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      A GLEE FOB THE MILLIONS . TrsE—'' Scois Wha hat . " Britoni now by Fesrgw stand , Spread Ma tidings o ' er the land , Foremost of the patriot band , O'Connor , liberty . ' "Welcome , Feargus , to our snore , British hearts 'will thee adore ; British hearts eaa tb . ee secure For we «?>? d ' be free . ' Ghaiapion of the noble fetr , Ever straight and on ^ rsrg trne , Be 'will tyrants' povrer subdne , Death or victory r For his country ' s rights hell brave ,

      3 > 2 irer 3 dread , hi ? eie to save ; From corruption ' s putrid grave , Who would from him fir . Erltoiis , © sweard a . t tfce taH , Sound the trump of troth to all j By rnr strength we stand cr fall , '¦ Wh o would tura a-wcy . ' TLvHy roncd the Charter osnse , Ye vrho tyrant ' s burden drstrs , Te "who value Briton's lavs , ^ ow for victory ! J . P . ¦ »¦

      10 FEiBGrUS O'CO ^ OB , ESQ . Pear Feargus , tbesa are a ^ rfa' times , When folt mun go ' mx -wi' empty -srymes , Or emigrate to dist&Et climes In scare o' vrark ; Or desp ' rat ? , rash to dismal crimes , Id actions dirk . And 7 rt there ' s plenty in the lsn ' To kerp tr&e v ^ aat baitb beast an' man , Jf j-ovVnunent vroald build their plan , Or tqttil ri £ h s ; God craat thty -srculd . for -w « i the ? cm Ease a' cur plights .

      Bat ca : ye Eisrvin " , isrorkia' rara , Te need ca' £ ? = £ relieve frae them , Bat a" unite , and a' condemn XTnEqual lavs ; Let a" our actions be the same In freedom ' s cause . Then let tls trust in ane anither , An' put our shruthers a' the either , A-n * soon oppression's tree will wiiir , An" tumble cown ; An' then we'll dance tri' sou an' brither Oa slavery ' s crown . Dear Fesr-jns , now that you are free , I hope you vrili at once ajree To come to 'Aberdeen , an' see Your Chartist friends ; Pshsps your health ntny tetter be

      'Hong Northern scenes . At o ^ y rate , let nathiixg fear ye ; JCa TThig or Tory now can steer ye ; As la = g ' s your frien ' 3 are standin' near ye , Keep np your heart ; And Then you come , ¦ we'll gladly hew ye , Ah * tak' a part . Te ' re aye beta Traicbfn , ' aye , obssrrsni ; TViwa-ri * men sae "sreel deservin" * t ; Ss . i heaven preserve ye nrrn an * fervar . t , In freedom's fight ; While I remain your humble serrai . ; ., Dsvid Wright . Aberdeen . S-rt ISii , 1 S 41-

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      STANZAS . L A paraon caird on sie the other day , And hir . ted that I s : o d in my o-srn Hgt ; , By being 3 reformer , ¦ which would lay 3 d 7 rising hopes Iotf in the dust , and blight 3 Jy prospects ; » cd by Trriting for that ray Of rruth , the yorthem Slar , the poor man ' s might , I iicnld bs left vrithout a friend till hoary ; Fur help , he said , vr&s otly from the Tory .. TL I ' re hi-ierto been taaght -virtue ' s friends Axe only of that stamp that ' s worth , the keeping , TTIio , for a teiSah purpose , vilely beads Jo swerve from truth in any track , « reaping The Traces of iniquity , and Tends

      His conscience for the paltry priee of sleeping Oa do-svny beds , and in preferment ' s chamber Where meagre difiicnlty fails to claiaber .

      III . If sy sole road to notice should be this , To Sarter Tice and act the hypc-ciite , _ I'll gladly sing unheard , and tktreby sniis Tze most epprotious c > - - « tis ifcat bind the vright Africa ' s slaves in tlioughi are fetterless , But this black slu-j would shut my eye * from light ; Or if I saw some scents of dire distress , "Wculd h 3 Te me -wink at human -srreichednesB .

      IT . There is more pleasure in the paths of truth Than in the zig-zag road of Uevi ^ tiun ; For t ^ ho wculd be divested < J all truth , For -worthless empire of a short duration ? Even sueb a suitor is at leas : uncouth , TTho seeks alcse for vicious exultation ; He 'il awirn at most but fcr a few short yeau , Tj sit beneath Lis abject doubts and fears . y . 1 " 2 rather mnse untno'srn , and Bingunpsid , Tbm court the Ticicu 3 sycophantic liy ; Hay virtue , though : n simplest garb array'd , Be tt : ! " * losing , throughoutlifa ' sshcrten'd day ; Lzl may both truth ard justice lend their aid To brighten up the poor ' s declining rcy . Sa that th-2 labouring class with joy r . iiy o \ ni g- ^ rration and her manacles are £ o ~ n .

      TI . Fic-zdcmmust da-sm , fcr reason breaks the gloom , ¦ The long dari night of ignorance recedes , And a « tie Ectds of falsehood fail to b 5 ocm TTi ^ iin the hemisphere cf truth , so speeds Tie f = rd oppression to mnrelwEe doom , When n ; : by knowledge of all-ccrqaering deeds , The po ; r man ' s swoid and buctler is the light , Ejiscn and truth ¦ wHJ put his foes to flight . James "Veenon . & :-uthm--: tcn , S-. ^ t . t , ljil .

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      O 2 Thursday ereninz , at six o ' clock , Mr . Payne , the C . rorer for the city of LcsJon , czd a jury of twenty ctlziss , resident in the vard of Billiagsgate , assernb . ti : n the ( kgse-io : m cf the Blue Archer Ta ^ vtrn , St . Jlary-nt-Hill , to investigate the cirr umstancea conntc : ed -viih the ce ^ th cf ' ili . James Burdon , the landlord of the Kirg ' s Esad , in Easteheap . trho was b— : a " -Iy murdtied by a m ; n narced Robert B ' akesUy , en the n-cVt : f Tuesday last , sc-me particulars relatiTe ti ¦ which appesrFii in the SUtr cf list -n-ec ); . 31 r . KsTfty , the C : ^ Police Co mmUiicner , Sir J . Duke , Zlr . A-dennau Wilscu , atd hmri \ olhei of the c : v : c authorises , were prcsrEt .

      - ¦ irs . Eliza Burden , the tfj . Istt cf tit murdered a : an , tns nrst examined . Shfe S £ i , i—The s-gn cf the houre in -Bhich I reside is the Iling ' s-he-c ! , in Eastchssp . abe age of the deceased , vho -sras my husband , -was Sis On Tuesday erenit-g I - * zs sitting in the bar , at we comer nearest the viziow . }] y onibard vrzs ^" - - ¦~~ Z ^ a cbair at the b ; ck t art rf t ; . e 1-ar . He ves Eting Ti ; h a hanakerchitf cTex his fuce , asleep , trith ens tra rtrt' -g on the t * l " . e . My tiiia , ffh cli name u s ^ ihBikeiVy , was ir . the bar txkirg tu me . She t" ~ . r -- * c- EyhuctLnd ' s murd-. rtr . Eis name is i ' - -u = n Ba iesley . Abcui ten minute af ;^ r Ua I was !^ - " - ' t -7 hearing hurried ittps ca the out > i . 1 e of the ^' . ^" "J ^ 11 1 fa ** the man Blsitsley . Be G :: f ^ e bar , and makinc a J-rrirg a : I . is wi . ' e , £ — :- ; i . ' . Ii of her hards , esc ] ah ; . ; r ^ - ' My wife cr her He then stabbed Ltr in the rkht side , and h : rre 1 ccsld ret up }; e drtv i ; atrsy fr .-n her , and

