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" CMOS' HALL . Satckdat . —Riot is Chbistchtbch Workhouse . — Seven able-bodied , robust looking young fellows , covered with Termin and filth , were placed at the bar "before Mr . Cotnngham , charged -with creating a distorbance at the above workhouse and threat ening the life of the porter , -who stated that the prisoners were admitted into the casual -ward on the previous night . As soon as they were left ¦ with the other paupers ( abont fifty in number ) they com menced a complete uproar , and ill-used some of the old men ihat _ "were "with them . At eight o ' clock in the morning he turned them all out in the yard , ¦ when the prisoners , who had been tried and convicted at the sessions about four months ago for tearing up their clothes , began to abuse him . One of them threw a
pail of ¦ water over him , and in attempting to seize him the others knocked him down and kicked him . He _ eventually got away from them , and was in the act of calling Ibr assistance , when one of them threw a piece of coal weighing about "three pounds at his head , and grazed his right ear . At that time the ¦ police came to T »* assistance , and prevented the prisoners from doing further mischief . They all threatened to do for linn , for giving evidence against them 2 . L lie sessions . After thevhad been locked up in the station-house he discovered that nearly all the blan kets in the casual ward had been torn up by them . One of the officers connected -with the Trorkhonse aid- thai the inhabitants had complained of the noise
made by the prisoners , who kept up a continual uproar during the nisrht , by calling out " Murder" and " lire . " The prisoners , " one and all , denied creating any disturbance , or assaulting the porter , who they said Tras a perjured -man The porter said that all tsf Asm had been frequentlv brought to this court for tearing up their clothes and disorderly conduct . Mr . Cotiingham said he certainly had some recollection of them , and a more debased set of characters he never saw . Had the coal strnck the porter there ¦ was no doubt it -would have MQed Mm , -w"ben they ¦ would now be before him on a charge of murder . It ¦ was useless to lecture sueh vagabonds , for they only laughed at his advice ; he should , therefore , commit each of them to the house of eorreccion for one month .
Hoxdat . —ATTEMPT at SzLT-DESTsrcnos . —Michael Martin , a remarkably tall man , usually called the Lambeth Giast , Tvas disryed Tvitli attempting to tliro-w liimself off > VatVr 1 fK > Tirr ^ t *** on Saturday night . Policeman I 7 c ? X . stated ,, that ivMle on duty on the bridge , the preceding night , abont twelve tj ' dock , he observed the defendant and another "i ™ -walking from "Waterloo-place , They vrere talking loncfly , and the defendant ' s Mend ivas holding > im -while he ms making every exertion to break atray . Khicfl he ultimately did , and mounting the parapet of tie bridge was about to throw himself into the river , -when he ( tbepoBceman ) ran forward , and , seizin ? the skirt of his coat , dragged him -down . The defendant appeared to him to hare been drinking , and he expressed his determination to drotm himself , saving , that many a better fellow than himself iad done so , and that the "bed of tie river should be his bed lhal niirht . The defendant said that he had
"been at one of the theatres , -where he had witnessed a very lamentable accident , and that on quitting the house he had the folly to jro afterwards ¦ into a tavern and indulge in too mnch brandy-and-watt-r : that he Lad no n-coilecdon of having mounted the parapet of the bridge to throw himself off : and that he now shuddered 3 t the idea of Ms having attempted sncli an act . Mr . Traill asked him if he had any person to be answerable for his not makinff a similar attempt , as he was determined to make parties -who acted in such a manner find bail or g-u to gaol . The defendant answered that he had not nformed * " ~ fiiends of 'b's situation , and that none of them "were aware of the dilemma into which he had fallen . Hr . TraD : —Then you mast be locked np until you can procure sureties not to act again in a similar manner . The defendant vras then locked up , in default of procuring the necessarv halL
Tt-t-cti ± t PtyrnrT- OT IX llIJCTT Gl . iS 5 iLiXCFACtoxt . —Four men , named Pear , Elliott , Carr , and Donovan , ivere placed at the bar before ilr . Traill , charged with beicR concerned in manufacturing ^ lass in an xmlicensed house . The prisoners were found in a dilapidated house uearltnssell-street , the doors of which the police forced and rushed into the house . On the npptr floor they discovered a complete glass manufactory in full work , with every requisite for making common decanters , cLemists'Tx > ftles , scent bottles , and ornaments , several of which were finished . The prisoners rushed out of the windows on to the roof , and attempted to escape , bat they were pursued by lie police and taken into custody . Mr . Trail ] inflicted the penalty of . £ 30 on each of the prisoners , in default vf pavmeni they "were committed to prison for three months .
WORSHIP-STREET . MOSDJkT . —TTTZSJSG BaSX HoSZT , ASD ST 3 . ASGri . AT 1 OX liODCCXD BT S-WAliOTTIKG A PESXT-PtECt . John Harcnsn , aliuTThite , a notorious " . smasher , " or utr ~ rtr of base money , ? vras charged on the polict sheet niti uttering a eonnterfeit half-crown to Edinnnd Walters , a butcher , in Durham-street , Bethnal-green-road . From the statement of police-sergeant 8 X , it appeared that oi ; Saturday evening the prisoner entered the shop of the complainant , and in jiayment of some trifling article that he purchased tendered a half-crown piece , which Mr . "Walters imniediaiely ^ S ? coverrd to t > e spurious , and on looting at the utttrrr at once recognized him as being the same person who had practised a similarimpbsinon up >> u "him on the dav preceding . On bc-ing charged with tht
fact , the prisoner made a sudden attempt to re-possess himself of the coin , bat in the strnffrfe it ftrll to the ground , and the buteher , the better to secure it , placed > re foot upon It - tile prisoner , finding his intention foiled , canght cp one of the dealers from the eboppin « r-U . > ck anil made a tremendous cut at the butcher , which , had not the prosecutor fortunately succeeded in evading the blow , must to a certainty have produced fatal consequences . A violent strngglfc toot plao-j , and the prisoner was overpowered and given into The custody of a poBccmaiu TOuTe the charge was being taken against him , the prisoner jmade another attempt to snatch the base coin from the hand of the prosecutor , but , instead of obtaining possession of it , he grasped a large penny-piece of the reign of George JTL , and , -without examining it , immediately put it into his month , and made ah energetic attempt to YH-allow it . The prisoner , however ,- was shortly after observed to be nearlv black in the face , the « pennv-piecc
having got aied tightly in his gullet ; and , although a £ iass of water was given ^ m and the officers struck him on thr back , and violently shook him , it was all without effect , and ht was therefore placed in a cab and conveyed in a state of strangulation to the London Hospital , where , -with considerable difficulty , the cuin was dislodged , and forced into the stomach . He is lying at the hospital , if sot in a precarious state , at all events in such . a condition as at present to preclude the possibility of his removal . It was-intimated to the magistrate by two r > f the other oScers that tvitiiin a veij 'brief period tie prisoner has isnceessfiillir uttered -upwards of twenty sj » iiri . o \ i £ halfcrowTts and five-shilling pieces to tradesmen in that neighbourhood , and that on searching him at the stationhouse a . quantity of base coin was found in his possession . 3 £ r . Broughton gave directions to the sergeant to keep his eye npon the case , and when the prisoner had sufficiently recovered to ¦ brin e "Wm to lie court to answer the chanre .
