The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1869-07-10 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

SHOCKINO CASE OF MANSLAVORTER.—An inquest was held on Monday, by Mr. Herford, coroner for Manchester, on the body of a young man named Francis Handley. On the morning of the 29th ult., at one o'clock, the deceased and several other persons were standing at the door of the King's Arms, Clarendon-street. Suddenly a woman was heard to cry "Murder," and a man named Henry Mitchell ran out of an entry from which the noise proceeded. The deceased and his companions ran to assist the woman, and Mitchell and the deceased had a struggle. As soon as Mitchell could release himself he ran away. The woman said that he had attempted to commit an outrage upon her, and that she was not of bad character. After about live minutes had elapsed, Mitchell came back, and beckoned the deceased to him on the opposite side of the way. The deceased went to him, ;aid as soon as he got within reach was knocked down by a blow on the face. He fell, screaming out at the moment that he was stabbed. One of his companions found him in great agony, with an iron skewer sticking in his left eye. The police went in pursuit of Mitchell, who was found in bed in Clarendon-street. He was arrested, and on being brought up to Handley, who was lying on the pavement, he said, "You —, that will do for you. Perhaps you won't interfere between me and another woman." Handley was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where the wound was dressed, and he was sent home. He attended next day, and attempted to give evidence against Mitchell before the city magistrates, but he tainted in court and the case was remanded. Handley was re-admitted to the Royal Infirmary on Thursday, suffering from violent delirium, and he died on Sunday. Mr. T. H. Pender, senior house surgeon, made a postmortem examination, and found that the skewer had passed the outer wall of the orbit into the brain, and thus produced death, after intenae suffering.— The jury returned a verdict of numslaughter against Mitchell.  Lord Stanley has been appointed chairman of the conunittee on the new courts of law site. The great annual shooting competition commenced at Wimbleton on Monday. A. Lancashire Volunteer—Corporal l'eake, belonging to a Manchester corps —has secured the Prince of Wales prize of 100 guineas. One of the sons of the Viceroy of Egypt will shortly be entered a student at Oxford. The laying of the French Atlantic cable is now Proceoling satisfactorily. The hitch which occurred last week has been remedied, and the latest reports were that the signalling was  "splendid." The annual banquet of the Corporation of the Trinity House was held on Saturday evening. The Prince of Wales, who was made an Elder Brother on the occasion, presided, and several Cabinet Ministers took part in the proceedings. A cable telegram in the Times says that Mr. Peabody is in very poor health and quite feeble at Salem, Massachussets. Mr. John Stuart Mill, who has been for some time in Paris, is now recovering from a sharp attack of cholera. He is now quite out of danger. The Earl of Kettle has been unanimOusly elected a representative peer of Scotland. The new dock at King's Lynn was .formally. opened on Wednesday afternoon' by the Prinee and Princess of Wales. It is stated that trout in the Wye are becoming scarcer every year, owing to the great increase of pike. A very short time since Mr. W. Stephens, of Hereford, who has a fishery, caught 200 pike, and in the mouth of one he finmd 77 fry an inch long. The New York advices mention that the Department of Agriculture of the United States has issued its report for May and June, presenting-, on the whole, a favourable prospect. An act of courage on the part of a young woman was mentioned at the Middlesex sessions on Tuesday. A ruffian was assaulting a police constable, and had almost suffocated him, when the young woman, who happened to be passing, came to the policeman's rescue, and released his throat from the grasp of his assailant. She was warmly complimented by the Assistant Judge, who ordered her a small pecuniary reward. , During the thirteen years 1856-68, the United States received from the United Kingdom no fewer I than 1,215,600 immigrants, or about one half the total immigration for the period named. Genitally stands next, with a contribution of upwards of 900,000 souls; and British America third, with 108,000. The fourth on the list is China, which sent 65,043—0 r sonic 16,000 mute than the quota furnished by France.