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10 FEiRGrS O-CO ^ QK , ESQ . Dsar Teargw , tbes » are airfn' times , TSTten { oik nsun gom * "wi" empty wymes , Or emigrate to dist&Et climes In searc o' ¦ wart ; Or desp ' rate , tuso to dismal crimes , In actions dark . Acd j-et there ' s plenty in the lsn ' To teep tr&e vrast baita beast mT man , If £ 0 T = rument vrould build their pHu , 6 Orfquilrigb's ; God CK 2 t tht-y Tcald . for w « i rbey ean Eisa a' cut plights .
Bat ca : ~ e siirrin ' , workia' run ., Ye ' need ria ' st ^ k relieve free item , Bai a" unite , and a' condemn Unequal lavs ; Let a our actions be the same La freedom ' s cause . Then let-as trust in ace anitheT , An' pat our shrnthers a' the gither , An' soon oppression ' s tree vrill wilier , An" tumble coms ; An' teen 'we'll dance 'vri' sos an' britfcei Oa slavery ' s crown . Dear Fiargas , now that yon are free , I hope you ¦ will at ouce a ^ ree To come to 'Aberdeen , an' see
Yonr Chartist friends ; Patsps your health mz . r tetter be 'Mong Northern scenes At o-ay Tits , let nathing fear ye ; JCa Whig oi Tory now can steer ye ; As lasg ' s yonr frien ' 3 are standin' near ye , Keep np your heart ; And jrhsn yon come , we'll gladiy hear ye , Ab' tak" a part . Ye ' vs aye been -vratchfn , ' sye , oVservant ; HxDosin' men sae "src-el Jeserrin' * t ; Si * hesven preserve ye firm an' fervar . t , In freedom ' s fight ; While I remain your humble serrait , D&Tid Wright . Aberdeen . S'T-t ISii , 1 SU .
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STANZAS . L A parson calFd on sie the other day , And hinted ' . hat I sio d in my own light , By being a reformer , which ¦ sroaid lay 51 y rising hcr > es low in the dust , and blight My rrosBfccis ; ? Ed by -writing for that ray Of zmih , the Sorihcm Star , the poor man ' s might , I sic-old ts left rfithoct a friend till hoary ; Ja help , he said , "was oely from the Tory . n . I ' re hiiherto been tanght "rirtue ' s friends Are only of tliat stamp that ' s worth , the keeping , TTao , for a teiSah purpose , -vilely beads To = rwerve from truth in any track , is reaping The wages of iniquity , and rends
His conscience loi the paltry priee of slseping On dewny beds , and in preferment ' s chamber Where meagre difiealty fails to clamber .
III . If sy sole road to notice should be this , To ' Setter Tice and act the hypc-crite , I'll gladly sing unheard , and thereby inks The most epprofcious churns ikat bind ihe bright . AiiiCs slaves in thought are fetterless , But ihis blacks ' . aj would shut my eye * from light Cr if I saw some scenes of dire distress , "Would have me "srini at human -sFmchedness .
IT . There is more pleasure in the paths of truth Than in the zig-zig ro * d of deviation ; For -trho -ffculd be diveaUo t . f all truth , For "worthless empire of a short duration ? X 7 tn sueh a suitor is at least usccuti , Who seeks alcse for -vicious exultation ; Ee'il a-wiai at most but for a few short years , Ij sit beneath Lis abject doubts and fears . y . l'i rather muse nntno'sni , and EiDgnDpsid , Than court the Ticicu 3 sycophantic lay ; Usy ¦ virtue , though : n simplest garb array'd , Be mine to sing , throcghontlifs ' ssbcrten'd day Ari may both truth ard ' jnstic *! lend their aid To brighten up the poor ' s declining ray , Sa that th-2 labouring clas . 3 -with joy r . i : y cvm S : arvatlon and her manacles are 2 o ~ n .
YI . Freedom must davn , fcr reason breaks the gloom , ¦ The long dark night of ignorance recedes , And as the sttds of falsehood fail to blocm Withiu the hemisphere cf truth , so speeds The find oppression to nn-fTelCvKe doom , Whec ziA by knowledge of all-ccrqsering deeds , The po ; r man ' s sword 2 Ed buckler is the lyht , Esiicn and truth "will put his fees to night . JJ . ME 5 7 EB > -0 . N S-:-uthmDlrcsi . Sr-Dt 21 st . 1-41 .
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THE iiriiDER IN EASTCHEAP . On Thur 5 r " . ay eTenins , at six o ' clock , Mr . Payne , the ccrorer ' it the city of LcnJon , cx : d a jury of twenty ctlziEs , resident in the S' -srd of Billingsgate , assernt ' -ti in the ( kfee-rocm cf the Blue Anchor Tavtrn , St . JlErj-nt-Hill , lo inTesugate tha cir-amstaiices conrtcttd -Bith the ceLth cf Mr . James Burdon , the lar . dl-: rd of the Kirg " s Bead , in Eastcheap , \ rho "was brutally murdLied by a m ; n named Robert Blakeslfy , Ci the E-cVt : f Tuesday ia&t , sc ^ e particulars relatrre ti ¦ which appeaif d in the Si ^ r cf htst "n-cck . Mr . KsTfty . the City Police CommUiicner , Sir J . Duke , lir . A-ceman Wilscs , atd bt 7 tri \ otter of the c : v : e authorises , were preset Mis . Eii 23 Burden , the jri ? .:-- * cf the murdered mar ., ^ s fjjt examined . She ss iii—The s'gn ci the house in -shich I reside is the lling ' s-heid , in E ^ stchesp . The age of the deceased , \ rLo - ^ as v ^ j husband , -was Si . On Tuesday ereiut-g I -s vas E-ttiag :- the bar , at r comer nearest the -wiriu-w . My husbar . d was Ett : ^ g ir a chair at the beck t art r f f-e Uzt . He vteb
E-t ^ jg with a hanaterchitf oTer his fiCfe , tslerP , "vrith cre tra rtrf-g on the UV . e . My ti-itr , ^ rhese name u ^' -hBiktiV . y , was -s ths bar ta : kiEg tu me . She Jj -l . c r ..: s of my h ^ ' ena s murd-. rtr . His name is l -: m B ^ akfesley . Abcnt ten mimUs aft ^ r ten I was j ^ r mru .. y heariEg hurried ittps en the out ^ Lte cf the ^ f looiiEg "P ^ taw the cian Bbiesley . Be rmicrr-j the bar , arimbkinsa srrirj ; at 2 ' . i 3 "wi ' e , <^ - £ -: i- ' -Ii cf her hards , esclnh ; . ; :- ^ -My wife cr her _ Be then stath-td her in the rkht side , and t ^ : ~ re 3 ccsld get up he drew it a ^ jy fr .-. tn her , and J-== Ecdi : iiito my trj . bard ' 5 kft s 5 de . He then made
' p-us ee at me , but I jur _ -c-: rt on cce iice and a-roided w-ebicw ^ 1 think he th . shart the kr . iTo in his left cs ^ d . E ^ kti Vj- th ^ n Eiidc tcvr-jts : ^ e rar to go cut , saa ay hcibar d and Eister-went £ - . « . r : vm . Hy hust-ni ; tist reached the bar doer tt ! -en fc- - felL B ! ak * si-y locked b ; ci as though he Bear , to i » tarn . He got £ s ^ i ss the street iUcr aid aiain 3 ci > ked back , and ^ en , I think , threw the knife down aija ran a-way . I vtf ^^ ' ^^ * -- lfcr fxcia : ir . e . S , " Oh , it is iny tuibasd ; he has carunitttd mciar : " She apptared tai to
- C ; 5 co % t > the -was stall , u , ind 1 sair biocd - ¦ - ¦ wing from htr side . When I lixktd tovards-my tau&aa , U Wi £ ;? itg ^^ ^ gj . ^ e fioor > ^( j tCtte -sras a iar | fc potl of blood on the floor . My ~ r ; - - ^ d thc-e ol my siittr trc-cstt Borne persons ^ tu "were in the psjrlcrr to our assistance , and one ol teem ran ifjt ? B ^ iesier , -who was st the moment f £ iff "at * 't ie fioor ' ^ ciheT Icr a doctor . I t _ iTa my Lusbatd ! i-9 td ubcut four or five micutes ^ t ^ rhe ftlj , tut he- ? ras quite insensibie , and nefei « P > -ie a word .
