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MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. Liverpool, Satuiiba...
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PRUSSIA UNMASKED . Tiie following is the remainder of the article _exfricte-l fr 0 _" "Douglas _JerrohTs Magazine , " the _Sjt portion of which appeared in the Star of _Satur-< _javlast : —• jj _^ _, jdnfh letter displays the weakness of Prussia from _OTtliin . Tins is chiefly apparent in the various nationaline ** and religions . The author concludes that the iral _ci » y and Old Prussia are the only portions of the _tole kingdom that feel any attachment tothe king or g . _government . Tha tenth letter is about the most extraordinary _com-« nsinon Vy "ffay o _£ a letter that was ever penned , _inasacaa it einoodiesaprose Comedy , under tie title of ™ j-airv Tale ; an Interlude . " We subjoin the dramatis _0 _^ r , nx ~ as _» n * _* original ( with a translation } , lest the _Elfish reader should be tempted to imagine that seme _Iiterarv joke was in the wind , not authorised by the ori ginal .
DK & _XATI 3 JErBSO _ S _ E . Bit Kaiser von China—The Emperor of China . Qtm ania , _ccruMuxUKaUer ' _mvonDeiaschlarid—Germania Dowager Empress of Germany . _( Horfo ifcre Toehter , aus _versehiedeilen _JSkdnmden—Gloria , ivr daug hter , the fruit of several marriages . _jTifc-Srio , Mid . Dr ., _iaistrUchchiiicsisdierJUZmedicus' Di _Mustlein , Imperial Chinese Physician . Per _Polizebninister—The Minister of Police . _PerKrugsmmUler— The _twister at War . _SinJSchho mchen—A _SgiuireL SiiirljJiy , Staatsreclitslehrer—ShlaTi gny , State-lawyer . _Stuteiithol , Staatslheolog— _Stutenthal , State-tUeoiogian . JaHM _, _StaatspuWust—Janus , State-politician . GtlrUer _AUteutsiA , Staztspatriolen—The two Brothers Old-German , State-patriots . _Bjnaeadaia , StaatsphUosoph— Bonaventura , State-philo
sopher , _„ Phanlms , Hofrath and Staatsdramatc . rg— _Phantasus , Aulic-counsellor and State-critic of the Drama . _Siriri , StaaUreimlexiion— Hariri , _State-rhyming-dic tionarv . Kle _> lersia » ge . Profmtir und Stools-turner—Climbing-pole , Professor of State _^ gymnasficS . Checalier George—Id . Don Fernando—Id . Dm _Bmanuel—Id . Bin _vmpotilischer Professor—An _tmpolitisal Professor . _EineosmcfcVtiiehirNachtiBacAter —A Cosmopolitan Watchman . Bin Kind—A Child . Z , rei GasterstimmeH—Two Ghost-voices .
Erne Gcspaistcrstimmc—A Hobgoblin-voice . Bine _Depesche—A . Despatch . _EckeastehcrSante —Nante _^ a Corner-stander . Chor der _Hff-aige and Mandarinen—Chorus of Courtiers aud Mandarins . "Place of Action . —The Imperial Chinese Court at PeMn . " Time . —Cannot rightly be ascertained , as Chinese chronology is known te be a ver ; _confused thing . *' To this extraordinary and double-meaning Dramatis Penma : the author does not gire his readers any key : fcrtuately , however , we happen to know pretty certainly nearly erery party intended to be thus put in action , and shall accordingly proceed at once to attach the right names to fhe various characters .
KEV TO THE PBAHlTIS P __ BS 0 N *_ B . Tht Emperor of China—Frederick "William IT ., King of Prussia . Gfrmania , DoitE _^ r Empress of Geraumt—Ihe German _Nation . Gloria , her daughter ; the fruit cf several marriages— "National Fame . Dr . _IFiisfiein , Imperial Ckbvtse Phyiician—This must te the celebrated Dr . _Sch'dnlein , who is a sort of court wit , besides being fhe Sing ' s Physician . A Squirrel—This is the Minister of Public Instruction . His real name is Squirrel ( Eiehhorn ) . _Sliacigny , Statelawyer—Itis evidently meant for the great lawyer , Savigny . Stutenthal , Statc-tha >! ogian--Thisw ; jit be Hengstenfcsrg ,
a mystic theologian and hypocrite . Jaiuw , _State-poStieian—This is Mons . Huber , author of a work on the . English Universities , the system of which lie strongly recommends to be substituted for the free University of Germany . He edits a periodical _caUed " Janus , ** with a motto , to the effect that it is his serious object to point out the right path to the Paradise of Despotism ! The ttco 6 rotfters _OH-German , _Stato-patnott—The weUknown brothers urimm , who left Gottingen in a quarrel with the late King of Hanover , refusing to submit totes despotism . They are famous for researches in
the early German literature and language . _iJonaKntiira , _State-jiftitospplar—Schelling , of course . Bhantasus , Aulic-oounseuor and State-critic of the _Drama—Ludvrig Tieck . 0 n « of Ids novels is entitled " Phnntasus . ** The Chevalier George—George _Herwcgb , a Swiss poet and liberal—exiled . Don Fernando—Ferdinand _Freiligrath , the celebrated lrric poet and liberal—exiled . DinEmanuel—Emanuel Geibel , a theological state-poet and hypocrite . A ChM—Bettina Brentano , the well-known correspondent of Goethe .
