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— i EEEPS . —Death tboh Owen . —On Saturday ' BTBniBg an inquest was held ai the Court HoiiBe before jt ^ a "Blackburn , on "new of the body of Hannah Pssrson , sn infant iwo days old , who died nnder the i following iircnmBtanDes : —The child was'born on , Tfednesday . and the snrgeon who attended the moths' daring her confinement , h&d seat her some j
opium piUs , gvnng strict directions to the woman ^ o teep them from the chOdren . Notwithstanding this ; je 5 tricnon , howeTer , ihe , finding the opiate agreeable ,, ; and the child being cross , dissolved one of the pills ; jn its food , and ibongh it was only a very small one , > j ; soon eent the child to sleep , from which it nerer } Trots again . The poor woman , who lies very ill , asd who , we -understand , is of rather weak intellect , was cot able to give any account of the matter , and i tijB Jary lettiraed » "verdict leafing the question "
open . Assxcxxs . —Ob Monday , Benjamin Perlrins was - Seed 2 ( fe- and costs for an assault on one of the police on Saturday night . On the sama day , iViai- < tfcew Waiawrigh » was fined 40 s . and cos « for an ; TiijproToked assault on a female in Kirigate , on Saturday night . They irere both sent to Wakefield for a moEtb in de&olt of payment . ; Stout Gambusg . —On Monday last , a Yonng j Irf named Henry Mitten , was bronght before the mjfistraiesat the Court House , on the information j of one of the police , who had canght him playing at pitch snd toss , wita several others , in Skinner-lane , - ' ob Sunday afternoon . He was fined 20 s and costs , " or sent * ° Wakefield for a month . j
Cbceijt to Axihais . —On Saturday last , William "Wesre , John Barret , and John ISioholls , all of Oilpy , * termer * , " « " « * summoned to appear before the Leeds , Borough magistrates , on iaformatKHis laid against them by the Leeds police , for craelty to animals in J crowding calve 3 in their carts which they were ) bringing to Leeds to selL Two of them had eight 1 eslTes in each cart , and the oilier six , and in onej instasce a calf had been trodden to death . They ' were each convicted io the penalty of ten shillings , j ¦ mxh eleven shillings costs in each case j or in default of payment to go fonrt » en days to WaieSeld , . i
Ajiekfi to Stkai jl Pig . —On Monday IsBt , two men , named George Milton and Jeremiah Foster , [ were charged with having killed a pig , the property of Mr . Tnomaa Servant , shopkeeper , Park-lane , > ¦ jriih intent to steal the carcass . The prosecntor i had three pigs , which he kept in Marlborongh- ] street , and soon alter eleven on Saturday ni ^ ht , in * consequence of iesriug auoisc , "hewem OttX , and B&W twD juen tdh from the direction of his pig-stye . A i neighbour who &me np identified one of these as the j prisoner ilitton , and the other prisoner was found ] in iris company , boih their shoes bearing testimony _ that they had been where pigs were kept . Tne pig ' TTss fonud io hare been killed in the stye ., They were ccmmitied for tnal .
Ths Mtstebt of tie Holt Pokes . —Headingley " Vicarage" near Leeds , was the scene of a ceremony ,, las ; Sunday morning , rather more curious ; thannapressiTe . The Churchwarden of ihe place ,, il appears , is an ancient lady of somewhat heathenish j name , and a notice had be = n posted near the church ' door , id her name , and in reference to the perform- ; aiice of the musical portion of the divine sen-ices . : The BeTerend incumbent of the " Ticarage" has Ions been Snown to entertain some rather peculiar zotjons touching this matter ; and , so inflamed was ' he iin this occasion by holy z ^ al , that he seized the , haly poker to demolish the offensive annoonceni' -nt . ; Bat alas 1 for the vanity of mere human tffjrt , eren wirh apostolic anthority in its end ; the holy ' poker was broken in the collision . Pope B&Bg , a ] cnndred years
ago" Wist dire erents from triliag csaaes spring . " 5 ie rape ef a simple lock from the head of the fair BeHfida brought forth sad set in motion all that Enpernaiunial agency winch the poet ha 3 immortalized in one of the most charming poems in the English langnage ; and the case before us wonld almost induce ns to agree with ih& stSl older saying , th . it " "Woman is the mother of all eTU . " We have eo : heard , indeed , -srbat dire conTulaoDS followed the catastrophe of the hoi j poker ; Tee hare not heard "Bhtther the comet shook its "horrid hair , " or wagged its tail , in toksn of wrath or pleasure we have cot heard whether the rererend incumbent
of the ** Ticarags * ' perfonDed the cwemonyin £ nH eano » icals , or in tie academic gown ; we haT ' e not heard how far the excitemaii of the dies hroe inter ^ faed with the ^ wonted solemnity of the subsequent services ; we have not heard even whether the peccant placard was destroyed as well as the holy poker , or-if the mil more peccant virginal chirrcnwarden mUhaTeiodopenaEee in a rraiie sheflt— -emblem of her own parity ; bat we hope a&d trust that the Xererend inenmbent , before ** be next doth ride abroad , " and sends np his card with " Hedingley Ticarage" engraved upon it , wili provide against all B Uitoward" copnnfeencies by supplying the church mih another , a better , and a sumrer yoitES .
St £ axi > g BBiSs . —Oa ^ Jonday last , two- men named Jama ? Kay and George Brown , were brought up at the Uourt House , on a charge of having stolen a large quanitty of bras 3 bushe * , from the mill of Messrs . Croisdale , woo'len manufacturers , Holbeck . The brass -treighed about € 51 bs . Toe mill wi ^ locked p ? safe on Santrday night , and on Sunday morning il was found to have been entered tfcrougli the roof of the engine hecse . The priiOTiers were apprehended under the following circnm « anees : —Messrs . Joseph Kinsley , of the £ rm of & » sl « y and Kay , trass founders , Meadow-lane , deposed that he was died bd on Skmtoy morning about Sre o ' clock by fee prisoner Brown , who asked if he ' bought old
brass , and said heha 4 some toselL Hereplied that he did , and inquired in return , the reason for eomins tossl ] ii at that time , to which Brown replied fiat they were going off , and wanted the money . He ibanFeighed the Brass , which eame to some 35 s lad said ie had only 103 . by him , but he weuld borrow the remainder of a neighbour , and went out fcr that purpose , and to give information to the J * 3 ice . He did But then meet with a police-* Si * r , and on his letuxn Brown had gone , away . In the afternoon he got assistance and car-K * d tie hra ? s to the police office , giving information 45 to how he had become possess&d of it ; and in the fearing the prisoner Kay weat to his house , and said I sent you some brass thi 3 morning , For which yon mh ; sent me shillings : siTe me the remainder . "
ali . i ^ y ( Jus partner ) was then present , and he fept the prisoner in conversation nntil on officer was iKched , and he was given into custody . A female wholiv s neighbour to Kinsley deposea that she was Bp on Snuday morning a liule before fire o'dook , t tP ^ ^^ T ^ sontr Say han d a basket ovt-r awali » iiroira , which the latter took to Mr . Kinsley ' s . i i Cro 5 ssiaJ . e iafintified the property produced as bEloEgtBgto him ? elfaBd brother . The prisoner £ 3 y , ni Cefence i > aid that he committed the robbery *• yibK quest of tie witness Lesley , trho described to ton the premises , and lent him a key to open the til \ T v'mie ^^ witnesses to prove that he was u the whole of tie eight on Saturday , until he ^ c alled up on Sunday morning , about half-pas-t iT ! » J the oiher prisoner , who told him that he wanted him to go aad sell »> me bra ? s for him . Both for
Sf * JT ^ F ^ amU ^ d trial ; bail being ac-^ o lor Brown . Kay was previously on bail to *^ er a similar charge at the next sessions . fW FlGHTKES-0 n Monday last , the dock at « -- Umrt House Tfas £ -led fcy a party of ] ads , pracpany tx < im Woodhouse and Woodhonse Carr , a » jva-e cnv&a by SbpenntiDdart James , with Z ** « acerBed ia a prize fij-ht , at Miles Hill , ^¦ ai wooa , on Suuday morning . Their names « fej-Uar ] fcs Tbsckray and James Korton , each 4 t *\ - llZTB &f *^ ' scarcely higher than the Oof » v' ^" J- ^ - « J obn Fletcher , * takc holder Tir , * " -t ) ; Jo 5 eu } l Wsrw . ct . Ti-. hn Thnf-n TJnht
