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THE MURDER IN EASTCHEAP.
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TO FEAJIGrS OCO ^ TN'OB , ESQ . Bear Fe&rgros , these are avrfu * time 3 , When folk mun goin * wi * empty -wymes , Or emigrate to distant dimes In 86 SIC o' ¦ wark ; Or desp e rate , rash to dismal crimes , In actions dark . And yet there ' s plenty in tha l&n ' To keep trae want baith beast an' man , If goversment -would build thfeii plan , Or tqoal rigb's ; God grant they ^ ould , for -weel tbey can Eise a" oar plights . Bat na ! ys starvin , -srorkin" men , Ye need na' seek relieve free them , Bat a" unite , and a' condemn Unequal laws ; let &' out actions be the same In freedom cause . Then let us trust in ane tnither , An * pttt our shoathers a' the cither , An * soon oppression ' s tree will wither , An' tumble down ; An' then we'll dance wi" son an" blither On slaTery ' s crown . Dsar Teargus , now that yea are free , I hope you will at once a ^ rea To come to Aberdeen , an' see Yoar Chartist friends ; Perhaps your health may better be 'ilong Northern scenas . At ony rate , let nathing fear ye ; Na Whig or Tory now can steer ye ; As Twg ' s yocr teen ' s are standin' near ye , Keep np year heart ; And when yon come , we'll gladly hear ye , An" tak * a part . Te " re aye been watchfu , ' aye , observant ; Erposin' men ss . a weel deserrin" 't ; Sae heaT&n preserve ye £ rm an * ferrant , In frsedotn ' 3 fight ; While I remain year humble servant , David Wright . Aberdeen , Sept ISth , 1 S 41 .
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STANZA . S . 1 . A parson call'd on me the other dsy , And hinted that I stood in my own light , By being a reformer , which would lay My rising hopes low in the dust , and blight ily prospects ; and by writing Tor that ray Of troth , the Northern Star , the poor nnn's might , I sfconld be left without a friend till hoary ; For help , he said , was only from the Tory .
II . I ' re hiiherto be * n tanght -virtue ' * friends Are only of that stamp that ' s worth the keeping TVho , for a selfish purpose , vilely bends To swerve from truth in any track , is reaping The w * 3 es of iniquity , and Tends His conscience for the paltry price of sleeping On downy bads , and in preferzneEi ' s chamber Where meagre difficulty fails to clanil-er .
IU . If my sole road to notice should te this , To flatter vice and act the hypocrite , I'll gladly sing unheard , and tiereby miss The most opprobions chains that bind the wight Africa ' s slares in thought are fetterless , But this Hack slug would fchut ray eyes from light Or if I saw some scenes of dire distress , Would have me wink at hitman wretchedness .
IV . There is more pleasure in the paths of truth Than in the r-g-zag road of deviation ; For who wcnld be divesud of ail truth , For 'worthless empire of a short duration . ' Even such a suitor is at leatt uaccntb , Who seeks sJone for vicious exaltation ; Be ' 11 swim at most bnt for a few short years , To sit beneath his abject doubts and fears . y . I'd rather muse unknown , and sing ttcpsid , Than conrt the yicioas sycephactic lay ; 2 Jay virrce , though ia simplest parb array d . Be mine to sing , throughout lire ' s s-horten'd daj And may both truth and justice iend their aid To brighten up the poor's dtclinlcg ray . So that the labouring class with joy mry own Starvation and her manacles are Sown .
YI . Freedom must dawn , fcr reason breaks the gloom , The long dark night of ignorance recedes , And as the steds of falsehood fail to bJocm Within the hemisphere uf truth , so speeds The fiend oppression to unwelcome doom , When met by knowledge of Bil-corquering ^ eed 3 , The poor man ' s sworu and buckler is the li ^ ht , Reason aid truth , will put his foes to flight . J-lMI ^ TEB 30 > Sc-thncltcn , Stpt 21 st , 1541 .
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On Thursday evening , at six o ' clock , Mr . Payne , the coroser for tfce city of London , and a jnry of twenty ct ' zsns , resident in the ward of Billingsgate , assrmb ' ea in the ceffte-room cf the Blue Ar . cl > cr TaTern , St-Slary-at-Hill , to investigate the cirtumstacces connected with the death of Mr . James Burden , the landlord of the King ' s Head , in Eastcheap , ¦ who was 3 fcrnta ! 3 y mnrdtred by a man naiced Rjbert B ^ keJley , cz . the nigfet of Tuesday last , some particulars relative to which appeared in the Star of L- ^ t -wtek . Mr . Harrey , the City Police CommLjaiorer , Sir J . Bufce , Sir . Alderman Wilson , and several other of the cv ; c authorities , were present
Mrs . Eliza Burdon , the wiiow of the murdered isin , tes first examined . She ssM—The sign of the house in \ rtich I reside is the K ' ng's-head , in Esstchesp . The age of the deceased , wbo was rny husband , was SS . On Tuesday evening I wm sitting in the bar , at the comer rarest the wirj . jv . 3 Jy husbund was sitting in a charr at tie teci pzii cf the fear . He w .-. s Hitting with a handkerchief over his fncs , asleep , with cce arm resting on the tab ' . e . IIy sliter , whose name is Sarah Blakeiley , was in the bar taVking to me . She ii the wife of my husband ' s iriurd- t * t . His name is E :-bert Blakesley . Abuut ten mi ^ ctts af-. er un I was alinsed by hearing hurritd s-tepa en the outside of the btr , and en lookicg up I m v the luan BIsicsley . He ns round the bar , and making a sprirg st Ids wife , cpjbt hold of her hards , exclainir ^ " My wife cr her & *' ¦ " He then stab-bid ter in the rirht side , sad before I osuld get ud Le crew it sttjv frrm her , and
P ' -raged : t into my huibacd "! lef : side . He then made *¦ plunge at me , bnt I jcr ; . rfd on one sine sad avoided the blow . 1 think he ih / 31 Lad Ihc 3 rr / :. f e in his left hand . Blaktslty thtn Esde tovai .-s t > e liar to go out ,-and icy husbs ^ d and blfttr went , . « : "; : r L : m . My husband just reached the bar dcKT vttn h- fell . BiakiSky looked l « ck as tbcvgh he rntar \ to ivtum . He got " fa ? ss tie ftmt ec .-r and k : kv . i ^ ktd tack , and tiea , 1 think , thrfsr the knife ww sid r = n away . I acresmeu , = nd irj E . itcr txc ^ imeJ . " Oh . it is mv 2
^—^ an < ; he bas cr-aunitttd nv .:: i ' -er T' Sbe appeartd tLin to lisco' -i . r ate -was narl-. u . otA I saw b ' ejd £ jwicgj ' rcru her tide . Wcs 1 ! oc £ i . d towards mj fc ^ sband , re vm- , ' vL'v with his hsck cr , the flocr , and ^ r ^ t , " - "; ar * Fo ^ l ci Koi i os the floor . My isjr . ik- ltq thoife cf n . y sisttr trctiht sciiie persons "who were in the parlour to cur assistance , and one cf ti ? n ran aff . r Bbkesle-, who wts at tLc moment c : i £ g cu t Et the deer , sri the other fcr a doctor . . " J ttirk my l . Uibasd littd ati-vt fo'or or tire- rcirtitfs a : " . ti he it' ;) , but te ttzs cniri iasessil-le , cad ntret e ^ ze a toTf ! .
