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^ pTTDS — Death jfrom Optcm . —On Saturday -yeuingin inquest was held atibe Conrt House before John Bboklmrn , on view of the body of Hannah PiWson , an infant two days Old , who died under the following circumstances : —The child was bora on TTednesdiy * and the surgeon who attended the mother daring her confinement , . had sent hex some opiom pills * giving strict directions to the woman to ieep ihem from the elfldren . Hofcwi thstanding this jestriCDon , howeTer , she , finding the opiate agreeable , a ^ d the child being cross , dissolved ; one of the pills jniisfoodj&nd thqngh it was only . a very small one , it soon sent the child to Eleej > i- £ rom vrfaicb it never jftike again . The poor woman , -who lies Tery ill , and who , we understand , is of rather weak intellect , vis cot able to give any account of the matter , and the Jnry returned a Terdict leading the qnestipn
AssitLTS . —On Monday , Benjamin Perkins was £ ned 20 s . and costs for an assault on one of the ¦ police on Saturday night . On the same day , Mai-Uew Waiawright was fined 403 , and costs for an unprovoked assault on a female in ' Xxrkgate , on S&turdaj night , fhey were both sent to WakeSeld foi & month in default of payment . SrxDAT Gambling . —On Monday last , a young lad named Henry Mitten , was brought before the BUf istritesst the Court House , on the information of one of ihe police , who had caught Mm playing at ¦ p itch and toss , with several oihera , in Skinner-lane , oa Snnday afternoon . He was fined 20 sand cost ' s , -or sent i «> WaktEeld for & saonih .
Csueltt to Ammals . —On Saturday last , William ¦ ffesre , John Barrel , and John Mcholls , all of Ollpy , fanners , were summoned to appear before the Leeds fcoiroga magistrates , on informations laid against IliEm by the Leeds police , for crnelty to animals in crowding calces in their carts which they were jrnnging io Leeds to selL Tvro of them had eight csJtb in *« & t * * ** " * ^ otQer six , and m one jnsaace a calf had been trodden to death . They ^ rere each convicted in the penalty of ten shillings , ¦ with eleven shillings costs in each case ; or in default « f -payment to go fourteen days to W&kefield .
Attexpi to Steal a Pjq . —On Monday last , two jaen , named George Mitton and Jeremiah Foster , were charged wiih having killed a pig , the property of Mr . Thom&s Servant , shopkeeper , Park-lane , with intent to steal the carcass . The prosecutor iatf three P'gSi wkicn he * eP { in Marlborongh-Etreet , and soon after eleven on Saturday night , in eonsegaence of hearing a noise , he went out , and saw two men run from the direction of bis pig-stye . A seyjhbonr who came up identified one of these as the prisoner idton , and the other prisoner -was found in Ins company , both their shoes bearing testimony ihat they had been where pigs were kept . The pig ¦ jrs 3 fbaDd to have been killed in the stye . They were committed for trial .
Tax Mtstekt of tie Holt Poksb .. —Headingky * Vicarage , " hbsi Leeds , was the scene of a ceremony , las ; Sunday morning , rather more curious than impressive . Ths Chnrchwarden of the place , it appears , is an ancient lady of somewhat heathenish same , and a notice iad been posted near the church door , in her name , and in reference to the performance of the musical portion qI the divine services . The Reverend Incumbent of the " Ticarage" has loog been known to entertain some rather peculiar notions touching this matter ; and , so inflamed was ie on this occasion by holy zeal , that lie seiied the holy poker to demolish the offensive announcement . But alas 3 for the vanity of mere human effort , even wish apostolic authority in its end : the holy Mier was broken in the collision . Pope sang , a iandred vears
agoa wfcat < Iire events from tnling causes spring . " Ihaiape of a simple lock from the head of the fair Belinda brought forth -and set in motion all that snpematHrnal agencj which . the poet las immortal-Bed in one of the most charming poems in . the Ingush language ; and the case before us would almost induce us to agree with the still older saying , that Woman is ihe mother of all evil /* We have lot heard , indeed , what dire convulsions followed ihe catastrophe of the holy poker ; we have not beard Whether ihe com » t shook its "horrid hair , " or wagged its tail , in token of wrath or pleasure wehaveuothear'l ¦ whether the reverend incumbent
of the ** Ticarage ' i > erformed the ceremony in full fyTmy ^ ftlfl , or } n jjje academic govm ; we have not ieardiow far the excitement of the dies irae interfared with the wonted solemnity of the subsequent services % we have Dot heard even whether the peccant placard was destroyed as well as the holy poker , « r if the still more peccant virginal churchwarden w 21 have to do penance in a white sheet—emblem of ler own purity ; irat we hope and trust that the reverend incumbent , Before "he next 4 oin ride abroad , " and sends np Mb card with fl Hedingley Ticarage" engraved upon it , will provide against all * latoward contingencies by supplying the church with another , a better , and a siouter ? OKsa .
SrEAxnfG Bbass . —On Monday last , two men Esmed James K * y and George Brown , were brought ap at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen l large quanitity of brass bushes , from the mill of Messrs . CroisdaJe , wsoilen manufacturers , Holbeck . He brass weighed abont 651 bs . Tne mill was locked T ! f safe on Saturday night , and on Sanday morning S was found to have been entered tkrongb the roof of the engine bouse . The prisoners were apprehended "under , the following circumstances ;—Messrs . Joseph IGnsley , of the &na of SicsJey and Kay , bras founders , Meadow-lane , deposed that he was tailed op on Sunday morning about five o ' clock by the prisoner Brownwho asked if he bought old
, bras , and said he had some to sell . He replied that ha did , and inquired in return , the reason for coming to sell 3 t si that time , to which Brown replied Sot tiiey were going oE , and wanted the money . He then weighed the orass , which cam * to some Sss * nd said he had : only 10 s . by him , but he weuld borrow the remainder of a neighbour , and went ont for that purpose , a = d to give information to the police . He did not then meet with a poliee Soer , and on his letnrn Brown had gonB . * w » y . In the afternoon he cot assistance and car-^ d tie brass to the police office , giviog information as to how he had hecome possessed of it ; sad in the eremng tbe prisoner Kay went to hi 3 house , and said isent
¦ you « mje brass this morning , for which you eoJjsHit me ttn Ehillinss ; give me the remainder . " * li-iay { his partnei ) was then present , and he kspt tbeprjscner in conversation until 4 > n onicer was leteLed , and he was gi-ren into custody . A female "Woo St , sneighiour to Kinsley deposed that she was op en Sunday nioraiDfi a -little before fire o ' clock , poaw the prkontr Kay hand a hasket over awab w iirown , -which the latter took to Mr . Kinsley's . ¦ M r . Loi Ci 023 da ] e iflenlified the property produced as belongiDg to h-m ? e " it and brother . The prisoner ^ Tr _ o—n ~ ** * u .. ^ w # i tuju Diuuic j * -l . * j& j / jwvuvi