3 x £ i' 2 ***™* Potfcerby , James Gawthorp , 1 W .- i ^ ' Wln- Taylor , Richard Metcalic , wiiBf c l < iWj aBd Thoma 3 Staiwell i spectators , — * Ii »^» i ! h&d beeD 2 < J niHted to bail , and were fce « A ° " fcc 0 Ese evidence , Mr . James introduced Efiia TV JD m Te ^ a 1 ' ^ *' fl-jnrisb of trnmptts , TjW £ . TliB ? b" EOrt of BtTle » and was bit , v T ?™ ; - " impreidng upon the magis-Se < Ti ^ ^ f 7 - iic - £ T 3 Te and Baines , that in con V-t ^ T - 2 i ^« narion" which he received W , L ? i > scc ? ay morning ioto ihe neigbbourt * D « f ^ Jffl p 3 m&d ^ IQ twelve or fourteen efficers , « a » U irfr ? ? moiai 3 t ^ snd the T ^ t on foot , ssfla ^ d tv * s armed """ ^ cntlaS 5 es- Tas J * * & »«' . >• C 333 tl 7 in all dircctjons , and aboni ^ ZrZT l f £ 2 W ^ om the top of a hill a ver y fcfcil JmtS j ds ' consisting probably of two or ftdJJ ™ ! who at length collected in a field , k uruieu oi l 0
sayrrDoJ tT " « - , ana rwo mem naving ftisTL ^ £ « I ttlere was also a smaller foS ^ m which he afterwaxd 3 found that a SWzf ^ going on at the same tim « ; in fact , ^ te fiwt ^ - e , ^ PimiDg one of the dogs , which i g ^ mtb placed on ihe table in front of the ^ aefe ^ - ^ ro-finnstion strong as holy writ" of * he ar ^ J 2 ! ? ^^ tb « e been done . He found 8 » sif y ^^^ i to get bis forces Bear * ° fia aT ° a * - * tio 11 * * nd it was only by to ttjjTf ? ^ ma-5 O 3 Tering that he was able jjj ^ afe tnose their . preBeat ont of the very large i fe ^^ f ? " ^ ere coffgKsgtted together ;—in fact , JhSJS < w tbat toe ( tog had been captured in a W , v ! f ? Othes oslJmilding , ai some distaace TfEre ftlT ° l glorr * Tb « sereral defendants ** Ptord tTT eaUfied ^ ^^ 1 «* " > Qs oScera trho had ^ tCtS 611 ^ HhaviDjj been present at the fight ; % ^ L 5 !^ ww ^ lKtttB admitted their share in ; ¦ fioa , tr ^" , ! Et&tipg that it arose from a pre-$ ** i& ^ Mo 31 oT ihB ^^ Faid thev **** *** & » bW * * " * * h"iDg gone o * t Sol a walk , and , ; cuaosnj sf&ica
^'" flieB tyr - *^ " - vu "j xo me profeSS * ~ f *??^ they saw congregating . The 5 ^ , toS S Stiied ^^ wonH accept bail in ^ £ 20 ^ SSSffifiSS ** -dlof thenL
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Stealikg a Wash Stako . — On Monday last , a woman named Mary Graham , was committed for trial , for having siolen a painted wash-stand , from the shop-door of Mr , Bradley , in St . Peter ' s-sqnare , She was apprehended while oXoring it for sale at Mr . Thomas ' s , in York-street . Dog Fighting . —On Satarday last , Win . Halmley , of Hnnslet , was fined ten shillings and costs , for bamng been fonnd fighting dogs , in that township , a few day b preTiously . Tkqtjest . —On Monday evening an inqaest was held at the Court Hons » e , before Mr . Blackburn , on the body of James M'Gowan , an infant six weeks old , who was fonnd dead in bed on Sunday morning , without any marks of violence . The parents reside in Middle . row . Camp-field . Verdict . — " Died by the Tisition of God . "
Bobbsrt . —During the night of Sunday last , Borne thieves broke open the shop of Mr . J . Knibb , general dealer , in Market ^ street . They obtained a booty of £ 10 in Talne , consisting of coats , trousers , waistcoats , hats &c . HOIJHFIRTH . —Cobk-Law Repeal . —This Whig bait is taking very badly here . A petition to do something with tbe Corn Laws ( we can hardly tell "what" ) was got ap a few weeks since by a few of the Leagae truck manufacturers of this town . The petition sheets have been sent on their travels to pick up as many signatures as the charitably disposed please to give ; bnt we understand that very few have yet been obtained , and it lies in a very ricketty state , scarcely any body inquiring aUer its welfare . This apathy , on the part of the public , has given great offence to its advocates , who begin to
say that " if Mahomet will not go to the mountain , the mountain must go to Mahomet . " Being determined to haTe some signatures from some quarter or another , they had the petition pheet 3 taken to the CaVrinist Sunday School , so that the scholars could sign . The say-any-thing and do nothing gentlemen of Holmfirth refused to sign the National Petition , on the gronnd that the balk of the people Were not intelligent enough to comprehend the meaning of their Charter . Undoubtedly , they will admit that Sunday School boys and girls from five to ten years of age , have sufficient intelligence to comprehend the meaning and effect ef a repeal of the Corn Laws . The Chartists of Holmfirth , are no advocates for " dear bread ; " but we are glad to see that they are tired of Whig nostrums and cold to any measure thas is not connected with the attainment of their natural and political rights .
COCKEEMOTJTH—Cumbebi _ i >» Easter Sessions . —Important to DsiroKS . —It may be remembered that , previous to last session ? , a complaint had been made to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , by a Mr . Thomas D : xon , who was at that time confined in the Carlisle Gaol for debt , of certain indignities to which he had been « ibjec $ ed by a Mr . Johnson , one of th » Visiting Magistrates . His complaint was in substance as follows : — " I am persecuted by one of the Visiting Magistrates of this prison , Mr . Johnson , of Walton House , under circumstances which 1 shall briefly state to yon : Mr . Oiipbam , who is a relative , and has always bf-en a sincere friend of mine , although in a delicate state of health , came down to see me
afe"w days ago , not only as a friend , but upon particular business ; before , however , he case into prison he inquired of Mr . Ornd ^ e , the Governor , it ' he might haTe a luncheon from the Bush Inn , and partake of it with me , to which the Governor absented , reminding Mr . Ohphant that no spirits were allowed . Mr . Johnson happened to be going ont of pri .-on at the time , when a waiter from tbe Bash "tvas bringing tbe lancbeon m , and he then not only sent the turnkey to examine what we had got npon the tray , bui remonstrated with the Governor for allowing debtors to partake of luncheons with their friends , and requested that it might not be repeated . In his capacity of one of th « Visiting Magistrates , he called npon me on Saturday last , accompanied by the GoTcrnor , a friend being With me at the time , and J candidly told him 1 had
written to the Secretary of Stite . I also added that a poor debtor , to wile away his time in his confinement during the day , was t--ld by Mr . Johnson that he should not contmne to play upon his flutt J and that he , Mr . Jofcii * on , bad npon several occasions actually , without knocking at the door , intruded upon tbe privacy of unfertnnate debtors , who had their wives with them at the time . " In consequence of this complaint , Mr . Johnson agreed , at the last Session , that the Magistrates should refer the matter to the Home Secretary , and to request that he would send down an Inspector of Prisons , to enquire into the complaint . But instead of allowing this to be done , the VisitiBg Jnstices write to the Secretary of State on the subject , io which communication they receive the following answer , & copy of "Wuicu "was , to their astonishment , received by each of the Magistrates : —
Whitehall , 19 th January , 1842 . ' * Gentlemen , —1 am directed by tbe S .-cretary of State , Sir James Graham , to 3 cknowJedge the receipt if jam letter of the oiit insunt , and tbe accompanying documents ; and to inform you , that th * txplanatioDB given as to your oondDct , collectively and individually , are -qtnte satisfactory . " It appears to Sir James Graham , that it ia not necessary to order a special visit of tha InspectoT of Prisons ; bat Sir James Grafeam is of opinion that it will be proper to admonish the gaoler who ha » permitted many irreraiaritifcB , in direct -violation of the prison raits , and must be furewarned that such irregularities should not again occur . " 1 have the concur to be , " Gentlemen , " Tour obedient servant .