C ^ ror-T . —Are yon qu'te iure that yocr huibaad was ^ -1 ^ : " . r ^ 2 g atil t » Htp v . l : « . n tbe Kc ^ was aimed a » bis , ar . d that :: we ? inflicted wi ' . h his Itft hand . ' "WitEfr ;—1 sm rot pc-dtvve as to ' . he vrr , nrd being iiiLc-ed vhL bi « } & ; . briKd . } , nt I am quite certain th-. t te La-J r . ct men frcjn the chair , as-l ' : r .: l bis hasdkerchifcf stiii over his f-yt-s vhfcn Bbk ; :- ! ey stablved him . 2 ^? huibsr . fi was cvnveytd into the K-. ck par ! cur ; I teiirTej arrt icy iiitcr v ? c t ? irs to L' ? V ? ' :-r ? crr .
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James Jvris examined—I reside at Na 30 , Fenchurth-Btteet . I am a porter . 1 was in the parlour of the King's Head on Tuesday sight last- The parlour is a little beyond the further extremity of the bar , at the back part of the premises . Shortly after ten o ' clock , I , as well as som 9 other persons who were there , was alarmed by hearing some load shrieks , apparently proceeding from the bar , and likewise straggling . I ran out , and saw Mr . Burdon in tbe act of falling . I prevented his head hitting the ground by catching him as be was falling . The deceased exclaimed that be was
stabbed , and asked me to fetch a doctor . 1 saw & figure at the moment I entered the bar receding from the street door . Heard Mrs . Blakesley exclaim , " It was he did it ; the Tillain is my husband . " Some others , who -were ia the parlour , xaa out after Blakesley and another for a turgeon . A surgeon arrived in & few minutes , and the police soon after . The house was then crowded \ rith people , but they -were soon cleared ,, and the doors dosed . I was the first person -who raa out of the parlour . I did not pursue Blakesley , as 1 had no idea that a murder had been committed , or what was the Hiatter . I did not know B'akesley .
Daniel O'Connell examined—1 am foreman to Mr . Nicholls , tea-dealer , of No . 8 , Fenchurch-street . 1 heard the screaming on the night of Tuesday last in the bar of if r . Burdon ' s house . I was in the parlour of the King ' s Head at the tune . I did not ran oat , as Juris did , at first , as I thought it -was only some family affair . Hearing it again , I ran out , and saw Mr . Burdon falling . I did not see any one geing out of the door , but I ran for Mr . Croft , the surgeon , of Gracechurch street , who attended immediately . The police bad not arriTed on my return after I bad been for tbe surgeon , bat they arrived in a minnte or two afta ? , 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 Jarvis , and caught a glimpse of , I believe , the murderer going out of the door . Seein ? a large knife on the floor , covered with bloou , I pursued him as fast as I could in the direction of Gracechurch strett , when I was joined by another young man ; and tre kept him in sight as far as Ciement ' s-iane , when ¦ we lost him up some of the courts in Graccehurch street I returned to the bouse in Eastcbeap , 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 , Lime-street . About half-past seven o'clock on Tuesday morning a man came into ray shop , who , from what took place , I have no doubt was the murderer , Bobert Blakesley . 1 should know him again were I to see him . He « ame to be shaved , and entered into conversation about bis wife . He said he wa 3 going to get out a warrant against Burdon , the landlord of the King ' s Head , and asked roe if J Kr . ? whiQ , and on my replying in Uife affirmative , he said Mr . Bar' . on bad got his wife tfeere , and likewise some properly which belonged to him , and which had been fetched from S = venoaks , where they had been living together . He said he had been to the King's Head that morning + 0 lie * lnaua iil * "srife \ that he received the adyiM , \ Uibk , ol a police-constable named Bradshaw , who , vbsn on dnty that morning in LenJenhall-rap . rket , tola him ho had a right to demand his wife He said when be
demanded his wife , Mr . Burdon ordered him out of the house , saying , if he did not go , ha would tarn him out He then said , " If I had had a gun in my hand at the time , I would have shot him , " adding , " Bnt I'Jl serve him cut yet , I will de for hira , and get a search warrant for my property . " He then took a letter from bis pocket , which he said he bad received from his wife on Monday , and read it to me , appointing to n ; et-t him at the same place thst night as sbe had dune on Svuulsy night . I asked kirn at what place that was , and he said at the end of Eastcheap . He said Mr . Burdon dis-. liked him because he was unfortunate in business at Sevenoaks , where he had lived fcr about three months . He said he had some boxes left at a booking-office at Sevenoaks , aud he told the booking-office-keeper to give them tip to no one bnt himself , but Mr . Burdon had been down to Sevencaks and got them away . Coroner—Did he appear at ail excited whilst telling you this story ?
Witntss—No , he apr > eare ( l qnite cool at tbe time , but remarked that a man being refused his wife , was enough to drive any one mad . Edward Briscow , C : ry Police-constable 5 t 59 , examined —I ]« -new therein Hubert Blakesley . On the mmning of Tuesday last , 1 iutt him in Grccechurch-street , and be told me his wife was detained from him againat his and her wiiL He bad methtr 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 , ia Eastcheap . We saw Mr . Burdon , and Blakesiey said , " Now James , I have come to demand my -wife . " Mr . Bnrdon replied , " I think you tad better go about youi business . " Mr . Burdon then walked into the parlour , and Biakesley said , " Do you mean to let me have my
¦ wife . If she is not here , yon kno w where she is . " I told Mr . Burden , Biakesley 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 . Blakestey then lef t him , anibiiilhe would meet him at the ilansion House to get out a warrant ; but he did not do so . J did not hear of the murder until eleven o ' clock on Tnesdny night I then gave a description of Blakesley " s perwm to Mr . Blake , the inspector ; but be paid no attention to him , and appeared much excited , he supposed , from the occurrence He ordered me to go to the dour , and clear the mob away . I told him I knew the man well , and I felt very much surprised and hurt that my inf jnnatioe was s ?
unnoticed . James Bradley examined—I am sergeant of the City police , and on the Bight of Tuwrfay last was at the Sution-house in Tower-street . About three ruinutc 3 after ten o ' clock , a report came that Mr . Bnrdon , the landlord of the King ' s Head , had been stabbed . 1 ran to the King ' s Htad instantly , and -with difficuHy obtained an entrance , ia conxtquence of the great crowd round the dosr , End in the bar front On tntcri = g , 1 fonnrt the body of Mr . Bunion lying on the floor , Lnd the surgeon ( Mr . Smitn j itanirig utw him . A female ( Mrs . Blaktsl ^ y 1 was bein g conveyed up stairs , and I saw spots of blcod on them . I picked np a large knife out of the fire-nlace behind tbe bar . It was
covered with blood up to tbe hilt , and it is tbe one I now produce . I had been there but a few minutes ¦ nhen ilr . Owen , the landlord cf the Yorkshire Grey , at the corner ef Bear-laie , eaae and said , " Jbe person you wan * , " ( meaning Blakesley ) " is now in my house . " I ran down there as fast as I could , and searched the place ail about , but he had gone , and I could not find him . I di-. l not know Blakealey , but he accosted me a little before four o ' clock en Tuesday morting , in Leadenha'l market , and told me about his wife being kept at Mr . Burdon's house against her wilL He did not appear at all excited whilst telling me so . I think it was scarcely five minutes af Ur ten before I was in the King ' s Head . I ran there the moment I received information that a man was stabbed .
