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      •¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦¦ .. ¦ - . WEIMAK ^ ¦ ¦ . . •; ¦ ¦¦¦ " From Weimar /? says the-FinierParis correspondent , " we learn that- the -meetingbetween the two Emperors was . most cordial . They- embraced each other -warmly , and -had a conversation of . three hours' duration , at which the Empress of Russia ; who did not once leav-e her htifiband , was the ohlyperson present . Thore is a rumour of a visit to be paid to Berlin ; by the ; Emperor Napoleon ; Ifemay be unfounded , but there are " persons who think that such a project 13 really ou the tapis . Young M-urat , who was sent by -the-Emperor with a letter to the King of Prussia ,, thanking him for ; his courtesy in . sending the

      Prince of Prussia to meet ,, him ,, was extremely well received , and the King . tol . cl him that he . should write to tivfv Emperor of the ^ repch . " With respect to the Stuttgaxd interview , I hear ., that , < Count ; Walewski has addressed a confidential ' circular £ 0 . the French Ministers at foreign courts .. Such . circulars being not unfrequent ( bjie , was sent , t believe ,.. aft ? r , , Osbprne ) , i mention it merely because my informant adds that the document , which defines the line , of policy the French Government proposes pursuing in accordance with the great Powers of whose good will jit is assured , confirms by its , tenour all that has been said of the essentially pacific tendency of , the Stuttgardmeeting . "

      $ he Emperor 3 of' Russia , and Austria at Weimar hqve . got on . much more cordially than the Emperors of Russia and France at Stuttgard . Instead of coldness , thftre has been ^ warmth-.: instead of . the mutual distrust 01 an autocrat on hereditary principles and an autocrat who claims to be snch by . ' the will of the people , ' there ha ? been the reciprocal feelings engendered by a common fight divine *' and old imperial descent- When the two inet at Belvedere , the ^ ki s ^ ed eapii other . T ^ bey then retrred to a room apa ^ t , and converged , for some time alone ; th then drove baclj into ' th . e town still alone , without any attendants ,, the Emperqf Qf , Russia seated on the ,

      right . 1 helatter shortly afterwards returned to Belvedere , ajnd ? wej ^ t out shooting . . Francis , Joseph , went on foot-to p a ^^ . . visit to I > q . l ^ e ( llernhar ^ at _" thg F-ttrstenhaua , and KV ^ n ^ rov e out lyi ' . the 1 ( iranti , t ) uk ^ . In the ovoning fliere was a gala opera , ' and' it is ' reported that there wp . a total absence of that re ^ tpun $ : which was evinced fo ^ he ^ u | aj ^^ Emperor , and £ fnpres ? in the presence of tou ^]^ ap 61 eon . ThaXmpflrfal party then rodoback to B § He | jeM { o sujipeKV . On , Oje , . morning of Friday week , t + W ?^ PS £ 9 i&J ek PJ » »? . ! P « 9 . te trains—the Austrian Jy ^ wWi P ? TO /^^ V ffi ^^ Russian alao for % & $ ? & / - ^ RoftMf R ^ W ?^ . visit , *? the . King of a M ? $ Xr , ' tn , l , i : ^] V .. # .,. > I . ' ..., ; L . U-- ... i ¦¦¦ ¦¦

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      THE BRAMAIili MURDER . The inquest on'the body of James Henderson , the farmer at Bramall , Cheshire , . who was shot dead in his bed on the night of the 29 th of September , still leaves the case inrolved in painful mystery . ' The eldest son , who 3 s now" in custody on suspicion of "having committed the act , showed some degre e of nervous agitation on being brought to the inquest-room on Tuesday morning . He was probably startled , at seeing so large a crowd of persona waiting outside to behold him . The first witness called was Michael Malochney , a farm labourer in the serviceof Mr . Henderson . He said : —