" S . ii . PHILLIPS . " To the Visiting Justices of the * C « nnty Gaol , Carlisle . " This , to say the least of it , appeared very suspicious conauct on the part of Mr . Johnson ; for he first requests the Magistrates to write to the Secretarv of State , requesting him to send an lnsppctor oi Prisons to enquire into his ( Mr , Johnson ' s ) condnct ; and then , afraid to trnst the matter in their hands , he and his brother Visiting Magistrates write to the Secretary oi State , throwing xhe odium off their own shoulders on to those of the Governor , against vrhose condnct no complaint whatever had b « n made to the iiagistraifP . In coastqaence of this , the M 8 gi > trates in Quarter Sessions assembled , last week , at
Cocksrmtnth , insist on the whole correspondence being published ; though this is in direct opposition to the orders of Sir James Graham ; however the magistrates properly considered it right that the whole should be published . This gave rise to b long and animated debate , which lasted for npwards of five hours , and which ended in the appointment of two additional Visiting Justices , Mr . Briggs having moved that three new Visiting Magistrates be appointed for the ensuing quarter . This was met by an amendment by Mr , Hopkins , to the tfiect that two additional justices
be added to tbe visiting committee , which was carried by 12 to 10 . We cannot refrain from making a few remarks on one portion of the report sent by the Visiting Magistrates toSirJameB Graham , and which is as follows : —* "We tbe undersigned Visaing Magistrates , beg to state , for the information of Sir James Graham , that in consequence of information , Major Wild had heard from John Reay , late a prisoner confined in gaol , that great irregularities were going on within the walls of the gaol . In consequence of this a special meeting of ihe Visiting Ju > t : ces was held to investigate inio the affair ; and the following is tbe resnlt of their enquiries : —
* " ¦ That eeTsral convicted prisoners were workiDg in the garden for the Governor . That the matron had a female convics working in her house . That Mr . Thomas Dison , a prisoner confined for debt , had a fnend to dinner and provision introduced for him . That poultjv are kept by the Governor . ' *• Ihe report is of great length relatirgall the particulars of their enquiry which was inssumed , ]< t ii not be forgotten , on information received from a convicted felon , a man of depiaved habits and general bad character . Mr . Brown , in tbe course of the discussion well remarked , on the sul'j'Ct of searching the iray containing the luncheon for Mr . Dixon and his frifcBda there was no occasion for this \ any other gentl eman might be in the aame position as Mr .
Dixon , and such conduct wonld not fail to be the source of gr at annoyance—( hear , hear . ) If the party were a felon , bnt thtre was no power given iu ' ease of debtors , he nrght be searched for any dangerous Weapons , & . C ., he might have concealed . But what weapons was a debtor likely to introduce at Carlisle , in ihe folds of a beefsteak I—{ laughter ) Would Le bring in gunpewder in ax ! apple-pie ?—^ renewed ctvetring . ) He COnl d Hoi understand the motive of the search—but perhaps fhere might have been spirits ? That , howevpr , Mr . Orridge had put to right by telling Mr . Oliphant that no -spirits were allowed—and how was the
fluid to be tested ? Were the turnkeys to be judges whether what was admitted waa wine or not ? He had himself tasted wine at public dinners , which certainly contained a large portion of spirits—( laughter . ) Were the turnkeys to be judges how much was to pass as wine ! He would defy them to tell it either by the sight or smell , and therefore they must taste it . He would suppose the three turnkeys were present when it was brought in . All three wonld taste it to see if it was wine , and thuB three glasses womld disappear —( laughter)—but a doubt might remain , so they wonld taste again . "What wonld become of the poor debtors' wine 1
BAS 17 SIiK 7 .- 'A meeting to take into consideration some of the clauses of the Factories Bill was held in the Catholic School Boom , on Sunday last , Mr . Peter Hoey in the « hair , when a petition was read , which on the motion of the Rev . H . J . Cook , seconded by Mr . John Widdop , was nnanimoHshr carried , praying not only for tbe alteration of the Bill before the House , but for the restitution of the four hundred thousand pounds which the government of this country recemd fro m Prance in 1825 , for the education of the Catholics of this country , but which it withheld and still keeps on the ground that if they given to the proper © wsers they will be encouraging Popery .
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Towards the close of the business at th * Gloucester Aa ^ zes , on the 8 th , Mt . Sergeant TaU'ourd announced , evidently to the great satisfaction o t ^ o judge , that a speisl jnry case in the list would not be tried this assizes ; it would have taken until the end of the term , there were 3 , 000 issues to be tried . Mr . Justice Erskinesaid it wonid be pretty amusement for the judge who might be fortunate enough to go that circuit in the summer . Witchcraft . —At Cornwall Assizes , Bodmin Fred . Peter Hattbn , a country looking bumpkin , waa iidicted under the 9 th George II ., for pretending to exercise witchoraft , and thereby obtaining the sum o 3 s . from one Jenny Francis . The proseentrix was an old woman who had consulted the conjurur
respecting ^ lost heifer . This case was made out , and the jury , under the direction of the judge , returned a verdict of not guilty . It was then stated to the evident surprise of the Learner Judge ( re « t ; well ) , that there was another indictment upon vrhiob the prisoner must be tried , and it turned out , indeed , that there were four against him for the same off nee . In the next case also , the " learned Thebau " had been consulted by a person who had had cattle die in a suspicious manner—an intelligent and respectable looting farm' t , who oueht to have known better , named Nottle . The directions w ? ich the prisoner had given to detect the person suBpec ^ pd of having poisoned them , were as follows ;— " Whan
you get home , kill the calf ( which was one of the cattle ill ) and take : ont his heart . You must stick this heart fall of pins , and , writing the name of the person you suspect , must , pin it to the heart . You must then roast and burn the heart to a cinder , &nd whilst this operation is going on yon must read over the 35 : b Psalm thr « e times . " On receiving thece instructions , prosecutor asked what he had to pay ? The prisoner replied , that he usually charged £ 1 tor this job , but that he would charge him only 10 s . The money was paid . The prisoner was fbuud guilty upon this itidietment , but an arrest of judgment was moved on a technical objection to the form of the indictment . The prisoner had to be tried OH it third < 5 a < e , which was postponed .
