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      Protkciionist Meeting In Cork.—The First...

      Hon . C . Lawless , _3 I . P . _forClonmel , wasthenex speaker . He thought the leaders of the Alliance were the cause ofthe disunion , The rent was announced to be £ 1013 . Obi-Door Relief . —There are no persons now receiving out-door relief in Ireland , under any sealed order of the Poor-law Commissioners although applications for snch orders have been made hy some of the boards . The out-door relief now afforded ( and in a few of tlie more distressed unions Ihe cbimants are still very numerous ) is given untferthc first section ofthe act , which directly empowers boards of guardians to grant relief out of the workhouse , to certain _classes of disabled poor . There is an extraordinary contrast between the northeastern and south-western unions : and the subject Hon . C . Lawless . M . P . for rinnmel . sac fh _. _n .-r

      has excited a good deal of attention since the publication cf the recent pamphlet of Mr . Sharman _O-awford , M . P ., the object of wbich was . to show that , iu the most prosperous districts of Ulster , there is a more dense population , and a more minute sub-division of tbe land , than in the most _impoveriihed and pauperised counties of the south or west . The argument of Mr . Crawford , so far at least as the comparative freedom of the _northeastern counties from pauperism , has received very _Striking corroboration from a statement in the last number of the Downpatrick Recorder , as to the -condition of the workhouse of that union—one of those particularly referred to by the honourable member for Rochdale . Thc Downpatrick union

      workhouse , that journal remarks , was erected to accommodate one thousand paupers , but the inmates at present are only 630 . and there are not five ablebodied men amongst the entire . Thus Downpatrick workhouse is little more than half full , and the rate over the entire union is but llfd . in the pound , including the rate in aid of 6 d ., whilst several of the unions of the south and west are overwhelmed with pauperism and bankruptcy . The Downpatrick L § - corder remarks : — " The entire supp' _-rt of the paupers in the union , salaries and every other charge included , dues not amount to as much as the rate in aid . The ratepayers of this union are therefore contributing more to the support of the paupers in the south and west of Ireland than it takes to maintain their own poor .

      Hon. C. Lawless3i.P. Forclonmelwasthenex...

      _aBtnwwi _WBBMill _December 22 , 1849 . THE _NORTHERN STAK . * _i _1 ! ' 7 ' _^^ _¦^ _mmmni _^ ll _lB _" » _- _^ - _»«~«» - _«^^

      «¦» The Late General Courts-Martial Nott...

      _«¦» THE LATE GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL Nottingham . — Sunday . — Yesterday the sentences on privates Ball , Buttworth , and Knox , tried in this town by general courts-martial on tbe 6 th , 7 th , andSUi ( . f November last , were communicated from Sheffield to _Nottingham , having been officially announced to the prisoners iu tbe former town on the previous day . The unsentenced prisoners were removed to Sheffield at tbe time the several troops exchanged quarters a few days ago . —As it is usual in such cases , the official minutes of each trial were read in the presence ofthe assembled _ttwps . Tbe following is a brief summary of each case . —

      Xo . 7 S 7 , Private Robert Kr . os . charged with bavin ? , on the 14 th of October last , left the Nottingham "Barracks when confined _there'o , and not _ returning Until thc 15 th ; also , as a second offence , with raising his hand , in which was a large stone , against Sergeant-Major Davis , and uttering insubordinate words in a menacing manner . —The _fr-st charge was admitted . To prove the second , Sergt-Major Davis deposed : I was sent in charge of a picket in search ol men , of whom tbe prisoner was one . I went to

      the Gate public-house in _llrewhouse-yarcl , and was endeavouring to secure two of the absentees , when the prisoner and another ran away . My parry gave chase . On going close to them , private Knox turned round ; he raised his hand , in which , to the best of my belief , was a large stooe , and exclaimed . •« Do , you b , " or words to that eff _.-ct , as if in defiance of my securing hiin . I knocked him down with my sword , and broke it . I cut him across the head . Civilians afterwards rescued the prisoner .

      "VVitaesses were called who swore tbat the _sergeantmajor ' s sword was broken during a row that previously occurred in the Gate public-house , and that when he struck Knox it was with a short piece of the broken sword , the prisoner having his back towards _Ihesergeant-majorat the time , and not making use of any menace or expression of defiance whatever . The prisoner ' s age was said to be 26 , bis service two years , aud his character very good . — " Guilty" ofthe first charge ; " not guilty" of the second . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months .

      No . 607 , Private "William Butterworth , for breaking out of barracks at Nottingham , when confined thereto , on the Uth of _Octobi-r , and not returning until brought back by a picket on the 15 th ; and secondly , for insabondination in seizin * the detained Troop _Sergrant-ilajor Davis in the Gate publichouse _whilst two prisonersescaped , saying meanwhile , « ' I will uot hurt you , sergeant-major , but I will hold you , " or words to that effect —Tbe evidence for the prosecution and in favour of the prisoner was verv lengthy . —The prisoner ' s age was described as 23 years , his length of service eight vears , and character indifferent— "Guilty" ofthe first charge , and partially guilty of the second . To be _imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months .

      No . 819 , Private Edward Ball , charged , first , with breaking out of barracks when confined thereto at _^ Nottingham , < n the 14 thof October ; secondly , with escaping from a party by whom he had been captured the same night , and not reluming until the 16 th of thc same month ; thirdly , with using insubordinate language to Sergeant-Mapr Davis on the 14 ib , and saying , "You are no man , _Sergf ant-Major , '" or _words to that effect . —From tbe evidence it seemed that the prisoner was one of those who escaped _from the Gate public-house at the time Sergeant-Major Davis was endeavouring to capture some of the absentees , on the evening they absented thenisrlve * from barracks . On leaving the public-house be went

      a circuit round _Geatoa , and was at Radford , in the vicinity of the barracks , when a second picket observed liin ., aud gave chase . He ran down Derbyroad , and entered Nottingham market-place , when Sergcant-Major Davis and his party met him . Bo h pickets pursued the prisoner up Park-street , when he took refuge in Mr . Shnttleworth ' s passage , which was very dark at tbe time . He was observed to enter by two policemen , who gave information to th < - pursuing pickets , the commanders of which ordered the polic - men to follow , with their _liuhts _turned on . They then entered themselves , followed by their » en , when the prisoner was _observed lying on ihe ground at the tGp of the passage . Lieutenant "Whitby ordered his party to "handcuff him ; "' when the " prisoner exclaimed , " I will uo peaceably , but will die rather

      than be handcuffed . Sergeant-Major Davis cried to bis party , " If he stirs , tut him down ; " and suiting the action to the word , he cut the prisoner _across the head with his swot d , and Corporal _Sturgeas at the same moment thrust the point of his sword into the prisoner ' s mouth . " Then it was , " said the prisoner in his defence , "that I made use of some remark io the effect that they were not using me as a fellow- ? oldier , or as a man . " lie was , however secured , and g iven in charge to a small party , whose vig ilance he eluded at thc l'ark corner , a dark place , and a second time escaprd—not returning __ to the barracks _unt'l two days afterwards . —Tlie prisoner ' s age is 27 years , length of service three years ; _character indilfr _' rent . - " Guilty" of all » he charges . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve caendar months .