CLERKENWELL . PXTDAT . —ESCOCXAGEXEHT TO ISDrsTET . —Mr . CoXBX AGAXS . —James Morgan , a grey-headed old man , was charged -with obstructing the public footway by drawing a "barrow thereon . Stanwefl , a street-keeper , deposed that he saw the defendant wheeling a harrow , with some "bricks in it , in Church-passage , Islington , and told him to place some hoards upon which to wheel the vehicle , but he refused to do so , or to desist from wheeling the barrow . "Mr Combe said , as the passage was only a footway , he thought the boards StanweD Tequired" would make the nuisance greater . The prisoner said , he had not iaA a day ' s work for a month 'before the dav to -which lie officer alluded , and on that daj he wheeled only two barrows full , at his master ' s request . Stanwell said he -was in constant work . The old man declared sueh was TK ) t the case , and said , except he carried the bricks in his hand , there was no other mode of conveying them than fee one whichhe used . Mr . Combe askedjf that were the case ?—St&nw / ell admitted there -was no other Tvav bv
"irhich he could convey the bncks to the place at which they-were required Mr . Combe fined the defendant five shillings and the costs . The old man said he had not a iaxthing . ilr . Combe rednced the penalty to two shillings » nd costs . The money was not paid , and the defendant "was sent to the House of Correction .
XUXSDAT . SCZ 3 I SITWEES ^ 3 I » THEE ASB SO 5 . James Webb , aged eighteen , was charged with stealing a gown , the property of his mother , a poor widow living in John-street , Tottenham-eourt-road . The magistrate asked the mother if she wished to prosecute him ? The mother , after some hesitation , asked the magistrate if he could not inflict some summary punishment ? The magistrate said he had it not in his power . He must either send Wm for trial or dismiss him . During this time the prisoner -was sobbing , and , when he saw his mother hestate , implored her not to let Mm be sent for trial , pro mising never to offend her again . The mother , whose feelings and judgment seemed to be struggling for the masterVj at length said : — " Xo , James ; you have been a bad sob to me , "When I had but little you stole that little from me . I have often forgiven , but I will now prosecute jon . Theprisoner again besought her , but she turned a deaf ear to his entreaties . The Magistrate : You are
then determined to prosecute him ? Mother : Tes . The Prisoner , -when he saw her purpose fixed , became desperate . " Ton will prosecute , will you V hejsaid , turning to his parent ; " then I must declare you have been my Tnrn "you threw me into vice and crime , and "when I iras earning my bread honestly you threw me out of my employment . * ' The manistrate asked T » iTn if he could prove that f Prisoner : Prove it ? yes : she looks very mild , but the truth is , she keeps a common house . The mother , who seemed shocked at the accusation , solemnly denied it , but the magistrate ordered the police to make some inquiries before the final disposal of the case . In qmries were made , from which it appeared that the prosecutrixis a hard-working poor woman , earning an honest Hvel £ boodL -She had formerly been in good circumstance * , and the prisoner contributed very much to her ruin by hi * constant thefts and habits of profligacy . The son ' s charge ¦ jthj false . He iras folly committed for trial .
QUEEN-SQUARE . Tcxspat . —ExTE nsrrB Robbekiss . —Sarab Smith , a middle-aged woman , underwent a lengthened examination on several charges of robbery . Tin ; prisouor had been for the last fonr or £ ve years engaged as a
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charwoman at the Kbnses of several respectable persons at Chelsea and Brompton , and availed herself of the opportunity so afforded to plunder her employers to a considerable extent . The police found m her house npwards of £ 50 in gold and silver , an acknowledgment for £ 110 , lent dv her to a friend , a gold Trateh , some gold rings , and a great deal of property of various descriptions , amongst ¦ which were many articles identified hy her landlady , and some of those who had employed her . Several persons appeared and gave evidence , and identified their property . The gold watch had been stolen from a lady . The prisoner-was committed for trial on three cases .
MAX 5 I 0 X HOUSE . "Wedxxsdat . —Tnx Fatal Accidest is Thbeadneedix-stbeet . —Richard Sargood , the driver of an errand cart , was brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having been instrumental to the . death of a man named Dean , in Threadueedle-srreet , on the evening of Tuesday . The particulars of this case will bs found under the head of "Accidents , Offences , &'e . " Among the witnesses examined was Thomas Kyte , one of the labouring men employed by Mr . Chadwick , the surveyor , to repair Threadneedle-street , who stated that he placed the stones in the street , and they might have projected into the carriage-way about two feet , but there was a great deal of room for all vehicles . The Lord Mayor : I do not sec that 1 can allow you to be sworn , as yonr statement is calculated to affect yourself . Subsequently fee Lord Mayor ordered Kyte into enstody , who was remanded till Friday . Bail was taken for the appearance of Sarrood .
MARLBOROUGH STREET . "Wedxisdat . —Rotaltt in Tbibelation . —A stout Tre'l-dressed man of colour was brought into court charged ¦ with having severely beaten one of his countrymen . The def-ndant , when asked for his name , in a stentor-like Toi-e , said , " 3 am Prince Christophe d'Hayti , broder to de King of HaytL" The complainant , John Harris , of Po ' and-street , said he had the misfortune to become acquainted with his sable highness at a time when his exchequer required replenishing , and feeling compassion forafellow-couiitryman _ of his own complexion , he was induced to take him into his house and provide him and his suite { among which was a female attache ) ¦ until a debt had been created amounting to £ 150 . His highness promised to liquidate the amount as soon as he obtained possession of those revenues sacred to the scions of Haytian royalty , and more particularly -tvhen he got abont a million and a half of money which he declared h'g late Majesty . > ii * brother , had
lodged in the Bank of England , and left him heir . He subsequently left the country , and the complainant had heard nothing more of him until he accidentally met him in Piccadilly the day previous . The complainant demanded his money , instead of which he got several blows from the defendant ' s umbrella , by which his facg was laid open , and he was otherwise injured . The prince was required to state why he had conducted himself in such a plebeian manner towards his benefactor . Sare magistraat ( said the prince ) , 1 only speak some Inglis dat is broke . 1 strike him face , ven he call me blackguard . Hah ! date vrord ( gnashing hiaxeeth -with rage ) very bad word in England : very bad Word in Hayti : very bad word for prince - . very bad word fur a broder of a king . Complainant : Vy . yoa nebber pay me . Prince : Uere's dr law for you . in d < - Bench of d < - Queen . Complainant : Ha : ha : ha : Sue him besrgar . —Mr . Maltby fined the defendant £ : ; . and in default -oi payment he was committed to pr ison lor one month's hard lal > our .
