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THE MURDER I>* EASTCHEAP.
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A GLEE FOB THE MILLIONS TirsE— ltScoU Wha hat . " Britoo * » o » *> y Fe&rgas stand , Spread his 6 dingt o ' er the land , Foremost of tbe patriot band , O'Connor , MbertyJ "Welcome , Feargus , to our shore , British he&rta win thee adore ; BritSih harts can tbee secure , EosrweAhaUbefree J Champion of the noble few , Ever straight and aawsri true , He will tyrants' power rabdue , I > aath op victory
For hU eoaatxya rights hell brave , Dangers dread , hU kin to save ; From corruption * * patrid grave , Who would from him flj . Briton * , onward at the eon , Sound the trump of troth to all ; By our strength we stand cr fall , Who wonld turn sway 2 Bally round the Charter cause , Ye who tyrant's burden draws , Ye who value Britcn"s laws , 2 f ow for victory . ' J . P
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10 FEA . RQUS OCCXSNOB , ESQ , Dear Feargaa , these are awfu' times , "When folk nmn goinx Tri' empty wymes , Oi emigrate to distant climes Insearc o ' wark ; Or despTate , rush to dismal crimes , In actions dark . And yet there * s plenty in the Ian ' To keep trae want b&ith beast an' man , If goTennaait would baQd their plan , Or eqnal rights ; God grant they -would , for weel they can E&sa a' oar plights . Bat us ! ye starvin ' , worfcin * men , Te need ca' seek relieve frae them , Bui a' unite , and a' condemn
Uneqc&l laws ; Let » ' our action * be the same In freedom ' s cause . Then let us trust in ans anither , jln' put oar shoathers a' the gather , Ad' socn oppression's tree -will wi-iieT , An' tumble down ; An' then we'll dance wi son sji' brithei On slavery ' s crown . Bear Feargus , now that yon we free , I hops yon will at ones agres To come to Aberdeen , an' saa Your Chartist friends ; Perhaps your health may betux be "ilong r \ orthern Bcenes .
At on ? rate , let nathicg fear ye ; 2 v * a Whig cr Tory now can steer ye ; As lasg ' s your frfea ' s sre stsndin' near ye , Ksep up your heart ; And when you come , -we'll gladly hear re , Ab' tak' a part Ye * Te aye been watchfu / aye , observant ; Extwen" men « ae weel deserrin' * t ; Sae heaven preserve ye firm an' ferrant , In freedom ' s fight ; While I remain your humble servant , David Wright Aberdeen , Ss-pt lSih , 1541 .
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STANZAS . I . A ¦ carso- ca'l'd on me the otheT day , And hinted that 3 sto-od in myo-sra light , Ev being a reformer , which would Isy ' ily rising hopes low in the dust , and blight My prospects ; and by writing for that ray Of truih , the Sorihern Star , the poor msn ' s might , I sk-ould he left wi : hout a friend till heary ; For help , he said , was oaly from the Tory .
II . I ' re hr-herto been taught virtue ' s friends Are osly of that stamp that's worth the keeping Who , for a » e ' : Ssh purpose , Til el y beads To swerve from truth in any track , is reaping The wa ; es of iniquity , and Tends His conscience for the paltry price of sleeping On downy beds , and in preferment ' s chapter TThere m ' sasre difficulty fails to ckaiber .
III . If my sole road to notice should be this , To flitter vice and act the hypocrite ^ I'll gladly sicg unheard , : ind tiertby nvt The most opprobious chains tbat bind the wight Africa ' s slaves in thought are fetterless , But this llac * i ' . would shut my eyes from light Or - A i » ir tome scenes of dire distress , Would havs ess wiri a * . ^ s ^ stan wrttchedneea .
IT . There is more p leasure in the paths of truth Than in the zig-zag road of deviation ; For -who would be dives tod of all truth , For worthless empire of a short duration ? Zvffl such a suitor is at least uncouth , Who seeks alone for -vicious exultation ; He 11 swim at most but foT a few short years , To ii : beneath his abject doubts and fears . Y . I'd rather muse unknown , and sing unpaid , Than conrt the vicious syesphastic lay ; May virtuethoughi n simplest garb array'd ,
, Be mine to sisg , throughout life ' s ahorte ^ 'd day ; And may both truth and justice lend their aid To brighten up the poor's declining rsy . g o that the labouring class with joy may own Starvation and her mmaelrB are flown .
TI . Fretdcmmust dawn , for reason breaks the gloem , The long dark nigh * of ignorance recedes , And as tie seeds of falsehood fail to blocm Within the hemisphere of truth , so spveds The £ end oppression to unwelcome doom , When met by knowledge of Sjl-coLqaering deeds , The poor nan ' s sverd and buckler is the light , EsiEcn zrd truth will put his fots to fiigh-James Ves ^ os SoutLm-jltcn , Sfpt . 21 st , 1541 .
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On Thursdcy evening , at eix o ' clock , Mr . Payne , the ccrcrer f-. r tie city cf London , scd a jnrj oi twenty cCsrns , resident in the vard of Biliingyg&te , asstmtlec in the cc-f te-rocm of the Blue Anchor Tavern , St-Jlary-at-Hul , to inTertigate the cirtumstances conusctfcd wiUi the death of Mr . Jme £ s Burdon , the landlord cf the King ' s Eead , in Eastchtsp , who was krutaliy n . srdcred by a rr-. n caned R .-bert B ' . akealey , C 2 ihs nigkt of Tuesday Is ^ t , some particulars relative to -Khich sppearf d in the Star of list week . Mr . Haivey , the City Puiice Ccmmissloner , Sir J . ln ± t , Mr . Alderman Wilscn , ard several ether of the CTJc auiorities , "srere present Mrs . E " .: za Bard&n . the -widow of the murdered man ,
was rrst fcxsniiEtd . She ssid—The sign of the hou&e in which I reside is the Kirg ' s-heiU , in Eastcheap . Thesce of ths dtceastd , -who was my husband , was Zt . On TuEsjsy eTtning I -rss Hitting in the bar , at the corny ncsrwt the wisdom . My husband was H ' . iiEg ic a chair at the back part cf the tar . He was sitting with a handkerchief over his fcce , asleep , with one ami r—t-rz on the tab " .-. My sister , whose name is Szrzh Bkkesky , xra ; ? a tv s j- ^ to'kisg to me . Sbe 12 tie wife cf nyhushin-J ' s mnrdcifr . His rrne is S ; l-: rt Bhkesley . About tfnmir . nt < s after ten I was by
^ = iri hearing hurri-. d iteps on the outside cf the kj * , and on looking up I saw the msn Bicketl' -y . He K £ - czzi the bar , sne mikir ? a srrrij at his wife , tt- sL « hold cf her ban ^ s , eicir . iniir ; My wife cr her : He then stabbed Ltr in the light side , and . « f = re 1 etTjd get up he drsir it aw _ y from her , and ' P ^ pced it iito my husbands left s : de . He then made * p- ^ rge at me . but 1 jumped ra on : sice and avoided «* bloTp . I ; hini he then hsJ the knife m his left hsnd . Bltkesley then made towards the bar to go out , ; aid my husband and asttr went after hin ; ily bus- ¦ ' bani jest reached the bar doer when he iV . l . Bbk » -1
icy looked tack as though he meant to return . He got ' as farts the street doer mu again lecktd back , and 1 then , 1 think , threw the knife down and ran away . I ] Kreaned , trd oy siiter exclaiuied , " Oh , it is my husbtnd ; Ls bas comniitttd murder ! " She appeared then to discover she was stabbtd . ird I Eaw blood fcwiEgfrom it ; tide . JYhen I ? ocit < 2 towards my hesband , he wes ij-irg vrith his bsck tn the n » or , and itere ^ wia a larfe r-ool cf blcoa oa the £ oor . My that ** iid those cf my sister brcjjht some persons * to were in the parlosr to our a-siistance , and one of than na after Blakes ' iey , -who was ut the moment E £ i = g out st the doer , ari the other for a doctor . I ti : rk my huslcrd lived about four or five minutes vfter he fell , but be w : s ouite insensible , sBd never spoke s woTd .