^ CoK-utr . —Are yon quite sure that yonr husband was £ ^* i t - " . t : sg aEd aslttp -vshtn the blew was aimed st tm , iid that it was icnictefl with his left hand ? . ^ tEtSi—I am tot posiure ss to the wound being IPfftf * ith hii left hand , but I am quite certain that uz la ! not risen from the chair , and htd his hasdkerc-aef still oTer bis ijes when Bltkesley stabbed him . ^ yhusbatd was conTeyed into the bnci parlccr , I c *»^ f s , jed my bister np stairs to her bed-room .
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saying teat he . was almost starving , and that he would . j $ c ( 4 yjrvnfb the greatest thankfulness even a cold potato ^ W 6 fea relief beinj ; refused him , he ptit np hid bauds apparently in a state of desperation , ran out ; of tha house , aud took reiuce uniler the hedge . ; Upon fnr ) her ic ' qairy being made , ' it was frand'that from Hittfield ha went begging to ' t&e Angel , at Lahgley , for upon the pojica inquiring of the landlord of that inn , he told , them ' that a respectable-look / eg man , answering the aesiiriptibn they gaVc , "had been at his feidnfee 'Sn Friday , « that he ' appeared In a very distressed ^ and . lojsf condition , and that cut of charity ho £ avo fcim '' a ' peinjy / VP ? n further inquiry bfeirik made at JLangley toll-bar , it was di ? c rererf that a perdo : v 4 ri ? Werid ^ BlakeialSy ' s desctip ' . ion Jiafl pleaded to iou naa mm to
wans xn ^ -Dar man , anc ^ asKQa putr , chase a hair-brush , . a cork-soVevv , iii'd a razor-gtrop j This tlie'tbli-mani declined doing ,, btit he gave him 2 d . out ot charity , which , it appeared , Tie afterwards spsnt at ihe Three Horse iShoes ^ for a pint of beer . Whilashowas at tke Hdrse Shoos , he asked some drover .-that was there to purcbaee the razor-strop oifVnng it xor a penny , , It appeared he did not give a penuy for it , but a paper of tobacco . From Langley the police went to Weljvya , where they found that Biakesley had been inquiring most anxiously for a London paper , but could not obtain the sight of one . In this neighbourhood he also asked for charity , and had several pence and other things given him . Ho was afterwards traced to the Moor Hens , en the
London side of Hitchin , where he also solicited chanty . On Friday he was at the Roso and Crown , at Hitchin , where ho asked for a London paper * which lie appeared to read with great trepidation , and afterwards to diop it suddenl y on the floor . It was tupposed that he was in . Hitchin all day oa Saturday , living upon charity . About two o ' clock on Sunday morning , a policeman belonging to tho Hertfordehiro constabulary force , as he w « 3 passing through Hitchin-markot 5 thought he heard a person tiionning , and apparently in distress , and upon going to the pla ^ e whence Cae sounds proceeded , be discovered [ Biakesley , who stated that he had no homethat he was in gr * at distress , and . that bo did not know . what ' to '' do . Upon this he Vyas taken to the Hitchin station-houBe . as a vagraufc . AYhen tl-iero , he asked the officers present if they had seen tho London papers with the account of Mr . Buvdon ' e murder in
them , and upon his being toJd that they had , ire said , " I am the man that committed tho murder . " Some time after Bkkesley had been taken into custody , Inspector Hodsou and Policeman Brtstow arrived at Hitchin , and from information they received proceeded immediately to the station-house , where Bristow at once recognised Biakesley , he having known him for a number of years . Immediately on his seeing Bristow , Biakesley inquired how his wifo was , and upon being told that she was better , he thanked God , and said that he frit much easier since he had acknowledged the murder . Inspector Hodson and Bristow arrived in town this morning from Hitchin , leaving Biakesley in the custody of inspector Halbin , of the Hertfordahife poiice , who refused to deliver him up until he had received orders to that effect from Captain Robinson , the Superintendent of tho Force .
The prisoner was taken on Monday in custody of the Hertfordshire police , and conducted before the Lord Mayor . A great crowd of persons assembled around the Mansion-house ; and , besides the Lord Mayor , there were also present , Aldermen Marshall , Gibbg , Carroll , Kelly , Hutnphery , and Pirio . Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner of Police , was likewise in attendance . Tho prisoner betrayed such weakness on being placed at the bar , thac lie was allowed a seat , and hi 3 countenance ( which was only now and then seen from his hanging his head down ) , appeared exceedingly pa ! e add depicted great wretchedness ; when ho spoke , he did so in a clear and firm tone .
Kobert Dean , of the Hitehea Police , said—Between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Saturday night , the 23 ? , h instant , I was on duty in the market-place , Hitonen , and I ^ & \ v the prisoner , Robert Biakesley , loitering aho . it thera . I had received instructions from my Superintendent to be very particular in aottciug'the arrival of any stranger . After watch ing him somo time I went up and spoke to him . Ho told cie he \ vu 8 almost mad , and that I might ta ' ss him into custody . I asked him What for , and he replied , " I suppose you hare heard of tho circumstance in London . " I rejoined , " 1 suppose you are tho man who stabbed the landlord and your wife . " He answered , Yes , the landlord and my wife , and I iio not mean to er . y any more . " I took him to tho station-house , and ho several times ejaculated , "Oh , I think I hear that shriek !—it is her ' s—I think I Bee her now . " He wa . s searched at the
fitanon-house , and the letters produced were found upon him . —( . Letters from his wife and mother were handed in . ) Ho had several trifling articles about him , but no money . He said at the station-house , ' * I did not mean to kill Mr . Burdon , but ho got b&tween ps . i intended to kill my wife , and then myself . " William Rattan , City poliae-constable 542 , who saw the prisoner in Leadenhall-market on the night previous to the murder , identified the prisoner as being Robert Biakesley . His evidence was nearly the same as be gave before the Coroner at the inquest upon Mr . Burdon ' s body . Tho Lord Mayor then questioned the prisoner as fbilowd : —Prisoner , what is your name 1 Answer— ( with much firmness , ) Robert Biakesley . What is your age ? Twenty-seven . What is your profession ? was brought np as a clerk in the countiru ; -hoi * 3 e of my father , who is in the cloth trade .
Where did you reside 1 In Basmghall-street , City . Had you any other rMidonce No , my Lord . Edward Bristow , city poltcc-coustable , said I have known the prisoner three or four weeks , and I know him to bo tha person who went by the name of Robert Blakesiey . I am acquainted with his person . In answer to tho Lord Mayor , ths witnesses said they had been bound over by the Coroner to appe&r at the Old Bailey . The Lord Mayor asked if the prisoner was sufficiently recovered to stand up 1 Biakesley here rose , bui was obliged to be supported by the two officers who atcod in the dock with him .
