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    • THE ALLEGED MUTINY AND MURDER ON BOARD.THE TORY—ARREST OF CAPT. JOHNSTONE.
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      MANSION HOUSE . . c . : T—TtoviiL Assam * . —Joseph . Barnes , a SA ^ ' £ « ™^ a . laced in the dock by police-^^ nSJ ^ es * . beforethelord Mayor , when SSSS * that he W ^ pot-boy at theSax Ws SI Ca mOTnile . street . Bishopsgate ; ^ prisoner came XAousetMs morning aboutserentfclock , and called £ * ™ t of bali-awi-hatf and some bread and cheese . T ° L £ aW ^ erred ^ -with / h e harf-and-half ; h . 7 iEZ \ - 005 ) aftcrWards toot thefrisoner a slice of bread j ^ eTea nd asked at the same time for payment , S&p « ^ A » . Shorter ^ vould he aMwerable ths risoner attemp t to leave

      for the woney . Ou p *^ the house without paying he stopped him , wheu the prisoner raised the stick now produced ( a for . midable weapon , with an iron ferule on one end ) and Ifith it felled him to the ground . John Lewis , the polieeman deposed that he was called into Mr . Prettyman ' s , the Saracen ' s -Head , to take the prisoner into : custody when he was exeeedinglj violent , and gave him several very severe kicks on the legs which were still painful . Prisoner apoeared perfectly so * er at the . time . The Lord Mayor . Sued the prisoner £ 3 or to suffer one month's iraprisonniect , and afterwards to find bail to keep the neace .

      BOW STREET . TCEEDAT . —R . 0 BBE 8 IES BT LETrEB CaBBIEBS . —John Cord ,-who has been a letter-carrier in the Post-office upwards of nine years , was plaeed at the bar before Mr . Jardme , charged with stealing a ^ letter containing money , the property of the Postmaster-General . "William Abbott , a letter-carrier in the Lojdon district of the GeneralPost-office , stated that on Monday evening , about half-past seven o ' clock , he was an duty with the prisoner at the branch office , in Charing-cross , sor ting letttrs . The prisoner , was engaged on his right hand side at the time . < Witness observed the prisoner take theletter from the Gqlden-sguare box wi ^ i his left-hand , at the same time taming round to his desk , which was situate at the upper part of the office , and as his back was turned he pat aletter into his right-hand troHsers pocket . Witness ' immediately made a communication of what he had seen to the inspector , and shortly after the prisoner went into

      adjoining room , leading to the water-closet , which witness mentioned to the inspector , and having followed him , he came out a-ain after a shortdelay . —Kr . James Smithers , inspector of letter-carriers , said that in consequence of rfin . % he had heard from the last witness , he watched the prisoner into the water-closet , the do » r of which he fastened after he entered . Witness then got on a step , by which he was enabled to see that the prisoner had a letter in his hand , and having asked him what he was doing with it , lie said " nothing . " He then came out of the apartment , and the letter turned out to be directed to the "Secretary of the Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway Company , 449 , Strand , upon which a constable was sect for , to whom he was given in charge . —Mr . George WilUs , aclerkin therailway office , having opened theletter , found that it contained the transfer deeds of conveyance &r ten shares , with a half-sovereign , on account ! as fees —The prisoner -was remanded . ..

      Francis Cope , another letter-carrier , was nest placed at the tar , charged with stealing three letters . Matthew Peak , a constable employed in the General Post-office , stated that on Monday night , about seven o ' clock , he went to the Paddington branch office , where he met the prisoner , and having searched him , he found a small tobacco box containing secret springs , which he desired him to undo , at the same time asking him what was inside , npon which he replied two letters , and having set the hands of the springs , it was opened , and contained letters torn into pieces . Witness then proceeded with him to aearchhis lodgings , at Jfo . 8 , St . John ' s Wood-terrace ; and having asked him on the way what letters were in thetobaecohox , he replied that " one coutaiued a sovereign , and the other , which was only addressed to a servant girl , nothing . * He was then asked by Mr . Cole , the inspector of letter carriers , what post date the letters bore , and he said , " one bears this day , but the other I don ' t know . " He was also asked if the sovereign found

      on him , -was enclosed in the letter , and he said " yes . " On searching the tobacco box at the station , a letter was found addressed to" Jane Stagg , St . John ' s Wood-terrace , Hegent ' sPark , 75 , " ana also the fragments of a letter addressed " Mr . Bastin . at Mrs . Harris ' s , No . 2 , Wellingtoiuplaee , St . John ' s Wood-road , near the chapel , London . " Other evidence was heard , and the prisoner , who « aid nothing in his defence , was ordered tob » remanded . The prisoner was again charged with stealing another letter containing money . It appeared from the evidence , that a letter containing a marked sovereign , a shilling , and a sixpence , was addressed by Mr . Walter Scnlthrope , a president of the General Post office , to a Miss M « Kenzie , of St . John ' s Wood , and although another letter was delivered oh the same evening by the prisoner at the same house , nothing was heard of the letter in question , the contents of which were found upon his person . He was again ordered to be remanded upon this charge .

      MABLB 0 R 0 DGH STREET . -Mokdat . —Cawdbk of Gambleks . —At two o ' clock , on Sunday morning , a party of the C division of police , tinder Superintendent Berssford , proceeded , on the authority of the police commissioners , to the house , No . 7 , Bennet ^ treet , formerly occupied by Mrs . Edmonds , of BUI discounting feme , and having gained an entrance , proceeded to take all parties in the house into custody as gamblers , and as being found in a common gaming house . In the exercise of the additional powers invested in the police by the Games and Wagers Bill , some of the patties captured were searched on the spot , in errfer to ascertain whether they had any gambling implements -concealed on their persons . It was the want of this power of search , in case the party to be searched objected

      to the operation , that was supposed to operate as a bar to the conviction of parties taken into custody on suspicion of bein * gamblers , as it was allegsd that such parties , by concealing the implements of gambling on their persons , in general prevented the police from obtaining a material portion of evidence . The police , however , find that this new power will not assist them to the extent anticipated , as the practised gamblers are too wary to hare now anything more than dice and dice-boxes in the house , which may be effectually got rid of in a few minutes in case of attack . Mr . Wilkins atteudedfor the defendants , whogava the following names : —Charles Wilson ( real name Henry OIdneld ) , JohnMorris ( real name Jones ) , John Humphrey ( real name Sowden ) , W . Johnson , E . ttartin , Richard Seyford . Superintendent Beresford : I am superintendent of

      the C division . I produce papers containing thereport to the commissioners of the house , So . 7 , Bennet-street , being a common gaming-house , and the order of the commissioners to enter the house . In obedience to that order I went , with a division of constables , at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , and I rang the hell at the house , So . 7 , Bennet-street . The door was opened by Johnson , and I took him immediately into custody , and handed him over to Inspector Squire , who accompanied me . I went forward and took two other persons , who gave the names - of Humphrey and Seyford . Humphrey I hare known before by . the name of Oldfield . I went up stairs into several moms , but found no persons there . I came down stairs , and found two more of the defendants , "Wilson and Morrison , in a room before a supper-table , which had refreshments on it . The other defendants I did not see taken into custody . Some of the defendants were