Corrnsr . —Are ycu quite sure that your husbend was f ~ l Eittir ; and a « 3 eep trttr . the blow wss aimed at t ^ , £ id that it -ras irflirted with his left band ? ^ Wiittes—I am not positive a-s to the vrouad being Evicted with hia left hand , but I am quite certain that he _ had not ri * en from the chair , and had his basdker-« tief still over bis eyes when Blakseley stabbed him . « 7 htt 3 band was conveyed into the back parkwr , I «« nrt , and rcy tzsu * up stairs to her bed-room .
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Jxmes Js-rvis examined—I reside at ?> o . 30 , Fenchurch-street I un a porter . I waa in the parlour of the King ' s Head on Tuesday night lost The parlour is ft itttUr beyond the farther extremity of the barest the back part of the premises . Shortly after ten o ' clock , I , u well as « ome other persons -who were thereywaa alarmed by hearing some loud shrieks , apparently proceeding from the bar , and likewise struggling . I ran oat , and saw Mr . Bunion in the act of falling . I prevented his head hitting the pound by catching him as he was fMM ^ g The deceased exclaimed that he was
stabbed , sad asked me to fetch ft doctor . I saw a figure at the moment I entered the bar receding from the street door . Heard Mrs . Blakasleyexclaim , "It wa ^ he did it ; the villain is my husband . " Some others ' , who -were in the parlour , ns oat after BlakesJey and another for a surgeon . A surgeon arrlYed in ft tew minutes , and the police soon after . The house -was then erowded with people , bnt they -were soon cleared , and the doors closed . I was ( be first person who ran out of the parlour . I did not pursue Blakesley , as 1 had no idea that & murder had been committed , or what was the matter . I did not know Btakesley .
Daniel O'Connell examined—I am foreman to Mr . Ificholls , tea-dealer , of No . 8 , FeHchnrch-streefc . 1 heard the screaming on the night of Tuesday last in the bar ' of Mr . Burdon ' s bouse . I was in the parlour of the King ' s Head * t the time . 1 did sot run oat , as Juris did , at first , as I thought It was only some family &ffur . Searing it again , I ran out , and saw Mr . Burdon falling . I did not see sny one geing out of the door , but I ran for Mr . Croft , the Burgeon , of Gracechurchstreet , who attended immediately . The police had not arrived on my return after I had been for the surgeon , but they arrived in a minute or two after , and the place was cleared . John Haynes examined . —I was also in the parlour of the King ' s Head on the night of Tuesday last I followed the witness Jams , and caught a glimpse of , I believe , the murderer going out of the door . Seeing a laige knife on the floor , covered with biood , I pursued him as fast as 1 could in the direction of
Gracechurchstreet , when I was joined by another young man ; and we kept him in sight as far as Ciement's-lane , when w « lost him up some of the courts in Graecehurehsrreet I returned to the house in Eastcheap , and found a large crowd round the door . I then heard Mr . Burdon was dead . George Hallows examined—I am a hair-drcsser , and reside at 28 , lame-street . About half-past seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning a man came into my shop , who , from -R-hat took place , 1 have ne doubt was the murderer , Robert Blakesley . 1 should know him again were I to see him . He eame to be shared , and entered into conversation about his wife . He said Le was going to get out a warrant against Burdon , the landlord of the King ' s Head , and asked me if I knew him , and on my
replying in the affirmative , he said Mr . Bnrdon had got his wife there , and likewise some property which belonged to him , and which had been fetched from Sevenoaks , where they had been living together . He said he had been to the King ' s Head that morning to demand his wife ; that he received the advice , 1 think , of a police-constable named Bradshaw , -who , « hta on duty that morning in Leae ! enhall-niarket , told him he had a ri ^ ht to dessand his wif& He slid when he demanded his wife , Mr . Burdon ordered him out of the house , saying , if be did not go , he would turn him out He then said , " If I had had a gun in my hand at the time , I would have shot him , " adding , " But 111 stive him o « t yet , I will de for him , and get a search warrant
for my property . " He then took a letter from his pocket , which he said he had received from his wife on Monday , and read it to me , appointing tomett him at the Einia place that night as she had done on Sunday night . I asked him at what place that was , and he said at the end cf Eastcheap . He said Mr . Burdon disliked him b&cause he was unfortunate in business at Scvenoaks , where he htd lived for about three months . He said he bad some boxes left at a booking-office at Sevenoaks , and he to ! d the booking-office-keeper to give them up to no orie bnt himself , bnt Mr . Bardon hid been down to Sevenoaks and got them away . Coroner—Did he appear at ail excittd whilst telling you thia story ?
Witness —>* o , he appeared quite cool at the time , but remarked that a maa being refused his wife , was enough to drive any one mad . Edward Briscow , Ciiy Voiice-coustable SCO , cxsinined —I kne-w the man Robert Blakesley . On the morning of Tuesday last , I met Lini in Gracechnrch-street , and he told me his -wife was detailed from him against his and her will . He had met her on Sunday night , and he wished to know if he could not demand her . I , at his solicitation , went with him to the King ' s Head , in Eastcheap . We saw Mr . Burdon , and BIake » Iey eaid , " Now James , I have come to demand my wife . " Mr . Bu .-don replied , " I think you had better go about your business . " Mr . Burden then walked into the parlour , and Blakesley said , "Do you mean to let me have my
wife . If she is not here , you know where sbe is . " I told Mr . Burdon , Blakesley had asked me to come as a witness , and he replied that he knew nothing about it He and Blakesiey then went out , and Blakesley said , being separated from his wife made him very uncomfortable . Blakasley then left him , andsaidhe would meet him at the Mansion House to get out a warrant ; but he did . not da so . I did not hear of the murder until eleven o ' clock on Tuesday night I then gave a description of BUkesley ' s persen to Mr . Blake , the inspector ; but he paid no attention to him , and appeared much excited , he supposed , from the occurrence . He ordered me to go to the door , and dear the mob away . I told him I knew the man well , and I felt very much surprised and hurt that my infornjitioe was s # unnoticsd .
