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      " " KORTHERN CIRCUIT . " C ' Cmisu , Accist 7 . —The rccouuiienilat ' on of the eoueouucU of the woman Jane Crosby , acquitted . of the ichachargcof murdering . her child by roasting it to death lbefheforeafire , lo the gaoler , to remove her with secresy tfh * Srum the s »& l . was not . it would appear , unnecessary , foi afu after the announcement of her acquittal a dense crowd iwanvas collected round tlic gaol , of men and women , detcrrammmed to Jake summary vengeance upon her for her supposposed offtnee . They continued together ^ homing , hootiinging , and imprecating till past midnig ht in expectation ol tcaticatching their cipi-cted victim .

      1 The Alleged Mukdehs at Geihsdale . —This morn-SngJng was ushered in with all the exciicmcut renewed in ( CviiCvusemieucc of tlic trial of John Graham , aged 54 , a anuaiost respectable yeoman , for the murder of both bis wife an ( and his father by means of arsenic . Tiie town was icre crowded , and the throng around the gaol was so imposing tthathat the . jwlice were obliged to ^ but the outer duul'S to entenablt ; them to resist the efforts of the crowd to force an tententrancc . The prisoner appeared in deep mourning , amand had the apjiearauce of a respectable though deeply tafflafflictcd betas . Mr . Temple said that he had a very tsiusiuiple , though a very paitful duty to perform . Ilis task uvawas to place facts before thejury , and tacts only ; from nTliTrliieli they would have to decide upon tiie guilt or inno-( cercence of the prisoner at the bar . It api » ear « l that tor

      soteome time he and his wife had lived upon uncomfortable ttertenns , particularly for the last few mouths . It . was obserserved that the prisoner had became too iutiaiate with a Basayaut-inaid , named Margaret Rickeiby , aud it became bahat too well known that be used to meet this servantmnmaid at a house not very distant from his farm-house . 3 tItwould appear that on the 24 th uf November last Mrs . ¦ CiCrabaai was in her usual health , and that upon that jiijii glit she took her supper of bread and milk , which her hi husband was iu the habit of often preparing for her . In ih the morning she was very unwell and affected with violent papains aud sickness of thestomach . Asurgeouwas called in in , who treated her disease as a mere internal affection of aiau orciuary character , and by means of the medicines ad-BiBiinistcred she becameK-tter . It would appear that she

      to took a fancy to have some pauado , which the prisoner g ; gave toher . . Theuext morningshe was ' alarmingly ill , aiand to her usual attendant , Mr . Sewi-11 , was added J Dr . Oiirer . These gentlemen still bad no suspicion oiof lier being poUou < .-d , but prescribed vciy active medi-Ci Clues , and also that some one should sit up with her it to give constantly medicine of a restorative and iuvigori rating quality . This latter injunction was evaded by the p : prisoner , who would allow no one but hiinselt to sit up , a ! alleging that he was tetter adapted for doing this du . y tl than any one else ; and he continued that night to give h her what lie phased . The next inuruiiijr the wife was fcfouud to he d ying fast , in spite of the efforts ol the medical amen ; and she died upou the second day after .. It was n not until the mouth of June following , that fium

      chcumdistances which had occurred , suspicion arose that his wife h had not fairly come by hrr death , and the body was cxh limned . Upon dissection , the stomach was found to Gouts tain a larje portion of the white osiJu of ars . nie . Upon laearnuig that the authuriiics had resolved to exhume tbe ^^ yi . * e prisoner became extremely anxious ; and uii ' iin hheing apprehended he manifested great curiosity to " learn ilifauv person had been at Xewcastle , where tliere was Treason to suspect he had got the poison , ami the jury vwou . d hear that the prisoner had t . lked in gaol of ad-33 ninisteruig . a po-. rd .-r'to his wile , also that he had time f cnou » h to have gone lo Auit-i-ici if he had beeu . aware ol 1 his danger ; and they wou . d finally learn tliat arsenic had lheen found in- very minute portions in . the naisu-oat j pocket of the piisouer . It would be for the jury to

      deteriimne , then , nhttber the prisoner had admiuisteied the 1 poison , which certainly had occasioned her death . —T . 3 Hind , the brother of the dcic-ascd , said liC remembered i the burial of his sister iu Kirkaudrcws churchyard , and 1 the subsequent disinterment ; also had observed that the » coffin taken up was the same as tliat iu which his sister 1 had been interred . —Thomas Elliot , surgeon , had assisted 5 in disietthigthehodyandcxaaiiuiug the contents of the : Stomach . Tho brain and tbe chest wire , considering the j length of time the body had beeu entomb . *! , healthy in appearance . Thegulletwasinflatui'd . The stomach near the gullet was much inflamed , aud of a red colour . Thuliums membrane was covered with a viscid brownish mucus . At the further extremity . ' ofthe stomach was obsei value a yellow spot about the size of a split pea , aud a gnat

      quamiiy of small gritty particles in tiie mucus , sonic yellow . Others transparent- There were marks of inflammation along the wh .. le course ofihe bowels , and a Tery gieat number of these small gritty paviicles , the greater number-yellow in colour , some transparent , like glass pounded , and these were in tliegrealer number over ihe extremity of the small intestines , where a !> o were discoverable the most decided tnarkj of ;; Tcat inflammation . The body generally was in h $ j li pirsert-atiuii , tbe brain alone exhibiting the oidinarr symptoms ot putrefaction . There were four medical men present at the examination and at the subsequent analysis . They analysed the liquid taken from the stomach ; it was bro « n ; in it were no traces of the poison . Xcxt ihi-y < oca :: imtd tlic mucus uf the stomach ; and separated the gritty pmiclesfromit

      hy washing it in distilled water , in which liquid the particles sank to tlic bottom . The deposit was dried . A portion was heated in a small glass tube ; when it attained a low red heat a metallic ring rose iu the tube , bright and shining externally , gradually growing browner internally . The stomach was cut into pieces and boiled an distilled water and muriatic acid . Five small bundles of clean line copper wire were put iu the liquor produced , and boiled with the pieces of tlic stomach . Thenire was found coated with a metallic coaling of an iron-grey ctlour . The wires w « ve dried whh care , and one of them cut in pieces was placed iu a small glass tube and slowly heated , and a white cloud rose -and . settled down in the f orm of a rjnj of small traiispateut crystals ; these - crystals examined by a microscope

      appeared to ha octohedron , with . equilateral triangular sides . The nest experiments were on the bowels ; a portion of them underwent the same process as the pieces of . the Stomach had before uudtr-one , and the same results were observable—namely , the ferination of the same sort of metallic ring within the glass tube , a numlierof octohedron pistils or pat tides subiimed appeared to he formed in one of the tubes . A little distilled water was taken and boiled , and one-third being dissolved by the addition of a chemical pr . p . 'iration a beautiful yellow precipitate was found to result ; iu a second , a sreen precipitate ; iu a third , a yellow prccipiiate . The small yellow spot in the stomach was now removed , and we applied a few drops of strong ammonia to it , which were immediately dissolved ; adding muriatic aeid to it a

      yellow precipitate appeared . These were the whole of the experiments on these parts of the body except that he liad not stated Hie quantity of arsenic detected in the "body . —To a question from the learned Judge : The appearances of the hody generally were those of a person dying of poison by arsenic . All the experiments were attended with such results as to leave no doubt that the substance found in the stomach was arsenic . That is -white arsenic , for yellow arsenic cannot be converted in the stomach to white arsenic hy tiie action of sulphuretted hydrogen . The whole of this arsenic was pr .-cipitated and filtered , then dissolved in ammonia , again the precipitate tvas filtered . This last precip itate was dried , and it weighed fifty-two grains , which is , 1 consider , equal to thirtv-one grains of white arsenic or arsenious acid , much

      more , in fact , than would cause death , indeed four grains and a half would loll most persons . —Cross-examined by Mr . wiiians : Arsenic is not very soluble . Arsenic might te put in water or tea , and the liquor drunk without any material injury . A parcel about lbe size of a quarter of a pound of coffee , containing a large quantity of arsenic , would , if thrown into the fire , create a strong smell as of garlic , provided the heat was very great . Agrcatnumherof witnesses were examined in behalf of the prosecution , whose evidence fully bore out the statements made by the learned counsel . -Mr . U'ihnns defended the prisoner in a most able and effective address , and the jury , after retiring for an hour , relumed a verdict of Not Guilty . The prisoner , who is extremely deaf , appeared not to hear-the verdict . He inquired what it was , aad being informed , remained unmoved .