- John Charles Davis oxamir . ed . —I am a cutler , and refills at No . 20 , Aldgate High-street . Th « knife pro--dueed v .-os purchased at rny shop by a man answering the dciciipticn of Blakesley , about five miuntss past one o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon . He said he wanted a com men sett cf knife , such as is used by butchers . I showed him a i \ rawer fulL He chose the one produced , sayiag 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 kcife . I showed him a shoe knife , which ho objected to , but asked if it could not be sharpened , as he wanted it . I Baid yes , and went and ground it at tbe back mywlf . I told him it would not stand hard work . It is -what is called a butcher ' s dressing-knife .
Mr . Cornelias Smith examined—I am a surgeon , and reside at No . 55 , Gracocharch- ^ treet . I was caUcd to Bee Mr . Burdon and his sister a f « -w mir . u '^ s after ten o ' clock on Tutsday nij . ht . 1 wtnt to the King ' s Head immediately , and tn my arrival I found r large number of persons round the door . On entering I f > und the I ' . eceased lying on the floor , near the bar , with the blood flowiug from a wound in tke left side of the abdomen , through which the intestines were protruding . The wound was an incised one , and about an inch and a half in length . Another medical gentleman b 7 this time bad arrived , nnd he assisted me in endeavour ! :. ^ to return the bowels , but they couid not be returned ,
ibey were so swoJien . We did not probe the wound , bnt I have zo ilcubi bat it exttDded into tbe carify vf tbe abdomen . It had every appearance of having been iisflicted with a knife with two tugfes rach as that produced , and I have no doubt it wss done with the instrument before the jcry . The blood on the blade gho ^ s that it entered tl-o body of the deceased to the hilt 1 have do doubt that the infliction of that wound was the cause of deatr . I have since made an txternal txiBrinarjon of the body , and it is my opinion that » he blade of tbe weapen entered the main artery , and that the internal bletding was the cause of Mr . Bunion ' s speedy death . I thir-k when I t-i-t ^ reci tae houiu Ihcrs was a policcir . sn at the door c ^ aiisg the mob oat .
Tbcrnas Q . u : nlan , a private watchman 111 Eastchtap , ; Jsinurs Raid , a pot bo ? at the King ' s Head , ar . il WiliiaKi ; F / stt ' -n , a city police constable , 542 , w * re examined , ; and ccrrobwsted the evidence of the firmer wit- : TlCLSeS . j A long d-scusijcn here enjeed cs to the cenduct . which had been pnrsutd by the policp . , A Juror remarked thai they paid a large sura for ih : protection of life and property , EEd }• :: at ten o'clock ' at sight , in the city of London , a most coM-blooded ' murder was commitu-d , and the perpetrator permitted to escape . Be rtshy Lhcog-ht it wis the province of the j-iry to aicertain if the man had escaped through any uegligcECe on ! beir part .
The Coror . tr said tbe CviamissicEfr cf Police being ; present , he thought any aypii ^ tion ce tLat pviiit had , better he made to bis office . j ITithr . ctely Inspector Br ; t : r . cd ether policemen entered into explanations us f the t xu-nt and po&ition of ; their bests ca the night in qu ; -stLn , and there being uo i further evidei . ee , J TL-c- Coroner eaM the r-rc .- -.-iit was t \ case which j ¦ weiiM require frcra h :: u vt-y f .. vr < --b .- ; orvatioiu , as there could t ~ no coubt as to the conclusion they must come j to , that a most -srilful inurdir t . i-. i been committed by the jr . r . ii Robert B ; -hv ; :. T . T . » ire was nothing what-1 ever to induce a beMei " that h * committed the act o' j £ *; t stabbing bis cvr . wife . zrz-. \ " . htn the deccsred i ¦ whilr t labouring tu r . ? r ar .-: Liri ? !; ks insanity . The \ tvider . ee tended to shew that in every respect it was '
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moat cool and premeditated . The unfortunate part of the case was that the murderer had effected his escape , which happened from the circumstance of there being no one available in or near the house to run after him or secure him at the moment of tbe commission at the crime . Unlfessthe police were stationed at every door , the public were liable to such occurrences , which were deeply to be regretted . It was for tbe jury , therefore , to say if the man , Robert Blakesley , had not been guilty of tae crime of wilful murder , and absconding from the hands of justice . The jury at once returned a verdict of " Wilful Munlsr" against Robert Biakesley . , A juror suggested the propriety of the city authorities oSering a reward for the apprehension of tbe murderer , and the jury acquiescing in it Mt . D . W . Harrey , the City Polka Commissioner , stated that he should be most happy in laying the ¦ wishes of the jury before the Secretary of State .
It is . stated that one of tbe brothers of Blakesley was in the inquest-room during the whole of the proceedings .
FURTHEE PARTICOL 4 RS . ( From the Sun of Monday . Ever since the iesuing of the Coroner ' s warrant for the apprehension of the murderer , Robert Blakesley , the police have been unremitting in their search for him , and many houses , known to have been tbe occasional resort of the assassin , havs been Tisited , but without success . On Friday morning information was received that two boditfl had been picked up off Greenwich , and Mr . Burdon , brother of the deceased , immediately proceeded there to -view them , in order to identify Blakesley , should he hi one of them ; but he was not . Soon after the comniission of the murder , Inspector Brake wrote to Mr . Bradley , high constable of Orfortl , near Sevenoaks , for -wkalever particulars he could give respecting Blakesley , and to request that if he was in the neighbourhood he might bo secured .
Mrs . El : z * Burdon , tno widow of the murderer 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 appriaedof his conduct at Sevenoaks . Blakesley wrote to him for money and cutlery for killing , &c ., and it was hifl intention jto accede to the request ; but happening to go down to Sevenoaks , he discovered how things were , and declined , osbe believed it would do no good . This much exasperated Blakesley , aud Mr . Lupton advised them to coma to London , and offered to support Mrs . Blakesley until he got into something . He told Biakes
ley he should be glad to see him at any time , but h » could set allow him to sleep in the house . B' ^ iey reluctantly agreed , and her Bister ret ' orned , aud they were very comfortable until with fci three or four days before the ingrder , 'Wben Words took place between them respecting Mrs . Blakesley going to live with him . That -was the solo cause of their quarrel , and Blakesley became ao insolent that Mr . Burdon forbade him his house . She it positive Blnkesley was on the outside of the door , befpr / e he entered some time , watching that the place vraj clear , as sho observed the door optli and shut several times ba ' ore he came in . The moment she
caught a sight of Blakesley's face , on seeing him enter the bar , she was convinced he intended some mischief . His looks were fierce and iietermined , and he appeared eo wild . She states that the description of his dress and person which has already gone forth is somewhat incom-ct She stated that at the time of the murder he possessed no other clothes than those he wore , excepting a buff waistcoat They consisted of a dark invisible green Newmarket coat , -with black buttons , light drab trowgers -with open buttons , aud three buttons at the bottom on each side , a black sitin waistcoat and orange sprigs , a light blue handkerchief , Wellington boots , and silk hat Ho has a quick gait in walking , and generally keeps his eyes flxeil towards the ground . He bas black hair and wblskerB , and all his shirts and stockings are marked " Robert Blakesley , " in tlack ink .