      searchedrin the house , and others at the station-house . I searched the house all through , and on the second floor I found two rooms , one of which was fitted up as a billiard-room . The door leading to the inner room was made of iron , and remarkably strong . It was provided with a sort « f lerer machinery , by the help of which the five bolts at the top , bottom , and sides were all shot at once . This door was open when I entered the room . The window-shatters were also cased with iron . I searched about , bat I could not find any implements of gaming . > To implements of gaming were found on the defendants . Fire of the parties I have known for a length of tide as the associates of gamblers and the frequenters of gaming-houses . Two of them have been here before , and one of them has been convicted . —Mr . Maltby said the evidence did not go far enough ; there was no case made out against the prisoners , who must be discharged .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Mossat . —William Ball was placed at the bar for reexamination , before Mr . Broughton , charged with having administered a certain white powder , supposed to be poison , to a little girl , named Jane Eastman , eleven years -of ajre , the daughter of an undertaker in Somerset-place , Hoxtoc- The particulars of the first examination appeared in tills paper of Saturday last .- In consequence of the chemical investigation , ordered by the magistrate , not having yet taken place , the prisoner was again re-• maKded { on tazJj until Saturday .

      ; SOUTHWARD . MosDiT . —n « ry Killerby , the young man charged ¦ with sending threatening letters , some of them containing poison , was brought before Mr . Cottingham for reeraminctJen . The particulars of the charge have been repeatedl y grren in this paper . Mr . CoUiugham , this day , committed the prisoner for trial . Sureties will he taken for the prisoner ' s appearance to answer the charge ' . TuESDAT . —OaDTIOs !—F-EAUD 0 LEST Loan SOCIETIES , —Several persons , male and female , attended to solicit the magistrate ' s advice nndtr the following circumstances : —Prom the statement of one of tuVparties , who W 4 S spokesman on the occasion , it appeared that , being

      engaged in trade and wanting some money to carry on bis business , he applied to the Surrey Loan Society for the advance of £ 10 . The money was accordingl y advanced on his giving the necessary security of a stamped note for the full amount , which nas to b » paid by weekly instalments of 4 s . 4 d . Having repaid back the money he burrowed , the persons belonging to the society refused to nearer up the book or voucher in which the different infitaiments were entered , and , to the surprise of the applic ant and other borrowers , a Mr . Jerwood in the city is nowOTing money of them and their securities , when it S& . w ^ the l 9 ani have been repaid . —In reply to * S « SS ! SjSf * ° , Loan So * > was aow a ''^^^^^^^

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      on the loan notes , but add that they promised to redeem them as the loans w . re paidoff ; th « t _ many . of ' . the appl £ cants'bobks ' containirig the entries of cashth ey repaid ireMnowin the hands of the « e " cretary , who . refused to reign them , and proceedings had been actually commenced against several of-the borrowers to i compel them to pay "the money over again . , That the managers got the books as vouchers from the borrowers by pretendiug that they were required at the office for the purpose of being exjmined . —Mr . JCottingham saidi that assuming what the applicant said to be correct / a very gross fraud had been ! attempted by the parties complained against . Although the case did not come within' his jurisdiction , still if the circumstances were as represented , he would advise the applicants to lose no time in employing a respectable solicitor , who would , no doubt , adopt such measures as would foil such an attempt at fraud . The applicants baring thanked the magistrates then withdrew .

      Saxcbdat . — Row is the Coal-hole , — Thomas Parker , a tall fashionably-dressed young man , well known to the police as a member of the " swell mob , " was placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with creating a dis ^ turbance in the Surrey Coal-hole , next to the Surrey Theatre , and using threatening language towards Mr . Shepherd , the proprietor of the tarern . The latter stated that for some time past his house had been infested with some of the most daring members of the " mob , " both male and femal " , and many parties entering his house from the theatre for refreshments have boen robbed . The previous evening the prisoner entered the parlour with a female , and attempted to carry on his vocation npon some gentlemen who were standing near the fire-place ,

      when he ( Mr . Shepherd ) entered and requested him to leave the house . He refused , and set him at defiance ; but , knowing his character , he was determined to tject him . The prisoner then became very abusive , and threatened to do for him the first opportunity , and at the same time attempted to seize a poker , but the police fortunately came in at the time and secured hit ) . —In answer to . the charge the prisoner said , that lie was a town traveller , and sold tea , which he purchased in Great Saint Helens . He assured the magistrate that he was an honest tradesman . —Mr . Traiil asked him whether he had his licence about him . —The prisoner repli < 1 in the negative . Mr . Traill said , that under all the circumstances he should order him to find bail for sis months .

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      COURT OP EXCHEQUER . Satuhdas , Nov . 15 . —Case of the Brazilian Pibates . —This being the day appointed by the judgtt for hearing the argumemts in the ca »« of murder and piracy , tried before Mr . Baron Platt at the late Exeter assizes , the court was besieged at an early hour by crowds of well-dressed persons of both sexes , and long befort their Lordriiips took their stats upon the bench every available nook » nd corner was occupied . Then was an txceeAinglr full attendance of the gentlemen of the long robe , and one or two foreigners of distinction , including a French judge , were obserred to be present . Shortly after ten o ' clock their Lordships , consisting of th « cuiif judges of the Courts of Queen ' s Bench , Exchequer , and Common Ple » 3 , entered the Court , and the case was immediately proceeded with . The Learned Sergeant who

      was engaged for the prisoners Martinos Joaquim and de SantOB , proceeded to read the statement which Mr . Baron Platt had supplied to the other Learned Judges . It merely recapitulated facts elicited on the trial , whieh have already appeared in this paper , and concluded by stating that the prisoner * had been found guilty of the offence with which they were charged , and sentences of execution had been pasted npon them , but subsequently respited till tbe 24 th instant . The Learned Sergeant contended that the conviction was wrong upon two grounds . In the first place he said that no crime of felony had been committed ; and secondly , he said that supposing a crime in the nature of a felony had been committed , the Court at jSxeter had no cognisance of the case . Now the grounds upon which he said no crime had been committed was , that the two vessels , the Felicidade and the

      Echo were wrongfully taken ; but it would be sufficient to support this branch of his argumtut to show that either one or ., the other had baen wrongfully taken . Iu the first place , then , he said the Pelicidade was uplawfully and improperly captured . The capture of the Felicidade was attempted to be supported at the trial on the grounds that these parties were pirates hoches humani generis , and were , therefore , properly hunted down by any persons who might choose to take the risk upon themselves ; and that was supported on the ground that , by the treaty , the offence of slave-trading was declared to be piracy , and it washcld that the offence of slavetradinjj wasjcompletc on going a voyage for the purpose of taking in slaves . Now , be contended that such was not the

      meaning of tbe treaty nor of the law of England , and he supported this ground by showing what the English Legiskture lmd declared should be the nature of piracy . But ho took higher ground than this . He said that , supposing the treaty did expressly state , iu the'terms of the 10 th sec . of theSthofGeo . IT ., that all attempts to deal in slaves should be piracy , it would' not be binding upon the subject of Brazil . If a Brazilian subject , after the treaty , engaged himself to the slave-trade , it would be a grievance agaiust England ( fur which the English ambassador at Bio de Janeiro might have remonstrated ; bnt ths mere fact of a declaration existiug between the two countries declaring a particular act to be a crime , did nut make the Brazilian amenable to the laws

