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J . EEDS . —Dxatb tzojs Opitjh . —On Saturday ggjug an inquest was held at tbe Court Hoose before join Ulackburn , on view of the body of Hannah parson , an infant iwo dajs old , who died under the foDowmg circumstances v-The child was born on ¦ Wednesday , ^ md the surgeon who attended the mother dnring her confinement , had sent her some DTnsm p 3 is » giving strict directions to the -woman to | eep . ^ e fr 0111 fltd children . Notwithstanding this jesjrictionj however , she , finding the opiate agreeable , sad the child bsin ? crass , dissolved one of the pills in iis food , and though it wa 3 only s , very small one , it soon seat the child to sleep , from which it never ircie again . The poor woman , -who lies Tery 111 , aad ^ O j Ti ^^ derstaad ^ is of rather weak intellect , mascot ibis to give any account of the matter , aud ihe Jury returned a Tcrdicj leaving the qaestion
open . JiSswrs- —On Monday , Benjamin Perkins -was Sued " 2 te . and costs for an assanlt on one of tbe poSceoa Saturday night . On the game day , 3 oaijJjE -jt Waia ^ right was fined 403 . and cosos for an nsproToked assault on » female in Kirkgate , on Ssmrdsj night . They were both sent to Wakefield for a month in default of payment , Sobat GiMBUSG . —On Monday last , a young lad named Henry Mitten , was brought before the jBigisiraiesai the Court House , on the information of one of the palice , who had caught him playing at piich and toss , with several others , in Skinner-lane , on Sunday afternoon . He was fined 20 a and costs , or sent to WafeeSeld for a month .
Cbcixtt to Amjuxs . —On Saturday last , William Weare , Jchn Barrel , and John * vicbolls , all o ? Otley , former ? , were summoned to appear before the Leeds borocgh magistrates , on informations laid against them by the Leeds police , for cruelty to animals in crowding cahres in their cart 3 which they -were brinpES : » o Lee ^ s to selL Two of them had eight cslres in each ran , and the other six , and in one bs'aBte a calf had been trodden to death . They jrere each convicted in die penalty of ten shillings , \ nthpleTensh 31 i 3 SS costs in each case ; or in default oFparment to go fourteen dajs to Wakefield .
AtTiaiPi so Stsai a Fig . —On Monday list , two Bjes , Darned Gsorjje 31 iuon and Jeremiah Poster , ; ¦ were trsrseA -ffiib natim ; killed a pig , the property of Mr . Tccmss Servant , shopkeeper , Park-lane , < Hiih intent to steal the carcass . Tie prosecutor hid three pig ^ which he kept in . Marlboroughsrreet , aad 3 » B after eleven on Saturday night , in conseqeenwef tearing a noise , be went ont , and saw ; tiro men ran from ibe direction of Ms pig-Etye . A I nej ^ hboar who cams up identified ope of these as the i prisoner iditwn , and the other prisoner was found " iahise' ^ Bpany-, both their shoes bearing testimony ihat they bad been where pigs were kept . The pig TOsfoond so hare been killed in the stye . They Here commuted for trial .
Tfls JItstebt ct ixe Holt Poker . —Head- j jzgtj u Ficarapc , " near Leeds , was the scene of a I caemr-BT , las - . San ^ ay morning , rather more curious ! than iEpitSsire . Tne Churchwarden of ihe place , j it appears , is an anch-at Izdy of somewhat heathenish uaroe , sso a notice had been posted near the church ; door , in aer name , and in reference to the perform-, sice of xie musical pordGn of the divine serTices . The Kete-end Ineuicbent of the " Ticarage" has I
lozg bees known to en terrain some rather peculiar ; E 6 C 0 B 3 iuucoing ifcis matter ; and , so inflamed was , he on this occasion by holy z-al , that he seized the ¦ holy pcfar to dcmc-ljsa the offensive announcem-nt . Bm sks 2 for the vanity of mere hnman tif > rt , : rrea in-h apostolic anthority in its end : the holy s poier was bioken in the collision . Pope 5 &Lg , A , tiuidrfd y = ars a ^ c" " KTsat dire events from taiing canBes spring- " ,
The rape of a simple leek from the head of the fair Befifida brought forth aad set in motion all that sapercaxsnal agency which the poet has immorudhsd in one of the most charming poems in the English language ; and the case before ns would almost induce us to agree with the still older saying ,. thaj ** Woman is the mother of all evil . ' "We have IU 3 J hesrd , indted , whai dire convnlsions followed Sietaiasixophe ol the holy poker j we have bos beard ; wircrijer 1 h % cornet shook its "horrid hair , "' OTwapged it 3 tail , in ioksn of wrath orpleasnre ; Ke have c-ot hgar ^ -whether the rererend incumbent i
Klhe Vicarage ' performed the ceremony in fnll canoaicalsj or in tne academic gown ; we have not heard how far ihe txeu . em . ent of the dies iroe interfoed with the wonted solemnity of the subsequent 5 ernce 3 j we have not heard even whether the pec-C&nt placard was destroyed as well as tfceioJy poker , or if ine sviil more peccitt Tirgipal churchwarden wJUhaTfetoeo ^ a ^ ce in 3 while sheet—emblem of herowppnriy ; bnt vre hope and trust that the leTtrend incumbent , uefoie "he next do : h ride Abroad , " and seeds up his caTd with " Hedtngley Vjc ara ^ e en ^ ravf d npon it , will provide against all u E » rcward " coiiiiai- encie 3 6 y suppljicg the church with another * a bei ^ er , and a stonter poe . ee .
SizALVfG Bbas 5 . —On Mond-y last , two men HffieC Jime ? K ^ j ar . d George Brown , -were brought spat the Court H « --o « e , on a charge of having stolen % large Qnsuij xj of brass bushes ., from the mill of Hesm . Cnfecale , woo ' lea mannfacturers , Holbeck . Use b ? £ = s trfgbea about 651 bs . Tee mill was locked r ? safe on Saturday Bight , and on Sunday morning it was foctd to have been entered tkroagb lie roof of ihe # n < one iosse . Tie prisoners wero appreheuded ¦ nader the following czreciB ^ 'ancesj—Messrs . Josph Ensleyj pf ihe firm of Kinsley and Kay , tees founders , Meadow-lane , deposed that he was called np on Sunday morning about fire o ' clock by fl » prisoner Brown , who asked if he bought old Jias , and said he bad seme to sell . He replied that ia oid , anc inquired in return , the reason for coming
tosal it as that time , to which Btowq replied flat zky were gcicji off , and wanted the money . He then fftaghid ihe bruits , which came to some 353 . Mtfi said he haa only 10 s . by him , but he wenld borrow the remainder of a neighbour , and -rrsnt ont &r ifcaj purpose , asd to $ . iTc information to the poaee . He did not then meet with a policeifioerj and on Ii 3 letura Brown had gone , W » J- In the afternoon he got assistance and earned tie brass to the police offi . ee , giviag information n to now is bad become possessed of it ; and in the wemag the prisoner Kay weut to his house , and said isentyonsome brass this morning , for which yon -rarj-sent me ten shillings ; give me the remainder . " Mi . Kay ( his partner ) was then present , and hs « Pt the prisoner in convfrsation nnti ] on c-Eeer was
* apeo , and he was given into custody . A female ¦ ffoo iiT : sneighbonr to Sinsley deposed that fche was 5 J > on imizy monduz a Iktle before five o ' clock , t ^ ' B ^ ? I ^ SCI 1 ^ J' Saj hand a basket over a wall to Htqwd , which the latter took to Mr . Kinsley's . ¦^^ oiGroiscals iaentified the property produ ced ^ t * i « giB ff io ii - -maEif and brotier . Tie prisoner £ aj , n ! ctftEce , . said ih 3 t he committed tne robbery k tfcfc it qaest of the witness Kinsley , who described T ™ ™* Pretnu-es , and leni him a key to open the ? TJ orowne caiitd witnesses to prove that he was -ra OKUfie wide £ >? i £ e aiabi on Saturday , until he ** s caba na on b-unday rooming , about half-past ^ ar , i > y i he o' -her prtoner , who told him that he »« nai i : ffltogo aads 2 UBiimebraSisforMm > Bc . prfcoiiEjs wer- coarcitted fcr trial ; bail being ac-^ ea ior Browiu Kay was previon = ly on bail to « ew « a siaiiar charge at the next sessions .