Mr . D . W . Harvey , the city police commissioner , on Friday -waited upon Sir James Graham , Secretary ot State for tbe Home Department , recommending that a reward of £ 10 \ 3 shonkl be offered for the apprehension of . the murderer , cr fur information that might lead to it ; and a reward of £ 20 to any waterman who might flnd the body . This proposition , it is believed , was at once readily acceded to . Mrs . Sarah Biakesley , the wife of the murderer , is doing wed . A favourable change took place on Thursday night , and strong hopes aro now entertained of her ultimate recovery . On Friday Mr . Burdon's brother visited her , and on asking "How she was ! " tho poor creature , who is still in a very weak state , exclaimed "Ob God , I hare been tbe cause of my brother ' s murder . " After a short time she became calm , and
entered into an explanation of tbe horrorible scene of Tuesday night , which entirely corresponded with that given by her sister . She expressed a surprise that Blake * ley should have made an attempt on her life , as she was on the most affectionate terms with him , and on their last parting on Sunday night be appeared quite happy and cheerful . She eaid they never bad the slightest quarrel , and she believed that he doated upon her . They , howeTer , differed upon the point « f her leaving her brother ' s house , she wishing to etay till he got into employment , She frequently makes inquiry if he has been apprehended , and appears exceediugly anxious , and at times excited . If her life be saved it ¦ will be owing to the resistance presented to the kirife by her stays , which caused it te glance off and penetrate the abdomen horz mtally . The funeral of Mr . Burdon took place ou Monday .
The unhappy father of tha murderer has been known as a tradesman of great respectability in the city for nearly forty years ¦ he was a Common Councilman , and his brother is now a representative of one of tbe wards . The family of Mr . BLakesley , sen ., consisting of two sons and two dacshters ; one of the sons was drowned some time ago , and tbe other bas by his crimes now obtained a melancholy notoriety . Since the 29 th of last April , Blakesley , tbe murderer , has obsented himself from his paternal roof . He was brought up under bis father ' s eye , in his warehouse , and at the period stated Air . Blafcosley . sen ., gave him a sum of money for the purpose of paying for a suit of ciotheo , ami since thon he has seen nothing of him . Tho murderer married
without the knowledge of his father , and immediately afterwards he and bis wife -went to Sevenoaks , -where be proposed setting up as a butcher , but was unable to carry his intentiuna out in consequence of his credit getting into disrepute . In order to celebrate his marriage be was obliged to have recourse to Mr . Vale , of Tokenhouse-yard , an acquaintance of bis father's , who then lent him the sum of money ho required . Since then the following letter , in the handwriting of tho murderer , was addressed to Mr . Vale , and has been by that gentleman deposited in the hands of the police : — " Bradburne Cottage , Ssvenoaks , Kent , Aug . » , 1 S 41 .
" Dear Sir , —I shall feel greatly obliged if you will confer a further favour upon me , and only for one month . I assure you it will be the making of me . If you will oblige me , be assured you shall havo it again in one month from the present time . Jn fact , it trill save me from something very unpleasant Pray let nio Dy return of post if you can , or as much cf it as you can spare . " In haste . —Ever your ' s truly , "R . Blakesley . " James Vile , Esq . Tukenhouse-yard . "
The request made in the above letter -wasnot granted , and within a few days Blakeslsy ' s goods were seized , and he returned to London , and for several days both himself and his wife fuund an asylum at Mr . Rurdon's , tho King ' s Head . The murdered man , seeing that Biakesley had no prospect of obtaining employment , Intimated to him that he could not remain nt the King ' s Head , and Mrs . Biakesley then went to No . 22 , York Place , City Road , and i « juested the murderer ' s father would al ! uw him to corao until ha could obtain a situation , adding that she would be provided for by her Biittr and brother-in-law in the meantime . Mr . Blakesley , sen ., however , refused to receive his son , cr tven his clothes , which the wife begged him to do to prevent his pawning them . This was the only interview that the father had with Mrs . BJakeaiey . The following letter will shew that Blakesiey , after leaving Sevenoaks , resided in Eastcheap . The original is in the murderer ' s own handwriting : —
" , Eastch 6 ap , London , Aug . 28 , 1 S 1 J . " Dear Sib , —As you asked th * to apply to you if yon could do me a service , lam now about to solicit you to take a little trouble for me . I calculate that Wood is stili in possession of the cottaces , and psrhaps you will oblige me by seeing that he picks what pluim , damsons , beans , and peas there are , and tend them to be packed in one of tbe baskets 1 left * r ; rh him , and if the grass will tuit you there , pleass to let roe know it , and you and I will then settle aeout the price cf it . I huve written to iir . Saundera by this post respecting the cot ' . agcs . Mrs . Blakesley joins with :-ue in kind renicinbrancts to yourself and Sirs . Kani ' . an . " I am . " Your creatly ob : 5 ge < 5 , ' R . BLAIiEsLEY . " Mr . Hannan , Brcdbo'irEB Ya ' . e , Sevenoaks , Ktu ; . "
ADDITIONAL PAP . TICI . LAnS . L * po ; i inquiry at the statiaahouie , ia Tovrer-street , on Saturday afternoon , it was nscertaim-d that the polico had not received any intelligence respecting the rstr . at of Blaketltv , ucJ hence ths bciitf gains grcuud that he bas comiMtte'l self-destructicu by drowning . His respectable parents aie in a stute of deep rfrliction , and the heartless statement that bas been circulated , tha ; the friends of Biaktsley had repi rttd that he had committed suicide in ord ^ r to facilitate his escape from justice , baa added to their mental anguish . It is aiinoEt unnecessary to add that the insinuation is totally
groundless , Mr . Biakealey , sen ., having from the first evinced great readiness to cssiit tho police . On the night of the tragical evert a con » : able went to No . 22 , York-place , City-read , an < i saw Mr . and Mrs . Blakesley and their two daughters . II . Ting requested that tbe ladies might ictire , he cemmnnicated to Mr . Blakesley , sen ., thy coiimiitsien of the murder by his son , and desired that he Riight *? ateh the premises , as it was thuusjht the offender miijlit have taken rtfugo there . Mr . Blok-sley , who displayed great ntrve on learning the alan : j ; rjg inteili ^ tiice , at once consented to bis bcuse bor . g seaichexl , av . il assisted the police in doir . " eo . ^ j ' . races , fc . cTrt . ver , of him could be found .