The Lord Mayor —( addressing the prisoner )—Yovi have heard the statement made by the officers against you , and tho depositions are now preparing , and will shortly be read over to you . If you have anything to say , now is your time . Tho prisoner—( holding down his head)—No , my Lord , not until the day of trial , when ail the truth will come ouo . It is not as Mrs . Burdon has stated . The depositions were then formally read over and si ^ iiwJ , cud in the interim the prisoner whispered to tbo officers next him— " I wish not to bs loft aloue . " TKid being repeated to the Lord Mayor , he replied , " Very we ' ll , his wish shall be attended to . " D .: au—During tho time he has been with ua ho ha . t boen supplied with books , and he wishes tha : indulgence to be extended towards him in Nowgato . Tho Lord Mayor—Very well , he shall have pioper bonk .-i .
The prisoner was afierwaras removed to riewgate in tho post chaise that brought him from Hitciien , followed by an immense crowd of persons .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fuiday , Seit . 24 . After souioroutine busings , the biiJ providing a retired annuity to the Vice Chancellor ( a supplementary J > iU to tho Bill for tha Axirninislretion of Justice ) drew forth some obtsfcvv&tionft from Col ' . « 'el Bibihwp , Mr . Ewiut , ami Mr . Wakley , who cousidared the amount proposad to ba too large . Sir Robert Peel deftntlcd tho amount , as also did Sir John Easthope .. On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply , Mr . P . II . Stewart rose to call attention to a p&titioa which he had presented , on the 21 st September last , from the provost , magistralas , and town ? council of Paisley , on the prestut distressed condition of the manufacturers of ttw county of Renfrew . Mr . Stewart
read some statement * respecting the appalling di 3 tics 3 existing iu Paisley and its neighbourhood , which one of the writers said w ; is a disgrace to a Christian country . Mr . Stawurt thought tliat the petition vras entitled to boiua maro consideration than being merely laid on tbo tablo . Tue silent system pursued by the Government , with tbu sinala exception of Sir Robert Peel , was not likwy to satisfy the country . Tna majority of the present Parliament was constituted by . she representatives of tho English counties , aad it waa , therefore , a landlord ' s majority . Atiw commenting o ;; thu speeches made by Sir James Qrabiin anil Lord Stanley to their respective constituents , Mr . Stewart coucluded by declaring that the prorogation of Pariiamant , without entering into tbe censideration of the distresses of tho people , "was not only unwise , but fraught with danger .
.... Mr . rJiLNEH Gibson did not care how long the financial statement of the Chancellor of the fschequer was put ofl" , if the whole result of bis meditations was merely an addition to the taxation . Agricultural associations , instead of being confined to lUu legitimate objtcts , were converted into political societies . Oa being called upon to name any society bo per-VtirtGll ¦ " Mr . Gibson replied taat the Agricultural meeting at Saxumnilhani , tbo other day , manifested its political objects by various indications , aach as thr . t of tbe way in which the Queen ' s health was received . Mr . Parker , aa one of the representatiyeB of an important manufacturing town , spoke the sentiments of his constituents in attributing much of the distress of tbe country to restrictions on trade .
Sir Robert Peel said the plan which he intended to pursue was to ask the Houue to give him a abort time to prepare bis measured for repairing the enormous financial embarrassments of the country . A general election had taken place under tbo auspices of the late government ; and before tb At election he had declared that he had no intention of bringing forward a general financial scheme . The country bad , notwithstanding decided against the late Ministry j and . since bis ao-
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ceptau'ce of office , nearly thirty members ot tbe goTert ^ jnent huA been retifcned without opposition ; \ vlfch tbe exception . © ' tho very foinriclablo opposition of Mr . . Acland . Be bad not expected that Mr . Stewart had intended tO'raj [ 3 s & discussion ; and certainly the series of very : ba | d jukea in hia . speech , was not in fcarmony with that " syiiipatli ? with' theisufferings of . his consa-, tuents which waf to be ' expected . He ( Sir Robert feel )^ qmitte dMh sx i ^ t ^ jii&tie&sybntit . was . of iio- ' portance ' thai they jshoufi '' iot be driven Into hasty legislation In proviaing a reiaedy . 'Ifie Jtfandieswr Chamber of 'Cpmmcice ' ' had totriifcrly attributed ! the distresa to tha misconduci of the Bant of England and tflff'lavifih . accoiiimoiiairoii . of jolat ^ atock . bapia , whicli . had stamuiated over-producUon , ! buii . aow ' . 'Qity' sttrlto
bufed'i ^ tho Corn Laws . ' While admitting the existence of distress , fea ( Sir Bobert-Peel ) did not despair of . returning improvement ^ and he produced the retorng Of the savnii / s bants , " showing an increaa * 'in tie umtedTtitigdom , dating Jwae and August of the-, present Jeav , as a pjoaf of hi 3 ¦ assertion . " Perhaps , ' he ' said jocularly , tbb incr&sto waa a-proof of tlie confidence of the country jn tbe change of administration . The increase was hot only general throughout the United Kingdom , but there-was increasa in - the manufacturing districts ; and even in Manchester itself there vras an increase . These retaras Entitled hiai to claim time for a deliberate , investigation of the 'Condition , of the country . It Mas bis firm belief that the intelligence of the United Kingdom sanctioned his demand for time .
Mr . Mami Phillips rote to declare hi 3 belief that usless something \ ras done to relieve tbe existing distress , and to opon up clanntia for the industry of the country , its peace and orck-r 'were in danyer . He implored Sir Robert Peel not to allow the winter to pa 33 over without bringing Parliament together to consider measures of relief . - Mr . Ewakt thought it not unreasonable to give Sir Robert Peel time to consider bis remedies' , provided that no uncertainty was all awed to exasptrate the country . Mr . Walker-considered that tbe property of the country was wasting away , from the absence of profit , bad debts , and depreciation of fixed capital . He did not know what measures -would be brought forward by the present Government , but be hoped Sir Robert Peel would do justice to hia good feelings by bringing forward good measures . .: ¦
Sir John Easthope , after stating a patticBlat instance of the general depreciation of capital which had come within bis own knowledge , entered ou the general subject . Mr . Villiees , after some preliminary observations , said that he considered that the Savings Banks' returns were produced by Sir Robert Peel as a proof tbat tbe existing diBtress would pass over , and that , in fact , distress did not prevail at the present moineut This was probably the last-opportunity which they would have before the prorogation of Parliament to discuss thifl great question . Mr . Cod » en saM that Sir Rifcert Peel had expressed bis surprise tbat this discussion should be reopened after the decision of-a previous evening . But events were taking place" in tho country which justified the course they were pursuing .
Captain CARNEGrE deprecated the course which the opposition was pursuing , as tending to do practical result . He had great confidence in the talents and character of Sir . U . Peel , and he hoped that he would be able to provide a remedy for the existing commercial distress . But if bo failed , he ( Capt . Carnegie ) would still consider it to be Mb duty to legislate for the greatest good of the greatest nuaibei , and would offer no factious opposition to a ministry , of which evoathe members for Stcckport and Bolton should form a part . Mr . Thohxel ? and Mr . Broihf . riok contended that . the " eliding acalo . " -was a prime cause of the distress , the * latter stitin » that though the contraction of the currency produced distress , tho cause cf that contraction was tbo Corn laws . Mr . Aolio . nbv added his testimony , from local observation , to the extent and severity of the existing distress . . ¦
Captain Fitzroy commented on some of the statemeats made of Mr . Coh ;' , en . Ho e ' so contended that the bpuositioii was uselessly -wasting the time of tha HO'JSO . ' : _ . ' The House then went into a committee of supply , and on the motipii of Captain Boldero , the supplementary ordnance estimates were voted , after some remarks . Sir Charles . Napier , pressed oa Sir Robert Peel the propriety of having , a naval officer en the Board of Ordnance ; and considerable amusement was created by the discusaion . - Tiie votes having passed the committee , tbe Speaker resumed tho rhair , and the report was ordered to be received on Monday next . The Poor Law Commission Bill was postponed to the same day .