      _During the late unhappy troubles , a great proportion of tile men tomposfcg two troops of the 3 rd _Dragon Guards have been punished for insubordination and misconduct in one way or other ; three have been tried by general _cnrts-marlial . . thirteen by district courts , about thirty have been disposed of summarily , two were fined ! y the Nottingham magistrates , and one escaped . Lieutenant-colonel Arthur , to wh _^ se Jl ' _ejral order for confinement of the troops to _barracks the Duke _offrsHingtonhas attributed tbe wide-spread spmt of _insubordination which followed , is under ordersit is « _tat-d in the reg iment , to dispose of his commission bv the 10 th of March next . AU the offenders sentenced to _imprisonment have been removed to the _miiita-y gaol at Weedon .

      A Califorxias Antesiubeh.—A Mr. John Eva...

      A Califorxias _AnTESiuBEH . —A Mr . John Evans of Tctnes left _Teignntouth about two years ago , in thev _'^ om ' of twen " ty-fouryearsof a S . to seek a _rohinie'cial clerk ' s situation in St . John ' s , Newfoundland . It did not suit him , and he got into the United States . Dis Devonshire friends have lost ci „ ht of him ever since , till now , when a letter a _rrives dated from the Gold Region of America , _August 22 , in which he states that he arrived there To-f Tiilv -md in six weeks he was the possessor of _feorSvefpounds weig ht of gold ( worth £ 300 ); he SdI his Liner , working in thc sands of the _Ser could collect three or four ounces daily , winch _^ SS fe worth in civilised countries about % l ? f 6 d per ounce , seems very lucrative labour , w tben it ' inust be remembered that food , c _othing _*& _^ _nVare enormously dear there ; httle or no si

      • 7 " n « _J nndone navsmasbop witn _gom uu sons have got largei sou across some weighing lilos . _^ _- / 7 J V , ; th the _RockP Mountains , and took _^ _J _™ Sb . Be says hemeansto return to England when he has amassed fifty thousand dollars . nuiu

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      The Late Lottattjral Murder Iv Hurley-St...

      THE LATE _LOttATTjRAL MURDER IV HURLEY-STREET . On Saturday , long before the usual period for commencing business at the Marylebone police court , some hundreds of persons _congregated in the vicinity in the hope of seeing the woman , Sarah Drake , who was remanded on the 7 th inst ., upon the heinous charge of having murdered her child , Lewis Drake , aged two years . At half-past twelve thc prisoner was placed at the bar , and , upon thc application of Mr . Herring she was allowed to be seated during the inquiry . She held her handkerchief to her face , and scarcely any one in the court could , from the commencement to the close of the investigation , obtain a si ght of her features . It will be remembered that a box containing the THE T . ATE _UXXATTIRAT . _XlTTunvo TV

      dead body of the child was sent off hy the prisoner from her master ' s ( Mr . Ruth ' s ) house , Xo . 33 , Upper Harky-street , addressed to Mr . Theophilus Burton , her orother-in-law , a blacksmith , residing at Sorth Leverton , Notts , and that from the appearances which the body presented no doubt could exist as to the child having been brutally murdered . An inquest was held by the coroner , and adjourned for the purpose of enabling tho officers to get up the evidence . Mr . Philips , the clerk , read over the depositions taken dowu by bim on the 7 th inst . At intervals the prisoner sobbed intensely , and it was quite apparent that she felt acutely the awful situation in which , from the confession of her guilt that she had made to the searcher , she was placed . The additional evidence taken was as follows :

      Sarah Powell eSamined . —lam housemaid to Mr . Iluth , of 33 , Upper Harley-street , and I remember Wednesday , the 23 th of November . About a quarter to eleven that morning a friend came to see me and , wishing to take her iuto the housekeeper ' s room , I went to the door of it , and found it locked . I called out "" Severmind" to the prisoner , who , 1 believe , was inside , and I did not hear her answer anything . I did not see her go into or out of her room . I saw tha door open in the course of an hour or two afterwards .

      Mrs . Jane _Johxsos was next examined . —She stated that she was the wife of a policeman , residing at Shirley-common , Croydon . In the month of January , 1848 , she was desirous of having a child to nurse , and she applied to a Miss Harrington , who then lived at Chelsea , to do all in her power to recommend her . Shortly after this prisoner was introduced to her by Miss Harrington , and she took the child , which was three months old , with an understanding that sho was to bring it up by hand as if it was her own , and she was to receive 6 s . per week for its support . For the first three montlis witness was paid by the prisoner , and in the course of visits which were ad interim made , she understood from the prisoner that the father of the child

      was a Roman catholic , mid she knew the child by no other name than that of Lewis . She was not then in possession of tbe prisoner ' s name . In June the child became very ill , and she had it baptised iu the name of Lewis . The payments ceased in April of last year , and in February witness saw Mrs . Drake at Shirley-common , where she ( witness ) had removed from Peckham . She then said she would take away th & child and get it into nn institution established at Boulogne . She gave mc a sovereign , and said she would pay the rest as soon as she could . She took the child away then , and I did pot expect to have it returned te me again . I saw her again next day between eleven and twelve at night . I was in bed when she returned . I got up and took tho baby , and the prisoner told me that she had been to a doctor , who told her the child had . got the water on the head , and that it would not live lone , and that

      she had better bring it back to where thc child had always been brought up . She said she would not take it away any more , and that she would do the best for the " child , if I would but keep him again I did not say anything to her then , or at any other time , about her having taken different names . I took the child back again . She then paid me lis . more , in liquidation ofthe old debt , and I told her then I would keep the child for os . a week from that time . I did not see her afterwards until I received a letter on the 27 th of last month , which was dated the 26 th , and which caused me to go to Harley-street on the 28 th . Last August I received from her £ 10 , and she had sent me £ 2 previously to that , which did not pay the whole of thc debt . I do not recollect the amount of the debt then . The last letter referred to was then put in and read , and was to the following effect : —