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Considerable discussion has arisen amongst the Inhabitants of the ward , and in the various places of public resort in the City , on the subject of tbe easy escape ef the murderer , and very many persons attribute that circumstance ; , to the negligence or the City Police ; in consequence of this opinion , a lengthened conversation took place between the Coroner , the Jury , and Mr . D . W . Harvey , the police commissioner , which was not repotted In the newspapers . If the following statement be true , it is indeed surprising that Blakesley should have escaped immediate detection . It .--was boldly asserted that four police constables-were on duty within a very short distance of the King ' s Head on Toesdar night—viz ., two ia Gmcechmch , -who : pass the end of Eastcheap , one in King William-street , and the fourth ( whose dnty it was to pass Mr . Burdon ' s every of
quarter an hour ) in Eastcheap , Pudding ahdBod » lph lanes . 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 . The Jury expressed themselves much dissatisfied at the long beats which many of the constables had to go over , and tha want of a sufficient number daring tho sittings of the Central Criminal Court , where several were always in attendance . It appears that Mr . Harvey induced the City authorities , a short tune ago , to augment the police by thirty , and that be has since given it as his opinion there should be a stili further increase , but it has not yet been acted upon . There is no doubt , however , in consequence of the representations of the Jary , the fears excited by the recent murder , and the paucity of the police in certain districts , that tbey will be speedily augmented , and their beats curtailed .
The most interesting information , viz ., 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 , Grncechurch-street , the ordinary medical attendant of *\ family , stated to the reporter , that on Tuesd * _ niEh V as he was about to take temporaryrep ^\ , f * « , «' labours , a party called to say that h * VJminted It Mr . Burdon ' s Thinking that it ^ ' ^ T a matter o importance , he did not hurry hiavjeif , but in the course of afewmmutes seven or eight persons arrived , announcing Uie areadful occurrence . He hastened to the KWa ? eatl « »; l i * if : ? ardon on i « b ** lnsid 0 - tL
. _ , ^ bar , and immediately perceivpfj that * - — TT * beyond tbe power cf i ^ T .,, « - * . *» dead - ™* nnntlemen wprr tm . J- mtt 8 kllh Fottr or flve medical SvRJ ^ ^ era P y ed in examing the wound 01 . ur . jj uOn > and > what wa 3 moBt astonishing , nobody's attention had' been directed to the unfortunate wife of the murderer , who siemed to bo unconscious of the severe injury inflicted upon herself , until Mr English discovered it Her whole faculties seemed to be absorbed in endeavours to provide for tne safety of her brother-in-law . She assisted in untying his cravat , and gave orders as to ihe best way , in her opinion , that he ought to be treated . Mr . English then diseovered that she was stanaing in a pool ol
hlooc | - that had flowed from her p $ s ; on , asd . in . stantly directed that she feho ' uul Jbe couVoytJ to her bed-room . Ia doing so , upon the stairs , she fainted , and tho 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 tbe thin portion of tbe stays which covered the hip , and opposite to tho nether region of the liver . Being perfectly insensible , restoratives were administered to reproduce pulsation , and when they had taken effect the wound was dressed . She continued
afterwards in a comparative state of delirium , and Mr . Euglish remained watcning her progress during the whole of the night . At intervals she broke out into incoherent expressions , mentioning her brother-in-law's name , and frequently her husband ' s , supposing he was by her bedside . It vas not at all expected that she would survive the injuries inflicted by tLo wound , but he continued , on account of the unusual circumstances of the case , to watch her without intermission until yesterday evening , when , seeing that aho had slept soundly for about an hour , and symptoms of irritation
mentally and physically having subsided , he examined tho wound , and judged from its appcaianco that it was going ou favourably . Mr . English is now of opinion , though he never thought so before , that she will , under careful treatnuni , ultimately recover . His opinion is founded not only on the appearance of the wound , but from his knowledge of her excellent constitution . She was of a clear , healthy , and florid complexion , slightly inclined to obesity , but had never had any severe illness . Mr . English states that she is now in the 25 th year of her age .
A post mortem examination was on Saturday mado on the body of Mr . Bunion , for even aniongBt 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 tbat the aorta was divided , preventing , ofj course , tbe circulation of the blood through the arteries and v . ins , and causing the flow of blood not to pass through t \ e orifice , but to fall into the cavity of the abdomen , anil thereby produced in consequence sudden death . The knife having been pointed upwards by a blow from ti . o left hand , passed through the aorta and interior portions of the body , until its egress was stopped by striking against tbe vertebuo or back bone . A rough wound , such as would be caused by definitive resistance to a sharp-edged instrument , was found en the back-bone of Mr . Burdon .
On Saturday afternoon , the reporter ascertained from Mr . Inspector Brake , who holds the Coroner's warrant for the apprehension of Biakesley , that a hat had been found in the river which was supposed to belong to the murderer . It appears that at high tide on Saturday morning a watennnn mmert Weave found the hat off the floating bath near Btackfriar ' s Bridge . Having heard of the murder of Mr . Burdon , he at ence took it to the police station in Black Horse Court , Farringdon-street , and delivered it mto the hands of Mr . Inspector Lloyd . Tho Inspector sent it forthwith to Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner's office , and tlio fact of the finding was conveyed to Inspector Brake . The latter Inspector waited upon Mr . Blskesley , sen ., in BasinghaH-street , and he tried the hat on , aud expressed hixhRlief that it belonged to his son . In the hat is the name of Christie , the maker , of Gracechurch-stveet , and the date when it was
purebred , 1 st of May , 1841 . Mr . Christie Btates that he so . d above 100 hats on that day , and six of tbe same sizo as tbe one discovered were purchased , and two of tho customer ' s names were not entered in his books . The hat is a beaver one , and Mr . Blakesley , sen ., told Iuppector Brake that the murderer had a positive aversion to silk hats . The Inspeetor next went to the King ' s Head , E istcheap , ami shewed tho hat to Mr . Burdon's widow and her mother , who , an well as tho servant and potboy , declared their belief to be that the hat is that worn by Blakesley on Tuesday night The hat is in the possession of Mr . Brake , of the Tower-street Station , and has a quantity of sand and mud in it . A number of watermen , under the direction of Inspector Ltoyd , were last evening very actively engaged in dragging tha river for tho body of Blakesley . The house of the deceased remains closed .