      X iHij ?! ' f : IT ? T" . 4 t \ "rr-. ~ t VK . V J '_ 1 * i _ fj _ "tt _ il J _ J . usrc- 1 ; into my husband ' . * kf : 5 ; de , He then made * p-utge at me , but I jur ^ -c-irt on cne dee and avoided ^ ic bi& w . I think he th-nhad the kr / : fo in his left ^ = G- E ^ k « : ty iL-, n msd = tow ^ n ' s . z . e 1 ar to go cut , ja a n : y hcibar d and sister went £ ;' : « . r h m . 2 Jy husf- ^ f ^ ' . reached tie bar doc-r tri-en fc-. felL B ! akd » - i-y ice-kid b : ck as thev ^ h he Eeai . t to 3 . turn . He got i v - ^ Yf ^ e £ treet (' cc" an < i a ^ ain Ictfed back , and i-tsn , I think , threw the knife dotrn slu r = j 2 away . I v rrfc ^ > ^^ ^ y ti : T - txiia ' -me- - ., " Oh , it is my tUiiand ; hfchas cvmmitttd mmCar She apptartd Utn . 0 u ; sco % tr iie ¦*¦ £ . stalls , tnd 1 saw biocd

      --wmg iron ; htr side . When I lotktd towsrds-my taiutad , U WiH jjiig ^ jth his back on the floor , and icere ^ was a iar | fc poti of blood on the noor . My f * f "' - ^^ d th « e of my sitter trcught Borne persons wto tfere in the parlcrr to our assistance , and one of ttesi ran sJt-T Biikesler , who was at the moment f ^ Pf cat &t t ! l 8 door ' ^ ^ e ether for a dec tor . I t _ ir ^ my Ltibacd liTtd about four or f re minutes z-lii he ftlj , tut he was ouite insensible , and neter spike a word . ^ Corc'Dtr . —Are you quite sure that your husband was j * u t . 'Xzzg and tsletp -Rirn the blo- ^ was aimed at tm , aid that it -spas inflicted with bis left hand ?

      - ^ ltEtSi—I ^ poEiiiTe as to its wcuncl being ic-icttd with Lis left hand , but I am quite certain that os tai . cot riien from tie chair , and tzd his fcasdkert ^ eT stiU cTer his jyes when Bltkesley stabbed him . ^ y tusband was eouTeyed into the teci parienr , I ot ^ iXi , ard my bister vp stain to her bed-room .

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      James J * rris examined—I reside si Ifo . 30 , Fenchnrch-streeL I am a porter . I was In the parlour of the King ' s Head on Tnesday night last The piricmr is & little beyond the further extremity of the bar , at the back part of the premiBfcS . Shortly after ten o ' clock , I , as well a 3 some other persons who were there , was alarmed by hearing some loud shrieks , apparently proceeding from the bar , and likewise struggling . I ran out , and saw Mr . Burdon in the set of falling : I pre ^ Tented his head hitting the ground by catching him aS he was falling . Ths deceased exclaimed that he was

      tabbed , " and naked me to fetch a doctor . 1 Bawa figure at the moment I entered the bar receding from the street door . Heard Mra . Blakesleyexelaim , "It was he did it ; the Tillain is my husband . " Some others , who were in the parlour , ran out after Blakesley and another for a surgeon . A surgeon am-vetl in a few minutes , and the police soon after . Thelroase west&en crowded with people , but they were soon bleared , and the doors closed . I was the first person who ran iratat tbe parionr . I did not pursue Blakesky , as 1 had no idea that a murder bad been committed , or what was tbe matter . I did not know Blaktsley .

      Dimel O'Connell examined—I am foreman to Mr . Nichoils , tea-dealer , of No . 8 , Fenchurch-street . I heard " the scresnjing on the n ! ght cf Taesday ! ast in the ] bar of Mr . Bc ' rdon ' s house . I was in the parionr of the i King ' s Head at tha time . I did not run cut , as Jarvis J did , at . first , as I thought it was only some family afluir . j . Hearing it again , I ran out , and saw Mr . Burdon I failing . I did not see any one geicg out of the door , : but I ran for Mr . Croft , the surgeon , of Graceehurcb-[ street , who attended iramediately . Ths police haJ not I arrive-J on my return after I had been for the sur » eon , ! but they arrived in a minute or two after , and the p ' ace was cleared . f Jciin Haynes examined . —I was also in the pnrlour j of "the King ' s Head on the night of Tuesday last . 1 1 followed the witness Jarris , and caught a glimpse of , I I believe , tbe murderer going out of the door . Seeinij a : lar ^ e knife on tbe floor , covered with blood , I pursued him as fast as I could in the direction of Graeeclmreh .

      1 street , when I wss joined by another young nian ; and . we kept him in sight as far as Cisireafs-lane , when ! we lost him up some ol the conrts in Qraccehurch-1 street . I returned to the house iu Eartcheap , and found i a large crowd round the coor . 1 then beard . Mr . Burdon j was dead . j George HaHows examir . ?^—I am n hair-dresser , and ! reside at 23 , lime-street . About half-past seven o ' clock i on Tuesday morning a man came into my shop , who , * from what took place , I have no dcubt was the mur-] derer , Robert Biakisley . 1 should kno-, 7 him again were j I to see him . He eame to be shaved , and entered into j cocvemtion about his wife . He said be was going to i eet out 3 warrant a ^ inst Bordon , the landlord of the 1 King ' s Head , and asked me if I knew him , . ind on my j replying in the affirmative , he ? aid Mr . Bard on had got I his wife there , and likewise some property which be-* longer ! to him , and which had been fetched from Seven-I oakswhere they had b * en living togetlitr . He said

      , . he had been to the Kicg's Head that mornir . ? to dej mand his ~ i : " e ; that he received tbe advice , 1 tbiuk , of ( 3 police-ccnstable named Bradsbaw , who , w ) ien on ] duty that morning in Leadenhall-market , told him be , had a right to demand his wife He said when he dej niar . ded hi 3 wife , Mr . Burdon ordered him out of the I house , saying , if he did not go , he wjuM turn him out , He then said , " If I had had a sun in my hami at tbe kirns , I would have shot him , " adding , " But I'll serve ' : liiiB out yet , I will d » for him , an-. l get a search warrant , for my property . " He then took a letter from bis ] pocket , which he said he had received fr « m his wife oa ] Monday , an-. i read it to m-2 , appointing to inert h : i : i at ; the sama piace th-. t right as sha had dune on Sunday , ni s bt . I ?^ ked l . im at vrb-at place that was , nnd l : e ] said at the rnd of Esatcheap . He said Mr . Burden 'iisiVkea hiTn because he wis unfortunate in busir . es-s «'

      , StVenoaks , "vrhere he had lived fox about three months , He said he tad some boxes it-fr at a bt-oking-efnee a : j ScTtsoais , and he told the booking-office-keeper to ' . give them up to no one but himself , but Mr . Buy-, con had been £ own to Sevenoaks and get them wiy , Coroner—Did he appear at ail txciled whilst telling t you tb * s story ? TTitness—^ 0 , he 3 pp <> r . re-l quite cool at the time , but remarked that a eisu beinf refused his wife , was : enough to drive any one mad . Edward Briscow , C'i"y Police-constable 569 , examined , —] knew the man Robert Biakesley . Oa the morning ] } ^ k A-& ^ ¦ ^ + ~* mr ^^ - ^^ Sut A ft -f * . * - » * ^—* 4 k * « % ^ W » W I < ^^ *« * A « ^^ — ^ ~ ~~ 3

      ' of Tuesday last , I iii = t him in Grsc-ecb-arch-street , ar . d he told me hia vrifs was detained from him agaiu 3 t his : an < 1 her wilL He had Hiet her on Snnd 3 y night . 2 iEd ho ' . wished to know if tj cculd not dejnaml her . 1 , at his solicitation , went with him to the King ' s Head , in ¦ Eastcheap . We saw Mr . Burdoa , an ^ Biakeslcy said , ' " No ? James , 1 h ^ ve come to demand my wife . " Mr . Burdon replied , " 1 think you hid better go about your busme ? . v" Mr . Burdon then walked into the parlour , ¦ and Biakesley said , "Do you mean to let me have my wife . If she is not here , you know where she is . " I . told Mr . Bunion , Biakesley had asked me to come as a

      witness , and he replied that he knew nothing about it . He and Biakesiey then went out , and B ! a £ eslpy said , being separated from Ms wife made him very uncomfortable . Blakealcy then left him , andsaiilhe would meet him at the Mansion House to get out & warrant ; but he did not do so . I did not kear of the murder until eleven o ' clock on Tuesday night . I then gave a description of Blakesleys person to Mr . Blake , the inspector ; but he paid eo attention to him , and appeared much excited , he supposed , from the occurrence He ordered me to go to the door , and clear the mob awayv I told him I knevr the man well , and I felt very much surprised and bait that my h . funnatioe was e » unnoticed .