The rest—and it will be observed that they are not very material—we do not feel sure about ; in some cases each may be several , as they " fit" several . The plot of this political comedy is slight enough _Ssrmania introduces her daughter Gloria to the _iaiparial court of Pekin ( Berlin ) , with a view to a matrimonial alliance with his Celestial Majesty . The young lady desires to be made acquainted with all the principal oScers and others who may become her subjects . Philosophers , statesmen , poets , lawyers , theologians , Others are accordingly presented to hsr . ( This " gives the author opportunity of levelling some ofhis hardest blows at certain heads . ) After a long conversation with the _stats-p' _Uosopber , Bonaventura , Gloria observes , that all she has really understood is the fact that the speaker , is
whom she had at first mistook for a philosopher , a poor old woman ! His Majesty expressing himself ¦ liepleased with Don Fernando , the lyric poet , tbe Minister of Public Instruction , Squirrel , displays the greatest anxiety to bring him a better poet _^ and accordingly presents to him "John Stinkwits ! " ( This , of course , must be a hit at Johannes _Minckwita , who Is rather _atranslator than a poet , and chiefly of Greek dramas into German . ) By these means—the least artist-like , it must be allowed —the author contrives to bring in his heterogeneous heap < if dramatis _perioiuc . The caststrophe of the whole comedy , however , is simply brought about by the discovery , made by Gloria ? ofthe hypocrisy , meanness , weakness , scheming , cruelty , and falsehood , which lurks in every corner of his Celestial Majesty ' s court ; and she accordingly rejects his hand , and leaves him for ever . This , as a political catastrophe , is strong and effective
enough . The comedy is , of course , not to be judged by fie laws of the acting drama . Nevertheless , there are a fea instances where a little more skill in construction might have bean used " with advantage .. Should it be _ask-a by the Englith dramatist , or lover of the acted drama , as a mere matter of curiosity , 7 wio the author confc- > es to " work" certdln of his dnmaSh persona :, such as the two ghost-voices ,-the Cosmopolitan Watchman , the Despite ! , ! & c , he may be assured that it is _*»**&*»* in the very freest and easiest manner , as a German would always do in similar cases of di & eul _£ ; for he never brings them npon the scene at all . Ue did not _taowXtto do with them , and thereiore very properly _Sou thern to appear . Still , he P _^ t _^ them _toremainamong _hisdra _^ tto peasona _: , because they had produced in that position a certain effect upon the _initiation of Ms readers . Wiiswom . isiehahen . '
The question now is , how far is all this exposure and denunciation fouuded on facts 1 From aU he could see , and hear , and learn , and read , and witness in any way , the "Englishmanin Prussia" declares bis own conviction tobe , that it is all founded on facts—and facts of common occurrence . The general statement and summary of the case is this : — Everything in Prussia is dono to please Russia , which thus ruins Prussia ; aud Prussia , ia its turn , destroys all the smaller Ceiinan States , such as Wurtemberg , Bavaria , Hanover , ths Duchy of _Xassau , Oldenburg , Saxeweimar , Ac . Bad as Austria is , she is better than Prussia . There is in Austria , if not more system in evil doing , at lcast an open system . There , despotism is a recognised thing : there , you know what they are about . Men are aware iu Austria of what hangs over their heads upon all occasions of freedom , whether
in act , word , or with the pen . In Prussia , nobody can he sure of any thing—except a spy , and afalsehood . Ihe Presidents of provinces tell falsehoods—so do the ministers ; afalse face is put upon tilings , and one -mthonty lies to the other . The spy-system is regularly organised in Prussia . Even the professors of the universities ar _« watched ana controlled hy secret orders , of which they are themselves ignorant . Secret books arc kept of the conduct and opinions of everybody of any consequencebureaucrats , soldiers , professors , leading menin towns & c ; and one bureaucrat spies over another ; so that sometimes their accounts cross , and by an accidental contins _^ cy _. wo " _authorities" suddenly _recover what each _KpoSs of the other ! The climax of all these secrets U the code of secret laws between the three despots of the Continent , for the maintenance of slavery
among the people , . - , _ . The publie feeling _throug hout Prussia is , for the most part , dissatisfied , and will , _soom- or later and not at a distant period , display itself efficiently throughout tne whole of Bhenish Prussia . The outbreak will most probably begin in Cologne ana Aix-la-Chapdle , _smmltansously . The _Gerraans are dreamers , undoubtedly , andlet all wise , practical men , who so much benefit o » many ef their dreams , respect their visions and » i ) Dl _£ = brTactions ; but the Germans can awake . They mux have the long-promised constitution and popular _rcprcssutatfoP - . ana if Frederick . "William the Fourth cannot _saortly make up his mind to give it to the peop le-- * - t /« people _iritt _assmedli lake the business out of the kings hands . - Karl Heinzen took refuge at first ia Belgium . A _svh-^ _crfpnon has been made i Co _' . egne for his wife : no Sunny . Ferdinand Freiligratn , the patriotic poet , w _»» _* e _*; cmlj in possession of a pension from the king ; bu
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some i . _^ . Batured expressions having been uttered in public , _intimating that his liberal opinions were changing to ths fruits of court favour , he instantly published his recent Tolume of poems , entitled "Bin Glaubens _Utkenh _us . (• a Professi . m of Faith' ) , * ' and resigned his pension . This volume , however , contained things which rendered him unable to remain in Prussia , and he accordingly took flight , and engaged himself for his support m a merchants counting-house — we believe in Hamburgh . He has since been joined by Karl Heinzen , and they are gone together to Switzerland , under straitened circumstances , as may be supposed . The name ofthe author of - Prussia Unmasked , " as he himself conceals it , we do not , of course , think it right to mention .
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THE HORRIBLE MURDERS ON BOARD THE " TORY . " FKAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE . The examination of _Geoige Johnstone , the captain of the ship Tory , for the murder of Humbert , Reason , and Mars , aud also for cutting and wounding the crew , was resumed on Tuesday , at the Thames Police-court , at halfpasr twelve o ' clock . The Court was , as usual , filled with parties eager to see the prisoner , and listen to the revolting particulars of this most extraordinary case , while a considerable crowd was collected outside . Mr . Humphries , as before , watched the case for the prisoner ; Mr . Hay ward , clerk to Mr . Maule , solicitor to the Treasury , appeared for the prosecution . The prisoner , on being brought into the dock , had to be assisted by the Officers in attendance , and appeared very depressed .
Mr . Hay ward said he proposed to call some additional evidence to the cases already taken . He had iome to offer in the first case , but that he would leave just then , and go into the second , the death of Reason , to which he would add a little . Though three witnesses had been examined respecting that death , one , Barry Yelverton , was in the cabin at the time . That wituess he now proposed to call . B _ U . ry Yelverton was then called , and said—I was in the cabin at the time when Keason was called down . I saw the captain stab him with a bayonet . He expired about five minutes after . The captain stabbed him twice on theleft breast . The captain exclaimed at the time , " Here ' s the saw that slew the vine before the battle of Bannockbum . _'' This was a saying ofhis which he often used . While the captain was pitching Reason about , before stabbing him , the latter cried , " Spare mr . I Spare me ! " I was in the cabin all the time . The captain had been drinking all the day .
Mr . Broderip—Did tha captain appear to drink much during the voyage ! Witness—Not till these transactions occurred . Henry James Stephens , a boy of 14 years of age , was next examined—He said I am the son of Mrs . Thompson , who was a pasenger in the Tory . I recoUect the Tory arriving at Fayal . But I cannot tell the date . I went ashore there with the captain . This was before anything happened to Reason and Mars . The captain said he would kill all the crew when he got onboard . He said this when we were going up stairs at the English Consul ' s . I returned with the captain on board , and immediately after he cut David Johnson with the cutlasson the back , and about the head . He said a little while after
he would clear all the boats erew fore and aft . He had drank a bottle of wine with the English Consul ' s daughter . On going on board the ship , he said , "Here I come like seven bells half struck . " The harbour-master came on board after the captain , and remained a short time . After he left the captain called out for his pistol and sword . They were brought by James Glover . He then struck Mars with the edge of the sword . Mars was standing by the gangway at the time . Mars was saying nor doing nothing . He had a lantern , and was assisting tbe things on board . I _hiard no threatening expressions , nor any gestures of the kind among the crew . The next morning I saw Mars covered all over with blood . Three _dajs after Mars and Reason were dead : They were in good health _bsfore these
occurrences . William Beresford deposed—I was called on to attend and feed Mars tliree or four days before his death . He was on the main hatch in double irons all the time , with a large shackle round his neck . He was all covered with blood , He had several cuts about his head , bis upper lip was nearly cut off , and hung over his mouth . I had to lift it up to put the bread in his mouth . It was soaked bread I gave him : Respecting his death , I saw him hauled up out of the cabin with ropss . He was very near dead at the time , and died about- a quarter of an hour after . There was a rope put round his waist , but I do not know whether they squeezed him or not .
