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TORKSnmE . Death from Dbinkin g Ardent SpiRin .-Early on Sunday morning I » rt . as one of the p ublic watchmen of Leeds was on his beat in the n' -. thern suburbs 0 the town , he discovered three men lying in a state of intoxication near the footpath in a field about a mile and a quarter from Leeds . Close by he found three bottles of wine ( Marsala ) and four empty bottles , some of which had contained whisky . lie also round an iron implement called a jemmy , commonly used by housebreakers , and he therefore deemed it h < s duty fe > convey the party to " prison . Having handcuffed two of them who were less inebriated than the other man , he procured assistance , and the third man \\ us
removed in a wheelbarrow . The two men who were most sober save their names as William Harrison , aged IS , and Robert Farness , aged 23 ; and the most drunken man was slated to be George Greenwood , aged 23 , who up to about a fortnight previou ? , _ had been for some years in service as groom to Mr Simpson , tobacconist . During the remor . V of Greenwood to the police office , a change was observed to tarie place ia his condition , which led the police to call up Mr Clayton , a surgeon , wbnge door they had to pass , in order that h ° . mi ^ ht examine him . Mr Clayton on seeing him pronounced tbe man dead . His bisdy wan , however , carsi-dto the police oirke , where a post
mortem examination was made ; and on opening the head the vessels of the brain were found much gorged , and smelt of whisky . On Monday morning the other two men ( ITarrihon and Farness ) were brought up for examination at the court house , when it was stifed that on the ni ^ ht of Saturdav last the Leeds Pubi c Fever Hospital had been robbed of several bottles of Marsala wine and two bottles of whisky , by some thieves , who had entered thrmuh a wicdiw grate , and h * id left behind them a mason ' s chisel and a hat . An inqu & it was held on Monday afternoon on the body of Greenwood , when a verdict was returned of * Died by excessive drinking :. '
WARWICKSHIRE . Railway Accidents . —Oa Saturday , a frightful accident occurred at the Midland Railway station , Birmingham , by which one of the guards came by his death . It appears that the sufferer ( named Jackson ) was to have accompanied the four o ' clock train to Derby , and had made the nece ? sary preparations for that purpose , but no fortunately be delayed a short time in taking his place upon the train . The usual signal having been sivea the train moved , and just as it was set in motion , Jackson attempted to get on the carriage step . His foot , however , unfortunately slipped , and he fell under ihe wheels and was crashed . The train was stopped , and the guard taken up and conveyed ro the General Hospital , where it was ascertained that both his legs were all but severed frcni his body . He expired in about an hoar after . He was twenty-six years of age , and lived at Derbv—Almost at " the same heur another
accident , which had nearly been attended with similar fatal results , happened at the Camp-hill station , belonrfng to the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail , way Company . A man named Evans , was engaged with two other porters moving some carriages , when he unfortunately got between the buffers , and waa dreadfully braised .
SUFFOLK . Ax Attempt to burn * sown * a Prisung Office is thus reported in thelpswicn Express of Monday "' We noticed the calamity by fire which had occurred to Mr Piper ' s premises . As if the loss sustained on that occasion was not sufficient , an attempt his since been made to fire the premises from end to end . On Monday aornir-g , at a little past seven o ' clock , a . 'ad belonging to the place went to tbe premises and found the back printing office door wide open . On entering he discovered the offics to be filled with smoke , and in one portion of it flames were bursting forth . He immediately carried away some burning papers , and found wewdwork below them in a blaze , which he sue * eeeded in extinguishing by throwing water upon it . Otherpersons were then called , and on a search beine made it * fi * as found that some villain had endeavoured to fire the premises in nine different places on the lower floor . In three places wire files , full of papers , had been hung under light wood-work and then fired ,
burning valuable documents to ashes , and igniting the wood , which fortunately in each case burnt out without doing serious damage , in consequence of being saturated with wet . The front counting bouse < a small room filled with paper and shelving ) was set on fire in four different places , and a mass of burning papers falling on the floor burnt it through over a space exceeding a square foot ; brickwork anderneath and the damp state of the wood alone preventeJ a general conflagration . Two attempts bad been made in the newspaper printing office ; one was aa attempt to fire a wooden-framed pres ° , by raeins of papers attached to it , but which did not succeed ; the other was more successful , although the damp state of the frame and the timely arrival of the lad prevented much damage . Inquiries have been made as to the causes of the first fire , but without success ; the conclusion now arrived at is , that it also ¦ was the act ot an incendiary . '
CAMBRIDGESHIRE . The Haddesthau Burglary . —On Wednesday , at Ely , J and T . Hart , and M . and L . Jeffreys , were examined on the charge of robbing and ill-treating Mr Mitchell , of Dairy-house Drove , near Haddenham . The accused are reported to have borne themselves throaghout the examination with the greatest effrontery , frequently interrupting and calling the witnesses opprobious names , and breaking at intervals into bursts of unseemly laughter . They were identified as a gang of midnight disturbers who have long infested the neighbourhood . They were fully committed on this charge . The same prisoners
were then arraigned for a burglary committed under exactly similar circumstances , in Wisbech Fen . They were all distinctly sworn to by Mr Foster , and gome property carried from his house was also found npoH them at tha time of their apprehension . Having been committed for this second offence , the prisoners , who also stand charged with the commission of a burglary at Mrs Turner ' s , of Hilsay , Norfolk , beinz asked if they had aught to say , Luke Jeffrey replied , ' It don't signify what we say ; things have been sworn to : but I can prove that two false oath * have been taken . ' They were conveyed to Cambridge gaol .
KENT . "JThe Costict Establishhbxtat Woolwich . — All T **& Lote ' . —A day or two since a convict belonging to the Justitiaconvicthulk at Woolwich , named Warren , vrho had been removed from Millbank Penitentiary abont a fortnight since , attempted to perform a feat which bearssiome analogy to that of Leander , of classic memory , on the Hellespont . A number of female c r aricts had been brought down from Millbank prison , for remaval on board the E ; iza and Henry , a hired transport ship , lying oh ? the Royal Arsenal , and amonpt them was a female with whom Warren had
formerly cohabited . The prospect of thirteen thousand miles between him and his ' Hero' was too much for the poor fellow , and after one or two lingering longing looks at the vessel , he sprank from the dsck of theJastitia . a height of between 30 and 40 feat , and plunged into the stream . From his powers as a swimmer , there is no doubt he would have reached theEliziand Henry , but a boat rowed by another convict , named Fletcher , pursued hira , and he was brought back to the hulk , to endure a separation which mast last either ten or seven years , the period for which his lady love and himself are respectively sentenced .