James Bradley examined—I am sergeant of the City police , and en the eight of Tuesday last was at the Statien-bouse in Tower-street About three minutes after tcu o ' clock , a report came that Mr . Burdon , the lanciurj ¦ ut -tbo inne ' s Head , had been stabbed . I raa to the King ' s Head instantly , and ^ rith difficulty obtained an entrance , in consequence of the great crowd round the door , znd in the bsr front On entering , I found the body of Mr . Burdon lying Gn tha floor , and the surgeon ( Mr . Smith ) ltanlng over him . A female ( Mrs . Blakesley ) was being conveyed up stairs , and I saw spots of blood on them . I picked np a large kr . jfe out of the fire-place behind the bar . It was covered with blood up to the hilt , and it i s the one
now produce . I had been there but a , few minutes ' when Mr . Owen , the landlord of the Yorkshire Grey ,, atthe comer of Bear-laae , came and said , " Tie per- son you wanV ( meaning Blakesley ) " is now in my t house , " I ran down there as fast as I could , and j searched the place all about , but he had gone , and I couM not 2 nd him . I did not know Blakealey , bnt he ' aceo'ted me a little before four o ' clock en Tuesday ¦ morning , in Leadenhall-market , and told me about his ' wife being kept at Mr . Bunion ' s house against her will . ' He did not appear at all excited whilst telling me so- I think it was scarcely five minutes afur ten before I ws 3 in the King ' s Head . I ran there the moment I received information that a man was stabbed .
John Charles Davis oxamined . —I am a cutler , and reside a ; 2 < o . 20 , Aldgate High-street Thft knife pro- i duced w ^ s purchase 1 at my shop by a man answering the description cf Blakesley , about five minutes put , one o clock on Tuesday afternoon . He said he wanted ; a common sort of kaife , snch as is used by bntcbers . I showed him a urawer fulL He chose the one produced , . saying that it would do if it was sharpened at the back : towards the point , as he wanted it to graft trees . He wanted it to cut the bark up and down without being obliged to turn the knife . I showed him a sfcee knife , ¦ which he objected to , but asked if it cou ' . d jjot be ' sharpened , its he wanted it 1 said yes , and went and ; ground it at the back myself . I told him it would not J stand hard work . It is what is called a butcher ' s ; dressing-knife . [
Mr . Cornelias Smith examined—I am a surgeon , and ; Head , and Mrs . Blakesley then went to No . 22 , York reside at No . 55 , Gracecburch-street I W £ 3 ca'led to Place . Citv R . jad . and reauested tha murderer ' s father PlaceCity R . jadand requested the murderer ' s father
see Mr . Bnrdcn and his sister a few minute after ten ; o ' clock on Tuesday ni ^ bt I wen t to the K : ng " s Head ; immediately , and en my arrival I found a la'ge cumber j cf ' ptrsccs round the door . On entering I found the ; deceased lying on the floor , near the bar , with the blood , flowiug from a wound in the left side of the abdomen , i through which the intestines were protruding . The wound was an incised one , and about an inch and [ a half in length . Another medical gentleman by taw j time had arrived , and he assisted ice in endeavouring to return the towels , but they could not bo returned , they were so swollen . We did not probe the wound , r ^^ ^ ™ ¦ ^ i ^^ ¦» ^ ~¦ - ^ ¦¦ .- ^ — - - ¦ ~ . ~^~ — .- ^ — ^ — ™ . ~~ ~~ —— " -. ' — — r j
^^ but I have no doubt but it extended into the cavity of the abdomen . It had every appearance of having been i inflicted with a knife with two tdges such as that pro- ; ductd , and I have no doubt it was done with the in- strument before the jnry . The blood on the blade shows ; that it entered the body of ths deceased to the hilt 1 ; have do doubt that the infliction of that wound was the , cause of ctatb . I have since made an external exami-. nation o the body , and it is my opinion that the blade i of the weapon entered the main artery , and that the internal bleeding was the cause of Mr . Bnrdon " s speedy j death . I think when 1 entered tbe home thtrc was a policemen at the doer dealing the mob out ' ¦ \ ; , i | \
Thomas Quintan , a private watchman in Eastcheap , J&rnes Raid , a pot boy at the King ' s Head , ar , d Williasi Pratton , a city police constable , 5 * 2 , wtre txitained , and corroborated the evidence of the former witnesses . A long discussion here ensued as to the conduct which had been pursued by the police . A Juror remarked that they paid a large sum for the protection of life and property , and yet at ten o ' clock at night , in the city of London , a most cold-blooded murder was committed , and tbe perpetrator permitted to escape . Be really thought it was the province of the jury to ascertain if the t ^« " had escaped through any negligence on their part The Coroner said the Commissioner of Police being present , be thought any application on that point had better be made to his office .
Ultimately Inspector Brake ar . d other policemen entered into explanations as to the extent and position of their beats on the night in question , and there being no further evidence , The Coroner said the present was a case which would require from him very few observations , as there eould be no doubt aa to the conclusion they must tome to , that a most wilful murder had been committed by the raan Bebert Blakesley . There was nothing whatever to induce a belief that he committed the act of nrst stabbing his owb wife , and then the deceased whilst labouring under anything like insanity . The evidence tended to show that in every raped it ma
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most cool and premeditated . The unfortunate part of the ease was that the nuirderor had effected hU wt&pe * which happened fxoo ths dycttfixstaoce iitbdrejwint no oo » » vail * ble 4 n or near the house to run after him or secure him at the moment of the commission of the crime . Unless the police were stationed at every door , the public were liable to sush occurrences , which were deeply to be regretted . It was for tbe jnry , therefore , tossy if the man , Robert Blakesley , had dot been guilty of the crime of wilful murder , and absconding from tte hands of Justice . The Jury at onoe returned , a Terdlct of " Wilful Murder * against Robert Blafctfley . - ¦ A juror suggested tbe propriety of the city authorities offering a reward fer the apprehension of tbe murderer , and the jury acquiescing In it Mr . D . W . Harvey , the City Police Commissioner , stated that be should be most nappy in laying tbe Irishes of the jury before the Secretary of State . -
It is stated- that one of the brothers of Blakesley was in'the inquest-room during tbe whole of'the proceedings .
FCRTHEB PAHTICCLAUS . ( From tht Sun of Monday .., Ever sinoe the issuing of tbe Coroner's warrant for the apprehension of the murderer , Robert Blakesley , the police have been unremitting in their search for him , and many booses , known to have been the occasional resort of the assassin , have been visited , but without success ^ On Friday morning information was received that two bodies had been picked up off Greenwich , and Mr . Burdon , brother of the deceased , immediately proceeded there to view than , in order to identify Blakesley , should he be one of them . ; but he was not Soon after the commission of the murder , Inspector Brake wrote to Mr . Bradley , high constable of Orford , near Ssvenoaks , for whatever particulars he could give respecting Blakesley , and to request that if he was in the neighbourhood be ¦ mi ght ba secured .