      Joints Bradley examined—I am sergeant of tbe City police , sxd on the Bight of Tuesday last was at the Station-bcuse in Tower-street . About three minutes after tea o ' cU-ck , a n-port came that Mr . Burdon , the landlord of the King's * Head , had been stabbed . I ran to ' the King ' s Ht&d instantly , and with difficulty obtained an entrane « , Li censtqaence of the great crowd round the door , snd in the Mr front . On tnteriag , 1 found the body of Mr . Burdon lying on the floor , and the surgeon ( Mr . Smith ' leaning over him . A female 1 Mrs . Blafceaiey was being conveyed up stairs , and I qw spots of b '^ od on them . I picked up a large knife cut of the firs-pluca behind the bar . It was covered with blood up to the hilt , and it is tbe one I

      : notv produce . I had been there but a few minutes ; when Mr . Owen , the landlord cf the Yorkshire Grt-y , at the-corner of Bear-lane , came and said , " The per-. son ycu want , " ( meaning Biakeai&y ) " is now in my J hotisa . " I ran down there as fast &B 1 could , and j searched the place all about , but he bad gone , and I i could not nnd him . 1 did not know Blakeoley , bathe 1 accosted me a little before four o ' clock en Tuesday TEGn . ing , in Leader . ha . i-ni&xket , and told uie about bis : wife being kept at Xi- Burdon ' s house against her will . He did not appear at all excited whilst telling me so . ' . I think it was scarcely five minutes afctr ten before I ¦ was in the King ' s Head . I ran there tbe moment 1 received information that a 3 nin was stabbed .

      , John CLarlts Davis examined . —I am a cuticr , and I reside at No . 20 , Aldgate High-street . The knife produced -was purchased at my shop i-j a man answering 1 the description of Biakesley , abcut five minute ? past ; one o ' clock on Taescby afternoon . He said lie wanted ' a cGiniu ' -n sot : of knife , such as is uj-ed by butchers . 1 showed . hiia a ilrawer fulL He chocO the one : produced , , saying- that it wcuid do if it was ihr . rpeced at the back i tow ^ ris tho point , as he wanted it tu graft trees . Hi wanted it 10 cut the bark up and down without beii ;^ [ obliged to tarn the iDife . I showed him a shoe knife , ¦ wiiieh he objected to , but asked if it could not be sharpened , as he wanted it . 1 said yes , and went and gT < . umi it at the bick niysc ' . f . 1 told him it would not .. stand Lard work . It is whr . t is called a butcher ' s [ dressing-knife .

      Mr . Cornelias Smith exanrr . ed—I am a surgera , and resi Je at >* e . 56 , Gracfcburch-itrect . I was caJid to se * Mr . 'Burdun and his sisttv a few miru ' . c 3 after ten o ' clock on Tuesday ni- Lt . I w-.-nt to !! : e King ' s Head imiueuiately , anJ en my arrivil 1 founJ a large number of persuDS round the t ' oor . On enterii g I f-. und tbe r . eeeaewi lying on ibe floor , near theb ^ r , with the blood flawing from s wound in tbe leu side if the abJonua , tkrongh which the intestines were protruding . The ¦ wo und was an incised one , and about an inch and a half iu length . Another medical eeatleman b > this time had arrive ' . ! , sird he assisted me in endeavourirg to return the Petrels , t-ut they could not bo returned ,

      they were so swollen . We did not probe tba wound , tut I have no doubt but , it extended into tbe cavity of the-abdomen . It l > ad every appearance of baying been inflicted with a knife with t ^ o edges Euch as that produced , and I have no doubt it wr-s done with the instrument before the jury . The blood on the blade shows that it entered tbe bony of the deceased to tbe hilt . 1 have do- doubt that tbe infliction of that wouna was the cause of dta ' t . I have since rustle aii external tsmnnation oithe body , and it is my opinion that :-he blade of the weapon entered Ihe main artery , end that the internal bleeding was tbe c ^ se if Mr . Buru ^ a ' s sj ^ eedy dtatt . l-thitk when I tutpred the house thiio -was a po :: ctrr . ci ) at the door c ' taiing the mob out

      Thomas Quinian , a private watchman in Easichtap , Jan-its Raid , a pot boy at the King ' s Head , and WilMam Pratton , a city polled constable , 542 , w-re examined , . and corrDboriited the-evidence of the firmer wit- ' litres . A long disrnSKon htre ensued bs to tbe conduct which had been purse * d by the police , A Juror ren ; 3 Tk ; d that they paid r > . larro sum frr ih" ; protection of life and property , and ytt at ten o ' clock at iiiiht , in ths city of London , a most cold-Wooded murcer was committed , and tho ptrpetrator ptrmittod to escape . Ho realiy thought it was the province of ; the jrry to ascertain if the man bad e « caped through ' any negligence on their part- ' The Coroner said the Commissioner of Police biicg ; present , he thought any application on that point had j better be made to his office . ) ntimately Inspector Brake and other policemen entered into explanations cs to the extent and position of j their beats en the night ia qufstlci :, and there being no further evidence , j The Coroner said the present was a case wliich j would require from him very f * vr observations , as there J could be no doubt as to the conclusion they must come to , that a most wilful murder had been committed by the n-. an Robert Biakesley . There was nothing whatever to induce a belief that he committed the act of nrst stabbing hh owa _ wife , and then the deceased whilst labouring under " anything like insanity . The evidence tended to show that in every respect it was

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      moat cooland premeditated . The unfortnnate part of the easewss-thttf the nmrderer bad effected his escape , which happened from the cirenmatance of there being no one available in or"taear the hoase to ran aftei'him or secure him at the moment of the commission of the crime Unless the police were stationed at ev ^ ry door , the public were liable to" such occurrences , which were deeply to be regretted . * It was for the jury , therefore , to say if she man , ; Rol'ert'Biakesley , had not been guytyof the eriHie -of wilfal marder , and absoon ' ding "from tSe hands of Justice . - •' - The jary at one * retamed a verdict of " Wilftil Murder " against Robert Blakesley . - "• ¦ -: A jaror suggested the propriety of the city authorities offering a rewarf for the apprehension of the murderer , . and the jury aeqaiescin ^ in it . ' ¦ - - : !