      of England . It wat urged by his learned friend , and so ruled by the learned judge , that the clause of the treaty was merely directory , and sot essential . Their lordships would see by the act of the 5 th Geo . IV ., c . 113 , that piracy was defined to be the actual carrying of slaves , and not to make a preparation for the slave trade ; but , supposing the treaty had provided that the subjects of either governments preparing and fitting out vessels for the slave trade should be guilty of piracy , would that make i t punishable by death , which the Legislature had declared to be punishable with fourteen years' transportation at the outside ? There were remarkable instances on record where one country could not take cognizance of the piracy of another . In the year 1570 the Emperor Philip tbe Second of Spain , by an edict , declared his subjects guiltv of piracy who should attempt a fraud upon an

      insurance company in effecting an insurance upon a ship . Iu 1580 the same prince made another declaration that all parties who should destroy the herring nets on tbe coast of Flanders should be guilty of piracy . Then , again , there was the case of the Russian ambassador , iu the reign of Queen Anne . Although it was found that the ambassador had committed a gross violation agaiust the law of nations , it was not punishable here . It was only matter for the remonstrance of th * English ambassador in Russia , lie nowuuneto another part of his argument . A clause in the treaty prohibited the detention , on any pretence , of a vessel not having slaves on board . This clause was introduced for the very purpose of preventing the capture of vessels in which there was no slaves . This vessel had no slaves on board , aud it did not appear that she had ever made any voyage . H «

      did not know that any words could be more stringent than , those which appeared iu this clause , that no vesssl , on board of which no slaves could bt found , should be detained on any account or pretence whatever . It appeared to him , therefore , that the Felicidade was wrongfully captured , aud being wrongfully captured he submitted that she remained a Brazilian and foreign vessel to all intents and purposes as if that wrongful act had not taken place ; but on the trial it was contended she became an English vessel , and that all on board of her were subject to the English laws . Now , he might just as well argue that a British , vessel coming from Sicily with a cargo of oil to the part of Hull , and detained by a Spanish ship on suspicion of being a smuggler from Gibraltar , became liable to the laws of Spain . What would Admiral ' Blake or Cromwell have

      said ? Mr . Baron Alderson : The question is , what the udges would say , not what Admiral Blake thought . Mr . Sergeant Manning thought they would all . agree . Could it be seriously contended that a vessel taken possession of wrongfully by the subjects of another power , became amenable to the laws of that country ! He would now proceed to show how the Echo wss wrongfully captured . The treaty provided that there should be uo detention or seizure of a vessel , unless it was made belonging to the royal navy of the sovereign " whose subjects make the search ; nor should the search be conducted by . a persou of less rank then a lieutenunt . It was expressly provided in the treaty that a ship captured could not be considered a part of the navy of Great Britain till such time as a condemnation had taken place in the courts of Sierra Leone . The Pulicidade had never been condemned at

      all , havingbeen lost in her passage to Sierra Leone ; but even if she had beeu , such condemnation would not have had a retrospective effect . This defect in the capture of the Felicidade , however , did not apply to the Echo ,-for she had slaves oh board when she was captured . But in the capture of the Echo , there were circumstances of another kind , which did not ' apply to the Felicidade . It was provided in the treaty , that no person under tho rank of a lieutenant should search , a merchant ' ship suspected of being engaged in the slave-trade . Now , Lieutenant Stupartdid not search the vessel in question ,: but it was undertaken by Thomas Parker , a midshipman . It was not sufficient for the purposes of the treaty that Lieutenant Stupart should be on the deck of his own vessel hard by , but it was required of him that he should make the search and capture in person . He ( the learned

      council ) therefore contended that the capture was illegal , because it was not undertaken by Lieutenant Stupart . He thought he had shown their lordships quite clearly , from the review of the facts that lie had placed before them , that Majuval had a right to regaiu his ship , and the other parties to obtain their liberty . If the seizure of the Felicidade was in the first instance illegal , then had the owner of that vessel , on the earliest opportunity , vrithout appealing to the Court of Sierra Leone , or any other tribunal , aright to recapture his vessel , and to use whatever force was necessary to obtain that possession . He also contended that the men taken prisoners had a similar right to exert themselves by force to obtain their

      liberty ; and any other means of obtaining their liberty than by simultaneously rushing ou Mr . Palmer and tho other seamen in charge , did not appear practicable . In the conBict that took place Palmer was stabbed and thrown overboard ; but , under the circumstances , there was no proof that the act in question was murder . He now came to another of the objections he had to tbe conrietion of these men . As foreigners , he maintained they were not amenable to British laws . The vtssel in which ' these men were , at the time of this unfortunate occurrence , had never ceased to be a foreign vessel , and therefore , in law , a foreign bottom ; therefore no court of law in this country had jurisdiction otsr it or themi The

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      ca » 9 of tho King . ' -y . ^ DB ^ ittdo ^ i . ^ nffBton '* Repofli , v ^ j ^ iji ^ , ' j !! siMs . ^^ i . ^^ P ^^^^^ ^ yi ^ stSMwiSi - '¦• : ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦' ¦" ' ¦ ' ;¦ . ; " ¦ '"¦ ¦ ¦' . " ; ' . " " i ~ Z 7 \ . ' ,-, ¦ . "" . . '" , '" . ., Mr . Collier then rose to address the court on -behalf of thefthtee other prisoners , ' tJames ^ Majayal ; 'Fraijsisco Serva , and JoseAlves . j He submitted' that the courts ' of this country had no jurisdiction , over those for whom lie appeared / as they wera foreigners , and had never , by ' any act of theirs , given in their adherence or allegiance to tbe government of this country . The learned counsel ' s argumunta were the same in spirit as those of Sergeant Manning . —Mr . Godson , Q . 0 ., replied on " . th ' « pwt of

      the crown . The learned connsel then / went at great length into the arguments that had been used on the other side , urging that the capture of both vessels . \ vaj lawful ; and that the 3 e partiss were in legal custody and on board a vessel , which by the capture had been constituted a British vessel , and that in consequonce -they w « re amenable to the laws of this country . ' He also contended th » t the moment the vessel started on her voyage . the piracy commenced . —Their lordships then rose to consult together . The regular ; rule is for the jmlgei ' nbt ' to express an opinion publicly , bnt to direct the high sheriff of the count / what hen to do . V' : .

      . COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . Impobtant tc Peamewobk-knitiibs . —Chowkee v . Commins . —This was an action for wort and labour , and money had and received . The plaintiff was a workman as a framework-knitter at Leicester , and the work done was the . knitting of worsted ho * e . ' The defendant was a sort of middleman between the chief employer and the workman , and claimed a set off equal to the demand for frame workrent , and other matters of which the plaintiff had enjoyed the benefit . The set off was equiil to the whole sum demanded , as the defendant was said to have already paid what was due iu respect to the actual labour of the plaintiff . It seemed , from the statement of the case , that it is now a frequent custom in Leicester for the manufacturer to give an order for the making of a certain

      number of pairs of stockings—these were made by workmen who formerly were the owners of machines , but who now usually performed their labour with , machines standing on the premises of a middleman , or . '' undertaker , " who receives the manufacturer ' s order and undertakes to execute it , and who then gives the work to the handicraftsman , agreeing to , pay at a certain rate for so many pairs of stockings , but . dqductiiig out of that nominal sum the rent for the use of machines and room . There was a demurrer to the plea raising the question whether such deduction was legal under the truck system act . Mr . Whitehurst , in support , of the demurrer , contended that the deduction was not : legalthat it was , in fact , a deduction from labour ,-or a payment in the shape of rent for that labour , which tbe act said ought to be paid by money alone . Toallowof adeduction would be to defeat the provisions of this act , for if rent of the machine could beput forward as a payment , so mightother things , and the wholeact might be

      successfully evaded .- The workman was entitled to the full payment of his wages , which consisted of that , sum which it was agreed he should receive on completing a certain amount of work . Mr . M . D . Hill insisted that the payment agreed on was not constituted entirely of wages , but of something besides such as rent of the machines with which the labour was performed , and that what the middleman received consisted of those two ingredients , and the workman ' s claim must be considered with reference to that fact . There was nothing , therefore , in this case that related to the truck system . That was a system in which something , not money , was given for labour , and that system was forbidden by law . But where , by the custom of the trade , the thing performed consisted of the machine labour as well as that of the man , the rent for the machine was not the subject » l the provisions of the truck act anymore than the material itselfr The 25 th section ^ jwed that " wages , " as ? there used , meant only remuneration for labour .

      The Court interrupted the learned couusel ,. andpost poned the further hearing of the case . v ; v

      INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT . Mokdat . —In be James Bond . —James Bond was opposed by Mr . Dowse . He was supported by Mr ., Cooke . The case of this insolvent occupied the court a considerable part of the day . The opposition was instituted chiefly with a view to inquire as to property , particularly to ascertain his interest under a recent marriage settlement , by which he participated in the enjoyment of a considerable income , in the course , of the inquiry it transpired that he had , both on the continent and in Lendon , been known by the names of Sheridan ,

      Captain James Bond , B . A ., or Bombay Artillery , &c . ; but as he admitted that this was an honorary addition ol his own fancy , Mr . Commissioner Law , amidst some lhughter , said he supposed it might be interpreted bachelor Of artg . The insolvent said he found it mas desirable en the continent to use some cognomen to distinguish him from a person of a similar name well known in London . He had , it appeared , pledged some plate while in prison , but it was his wife ' s property , and it had been redeemed . The Learned Commissioner , after hearing the evidence , ordered the ease to stand adjourned till the 8 ta , of December .

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      «^ ^^ ^^^^ ¦ n ^ - ^ ^^ « h ¦ ^ fc ^ - i ¦ - On Monday , Mr . Clarlcson , counsel for the prosecution in the case of the men charged with piracy and murder on board the ship Tory , accompanied by Mr . Ilawley , clerk to Messrs . Crowderand Maynard solictors , came to the Thames Police-office in haste , and while a night charge was being heard , the learned counsel , who was seated under the bench , arranged his papers , and it was announced that he would make an important application relating to the case . After the case had terminated , however , he made some communication to Mr . Brodcrip , the sitting magistrate , and accompanied by Mr . Synionds , the chief

      clerk , and Mr . Hawley , retired to the magistrate's private room , where they were closeted for some time . Ultimately Mr . Clarkson left the building without making any application to the magistrate . Directly after the conference had terminated , Mr . James Evans , jun ., Inspector of Thames police , was sent for , and received some directions from Mr . Symons . The greatest secresy was observed by all parties ; and the inspector , after a very short interview with the chief clerk , left the court in great haste . Whether Captain Johnstone was arrested at that time we hare been unable to learn , but he was taken into custody in the course of the ^ ay , and lodged in the Tower-street station-house . The cause which led to this extraordinary , but not unexpected .

      measure , was that Captain Johnstone , was making preparations to leave England . The inspector , iu mrsuance of directions from . Mr . Bi-oderip , - had looked very closely after the captain since he gave such extraordinary evidence on Wednesday last , and also caused him to be examined by a surgeon , who found a very slight scar or scratch behind one of his ears , and a mark on the calf of his leg . It will be recollected Captain Johnstone in his evidence said that Mars , the second mate ( who was afterwards murdered on board ) inflicted a wound upon his head with a bayonet , and that He struck Mars in return with a cutlass , and forced him out of the cabin , lie also stated that when off Plymouth there was a rush aft , that French ( oneoftheprisoners ) sung out" Mutiny , " and that several men entered the cabin , and extinguished the lights , and that he received a wound in the calf of his leg from a bayonet , and another , as if

      from a knife , above the jugular . What motive the seamen could have had to get up & disturbance off an English port , where immediate aid could have been obtained , was never explained by him . It appears , however , that he has received a wound in the calf of his leg , but an extremely slight one . Cone , Gauyand other wounded men have been examined by Mr . Lavis , the surgeon of the Westminster , Bridewell , who will make a report to the magistrate at the next examination . Mr . Pelhani , the aolictoxy who is conducting the defence for the prisoners gratuitously , has retained Mr . Ballantine , jun ., the barrister , on their behalf . The news of the arrest and \ detention of Captain Johnstoue became universally known last evening in the eastern part of the metropolis , and created a . very great sensation ; Joseph Morris , a seaman , who received a pistol shot in his leg on-board the Tory , still remains in the Dreadnought hospital ship in a very precarious condition .

      EXAMINATION . OF CAPT . JOHNSTONE . On Tuesday , George Johnstone , late master of the ship Tory , from llony Kong , was brought before Mr . Broderip , of the Thames Police Court , charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Reason , a seaman , on the nigh seas , within the j urisdiction of the Admiralty of England . The prisoner is rather above the middle size , 35 years ef age , of florid complexion , and rather sunburnt , lie is a man of reckless appearance and manner , and seemed to treat the serious charge against linn with some indifference .

      Mr . Pelham appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Humphreys , of Newgate-street , attended for the prisoner , whe was apprehended on Monday evening , by Inspector Evans of the Thames police , and lodged in the station-houseof the Thames division , A bed was made up for him in the lock-up , and two men sat with him . lie passed a very restless night , and frequently groaned aloud . On the charge being made known to him , lie denied that he had been guilty of murder . Soon afterwards he had an interview with his wife , and gave utterance to a wish' $ hat he was dead . He is a native of Scotland , and very respectably connected .. ...