¦ b * J *? i cefence , i-aid that he committed the robbery « tbfcTtqafci of ihe witness Kinsley , who described » nia ttie premises , and lent him a key to open the ? ° ? I Browne called wjinfrsses to prove that he was ^ . ^ the whole of the ni ^ ht on Saxurday , until he ^ v , Snadi . y TOorning , about half-part f rar =. BJ iU other prisoner , who told him that he ^ nted mo to go and sell b » m e brass for him . Both ^ ners -were committed for trial ; bail being ac-^ » a tor Bro * n . Esj was pre-rionsly on bail to * 2 s * er a similar charge at the next sessions . JW rjfHr « s- On 31 oEday last , tie dock at
VPXV& J from Woodhouse and Woodhou , ^ Carr , ^ were chaiged by Siiper . iuendtDt James , -with | g « ^ Banned in a prize fehi , at Miles Bill , * wpC- ^ ? n Sanday Jaornbg . Their ua mes gf ^ -Charies Thackraj and James Norton , each fi » V -I s - £ ge > aDd scarcely higher than tP 0 ^ . -5 PMBCipals ; John Fletcher , stake holder tS 1 j !* H T » W 5 Ck . John Iborp , Hobi . Kff l & ^ herby , James Giwihorp , ] SSL ?? * ' - Taylor , Richard MetcaUe ' SS . ¥ ' ? Thomas StiUweU , spectators ,- ] ^^ b latter bad been admitted to baCand were Se a « becoine evidence . Mr . James introduced ; tain ^ t m ^ ^ alaT '' flonrisb of trumpets , - Tm t ££ Ttnnb" sort of style , and was : jj j particular in impTessmg upon the magis- j ^ StaBT ^ B - ? 5 gTaTe and Baines , that in con- = S ^ formation" which he received ' iood T * - S ™' - * J iconilng into the neighbour-1 » l . 'CCOIIipaiuee with + vrp ] -ro n-r Tnnrtoan r . Kr . r . n I ++ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
*> O fTT TtK — v * m » wvm * " - ~» j « aa ~ a 3 inf ° ? Wereimmnt € d > wd * ie re&t on foot , j ^^ oitnem bs-icg armed with cutlasses . They * eTeariVi ^«? oarr J ^ all directions , and aboni SftT *^ a thej M fl 0 m * he top of a hfll a Tery ftfteWj * f lads , consisting probably of two or * WT * ' wl 10 at ^ Zh collected in a field , jj ^^ nii g was formed , and two of them having ^ fcnT 11 to f £ bt J tn £ a > e was also a smaller & «\» w ^ wiich he afterwards found ihat a fchai ^ f *! S 1 5 . DS on « ^ e same time ; in fact , irjg fnwv ^^ , -capmring one of the dog 3 , which ftT- ! " 1 ^ OD ^ e table in front of the kefc - * v " >™ i&tion strong as holy writ" of the it , ^? ? ted there been done . He found ^^^ 7 , difficult to get his forces near ssse d ^ Y- ^ a . caon , and it was only by ^ capt W ' " ^ havering that he was * ble % nba' * iT ose then P 1 " ^ 1 !* oat of the very large S &aa 6 d m £ 11 *? «> Dgregated together ; -in fact , tt . vr ' wwU that th * / in » ^ . ^ v ^~ ^ -n + ^^ A ;» - «
Wtief ? , ? " « atbunding , at somediKtaaoe » O » aL ^ °£ S 7- ^ several defendants * Pti ^^ lfied b J ae Tarions offieers who had ¦ M & i ^ "^^ X been present * i the fight ; *• taB « « ^^ staJBts admitted their share in WcSSS ^^*™* that ' lt ^^ from » P Te ' * S » ' k ! K Mosi oT fte ^^ **** ***** ™ * ^ ^ bap ^ ' ixTiug gone out for a walk , and Hffl 83 rf ^ Inpted & curiosity to watch the pro-StfSt ai / ^ the * congregating . The ^ i ? S / eClded * ^^ S the ^ se to the S ^^ d tS f ^^ ^ wonld a ? 1 i afl » ^ ^ ^ itesag . ^ - dirf tw
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STE 4 . U 5 G a Wash Stakd . — On Monday last , a woman named Mary Graham , was committed for trial , for having stolen a painted w&sb-st * nd , from tbe shop-door of Mr . Bradley , in St . Ptter's-square , She was apprehended while off-ring it for fi&le&t Mr . Thomas ' s , in York-street . Dos Fightikg . —On Saturday last , Win . Halmley , of Eunslet , was fined tea shillings and costs , for having been found fighting dogs , in that township , a few days previously . Ikqtjest . —On Monday evening an inquest was held at the Court Honse , before Mi . Blackbnrn , on the body of James M'Go war , an infant six weeks old , who was found dead in bed on Sunday morning , without any marss of violence . The parents reside in Middle-row , Camp-field . Terdict . —* Died by the vishionofGodV
Robbery . —During the night of Sunday last , some thieves broke open the shop of Mr . J . Knibb , general dealer , in Market-street . They obtained a booty of * 10 in value , consisting of coats , trousers , waistcoats , hats &c HOLOTFIB . TH . —Gobh-Law REWEAL .-Thia Whig bait is taking very badJy here . A petition to do something with the Corn Laws ( we can hardly tell what ) was got ap a few weeks since by a few of the League truck manufacturers of this town . The petition sheets have been Bent on their travels to pick up as many signatures as the charitably dieposed please to give ; but -we understand that very few have yet been obtained , and it lies in a very ricketty state , scarcely any body inquiring after its welfare . This apathy , on the part of the public , has giTen great offence to its advocates , wh » begin to
say that ** if Mahomet wBl not go to the mountain , the mountain . must go to Mahomet . " Being determined io have some signatures from some quarter or another , they had the petition sheets taken to the CalviniRt Sunday School , so that the scholars could sign . The say-any-thiag and do-nothing gentlemen of Holmfirth refused to sign the National Petition , on the ground that the bulk of the people were not intelligent enough to comprehend tho meaning of their Charter . Undoubtedly , they will admit that Sunday School boys and girls from five to ten years of age , have sufficient inteHigebce to comprehend the meaning sad tffeol » f & Tepeal of the Corn Laws . The ChartistB of Holmfirth , are no advocates for u dear bread f but we are glad to see that they are tired of Whig nostrums and cold to any measure that is not connected with the attainment of their
natural and political rights . COCKEEMOUTH . —Cumberland Easter Sessioss . —Ihpoktaat to Debtors . —It may be remembered that , previons to last sessions , a complaint had been made to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , by a Mr . Thomas D : xon , who was at that time confined in the Carlisle Gaol for . debt , of certain indignities to which be bad been subjected by a Mr . Johnson , one of th » Tisiting Magistrates . His complaint was in substance as follows : — " I am persecuted by one of the Visiting Magistrates of this prison , Mr . Johnson , of Walton House , under circumstances which 1 shall briefly state to you : Mr . Oliphant , who is a relative , and has always been a sincere friend of mine , although in a delicate state of health , came down to see me