      Mr .-D . W , Harvey , the City Potiee Commissioner , « tated that fee " should be nwsV happy in laying the wishea of the jury before the Secretary © f State . ; : It is 8 t 3 te 4 that ' ' one- of the brothers of Bfafeesley wa 3 in the inquest-room during the whole- of the proceedings . ¦

      FVBTHER PARTICULARS . { From Uie Sun of-Monday . -Ever sine * the issuing of the CoT 0 ner ' 3 warrant for the apprehension of the murderer , Robert Biakesley , the police -hava been unremitting in their search for him , and many horses , known to have been tho occasional resori of the assassin , iiava-been visUed , but without success . On Friday morning information was received t ' nt two bodi-. s had been picked up off Greenwich , and Mr . Burdon , brother of the deceased , immediately proceeded * here to view them , in order to identify Biakesley , should he bs oDe cf them ; but ; lie was not .- Soon after the commission cf the murder , Inspector Brake wrote to Mr . Bradley , high constable of Orford , near Savenoaks , for whatever pa . rtieul-. vrs be could give respecting Bia&esiey , ami to request that if he was in the neighbourhood he mi ^ Jit be secured .

      Mrs . Ei zi Burdon , th 9 widow of ttie murdere . man , states , in addition to the evidence given before the Coroner , that her husband and Biakesley were on the most friendly terms , until he was apprised of bis conduct at Sevenoaks . B ; ak »» sky wrote to him for money and cut ! ery for killing , ic , and it was his intention } to eccf de to the request ; but happening to go down to Sevenoaks , he discovered cow things were , and declined , as he Relieved it would do no good .- This much exasperated Binkcsley , ird Mr . Lupton advised them to cunt to London , and offered to support Mrs . Blakesk-y until he got into something . He toluBlakesl « y he should bo glad to Boe him at any time , but he could net allow him to sleep in tho house . Biakesley relnctantly agreed , and her sister returned , aud they were very comfortable until within three or four days before the murder , when words took place between them respecting Mrs . Biakesley going to live with him . That was thesole causa of their quarrel , and

      Biakesley became so insolent that Mr . Burdon forbade him his hou 3 e- She is positive Biakesley was on tb . 9 outside of the door , before he entered , some time , watching that the plaee was clear , as sha observed the door open and sent several timts ba ' ore be cams Jn . Tee moment she caught a sight of B ' . akesley ' s face , on seeing him enter tbe bar , she vas convinced ho intended some mischief . His looks were fierce and determined , and he appeared so wild . She t ' . ates tint the description of his dress and person which has already gone forth is somewhat incorrect . Sb * stated that at the time of the murder he possessed no other clothes tkan those he wore , excepting a buff waistcoat . They consisted of a dark invisible green Newmarket co . it , with black buttons , light drab trowsers -with opea buttons , ami three buttons at the bottom on euch . site , a black e .-Uin wnistcoat and orisge sprigs , a light blue handkerchief , Wellington boots , and silk hat . He ha . - * a quick gait in walking , : ind generally keeps his eyes fixed towards the ground . He has black hair ar . d whiskers , and ail his » hirts and

      stockings are marked " Kobert BlaKe ^ y , " m blacS ink . Mr . D . IV . Harvey , tbe city police commissioner , on Fr ' uiay watted upon Sir James Graham , Secretary of BiaV . ' ' or the Ho : ue Department , rtcouimending ttit a re ' . * . " : % ! of £ loo khoiiUl be offered for thu apprehension of tlie murderer , cr for information that might lead to it r .: la rew ; j'l of £ 20 to any waterman who might £ ail the bo-ly . Thi * proposition , it is believed , was at __; . " ! readily acc-. Ueil to . > . ! rs . Sarah Blaktsley , the wifo of the murderer , is > loing we'd . A favourable change took place on Thursday night , and strong hopes are naw entertained of her ultimate recovery . Oa- Friday Mr . JJurdoa ' s brother visited her , and on atking "How sbawas ? " tho poor creature , who is still in a very weak state , exclaimed " Oh God , I have been the cause of my brother ' s

      murder . " After a short time she became calm , and entered into an explanation <; f the horrorible scene of Tuesday nigbt , which entirely corresponded with that given by her sist * . r . She expressed a surprise that Biakesley should have made an attempt on her life , as she was on the moat affectionate terms with him , and on their last parting on Sunday night he appeared quite fcappy anil cheerful . She « . id they never had the slightest quarrel , ojkI she believed that he doated upon her . They , however , differed upon the point ef her leaving her brother ' s house , she wishing to Btay till he got into employment , She frequently makes inquiry if he has been apprehended , and appears exceedingly anxioua , and at times excited . If her life be saved it will be owing to tbe resistance presented to tho knife {•> y her stays , which caused it to glance off and pei . o-? rate the abdomen horizontally . The funeral of Mr . Bardon took place ou Monday .

      The unhappy father cf the murderer has been known as a tradesman of great respectability in the city for nearly forty years ; he w ^ s a Common Councilman , and his brother is now a representative of onu of the wards . The family oc Mr . Blakesley , Ben ., consisting of two sons and two daughters ; one of the sons was drowned some time ago , and the other has by his crimes now obtained a melancholy notoriety . Since the 29 th of last April , Blake ± ley , the murderer , has obBented himself from his paternal roof . He was brought up under hi 3 father'B tye , in his warehouse , and at the period stated Mr . Biakesley , sen ., gave him a sum of money for the purpose of paying for a euit of clo ' . hes , and Bince then he has aeen nothing of him . The murderer married

      without tbe knowledge of his father , and immediately afterwards he and his wife went to Sevenoaks , where he proposed setting up as a bmtcher , but was unable to carry his intentions out hvcocny . ^ tience of his credit getting into disrepute , la order to ««! ebrat « bis marriage he was obliged to bavo recourse t j 3 Ir . v ale , cf Tokenhouse-yard , an acquaintance of hia father ' s , who then lent him the sum of meney he required . Since then the following letter , in the handwriting of the murderer , was addressed to Mr . Vale , and has been by that gentleman deposited in the handa of the police : — " Bradburne Cottage , Sevenoaks , Kent , " Aug . V , 1811 .

      " Dear Sir , —I thail feel greatly obliged if you will confer a further favour upon , ine , and only for one month . I assure you it will be the making of me . If you will oblige me , be assured you shall h : ive it again in one month from the prts ^ nt time . In fact , it will savomefrom something very unpleasant Pray let mc t > y return of post if you can , or as much of it as you

      can Bpare . " In haste . —Ever your ' a truly , " K . Blakesley . " James Vale , Esq . Tokenhou 3 e-vard . " The request made in tbe above letter wasnot granted , and within a few days Blakeslc'y's goods were st'zed , and he returned to London , and for several dtiya both hiciself anil his wife found an asylum at Mr . Burdon ' s . thu King's Head . The munk-red man , seeing that B ' . a . te = ley had no prospect of obtaining employment , intimated to him that he could not reman at tho King ' s Head , and Mrs . Biakesley then went to No . 22 , Yoik Plxce , City Hosd , and requested the murderer ' s fither woiild allow him ta conje until ho couhl obtain a situation , adding that &he would be provMed for by her siiter and brothvr-ia- ' . iw in the meantime . Mr . Biakesley , sen ., however , refused to receive his son , cr even his clothes , which the wife bmjed him to do to prevent his pawning them . This was tho only interview that the father hud with Mrs . BtekesJey .