Pa , zx FiGH-rj . -Bs-OB Monday last , the dock at vL ^ ? ^ waB fiiled *> J a PartJ of l 2 d £ ' pnEBps ^ . y from Woodbonse and Woodhouse C * rr , v ^^ re enarged by SbperintEDtJent James , with ¦ fisSS ™* - ™ a pxi 2 e £ * ' ^^ - Tf «* - ru T insday morning . Their names * ST" ieS lhEC ^ aj and James Norton , each eoriTri ^ - * £ ? " ' scarcely higher than the Url * £ t * *™ J-afc : John Ketcher . " stake boldt-r ^ J ^) , J ^ epfe Warw-ck , John Tcorp , Robt . 3 in , IT % * Irtd . rick Fotherby , Jsones Gawihorp , fc . ^^ ^ m . Taylor , Richard Meical £ ffi' ^ L' > atd Tbo ^ a 3 StClwelJ , spectators , —; aBrar « w v tfT hid ^ ra admiUed to bail , and were „ *^ io btcooe Jd . i . Mr . James introdnced « M »^ n 'pv ^^ ^^ xish of trumpets , ' TLnaV * sort of and j itirt | |
Terr rt etyle , was , Terr T ~ -- ««« ^ r Btyie , ana was , ^" . ' MkT ^ w ™ ^ rf ^* Z » P ° the magis-, Sc ce ^ es , r » - n ? graTB and -Bainea , that in con * Mr £ c luformai «> a" which he received ; iood , ^ onnray znoramg ii-io th& nei ^ bbour-^ jsmeo witfi tKe 5 Te OT foaTieen t . fficers , j ^ i&tST 'T ' ai& 1 > ^ a * t fDi *>\ « e « S thT S amed ^ cn ^ s - Tat T •^ 43 o ' el ^ v t BIi : r 3 ' Ia a ^ directions , and about ; k ?* e ctow i , ^ tI 01 n * he top of a bill a very j ^ KSb ? »^ ^ P ^^ probably of two or , isftVS ^ W ^ leiI " « Uect 2 d in a field ,. ^ edC ^ ^^ and two of them iraTicg ¦ W 5 > \ P&a . ; there was also am ^ er * K * aflT ^ . - ch he afierwards fonnd that a ; ^ iS ^ f ?^ at Ae same tim * ; in fe « , | * .. * . ,-5 eQ £ " in ca . Dlnrrn 2 on « of the Hocra -crriii « 'h r f
_ « 55 S ?*?«» a > *• faiS fa ftSTrf < C ^ s wv ,, ^^? ^ 1011 ^ ong as holy writ" of the 5 aJal ^^ beea done - He found ' - *• * X „ * ^ - ^ Sei Ms forces near ' Be ir * , acfaon aild Jt w 33 od 3 7 bT ^ Sffiwr ^ toM he t « s »» le 1 ^^ tije » Present < mt of the yery large * baaed mi ZT ^^^ *> £ **« 3-m & «^' ^ wX , ^^ » S ^ been captured in a ^ r ^ b ^ hI ^ I ^ 33 ie sever » l defendants ^' fittaX ^ i ^^ ttri thsir sharl in ^ ijtSL ? ^ the 1 » ^ ^ v were I **»»« Wt ^ VJliirins ^ P 118 < ni * * watt , "id I « ?^ K ? S S * d K ^^ ! to w atch the pro- ^ S ^ decS the J ^? eonHregating . The h Sa s , and 577 ^ sra&ag the case to the ] ft ^ SS SS ? - » Kto » W accept hail in MQ ^ nafcfflS ? a £ « « te ^ ^*«» -
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Stealing a Wash Stand .- On Monday list , a woman named Mary Graham , was eomoritted foT trial , for having stolen a p&mted wash-st ^ nd , from the shop-door of Mr . Bradley , in Si . Ptter ' s-sqnare , She was apprehended while offrriugit for Bale at Mr . Thomas's , in York-street . Dog Fightikg .- —On Sat . nrday last , Wm . Halmley , of Hnnslet , was fined tea shillings and costs , for having been found fighting do £ S 4 in that township , a few days previously . IjfQOEST . —On Monday evening an inquest was held at the Court Hon ? e , before Mr . Blackburn , on the body of James M'Gow& 7 > , an infant six Wtsrksold , who was found dead in bed on Sunday morning , without any marks of violent . The parents reside in iliddle-row . Caaip-field . Yeldiot .- — " Died by the visition of God "
kobbebt . —During the night of Sunday last , some thieves broke open the shop of Mr . J . Knibb , general dealer , in Market-street . They obtained a booty of £ 10 in valne , consisting of coats , trousers , waistcoats , hats &o . "HOIJMFIKTH . —Cosh-Law Bewui . .-This Whig bait is taking very badlj bere . A petition to do something with the Uorn Laws ( we can hardly tell what ) was got ap a few w * -eks since by a few ofthe League irnok manufacturers of this town . The petition sheets have been sent on their travels to pick tip as many signatures as the charitably disposed please to give ; bnt we understand that very few have yet been obtained , and it lies in a rery ricketty state , scarcely any body inquiring a'ter its welfare . This apathy , on the part of the public , has given great ofRnce to its advocates , who begin to
eay that " if Mahom * -t will cot go to the moontain , the mountain must go to Mahomet . " Being determined to have some signatures from some quarter or another , they bad the petition sheets taken to the Caivinipt Sunday School , so that the scholars could si ^ n . The Bay-any-tniBg and do nothing ^ ntlemeo of Holmfirih refused to sign the National Petition , on the ground that the balk of the people were not intelligent enough to comprehend tho meaning of their Charter . Undoubtedly , they wi 33 admit that Sundaj School boys and girls from fivt ? to ten yt-ars of age , have sufficient intelligence to comprehend the meaning and effect » f a repeal ofthe Com Laws . The Chartists of Holmfirth , are no advocates for "dear bread f but we are glad u > s ^ e tbat they are tired of Whig nostrums and cold to any measure thai is not connected with the attainment of their natural and political rights .
COCSEBMOUTH—Cumbkkla > s Eastek Sessions . —Impoxzaat- to l » ABroas . —It may be remembered that , previous to last session .-, a complaint had been made io the Secretary of Siaie for the Home Department , by a Mr . Thomas l > xon , who was a ; that time confined in the Carlisle Gaol for debt , of certain indignities to which he had been snbjected by a Mr . Jehnson , one of th * Vjsmug Magistrates . His complaint was in subsusnee aa follows ;— I am persecatea by one of th > - Visiting Magistrates of this prison , Mr JoDnson , of Walton House-, nnder circum « tances which 1 shall briefly state to yoo . : Mr . UHpbant , who is a relative , and has always b » en a sincere friend of mine , altnouj > h in a delicate slate of health , came down to set me
¦ a ftw days ago , not only as a mend , but upon particular bnsiDess ; before , however , ho came into prison he inquired of Mr . < Jmd > . e , the Governor , if he might have a luncheon from the Bash Inn , and partake of it with me , to which the Governor assented , reminding Mr . Ohphant that no ypirita were allowed . Mr . JohnFon happened to be going ont of prison at the time , when a waiter from the Bush was bringing the luncheon in , and be then not only seni the turnkey to « -x % minewhat we had got npon the tray , buv remonstrated . with the Governor tor allowing debtors to partake of luncheons with their friends , and requested thai it migbr not ba repeated . In his capacity of one of the Visiting Magistrate * , he called apon ice on Saturday last , accompanied by the Governor , a fnend being with me at the time , and J candidly told him 1 had
written to the Secretary of St « to . 1 also added that a poor debtor , to wile away bis time in his confinement during the day , was i Id by Mr . Johnson that he should not coiamae to play upon his flutt . ' and that he , Mr . Johnson , had upon several occasions actually , without knocking at the dt-or , intruded upon the privacy of unfortunate debtors , who had their wives with them at the time . " In consequence of this complaint , Mr . Johnson agreed , at the iast Session , that -be Magistrates should refer the matter to ihe Home Secretary , and to request that he would send down an Inspector of Prisons , to enquire into the complaint . But instead of allowing tbis to be done , the Visiting Justices write to the Secretary of State on ibe Bucjeot , to which" communication they receive the following answer , a copy of which was , to their astonishment , receivtd by each of the Magi-trates : —
Whitehall , 19 th January , 1842 . ¦ " Gentlemen , —I am directed by the Secretary of State , Sir . J * taes Graham , to acknowledge tD ? receipt tf yoar ' letter of tbe 5 th ios ^ nt , and the accompanying documents ; &nd to inform yon , tbat tbo <_ X } lanations given as to yonr candnct , collectivtly and individually , are quite satisfactory . *¦ It appears to Sir James Graham , that it is not neeegssiy to order a special Vielt of the Insptctor of Pri-Bons ; . Imt Sir Jamea QTafesm i » of opinion tbat it -win be proper to admonish the gaoler -who cm permitted ! many JrrKularrties , in direct violation of the prison ¦; raits , and must be forewarned tbat sucb irregularities I should not again occur . j I have the hoacnr to be , I " Gantlemen , " Tour obedient Kjvant , " S . M . Philltps .