SOilERSETSHI'VE . The DrxYDRY Mukder . —Further Disclosobt . s . — The inquest on the body of Mr Walsingham Hazell was this week brought to a conclusion . In addition to ths facts previously deposed to some circumstances were ? detailed calculated to strengthen the suspicion previously existing against the nephews of the deceased . The witness Capel ( who , it will be remembered , was at work in the b « rn on the Monday , and saw his master at the colts' house with the prisoners ) was recalled , to speak to a material fiicfc , which at his former examination he had omitted to mention . He was in the habit of keeping an old coat at the farm to work ia , and his usage was to take off his other coat when he came to his labour ,
hang it up in the stable , and resume it when he left in the evening . He should , in tho usual course , hava gone into ths stable on tha Monday evening to fetch his coat , but he foand tbat some person had brought it out and thrown it across the door of the barn , so that it was unnecessary for him to do so . Mary Stallard , a connexion of the deceased , stated , that on the Friday after the prisoners were in custody she was at the Carpenters' Arimpublic-hou ' . e , at Dundry , and saw Jamas llr-z : ' : ! there , in conversation with hia sister . She heard him say it was not ho who did it , and also heard him exclaim , ' 1 wish that Benjamin had never come here . ' A youth named Fritcaard deposed , that on Tuesday evanvng , whilethe search for Mr flszsll was goim * on , he went
to the premises , and asked the prisoners if he misht not have got into the old well . They did not offur to search it , but said they did not think he could be there . Josiah Sampson deposed , that in the search for the deceased a person named Rees took an active part . Witness heard the prisoner Benjamin say to his brother , ' Here's that old Rees again . He ' s been bothering here several tiroes , and wants a bit of the skin knocked off his head . ' A man named Marshall deposed that , on the Tuesday after Mr Hazall disappeared , lie saw the prisoners and the servant man Vowles in the stable . Yowle ? , who was tipsy , leaned against the manger , and ' saiel , ' Oh , I'll
die , I'll die . ' Bci . jamin Uazsll inquired , ' What , bee'st Ibee going to die instead of thee master ?' The Ashton constable , Young , deposed , tbat while the prisoner James was in cuitsdy a conversation toefc place about the umbrella . Tlie prisoner said no one could have put it into the stable , as _ ha had the keys . Witness also heard him say , ' I wish that Benjamin had never come up at Christmas . ' The coroner having summed n ? the evidence , the jury returned a verdict of * Wilful murder against Benjamin IIsz » H and James Hazell . * It is understood that they will not be removed to gaol till they have Been finally esaminsd by the justice ;; .
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CHARTISM AND ITS " ORATORS —THS TODJfO IgltnAXSEleg . —ALMMMStJ STATS 05 TUB PEASANTRY . —FAUINE AND DKATH . —THS * CONCILIATORS . '—THE SPjCIiL C- 'MMIS < I . » N ' . — TIC TUB OP THE GALLOWS AND THE FEVER . ( From our own Correspondent . J Dublin , 7 th February . The proceedings at the Soiree in the National Hall , High Holborn , on the 2 nd inst ., were the most interesting which we have read for many a day , and will be heard and spoken of with delight by every ecnuine friend of liberty throughout the empire . Chartism may justly be proud of the orators to which it has wen birth , and of ' thesoul' which it has Julian
brought into Britain . Tho speech of Mr Harney was one oftbe most brilliant ot the times . n which'we live , ' whilst its fire aud beauty were eclipsed by its philosophy-its earnestness-its manliness-and the healthy tone of practical B © « i ren » which runs throush its every sentence . The speech of Mr Jones , teo / tttongh too « « . »» fom went , not less descrrin ? of r"we than that of his co-labourer , Mr Harney . To Irishmen in particular Mr Jones ' s address must te peculiarly gratifyinjr , nnd thousands of Milesian hearts must beat high with pride , aad hope , and exultation , when they read she glowing prophetic words spoken by that accomplished pees and orator , in alluding to our unfortunate country . Bravo , Mr Jones , long may you live to labour for your oppressed fellow-subjc : ts , and may
your --are taJents and interesting toils meet their reward in seem ? ' abridge of love and fratorn . ty spanning the blue waters' which separate our bleedin" island from your happier shorts , where both nations shall meet half-way , mingling their cries of' En"lind for the English ! ' and ' Ireland for the Irish ! for indeed , in voritv , 'the tyrants of the one are the oppressors of the other . ! ' and whilst die one sister is pyverty-stricken , starving , avid miserable , the other cannot be happy , or prosperous , or contented . Mr O'Connor ' s speech on that occasion , also , was such as one always expects from the great English-Irish leader . But as we cease to wonder at /(// talents and almost super-human exortions , so we feel half elhposed to withhold our admiration and our thanks from that' bravest of the bravo '—O'Connor .
And why ? One cannot reply to this query , but our noble-hoarted countryman has now travelled so lar on his glorious mission , has been so long 'in tbe field' against the enemies of . liberty and justice , and has identified him « elf so prominently with tbe leaders of reform and progression in every civilised land , that he cannot—even if he would—retrace his fgotsteps : he cannot now blench ; corno what may , he » musfc press forwards—his course is onwards—ho must lead to combat , and must 'do or die . ' And ' do' he will . The people of England are opening their eyes to their true interest ? . They begin to find how they have been fooled , and betrayer ! , and plundered . They see also how puny , how despicable , how powerless , is that class of rogues and scoundrels —tho ' hieher orders '—to which they have so lone
been blind slaves and giovelhng dupes . They now discover that there is no power on earth but in * the people ; and they have been successfully catechised in the sound moral doctrine , that the much-despised , long-insulted ' lower orders' are , in reality , ' the people . ' They respoad lustily to tha trumpet-voice which summons them from the lethargy of ages ; they start simultaneously at that potent ' cry ; ' they shout for the Charter ; they swear they must have JcsTica ; and when a nation will * it she must be Free . Every day brines fresh evidence that the mighty movement directed bj the Member for Not tingham is growing in strength and aewlife , and the time is not far distant when those croaking birds ol ill-omen , who sneered at Mr O'Connor and his ' plans , ' and who prognosticatcd _ the worst results from his * schemes , ' will find their prophecies' false ' as those who spoke them , and see the Chartist Chief and his followers crowned with success , and enjoying the full reward of virtue , and perseverance , and patriotism .
But alas for poor , wretched , ul-fated Ireland ! The curse of disunion and treachery is still upon her , and she seems as if doomed far ever to groan from the depths of her degradation . Look at the proceeding ? last week in the Dublin Rotunda . Look there , and see what hope there is for poor Erin ! See those men who were to ' work miracles , '—who were sworn to stand by each other and be true to their cause—fo devote their ] lives to the working nut of Ireland ' s redemption , and spill their hearts' ' young blood' to make her ' what she ought to be , '—see these men torn into rival and contending factions , impeaching each others motives—condemning each others policy , —one party holding _ forth tho other as cowards , recreants , jobtes , hwxtets . and cheats , —those again retorting on their assailants , and representing them as traitors to Ireland , insane , rabid , sanguinary butchers , who , for personal motives , would drive the
starving peasantry into reckless insurrection , and dya the green vales of Ireland with human gore ! Here is hope for Ireland ! see here how we manage matters of life-and-death importance—bow Irishmen carry on the war against the tyrant and the oppres sor ! Won't the Saxon tremble when he reflects on the 'doings' in the Rotunda!—won ' t he yield from very good nature and gratitude at the gentle , pacific notes of Smith O'Brien S or crouch with terror at tha war-whoop of John Mitchel and Tee United Irishman ! Oh ! Ireland , Ireland ! wilt thou always ba unfortunate ? Will your children always be slaves— 'hewers of wood and drawers of water '— in their native isle ? Will disunion , falsehood , and treachery , always be your cur ^ e ? Will those who enlist themselves beneath your drooping bannerwill they still'learn to betray , ' or will you and yours never cease to be the laughing-stock and by-word of civilised climes ?