      The following letter will shew that B ; alres ! ey , after leaving Sevenoaks , resided in EastcRes ^ . The original is in the murderer ' s own handwriting : — " 44 , Eastchcap , London , Aug . 28 , 1841 . " Dear Siu , —As you asked me to npyly to y . rn if you could do n ; e a service , I am row about to solicit you to take & little trouble for me . I ciluul . ite that Word is still in possession of the cottages , and ivrhaps yo ' . i will oblige me by seeing that he picks what plums , dan . soas , beans , and peas there are , ana send them to be y-ckeu in cne of tha baskets 1 left with him and if the grass will suit you there , please to let me know it , and ycu untl I will then settle a&out the price of it . I h : vre written to Mr . Saundtrs V . y this post rfspciting tbe coti 3 : f « -s . Mrs . Biakesley joins with we iu Jci . id reuiemjjrauc ' . s to yourstlf and Mrs . Hwmr . u . " I r .:-n , " Your sreritlj ob'ijed , R . Blakesley . " 3 Ir . Harnian , Bredbourn-j Xzl-j , Sevenoaks , Kent . "

      ADDITION A I . PAUTIC-LARS . " 1 ' pon inquiry at the stati-n-bouoe , in Tower-stre&t , on Situ ; day afternoon , ij was ascertained thai the police had not receiv •„ i r . nj intelligence respecting the retreat of Eiakesity , unri hence the L « --lifcf gains ground that ho has comvinle < l self-destiust ' iou by drowning . Bis respectable partita are in a strite of deep 1 ffliction , and the heartless statement that has been circulated , that the friends of Blaktsley had rept rted that be bad committed tuicide in order to facilitate his escape from justice , has added to their menial anguish . It is almost unnecessary to add that the insinuation is totally groundless , Mr . Blakeslcy , sen ., having from the first evinced great readiness t *; assist the police . Oa the night of the tragical event a constable went to N 9 . 22 , York-place , City-road , and saw Mr . and Mrs . Blakesley and their two daughters . Having requested that the ladies might retire , lac communicated to Mr . Blakesley , sen ., the commission of the murder by his son , and desired that be might search the premises , as it was thought the offender might have taken refuge there . Mr . Blakealey , who displayed great XJtrve on learning the alarming intelligence , at ence consented to his house being searched , and assisted the police in doing bo . No traces , however , of him could be found .

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      Considerable discussion has arisen amongst the inhabitants of the ward , andii the ; various jtoces of trablic resort fivthp City ; oh-tke ^ nDJect of the esay eaci pe ef the murderer ? and very taurpjasoritfittoMrate that circumstance to tho negllgenx&'df thd City Police , ; in cousequence ^ t this opinion , a J>benW conversation took place between the Coroner" ; the Juryijind Mr . D . w . Harvey , * the police commisaionfefc which "was not reported in the 'newspapers . \ If the' fonb % ingj'statement be trae , It is indeed ¦ stirprfeing- ' th ' ai Blakeslay sbould have escaped immediate'detection . It was boldly asserted thatt pto police constables-Wert 1 oj » duty within a very short distance of the Kinrt'Head on Toesday nightr-Tlz :, two in 0 rafce 8 | inrcli , Wnb pass tiie end of Ea 3 tcheap , one in King Wilnam-street , and the fourth ( whose dntj * it was to pass Mr ; Butdbn - B OT 6 ry quarter of anhoar ) 'hiastcheap and

      « , Pttdtiiflg' BtKfaph- ' lanes . The latter did not-sete BiaUfesley oa Tnesaay night , and that he was in PuddiriBUanewhen the cry of murder was raised in the streets The tfniy expi-essed themselves mncfa . dissatisnea ' at tile long beats which many of the constables had' to go over , and the want of a . sufficiettt number during th « sitting * of the Central Criminal Gonrt , wHere several were always in attendance . It appear *! that Mr . Harvey induced the City authorities , a short time ago , to augment the police by thirty , andthat ho has since given it as his opinion there should be a still further increase , but it has not yet been acted upon . There is no doubt , however , in consequence of the representations of the Jary , the fears excited by the recent murder , and the paucity of the poiic 9 in cortain districts , that they will be speedily augmented , and their beats curtailed .

      The most interesting information , ! viz ., that which relates to the almost instantaneous death of Mr . Btmion , and to the magnanimity and extraordinary presence of mind of his sister-in-law , the wife of the mutdaier , -who was first Btabbdd , had not beon laid before tho public . Mr . ; English , of No . 22 , Gracechurch-streefc , the ordinary medical attei . dant of the family , stated to the reporter , that on Tuesday night , as he wa 3 ubout to take temporary , repose from his labours , a paity called tto say that he was wanted at . Mr . Bunion ' s . Thinking that it was not a matter of importance , ho did not linrry himself , but in the course of » few niinutta seven or eight pis-3 onB arrired , aunouiicing the aieadful occurrence . He hastened to the Kiug ' a Head , and saw Mr . Burdon lying on his back inside the bar , and immediately perceived that he wan dead - and beyond the power of human skill . Four or live medical gentlemen were busily employed in examing the wound of . Mr . Burdon , and , 'What-was most astonishing , noboly ' s attention had been directed to the unfortunate

      wifo ot the murderer , who seemed to bo unconscious of the severe injury inflicted upon herself , until Mr . English discovered it Her whole faculties seemed to be absorbed in endeavours to provide for tee safety of her brother-in-law . She assisted in untying his cravat , and gave orders as to tbe best way , in her opinion , that he ought to be treated . Mr . English then dise ivored that she was stanuing in a pool of blood that had flowed from , her person , and instantly directed that she should be conveyed to her bed'TODBi . i Ia doing bo , upon the stairs , she fainUd , and the syncope prevented fortunately for a time any further hemorrhage . She was placed upon a bed , and her clothes having been cut eft ' , it was found that she had an incised wound penetrating the

      peritoneum , but not into the abdomen , on the right side , through the thin portion of the stays which covered the hip , and opposite to the nether region of the liver . Being perfectly insensible , restoratives were administered to reproduce pulsation , and when they Lad taken effect tbe wound was dressed . She continued afterwards in a comparative state of delirium , nnd . Mr . English remained watcJuiug her progress during tbe whola of the night . At intervals she broke out into incoherent expressions , mentioning her brother-in-law ' s name , and frequently her husband's , supposing ho was by fcer bedside . It was not at all expected that she would survive tbe injuries inflicted by tho wound , but ho continued , on account of the unusual rircumstancM

      of the cose , to watch her without intermission until yesterday evening , when , seeing that eho had slept soundly for about an hour , and symptoms ot irritation mentally and physically having subsided , he examined tho wound , and judged from its appearance that it was going on favourably . Mr . English ia flow of opinion , though he never thought bo before , that she will , under careful traatoitnt , ultimately recover . His opinion is founded sot only on tiu appearance of the ¦ wou nd , but from his knowledge of her excellent constitution . She was cf a clenr , healthy , and florid complexion , slightly inclined to otiosity , but had never bad any severe illness . Mr . EbkUsu states that she i 3 now in the 25 th year of her age .

      A post vwrtem examination was on Saturday made 011 the body of Mr . Bunion , for even amongst the medical profession it was rather a phenomenon that the wound Bb . ould have caused almost instantaneous death . Dissection accounted for tbe hesitating opinion on the part of the surgeons . It waa found that the aorta was divided , preventing , of course , the circulation of the blood through the arteries and veins , aud causing the flow of blood not to pass through the orifice , but to full into the cavity of the abdomen , and thereby produced in consequence sudden death . The knife having been pointed upwards by a blow from tbe left baud , passed through the aort * and interior portion * of the body , until its egress was stopped by striking against the vertobia : or back hope . A rough wound , sue !) as would be caused by definitive resistance to a sharp-edged instrument , was found * n the back-bone ol Mr . Burdon .

      On Saturday afternoon , tue reporter ascertained from Mr . Inspector Brake , who holds tbe Coroner's warrant for the apprehension of Blakesl&y , that a hat had been found in the river which was supposed to belong to the murderer . 31 appe . irs that atliigh tide on Saturday morning a waterman n-. med Wears found the hat off the floating bath near Biackfriar ' s Bridge . Having heard of the murder of Mi ' . Burdon , he at enco took it to the polico station in B'ack Horse Court , Farringdon-street , and delivered it into the hands of Mr . Inspector Lloyd . The Inspector sent it forthwith to Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner ' s office , and the fact of the finding was conveyed to Inspector Brake . The latter Inspector waited uuuu Mr . Bjaktsley , sen ., in Basinghail-street , and he tried the hat on , and expressed liis belief that ft belonged to his son . In the hat is the name of Christie , the maker , of Qracechurch-street , and tho date when it was

      purchaied , 1-tt of May , 1841 . Mr . Christie states that b « sold abovs 1 M hats on that day , and six of the sauteiL *» tbe oue discovered were purchased , and tn-o of the customer's names were not entered in his books . Tbe hat in a beaver one , and Mr . Blakesley sen ., told Inspector Brake that tho murderer had a positive aversion to silk hats . The Inspector next went to the King ' s Head , Eastcheap , and showed the hiit to Mr . Burdon ' s widow and her mother , who , as well as tho servant and potboy , declared their belief to be that the hat is that worn by Blnkc-flley ou Tuesday night . Tho hat is in the possession of Mr . Brake , of the Tower-street Station , and bns ; v quantity of san < i and mud in it . A number of watermen , under the direction of Inspector Hoyd , weve last evening very actively engaged in dragging the river for tho body of Blakesley . The house of the deceased remains closed .