a few days ago , not only as a friend , but upon particular business ; before , however , he cane into prison he inquired of Mr . Orridge , the Governor , if he might have a luncheon from the Bush Inn , and partake of it with me , to which the Governor assented , reminding Mr . Oliphant that no spirits ¦ were allowed . Mr . Johnson happened to be going out of prison at the time , when a waiter from the Bush was bringing the luncheon in , and he then not only sent the turnkey to examine what we had got upon'the tray , but remonstrated with the Governor for allowing debtors to partake of luncheons with their friends , and requested that it might not be repeated . In his capacity of one of tht Tisiting Magistrates , he called upon me on Saturday last , accompanied by the Governor , a friend being with me at the time , and I candidly told him I had
written to the Secretary of State . I also added that a poor debtor , to wile away his time in his confinement during the day , was told by Mr . Johnson that he should not continue to play upon his flute and . that he , Mr . Johnson , had upon several occasions actually , ^ rithoat kn ocking at the door , intrnded upon the privacy of nnferronate debtors , who had their wives with them at the time . " In consequence of this complaint , Mr . Johnson agreed , at the last Smsiou , that the Magistrates shonld refer the matter to the Home Secretary , and to request that he would send down an Inspector of Prisons , to enquire into the complaint . But instead of allowing this to be done , the Tisiting Justices write to the Secretary of State on the subject , to which communication they receive the following answer , a copy of which -was , to their astonishment , received by each of the Magistrates : —
Whitehall , 19 tb January , 1842 . " Gentlemen , —I am directed by the Secretary of State , Six James Graham , to acknowledge the receipt of yoar letter of the 5 th instant , and the accompanying documents ; and to Inform you , that the explanations given * e to yonr conduct , collectively and individually , are quite satisfactory . " It appears to Sir James Graham , that it is not necessary to order a special visit of the Inspector of Pri-Bons ; but Sir James Graham is of opinion that it will be proper to admonish the gaoler "who has permitted many irregularitie * , in direct violation of the prison roles , and must be forewarned that such irregularities should not asalti ocew . " 1 have the honour to be , Gentlemen , " Your obedient servant , " S . M . Phillips . " To the Visiting Justices of the County Gaol , Carlisle . "
This , to say the least of it , appeared very Enspicious conduct on the part of Mr . Johnson ; for he first requests the Magistrates to write to the Secretarv of State , requesting him to send an Inspector of Prisons to enquire into his ( Mr . Johnson ' s ) conduct ; and then , afraid to trust the matter in their hand ? , he and his brother Visiting Magistrates write to the Secretary of State , throwing the odium off their own shoulders on to those of the Governor , against whose conduct no complaint whatever had been made to the Magistrates . In consequence of this , the Magistrates in Quarter Sessions asseabled , last week , at Cocktrmonth , insist on the whole correspondence being published ; though this is in
direct opposition to the ordere of Sir James Graham ; however the magistrate ? properly considered it right that the whole should be published This gave rise to a long and animated debate , which lasted for upwards of five hours , and which ended in the appointment of two additional Visiting Justices , Mr . Briggs having moved that three new Visiting Magistrates be appemted for the ensuing quarter . This was met by an amendment by Mr . Hosfins , to tte effect that two additional justices be added to the visiting committee , which was carried by 12 to 10 . "We cannot refrain from making a few remarks on one portion of tbe report sent by the " Visiting Magistrates to Sir James Graham , and which is as follow ? : — " We the undersigned Visitin g
Magistrates , beg to state , for the information of Sir James Graham , that in consequenc&of inforaation , Major Wild had heard from John Reay , late a prisoner confined in gaol , that great irregularities were gcing on within the walls of ihe gaol . In conseqnence of this a special meeting of the Visiting Justices was held to investigate imo ihe affair ; and the following is tbe result of their enquiries : — *^ "T hat several convicted prisoners were working in the garden for the Governor . That the matron had a female convici working in her house . That Mr . Thomas Dixon , a prisoner confined for debt , had a friend te dinner and provision introduced for him . That poultry are kept by tbe Governor . '" The report is of great length relating all the particulars
of their enqairy which was insutuled , kt it not be forgotten , on information received from a convicted felon , a man of depraved habits and general bad character . Mr . Brown , in the course of the disensb \ on well remarked , on the Bubjtct of searching the u yp containing the luncheon for Mr . Dixon and his friend , there was no occasion for this ; any other gen . * ¦] eman might be in the same position as Mr . Dixo "n , and sucls conduct wonld not fail to be the source of gr ^ at annoyance—( bear , hear . ) If the party were a felon ,-but there was no p ovrex giren in case of debtors , he might be searched for any dangerous weapons , &c , be might have codc > aled . But what weapons was a debtor likely to in Vrodnce at Carlisle , in the folds of a beefsteak l ^ dav 'fihter . ) Would he bring in gunpowder in anapp ? e-p / e ?—( renewed cheering . ) He could not ¦
understand tht moti-re of the search—but perhaps there might ha- \ * e been spirits ! That , however , Mr . Orridge had put" to right by telling Mr . Oliphant that no spirits were allowed—and how was the fluid to be tested ?* Were the turnkeys to be judges whether what was a ^ paitted was wine or not ? He had himself tasted wiae at public dinners , which certainly contained a iarge portion of spirts—( laughter . ) Were the" tomkeys to be judges how much was to paEs as wine ! He wotUd defy them to tell it either by the si ' ^ b-tcr smell , and therefore they must taste it . He weald suppose the three turnkeys were present wh « w it was brought in . All three would taste it to see » f & w &s wme and thro three classes would disapvXKJ *— ( laughter)—but a doubt might remain , so the 7 would tast © again . What would beoomeof the poor dfiotora wine !
BABKSLETT . —A meeting t « take into consideration iom « of the clauses of tfca Factories' Bill was held In the Catholic School Koam , on Sunday last , Mr . Peter Hoey in the chair , ^ a a petition was read , whieh on the motion of roe xvev . H . J . Cook , seconded by Mr . John WiGdop * was nnanimoaely carried , praying not only for tZxe alteration of the Bill before ihe Bouse , bnt for the restitution of the four hundred thousand poundB which the government of this country received from Franee in 1825 , for the education of the Catholics of this eonntry , but which it withheld and stiQ keeps on fire ground that if they grreit to the proper OWBeTB they will be encouraging Popery .