Barry Yelverton recalled , and examined respecting the depositions of the men taken oh board concerning the deaths of Reason and Mars . I signed those depositions at the order of the captain , I refused at first , but the captain said , if " we refused he would cut our hearts out , and make us sign them , with our heart ' s blood . " ( A general thrill of horror pervaded the court at this statement . ) I think Spence and Julien were present when that expressiou was used . This was said after Mars _' s death . It was used by the captain several times . It was in consequence of that threat that I signed the depositions . Julien Cordiavello , examined on the same point , said—I signed some papers , but I don't know what they were about , and I did it by force . The captain said , "You must sign it , and if you do not I wiU kill you . " It was in s onsequence of the threat that I signed _.
Wm . Dun ( the cook ) said ; I signed my name to sonv _» papers relative to the death of Mars and Reason . I signed three or four times . They were read over to me by Spenear in the presence of the captain , whilst I was in the cabin . We were required to sign the paper . French and some of the crew would not sign them with a pen , and the captain said he'd cut their hearts out aud make them sign them with their heart ' s blood . I only heard him say it once . ' Twas in consequence of that I signed the papers . I signed three or four papers at one time . Mr . John _Lavies , surgeon of the Westminster House of _Corraction , saw several of the crew of the Tory on the night of their arrival , and produced a memorandum made the foUowing morning . He saw Nelson , Gair , and Burton on the night they were committed to prison , on the evening of the 17 th of November . State their condition .
Witness : They were scarcely human in appearance . They were dirty , their hair much dishevelled , and their wound ) had not been dre : sed or washed apparently for some days . Next morning I made a particular examination of all the men , Nelson , Gair , and Burton were ' put into the infirmary by my order next morning . Andrew Nelson , who I believe is a Norwegian , had an incised wound on the scalp , and extensive burns on the neck and _severul wounds . Gair had several wouuds over the scalp , on the face and body . Mr . Broderip : How many do you think altogether t Eight or nine . His head was completely scarred , but they ali healed quickly , not exhibiting much violence , nor was the bone cut . Mr . Broderip : You spoke of a cut across the face . Was it severe % —No , it was like the rest .
Mr . Lavies : —Burton had some slight wounds and the marks of gunpowder , besides some wounds of long standing . The wituess then proceeded to read from a paper a statement of thc condition of the men , and a description of the various wounds which they had received . The paper was written by his own son , but at wltness _' _sdictation , the day after he examined tho men . Some of the wounds as described were cuts , and others punctured wounds . Thompson had a double wound on the scalp forming the figure ofthe letter Y . Curtis had a variety of wouuds , as , also , had Johnson . They did not , however , in any instance , seem to have been inflicted with great violence . Cone received a severe and extensive wound .
Mr . Broderip : When you say there was not much violence , your opinion would of course be influence d by tbe circumstance of the men being covered or bare headed . Mr . Lavies : Most certainly , sir . I attended tbe captain when he came to the prison , and found an apparently punctured wound on the back part of his right leg . It was healing , but inflammation had set in , which has since become extensive . It extended round the wound . There was extensive suppuration affecting the whole leg aud thigh . He hasbeen very ill . I suspect there was bad habit of body , and there w _& s _, besides , much depression . There was no sign of delirium tremens , nor any symptoms to show that he had recently been addicted to drinking . Mr . Wiiliaui Clapp , another surgeon , was then examined : He stated that h » was second surgeon of the _Dreadnought , and a man numed Josepk Morris was placed under his care on the 12 th of last November . He had a wound ou the outside of the rigbt thigh , on the lower part .
Mr . Broderip : A gun-shot wound ?—Apparently . It was four inches in length and about one iu depth . It was apenetrating wound , entering the fore part ofthe thigh , and passing out _beh _' nd . There was a similar wound , but smaller , on the calf of the leg . They might both have been inflicted at the same time , as both corresponded . . - ¦ ¦¦ _ ,-. ¦ , Alexander Sinclair , the carpenter , was then called and examined : The ship was quiet and as usual until we arrived off . the island of Ascension , somewhat about the - 3 rd of September . * We were short of water aud provisions there . A pint of water per day per man was allowed for six or seven days . The full allowance is a gallon a-day . Several of tne crewwere dissatisfied and grumbled . Itwas remarked we could have got more water at thelastplacc we touched . There had been no disturbance that I am aware of up to that time . I cannot tell the date when we spoke tothe Erench barque , but it was about four of fiv _.-Rttrobert
davs after passing the parallel of Ascension . jumped overboard the third day after we spoke tothe French barque . We got water from her , same provisions , and a cask of wine . Th * captain found fault with the matefor the boat being damaged . The mate said if he had not a wife , and _faroUyhe'd jump _onrboard . I did not hear Li n then na _' se reftrtnee to the conduct ofthe captain . I heard Yelverton , that night , tell the captain that he heard _Beasoneayifthe captain would not make th eIslandofAscensioninthemorning , _heJivouldbenomore Capt . Johnstone . Yelverton told this to the captain after we sjoke to the French barque . The captain called the first mate , in reference to _Yelcerton _' s information , and told him he had heard there were intentions amongst the _cr-W-gainst him , Rambert said he did not know cf any . The captain then ordered Rarabert , Mars , myself , andthe three boys to take arms , wliich we did . It wa 3 _, bout nine o ' clock at night . One watch v . a _ asleep b _l _.-w consisting of about cighimen and a boy . The
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other watch was on deck doing duty , and all orderly , as far as I know , up to this time . I heats no more of any mutiny , more than what Yelverton said . The captain told us they had sharpened their knives to take his life . He meant the crew . I had seen nothing of the kind myself . The captain , when we were armed , ordered us to follow bim on deck , and when there directed the watch to be called from below . Reason , Cone , and Lee were amongst them . AU hands were then on deck . The captain first charged Reason and Cone , and Lee next . He charged them with having sharpened their knives to take his life . They denied having done so . He called all the crew then , And asked if he had behaved unkindly to them . They said no , he had not . They all denied , as far I know , having had any intention of deinghim injury . He then cut Reason , Cone , and Lee , with a cutlass . Reason was cut severely , aud all three were cut and wounded .
Did they stand still T—No , they ran about the deck to try and avoid him , but he followed them about , cutting at them . By the captain ' s orders I put Reason , Cone , and Lee , in double irons . They were all bleeding . Nothing was done to their wounds . It was my duty as carpenter to put them in irons . They remained in irons three day . * . On the second of these nights I heard the captain charge Rambert with being unfaithful in not reporting what he knew of the circumstances as to the men having intentions against him . Rambert seemed to allow that he knew something , but had no notion they Intended to do the captain harm , or he'd have told him . I heard no more ou that occasion . The mate was several times in conversation with the captain for two or three hom _* 3 . I was afterwards sent to call the mate to the ca ' _uill . I
observed the chief mate with three or four men bufort him and one behind runniug off the poop . The mau behind him was Curtis , who was the only one I could discern . He swung something like a piece of wood over his head as he walked forward . From tbe size I too _' i . it for a hand-spike . I told the mate tbe captain wanted him , and he said he was afraid to go lest the captain would kill him . I persuaded him to go , and be went . I did not go with him ; but saw him soon after , the captain following . It was between three and four o ' clock iu tin ; morning , and dark at the time . The mate had nothing in liis hand . The captain had a drawn sword and pistols . He told mc to put Rambert in irons , and I ordered him to sit down , which he did , and I put bim in irons . The mate was bleeding from a wound behind the left ear , which he got from the captain whilst I put him in irons .