" To the Yisiting Justice * of the Ceuniy GaoL , Carlisle . " ! This , to say the least of it , appeared very Bugpicious condnct on the part of Mr . Johnson ; for he first re-¦ quests the Magistrates to write to the Secretary of ¦ State , requesting him to send an Inspector of Pri-. sons to enquire iiito hiB ( Mr . Johnson ' s ) condnct ; } and then , atraid to arast the matter in their hands , he : and his brother Visiting Magistrates write to the ] Secretary of State , throwing the odium off their own shoulders on to those of the GcTernor , against whose i conduct no complaint whatever had been made to the ¦ Magistrates . In coDscgaence of tbis , the 2 V 2 a £ i .-tr&tes I in Quarter Sessions a&embled , last week , at
1 Cocksrmeutb , insist on the whole correspondi ence being pabliBhed ; though , this is in : direet epposition to the orders of Sir James Graham ; however the magistrates properly considered it right tbat the whole shordd be published . - Hiss gave rise to a long and animated debate , which ' . lasted for upwards of five hours , and which ended ¦ in the appointment of two additional Visiting Jnsi tiees , Mr .. Brings having moved that three new Yi > -iting Magistrates be appeinted for the ensuins I quarter . -Thjfl was met by an amendment by Mr . ! Hof ! ons ,-to . the tffect that two additional justices i be added to the visiting committee , which was carj ried by 12 to 10 . We cannot refrain from making a few remarks on one portion of the report sent by i the Visiting Magistrates to Sir James Graham , and
I wnieii is as follow * : — " We the undersigned Visiting : Magistrates , beg to state , for the information of i Sir James Graham , that in consequence of information , M * jor Wiid had heard from John Reay , late a ; prisoner confined in gaol , that great irregiJarities \ were going on witbin the walls of the gaol . In consequence of this a special meeting of ihe Visiting j Jn&tices was held to investigate into the affair ; and j the following is the xesuH of their enqmries : — j *• That several convicted prisoners were working in 1 the garden for the Governor . Tbat the matron bad a female convict working in her bouse . That Mr . : Thomas Dixon , a prisoner confined for debt , had a ! friend ro dinner and provision introduced for him That poultry are kept by the Governor . '" The
report ig of great length relatirg all the particulars of their enquiry wideb was justitoied , h t it Dot be forgotten , un information received from a convicted felon , a m 3 D of dr-piaved habits and general bad character . Mr . Brown , in the course of thediscussion well remarked , on the subject of s ^ arching the tray containing the luncheon for Mr . Dixon and bis friend , there was no occasion for tbis ; any other genii e ' man might be in the earn © position as Mr . Dixon , . and euch cocdnct would not fail to be the source of gr ° at annoyance—( hear , hear . ) If the par * y were a felon , but there was no power given in case of debtors ., lie m'ght be searched for any dangerous Wtapons , &c ., he might h&ve concealed . Bui what weapons was a debtor
likely to introSnce at Orli ? le , in vhe folds of a beefsteak !—( laughter ) Would he bring in gunpowder in an appie-pie J— { renewed cheering . ) He could not understand the motive of the search—but perhaps tbere might have been Fpirits ? That , however , Mr . Orridge hs ^ pot to right by telling Mr . Oliphant tbat no Fpirits were allowed—and how was the fluid to be tested ? V ^ ere the turnkeys to be judges whether what " was admitted was wine or not ? He had himself tasted wine at public dinners , which ¦ certainly contained a large portion of spirts—Cl&nghter . ) Were ihe turnkeys to be jndges how iTjnch waB to pass as wine ! He would defy them to tell it either by the sight or smell , and therefore they must taste it . He would suppose the three taxi&eja *?« r « present when it was Drought in . All three -fronld tsste it to see if it was wine , and thus
: ; - three glasses weald disappear —( laughter )—but a doubt might -remain , so they would taste again What wonld be ? o « aof the poor debtors' wine 1 yjm if ttT . TTC . —A meeting to take iflto con > sideiaiioB sojc « of tte iskasesof the Factoriw' Bill ¦ ffasheiaihihe DrfholiiJ School Room , on Sundaj Jasl i Mr . PeterHocy iniheehair , when a petition was read , which on the * ° m * ° t the BaT » - H- J * Cook , seconded bj . hit . O ^ ba ^ St ® p A . rS' , JSf " moaJy carried , prajn > K no £ entTjnfto alteration of the Bill before the House , hi ^ f « ^ e uatilntion of the four hundred thoussod P 01 ^^ < £ government of this country zeoa ?** J * ™ J *™? in 1825 , for the education of the C ^ h ^ oi this couatry , but which it withheld and . "t " ^^ P 3 on the gronnd that if they give it to the prvW Pwaers they wfli i » encoaragbg Popery .
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Toward 3 thb CLfSE of the business attrc * Gloucester As ^ zes , on the 8 th , Mr . Sergeant TdKourd smnouncpd , evidently to the great sati- ; facfi « n o <*> o judR-e , tnat a SDeial j'rry case in the list would not be tried thU assizes , ; « would have taken until the end of the term , there were 3 . 000 issues to be tried . Mr . Jusriiie Erskine said it would be pretty amusenK'nt for the judge who nr . ght be fortunate enough to go that circuit in the summer . . W rrcHCKAFT . —At ! Cornwall Assizes , Bodmin Prrd . Peter Hatton , a Gountiy looking bumpkin , was iadicted under the 9 ih George ' I I ., for preteadtug to exercisa witchcraft , and thereby obtaining the sum 0 " 33 . from one Jenny Francis . The prosecutris was an old woman who . had consulted tbe conjuror
respecting a lost heifer . Thi 9 case was mails ouo , ard the jury , undt-r the direction of the judjr » , reiurned a \ erdict of not guilfcy . 1 ^; was then stated to the evident sarprise of the Learnec Judge ! resswell ) , that there was another indictment upon which tbe prisoner rou ? t be tried , and it turned out , indeed , that there Wrre fonr against him for the same o 3 nne . In the next case also , the " learned Theban " had be ? n consulted by a person who had had cattle aie in a suspicious manner—an intelligent and respectable looMng farm r , who « u ? ht to have known better , named Nottle . Tbe directions wj ich the prisoner had given to detect the person suspected of having poisoned them , were as fellows ;— " When
you get home , kill the calf ( which waB one of the cattle ill ) and take out his heart . You must stick this heart fnll of pins , and , writing the name of the person you suspect , must pin it to the heart . You must then roast and burn the heart to a cinder , and waiJct thi ? operation is aoing on you must read over the 35 h Psalm three times . " On receiving these instructions , prosecutor asked what h « had to pay i he prisoner replied , that he usual'y charged . £ 1 for this job , but that he wonld charge him only 10 s . Thf moi ey was paid ^ The prisoner was found guilty upon this indictment , but an arrest of judgwe . it was moved on a technical objection to ihe form of the indiotint-nt . The prisoner had to be tried on a third oa" = e , which was postponed .