Rohasck in Real Life . —A case presenting features of more than ordinary interest , and strongly vindicating the maxim that orime seldom fails to result in its own punishment , occupied the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Monday , before Mr . Commissioner Farrel . We allude to the caB 6 (_ of an Insolvent named Edward O'Shaughnessy , whose petition was opposed by Michael Hallinan , of Charleville The facts de'ailed in evidence are briefly these : — In 1837 or 1838 O'Shaugbncssy , who waa understood to bt ) lu comfortable circuoibtauccs , i ' eigued a passion for the daughter of Hallinan , a girl of prepossessing attractions , and in manners superior to many of her grade . He won her affections but to betray them , and cast his victim a broken-hearted
wanderer on the world . Under the solemn promise of marriage he overcame her virtue , as it Was staied , forcibly , and she not being desirous of prosecuting her de 3 iroy < rr , or exposing herself to the bitter taunts of her acquaintances , resolved to emigrate to America . She proceeded to ¦ he United States , where she obtained such employment as her industrious habits in farming fitted her for , but destiny cast O'Shauuhnessy again in her way ; he offeTed her marriage , the offer was accepted , and the ceremony solemnized in due form , according to the ritual of the Catholic church , by a priest of Nt-w York . He lived but three months with her , ¦ when be abandoned her in the midst of strangers , remrned to Ireland , and after some time attempted
to marry another woman—an attempt whieh he failed to accomplish through ihe ministry ofa Catholic clergyman , but m which he waa successful by obtaining that ofa Protestant clergyman , who eitlur entertained no scruples upon , or who was not thoroughly acquainted with the matter . His first wife , after having endeavoured , without success , to support herself in America , was compelled by the pressure of distress to come home and seek an asylum in her father ' s humble abodfc . She was received with paternal kindness . But Hallinan conceived that her husbaud was bound to support her ; aud O ' ShaQthneesy residing in the nf ighbourhood , he had him served with a civil bill process for the maintenance of his wife . O'Shaughnessy appeared , and defended the process . He denied that h « had cTer married her , and had well nigh succeeded with his defence , when , strange to say , two witnesses v * ere
forthcoming , who were present in America when the marriage wa 3 ^ oleminzed between the parties . They came forward , deposed to the tacts , went through a searching cross-examination , as well at the hands of the assistant-barrister , who was evidently surprised at the incident , as at the hands of O'Shaughnespj ' s solicitor . The force of truth prev&ileo , and a decree waa granted against the double betrayer . And , " most strange of ail in this eventful hibtory , " the debt for which b « was detained in this instanoe was on a decree for £ 10 ., obtained againsl him foT the e « pport of a child , the fruit of another amour ! The Learned Commissioner intimated that this was one of the most extraordinary cases that had come before him in his experience . No defence was set op . against the crushing weight of facts stat « a , the petition of the insolvent was summarilv dir-nnssed , and be was kent back togao ) . — Cork Examijier .
Bkitj . sh Gbatiiude . —A Strakgk Eve > tful History —We a 'riofce the following statement from Mr . Oastler ' . s Fleet Papers of this day . It wiU remind our readers of the case of . Nelaon hunted into hi-, ship by bailiffs , and the Duke of Wellington imprisoned in his tern by l > uns , bo > h for debts reaily due by the countiy : — " On the 29 ih of Apri ] , 1835 ) , a nrbt-rato Indiaman , passing the traits ot Malacca on her vovage from Bombay to Whampoa , iarfeu with cotton , opium , and general merchandise , was signalled by a country ship . * I have important information to communicate . ' Our captain , the hero of our tale , went on board the stranger . The 'information' was as unexpected as ' important . ' Her Britannic Majesty ' s superintendent at Canton had been
cast into prison by Lin , the h : gh commissioner of the emperor of China . Every British subject in Canton had been sn zed and imprisoned by the Chinese high commissioner—British property was confiscatedopium was not only prohibited , but seized in the Chinese waters and destroyed . Hostilities were commenced by China against England—the British flag was insulted by the Chinese ! No British force was there , naval or military . Sixty eight British merchantmen , valued , with their cargoes , at more than seven millions bteTling , were then navigating the Chinese stus . Sx thousand Briiish subjects were afloat or on shore . Not a corporal's guard on land —not an armed schooner at sea , to defend those lives or protect their property . The union jack of England
waved subims-ive to the imperial flag of China : Such was tbe * important information' which Captain Frazer . of the Good Success communicated to Captain Douglas , of the Cambridge , in the Straits of Malacca , on the 29 in of April , 1839 . It was not i . kcly that a British sailor , who had been trained under the pendam of old England , could hear such tidings with indifference . Douglas had not trod on English soil tor many a year ,, but the honour of his father-land and the British Hag was prized by him more than wealth or life , lino Queen ' s vessel was at hand to defend her Majesty ' s bubjeots and their property , he knew that the Cambridge , though built for traoe , would , if well fitted , stand the brunt of war . Personal inconvenience and losses were
unheeded : he instantly and chivalrously resolved to alter his conroe lor Singapore , leave there the opium ( which had been prohibited by the Cninese ) , and equip himself with meu and gans for actual service . He did bo ; he had wealth—he spent it . In that enterprise he laid out about £ 5 OuO . Manned and armed , on the 21 st of May , 1839 , the Cambridge failed from Singapore , btaring the fUg of England , and the wel ippuinted vessel arrived at Macao on the 7 th tf June . There Captain Douglas heard oi the release oi Captain Elliot , her Majesty ' s superint > ndent at Canton , with -whom be immediately COmmunicaled . Elliot rapturously received Douglas as the saviour of his counujmen—considered the Cambridge a God-send—tniiaged her for eight
month ? , at the sum of £ 14 000—appointed Captain Douglas a magistrate ot the outer waters—and placed the protection of British honour , iives , and property i-i his hands . Under these circumstance ? , £ 14 , 000 was a small sum for the hire of the Cambridge lor eght montbs . When she had fewer men aud £ une , she had been chartereu by the honourable East India Company , to convey troops to the ln'ius , i ier one monvh , at £ 2 600 . In ordet to prepare ihe ' Ca- ' -bridge for acvion , it v ? as necessary to clear her . j Capta-. n Douglas , therefore , bought another ves ^ -l , j the Mermaio , and loaded her with part of his car ^ o . ; It was three months before a Qictn ' s ve ? sel arrived . Meanwhile , Captain Douglas cummaiided on that station , and uphelo the honour of the British name .
The boats ol ibe Cambridge Wire in action with Chine-e batteries and junks . Twice was Captain Douglas wounded . Id lormer services he had received two wounds . His gallant and intrepid conduct obtained tbe thanks of her Majesty ' s superintendant—oi' the commander of the forces who arrived on the coast—and of Lord Palmerston . Douglas was successful for his country ; but he was so obnoxious to the Chinese , that he and the Cambridge were proscribed by the emperor—nay , 7 , 000 dollars were offered for his head . Captain Douglas waf , therefore , obliged to sell his ship , which he did , at a loss of £ 5 , 000 , and to leave the trade , which was to him an additional and enormous loss . In all , he estimates the difference between serving himself and his country , on 'that almost fatal emergency , ' at
£ 30 , 000 . He waa never paid the £ 14 , 000 which Elliot promised ! Instead of that snm her Majesty ' s superintendent gave Douglas only £ 2 , 100 . Tfee Houses of Lords and Commons are thanking the soldiers and sailors who fought against the Chinese . Captain Sir Joseph Abraham Douglas , knight , having suffered losses to more than the amount of bis ample fortune , in taking Upon himself to defend the British flag , in China , when the celestial monarch had triumphed , was not , indeed , captured in China ; he ' arrived safely in England—he was complimented , ; honoured and rewarded , and as I have told yon . ' , On the 6 h of February , 1843 , a gentleman v « as brought a prisoner to the place—he waB lodged in ' ths next cell to mins—that prisoner is Captain Sir Joseph Abraham Douglas , knight !!"
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Lord Chamberlain ' s Office , April 6 -The Lord Chanib < -rJ ; iin o' her Majesty ' s Household has appointed William Wordsworth , E ? q , to bo Poet Laureate to her Maj ^ sy , hi the ro <> m of Robert Sou they , Esq ., deceased . A Young Woman named Sarah D * isley , has been committed to Bedford gaol , charged with the wilful murder of her lute husband , by poison . She is supposed to have mado away with a former husband and two children . Singular Good Fortune—A Thriftv Wifk — An old pensioner , of the name of John Deaft , r . siding in the neighbourhood of Haley Hill , has recently experienced asingular reverse of fortune , undor rather extraordinary circumstances . It appears that Joha had be <> n blessed , as it now turns out , with a remarkably saving and frugal wife , and such was her
disposition to save that John was always -uppposed by hia friends to be in rather ind' ^ ent ciTt'ums aiHWt ! , and very rthort ; of money . A few daysaao , howt-ver . John ' s wife waa bo ill that no hopes * v- re entertained of her recovery . She called Ikt husband to her bedside , and told him that if he looked in a certain place he WoaJd find an old stocking , and ou his briDging it to her she proceeded to draw fr m it a cunsiherable number of sovereigiip , counting out teu tor each of her children , and the remainder , amounting to npwards of , £ 200 , she presented to her astonished husband . She has since di > d , aud r , he now comparatively rich old man has deposited the hard savings ot years in a respectable baukm / i-houso in ih > town J and has every prospect of spending the remainder ot his days above the reach of pinching poverty . —Halifax Guardian .