      It will be recollected that sixteen of the crew were charged by Captain Johnstone with mutiny , on Wednesday last , When Mr . Clarkson , counsel tor the prosecution , first mentioned the case to tbe magistrate , he said that three men had been killed on board , Rambert aud Mars , the first and second mates , and an able seaman named Reason , The learned counsel intimated that Reason had been poisoned . Singularly enough the captain , in his long and very unconnected narrative , alluded to the deaths of Hambert and Mars / but he never alluded to Reason at all , except that he had put him in irons with two others , when the ship was near the island of Ascension , and subsequently released him . Some of the prisoners , in describing the appalling scenes of bloodshed on l ) oard , and the savageness of the captain after passing the island of Ascension , said that Reason was one of those who had fallen a victim to the ferocity of the captain , and that he cut him in a brutal manner , with a svard , about the head and body . Their state

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      jnent was partially - confirmed ; byVSihclalr , the qnjmi-. ^^ 'Vithess . for ^ he-prosecutibit ^ Mo ' -mid'bsrliad seen the captain strike Reason several times with . a sword m Various parts of the Body , 'but lie ; could not say whetherhe inflicted more than pnewbynd ... ; . ; ' , « , ; : ' " ¦ On the prisoner being placed in thdfelon ' s : floek , the most livel y interest was manifested' by the people in the court , which was crowded to excess ; " . ; ;"' :, " ; It was expected that the prisoner would be arraigned for three -murders , ' but on Mr . Broderip directing Mr .: Symmons , the chief clerk , to read the charge , as entered in the police sheet , it appeatod . he stood accused \ vith the wilful murder of Thomas Reason only . - v '¦¦ - : y : '"" ' ¦ "~ - ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . •'' Mr . Humphreys said he had been retained by tome frierida of the prisoner to defend him , a fact of which he Was probably not aware ; for he had not yet communicated with him .

      Mr . Broderip : You had better doeobefore the case protfeeus . » Mr . - Humphreys : having conferred with Captain Johnstone , said it was by the prisoner ' s own directions that he had been retained to conduct his defence . James Glover , a sailor boy , was then sworn : Ho is one of the apprentices of the ship , and said herecollected the death of Reason ; but he did not know the 'date . The deceased expired one night in the cabin . Before he went into the cabin he heard Reason say , " Spare me , captain , spare me !" Mr . Broderip : Did he say anything else ?—The witness : Nothing else .

      Mr . Humphreys : You will be so kind as to have his answer written down . Mr . Broderip observing some timidity in the boy , addressed him , and said this scene was no doubt new to him , but he had no occasion to be under any apprehension whatever . lie was to tell the truth , the whole truth ,. and nothing but the truth , whether it made for or against . the prisoner , He exhorted him to attend to the questions put to him , to conceal nothing , and not to be alarmed . The buy continued : I went into the cabin shortly after Reason said ' Spare me , captain . " I saw Reason , who appeared to be in a dying state . I saw the captain examining a wound in his left breast . I saw

      the blood flowing from the woand . The captain had a , bayonet in his hand , There were two other wounds , one on his temple , and the other on his forehead . They were'fresh wounds and bleeding profusely . Reason died about ten minutes after that . I was present when he expired . -Mr . Broderip : Are you quite sure you heard Reason say , "Spareme , captain ?"—Witness : Yes , sir . Mr . Broderip : Did he say anything in the cabin ? —Witness : I don ' t recollect hearing Reason say anything in the cabin . . ;• . ' - . - Mr . Broderip : Did he say anything about any lint ? --Witness : Yes , he asked me for some lint . Mr .-Broderip : —What . did you say in return ?—Vitnc ^ s : —I told him it was all used .

      Mr . Broderip ; And was it all used?—Yes , it was , sir . . Mr . Humphreys asked the witness if he wag examined last week , and ke replied in the negative . ' Mr . Broderip : If you allude to the charge of piracy against sixteen seamen belonging to . the Tory , I can say he has not been examined . I suppose , Mr . Humphreys , you will not ask any further questions at present ?—Mr . Humphreys : No , sir . Mr Broderip asked Inspector Evans , who conducted

      the case , it he had any further evidence to lay betore the court ? Inspector Evans : Not at present , sir : Mr . Brodcrip : Will you be prepared to lay any further evidence before me ? Inspector Evans : Yes , sir , a good deal of evidence . Mr . Broderip said before he remanded the prisoner it . was his duty to ask him if he had anything to say , and cautioned him in the usual manner that what he did say would be written down , and might be used in evidence against him hereafter .

      i Mr . Humphreys spoke to the prisoner , and said that under his advise he would not say anything . Mr . Broderip : Then it is my duty to remand the prisoner on this charge of wilful murder till tomorrow . . The prisoner was then removed from the dock .

      DISCHARGE OF THE ACCUSED SEAMEN . Wednesday being the day appointed for the examination of Captain Johnstone , the master of the ship Tory , who stands charged with the wilful murder ol Thomas Reason , one of his crew , and also the reexaniination of fifteen men belonging to the same vessel , who was charged with mutiny , the Thames Police-court and the avenues leading to it were at an early hour thronged with people , and the most intense excitement prevailed . Soon after ten o ' clock , the fifteen prisoners charged

      with piracy wei % brought from Westminster bridewell , and placed in the dock . Their names are Franklin Tucker ( aged 20 ;) William Burton ( 26 ) , David Johnson ( 24 ) , Wm . Beresford ( 17 ) , Win . Dun ( 24 ) , Thomas Gair ( 25 ) , John Allison ( 36 ) , Thomas Lee ( 34 ) , Andrew Nelson ( 32 ) , Barry Yelverton ( 17 ) , Stephen Cone ( 31 ) , Richard French ( 33 ) , Peter Curtis ( 23 ) , James Blaekdon ( 23 ) , and Robert Thompson ( 10 ) . Cordeviallo , the Italian , who wa ? discharged from custody , was again forthcoming to answer any charge that might be prcfered against him .

      Mr . Clarkson ( amidst the most profound silence ) said the court would recollect that , when the prisoners werelast under examination , he had stated , on the termination of the inquiry , that the owner of the Tory had no other object in view but public justice . A statement had been made to the owner that the prisoners had committed a most serious offence , and he had no other alternative , when the ship arrived , but to give them in custody , and cause the fullest inquiry to be made . He now had to announce that the owner , irrespective of all parties , had but one course to pursue , and he did not feel called uijon to offer any further evidence against the

      prisoners . Mr . Broderip : Then I am to understand you abandon the charge against the men ? Mr . Clarkson said , as far as the solicitors for the owner were concerned , they would do so . The disclosures which had been made satisfied the owner that the charge could not be sustained . Mr . Broderip having made some comments on the evidence adduced against the prisoners by the captain , said that evidence was not sufficient to justify him in detaining the prisoners any longer , and they were discharged . Loud cheers burst forth directly the magistrate had concluded , accompanied with cries of " bravo . " Mr . Broderip : If that breach of decorum is repeated , I shall be under the necessity of closing ihe court . This is not a theatre , and such a manifestation of feeling is most indecent .