      Accost s . — The prisoner , who was yesterday acquitted on the charge of poisoning his wife , was to-day placed again at the bar , charged with having murdered his father by administering poison to him . The excitement in the city of Carlisle was to-day as great as ever to gain admission to the curt , or to get a momentary loofat the prisoner , who is well huuwn to most pi-ople in Carlisle . "The extreme dgceiioi . which characterised the conduct of the prisoner during the trial yesterday -was not so observable to-day . lie did not cover his face with Ms hands and handkerchief , and he seemed a little more assured by the acquittal of yesterday . It was , however , expected that the prosecutor had a stronger case against the prisoner to-day than that of yesterday , and the consequence was that tliere was an immense crowd

      inside the court and a -very boisterous mob outside of persons who could not gain ad nittam-e through money or interest Mr . Temple stated the case , and called the mother ofthe prisoner to prove that upon the occasion of her preparing the domh for some jvasted cukes , on Thursday , the ISth of last ifay , the prisoner had called at Sis father ' s house , at Grinsdalc . to a > k her to go with him to Newcastle , which she refused . He contiuuedabo-. it the house and yard whilst the dough was feruieiitir . g , and had for an instant been lost to her sight whilst he was in the kitchen , where the dougli stood , aud then he might have had an opportunity of putting the arsenic into the dough , which was afterwardsfound in some ofthe cakes upon being put to the test by chemical analysis . Thus jar only could she bring the case , anil it only amounted to suspicion , and required strong corroboration . The poor old lady admitted that Hie father and the prisoner , who

      was his eldest son , lived on the very best terms together ; that the latter never asked anything of his father that he did not immediately obtain it ; that at the moment of the deceased ' s illness tbe prisoner was iu the house , and appeared very solicitous about , hint ; and that his father . -wished Mm above all things to keep on the farm which he wtaUxt ' of his-father at Kirkaudrews , but be nevertheless declined it , and gave it up after the death of his wife . She medical men established the fact of the elder Graham ' s death by arsenic , which was found in his stomach , and also in part of the cake eaten by him in his supper of fcread and milk oa Thursday night The only new feature introduced , perhaps , into the ca ,-e was , distinct proof that Craham , tte . prisoner , had been in embarrassed circum-* ! : »« cesabont * 'this - . fiuie , aud pressed fyr money . . The -whole case could ohly be considered as one of strong i'tipicion . It fell far short of that of yesterday , and tiie 3 jxv , as mi ght have been anticipated , were only . fifteen

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      minutes in agreeing- to a verdictbf acquittal . "" The trial , however , lasted ten hours . The result is , that the people if Carlisle talk jeeringly of a reference to the arbitrament of a Cumberland jury . There can be no doubt that his ; r . spectabiliiy , and his beinggeaerally acquainted for years in business in this neighbourhood / had ^ procured ^ htm-a strong sympathy in his fearful situation ; There was no disposition manifested upon his acquittal to dispute the propriety of the verdict-, or to execute a wild justice upon an implied delinquent , as in the case of the preceding day , that of Jane Crosby , acquitted of the charge of burning her child to death ; hut there were evidences of deep distrust in the verdict , and muttered sentences of fear upon the announcement of his acquittal ; and it may not therefore be matter of surprise that , with the dawn of day , the unhappy man was on his road to a seaport in the west .

      Appleby , Acgfst 9 . —Charge of Mobdeb . —Richard Simpson , charged with the murder of his own mother , was tried to-day . Tbe prisoner , it may he remembered , had been committed in consequence , of the death of his mother , she having died from the . effects of dreadful blows inflicted by . the prisoner . He had been a farmer , and used to attend the market at Kendal ., "Was almost constantly in a state of drunkenness , " so much , so , that delirium tremens , it was said , had affected his mind to a degree which rendered him perfectly mad . ; . His mother and he resided in the same house ; and upon his returning home from the market one night he heather so shockingly nhile she lay in bed as to cause her to keen her . bed until

      the next market day , when , on coming home again , the infuriated man heather a second time . The son and mother were not alone , for tliere was a man-servant as well as another woman in the house , and , strange as it appeared , both the man and the woman had permitted the prisoner thus to treat the old woman without adopting any means to guard her against his violence , which was ofthe most savage kind , he having taken apoker and fractured his mother ' s skull , besides doing her other violence . Tin re appeared to he reason for supposing that tbe prisoner had , for a long time previous to the act , been in a state of unsound mind , and the jury , after hearing the defence upon that ground , returned a verdict to that eficct . ' -.

      LAXCASTER , ACOUST 11 . —SnOOTIKO AT A JlAClSTllATE with Intent to JIcbdeb Ilia . —Richard Bennett , a dejected , squalid , spare , tall man , aged-thirty , was charged with having , upon the 2 nd of August last , fired a pistol at the Rev , Richard Aloore , a magistrate of this county , at Preston , with intent to murder hira ; also en another count with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The Rev . Richard Moore deposed that he was a clergyman of the Established Church , at Lund , seventeen miles distant from 1 ' reston . His residence was at Kirkhairi , and he had been many years a magistrate for the county of Lancaster . The prisoner also Presided at -Kirkham , and was a shoemaker . He had been brought before the rev . prosecutor upon some charge , but the witness could not say that he had been hound over to keep the peace on

      tliat occasion . The witness on the 2 nd of August was going through Fisher Gate , in Preston , to the Town Hall , when he heard a report of a gun or pistol , very near him , and found himself enveloped in smoke . He did not feel he was wounded , but in two seconds afterwards he fonnd that he was struck violently by something heavy upon the right breast . Richard Bennett , the prisoner , was at that moment standing four yards from him , near to a passage by which tiie prosecutor was . to pass ,, near to Bailey ' s printing-office . The witness seized hlm , < and said he had been struck . A man who came up said , '' . But that man , sir , sh . it at you and then threw the pistol at yOUi " . - This man produced the pistol ; it was the first time the witness had seen it The prisoner said nothing in his defence when secured . ; On his cross-examination the witness said there

      were many persons in the street at the time . The prisoner , when first seen , appeared to be staggering from the prosecutor . He seemed in great confusion at missing his aim . Ife . did not oner to escape , nor-indeed could he , as the witness and others immediately seized hirn . — John Harrison , an inmate of Ribchester workhouse , said be was close to Mr . Moore ' s right shoulder when the pistol was tired .- Saw the prisoner pull out the pistol fion his breast , which he cocked and fired straight at Mr . Moore . A grvat smoke rose . The prisoner flung - the pistol then at Mr . Moore , staggering forward and approaching nearer to that gentleman . If loaded , it must have hit him . Ho had seen many a hundred pistols fired in his time . He had bicn a soldier on foreign service for ten years . He { . -avethe pistol up to Williams , the constable . It had a

      screw barrel and a detonating lock . — -Williams corroborated this statement . He had diligently searched all about to . find a bullet , hut could not find any . There was a thatched house opposite , and the ball mighthare lodged in the thatch , or hare gone a great distance down the street . —Mr . Brandt defended the prisoner . - It had ,, he remarked , been admitted by a competent judge of firearms and their use , that had the pistol been : loaded it must , from the position iu which it was held , have hit its object So bullet could be found , notwithstanding a diligent search had been instituted . The inference , then , ought to be drawn , that as there was no circumstantial evidence that the prisoner sought the death of Mr . Moore—such , for instance , as the purchase or . making of bullets—he only , intended to alarm -Mr . iloore , ' and that having fired the pistol he threw . it at him . That the . man laboured under excitement

      approaching to insanity , he . should now adduce proofs of . Mr . Shaw , surgeon , said he knew the . prisoner for seven years past . His temperament was { reserved , - and he would sometimes not speak to any , one for two or even three weeks together . He would . remainiin , a state of despondency and low spirits , looking vacantly about him for hours together . In June last he was evidently insane , sleepless , and rambling about the house all night for a whole week together . Saw him a fortnight before this act of violence , and could perceive the man was insane , though about the house and at liberty . , In this , statement he was corroborated by other witnesses . Mr . Ashcroft , solicitor , at Preston , stated that , acting for the prisoner ' s father as his solicitor , he knew the younger Bcmictl , the prisoner , who used to write him anonymous letters , hi one of which were these lines of wild doggrcl : —