Thi Law op Distbaint . —A very poor woman came to Mr . MalTby to state that all her small stock of furniture and clothes had been seized for ren * the previous da , > . Her husband , who - worked at a coal-wharf , anil ivlio had last been employed at the Ranelagh-wharf , Fimlico , had broken his ancle , and this had throivn him out of work for some time . The children , too , had been seized with the smaHpos . and the consequence of these heavy afflictions was that they had run into arrear of rent amounting toois . 'While she was out on Tuesday afternoon , lending a charitable hand to clean the room of a sick neighbour , the
landlord pnt in a broker and made a levy , leaving a man in possession . There was besides the 52 s . lor rent a charge of 3 s . for levy , and although tht man in possession had only entered upon his -office about four o ' clock the previous day , and it was not more than one o ' clock ji-sterday when the j > oor woman made her application , a period of about seventeen hours , he had contrived to nuke out a claim of 5 s . for rwo days' possession , being : it the raU- of 2 * . od . per day . iir . Maltby directed inquiry to be made into the trase , which was done and found to be one of great destitution . Thp constable was conimissioned to make
the best terms he could mth the landlord , and the applicant received 5 s . for present need , with an intimation that something more substantial should be done { or her .
THAMES POLICE . TarssDAT . —A Habd Case . —A man , who gave no name , addressed Ids worship , stating that he wished to make a complaint arisinsr out of the k >« of the Hero , which had been wrecked on Sunday night off Harwich , whru all ~ oui < on l * uard , exet-pt one , who was then present with him in the court , perished , lien- the applicant turned round . ind pointed to a weather-beaten looking seaman , who sf-em .-d to have undergone much hardship , and proceede « l to « ay that the account of the calamity a ? it appeared in the papers was altogether incorrect . The truth f > f the matter was , that the «~ aptain , who -was ill "hel «»\ v . ; rnve charge of Hie vessel to the mate , and that person , heinjr in liquor at the time , crowded too mnch sail , which It-d to the loss ot" the vessel and all those who vesi-hed with her . —Mr . Ilallantine :
H « -w d » you know You were not on board . I presume ? —The applicantj « aid he was not , but his son was . His son was the lad who bad tw > en described in the account in the papers a « o : ie of the lrtst i-er « on « seen clinging to the jib-booic . The p < x > r fellow , -tvho , as Jie ( the father ) had seen by the papers , " would have been saved if lie vould have held a little- longer , had never been to sea In-fore , and considerable expense had be < -nincurred in fitting him out . Notwithstanding the representations made o » this head lo ill ? - o"w ~ nexs tli . i-v rvfuse to pay the- -xvaq-es -which wer * due t <"> his son , and he wished to know whether there wer .-any means of compelling them . Mr . llallantim- said it 153 ; a case in which he could render no assistance . The applicant then withdrew , saying it was very hard that h <> should not only lose his son . but also ^ lose the wa 4 res which were due to him .
WASDSWURTH . Mojtdat . —Cbabge or Rat > £ . —Mr . John 7 Iaycr « ft , a grocer and beer-shopkeeper in the Devonshire-road , Chiswick , was brought up from the New Prison , Cl ^ rkenwell , and placed before Mr . Paynter , for final examination upon a charge of feloniously assaulting Hannah Andrews , a girl only fourteen years of age , who was living with him as a servant . There were two distinct charges of rape sworn to bv tin- girl , but Mr . Paynter observed , that the prisoner had better be indicted only for thv iirst , inasmuch as in the second case the complainant had not made such resistance as might have l >« - > _ > n expected from her . The prisoner , who seemed thoroujrhlv ashamed of himself , reserved his defence , and was fully committed to 2 » ewgate for trial .
Thursday . —A Sisgclab Case . — -1 t-sttrday John BigneB and Anne Bignell , described on the charge-sheet as man and wife , were placed in the dock , before Mr . Paynter , charged with stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel , tbe property of Thomas 'Warr , of Bedfcnt , Middlesex . The singularity in this case -was that the owner oi the property , when he discovered hb loss , instead of acquainting the police , employed a young woman to go in pursuit of the thieves , and the tact and perseverance that this female exhibited would have dont ; credit to any constable in the metropolitan police force . Mr . Paynter remanded the case until Tuesday , at the same time remarking that the woman Legg had performed a most extraordinary action , and that she deserved great credit for what she had done .
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MIDLAND CTRCriT . Dec . 12 . — Manslaughter . —This morning , William Thomas Galliniore , aged forty , "was found guilty of causing the death of Ann Warwick . The prisoner is a surgeon at Chesterfield , and attended the deceased in her confinement ; and it -was alleged that through unskilful treatment he had caused her death . Six months' imprisonment . XOTTDTGHAM , Dec ] 6 . —THE LaTE FaTaL RaILWAT Accident . —This morning , on his lordship taking his seat upon the bench , Robert Liglitfoot , stationmaster at Nottingham , was arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for that he , on the 21 st of November last ,
in the parish of St . Mary , did kill and slay John Dean . The prisoner , in a firm and distinct voice , pleaded not guilty . Robert Lightfoot , and Jonathan Raven , station-master at Beeston , -were then arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for manslaughter , the former as causing the death of James Bolestridge , the Litter as being present , aiding and assisting therein . The grand jury for the town had ignored this bill on Saturdav . Both prisoners having pleaded not guilty , Mr . Wildman , who held the brief for the prosecution , stated that in that case the jury were aware the bill had been thrown out , and under those circumstances it was not usual , unless there were some peculiarities about a case , to proceed with
the inquiry . Certainly he { Mr . Wildman ) did not find any circumstancesin the present case that would justify him in departing from the usual course , a . s his own opinion -was , that if the inquiry was proceeded with he could not reasonably expect , after consuming a great quantity of time , to lay before them such facts as would * induce them to come to the conclusion that beyond all reasonable doubt the prisoners had been guilty of gross and culpable negligence ; and if there had been nothing more than an error of judgment , it -would of coarse be their duty to find a verdict of acquittaL He ( the learned counsel ) , on looking at the evidence , could not but feel that
in that case , although the prisoner Lightfoot might have been guilty of an error of judgment , still it was an error of judgment in which his own life was as much risked as that of any other person ; for it appeared that so far from wishing to neglect his duty , he left the place where be might have continued , and exposed his own person in order to prevent the possibilitv of a disaster occurring , which it was no part of his d " uty to prevent . Under these circumstances , feeling that Mr . Lightfoot might have been , and perhaps ¦ was , the cause of theaccident under a most unfortunate error of judgment , -still it was impossible for him < Mr . Wildman ) to say on his own private opinion thai the prisoner had been guilty of culpable indi-
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gence : therefore , he should not offer any' evidence against hun , and it would be the duty of the jury to find a verdict of not guilty . Mr . Justice Patteson observed , there being no evidence offered , the jury could do none other but return a verdict of acquittal in favour of both parties . The foreman of the Jury } : Not guilty , my lord . Mr . Justice Patteson then addressed Mr . Lightfoot as follows : —Mr . Robert Lightfoot , you understand the proceedings in this case ; that there was an indictment preferred respecting the death of James Bolestyidceto the grand jury of the town of Nottingham , which indictment they ignored . No evidence is offered against you with reference to the coroner ' s inquisition which sat on the body of James Bolestridgeand none will be
, offered , I dare say , in the case of Dean ; indeed , I think it probable no bill will be preferred in ^ tliat case , though that was in the county . Mr . Wildman : — No , my lord , no bill will be preferred . Mr . Justice Patteson : Then the recognisances may be discharged , so there is an end to this prosecution . I am very glad this inquiry has taken place . I am quite sure that the termination of this prosecution is that which law and justice fully require . 1 cannot pretend to say there was not an error of judgment on your part ; but it is clear everything tliat , was done by you was done to prevent the mischief ' taking place which did occur , owinc probably to a
misunderstanding between you and another person . It seems to me that every person on a railway , and in almost every other situation in life , would do well not to step out of the strict line of their duties . If you had not done so , this accident might not have occurred , as I understand it was no part of your duty to have left the Nottingham station at all . That was an err , or in the first instance ; and the second error , if there was any , seems to be this , that although feeling persuaded * and as far as I can judge with very good reason , that the train coming from Nottingham would come on its proper hue , and that that line would be free , still you did not wait to make it quite certain at the Beeston station . It would have heen
bewer to have waited , as it appears the train coming from Nottingham , whichever line it came on , was overdue at 13 ceston station , therefore it would have been better had you waited a few minutes . Mr . Lightfoot then stepped from the dock , and immediatelylcft the court .