      " Mrs . Jon >' soj , % —It is with a trembling hand and broken heart I write this letter to you . You will be sorry to hear that 1 have been " obliged to sell the chief part of my clothes to pay my expenses . I avn a poor creature , very weak and ill , and when walking in the Park on Saturday for the benefit of the air , I accident " } ' met with Mrs . , whom I knew when I was living in a family at Manchester , and she told me she would take " me with her to Madrid . I hope to see you before I go . I shall not write to you , for they are all strangers to me here , and I do not wish " them to know my address . Tou say I ara not true to the child . I hope you will never have the trouble I have bad about him . 1 bave suffered greatly on his account , and I do not _" isb you to get more for him than I could pay

      for . it wm taRe me some time to pay what already owe . My wages are not £ 15 a year , and I am not able to bring him up respectably . It is not in my power to do anything more for him than 1 have done . I wish him to go to the parish , and if I return I will do all I can for him . If I die , all my things shall be sold , and the money sent to you , but you must say it was money borrowed from you , for if the truth was known , my parents would curse me in my grave . If I had not douc this [ accepted , we suppose , the alleged offer to go to Spain , ] I must have been starved to death . If I am spared you shall hear from me in a few months ; it may be six or twelve months before I return to England . If I leave , it will be about six o ' clock this evening . I hope you are all well . God bless you . "Yourssincerely , * S . Diukk . "

      The witness Johnson said the letter was dated " 22 , Edward-street . Dorset-square , Nov . 26 th , ISiO . "—Mr . Long : When did you receive it ?—Witness - . —The next day , the 27 th , and I went on it to 22 , Edward-street , and from information I got there I went to Upper Harley-street , but did not know the number ofthe house . I went to Nos . 24 and 25 , and several other houses , but did not find Jlrs . Drake that night . On the next day—Nov . 28 —[ this is the day on which the child is supposed to have been murdered , ] I went again , and found the prisoner at > o . 33 , Upper Harley-street . I saw her there , aud had the child with me . I saw her in her room , and there was no one present but ourselves . She said she did not know when she was

      going abroad , and that the family had put it off until April or May next . I said , " Mrs . Drake , do not say that ; for you had never any intention of going to Spain . " She then asked me if I would have anything to eat , and I told her no ; and she then said she thought the child was very much better than when she last saw him . I said he was quite well , and a hearty little fellow . I told her I must not take him home any move , for it was thc second time she had deceived me ; for when she went into the country she said she was going to the Isle of Man , when iii reality she was going to _Nottinghamshire . She then asked me to take the child back for a week or so , until she could get some one to take care of him . I tcld her no , that mv husband

      said I was to leave the child with her and not bring him back again . The sum of £ 9 10 s . was due to me at this time , She then came to the area door _n-ith mc without the child , whose hat and things she had taken off before I left the room . At the door I told her my husband would take out a summons _against her for the money . I went up the area steps , and when I got to the top of them she called me back again , and said " How much is it I owe V i answered " £ 010 s . " I then went away , leaving the child with ber ; and I saw no more of her until the following Friday ( the 30 th ultimo , ) when I went to the house in Harley-street again . She had written tome in tbe meantime , and she asked me if I had received her letter , and I said " Xo ; but that

      no doubt my husband _wrndd receive it that day at two o clock . " I brought the child ' s things , and told her there was a note and a bill in the parcel with them . She said " Very well , I will read them by and by . " She said she had got the child out ol the house , without anybody knowing it , to a friend of hers , who would lend her money as far as tbe debt went . When I got home I found a letter from her . —The letter was " produced , and the substance of its contents is as follows : — " Mrs . Johnson , 1 have got a friend who will lend me the money to pay you the first week iu January . My friend ' s money is out , and I cannot pay you before . 1 have none of my own until I have earned it . If yon summon mc I cannot pay it , and I do not kuow what advantage it will be to you to cause me to lose my character . Providence has so provided for me from the

      that I have concealed everything person in this house , and I hope you will not expose me . —S . Drake , Harley-street , _Jfov . 29 . "—Examination of the witness resumed—I have had no further communication with the prisoner after that . I went down last Saturday morning to _XorthLcverton , and saw the child there dead . I am sure it was the efuhf I had been bringing up . —The witness then indentified the clothes found in the box as those worn by the child when living . Evidence was next g iven as to the receipt of the box by prisoner ' s brother-in-law , Jlr . T . Burton ( before referred to ;) the said box was fully and comp letely sworn to as being that wbich was sent from Mr . Hutu ' s house by the prisoner for conveyance into the country by the London and _Xorth Western Railway . _¦<¦

      Mr . _Fkaxcis _Blabo examined—I am a surgeon , and reside at South Leverton , and have been in practice since the year 1 S 30 . I was called in to examine the body of tho child , and I was examined as a witness atthe coroner ' s inquest held on Bat the Royal Oak , North Beverton , on the 3 rd inst . It was the bodv ofa male child , from 18 months to two rears < _$ _» as I judged from its appearance . It

      The Late Lottattjral Murder Iv Hurley-St...

      seemed to have heen dead only- a very short time ; not longer than a week , perhaps not so long . On viewing the child I observed great redness , amounting to lividness , of the face and forehead , and particularly of the eyelids , which were swollen . The tongue was compressed between thc teeth , the hands clenched , and the nails blue . I observed a bruise on the loft side of the forehead , and there was also a bruise on the lower part ofthe left ear . By the direction of Mr . Falkner , the coroner , I opened the head , and on turning hack the scalp , I discovered extensive bruises corresponding with those I observed on the outside of the left part of the head . —Mr . Long : Were they such bruises as might have been inflicted by blows or violence ?—ZZIiTITZ 7 T ~ , ~ , '

