The Press. — 1858-12-04 (London, England)

THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF MR. PARSONS, a tradesman at Andover, has led to the arrest on suspicion of Mr. T. A. Banks, the landlord of the Rose and Crown Inn, with his wife, Emma Banks. A juvenile party was in the midst of celebrating the birthday of one of the accused's children at his house when the arrest was made. The accused has been examined and remanded on the charge. A POACHING AFFAIR, attended with serious consequences, occurred upon the estate of Mr. E. I. Collingwood, of Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, in Northumberland. It seems that gangs of poachers roam about the hill districts of the northern part of the county, and in conse• quence the country gentry have to employ a large number of game watchers. Several watchers were perambulating the estate of Mr. Collingwood aad the adjoining estate, belonging to Mr. Cresswell, of Harehope, about three o'clock on Saturday morning, when poachers were descried. A watcher named Nixon, in the employ of Mr. Cnsswell, saw three of them. He ran after them, and in doing so was joined by some, if not all, of the other watchers, and was pursuing closely behind, when the poachers were observed to look back; they seemed determined not to be taken, but each seemed to wish his companion to fire the first shot towards the watchers, until at length one of them did deliberately turn round and fired his gun, and shot poor Nixon, who fell, apparently mortally wounded, to the ground. The other watchers first saw to the state of their companion Nixon, and gave up the chase of the poachers, who had still two guns with them besides that which had been oischarged, and who, probably as a matter of prudence, were allowed to escape. Nixon was carried in a faint and suffering condition home to his cottage, and several shots, about No. 6 size, were found to have entered his body about the thighs and the lower part of the bowels. He was evidently dangerously wounded, though hopes are now entertained of his recovery. It appears that Nixon will be enabled to identify the man who shot him, and to whom, though it was rather dark, be had been very near. Having obtained the best description they could of the three poachers, the police arrested seven men, suspected as poachers, and in the houses of some of whom game that morning had actually been found ; but as neither the wounded man nor any of the other watchers could identify any one of them, they were brought back to Alnwick and liberated. The detectives, however, are still eugaged in inquiries, with a view to bring the real parties to justice. It seems that one of the other watchers was also hit by the discharge of a gun, but he is not seriously hurt.  A SERIOUS ACCIDENT I EAPPENED TO LADY TUCKER, the wife of Admiral Sir Edward Tucker, on Tucsday evening. Her ladyship while crossing ltegent•strcet was knocked down and run over by the carriage of  wey were tittered. During the proceedings one of was )(noosed uown auu run ~,. .., ...- ..... --,the . jurors complained of being kept away from his Mr. Arnott, of New Burlington•street. She was im• LADY CHARLOTTE BRIDOEKAS, who was severely between for seven days merely to decide a quarrel mediately taken to the shop of Mr. Waugh, chemist, burnt by accident at Lord Bradford's residence some a man and his wife, and expressed a hope Regent-street, and attended by Mr. Arnott, and atter. weeks ago, died on the 26th ult. Lady Lucy Bridge thatthe justeonrsl e Whenextra the compensationh steol swtarredtcshremo‘iT to Beanie's slelsottaciln, eDdosveerri-osuttsceitn,itotrniess Tsimaneithiesrstuhlle suuaff reirien! Btromd fthred eniroarct‘sisoefotunnet accident t for the petitioner experea ssseed d hicsonwcdulinegn,essthetcboautnt.he jury should be remunerated beyond the scale allowed —hear bhripoeksr.en elbeorw.jaoinyi, apnd a severe injury to one of has been able to use his hands since the lamentable occurrence. , , i I