Mrs . E 1 ? m Burdon , the widow of the murdered man , states , in addition to the evidence given before the Coroner , that her husband and Blakesley were on the most friendly terms , until he was apprised of his conduct at Sevenoaks . Blakesley wrote to him for money and cutlery for killing , && , and it was his intention } to accc-de to the request ; but happening to go down to Sevenoaks , he discovered how things were , and declined , as he believed it would do no good . Thia much exasperated Blakesley , and Mr . Lupton advised them to come to London , and offered to support Mrs . Btakesley until he got into something . He told Blakesley he should be glad to see him at any time , but he
could net allow him to sleep ia tbe house . Blakesley reluctantly agreed , and her sister returned , and they were very comfortable until within three or foar days before the murder , when words took place between them respecting Mrs . Blakesley going to live with him . That was the sole cause of their quarrel , and Blakesley became so insolent that Mr . Burdon forbade him bis house . She is positive Blakesley was on the outside of the door , before he entered , soaie time , watching that the place was clear , as she observed the door open and shut several times be ore he came in . The moment she caught a sight cf Biakeslty ' s face , on seeing him enter the bar . she was convinced ha intended some mischief .
His looks were fierce and determined , and he appeared so wild . She states that the description of his dress and person -which has already gone forth is somewhat incorrect . She stated that at the time of the murder he possessed no other clothes t ) . an those he wore , excepting a buff waistcoat They consisted of a dark invisible green Newmarket coat , with black buttons , light drab irowsers with open buttons , and three buttons at the bottom on tacb . sii ' . o , a black satin waistcoat and orange sprigs , a light blue handkerchief , Wellington boots , and silk hat He has a quick gait in walking , and generally keeps his eyes fixed towards the ground . He has black hair and whiskers , and all his shirts and stockings are marked " Robert Blakesley , " in black ink .
Mr . D . W . Harvey , the ciiy police commissioner , on Friday waited upon Sir Jamea Graham , Secretary of State for the Home Department , r <_ coiumending that a reward of £ 109 should be offered for tho apprehension of the murderer , or for information that might lead to it ; and a reward of £ 20 to any waterman who might find the body . This proposition , it is believed , was at once readily ccc-ded to . Mrs . Sarah Blakealjy , the wife of the murderer , is doing weil- A favourable change took place on Thursday night , and strong hopes are now entertained of her ultimate recovery . On Friday Mr . Burdon ' 8 brother visi ted her , and oa asking "How aha was ? " the poor creature , who is still in a very we : ; k state , exclaimed " Oh Cod , I have been the causa of my brother ' s murder . " After a short time she became calm , and
entered into an explanation of the horrorible scene of Tuesday night , which ' entirely corresponded with that given by he * sister . She expressed a surprise that Blakesley should have made an attempt on her life , as she was on the most affectionate terms with him , and on their last parting on Sanday night he appeared quite happy and cheerful . She said they never had the slightest quarrel , and she believed that he doated upon her . They , however , differed upon the point ef her leaving her brother ' s house , tha wishing to stay till he got into employment . She frequently makes inquiry if be has been apprehended , and appears exceedingly anxious , and at times excited . If her life be saved it ¦ w ill be owing to the resistance presented to the knife by her stays , which caused it te glance off and penetrate the abdomen fcor ' Bjnt-UJy . The funeral of Mr . Burdon took nlace ou Monday .
The unhappy father of tbe murderer has been known as a tradesman of great respectability in the city for nearly forty years ; he was a Common Councilman , and bb brother is now a representative of one of the wards . The family of Mr . Blakesley , sen ., consisting of two sons and two daughters ; one of the sons was drowned some time ago , and the other has by bis crimes now obtained a melancholy notoriety . Since the 29 ih of last April , Blake ?! ey , the ranrcierer , baa obaentad himsali from his paternal roof . He was brought up under his father ' * eye , in his warehouse , and at the period stated Mr . Blakealey , stn ., gave him a sum of money for the purpose of paying for a suit of clothes , and since then he has seen nothing of him . The murderer married
without the knowledge of his father , and immediately afterwards he and his wife went to SevenoakB , where he proposed setting up as a butcher , but was unable to carry his intentions out in oaoseqpienee of his credit getting into disrepute . Is order to «* Jebrat * bis marriage he was obliged to have recourse ta Mr . V ale , of Tokenhouse-yaTd , aa acquaintance of hiB father ' s , who then lent him the sum of money he required- Since then the following letter , in the handwriting of the murderer , was addressed to Mr . Yale , and has been by that gentleman deposited in the hands of the police : — " Bradburne Cottage , SevenoakB , Kent , " Aug . S . lSll .
' ¦ | " Dear Sir , —I shall feel greatly obliged if you will I confer 3 farther favour upon me , and only for one ) month . I assure you it will be ths making of me . If you will oblige me , be assured you shall have it again in one month from the present time . In fact , it will save me from something very unpleasant Pray let me ¦ oy return of post if you can , or as much cf it as you can spare . " In haste . —Ever your ' s truly , "R . Blakesley . " James Vale , Esq . Tokenhouse-yard . "
The request made in the above letter wasnot granted , and within a few days Blakesley ' a goods were seiz ; l , and he returned to London , and for several days both himself and his wife found an asylum at Mr . Burdoa ' a , the li ing ' 3 Head . The murdered man , Beeing that Blakealey had no prospect of obtaining employment , intimated to him thit he could not remain at the King ' s
, , would allow him to come until he could obtain a situation , adding that she would be provided for by her sister c : ; u brother-in-law in the meantime . Hr . Blakesley , 8 sn ., however , refused to receive his son , or even his clothes , which the wife begged him to do to prevent his pawning them . This was the only interview that tha father had with Mrs . Blakesley . The following letter will thew that Blakesiey , after leaving Sevenoaks , resided ia Eastcheap . The original is in the murderer ' s own handwriting : — " 44 , Eastcheap , London , Aug . 28 , 1841 .
| " Dear Sir , —As you asked mo to apply to you if you cculd do me a service , I am now about to solicit you to take a little trouble f or me . I calculate that Wood i 3 still in possession of the cottages , r . nii perhaps you will oblige me by seeing that he picks what plum ? , damsons , btans , and peas there are , and send them to be p ? . ckcd in oue of the baskets I left with him , and if the gra ^ s will suit you there , please to let nie know it , and you and I will then settle aaout the price of it I have written to Mr . Saunders i > y thi 3 post respecting the cottagt ? . Mrs . Blakeslty joins with : ce in kind remembrances to yourself and Mrs . H&rman . " I aia , i " Your great ! v obliged , " K . Blakesley . " llr . Earman , Bnvdbourne Val j , ! Sevenoaks , Kent . "
ADDITIONAL PAr . TICVL . 4 HS . i Upon inquiry at the station-house , in Tower-street , < on Saturday afternoon , it -sras ascertained that the i police had not received any intelligence respecting tho j retreat of BLakesley , and hence the belief gains ground : that ho has committal self-destruation by drowning . ! His respectable paieuu r . ro in a state of deep affliction , and the heartless statement that has been circulated , j thai the friends of Blakealey hud reported that he had i committed suicide in order to facilitate his escape from j justice , has added to theic mental anguish . It is i almost cncece&sary to add that the insinuation Is totally
groundless , Mr . Biukes'ey , sen ., having from the first ivinced great readiness to assist the police . On tbe night of the tragical event a constable went to No . 22 , York-place , City-rood , and s * w . Mr . and Mrs . Blakesley and their two daughters . Having requested that the ladieo might retire , he communicated to Mr . Blakealey sen ., the commission of the murder by his son , and desired that he might search the premises , as ii was thought the offender m ight have taken refoge there , Mr . Blakesley , who disp layed great nerve on learning tha alarming intelligenc * , at ocoe consented to bis boose being searched , and assisted the poli « e in doing go , I ? o traces , however , of him could be found .