Mr . Broderip ; With what was the wouud inflicted ?—I believe by a stroke of the pistol . I soon after took him out of irons , by the captain ' s orders , and shifted him to the main hatchway , where I again put him in irons . After whieh the captain came to me in the poop . French was with me . French told the captain the crew had been Stationed round the companion with bolts aud bars , with some intentions upon the captain as he came up , and that the mate seized him ( French ) by the collar , saying , "D—n you , come along . " The captain then ordered me to set the mate at liberty , and asked him if he had been armed to take his life , i did not hear him answer . I must have heprd , unless it were given in a very low tone . He struck with the sword at the mate , who escaped by running , whilst the captain pursued with a drawn sword . Rambert got abaft the main rigging , This was about daybreak . The mate jumped overboard . She master was not far behind with a drawn sword . The mate was bleeding . I was ou the poop at the opposite side , about twenty-four feet from bim . He did not give tbree huzzas , as entered in the log-book .
Peter Curtis , an able seaman on board the Tory , was then called and examined for the first time . He said : I was forward when the mate jumped overboard . About two hours before he did so he came to mc and Burton , He was all cut about the head and fate . He told Burton to go aft , and make the cabin fast , or the captain would murder all hands . I took an iron belaying . pin , aud went aft . Mr . Broderip : Had Rambert been wounded then ?—He had , sir . Mr . Broderip : Was he bleeding- ?—He was . Mr . Broderip : Where did the blood flow from !
Witness :- From his face and his head , I went aft as far as the break of the poop . French told nie not to be foolish , and we wont forward again . I cannot say how many went aft . None of the others had hand spikes . 'Twas in the night . Cone and Lee were in irons in ths main top , and Reason in the inizen , with author shackles on their necks . I had seen the three of them all covered with blood , I saw French follow Rambert with a loaded pistol and threaten to shoot him it he did not go aft to the captain , who was in the break of the poop . French had also a bayonet . The captain threatened to take French's life if he did not bring the mate aft . Rambert went aft and the captain cut him several times ou the
head with the cutlass and butt-end of the pistol . He was put in irons , and again let out . I saw him run rouud the deck ai d the captain after him with a cutlass . The mate ran aft and jumped over board . I had not before then told the captain tbat the mate wished to seize the ship . I never heard any intention , on the part of tho mate , to take the ship to America , only what I heard the captain say . The reason for seizing the captain was , thatall hands were cut to pieces aed profusely in blood , by the captain going about the deck pricking them with bayonets aud cutting them with a cutlass . It was proposed to seize him for our own protection . There was no attempt to do so but the one , and we gave it up the moment French told us not to be foolish _.
William Beresford was then examined , and stated that che captain called him to the cabin on arriving in the channel , but before the pilot came on board , and gave him two cuts on the head and one on the wrist . He nsked me why I had given up my arms when I was walking centry . He told Spence to go out of the cabin , as he did not want any one to witness the son of a _——>' s death . He then made me kiss the sole of his foot . Peter Curtis stated that after the pilot came on board , the captain cut him that night in several places about the head and body . It was iii the cabin , and almost all hands were in the cabin at the same time on their knees . French , Julien , and Dun , brought me down . I was stowed away the best part of the night , whilst they were looking for me with lanterns . I went under the longboat , because the captain said he wmld have my life .
Franklin Neckar said : I was called to the cabin on the 7 th of _November , and the captain ordered me on my knees , telling me to stop there a few minutes : He called French , and told him to fire as long as the powder lasted . He fired at Burton and at me also iu the face . French stood right alongside me , andthe captain stood before me with the cutlass over my head . When next I was called to the cabin , the captain cried out , " Mutiny ! to arms ! There was no mutiny . The lights were blown out , and French caught me by the collar , saying , " Here you are , you son of a —— ; " and struck me on the head with a pistol , of which place I have the scar now . The captain was present , and sung out , "He ' s my prisoner , put him in irons . " James Blaukden , a German , said , tbe day after the pilot left , us we were ordered to the cabin , and the captain told us to go on our kness . He struck me with the flat of the cutlass over the shoulders twice , and said , " Yoa have all to die to-night . I'll have your lives . "
John _AUendson ( a Sweed ) , hitherto called Allison iu the depositions , said the captain cut me in the car and head with a sword after our arrival iu the channel . I was on deck at tbe time helping to put the ship about , 1 believe it was before the pilot came aboard . Mr . Hayward said , this clossd the case on the part of the prosecution . Mr . Broderip then solemnly addressing the prisoner , amidst the most perl ' ectstilluess , asked if he had anything to say . The prisoner , under the direction of his solicitor , was silent .
Mr . Broderip : Prisoner at the bar , it is now my duty to send you to take your trial at the next session ofthe Central Criminal Court for the wilful murder of Thomas Reason ; also for the wilful murder of William Mars , and also for the wilful murder of William Rambert . I have , moreover , to commit you to take your trial on the charge of feloniously wounding Stephen _Coue , Thomas L < _- ' e _, David Johnson , Thomas Gair , Joseph Ruelau ( Morris ) , William Burton , Robert Thompson , Andrew Nelson , William Beresford , and Peter Curtis . The prisoner was removed from the bar in a very feeble condition .
The Free Hospital. On Tuesday The Adjour...
THE FREE HOSPITAL . On Tuesday the adjourned inquest upon Susannah Stephens , was resumed by Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Lion , Gray ' s-inn-road . It will berecollectedthat about a month ago , two young girls , labouring" under pulmonary disease , in the last stage , came up from Windsor , and applied for admission into the Royal Free HospiUl , which was refused them , as the beds were completely occupied . They then obtained shelter in the Lion , but the elder girl , named Erie , aged twenty-two , died at Are o ' clock the following morning , and the other , the subject of the present inquiry , who was only eighteen years of age , died in thc Holborn Union Workhouse last Friday week . The case excited general sympathy . The inquest-room nas crowded yesterday , and amongst tbe gentlemen present were Mr . Pritchard , high bailiff ol Southwark ; the Rev . Dr . Worthington , the Rev . Mr . Fackenbam , _ilc . An attorney , attended by Mr . Wingrove Cook , the barrister , attended on the part ofthe hospital .
Hannah Fisher , nurse in the Holborn Workhouse , examined : Deceased was brought iuto the workhouse on the - 20 th ult ., suffering from weakness and cough . She had wines , broths , and otlier stimulants . She was sensible the whole time , and was anxious to recover . She died la 3 t Friday week . She told witness that she came from Windsor to be admitted into the Free Hospital , and that she and her deceased companion applied for admission the previous morning . They were kept in a cold room , in which there was a sink _ and the floor of which was stone , for two hours hefore a doctor saw them , who told them that there was no room for them . As it was raining they could not go out , and were almost pushedfrom the gate . They asked the porter for some
food , and he got them wliat he called broth and bread . The broth was nothing but salt and water , the porter informed them that it was against the rules to give them food , While they were standing in the porch at the hospital gate , two other women were brought in and received . They were desired to go to Bartholomew's Hospital , but were uuable to do so . They had only 2 s . 3 d . when they left Windsor , of which they paid 2 s . to the waggoner , ahd paid 3 d . for coffee . After being refused admission to the hospital , they were afforded food and shelter by the landlady of the Sun , whore the other died . Dr . Marsden 6 aid that 800 men were daily relieved by the hospital , and that from Finsbury alone they had annually 20 , 000 patients who got relief .