Last week , indeed , will be long memorable in the history oi this ill-fated country . Melancholy days were those of Wednesday ,. , Thursday , and Friday in the by- < one week . The * work' of * England against Ireland' was ' well done' in the Dublin Retuada , and the foes of ths latter country rnjiy , fairly exult at the disgraceful feuds raging at present between every section of Irish popular parties . For my part , I am not surprised at these occurrences . Whilst fcitally condemning the poltroonery of Conciliation Hall . I never bad the slightest confidence in * - "Soung Ireland * ' In many of my communications to The Nokthkbn Stab , I told what I thought of this party ; and though many readers of this journal have ,, of course , taken offence at my statements , and imputed wrong motives to my plain-dealing , out-spoken con-1
duct , time has , now proved that I did not err in my judgment ; and the events of the last month , and particularly of the last week , demonstrate that I had not miscalculated in my estimate of the New Confederation . I knew the men who wera at the head of that organisation . I knew ( and my readers will recollect that I often said ) those young fellows , though having—some of them—considerable talents and a great deal of confidence , were not possessed of the prudence and experience or good sense necessary to qualify them for the teachers or leadessof a great and ' . growing people . Rash , vain , arrogant , and jealous of each others pretensions , they were the
very worst hands into which the cause and hope of a nation could be committed . The Rorann Catholic clergy , —with the exception of about a doz-n curates in all Ireland , —were utterly hostile to them , ana after all , without the co-operation of the Catholic priests no popular party can be popular in this country . The Protestant landlords and capitalists were against them . -As much as they hated O'Connell and his old-fashioned agitation—though they knew he was a red-hot papist , and a little of a bigot —still they knew he was a' man of peace '; but they fancied ' YoungJ Ireland' a hobgoblin , whose playthings were pikes and dead men ' s skulls , and whose aliment was Protestants' entrails and Saxon blond
Hence outside their own narrow circle , ( and , in all Irchnd , the Confederation did not reckon 50 , 000 membsrs , ) the men constituting the heads of'Young Ireland' were regarded with hatred and suspicion . Anticipating that the Star will furnish sufficient details of this singular debate , I decline giving any lengthened report of tho' Three Nights Meeting in the Rotunda . The principal speakers on the' Peace-Preservation' side were Smith O'Brien , Mr Michael Doheny , of Cashel , barrister ; Mr Ross , of Bladensburgh ; Mr J . B . Dillon , and Mr Duffy of the Natios . The ' leaders' on the' Opposition' or ' sword ' sidts were Mr Mitehel , Mr T . D . Roilly , Mr Martin of Loughorne , and Mr John Fisher Murray . Th « debate was carried on with much warmth and animation on both sides , whilst the interest which it excited amongst the respective partisans of either side , was only equalled by the indignation and derision oi
the O'Connirllitcs , who still form a strong muster in Dublin . The proceedings of Friday night did not terminate until after two o ' clock on Saturday raorni « g , when this protracted 'war-council' was at length brought to a final termination , The show oi hands being in favour of the' Olive branch , ' Mr Mitchal demanded a poll ; on which it was found tbat of tho entire assemblage , 188 were raised up for ' aymed opinion , ' or ' wsr ' on the Saxon , wh lst 317 wera for the ' moral-force-amended '—or' Paddy-be-aisy '—lin « of operations , for which the Jste Mr O'Connell was abused and spurned by Smith O'Brkn , C . G . Duffy , and the ' quondam Saxon-slayer the Nation . Thus , for the present , the peace of Old Ireland is secure Yet the Unitkd Irishman will' shoulder his pike' on next Saturday , in Trinity-street , and Mr Mitchel , nothing daunted at the' fboring' he got in the' Pillar Room , ' will never be ' aisy' until the ' ' ruction' is up , and Paddy wearing * a goold or a wooden leg . '
In the meantime , whilst feuds and aniraesities distract our country , the situation of the peasantry is every hour getting more alarming , and the scenes ol 1 S 47 are again bacoming terribly familiar . Upwards ot fifty deaths from hunger have occurred in the various counties within the last fortnight , whilst hun dreds of thousands are represented as dragging on a wrotehed existence on a tingle rae ' al a day of' turnips and salt . ' There have been no agrarian murders last week , though not a night passes without fresh perpetration of outrage , assault , firing of shets , and house breaking . The meetings at Conciliation Holl have been better attended these last fire or eis weeks than , they were
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for many a month previously . The ' Rent , ' also , is «; ettin § r up , and the Repeal ' cocks' aro clappin *' their wings in anticipation of replenished ' boxes . ' and a fresh system of hoaxing , It wi ! not do , however . O'Connell is gone , and with all the faults with which he stands impeached , those he left at the councils of Burgh Quay must never hope to ' look on his like again . ' The latter re action is owing principally to tho famous letters of Dr M'llale , Dr Maginn , and ether Irish clergymen , who , in self-defence , have ' taken up the cudgel , ' and laid many a .... „
' welt' on their Saxon calumniators—from the paltry Lord Shrewsbury , who vilifies for a 'leetle consideration , ' to the scribblers of the Tory press , who dn it more respectably ' on system . ' The ' split' in ' Young Ireland , ' too , has materially contributed to this flowing of the Burgh Quay tide ; but my readers may tike my word that * The Loyal National Repeal Association , ' like tho Young Ireland' Confedera - tion , will never be looked on by the great mass of Irishmen , but as ' a mockery , a delusion , and n snare . ' It will go down , as it should have gone down long ago ,
Unwept , txnhonourod , and unsung ? . Tina week several of the unfortunate wretches , convicted at tho ate Special Commissions , will be ' hung by the notk' in the different gaols of Munster . The Limerick * hanRman , ' from what motive , I cannot say , has ' shyed . ' and refuses to 'do the job' on any conditions ! The sheriff had , therefore , no a'ternfttive but to ' get a loan' of our metropolitan ' ketch . ' who , I am told , has taken his departure to ' finish' the law , and tho wretched victims of the law , iu 'Merrie Limerick . ' I will net wish 'that he may crack his o . vn neck' before he returns , but I say fervently , may heaven be more merciful to tho poer fellows than were their fellow-men—wbether the landlords and agents who tortured them into the commission of crime , or tho dispensers of the law who exhibited such vampire thirst for thoir unhappy victims' blood .
Fever and dysentery are doing the work of death in the provinces . In many districts the mortality exceeds the devastations of last spring and summer , whilst famine , as 1 said before , is knocking down scores who eseaped last year . Several of the landlords are ranking arrangements for wholesale ' clearances , ' and are about to transport their suporabun . dant pauper tenantry to America , or * anywhere , —anywhere , out of—Ireland ! Only wait a Li ! If we don't * do well' yet in Ireland , 'tis a queer thing ! Between the Special Commissioners , the' hangman , ' the famine , the fever , tho ^ 'thrusj-out' landlord and the lazaretto , if the Irish peasantry bo not duly ' thinned , ' na bocklish I And , then , when tho poor ' mere Iruh' are all provided for ! ' Why , the Saxons and the landlords will have * fair play '—that's all . '
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_ definition op tenant right . Mr Sharman Crawford , the undisputed hero of 'tenant right agitation , has been fstarin ? it in the north . Dinners have been given to the hon . gentleman in p erry , Coleraine , and Downpatrick ; at the latter place the member for Rochdale , in the course of a long address , gave his definition of tenant right in the form of fifteen propositions , and they aro : — 1 . That land is a trust to be administered for the public good . 2 . That the land in Ireland is to the unemployed working man a necessary of life ; and , consequently , the taker of such land in not in tho position of a free agent in dealing with tho owner of it . 8 . That , therefore , be has just claim to that protection against extortion , which in other like cases , is secored by the laws of the State . . '
4 . That , as the State givrs extraordinary advantages to the owners ef land in various ways , and extraordinary powers for the receiving of rent , the State has a just claim to Interfere in the regulation of rent . 5 . That the unjust relationship of the Interests of landlord and tenant has been the chief source of the present evils of Ireland . 6 . That the ejectment laws have been most . oppressively enforced—as , for example , by the last official return la 1813 , 31 , 471 persons were served with notices of ejectment in that year , over Ireland , Involving an amount of population equal to 73 , 000 indWidaals . 7 . That an industrious cultivator aad improver of the coil is one of the greatest benefactors of the com . munity . 8 . That such a person has a vested interest in the income created by his labour and capital , after the payment of the landlord ' s rent .