NORFOLK CIRCUIT . Bust St . Edmv . vd ' s , Dec . 16 . —The Gisleham MruDEB . —William Howell , aged 28 , was indicted for the murder of James M'Fadden on the 30 th of July last , and Walter Howell , a < jfed 21 , and Israel Shipley , aged 58 , stood charged with being present , aiding and abetting in the said murder . This trial , to which great public interest and importance were attached , was at length brought to a close this day , after having occupied the attention of the court and jury for nearly three days . The unfortunate man , whose death was charged to have been caused by the prisoner , was by birth an Irishman , by persuasion a Roman Catholic , and by occupation a policeman , his station being on the coast of the countv , at Kessingland , around which
lie the villages of Gisleham , Mutford , and Hulver : the hitter being the residence of the prisoners , who occupied two cottages under one roof . The neighbourhood was well selected for a " station , " as it was known to be infested by a gang of thieves , whose depredations were characterised both by their extent and audacity , as well as by the unusual numbers supposed to be engaged in them . It became , therefore , a primary object with the police to put down their doings , and , an a means to this em ) , there is veiy tittle doubt that the deceased , who was distinguished for his address and activity , had gained the confidence of a woman named Harriet Botwright , whose brother was tried ajjd transported i ' or arson at the assizes i ' oi' this county , ai , d whose connexions might ven' likely be supposed
to lit- among the members of the gang . According ly , information was given , no doubt bv her , that the bin-glars had formed a design of attacking , on a large scale , the premises of Mrs . Button , a lady who occupies an old moated farm-mansion , known as Gisleluuu-hall , in the month of July , soon after the trial of their associate ; so little eiiect would the punishment of others seem to have on the courses of professed thieves . A watch was therefore set almost nightly on the hall , it being understood between the police and their informant , that she should give such moru precise intelligence of the movements of the gang as her acutcness and observation might p lace within her reach . Nothing , however , occurred till Sundav , the 29 th of the month
when the expected information was given ; and , that Whig so , it is to be regretted , for the sake of the deceased , that toa cingle individual was intrusted a duty which required numbers for its adequate discharge . He alone , however , repaired to the hall at nightfall , and , bidding the folks good night , commenced his " watch and ward . " The hall is somewhat peculiarly situated , there being a double moat around it ; the outer one embracing among other buildings a large barn , in which there was a quantity of undressed wheat , the produce of a long thrashing ; * a fact no doubt well known to the marauders , whose depredations were generall y ; confined to such objects . This barn w * as left on the Saturday afternoon safely locked up as usual , and , exercising hisseeretintelliffenee , M'Fadden
placed himself within a jrate leading into the garden , whence he could command the only approach to the barn , either from the house or from the country beyond tlit' moat . Nothing was heard or seen of him by the family till half-past twelve or one o'clock in the morning , when Mrs . Button was aroused from her sleep by a noise which , in her alarm , she not unnaturally construed into an attempt to break into the back kitchen ; but her niece , who lay with her , not only recognized in it the voice of their protector , but also correctly surmised that he was speaking in pain . On their going down stairs the poor fellow was found without his great coat and boots , covered with dirt , and stretched across the door-way , almost insensible , and weltering in his blood , which Howed freely from
liis body . His Iirst exclamation was , " 0 ! I am 8 hot—1 " dying : they have shot me . " On bring questioned he further stated that he knew the man who had shot him and mentioned the name ot " Howell . " Being immediately placed on a bed and strengthencil with some brandy and water , a doctor was sent for , and at an early hour , at his earnest request , ; and with the sanction of the doctor , he was removed on a featherbed in a tumbril to his lodgings at Kessingland , where he arrived weak , exhausted , and much depressed in spirits , constantly asserting that " it was all \ ip with him "— " that this would do for him , " and shaking his head with a groan , when a second medical man cheered and encouraged him to look forward to his recovery . On being examined ,
his wound did not , though a very severe one , waiTant any serious apprehension of a fatal result . : It , however , appeared to have been inflicted by a discharge of largish shot from a gun which must have teen held above and within a fe \ y feet of his left thigh , as there was a large hole of two or three inches in it near to the hip-joint , while there were marks of a few single shots around it . From the time of his return home , every exertion and attention was called in to his aid which human skill could suggest ; but towards the afternoon of | Tuesday it was evident to the surgeon , Mr . Prentice , that he could not long survive , as emphysema had taken place , for ah * had been introduced into the wound , the result of inflammation , while his nervous system had
sustained a shock too powerful for it to overcome . Just before that time he bad adieu to the wife and infant child of his inspector , the latter of whom he shook by the hand , saying , . "Ishall never see you again , my man , " and eventually expired at nine o ' clock . on that night . During the early part of that and the preceding day , he had made repeated statements to Inspector Lark and others as to the circumstances attendant on his wound , which the learned judge did not deem to be admissible , as not coming within the principle which made such declarations evidence ; but about two hours before his death , after the surgeon had advised that he should make a deposition before a magistrate , Lark , the inspector , again
spoke to him , when he expressed his readiness to do so , and added , " not yet . " He was then asked whether he would like to send for a priest ; to which he said " no ; it would be no use now . " Lark then informed him that the magistrates had given orders that " every care should be taken of him , and tliat they had resolved that if he survived and lived a cripple , provision should be made for him . " In answer to this the dying man said , "it ' s of no use ; 1 shan't want it . " Soon afterwards Lark said to him , " You are dangerously , if not mortally wounded . " On which he grasped his hand and turned his head aside ^—conduct which impressed hiH officer with a belief that he was sensible of Ids
approaching end . under these circumstances it was proposed generally to give in evidence the declarations of the . deceased , but his lordship rejected at once all those which preceded the last two hours of his life , leaving it to the learned counsel for the defence to call such evidence as they might think proper , in order to determine the collateral issue as to the admissibility even of those later statements ; accordingly there was called for tlie prisoners , the Rev . H . Brigham , who deposed as follows : —I am Catholic priest of this town . It is certainly incumbent on every Catholic who knows himself to be dying to send for a priest ta receive extreme unction , provided be wishes to make his peace with God . Previously he would receive confession and the holy communion , if there were time , and if he bein a state which requires confession . Every Catholic would do so , unless he were dead to
all sense of religion . Cross-examined by Mr . O'Malley : —Extreme unction is not necessary for salvation , nor accounted so by the strict doctrines of the Church of Rome . If a Catholic refused it when offered , I should say he was not in a way of salvation , or not a Catholic . The value of that ordinance ifl not dimk nished by insensibility . If there had been no expression of repentance , or a wish to see a priest , I should hesitate , if I knew that the person had not confessed or conformed to the Catholic faith . JSo pious Roman Catholics differ in their estimation of the value of confession , communion , and extreme unction . There are different degrees , of course , of piety and adherence to forms in ours , as in all other churches , Rp-examined : Catholics , in danger of dedth , however hut in their faith , always send fora priest . I never knew of a ease to the contrary . Mr . Gurdon having called a witness to « liow that the deceased had nUuiiucd a Protestant and Methodist place of worship