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James J » rns examined—I reside at No . 30 , Fenchnrch-street I &m a porter . I -was in the pariour of the King ' s Head on Tuesday night last The parlour is ft little beyond the further extremity of tbe bar , at tbe back part of the premists . Shortly after ten oYlock , I , as -well sa some other persons who -were ' there , -was alarmed by hearing some loud shrieks , apparently proceeding from the bar , and likewise straggling . I ran out , and S 3 tt Mr . Barhon in the act of fallings I pre ^ Tfeated his head hitting the ground by catching him a& he ^ as falling . Ths deceased exclaimed that he vras
t stabbed , and -asied me to fetch a doctor . I saw a figure ' at the moment I entered the bar receding from i the street door . Hesrd Mra . Biakesley exclaim , " It was - he did ft ; the Tillain is my husband . " Some others , who were in ths parlour , ran out after Biakesley and another for a surgeon . A surgeon arrive *! in a few minutes , and the police soon af £ er . Taeiiotise was then crowded ¦ with people , but they were soon bleared , and I the doors closed . I was the first person wIjo ran < mt of " > tbe parlour . I did not pursue Blaiesley , as 1 had no I idea that a murder had been committed , or what was i the matter . I did not know B ! aktsley . Daniel O'Connell examined—I am foreman to Mr .
Nicaoils , tea-dealer , of is a 8 , Fenchurch-street I heard " the screaking on the night of Tuesday test in the bar of Mr . Bcrdon ' s house . I was in tha parlour of the ( King ' s Head 3 t the time . I did not run cut , as Jam ' s } did , at-first , as I thought it was only some family affair . [ . Hearin ; it again , I ran out , and saw ilr . BtiTdon falling . I did not see any one geicg cut of the door , : but I ran for Mr . Croft , the surgeon , of Gracechurchstreet , who attended immediately . Ths police haJ not i arrivrJ on my return afrer I had been for the surgeon , i but they arrived in a minute or two after , and the place
was cleared . t Jchn H 3 Tnes examined . —I was also in the parlour i of 'the King ' s Head on the night of Tuesday last . 1 i followed the witness Jarvis , and caught a glimpse of , I I believe , the murderer going out of the door . Seeintr a : large knife on the floor , covered with b " : ood , I pursue J . ' Hm as fiS * as I could in tbe direction of Gracecimrchf street , when I w&s joined by another young man ; and we kept him in sight as far as C . -irr ears-lane , wben ! we loit him op some of the conrts in Graccohurchi street- I returned to the bouse in Eaftchtap , and found ! a large crowd round the coor . I then heard > lr . Burdon j was dead . ( George HeHowb examir . ?^—I am a hair-dresser , and ! resiJe at 2 $ , Llme-strset . About half-past seven o " c ! ock
> on Tuesday morning a man cams int ^ my shop , who , * from "fthat took place , I have no dcub ; was the mur-; dexer , Robert Biakisley . 1 should kno-, 7 him again were j I to see him . He eame to be ehavt-d , and entered into j cocversatioTi about his wife . He saii he was going to > set ont a warrant airainst Bnrdon , the lamiJord of the ; King ' s Head , and asked me if I knew him , . ind on my j replying in the afiirmative , he ? aid Mr . Bjni . jn bad got ! his tvlfe there , and likewise some property which bei longed to him , and which had been fetched from Seven-; oaks , where they had been living together . He said . he had been to the King ' s Head that morning to def mand his Tri : " e ; that he received the advice , I thiuk , of t po'ice-ccnitable named Brr . Osbaw , who , w ^ en on ' , dnty that morning in Loidenhall-i : iarket , toM him hs ' had a right to deffiand his wife He said when he dei ciar . ded hi 3 wife , Mr . Burdon ordered him out of the
' hoise , spying , if he did not go , he would turn him out I He then said , " If I had had a gun in my hand at the urns , I would have shot him , " addicg , " But 111 serve : him cut yet , I will d « for him , anl get a saarchwirrant , for niy property . " He then took a letter from Ins j jacket , which he said he had received frurn hia wife on ] Monday , an-. i read it to m-2 , appointing torcert hii : i at . ; the ams place tait rJght 3 s she had dene on Stndiy , EJsbt . I r ^ ked 3-im at vrbat place tha t was , nnil he ] said at 'he fn 3 of E ^ atcheap . He said Mr . Buruon ' 1 U-, liked him because he was unfortunate in business ; -. ' . , SiTcSoaks , where he had lived for about three mocths , He said he had some boxes u-ft at a bcokicg-cfike at I ScTesoais , and he told the booking-office-keeper to ' . give their , np to no one bnt himself , but Mr . Bu »> -, con had been 6 own to Sevenoaks and get them away . Coroner— Did he appear at ail txcited whilst telling t y ou ih * 3 story ? at the
. Witness—No , he 3 ppc-r ^! quite cool time , but ¦ remarked th . it a man beicf refuivJ his wife , was '• ear-njh to drive anv o ;; e : nsd . Edward Bmcow , C'i- y Police-constable 569 , examined , —I taew the rcan Robert Biakesley . On the morning ' , of Tuesday last , I u ; r : hini in Grcc-echnrch-stree ? , ar . d he told rae hia vrifs wss detained from him again 3 t his : anil her wi ! L He had wet her on Sunday night , cud Le wished to kcow if hj could not dejnand her . I , at his : solicitation , went with him to the King ' s Head , in ¦ Eastcheap . "SVe saw Mr . Burton , and Biakesley saitf , " 2 ^ ott J allies , 1 have come to demand my wife . " Mr . Burdon replied , " 1 think yon had better go about your business . '" Mr . Burdon then walked into the parlour , ¦ and Biakesley said , "Do you mean to let me have my
wife . If she is not here , you know where she is . " I . told Mr . Bunion , B ' . akesley had asked me to come as a ¦ witness , and he replied that he knew nothing about it , He aid Biakesiey then went oat , and B ' . akesley said , . being separated from his wife made him very uncomfort-! able . BJakealty then left him , and said he would meet him at the Mansion House to get out a warrant ; but he ! did not do so . I did not bear of the murder until ¦ eleven o ' clock on Tuesday night . I then gave a description of Biakesley ' s person to Mr . Blake , tbe ! inspector ; bnt be paid eo attention to him , and ap-1 p-eared much excited , te supposed , from the occurrence . : He ordered me to go to the door , and clear the mob ' away v I told him I knew the man well , and I felt very Ditch surprised and bait tha ; my i ' -. I'jrniatioe was e *>
unnoticed-James Bradley examined—I am sergeant of the City ' police , and on tie sight of Tuesca 7 lsst was at the Station-htuse in Tower-street . About three minutes . &f : « r tea o ' c ^ -ck , a report came tbat Mr . Burdon , the i landlord of the King's * Head , had been stabbed . 1 ran : to' the King ' s Htad instantly , and with difficulty ; obtained an entrance , in consequence of the great j crowd round the door , snd in the bar front . On entering , I found the body of Mr . Bardon lying on the floor , ; snd the surgeon ( Mr . Smith ; leaning over hia :. A female iMrs . Biakealey i was being conveyed up stairs , and I Haw spots of b ' . ccA on them . I picked up a large knife cat of the fire-ploca behind the bar . It vras : covered with blood up to the hilt , and it is the one I
• cow produce . I had been there but a few minutes ; when Mr . Owen , the landlord cf the Yorkshire Grey , a : thexorner of Bear-lane , ( Xiiue and said , " The per-. son you wan :, " ( meaning Biakesley ) " is now ia my ' " housa . " I ran down there as fast as I could , and i searched the place all about , bnt he had gone , and I ' : could not find him . I did not know Blakeeley , but he > accosted me a little before four o ' clock en Tuesday mon . iiig , in Leadtr . ha . I-niiikfct , and told lue about his . wife being kept at Mr . Burdon ' s house against her will . t He did not sppear at 3 ? 1 excit « d whilst telling me so . ; I thiuk it was scarcc-iy five minutes after ten before I ¦ was in the King ' s Head . I ran there tbe moment 1 received information that a man was stabbed .