      "I lived on the farm , and slept in the granary with John Dillon , * fello-W servant . It will be fifteen weeks to-morrow siaee I entered the service . Gn Tuesday night last , the 29 th of September , I went to bed at half-past eight o ' clock , and Dillon did the same . I was awoke about two o ' clock . I . suppose it was by Jame 3 Henderson , who called from the kitchen or pantry for me to get up quick . I commenced dressing . My sister also lives as servant there , and she and James came and called again soon afterwards , and desired me to ' come down smart , ' and not to dress * I and Dillon then went down and found James in the kitchen with a gun in his hand . His brother Thomas was there , my sister , and Blaize , a servant lad . James asked if we had heard anything ,

      and we said , we had not . He said , ' Come up-stairs ; there are robber-sin the house . ' I went up-stairs , but we ( James , Thomas , and 1 ) first went into the cellar . We found that there was no one there . He then said , ' Come up-stairs , and we'll try the rooms . ' We all then went up-stairs . James then went into one of the bedrooms , but not that in which the old man lay . He had a candle and only looked' inside that room , and then he went into deceased ' s room . The door was not open , because I saw him raise the latch . We followed him in , his brother Thomas following first , and then myself and Dillon . James said , Come on out , m 3 father is killed . ' He had not been ^ np l » y the side of the bed , but he went a little past the foot of it . He did not touch his

      father , nor did Thomas . We tnen left the room . No search was made to see if anything had been taken . James then went into bis mother ' s room , and I heard him tell his mother that his father had been killed . I did not go into her room , and did not hear whether she made him any reply . I did not hear any shriek nor any expressions of grief . We next went down to the back kitchen door , when James gave tn * e gun to his brother to fire , and Thomas discharged two shots , one after the other , outside , the kitchen door . James then took us into his sitting-room , and showed us his leathern desk ( like that produced ) , which had been broken open . He went and examined the desk , and said , ' Here ' s where my money was , and it lias been taken out . ' I think he said there was 15 / . 10 s . We all then went into the

      kitchen , and James and Thomas told us ( me and Dillon ) to go and dress ourselves . We did so , and returned . We found the prisoner and Thomas , when we returned , in the back kitchen , an tl Dillon was sent with Thomas to fetch the police . James and I remained by the kitchen fire to guard the house . While I was there , my sister came down . James asked mo out after the others had ^ gone—aliout five minutes aft er - —to look at my bedroom door , which is outside the house . He said , ' Come , Mick , let ' s go look at your door . ' He had a light in his hand , and went- up tho steps to the door before me .

      I was opening the door to go in , and he said , ' Oil , Mick , look what ' s in your door 1 ' and he got hold of a piece of wood that- was stuck in the latch . [ The door is fastened outside by a wooden latch , and persons inside could only open it l > y putting one finger through a hole under the latch . ] Tho piece of wood he showed me sticking in tlie latch was about the size now Bhown to me , 1 said , ' Oh , James , what put this here ? ' and lie said , ' That' -a . a bit of wood put there to keep you in . ' \ Ve . returned r to . the kitchen , and soon after lie asked ma t » come . from the fire into , tho b&ck kitchen . Ho told

      me to stop tliere while lie went to look about the hedges and ditches , and I did so . He took no light with him , nor . any weapon . He remained away nearly half an hour . W-hen lie returned , he asked me to go up-stairs with him , and I virent into his own bedroom with him . lie . went to Ilia drawer 6 r box , I cannot say which , and he pulled out- some papers and put them into his pocket . Iledid notigo into the old man ' s chamber again , but went down atnira to the fire . Here ho pulled a quantify of papers out of his pocket , and tlirow them into the fire ml . burnt them . One of tho pieces fell out , nndhegot hold of it and put it into the firo again . My sister Nancy , was present at the time . '' This witness added , that he novor . saw any quarrel between James and his father , but that they never talked together . The old man , ho aai < l , waa a tendor-hearted master and a kind fllthCkT . . . 1 ; . .

      Other linmatefl of the house corroborated this testimony , nnd the next important witness was Mr . Andrews , superiuteiuleat of police , who eaid that he examined tlio pcemiftes on the day after the murder , and found no marka of violence on tho outside doors . This was accounted for byiJamea Henderson on tho nupposition that on < j of , tho burglars Iwid concealed himself on the preini » ea during the day , nnd hud let hit ) accomplices in at night . The features of tho diad man scorned to indicate

