The Express. — 1864-03-22 (London, England)

RAT CS.—The following ban ibill has been 'rued at Broseley:—' Cruel Distraint for Church-rates by the Brceeley Churchwardens, William Nicholas, Eq. and Humphrey Charlton. leat. On Thursday last a distraint was made on the goods of James Clarks, • poor labouriag man with a wife and seven children. a bedridden mother, $3 years of age, an imbecile sister 43 pears of age, Outte) last receiving parish relief. The amount of church-rate was la. 41., for which sad costs,' the above-umed churchwardens have coined to be taken the following articles:1 clock, oak chest, oak cupboard, 2 tables, 7 chairs, teetray, looking-glass, smoothing iron, and straw mattress, thereby ` emptying the poor man's house,' and causing some of the children to he on the dur the following night.— Brawler, March 12." _  , MURDER AT A 0•11 Tom.—Yesterday afternoon Dr. Laokaster resumed en adjourned inquest at the Elephant end Castle, King's-road, Cam len-town, os the body of a woman unknown, discovered floating in the Regent's Casa on the morning of the Itith of March with Ip.r skull frac. tared in such a manner as to leave oo doubt that she had been cruelly murdered. Dr. Saul, senior surgeon of St. I Pancras Infirmary, stated that the cause of death was the fracture of the skull, and he believed the fracture to have been produced by a blow from behind. From the *widest* it appeared that when the deceased was found in the water her clothes appeased to have been tore off ; she had neither gown, bonnet, nor shawl, and her appearance indicated that she had been engaged in a fearful struggle. A woman named Ann Nailer had been missing since the 20th of Feb.miry from White Lion-street, and the body of the do. ceased bad been exhumed, but was too much decomposed to be identified. Ann Poultee's mother having stated that her daughter bad her ears pierced for ver-rioge, Dr. Saul, who was present at the exhnination, examined the ears minutely, but could detect no signs of their having been pierced. Inspector F ,in answer to a question. having stated that every eadeavour bad been made by the police to get the body identified. but without effect, the coroner remarked be hoped the press would give publicity to the appearance of deceased, as well as the description of her clothes, which might probably give some clue to bar identity. The description of the deceased is :—Height, Mt. Sin.; hair, dark brown, plain is front and plaited behiad round face, and apparently about 30 years of age. The only articles of clothing on her were a rough gray woollen jacket, the back being much torn ; a red stuff handkerchief round the neck ; ribbed woollen mittens, of a chocolate colour, on each arm ; gray and white atockiup, striped Usuriously ; boots, with elastic sides, much worn ' • one cotton garter. marked at one end " T. R.." and the figure "2," with red cotton ; plain white drawers and plain chemise ; old stays, with braes clasp in front and laced behind, and a bit of crimson or pink riband round the stays. The Coroner said, with a view of @cabling the police to make every further possible inquiry, be proposed further to adjourn the inquest till that day three weeks, the 11th of April and it was adjourned accordingly.  TILE EXPRESS,  TUESDAY EVENING,  MARCH 22,  NAVAL AND MitlYAßt