      " I am going to put a ball throngh my thick head , For something once I said ; I wish to know Have you any commands to the shades below . " Another , written about some speculation , of ; possible profit , without giving it a name , the . letter , concludes thus : — "The polka must remain incomplete , and that ' s poz . ( Signed } "Raba Avis . " Othello in 3 parts . —A friend in need . " --"FnANK . Bnowsw " Tbe Jury after deliberating a few minutes , returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the counts , in consequence of its being their opinion that he was . of unsound mind . - He will , of course , be kept in confinement till-her . Majesty ' s pleasure is known with respect to his future safe custody .

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      THE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY .. isquEsi urojf the guard . Camiipjiioe , Moxiuy Night . —TJic inquest on tbe body of . JvA y w CavxWvicW , thfc company ' s guard , who died in Addenbr < . oke ' s Hospital , in this town , on Friday night , from the effect of the injuries he received on the Jlonday previous , by the overturning of the . carriages ou the line in the neighbourhood of Littlebury , took place iu the Town- Hall to-day , before C . 11 . Cooper , Esq ., and a jury- summoned for the occasion . The iirst witness examined was William Thomas Wiggins , of Chelsea-walk , Loudon , carpenter , a relative of the deceased , who deposed that the latter was thirty-six years of age when he died . This

      witness identified the body , and said that deceased had been employed by the Eastern Counties Railway Couptiiy . Mr . Fernihougli . tlic superintendent of tlic locomotive department on the Colchester as well as the Cambridge line , deposed that on the occasion of the journey down ou Monday lie had very little communication with the driver . He had no occasion to speak to him , as ho perceived him doing his duty well . Everything went on safely and well to TYendon . The engine was more susceptible to some parts of the road than others . He knew perfectly well when this was the case , lie saw the driver making the usual preparation for the . inclination . lit the ease of one in 1-50 feet the custom was not to cut off the steam , but

      to increase tbe expansion , for which- purpose there was a handle . They were travelling at what he considered the usual rate down tho . incline—namely , about thirty miles an hour . He saw and felt . the engine getting off the rail and on to the ballast . He was on the left hand back corner of the engine , and lie did not feel it jump , lie held fast by a handle of a cock on tho kit side of the boiler . Witness described the going off the rail as in his examinations at Lktlcbury , with the addition that the tender went over two or three times , and a part of it was afterwards found on the top of the horse-box He-saw deceased disabled shortly after ; he escaped himself ; and he said he should have a medical man immediately . He could not tell if the sleeper gave way ,

      near the spot where the accident occurred . loung , was " a-good aud catcf ' urdriver , not too bold nor too backward ; perhaps , of the two ,. iuclined to the latter . There were more curves fromthe- Hertford junction than on any other part of the ' 'line . ' There were a <; reat many from Sawbridgc , beyond Stortford , on the London side of Cambridge ; in fact they were all curves . With respect to the jumping of the engine , he never knew one jump morethanavery few inches . No one could see the height ; to -which , the engine jumped , unless close by . When a driver went on the line for the first time , * he was always cautioned about the inclinations , all of which were pointed out to him . With respect to the speed , he was quite certain it

      was not move than thirty miles an hour , and it was slower than the pace at which they came before they arrived afWendon . He could not positively say what was the original cause of the accident ; . It was all conjecture . It might , for instance , be imagined that the great weight of the engine caused a deflection of the rail , which caused the fore wheel ofthe engine to rear up , which coming . down again with correspond ing force effected the" damage in thejail , jvhich threw it oh to , the ballast . He . was certain they , were not going at thirty-five miles an hour . ' Mr . Joseph Jackson , the superintendent of the line from Brandon to Cambridge / deposed to-having been in , the coupe , of one of the first-class- carriages , on

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      Monday , XM cbuld * sc e about him better than iMte had b . 'en in any other situation .. He could not speak positively as tbtheitinie . they .-leftShoreditcli ! As to the speeajai -whiehvtheyiwere ; going ^ he thoughtit the usualrate , and felt no shaking or jumping shortly before-the-accident ;; occurred .. . The first 'thing ^ ho felt was a change . in ,. the . beating of the , . engine ; he looked out and saw the gravelf flying about , tiie eh- ; gine driving across , the line , ; and the rails torn up .-He then felt the shock , and afterwards got out . He saw Cauldwcll about , five minutes after : the shock ; took place ; he was : lying between two of the carriages , with some pieces of wood upon his legs . liethought that he had fallen from his box or seat . He helped to extricate him , and gave him ; in charge to

      oae of the . labourers , and a passengei ' , ) vhp stated himself to be a medical man . He tlien . pvocccdedto | assist the ; passengers . " , \ , Witness then described-the 1 appearance of the rails , and of the particular .. one from which the engine had gone oft ; as in his former evidence . " The deceased was not . the mail , ; . biit the train v guard , in the- employment of the company . The first-cause of the accident might possibl y arise from an imperceptible flaw in the rail , near the end where the engine jumped ;; . As to the reason , for the jumping , if such did take place , he could not account foriit . Mr . Phepps . Jcngineer of the line , deposed that he had examined the scene ofthe accident . He thought the immediate cause of the accident was the damage to the rail by , the blow or jump of the wheel .

      and witness described the mode as in his former evidence . He thought that a slight curve was safer than a straight line , as it kept the engine to its work and prevented oscillation . Mr . IT . Mitchell , house surgeon to Adderbrooke ' s Hospital , . deposed that John Cauldwell had . been brought to the hospital on Monday ., evening ; last . He died on Friday night . i There was a post mortonexaminatioii . by the surgeons of the hospital , at which witness attended . They found that the vessels of the brain were generally very much congested . There was . an appearance as if , the blood escaped fronv the vesselsand . got into the substance of the brain . The . broken leg was set , but was not going , on favourably . It must have been amputated . But for the injury to the , brain , the

      deceased , in all . probability , had recovered . The injury might have been , and , jn all probability , was ¦ produced by a fall . , . ,, , The inquest was then adjourned until five o clock . At five o clock the Coroner and Jury re-assembled , - and , during their absence , the damaged rail had been fetched from the sceneof the accident and placed in the hrge room of the , Town , Hall , where thejury went and examined it . During , the examination , Mr . Anthony , one of the jurymen ,- had two of his fingers badly , crushed ,, through those persons who held one end dropping the rail unexpectedly . The jury were , therefore , detained nearly half an hour , while Mr . Anthony went to a surgeon to have his wound dressed .

      ¦ John . Young , the . driver , of the engine , deposed that he lived at Stratford , and was a driver for seven years . He . was five years on the Leeds and Manchester , bcfore ; that on . the . North . ' Midland , and before that on > the Southampton line . He was about ten weeks in the employ of the Eastern Counties ! Railway Company . They were a few minutes behind time when theystarted from Shoreditcli .: Were in time at Wcndon . Lid not know the deceased . The train was going at , from twenty-eight to thirty miles an hour .- They were going with the third notch in the

      explosion gear . ;; He observed nothing uneasy , ov unusual in the motion till the engine . was thrown on to the ballast . ; He was bruised in the chest . Could not ; say . she-jumped before she . got on to .-the ; ballast . TheJreason for-her getting off' the rail , he thought , . was that the road was : not good in that part . _ . ; ' The jury then retired , and , after about a quarter of an hour ' s deliberation , returned a verdict of accidental death , with a deodand of-one shilling on the engine and one shilling on the . carriage . They also added a recommendation to-the . company to have direction posts at all inclines on the line .