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Considerable discussion baa arisen amongst the inha SS ^ W ' ^ ^ Tarious p 1 ** 8 of publl < s aeiortlnj'the City , on the subject of the easy escape ef Uie . xaurdeier and very- many person , Attribute that circumstance to the negligence of the City Polloe ; in consequecceofttilsopinloni a'fenstheaea conversation tooK place between ths Coroner , the Jury , and Mr . H . W' Harvey , the police comnUssioiier , which was not reported in the newspaper * if the followiag statement be true , ft is indeed surprising that Blakesley should have escaped Immediate detection . It was boldly asserted that four police constables wen on duty within a Tory abort distance of the King's Head on Tuesday night—via , two in Gracechurch , who pass the end of Eastcheap , one in King William-street , and the fourth ( whose duty ft was to pass Mr . Burdon ' a eTery
quarter of an hour ) in Eastcheap , Pudding andBodvlphlanes . The latter did not see Blakesley on Tuesday night , and that be was in Pudding-lane when the cry of murder was raised in the streets . Thft Jary expressed themselves much dissatisfied at the long beats which many of the constables had to go over , and the want of a sufficient number during the sittings of the Central Criminal Court , where several were always in attendance . It appears that Mr . Harvey induced the City authorities , a short time ago , to augment the police by thirty , and that he has since given it as his opinion there should be a still further Increase , but it has not yet been acted upon . There is no doubt , however , in consequence of the representations of the Jury , the fears excited by the recent murder , and the paucity of the police in certain districts , that they will be speedily augmented , and their beats curtailed .
The most interesting information , vis ., that which relates to the almost instantaneous death of Mr . Burdon , and to the magnanimity and extraordinary presence of mind of his sister-in-law , the wife of the murderer , who was first stabbed , had not been laid before the public . Mr . English , of No . 22 , Gracechurch-street , the ordinary medical attendant of the family , stated to the reporter , that on Tuesday night , as he was- about to take temporary repose from his labours , a party called to say that he was wanted at
Mr . Burdon ' 8 . Thinking that it was not a matter of importance , he did not hurry himself , but in the course of a few minutes seven or eight persons arrived , announcing the dreadful occurrence . He hastened to the King ' s Head , and saw Hr . Burdon lying on bis back Inside the bar , and immediately perceived that be was dead , and beyond the power of human skill . Four or five medical gentlemen were busily employed in examing the wound of Mr . Burdon , and , what was most astonishing , nobody ' s attention bad been directed to the unfortunate wife of the murderer , who seemed to be unconscious of
the severe injury inflicted upon herself , until Mr . English discovered it . Her whole faculties seemed to be absorbed in endeavonrs to provide for the safety of her brother-in-law . She assisted in untying his cravat , and gave orders as to the best way , in her opinion , that he ought to be treated . Mr . English then diseovered that she was standing la a pool of blood that had flowed from her percon , and instantly directed that sbe should be conveyed to her bed-reom . la doing so , upon the stairs , she fainted , and the syncope prevented fortunately for a time any further hemorrhage . She was placed upon a bed , and her clothes having been cut off , it was found that she had an incised wound penetrating the peritoneum , but not into the abdomen , on the right
side , through the thin portion of the stays which suvered the hip , and opposite to the nether region of the liver . Being perfectly insensible , restoratives were administered to reproduce pulsation , and when they had taken effect the wound was dressed . Sbe continued afterwards in a comparative state of delirium , and Mr . English remained -watching her progress during the whole of the sight At Intervals ehe broke out into incoherent expressions , mentioning her brother-in-law ' s name , and frequently her husband ' s , supposing he was by ker bedside . It was not at all expected that she would survive the injuries inflicted by the wound , but he continued , on account of the unusual circumstances
of the cose , to watch her without intenniauou until yesterday evening , when , seeing that she had slept souniUyfor about an hour , and symptoms of irritation mentally and physically having subsided , he examined tha wound , and judged from Its appearance that it was going on favourably . Mr . English ia now of opinion , though he never thought so before , that she will , under careful treatment , ultimately recover . His opinion is founded aot only on tbe appearance of tbe wound , but from his knowledge of her excellent constitution . Shu was of a clear , healthy , and florid complexion , slightly inclined to obesity , but had never had any severe illness . Mr . English atates that she is now 1 b tbe 25 th year of her age .
A post mortem examination was on Saturday made on the body of Mr . Burdon , for even amongst the medical profession it was rather a phenomenon that the wound should have caused almost instantaneous death . Dissection accounted for the hesitating opinion on the part of the surgeons . It was found that the aorta was divided , preventing , of course , tha circulation of tho blood through the arteries and veins , and causing the flow of blood not to pass through tho orifice , but to fall into the cavity of the abdomen , and thereby produced in consequence sudden death . The knife having been pointed upwards by a blow from tho left hand , passed through the aorta aad interior portions of the body , until its egress was stopped by striking against the vertebiw or back bone . A rough wouud , Buch aa would be caused by definitive resistance to a sharp-edged instrument , was found en the back-bone of Mr . Burdoo .
On Saturday afternoon , tbe reporter ascertained from Mr . Inspector Brake , who holds the Coroner ' s warrant for the apprehension of Blakesley , that a bat had been found in the river which was Bupposed to belong to the murderer . It appears that at high tide on Saturday morning a waterman named Weaie found the bat off tho floating bath near Blackfri . ir ' s Bridge . Having heard of the murder of Mr . Burdon , be at enco took it to the police station in Black Horse Court , Forringdon-street , and delivered it into the hands of Mr . Inspector Lloyd . The Inspector Bent it forthwith to Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner ' s office , and tbe fitvt , of tha finding was conveyed to Inspector Brake . The latter Inspector waited upon Mr . Blakesley , sen ., ia BasiughaR-street , and he tried the hat on , and expressed his belief that it belonged to his son . In the bat is the name of Christie , the aaksr , of Gracschurch-street , and tbo date when it was
pwchiied , l « t of May , 18 ( 1 . Mr . Chri » tie states that h « sold above It * hats on that day , and six of the saroejia ) tbo one discovered were purchased , and two of the customer ' s names were not entered in his books . The hat is a beaver one , and Mr . Blakesley , sen ., told Inspector Brake that the murderer hod a positive aversion to silk hats . The Inspector next went to the King ' s Head , Eustebeap , and showed the bat to Mr . Burdou ' s widow and her mother , who , as well as the servant and potb « y , declared their belief to be that the hat is that worn by Blakealey on Tuesday night The hat Is in the possession of Mr . Brake , of tho Tower-street Station , and has a quantity of sand and mud in it . A number of watermen , under the direction of Inspector Lloyd , were last evening very actively engaged in dragging the river for the body of Blakesley . The house of the deceased remains closed .