Romakce in Real Life . —A case presenting features ol more than ordinary interest , and stroagly vindicating the maxim that crime stldsm fails to r . suit in its own punishment , ocenpied the Insolvent Deb'ors' Court on Monday , before Mr . Commissioner Farrel . We allude to the case of em Insolvent named Edward CTShaughnessy , whose petition was opposed by Michael Hallinan , of Chirleville Th « - facts d »> ' » i ! ed in evidence are briefly these : — In 1837 or 1838 (>' c > haughncssy , who was uudert-tood io bo in comforiablo oireuaisiancus , ftigned a pas ~ ion for the daughter of Hallinan , a girl of prepossessing attractions , nud in manners superior to many <> r ner grade . He won her affections but to be ' . ray them , and cast his victim a broken-hearted
wanoerer on the world . Under the solemn promise ol marriage be overcame her virtue , aa it was staled , forcibly , and she not being desirous of prosecuting her * de >; irojrr , or exposing herself to the bitter tanms of her acquaintances , resolved to emigrate to America . She proceeded to 'he United States , where she ob'ained such employment as her industrious habits iu farming fitted her for , but destiny cast O'Shaughnessy asain ia her way ; he offered her marriage , the offer was accepted , and the ceremony solemnized in due form , according to the ruual of the Catholio church , by a prieBt of huw York . He lived but three months with her , when he abandoned her in the midst of strangers , returned to Ireland , and after some time attempted
to marry another woman—an attempt which he faileo to accomplish through the ministry of a Catholic clergyman , but in which he was successful by obtaining that of a Protestant clergyman , who eithtr entertained no scruples upon , or who was not thoroughly acquainted with the matter . Hi 9 first wife , after having endeavoured , without success , to support her&elf in America , was compelled by the pressure of distress to come home and seek an asylum in her father ' s humble abode . She was receivea with paternal kindness . But Hallinan conceived that her husband was bound to support her ; and U'Sbaughneesy residing in the neighbourhood , he had him served with a civil bill process tor the maintenance of his wife . O'Shaughnessy appeared , and defended the process . He denied that ho had eTcr married her , and had well nigh succeeded with his defence , when , strange to say , two witnesses * vere
forthcoming , who were present in America when 'he marriage was > olemmz-d between tho parties . They came foiward , deposed to the tacts , went through a searching cross-examination , as wall at the hands of the assistant-barrister , who was evidently surprised at ihe incident , as at the hand ? of O'Sbanghne 5 ? y a solicitor . The force of truth prev&ilec , and a decree was granted against the do-ble betrayer . And , " most strange of all in this eventful history , " the defct for whioh be was detain * d ia ih : s instance was on a decree for £ 10 ., obtained against him for the support of" a child , the fruit of another amour ! Tho Learned Commissioner intimated ibat this was one ofthe most exiraordnary Ca . » fcs thh . t had come before him in his experience . XVo defence was set up against the crushing weight of facts Etateo , the p liuon of ihe insolvent wag summarilv di-missed , and he was sent back to gaol . — Co'k Examiner .
British Gbatitcof . —AStiukge Eveotvul Histort — We a > rioi . e ike follow ing biateait tit from Mr . Oastler ' s Fleet Papers of this day . It will remind our readers of the casa of Nelson hunted into hia ship by baii . n % and the Duke of Wellington > mprisouei : hi his tent by Duns , bofh for debts r < ' - 'iy cue by xhe countiy : — " Ua the 29 . h of April , 1 H . " 9 , a firet-ratv lnomuan , passing the h-raits of Malacca en her voyage from Bombay to Whampoa , iaoeu Tfiih cotton , opium , and general rcerchaadise , was signalled by a country ship , ' 1 have important inlormation to communicate . ' Our captain , the hero of our tale , went on board tho stranger . The 'information ' was as unexpected as * important . * Her Britannic Majesty's superintendent at Canton had been
cast into prison by Lin , the high commissioner of the emperor of China . Every British subject in Canton had been skz-sd and imprisoned by the Chinese high Commissioner—British property v / as confiscatedopium -was not only prohibited , but seized in the Chinese mters and destroyed . Hostilities were commenced by China against England—the British flag was insulted by the Chinese ! No British force was there , naval or military . Sixty eight British merchantmen , valued , with their cargoes , at more than seven miilions sterling , were then navigating the Chinese seas . S x thousand British subjects were afloat or on shore . Not a oorporal ' s guard on land —not an armed schooner at sea , to defend those lives or protect their property . The union jack of England
waved submisrive to the imperial Sag of China : Such was the * important information' which Captain Frazer , of the Good Success , communicated to Captain Douglas , of the Cambridge , in the Straits of Malacca , on the 29 ih of April , 1839 . It was not likely that a British Bailor , who had been trained under tbe pendant of old England , could hear such tidings with indifference . Douglas had not trod on Ea&Hsh soil for many a year , but the honour of his father-land and the British ibg was prized by him more than wealth or life . If no Queen's vessel was at hand to defend her Majesty ' s subject and their property , he knew that the Cambridge , though built for traue . would , if well fitted , stand the brunt of war . Personal inconvenience and losses were
unheeded : he instintly and chivalrously resolved to alter his course for Singapore , leave there the op > un > ( which had been prohibited by the Chinese ) , aud equip himself with men and gans for actual service . He did eo ; he had wealth—he epent it . In that enterprise be laid out about £ 5 . 000 . Manned and armed , on the 21 bj of May , 1839 , the Cambridge sailed from Singapore , bearing the flag of England , and . the we' 1-appointed vest-el arrived at Macao on tbe 7 ih of June . There Captain Douglas heard ol the release of Captain Elliot , her Majesty ' s superintendent at Canton , with whom he immediately communicated . EUioi rapturously received Douglas as ihe saviour of his country men—considered the Cambridge a God-send—engaged her for eight
months , at the sum of £ 14 000—appointed Captain Douglas a magistrate oi the outer waters—and placed the protection of British honour , lives , ana property in his hands . Under these circumstances , . £ 14 , 000 was a small sum for the hire of the Cambr idge for eight mocths . When she had fewer meu aud fcu nB , she had been chartered by the honourable East India Company , to convey troops to the Indus , for one month , at £ 2 , 600 . In erder to prepare the Cas-brid ^ e fur action , it was necessary to clear her . Ca plain Douglas , therefore , bought another vessel , the Mermaid , and loaded her with part of his cargo . It was three moniha before a Queen ' s vessel arrived . Meanwhile , Captain Douglas commanded on that station , and upheld the honour ofthe British name . with
The boats oi the Cambridge were in action Chinese batteries and junks . Twice was Captain Douglas wounded . In former services he had received two wuunds . His gallant and intrepid conduct obtained the thanks of her Majesty ' s superintendant—ofthe commander of the forces who arrived on the coast—and of Lord Palmers ton . Donglas was successful for his country ; ; bat he was so obnoxious to the Chinese , that hoiand tbe Cambridge wero proscribed by the emperor—hay , 7 , 000 dollars were offered for his head . Captain Douglas was , therefore , obliged to sell Ms ship , which he did , at a loss of £ 5 , 000 , and to leave the trade , which was to him an additional and enormous loss . Irt all * he estimates the difference between gemng himself and his oonntry , on 'that almost fawil emergency , 'at
430 , 000 . He was ueter paid the M * fim which Elliot promised i Instead of that Bunf her M » Jei ^ y B superintendent gave Douglas only ¦ i £ 2 t lO 0 . . .-. lie Hohbcj of Lords and Commons are thanking the soldiers and sailors who fought against the * , Chinese ., Captain Sir JoBeph Abraham Douglas , JuJJght , having suffered losses to more than the amount « I " ample fortune , in taking upon himself Vb llBfMW WW British flag , in China , when the ceieBtialmonaroh oaa . triumphed , was not , indeed , captured in China ; . w arrived eafely in England—he ' was complimented * : honoured and rewarded ^ and as I have told yon . On the 8 < b of Febraary , 1843 , a gentleman waa brought * prisoner to the place—he waB lodged in j tbe next cell to mine—that prisoner is Captain Sir , Joseph Abraham Douglas , knight ! J "
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Lord Chamberlain ' s Office , April 6 .-The Lord ChamW : rialn o' her Majesty ' s Household lias appointed Wiiham Wordsworth , Egq , to bo P < Kt Lanresue to hf-, r Majrs . y , in the lO ' . 'Oi of lit / oirt Southey , Esq J d-jceased . A Ypuno Woman named Sarah Diisley , has bsen committed to Bedford gaol , charged with the wilful Biurdef of her late husband , by poison . She is supposed to have mado away with a former husband and two children . Singular Good Fortune—A Thrifty Wife — An old peusioner , of tha name of John Dc < in , residing in the neighbourhood of Haley Hill , has recently experienced a singular reverse offbrUiae , und < ir rather extraordinary circumstances . It appears that Joha had been blessed , as it now turns out , with a remarkably saving and frugal wife , and such was her
disposition to save that John was always suppposed by nis friends to be iu rather indigent crrcumsaoced , and very ahort of money . A few daysa ^ o , nowever . John ' s wife waa so ill that no hopes wr : re entertained of her recovery . She called her husband to her bodside , and told him that if he looked in a certain place he would find an old stocking , and on his bringing it to her she pioceeded to draw from it a considerable number of sovereigns , counting out ten tor eaoh of her children , and the remahideivainouuung to upwards of £ 200 , she presented to her asto / iLshed husband . She haa since di-d , and tho uow comparatively rich old man has deposited the hard saviugs of years in a resppotabk bankin « -house in this town ; and has every prospect of Hpondmg the remainder of hia days above ihe reach of pinching poverty . —Halifax Guardian .