      THE ADJOURNED IKqUEST OS THE BIOKEK . 5 Liiileburt , Atjoust , 13—The adjourned inquest on the remains of Richard Peak-was held hew to-day at the Falcon . The proceedings opened at / twelve o ' clock precisely , when , after the usual preliminaries , Major , General Pasley , the Government inspector of railways , was . sworn . He deposed as follows : —I heard of this accident . the day after . it took place . I came down-to visit the spot on Wednesday , the Cth , and to inspect the line . I proceeded first to Chesterford , and after a few moments' delay there , I was conveyed by a locomotive engine to the scene ofthe accident in company , with Messrs . Phipps , Hanson , Jackson , Randall , ¥ eriiihough , and one or two other gentlemen whose names I did not hear ... 1 saw there two second-class caiTiages , a tendeiy and a horse-box bn different sides of the line . They were near , the

      spot where the accident occurred , hut had beenrer : moved to their then respective positions for . thesake of convenience ., They were all more ov less shattered ; andsmished . The . engine was-lower . down , beloSv Chesterford . The injured rails . had been replaced , and nothing was wrong with the line when I saw it oil Wednesday . The spot where the accident took place was about one mile and a half from the summit of the incline . I asked a number of questions of'the persons present , especially of Mr . Jackson , . Mr . Randall , and Mr . Phipps , the engineer , of the line . Iliad also conversation with Mr ; Lawford , the engineer of that particular portion of the lino where the accident . occun-ed . Neither this gentleman nor Mr . Phipps had been present at it . From all I heard and observed : I have formed iny opinion ^ decidedly as to the cause of the accident , The Coroner . —What is thatopinion ?

      Major- General Pasley . —That it must have occurred and arisen from ' excessive speed on- a iiew railroad , not yet thoroughly consolidated , whilst descending a gradient of 1 in 150 feet ,, and along-a curve of two miles ' , radius . I think , also that it is possible that the outer rail of the curve might not have been raised quite so high as is usual and proper on curves in proportion to the '' radius . The question was agitated amongst the persons present on the day ofthe investigation whether the wedge might not have been removed so as to leave a bad joint , and that thus the end of the rail was thrown up . I did not think so , and I still do not , because the splinter on the rail was from a downward blow . 1 think the j umpiiig of the enirine was of such an excessive nature

      as to cause the injury , and this jumping was such as might have been caused by . excessive speed . In lines newly opened the railroad may subside a little , the level of the sleepers giving way . , Had the train been going at moderate speed ; ' the accident , I am of opinion , would not have happened . I ktiow several instances that prove this position , and know them from my own experience . I think the proper speed for the incline where the accident . occurred might be from eighteen to twenty miles an hour , so as . to ensure perfect safety to the train . A much greater rate of speed than that might be safe , provided the line had been perfectly consolidated . As the line is at present , the steam ought to be shut . off 'going

      down that incline . I consider thirty miles an hour dangerous on that incline at present . I anr most distinctly of opinion that bad the train been going at a moderate speed when the engine had got off the rail , the accident would not have taken place . In such case the engine , instead of running on the bank , would have stopped before it quitted the permanent way . I once witnessed an instance ofthe kind , when the engine stopped the instant almost of getting off the rail , and solely because we were going at a slow rate . I thinkin this case it is probable the curve might have contributed to the accident . The Coroner . —Do you know Mr . Phipps ' s ( the engineer ' s ) opinion on that point ?

      Major General Pasley . —I do not . Evidence continued . —I was told by Mr . Lawford , the local engineer , who joined us on the day of the investigation , some time after I had begun it , tliat he had quitted the train at Wcndon , and that previously to that they had- been going at a very quick rate , and that he thought the speed was excessive . I do not think I asked Mr . Phipps or Mr . Lawford their opinion as to , the cause of the accident . My object was not to get opinions from other people , but facts whereon to . fovhi my own . Mr . Lawford , during the course , of cbnyei-sation ,. certainly said that he thought they had been going at an excessive rate , of speed before he left the train . I reported this line myselfbeforc it was opened , and declared it to be in excellent order , and in all respects safe . Mr . Rush , of Elsenham . Hall , asked whether the end of the rail might not have been sticking up ?

      Major General Pasley . —I think not . The injury to . the rail proves the . ' contrary . ' A Juror . —Did you think . it ' necessary to examine all the rails before you declared the road in excellent order , and safe in all respects ? Major General Pasley . —It w'ould take me two or three months to go through such an inspection . Do you not : take an accurate measurement of . the curves and inclines ; before , giving your reports ?—As to the curves and , inclines I can only judge of them by my ; eye . , To take the radius anil level of each would occupy a yeiy long time . indecd ; You said in evidence that you thought the outer rail was not high , enough for the curve . Did you think so when you made your survey ?—It didnot then occur to me '

      Have ; you not subordinates to look after such minor details ?—I have an assistant , but if yon mean to infer that every rail ought to be subject to my in-i spectiohon a . surrey , of . the , kind , I say that the thing is impossible , ahdwhatismore it is . unnccessary . I examined , bridges , and viaducts carefully , and in one instance I reported a viaduct not strong enough , and the line . was not opened in consequence for a fortnight longer than the intended day . In answer . to , the Coroner . —I do , not think the wedge was in its place . 1 said I thought it was not on the day of my investigation- The engine man ( the driver ) said it , was . But I do not think the wedge being off its place would cause the groove made , which was in consequence of a downward blow .

      - The damaged rail was here , introduced through the . window and examined by the jury . . Major-General . Pasley . infeontinuation . —I have always found a solution for whatever accident I have

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      been appointed to investigate , however mysterious it may have appeaitd atfirst ., ; ; ; The ,- Coroner . here ; asked > Mr . -, Lawmrd ; if he ^ -remembered sayirig ^ to General Pasley " that . \ they Iliad been going at airexcessive ; speed , as he had giveii a different ' . opinionin his evidence on Thursdayjast ? ; MriiLawfoi-d . ^ -I hav e not the -slightest . vceollection of haying made an . observation oftbe-kind . ! ; - Major-General . ;; Pasley .-r-If ,. you did not-apply ; the word excessive to -the speed , . you said , it was aiar ' m-

      ; A . Jiiror . —Do younot think that there ought to . be people to sce ' that the rails arc sound ? . Major - General 'Pasley . —The plate layers see- to . tliilt . ¦ ¦"' . : "¦! . '¦ , - ; -: ; ' -:- ; -- ' : . - ' . " : - ¦ ' - -X' . -: ' / . Evidence continued . —I nm .. quitc of opinion ; that the curve and the incline together ought ; to bcitaken into account , and the speed consequently much slackened . ;! know = two' ; iiistai ) ceswJicre accidentshap : pencd under ! the same circumstances—oncvon the Great Western , where the train- " going-at an excessive speeeVwas thrown oh to a bank after it had gotten oil the rail ; and the other < on . tho , ; Glasgow -andLdmbiirgh , where the same thing : pccuired to an express train / and the engine ' . ' man . was . killed . ^ Had I been ; iri ' thc case how-before the jui 7 / on the-engine 1 should ' not' have * ^ quarrelled with . the driver for the speed at which lie went ; , although I subsequcntlywas of opinion that he went too last , and in . all probability , I should have shared hisfate .- ;