0 . ThaUafcour is the source ol all capital , and tbat if the rights of labour are not protected there can bo no security for any other kind of property . 10 . That the landlord ' s interests would be eejually benefitted with the tenant's by a proper security for 1-ibnur . 11 . That no juot claim of tenant right can exist except it be founded on industrial occupation ; because tbe absence of industry is an injury both to landlord aad to the State . 12 That in all cases of lettingsfrom year to year , or for limited terms , the rolatiosshipof landlord a « d tenant
should be considered as a partnership— -the one putting in land , tha other labour , and each enjoying a fair proportion of tho net profits ( all expenses beine first divided ) , according to the value put in by each ; and the rent either falling or rising ; with the changes in the value of production , or other causes , as the oase may bo-. lSi That the tenant ' s proportion ot tho net profits , being an overplus income created by the action of the laborer , science , and capital of tbe tenant on the soil , is the real property , and is , therefore , a marketable commodity , which the tenant has a right to sell , and of which he should not be deprived without being paid for
it-14 . That justice and policy alike demand the establishment of Ms right by Ict-al ^ enactment , 15 > . That any principle of c-impensation which would ' not acknowledge and secura tbe claims of tenants for Improvements heretofore made and now existing on the soil , or , which would extinguish tho tenant ' s right to compensation for his beneficial interest at tbe close of a * certain term of occupation , would be inconsistent with bis just claims , and ought not to be accepted as 'tenant right j-
SPATE OF THE SOOit . The Limerich Examiner gives- a further most afflicting account of the condition of the poor of that quarter . That journal says : — 'Some unaccountable fatality , must attend the deliberations of tbe Limerick board of guardians . It comprehends men of undoubted intelligence and great personal humanity , and yet its measures are defective and abortive : the depopulating process thrives underit as-well as under the most landlordrle 5 den board in Ireland . Within the workhouse the deaths for the last week were thirty-three , * and without , the number ,. pieventible by a proper appljcation of the poor law , must amount to twice
aomany more . Ia this union perhaps one hundred graves are filled every wet k by the defective operation of the poor law . A bill of £ 30 was recently paid one party for the conveyanee of patients from the workhouse- to Harrington ' s Hospital , and somoof these ill-fated ^ beings were taken from tbeir beds- in the very crisis of their sickness , trundled into a ' covered'car , carried through populous streets , and dropped at Barring ton ' where , before they could be removed farther than the entrance hall they porished . In or . e day , nine ejbildren , pulled from their beds , in measles , in which exposure to cold is fatal , and conveyed to Barringtoa ' s , dropped dead ia . tho hall , one after another . '* There are some further accounts of deaths from starvation in Kerry , Limerick , and King ' s Couaty .
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MANSION HOUSE . —The City of London ITnioh . —Rose Morris and five other young women , who evere proved to have frequently received relief at the City of London Union , were brought before the Lord Mayor , charge ! by Mr Llojd one of the assistant relieving officers , under tho f jllowing circumstances . —i . Lloyd , of No . 5 , Northumberland-alley , said that on tho preceding day , as ho was going to tho union , he saw at the corner of Northumberland-court , tho six defendants , He asksd them whether they Wanted relief , and Rose Morris and two of the others Raid , ' You imprisoned us for three months ; and wo are come to pay you off , and aro determined to do it . ' They then struelc at him with their fiats , but a policeman came up at tho moment , and he
charged bis aeeailanU , having good reason to fear the worst from their ' v ' olence and vengeance . —The Lord Mayor : What sort of relief do you givo these females ? Witness : We give them an order for one night ' s lodging at Feckham , and some bread when they get therj . The women said tha whole of the statement made by the relieving officer was false . Two of thorn had , they said , been standing at tho corner of the alley when the other females were about to apply , and being aware of the cruel nature of the unien relief which consisted of a long journey to Peckhatn , a piece of bread , and u turn out next morning after a tumble-down upon a filth y bed thev k & d no notion of m » Wng any application tV-mstlv . t , Tho moment Mr Lloyd saw them , he gave them into the custody of the police , without having received the
slightest provocation ; but certainly , as he had struck and kicked one of theroj the blow was returned , —Mr Lloid denied these statements , —The Lord . Mayor : I cannot belp saving thatthosystem pursued by tboCity of London Union must ba a very bad one , for tho complaints mad * : to me against it by tho poor are ten times as numerous us those against any of tho other unions . —Mr Hnrvev ( thO City Pul ' leSe CuinailSftlontr ) said , ' Tills case ia of greater public importance than tho facts itutcd upon it are capable of disclosing . I havo received many apjli . citions from bankers and merchants for protection against the growing system of window breaking , and I
havo been most anxious to traco tho cause of such out . rages as have been daily occurring . Yesterday I visited all our etation-housos ; upon arriving at that in Bow-lane I [ heard great noise and confusion , whish 1 was told proceee ' el from six . women who had !* en placed in charge by ono of tho officers connected with the Cannon-street Union , and who wore so outrageous and furious that the policemen wero obliged to put handcuffs upon one of tJ > em , and to threaten to restrain tho rest of them in liko manner I considered it to be my duty to sea tho women , and 1 spoko to them upon the subjoot , and wan listened to with crniel and respectful attention , My conviction i 3
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thit if thene poor creatures wero kindly treated , jour lordship would not bo so much annoyed by the complaints against the City of London Union , and the outrages described ns having occurred would no longer be perpetrated . The real cause of the evil I must sny 1 can traco to nothing but tho conduct of tho officer * of the unions , particularly of the City of London Union , for when tbe unfortunate creatures go to tbe relieving officers for relief , they do not receive the order of admission till an adraneed hour of the day , and then they are obliged , exhausted and worn out , to walk a dintance of four miles to P . ckham before they get a moraed of bread . In fact , the officers of the City of London Union do all they can to abate tho number of applications by rendering them as disagreeable as possible to the-.... «« . „„« . » . „„ , , «»» ,,,,. » were klndlv treated , vour
persona making them , nnd throw all tho onus and trouble on the police . —Mr Lloyd remarked that he was und . r distinct orders wh' . ch those who employed him WOUld not permit him to deviate from . Ho uniformly granted orders to the fimale applicants without delay , The defendants said tho relieving oiEccr had refuted the-m repeatedly and most off juslvely , —One of the police stated that ho had frequently been present when Mr Llojd refused to g ive orders . —Ono uf tha women accusod was then charged with having kicked ono of tho police in a most dangerous nwnnt r while ho was convey , ing her to tho station .- — The Lord Major required that each of tho defendants should find beil to the amount of £ 5 the relieving officer baying sworn that he
apprehended danger to his life from their violence ; aud directed that the City Solicitor should prosecute Mary Phillips the woman who kicked tho policeman , His lordship concluded by emphatically calling upon the au . thoritk'B of the City of London Union fo remedy , wiihtiut further delay , an evil which they had allowed to reach a fearful magnitude . — When the six females were ordered to be taken brick to prison , they turned upon the police , and a violent scuflla taok plue in the narrow bar of the justice-room between the constables and their prlsonero ; nnd long after lhe latter were looked up in the cage , they continued to scream and bellow through the building , and te curse tha magistrates , aud the police , and the poor-laws , in language the most
re-TJlting . GUILDHALL . —A Hopeful Son . —J . Moulo and O . Hooker were charged , the fitst ( who has already been examined ) , with robbing his mother , and the second with being an accomplice after tho fact . Mrs Moule had stated that he had taken £ 2 and gome odd shillings , and he stated that a person named llookerhad bonght a donkey with it , —The mother of Hooker noiv stated that Moule , came to her and said that he had found . £ 10 . Sheasked him questions as to whether he had any father or mo tlitr , and he replied that he had not . Moule then took several lads to the theatre , and bought them clothes and boots , as well as for himself , and meeting with h' r son , rnferi wYmto ho could frada ladgVus . Her » on told him , and on his saying he Bhould like to do eomething , she fixed him at the eorner of Fann-streat to sell oranges . He had previously bought tho donkey , bavng borrawed 8 j . from her s on , he ( Moule ) only having 12 s . in hia
possession . —On tho Aldeimon asking Hooker what he had to say , he rep lied that he had lent Moule 3 s . towards purchasing the donkey , and that his fellow-prisoner spent a great part of his money in tossing with other individuals . — Alderman Johnson remarked that Mrs Hooker was much to blame throughout . Her sou ' s character was none of the best . —Mrs Hooker , with the greatest apparent innocence , said that she knew nothing about the money , and that her sons wore lad « brought up honestly to get their living in the streets . ( Laughter . ) —Alderman Johnson thoug ht it was no recommendation , the earning a living in the streets —Mrs Hoeker ( turning rouud to the prisoner Moule with an air of injured innocence , ) Why don ' c you tell the truth , and not cast aspersions llh " these on honest people 1—Moule , who was evidently rather timid , said in a low voice to the assist , ant-gaolcr ( Chambers ) . 'She told me that other boys were in tho habit of bringing silk handkerchiefs to her , and that sha had ton or eleven ia her bos . ' The Alder .