, John Charles Davis examined . —I am a cntit-r , and i resiJe at >' o . 20 , Aldgate High-street Th * knife produced was purchasod at jny shop Ky a inan answering the description of Biakesley , abcnt £ ve minute past ; one o clock on Idesdsy aftercocn . He said he wanted ' a coiiiiii ' -a sot : of knife , such as is n : ed by butchers . I showed , hii :: a (' . rawer fulL He cbo ; o theonc-prwiuceJ , \ saying that it vrcaid do if it was thr . rpeced at the back i lowiris tho point , as he wanted it tu graft trees . H i wanted it to cut tho bark up and down ¦ without beii . ^ | obliged to turn the knife . I showed him a shoe kcife , wiiieh he objected to , but asked if it could not be sharpened , as he wanted it . I said yes , and went and grcund it at the back myself . 1 told him it would not .. fetatu hard work . It is whr . t is called a butcher ' s \ dreisicg-kniTe . Mr . Cornelias Smith exanrr . ed—I am a surgern , and resi : e at >* e . 56 , Gracecburch-sfreer . I was cartel to see Mr . 'Bcrdon and his sister a frw mjruttra after ten
o ' clock or . Tuesday ui > ht I w-nt to ! he iv . n § 's Head imiiiediately , and en my arrival 1 found a large number of persucs round the i '\ jot . On enterii g I f . und the cecfcaswi lying on ' . he floor , Dear theti ^ r , with tha blood flovriug from a wound in the left side uf the abJomf n , tkrongh wh : ch tbe intestines were protruding . The ¦ wound was an incised one , and about an inch ? -Ed a half iu length . Another medical gentleman b > this time had arrived , ar <\ he a ? fcisted we in endeavoarirg to return the feovrets , but they could not bo retarced , they were so swollen . We did not probe tbe woncd , fcnt I have no uoab * . bnl it extended into tbe cavity of
the-abdomen . It had every appearance of haying been icSicted with a knife with tTTo edges Erich as that produced , and I have no doubt it w ? s done with the instrument ' rtforv tbe jury . The blood on the blade shows that it entered the body of the deceased to the hilt . I have do doubt that the infliction of that wound was the cause of dcaih . I have since made at . txterncl txinnnatiou oithe body , ard it is r > y opinion that :-he blade of the weapon entered the main artery , end that the internal bleftding wa 3 the cunse vt Mr . Buru ^ a ' s speedy death . Jthirk when I tLtpretl the hcu ^ e thdr » was a po :: ctrr .: in at the door c " . ta ; ing the mob out
Thomas Quinlan , a private watchman in Ea .-ichtap , Jan , i 3 Kaid , a pot boy at the King ' Head , and WiUism Pratrc-D , a city police constate , 5 * 2 , w-re examined , and corroboruted the- evidence of the : Vrmer wit- ' iit £ ses . A long dismsfion fccre ensued ss to the conduct which had been purserd by the police . A Juror rtTr . aTkM that they raid r > . larro Eum fcr ' . h" protection of life and property , and y ~ at ten o ' clock at iiifht , in ths city of ioro ' , a most co ' . c ! -Wooded nnircer was ct > mn 3 itted , and tho perpetrator ptrmlttod to escspe . Ho really thought it was the province of ; the jnry to ascertain if the Ti \ an had eccaped through any negligence on their part . The Coroner said the Commissioner of Police being present , he thought any application on that point had better be ms . de to his otB . ce . Ultimately Inspector Brake and other policemen entered into explanations rs to the extent and position of their beats on the night ia question , and there bting eo further evidence , The Coroner said the present was & ease which wocld require from him TC 17 f-w observations , as there couia be no donbt as to the conclusion they njnst come to , that a most wilful murder had been committed by the can R&bert BJakesley . There was nothing whatever to induce » belief that he committed the act of first stabbing bis owawi / e , and then the deceased whilst labouring nrder anything like insanity . The evidence tended to snow that in every respect it was |
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most cooland premeditated . The unfortunate part of the case was thof the murderer bad effected his escape , which happened from the circumstance of there being no one available in or "hew the boase to ran afteMilm or secure him at the moment of ¦ the commission of the crime Unless Sie police were stationed at ev ^ ry door , the public were liable to" such occurrences , which were deeply to be regretted . * ' It ' was ' for the jury , therefor * ,-to say if the mao , Rot ' ert'Blakesley , had not been gui ^ ty ofthe eri » i ' e-0 f wilful marder , and absoon ' dinjf trottitti * hands of Justice . .. . . The jory at one * retomed a verdiot of ""Wilful Murder" against Robert Blakesley . - ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ A juror suggested tbe propriety of the city authorities offering a rewdrd fo » the apprehension of -the murderer , and tbsjury aeqaiescingin it ' ' ' ¦ Mr .-D . W . Harvey , the City Poliee Commissioner , stated that fee should be nwst happy in laying the wisheaof the jury befow the SecrotaTy of State . : ;
It is stated that one of tbe brothers of Blakesley was In the inquest-room during the waole- of th ' a proceedings . ¦
FVKTHER PAKTICrtiKS . ( From Hie Sun of Monday . -Ever sinci the issuing of the Coroner ' 3 warrant for tha apprehension of the murderer , Robert Biakesley , tbe police -hava been unremitting in their search for him , ard many hofses , knovrn to have been tbo occasional reson of the assassin , Lava-been visited , butwitbent saccees . Ou Friday morning information was received t ' : it two bodi-. s bad been picked up off Greenwich , and Mr . Burdon , brother of the deceased , immediately proceeded there to view them , ia order to identify Biakesley , should he bs odo of them ; but he was not . Soon after the commission cf the murder , Inspector Brake wrote to Mr . Bradley , high constable of Orford , near Sevenoaks , for whatever particulars he could give respecting Biakesley , tnul to request that if he waa in the neighbourhood be misslit be secured .
Mrs . EVzi Burdon , th 9 widow of tbe murders man , states , in addition to the evidence given before the Coroner , that her husband and Biakesley were on the most friendly terms , until he was apprised of his conduct at Serenoaks . B- ' ak ^ sky wrote to him for money and cutlery for killing , ic , and it was his intention } to eccf d < 3 to the request ; but happening to go down to Sevenoaks , he discovered bow things were , and declined , aslie believed it would do no good .- This r . ivich exasi ^ ratcd Biakt-slty , ird Mr . Lupton advised them to cu !! i'j to London , and offered to support Mrs . Biakesley until he got into soinetbing . He toklBlakesl » y be should bo glad to see bim at nny tiui 9 , but be could nst allow bim to sleep in the house . BlakeBley relnctantly agreed , and her sister returned , aud they
were very comfortable until within three or four days before the murder , when words took place between them respecting Mrs . Biakesley going to live with him . Tha : was tbesole causa of their quarrel , and Biakesley became so insolent that Mr . Burdon forbade him his hou 3 e . She is positive Biakesley was on tha outside of the door , before he entered , some time , Watching that the plaee was clear , as she observed tho door open and shut several tinus be ' ore he cams in . The moment she caught a sight of Blakeslcy ' s face , on peeing him enter the bar , she vas convinced ho intended some mischief . His looks were- fierce and determined , and he appeared so wild . She t ' . ates tint the description of his dress
and person which has already gone fortb is somewhat iDcomct Sh * stated that at the time of the murder he possessed no other clothes tkan those he vfore , excepting a buff waistcoat . They consisted oi a dark invisible green Ne'wr . iarket coat , with black buttons , light drab trowsers with open buttons , ami three buttons at the bottom on euch . si <; e , a bfack 8 : itin wnlstcoat and 0 T 2 cge sprigs , a light blue handkerchitf , "VVelliagtou boots , and silk hat . He has a quick gait in walking , and generally keeps his eyes fixed towards the ground . Hs has black hair ar . d whiskers , and ail his shirts and stockings are marked " Robert Blake ^ k-y , " in black ink .