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on several occasions , and that the priest nearest the station was many miles distant ; Mr . Prondergast then submitted that the ^ statements of the deceased were not admissible under the circumstances , as he had declined the offer of a . priest ; by no act done , or testamentary direction given by him , could it be clearly and unequivocally asserted that he was impressed with the belief of approaching death . The learned counsel cited several cases in support of this opinion . Mr . Justice Williams overruled the objection , and expressed his determination to receive the statements ot the deceased , reserving a case for the judges if necessary . James Lark was then examined as to the statement of the deceased not long preceding his death , and he proved , that having asked him if he was correct in mentioning the individual
he had before named to him as the man who had shot him , the deceased answered , " Yes , it was lloweil [ the Christian name had been previously mentioned and was excluded by the learned judge ' s ruling ]; lie Jives at Hulver . The man that shot me wore an old policeman's hat and a long velvet coat tojhis knees . I should know him if I saw him again ; such and such persons [ who were suggested to him ] might have been there , but Howell shot me . " In the course of this , and indeed of all the other statements which were excluded , it is to be observed that the name of Harriet Botwright was never mentioned by the deceased as having been present with him in the garden , nor was any account given of the circumstances which attended his death . As to the
latter , they may be gathered from the evidence of two men in the employ of Mrs . Button , who found thie bam had been plundered when called up'at one o ' clock in the morning , and soon after discovered in the garden the upper coat and Blucher boots of the deceased . On searching the premises beyond the outer moat his cutlass was found in the adjoining close , much battered with shot marks , and lying close by a sack of wheat ; further on , just on the brow of a ditch , were seen the indentations produced by the figure of a man , with his amis stretching upwards , as ii he had fallen back . In the bottom of the ditch were traces of blood , and on the top of the opposite bank were footsteps of several people , and a quantity of wheat , which had evidently been shot from sacks .
It would thus appear that the deceased had observed the completion of the robbery , and , taking off his coat and boots , had dogged the thieves till he was discovered , or disclosed his presence , as they > yere making off with their plunder , and doubtless received his death-wound from some one standing close above him , as he was endeavouring to ascend the bank in pursuit ; after which he must , by slow degrees , and with great agony , have dragged his bodv round the moat to tlie back door , where he aroused Mrs . Button withhis groans . On the Thursday after his death a voi'diet of Wilful Murder was returned ugainsb WiJliam lloweil , who was forthwith taken up . For some time after that no further steps were taken by the police ; but in consequence of information from Harriet Botwright , Shipley and Walter Howell , as well as five other men , were apprehended on the otli of November last . At that time , however , the girl only stated that she had seen them altogether about
eleven o ' clock on the fatal night , and the last named parties were discharged . She afterwards made considerable additions to her testimony , the result of which was that Walter lloweil and Shipley were again apprehended and finally committed to , take their trial with William fLowell . The woman Botwright . mud several other witius . st ^ rare examined i ' or the prosecution , who plainly proved the guilt of the accused . Mr . Prcndergast addressed the jury for the defence , and this day ( Monday , ) his lordship summed up . The j u-ry retired , and , after a short absence , returned into court with a verdict of—Guilty . Ills lordship then , in the usual terms , passed sentence of death upon all the prisoners . At the conclusion of his lordship ' s address , Walter lloweil emphatically asserted that all the witnesses against him were liars ; but the other two , especially Shipley , seemed quite overcome by a sense of their dreadful situation .
WESTEUN CIRCUIT . Exeieu , Dec . 17 . —Ixcexmaiuhm . —John Bendle , a miserably-clad and lame man , was convicted of having , on the night of the 27 th of September last , set fire to a rick of oats , the property of John Land , lie was sentenced to be transported for life , i NORTHERN CIRCUIT . York , Dec . 12 th . —Extraordinary Case . —Wil Ham Thompson , alius Luke Robinson , ali a * Blucskin , aged twenty-six , was charged with feloniously shooting , on the 22 nd of January , 1843 , at Thomas Carr , of Hall-moor Farm , near "York , with intent to in ardor , disable , or do him some grievous bodily harm . For this very offence a man named John Mason was tried at the last assizes , found guiltv , and sentenced
to twenty years' transportation . Soon after that transaction the prisoner incautiously boasted te a policeman that he had done this job , and that Mason had not been concerned in it at all . The policeman immediately gave information to his superintendent , and he had been ever since collecting additional evidence . It appeared that the prisoner , with several other ruffians ,, all of whom have cither been transported for other offences or are now under sentence of transportation , went to Hall-moor for the purpose of committing a burglary : being disturbed in their purpose , however , and Carr making his appearance in his shirt , the prisoner , as he was effecting his escape , tired at him , but happily without effect . Amongst the witnesses was one of the prisoner ' s okl associates , named Hawthorn , who was brought out of prison to give evidence . This man swore to going with the prisoner and others to Hall-moor for the purpose of breaking into the house , and deposed that the prisoner fired
twice at the prosecutor . If his testimony could he believed there could Ik ; no doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . Blueskin , however , cross-examined him in a roost ingenious vunnnev , and elicited from the witness that he had been in prison six times , and was now under sentence of transportation . Notwithstanding this , the credible evidence against the prisoner was quite conclusive . The prisoner delivered a very ingenious and somewhat argumentative address to the jury on his own behalf , asserting that , beyond a iloubt , the witness Hawthorn had been promised his release from transportation as a reward for tho evidence ho had given , and denying , of course , all knowledge of the transaction . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was . sentenced to twenty years' transportation . His lordship , in passing ^ sentence , intimated that immediate steps would bo taken for the recall of the innocent convict , Mason , and that Government , in all likelihood , would award him
compensation . LivKRrooL , Dec . 12 . — Attempt to Shoot a Landing Waiter . —John M'Caughie , aged 40 , was charged with having attempted to tire off a pistol at John William Arkle , with intent to kill and murder him . It appeared that on the 12 th of October last the prisoner went to the Custom-house and said he wished to sec Mr . Arkle ,-when he was told that he might find him at the Prince ' s Dock shed . He immediately proceeded in pursuit of him , and met him at the dock going towards the depot . Tho prisoner advanced towards him , and , when he got within about five yards , turned round and presented a pistol at Mr . Arkle , which however did not go off . He advanced with the pistol a second time , when Mr . Arkle called out for assistance , saying , "Don't you see
he is going to shoot me ? " A man then came up , and , with the aid of other parties , the prisoner was eventually secured . An examination then took place , but no cap was found on the pistol ; it was afterwards picked up near where the scufHe took place , Being broken , as though some one had trodden upon it . On comparing the cap , and fitting it with the pistol , it was found to be too large , and that circumstance had probably been the ineaus of saving the life of Mr . Arkle , as the trigger would go down without discharging the pistol , and that must evidently have been the case more than once , the prisoner having several times attempted to fire . When the prisoner was taken into custody he expressed his regret that his design had not been carried out . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , He was sentenced to hard labour tor two years .