      Mr . Ballantine , ou tho part of the much-injured men , wished to say a few words . Their innocence of the serious crime laid to their charge was beyond a doubt , and if the case had proceeded further it would have beeu shown that tkey exhibited the greatest forbearance , and that the most gross injustice had been practised towards them in putting them into irons , and giving them into custody . So far from being piratea , or wishing to run away with the ship and cargo , it was entirely owing to their good

      conduct , passive endurance , Christian submission , and sailor-like fortitude , that the ship had reached home at all . They had met with insults and injuries of the most grievous description , and many of them wonld carry their wounds to the grave . They would leave the court without a blemish on their fair fame . They were good seamen , perfectly trustworthy-, and no merchant need be afraid of employing them again in the same capacity in which they had been engaged on board the Tory , where the appalling cruolties exercised by the captain would hare well justified a ¦ ¦¦

      mutiny . .. Mr . Broderip told the men they were discharged , and they all bowed respectfully and left the court , to the great delight of everyone present , Mr . l ' elham advised them toproceod to the Sailors ' Home , and remain there . ' EXAMINATION OF . CAPTAIN JdttNSTONE

      FOR THREE MURDERS . MOST APPALLING DISCLOSURES . Soon after the liberation of . the seamen , George Johnstene , master mariner , was put into the dock Irem which they had been released , and was charged with the wilful murder of William Rambert , chief mate , William Mars , second mute , and Thomas Reason , able seaman , on the high seas , within the j urisdiction of the Admiralty of England . The prisoner having been accomodated with a seat , he leant his head on the front of the dock , ar . d his free was invisible during the greater portion of the proceedings . He only occasionally raised his head , either to speak to Mr . Humphreys , his solicitor , or to express satisfaction with his countenance whenever anything favourable was adduced . To some of the dreadful recitals he exhibited the most callous

      indifference . Heftry Slack , a youth about 17 years of age , was the first witness called , and his evidence , and the appalling disclosures lie made were listened to with breathlesi attention . He deponed in a clear and distinct manner as follows : — I am an apprentice to Mr . Duncan Gibb . the owner of the ship Tory . When the ship was on her return voyage atFayal , the captain went ashore in a boat . On his return to the . ship he went into the cabin , and a few minutes afterwards he came upon deck . He spoke to some of the crew , among whom where Thomas Reason , Stephen Cone , and Thomas Lee . He then called for Mars , the second mate , and spoke to him , but I could not hear what he said . He

      struck him immediately afterwards , with the buttend of a pistol I believe , but I am not quite certain of that , lherewas a pistol in his hand After tho captam had struck Mare , he called Reason , Cone , and Lee into the cabin , and spoke to Thomas Lee . _ I was called down into the cabin with a light , and when I entered the cabin he was speaking to Lee and Reason ; I don ' t recollect what he said to them . He afterwards sung out for Rambert , who came into the cabin , and alter the captain had addressed hinv he struck him . After he was struck Wood flowed from him . Mars was put iniron ' , by the captain ' s ordey , and placedin the main hate n way , where he remained about three quarters of an hour . He was then ordered to be taken out » Vn £

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      —WMMi ^ P ^^^ ^^^**"' ¦ -- - ' |* 7 ii ¦ - w i | - i ^ ng a ^ go intothecabin ' againi - Idid liot-heafwliat passed ^ there ; : I- heard gome-woriajrbufcicould'not underet » nd theiy ; . pnrp . ort ;" i"I ; Wasin \ thp ; TOmpanion i and Mars was . in / . tuVlar ^ ro . afteribaBiff . '; . Barry Yelverten ( another . ^ a pprentife ) was also in the Jarboard * after-cabin ^ Mars "^ was ; sent 'iip again and placed in irons again on the main hatchway , where he . remained for : about three-quarters of ah hour to the best of my recollection , when he was called down again to the larboard after-cabin by the captain . 1 saw ; him handcuffed then , arid the captain struck hiiaon-the head with a cutlass and inflicted a severe wound from which the bldod flowed . While he was bleeding he was again ordered on deck and placed on the main-hatchway . He remained there about

      half an hour or three-quarters of an hour , and the captain again ordered him to come down to the cabin , where the captain struck him with the cutlass about the head and hands , and cut him dreadfully . He was then sent on deck again . Mare did speak in a low tone , but what he said I cannot recollect but he was again placed on the main hatchway . His face was then covered with coagulated blood , and he could not see whether there were any fresh cuts or not . There were cuts on his hands and fingers , and they bled profusely . He was again called down , by whom this time I cannot say , as I- was on deck . Directly after this an order came for me , and Julian Cordi y iallo , the Italian , to leave the main deck and go into the cabin . We went there , aYid found the

      captain at dinner . - Mars was sitting i | own , and seemed in a very weak state . The captain told me and Julian to make him , stand up . We told him to get up . He did so ^ and immediately fell again from loss of blood , and said he was not able to siand . The captain , after making another cut at Majre , proceeded to finish his dinner , and gave me the cutlass . I took hold of one end of it , and Julian the other , and toid Mai' 3 to lay hold of the back of the sword , which he did . Wo then raised him up , and he said he was not able to hold on to the sword , and we let it go . I then took a piece of cord by the captain ' s orders , and rove it through a cleat in the beam , and lifted Mars up . He groaned and moaned heavily , and said he was not able to stand in that way . His head fell on

      one side , and he faintly prayed for mercy . I then let him down again , and he seemed to be very weak and in a dying state . The captain then ordered him to be taken out of his sight , and said he looked the murderer in his face : William Burton and Franklin Tucker were ordered down into the cabin , and the captain told them not to touch Mars with their hands . They got a rope ' s end and made it fast round his body . The captain said , " Take him out of this , take him away , squeeze him , sqeeze him well . He was taken on deck , and I followed him . He )» as taken abreast of the main hatchway on the larboard side . There was a strand round his loins , anfl Julian Cordviallo called all hands who were standing by to assist him , and said it was thecaptain ' s orders they were to come . David Johnson and Franklin Tucker then hauled upon the strand round Mars ' loins as hard as they could . [ This recital , accompanied by a motion of the hands signifying that the

      men compressed the body of the dying man by pulling the rope taut , created the greatest horror in court , and many a stout heart shuddered . ] The Witness continued : I was then present by the captain ' s orders , with a cutlass in my hands . I was obliged to do it . Mars asked for a drink of water after he was squeezed , and after he had got the drink of water a wovm came out of his mouth . All hands said it was an evil spirit that had come out of him , and then went below and reported what had been done to the captain . A fevr minutes afterwards French , one of the men came bslor and said Mar * wasdead . The captain asked him if he was sure of thut , and he made answer , " There is no fear of my telling you that unless he is dead . " William Dun , the cook , came down and asked for a pr . ayer-boofe to read the burial service , and returned to the deck with me . In a few minutes he returned and said Mars was buried .