      A . four o ' clock yesterday the remains of Mr . Burdon , the murdered wan , we . re deposited in the churchyard of St . Mary-at-hili . The funeral procession ( a Walking one ; consisted ct about ten couples , and amongst the niuurntTS were 51 rs . Burdon , the widow , her mother , Ui-j deceased ' s brother and child , a litttoboy , and other relatives . A great crowd of persons followed the funeral , but the police i : i attendance closed the gates of the churchyard against th 3 public . Tho Hue and Cry of Saturday did not contiin tho oftVr of any roward for Blakeley ' s apprehension , but yesterday afternoon the following bills v , * ero generally circulated throughout the metropolis aud suburbs : —

      " £ 100 Reward . —Mwider . —Whereas , on the night of Tuesday , tho 21 st of S-jpDbuiber instant , James JiiiriloH , ianalord of tho King ' s Head publichouse , in EasUhtap , in the City of London , was wilfuily and maliciouisly stabbed au m to cause his iuatunt death , and whereas a nir . u named Robert Blakesley stands charged With the said murtluv , who is of the following description : —About five feet tight aud a liii . ii iiiches in height , apparently about thirty jeaw ot age , rather stout , dark huir , large dark whiakors , da < k eyes , dark , complexion , prominent nose , somewhat turned up , speaks quickly ; dross^—an invisible green coat ( Nuwinarket , cut ) , black silk wuistooat , wi th light coloured sprig , and drab kerseymere troiwars , tightly made , Wellington boots , and silk ueckerL-hlef .

      " Fur iha better apprehending and bringing to punishment the above-iiaui ' . -d Robert Blakesley , the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Ticasury hereby offer ^ ClOO reward te any peroon , or p 3 rsons , who may apprehend , or cause to he apprehended , lha above Robert Biakealejr , or give such iuformation as may lead to his apprehension ami conviction , by application to inspector Hodgsou , at the chief Police-omce , Biisinghall-street , or to Inspector Brake , at the Station-house , Towtr-Btreet , in the City of London- " In the opinion oi tbo luedioal attendant of Mrs . Ukkeslty , aha continues to improve .

      CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER . Inspector Iiodson and policeman Edward Brisfoiv , 5 b ' 9 , who have been indefatigable since tho murder of Mr . Burdon in their endeavours to capture Blakesley , ou Saturday afttrnoou last , having © btau 5 ? - S 0 lUe ciue t 0 his' » 'eireat , started off for Hert' 01 1 1 ' P trs 011 answering the description of JtfiafcesJey harm * beea wandering about that neighbourhood since Wednesday last , in a distressed and agitated state .. From intonnation received on the road b y Inspector Hodgson , and Bristow the policeman , it appeared that on Wednesday lass , cbout twelve o ' clock , a person , supposed to be Blakeslev ,

      was seen tu the neighbourhood of Potter ' e-bar , asking charity at several public-houses . Ou the following morning , at nine o ' clock , ihe same individual was seen at lieil bar , abo . ut two miles from Pottor ' s-bar , on the Hadfield-road . He was then in a very dejected state of mind . Upon the police obtaining this information they made further inquiries on the subject , when it was ascertained that a person answering the description of tbe man who had been teen at Bell Bar , had been begging at every public-house on tho road , stating thao he had been unfortunate iu business , and waa without the means or procuring a single meal . He was afterwarda traced to-Hatfield Woodjide , where he told a very disUeesuJjj tale ,

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      saying that he was almost starving , and that he would r ^ ceiTff wita the greatest thankfulness even a cold potato ; whea relief being refused him , he put up his hands apparently in a state of desperation , ran out . of the nduse , atod took refuge untler the hedge ; Upon fteher iifqalry being made , ' it was found'that from Hitifield he went begging to ' t&a Arise ! , &t Lahgley , for upon the police inquiring of tho landlord of that inn , he told , them that a respectable-looki'bg man , anawering ' the lesoriptibn they gaVc , Md been at his house on Friday j that he appeared in a very distressed ; and . . lowcondition , and . that cut of ciiarity ho gave' him ' a ' peflWy / ypoa further inquiry b ' oirig made at Langley toll-bar ,-it was tfiscoverert that a person Answering . Blake ( 3 % ' s description ! ha ^ pleaded wauii 10 lou iiaa

      mo -uar man , aaa . asKea mm to piix ? chase a hair-btiash ,. % cprk-s ^ ew , aii'd a razor-strbpV This tlietdll-man declined coing , bat he gave him 2 d . out of charity , which , it appeared , lie afterwards spent at ihe Three Horse Shoes * for a pint of beer . Whilnihe . was at the Horse Shoesj he asked some drover . ih ^ t was there to purchase tho ra zor-3 trop , otfvriug it ior a penny , , It appeared he did not give a penny for it , but a paper of tobacco . From Langley the police went to _ Welwyn , where they found that Biakesley had been inquiring most anxiously for a London paper , but could not obtain the sighi of one . In this neighbourhood he also asked for charity , and had several pence and other things given him . He was afterwards traced to the Moor Hens , en the

      London side of Hitchin , where ho also solicited charity . On Friday he was at the Rose and Crowa , at Hitchin , where he asked for a London paper , which Le appeared to read with great trepidation , and afterwards to drop it suddenly on the floor . It was supposed that he was in . Hitchin all dny-on Saturday , living upon charity . About two o ' clock on Sunday morning , a policeman belonging to tho Hertibrdehiro constabulary force , as he was passing through Hitchin-markof ; , thought he heard a parson tiiojining , and apparently in distress , and upon going to the place whence ihe sounds proceeded , he discovered TBlakesley , who stated that he had » o homethat he . * -was in gna , t . distress , and . that ho did not know \ vhat to do . Upon this he was takeu to the Hitchin tstation-houee . as a yagraufc . When thero , he asked the officers present if they had sten tho London papora with-thoaecoum . of Mr . Bui-don ' s murder in

      them , and upon his being told that they had , ire said , " ¦ I am the man that committed the murder . " Some time after Bkkeeley had been taken mio custody , Inspector Hodsou and Policeman Bristow arrived at Hitchin , and from information they received proceeded immediately to the station-house , where Bristow at onoe recognised Blakesley , he having known him for a number of years . Immediately on his seeing Bristow , Blakesley inquired how his Wifo was , aud upou being told that she was better , he thanked God , and said that he fVIt much easier since he had acknowledged the murder . Inspector Hod-Hon and Bristow arrived in town this morning from Hitchin , leaving Blakesley in the custody of inspector Halbin , of the Hertfordshire police , who refused to deliver him up until he had received orders to that effect from Captain Robinson , the Superintendent of the Force .

      The prisoner was taken on Monday in custody of the Hertfordshire police , and conducted before the Lord Mayor . A great crowd of persons assembled around the Mansion-house ; and , besides the Lord Mayor , there were also present , Aldermen Marshall , Gibbs , Carroll , Kelly , Humphery , and Pino . Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner of Police , was likewise in attendance . Tho prisoner betrayed such weakness ou being placed at the bar , that he was allowed a seat , and h \ 3 countenance ( which was only now and then seen from his hanging his head down ) , appeared exceedingly pale aud depicted greai wretchedness ; when ho spoke , he did so in a clear and firm tone .