LiVERrooL , Friday . —Wilful Murder at Manchester . —George Evans , aged twenty ( could read and write imperfectly ) , was arraigned on an indictment , charging him with the wilful murder of Jane Millen , at the borough of Manchester , on the 14 th of August last , by striking her with a certain iron bar . There was another count in the indictment charging him with having committed the murder by strangling the deceased . The prisoner , who exhibited a more respectful and becoming demeanour then he did when before the committing magistrates , pleaded not guilty . The evidence was altogether of a circumstantial nature , but so conclusive as to leave no reasonable doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . We gave the facts of the murder in full at the time of its occurrence , which were as our readers will remember briefly
these . The prisoner lodged at the house of his victim , and on the morning of the murder had been left in bed ( he having been drinking for some days previous ) , when the husband of the murdered woman and other parties residing in the house went to their work . At dinner time the husband and a lodger returned home , when finding the door closed against them they got in at the window , when they found the poor woman in a closet dead , with every appearance of having been strangled ; besides which , her lip was cleft in two , and there was a wound at the back of the head . On searching the house , the prisoner was found to be missing , and three suits of clothes , a watch , and other property had been taken away . The prisoner had
been seen to leave the house with a heavy box in the course of the morning . He was traced to Liverpool , and subsequently arrested with most of the stolen property in his possession . These were the principal facts of tlie case , as detailed in the evidence . Mr . Pollock defended the prisoner , speaking about an hour . At half-past one o ' clock the jury retired , and , after a quarter of an hour ' s absence , returned into the court with a verdict of Guilty . The judge then passed the usual sentence of death , which the prisoner heard without apparent emotion . York , Dec 13 . —Sentence of J . S . Maddison , latb Superintendent of Rcual Police . —His lordship ( Mr . Justice- Coleridge ) sentenced Maddison , convicted on Monday last of embezzlement , to eighteen months' imprisonment ami hard labour . The learned
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Judge , in the course of his remarks to the prisoner , observed that he should certainly have transported him had it not been that the Committee of the Rural Police Association had exhibited considerable carelessness in their ] money matters . Sentence upp . \ the Bradford Rioters . —John O'Brien , Thomas Hogan , Daniel Donovan , Daniel Power , and William Quin , convicted at tlie last assizes of manslaughter at Bradford ; and also John M'Cann , convicted at the present assizes , were called on to receive sentence . The learned judge ( Coleridge ) addressed the prisoners at some length , remarking
that their crime was manslaughter of the most gnevous description , which called for the heaviest punishment thejlaw awarded for that offence . They were wholly unfit for the society of this country , and wholly unfit to enjoy the liberty they had once had . They would live in a foreign land , in a , condition little better than that of slaves , but he ( the learned judge ) trusted they would remain there Jong enough to repent having caused tlie death of a fellowcreature . The sentence upon them was that they be transported beyond the seas for the term of their natural lives , i
Alfred Hawke and Thomas Woolhouse , who had been out on bail , were charged with having , at Sheffield , thrown some explosive substance into the dwelling-house of Joseph Almond , with intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily harm . The indictment also ! contained a count for a common assault . The prosecutor , on being examined , would not swear to the prisoners ; the case was accordingly at once abandoned ] and his lordship intimated that he should not allow the prosecutor ' s costs . Liverpool , Dec . 16 . — Murder at Salford . — Thomas Stew was indicted for the wilful murder of Alice Nolan , at ! Manchester , by cutting her throat . It appeared from the statement of counsel that the deceased worked at a flax mill in Salford , and that
about ten o'clock on the night of Sunday , tho 7 th of July , she was seen to put her hand to her throat in Brig-street , Salford , apparently in great pain , and that on reaching Harrington-street she fell . , On examination it was found that her throat lad been cut almost from ear ] to ear , and that , from ifs appearance , the wound could not have ] been inflicted by herself . In order to shew that the prisoner was connected with the transaction , it appeared that the deceased and himself had been acquainted with each other for some time ; thai he kept ner company with the view of marrying her ; and that he had applied to her to know whether she would become his wife . On Sunday , the 7 th July , they passed the whole day together , and about six o ' clock on that evening they went to the house of a ifrs . Sarah Shepherd , in Cook-street ,
Salford , where some few words , not of an amicable nature , seemed to pass between them . Presently , however , they made up their differences , and were as good friends as ever ; and then the prisoner rushed out , and borrowed a razor and shaving-brush at the house of a neighbour iiamed Hugh Broadhurst , with the intention , as he said , of shaving himself ; He then returned to Shepherd ' s , and about ninej " o ' clock the same night deceased and himself left together , and after that time the young woman was never seen alive by her friends . ' What became of thorn , from nine to ten o ' clock was not exactly known , but about ten a man and a woman were seen at the coiincr of a street , and one main inquiry in the case appeared to be whether tlie persons then
standing together were the prisoner and the deceased . There w . is no < lotiljt tliat the female was the deceased , ami tlie description of the man exactly answered that of the prisoner . The conversation that passed between them was partly overheard . The man called her by the name of Alice , and she addressed him by the name of Tom , and those were the usual terms of familiarity with which they called each other . ' The subject of conversation had reference to their marriage . She said she would not marry him for six months at least , and this answer appeared to have disappointed the prisoner . Very shortly after , the deceased was seen to put her hand to her throat and to foil in the | street , and . 'it the same mouu-ut the prisoner was observed to run in the direction of
Shepherd ' s liouse . About ten minutes after ten o ' clock he passed up Shepherd ' s entry , singing and dancing "Jim ! along Joe , " and then he rushed into Shepherd ' s house , crying out , "Here goes it—here I'll < lic . " Immediately after having said this he made a sort of a stumble forwards , and inflicted a deadly wound on his throat with the razor he had borrowed from Broadhurst . The wound , though not fatal , was nevertheless a very dangerous one , and it was only latel y that he had recovered from the effects . Several witnesses were examined to prove the case . Mi * . James addressed the jury for the prisoner , going minutely through the evidence , and contending that there was nothing in it that could justify the jury in saying , beyond any reasonable doubt , that it was the
hand of the prisoner at the bar which inflicted the wound of which the unfortunate woman died . On the other hand , if satisfied on the point , they must consider whether the prisoner was of sane miisd when committing th ; c deplorable act .. The learned counsel at great length contended that the prisoner had been in a state of insanity ; and in support of this opinion called Mr . Chalmers , surgeon to the gaol , who testified a-s to hisheliefiin the insanity of the prisoner-during a considerable portion of the time he had been under his care . His : lordship summed up , and statedthat of late years the pica of insanity had been set up on very weak grounds . If a man showed any peculiarity , or had any unreasonable quarrel with his " relations or friends , it was . jmade a ground for representing him as