      " ~ : Several ^ other witnesses . vwere examined ,- after which tlic Coroner proceeded to sum up . Thequestib'r i for the jury : to decide : was , ; whether' the driver had gone at stich an improper , speed as to cause the accident ! or whether it occurred from acasualty over tvJiich he had . " no contrel . The Coroner then . went through tlte facts of the case as detailed inevidence ; If they believed General Pasley ' s evidence they could not help attaching blame to the driver ; .. and if . that of Mr ; -Jackson , who said he discovered a flaw in the rail , thoy would attribute to this cause the accident . It ' shoulu be remembered that ^ General Pasley . had examined the line at first ; and that ho then did not think it ; necessary , / to caution the company to tell their drivers to go at the moderate rate-of eighteen to twenty miles an hour down-the incline in . question . No doubt he saw reason since for changing his

      opinion . Thejury , after two hours' deliberation ( from : two to four o ' clock ) , returned , the following verdict : — "Accidental death , and : a ; deodand of £ 150 on the engine . " The jury , with their , verdict ,, expressed a hope that . no swift trainwill be allowed to run upon ahy . part of : the line below ! Stortford-until it , has become much more consolidated . Tnoyalsohope that no traiti ' . wculd be allowed to run without at least two trucks betiveen tho tender and the passengers' carriages , andthat posts may be put . up to mark where the incline begins and ends . - . ' ; AprBBHENSI 0 » 3 FOB A ; HIGHWAY RoBBEBY ¦ CoMMiiiED Four Yeaus ago . —On Saturday last ait Irisliman of the name of Henry Mooney was apDrchended

      in Liverpool , on a charge of having , in . company . with another man named John Getty , stopped a . mercantile traveller on the evening of the 27 th « May , Ml , on the road-near to Gresnhead , and robbed , him of a large sum of money . A portion of the money consisted of notes of various joint-stock , banks in Cumberland and Northumberland . Getty was shortly after apprehended , convicted , and sentenced to transportation .. ; Mooney ; ihas ever since , succeeded in eluding , the tvigilanee of the police , ' vratil , on Saturday , last , ' he r was ¦ arrested by ., one -who formerly bulonged . to the Carlisle constabulary force . He was immediately . lodged in the main bridewell ,. whence ho will , be conveyed , to , the gaol , of Carlisle to-day . — Liverpool Albion of Monday .

      ; Suddes Death . —On the ¦ 12 th instant , as-some of the musicians belonging to Mr . -Hughes ' s equestrian establishment were walking together in the Highstreet ,. Chatham , one of them , named John Verry ,, suddenly fell dead on the pavement . An inquest was held-the same day on the body .: The surgeon , Mr . llobertsonj deposed that the ' deceased died from disease , of the iheart , and the jury returned a verdict accordingly .

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      THE-A-JiDOTEli UNION—HORRIBLE-DISCLOSURES ; , ( From theTimes . ) Akdo . VjEB , August 12 . —The shocking and disgraceful occniTuiices which have tahen place in connection with the management of this union have , as far as they have been disclosed , caused great disgust and indignation amongst the inhabitants of the town aud its vicinity , :: ; It . appears that , notwithstanding Sir J .. Graham ' s modust fioubts . of the accuracy of the statements made . by .-Mr ., ¦ Wakley , and his opinion that , they were too horrible to be true , they turn out to be . peifeetlyti . ue and horrible too . ...... ' .- ¦ .,-... ¦¦ - " • -.

      For sometime past rumours had : got-. afloat , that , the paupers who . were employed in .. tho disagreeable and unwholesome process of bone-crushing were in the habit ot gnawing :. thorn like dogs to , appease their , huuger ; aud wheu it . was recollected that , those hones were the , hones of horses , as well as ot other animals , not excepting some from churchyards occasionally , the story did certainly seem to he too revolting to be believed , and on thatground the incredulity , of the Home Secretary , whether assumed or real , might be excused . i-Dut as he ordered an immediate investigation to be . instituted , and as Mr .

      Assistant-Commissioner . I ' arkt-r came down here on . Monday , the ith inst .,. examined witnesses , and , returned with his report on the next day , the evidence taken by him , being fully confirmatory of the rumours abroad , Sir J . Graham must have had sufficient time between that day and-the pvovogation . of , Parliament , on . Saturday afternoon , to have given a full and satisfactory answer to the question put tohini by the hon . member , for Pinshury , and to have proved the sincerity of the sentiments he expressed upon that occasion ., But . " a still tongue makes a wise head , " says the pvovevb .

      The pooiyand the friends of the poor , and I may add the lovers of truth and justice , are indebted to the manly spirit of Mr . Hugh Monday , one of the-. guardians and a borough magistrate , residing near Andovcr , for the public notice which was taken of this matter in the House of Commons , and for the important consequences which have ¦ resulted , and must result , from . tliat proceeding . Mr . Munday having received information- upon which he thought lie could place full reliance corroborative of the rumours above alluded to , went to the union-house ,

      which is about a mile from the town , taking with him Mr . Payne , who is a surgeon . He then desired Macdougal , the master of the house , to accompany him- anil Mr . Payne into the yard , and to call out ten of the male paupers indiscriminately . ' That being done , Mr . Monday , addressing them , said he was about to ask tbem some questions respecting statements which had got abroad , ami which , if true , would bring great discredit upon the union . He desired them to speak the truth , and they would be protected , but should they state anything that was false they would be dealt with as they deserved .

      "Are you in ' . the habit of crushing hones in this house ? "' The answer was , — "Weare . " * ' Can you tell anything , " they were then asked , " concerning the report which is going about the town , that the paupers ' engaged in bone . crushing have been in the habit of eating what portions of flesh or gristle and marrow that might bo found on or in them S " " Oh , yes , " was the general reply ; cightout of the ten men admitted that they had frequently partaken of the nauseous substances , because their hunger was so keen that they could not keep from doing so . The two other men denied having done so but said they had seen their companions eating what they had described , and that theiv statements were- quite true . " Are you anxious to get these hones ? " was the next question , " We are ready to fight over them , " they replied . ¦ "Did you ever fight over , them ?"

      "No , we never did , exactly ; we manage in another sort of a way . As soon as one sees a good bone which is unobserved by the rest , he contrives to steal it away and hide it till lie gets an opportunity to eat it . " Being asked if thoy had any bones hidden then , some of the men answered in the affirmative , and went to the " ash y , " a place in which ashes are deposited , whence they took two bones , which Mr . Monday examined and found , that they stank dreadfully , directing the atttntion of the master to the fact . At the next meeting of the hoard of guardians Mr . Munday gave notice of a motion on the subject for the following meeting , when lie . proposed a resolution to the effect that the Poor Law Commissioners should be made acquainted with these circumstances , and that their advice should be solicited as to what steps ought to he taken by the guardians . This resolution , however , was negatived on a division of the members of the board of ffuardians .

      When Mr . Munday " found his purpose , straightforward and honourable as it was , thus foiled , he and his friends who thought aud acted with him got up a petition to . the . House of Commons stating the facts , and praying the attention of the house to the case . The petition was forwarded to Mr . Etwall , M . P . for the borough of Andovcr , and copies also to Mr . Wakley and Mr . Duncombo , the members for Finsbuvy , with a request that . thoy would support its prayer . As the railway business at that time so much interfered with the attendance of hon . members at the hour appropriated to the presentation of petitions , it was thought advisable not to present this one until a favourable opportunity of gaining general attention to it should arrive . The session rapidly drew to a close ; and therefore Mr . Wakley , taking what he thought the best mode under the circumstances of bringing the matter before the Government and the public , asked Sir J . Graham if he . knew anything about it . What took place upon that discussion in the house has been already before the public .