Hoax at Bath . —Some ingenious but mischievfus wag , relying uipon the credulity of that msiPs of gullibility , the public , caused the city to be well po .-ted on Saturday with placards , announcing that the first experimental trip of the asriel machine would be made from L ondon to Bath on Monday , conveying , as its freight , no loss a parsonage than Mr . Roebuck , our M . P . The biil went on to say that tho journey was to be commenced in London at . one o ' clock , and was expected io be accomplished in about twenty minutes , and that the machine would alight on Beech ^ n Cliff about half-past one , Bath time ! Then followed a London date , and the imprint of " Lyons and Reed , Dean street , Soho . " Thrs piece of WJggery was but adapted to make April fools of those
who were foote . already made , and hardly did we credit the opinion of pome of our friends , that numbers of persons would place confidence in the announcement , nofc seeing through the hoax . To our etiri » rLs <* , Hamptyn Chffs , B teh < a U ff , Bt-ach' -n Hill , Lanbdown , and other emiHences , were , at the notified time , crowded with open-moHthed , widestaring , patient , wonder-loving gallvb ea . Tno speculations of the assembled crowd were very amusing ; the probabilities of Mr Ro . back ; accompanying tho ferial machine bointr e&serly discussed—here by a > knot of greasy membirs of the company of cordwainers I thrre by a group of snips , whose observance of Saint Monday is proverbial . The sancuine dispositions of the
female sex , of course , brought not a few of tho fair admirers of our Kon . and Learned Member , to ewt-li the throng of wonder- waiting papers . Besides tho numbers congrei :. ved on tho clifi \ there were a great many stragglers in the neighbourhood , who had only half swallowed the tempting bait , and who , b ^ litviug the posHibility of the thing ; , but doubting is probability , hovered about the approaches to fho cliff which was to be the scene of descent , in a st-it-- ot self-patisfacMon and security at once amusing and ludicrous . Indeed , it may be affirmed that tho majority of the good people of Bath were he'd in a btate of su peust- between their incredulity and thtir fear of losing ; i si ^ ht of ro unusual & Rpectable as tho descent of thn rara ovis . Thia " glorious uncertamtv" di .-turbed , wearo told , tho domestic
srrungementB of more than one family , the salon a manyer being decried for ihe roof the house ; or , m other case ? , a member of the family acting as sentinel , while the remainder ofthe household wero ong . itjed at their mid-day meal . To keep up th' j- « ku , its contriver or contrivers , now aud then disciiargod a cannon , on whioh the waiting imb strained tii'cks as ]« Hg as cra . w-8 to catch a glimpse of the suppled coming machine . Half-past one passed , and tho Arid made no sign ; two , three , tour , five , and six o ' clock came , and passed al « o , but no indication appeared of its' arrival . Nothing now remained to the disappointed expectants but to decamp without bt-ai of dram , and to return to their homi-s , sheept ' acea and chopfallen , which tht > y did amidst the jeers of all who beheld them . —Bath Gazette .
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THE HORRORS OF TR . \ NSPORTA TIONT . At the Liverpool Assizes , on Tuesday last , one Gfco . Robinson , alias Saxon , pleaded Guilty to tbe charge oi having illegally returned from transports , and wben brought up for sentence entered into a ioou aud singular s ' ateraeiit . which was listened to by a crowded court with great attention . From tbis it appeared , tbat I" 1820 , beintf then but eisht ^ n yeara of ai ? e , bo had been convicted of a highway robbery at Pendteton . He received sentence of death , but waa finally transported for life . He had , however , an irresistible deeira to ti turn to hfs native land , and sometime after bis nrrml at 8 idnpy made an attempt to escape by swimmini ; t ff to n brig lying in the ro : i *! . o , and sncci e « ied in concealing himself below unlil » he wan at 8 e » . She
was driven back , bowevtr , by stress of wather . ho was givpn up to the authorities , received a hundred inihfS , and was sent to a penal settk nu-nt , flrdt at Hunte ' a Kiver and afterwords at Macquarriw H < rbour . He described bis situation as intolerable , without any communication with hia friends , shut out front the world , and with hardly a hope for the future : He determined again to make an attempt to escape- He Kft tfie colony wita several others . Three days after they were attacked by the natives ; several of tbf ^ i were wounded , ai ; d all their clothes and provisions were carried off . To go foiwaid in this condition was almost hopelessto go back waa to suffer a ^ ain a punishment of 100 lashes , and condemned te work in a gang reserved for tbe worst criminals , They resolved to go on . They
lost themselvpB in the Blue Mountains and . wandered about naked sixty days , living on what they could pick up in tht bush or along the shore , to which they were finally conducted hy another party of natives . They were then near tbe site of Port Pnilip . Here thyy fell in with another tribe , by whom they were taken tin (\ given up to the authorities . Taey were conveyed to Coal R ver naked as they were . They there were allowed a blanket to cover them , but even this they were obliged to leave behind when they were shipped on board a Government vessel which was taking coals to Sydney ; aDd , hut for some canvass which th > y were allowed to have to cover them , they would htve to lie naked on the coals In tbe hoW . They were lauattd in this plight at Sydney . There public charity supplied them witb
some clothing , but one of bis companions' for six months , bad nothing but a pair of trousers . They We r * sentenced to receive 100 lashes , and to be sent back to to Macquarrie-harbour . Their wretched state was such , however , tbat the first part of the sentence was nut inflicted , the medical man having made a representation that prevented it . He remained at Macquarrio-harbour some time , when he again , with some others , got away in a whuieboat . and ran along tbe coast for nine days , having made a sail by fastening together the shit t « of the party . They were obliged , by want of provisions , to put into Hobart-town , and were again sent back to Macqunrrie-harbotir , and placed on Big Island—the depot for the woret offenders . -. Hedescribed the horrors of this place as teeing more than language could paint .