The Free Hospital. On Tuesday The Adjour...
_^ Coroner : If that was proved to the satisfaction of tti ' _ ? Ii ft _ _ln a , lt - of Fin * bury , they would willingly subscribe * 2 < MMH ) annually towards the hospital . . _iT- " ' sur * eon t 0 the workhouse , proved the deceased died of a pulmonary disease , and condemned the conduct of the medical officers of the hospital towards deceased . Mrs . Tiffen , landlady of the Lion , reiterated the evidence given b y her on the inquest on the girl Gil , and corroborated the evidence ofthe last witness , adding tint when they entered her house they had deatli in their eyes . Mrs . _Dymes , the landlady of the Calthorpe Arms , adjoiumj the hospital , stated that after tlicy had left the _hospit-. l they came to her house , and that from their ap pearance she was convinced they were dying . She gave them food , and Is . Cd . to procure a bed . Margaret Triguno , her housemaid , confirmed her testimony .
William Evans , assistant relieving officer to the City of London Union , and his son , deposed that three females from the Peckham Workhouse , labouring under a certain disease , were admitted from the workhouse to the hospital Oil the day the two decased persons were rejected , the latter were offered to be conveyed thence to Peckham Workhouse , of which they refused to avail themselves , stating that they had enough of workhouses , and that it was an hospital , not a workhouse they wanted . Mr . Thwaites , relieving officer of the City of London Union , said that during the year between 40 , 000 and 30 , 060 casual poor were relieved by it , and that many were sent to the Free Hospital during the year for medical and surgical assistance . TllC porter Of file hospital , Mr . Cook , the assistant surgeon , and Alice Warner , the cook of the institution , gave evidence contradicting the statements of deceased .
The Rev . Dr . Worihington , _cliaplaiu to the hospital , having been sworn , charg 9 d the coroner with unvaried hostility against the hospital , and designated him a " partial judge , " when The Coroner threatened him with committal if he repeated such language , at the same time ordering him to quit the room . With which order the chaplain complied . Thejury after a short deliberation returned a verdict of "Natural death . " Dr . Marsden inquired if they censured the conduct of the officers of tho hospital ? The foreman replied that the majority ofthe jury found fault with them for having refused admission to the deceased to an hospital professedly established for thu benefit of the destitute and houseless . Another juror said that no blame was attributable to the officers .
A third juror said that the landlady ofthe Calthorpe Arms was more adapted to be a surgeon than the mo . dlcal gentleman of the hospital who refused them admis .
. The otlier jurors declared that they concurred in the strictures passed upon the hospital by their foreman .
*» Railway Gambling, Bankruptcy, And Sui...
_*» RAILWAY GAMBLING , BANKRUPTCY , AND SUICIDE . Last Saturday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Percy Arms , Percy-street , Pentonville , ou the body of Mr . Geo . Graham , aged 49 , late ofthe firm of Messrs . Graham and Adams , warehousemen , 11 , Cheapside . The deceased speculated extravagantly in railway speculations , and was on the point of forming a matrimonial alliance with a highly accomplished and beautiful young lady , when he committed a determined act of self-destruction . Agnes Walters deposed that she was housekeeper to
deceased , who resided at 11 , Cheapside . For some time past he had been in a low desponding state of mind , in consequence , as she understood , of commercial embarrassments and unfortunate railway speculations . On the 23 rd ult ., she was sent to attend deceased at 24 , Great Percy . _street , where she found him in bed with a dreadful wound in his throat . He was sensible but could not speak , and expressed in writing his wishes and wants . When she entered liis room he covered his face with his hands . He lingered until last Wednesday , when he expired .
By the Coroner : He never threatened to destroy himself ; on the contrary , he invariably expressed great pity for suicides . Mr . George Brace , solicitor , who watched the proceedings for the creditors , stated that the firm appeared among the bankrupts in the Gazette on the previous day . Mrs . Matthews , of 24 , Great Percy-street , stated that deceased and a friend of his dined with her on the 23 rd ultimo . After dinner he took two glasses of wine . For months his manner was greatly altered , and he WHS so melancholy that she mentioned the circumstance to his friends . On the day in question he was particularly lOwspirited . About eight o ' clock , he asked permission to rest himself on tbe bed , which sho allowed him to do , in tho hope that it might soothe him . He was not , howiver , many minutes in the bedroom , when she heard a screnm , and , on entering it , saw him standing over the wash-hand stand , blood flowing from his throat into a basin , while in his right hand ho held a razor firmly grasped . She initauUy called for assistance .
Mr . Leives Steuart hearing the last witness cry for help , rushed into the room , and saw deceased in the position described . He attempted to wrest the razor from him , but had a hard struggle before he succeeded , whan deceased instantly fell down . Surgical assistance was procured without delay . Mr . Pogarty , surgeon , was in attendance upon deceased , whose case was hopeless from the first . He was sensible , but could not speak , and stated his feelings in writing . His death was the result of the wouud , after the infliction of which he was quite sane .
Mr . Adams had been in partnership with deceased for five years nnd a half . Deceased latterly speculated largely , and lost extensively in railway shares . It was difficult to ascertain the precise amount of his losses , which was very great . In one transaction alone he lost £ 2 , 000 . Although deceased was not what he would call a wealthy man , yet their trade was of a most promising character . Since he lost so heavily by railway _speculations , he became an altered man , and was _exceedingly low and _directed in spirits . Thc manuscripts produced were written by deceased after he cut his throat .
The following are the writings alluded to , and all bear the date ofthe 24 th of November , 1845 : — " 1 . Dear Friends , —My fate is unfortunate . Do throw a veil over my errors . God bless you , and pardon me . Oh ! my good friend Scott . " " 2 . Dear Jackson , —My fate is unfortunate . Throw a veil over my errors . Poor Scott . God bless him , and pardon me . —G . G . " " 0 . I leave all matters in your hands with other good advisers , Scotc and Jackson . " " 4 . Agreeable to what is in my will in Wren ' s hands . " . The jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of temporary insanity . A solicitor who was present said , that he had to attend that day the meetings of the creditors of two extensive firms who , from losses in railway speculations , were compelled to wind up their affairs and stop payment .
Murder In Liverpool. Liverpool, Satuiiba...