At four o ' clock yesterday the remains of Mr . Burdon , thd murdered man , were deposited in the churchyard of St . Mary-at-hill . The funeral procession ( a walking one ; consisted cf about ten couples , and amongst tbe mourntrs were > lrs . Burdon , the widow , her mother , the deceased ' s brother and child , a littie boy , and other relatives . A great crowd of persons followed the funeral , but the police ia attendaacu closed the gates of the churchyard against the public . The Hue and dy of Saturday did not contain the offer of any reward for Blakeley ' a apprehension , but yestbiday afternoon the following bills were generally circulated throughout the metropolis and suburbs : —
" £ 100 Reward . —Muiideu . —Whereas , on tb . 6 night of Tuesday , the 21 st of September instant , James i-Burdon , landlord of the King ' s Head publicbouse , in Eastoheap , ia the City of London , wr . s wilfully and maliciously stubbed so as to causo bis instant death , and whereas a man named Hubert B . akesley stands charged with the said murder , who is of the following description : —About flve fott eight and a half inches in height , apparently about thirty yearB of age , rather stout , dark hair , large dark whiskers , daik eyes , dark complexion , prominent nose , somewhat turned up , speaks quickly ; dress—an invisible green coat ( JTewmarkuC cut ) , black silk waistcoat , with light coloured sprig , and drab kerseymere trousers , tightly made , Wellington boots , and bilk neckerchief .
" iur the better apprehending and bringing to punishment the above-iiamt-1 ltoburt Blakesley , the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury litreby offer £ 100 reward to any person , or persons , who may apprehend , or cau 3 e to be appreliensied , the above Kobert Biakesley , or give such information as may lead to his apprehension ana conviction , by application to Inspector Hodgson , at the chief Police-office , Baainghail-street , or to Inspector Brake , at the Station-house , Tower-street , in the City of London . " In the opinion of tha medical attendant of Mrs Blakesley , she continues to impruve .
CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER . Inspector Hodson and ijoliceman Edward Briston , 569 , who have been indefatigable Bince the murder of Mr . Eurdoii in their endeavours to capture Blakesley , oa Saturday at ' icrncou last , having obtained sumo ciuo to his retreat , started off for ilertlordshire , a person answering tho description oi Blakesley having been wanderiuy about that neighbourhood siuca Wednesday last , in a distressed and agitated state . From information received on the road by Inspector Hoii ^ ton , and Bristow tho policeman , it appeared that 011 Wednesday laBi , fcbevit twelve o ' clock , ; i perooa , supposed to be Biakesiey ,
was seen in the neighbourhood of Potter ' s-bar , asking charity at several publio-housts . On tho following morning , at nine o ' clock , the same individual -was seen at Boll-bur , about two miles from Potter ' s-bar , on the Hac ^ fitld-toad . He was thea in a very dejected state ot" mind . Upon tho police obtaining this information thoy made further inquiries ou the subject , when it was ascertained thai a person answering the description of tho man who bat ! been * cen at Beii Bar , hud been begging at evevy public-house 011 the read , stating that bo had been unfortuv . KSe iu business , and was without tho mc-an . s oi procuring a fcinglo meal . Ho wss afterward ? traced to Hatfield Wcodside . -where be told a very distressing tale ,
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saying that he was almost starving , and that he would receive with the greatest thankfulness even a cold potato , whea relief being refused him , he put up bis hands apparently ia a state of desperation , ran out of the house , and took refuge under the hedge . Upou further inquiry being made , it waa fcund that from Hatfield he went begging to tfea Aru ' . el , at Langley , for upon the police inquiring of the landlord of that inn , he told them that a respectable-look / ng man , answering the description they gave , had been at his house on Friday ; that he appeared in a very distressed and low condition , and thai oot of charity he gave him a penny . Upon farther inquiry being made at Langley toll-bar , it was discovered that a person answering Blakesley ' s description had pleaded
want to the toll-bar man , and had asked him to purchase a hahr-brueh , a cork-screw , and a razor-strop . This the toll-man declined doing , but be gave him 2 d . out of charity , which , it appeared , ho afterwards spent at the Three Horse Shoes , for : a pint of beer . While he was at the Horse Shoes , he asked Borne drover that was there' to purchase the razor-strop , offering it for a penny ; It appeared he did not give a penny for it , bat a paper of tobacco . From Langley the police went 10 Welwyn , where they found that Blakesley had been inquiring most anxiously for a London paper , but could not obtain the sight of one . In this neighbourhood he also asked for charity , and had several pence and other things given him . He was afterwards traced to tho Moor Hens , on the
London side of Hitchin , where ia also solicited charity . On Friday he was at the Base and Crown , at Hitchin , v ? hers he asked for a London paper , which he appeared to rea < i vrUh great trepidation , and afterwavds to ^ , -op it suddenly on the floor , it was supposed Vnat he was jn . Ilitohin all day op sS * - " ^ npon cliarliy . At > ° ut two o ' clock ou £ , morning , a policeman belonging ^ H «« - urdshire eonstabulary force , as he was passing through Hitchin-markefc , thought he heard a person moaning , and apparently in distress , and upon going to the place -whence Ihe sounds proceeded , he discovered Blakesley , who stated that he had no homethat he was in great distress , and that hu did not know what to do . Upon this he was taken to the Hitchin station-house a 3 a vagrant . When there , he asked the officers present if they had seen the London papers with the aecount of Mr . Burdon ' s murder in
them , and upon his being told that they had , he said , " I am the man that committed tho murder . " Some time after Bhkcsley had been taken into custody , Inspector Hodson and Policeman Bristow 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 of years , immediately on hi ? seeing Brietow , Blakesley inquired how his wife was , and upon being told that she was better , he thanked God , and said that he f « H muoh easier since he had acknowledged tho murder . Inspector Hodson and Bristow arrived in town this morniug from Hitchin , leaving Blakesley in the custody of inspector Halbii ) , of the Hertfordahiro police , who refused to deliver him up until he had received orders to that tffect from Captain Robinson , the Superintendent of tho Force .
The prisoner was taken on Monday in custody of the Hertfordshire police , and conducted before the Lord Mayor . A great crowd of persons as 3 fimblod around the Mansion-house ; and , besides the Lord Mayor , there were also present , Aldermen Marshall , Gibbs , Carroli , Kelly , Humphery , and Fine . Mr . Harvey , the Commissioner of Police , was likewise in attendance . The prisoner betrayed such weakness on being placed at the bar , that 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 he spoke , he did so in a clear and firm tone .
Robert Daan , of the Hitchea Police , said—Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday night , the 25 th instant , I was on duty in the marketplace , Hitcheu , and I saw the prisoner , Robert Blakesley , loitering about there . I had received instructions from my Superintendent to be very partioulw in noticiug the arrival of any stranger . After watching him some time I went up and spoke to him . He told me ho was almost mad , and that I might tuke him into custody . I asked him what tor , and he replied , " I sapprae you have heard of the circumstanco in London . " I rejoined , " 1 suppose you are tho man who stabbed the landlord and your wife . " Ho answered , " Yea , the landlord and my wife , and I do not mean to say any more . " I took him to the station-house , and he several times ejaculated , " Oh , I think I hear that shriek!—it id her ' s—I think I see her now . " He was searched at the
station-housr , ana the letters produced were found upon him . —( Letters from his wife and mother were handed ia . ) Ho had several trilling articles about him , but no money . He said at tho station-house , " I did not mean to kill Mr . Burdon , but he got between us . I intended to kiil my wife , and then myself . " William Rattan , City police-constable 542 , who saw tho prisoner in Laadenhall-market on the night previous to the murder , identified the prisoner as being Robert Blakesley . Hi 3 evidence wa 3 nearly
the same as he gave be ) ore the Coroner at the inquest upon Mr . Burdon ' s body . TiicXiord Mayor then questioned tho prisoner as follows : -Prisoner , what is your name I Answer—( with much firmuess , ) Robert Blakesley . What is your age ! Twenty-seven . What is your profession 1 I was brought up as a clerk in the countiu ^ -house of my father , who is in the cloth trade . Where did you reside ? In Basinghall-street , City . Had you any other residence ? No , my Lord .