      _ Tho , result . was . that Mr . Assistant-Commissioner Parker was sent , down , as I mentioned before , to institute an inquiry into the facts . The course which ho took is admirably , illustrative of the present Poor Law system . He collected part of his . evidence by abruptly visiting gentlemen . at their private residences , and other part ? from . paupers who , wero examined under restraint with closed doors . ; This statement may appear too strange to he true ., Itisafact , however , that MrJ'Parker , after ^ w ; w , * to-. « uj » iim - « . aie ; Sfcw : Ho ^ p ^ iWilii ' a gig to the residence of . Mr , Munday , whom he ; began to

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      question , , wrItin :. downfhis-sta { ements . resnectinfr th „ bonWruslung busuusss . Having done this , he demnn , i ^ . who wKreVthc informants of Mr ! Munday , h so " e that one Of / them , a man who had been in the union ho for some timey-was then at work upon Mr . Monday ' s farm ! He was sent for , ' -and in answer to questions put by th assistant-commissioner ^ confirmed the whole story . ^ vjtS regard to the examinations which took place in tie union , house , I am informed that they were conducted in a very irregular way , the master being present , and several of the paupers being brought in together , he suggesting both questions and answers . Had they been examined separately ,, as in a fair investigation they would have been , in the absence of the master , it is thought that cvi . dence of a very extraordinary nature would have been " elicited . As it was , there was adduced more than sufficient proof of the truth of the r eports in circulation ; and the men declared , their declaration being uncontradicted that the irreguments attached to the bones and tlic marrow were green , stinking , and rotten ; but that they d ; a hot mind that so that they could get something to eat .

      . Tho disgusting disclosures upon this subject have led to an inquiry into the truth orfalsehootl of anothcrrepo tt for a long time rife in the neighbourhood—that the in . mates of tlte union-house have been cheated of their pro . per allowances by the master . The board of guardians on Priday and Saturday investigated this charge against the master , and though by reason of their following the example of the assistant-commissioner , they conducted their proceedings in secret , the evidence given before them has been of so serious a nature , that they : have

      thought proper to make a special report to the Poor Law Commissioners at Somerset-house , and suggest that tho master is a purson in whom they can no longer place confidence ; " What " the three kings "' may do is difficult to dirine , but it is supposed that Mr . Assistant-Commij . sioner Parker musfc speedily . take another trip to this place , and institute another inquiry , but some of the guardians-and the inhabitants arc determined , if possible that it shall not be conducted in secret . - This guardians for the . purgation of their own character , ought to insist upon a public investigation .

      Iamwt in a condition to furnish full and minute particulars , but I have good authority for stating , that on Saturday last , , between twenty and thirty charges against the master were gone into , and that they were of a v « y serious nature . For instance ; it is-alleged some Of the able-bodied paupers have been mulcted of their rations withoutcausc , the full charge being made in the accounts . Women , in their confinement , for whom tho medical man ( Dr . West , lake ) had ordered meat , porter , tea , arrowroot , « tc , as the case might be , are said to have received none , - although all were charged in the master ' s accounts . - In one case , a poor creature in extreme exhaustion showed the medical officer a-piece of what was called " bread and

      butter , " but which proved , on examination , to be nothing but bread and coarse dripping , which , in her delicate state , she could not take . This circumstance led the doctor to ask whether she had received the allowance of meat and porter which , during the month of her con . valcscencc , he had ordered for her . Surprised at the question , the poor creature stated that she had not once tasted meat ov beer ; hut that ono day a > piece of bacon was sent up to her , which was so musty that she' could not touch' it . On another day , some- stale gruel was brought to her ; she refused it , but was told that she should have it to-morrow ; and on tho morrow , sure enough , if was sent to her , with ' a notice that She must take that or none .

      In another ease a woman ; with a dropsical- complaint , was ordered a certain quantity of gin per week . Not a drop , it it said , did she get ,, but it was put down in the bill ; . Dr . - Wcstlake frequently heard the sick inmates ask for beer and meat after he had ordered it for them ; and when he replied that he had done so , the master would inter , fere with an oft-hand— " 0 , yes ; it is all right ,, sir 1 " ' And although the doctor heard various rumours from , time to time , He did not suspect the master of cheating the poor , more especially the sick , out of their proper Allowances , but supposed that , they originated - in ; a discontented spirit . ¦" ¦ ' . "" ¦ ¦'

      To the aged a small quantity of beer is allowed :: but it is stated that one man got his allowance only two months out of ton ; yet it was charged iti the accounts as if served to-him . There were too many ' similar cases to enumerate . Tliere are various other accusations , such as cutting-the fat from the meat to feed the pigs , kscping back potatoes for the same purpose , having shoes made and washing done at the expense of the rate-payers , intercepting tea , butter , milk , and other indulgences to the infirm and aged , a full note of which has been taken by Mr , Lamb ; the clerk to the guardians , whose whole report was forwarded to the commissioners last night . The inhabitants feel that both themselves and the poor have been shamefully robbed , and if the Poor Law Commissioners ' and the guardians do-not act justly in this business they arc determined to calba public meeting , and at that meeting to adopt such decisive measures as the case may require .-

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      SUPPOSED MDBDEB ATREADING ; , BttABiNO ,. S . V 3 URDAV . —Thvoughout , to-day this town has been in a state of great excitement , in coiiseq . uencc of a report gaining ground that on , the previous . evening a woman named- Elizabeth . Spicer ,. residing , at Ko . 1 G , Howard-strectj . had -been found in a lifeless state iii the cellar of , the house , ' under'circumstances which led to the conclusion that she had conic to an untimely end by the hands of her . ' . ' husband , William Spicer , a journeyman bashetmaWer ,: and wlio'Ws' been taken . into custody . on the charge of having caused the death of his wife . Considerable sensation prevails' throughout the town ; -the more so as happily so dreadful a erime has not been perpetrated iu this borough within the iremembrance of the oldest inhabitant ; The inquest was held this evening at

      the public office , ; before . Mr .-, G . Morton , 'deputy coroner for the borough , and a vespcctabla jury , when the following witnesses were , examined : — -Martha Aubry deposed —I am oh a visit to my sister ,- Mrs . Torakins , ' . of No . 15 , Howard-street , - next d . < or ¦ to . Mr . Spicei- ' s . ; I knew the deceased by her -coming , in : and ; out , of my sister ' s house ; saw her about eleven o ' clock yesterday , when she was in her usual-good health . She ; came to borrow a clothes-prbp vof j . 'hiyisister . ^ ii . Wd' dined between twelve and one o ' clock , r . Whilst at- dinneriwoi heard a noise in : tho . - adjoining .: house , . occupied . ) by tMr . anil M ** . Spicer , like something heavy . -: ifalling' down stairs . My ; sisterti-said , ,:. " . 0 !; -what . eari'j ^ that , tbe ? ' surely that . is never ; Mre . Spicer . fallen' down V '" I said , " Stop , don't you go ,. X'll run , " and instantly ran out of the door

      into the front garden ,- and , looked-through Mr . ¦ •• Spieer ' s window . ' , ' , - -I tliere saw-Mr . ; 'Spicer looking down the cellar stairs , and I concluded , tliat , nothing serious had happened . ; . I distinctly saw Mr , Spicer standing looking down the Stairs ., 1 ' went back into roysister ' s house aud said , ' " Oh , thereis nothing " the mutter , Mr . Spicer . is at home . " ' at . thc ttmo-I saw-Mrs . Spicer in the morning she appear ed perfectly sober .- 1 heard-nothing disagreeable pass between them before I heard the noise . —Henry Tomkins : 1 live at No .-15 j Howard-street , and am by trade a shoemaker .. I live next door to Mr . Spicer . I have known Mrs . Spicer about two years . : . last November they were ' married , I saw Mrs . Spicer about eleven o ' clock yesterday . .. - ' She came into my house to borrow a clothes-prop . About half-past twelve , o ' clock we were at dinner , when