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Towards the close of-ihe husmesa at the Gloucester Assizes , on the JStny Mr . Sergeant Talfourd announced , evidently ' -to iftergreat sa > isf » etinn Of the judge , that a speialjaVy 7 case in-the Jist would not be tried this assizes ; it would have taken until the end of the term , there were 3 , 000 issues to be tried . Mr . Justice Erskine said it wonld be pretty amusement for the judge who might be fortunate enough to go that circuit in ihe summer . Witchcraft . —At Cornwall Assizes , Bodmin Frtd . Peter Hatton , a country looking bumpkin , was indicted under the Jkh George II ., for pretending to cxercisB witchcraft , and thereby obtaining the sum O' 3 s . from one Jenny Francis . The prosecatrix was an old woman . who had consulted the conjuror
respecting a lost heifer . This case was made out , and ihe jury , under the direction of the judge , returned a verdict of not guilty . It was then stated to the evident surprise of the Learned Judge 0 reaswell ) , that there was another indictment upon which tbe prisoner must be tried , and it turned oat , indeed , that there were four against him for the same off nee . In the next case also , the learned Theban " had been consulted by a person who had had oattle die in a Buspicious manner—an intelligent and respectable looking ; farnn-r , who ought to have known better , named Nottle . The directions which the prisoner had given to detect the person suspected of having poisoned them , were as follows;— " When you Ret home , kill the calf ( which was one of the
cattle ill ) and take out his heart . You mast stick this heart full of pins , and , writing the name of the pereon you Buspect , must pin it to the heart . You must then roast and burn the heart to a cinder , and whilst this operation is going on yon must rea < J over the 35 th Psalm thrse times . " On receiving these instructions , prosecutor asked what he had to pay 1 The prisoner replied , that he usually charged £ 1 for this job , but that he would charge him only 10 ? . The money was paid . The prisoner was found guilty upon this indiqtme ' nt , but an arrest of judgment was moved on a technical objection to the form of the indictment . The prisoner had to be tried on a third case , which was postponed . Romance in Ubai Lipe . —A case presenting features of more than ordinary interest , and strongly
vindicating tbe maxim that crime seldom fails to result in its own puniahment , occupied the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Monday , before Mr . Commissioner Farrel . We allude to the case of an Insolvent named Edward O'Shaughnessy , whose petition was opposed by Michael Hallinan , of Ch&rleville The facts detailed in evidence are briefly these : — Jn 1837 or 1838 O'Shaughncssy , who was understood to be in comfortable circumstances , feigned a passion for the daughter of Hallinan , a girl of prepossessing attractions , and in manners superior to many of her grade . He won her affections but to betray them , and cast his victim a broken-hearted wanderer on the world . Under the solemn promise of marriage he overcame her virtue , as it was stated ,
forcibly , and she not being desirous of prosecuting her destroyer , or exposing herself to the bitter taunts of her acquaintances , resolved to emigrate to America . She proceeded to he United States , where she obtained such employment as her industrious habitB in farming fitted her tor , but destiny cast O'Shaughnessy again in her way ; he offered her marriage , the offer was accepted , and the ceremony solemnized in due form , according to the ritual of the Catholio church , by a priest of New York . He lived but three months with her , when he abandoned her in the midst of strangers , returned to Ireland , and after some time attempted to marry another woman—an attempt which he failed to accomplish through the ministry of a
Catholic clergyman * but in which he was successful by obtaining that of a Protestant clergyman , who either entertained no scruples upon , or who was not thoroughly acquainted with the matter . His first wife , after having endeavoured , without success , to support herself in America , was compelled by the pressure of distress to come home and seek an asylum in her father ' s humble abode . She was received with paternal kindness . But Hallinan conceived that her husband wad bound to support her ; and O'Shaughnecsy residing in the neighbourhood , he had him served with a civil bill process for the maintenance of bis wife . O'Shaughnessy appeared , and defended the process . He denied that he had ever married her , and had well nigh succeeded with his defenca , when , strange to say , two witnesses were forthcoming , who were present in America when
the marriage was solemnized between the parties . They came forward , deposed to the facts , went through a searching cross-examination , as well at the hands of the assistant-barrister , who was evidently surprised at the incident , as at the hands of O'Shaughnessj ' s solicitor . The force of truth prevailed , and a decree was granted against the double betrayer . And , " most strange of all in this eventful history , " the deot for which he was detained in this instance was on a deeree for £ 10 ., obtained against him for the emppori of a child , the fruit of another amour ! Trie Learned Commissioner intimated that this was one of the most extraordinary cases thai had come before him in his experience . No defence was set up againbt the crushing weight of factB stated , ihe petition of the insolvent wa 3 summarily dismissed , and he was sent back to gaol . —Cork Examiner .
British Gbatiivde . —A Strange Eventful History . —We abrioge the following statement from Mr . Oastler ' s Fleet Papers oi this day . It will re-Bund our readers of the case of Kelson hunted into his ship by bailiff * , and the Duke of Wellington imprisoned in his tent by Duns , both for debts really due by the country : — " On the 29 th of April , 1839 , a first-rate Indiaman , passing the btraits of Malacca on her voyage from Bombay to Whampoa , laden with cotton , opium , and * general merchandise , was signalled by a country ship , ' 1 have important information to communicate . ' . Our captain , the hero of our tale , went on board the stranger . The' information' was as unexpected as 'important . ' Her Britannic Majesty ' s superintendent at Canton had been
cast into prison by Lin , the high com . missioner of the emperor of China . Every British subject in Canton had been siezed and imprisoned by the Chinese high commissioner—British property was confiscatedopium was not only prohibited , bat seized , in the Chinese waters and destroyed . Hostilities were commenced by China against England—the British nag was insulted by the Chinese ! No British force was there , naval or military . Sixty eight British merchantmen , valued , with their cargoes , at more than seven millions sterling , were then navigating the Chinese Btas . Six thousand British subjects were afloat or on shore . Not a corporal ' s guard on land —not an armed schooner at sea , to defend those lives or protect their property . The union jack of England
waved submissive to the imperial flag of China : Such was the * important information * which captain Frazer , of the Good Success , communicated to Captain Douglas , of the Cambridge , in the Straits of Malacca , on the 29 th of April , 1839 . It was not hkely that a British sailor , who had been trained under the pendant of old England , could hear such tidings with indifference . Douglas had not trod on English soil ior many a year , but the honour oi his father-land aud the British flag was prized by him more than wealth or life . If no Queen ' s vessel was at hand to defend her Majesty ' s subjects and their property , he knew tbat the Cambridge , though built tor trace , would , if well fitted , stand the brunt of war . Personal inconvenience aud losses were
unheeded : he infetaniiy and chivalrously resolved to alter his course for Singapore , leave there the opium ( which had been prohibited by the Chinese ) , and equip himseli with men and guns for actual service . He did so ; he had wealth—he spent it . In that enterprise he laid out about £ 5 , 0 u 0 . Manned and armod , on the 21 st of May , 1839 , the Cambridge sailed from Singapore , beariug the flag of England , and the well-appointed vessel arrived at Macao on the 7 ih of June . There Captain Douglas beard of the release of Captain Elliot , her Majesty ' s superinttndent at Canton , with whom he immediately communicated . Elliot rapturously received Douglas as the saviour of his countrymen—considered the Cambridge a God-send—engaged her for eight
months , at the sam of £ 14 , 000—appointed Captain Douglas a magistrate of the outer waters—and placed the protection of British honour , lives , and property in his hands . Under these circumstances , £ 14 , 000 reas a small sum for the hire of the Cambr idge for eight months . When she had fewer men aud guns , she had been chartered by the honourable East India Company , to convey troops to the IuduB , for one month , at £ 2 , 600 . In erder to'prepare the Cambridge for action , it was necessary to clear her . Captain Douglas , therefore , bought another vessel , the Mermaid , and loaded her with part of his cargo . It was three months before & Queen ' s vessel arrived . Meanwhile , Captain Douglas Commanded on that station , and upheld the honour of the British name . with
The boats ot the Cambridge were in aotion Chinese batteries and junks . Twice was Captain Douglas wounded . In former services be had received two wounds . His gallant and intrepid conduct obtained the thanks of her Majesty ' s superintendant—of the commander of the forces who arrived OU the coast—and of Lord Palmerston . Douglas was successful for hiB country ; but he was so obnoxious to the Chinese , that he and the Cambridge were proscribed by the emperor—nay , 7 , 000 dollars were offered for his head . Captain Douglas was , therefore , obliged to sell his ship , which he did , at a loss of £ 5 , 000 , and to leave the trade , which was to him an additional and enormous loss . In all , he estimates the difference between serving himself and his country , ou 'that almost fatal emergency , ' at
430 , 000 . He was never paid the £ 14 , 000 wnich Elliot promised ! Instead of that sum her Majesty ' s superintendent gvte Douglas only £ 2 , 100 . T » e Houses of Lords aud Commons axe thanking the solliiers aud sailors nh » fought against the Chinese Captain Sir Joseph Abraham Douglas , knight , having suffered losses to more than the amount of his ample fortune , in taking upon himself to defend tbe British flag , inChina , when the celestial monarch bad trlnmphed , vns not , iadeed , eaptured in China ; he arrived safely in England—be was complimented , honoured and rewarded ^ and as I have told you . On the 8 ih of February , 1843 , a gentleman was brought a prisoner to the place—he was lodgea in the next cell to mine—that prisoner is Captain Sir Jogeph Abraham Douglas , knight ! 1 "
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Lord Chamberlain ' s Office , April 6 . -The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty ' s Household has appointed William Wordsworth , Esq ., to be Poet Laureate to her Majesty , in the room of Robert Southey , Esq ., deceased . A Young Woman named Sarah Daisley , has been committed to Bedford gaol , charged with the wilful murdf r of her late husband , by poison . She is supposed to have made away with a former husband and two children .