      Robert Dean , of the Hitchea Police , said—Between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Saturday night , the 25 r , h instant , I was on duty in the market- place , Httonen , and I i&w tlie prisoner , Robert Blakesley , loitering abo-it thero . I had received instructions from my Superintendent to be very particular in noticing'the arrival of any stranger . After watch ing hita somo time I went up and spoke to him . Ho told pe he . va-s almost mad , and that I might take him into custody . 1 asked him what for , and he repHed , " I suppose you have heard of tho circumstance in London . " I rejoined , " 1 suppose you are

      tho man who stabbed the landlord and your wife . " He answered , * ' Yes , the landlord and my wife , and I iio not mean to ep . y any more . " I took him to the station-house , and ho several times ejaculated , "Oh , I think I hear that shriek I—it is her ' s—I think I see her now . " He was searched at tho statiott-housc , antl the letters produced were fouudupon him . —( Letters from his wife and mother were handed in . ) Ho had several trifling articles about him , but no money . He said at the station-house , "laid not moan to kill Mr . Burdon , but ho got between us . I intended to kill my wife , and then myself . "

      William Rattan , City polioe-constable 542 , who saw the prisoner iu Leadenhali-niarket on the night previous to the murder , identified the prisoner as being Robert Blakesley . His evidence was nearly the aama as he gave before the Coroner at the inquest upon Mr . Burdon's body . Tho Lord Mayor then questioned the prisoner as follows : —Prisoner , what is your name ? Answer— ( with much firmness , ) Robert Blakesley . What is your age 5 Twenty-seven . What is your profession ? was brought up as a clerk in the conntinir-hottse of my father , who is

      in the cloth tr&i-e . Wiiero did you reside ? In Basinghall-streefc , City . Had you any other rwidonce No , my Lord . Edward Bristow , city poltcc-coiistable , said I have known the prisoner three or four weeks , and I know him to bo the person who went by the name of Robert Blakesley . I am acquainted with his person . Iu answer to tbo Lord Mayor , tha witnesses said they had been bound over by the Coroner to appear at the Old Bailey .

      The Lord Mayor asked if the priaoner waB sufficiently recovered to stand up ? Blakesley here rose , bui was obliged to bo supported by the two officers who stood in the deck with him . The Lord Mayor —( addressing the prisoner)—You have heard the statement made by the efficors against you , and tho depositions are now preparing , and will shortly be read over to you . If you have anything to say , now is your tinoe . Tho prisoner—( holding down his head)—No , my Lord , not until the day of trial , when all the truth will come ouo . Io is not as Mrs . Burdon has stated . The depositions were then formally read over and signed , aud in the interim the prisoner whispered to tlia officers next him— " I wish not to bo loft alone . " Thid being repeated to the Lord Mayor , he replied , " Very well , his wish shall be attended to . "

      D .: au—During tho lime he has been with ua ho lias baen supplied with books , and he wishes tha > indulgence to be extended towards him in Nowgato . Tho Lord Mayor—Very well , he shall have pioper books . The prisoner was afterwards renaoved to Newgate in thu post chaise that brought him from Hitclien , followed by an immense crowd of persons .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Scrr . 24 . After souioroutine busings , the biil providing a retired annuity to the Vice Chancellor ( a supplementary bill to tho Bill foi the A . i ; niir . isUttion of Justice ) driiw forth some obsovvationa from Cc ; l !>; 'e ! b'ifoihorp , Mr . Kwnrt , and Mr . Wakley , v .-Jij cousidared the amount proposal ! to bo too Large . Sir Robert Peel defended tho amount , as also did Sir John Easthop £ . On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply , Mr . P . M . Stewart rose to call attention to a pbtUion which he had presented , on the 21 st September last , from tho provost , magistraias , and town-council of Faisley , on tbe present distressed condition of the manufacturets of thy county of Renfrew . Mr . Stewart

      read some statement * respecting the appalling diatrcsa existing iu Paisley and its neighbourhood , which one ot the writers said was a disgrace to a Christian country . Mr . Stsswurt thought that the petition vras entitled to -some mure consideration than being merely laid on tho tablo . Tlie siknt system pursued by the Government , with thu sinala exception of Sir Kobert Peel , was not likwy to satisfy the country , Tua majority 01 tho present Parliament was constituted by she representatives of tho English counties , aad it waa , therefore , a " landlord's nugorivy . Ahcv commenting o ;; tfctj speeches made by Sir James Qrahiui and Lord Stanley to their respective coiwtituents , Mr . Stewart concluded by ileclaring that the prorogation of Parliament , without entering into the censidevation of the distresses of tho people , was not only unwise , but fraught with danger .

      . Mr . : JiLNE 3 Gibson did not care how long tbe financial statement of the Chancellor of the £ xche < iuer was put < jff , if the whole result of his meditations was merely an addition to the taxation . Agricultural associations , instead of being conaned to their legitimate ol . ji . ct 8 , were converted into political societies . Oa being called upon to name any society so perverted , Mr . Gibson replied tbat the Agricultural meeting at Saxuiundham , tho other day , manifested its political object * by various indications , such as thf . t of the WAy in which the Queen ' s health was rfcctived . Mr . Parker , as one of the representatives of an important manufacturing town , spoke the sentiments of his constituents in attributing much of the distress of the country to restrictions on trade .

      Sir Robert Peel said the plan which he intended to pursue waa to ask the House to give him a short time to prepare his measured for repairing the enormous financial embarrassments of tbe country . A general election had taken place under tho auspices of the late government ; and before tlut election ho had declared that be had no intention of bringing forward a general financial scheme . The country bad , notwithstanding , decided against the tote aiioiaUy s and since hia ao-

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      ceptaCce 01 office , nearly thirty members of the govern ' jnent h&d bem setiis " tied without opposition , "with the exception of the very formidable opposition of Mr . Acland . Ht had not expected that Mr . Stewart had intended tO'rfti * 3 d& discussion ; arid certainly tbe series of very bad jukes in bis . speech , was not in harmony with stiat > yuifiatJi ? with' tha sufferings of . his conafcltuents whicii wa ' s Ui foe ' expected . He ( Sir Koberi Peel ) Admitted tlie exUru » g , * distress ; but it was of importance that they JshouU ' iofc be driven into hasty legislation ln providing a remedy . The Manchester Chamber of Ceramcjccliad ' fo * riifcrly . attributed * the distress , to tha misconduct of the " Bab * of England and thfy'laviihaccoijjmoiiailpn 61 joiitatock banka , whicb had stiiunialttd . over-production , ' , bu £ . now . Uioy

      nttrltpfed 'it to rtio" Corn Lavrs . ' While &Sniittlbg the exilstence of distress , ha ( Sir Bobert-Poel ) did not despair of returning improvenient , ; and he produced the returns i / lthls iijlit ' ia ban * fcs , showing aa insreAs * * in tha united - ' kingdom , daring June and August of the . present year , aa a proof of hi 3 assertion . Perhaps , ' he ' said jocularly , tbb inct&sfco waa a proof of the confidence of the counti-y i » tbe change cf administration . Ih , e increase was rot only general throughout the Uaiied KiDgdom . but . ffiere was inereasa in . the manufacturing districts ; and even in : > lanchester itself there wasjm increase . These retarcs entitled hiti to claim time for a deliberate , investigation of tbe 'Condition of the country . It was his firm belief that the intelligence of the United Kingdom sanctioned hia demand ior time .