At four o ' clock yesterday the remains of Mr . Bardon , the murdered man , Wfyre deposited in the churchyard of St . Mary-at-hUL The funeral procession la walking one ; consisted of about teu couples , and amongst the movirntra wtre Urs . Burdon , the widow , her mother , the deceased ' s brother and child , a little boy , and other relatives . A great crowd of persons followed the funeral , but the police in nUendauce closed the gates of the ehurtiiyard against the public . The Hue and Cry oi Saturday did not contain the oflt * of any reward for Bl-akeley ' a apprehension , but yesterday afternoon tho following bills were geueratly circulated throughout tho metropolis and suburbs : —
» £ 100 Kewakd . —Mi / kder . —Whereas , on tb . 6 night of Tuesday , tha Slat of September instant , James Burdon , landlord of the King ' s Head publicbouse , in Eastcheap , in the City of London , was wilfuUy and . maliciously subbtd so as to cause his instant death , aud whereas a man named Robert Biakwley stands charged with the said luurtiev , who is oi the following description : —About five feet eight and a balf iuchta in height , apparently about thirty yu jjs of ago , rather stout , dark hair , large dark whiskers , daik eyes , dark complexion , prominent noBe , £ wievrhat turned up , speaks quickly ; dress—an invisible green coat i > owniarket cut ) , black silk waistcoat , with light coloured sprig , and drab kersejniere trousers , tightly i made , Wellingtoa boots , and silk atckerchief .
" For tho better apprehending and bringing to punishment the above-bamed Hubert Blakesley , the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury hereby offer i £ lQ 0 reward te any person , or persons , who may appreheud , or cause to be apprehended , the above Kobert Blakosley , or give such information as may lead to his apprehension and conviction , by application to Ia » i , tc . or Hodgson , at tbo chief Police-office , Basinghall-atreet , or to Inspector Brake , at the Sution-house , Tower-street , in the City of London . " In the opinion of the medical attendant of Mra Bkikesiey , she continues to improve .
CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER . Inspector Hodeon and policeman EdwaTd Briatow , 569 , who havo been indefatigable Bince the murder of Mr . Burdon in their endeavours to capture Blakesley , on Saturday afternoon last , having obtained Borne clue to his retreat , started off fer Hertfordshire , a person answering the description of Blakealey having been wandering about that neighbourbood since Wednesday last , in a distressed and agitated state . From information received on the road bj Inspector Hodgson , and Bristow the polieeman , it appeared thai on Wednesday kit , about twelve o clock , a person , s * pposed U be Blakeeley ,
was seen in the neighbourhood of Potter ' s-bar , asking charity at several public-houses . On ths following morning , at nine o ' clock , the same individual was « een at Bell-bar , about two miles from Potter's-bar , on the Hadfield-road . He was then in a very dejected state of mind . Upon the police obtaining this information they made further inquiries on the subject , when it was ascertained that a pers * n answering the description of the man who had been seen at Bell Bar , bad been begging at every publio-house on the road , stating that he had been unfortunate ia business , and vm without the means ot procuring a single meal . He was afterwards traced to Hatfield Woodeide . wbcw be told ft w * j riwttceriag tele ,
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saying that he was almost starving , and that he would receive with the greatest thankfulness even a cold potato , when relief beiBg refused him , he put np hie hands apparently ia & et&w ot' desperation , ran out of the house , and took refuse under the hedge . Upon further inquiry being made , it ' was feuud that from-Hatfield he went begt frig to tie Aogrf , at Lcnglej , for upon the police inquiring of the landlord of that inn , he told them that a respeotable-look / ng liaan answering the description they gave , had &eu » his-houeo on Friday ; that he appeared in a very distressed and low condition , and that oat of charity n « , g » ye hinx ? penny . Upon / further inquiry beina made avliangley toll-bar , it was discovered that a person answerihe Blakesley ' sd&cripti 6 ffha 4 pleaded to
wan * ine toii-Dar man , and bad asked him to purchase a hair-brush , a corfc-sefevf , and a mor-sfcroD . This the toll-man declined d 6 ihg ; \> t % he gave him 2 d . oat of charity . TjJichi it appeared , he'fcfterwards spent at the Three Horse Shoes , for a pint of beer While hp was at . the Horsef Shoes , he asked some drover that was there to pnrchase ' tnd razor-strop offering it lor a penny . It -appeared he did not give ' a penny for it , but a paper of tobacoo . Frera Langley the police went to Weiwyn , where they found that Blakeslejr had been inquiring most anxiously for a London . paper , but could not obtain the sight of oae . Ia this neighbourhood he also asked for charity , aud had several pence and other things given him . He was afterwards traced to the Moor Hens , on the
London side of Hitohin , where ho also solicited charity . On Friday he was at the Hose and Crowa , at Hitchin , where he asked for a London paper , which he appeared to read with great trepidation , and afterwards to drop it suddenly en the floor . It was supposed that he was in Hitchin all day on Saturday , living upon charity . About two o ' clock on Sunday morning , a polieeman belonging to the Hertfordshire constabulary force , as ne was passing through Hitchin-market , thought he heard a parson moaning , and apparently in distress , and upon going to the place whence the sounds proceeded , he discovered Blakesley , who stated that he had no homethat he waa in great distress , and that he did not know what to do . Upon this he was takea to the Hitchin station-house as a vagrant . When there , he aeked the officers present if they had seen the London papers with the account of Mr . Burdoa ' s murder in them , and upon his being told that they had , he said ,
'' I am the man that committed the murder . " Some time after Blakesley had been taken into custody , Inspector Hodson and Policeman Bristovr arrived at Hitchin , and from information they received proceeded immediately to the station-house , where Bristow at once recognised Blakesley , he having known him for a number ef years . Immediately on his seeing Bristow , Blakesley inquired how his wife was , and upon being told that she was better , he thanked God , and said that he felt much easier since he had acknowledged the murder . Inspector Hodfion and Bristow arrived in town this morning from Hitchin , leaving Blakesley in the custody of inspector Halbin , of the Hertfordshire police , who refused to doliver him up nntil he had received orders to that effect from Captain Robinson , tha Superintendent of the Force . The prisoner was taken on Monday in custody of the Hertfordshire police , and conducted before tho Lord Mayor .