      Mr . Symons , the chief clerk , who conducted the examinatien , now directed the witness to state the circumstances relating to the death of Thomas Reason . Witness : I was in my hed about half-past five o ' clock ; I don't know the day . "William Burton came to me , and asked me where I could get a little wine . I asked him what it was for , and he said Reason was very near dead . I told him he would find the dipper in the pantry , if he asked James Glover for it , and he obtained some wine . I got up a few minutes afterwards , and saw William Bcreaford put some sugar in some wine , and take it up to the forecastle . I went into the forecastle and uncovered Reason ' s face , and saw he was quite dead . I

      asked how he came by his death , and saw blood flowing from one of his sides . He was covered with a rug , which was stained with blood . I saw David Johnson sew him up in a piece of old canvas . Arthur Gilmore Spence , a very intelligent and well-educated j oung man , was next sworn . He deposed as follows : —I am an apprentice to Mr . Duncan Gibb , of Liverpool . On or about the 23 rd ol September I was informed by the captain that Yelverton , another apprentice , Stephen Cone , and Thomas Reason had said , when off the Island of Ascension , that if the ship did not reach that place before morning , that the captain would be a dead man . The captain did not say anything more at that time . He went on deck with the chief mate , Rambert ,

      and I was called upon to come upon deck , with pencil and paper , and note down anything the men had to say . The crew were all assembled aft . The captain asked them if he had not treated them most exactly , or words to that effect . They said yes ; ' but I cannot answer for all saying so . There was some confusion on deck , and Reason and Cone were then in irons en the break of the poop . Both men seemed to have been , severely wounded , and the blood was streaming down their faces . I did not hear any statement or report made to the captain at that time . I went below , and some time afterwards I heard Richard French say to the captain that the crew , or part of the crew , had sharpened their knives , and , as far as I understood him , for the

      purpose of taking the captain ' s life . The captain seemed in a great state of excitement . After that persons were armed on board by the captain ' s orders . On the 25 th September Mr . Rambert was in the cabin on his knees , and the captain was standing over him with a cutlass . The chief mate prayed of the captain to forgive him . The captain pointed the sword down to him , but he never touched him as far as 1 saw . I saw the captain on the following morning aim a blow with a sword at the chief mate , which took effect on his body , but I cannot say he bled at that time . The ship was in peace and quietness till the 25 th of October . I went ashore with the captain at Fayal . Late in the evening , two or three days after leaving Fayal , I was called into the cabin , and saw Thomas Reason there . The captain was armed with a bayonet , and took hold of

      Reason and shook him violently . I went out of the cabin , and was absent about an hour , when the boy Glover , who was acting as steward , called me ; and upon going below , Dun , the cook , told me , in the presence of the captain , that Reason was dead . I said , its all nonsence . I rerlly thought he was joking at the time . The cook , to convince me , immediately took old of my _ hand , and applied it to Reason ' s cheek , and Ifelt it was cold . 1 was greatly horror-struck at the time . Next morning , after fully ascertaining the man was dead , I performed the funeral service over the body , which was committed to the deep . Oh the day the body of Reason was comraitteil to the deep , William Mars was ordered into the captain ' s cabin . He was greatly mutilated . I saw the captains slash at himwith a sword in various ways .

      Mr . Broderip ; "Was he at liberty or in handcuffs then ?—Witness : In irons . Mr . Broderip : Did he slash at him every time he came down into the cabin ?—Witness : Yes , sir ; every time ho hit him , and wounded him . Mr . Broderip : Did the blood flow ?—Witness : It did , sir ; oh , it was dreadful ! Mr . Brederip : Now , tell me how many times did the captain cut him . —Witness ; Five or six times , sir ; every time he was called into tho cabin . Mr . Broderip : Am I to understand he used him in that way every time he eame down ?—Witness : Always , sir . . Mr . Broderip : Did Mars say anything ?— -Witness He frequently prayed the captain to let him have the laws of his country to try whether he was guilty or not , and to ascertain if he had done anything wrong towards him or not .

      Mr . Broderip : Did Captain Johnstone make any reply to that prayer or not ? Witness : No ; Captain Johnstone said " I'll have my own law to day . " In ihe afternoon , about three or halt-past three o ' clock , the captam ordered two men on deck to take Mara out of his sight , and told one of the men to squeeze him . Mr . Broderip : Was he able to stand . ? Witness : No , sir , he was carried out of the cabin , and the captain ordered the men to prick him with a bayonet to make him stand upright [ sensation ] . The bayonet was in Julian Covdiviallo ' s hand . A boy had

      asword on the other side of him , but I know well they acted under the greatest intimidation . I did not see Mars after his death . The prisoner was called upon in the usual manner if he had anything to say , awl Mr . Humphrey a advised him to be silent . . The Prisoner : I have nothing to say . The prisoner was then remanded till Tuesday next , at two o ' clock . BftYta&in so weak a state at the conclusion of the investigation , or at least he affected to be so , that ha was supported to the gaoler ' s-room on the shoulders of two men .

      There are twelve or fourteen more witnesses to be examined , including Morris , Cone , and Gair , who have ! ieen severely wounded , and it is expected that the solicitor for the Treasury will conduct the prosecution on the next examination . Mr . Pelham appeared most anxious that all the men who were g ' . ven inte custodyshould be examined .

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      T ^ SS&g&SSBgfr the ^ principal streets of this town before the busP * of the day Lad scarcely closed , accompanied hv "T an amount of unnecessary and brutal ttx ^ must ever make it stand almost unparalle SnV * annals of crimp . The deceased , it . K 8 xl bered was a widow , living alone , and carS « *" small retail bnsinessin the chandlery K ? fe she was gone to a neighbouring public-hon ' I ? her supper beer some nersom entered Roulr the purpose of robbing " ^ ( they having ? hSd 2 f , S taken £ 150 as a legacy the day before ^ ™ i t - fractured her akufl ¦ £ several pla ej' Sy ^" wards cut . her throat . Her next-door ne ? gh Mr . Yarham , was suspected ; he made a statoZ ! which proved him to be an accessory after fe ? but he was admitted evidence for th £ Crown atS three others Royal Hall , and Mapes , who S , u acquitted . From that time until within theksH days httte beyond mere conjecture existed as £ t ! M « i r V" Yi ) lch . ! . <* t f Wood was perpetrated Mrs . Dick , the wile ol a sergeant of Marines foS the money baried in the sand near her house ' bv « E 3 iae

      * ea- ; sne gave evidence of this at the trials wascomphmented by Mr . Justice Patteson for'X straightforward manner in which she gave her tes « monv . A few days since she expressed a wish £ make certain disclosures , whieh Yarham had mack to her before he left Yarmouth . She appeared be £ Mr . W . H . Palmer , the then mayor , and made til following statement , which wegive almost in her own words , omitting such parts as were supeifluous or iiDt easily to be understood by those unac quainted with the locality and Norfolk provincialisms ' - ! About three weeks after the trial for the murder of Mrs . Candler I met a man near Mr . Fcnn ' s thn grocer , in the market-place , about eleven n ' nlnnt ;

      the morning . He stopped me , and said , 'How do > ° " . . I r « P « ed , 'I don't know you . ' Upon which he added "fis Yarham . ' Yarham asked m if any ot them ( meaning Royal , Hall , and Mapes ) interfered with me V I said , » tfo ; not so much with me as my daughter . ' Then I asked Yarham if they interfered with him . He said , < Ne , they knew better than that . ' I told Yarhani , 'If it had been me that he had said so vuch about , I would have given it to him well when I got out , if I had to go to gaol for it for seven years . ' Just as I was leaving larnam , 1 said , ' You are either the murdprpr vnur

      self , or you know . well who " did it . ' Upon this he touched me on tke shoulder , and said , ' Stop , for I ' ll tell you all about it . ' I said I did not want to hear it , when Yarham again said , ' I'll tell you all about it . ' Upon this Yarham made the following statement , as near as I can recollect : — ' I am not , ' said he , ' so much to blame as Royal , Hall , and Mapes , who knew that Mrs . Candler had got money , and they never would let me rest , but were constantly asking me to let them into the house . They heard that Mr . Catchpole was going to dine at the Angel , and they wanted to be let in that night . I made a bargain with them that they should not meddle with the old woman , but that they should go in when she