      Air . Mari $ Phillips rose to declare bi 3 belief that ualess something was done to relieve the existing distress , andtooponup clanntla for the industry of the country , its peace and order were in danger . He implored Sir Robert Peel not to allow the winter to pa 33 over without bringing Parliament together to consider measures of relief . . Mr . EWA . BT thought it not unreasen&ble to give Sir Kobert Peel time to consider his remedies , provided that no uncertainty was allowed to exasperate the country . . Mr . Walker , considered that the property of the country was wasting away , from the absence of profit , bad debts , and depreciation of fixed capital . He did not know what measures would be brought forward by the present Govtrnmiut , but he hoped Sir Robert Peel would do justice to lis good feelings by bringing forward good measures . . . ¦

      Sir John Easthope , after stating a particular instance of the general depreciation of capital which had comb within bis own knowledge , entered on the general subject Mr . Villieks , after Borne preliminary observations , said that he considered that the Savings Banks' returns were produced by Sir Robert Peel as a proof th&t the existing distress "would paBs over , and that , in fact , distress did not prevail at the present moineut This waa probably the last-opportunity which they would have before the prorogation of Parliament to discuss this great question . Mr . CoiiDEN said that Sir Robert Peel had expressed bis surprise tbat this discussion should be reopened after the decision of-a previous evening . But events were taking place' in the -country "which justified the course they were pursuing .

      Captain Carnbgie deprecated the course which the opposition was pursuing , as tending to no practical result He had gieat confidence in the talents and character of Sir it . Peel , and he hoped that he would be able to provide a remedy for the existing commercial distress . But if ho failed , he ( Capt . Carnegie ) woultl still consider it to be his duty to legislate for the greatest good of the greatest number , and would offer no factious opposition to a ministry , of which even tbe members for Stcckport and Bolton should form si part . Mr . ThouneiA' and Mr . Bupihehtok contended that , the " eliding scalo" was a prime cause of the distress , the ; latter stitin , ? that though the contraction of the currency produced distress , tho cause of that contraction was tho Corn Laws . Mr . Aglionkv added his testimony , from local observation , to the extent and severity of the existing distress . ¦

      Captain Fitzroy commented on some of the statemeats made of Mr . Cohden . He also contended that the sppcsitioa Was uselessly vr&stiug tbe time o £ the House . ' . ' ¦ ' The House tl ; eu went into a committee of supply , and on the motipn of Captain Boldeuo , the supplementary ordnance estimates were voted , after some remarks . Sir Charlts . N . UMEn . pTessod on Sir Robert Peel the propriety of having a naval officer en the Board of Ordnance ; and considerable amusement waa created by the discussion . The votes having passed the committee , the Speaker resumed the chair , and the report waa ordered to be received on Monday next . The Poor Law Commission Bill was postponed to the same day .

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      Lord Howick , a Bad Bargain . —The "liberal " electors of Sunderland appears to have £ ot a precious bargain in my Lord Howick . At a dinner got up for his , Lordship on Monday , the crotehety legislator told his assembled friends , in terms not to be misunderstood , that upon the first occasion that misht arise he should , withont scruple , abandon them and their interests , and try to regain the seat for his native county , from which ho was lateley elccjed . —NeiccoAi / eJournaJ .

      The alleged Outrage on Lord Howick . —Th acjourned examination into this mysterious affair took " place in Snnderland , on Tuesday , before a full bench of magistrates . After somo further evideno on tho part 0 Jthe prosecution had been heard , but which was merely corroborative of what had been heard before , Air . Wright , ou the part of tho defendant Liddle , contended—first , that the gun was not loaded with destructive material ; secondly , that no individual was singledout by the prisoner , aa the statute required ; and , thirdly , thac prisoner had no intention to do grievous bodily barm to anyone : therefore , that the charge con 5 d not ba snstained . After geme witnesses had been heard fcr the defence , Mr . Moore , in reply to Mr . Wright ' s defence , contended that the charge was made out . It was by no

      moans clear that the gun had not been Joaded with shot when presented by the prisoner , as between tlie outrage and the time of LiddJa ' s arrest , sufficient time had elapsed to allow him to draw the charge ; and it was in evidence that the ramrod , though too short to draw the paper , was sufficiently long to extract any substance that might have been over it . But even adinittiug , for the sake of argument , thas no shot had been in the gun , the paper pellet over the powder was quite sufficient 10 inflict serious injury , if discharged at the short distance of a few yards , as spoktn to by the witnesses . Further , it was clear , from the previous gathering of ston 83 and tho cleaning'of the gup , that tho attack was premeditated ; while the evidence of the first witness , Sedgwick , placed it beyond all doubt , that Lord Howick was the individual to whom a csalicious

      injury was intended . Tne magistrates then retired , and , after an absence of three quarters of an hour , returned into court with a decision to the following effect : —That , having taken into anxious consideration all the circumstances of the case , they were unanimously of opinion that the charge of felony waa not satisfactorily borne out by tho evidence ; while Lhey were equally agreed that tha prisoner had b : en pi oved guilty of a most abominable and outrageous assault , for which the Bench were somewhat

      disposed to send him to take his trial at the Quarter Sessions . - However , taking into consideration the serious pecuniary loss the prisoner had sustained in consequence of his bad conduct , the magistrates thought tha demands of justice would be answered by imposing oil him a fine of £ 0 , and calling on him to enter info r ^ cugniziuces , himself iu £ 50 , and two sureties in £ 25 each , that he should keep the peac * for . twelve months . Mr . George Hudson and Mr . WiJJiain Stoi-tfy havi ?)^ joined jbfddie ia the rcquisi . ^ security , the parties retired .

      Cor . q . N'ER ' s I . nquest . —Dreadful Dustitttiox—On Friday week , an inqnest , adjourned Iron : the previous day , was resumed before Mr . Baker , the Coroner , at the Marqui 3 Wellcsloy , High street , Shadwell , on the body of Georfrs Hows , aged 18 , a bricklayer ' s labourer . Sarah Hows , of lli ) , Kew G .-avcl Lane , tho sister of the deceased , saiii that she J . a , 1 not seen her brother for a month until last Saturday evening , when , on passing through Gravel Lane , the decoased , who wa . 3 sitting on the oiep of a door , jumped up as well as ho was able , and recognu ' -d hir . He appeared very ill , and was scarcely ab ! o to stand . She assisted him to where h « was living , and give him a cap of tea . She also offered him food , but ho was unable to cat . lie told her he

      haJ been sitting from six o clock that naming on London . Bridge , and with the greatest difficulty had crawled to whtro she found hi ' in . Hd haii not slept ia abed for a fortnight , nor tested food from tiie Thursday morning previoaa . Tho last two nights he had slept in some stables belonging to Mr . Wheatlc-y . at Green vvich , tor whom .-urna time before ho had worked . Ha had applied : o tho relieving officer of the Greenwich Union for ro . ] j ; f , who refused to give him any , saying that "there was plenty of work for such a lad as him . " He stayed with her tho whole of Saturday night and the Sunday , but getting worse ,, she applied ou Monday morning to Mr . Serjeant , the relieving ofacer . for relief . Whilst talking with that gentleman , information was brought that he had expirud . By tho Cerossr—The deceased was in so exhausted a state tbat he was unable to swallow , and took only a small quantity of

      barley water . Six years oack he waa in a similar destitute state , and bein # taken before Colonel Foreman , one of the Greenwith magistrates , was by him " sent to the "Greenwich Workhouse . He was a very quiet lad , and had a great repugnance to asking for relief . The relieving officer of tho Greenwich Union said tnat tiio deceased was known to him by the cognomen of " Ginger , " and had been employed by him on several ° §«* S < W *; £ i ^ NA «^ never applied to him for relief , HvTiJaSWfctrftlt " Natural death , accelerated P ^^^ j ^^ fii ^ MVwfi UVJLb , ktU 3 H £ K 0 ld

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1129/page/3/