Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1859-11-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FORRUNTINO AND THE CLKIIGT.—A few days ago the Earl of Portsmouth inaugurated his foxhunting season at Eggesford, North Deven. with' a generous hospitality. 'file house was open to all corners, whether attired in fustian or scarlet, and a sumptuous repast was provided for about 300 guests. The occasion was considered appropriate for the presentation of is testimonial to the Rev. John Russell, incumbent of Swymbridge. who for many years had most creditably discharged the duties of a master of the foxhounds of the district. In presenting the testimonial the Earl of Portsmouth said that few men had SO many friends as Mr. Russell, who met a warm welcome in every house he visited, and he attributed this to the kiedness and warmth of the rev. gentleman's heart. It was true that Mr. Russell had shown an attachment to the noble sport of foxhunting ; but he (the noble earl) had never heard that he had even in a single instance neglected his duties as a clergyman for the exciting and health-giving sports of the field. He was one of those who thought that a clergyman was quite as much in his place in following field sports as he was in gadding about to balls and parties. To show his :zealous discharge of ministerial duty, it was stated that the Rev. Mr. Russell had had presented to him a testimonial from his parishioners on leaving a former curacy, and that so highly was he esteemed by his present parishioners that they had also presented him with a testimonial of their esteem.—Times. BRUTAL MURDER IN WILTSHIRE A brutal tour. der has just been committed in Wiltshire. The victim is a woman 62 years of age, the wife of George Trowbridge, a woodman in the employ of Mr. Grove, of Fern, on the borders of Dursetshire. The poor woman resided with her husband in a lonely and sequestered spot known as Ashcombe Copse, and it appears that on Thursday morning Tro a bridge went to his usual employment about seven o'clock, leaving his wife at hotae. On his return about mid-day he Mend her on the floor with her head leaning against the wall and one arm resting on a chair, three or four wounds having been inflicted on her body, apparently with a razor, the handle of which was found in one part of the roinn and the blade in another, thus leading to the belief that a desperate struggle must have taken place before the murderer succeeded in finally overpowering his victim. He then appears to have seized A saw which was hanging in the lobby, with which he cleft the po Jr woman's head almost in two. Information was at once given to the police, who commenced the most active inquiries, but up to Saturday evening they hail obtained no clue to the murderer. A shepherd who was tending sheep on au adjoining hill states that in the course of the morning i, he saw a man pass up the valley with a bundle, butbeyou I this, nobody appears to have been seen near the premises. The motive for the perpetration of the crime remains a mystery. Several articles of wearing apparel, however, are said to have been stolen, including a great coat given for lung servitude by the Sturminster Agricultural Society, two waistcoats, a pair of boots, and a hat ; but it is somewhat surprising that Trowbridge's best clothes remain untouched. An inquest was held on the body of the murdered woman on Friday, by R M. Wilson, Esq., and a verdict was returned of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." A