Hoax \ T Bath . —Some ingenious but mischievous wag , relying upon tf . s credulity of that mass of gullibility , the public , caused the oity to b >* well ported on Saturday with placards , announcing that , tne firat experimental trip ot the aeriel maciiina would be made from London to Bath on Monday , conveying , as its freight , no loss a personage than Mr . Roebuck , our M . P . The bill went on to Hay that th « journey was to be commenced in London at . one o ' clock , and was expected to bo accomplished in about twc-niy minutes , and that she machine would a ) i « ht on Beechcn . Cliff about half-past one . Baih nine ' Then followed a London date , and the imprint of " Lyons and Refed , Dean street , Soho . " Th's piece of wag-£ rry was but adapted to make April tools of those
who were fools already made , and hardly did we credit the opinion of some of our t ' riendp , that numbers of persons wouid place confidence in the announcement , not seeing through * the hrmx . Ta our Biirprise , Hampton Chff-i , 13 tr . htn C ) ff , b- aoheii Hill , L-insdown , and other emiaeaces , were , at the notified time , crowded with open-mouthed , widestaring , patient , wonder-loving gullib en . Tne speculations of the assembled crowd were very arousing ; the probabilities of Mr Rovbuctc ; accompanying tlie serial machine beinc oaterly ci .-cus 8 c ; d—here by a knot of greasy rat m hers of the company of cordwainers ? there by a group of snips , whose observance of Saint Monday in proverbial 8 . The Banauine dispositions of the
female sex , of course , brought not a fi ; w ot the fair admirers of our Hon . and Learned M' -mbir , to swell the throujr of wonder- waiting papers . Ht-sides the numbers congregated on thtt cliffy ih » re Wt - ' * ' a great many stragglers in ihontighhourhood , who ha ^! only half swallowed thu tempting ban , and who , b-lifving the possibility of the thing , but doubting is probability , hovered about the approaches io the ci : tf which was to be iho scene of descent , in a stat « of self-satisfaction and security at once ainu . siii * c and ludicrous . Indeed , it may be affirmed that , the majority of the good people of Bath were held m a state of suspi-UBo between tlreir incredulity and iheir fear of Iosiug . a sight of ho unusual a ^ pt-otable a * the dt-scetit of this rara nvis . This ' ** glorious uncertainty ^ disturbed , we are told , tho domestic
nrraneemeats of more than one family , the salon a manyer being desi'rted tor ihe roof the house ; or , >>¦ oilier cases , a member of the family acting us sentinel , while the remainder of the household wire engaged at their mid-day meal . To keep up th- j k ( -, its contriver or contrivers , now and then disenaij »« d a cannon , on which the wailing mob strained neefcs as long aa cram-s to catch a glimpse of the suppw < i cumiug machine . Half-pist oue passnd , ami the Avitl made no sign ; two , three , four , fiv « , and six o ' clock came , and passed also , but no indication ap pearcd of its arrival . Nothing now r < ttwmed io the disappointed expectants but to decamp wi . hout b <~ at oi iirum , and to retnrn to their " homtiS , sheepfaced and chopiallen , which they did amidst , tbe jeers of all who bfcUeld them . —Bath Gazette .
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THE HORRORS OF TRANSPORTS ! IOV . At the Liverpool Assiz-M , on Tuesday last , one Geo Robinson , alias Saxon , pleaded Guilty to tbe charge of having illegally returned from transportion , and when brought up for sentence entered into a Ion *; and singular statement , wbich was listened to by a eroxded court -with great attention . From this it appeared , that in 1820 , being then but eiflbWen years of age . hn bad been convicted of a highway robbery at Pcndletou . He received sentence of death , but wus finally transported for life . ; He had , however , an irresiatibla desire to return to his native land , and sometime after his arrival at Sidney made an attempt to escape by swimming eff to a brig iying in . the roads , and succeeded in concealing bimenf below until sbe waa at » esL . She was driven back , bowevtr , by stress of weather , he was
givon up to tbe authorities , received a hundred IasUi-s , and was sent to a penal settlement , Bret at Huntei ' s River and afterwards at Macquarrie H . rbour . He described bis situation as intolerable , without any communication with his friends , shut out team the world , and with hardly a hope for the future . He determined again to make an attempt to escape . Ha left the colony with several others . Three days after they were attacked by the natives ; aeveral of them were wounded , and all their clothes and provisions wiere carried off . To go forward in this condition wa « almost hopelessto go back was to suffer again a punishment of 100 lashes , and condemned te work in a gang reserved for the worst criminals . They resolved to go on . They lost themselves in the Blue Mountains and wandered
about united sixty days , living on what they could pick up . in ILl bush or along the shore , to which they were finally conducted by another party of natives . They were then near tbe site of Port Pnilip . Here they fell in with another tribe , by whom they were taken and giv » -n up to the authorities . Tney were conveyed to Coal River naked as they were . They there were allowed a blanket to cover t £ em , but even this they were obliged to leave behind | when they were shipped on board a Government ?* ssel which was taking coals to Sydney ; and , but for some canvass which they were allowed to have to cover them , they would have to lie naked on the coals in the boit » . They were landed in this plight at Sydney . There public charity supplied them with some clothing , but one of hiB companions , for six
months , bad nothing but a pair of trousvw . They wer » sentenced to receive 100 lashes , and to be sent back to to Macquame-barbour . Their wretched state wan such , however , that the first part of tbe sentence was not inflicted , tbe medical man having made a representation that prevented , it . He remained at Macqnarrio-barbour some time , when he again , with some ofchura , got away in a whalebeat . and run along the coast for nine days , having made a sail by fastening together tbe shirts of the party . They were obliged , by want of provisions , to put into Hobart-town , and were again sent back to Macquarrie-barbour , and placed on Big Island—the depot for tbe worst offenders . He described the horrors of this place as feeing more than language could paint . Several , he said , had committad murder that they
might be removed to Sydney for ttlal , though certain that after this short respite death would be the punishment of their crimes . Ho told a singular tsle of one Pearce , who hnd attempted to escape with several others . Provisions failing , they were obliped to sacrifice one to save tho rest . All ptrished in this way , till Pearco and another alone remained . They w , itched , each conscious of the other ' s intention , for forty-eight hours , until Pearce got an opportunity of killing his companion . He waataken , and again escaped with one Cox , whom he als » killed , and for this be was finally ex-cuted . At this horrible place the prisoner said hn remained for upwards of seven years , wh « vba was sent to Hobart-town . Re ! again escaped on board a vessel . and concealed himself till she was twenty-one days at
sri . The captain , however , gave him up on his arrival at St . Helena . He was sent back to the Cape , and thence to Robin ' s Island , where he worked for seven months , wuh 25 > b of irons upon him . He was then sent to Macquarrie- harbour . His conduct , during a gale on the passage , recommended htm to the mtrcifu ! consideration of the authorities , and after the lapse of three years be was allowed to come back to Hobarttown , and finally obtained a tick * t of leave . He still , however , longed to see his native land . He escaped on board an American whalpr , in which he crniscd for several months , but the eaptain intending to give him np at the first opportunity , be took advantage of tbe
Vtssel touching at Ne-w Z ' . alatul to take refuge with the natives . By them he was well treated , and finely got an opportunity of entering without snspioion on board a vessel bonnd for Boston ; hence he wrought his passage to Quebec , and thence to Greenock and Liverpool . He had since been living at Uanchester , and gaining an honest livelihood by tbe labour of bis hands . He protested that since his original offence his conduct had been that of an honest man . His sole wieh had been to see his native land , and he expressed a hope that his sufferings and his good conduct would recommend him to the merciful consideration of the authorities .