A great crowd of persons assembled around the Mansion-house ; and , besides the Lord Mayor , there were also present , Aldermen Marshall , Gibbs , Carroll , Kelly , Humphery , and Pirie . Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner of Police , was likewise in attendance . Tho prisoner betrayed such weakness on being placed at the bar , rtrat he was allowed a seat , and his countenance ( which was only now and then seen from his hanging his head down ) , appeared exceedingly pale and depicted great wretchedness ; when ho speke , he did so in a clear and firm tone . Robert Dean , of the Hitchen Police , said—Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Satnrday night , the 25 th instant , I waa on duty in the market place ,
Hitchen , aud I saw the prisoner , Robert Blakesley , loitering about there . 1 had received instructions from my Superintendent to be very particular in noticing the arrival of any stranger . After watch ing him some time 1 went up and spoke to him . He told me he was almost mad , and that I might take him into custody . I asked him what for , and he replied , " I suppose you have heard of the circumstance in London . " I rejoined , " 1 suppose you are tho man who stabbed the landlord and your wife . " He answered , " Yes , the landlord and my wife , and I do not mean to say any more . " I took him to the station-house , and he several timea ejaculated , " Oh , 1 think I hear that shriek 1—it is her ' s—I think I see her now . " He was searched at the
station-house , and tho letters produced were found upon him . —( Letters from his wife and mothar were handed in . ) He had several trifling articles about him , bnt no money . He said at the station-house , " I did not mean to kill Mr . Burdon , but he got between ns . I intended to kill my wife , and then myself . " William Rattan , City police-constable 542 , who saw the prisoner in Leadcnhall-market on the night previous to the murder , identified the prisoner as being Robert Blakesley . His evidence was nearly the same a 9 he gave bof ' ore the Coroner at the inquest upon Mr . Burdon ' a body . Tbe Lord Mayor then questioned the prisoner as follows : —Prisoner , what is your name !
Answer— ( with much firmness , ) Robert Blakesley . What is your age ! Twenty-seven . What ia your profession 1 was brought np ss a clerk in th « counting-house of my father , win is in the cloth trade . Where did yon residr ? In Basinghall-street , City . Had you any other residence No , my Lord . Edward Bristow , city police-constable , said I have known the prisoner three or four weeks , and I know him to be the person who wen * by the name of Robert Biakesiey . I am acquainted with hia person .
In answer to the Lord Mayor , the witnesses said they had been bound over by the Coroner to appear at the Old Bailey . The Lord Mayor a&ked if the prisoner was sufficiently recovered to stand up ? Blakesley here rosa , but was obliged to be supported by the two officers who stood in the dock with him . The Lord Mayor—( addressing the prisoner )—You have heard the statement made by the officers against yon , and the depositions are now preparing , and will shortly be read over to you . If you have anything to 6 ay , now is your time .
The prisoner—( holding down his head)—No , my Lord , aot until the day ot trial , when all the truth will come out . It is not aa Mrs . Burdon
has stated . The depositions woro then formally read over and signed , and in the interim tho prisoner whispered to tho officers next him— " I wish not to be loft alone . " This being repeated to tha Lord Mayor , he replied , " Very well , hi 3 wish shall bo attended to . " Dean—During tho time he has been with us he has been supplied with books , and he wishes that indulgence to be extended towards him in Newgato . The Lord Mayor—Very well , he shall have proper books .
The prisoner was afterwards removed to Newgate in the po&t chaise that brought him from Hitchen , followed by an immense crowd of persons .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Sept . 24 . After somaroutine business , tha bill providing a retired annuity to the Vice-Chancellor ( a supplementary bill to the Bill for the Adnnuistetion of Justice ) drew forth some observations fsrora . Colonel Sibthorp , Mr . Ewart , nad Mr . Wakley , who cocsidered the amount proposed to be too larga Sir Robert Peel defended the amount , as also did Sir JOHN Easthope . On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply , Mr . P . M . Stewart rose to call attention to a petition which he had presented , on the 21 st September last , fiom the provost , magistrates , and town-council of Paisley , on the present distressed condition of the manufacturers of tho county of Renfrew . Mr . Stewart
read some statements respecting the appalling distress existing in Paisley and its neighbourhood , which one of the writers s ; ud was a disgrace to a Christian country . Sir . Stewart thought that the petition was entitled to some mvte consideration than being merely laid on the table . Tha sileat system pursued by the Government , with tho single exception of Sir Robert Peel , -was not likely to satisfy the country . The majority of the present Parliament waa constituted by the representatives of the English counties , and it was , therefore , a landlord's majority . After commenting on the speeches made by tiir James Graham and Lord Stanley to their respective constituents , Mr . Stewart concluded by declaring that the prorogation of Parliament , without entering into tbe censideration of the distresses of the people , was not only unwise , but fraught with
danger . Mr . Milnee Gibson did not care how long the financial statement of tbe Chanoellor of the Exchequer was put off , if tho whole wsult of nil meditations was merely aa addition to tha taxation . Agricultural a « - eociations , Instead of being confined to their legitimate objects / were converted into political societies . Oa being called upon to name any society bo perverted ^ ' ¦ Mr . G 1 B 80 W replied that the Agricultural meeting a * Saxmun < 1 ham , the other day , maniftsted its political objects by various indications , such aa tbst of the way in which the Queen's hea lth was received . Mr . Ti . ng . B 3 t , as one ot toe representatives of an Important manufa « turlng town , spoke the sentiments of his constituents la aMribmttng mueb < rf the distress of the country to reetrictUoa on trade .
Sir ReBBRT Peel said the plan which he intended to pursue was to ask the Homse to give him a short time to prepare his measures for repairing the enormous financial embarrassments W ths country . A general election had taken place vnder the auspices of tbe late government ; and before that election be had declared that be bad no intention of bringing forward a general flpufif riai scheme . Tb * « cuntry had , notwithstanding fcicided «)* ut tt » fete Minister ; tod sinoe hli ac-
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ceptance of office , nearly thirty members of the government had been returned without opposition , with the exception of the very formidable opposition o £ . Mr . Ael&Bd , - He bad not expected that Mr . Stewart had intended to raise a discussion -, and certainly the series of very bad jokes in Wsspeecb , Was notin harmony with that sympathy with the sufferings ot his constituents which was ' io he expected . He ( Sir Kobert Peel ) admitted the existing distress ; -but it wbs of importance that they ebould not be driven toto hasty legislation in providing , a remedy . The Manchester Chamber of Caintaii&i , bzd formerly attributed tee distress to the nil « Jo . ndici of the Bank of Epgtond and the lavish accommodation of joint-stock banks , which hid stimulated over-production , but sow they
attributed it to the Corn Laws . While admitting , the ¦ existence of distress , 6 e ( Sir Robert Peel ) did aot despair of returning improvement ; and ho produced the re turns of the savings banks , sturir fng an increase in the united kingdom , during June and August of the present year , as a proof of his assertion ., Perhaps , he said jocularly ,, the i ncrease was a proof of the . confidence of the country irt the change of administration . ' The increase was not only general tlirongnont the trailed Kingdom , but there was ' increase in the manufacturing districts ; and even ia Manchester itself there was an increase . These returns entitled him to claim time foe a deliberate investigation of the condition of the country . It was bis . firm belief that the intelligence of the United Kingdom sanctioned hi * demand for time . . ¦ .
Mr . Mark Phillips rose to declare bia belief that OBless something was done to relieve tbe existing distress , and to open up channels for the industry of the country , its peace and order vere in danger . He implored Sir Robert Peel not to allow the winter to pass over without bringing Parliament together to consider measures of relief . Mr . EWAB . T thought it not unreasonable to give Sir Robert Peel time to consider his remedies , provided that no uncertainty was allowed to exasperate the country . - Mr . Walker considered that the property of the country was wasting away , from the absence of profit , bad debts , and depreciation oi fixed capital . He did not know what measures would be brought forward by the present Government , but he hoped Sir Robert Peel would do justice to his good feelings by bringing forward good measures .