MURDER IN LIVERPOOL . _Liverpool , _Satuiibay . —Considerable excitement has prevailed in town to-day , in consequence of the death of a prostitute by the hand of a sister in misery and crime . The name of the _deceased is M'Gill , quite a youiig woman , and the name of the unfortunate wretch who inflicted the fatal wound is Jane Swift , both , as before mentioned , living- a life of profligacy and dissipation . It appears , so far as the particulars have as yet been ascertained , that between twelve and one o ' clock this morning , Swift and the deceased were carousing with a number of sailors in a public house , in Tally-street , _neighbourhood not of the highest repute in this town . Some difference arose between them , whether in consequence of anything said or done by their paramours , as said by some , docs not clearly appear , but certain it is they got to high
words ; Swift being very much excited , and declaring with all the vehemence natural and common to her class , that she would take the life of tlie deceased before morning . After some little time Swift was calmed down ; but on leaving the public-house the quarrel was resumed , and Hie dt . ceased , some parties say , struck Swift a blow , whilst others say she only gave her a push in order to get her out of thc way . This was , however , _enoush for Swift , who was already much exasperated , and she made a stab at the deceased , indicting a most serious and dangerous wound on the side of the neck , near the collar-bone . The deceased staggered and fell down , but was immediately carried to a neighbouring house , where she died a short time afterwards . A surgeon was sent for , but arrived too late to render any _assistance , As soon as Swift had perpetrated the deed , she ran oft' with the knife iu _l-. 6 r Iiand , and was pursued down Park-lane by several
persons who were standing by . She called out to one of the women in pursuit tbat she would serve her as she had done the deceased , if she persisted in following her . Ultimately she outran her pursuers , aud was lost sight of , and succeeded in making her escape . The knife was found about an hour and a half afterwards lying on the ground ir , Shaw ' s-alley , one of the streets through which Swift must have passed . It was a large clasp knife , such as is usually carried by sailors , and had marks of blood still remaining on it , although there had been heavy rain for some time previously , which must necessarily have obliterated some of the stains . Every exertion was made , after information had been given of the occurrence , with the view of discovering the author of the foul deed , but up to this moment , notwithstanding the police hare made a strict search , nothing had transpired likely to lead to her apprehension ; it is not probable , however , that she can long _cscapedeti'ction .
I.Vnian Sportisg.—We Regret Much To Ieav...
I . _vniAN Sportisg . —We regret much to _Ieavn that Captain Smith , a well-known sportsman , i . % laid up at Landour , from the effect of a most severe bit * " * * received in an encounter with a bear , _whilst out shooting . When he was attacked by the animal , the natives with Captain Smith , instead _oj * aiding to beat him off , ran away . After _disengaging himself from the hug of his ferocious antagonist , the gallant sportsman , although so severely wour _ d <" . _-d _, followed the bear and shot him dead . _Intelligence of his danger having been brought In ( by the _runaways , we presume ) , Dr . Fletcher immediately _proceeded to Captain Smith ' s assistance , and , it is hop ed , that his timely aid mav prevent any serious cow . equenccs . —Bengal Ilurkant _Tolar _ExPirpiTlos .- -Accounts have been received by the Admiralty ot the Polar expedition under Sir John Franklin up t _, the lGth of August . It was on the north-coast ot _^ Greenland , ahove Gilbert ' s Sound , and would probab _, y winter near this spot , or at the Arctic Islands , t _, ne wintering place of Parry .
Confession Of -Martha Brownixg. It Will ...
CONFESSION OF -MARTHA BROWNIXG . It will be remembered that , at the recent session ofthe Central Criminal Court , Martha Browning was convicted of a murder of a very atrocious character ; and although the evidence , so far as human testimony is concerned , might be considered as ofthe most conclusive kind , yet , as the crime was perhaps unparalleled , it will be swnesatisfaction to those who may have considered it almost impossible for sucli a person to have committed so fearful a crime , to know , that since the conviction of the wretched girl , she has made a full confession , and detailed all the circumstances connected with the horrible crime . From tlie period of her commitment to Newgate , the prisoner appeared resigned to her fate , and she has since stated that she all along anticipated the
result , and tliis may in some measure account for her _lioness when sentence was passed upon her . Very snortly after she had been placed in the condemned cell , on the female side of the prison , she appeared desirous to unburden her mind of the dreadful wei ght whicli lay heavy upon it , and in the presence of the Rev . Mr . Davis , the chaplain , and the governor of Newgate , Mr . Cope , she made a full admission of her guilt . Of course no questions were put to her , nor anything said to induce her to make such an avowal , but as she appeared really desirous of making it , and did" so of lier own free will , she was allowed to make the statement . Having first admitted the perfect justice of her sentence , and expressed that it was her opinion that she ought to die lor ib , as a _warning to othersshe said that
, her onl y motive for the commission of the dreadful deed was a desire to possess herself of that which she believed to be a £ 5 Bank of _England note , hut which , as it turned out , was only a "Hash" note , as it is termed , or one of the " Bank of Elegance . " It should be stated that the prisoner can read and write very well ; but she says that she never had an opportunity of fully seeing the note until after the crime was committed ; and she declared that there was only one note , and not two , as was represented at the trial . She said , that being determined to possess herself of the note , she considered the means , and at length resolved to take the oid lady ' s life , as being as she then considered , the surest means of attaining her object , and that she would effect this by strangling her with the cord that was in her box .
and she prepared upon the Sunday night to carry hei dreadful design , into execution , Accordingly she said that in the middle of the night sbe got up and cut a portion of the rope oif , and then , while the unhappy deceased was asleep , she twisted it twice round her neck and began to pull it violently . The old lady awoke , apparently from a sound sleep , in the agonies of sulfocation ; she struggled slightly , had just sufficient power to exclaim , " Murder , murder ! what are you doing ? " an expression which it will'be recollected was spoken to by one of the witnesses , who occupied an adjoining room , and that almost immediately she expired . At this moment , she says . the witness , the person referred to , came to the door and inquired what was the matter . She was then standing over the dead body of her unhappy victim , and she states that it was with great difficulty she
was enabled to frame an answer that nothing was the matter , and thus induced the party to return to her room . She then remained upon the bed with the dead body until daylight , when she examined tlie box ofthe deceased and took out of thc housewife ofthe poor old creature that whicli she believed to be the five-pound note , and , without attentively looking at it , she placed it in her pocket , and considered ol the best mode to escapedetection for her horrid crime , and at length the thought came over her to make it appear that tho deceased had committed suicide . With a view to this she tied the cord in a knot and then lifted the body from the bed and placed it on the box by its side in the position in which it was afterwards discovered . In the inorning she gave an alarm , as appeared by the evidence , of the old lady
being ill , arid went toinform her daughter of it , anel request that she would come to see her . Upon prisoner being asked how she could have been strong enough to lift the dead body from the bed , and place it on the box , shesaid , " I think the devil must have helped me but I did it . " The prisoner then went on to describe the other circumstances narrated in the evidence , and said that the statements of all the witnesses were quite correct , with the exception of the surgeon , which she declared was not so , in two particulars , wherein he stated that he was the first medical person who saw tlie deceased , and that when he did so her eyes were staring and wide open ; but she declared that his assistant saw her first and that her eyes were closed , and her face appeared perfectly composed when he saw her . She stated that having
resolved upon the course she intended to pursue , she made the statement she did before the coroner , with a view to show that the deceased had _destroyed herself , and which , as it turned out , had that effect , as the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary derangement . She stated that by that time she had discovered that the note was of no value , and she said she should never have attempted to make any use of ib if she had not been pressed by the old woman ' s daughter and her husband to lend them some money , and said she only went to the public-house with the pretended purpose to change it , in order to pacify thera , and on their then insisting to know how she became possessed ofit , she did not know what to do . and eventually told them the story about her having
received it from some person in Bedford-street , in the Strand . When , she said , she found thatthe witness Gaze determined upon accompanying her to Bedfordstreet , ' she became quite beside herself , and feit that she couhl no longer support her position , and from that moment her mind almost forsook her , andshe said she did not recollect the incoherent expressions imputed to her by the several witnesses , although she had no doubt she had made use of them , as she wasresolved she said , to admit her guilt . This was the substance ofthe statement of the unhappy criminal , and after it was made she appeared a good deal more composed , and ever since her firmness has appeared
to increase and she is evidently perfectly resigned to the fate that awaits her . 11 lias been already stated that the friends of the unhappy prisoner reside near Alton , in Hampshire ; and two or three days ago her mother and sister came to visit her , and as they appeared to be in poor circumstances , Mr . Sheriff Chap-Jin , who is one of the directors of the South Western Railway , humanely gave them a free pass for themselves , or any other member of the family , to travel upon the line as often as they wished , in order that they might have every facility to sec the last of their unhappy relative . The execution will take place on Monday , the 15 th of January .