Singular Good Fortune . —A Thrifty Wipe — An old pensioner , of the name of John Dean , residing in the neighbourhood of Haley Hill , has recently experienced asingular ' reverse of fortune , under rather extraordinary circumstances . It appears that John had been blessed , as it now turns out , with a remarkably saving and frugal wife , and . such was her disposition to Bave that John was always sappposed by his friends to be in rather indigent crrcumstances , and very short of money . A few days ago , however , John s wife was so ill that no hopes were entertained of her recovery . She called her husband to her
bodside , and told him that if he looked in a certain place he would find an old stocking , and on his bringing it to her she proceeded to draw from it a consiherable number of sovereigns , counting out ten for each of her children , and the remainder , amounting to upwards of £ 200 , she presented to her astonished husband . She has since died , and the now comparatively rich old man has deposited the hard savings of years in a respectable banking-house in this town ; and haa every prospect of spending the remainder of his days above the reach of pinching poverty . —Halifax Guardian .
Hoax at Bath . —Some ingenious but mischievous wag , relying upon the credulity of that mass of gullibility , the public , caused the oity to be well posted on Saturday with placards , announcing that the first experimental trip of the aeriel machine would be made from L ondon to Bath on Monday , conveying , as its freight , no loss a personage than Mr . Roebuck , our M . P . The bill went on to Bay that the journey was to" be commenced in London at one o ' clock , and was expected to be accomplished in about twenty minutes , and that the machine would alight on Beechen Cliff about half-past one , Bath time ! Then followed a London dato , and the imprint of " Lyons and Rebd , Dean street , Soho . " Thia piece of waggery was but adapted to make April fools of those
who were fools already made , and hardly did we credit the opinion of some of our friends , that numbers of persons would place confidence in the announcement , not seeing through the hoax . To our surprise , Hampton Clifk , B ecntn Cliff , Beaohen Hill , Lansdown , and other eminences , were , at the notified time , crowded with open-mouthed , widestaring , patient , wonder-loving gullibes . Tiio speculations of the assembled crowd were very amusing ; the probabilities of Mr . Roebuck j accompanying the serial machine being eagerly di&oussed—here by a knot of greasy members of the company of cordwainers ! there by a group of snips , whose observance of Saint Monday is proverbial . The sanguine dispositions of the
female eex , of course , brought not a few of the fair admirers of our Hon . and Learned Member , to swell the throng of wonder-waiting gapera . Besides the numbers congregated on the cliff * , there were a great many stragglers in the neighbourhood , who had only half swallowed the tempting bait , and who , believing the possibility of the thing , but doubting its probability , hovered about the approaches to the cliff which was to be the scene of descent , in a state of eelf-satisfaction and security at once amusing and ludicrous . Indeed , it may be affirmed that the majority of the good people of Bath were held in a btate of suspense between their incredulity and their fear of losing a sight of so unusual a . spectacle as the descent of this rara avis . This " glorious uncertainty" disturbed , we are told , the domestic
arrangements of more than one family , the suIon A manger being doserted for ihe roof the house ; or , in other cases , a member of the family acting as sentinel , while the remainder of the household were engaged at their mid-day meal . To keep up the joke , its contriver or oontnvera , now and then discharged a cannon , on which the waiting mob strained necks as long as cranes to catch a glimpse of' the supposed coming machine . Half-past one passed , and the Ariel made no sign ; two , three , four , five , and SIX o ' clock came , and passed also , bat no indication appeared of its arrival . Nothing now remained to the disappointed expectants but to decamp without beat of drum , and to return to their homes , sheepfaoed and chopfalien , which they did amidst the jeers of all who beheld , thorn . —Bath Gazeite .