man requested to know what Moule hod said , and on Chambers repeating the woids , Mrs Hooker raised her eyes in the utmost astonishment , and exclaimed , 'Oh ! alnt it a w : oked boy , to tell such stories . ' ( Laughter . )—Alderman Johnson ultimately decided on * emanding the prisoner until Saturday , but bound Mrs Hooker on her own recognisances to appear on that day . L ^ MBETH . - ^ CaiaoE ov SxEitmo h Hoasn ikd Chaise . —On Monday , Drydon Elstob , a young man , who , it was said , Is respectably connected , was eaarged with stealing a horse and chaise , the property of Mr Tucker , livery-stable keeper , in Hart-street , iong . acre . From the evidenca it appeared that on Wednesday last the prisoner hired a horse and chaise to taise him to Richmond and hick , at the stables of Mr Tucker , and , as
the servant of the prosecutor was to accompany him , there was no spruple-mada about letting Jsim have them . He had not gone far when he changed his mind , nnd instead of proceeding to Richmond ho drove into- Essex . At the end of Upton lane he pointed out to tho servant of Mr Tucker , wno accompanied him , a farm-house , and desired him to stop there and borrow from Mr Bow , its occupier , two sovereigns on his account . The servant proceeded toward * the farm-house , as directed , but , while dolus ; so , he looked ! back , and found that the pri soner had driven off with the horse and vehicle a » fest as the former could go-. Information of the robbery
was given to the police ,, aad it was discovered that tho prisoner had left the hors « and vehicle at tbe Three Mackerels publichoase , in tbe Mile End-road , having first endeavoured to borrow thirty shillings on them , T he prisoner himself had not been heard of until Sunday evening , when , from hia description , he was taken at Feckham , by George Quenniar , an active officer of the B division of police . —The prisoner , in reply to- the charge , said It was a mere drunken lark . —Qucnnler informed the magistrate tbat the prisoner had acknowledged to him that he had deserted twice from the 3 rd Dragoons , while stationed' at barracks In the city of Cork , — The prisoner was remanded .
THAMES . A BaoTAfj . Outjeags . —6 . Burrell was charged with violently assaulting Sarah Lloyd , a dressmaker who stated that about threeye > ars ago she became acquainted with the prison *? who Kiade honourable proposals to her , which were accepted . Before the time appointed for their marriage the prisoner effected'her ruin , and then , up . m various pretences , he continued from time to time to puVoff'ha ' wedding day , but onhis making tho most solemn protMt itions of his intentions to make her bis wife , she lived with him for-three months , when she importuned him to fulfil his prcmis * , and he again published the banns ; t * . e ring was j » ur cbased , and a day appointed for the marriage ceremony to take place , but on arriving at the church tbe heartless fellow gave his bride the slip ,, and waa not beard'of for several weeks afterwards-.. The young woman-
subsequently gave birth to a ciiild , and has ever since continued to support hcrnelf ; and her offspring by her own industry . Tbe prisener ,. not coatentwith the misery and anguish he had brought upon her , has since frequently annoyed her , and because she has refused to ysnew the intimacy , he has more than once threatened btr . He outne to her mother ' s house on Saturday night , while he was in a state of intoxication , nnd on her refusal to walk out with him . he struck her several blaws on . the head and race , and knocked her down . She was carried to the hospital . —Tho prisoner , in defence , pleaded intosh cation , —Mr Tardley fined the prisoner £ 5 ., and in default of payment committed him to the House or Correction for two months- A communication would be made to the governor of the gaol respecting the prisoner , for tbe purpose of assertoining whether foe really was in a sound state of mind ' on not .
Gaoss Pebjoet . —Jane Andrews , alias . Darby , appeared to an assault warrant isr-uod at the instance of Mr James Morris , pioprietor of the Star aud Gartet Tavern , Arbour square , Stepney . Some time since the complainant was charged at this court with having assaulted a dang bte ? of the man Darby , aad committed to trial on the charge , principally on the evidence of the present defendant ,, who then swore that she was Darby ' s wife though it waa subsequently prove d ' Jhat she swore falsely . From the manner in which she gave her evidence at tbe Old Bailey , tbe jury at once acquitted Mr Morris . On Monday morn'ng tho prisoner went to the Star and Garter , where she abused the complainant , and thteatenad both him and hh family . Hia ohjoot ia coming to this court was , to protect iimself in ( utuse
from such visitations . —The defendant denied having used any threats , and said she went into the Star and Carter to pe-t soma clothes belonging to tho girl Darb y , who had been servant to Mr Morris , and also some shillings that were due to her . She did so by the advice ot tho police . —Mr Yardley : The police ? What policeman could advise you to such a course ?—Prisoner ( after some hesitation ) : Serjeaat Torke , Serjeant 3 artlett , Mr Day , and others . —Mr Yardley : You should not have adopted such' advice , and if you had the slightest sense of decency after what had occurred , you should not have gone to the complainant ' s . It is not to be wondered at that your appearance there should
have provoked him . Why did you swear in this court that yon were Darby ' s wile ?—Prisoner ; It was a mistake sir . Mr-YatoAey ; AmnUJiko * , I wish 1 had discovered the mistake when tho present complainant was brought up before this court , I shauld not have called upon him to find bail . — Inspector Holmes begired to inform tho magistrate that since what had previously occurred In this court had been reported , the man Dar , bj bad been dismissed from the force .. —Mr Yardl ' ej : lam glad to bear that . Ho and this woman swore that they wers . man and wife , tho facts being otherwise . Such a p . rson is a most unfit person to be a constable , The prisoner was then dischurgod , with a caution not again to disturb Mr Morris .