Mr . Baron Parke said the tale which he had rented would , he trusted , help U dissipate any idea that might be lurking in the minds « f any who might bear it , that transportation was a light punishment . It was bis duty simply to pass on him the sentence , tbat be should tra transported again for the term of bis natural life . The prisoner bowed respectfully , and was removed from the bar . The appearance of this man was calculated to procure credence for the hiBtory be related . There was a remarkable expression of suffering and hardship in his countenance , and there was something moving in the manner in which he received the sentence that was to consign him again to the horrors he had been describing .
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NORTH WALES CIUCUIT—Chkstbb , April 10 . CROWN HIDE , ( Be / ore Mr . Justice Maule . ) HURDER AND RAPE . The trial or Jamea For . ' , for ihe murder of Samuel Shaw . bein # fixed for this morning , the court was crowded to excess , th enormity of the crime exciting considerable interest . On tho Learned Judge arriving in court , the
prisoner , a full-faced robust man , aged twenty-three year " , was placed at the bar . H'i appeared totally indifferent to the position iu whvoh ho was placed . He was charged by tha name of James Ford , late oi the township of Mottrain , joiner , with the wilful murder of Samuel Shaw , by giving him divara mortal wounds , bruises , and contusions , and by throwing him on the ground , whoreby he Kngerud from the 1 st to thr 8 'hiof Oc-ober last , and then died . The prisoner pic a ; - ' ed not guilty .
There was also an indictment charging the prisoner with a rape on Hannah , the wife of the said Samuel Shaw , on thu day above-mentioned . Tbn Attorney-General for the Palatine , and Mr . Traffiird , were for . the prosecution ; aud Mr . Temple an < i Mr . Townsend wt ; ro for the prisoner . The Attorney Generalihuviug stated the case for prosecution , Mrs Hannah Shaw , aft -Mderly female , not of a prepossessing appearance , was then called , and she stated that her husband was a shoemaker , living at Louglane , on the borders ol Derbyshire . On Saturday , the 1-t of Ootob ¦! -, witness accompanied her hu-band to Mottram , an » i after making a few pur
chases , they called at a pubii « -hou ? e , where her husband had a glass of alo » nd a pipe of tobacco . Thf-y then went to the AmjH -Inn , whore they met the prisoner and several «> th « T persons . At this house 'hey remained until . ubmit twelve o ' clock , and bad fome drink . On being about to l « ave the house the witness said sbe wou'd try tu find Mr . Eltringham , whe lodged wuh her , and ask him to accompany fch < m home . ; The prisoner heard this , " nd said ho would aoo ( . i « pany them . Witness , h » r husband , the pridoatr , aud a porson nameu Hopkinson then left the houso together , and walked along the road a « good friends . When they had s « t a short dibtauce a pe ; sju eaureup on a horse , when the prisoner a . skod him if hid horse would carry double , and if he would irt him ride ? Tie
man said he would rath * t'akc 'ip tho young , woman ; but Hopkinwn asfceci ti be taken up , and the prisoner assisted hhn on the horse ? Immediately on thfir going off ihe prisoner began to taka liberties with witnps , on which she desired him to d . si .-t . Hi-r husband ht-anuit i * turned round and paid , "What's up-cm . 4 " - J ^ u be quiet ] " The prisoner then weut up to h < v huabaud and knocked him down . She got up . and seeing the prisoner beating her husband , sho screamed out " murder I ' The prisoner then anal ; , knocked her down , aud whilst on the ground he faJat her so that she lost fier senses . On her recovery pho found herself in an adjoining field , and the prisoner etand ; ng n ^ ar . She then stariod i ) ouie , the prisoner going wiih her part of the wi-y , and earnestly entreating her not to tell her " hu-btnd what had
passed . t > he reached home a ? it was coming dayii ^ ht , and awoke Mr . Eltrinuhatn , desiring luin to take notice of tho state she wad in , bi-n ^ obliged to j > a s » through his bed room , in ( irdcr to reach her own She then went to her husband ' s r > om , aud found him lying in bod qu . to i'lStiiisible . She immediately hunt fur Mr . Smith , a t-urgcon , who attended her husband until his dca'h , w . ich took place on the Saturday following . The mtues ^ -taced that when they left the Angel Inn , at " vhntrani , her ha . sband was rather the worse for liquor ; but she , the prisoner , and Hopkituron wire bober . Her husband did not st 3 ike the prisoner a all .
Heveral other witnesses wore called who corroborated the evidence of Mrs . Shaw , and tho dying declaration of the dec * ased was a ' so given ia evidence w the eff « ct that , a <> he was conuug along the road from Mottram with his wife and the prisoner , the latter attemp'ed to > ftk » '' ^ r ri ' : s with her , and on his telling him to desist , he ( the prisoner ) knocked him down , and ; beat him about the face and head with a . atone until he became insensible . On hia recovery h ^ did not see hi > wife about , and walked : homo . The shirt the prisoaer wore on the night of t'e attack was produced , and waa mark'd with blood . Several persons also deposed to the prisoner confessing that he had made the attack on tho deeea-ed , and the surgeons proved that he had di « d of an effusion of biood on the brain caused by a wound on the back of his head .
Mr . Temple addressed the jury in an eloquent speech of considerable If nath , contending that the p robabilities of the ca ^ e were , that the attack had been made in conseqiiLUco of an attack from the unfortunate deceased for somo purposed liberty he had taken with his wifr , and he caihd—Mrs . Wag-tafftj , who had tae care of the Angol inn on the night in quest . on , aud ivuo deposed to the witness Shaw , her husband , and H- > pkin-on , leaving the hou 9 <> in a sta-. p of intoxication , and that tho prisoner had left before . The Learned Juugs having'summed up . The Jury found u . vcrdi . it : ot ^ uuty , but recommend' d the prisoner to uirrcy . His Lordship said he iiad no power to mitigate the senieiiCo—that belonged to auo'her power . The trial for rape w-id not )> voceedeii with , and his Lordship deferred passing ceutsnee .
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w . ^ fiinm ¦¦ iium ii ^« w iii ii ir-- rr >' i * j < W j ' trV" - * - ' * * ! - ' ^ - ^^•¦>^ , \^^^ mmm ' i . »—« --- - — * MI man namod M . » kin lived abcut l . V ) yardd > r n '' i re . Knows the place where t » 'e body wjs 1 oi . ni . Ihe b «< dy was fouifl about 200 yards from ift ^ . place whwre I lived . At th © time I was coming wii . n vaj wife from St . Helpn ' 9 th © church bells were riitr .,, ^ It was half-past six o ' clock . Went from my h . iuge to Makin ' s for a iight ; came back , and n ^ i nt a noise , a great shout , and closed the door . ! r . ard tho shout two oY three times . Never heard 1 .... tse like it before . I vras startled by it , and 10 I . J ray wife to look the door , as I was very much alarmed . TKe voice was more like that of a man thin o / a
woman . Taomas Littles , a collier , was employed ia sinking a coal-pit on the 27 th of November , near ih < - turnpike-gate . Went between fix and seven o'clock in the morning to George Morton to borrow a > j »* de , Morton , looking through the pantry window , pointed down . the field and said , tv Thoma 3 , what ' s yoniifr ?" Witness wenr , iu'o the field , and found a w . ' m&n n » : i r the hedga , about four or fi » e yards from another fi >) d . She was lying on hrr left sid * , c « v « re « i w . th biood . Examined the body and found tho thruat cut—it waa cut deeply . There wa ^ acleth " 1 ihe Wound—a white pocket-banuk « rfihief £ orn---r ; n « cwt
in the wound , and another on the ground -, th- v ^ rfc ol the handkerchief on the greuud was noi bloody . The body waa dressed in . black . The c '» th »• .- ^ ore covered with blood . Her bonnet was on ; the b' » n > iet was tied under the ohin . She had gloves ow , winch were bloody . Turned the body and found a pnir of scissors , with a chain and a thimble . 1 w » -nt < l » wa the field and told constable Glover what I had = > - « n . Put the things which I found ia my pocket VtUJ body was removed ; savr it afterwards in ti . r Kwieston Arms . Thflre were two distinct piec *~ •>( ' 'ha handkerchief . The wttxess underwent a s > on . > v' %% lengthend cross-examination , but nothing iruj > or . a > ni was elicited .
