-
lowing :
" The joh of burglary did not come off—we were
disturbed, and it was spoilt." " I have sold off
everything, turned my wife out of doors, and got
blind drunk with the money." I feel as if I could
murder any one, and hang upon the scaffold." " I
care not what becomes of me if the world is going
to use me like this. Let that deceiving God
above curse me how he likes, for he always was
a wretch to me, but never mind." The letter
containing this last remark was signed.—
"Albert Pearl, alias the Villain," In another, al•
luding to an old friend, he styles him " a true lago,
-- him." Others of the letters were interlarded
with grossly obscene language, perfect abomina-
tions, and proving that the fellow Pearl must be,
as Mr. Child appropriately termed him, a villain of
the deepest dye.

GREENWICH.—ALLEGED ASSAULT IN A RAIL-
WAY CARRIAGE.—Mr. J. French, a gentleman re-
siding near Lewisham, appeared before Mr. Train
in discharge of his bail, on a charge of assaulting.
Maria Astell, a young woman residing in Rother-
bithe ; and Mr. G. Henderson, a surgeon, of Dept-
ford, appeared to a summons charging him with en.
deavouring to dissuade the complainant from giv-
ing evidence in the case.
Mr. Ribton appeared for French, and Mr. Doyle
for the other defendant.

The depositions were taken at great length, but
the facts may be briefly stated. The complainant,
it appeared, started by an excursion train from
Brighton on the evening of Sunday, the 30th ult.,
having been given in care of the first-named defend-
ant by her uncle, to see her safe to New-cross. When
near the Three Bridges station (according to the
statement made by complainant), she was attempted
to be kissed by the first-named defendant, no other
person being in the carriage but themselves. On
the train being stopped at the first station she com-
plained of being assaulted, and was put into another
carriage and proceeded to New-cross, where a charge
of assault was preferred. On hearing which the
defendant offered a money compensation, rather
than such a derogatory charge should be made.
This charge was, however, persisted in ; but on the
case being called on for hearing the following morn-
ing the complainant did not make her appearance.
A remand then took place, but the complainant was
still not forthcoming, and a warrant was granted for
her apprehension. She had proceeded to Warwick-
shire, and was brought up from there by an officer.
She then stated that as a gross assuult had not been
committed, after signing the charge-sheet, she
considered the night's lock-up was a sufficient punish-
ment. In reply to questions by the magistrate,
complainant said that on the Monday morning the
defendant Henderson called upon her at the resi-
dence of a person with whom she was then staying,
having attended her professionally previously, and
said lie had come from the gentleman whom she
had given in charge; but she then told him she did
not intend to arpear in the case, and upon his ask-
ing the nature of the case, and being informed, he
said as some kind of insult had been offered, he
thought she was entitled to compensation, and gave
her £B. The same evening she received a summons,
requiring her attendance at the court, and upon
Mr. Henderson calling . nynin her the following
morning she showed him the summons, when lie
took it from her, saying it was nothing, and told
her to call at his house in the evening with her
aunt. They did so, and he then told her that he
thought it would be better for her to attend the
court on the following day. Instead of doing which,
however, she proceeded to her grandfather's in War-
wickshire.

Mr. Trail said the attempt at interference with
the complainant, left him no alternative but to send
both cases before another tribunal, though, but for
the interference, the case, so tar as the assault was
concerned, might have been disposed of in a sum-
mary manner.
Mr. Ribton, for the first defendant, said that,
having heard the determination of his worship, he
should not trouble the court with any other remark
than by simply observing that when the case came
before the iury, the facts would be found to have
been grossly exaggerated.
Mr. Doyle, on the part of the second defendant,
observed that all that had been done by his client
was from motives of kindness and sympathy to both
parties, and altogether in ignorance of the law as
applying to persons to give evidence, under the cit.-
en instances stated, in a court of justice, and he be-
lieved that no jury would be found to convict in
such a case.

Mr. Traill said he felt bound to send both cases
for trial, as the one was bearing upon the other.
He would, however, accept bail for their appearance
at the sessions in two sureties of £lOO each.
The required bail was immediately put in, and the
defendants left the court with their friends.

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CURER.

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A respite was reccieed by the s,heriiis on Satur-
day evening for the pii]oher Charles Annois,
Portuguese seaman, who was convicted of murder
at the last session of the Central Criminal Court, and
left for execution, the Clay appointed for carrying
out the sentence being this (Monday) morning.
It will he recollected that the prisoner was ship•
ped as cook on board a British vessel called the
Margaret, at Lisbon, and that when she had been a
few days at sea the prisoner cut the throat of the
captain, as he lay asleep in his berth, with a carving
knife, and afterwards made a desperate attack upon
others of tho crew with the same weapon, his pro-
ceeding being apparently without any object or
motive, the unfortunate deceased particularly
having treated him with great, kindness. The pri-
soner would have been altogether without legal
assistance at his trial if the matter had not been
taken up by the representatives of the Portuguese
Government, who retained counsel on his behalf,
and the defence set up was that the prisoner corn-
mitted the act while labouring temporary insanity,
and it was urged that he ought to be acquitted upon
that ground. The jury, however, found the pri-
soner guilty of the crime of wilful murder, and the
14th of November was the day fixed for his execu-
tion. A very general feeling appeared to prevail
among all the parties conneected with the case that
the prisoner ought not to have been convicted of
murder, particularly as, apart from the peculiar cir-
cumstances under which the crime appeared to have
been committed, there was reason to believe that
the prisoner had been confined as a lunatic in Lis-
bon shortly before he joined the Margaret, and that
if more time had been allowed evidence could have
been brought forward to establish this fact.