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™ — -- — — — — — — _ ^^^^^^^^^_ — — _ - vv-v ^ vv ^ r ^» THE HORRORS OF TRANSPORTATION . At tbe Liverpool Assizes , on Tuesday last , one Geo . Robinwfc alias Saxon , pleaded Guilty to the charge ot having ^ Illegally tetnrned fro m transportion , and when brought up for sentence entered into a long and singular statement , which was listened to by a crowded court with great * attention . From this it appeared , that in 1820 , being then but eighteen years of age , he had been convicted of a highway robbery at Pendleton . He received sontenoe of death , but was finally transported for life . He had , however , an irresistible desire to return to his native land , and sometime after his arrival at 'Sidney made an attempt to escape by swimming off to a brig lying in the roads , and succeeded in concealing himself below until she was at sea . She waa driven back , however , by stress of weather , be was
given vsp to tbe nuthorhies , received a hundred lashes , and was sent to a penal settlement , first at Hunter ' s River and afterwards at Macquarrie Harbour . He described his situation as intolerable , without any communication with bis friends , shut out from the world , and with hardly a hope for tbe future . He determined again to make an attempt to escape . He left the colony with several others . Three days after they were attacked by the natives ; several of them Were wounded , and a )) their clothes and provisions were carried off . To go forward in this condition was almost hopelessto go back was to suffer again a punishment of 100 lashes , and condemned te work in a grog reserved for the worst criminals , They resolved to go on . They lost themselves in the Blue Mountains and wandered
about naked sixty days , living on what they could pick up in the bush or along the shore , to which they were finally conducted by another party of natives . They were then near the site of Port Philip . Here they fell in with another tribe , ; by whom they were taken and given up to the authorities . They were conveyed to Coal River naked as they were . They there were allowed a blanket to cover them , but even this they were obliged to leave behind when they were shipped on board a Government vessel which was taking coals to Sydney ; and , but for some canvass which th « y were olUwed to have to cover them ; they would have to lie naked on the coals in the bold . Tbey were landed in this plight at Sydney . There public charity supplied them with some clothing , but one of his companions , for sis
months , had nothing but a pair of trousers . They wer « sentenced to receive 100 lashes , and to be sent back to to Mocquarrie-barbour . Their wretched state was such , however , tbat the firat part of tbe sentence was not inflicted , the medical man having made a representation that prevented it He remained at Macquarrie-harbour some time , when he again , with Borne others , got away in a whaleboat . and ran along the coast for nine days , baviDg made a sail by fastening together tbe shirts of the party . They were obliged , by want of provisions , to put into Hobart-town , and were again sent back to Macquarrie-barbour , and placed on Big Island—the depot for the worst offenders . He described the horrors of thia place as Being more tban language could paint Several , he said , bad committed murder that they
might be removed to Sydney for trial , though certain tbat after this Bhort respite death would be tbe punishment of their crimes . He told a singular tale Of one Pearce , who had attempted to escape with several others . Provisions falling , tbey were obliged to sacrifice one to save the rest . All perished in this way , till Pearce and another alone remained . They watched , each conscious of the other ' s Intention , for forty-eight hours , until Pearce got an opportunity of killing his companion . He wa&taken , and again escaped with one Cox , whom he als" killed , and for this he was finally tx"cuted . At this horriSle place tha prisoner said he remained for upwards of seven years , when he was sent to Hobart-town . He again escaped on board a vessel , and concealed himself till she was twenty-one days ut
sea . The captain , however , gave him up on his arrival at St . Helena . He was sent back to the Gape , and thenee to Robin ' s Island , where he worked for seven mouths , with 25 ! b of irons upon him . He was then sent to Maoquarrie- harbour . His conduct , during a gale on the passage , recommended him to the merciful consideration of tbe authorities , and after the lapse of three years ho was allowed to come baek to Hobarttown , and finally obtained a tiok « t of leave . He still , however , longed to see his nattoe land . He escaped on board an American whaler , in which he cruised for several months , but the captain intending to give him
up at the first opportunity , he took advantage of the vessel touching at New Zealand to take refuge with the natives . By them he was well treated , and finally got an opportunity of entering without suspicion on board a Tessbi bound for Boston ; hence he wrought his passage to Quebec , and thence to Greenock and Liverpool . He had since been living at Manchester , and gaining an honest livelihood by the labour of his bands . He protested that since his original offence his conduct bad been that of an honest man . His Bole wiBh had been to see bis native land , and be expressed a hope tbatr his sufferings and his good conduct would recommend him to the merciful consideration ot the
authorities . Mr . Baron Parke said tbe tale which be had related would , be trusted , hel f t U dissipate any idea that might be larking in the minds « f any who might hear it , that transportation was a light punishment , it was bis duty simply to pass on him the sentence , that he should be transported again for the term of bis natural life . The prisoner bowed respectfully , and wax removed from the bar . The appearance of this man was calculated to procure credence for tbe history he related . There was a remarkable expression of suffering and hardship in his countenance , aud there was something moving in the manner in which be received the sentence tbat was to consign him again to the horrors be bad been dee > cribing . i
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LIVERPOOL . CROWN COURT , Satobdat , April 8 . ( Before Mr . Baron Parke . J MURDER IN LANCASHIRE . Wilmoi Buckley was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Buckley , at St . Helen's , on the 27 th day of Nevembor last . Dr . Brown conducted the case for the prosecution , and Mr . James defended the prisoner . Dr . Brown having stated an ! outline of the case to the Jury , called the witnesses , in whose evidence the circumstances will be foundimoie fully detailed . JaneRigby examined .-My house is at the entrance of St . Helen's , a little off the road . The prisoner and his wife lodged with ua from March to the 27 th of November , 1842 . They had been married seven
weeks when they came to me .: The deceased , Elizabt th Buckley , was at home all day on the 27 th of November ; it was Sunday . The prisoner went to church iu the afternoon . He returned a little after four . They went out after tea . ' Never knew them to have any difference . As she was going out she said , " Mrs . Rigby , please to leave the key under the mug at the door ; Wilmot and I are going out for a walk , " They bad been afeeuetomed to walk together on a Sunday . She wore % dark cloak aud a bonnet . About six I went out . I left the key where she desired me . I returned a little after seven , and found the key where I left it . The prisoner came home at a quarter : before nine . The witness then proceeded to relate the account which the prisoner gave respecting tW non-arrival of the deceased , lt was to the ef t cr < , that at the end of the lane he desired her to walk ou , and he would overtake her ; that be could not find her , and
supposed she had gone to her sister Mary ' s house ; that he went there , and conld not find her . Tae prisoner and his wife occupied a parlour aud bed-room . When he returned on the night ! of the murder , he made a fire in the bed-room and ! then went into the house of Mrs . Barker , next door , | and when he came back he said she was not there , j The prisoner and his brother-in-law then went out to try to find the deceased . Witness went to bed abom ten , leaving the door unlocked . Did not heart the prisoner return that night ; but he did return , and said , "Mrs . Rigby , 1 could not find her ; I have been , everywhere at ail likely to find her . Elizabeth could not intend to stop because she has left her keys in her trunk . " In the morning witness got up at about halt-past five o ' clock , lighted a candle , and called out , " Wilmot , Elizabeth has not come ; will you get up and go and see if she has gone to Ashton j-P He got up , had some breakfast , and went out about half past six o ' clock . The deceased was near her time of
confinement . Witness did uot see the jpmoner until the inquest . The body was taken to a stable adjoining , where witness saw a white cotton handkerchief belonging to the deceased ; it was bloody . She had the handkerchief in her hand when she put the body into theciffin . The prisoner is a painter by trade . Ho was in the habit of working in the neighbourhood , and of being a week or ten days away at once . He had been away the greater part of the proceeding week . He appeared to be very civil always to the deceased . The deceased often told witness that Wilmot , if they met a young woman when they were out walking together , would look after her until she
was out of sight . She said this ; in good humour , laughing , but said she did not like to see it . She often complained of Wilmot's doings amongst the young women . A . young maa in the neighbourhood raised a report about the prisoner having connexion with another woman while the deceased was at Manchester . Witness told deceased not to mind it , as she had not seen it . The deceased waa not angry , but treated it as a joke . Witness said , " Unless you see a thing , never mind ; if you don ' t k » ow the consequences of jealousy , I will tell you : it damns many a aoul , and commits many a murder . " Witness said this to deceased te prevent her being influenced by the reports which she might hear . \
Peter Robinson examined . —I keep the fiird-i'the-Hand public-house on . the Moor . j On tbe 27 ih of November last ' , he prisoner and hia wife came to my house about six o ' clock in the evening , and had a glass of ruio and water a-piece . They were to all appearance quite happy . They generally came to my house on a Sunday . Never heard of any jealousy existing between them . John Chadwiok examined . —On the 27 th of No * vember I was a groom living at Eccleston , about a quarter ef a mile from the Bird-i ' -tho-Hand . A
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man named Makin lived about 150 yards from there . Knows the place where the body was found . The body wast fouud about 200 yards from the place where I lived . At the time I was coming with my wife from St . Helen ' s the church bells were ringing . It was half-past six o ' clock . Went from my bous * to Makin ' s for a light ; came back , and heard a noise , a great shout , and closed the door , I heard the about two or three times . Nevdr heard a iioi » like it before . I was startled b y it , and told lay wife to look the door , as I was vufy much alarmed . The voice was moire like that of a man than of a .