William Glover , a constable at Eccleston tn-i she last witness o . n tht- morning of November 27 ^ "at inconsequence to the body , and found at •¦^•¦ I- rag n > -ar it . Found a Jhimble under the body ; > i : u-i no knife or in > 'rum « nc Removed the body (•• ' .: ¦ Kcclestou Arm- * . Put the thimble in my pek < rhe witness produced tho articles ) Removed l' ' --- < ly about half-past eight in tiie morning . William S'orvy , superintendent of pplic (¦ — ' h « district o * Si . H' 3 leu ' i ? . — Knows where C ! is-i . v >? 5 k lives . ( Witness pointed out in the plau Cv ... v ..-Vg and Makin's iouse , aud also Gin-lane . Ct , f ' w < Vs house is at the corner < jf Gin-lane . ) On t . ; 't-iaing of the 28-. h wen ; iu pe . ireh of Buckley :-., y- ria Ashf . on , about six miles from St . Ha ' en - ¦ He
was coming towards Sc . H <> len s with In- it ^ er and his wife's mother . Met them al- > n' two miles from St . Holon ' s . Pulled up tn « * . r ^ e , and came alongside of Buckley . I sai ^ " . V-. at have you done 10 your wife ! " He said hi . Iim " . k > st her . I paid it was rather strange he i-houi'i ;• .. >* - t . ia wife . He made no reply . I then searched rn > ¦ , ; md found in h . s pocket a large clasp knife . 1 ¦> .--i id the kijife , and observed blood ou the blade , t < - -f eod him how the blood came there ! He t-a i » i . 8 not , blood , tun rpJ paint . I than asked him . 'i ll off his coat . He did not do so , and I pullei ' ¦¦ "o » t off . Found "bis shirt besmeared , with b'o'xi ' i - % id " This i « onohgh tor me . " ( Tne shirt was i > . o . " ¦¦• •« d , the wri- > tbanda were s-taiued with blood ) d , ¦
" This is enough for tm ; I now ch&rgt- <><>¦ ¦ . w .- » h tbe murder tt r your wife . " He told m * t <> •> . - ¦¦ v * d occasion to go ' into a field ; she walkod <> ; -ui ne lo « fc htr . I took him to the lock-up , oxa- ,. •* ' . i-n , aud found six haH ' -crown * in his pocket . i . * - ' ! "ii-r > d his troupers , and ho said " These are not tb ¦ \ *< ¦ ¦ ra 1 had ou yc-terduy . The biack trover : ) v . re yMerday are at hom . " 1 proceeded to his l » a . > 1 ^ 3 . Went to his hed-routn and Took pomession ot m- <¦ 'at , waistcoat , aud tron .-. ars ; they were in a box . . ' * umcs of blood were on the cuff of his coat , 011 ihn ¦• f < ^ < n , and on the left pocket of his trowsers ; on tht tvaidtcoat no blood . The articles were preseved . 1 ^ avf a candlestick in the sitting room ; marks of i ' vod were on it it was the one now pro « -uct ;^ . Saw
marks of blood on three half-crowns , now piocin .-ed . Examined the clothes 011 the Monday ; on the Tm ^ day he ( the prisoner ) knocked at the cell door . 5 <> r > fc *> fid the door and w . nf . in . I a = ked him what he wb'U \; ? He said he wished to see Mr . Wood . I sai <; n > •) > ug to induce him to make any commuuicatiuit \ , ma . Mr . Wood , his old master , had been a fri ^ nJ r , hiaj . " He * had somethintr very heavy upon his mm :, ivfi . cfr ho wished to tell him . '" I told him that ; w t—ii'd have no communication with any person w ; ri ? n , u 'ay being present . He said , " You may be pj- ^ onf it you choose . '' I thftn went for Mr . Wood . <; n nay return I met Mr . Greenall , the magis -r :- » f . i had some cases to dispose of before Mr . Gre- *¦' , and after dipposing of them 1 told that gentium ; n i'bout the priaoner wishing to eee Mr . Wood . T !\« n-i » o . ier
had no opportunity of seeing Mr . Greeui' ! Tha prisoner knocked at the cell , and express .- ' ;; vah to see Mr . Greenall . I called Mr , Greenall in' - ' he celt . When Mr . Groenall came into the coli t ! - * . prisoner commenced making a statement . Affrr 5-. ! . 'JTing a portion of his statement , Mr . Grt > ci ,, i ! ! aid , " You had beftor tell me nothing , as it mn . v t > f-ed against vou . '' The prisoner turned to m < \ n < l . iid , " Twas I who did the deed . I hope you s-. i ' ii a friend to me . " I replied , " I can't befrn-. i * ^ ria . " He said that he and his wife went to the Birtl-i' > . he « Hand on Sunday nij ; ht . They remained thoro a short lime , and had r . ieh a ^ iass of rum . Th' y left ehuren bells v
the public-house as the St . H ^ len s , ere ri « King . After they had walked a short d '? i . nca they heard the St . Helen ' s coach coming . Thp co .-ch generally amvss ot ivwutj ^ five mtnuie * to so . en . He proceeded to say that after the coach pa jsed , his wife bogau to browbeat him about a girl that he » 'ad seen in Wi ^ an . They walked on a- little v ' ari ' - \ er . and she continued to browbeat him ; she followed him , and continued to browbeat him again 11 ? ' ^ ok his knife out of his pocket , and jumprd up and stabbed her in the throat . He said the knife found tn hig possession was the knife wiih which he stabbed her , and , having done so , he took out of her poetr y tb ^ ee half-crowns . He said he did not know how u > j ^ ei out of the field , but he met with two men ? . > - . <] two
women . . Mr , Scudamore , assistant-surgeon to Mr . ( Jirion , of St . Helen ' s , in November , 1842 , exaniM . J tae body where it was shown to him by the enable , Glover , in a stable at the Ecoleston Arm .-, w'tere tho coroner ' s inqaest was held upon it . H ( c . vla large wound in the neck ; it waa a cat at- -n . hree inches in length , and two in depth , h cut the carotid artery through , and went between tlu- fourth and fifth vertebra < ji' tho neck . The wind p- ;^ was severed . Tiie wound was partly a stab aim p . \ r \ j cut . I attribute death to the sudden loss » ' . ' bujod from the division of the carotid artery , n-arh must have been instantaneous . The wound £ u . t ; lit have been produced by such a knife as thai produced .