insane . To establish that plea , howi ver , they must be satisfied that the party was at tho time the offence was committed unable to distinguish right -from wrong . His lordship then went through the facts as they bore upon the question , whether the prisoner had , in fact , cause *! the death of the deceased . The jnry , aftw a short absence from the box , returned a verdict of—Guilty . His lordship then proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner . Towards the close of his lordship ' s address the unhappy man sank back , apparently partially insensible , in the anus oi ' the turnkeys . At the close of the sentence he seeraed to wake , as it wore , from a dream , and clinging to the front of the dock , endeavoured to address the court , but a few -hoaijsc unintelligible whispers were all that
could be heard—his tongue refused its office , and he was led half fainting from the dock . At the same moment some person at the back of the . dock was seized with a fit , apparently of epilepsy , and his cries and struggle ^ were appalling . The " crowd endeavouring to rush to the spot increased the confusion , and it was only by great exertions on the part of the officers in attendance that the unfortunate man was carried from the court , and order finally restored . Durham , Dec . 17 . —Siiootixg with Intextto Kill . —Robert Brown , aged 25 , and George Muek-leroyd , aged 28 , were charged with having , on the 25 th of
July last , atjWaldridge , feloniously fired , off a gun into the house of John Walker , with intent to kill the said John Walker and Isabella his wife . On the night in question , between twelve and one . o ' clock , the prosecutor was awakened by the report of a gun fired in at the window of the room where he and his wife slept , and he immediately perceived that he was bleeding , and , that he had been wounded in different parts ot the body ; and that his wife also had received several wounds . The jury found the prisoner Browu guilty , but acquitted Muckleroyd . Brown was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . 1- OXFORD CIRCUIT .
Stafford , | Dec . 16 . —The Aldley Mcrder . —Paul Downing , aged 19 , and Charles Powvs , aged 17 , were indicted for the wilful murder of William Cooper , at Audley , on Sunday night , the 4 th of August last . The deceased , a sawyer by trade and 23 years of age , resided with jhis father , Thomas Cooper , an undergamekeepertoSir Thomas Boughey , on the baronet ' s estates at Audley , about five miles from Xewcastleundor-Line , yrhere he was in the habit of accompanying the keepers in their hazardous duties . Tlie prisoners are cousins and the sons of labourers , also living at A \ idley , a parish of considerable extent , in which they are all well known as poachers of considerable audacity . The prosecutor , Thomas Cooper , had on four occasions laid informations against
Downing for ; offences under the Game Laws , and this prisoner was released from Stafford House of Correet ion after j an imprisonment of two months , under one \ of these convictions , on the day preceding the murder . Powys and a still younger brother wei-e also brought before the magistrates , for trespassing in pnrsuit of game on ^ t he lands of Sir Thomas Iioughey , but the charges " were not pressed on account of their youth , and they were subjected only to a reprimand from the magistrates . On tlie night ef Sunday , the 4 th of August , about twenty minutes after twelve o ' clock , the father of the deceased was disturbed by the report of a gun , accompanied by a | piercing scream in the direction of his back-door , and on coming immediately down stairs
discovered the lifeless body of his son stretched across the threshold , with marks of blood on the door , the wall , and the " ground . Several neighbours were speedily sunimoned , some of whom went on the wellmeant but useless errand tor a surgeon , some started for the police , and others remained to comfort the agonized parents . The spot on which this atrocious act had been perpetrated was an enclosed yard , overlooked by no window from the cottage ; and from a well-executed model of the premises produced on the trial , it was evident that the fatal shot could have been fired only in one directionover a lowj wall behind an unoccupied dog-kennel . On immediate examination of the premises foottracks were discovered , and it was speedily ascertained thatj the murder had been committed by two
persons , who had made their escape by a circuitous route across the meadows , where their eourse through the heavy dew could be easily tracked by the immediate pursuers . On this alleged line of retreat , which took a direction towards the house of the father of tlie prisoner Powys , footsteps , more or less peitfeefc , of two persons , wearing shoes of different sizes , had -evidently been made by the murderers , and some tracks were found in a less perfect state in a direction ! towards the spot whence the gun was fired . To affect the prisoners by these steps , impressions were made alongside these original foot-tracks , all of which as to width , longth , and nail-marks ! in the opinion of the coroner , the police , and other parties , exactly corresponded and appeared to them to havo been made by the same shoes . The evidence
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which was wholly of a circumstantial character , appeared to satis fy the jury as to the- ' guilt of the accused , as , after an absence of nearly an hour , they returned into court wit » a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners , accompanied with a recommendation tojnerey , " as far as mercy was consistent with the ends of justice . " The Learned Judge then passed sentence of death on the prisoners . He could hold out to them no hopes of mercy . The trial occupied the entire of Monday , and until five o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon . During the whole of the proceedings the prisoners evinced the utmost indifference - nor was their firmness in the least shaken when . ' the awful sentence was pronounced .
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Dec . 17 . —The second December session for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the Court-house , Clerkenwell-green . Fortune-telling . —A repulsive-looking woman , named Keziah Marten , aged thirty-three years , was indicted for stealing a shawl , the property of Sarah White . This case presented the usual features of fu llibility on the one side , and of artful and cunning eception upon the other . The prosecutrix , a remarkably pretty and interesting-looking girl , about seventeen years of age , was in the service of a gentleman named Moore , who resided in the neighbourhood of Old Brentford , and en the 2 nd of the present month the prisoner went to Mr . Moore ' s house : and
was brought by the prosecutrix into the kitchen Tlie prisoner , after going through the usual cant and legerdemain with cards , which is one of the princi pal items of the stock-in-trade of such impostors , demanded some money . The poor simple girl replied ^ that she had only 2 d . about her , which she gave to the prisoner , who then said if the prosecutrix would have half-a-erown for her in five days she would come back at the end of that time and ensure her a most respectable and "likely" young man as a husband , with a large property . At this time the shawl was lying upon a chair in the kitchen , and was missed almost immediately after the departure of the prisoner . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of Guilty . —Sentence respited .