Sir John Easthope , after statiag a particular instance of the general depreciation ef capital which bad come within his own knowledge , entered on the general subject Mr . ViLLiBRS , after some preliminary observations , said that he considered that the Savings . Banks * returns were produced by Sir Robert Peel as a proof that the existing distress would pass over , and that ,: in fact , distress did not prevail at the present moment . This waa probably the last opportunity which they would have before the prorogation of Parliament to discuss thia great question . Mr . OOBDEN said that Sir Robert Peel had expressed his surprise that this discussion should be reopened after the decision of a previous evening . But events were taking place in the country which justified the course they were pursuing .
Captain Carnegie deprecated the course which the opposition was pursuing , as tending to no practical result He bad great confidence in the talents and character of Sir R . Peel , and he hoped that be would be able to provide a remedy for the existing commercial distress . Bat if he failed , he ( Capt . Carnegie ) would still consider it to be his duty to legislate for the greatest good of the greatest number , and would offer no factious opposition to a ministry , of which even tbe members for Stockport aud Bolton should form a part Mr . Thornely and Mr . Brotherton contended that the " sliding scale" was a prime causo of the distress , the latter statin * that though the contraction of the currency produced distress , the cause of that contraction was the Corn Laws . Mr . Aglionbt added his testimony , from local observation , to the extent and severity of the existing distress .
Captain Fitzrov commented on some of the statements made cf Mr . Cobiien . He also contended that the opposition was uselessly wasting tbe time of the House . The House then went into a committee of supply , and * on the motion ot Captain Boldero , the supplementary ordnance estimates were voted , after some remarks . Sir Charles Napier pressed on Sir Robert Peel the propriety of having a naval officer « a the Board of Ordnance ; and considerable amusement waa created by the discussion . The vojtes having passed the committee , the Speaker resumed the chair , and the report was ordered to be received on Monday next . The Poor Law Commission Bill was postponed to the same day .
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Lohd-Howick , a Bad Bargain . —The " liberal " electors of Sunderland appears to have got a precious bargain in my Lord Howick . At a dinner got up for his Lordship on Monday , the crotchety legislator told his assembled friends , in terms not to be misunderstood , that upon the first occasion that might arise he should , without scruple , abandon them and their interests , and try to regain the seat for his native ooustr , from trliich he was lateley elecjed . —Newcastle Journal . The alleged Outrage on Lord Howick . —Th adjonrned examination into this mysterious affair took place in SunderJand , on Tuesday , before < a fall benoh of magistrates . After some further evidenc on the part © j the prosecution had been heard , bnt
which was merely comborative of what had been heard before , Mr . Wright , on the part of the defendant Liddle , contended—first , that tbe gun was not loaded with destructive materials ; secondly , that no individual was singled out by the prisoner , as the statuto required ; and , thirdly , that prisoner had no intention to do grievous bodily harm to any one : therefore , that the charge could cot bo sustained . After some witnesses had been beard for the defence , Mr . Moore , . in reply to Mr . Wright ' s defence , contended that the charge was made cut . It was by no means clear' that the gun had not been loaded with shot when presented oy the prisoner , as between the ontrage and the time of Liddlo ' s arrest , sufficient time had elapsed to allow him to draw the charge ;
and it was . in evidence that the ramrod , though too short to draw the paper , was sufficiently long to extract any substance that might have boen over it . But even admitting , for the sake of argument , that no shot had been in the gun , the paper pellet over the powder was quite sufficient to inflict serious injury * , if . discharged at the short distance of a few yards , a 3 spoken to by the witnesses . Further , it Was clear , from the previous gathering of stono 3 and the cleaning of the gun , that the attack was premeditated ; while the evidence of tho first witness , Sedgwick ^ placed it beyond all doubt , that Lord Howick waa the individual to whom a malicious injury was intended . The nsagistrates then retired , and , after an absence of three quarters of an hour , returned into court with a decision to the following effect : —That ,, having taken into anxious
consideration all the circumstances of the case , they were unanimously of opinion that the charge of felony was not satisfactorily borne out by the evidence ; while they were equally agreed that thft prisoner had been pioved guilty of a most abominable and outrageous assault , for which the Bench were somewhat disposed to send him to take his trial at the Quarter Sessions . " However , taking into consideration the serious pecuniary loss the prisoner had sustained in consequence of his bad conduct , the magistrates thought the demands of justice would be answered by imposing on him a nno of £ 5 , and calling on him to enter into recognizances , himself in £ 50 , and two sureties in £ 25 each , that ho should keep the peace for twelve months . Mr . George Hndsoa and Mr . William Storey having joined Liddla in the-requisite security , tho parties retired .
Corokeb ' s Inquest . —Dreadful Dkstitutiox . — On Friday week , an inquest , adjourned from ti-. e previous day , was resumed before Mr . Baker , the Coroner , at the Marquis Wellesloy , High-street , Sbadwell , on the body of George Hows , agod 13 , a bricklayer's labourer . Sarah Hows , of 110 , New Gravd Lane , the sister of the deceased , said tint she had not seen her brother for a month nnlil last Saturday evening , when , on passing through Gravel La / io , the deceased , who was sitting on the step of a door , jumped up as well as he was able , and recognised hsr . He appeared very ill , and was scarcely able to stand . She assisted him to where he was living , and gave him a cup of tea . Sha also ofTjred him food , but he was nnable to eat . Ho told her he
had been sitting from sis o'clock that morning on London Bridge , and with the greatest difficulty had crawled to where she found him . He had nut slept iu a bed for a fortnight , nor tasted food from the Tnursday morning previous . The la ^ t two nights he had slept in some stables belonging to Mr . Wheatley . at Greenwich , for whom sc ^ o time before he had worked ! He had applied 10 the relieving officer of the Greenwich Union tor relit f , who refused to give him any , saying that "there was plenty of work for such a lad as him . " Ho stayed with her the whole of Saturday night and the Sunday , but getting worse , she applied on Monday morning to Mr . Serjeant , the relieving officer , for relief . Whilst talking with that gentleman , information was brought that he had expired . By tbe Coroner—The deceased was in so exhausted a state thaS he was unable to swallow , and took ouly a smaU Quantity of
barley water . Six years baok he was in a similar destitute state , and being token before Colonel Foreman , one of the Greenwich magistrate * , was by him sent to the Greenwich Woricbouae . H # waa a very quiet lad ; and had a great repugnance to asking for relief . The relieving officer of th « Greenwich Union said that the deceased was known to him by the eognomen of M Ginger , " and had been eaployed By him on several occasions . He had never applied to him for relief , but had he done so he should have given it tonka immediately , knowing him to be a deserving lad . Deverell , the beadta of Saadwell , said that , in accordant * with th # wish of the Coronwr , ho had tried to find -out where the deceased went * o after leaving Mr . Wheatley ' s ¦ table * , buw hid been unsaseeflBfnl . Verdict" Natural death , aooelsrated by destjtaboDj and tbe vruri of the o ; in » oa MoeKttrteof life . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct723/page/3/
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