wobhmi . , ,. Taomas Littles , a collier , was employed in sinking aooal-pit oathe 27 th of November , near the turnpike-gate . Went between six and seven o ' clock in the morning to George Morton to borrow a spade . Morton , looking through the pantry window , pointed down the field and said . " ThomtiB , what's yonder V * Witness weut into the field , and fouttd a . woman near the hedge , about four or five yards from another fi * ld . She was lying on her left side , covered with blood . Examined tbe body and found the throat cut—it was cut deeply . There waa a cloth in . the wound—a white pocket-handkerchief lorn—one part
in the wound , and another on tbe ground ; the pars of the handkerchief on the ground was not bloody . The body was dressed in black .. The clothes were covered with blood . Her bonnet was on ; the . bonnet waa tied under the ohin . She had gloves OB , which were bloody . Turned the body and fonnd a pair of scissors , with a chain and a thimble . I w « nt down the field and told constable Glover what I had seen , Put the things which . I found in nsy pocket , tha body was removed ; saw it afterwards in the Ecoleston" Arms , There wero two distinct pieces of th « handkerchief . The witness uuderw-ne a somewhat lengthend cross-examination , but nothing important was elicited .
William Glover , a constable at Eccleston , met th « last w / tnasa on the morning-of November 11 . Went in consequence to the body , and found a bloody rag near it . Found a thimble under the body ; found ao knife or instrument . Removed the body to the tocleston Arms . Pat tbe thimble in my pocket . ( Tb * witness produced the articles ) Removed tho body about half-past eight in the morning . William Storey , superintendent of polies for th * district of St . Helen ' s . — Knows where Chad wick lives . ( Witness pointed out in the plan Chad wick ' s and Makm ' s liouse , and al * o Gin-lane . Chad wick ' s house is at the corner of Gin-Jane . ) On the morning of the 28 ' -h went in search of Buckley towards Ashton , about six miles from St . Helen ' s . H »
was coming towards St . Helen ' s with his father and his wife ' s mother . Met them about twre miles from St . Helen ' s . Polled up the horse , and came alongside of Buckley . I said " What have you done to your wife ! " He said he had lost her . I said it was rather strange he should lose his wife . He made no reply . I then searched him , and found in- his pocket a large clasp knife . I opened the knife , and observed blood on the blade . I asked him how the blood came there ! Ho said it was not blood , but red paint . I then aaked him to pull off his coat . He did not do so , and I pulled hip coat off . Found his shirt besmeared with blood . I paid " This is enough for me . " OTb . e shirt was produced , the wristbands were stained with blood . ) I said ,
" This is enough for me ; I now charge you with tbe murder of your wife . " He told ma that he had occasion to go into a field ; she walked on , and h « lost her . I took him to the lock-up , examined him , and found six half-crowns in his pocket . Examined hia trousers , and he said " These are not the trousers I had on yesterday . The black truu » ers I wora yesterday are at home . " I proceeded to his lodgings . Went to his bed-room and took possession of his coat , waistcoat , and trousers ; they were in a box . Marks of blood were on the cuff of bis coat , on the left arm , and on the left pooket of his . trowsers ; on the waistcoat no blood . The articles were preseved . I saw a candlestick in the sitting-room ; markB of blood vrere on it ; it was the one now produced . Saw
marks of blood on three half-crowns , now produced . Examined the clothes on the Monday ; on the Tuesday he ( the prisoner ) knocked at the cell door . I opened the door and wciit in . I a « ked him what he wanted f He said he wished to see Mr . Wood . I said nothing to induce him to make any communication to me . Mr , Wood , his old master , had been a friend to him . 11 He had something very heavy upon , his mi ad , whieh he wished to tell him . " I told him that he could have no communication with any person without my beinp present . He said , " You may be pTesent if you choose . " I then went for Mr . Wood . On my return I met Mr . Greenall , the magistrate . I had
some cases to dispose of before Mr . Greenall , and after deposing of them I told that gentleman about the prisoner wishing to see Mr . Wood . Tae prisoner had no opportunity of seeing Mr . Greezall . Tha prisoner knocked at the cell , and expressed a wish to see Mr . Greenall . I called Mr . Greenall into th » cell . When Mr . Greenall oamc into she cell tbe prisoner commenced making a statement . After hearing a portion of his statement , Mr . Greenall said , " You had better tell me nothing , as it may be used against you . " The prisoner turned to me and said , " Twas I who did the de « d . L hope you will bo a friend to me . " I replied , " I can ' t befriend you . " He said that he and his wife went to the Bird-i '
-tha-Hand on Sunday night . Tbey remained there a short time , and had each a glass of rum . They left the public-house as the St . Helen ' s church bells were ringing . After they had walked a short distance they heard the St . Helen ' s coach coming . The coach generally-arrives at twenty-five minutes to seven . He proceeded to gay that after the coach passed , his wife began to browbeat him about a girl that lie had seen in Wi £ an . They Walked on a little further , and she continued'to browbeat' him ; she followea him , and continued to browbeat him again . He took his knf / l * out of his pocket , and jumped up and stabbed her in the throat . He said the knife found in hia possession was the knife with which he atabbed her , and , having done so , he took out of her pocket thres half-crowns . He said he did not kttow how to get out of the field , but he met with two men and two women .
Mr . Scudamore , assistant-surgeon to Mr . Garton , of St . ' Helen ' s , in November , 1842 , examined- the body where it was shown to him by the constable , Glover , in a stable at the Eccleston Arms , where the coroner ' s inquest was held npou it . He fouud a large wound in the neck ; it WStS a out about three inches in length , and two in depth . It cut the carotid artery through , and went between the fourth and fifth vertebrss of the neck . The wind-pipe was severed . The wound was partly a stab and partly cut . I attribute death to the sudden loss of blood from the division , of the carotid artery . Death must have been instantaneous . The wound might have been produced by such a knife as that produced .
Tho prisoner ' s statement before the coroner was then produced , and read as follows : — " I went to church last Sunday afternoon . I came back again and got my tea , and had a pipe of tobacco . My wife wi Ii- < i me to take a walk with her . I told her to put her bonuet on , and she went and did so , putting a small shawl on under' her cloak . She told Mrs . Rigby to leave the kry , Baying , ' We shall pothsp 1 - not be long . " We went up the hill here . She had been very poorly for two or three days , and said she felt a little better with the walk . We went as far as the Bird-in-band , and had a glass of rum each . As we got out , we heard the St . Helen ' s coach coming . I asked her if she thought yon was the St . Helen ' s coach ? She said she did not know .