Mr. Sleigh, the counsel who conducted the pro-
secution, it appears had a very strong feeling that
upon the evidence the life of the prisoner ought not
to be taken, and he waited upon Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, who tried the case, and intimated to that
learned judge the views he entertained upon the sub-
ject, and at the same time asked him whether he con-
sidered it would be acting in any way unbecoming
his possition if he were to wait upon the Home Se-
cretary and have some communication with him in
reference to the fate of the unhappy prisoner. Mr.
Justice Williams stated that it appeared to him
that so far from the interference of the learned
counsel being in anyway unbecoming or improper,
he considered that the interest he took in the fate
of the unfortunate prisoner was highly creditable to
his humanity, and honourable to him in his position
as an advocate, and that if he feltthat the prisoner's
life should be spared, it was his duty to put the
Secretary of State in possession of any information
that would justify him in coming to that conclusion.
Mr. Sleigh accordingly, it appears, waited upon the
Home Secretary on Saturday afternoon, and had a
conversation of some duration with him in refer-
ence to the case of the prisoner. The particulars,
of course, cannot be made public, but the result was
that Sir G. Lewis consented to respite the execu-
tion for fourteen days, namely, to the 28th of No-
vember, and a communication was made to the
sheriffs to that effect ; but they were at the same
time requested to impress distinctly upon the pri-
soner that his life was not positively spared, but
that it would depend entirely upon the further in-
quiries that would be instituted relating to the state
of his mind whether the capital sentence would be
carried out or not. The communication of the Se-
cretary of State was received at the gaol of New-
gate about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, at
which time barriers had been erected in the Old

Bailey, and all the necessary preliminaries for the
dreadful ceremony had been prepared, and all ex-
pectation that the life of the unhappy man would
be spared had left the minds of the officials of the
prison.
The sheriff:3 at once proceeded to the cell where
the prisoner was confined, and communicated to
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him the intelligence they had just received, taking
especial care to explain to him that the reprieve
was only for a certain period, and he appeared
deeply thankful for the respite, as may be imagined.
It is understood that further inquiries relating
to the prisoner will be made immediately at Lisbon,
and if they should turn out as is anticipated, the
prisonei's sentence will, in all probability, be cora;
muted to one of penal servitude.

FRIGHTFUL MURDER AT COVENTRY.

COVENTRY, SATURDAY.

Much gloom was thrown over this city to-day by
a report, which has unhappily proved too true, that
a horrible murder had been perpetrated in a thickly
populated district called Hillfields. From the par-
ticulars which we are able to glean it appears that
the murderer is a young man about 22 years of age,
named John Kingston, a weaver by trade, and that
the victim is a young woman to whom he had. not
long been married, and by whom he has had one or
two children. For some time past they had lived
very unhappily together, the husband being of a
very violent and passionate disposition, and there
doubtless being faults on the other side. A few
weeks since the wife made a complaint before the
mae,istrates of her husband's violence towards her,
end of his having threatened to murder her. The
Bench accordingly bound him over to keep the
peace, h:s father becoming the requisite surety.
The term expired this morning, and it would seem
that the wretched man had resolved beforehand to
carry Ms threat into execution this time ; for,
meeting.his wife as she was going from her work
between eight and nine o'clock this morning to
breakfast, at the house in which she lodged—has ing
been living apart from her husband—he induced
her to walk with .him up a lane and into some fields
near at hand. Here he attacked her in the most
determined manner with a large clasp knife, and,
after inflicting several deep gashes in her face, he
ultimately succeeded in cutting her throat. He
shortly afterwards gave himself up to a policeman,
coolly remarking that " She was dead enough. He
had cut her head off." The body was found lying
in a pool of blood by the passers-by, and on Mr.
Dresser, surgeon, examining it, he found that the
main artery of the throat had been divided, so that
death must have been almost instantaneous.
The murderer was brought before the magis-
trates this morning, and remanded for further exa-
mination. He spoke with the greatest coolness of
the heinous crime with which he stands charged.
He said, " She shouldn't have been ruled by her
father, but by me. Her father is the whole cause
of our disagreements." The prisoner, whose hands
and clothes were besmeared with the blood of his
victim, was remanded for a week.