Mr . D . W . Harvey , the city p- > hca commissioner , on Friday waited upon Sir James Graham , Secretary of aiaV-- ' or the Ho : ue Department , rtcoimuendinj ; that a re ' . * ; u of £ luo khouUl be offered for thu apprehension of tlie murderer , cr for information tbat might lead to it r . clarewurl of £ 20 to any waterman who might Bad theboJy . This proposition , it is believed , was at -. ~ : i readii ^ uc c-. ded to . > . Irs . Sarah Blaktslcy , the wifo of the murderer , ia doing well . A favourable change took place on Thursday night , and strong hopes are now entertahu-d of her ultimate recovsry . On- Friday Mr . 33 urdoa ' s brother visited her , and on asking "Ho \ r she was ? " tho poor creature , who is still in a very weak state , exclaimed * ' Oh God , I hu \ e been the cause of my brother ' s murder . " After a short time she becamts calm , asd
entered into an explanation of the borrorible scene of Tuesday night , which entirely corresponded with that given by her sist-. r . She expressed a surprise that Biakesley should have made an attempt on her life , as she was on the most affectionate terms with him , and on their last parting on Sunday night he appeared quite happy and cheerful . She said they never had the slightest quarrel , ainl she believed that he doated upon her . They , however , differed upon the point <> f her leaving her brother ' s house , Bhe ¦ wishing to Btay till be got into employment , She frequently makes inquiry if be has been apprthended , and appears exceedingly anxious , and at times excited . If her life be saved it will be owing to the resistance presented to the knife by her stayb , which caused it Us glance i > ff and pei . otrate the abdomen horizontally . Thtj funeral of Mr . Bardon took place ou Monday .
The unhappy father of the murderer has been known as a tradesman of great respectability in the city for nearly forty years ; he was a Common Councilman , and hia brother is now a representative of onu of the wards . The family oi Mr . Biakesley , Ben ., consisting of two sons and two daughters ; one of the sons was drowned some time ago , and the other has by his crimes now obtained a melancholy notoriety . Since the 29 th of last April , Blakeiley , the mnrderer , has obsented himself from his paternal roof . He was brought up under hi 3 fatheT'B eye , in his warehouse , ami at the period stated Mr . Biakeiley , sen ., gave him a sum of money for tbe purpose of pnying fyr a suit of clothes , and since then he has aeen nothing of him . The murderer married
without the knowledge of his father , and immediately afterwsrds he and his wife went to Sevenoaks , where he proposed setting up as a bmtcber , but was nnable to carry his intentions out In < coa »< .. « pienc « of his credit getting into disre £ nta . I a order to «* Jebrat » bis marriage he was obliged to havo recourse Vj Mr . / ale , of Tokenhouse-yard , an acquaints nco of bis father ' s , who then lent him the turn of meney be required . Since then the following letter , in the handwriting of the murderer , was addressed to Mr . Vale , and has been by that gentleman deposited in the handa of the police : — " Bradburae Cottage , Sevenoaks , Kent , "A ' . ;? . i > , lSil .
" Dear Sir , —I ibail fed greatly obliged it you will confer a further favour upun ine , and ODly for one month . I assure you it ¦ will be the making of me . If you will oblige me , ba assured you shall have it again in one month from the prtsect time . In fact , it will savemefrom ecmetiiing very unpleasant Pray let me r > y return of post if you can , or as much of it as you can spare . " In haste . —Ever yours truly , " R . Blakesley . " James Yale , Esq . Tokenhou 3 e-yard . "
The request made in the above letter wasnot granted , and within a few days Blakeslcy's goods were st- ' zed , and he returned to London , and for several dnya both himself anil his wife f-jund an asylum at Mr . Burdon ' s . tbu King ' a Head . The murdered man , seeing that Elakesley had no prospect of obtaining employment , intininted to him that he could not reman at tho King ' s Head , and Mrs . Biakesley then went to No . 22 , York Place , City Kosd , and requested the murderer's fvthet would niloiv him ta come until bo cotihl obtain a situation , a doing that she would be provided for by her Eiit- ; r and brothvr-in- ' a'w in the meantime . Mr . Biakesley , sen ., however , refused to receive his son , cr sven his clothes , which the wifo herded him to do to prevent hia pawning them . This was tho only interview that the father had with Mrs . Biakesley . The following letter will shew that Biakesley , aftur leaving Seveaoaks , resided in Eastchesp . The ' oiiginal is in the murderer's own handwriting : —
" 44 , Eastchcap , London , Aug . 28 , 1841 . " Dear Siu , —As you asked me to npply to y < ra if you could do me a service , I am row about to solicit you to take a little trouble for me . I calculate that Word is still in possession of the cottcg € s , and i > -rhaps you will oblige me by seeing that he picks what plums , dan . soas , beans , and peas there aTe , ana send them to be psckeii in cne of tha baskets I left with him and if tho grass will suit you there , please to let me know it , and ycu and I will then sett . © a&out the price of it . I have written to Mr . Siundtrs V . y this post respecting tbe eot \ 3 ;; t- Mrs . Biakesley joins with ; : ie iu kind reuieuibrauc ' . s to yourself and Mrs . Harmr . n . " I r .: n , " Your srert'ly oV . i ^ ed , R . Blakesley . " ilr . Hannan , Bradbourn-j Yal-j , Sevenoaks , Kent . "
, ' : j ' J 1 j | j ! ADDITIONAL PAHTIC-L . ARS . ¦ 1 ' pon inquiry at the btati ' -n-houoe , in Tc-wer-stre&t , i on Satuiday aitcrno&u , i ; was ascertained that the police had not r&cem . i nny intelligence respecting tbe retri-. it of Blakesit J ' , and Lenca the belief gains ground that ho baa comuiHte'l self-destrustioi ; by drowning . : His respectable partr . ts are in a state of deep i fHiction , ¦ and the beartlesa steiement that has been circulated , ! that tbe friends of Blaktsley bad repi rted that he had ; committed tuicide in order to facilitate his escape from I justice , has added to their menial anguish . It is ' almost unnecessary to add that the insinuation is Jotally groundless , Mr . Blakes'ty , sec , having from tbe first j evinced great readiness to assUt taa police . Oa the I night of the tragical event a constable went to Ne . 22 , j York-place , City-road , and saw Mr . and Mrs . Biakesley [ and their two daughters . Having requested that the ladles might retire , he communicated to Mr . Blakesley , j sen ., the commission of the murder by his son , and ! desired that be might search the premises , as it , vras thought the offender nr ' gbt have taken refuge there Mr . Blaktsley , who displayed great nerve on learning the alarming intelligence , at once consented to his house bting searched , and assisted the police in doing so . 1 \\< traces , however , of him could be found .