We stopped ti'l the coach panned , and it was the St Helen ' s coaoh , and we w ^ nt on after it , towards home . I have been out of work for a month last Monday . I belonged to the Odd Feilowa , and got my card , and went on tramp towards Yorkshir ¦ . I went through Preston , Wigan , Blackburn , and Manchester , and called at ber aunt's where I married her from . I came home on Sunday week , wont to Liverpool on Wednesday , an « i came back by the coach As we were going bat Js to St . Helen ' s on Sunday last , after the coach passed , I was telling her about some sweetheart of mine I had seen in
Wigau . I had not ; seen her for two or three years . This made her jealous , and she began to browoeat tne and said I could look at a :. y body , or love any woman rather than her , and I ' m . aure I never loved anybody but her . We came past the gate that leads to the field , and I weut into the . field ; sh « followed me , and kept upbraiding me about this woman . I thrfaten ^ d he r what I'd do at htr , if ehe did not hold her noise about it , as it wad all nonsense . She kept noiufc on , and I felt so mad at her , that I pulled my knife out of my pocket and btabbed her . I don't know bow it was , I'm sure . " This closed the case for tho prosecution .
Mr . James addressed the Jury for th « prisoner , contending tbat he committed th « deed under heated and excited feelings ; that in proportion ab the deceased waa foadof her husbani ,. m the same proportion , would be her feelings of jealousy , for which , as the evidence demonstrated , she had too much reason . The Learned counsel proceeded to show that the field had a thoroughfare where tbe body was found , and was of all other places the most unlikely one which a deliberate murderer would select for the commission ot the deed . The blow , too , was a left-handed one , another reasoa why it was not
deliberate , but the result of instautaueoua ps&sion . lbe rag which was found in the neck was a proof that the moment he had committed the act he rushed to her assistance to stop the blood , to heal the Wound . The Learned Judgb proceeded to sum up , stating bis own belief that nothing had occurred to tako th « offence out of the category of murder . He proeeaded , at g ? eat .. length ,, to- lead the evidence , which he commented on as he proceeded . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of murder , but recommended him to mercy on the ground of his own statement . .
His Lordship , in passine sentence upon the prisoner , stated that , he would forward the Jury ' s recommendation to the Secretary of State hufc yfca could hold' out no hope of life . \ HteT ^ fri ^ M&W prepare for th * t end which in a few dag ^ B ' . WwUcTx . have to meet . / ^ <'* ^\ WW ^ T \ The prisoner , on the 6 entej » ce- bei& ^ a ^^|^\^ peared not the least affecte ^ 4 > y hit stfuajtwi ^ &nftW walked away with the greatit . ep ) njfafc « fr . >\> fl £ ^ s p'yu \? c- ^ Yi ^ JS ^/ X V ^ iLfis ^ C ^ HVXS iMiHJJIftOV
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NORTH WALES CIRCUIT—Chester , April 10 . crown ; side . ( Before Mr . Justice Maule . ) HURDER AND BAPK . The trfal of James Ford , ifor the murder of Samuel Shaw , being fixed for this morning , tho court was crowded to excess , the enormity of the crime exciting considerable interest ; . ] On the Learned Judge arriving in court , the prisoner , a full-faced robust man , aged twenty-three yearB , was placed at the bar . H < s appeared totally indifferent to tbe position in which ho was placed . He was charged by the name of James Ford , late of the township of Mottram , ; joiner , with the wilful murder of Samuel Shaw , by giving him divers mortal wounds , bruises , and contusions , and by throwing him on the ground , whereby he lingered from th © 1 st to the 8 ih of '( October last , and then died . The prisoner pleaded not guilty .
There was also an indictment charging the prisoner with a rape on Hannah , the wife of the said Samuel Shaw , on the day above-mentioned . The Attorney-General forj the Palatine , and Mr . Trafford , were for the prosecution ; and Mr . Temple and Mr . ToWDSend wore for the prisoner . The Attorney-General having stated the case for prosecution , Mrs Hannah Shaw , an elderly female , not of a prepossessing appearance , was then called , and she stated that her husband was a shoemaker , living at Long-lane , on the borders I of Derbyshire . On Saturday , the 1 st of October , witness accompanied her husband to Mottram , and after making a few
purchases , they called at a public-house , where her husband had a glass of ale and a pipe of tobacco . They then went to the Angel Inn , where they met the prisoner and several other persons . At this house fhey remained until about twelve o ' clock , and had some drink . On being about to teave the house the witness said she would { try to find Mr . Eltringham , whd lodged with her , and ask him to accompany them home . The prisoner heard th >> » nd said he would aocomp&ny them . Witness , her husband , the prisoner ; and a person named Hopkinson then left the house together , and walked along the road as good friende When they had got a short distance a person carae up on a horse , when the prisoner asked him if his horse would
carry double , and if he woiald let him ride f The man said he would rather take np the young woman ; but Hopkinson asked to jbe taken up , aud the prisoner assisted him on the horse ! Immediately on their going off the prisoner began to take liberties with witness , on which she desired him to dtsist . Her husband hearing it turned round and said , " What ' s up— cannot , you be quiet 1 " Tne prisoner then went up to her husband aud knocktsd him down . She got up , and seeing the prisoner beating her husband , she screamed out " murder ?'' The prisoner then again knocked her down , and whilst on the ground he beat [ her so that she lost her senses . On her recovery ] she found herself in an adjoining field , and the prisoner standing
near . She then started home , the prisoner going with her part of the way , and earuestley entreating her not to tell her husband what had passed . She reached home as it was coming daylight , and awoke Mr . Eltringham , desiring him to take notice of tha state she waa in , being obliged to pass through his bed-room , in order to reach her own . She then went to her husband ' s room , and found him lying in bed quite insensible . She immediately sent for Air . Smith , a surgeon , who attended her husband until his death , which took place on the Saturday following . The witness stated that wb < a . they left the Angel Inn , at Mottram , her husband was rather the worse for liquor ; but she , the pri-Boner , and Hopkinson were | sober . Her husband did not stiike the prisoner at all .
Several other witnesses were called who corroborated the evidence of Mrs . Shaw , and the dying de-r claration of the deceased wasia ' so given in evidence to the effect that , as he was coming along the road from Mottram with his wife and the prisoner , the latter attempted to take liberties with her , and on his telling him to desist , he ( the prisoner ) knocked him down , and beat him about the face and head with a atone uutil he be * came insensible . On his recovery he did not see his wife about , and walked home . The « hirt the prisoner wore on the night of ; tne attack was produced , and was marked with blood . Several persona also deposed to the prisoner confessing that he had made the attack on the deceased , and the surgeons proved that he had diad of an effusion of blood on the brain caused by a wound on the back of his head . '
Mr . Temple addressed the jury in an eloquent speech of considerable length , contending that the probabilities of the case were ; that the attack had been made in consequence of an attack from the unfortunate deceased for soma supposed liberty he had taken with his wife , and he called—Mrs . Wag * taffe , who had the care of the Angel inn on the night in question , and who deposed to the witness Shaw , her husband , and Hopkinson , leaving the house in a staie of intoxication , and thai the prisoner had left before . The Learned Judge having summed up . The Jury found a verdict of guilty , but recommendrd the prisoner to mercy .: His Lordship said he had no power to mitigate the sentence—that belonged to another power . The trial for rape was not proceeded with ( aud his Lordship deferred passing sentence .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct929/page/3/
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