The Express. — 1865-08-26 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY IDIOIDII OP A YOUNG, WOMAN AT MAIDAJIILL.  An inquiry wee bold by Dr. Lankeeter, at the }rovidenee dell, Paddhigtoe, lest night, Marius to the saidde ef a girl named Mary Higgins, aged 22 years. The deceased was a domestic servant, but. being oat of Awe. was living with bee mother at 96'. Dmonelike-strest, Westbourse-reed. She was keeping company with a young man named John Fawley, and several melanoma detailed the particulars of the quarrel which led to her suicide. It appeared from their testimony that lasi Saturday the deceased sad her lover wore I. the Green Man paths-beam in the Bdgwarareed, sad that abs (mad expose. A f deed moaned that she 'beak' spend it, bet she said, " I like a young man to spied money en me. mid not I upon him." As she ma laming the home with the sixpence she accidentally knocked Fowley's pipe into his month. He boxed her ears instantly, saying that she did it oo purpose. Elbe caught bold of his scarf and twisted In his evidence he stated that she nearly strangled him, and that to provost the °Amity be knocked her down. Her bead end face were eta open by the fall as the pavement. and ber dress sad apron were amend with blood. She applied to two polise-eonstablei to take bee lover into custudy ; bet her water, Alice Higgine, observed that as he was her young man ale would never appear molest him in the morning, and that the beet way would be for her to summon him. She ampfaised after. words that she felt quite light-beaded. She said to bee aster that she should never get over that quarrel, and said she would punish Fowley "in another way." On Tuesday sight she wished her friends good bye, swag that she was going out. She left her criselins maids b* mother's door, and west out and had some gisser-beer. The next morning her body was footed floating to the Sagent'eminal at Maida-bilL The Oormer having remarked upon the ease, said that there was no doubt whatever that the bad can' mitted suicide, but es no witness bad teen her throw herself into the water it would be better to return an open  A committee of the Privy Council met in the Conseil Chamber at Whitehall yesterday. at 3 o'clock, to take into cousideratiou certain measures having for their object the prevention of the spreading of the cattle plague la the United Kingdom. The Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, end Mr. Secretary Cardwell were present. A committee of their lordship, at which Sir George Grey and Mr. Cardwell were present, met again yesterday in the Council Chamber at half.past six o'clock, when their lord. ships determined upon the lime of an order to prohibit the importation into Ireland, from any port in Grime Bata*, of any cows, heifers, balk, bullocks, oxen, or oilers. Mr Weeldiogton, the Solicitor-General, and the Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Council, were in attendance upon their lordships. The appointment of Mr. Childers as Secretary of the Treasury (observes the Army and Navy Gazette) leaves again vacant the civil—or, ma it is lately called, the financial —Lordship of the Admiralty. Mr. Childers had only held the post for some side* worths., end was the fifth gentle. man who had occupied it during the six pare oxidants of the present administration, Mr. Baring, Mr. Whitbread, Lord Hartingtou, and Mr. Stesaleld having preceded him. The post requires not only ability and • capacity for business, but experience ; and it cannot be for the advantage of the service that these frequent changes he should take place, the effect of them being to deprive department of each suothesive lord just es he berme to have an intimate knowledge of his work. Reveling the present vacancy, the camas mentioned a/ of the lot most likely to furnish the new lord, are those of Mr. C. %Ace, Mr. Stensfold, who formerly held the place, Mr. Feawkdr, and Loot Enfield, of whom na venture tu think the lout.uktued A Yonifo LADY POISONED DT AN OVERDOSE OF is most likely to be **successful candidate.