Extensive Romienr.—A Robbery Of Money To...
Extensive RomiEnr . —A robbery of money to a very serious extent has just been perpetrated at the Imperial Clarence Hotel , the property of Mr . M'Dowell . The public are aware that that gentleman has lately been selling off the stock of his very extensive establishment , previous to his" removal to Dublin , and on Saturday eveninglast he placed a sum of £ 48 ( 5 , wrapped in paper , in the corner of a portmanteau , whicli he kept in his bedroom , and had received at various times from tho auctioneer . This he did not open until last evening , at about ten o ' clock , when he proceeded up stairs in the daik , for the purpose of depositing a large sum of money which he had just received from Mr . Roger Evans ' s clerk , being the produce of yesterday ' s auction . When he got to the portmanteau he found it open ; but this he did not
take any notice of , as he thought he might have over-shot the lock , and thereby missed locking it . He then searched for the paper in whicli he had the money , and feeling a paper similar in size to tliat which he had left in the corner of the portmanteau , he deposited the money which he had received that day in the portmanteau , and locked it , leaving , as he thought , all right . However , on his going to it this morning , lie ascertained that the £ 486 had been abstracted , but the remainder of the money was safe . Information was immediately conveyed to tho police stations , when Mr . Walker , sub-inspector , headconstable Condon , and Moylan , with constable Crowley , and some otlier active members of the force , were in immediate attendance , and took every measure in their power to endeavour to discover the
thief , but , as yet , no clue has been obtained by which the discovery of the robbery can be calculated on . All the servants in the establishment were searched , but to no effect , nothing having been discovered on their persons , or in their trunks , which eould lead to suspicion , and thc police are dispersed through the city searching the houses of those on whom suspicion could rost . —Cork Reporter . Extra . oudina . rt Robbeby . —A very extraordinary robbery was committed at Perth , ' on Friday ( the market ) night . Mr . Hill , farmer , Croonan , near Coupar-Angus , on coming to the market , put up his gig at Mr . Mitchell ' s Inn , Bridgend . Afterwards he ordered his gig to be got ready , being prepared to start on his journey home . Buthia vehicle could not , after every search ; be discovered . On investigation
it was found that a horse belonging to Mr . Walker Rannie , farmer , Inchyra , was also away , and a bridle belonging to another party in the neighbourhood . Confusion for some time prevailed , and'Mr . . Hill ' s horse was in the stable , and also the horse ol * the owner of the bridle ; but it ultimately became evident that some one had taken the first gig , ihe first horse , and first bridle , that came to his hand , and set off with them . Further inquiry being instituted , it came out ( through a shoopker , of whom Mi * . Hill had purchased three parcels oi goods ) , that the gig , horse , and bridle , had really lean stolen . The shopkeeper had gone t > Bridgend with the parcels , and , according to Mr . Hill ' s instructions , sought his gig to deposit
them therein . Alter _lookingeveranumberof vehicles for the name , opposite the ion door , he at length to came to that of Mr . Hill ' s , with a person in it ready start . The shopkeeper asked of the person if it was Mr . Hill's gig ? The answer was " ye *; " on whieh lie immediately placed the parcels into it . The gig then drove off , and nothing more was heard of it until Tuesday morning , when a letter was received by Mr . Mitchell , staling that a horse and gig were found , on Saturday morning , _standing in the farm-yard of Mr . Fullerton , near Bridge of lsla , the latter having the owner s name painted upon it . No clue to the individual who committed this extraordinary offenee has yet been obtained , —Caledonian Mmv _, ry .
| The Yarmouth Murder. Glockster, Moxdat...
| THE YARMOUTH MURDER . Glockster , Moxdat . —Uur readers will doubtless remember the particulars ' of the murder of Harriet Candler , a shop-keeper at Great Yarmouth , on the _IStii of November , 1 S-M . f- _iiave from time to time placed before our reader .-, nny fresh facts which have been adduced , and wehave now to state that _Yarhain has been again apprehended at Bhikeney , in _Glocestershire . Out readers will rem ember the extraordinary testimony of the woman Dick , who stated that Yarham had confessed to her that he was concerned in the murder . On the strength of this evidence a warrant was granted by the Yarmouth magistrates on the Cth of December for the apprehension of Yarham , and placed in the hands of C . _i-otain Love , the
superintendent oi police tliere . Suspicion being entertained that _Yai'li'im was in _Glocestersiure , Captain Love proceeded to Glocestfr , where he arrived on Saturday morning , and immediately obtained the assistance of Mr . Williams , the active superintendent of the Gloeester city police . The two officers then started for Blakcney , a small town about sixteen miles from Gloeester , and at the house of Mr . Smallwood , shoemaker , Yarham was found at work at liis trade of ladies' shoemaking . On being in formed of the object of the oih ' cer ' s visit , he said he was aware of the circumstances of the affair from reading the newspapers , but denied . the truth of Dick ' s statement , to the effect that he had confessed his guilt three weeks after his release from custody . He says he left Yarmouth fourteen days after liis release , and can prove it . He " was taken to Gloeester , and on Sunday morning convoyed to London on the way to Yarmouth .
A Dreadful Murder Was Committed At Neuil...
A Dreadful Murder was committed at Neuill y , on Wednesday , by a young man named _Franffois Quvrellvs , aged twenty-five . The motive was jealousy at the favour shown by his employer to another workman . M . Rouxel , a builder , had particularly distinguished amongst his workmen two young men , Qnerelles , and another named Louis _Rolk-t . The former was foreman and the latter but a simple workman . They lived together in the sains house , Rue du Chateau , § 2 , In tiie course of-last month , M . Rouxel entrusted a piece ol " work to llollct alone ,. without placing _^ him , as usual , under the orders of _( _juerelles . The latter became exceedingly jealous at this proceeding , and some high words _.
and even blows , passed between liim and Rollet . On Wednesday , ( Juerelles proceeded to Paris , and purchased a pair of pistols , and some powder and ball , and returned home before llollet cime in from work . The latter went at once to his room , which was below that ol * Querelles . Next morning neither of them appeared , and thc neighbours , becoming uneasy , entered Rollet ' s room the key being in the door , and found him lying dead on the floor , his skull fractured , and a large club lying near him , covered with blood , brains , and hair . In Quercllcs _' s room were found the pistols which he had bought the preceding day . He has not since been heard of , and the report runs that he has committed suicid » by throwing himself into the Seine . —Galionuni ' s Messenger .