      , we heard a tremendous crash in the next house , occupied by Mv . andMrs . Spicer . We were all alarmed , having heard . . that . Mrs . Spicer had a fit some time before . We said , * 'There is poor Mrs . Spicer fallen downstairs . " I did not see Mrs . Spieer ., any time between hearing that noise and eight o clock in . the evening . About eight o ' clockin the evening Mr . Spicer came out of his front door , and I went out . ; He said , " Mr . Tomkins , have you seen anything of my wife ? " I said , . '" 2 fo ; is she not at homo V' He said , " I came home to my tea and did not find her . I cannot make out Where she is got to . ?' I said , " 0 dear , it is not she that has fallen down the cellar . " He . said , . ' . 0 dear , I do not know , " and went immediately towards the cellar door . I was in my own garden at the time . In about a minute he came out again

      and said , " Oh dear me , my , wife is dead . " It was near eight o ' clock , and he had no candle . Spicer then immediately got a light , and Mr . House , who had been in my house , went in to Spieer ' s , and took the candle , and botii of us went ; down the cellar . Whilst we . were in . the cellar , Mr . Spicer was sitting down in a chair in his front room . Wefdundthe body of Mrs . Spicer at the bottom of . the stairs , and : her face against the wall . She was lying on her right side , with a great wound in her temple . The head was dreadfully cut and bruised , and there was a preat deal of blood on her . head . Her cap was off her head , and her clothes smooth upon her body . Her legs were hi an upward position , resting on the steps . Iimmediately went to : inform Mr ., Iloulton , the superintendent of police of this borough . —After the examination of another witness , the . inquest was adjourned till

      Monday . Reading , Mosdat EvKKiNG .--The innuust on the body . of Elizabeth Spicer was . resumed . this afternoon , at one o ' clock , . The following additional witnesses were examined : —Charlotte Tomkins , wife of Henry Tomkins , examined on Saturday , confirmed the evidence given by tlic witnesses that day ; the following , are some of the additional points contained in her evidence :- —Mrs . Spicer has frequently , complained to me of ill-treatment from her husband . She said , "Mr . Spicer has acted very 'indifferent towards me , " and com plained of his coming home tipsy and late of night . The week before this she complained to me of having missed some money from a little box in a large coffer . up stairs . She said . iio one could take it hut her husband , and she never knew him take

      any . before without letting her know . I said to her , "Mrs . Spicer , why don ' t you tell him . of it now ' . " She replied , " I must wait till . a favourable opportunity , because ofhis ' glum' ways . " ¦ She said she went to London with her husband soon after the marriage , and he got her to sign her name , so that he could touch her . money with her consent , but not unless she signed her hand to it ; and she has frequently told me that he had often upset her about her money , wishing to draw it to go into business ; and the answer she made was , " When , Mr . Spicer , I see a favourable opportunity of doing better , then I will give my . consent , and not before . " She hastold me that after her death her . husband could claim the property , I have heard her talk . of £ 1000 , but could never . ; understand if this was between her sister and herself . Seven weeks ago , on a Monday morning , I saw her . in the back garden with her head tied up with a handkerchief . ; All down . the right side of . her face , was quite Mack . I

      said , "How did you come with . sueh a dreadful face V She replied , ! " I hardly know how it was . . All that I can tell you is , that Spicer was downin . th . e cellar ,. and I was up in the kitchen ,, and that he called to me and said , 'Betsey , I want you a moment . ' . I said I . wascoming , and- went , down , and Mr . ; Spicer had , something of a shelf in . his hand . , He said , ' Why was not . this put up when the alterations were made V I fancy I must then have been taken giddy , for I fell .. When I came to . myself I found Mr . Spicer had hold of my neck , or . throat with hoth his hands . - He had got me as far as . the bottom of the stairs when he let me , fall again . , ii suppose I must have struck my head against the post at thebottom of . -the stairs ., I , do not know how , I got up . hut when there Spicer said , f There , sit ; yourself down in a chair , in the other , room' ( the -kitchen ) . . , Just thcn : ithere : waB . a kuock . at the door , ; and a . woman came to- ask for a . book ; whieh her son had lent to . my husband . " ,- This . person"in' . quirediaQW ; ! . - ' ^^ ^

      had a sort of a faiPand [ she ha ' sgone tobed . ' - . ' But I was not ; i was siUln ^ iuHhokUchen . - : ^ I . e stayed for an hour and a haif , aftet- thif / : and , he then-said to me , ; 11 am tired of being here , I Shall go out . * " Witness continued—I never heard " tliat . Mrs . " Sp icer had had a fit at any time . Mrs . Spicer said tome it was very unkind of her husband , for he went out all the afternoon of that day , and was not at homo until late in the evening , and that was on the Sunday . She told me her ' husband was absent all the next day , and on the Tuesday he was out till very bite , she not knowing where he was gone . I asked Mrs . ' Spicer if her . husband struck her , and she said "No . 1 am afraid to go out for fear people should say such things . " But she said this very hesitatingly . When Spicer was sitting . in his own room , it struck mo

      how-unconcerned he appeared about his < , wife ' s . - death , I did not see him crying . His habits were not" those of a steady ;; sober , " man , they were irregular' - habits . Mrs . Spicer was a very peaceable / quiet neighbour . I saw her with a . black eye about seven weeks ago . — Another witness , a relative of the deceased ' s , confirmed Mrs . Tomkins ' sstatements as to the ill way in which Spicer used his wife . In relation to the blow given to the deceased in the cellar she had said to the witness— "I don ' t like to say anything against my husband , but I was going to return upstairs out of the cellar / with my back to him , and all of a moment I thought I felt a blow as I thought on the side of my head , as if from a billct-stiehyandl became vnsetisiMe . " I S 3 id to her , "Do you suppose it was Spicer that did it ? " She said . " I don ' t know . " I asked

      htr , "Who was in the cellar at that time ' ?";" ' And she said , "Spicer . " " « When I camo to myself , " she said , " I found a pressure on my head and neck ; and said ( speaking to Spicer ) , - ' Pray don ' t hurt ( or rub ) my head . " * ¦ f—Henry Honlton , superintendent of the Heading police : About twenty minutes before n ' mco ' cloekon Friday evening last I received information fromllenry Tomkins that a woman was found dead in a cellar at No . 1 G , Howardstreet , and I went there immediately . I saw-Mr . ' Spicer sitting in a chair in the front room . ¦ Several other persons were in the room . I requested a person iri the room to give me a lighted candle to go down stairs . I wentdown into the cellar and there I saw tho body ofthe woman lying on her back , with her arms bent upwards towards her head ; her hands were clenched . On the fingers was

      a quantity of blood , and a small portion of hair was between them . I examined and saw little or no blood on the palms of her hands . The face was bloody , and I observed a wound on each temple . I took the head tip , and from appearance I thought the neck was broken . I expressed my suspicion-: to Mr . Kingston , a neighbour , who was present , and requested him to take charge ofthe house-while I went to fetch'Mr . 'IIdoper , a surgeott . I should state that I saw a cap and some false hair ; also a considerable quantity of blood , a fork , a piece of bread , and a slipper , about the cellar . On the first step ftom the cellar was a slice of bread , and on the second another slipper . I afterwards discovered some spots of blood on the cellar stairs and side walls . I returned with Mr . Hooper . After he had examined the body I made a further search ,

      and found two spots of blood' on the stairs ; tliere were several bn the left-hand-side wall going down , as if something had rubbed against it . I then searched the lower part of the house to ascertain if I could find any instrument likely to" haveinflicted the wounds , and also if' 1 could find any bread or victuals that had been used that day . AH . that I could find was a small piece of beefsteak and two potatoes , but no bread . There was only the loaf in the front room and the slice on the stairs before mentioned .. Everything in tin lower ' part : of the house appeared in good order . I then proceeded up stairs and found things in the same state . Next morning I found a small quantity of blood . on the door-post on the left-hand side going down the cellar , just below the pitch . Tliere was a red mark on the top of the stairs as if-blood had

      been wiped up , and also on the fourth stair . I lcit JamesGuttoridgo , a policeman , iii charge of the house ; and this morning I received from him a stone with a small quantity of blood on it . ( The stone was here produced by the policeman Guttcridge ; it resembled a pebble-stone somewhat ofthe size of an egg , but flat , and a stain of blood was quite perceptible on it . ) After examining the house I told the prisoner , who was there , nftor cautioning him as to what he said , that it would be my duty to take him into custody , on the charge of wilful murder of his wife . ' He said he knew nothing of it . The proceedings were then adjourned , at the late hour of eleven o ' clock , until Priday at two o ' clock , when other evidence will he brought forward . . Considerable excitementstill prevails in the town , and the inquest room was filled throughout the day . ' - . . " .