      . Mr . Wagg : les , hy a blunt instrument . —I should say by something obtuse . On removing the scull , I discovered corresponding marks on tho _membrances of the brain and on turning back the duna matter I found a considerable quantity of extravasated blood on the left hemisphere of the brain . I also found extravasated blood iu the ventricles of the brain , and at the baso of the skull . The brain generall y was congested . I then opened the body and took out thc stomach , and found in it about half a pint of fluid resembling gruel . I also found several portions of undigested meat . It appeared lo have been cured or salt meat . The stomach was perfectly healthy , as were all the abdominal viscera . I then onened tho chestand

      , found the right lung completely collapsed . The left lung , with thc exception of the lower part , was in the same state , and I found there a very small _Quantity Of air . I ought to have said that there was a handkerchief tied twice round the neck of the C ' * _£ i ? of the liallmierchicf appeared to he tight . There was a mark round the neck , and abraised skin by the side of it , and also considerable ecchymosis in the situation of the mark . Violence would have produced the effects I discovered in the brain , and in my opinion they could not he produced except by external violence , and such violence , in my judgment , was sufficient to cause death . —Mr . Long : Did the appearance of the neck indicate such a degree of pressure on it as must have produced death ?—Mr . Blagg : Yes . sir , and led me to suppose that the child had been hanged oi strangled in addition to receiving the blows . I am of opinion tbat death was caused b y one or the other of them , or by both together . Sergeant _WniTcnER said that on the Cth instant

      , accompanied by Superintendent Kinler , he went to Harley-street . and on searching the house found three white linen aprons , marked "S Drake , " in black ink , and numbered " 16 , 18 , 24 . " He had compared them with the apron found in the box , by constable Smith , and they corresponded in name , make , and texture . He had received a bunch of keys from the prisoner , one of which unlocked the box in which the dead child had been found . Mart Axx Wigxell identified the box as tbe one she had brought down . It was the only one tlie prisoner had unpacked when she came to her place . This witness also identified the wrapper . Mr . IlEnmxo , who , in the present stage of the proceedings , deemed it unnecessary to put many questions to either of tho witnesses , applied for a remand , principally with the view of having an opportunity of perusing tbe whole of the letters to which allusion had been made .

      Mr . Loxg saw no objection to this course , and remanded the prisoner till _Satusday ( this day . ) Sarah Drake is the eldest daughter ofa respectable cottager , named Thomas Drake , of North Leverton , at which place she was born in August , 1813 . Her father and mother _; ire stiil living , but the latter is blind . She was the eldest of four children , three daughters ( one of whom is dead ) , and a son . Having received a scanty _education in the village , she was sent out to service , and for some time _w-. s in the employ of ths late S . Kay , of _Sutton-cum-Lound , at the period when he was murdered , on the 27 th of December , 1832 . Shortly afterwards she lived in the

      family of John Walker , Esq ., of _Lound : but after having , in order to avoid a prosecution , signed a _p-sper acknowledging herself to be culpable , she was discharged in disgrace . We next find her in the service of the Rev . John Mickle , vicar of Suuth Lcvcrton , and soon afterwards in tliat of Mr . F . Blagg , surgeon . In the year 1836 she left Leverton , under the pretence of taking a situation at Manchester , and was absent for several years , during which time her friends were in total ignorance as to whether she was living or dead . During her absence she has said that she was in the East and West Indies , and certainly passed part of the time on the Continent .

      On thc 2 Cih of December , 1841 , an inquest was held by Mr . Falkland , coroner for Nottingham , on the body of a uew-born male child , which had been sent from Eu-ton-square Station , London , to Nottingham , thence per Queen coach to Ketford , and by carrier to North Leverton . directed— " Mr . T . Burton , North Leverton , near Retford , Nottinghamshire . " This circumstance , at the time , excited considerable interest , and many were the surmises as to whence such a present could be sent , and for what particular purpose . After a post mortem examination ofthe remains , _however , the surgeon _tave

      it as his opinion that the child had not been born alive , and also , from various appearances he believed ihe nio : her had delivered herself . The jury _consequently brought in a _general verdict— "That the child was sent , but it did not appear by whom , and that whether it was alive before , at or after its birth , to them was unknown . ' ' Alter th ' s investigation the body was interred , and the gossip whieh it had excited scon died away ; and had not the recent despatch of another dead child " lefreshed the memory of the past , " and i ointed in a similar direction , it would not have been thought necessary to notice the circumstance .

      A few months after the burial of the child in question , Sarah Drake riturned to Levenon , but only stayed a short time . In 184 S she visited her father and mother for the second time , and remained with them for nine or ten months : and it is b' -lieved that she would have continued to do so , ha 1 not her poor old mother been continually teasing her about the other' dead child with which she had previously troubled them . Soon after her first visit to Retford she went to live as servant with Mrs . Ram ay , of Tosmore House , near Bicester , Oxfordshire , in 1845 , with whom she remained until July , 1 S 47 , when she left that lady on account of being enceinte by , _asshe said , a person of the name of Lewis , or Luis , a Frenchman , who was butler in the same family , and

      after whom the unfortunate child received ite Christian name . The child was born on the Oth cf _October , 1846 , but by whom it was nursed until Mrs . Johnson received it in January , 1818 , there are now no means of ascertaining . Soon afterwards Sarah Drake was known to be in the keepimj of an officer in the army at Chatham : but they not agreeing lone _, she then took a _ntuati' _-n in the establishment of Lady Ann Gore Langton . On her leaving that lady she was well recommended to Mrs . Huth , in whose service she was when apprehended . After the examination of the wretched woman , Sarah Drake , Mr . Herring , her solicitor , made application to . \' r . Long for all the property belonging to his client to be _eiven up , in order that sufficient funds might be _raised for efficiently _carrj ing on the defence . The magistrates acquiesced in the request , and Superinten _d ent Kinder , of the Nottingham

      constabulary , Landed over to Air . Herring a gold watch and about a pound ' s woi 111 of silver , which were found in the posses-ion ofthe prisoner when searched by Mrs Bridge , « t the Marylebonc-lane station-house . Sergeant Whicher , of the Detective Police , also _ftave un to the learned gentleman the kt-ys of tlie prisoner ' s boxes , which were then at Mr . Hiith ' s ( her late master ' s ) house . Shor . ly after Mr . Long had made the order alluded to , Mr * . Johnson , the female who had had the charge of the murdered child , nnd to whom many pounds are still due for the care which she took of it , spoke to Whitcher upon the matter of the debt , and on the matter being made known lo the ma . istrate , he _thought it right that a portion of what belonged to the * prisoner , and which was still in her boxes , should be kept back for the benefit of Mrs . Johnson , whose peculiar position in tbe melancholy affair entitled her to much commisseration and