Edward Bristow , city police-constable , said I havo known the prisoner three or four weeks , and I know him 10 bo the person who went by the name of Robert Blakesley . I am acquainted with his person . In answer to the Lord Mayor , the witnesses said they had been bound over by the Coroner to appear at tho Old Bailey . The Lord Mayor asked if the prisoner was sufficiently recovered to stand up ? Blakesloy here rose , but was obliged to bo 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 you , and the depositions are now preparing , aud will shortly be read over to 3 ou . If you have anything to say , now is your time .
Tho prisoner—( holding down his head)—I > . o , my Lord , not until the day of trial , when all the truth will come out . It ia not as Mrs . Bardon has stated . The depositions were then formally read over and F . i ^ ue (? , and in the interim the prisonor whispered to tho officers next hiai— " 1 wish not to bo left aior . e . " Tina boing repeated to the Lord Mayor , he replied , " Very well , his wish shall be attended to . " Dean—During the time he hai been with us ho has been supplied wi'h books , and he wishes that indulgence to be extended towards him in Ntswgato . The Lord Mayor—Very well , he shall have pioper books . The prisoner was afterwards removed to Newgate in the post chaiso that brought him from Hitchen , followed by an immense crowd of persons .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Sepi . 24 . After some routine business , the bill providing a retired annuity to tho Vice Chancellor ( a supplementary bill to the Bill fur the Administration of Justice ) drew forth some observations from Colonel Sibthorp , Mr Ewart , and Mr . Wakley , who considered the amount proposad to be too large . Sir Robert Peel defended the amount , aa also did Sir John Easthove .
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 2 lst September laat , from tho provost , magistrates , and town-council of Paisley , on the present distressed condition of the manufacturers cf the county of Renfrew . Mr . Stewart read some statements respecting tbe appalling distress existing in Paisley and its neighbourhood , which one of the v ? ri !; ets said was a disgrace to a Christian country . Mr . Stewart thought that the petition was entitled to some lusra consideration than being merely
laid on tbe tablo . Ttie silent system pursued by the Government , vf ith . the sin «!» exception cf Sir Robert Peel , was not likely to . satisfy the country . The majority of the present Parliament was constituted by thy representatives cf the English counties , and it was , therefore , a landlord ' s majority . After commenting o-. ; the speeches made by Sir James Graham and Lord Stanley to their respective constituents , Mr . Stewart concluded by ileclariug that the prorogation of Parliament , without catering iuto the censideraticn of the distresses of tho people , wa 3 not cmly unwise , but fraught with danger . how the
Mr . JULNEn Gibson did not care long financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was pus oil' , if the whole mult of hia meditations was mtreiy an addition to the taxation . Agricultural asiociations , instead of being confined to limir legitimate objacts , were converted into political societies . Oji being called upon to name any society so perverted , Mr . Gibson replied that the Agricultural meeting at Saxmuudham , tho other day , manifested its political objects by various indications , such as tli « t of the way in wliicii the Queen ' s health -was rtC-ived . ^ Mr . Parker , as one of the representatives of an important manufacturing town , spoke tlie sentiments of his constituents in attributing much of ths distress of the country to restrictions ou trade .
Sir KeiJERT Pjsel said tiie plan which he intended to purtue was to ask tha H-. ; ut ; e to give him a short time to prepare bis measures for running tho enormous financial embarrassments cf the country . A general election had taken place under the auspices of the late government ; and before that election he had declared that he had no intention « . t bringing fonrard a genera ; financial scheme . The couKtry s&A , cotwitnstaadins , decided pgainct the late Ministry ; and since hisac-
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. -w of office , nearly thirty members of the govern-Tfc 1 betn returned-withoat opposition , with the ment n * of tho vefy form ; aable opposition of Mr . exception ^ faad not expectod that Mr- stowart had Ja " a ? > 8 e a discussion ; aud certainly tho series lutendertton , 8 in Ua gp ^ ch , was not in harmony 0 5 l ^ v V ^ &y with the sufferings ot his consttwith . that , « ympK fco ^ te < L * He ( SU Bv ^ SSLiSSlS ; ^ * a ^ but it was of im ^ " ^ % mm distress to the misconduct < . f ^ JSA ??^!? ? tbe lavish accommodationOf J f ^ -- tu ^ ' * " «* had stimulated over-produetio . * £ : ** *< " * . « " * »" n'he
bated it to the Corn laws . vW" « a ^ "tuj « existence of distress , he ( Sir Robert - f }) * f not despair of returning improvement ; and ifc produced thereturns of the savings banks , showing a . n increase in the united kingdom , during June and Augus t of tf !? present year , as a proof of Ms assertion ; Per . bspp ^ ^* gaid jocularly , the increase was a proof of the % D ' a (^ nce of the country in the change of adminiflt" ation > jhe in . crease was not only general thrpr . ^ | hfl UDit € d Ktogdom , bat there * a « increase ^ the manufacturing districto ; andeven in Mane * jester itaelf u ^ „ , « , increase . These Htam ^ meil faim to claim time for a deliberate invert . *' Jon cf rho COBdition of the EnSXtJi i ™ ? " i 8 firm bejlef that **» iDttmf ^ EJ UB - « d Kingdom sanctioned his demand
nRleM' K Phillips rc £ e to declare his belief that t sr ^ "Oniething was done to relieve the existing disires % and to open np channels for the industry of the / untry , its peace and ordtr -weie in danger . Ho implored Sir Robert Peei not to allow the winter to pass over without bringing Parluw ^ ent together to consider neanrcB of relief . Mr . EWAKT thought it cot unreal "' ' * to give Sir Robert Peel tiiv . e . to consider his reme ^ « P - vided that no uncertainty was allowed to exasperate ^ country . Mr . Walker considered that the property of the country was wasting aw ? . y , from the absence of profit , bad debts , and depreciation of fixed capit&L He did not know what measures would be brought forward by the present Government , but he hoped Sir Robert Peel would dp justice to his good feelings by bringing forward good measures .
Sir Johx Easthope , after stating a particular instance of the general depreciation of capital which had come within his own knowledge , entered on the general subject Mr . Viliiers , after some preliminary observations , said that he considered that Ihe Savings Banks' returns were produced by Sir Robert Peel as a proof that the existing distress would pass over , and that , ha fact , distress did not prevail at the present moment . This -was prebably ihe last opportunity which they would have before the prorogation of Parliament to discuss this great question . Mr .. C 0 BDE > sard tbat 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 tbe country which justified the course they were pnrsuing .