The prisoner ' s statement before the coru / ur was then produced , and read as follows : — " 1 wem to church last Sunday afternoon . I came D ' M'M again and got my tea , and had a pipe of toba <* ~ < -o . My wife wished me to take a walk with her . 1 u > rf iter to put her bonnet on , and she went and . . ij ^ o , putting a Binall shawl on under her clt > a ; .. She told Mrs . Rigby to leave the key , sayint ; , ' W e * baH perhaps nat be long . " We went up the h ; ii h ^ re . She had been very poorly for two or thr * e fa ^ -. and said she felt a little better with the walk- " -Vj weat as far as the Bird-in-hand , and hadaglas ? u .-urn each . A 9 we got out , we heard the St . Hd h * s roach coming . 1 asked her if sha thought y-.-. ^ vaa t > e St . Holen ' 6 ^ oa ch ? She said she did not kuotf . We stopped till the coach passed , and u »¦« etie St . Helen ' s coach , and we wont on after it . towards home I liavn been out of work fora a . u ' . d last Monday . I belonged to the Odd Fellows , a ., a ^ ot
my card , and want on tramp towards York « h < r . I vsvnfc through Pr- ^ ion , Wi ^ an , Blackburn , aiiJ ' . ¦ ia . achesur , aiiri " caiied at her aunt's where I maided h < r Irora . I came h < me on Sunday week , wmt to Liverpool on Weiint .-dsy , and came back > > v the coach As wtj were g < mi # back to St . Ilutu ' ^ oa Saaday latt , afu-r the coach passed , I was ' •¦ i / ng ht-r about soai . swcffiicart of mine I had « ' > n in W i ^ an . 1 had ich -e * iii her for two or thr =-e y f- ra . T ! ii « ma > ie her j-u'cm .-, aud she began to bro >« rrtat mu and < aid I fvLvu ioi > k at ar > y body , or iovt- any Human rather tlsau h . i \ and I ' m sure I m . v . r ^ ed anyho- ' y but ht * r . We i-anw past the gate thu , ; k'ada to cbt * fiold , and I w nt imo the field ; she t » ii wed 03 '* , and kept upbraiding me about tbis wonia . " I tftrt'a ' . entd her wnat i d do at her , if she d not bold her uoise about , i ; , as it , wa 3 all nonsen - ^ . She ktpt t-oint on , »¦!¦! 1 »'?¦!' . so mad at hi ? r , that I ' j-iHed say knife out of jny poob « t and t-tabbed hir . 1 ^ n ' t ki ! -jw how it vim . I ' m me , "
Ihis closed tne c- > -. v ? tor the prosecution . Mr . Jajiks ^ id'ireisid th « Jury for tho pri , jer , coniebd'iig ttia 1 he cvmmnwd the deed una <; r h- ^ . tted and ( Xcitud f ' c-l ; rii' -= ; ti .-u ia proportion v . ~ i \ . deca-ied W 38 fond o' bur hu-band , in the same proportion would be h r t ' ecliugs of jealousy , for which , as the evidence demonstrated , she had too much reason . Tne Learaed counsel proceeded to siiow that the field had a thoroughfare where the body wa 3 found , and was of all other places the most nniikely one which a deliberate murderer would select , for the commission of tne deed . The blow , too , y ,. xs a
left-handed one , another reason why it waa not deliberate , but the result of instantaneous passion . The rag which was found in the neck was a proof that the moment he had committed tho act he rushed to her assistance to stop the blood , to heal the wound . The Learned Jddge proceeded to Bum up , stating hiB own belief that nothing had occurred to take the offence out of tbe category of murder . He proceeded , at great l « ngth , to read the videnee , which he commented on as be proceeded . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of murder , but recommended him to mercy on the ground of bis own statement .
His Lordship , in passing sentence upon the prisoner , stated that be would forward the Jury ' s recommendation to the Secretary of State , but he could bold ont ho hope of life . He advised him to prepare for that end which in a few days he would have to meet . The prisoner , on the sentence bein ^ passed , appeared not the least affected by his situation , and walked away with the greatest OO&iPObnre .
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LIVERPOOL . CROWN COURT , Sa-tcrb&t , A ? ril 6 . ( Before Mr . Baron J'urke . J MURDER IN LANCASHIRE . Wilmot Buckley was indicted for tho wilful murder of Elizabeth Buckley , at at . Helen ' s , on the 27-b day of November laet . Dr . Brown conducted the case for the prosecution and Mr . Jamks defended tho prUoner . Dr . Brown having « i . au < l an outline of the case to the Jury , called the wniifsse * , in whose evidence the circumstauces will be found mure fully detailed Jane Rigby examined .-- My house is at the entrance of St . Hel' -u ' s , a little off the road . Tfte prison-r
and hits wife lodged with us i ' rom March to the 27 th of November , 1842 Tht-y bad ; been married seven weeks when they caine to me . The deeta ^ -d , Elizabrth Buckley , wa « at home all day on the 27 : h of November ; it was Sunday . The prsoner wen ; to church in the afternoon . He returned a little after four . They went out after tea . Never knew tbein to have any difforeueo . A a ghe was going out she said , " Mrs . Rigby , please to leave tho key under the mug at tho door j Wiimut and I are goiug out for a walk , " They had hern accustomed to wait together on a Sunday , feue wore a dark cloak and a bonnet . About six I went out . I left the key
where she desired me . I returned a litile after seven , and fouud tha key where I ! jft it . The prisoner came home at a quarter bffore nine . Tho witness then proceed' d 10 rdtito the account which the prii-oaer gave respecting the non arrival of the deceased , it was to the eflVc ' ., that at the end of the lane he de&irod Jut U > waik on , aud he would overtake her ; that ho could uot ( iod her , and supposed she had gone to trer sist' r Mary ' s hour-e ; that he went there , and could n jt fiid * her , Tne prisoner and his wife occupied a parlour and bed-room . When he returned on the ri f ^ t .: of tho murder , he made a fire in Uie bed-room aiid' then w « -nt into the
house of Mrs . Barker , ki-xs door ,: and when he came Back he said sbft was uw . tbeie ,. The prisoner and his brother-in-law then vk-hi out to try tu fi d tlu deceased . Witness went to bed aboii . ten , leaving the door unlocked . Did net h * -ar . th . prisoner vrtnrn that night ; but h « did ret urn , and .-aid , "Mrs . R' « hy , I could cot find her ; 1 have bt i-O " . evt'ry where a ail likely to Hnd htr . Eliz-ibetb P 911 I 1 I n < -t in-end to stop became ehd has lo *' , h-r kvys in ht-r 1 rut . k ' In the morning witness got uu at nt > out l . ali-p ^ si five o ' clock , lighted a caiidio , aiid caked ou * , " V \ ilmot , Elizabeth has uot coow ; w-U you g-et un and ^ . u and see if she has gono to AsMon ? ' He go : up , had aome breakfast , and woui oiu abou hilf past . « ix o ' clock . Tho deceased was n-ar \ v r lime of
coiifisiemi'ut . Witness did not -x Ui <; "/ prisoner untii jh . j inquebt . Ihe body wa < taliOD to r > tjhl » j arlj > in !» g , wtero witness saw a white cot'ou l . anf korcri ) i-i belonKir > g to the decease ¦ , i' v . ¦ ' > ijloj'ly . Shoha'lthe handkerchief in her hand .- . on thr put iho body into the coffin , Tho pr-porr is a , pa u : er by trudu : Ha was in the habit or wi .- ? l ... ig i : i the nei ^ hboarhood , and o ? being a week or tfii fbyM away at ore * . Ho had beon away the grrater par ; of tn « proceeding week . He appeared ti > be very chil always to th * : deceased . The deceased often tolu witness that
Wilmot , if they met a young wumiin when they wore out walking together , would look after her until she was out of sight . She said this in good hamour , laughiBg , but said she did not like to see it . She often complained of Wiltcot ' a doings amongst the young women . A young mm in the neighbourhood raised a report about tho prisoner having connexion with another woman while the deceased was at Manchester . Witness told d < : cea 3 ea not to mind it , as tshe had not Been it . The deceased was not angry , but treated it as a joke . Witness said , " Unless you eee a thing , never mind ; if you don ' t know the consequences of jealousy , I will toll you : it damns many a soul , and commits many a murderi" Witness said this to deceased to pruvant her being influenced by tua reports which she might hear . \
Peter Robinson examined . —I keep the Bird-i'the-Hand public-house on the Moor . On the 27 th of November last ; he prisoner and hia Wife came to my house about six o ' clook in the evening , and had a glass of rum and water a-pieee . They were to all appearance quite happy . They generally came to my house on a Sunday . Never heard of any jealousy existing between them . ' ¦ John Chadwiok oxamined . —On the 27 th of November I was a groom living at Ecoleston , about a quarter of a mile from the Bird-i ' -tho-Hand . A
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct646/page/3/
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