MARYLEBOSE . —RcBbtay in & Dwelling-house . —J , O'Connell aud J . Martin wero charged with having e nteivd the houio of Mr J . Payne , 13 ( nifju-streot , adj icentto the court , and itolen property to a consider . a' .-. lo amount , The prisoner O ' Connell , who bad osciipod from the bouse by jumping from a first-floor window , and who bad thereby been severely cut upon the bond was extremely faint and weak from loss of blood . —Miss CiroHue Payne , daughter of Mr J . Payne , snid that on the previous evening , at a qsarterpast seven o ' clock , she
went up-stairs to her bedroom ou tho third f > or , and close to the door she saw O'Connell , with a large , bundle close to him . She ashed him what " business he bad tfcere , wh . n . without making any answer , he knocked the eandloout of her hnnd , and pushed hor violently into an adj . iiniug room . Tho force used towards her c-. vused btr to fall down , and he ( O'Connell ) MI over Inr . She jumped up and screamed , and rushed down stairs followed by a man wl ; om she saw make his egress by the private door . —Mr Payne , jun ., ( brother of tho first witncss , ) stated that , being » larmed by the screams of his
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sistsr , and hearing tho banging of the private door , he went out , and saw the prisoner Martin running at full speed . Witness followed , crying ' Stop thief , ' and he ( Martin ) was shortly afterwards captured . —Many other witnesses wero examined , from whose evidence it appeared that O'Connell had , upon the alarm being given by Miss Psejne , jumped from the upper psrt of a shop front , two doors from Mr Payne ' s , and that in falling upon tbe pavement ho had roielvi d a severe wound upon the head . He got np bleeding profusely , and through the instrumentality of Mr Sergeant , a pork . butcher in High-street , he was nrrested and given ujs to the police . The prisoners had f insacked tbe drawm , & c . in Miss Payne ' s and her brother ' s bed-room , and two lorge bunaisttr , and hearine tbe banging of the private door , he |
dles ready to be carried eff had been packed up ; they contained property of different descriptionsto the amount of from £ 49 . to £ 50 . On the corner of Miss Paine ' s dressing-table were some marks of greon wax , and upon one of the bundles beinij examined a green wax toper was found . It was also proved that Martin , on finding that he was hotly pursued , threw away a box of lueifcr matches . —Policeman West said thit Martin , who was better known to the police by tho name of John Smith , had suffered transportation for burglary , aud had alpo been summarily convicted at Bow . street nnd Marl , borough street polico courts . —O'Connoll had nothing to say , and Martin denied all knowledge of the robbery — Thev stand committed for trial .
CI / ERKEXWELI .. —Nuisance . — Mr John Langflon , tho owner of s-me houses In Lumb ' s-sq-aare , Clerken well-green , which are tenanted by tho very lowest order , was summoned under the recent Sanitary Act , for sufferin '' a nuisance . The premises , it appeared , were in a moRt filthy and unwholesome state , and unfit for human habitation . —Mr Bartholomew , solicitor and clerk to the Paving Board of C'unminsioners of St James ' s , Clerken . well , said that tho defendant had recently purchased the property , and the tenements were inhabited by sweeps and costermongcrs , < fcc , who were all huddled together with their douksyn , and theplaee was in a horribly nauseous and filthy o . indi ' . ion . There were eleven houses in this condition , which had been examined by medical gen tlemen , who pronounced them to be dangerous to the
health of tbe public , and calculated to bread fever . — Defendant said he was using every effort to get rid of the filthy persons Inhabiting the place ,, and he was about to pull them down and have them rebuilt . He said it was impossible to keep sweeps clean , and if they would not lz-ave he most apply te the law to ej « ct them . —Mr Coorabe made an order for the removal of the nuisance . Another case of a similar description in the immediate vicinity of tke above was brought forward , and a similar orderwaamodr . MARLBOROUGH STREET . —Attempt at Rescob . —John Burke , a thief , was charged with picking the pocket of Sarah Kempshall . — Tbe prosecutrix was standing before a , print shop in St Martin ' e-lane , when the prisoner went up to her and ae * roitIy eased her of her
purss . The prisoner ran off ; but hit proceeding" having attracted the notice of a person named John Harnett , an inquiry was made of the prosecutrix If she had lost anything , and on being informed that she had lost ber purse , he instantly set off in pursuit of the prissner , and overtook him near Aldridge ' s Repositoty . He had no s-ioner stopped the prisoner , than he was surrounded by holf a dozen thieves , evidently associates of the prl .-oner , who . attacked him and bit bis handi severely , In order to induce him to release the pritoner . Harnett , however , kept his hold , and took the prisoner towards Bow-street police-court . On the way the prisoner offered to pledge his coat , and retnrn the lady the money , If he was
released . The case being In the district of Marlborough , street it was sent there . While the parties were on the road , a gang of tbe prisoner ' s companions surrounded the prosecutrix , and attempted to intimidate her from appearing again * * * , tho prisoner . The partiw wre followed through tbe Seven Dials by hundreds ef bad characters , to whom the prisoner appeared to be familiarly known . —The prosecutrix proved tho loss of her purse , which contained a few shillings . —The purse had not been found . —The witness Harnett said he saw the prisoner gr ** e the purse to one of his companions , who made his escape witn the booty . —The prisoner was fully committed .
WESTHIHSTER . —Evading Toi * i . —MrU . Smalibone was charged with attempting to evade payment of toll . —Mark Webster , toll-colle-ctor at Vairxhall-bridsa , whose facewas dreadfully lacerated , Hated he waa on duty at the Middlesex gate at a littlehefore eight on Snnday evening , when defendant , who was drivis ; a chaise cart , passed throng * tbe gate without payin ^ t'ne toll . Witness called out to him to stop , but instead of doin ? so the defendant Immediately flogged the horse . Witness ran behind the cart and caught bold of it , when a man who w » s in tbe cart with defendant said , ' ive it to him , ' meaning thathewastoflog tbe bone again . Witness continued his hold o ? the tail of tbe cart , and waa dragged about two hundred yards , when he put his foot on tho top of the spring , and' leaning over the tail-board , took
defendant ' s friend ' s bat off . In getting down witness ' s foot got between the carl and the spring , and he-was dragged a great Jlstanco , fltat with hie head on the ( -. round , » nd then with hit arms ? . He contrived to clear himself from the cart , but after doing so was almost insensible . Tho horse was stopped by defendant within 20 yards of wit . ness . and driven back tehlm , when defendant ' s companion said , ' My man , you ' ve got my hat . ' Witness replied tbat he had , when defendant ' s companion offered to pay the toll , adding , ' Never mind ; my friend is drunk . Witni 85 called' Police , ' when" defendant ' s friend offered to pay any sum if he abstained from doing so . In concluding his statement , complainanirdeclsred that he was ve ? y sore all
over , and that tbe medkal gentleman who hid attended him said he ought not to leave his house for-a- week or more .- J . Banks , another toll collector at tho bridge , proved that complainaat called upon defendant and bis friend to pay , at the time they passed through the gate , and that they afterwards whipped the horse repeatedly . He coald not tell which used the whip . —MrBl-oderip observed tbat this case was of by far too serious s nature tor him to deal with summarily , and he should therefore send . t for trial at . the sessions . —Defendant expressed his deep regret at what had occurred . —He was ordered to find bail , himself in ^ 30 , and two sureties in £ * Oeacb , toemsw jrthe charge at the sessions , —Bail was immediately put in .