      sympathy . On Tuesday Mr . Herring , who was not aware that the _magistrate had altered his decision in the first instan e given , entered the court and addressed Mr . _Longinrefe-. encetotUe insufficiency of the means afforded him for defending bis client , at the same time stating that the worth of what had been given up to him did not exceed £ o or £ 6 . Ser eeant Whitcher came to the court and held a communication with Mr . Herring , who ascertained from him that the boxes containing the prisoner s clothing , & c ., had been taken away by lum ( the sergeant ) from Mr . Iluth ' s premises , and that in Ins opinion a sufficient sura mig ht be realised to compensate Mrs . Johnson , and also to furnish the ac-The

      cused with the means necessary for her defence . solicitor gave this information to tlie magistrate , ara said thathe had made an arrangement with Whitcher to meet him in Scotland-yard , when the boxes which were there would be opened , and the contents thereof carefully examined . Mr . Long said he was glad to hear the _adaption cf a course of which he entirely approved had been _agreed upon . Mr . Herring said that he bad examined the whole of the letters produced on the last inquiry , and had selected two wliich he considered to be of much importance , but it was not his intention to cross-examine Mrs . Johnson with regard to ihem , as ke ( Mr . Long ) hadno d _; _ubt made up his mind to send the prisoner before a jury . Mr . Herring thanked the magistrate for his attention , and then wuhdrew .

      Max Drowsed Is Bed.—Last Week A Sailor, ...

      Max Drowsed is Bed . —Last week a sailor , named W . Lathom , on board the sloop Turner , ly in « - on Duddon Sands , took out a plug in the vessel ' s bottom , in order to allow the leakage water to escape . He neglected to replace thc plug , and went to bed . As the tide rose , the vessel filled with water , and drowned the poor fellow in bis bed . Mr . Garcia is appointed Solicitor-General at Trinidad ,

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      " 5 ? 0 RK . _rr M o _^ " _¦ n ' _MrjROEB .-Bcnjamin George Heald , 24 , was charged with tho wili ' ul murder of William Ileald and Elizabeth Heald , at Knottinslev , on the 13 th of July last-Mr . Blanshard _aiufMir . _Boothby were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Overend defended the prisoner . The grand jury ignored the bill against the prisoner , who was now placed upon his trial on the coroner ' s inquisition . — It appeared that the prisoner , nnd his father , mother , and brother , and the two deceased , who were the children ofthe prisoner ' s brother , resided together at Knottinglcy , near Pontefract . Two or three months _previous * to the commission of tho offence the prisoner met with an accident to his spine , whilst he was at work , and the consequence

      was that he was prevented from _following his daily occupation for several weeks . One of the results of the injury was that the prisoner ' s mind became much depressed , but he so far recovered as to be able to resume his work , and he got engaged upon a line of railway . At this employment he remained for some time , but the work being too hard for him , the injury he had previousl y received to bis spine was much increased , and he was again compelled to £ i _r ° work * IIis ramt ' ' s more imparcd than before ; he gavo utterance to expressions of fear of being thrown upon the parish , and evidently " _* _""d _Ngns of insanity . On the 13 th of July , whilst tho father of the tivo deceased was absent _, the prisoner went with the children into thc garden , situated at a short distance from the house In a

      ittle time he returned to his mother , whom ho had left in the nous ? , and said thatthe children still remained m the garden . His mother said that he should have brought them into the house , and his reply was , "ihave killed them both , as I thought it better to do so than let them pine to death . " Ills mother was much agitated at what she heard , and exclaimed , "Oh Benjamin , you surely haven ' t , " and the prisoner ' s answer was , " Yes , I have ; we are going to bo sold un to-morrow , and that was the reason I killed them . " There was an entire absence of motive for theact , as the prisoner had nlwavs s town the most extremo kindness and affection for the two children . Mr . Wi ghtman , the surgeon , who attended the prisoner when he was confined owing to the spino being injured , itave instructions

      to the family to keep their eves upon him , as ho was not fit to be trusted , his mind being affected _, and he might do himself an injury . The little bov and girl wore found dead in the garden ; their heads dreadfully boaten , death must have been effected with a thick piece of wood . The jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty , " on the ground of insanity ; and the prisoner was then removed . Cuiiino axd "Wounding . —John Crycr was indicted for having , at Gargravc , on tbe 19 th of Oct . last , feloniously cut and wounded William Beecvoft _, with intent to murder him . —It appeared that the prosecutor , who is only sixteen years of aire , resides with his two sisters and two brothers at Gargrave , the prisoner living next door . About seven o'clock

      on the 19 th of October , as the prosecutor and his sister were returning from work at tho mill , where they were employed , thc prosecutor observed that his shoe was untied , and as he was stooping down to tie it , the prisoner having an axe in his hand , rushed out of his house in a great fury and struck the prosecutor a violent blow on tho side of the head , with tho ed ge ofthe axe . This rendered him insensible , and on being conveyed homo a surgeon was sent for , who dressed tho wound , wliich was of a serious and dangerous character , having made a fissure in tho skull . It was endeavoured to be shown that constant quarrels had taken place between tho two families . —Verdict " Guilty . " —Sentence of death recorded .