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      BANKRUPTS . ,: ( From Friday ' s Gazette , August . Sfk ' fV & i & l ) " Thomas lleeve , Ann ' s-place , Hackney-road , and Castle , street , Long-acre ,- victualler—Constantino Wood , ' - Ryde , Isle of Wight , hotel-keeper—John Winter , Ilatton-gardcn , plate-glass-fiietor — Thomas Taylor , Niclioll ' s-square , Hackney-road ,, wine-merchant—John Marland , jun ., Sun Vale Holler ' - Works ,. Todmorden , Lancashire , roller , maker—John Law and Eli Hudson , Todmorden , . Lancashire , cotton-spinners—Jesse Banning , Liverpool , stationer —John Giles , llendlcss-cross . Worcestershire , victualler—Janies , Leiinett ,. Ncw Mills , Herefordshire , cattle-dealer—John Acton ,. Lichficld , farmer—William Reed Watts ,-Bath , chemist .

      BANKRUPTS . ( From the Gazette of Tuesday , August 12 . ) ^ Charles Allen , Tadley , Hampshire , maltster—Edmund Knyvett . GneatStanmore , music-seller—Johu \ Vakc , Suvorstone . Northamptonshire . timber-merchant—Jaincs Young , Bury St . Edmund ' s ,, tobacconist-Edward Mallan , Brookstreet and Oxford-street , dentist—Matthew Murnhy ; Shrewsbury , haberdasher-George Charles Crofts , Liver , pool , corn-merchant . DECLARATIONS OH DIVIDENDS . J . Brown , Manchester , carpet-dealer , first dividend of 5 s 3 d in the pound , any Wednesday after October 0 , at the office of Mr . l ' ott , Manchester . J . Brown and A . Urquliart , Manchester , carpet-dealers , first dividend of 7 s Gd-in the pound , Wednesdav , August 13 , or any Wednesday after October 5 , at ; the office of Mr . l ' ott , Manchester . W . Ai-mficld , Northampton , draper , final dividend of ls 2 Jd in-the pound , August 12 , 13 , 14 , or 15 , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Colcmau-strcct . G . J , Carter , Hornsey-road , builder , first dividend of 3 s 6 d in the pound , August 12 , 13 , li , and 15 , at the office of Mr . Belcher King ' s Arms-yardColcman-street .

      , , C . Lewis , Bath , innkeeper ,, first dividend of Is Odin the pound ,. Thuvsday , August H , ov any Monday after October 4 , at the office of Mr . Millci :, Bristol . J . Hill , Stroud , Gloucestershire , hatter , first dividend of 2 s Gd in the pound , Thursday , August 1-1 , or any Monday after October 4 , at the office of Mr . Miller , Bristol . J . Willis and J . Swainson , Liverpool , merchants , a fourth dividend of Is 3 d in the pound under the joint cs . fate , and a second dividend of Is 9 d in the pound under the separate estate of J . Willis , Wednesday , August 13 , or any Wednesday after October i , at the office of Mr . l ' ollett , Liverpool .. A . A . Dobbs , Liverpool , wine-merchant , dividend of 20 s . in the pound , Wednesday , August 13 , and any Wednesday after October * , at the office of Mr . PoUelt , Liverpool . B . Uosvlands . l ' wllieli , Carnarvonshire , dealer in wine , second dividend of' 4 d in the pound , anv Thursday , except from August IS until Oct . 4 , at the office of Mr . Cazenove , Liverpwl .

      C . Mottvam and H . Harereaves , Liverpool , wool-brokers , second dividend of lojd in the pound , any Thursday , except from August lS . tmtil Oct . 4 , at the office of Mr . Cazenove , Liverpool . " -11 .. Shepherd , Liverpool , bootmaker , second dividend of ( d in the , pound , any Thursday , except from August IS until Oct . 4 , at the office of Mr . . Cazenove , Liverpool . T . Parr , Liverpool , plumber , second dividend of 2 d in the pound , any Thursday , except from August 18 until Oct . 4 , at the office of Mr . Cazenove , Liverpool . B . Berrill , Liverpool , merchant , final dividend of Cdin the pound , any Thursday , except front August . 38 until Oct . 4 , ut the office of Mr . Cazenove , Liverpool . J . Edwards , Much Woolton , Lancashire , grocer , first dividend of 2 d in the pound , any Thursday , except , from August 18 until Oct . 4 , at the office of Mr . Cazenove , Liverpool . T , Wood , Little Qucen-stveet , llolborn ,. wine-merchant , first dividend of 4 s 9 d in the pound , Saturday next , and three last Saturdays in October , at the office of Mr . Groom , 'Abchuycn-lanc , City .

      J . and A . Emraett , Old Kent-road , dairymen , third and final dividend of ' 2 s lid in the pound , Saturday next , and three last Saturdays in October , at the office of Mr . Groom , Abchut'ch-lauc , City . W . Williams , Goudhuvst , Kent , wheelwright , first ' diviuend of is 3 d in the pound , Saturday next , and three last Saturdays in October , at the office of Mr , Groom , Abchurch-hinc , City . J . Stevens , Ithodcswcll-wharf , Mile-end , wharfinger , second dividend of ljfdinthe pound , Saturday next , and three last Saturdays iu October , at the office of Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane , City . A . Laurier and J . lock , "Wood-street , City , importers of foreign goods , second and final dividend of i'Ad i » the pound , "Wednesday , August 13 , and three last Wednesdays in October , at the office of Mr . Tm-quand , Old Jewry , City . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the

      contrary on the day of meeting . Sept . 2 , D . Mackay , Liverpool , master maviner-Sept . 2 , W . Lloyd , Liverpool , wincmerchant—Sept . 2 , K . Westmore , "West Derby , . Lancashire , joiner—Sept . 5 , J . Lewis , Birmingham , card-manufacturer— Sept . S , W . 11 . Bates , Birmingham ,, factor—Sept . 2 , U . Greenwood , Bradford , Yorkshire , boolibiudcr—Sept .. 2 , T . Harris , 'Newtown , Montgomeryshire , currier—Sept . 2 , J . Brown and A . Urquhart , Manchester , carpet-warehousemen—Sept . - . 2 , E . 1 . Jones and 11 . M . Crosskill , Rochdale , Lancashire , booksellers .

      partnerships dissolved . S . H . and S . Lucas—W . ¥ . Shaw and S . W . BvadnatS :,. Bath , schoolmasters-M ,, J ., and L . Cruse , Little Britain , City , ncwsveiulei's-J . and B . Smith , Manchester , s > cv ,-chants-M , A . Young and E . Kent , Birmingham , milliners . ^ -It ; Green and J . Arrowsmith , Salford , Lancashire , common brewers—H . - Lebenheim and J . Mullar , Hegent , street , dealcvsin wool mosaic tapestry—W . C . Evans . and , r . P . Cleverton , Plymouth , solicitors—T . W . Hidsdalo and M . B . Cooper , Darlington , Durham , mercers—J . and B . Thompson . ' Manchester , hosiers—If Gaden , -W .- 'Ii . ' C ; -and 0 . A . Adey , ; Poole , coal-merchants—It ; Turner and XI . Kirwood , Old Cavendish-street , tailors—I " . Bradbury ,. E . M . and ; S . Sugden , Haslingden , Lancashire , drapers ; as far as regards S . Sugden—J . M . Krosiheim . W . Shepherd , and rVW . Sutton , Earl-stre ' etj Blackfriars , City , patent stereotype-founders ; as far as regards J . M . Kronhehn—S . Gibbon ; J . Muddiman ,: and . J . HenneU , Coventt ^ . rih . bon-manufactwers j as fair ias regards J . Hennell—R . , spooner . 8 na . F , ' Smith , " iGloucester . street , Bnyhain-street , Camden Town , pianoforte-makew- ^ J . ' Barford . -and ;;? . Cox , Wood-street , City ,- dealers in plait . : ..... v «&& s

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 16, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16081845/page/6/