      ^ y-f tti ? " * placidity that he had been , shot while asleep . " ATtable that stood " under the wlndow , * ? a ! d MivXiudrews , " was pointed out by the prisoner as the " place where tlie old man kept his money ! I found the fcqp locked , ' and the table had no appearance of having been disturbed . The room struck me as in a remarkable state of neatness and order , considering what I had heard had taken place . There was a piece of carpet by the bedside which had not been disturbed . I then locked the room and went to make inquiry at Stockport about a discharged man-servaut . I returned about nine o ' clock in company with Messrs . Graham and Son , surgeons , of Stockport , and called their particular attention to the position of the body as to-whether deceased had been shot while asleep . I then made a search of the bedclothes , and picked up about twelve pieces of paper on . the body and bed and side of the bed , which appeared to

      have been used as the wadding of the fire-arms with which deceased was shot . They are blackened with powder , and singed . They are now produced in the state in which I found them . They were in places where they might be expected to be found if a gun had been discharged at the deceased , at or near tlie foot of the bed . I also produce two teeth found there . " Mr . Andrews likewise described the similarity existing between the pellets and wadding found in the bedroom and the body of the murdered man arid those discovered on the stairs where James Henderson says he tired at the burglars ; and'proved that the paper forming the wadding corresponded with poriions of a torn copy of a story called The Cottage Girl , or the ' Man'iage Day , found in the bedroom of the young man . Owinc : to these circumstances , Mr . Andrews arrested young Henderson on the Wednesday afternoon , at which lie expressed sonie surprise , but made no resistance .

      The evidence of Mr . Graham and his son , the medical gentlemen who made the post mortem examination , was to the effect that every appearance corroborated the belief that old Henderson had been shot in . his sleep , and that he had died at once , and without a struggle . He was lying on his back , and the bedclothes were perfectly smooth , and tightly tucked in at both sides and at the foot . A printer confirmed the assumption that the pieces of wadding found in the body and 011 the " stairs were portions of the book found in young Henderson s room . He spoke from a clos 6 examination of the type , aided by a perfect copy of the same work . Mr . John Walker , a steam-packet agent at Manchester , testified to repeated quarrels between the father and .

      son ; to the latter abusing the former in words of frightful vituperation , and to his wish to get him into a madhouse . In the course of last March , young Henderson left his father ' s lease of the farm with Mr . Walker , to remain till called for . " A few days after the lease was left , the prisoner called on me and said , ' We can ' t put up with that old fellow ; I have given him something that he'll mind . I have had to tie his hands and feet . ' Thinking that the old man had been hurt , I -went over to Bramall the neixt morning to see him . I then saw marks of violence on his botK' . TJis

      two eyes were very severely swollen and blackened . ( Sensation . ' ) His upper lip was also swollen , as ivas likewise his left jaw , which seemed to have been caused by a kick . The skin was all off his left arm which he bared to show me . The shin bones of both legs were black with bruises . Those were all the marks that I saw . On the Wednesday morning after the murder , the prisoner called upon me in Manchester . He first called between nine and half-past nine o ' clock , but I had not then arrived , and he came again shortly before eleven o ' clock . I hud then heard of the murder . When lie

      came into the ouice , he walked round the counter to thes window where I was standing . He was then accompanied by another young man , named Matthieson , and I asked them to be seated . " Mr . Walker remarked that God would be certain to find out the' murderer , if man could not ; upon , which , Henderson and Matthieson got up and left . John Cooke , a land-agent of Lieutenant-Colonel Davenport , from whom the farm was leased , gave eS'idenco to the effect that James Henderson , Jun , hud consulted him a 3 to tho possibility of getting the leaso transferred to himself ( young Henderson ) , as his father was stupid and half blind , and unable to manage properly . He said his mother , brother , and sisters were willing that this should be done . Mr . Cooke refused to have anything to'do with the matter . He * considered the elder Henderson quite competent to conduct hia affairs . ' ' ' '

      Charles Henry Smith , son of one of young Henderson '* employers , sfliid he and hia father discovered in the grass of the garden of Mr ! Henderson's house , on that morning , some pieces of a pair of braces , an old pair of trousers , and several pieces of old cloth . One of the piece .-of brace had a mark on it as of blood . Mr . Superindent Andrews was then recalled , and sworo that thos * fragments were not in tho garden at tho time he examined it . The Coroner then summed up , and the jury , after hall an hour ' s deliberation , unanimously found James Henderson , jnn ., guilty of the murder of his father . The accused was then committed to prison . He exhibited very little emotion during the whole proceedings .

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      No . 394 , October 10 , 1857-1 THE LEADER . 969 < m —^ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ . "¦ . ¦ ¦ *¦¦ ¦ ' - - *¦ - " ' ' r * - ' ¦ ' * - a " " '' - . . .. ¦ . . ^—r ^ .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page 969, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2213/page/9/