Several , be said , bad committed murder tbat they might bB removed to Sydney for trial , thouab . certain that after this short respite death would be the punishment of their crimes . Ha told a singular tale of one Pearce , who bad attempted to escape witb several others . Provisions failing , they wtre obliged to sacrifice one to save tho rest . All perished in tbis way , till Pearce and another alone remained . They watched , each conscious of the other ' s intention , for forty . eight hours , until Pearce got an opportunity of kilting his companion . He was taken , and again escaped with one Cos , whom be als" killed , and for this he was finally ex > cuted . At this horrible place thd prisoner said be remained for upwards of seven years , when he was sent to Hobart-town . Re again escaped on boards vessel .
and concealed himself till ahe was twnnty-ono days ,. t « ea . The captain , however , gave him up on his arrival at St . Helena . He was sent buck to the Cape , ana thence to Robin ' s Island , where he worked for seven months , with 26 'b ot irons upon him . He wag then sent to Macqnatrie- harbour . His conduct , during a gale od the passage , rtccminended him to the merciful consideration of tbe authorities , and ufi ^ r the lapse of three years be was allowed to come hack to Hobarttown , and finally obtained a tickot of leave . He still , however , longed to see hia native land . He escaped on board an American whaler , in which he ernised for several months , but the eoptain intending to give him
up at the first opportunity , he took advantage of tbe Vt-ssel touching at New Zealand to take refuge with the natives . By them he waa well treated , and finally got an opportunity of entering without suspioion on board a vessel bound for Boston ; hence be wrought his passage to Quebec , aud thence to Greenock and Liverpool . He bad since been living at Manchester , and gaining an honest livelihood by the labour of bis bands . He protested that since bis original offence his conduct bad been tbat of an honest man . His sole wish had been to see his native land , and he expressed a hope that his sufferings and bis good conduct would recommend him to the merciful consideration of the authorities . ' i
Mr . Baron Parke said tho tale which be bad related wouUt , he trusted , help t « dissipate any idea th » t might be lurking in the minds « f any who might bear H , tbat transportation waa a light panhihment It waa his duty simply to pass on him the sentence , thai he should be transported again for the term of his natural life ^ ¦ - , ' «¦ The prisoner bowed respectfully , and wti removed from the bar . The appearance of thin man was calculated to procure credence for the history he related . There was a remarkable expression of Buffering and hardship in bis oouBtenance , and there was something moving In the m viner in which he received tee sentence that was to e ^ nsiga aim ngcin to the honors be had been describing ' .
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NORTH WaJLES ci ucui p-Chcster , April 10 . CK'HVN ,: > fDE . ( Before Mr Justice Maule . J MURDUR AND RAPE . The trial of Jame ^ For . i , for Ihe murder of Samuel Shaw , being fixed for this morning , the court was crowded to excess , the enormity of the crime exciting considerable interest . [ On the Learned Judge arriving in court , the prisoner , a full-faced robust man , aged twenty-three yeai-B . was placed at the bar . R >\ appeared totally iudiSV . reut to tho posuion in which he was pliwuMi . He was charged by tha name of James Ford , late of the township of Mortram , joiner , with the wilful murder of Samuel Shaw , j by giving him divers mortal wounds , bruises , and contusions , and by throwing him on the ground , whereby i ; e lingered from the 1 st to the 8 h of October last , and ihen died . The prisoner \>\< a ed iuot guilty .
There was also an imiictmeut charging the prisoner with a rape on Hannah , the wife of the said Samuel Shaw , on fcht > day abb ve- mentioned . Th « Attorney-General for the Palatine , and Mr . TraffWd , wero for ihn prosecution ; and Mr . Temple and Mr . Townsend wire t ' - » r j . ho prisoner . The Attorney General having stated the caso for prosecution , Mrs Hannah Shaw , aa < ! £ orly female , not of a prepossessing appearance , vr 4 s then , called , and she stated that her husband w , xrf a * hoemakt , r , living at Long-lane , on the borders of Derbyshire . On Saturday , the lit of Oct » b < . r , witness accompanied her hu . iband to MoJtraro , un 4 af >/? r making a few purchases , they called at a pubiii 3-hou « e , where her
hugband had & glaea of alo a , u « i a pp ; - of tobacco . Th y then went to the Aniiel Inn ,: wh * re they met tli « prisoner and sevoral othor p ? fsoos . At this house they remained until about twj-lvo o ' clock , and had pome drink . On betn «< about to l « avo the house the witness said she would ! ry to find Mr . Eltnus ! - bara , whd lodged with her , and u » k liim to accompany them home . The prisoner heard this , p nd said he would soenmptiny them . Witness , her husband , the prisoner , ; anH a peraoa named Hopkinson then left the houso together , and walked along the road as good frinjudfl . When they had got a short distance a person oueup on a horse , when the prisoner asked him if hia horse would carry double , and if he vvi i ( d Wi him ride ? Tie
man said he would rather -afcti up tiu » young woman ; but Hopkinson asked to be r > jk < m up , and the prisoner assisted him ou the hoise ? Imtnediately on their goiug off the pns"iier began to take liberties with witness , on which ihe desired him to desiht . Her husband hearing k turned round and said , ** What ' s up - ¦ jli . uol >»« oe yiiei I" The prisoner then went up to her husband and knocked him down , Sho got ui > . and .-eein £ the prisoner b « atin « her husband , pho screamed out " murder !' The prisoner then agaiu knocked her down , and whilst on tho ground ho beat hfcr no that ahe lost h « r senses . On her recovery she f < iund herself in an adjoining fiold , and the prisoner standing near . She then started houtcr , the prisoner eouta
wuh her part of the w-. \ y , and eaputttl « y entreating her not to tell ii i hu * b ind what h * d passed , she reached homeas it wjh coming dayiight , and awoke Mr . El'Tin ^ haui , < lef * iring him to take notice of the state >\ iti was iii > b- u ^ obliged to pas * through his bed-room , in orck-r to reach her own She then weut to h < . r husband ' s r om , aud found him lying in b"d qut « i'isi nsible . Siie immediately sent for Mr . Smith , u mr ^ eoii , who attended her husband unfj ] his dea" , which tonfc plaeo on the Saturday following . The witftf-ss -u e < i that wh > n they left the An ^ l Inn , at Mcttram , her husband was rather the worse- for liqin .-r ; but she , the prifioner , and Hopkinson wtre soliar . Her hu ^ baud did not stiike rhe prison r at a )! .
Several other witnesses wot © oalle-d who corroborated the evidence of Mrs . Slaw . % . rA the dying declaration of tho de < wafsed was a ' so ^ ivfm in evidence to the eifeot that as he wai cyoiiu ^ aions < the ro ad from MoUram with bis wi ; e aod the prisounr . the latter attempted to ' uUc lil .-Tfi ? s wi * h tier , and on his telling him to demist , he ( the prisoner ) knocked _ him down , and boat him about the face and head with a stane until he became insensible . On hi * recovery hn did not see hi * wife about , and walked bouao . Th- ^ shirt ihe prisoner wore on the riiyht of t ¦>« attack was jro duced , and was marked with blood . Several persons also deposed to the ;) riw ;> ner o ^> ufe ^^ lnlJ that he had made the attack on tho oeec ^ cd , and the sureeons proved that he ha-d diod of an effusion of blood ou vhe brain caused by a wound oa the back of his head .
Mr . Temple addressed the jury in an eloquent speech of considerable U-nith , contending that the orobibilitiea of tho cade were , tfi < u the at n < : k had beeu made in cousujU ' -uco of an attack from the unfortunate deceased for som ^ ^ uoposed liberty he had taki-n with His wife , and he ci'led—Mrs . Waghtaffe , who had inn caro of ths Anj ; el inn on the aighi iu question , a » j iviio < lpposed to the witness Shaw , her husband , and Cljykin ^ on , leaving thu housu in a sta . e of intoxication , and that , tho prisoner had left before . The Learned Juoge having Fuminfd up , The Jury found u verdic oi guilty , but reoommend d the prisoner to uv-rcv . His Lordship saiJ ) ie ha-f no p-. wer t <> mitipate the sen . unoo—tha . t belongeJ to auoiu-r power . The trial for rapa was not ; proceeded with , aud hia Lordbhip deferred padsing :-eiit * -iice .