Mysterious Affair.—Mary Mayiikw Man-Ley....
Mysterious Affair . —Mary Mayiikw Man-ley . —• In the year 1810 , an elderly gentleman , by the name of Jones , placed in a boarding school , with a Mrs . _Halson , No . 8 , Charterhouse-square , a little girl , between four and five years old , of the above name ( Mauley being afterwards added to Mayhew ) , who was said to have been brought from abroad ; and whose infantile remembrance is , that she had a brother , William . She was tliere visited by a Miss Mortimer and sister , now Mrs . Whittuker , a Miss Etherington , and other ladies of , or from Bath . After the manifestation , at first , of much kindness and solicitude , these parties , from some unexplained cause , forbore to call , pay for , or to notice the child ; some time elapsing , Mrs . liaison advertised , heading
the advertisement with " Most Shameful Transaction , " which brought forward a Captain Lea , who paid the then arrears due , but from a full boarder the girl was then reduced by him to a half-boarder , he ( Captain Lea ) continuing to pay , through a Mr . Collier , for her board and education , but desiring thafc thc girl should he made a governess . She believes that a hundred a year was paid for her by Mr . Jones ; and who , with a Dr . Mayhew , of Bath , she understood were her godfathers . All her earliest recollections are that she was rich , and belonged to these who were so , and these juvenile impressions or dreams of prosperity , remained up tothe coming forward of Captain Lea , by whom they were at once blighted . Time rolled on , and her education being completed , a
governess she became ; but , before quitting Mrs . Halson ' s , upon one occasion her attention was drawn . to a remarkable adveitisement , requiring information as to the whereabouts of the children ofa General Mauley , of India , for whom some bequest was made , and she then took steps to ascertain her parentage , but without effect . Captain Lea invariably evading giving her any clue to the same , he Captain Lea , it seems , satisfying Mr . Brown ltoberts , then of Bi , hopgate-street , but now of the Old Jewry , the referee , that she was not the child ol * General Mauley . The Miss Mortimer already alluded to . it is necessary to state , became tho wife of Captain Lea . They ure
both now no more ; and to every inquiry _siuce no traces can sho obtain to the authors of her being . In the hope these particulars may catch the eye of some of the parties interested or concerned , either in . Europe , India , or elsewhere , so as to bring about the mysterious solution of her birth , this short sketch is put forth without at all glancing at the _helplessand forlorn state she has for some time been left in . Reference to be made at West Cuttage , Southbank _, Regent ' s Park . The kind and humane offices of the press are respectfully solicited in this countiy , India , and elsewhere , in giving circulation to the above . — Sun .
A Gksuime Philanthropist . —The Inland of Rona is aBmall and very rocky spot of land , lying between the isle of Skye and the mainland of Applecross , and is well known to mariners for the rugged und dangerous nature of the coast . There is a famous place of refuge at the north-western extremity , called the " Muckle Harbour . " of very difficult access , however , which , strange to say , is easier to be entered afc night than during the day . At the extremity of this hyperborean solitude is the residence of a poor widow , whose lonely cottage is called the "lighthouse , " from the fact , that she uniformly keeps a lamp burning in her little window at night . By keeping this light andthe entrance to the harbour open , a str .-ingo vessel may enter with the greatest safety . During the
silent watches of the night the widow may be seen like " Norna of the Fitful head , " trimming her little lamp with oil , being fearful that some misguided and frail bark may perish through her neglect ; and for this she receives no manner of-, remuneration—it is pure unmingled philanthropy . The poor woman ' s kindness does not rest even there , for she is unhappy till the benumbed and shivering mariner comes ashore to share her little board , and recruit himself -it her glowing and cheerful lire , and she can seldom be prevailed upon to tako any reward . She has saved more lives than Davy ' s belt , and thousands of puuntls to the underwriters . This poor creature , in her younger days , witnessed her husband struggling with the waves , and swallowed up by the remorseless
billows" In sight of home , and friends who thronged to save . " This circumstance seems to have prompted her present devoted and solitary life , iu which her only enjoyment is in doing good . —Inverness Courier . Birth in" tue Street at _Gkkenwich . —Ou Monday morning , between the hours of two and three o ' clock , as police-sergeant George Goodc was passing the Royal Hospital , Greenwich , he observed a decentlooking young woman , about 21 years of ago , crawling along apparently in great pain . IIcspuRe tu her , when she informed him that she was in destitute Circumstances . She gave lier name Frances Smith , but declined to answer any other question . lie advised her atonce to go to the union workhouse , about
half a mile off , which she consented to do , and thanked him . Shortly after he found her l ying in _Romney-road on the footway , in the agonies of labour , and in a few minutes after she was delivered of an infant . Sergeant Goode left her in that dreadful state , during a bitter frost , and ran to Mr , Sturton , surgeon , Nelson-street , and sent a constable to the hospital infirmary to get a stretcher . The poor creature remained on the ground in the manner described , for about fifteen minutes , when she and her baby were placed ' on a stretcher , covered with blankets , and conveyed by the police to the union house , where every attention was paid by Dr . Sturton and the matron , and it is satisfactory to say that both mother and infant are doing well .
Shocking Suicide by am Ag _eu Pensioner . —Early on Saturday morning , a roan named Thomas Hands , aged eighty-one years , expired in the accident ward of Guy ' s _Ue-pitai , from the effects of injuries intlicted by himself under the following dreadful circumstances t—It appears that the deceased had been an inmate oi ' Lambeth workhouse for some time past , he having represented tothe Board of Guardians he was in a destitute state . He was admitted into tho house , and had , owing to his ' extreme age , extra nourishment . A few days since the authorities were informed tliat the deceased was a pensioner on the funds ofthe East India Company , inthe receipt of _aboui 12 s . per week . Inquiries were subsequently instituted , and it was discovered that , independent of the weekl y allowance from the above comyany _, h _© > _» . _ . _/* _a . _.. — - — had £ 1
., 000 in the Bank . The deceased was questioned on the subject , and ultimately discharged front the workhouse . On Thursday evening last , between six and seven o ' clock , a policeman of the L division , on duty in the Westminster Bridge-road , had M 3 attention drawn to the deceased , who was lying on the pavement in a pool of blood . He had inflicted a frightful wound across the lower part of the belly or abdomen , from which a portion of the _int-Stines protruded . A large clasp knife , saturated with blood , was found on the pavement . witU which he had no doubt inflicted the injury on liis person . He was taken with all speed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he was put under the care of Mr . Fotherby , the house surgeon , who rendered every aid that medicalskill could _suggest , but , nowithstand « in _» , he expired » t an early hour on Saturday awing *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27121845/page/7/
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