Captain G ' ar . vegfe deprecated the course which the opposition was pursuing , as tending to no practical result He had great confidence in the talents and character of Sir It . Peel , and he hoped that he would be able to provide a remedy for the existing commercial distress . But if he failed , he ( Capt Carnegie ) would still consider it to be his duty to legislate for the greatest good of the sreatest number , and would offer no factious opposition to a ministry , of which even the members for Stockport and Balton should form a part Mr . Thornely and Mr . Brotherto . v contended that , the " sliding scale" was a prime cause of the distress , the latter statin * tbat though the contraction of the currency produced distress , the cause of that contraction was the Corn Laws . Mr . Agliokby added his testimony , from local observation , to the extent and severity of the existing distress .
Captain Fitzroy commented on some of the statements made of Mr . Cob Jen . He also contended that the opposition vras uselessly wasting tho time of the House . The House then went into a committee of supply , and on tbe motion ot Cr . ptain Boldero , the supplementary ordnance estimates were voted , after some remarks . Sir Charlis Napier pressed on Sir Robert Peel the propriety of having a naval officer en the Board of Ordnance ; and considerable amusement was created by the discussion . The votes hr . ving passed the committee , the Speaker resumed the chnir , 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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Lord Howicic , a Bad Babgaiw . —The "liberal " electors of Sunderland appears to have got a precious bargain in my Lord Howick . At a dinner got up for his Lordahip on Monday , the crotchety legislator told his assembled friends , in terms not to be misunderstood , that upon the first occasion that miftht arise he should , without scruple , abandon them and their interests , and try to regain the seat tor Wb natvre comity , from which he was iatoley elecjed . —Newcastle Journal . The alleged Outrage on Lord Howick . —The
aojourned examination into this mysterious affair took place in Sunderland , on Tuesday , before a fall bench of magistrates . After some further evidence on the part of the prosecution had been heard , but which was merely corroborative of what had been heard before , Mr . Wright , on the part of the defendant Liddle , coatended—first , that the gun was not loaded with destructive materials ; secondly , that no individual was singled out by the prisoner , as the statute required ; and , thirdly , that prisoner had no intention to do grievous bodily harm to anyone : therefore , that the charge could not be sustained . After some witnesses had been heard for the defence , Mr . Moore , in reply to Mr . Wright ' s defence , contended that the charge was made out . It was by no
means clear that the gun had not been loaded with shot when presented by the prisoner , as between the outrage and the time of Liddle ' s arrest , sufficient time had olapsed to ailow him to draw the charge ; and it was iu evidence that the ramrod , though too short to draw tho paper , was sufficiently long to extract any substance that might have been over it . But even admitting , for the sake of argument , that no shot , had been in the gnn , the paper pellet over the powder was quito efficient to inflict serious injury , if discharged at the short distance of a few yards , as spoken to by tho witnesses . Farther , it was clear , from the previous gathering of stones and the cleaning of the gu » , that the attack was premeditated . 1 whilo the evidence of the first witness , Sedgwick , placed it beyond all doubt , that Lord Howick was the individual to whom a malicious injury was intended . The magistrates 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 iuto anxious consideration all the circumstances of tho 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 the prisoner had been pioved guilty of a most abominable and outrageous assault , fur 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 kim a fine of £ 0 , and calling on him to enttr into recognizaacea , himself in £ 50 , and two sureties in £ 25 each , that he should keep the pea <; for twelve monthc . Mr . George Hudson and Mr . William Storey having joined Liddle in tho require security , ithe parties retired .
Coroner ' s Inquest . —Dbeadful Destitution . — On Friday week , an inquest , adjourned from ths previous day , was resumed before Mr . Baker , the Coroner , at tho Marquis Weliesley , High street , Shadwell , on the body of George Hows , aged 18 , a bricklayer ' s labourer . Sarah Hows , of 110 , New Gravel Lane , the sister of the deceased , saiJ that she Lai not seen her brother for a month until last Saturday evening , when , on passing through Gravel Lane , the deceased , who was sitting on the btep of a door , jumped up as well as he was able , and recognised h . r . He appeared very ill , and was scarcely able to stand . She assisted him to whero he was
living , and gave him a cup of tea . She also offered him food , but he was unable to eat . He told her he hai besn Bitting from six o ' clock that morning oa London Bridge , and with the greatest difficulty iiad crawled to whero she found him . fie had not slept in a bed for a fortnight , nor tasted food from the Thursday morning previous . The last two nights he had slept in some stables belonging to Mr . Wheatley , at Greenwich , for . whca ; ione time before ho had worked . He haJ applied to the relieving officer of the Greenwich Union r > r relie f , who refused to give him any , saying that "there was plenty of work for such a lad aa him . " He stayed with her the whole of Saturday night and the Sunday , but getting worse , she applied on Monday morning to Air . Ser&eant , the reliavin ^ c 3 Ler , for relief . Whilst talking with that geiitlrman , information was brought that he had oxph-vn . i > y the Corouer—The deceased was in bo oxhau-ted a state that he was
uuable to swallow , and took only a small quantity ot barley water . Six ytars back he was in a similar destitute state , and being taken before Colonel Foreman , one of the Greenwich magistrates , wa 3 by him sent to the Greenwich Wcrkiious « j . irle was a very quiet lad , and had a great repugnance to asking for relief . The reli ^ iu « £ officer of the Greenwich Union eaid tnao ilw deceased was known to him by the eoguomeu of " Ginger , " and had been e : nployed b } ' hiia on several occasions . He had never applied 10 him for relief , but had ho done so he should 1-avo jjiven it . to him immediately , fcn . owing himto . be a uestiivihgiad . Dcvetell , | jMU | 8 ldlfto 3 . „ ^ Shadwell , said : ; . it , iu accordance wisPIJwVftstf or ' the Coron :-r , he had tried to find out Jftt ^ fe Xh K
deceased wtnt to after leaving Mr . ~ Wbrnfley ' s . . : " x deceased wtnt to alter leaving SfrrwhamefS- ^ O \ stable ? , hv-i had been unsuccesrflL /^ . i ^ ict-- ^ . ^ ^ " Natural death , accelerated by desa ^ Qpny ^ w troT" ^ \ C want of tho wnuaoa accessaries of tyti £ Lj ^ ££ jr ~ £ i | '; V-T » , V
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A GLEE FOR THE MILLIONS . TrSE—• ' Scots Wha TiaeJ " Britoni no-w by Feargus stand , Spread ais tidings o ' er the l&nd , Foremost of tbe patriot band , O'Connor , liberty . ' Welcome , Fe&rgns , to otjt store , British hearts -will thee adore ; British hearts can thee secure , For "ve siall be free . ' Champion of the noble few , Ever straight and onwsrt true , He -will tyrants * poirer subdue , Death or victory ! For his country ' s rights hell brave , Dangers dread , his kin to save ; From comiption ' B putrid grave , "Wlio -would from him fly . Britons , onward at the call , Sound tbe tramp of truth to all ; By cur strength we stand cr fall , Who would turn a-sray ? B * Uy round the Charter case , Te ^ srho tyrant ' s burden draws , Te trho valce Briton"s laws , Koir for victory . ' J . P
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THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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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-ncseproduct864/page/3/
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