WESTMINSTER . — 'iapaDBBocs Assault . — 7 . Ingram- was charged with feloniously assaulting and wounding Elisabeth Harris — Charlotte Smith stated that the injured womamand the prisoner were in company with two or three friends at the Cheshire- Cheese , Grosvjmor-place , Pimlico , on Memday evening . At about ten at night something was said by prisoner about seeing Elizabeth Harris home , which she did not approve of , when he suddenly seizeelthe poker which wns in the fireplace , and struck her several blows , two of which were on tho-head . — Policeman T . Bentley said that when be was called to tbe house , be found tbe injured woman
Bittisg in a chair , and a doctor dressing her wounds . She was subsequently conveyed to the hospital . Tbe policeman produced a very heavy kitchen poker , with sharp- edges , with which- the blows had been * indicted , and also the bonnet the poor woman wore at the time , whhh was saturated with blood . A certificate was handed to tbe magistrate from St Georges- Hospital , stating that the woman wae suffering from two- wounds in tho bead and other injuries , which would disable her for some dajs , nnd prevsnt her leaving the institution . — Mr Broderip remanded the prisoner for a week , without taking any bail .
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THE MURDER IN ST JA . MHS ' S PA-3 . K . Annette Myers , a native of Belgium , 2 G years ef age , and described as a servant , residing at 40 . Albion-street , Byde-park-gardens , was charged with firing a pistol , loaded with ball , and thereby causing the death of Heary Bucker , a private ia the 5 th company of the 2 nd battalion of the Coldstream Guards , aged 21 ,. in BirScagewalk , St James ' s-park , on Friday evening . The prisoner was brought to the Bow-street polico court before ten o ' clock from ( JSirdiner ' s-lane station , Westminster , in a cab . While in tho cell at the place mentioned she continued sobbing all night , and refusing any refreshment , wih tbe exception Jof some ten . —Mr Hmry asked the prisoner whether she was a foreigner or sn Englishwoman !—The prisoner , in a faint voice : 1 am a foreigner . —Mr Henry ; Do yoa snderstand Eb-!* llsh \—Prisoner : I do . —In answer te another question ehe said she wasbrought up In Brussels . The first witness was then called .
Sarah Sextan , said : I was walking along Birdcagewalk , towards Srorej ' s-gnte , at twenty minutes beforcfivo o ' clock , on Fridny , when I saw iae prisoner at the bar fire a pistol at a soldier . She was going towards Buckingham Palace , and as tho soldier ' s back was turned to her she- raised her hand to within two yards of bim , or it might be rather less , and nred with her right hand . I did not nolic-i ber particularly before this occurrence , nor did I perceive the pistol until I heard the report , at which timo it was presented at the soldier . He fell directly , and the prisoner threw the pistol down at his a'dd 1 was at that time four or fi . ro yards from her , and I did not hear her mnke use of any exuresion .
Tho soldier did not utter a syllable . I was the first person who came up to the prisoner . After throwing awny the pistol she went ou in the direction of tho palace , at a quick pace , and I was so fright-ued that I did not try to stop her , but « be waa arrested by a man bofore sbo had . gone very far . —Mr Henry * . \ vere tbe prisoner and soldier in conversation before yau heard the repn-t % NVitnoss : I cannot say . Mr Henry : Did cither of them appear in any degree excited ?—Witness : I did not perceive that thoy were . —Mr Henry inquired whether the prisoner wished to a ^ k the witness any questions ?—Prisoner : I have none to ask ; but I did not run away , I gave myself up .
Henry Kltlington said : I was Inside the enclosure in ft line with Btrdcair . fl . walk . aud ai I wag gniog towards Buckingham , minofl I heard n report of a pistol . Decensed had his back to tbe prisoner , and he foil on bis face , upon which she threw the pistol down close to his ffot , and thrn turning'round walked away , not ve-ry quickly , towards the palace . I then ran out of tho enclosure , aud the prisoner being stopped by an officer iu plain clothes , who asked hi r to coma back , she F » id , ' I did it , ' or words similar . There was a gate hading out of the enclosure a fey ? yards from me , through which I went when the pistol was fired ,.-. MT Henry ( to prisoner ') : Hive you any questions \ o .- \ sk tfcls witness ? Prisoner : Tha pistol went off Vfore 1 fired it , and 1 did not throw it down ; it £ d \\ irom ray Iiitti'i .
John Garwood , a private ! in tbe 2 ndV uttalioa of Coldstream Guards , said ; I lett tho \ 7 eVsingtcn Barracks , last evening about fiveminutes " hifjro the deceased and was in advance of hlus about ' aftooa yards , going in . tbe
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direction of Storey ' s-gato . The first thing which ~~ traded my notice was a report of fire arras , jU 3 t apassed tbe entrance to Queen ' s-jquare , and on turQ | n round I taw deceased fall on his fa ce , I did not It th " moment obserre ths woman . I ran np , and a gentleman pointing to the prisoner said , ' Tbat is the woman ' The deceased » tretcbed out his hands end arms as if anxious to speak , but never uttered a word . The pistoi produced ( a lorjje horse pistol ) was in the handl ( , f fl , gentleman . When 1 left tbe barra cks the prisoner was standing near the rai'ings , and a private in the regiment as he went out , observed to me , 'Thatw Henry Ducket ' direction of Storey ' s-gfite . The first thing whiciT ~ ~
s mUtress . ' I have seen them walking together on wever-i occasions within the past month , and when I was n piquet guard last week I saw them walking together in the barrack passage , but I cannot say whether tbev were on bad terms . On seeing her at the railings r thought she had a downcast look , and was out of spirits a circnmstar . ee which was remarked b y others as well ' myself . IThen I saw them ou ether occasions they * * pesred on excellent terms . Mr Henry . - C-ih you 8 av " whether tho prisoner and deceased ever ha 3 a qusrr , | together ?—Witness : Not at all ; nor can I tell why 8 h 6 appeared fo desponding .
Joseph Mills , another prirate In the scce co , , he was near deceased when he fell . Witness did not hear any conversation between prisoner auddieeajed before ho heard the report of a pis'ol . Ho was tnea about twenty yards distant . He had nover BCOU n , i . s * ner , Christopher Hedges , a policemen , said he was on duly at twonty minutes before fire o ' clock , and was spsakim ? to another constable , when he heard the report of firearms cioso by . He turned round and saw the smoke " and then perceived that the deceased bad fallen on his face and hando . Witness went up te him , and satv that he was bleeding from the back oftbe head . Ha then heard some ono cry out , St .. p that woman , she was with him , ' in consequence of which he followed her and took her into custod y . She was then walking about thirty yards off , towards the palace . She di < l not speak , but looked as if ehe was going to faint . He then left her in cbargo of constable 80 A while he went to look
ft > tf r the pistol . —Mr Henry : Am 1 to snderstand that you did notknow by whom the pistol was discharged ?—Witnra * : —I did not ; and while I was looking for it , constable 80 took tho prisoner to Che station . house . Mr Janes Beattie , gunmaker , of 205 , Regent-street , stated that tbe prisoner came to bis shop on Thursday evening , at eight o'clock , when she said , ' I wi > . h to pur . chase a pistol , to shoot a Newfoundland dog . He is a v * ry sarage brute , having bitten two of aij friends , and I wish it was destroyed . ' Ht told her be had not au old pistol in the shop , except such as were very expensive , but on looking over his stock he found one he thought would do to shoot a dog as wall as a better , the
price of which was 18 s . Ha then advlstel that oneoi his men should go to shoot the animal , to which she replied it ? ts « too far , as she resided at Hackney that it was a eurioas thing for a female to purchase , but that her brother was lame and could not come , although he was quite capable of ghooting tha doff . She requested witness to load the pisUl for her , which he did with powder and ball , telling ber to be careful of it , and be put tbe pistol into a bag , tying down the hammer and tht lock , to prevent any accident occurriog . She seemed quite collected , making observations about the time ; and having paid the demand , she went away . Tha pistol was the same new produced .