      _Abmimstbki . yg Pt'iso . _v . —Richard Cliidelay _, was indicted for having , at Leeds , on the 15 th of September last , administered to Ruth Horslield , a child of the age of ten _mwiths , two _cocoulus indicus berries , with intent to kill and murder . —It appeared from the evidence of a youiis ; woman named Mary Iioi'ifiejd , that she resided with her father , who was a printer , at llolbeck , near Leeds The prisoner had courted ier for some time , and the result of an illicit intercourse had been tbe child to whom the prisoner wm _accitS'd of a _d ministering poison . The child was ten ni _> iiths old in September last , nnd had been unwell from cholera in August : on the 8 _; h of the _following month , ( September , ) die prisoner came to the house of Mai y IIor .-neld ' s father , where she resided with the child ; thu mother left the

      Iv use for the purpose nf going a few doors off _afier a bonnet , leaving the prisoner alone with the child . When she returned , in About t _« n _vninwtes _, she found it unwell from vo idling , which , upon taking it up , fill upon her dress , the baby ' s frock , and likewise upon a cloth with wliich she wiped its mouth . The next day the child had recovered . But a few days afterwards ( the 15 th of September ) the prisoner was again at the house , and the mother , having occasion to go to her aunt ' s , a few doors off , left the prisoner alone with thc infant again ; whon she returned in about ten minutes she found the infant sick , and its mouth bloody , and taking it up in her arms , she

      said , "Oh , my bairn ; " and then the prisoner said , "What ' s the matter r—I've done nothing to it . " Slier , plied , " Yon have . " The child th-n vomited ; and what appeared to be a pill fell frcm its mouth , which afterwards turned out to be u _cocculus indicus beny . She picked it up , when tho prisoner tried to take it out of her hand , but she prevcn'ed him , and sdd she would show it to Dr . Scott . The prisoner _h-fc the house , aud the next morning it was discovered that thc child had _evacuated uno her cocculus indicus beny . —The jury retired for about twenty minutes , and returned , _blinking in a verdict of" Guiltv . _"—Sentence deferred .

      Violent _Outiiack ox a Lady . —Edward James Perks , 27 , and John Taylor , 20 , were indicted for having , on the 17 th of September , at Iluddorsfic'd _, feloniously assaulted Mrs . Ellen Bradley . Thc prosecutrix , Mrs . Ellen Bradley , is a widow lady , with two children , residing at _Glcdhiil-tciraco , Huddersfield . On tho 17 th of September _tast , she spent the nay with her brother , Mr . Edwin Jowett , of Springstreet , and returned homo about tea in the evening . Indouigsoshehnd to pass a place called SpringAVood . On going along this place she was accosted by two men , who seized her from behind , and threw her on to tho _railw . iv embankment . At this moment

      footsteps were heard , and thc men left her . Prosecutrix cried out for help , whereupon the prisoners came up , having with them a large brown dog . Mrs . Bradley exclaimed , " If yon arc men , help me ! " Taylor replied , " I'll soon show theo the help I'll give thee , " and proceeded to tako off her bonnet and shawl . She cried cut " murder , " and then Taylor placed his hand over hor mouth , and swore with an oath that " he would despatch her soul if she cried out again . " The men then proceeded in the most brutal manner to perpetrate the violence charged against them in the indictment . After the prisoners had effected their pin-pose , prosecutrix implored her brutal assailants to spare her life fov the sake of her children . To this Taylor replied that he would have some money , and the two then

      took hev forward to a light , when Taylor made use of a very indjeent expression and repeated his former violence , and called on his companion to follow his cxampK Taylor then searched her bag , but finding nothing but some stockings he gave her them back , at the same time using a most awful imprecation . He swore lie would have some money or else ho would have her life , and sho said , "if ho ivould only spare her life and go with hev homo , she would find him monny and also meat and drink . " Taylor asked whore she lived , and having considerable presence of mind , she misled him on this point . Ue agreed to go with her , and she conducted him towards her brother ' s house . "When tbey got opposite to this house , Taylor began to have misgivings , and _ohsovvins ; there was n , \\ % \\ i in the bouse , he

      said , with an oath , that " prosecutrix was a liar , that sho was going to deceive him , and if she did deceive him , he would stick a knife through her heart in a minute . " Having got close 4 o the door , she told him he must release " her right arm , or she could sot open the door . He did release her , and she succeeded in getting hold of thc handle of tho door , but finding the lock fast she cried out " Murder , " which brought her brother to the window , and then Taylor released tho unfortunate woman altogether , and mado his escape . Steps were immediately taken which led to thc apprehension of both thc prisoners very shortly . Taylor was found under the bed in his father ' s house , and Porks was apprehended at his lodgings iu Manchester-road . As to the question of identity , the prosecutrix made

      no doubt about the prisoners being thc men , for , in addition to thc night being starlight , and the length of timo thev were with her , they each during that time addressed the other by his name . The jury fonnd Loth ( he prison- rs guilty , and a previous conviction of felony was proved against Taylor . _Ifis lordshi p sentenced thc prisoners to be severally transported for the term of their natural lives . AU . KGED Attempt to Poison . — John Laverack , 20 , and Hannah Laverack _, 21 , were _charged with having , on the 1 st of _November last , at Arinin _, feloniously mixed white arsenic in a certain quantity often , and administered thc same to Abraham Laverack and Hannah his wife , with intent to poisen them . —Jlr . Overend stated the case . The _prosecutor and his wife , Abraham and Hannah Laverack ,

      were labouring people , and lived at Avmin , near Goole . The male prisoner was son to the prosecutor , and the female prisoner was his daughter-inlaw , and they both resided with tho old people m the same house , On tlie 1 st of November last , about six o ' clock in the evening , tbe prosecutor and his wife , who had been engaged at field labour during tho day , returned home and took tea . The female prisoner was in thc house , and before her father and mother-in-law came homo she had prepared the tea . The prosecutor and his wife drank their tea , and very shortly afterwards thoy became violently sick , and the suggestion on thc part of the prosecution was that poison had been put into the tea-pot by tho female prisoner , at the instigation of her husband , the other prisoner . —Verdict , " "Sot Guilty . "

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      _~ _^^^^^* ***** H _**'" — ' _*»* ' ¦¦ g < _wigMt _»>» _Mjgwwai _^ _wawMwi l | lll m tt ALI . EOKD Co . VCEAUIHXI OF C'HtfcD-BIRTII at _Houbury . _—l'hnina Craven , a well-dressed and highly respectable-looking young lady , was indicted that , on the Gth of August last , at Horbury _, sho was delivered of a male child ; and her father , Edward Craven who was a retired tradesman , was charged that he , knowing that his daughter had been so delivered of a child , endeavoured to conceal its birth . There were other counts in tbe indictment , charging both the defendants with having endeavoured to conceal tho birth . After evidence had been given , the jury returned a verdict of "Acquittal , ' and the defendants were at once liberated . . - _^ z = _^^^^ _T _^ . M - _^ - _'' _¦' _' _^« - «

      Alleged Mo / idbr at Xoimr Uifmlky . —George _Watson , 20 , was charged with the wilful murder of _THlliam Brown , on the 23 rd of August last , at _Aorth Bierley , It appeared that the prisoner and several other men were drinking at a beer-house on the 23 rd of August last , when a quarrel took place , in tho course of which the prisoner stabbed the deceased with _a'knife . The latter fell to the ground , arid , when taken up , ho was found io have eleven wounds on his body . On the 23 th of the same month he died , and it was proved in ovidence that his death was caused _ly the severe wounds he had received . Verdict , " Guilty of manslaualiter , " sentence , twenty years' transportation .

