The Sun. — 1851-04-08 (London, England)

MANCHESTER, APRIL 7.  "'STOCK EXCHANGL—The share market has been very heavy to-day, but prices were maintained at fully last q.iotations. The transactions were as follow : Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, New :61. Preference, p.— South-Eastern and Dover, 26 15-16.  MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND GLOUCESTRR, SATURDAY NlGHT.—Another crime of this nature, now unfortunately of too frequent occurrence in this part of the kingdom, has just been perpetrated within a few yards of our city. The unhappy woman was a delicate young creature, only in her 23d year, named Esther Curtis, and the mother of her first chill, about fifteen months old. She had lately been subjected to much ill-usage at the hands of her husband, a labourer, named EdmuneCurtis, of Victoria-street, in this city. About seven o'clock this morning she lett her home, and went direct to the White Lion beer-shop, a few yards distant, to confer with her husband on some matter of domestic import. Having exhibited considerable churlish reluctance to comply with her request of a minute's conversation, Curtis at length complied. They had scarcely left the house, however, before the landlady, Mrs. Wilkes, was greatly alarmed by hearing the most piercing screams, proceeding from the garden by the siCe of the White Lion. Mrs. Wilkes immediately rau out, but only to return as speedily and shriek for assistance herself, imploring a stout young fellow, named, WilliQm Kirk. 1 ind, " for God sake to come out, for Curtis' vas nVe—: dering his wife!" Kirkland complied ; and` dn.r.ntining Leto. the garden he found that Cartis with his left yanprtiadr seized his wife by the collar of her dress and'was feßicSig`. down her head on the other side df an iron fencing elecK*l to. part a garden from a pathway running pant lel...Holding, her in this position, with the 'pit of her babdynert resting upon the top rail, with t is right fist he was beating herein i. he most ferocious manner about the region of the luiigs. ith a, view to separate him :from thq already .Senseless . iaim,pf• his savage ferocity, ' Kirkland seized himhy the ollar of his coat from 'lielaindi but so insatiable was his brutal appetite tliat, retainlng h?§„,hold of the wahappy 'Woman, tlit,l)rdtVnk 'arm of Kirklkfld brought them 44. simultaneously to the, round. , Here, mdfeover, great difficulty was experier4 'n releaSigg the motionless wompar from his grasp; land could scalipAy prevent a-irepetition of the assault while they iveresAioh the grouatl. Ad, ditional assistance having, .110mr:leyAr, by this I,iine 1/4rrived, -Curtis was forced to release 'la ia'v hold ; and the necessary idstrainte of several neighbours haring been tpplied, he was prevented from repeating his violence, while b'randy and other restoradves were being applied by Mrs. Wilkes and others to his wife, with the hope of producing re-animation. Every attempt which kindness and ingenuity could suggest was made with this view, but without success; already the livid hue of death had spread over the unhappy woman's mutilated features.  Having been released from constraint, Curtis, with brutal composure had gone again into the tap-roam, and was calmly proceeding to refill his pipe with tobacco, when he was told that he had better send for a surgeon, for his wife was dying. "Let her die and be d-, and a d-- good job too," was his brutal reply; and without further care he again sat himself down to his cups perfectly sober. In the mean time the medical assistance of Mr. Alfred Clarke, surgeon, had been procured for the woman. Mr. Clarke only arrived in time to see the woman breathe her last. In less than half an hour after she had entered the White Lion she was a mutilated corpse, a victim of the murderous ferocity of her husband. The body presents marks of violence round the left eye; the immediate region of the left temple is also discoloured by a blow, and already (10 o'clock) the body is fast assuming general discolouration. Curtis is now in custody, awaiting the result of a coroner's inquisition, to be held on Monday.  Tun