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Considerable discussion has arisen amongst the inhabitants of the ward , ana-lithe various places of oublic resort to tb * CHy ; oh-tta ' iiiDiectof the easy escape ef the murdertrV and very fonrtyjnotiritttlbnte that circnmstance ; to tho negligencWf ih 6 City Police ^ in ooBsequence ^ of this opihibn , s f>heim ' cdflrersation took place between the Coronei , the Jiiryi and Mr . D . W . Harvey , * the police commisaionl ^; which was not reported in the 'newspapers . ' ' , If the * foH 6-Wng-statement ; be true , ft is indeed ^ njprisin ^ th ' si Blakeslay sbould have escaped . immeiilafti'detection . It was boldly asserted that'fpttr '¦ police constablesiwete 04 duty within a very short distance of the Kinds ' 'Head on Tuesday nightr-Tiz ! , two In GrtceaJrarchV'&b passtiie « nd of Ea 3 tcheap , one in King Wilfcam-street , and the fourth ( whose duty it waatbpass Mr . Burdbn - s " every
qnaner of an fcottn ' toEastcheap , Pttddliig ' and Bbdelphlanes . The latter did not-ueb Blaliesley oa Tnesffay night , and that he was in Puadirig-lanewhen the cry of murder was raised fy the streets The Jtay exyi-essed themselves much : diaaatisn ^ L at the long beats which many of the constables hadto go over , and the want of a . snfficieat number during tha sitting * of the Central Criminal Court , where several were always in attendance . It appears that Mr . Harvey induced the City authorities , a short time ago , to augment the police by thirty , and . that ho has since given it as his opinion there should ba a still further increase , but it has not yet been acted upon . There is no doubt , however , iu consequence of the representations of tbe Jary , the fears excited by the recent murder , and the paucity of the poiic 9 in cortaln districts , that they will be speedily augmented , and their beats curtailed .
The most interesting information * viz ., that which relates to the almost ; instantaneous death of Mr . Bunion , and to the magnanimity and extraordinary presence of mind of bis sister-in-law , the wife of the murderer , who was first stabbad , bad not beon laid before tho public Mr . Englith , of No . 22 , Gracechurch-street , the ordinary medical attendant of the family , stated to the reporter , that on Tuesday aight , as he wa 3 about to take temporary , reposo from bis labours , a pavty called to say that he was wanted at Mr . Bunion ' s . Thinking that it was not a matter of importance , ho dfd not Lurry himself , but in the course of a few niinutta seven or eight persona arrived , aunouiicing tha dreadful occurrence . He hastened to the Kiug ' a Head , and saw Mr . Burdon lying on his back inside the bsr , and immediately perceived that he wan deodj and beyond tb « power of human skill . Four or live medical gentlemen were busily employed in examiog the wound of Mr . Burdon , aad , what was most astonishing , roboly ' s attention had been directed to the unfortunate
wifo of the murderer , who seemed to bo unconscious of tbe severe injury inflicted upon huraelf , until Mr . English discovered it Her whole faculties seemed to be absorbed in endeavours to provide for tee safety of her brother-in-law . She assisted iu untying his cravat , and gave orders as to the best way , in her opinion , that he ought to be treated . Mr . English then dise ivored that she was stanuing in a pool of blood that had flowed from her person , and instantly directed that she should be convoyed to her bed-room . 1 Ih doing so , upon the stairs , she fainted , and the syncope prevented fortunately for a time any further hemorrhage . She was placed upon a bed , and her clothes having been cat 08 ' , it was found that bhe had an incised wound penetrating- the
peritoneum , but not into the abdomen , on tbe right side , through the thin portion of the stays which covered the hip , and opposite to the nether region of tbe liver . Being perfectly insensible , restoratives were administered to reproduce pulsation , and when they bad taken effect tbe wound was dressed . She continued afterwards in a comparative state of delirium , ui \ d Mr . English remained watching her progress during the wholu of tbe night . At intervals she broke out into incoherent expressions , mentioning her brother-in-law ' s name , and frequently her husband ' s , supposing ho was by fcer bedside . It was not at all expectod that she would survive the injuries inflicted by tbo wound , but ho continued , on account of tbe unusual circumstanced
of the case , to watch her without intermission until yesterday evening , when , seeing that « ho had slept soundly for about an hour , and symptoms of irritation mentally and physically having subsided , he examined tho wouud , and judged from its appearance that it was going on favourably . Mr . English is now of opinion , though he never thought so befure , that sha will , under careful traatnitot , ultimately recover . His opinion ia founded aot only on tiu appearance of the wound , but from his knowledge of her excellent constitution . She was cf a clenr , healthy , and florid complexion , slightly inclined to obesity , but had never bad any severe illness . Mr . Esu ' am states tbat she ia now in the 25 th year of her age .
A post viortem examination was on Saturday made ou the body of Mr . Bunion , for even amongst tbe medical profession it was rather a phenomenon that the wound should have caused almost instantaneous death . Dls&ec * tioa accounted for tbe besitatiug opinion on the part of the surgeons . It waa found that the aorta waa divided , preventing , of course , tho circulation of the blood through the arteries and vtins , and causing the flow of blood not to pass through tho orifice , but to full into the cavity of the abdomen , and thereby produced in consequence sudden death . The knife having been pointed upwards by a blow from tbo left band , passed through the aotta and interior portions of the body , until its egress was stopped by striking ngainst the vertobise or back bone . A rough wound , such as would be caused by definitive resistance to a sharp-edged instrument , was found « -n the back-bone of Mr . Burdon .
On Saturday afternoon , tUe reporter ascertained from Mr . Inspector Brake , who holds the Coroner ' s warrant for tbe apprehension of Btakesl&y , tbat a hat had been found ha the tlver which was supposed to belong to the murderer . J lappe . irs that at high tide on Saturday morning a waterman n-. med Weare found the hat off the floating both near Blackfrinr ' s Bridge . Having heard of tbe murder of Mr . Burdon , he at once took it to the polico station in B . ' ack Horse Court , Farringdon-street , and delivered it into the hands of Mr . Inspector Lloyd . The Inspector sent it forthwith to Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner ' s office , and the fact of tbe finding was conveyed to Inspector Brake . The latter Inspector waited upun Mr . B | akt . s , ' ey , sen ., in Basinghail-street , and he tried the bat on , ami expressed hisbelief tbat it belonged to his son . In the hat is the name of Christie , the maker , of Gracechurch-street , and tho date when it was
purchased , 1-tt of May , , 1841 . Mr . Christie states that h « sa ' . d abova 109 bats on that day , and six of tbe sameilw tbe oue discovered were purchased , and two of the customer's names were not entered in bis books . Tbe bat is a beaver one , and Mr . Blnkesley sen ., told Inaptctor Brake tbat tho murderer had a positive aversion to silk hats . The Inspeetor next went to tbe King ' s Head , Eastcheap , and shewed tbe hut to Mr . Burdon ' s widow and her mother , who , aa well as tho servant and potboy , declared their belief to be that tbe hat Is that worn by Biakesley ou Tuesday night . Tho hat is in the possession of Mr . Brake , of the Tower-street Stntlon , and hns a quantity of sand and mud in it . A number of watermen , tinder the direction of Inspector Hoyd , were last evening very actively engaged in dragging the river for tho body of Blakesley . The house of the deceased remains closed .
Ai four o ' clock yesterday the remains of Mr . Burdon , the murdered man , were de-posited in the churchyard of St . Mary-at-hill . The funeral procession ( a Walking one ; consisted cf about ten couples , and amongst the niuarntTs were Jlrs . Burdon , tbo widow , her mother , tlij deceased ' s brother and child , a little boy , and other relatives . A great crowd of persons followed the funoral , but the police in attendance closed the gates of tbe churchyard against ths public . Tho Hue and Cry of Saturday did not contain thu oftVr of any reward for Blakfcley ' s apprehension , but yesterday afternoon the following bills v .-ero gtneraliy circulated throughout the metropolis aud suburbs : —
« ' £ 100 Reward . —Mukder . —Whereas , on the nigbi of Tuesday , tho 21 st of S-jptwuber inatant , Juiues JJiirUon , iitadlord of the Kind ' s Head publichouse , in Eastchtap , in the City of . London , was wilfully iuid maliciously stabbed au ; u to cause his iuataut death , and whereas a niiui earned Robert Blakc-sley stands charged With the said murder , who is of the following description : —About fiva fs .- « st tight and a hasi iuches iu height , apparently about thirty yeaw ot aae , rather stout , dark buir , large daik wbis-Ucrs , da < k eyt > a , dark complexion , prominent nose , somewhat turned up , speaks quickly ; dross—an invisible green coat vNewniarket . cut ) , black silk waistcoat , Wxlh light coloured sprig , and drab kerseymere trousers , tightly made , WelJiagtoa boots , aad silk ueckbrcWfef .