      LIVEUPOOL . Child McnDEn _. —Mary Ann Pago , aired 27 , was charged with the wilful murder of an " illegitimate male child , at Manchester . —About the 0 th or 7 th of August , the prisoner went to the house of a poison named Phillips , at _Chorlton-cum-Hardy , near Manchester . On the 4 th of September , not appearing in good health , she requested Mrs . Phillips to go to a person at Banktop _, in Manchester , to purchase her some herb tea . Mrs . Phillips went , but , on her return , was alarmed at some appearances , and suspected the piisoner was in the family way . The prisoner denied it , but Mrs . Phillips indignantly called upon her to leave the house . The prisoner begged to be allowed to remain over night , and hor request was granted . Twice during thc night the prisoner was observed to go to the yard , and to stay there for a considerable _poviod . At half-past five

      , tho prisoner rose , went to the back vard , and again remained for a considerable timo . * Shortly after this , she asked a son of Mrs . Phillips to get her a pair of scissors , and went up stairs . The hoy laid them on the stairs . Mrs . Phillips found , them there , and asked the prisoner what she wanted with tliem . To cut a knot in my _st-. ys was thc reply . Mrs . Phillips was alarmed from the position in which the prisoner was sitting , and called in a neighbour , Mrs . Silgrim . The prisoner denied that sho had been delivered ; but the room was searched , and in a Urge bandbox the body ofa newborn child was found . The prisoner owned to a _pohi'pman who was brought that thc child was hcr ' s The jury found thc prisoner " Guilty" of the minor charge , acquitting her of tho graver charge of murder . His lordship sentenced her to imprisonment with hard labour for two months .

      Manslaughter . — Francis Harrison , aged 25 , and Joseph Harrison , aged 18 , ( brothers ) , were indicted for having killed and slain Michael Shorrock , at Over Darwen , on tho 12 th of November last . Verdict , "Guilty ; " but the jury recommended the prisoners to mercy . Sentence , six months' imprisonment each with hard labour . Poaching . —James Llovd , John Taylor , William Boscoe , James _M'lntyi-e , William Walker , William Tether , and Thomas Seddon , wevo indicted for night poaching at Altcar , on the estates ofthe Earl of Sefton It appeared that on thc night in _qucsa person named Warner a gamekeeper to the Earl of Sefton was with a number of his assistants , watching on the land in question , hidden near the corner of a field in the occu pation of Warner . After being thero some time , they saw several men come into tho field , and they remained a short period

      talking together . Two of the men remained at the gate , and tho others proceeded through the field . They had a dog with them , which was hunting in the field . On Warner and his assistants rushing towards them he was . struck with a bludgeon by Soddon , nnd it was seen that several of the others were armed fin the same way . Warner succeeded in securing Lloyd , and a struggle took place between thc other poachers anil ' the gamekeeper , ivhich resulted in the capture of tho whole ofthe prisoners . —His Lordship having summed up , the jury , after some deliberation , said they thought tho prisoners were on the land with thc intention of taking game , but they were not satisfied that they were armed with offensive weapons . —His Lordship said that the latter ingredient was necessary to constitute the offence alleged , and the prisoners were acquitted . This concluded the business of the assize .

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      Thc December sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday morning , before tho flight lion , the Lord Mayor , the Common Sergeant , Aldermen Hunter , Finnis _, nnd Car / Jen ; the Sheriffs , Messrs . Lawrence ami _Nicoll ; tho Under Sheriffs , Messrs . Millard and Wire ; and the usual city officers . —Tlie calendar contains the names of 100 prisoners for trial at the present session . Ciiahof . or _Coxsr-iiucY . — Thomas Barnard M'Carthy , 44 , George M'Carthy , a young lad , his son , James Grady , CI , and _Geoi-go Grout , 33 , surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment , charging them with unlawfully conspiring together to _(" _elYiuid 1 lewy Bavv of certain goods and chattels . Tho defendants were acquitted . _RomiKitv hy a Discharged _Sehvaxt . —Alfred Lipscombc , 17 , was charged with stealing twentyseven sovereigns , the monies of Cornelius Phillip ' s . —It appeared that the prisoner had formerly been

      m the service of the prosecutor , who is an upholsterer at Islington , but had recently boon discharged . On the evening of the day mentioned in thc indictment , Mrs . Phillips , the wife of tho prosecutor , hearing a noise in the bedroom , went there , accompanied by hev servant maid , and on the latter looking under the bed the prisoner was discovered concealed . An alarm was given , and ho rushed out and made his escape , and it was soon afterwards ascertained tliat an escritoire in the bed room had beon broken open , and tho amount mentioned stolen therefrom . Tho prisoner was taken into custody the same night , but none of the money was recovered . —The prisoner in his defence asserted that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity , and declared that he was innocent of tho offence with which he was charged . —The jury returned a verdict of "Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for one vear .

      Emiiezzi . kme . vt by a Clerk . —Samuel Marlow Phillip , 29 , a your . g man of gentlemanly appearance , pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling money belonging to his employers . —Mr . Bodkin , who appeared for the prosecution , said he was instructed to recommend the prisoner to thc merciful consideration ef the . court . —Mr . Clarkson , who was instructed to defend the prisoner , said , that as he observed by the indictment , there was a charge against him of having been previously convicted of felony , ho thought ic his duty to inform ibe court that " if ' tecn years ago lie was ' so convicted , and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment . Since that period He had been abroad ; and , ho was informed , had entirely retrieved bis character by his

      conduct , and ho had served with honour for some time in tho American army , llo had returned to tiiis country , and obtained respectable employment ; but , having recently married , a temporary pressure , aiis ' mg from that change in his position , had induced him to make use of " his employer ' s money , iu the hope that ho would have been enabled io _repl-ico it , in which , however , bo was disappointed . Under these circumstances , he trusted tlie court would think it was a caso in whieh the prisoner might have another chance afforded him of becoming * a respectable member of _society . —Thc Common Sergeant said the sentence he w ; is about to pass was a very lenient one , considering the character of tho offence , and lie hoped it might satisfy the justice

