The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-12-22 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

THE MEW-OEIMR% CONFESSION.  During his ride from Isleworth Treadaway related the following particulars of his proceedings before and after the murder. He said that on the Thursday he purchased a six-barrelled military revolver in the Seven Sisters road, and intended at that time to commit suicide, but could not snake up his mind to do so. As he had no other place to go to he thought of visiting Mr. Collins, and when he got to his house was most hospitahiy received; he partook of dinner with the deceased and his wife, after which he left the house and walked about till the next day, when he again went to the same house. At this time Mr. Collins was out, but soon returned carrying some beef, and said, "Hallo, Fred, I have got some beef, and am going to have some soup, will you join me?" He replied that he was not fond of soup, but would have 1011/10 of the beef. He then dropped off to sleep on the sofa till dinner time, when he was called, and he with Mr. and Mrs. Collins eat down to dinner "as comfortably as possible." Nothing of any importance occurred during the meal, but when Mn. Collins wen't into tile kitchen to wash up a sudden impulse sets, d him to shoot the man who had hospitahly,entertained him. He had no sooner felt this impulse than he took out the revolver which he had bought on the previous day, as well as nine cartridges, and then shot Mr. Collins. On Mrs. Collins coming In he fired at her also, but missing her sei,ed hold of her, when the struggle which has already been described occurred. On leaving the house he ran as fast as possible, whither he knew not, till he found himself opposite the Shakespeare public-house, near the Victoria Station. He went In there and had threepennyworth of hot brandy and water, as he felt extremely nervous. Having drunk this he started off to Finchley, and went on to St.. Albans, where he rested for a short time. and then returned to town through Fincbley and Camden Town. Coming through this place he found a pair of spectacles in the road and put them on as a means of disguise. Being tired and hungry, he had something to eat, and after paying for this lie had but twopenoe left, with which he bought a nsiwspaper and some tobacco, both of which were equally bad, as the report of the murder was altogether incorrect, and the tobacco vile. He had gone to Isle. worth for the purpose of borrowing a sovereign, but was prevented front doing so by his arrest. He had the revolver on his person fastened to his braces. He lout cut off his whiskers on Friday afternoon. He was visited on Monday by his father and mother.  A lrnig and important poem. by Mr. Swinburne, entitled "The Sailing of the Swallow," will appear in the March number of the Grtieleman's Maga:cite, which has passed into the hands of Messrs. Chatto and Wind.. It is in heroic measure, and is intended to form a portion of Mr. Swinburnc's "Tristan and Iseult."  The St. James' Hall Classical Popular Concerts will tw resumed on Monday, the Stfi of next January. During the new series. Madame Schumann, Fraulein Krel., Herr Barth, of Berlin (pianists), M. Wimiaaski, and Herr Joachim will appear, and it is expected that Herr Brahma will play some of his own compositions.  Besidee the novel journalistic ventures to which attention has been called, there is another in concepth.n. A gentleman not without experience in the startlnv of a newspaper will shortly issue a prospectus for the formaticn of a limited liability company, with it capital of 4:1011.000, with the object of starting a shilling weekly illustrated paper, to combine the best features of thot.o already in existence, both comic, anci sad.  A coroner's inquiry was opened, on Tuesday afternoon. into the death of Mr. John Collins, who was murdered at Pimlico on the 15th Instant—Mrs. Elizabeth Collins repeated the evidence she gave at the police-court When she described the scene at which she founther husband lying dead she swooned, and although restOta. tives were applied, she was a considerable time betore she recovered. She said that Treadaway had had no previous quarrel with her husband, and that he had only been to the house three times.—Dr. Folwell said he had made a post-morton examination of the deceased. Tr ere was a wound on the right side of the neck, where bullet had entered. which, etriking against the second vertebr.,. had rebounded, and lodged in the base of the skull.—lnspector Foinett said that priauner had bees visited by his father since he had been In prison, nod in r.,ply to him had said, I don't know what made o e do it —1 must have been mad."—The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder noinst Fredeiiek Treadaway  DISTURBANCES BY BEDOUINS A special telegram in the Nord states that the withdrawal of the troops from the neighbourhood of Aleppo has encouraged the Bedouins to make disturbing demonstrations.