Suffolk , Fridat . — Murder by a Grandmother of her Graxdchild . —At the Suffolk Assizes , on Friday , iMary Sheming , aged 51 , was indicted for the wilful murder of John Slieming , a male infant child , the natural son of Caroline Sheming , single woman , of Martlesham . It appeared from the evidence that about ten days before the death of the child the prisoner had bought arsenic of one John Hudson , who kept a " general shop . " On the night of the murder her daughter ( the mother of the infant ) went to Wopdbridge ; at the time of her leaving home the child appeared to be well , with the exception of
a slight cold it had caught a few days previous ; she was absent but three hours' when on her return the cliild was dying , exhibiting every symptom of having being poisoned . The child died that night . Mr . Moore , surgeon , subsequently made a post-mortem examination , in which he discovered the presence of arsenic . The prisoner solemnly denied that she poisoned the child ; and declared that she had not fed it for two or three weeks before its death ; she also said , that the arsenic she possessed was taken out of a shed where she had placed it , by her youngest daughter . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and the Judge ordered her to be-executed at Ipswich .
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The Kj ; ost . —Throughout Sunday week the cold was most intense . The Serpentine was entirely fro zen over . It was , however , extremely thin , not being in any part more than an inch and a half thick , and was therefore most dangerous ; During the day full 5 , 000 persons ventured , at the risk of their lives , upon the ice . Shortly after four o ' clock an accident occurred which had nigh proved fatal to no less than ten persons . The first that became immersed , a young man named Charles Fane , residing at No . 3 ( Harris ' s ) , Oxford-street , broke in about the centre , between the receiving-house and the bridge . Sparks and Highmore , two of the icemen , instantly hastened to his assistance , but , on approaching the edge of the breakage , the ice gave way under their feet , and they
also became immersed , the sinking man clinging to them , and dragging them under the ice . At that juncture , others of the icemen , with other persons , came to their assistance , when a third breakage took place , through which seven other persons were immersed . At that instant a sailor , who happened to be present , most courageously jumped into the hole , and got out three men , while tlie others were got out by the icemen , and then , jumping out himself , walked off wetted to the skin , without his name being ascertained . On the Round Pond in Kensington-gardens , the ice around the edges was very thin and insecure , although in the centre it was very firm . About 1 , 500 persons were on it during the day , without any accident of a
serious character occurring . The Ornamental Water of the Regent ' s Park , from as early as eight o ' clock in the morning till dusk , was literally thronged with skaiters and sliders . Several members of the Skaiting Club were present . The ice was in excellent condition , and in thickness about two inches . A ' o less than 10 , 000 persons ventured upon the ice throughout the day . On the Lake in St . James ' s Park there were also from an earlyhourin the morning crowds of persons continually thronging to the ice till nearly dark in the afternoon . The numbers on the ice throughout the day were upwards of 10 , 000 , but , unfortunately , the day did not close without several serious , and , it is feared , some fatal accidents . The first which took
place was at about half-past twelve o ' clock , when Mr . Samuel Pendall , of No . 5 , Parliament-street , broke in up to his middle , but he fortunately got out without liclp . The most serious casualties took place between three and four o ' clock . The ice generally was in a very dangerous state , and about the time in question , there were upwards of ( 5 , 000 persons engaged in skaiting and sliding . A portion of the . ice gave way on the north side of the island at the castend , and seven or eight persons immediately became immersed in fourteen feet of water . Iceman Joseph Clapstone repaired to their assistance , with breakers , ladders , < fcc , but these , from the rottenness of the ice , giving way , he fearlessly sprang into the water , 1
and will ) the aid of Farrei , one of the park-keepers , and some of the bystanders , succeeded in extricating 5 persons ; but the other 2 or 3 , it is feared , have met with a watery grave . Drags were used for their recovery up to a late hour . Poor Clapstone , the iceman , nearly lost his life , three of the persons struggling in the water having clung to him and earned him several times beneath the surface , so that he became completely exhausted ; he was then assisted by iceman , James Wood , and on reaching the surface the last time brought up a gentleman , who was thus saved and was able to proceed home immediately . Scarcely had this been affected when a similar accident took place at the west-end of tlie lake , near Buckingham
Palace , where the ice broke completely across from the northern to the southern shore , and about fifteen persons were suddenly thrown into ten feet of water . Icemen , James and Richard Wood , and Joseph Knight , instantly repaired to the spot with ropes , sledge , breaker , ladders , &c ,, but the sledge got under the ice and was stove in . While extricating it the ladders broke in , and became useless , and the ropes which were thrown across broke several times before the many immersed persons could be got out with the aid of the poles . On Monday the cold was not so intense as on Sunday , the thermometer during the day being , at the Receiving-house , Hyde-park , at 29 degrees . In St . James ' s-park the number of skaiters was very
limited , owing to the dangerous state of the ice . The atmosphere on Thursday was again pervaded with a gloomy haze , though of a less dismal character than tho preceding day . The attendance of skaiteis and sliders , as well . as spectators in all the Metropolitan Royal Parks , was more numerous than on any preceding day this season . In Kensingtongardens , on the Long Water , there were about 4 , 000 , and on the Round Pond 2 , 000 skaters and sliders . The Sepentine was attended during the day by about 5 , 000 skaters and sliders , as well as numerous spectators on shore . The ice , though very strong , excepting a * tlie sides , theeast and bridge-end , wasnot in very good skating condition , in consequence of the eddies of dust blown thereon from the carriage-drive on the north bank . About one o ' clock a lad named Philip Bury , aged 14 , of 0 , Christopher-place . St . Martin ' s-Je-Grand , on
leaving the ice , broke through near the south shore , by the bridge , and became immersed in five feet water . He fell head downwards , and , in rising again , his feet came upwards , which were seized by hi * friend , another lad of the same age , named Robert Mason , of 76 , London-wall , who thus courageously extricated the former , who was instantly conveyed to the Receiving-house , shivering and suffering totnfro ? cold and alarm . After remaining till four o ' clock , i& clothes having been dried in the interim , he departed homewards , quite recovered . The lake in St . James * Park numbered during the dav about 7 . 000 skatta '
and sliders . In dragging the water in the course ot the morning , a walking-stick with a bent handle * & found , and also a hat-with crape-band , and a M # * kid glove . In the Regent ' s Park the number of skart " ters and sliders was about 10 , 000 , in addition to innumerable ladies and gentlemen who were promenading on the ice as weU as shores . On Saturday the flJJ » changed to the north-west , and there was a slight faU of snow . This however did not stay long , but witn the frost melted away , leaving the streets in the evening in the peculiar greasy state so well known of » London .
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street , Haymarket , hi the City of Westminster , attW Office in the same Street and Pai-isb , for the PT" " prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., andpublished-W William Hewitt , of Xo . 18 , Charles-street , Brandon ? street , Walwoith , in the Parish of St . Alary , Strivington , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . 3 Wi Strand , in the Parish of St . Mary-le-Straiid , in & * City of Westminster Saturdav December 21 , 1844
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Printed By Dougal M'Gowax, Of 17, -Great Windmill*
Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAX , of 17 , -Great Windmill *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct518/page/8/
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