" Fur lha better apprehending and bringing to punishment the above-iiaui ' . -d IJobert Biakesiey , the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hereby offer ^ 100 reward ta any por * , on , or parsons , who may apprehend , or cause to be apprehended , tha above Robert Biakealey , or give such information as may ieud to hia apprehension aud conviction , by application to inspector Hodgson , at the chief Police-ohice , Businghall-street , or to Inspector 3 take , at the Statiou-houae , Tovrer-street , in the City of London , " In tho opinion of tbo nodical attendant of Mrs . Bkkeslty , aha continues to improve .
CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER . Inspector Hodson and policeman Edward Bristow , 5 o'y , who havo been indefatigable since tho murder of Mr . Burdoa in their endeavoursto capture Blakesley , on Saturday afternoon last , having obtained some cme to his retreat , started off for Hertiordshire , a person answering the description of iJlakesley havm-i been wandering about that neighbourhooa since Wednesday last , iu a distressed and agitated stale . From information received on the road by Inspector Hodgson , and Bristow the policeman , it appeared tbat on Wednesday lass , about tweive o ' clock , a person , supposed to be Blakesley ,
was seen in the neighbourhood of Potter ' e-bar , asking charity at several public-houses . On the following morning , at nine o ' clock , the game individual was seen at Bell bar , abo . nt two miles from Fottor ' s-bar , on the Hadfield-road . He was then in a very dejected state of mind . Upon the police obtainingthis information they made further inquiries on the subject , when it was ascertained that a person answering the description of the man who had been teen at Bell Bar , had been beggiDg at every public-house on the road , stating that he had been unfortunate in business , and waa without the means of procuring a single meal . He was afterwarda traced to Hatfield Woodjide , where he told a very distreeeuitf tale ,
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Lord Howick , a Bad Bargain . — -The " liberal " electors of Sunderland appears to have £ ot a precious bargain in my Lord Howick . At a dinner got up for his Lordship on Monday , the crotchety legislator told his assembled friends , in terms not to be misunderstood , that upon the first occasion that rn ' iAht arise he should , without scruple , abandon them and their interests , and try to regain the seat for his native county , from which ho wasjateley elecjed . —NewcastleJournal . The alleged Outrage o . v Lord Howick . —Th adjourned examination into this mysterious affair took " place in Sunderland , on Tuesday , before a full bench of magistrates . After somo further evideno on tho part 0 i the prosecution had been heard , but
v . 'hich was merely corroborative of what had been heard before , Air . Wright , on the part of tho defendant Liddle , contended—first , that the gun was nofc loaded with destructive materiah ; secondly , that no individual was singledout by the prisoner , as the statute required ; and , thirdly , thac prisoner had no intention to do grievous bodily barm to anyone : therefore , that the charge could not ba sustained . After seme witnesses had been heard fcr the defence , Mr . Moore , in reply to Mr . Wright'B defence , contended that the charge was made out . It was by no means clear that the gun had not been loaded with shot when presented by the prisoner , as between the outrage and tbe time of Liddla ' s arrest , sufficient time had elapsed to allow him to draw the charge ;
and it was in evidence that the ramrod , though too short to draw the paper , waa sufficiently long to extract any substance that might have boon over it . But even adniittiug , for the sake of argument , that no shot had been in the gun , the paper pellet over the powder was quite sufficient to inflict serious injury , if discharged at the short distance of a few yards , as - spoken to by the witnesses . Further , it was clear , from the previous gathering of stone 3 and tho cleaning of the gun , that tho attack wa 3 premeditated ; while the evidence of the first witness , Sedgwick , placed it beyond all doubt , that Lord Howick \ va 3 the individual to whom a nsalicious injury was intended . The masisuales then retired , and , after an absence of three quarters of an hour , returned into court with a decision to the following effect : —That , having taken into anxious
consideration all the circumstances of the case , they were unanimously of opinion that the charge of felony waa uot satisfactorily borne out by tho evidence ; while they were equally agreed that tha prisoner had been vioTcd gnUtj-of a most abominable and outrageous assault , for ^ yhich the Bench were somewhat disposed to send him to take his trial at the Quarter Sessions . - However , taking into consideration the serious pecuniary loss the prisoner had sustained ia consequence of his bad conduct , the magistrates thought the demands of justice would be answered by imposing oil ' lim 2 . lino of £ 5 , and calling on him to enter info ivcugniziuces , himself iu £ 50 , and two sureties in £ 25 each , that he should keep the peac * for . twelvti montSia . Mr . George Hudson and Mr . William Storey having joined Lidtlle in the rcquibi . it security , the p . irjied retired .
Coroner's' Inquest . —Dreadful Destitution . — On Friday week , an inqnest , adjourned froc . th 9 previous day , was resumed before Mr . Baker , the Coroner , at the Marqui 3 Wellcsloy , High street , Saadwell , on the body of Georpe Hows , aged 18 , a bricklayer ' s labourer . Sarah Hows , of 110 , Kew G .-avcl Lane , tho sister of the deceased , said that she La 1 not seen her brother for a month until last . Saturday evening , when , on passing through Gravel Lane , the decoased , who was sitting on tho oiep of a door , jumped up a 3 well as ho was able , and recoj ; - nk ' -d htr . He appeared Very ill , and was scarcely able to stand . ' . She assisted him to whero h « was living , and gave him a cap of tea . She also offered him food , but . ho was unable to eat .. Up . told her he
hai been sitting from six o ' clock that luorning on London . Bridge , and with the greatest difficulty had crawled to whtro . she found him . Hd hau not slept ia abed for a fortnight , nor tasted food from me Thursday morning previous . Tho iast two nights he had slept in some stable .- ! belonging to Mr . Wheatk-y . at Greenwich , lor whom -u : j : 9 time before ho had worked . He had applitd ; o tho relieving officer of the Greenwich Union frr ralU f , who refused tv > give him any , saying that "there was plenty of work for such a lad as him . " He stayed with her tho whole of Saturday night and the Sunday , but iicttiiig worse , she applied ou Monday morning to Mr . Sergeant , the relieving oSeer , for relief . Whilst talking with that geutleman , information was brought thac he had expired . By tho CeraBsr—The deceased was in so exhausted a state that he was . unable to swallow , and took only a small quantity of
barley water . Six years oaek he was m a similar destitute state , and being taken before Colonel Foreman , one of ths Greenwich magistrates , was by him " seat to the "Greenwich Workhouse . He was a very quiet lad , and had a great repugnance to asking for relief . The relieving officer of the Greenwich Union eaid tnat tiie deceased was known to him by the cognomen of "Ginger , " and bad beea employed by him on several occafianfcJif JwA . never applied to him for relief , but * aaf taJd / StiFw ** he should have given it In Iiini ijiiHiiiTlitiiljnijj || Jjl || i , him to be a deserving Jad . Dwetifegfeb&jBtimsJS Shadwell , said ihzt , in accordfaS ^ ad ^ l ^^ pfi ^ O the Coroner , be had tried J ^ i Mlr ^ mSm deceased went to after l 4 ^ % tgSp ^^ stables , but had been unlgaS ^ SSKSS " Natural death , accelerated WtoffatttfmWtel want of the womon u < i < xmx ^ ti 8 a ^ &j ^ ffi& > ttVJLb WH 3 H . T . HOW
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct399/page/3/
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