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL . CROWN COURT , Saturday , April 8 . ( Before Mr . Baron P'irke . J MURDER IN LA . 'VCA ^ fllRE . Wilmot Buckley waa indicted ' or the wi'Itu ! murder of EHziibeih Buckley , at Si . HeJonV , on the 27 th day of November last . L ) r . Bbown conducted the case ifor the prosecution and Mr . Ja . mes < tefeuded the prironer . Dr . Brown having seated aa outlin'i ot' the case to the Jury , called the witu < s- ' « w , in whosa evidence the circumstances will be found more ful ' y detailed . Jane Rigby examined .-- My house is at the eutrance of St . Helen ' s , a little off the road . The prisoner and his wife lodged with us from March to the 27 th of November , 1842 . Tti .-y had been married seven
weeks when thoy came to me . The deceased , Eliz * brth Buckley , was at home all day on the 27 th of November ; it was Suuday . The prisoner went to church in the afternoon . Ho re'urnied a little after four . They went out after tea . Never knew them to have any difference . As she was going out she said , " Mrs . Rigby , please to leavoj the key under the mug at the door ; Wiimot and I are going out . for a walk , " They had been accustomed to walk together on a Sunday , fehe wore a dark olo&k and a boauet . About six I went out . j I left the key where she desired me . 1 returned a little after seven , and found the key whore I left it . The prisoner came home at a quarter before nine . The witness then proceed . d torei . it « tk-Ksucc-uue which
the prifoner gave respecting the non- arrival of the deceased . It was to ihe effi ot , that at the end of the lano he desired her to waik on , and he would overtake her ; that he could iiot lind h * -r , and supposed she had gone to her sister Mary ' s house ; that h « went there , and could not find her . ; Tae prisoner and bis wife occupied a parlour and bed-room , When he reMmied on 'he ni ^ ht of tho murder , he made a fire in tho bed-room and then want into the house of Mrs . Barker , n < xi door , and > whun he fame back he said sho was not there . The prisoner and hi * brother-iu-law then went out to try to fi id the deceased . Wimess weut to bed about ten , leaving
the door unlocked . Did not luar thu prisoner return that night ; but hf did return , and said ; "Mrs . Higby , I could not iitid her ; 1 have bven vvexy where at uii lskely to find hvr . Elizabeth c-juld not intend to siop because she has let g her keys in l \ . r tru . ik ' In the morning witnt- ^ s got up at snout hal' -pa ^ t five o ' clock , lighted a candle , aud cahed out , " VViiaiot , tihzabeth has not come ; will you got up aid . go and see if she has gonw to A 4 ifjou ! "' He go up , had some breakfast , and went uut t . v > ont . hair past sis o'olock . The deceased was near hor cnio of confinement . Witness did uot tee tho pris ^ ntr uniil the inquost . ihe body was taken to a « t -bh acjoiiiing , Wi era witness saw a white co ' T . n b ^ iif'k'Tohief
belonging to the lieceaMi ; i ? i . a- bL-vdy .- fe ^ e tho handkerchief in her h .. ui when she p ut ihtf body into the ouffin . The prisoner is a pa nrer by trade IIo was in the habit oi walking in iho neighbourhood , and o ? " being a week or ten dnyn * way at once . Ho had been away the gr ^ ator par' of tne preceeding week . He appeared tu be very civil always to tho deoeased . The deceased often twld wi ' . neas that Wilmot , if they met a ycung womau when th' » y were out walking together , would look after her until ehe was out of sight . Sue said thia in good humour , iaughiag , but said she d . d not hke to ' see it . She
often complained of Wilmot ' s deings % Tnongst the youBg women . A yonnt maa in the iieighbourhood raised a report about the prisoner having connexion with another woman while the deceased was at Manchester . Witnoss told deceased not to mind it , as she had not seen it . The deceased was not angry , but treated it as a joke . Witness said , " Unless you see a thing , never mind : if you dou- ' t Isrow the consequencea of jeaiouBy , I will tell you : it damns many a boul , and commits many a murder . " WitBess said tbiB io deceafied to preveat her being influenced by the reports which she might hear . 1
Peter Robinson examined . —I keep the ; Bird * i'the-Hand public-house on the Moor . On the 27 th of November last v he prisoner and his wife came to my heuse about six o ' clock in the evening , jand had a glass of rum and water a-piece . They Were to all appearance quite happy . Tkey generally came to my houBo on a Sunday . Never heard of any jealousy existing between them . 1 John Chadvrick examined . —On the * 27 / . h of November I waa a groom living at Eeoloatoh , about a quarter © f s mile from the Bird-i ' -thc-Mand . A
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^•^ U-5 B £ gSSg £ :- " ?¦ £ ¦ , ti ^ y :, - zzssgx , v — » Ti ¦ - — - ^ ae man naEied Mikin liv . vi ab , u ; , l * > 0 yar . J ^ fr .-ni . ra . Knowa the p ' ace wheru t"e t > -. » dy w . s foum « . ihe b' ^ dy was found about 200 yards fvim th « i > iaca where I lived . At the time I was oomin ^ witu my wife from St . Helen ' s the church bells were r ! n » i » £ { . It was half-past six o ' clock- Went from my h > us « to Ma-kiu's for a light ; came back , and ht-sro a noi 3 e , a great shout , and closed the door . 1 h ird the shout two or three times . Never heard -i , we like it bsfore . I was startled by it , and to } .: my wife to lock 'he door , as I was very much alarmed . The voioe was more like that of a man than of a wumftn .
T omas Litres , a collier , was employed in sinking a coal-pit oa the 27 th of November , near th * - tirnpike-gace . Went between six and seven o ' oWk in the morning to George Mortou to borrow a spide . * lorcon , looking through the pantry wJnduw . P' -uiEed down the fi » d and said , " Thomas , wnai ' syiwirtT | w Witness went in'o the field , and found a w ^ man n-ar the hedgp , about four or fire yards from ai . otber fitd . She was lying oi h < r left side , covered v ^! tb blooi . Examined the body and found the ih > -. < afc cut—it was cut deeply . There was a cloth mi the wound—a white pocket-ban . kerchief torn—on * part in the woan . d , a « d another on rhe ground ; tb ^ part
oi the handkerchief on the tcrenud was aot b ><> , 'dy . The body wus dre * sed in biank . The clothe ? w « ra covered with blood . Her bounot was on ; the b ^ n-iet was tied under the chin . She had gloves OB , winch wrre bloody . Turned the body and found a p * tr of scistior ? ,. with a chain and a thimble . 1 went < fi > vvn tho Hold and told constable Glov « -r what I had «< « n . Put the things which I found in my pocket . Tha body was remored ; saw it afterwards in the t > t ' i « ston Arms . There were two distinct pieces t , f iha handkerchief . Tiie witsess underwent a som ¦ > " & * lt >( ie ; thend cross examination , but nothing ircpor ank was elicited .
William G ! > v ? r , a oons ^ able at Eccleston , nj'c tha last witness on th * monr ' ng of November 27 . v < y ^ nt in consequence to the body , and found a bloon- rag nrar it . Found ft thimble undar the body ; ro" ,. no knife or iustruiotnt . R mov ^ fi the body to t !; - h ' o » clestbn Arms . P « t the thirablein my pock ' t . 1 S'h « witness produced th > -. ar'iclos ) Removed tli- ' -dy about rislf ' -oast ei ^ ht in tue morni »! i ; . Willtam Storey , sup . 'riot « n < f « n , t of polic ? f < -- " h « dintnct or Sc . Helen's . — Knows where Chatiwck lives .. ( Witness pointed out in the p ; an Chidw . i'n ' g and Mfikin ' s Uoiise , and also Gin-laus . Chadv * os's house is at the corner ot Gui-iaflc . ) On the -. » -a « mg of the 28 ih weni , iu seaich of Buckley to . "ds Ashton , about 6 ix miles from St . Helen ' s 4 e
was comnijr towards St . Helen's with his iifner an < J his wife ' s motiier . Met them ahoui iwo miles- from St . Hrlen ' s . Pnlled up the ' " -s-e , and came alongside of Buckley . I said " ^ fiat have you done io your wife ? " He paid he bao lost her . I said it was rather struuge he should to ^ - > his wife . He mado uo reply . I tbrn searched hifn , « nd found in hs pocket a large clasp knife . I o , « ued the knife , and observed blood ou the blade . I a ~ ked him how the blood came there ! He eaid r '" aa nof blood , but ret ! paint . I then asked him t > - , viU off his c « at . He did not < io so . and I pulleci Jv - eoat off . Found his shirt besmeared with blood . 1 aid " i'liis is f ; n . ongh for me , " ( T ^ e shirt was pron'f . rad , the wristbands were Ptsititxi wi ' . h blood ) i ^< d .