      went lor her supper beer , as she would sometimes be gone a quarter of an hour . They promised not to use her badly , only to get the money . They came as arranged , and I let them in between ten and eleven o ' clock at the back door . Mrs . Candler" was going about , and the shop was not closed . Royal consequently , watched about the outside until she went lor her beer , when I let them all in . At this time there was a great noise , as if men were drinking at tbe Swan . I told them to go into the bedroom first , as she kept her money there . Myself , the boy Mapes , and Hall , were in the bedroom . I had a c . indlo in my hand . Royal was secreted at the back ol the counter . We we heard Mrs . Candler come

      in , I put the candle out , and sat down upon the bed , where we continued for a few minutes , not knowing what to do . Mrs . Candler sat down by the fivtside , and when Royal moved behind the counter the noise attracted Mrs . Candler ' s notice ; she went out and asked Royal what he wanted , ' I know you , ' said she ; and he said , ' I want half an ounce o f tobacco . She turned round to get the tobacco , ami Royal struck her ; then we left the bedroom , and Hall , who had a pair of pincers in his hand , beat her about the head , and left her , and went and got all the money they . expected . I and Mapes went info the bedroom again , and 'Jigger' ( Hall ) nailed up something over the light , and shut the door . They might have long soughta hammer , for it was Jiggei ' 'i ' pincera that did it , and any one might have seen that

      there was no hammer . Having got all the money we expected , we determined upon going ; beibie starting we looked at the old woman to see if sllO was dead , and listened to . hear if any ono was passing or repassing . Mapes was the first to leave , and went across to a girl on the opposite side of the Street ; myself , Royal , and Hall , left together , and we three went up the Black Swan-row , and Mapes and the woman he was with Mowed us . Hearing a . noise , in the Swan , the woman wei . fi in and called for something , to see who was there ; she said there was a great many of the Angel men drinking there , and , added she , 'Happy enough they are , for J heard them say , let us have another pot , and we will make some old b—pay for it that never saw it . ' After this we all started to hide the

      money ; on our way we met different people whom we knew , and when we had got across the market , we saw 1 / ayton , the policeman . ' Jigger' went through the fish-market into his father ' s house ( tho Feathers tap ) , and we went on to hide the money We heard a noise like a whistle somewhere down Ly the . beach , so I told them to go oh and hide it , as my house would be sure to be searched first , and to give me a signal when they had done it . I went straight home , and I heard Mrs . Candler moaning , and went in to see , for I was afraid , as Lthought she must surely know us all . The lard-kffle was lying on tho counter , and she turned her . qKp upon me , when I cut her throat with it ; she jJiW hand to grip the knife , and that is the way hffioor hand

      became cut . ' I then said , ' Why ,. YanHfii , then you are the murderer yourself . ' lie sjjflf ' No , it was Hall and Royal who beat her so TM the pincers , that she could not have lived . ' - JHked , ' Did not Mapes meddle with her V He . saMf No ; he only plundered the house . ' Then I saaB ? You ou"ht to have spoken the truth at first , anuffien things would have been different . ' I forgot tofliay that Yavham said that after cutting her thfp ? he went upstairs and washed his hands . His wi 0 £ ad had leeches on , though she was not very ill , .-a ^ she was down the next-morning apparently weljy ' but whether this arose trom agitation or any other . cause he could not tell . When Royal came to irive the sisnal iie threw

      the window up , Imt he eouldnot see him . He then \ yent and looked out ol the front passage after him , and saw him going past Johnsons ' s shop , and Wallace thc . policeman coming down towards his house . Wallace ' passed Royal , and they ( lid not speak . Yarham then went in again ; he let his master in ,, but said nothing to him ; Some one then called Yarhani away . I had no further conversation with him , and I have never seen him since . Yarham asked me not to say any tiling at all about it . " Yarhani has left the town , and it is not known where he is residing . None of the prisoners have as yet been indicted for the burglary—a circumstance which has excited surprise here , but now the case must be most materially strengthened against them

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      The Potatoe Disease . —Dr . J . Uyan Jias been lecturing at the Polytechnic Institution on the potatoe disease , which lias , of late , created so much anxiety among our continental neighbours as well as ourselves . As this subject has become of such vast importance , deem a short extract from the learned doctor ' s lecture will be acceptable to our readers . The potatoe owes its nutritious properties to the starch which it contains . W parts ofa fresh potatoe , denuded of its skin , are cuin } " > si : t * of—water , from sixty-eight to seventy-two ; meal , froOT tliirty-two to twenty-eight . The meal consists of— st . wh , fifteen to seventeen ; fibrous matter , eiglit to nine : "i " ' 1 tge , five tO SiS . Therefore , if we can extract the who !« Ot the starch , we may obtain from fifteen to seventeen pi r cent . of that matter . The idea of emplovi ' ng starch as an

      article of food may appear to many exceedingly strange » but ; the difficulty will , perhaps , disappear wh en tlioy lcnra that arrow-root , sago , tapioca , &c , are merely varieties of Starch . Wheat , flour , rye , barley , rice , &c , also contain large quantities of the same compound . The process of obtaining starch from these substances is comparatively easy and rapid . Formerly all starch was ob tained from wheat-flour and meal . That substanee contains a considerable amount of gluten , and to separate it entirely from the starch occupied upwards of ten days . First oi all , the meal had to be kept in cold water until fermentation set in . This fermentation was allowed to go <* to the acetous stage , in order that the acetic acid formed might dissolve the gluten , and allow thestareh to separate . The starch was then removed , washed repeatedly , au ^ passed through a sieve . This , process was repww * several times , and thea . dried and rendered fit f ° i ' 1101 ^*

      diate use , 'To understand tlie process , it must be ° * serred that stnrcli is insoluble in cold water , and if * t ° ' tatoe is eradeo , from -which the " skin has been r « n 9 « a » arid agitated in cold water , everything will d » ss ° lw except the starcV . and fibrous matter . The water *" mucilage soon disappear upon washing ; and , tliereW " there is nothing to get rid of but the fibre—this is to i done by passing through a sieve . Thus , although l Jj > tuber may bo in a diseased state , still , by this pvo « 5 i , » large proportion of nutritious food may be obtain ^ T" ^ learned lecturer then adverted to the most diSsa ' . t p »^ of his subject , namely , the nature of the diseafje in tn < j potatoe and its probable causes , which has . beer . ascnb to damp and cold—to deficient electricity—^ ' an inSC ^ to a fungus—and to the use of guano Tjut the ™' cause named , the doctor said , was most , probably tlie 'j " one , as all kinds of vegetables had s- j ^ ed considera " *

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      Hknbt Gallv limoui , Mi P . —Intelligence has been received from Ital y of the alarming illness of Henry Gaily Knight , Esqv , M . T . for the North Division of Nottingham . The lion , gentleman ' s recovery is hopeless . . j

      The Alleged Mutiny And Murder On Board.The Tory—Arrest Of Capt. Johnstone.

      THE ALLEGED MUTINY AND MURDER ON BOARD . THE TORY—ARREST OF CAPT . JOHNSTONE .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1342/page/8/