The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-03 00:00:00

THE BIR„IIINGILiM MURDER.

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.
The coroner's inquisition in reference to this sad
occurrence te-minated at 8 o'clock last evening, a
verdict of " wilful murder" being returned against
Thomson.

Dr. John Keyworth, who saw the body of the
unfortunate woman after death, said that he found
two incised wounds on the neck—one about three
inches long about an inch above the clavicle. There
was another wound of about the same extent. The
left common jugular vein and the windpipe were
divided ; so was also the common carotid artery on
the right side. The wounds appeared to have been
inflicted partly when deceased was on the bed and
partly when on the floor. He observed no signs of
pregnancy. •
This morning the prisoner was brought up before
the borough magistrates. The same evidence was
adduced as before the coroner, and he was com-
mitted for trial at the Warwick assizes.
The circumstances attendant upon this most
shocking case are somewhat peculiar. Thomson,
the murderer, has been employed the greater part
of his life, and up to last Saturday, at one of the
most celebrated establishments in this locality ; he
was noted there as an industrious and quiet man ;
he resided a few miles off, at Sutton Coldfield ; had
a family of seven children, and to the last contri-
buted to the support of his mother. The crime of
which he now stands accused must have been com-
mitted while in a state of frenzy, brought on by
drink and jealousy.
There are unhappily already an unusual num-
ber of commitments for wilful murder at the next
assizes for Warwickshire.

THE ASSASSINATION AT NEWCASTLE.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, OCT. 2.
The inquest upon the body of Mr. Mark Frater,
assassinated in Blackett-street, in this town yes-
terday, will be held this evening. His dreadful
murder is the one topic of conversation among all
classes. The prisoner seems to be the only person
unmoved by the dreadful crime he has committed.
He is perfectly cool and collected, two things, from
the manner he reiterates them, giving him the
highest satisfaction,—the death of his unfortunate
victim, and the vast bale the particulars of his crime
will give to the penny papers. Mr. Frater was a
middle aged, married man, with a family of daugh-
ters, and the shock of his death, as might have been
expected, occasioned them terrible distress—his
eldest daughter, 20 years of age, being very ill. The
motive for Clark committing this foul crime was
revenge. A local paper says this morning :
" The motive whieh actuated Clarke in the per-
petration of this foul and bloody outrage is no ob-
scure one. At the time that Mr. Frater 's duty com-
pelled him to distrain the goods of the prisoner,
Clarke swore over and over again, both to Mr.
Frater and himself, to his clerks, and to the bailiffs
who were in possession, that he would be revenged,
and that he would 'do' for the man who had injured
him. This took place nearly six months ago, and
it is therefore clear that during the whole of that
time the miscreant has been nursing his fancied
wrong and his passion for revenge. Whether he has
waited thus long in order to obtain a proper moment
for carrying his scheme into execution or not, none
can say. The sharpening of the knife on Saturday,
however, shows that on that day he had finally
fixed upon the speedy execution of his murderous
design. With regard to his previous habits and
character we cannot state much. He is of Scotch
or Irish extraction, but it is not known which,
though it is believed that he belongs to Ireland.
For several years past, however, he has resided in
St. Nicholas' churchyard, in this town. He was
unmarried. He occupied two rooms, using the ono
as a sleeping apartment, and the other as a work-
shop. For some time past he had gained his living
by making chairs for Mr. Easton, a cabinetmaker,
of Pilgrim-street. Not very long ago he was fined
£5 for a ferocious assault upon a man, and it is said
that be once before nearly killed a former landlord,
besides being the perpetrator of other violent deeds.
It was broadly hinted yesterday by a number of
philanthropists and others that he was quite insane,
and that his execution would be, in consequence,
as great a sin as the murder of which he was guilty.
So far, however, there are not the slightest grounds
for any such suspicion. Some weeks ago he was
employed working at the gaol, and he is reported
to have then remarked to one of his fellow work-
men that he would soon be buried there. What-
ever may be the truth of some of these and a thou-
sand other rumours which were in circulation yes-
terday, and some of which were of the most absurd
and impossible nature, there cannot be a doubt
that for months past Clark has cherished a vindic-
tive desire for revenge, and, with all the secrecy
and determination of which only the worst men
are capable has awaited an opportunity of gratify-
ing it."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

HULL—OcT. 1.

At our market to-day we had a small supply of English
wheat, scarcely, indeed, sufficient to supply the wants of
local millers, which was all cleared off at fully last week's
prices. Malting barley taken readily at la to 2s per qr
on the currencies of last week. Grinding sorts in limited
supply, and held for more money. Beans, peas, and oats,
with a slow sale, at a decline in value.
Wheat.... Old white... ..per qr .. 52s Od to 56s Od
Old red ,,
New white • • 1,
New red .... „
Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 54s Od to 63s Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French. 50s Od to 58s Od
' Baltic and Hamburg, red s4s Od to 55s Od
St. Petersburg and Riga, old 46s Od to 48s Od
Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od
Grinding 3OB Od to 32s Od
Seal and Odcrbruck
Holstein and Danish 52s Od to 4s Oil
Grinding 27s Od to 29s Od
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 13d
Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 0313 id
Swedish and Danish Osl24d to 0813 d
Beans ....English, old, per qr
New pigeon • 42s Od to 44s Od
New tick.
,40s Od to 42s Od
Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od
Peas Foreign breakers . 36s Od to 38s Od
Grinding
Tares ....Spring. —s Od to —s 0,1
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding

- -
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 0 0 to £lO 10 0
Foreign! BlO oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes .
6 0 oto 6 5 0
Bones 415 oto 5 0 0

NEWARK
White wheat, new, 60s to 6Gs
Red do sos to 62s
Old while s,ls to 56s
Red do. 4Ss to 543
Barley, malting 388 to 42s
Yeas,....

.—Oar. 1.

Barley, grinding 28s to 338
Oats
New do , old, ..
98s to 20a 2ts to 263
1 Beans.. 468 to Ms
Beans, new 37s to 408
36s to 40s.

SHEFFIELD-o'a.- 1.
Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l7s Od to 25s Od
White 2,
7, ...258 Od to 288 Od
t ,
New red
...17s Od to 26s Od
New white „
, I ...20s Od to 248 6d
, f
Beans /V '... 188.0 d to 19s Od
Peas, per qr s4s Od to 55s Od
Grinding barley, per qr
Malting ditto, „ 37s Od to 40s oa
Oats ~ 2ss 6d to 348 Od
Millers' prices for flour-7-2s Od, 2s 2d, and 2s 5d per
141 b. ,

CONSECRATION OF THREE NEW BISHOPS.—The
consecration of three bishops of the Church of England is
expected to take place in Westminster Abbey on Friday,
Nov. 1, being the Festival of All dints.