" I'bin is enough for m ° ; I now oharjje you with tbo murder of your wif <; . " He told m « that i a had occasion to go info a fiVld ; she walked on . rmi ha lost h . ' r . I took him to the lock-up , oxaruin . . " ''ttn , and ioutid six haH-crowns in his pocket . Exa i , ied his frisusers , ami he said " These are not the u-- - ' -ra I had on ya-te' -diy . Th « baek trousers I v > re y .- «« terd » y are at honiR . " I proceeded to his lod . y ? 3 . Wont U ) his bed r \;;> in and took pussession of hi ^ ' -at ^ waisicoat , aud trou . sers ; they were in a box . iMt . rk 3 of blood wi re on th « cuff » f his coat , on the left tvm » and on the left pocket of his trowsera ; on the •^ aidtcoat no blood . The articles were preseved . 1 saw a candlestick in tho sittiug-room ; marks ofc ' ood wero on it ; it was the ono now prortuoad . - > . < tw
market of blood on three haif-crowns , now procured . Examined the olorhes on the Monday , on the Tuo- day he ( iho prisoner ) knocked at the cell door . I opt ned tho door and wr-m in . I a-ked him what he wa ^ - - i ! Ho said he wished to c ' . a Mr . Wood , t said noi . i > iQg to induce him to make any communication to ma . \ lr . Wood , his old master , had been a friend t" him . " lie had i-: e > uiethina very h-avy upon hismmd , " . v'r . oh he wished to tell him . ' I told him that he c-uld have no communication with auy person witty-m ny being present . He said , " You may be presets if you chooFe- ! ' I then wont tor Mr . Wood . Uii my return I met Mr . GreenalU the magisT . ^ . I had some ca 8 ea to dispose of before Mr . Graeaall . J . ad after dipposiat ? of them I told that 2 eBtl <* ma-r > a ' wut
tho prisoner wishing to see Mr . Wood . Tho pfri ^ . aer had no opportunity of seeing ; Mx . Greenall . The prisoner knocked at the cel !> and expressed a wish to see Mr . Grfen » rll . I ca'lea Mr . Greenail m \> ¦ . he ctU . Wh « n Mr . Greenail oame into the cell thy ; risoner commeveed making a statement . After 1 : a , r « ins a portion ot his statement , Mr . Greenail ? . iid , " You had hptt ^ r tell me nothing , as ifr may be v * edagaiusc vou . ' The prisoner turned to me and > tid , " Twas I who did the dead . I hope you will " ' »> a friend to me , " I replied , " I can't befricad yoxx . " He said that he and his « -vifo wentltothe Bird-T clta-Hand ou S ' . inday ni ^ ht- They remained there a short time , s > nd had < -toh aalassof rum . They left
the pnbiic-houss as thft St Helen ' s church bells v . ore ringing . After they had Walked a short dist- ica they heard the St' . Heku ' s coach coming . The C ; 'Ch g ^ n ^ raUy arrives at r wjnty five minutes to seven . He proceeded ,, to say that aivur th © coacti passed , uig wife begao to browbeac him about a girl that he . iad setn in Wi ^ au . They walked on a little fui-Mer , and she continued to browbeat him ; she follvivwi him , and continued to browbeat him again . Ho ^ ok his knife out of his pocket , and jumped upand statoed her in the throat . He said the knife found in his possession was the knifo with which he stabbed Utr , and , havitig done so , he took out of her pocket thiee half-crowns . H « ^ aid he did not know how to » et out of the field , but he met witb two men and two
woroc-n . Mr . Scudamore , assi ? tant-sur /? eon to Mr . Ganon , of St . Helen ' s , in November , 1842 , examined ; he body where it wai shown to him by the coasciiWej Glover , in a stable at tha Eooleston Arm * , w . iore the corouer ' s inquest was held upon it . Hs fou :. d a large wound in tho u <; ck ; it was a cut about three i'lehes in length , and two in depth . It cut cho carotid artery through , and went between the fourth aud fifth VCTtebiaeuf the neck . The wind-pipe was severed . The wound was partly a « tab and p- ^ rly cut . I attribute death to the sudden Ios 3 of bioxid from the division of the carotid artery . D v-h must havo been instantaneous . The wound niijiht have been produced by such a knife as that produced .
The prisoner s statement before the coroner was then produced , aud read as follows : —^ I went to church last Sunday afternoon . I came back ag ^ in and got my tea , and had a pipe of tobacco . My wife wished me to take a walk with her . 1 toUi . aoc to put her bonnat on , and she went and did <¦<> , putting a small shawl on under her cloak . She told Mrs . Rigby to leave the k >; y , Baying , ' We shall perhaps not bo long . " We went up the hill h «» re . She had bfen very poorly for two or three days , and paid she felt a little" better with the walk . We w * -nfc as far as the Birci-in-i > and , and had a glasa of mm each . As w » got out , we heard the St . Helon ' s coach coming ; 1 asked her if she thought you ivas tne St . Helen ' s roach ? She said she did nos know . We stopped till tho coach passed , and it was tae St . Hoien ' a coseft , and we went on after it , towards home . I liavn been out of work fora month last Monday . I belonged to the Odd FellowB , and # ofc
my card , and w « nt on tramp towards Yorksh « r . I went through Piston , Wigan , Blackburn , aud Mw-Chester , and calied at her auut ' s where I omrned her lrom . I came h-itne on Sunday week , wen ? to Liverpool ou Wednc-id ; y , » nd oame back by the coach As we were goni tf back to St . Helen ' s on Sunday last , after the coach passed , I was telling her about root-i sweetheart ot mine I had seen in Wigan . I had nor seen her for two or three ye ^ ra . This made her j « ilo « H , a » . id she began to broiVDeat me and .- ; aid I e ^ u . d iouk at ar > y body or lova any woman rather that ! htr . and I ' m sure l ztaver lov ^ d anybtHy but her . Wl camo past the gate that leads to the field , anri £ w- > r , t in'o the fieid : she followed tDo , and kept upbraiding me about this woman . I threatened her wk * t I d dv at her , if she -djd nofc hold her noise about it , as it wa 8 > tll nonson ^ H . She kept iioin ^ i on . nuti I i '< li ? o mad &i her , that 1 pullrd my knife out of my- ix . ikm and stabbed h ^ . r . I dou ' t know how it was . I ' m ^ vire . "
This closed tae ess a ibr the prosecution . Mr . Jamks Bddre ? s . n Hie Jury for tbe pri . oner , contend ' . u ^ that he c iramitied the deed under heatt d ai . d excited fe < 'lings ; t iat in proportion a ; - tho doo a-jt < i was fond o' h « r Siusband , in the same proportion won ! d bo h r reclines of jealousy , for which , as the evidence demonstrated , she-had too much reason . The Learned counsel proceeded to show that the field had a thoroughfare whore the body was found , and was of all other places the most unlikely one which a deliberate murderer would select for the commission or * -the de < 3 d . The blow , too , was a left-handed one , another reasoa why it was not
deliberate , but the re 9 ult of instantaneous passion . The rag which was found in tho neck was a proof that the moment he had committed the act he rushed to her assistance to stop the blood , to heal the wound . The Learned Judge proceeded to budj op , stating W £ own belief that noihing had occurred to take th » offence out ofthe category of murder . He proceeded , at great length , to read the avidenoe , which , ho commented on te be ¦ oroceededV ¦ ¦ •> ¦ ¦* -- ¦ The v Juiy found tne prisoner Guilty of marder , but recommended him to mercy on the ground of his own statement . -
His Lordship , in passing sentence upon the prisoner , stated that he would forward the Jury's recommendation to the Secretary of Slate , but he could hold out no hope of life . He advised him to prepare for that end which in a few days he would have to meet . The prisoner , on the sentence beiDg passed , appeared not the least affected by his situation , and walked away with the greatest composure .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1208/page/3/
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