Paj-SirgeantLove , © f tha same battalion as deceased , proved that he was going out of the barracks abeut a quarter to five , when he heard the pistol discharged , and on going to Queen-square gate , where a crowd was collected , saw deceased lying on the ground . He remained near the body until it was placed on a stretcher . and th » nh « accompanied it to the barrack gnard-house , where it at present remained . He found certain papers bearing the signature of the prisoner among the articles belonging te the deceased . —Mr Hear ; said , there was no me m reading such documents , ns there was no person present who could prove tbe prisoner ' s handwriting . In answer to questions from tho magistrate , the Inspeetor on duty said , that when ka read the char ; e to the prisoner she replied , 'I did it / at tbe same time giting him three * letters ( produced ) , requesting he would rend the large one , It being hers to- the deceased , a copy of which h « took . It was as follows : —
' Monday evening . —My Dear Henry—I take my pea in hand to write these few lines to teli you my mind . I must say there ia something the matter with you , aa Sunday afternoon you did not as much as offer me your arm , but walked as if we did not know much of ons an . other . People must have thought so to- see us . It was an unkind thing for you to tell me you would go and see that younjj woman , and you would get some money from ber , as I would not give you soma . Bat I do not liko such ways -, . t ! nd you say if ehe had not got any money she would lend her things—more fool aba I No young man would wish me to do such things , except it was for some good matter ; but I think if any roan wishes a young woman-well , and bis meaning good to her , he wilt not wi & h anything of that kind of b » r . Eenry , for you ,
or any other yeung man , I would not do such a thing . Look back sinse Christmas how much you bad from me ; so if that is all tJae love you hare for me , I do-nor carefor such love . I know you do eare more for tbat yovng woman than you do for me , because she can give you more money than I can . She gets it easier- than I can ; and she £ oes not get it in s rriet > . You know very well fiat no other man but you had my company ; but you p . ' ease yourself . 00 and see her or any other young woman that can give yon more than I can . But please to give me what you have of mine—two books and tho pencil y » u have ; but I think to see you once more te > part friendly , Henry , do not ba afraid to- face me for tbe last time , and' write here . I hope sha will ba more kind to you than what I have been . One day you bad
the face to tell : me I had done nothing to what some had Ibavedono-all tbat lay in my power , and lam not going to do what they do to get you some money . I did not like to let * ou do what you like with me , be . cause I thought of getting some money , but it waa because I kindly loved you ; and what did yoa say to ma in tho park last evening ? Henry , I little thought then I should have to write such a letter to you as this , Henry , our case will be a warning for others . Tou will see what kind love means soon , Henry ; but do not be afraid . I am not coins to do anything to you . All I wish from you is-tO' see you once more . When I ashed
you on Sunday if I should see you next Sunday , yoa Said . ' It all depends . ' but you did not say what ; but I can think what . If you like to come next Sunday at half-past six o ' olock , I should be able to go- out . We cansaake it the last time to see one another ; but please to let me know , as I may tell mistress in time that 1 want to go out then , and if you have net got a penny , as you ssy , you oan send without paring for it . I hope I have said enough for you to think what your meaning is to ma , No- mora . God bless you . Do not forget What I tola you . I will still remain yours till ws part next Sunday , o ? beforo , if you wish to come down . — am yours affectionately , —Annette Mtebs ,
The Inspector said tho lady who resided at Albion . atreet , and was mistress of the prisoner , was not in at . tendance , although she had promised to be . Mr Joseph Skelton , surgeon of tho 2 nd battalion of Coldstream Gkiards , said he waa ca led upon and mot tho police carrying the body of Ducker to the guardhouse , wSera be made an examination , which was merely superficial at the time , as the man was quite dead . There was a wound near the eve , and another oa the lower part o ? the bock of the head , on tho same side * such as would be caused by a bullet shot from a pistol , which was qaiie sufficient to cause infant death .
bubsequeiitly a witness , named Samuel Rennio Fulcht r , belonging to the same battaUon as the deceased , and who had been sant for to give evidence , having been pra ^ ioualj a . bt-ent , deposed that be knew tbe deceased perfectly wall , and left the barracks with him shortly before five- o ' clock on Friday aftesaoon . As they left tho barrack yard witness saw the prisoner standing near the entrance gate . She followed them at a distance of about fifteen or sixteen yards .. The deceased must have seen hsr as they came out , but witness did not know tbey were acquainted , and was certain they did noi speak to each other . Ou asrivinj ; nt the Qaeen ' sfquarc gate witness left deceased and turned up towards Q ieeii " s-square . He had arrived nearly at the Broad , way when he hoard the report of fire-arms , but having no suspicion of anything wrong he did not turn back . Mr Henry inquired whothe ? the deceased ' s sge wns knwni
Sergeant Dove replied , that he was 21 years of age . it for along time . U lie dead V Witness told her sha was very foolish to talk so , and added ho believed the soldier was dead , to which she made no reply . _ The evidence of Fulchw was aided to tls ' e depositions , aud he evas bound orer , with the other witnesses , to appear and give evidence at tbe trial .
TBS tNCjOEST . On Monday morning , at eleven o ' clock , Mr Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , and a highly respectable ju * y ( assembled at tbe Artillery Arms Tavern , Rochesterraw , to investigate tho eircumstancea connected with tbe death of Henry Ducker , aged twenly , a private in tho Col'istroam Guards , who was shot on Friday afternoon by Annette Myers in St James ' s-patk . The j-ry ; having been sworn , proceeded with the coroner-to view the boely of the ui . fe-rtunate deaeasvd , which was- lying on a tabic in an outhouse of the Military Hospital , in Tmceut-square . It wa ? in precisely the sr . me state as when picked up in tbe Birdcage-walk . The front of hia coat and trousers were covered wish mud from his fulling forward on his face . His faci was smeared with blood . His left eyo was shot out , M \ d there was tv lasgs wound immediately
under the left aar , from whence the bullet passed throug h , the head and out of the eye . Upon the return of the jury to the-inquest room , evidence was given as ta the idtnlity bi the dtcaascd , and of his having , vvhoa ali'O , belonged to tbe 5 th company of the 2 nd battalion ef Co ' . dstreaNi Gunrds . A numbe-r of witnesses were then called , whose testimony -w . -s esacily similar to . that given at tna police court on Saturday . Tho only incident wcaiby of mention , in addition to what has already appeared , is a reply of 5 £ » James Beattie , ot 305 , Regentstreet , who sold tho pistol , and . loado-i it for tho prisoner . — On a question of lhe jury , Mr Beattie said tha ! the woman could not havo bceu mora composed at the lima shu bought tfce pistol , and that ladies often came in their carriages to buy pistols of him , ^ -0 n the foreman asking if it was usual for them to hate them loaded , he roi lied that it was not .
The coroner having shortly summed up , the Jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Wilful muieier against Annetto Myers , ' and tho coroner made out hia warrant , which fce placed ia tho hands of the iuspecM o ^ oUce ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 12, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12021848/page/6/
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