      of thc case , without operating as a bad example . The prisoner hid been recommended to mercy by the prosecutor , and he appeared to have boi ne a good character for a long period , and under these circumstances ho should only sentence him to be imprisoned anil kept to hard labour ' . ov four months . Ma . yslaughtei ! iii- Staiiiiixo . — William llickcy _, 28 , labourer , was indicted for the manslaughter of _U'illiam M'Carthy , by stabbing him with a knife . It Appeared that _ow the Gth of June , the prisoner and the deceased quarrelled and fought , and upon the former getting the worst off in tbe struggle , he was observed to draw a knife from his pocket , and to stab the deceased in the left side , and ho then ran away and succeeded in making his escape . Tho deceased was taken to the University Hospital , where he remained for three weeks , and was then

      discbarsed , apparently cured , llo subsequently enlisted into tho army , and soon afterwards he was found to ho suffering from some disease of tho lungs , nnd he died on the 12 th Nov . Tho surgeons who were examined stated the immediate cause of death was an abscess in the lungs , but they , at the same time , expressed a confident opinion that this abscess was the result ofthe wound that had been originally inflicted bv tho prisoner . —The jury found tho prisoner " Guilty . "—The Common Sergeant , in p : issiii » _- sentence , said that the un-English practice of using the knife must be repressed by severe punishments . There was no end of such cases in every calendar , and he considered thev were a disgrace to the countrv ; mid , as far as he was concerned , he was determined to put a stop to them . He then sentenced the prisoner to bo _transported for seven years .

      _Murdkuous Assault and _ItoiiBEnv . —Johanna Brown , 21 , a tall masculine Irishwoman , and Margaret Forbes , 18 , were indicted for the capital offence of robbery upon William Williams , the indictment alleging that at tho time of the robbery the prisoners cut and wounded the pvosccutcv . It appeared that the prosecutor met Brown m _Westminster , and accompanied hor to a notorious brothel in Castle-court , where they were joined by the other woman , and upon bis refusal to comply

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      with tlieir demand for money , they made a most murderous attack upon Uiiu with a poker , and cut his head open and inflicted severe injury upon him , and at the same timo robbed bim of : i half-crown and some other monev . —The jury found both prisoners " Guilty . "—The Common Sergeant said it was a very serious offence , and he had no alternative but to order judgment of death to be recorded against tliem . —the prisoner Brown upon hearing tin ' s began to bellow most stoutly , and us she left the dock she shrieked out , " Oh , " shall I be hung ? Am I going to bo hung ?"—Judgment of death was recorded .

      I " . \ inmLEMEXT . —John Bartholomew , 2 fl , pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling divers suro . 3 of momiy , the property of Daniel Pratt , his master . — The prosecutor , who is thc proprietor ofthe British Banner newspaper , recommended tho prisoner to the merciful consideration of tho court on account of his previous good character . —The Common Sergeant sentenced him to he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for ono year . A _Scouxhrel Detected . — W . Tarbuck , 23 , tallow-chandler , was indicted for feloniously with mon . inces demanding of William Russell the sum of £ 2 , with intent to steal the same . —The prisoner a tall effeminate looking man of dissipated appearance , in a mincing tone pleaded "Not guilty . "—

      The prosecutor , who is in the service of Messrs . Lewis and _Allenby , the silk mercers of Regentstreet , stated at about nine o ' clock in the evening of the Sth of this month , as he was returning home from Knightsbridge , lie had occasion to enter a place of public convenience , where he saw the prisoner , who spoke to him . Prosecutor instantly left , and walked away , intending to cross the park ; but finding himself followed by the prisoner , he turned round with the intention of getting into the main road again , when the prisoner camo up , and catching hold of him in a most improper manner said , " You are a gentleman , and must give me

      £ 2 . Witness tried to get away , and called forthe police , when two officers came up , and he at once stated the charge , when the prisoner threatened to give lum in custody fov indecontly assaulting him . —The constable who took thc charge said he had seen thc prisoner for some long time hanging about the secluded parts of thc park . When searched at the station , a small packet of rouge -was found in his pocket , a duplicate , and a few pence . —The jury immediately found the prisoner * ' Guilty . " — The prisoner , who said he could bring a clergyman to speak to his former good character , was ordered to bo brought up on a future day to receive judgment .

      THE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE AT CIHSWICK . _IVunxESDAY . —U . B . Monkhouse , 28 , described as a mariner , was indicted for feloniously shooting at John Farmer Monkhouse , with intent to murder him . In other counts his intent was laid to be to do grievous boaily harm . Mr . Bodkin prosecuted , and Mr . Ballantine defended the prisoner . The learned counsel for tho prosecution having briefly opened the case tho following evidence was adduced :

      IV 11 . LUM Axdeiiton deposed that ho was a cabdriver , and on the 4 th of October ho was engaged bjr the prisoner , in the Minories , to go to _ChiswiciX and witness agreed to tako him there for 14 s . At this time the prisoner appeared as though he had been drinking , and before they started they had some liquor together . On tho road to Chiswick tbey stopp _3 d at several public-houses , and witness and the prisoner had drink at all of them , except the Black Lion , which was the last house they stopped at . When they arrived at Chiswick the prisoner directed him to stop at tho house of the prosecutor . It was t hen about ten o ' clock at , night , and quite dark . The prisoner , when he pulled un , told him to ring the bell and ask for Mr .

      Monkhouse , and say that a gentleman wished to speak to him . Witness did so , and the servant shut the gam and went in . She returned in a minute or two and said the gentleman must send in his name , and the prisoner then said he would go himself , and forced bis way into tho garden . Very soon afterwards witness heard the report of fire-arms , and in a minute or two the prisoner swaggered out ofthe gate and mounted tho box of the cab , and told liim to go to the top ofthe lane . Witness asked him about ihe repeat of the fire-arms , and he said it was not there . He then pulled up at a public-house and demanded his fare , and tho prisoner said that if he drove him to the Bell , at Ealing , he would give

      him a sovereign , and witness agreed to do so -, and as they were going along tbe prisoner rolled about a good deal , and witness told bim to mind that he did not fall ( iff . When they arrived at the Bell the prisoner invited him to di i . ik again , and they both had a glass of brandy . The prisoner then wished him to drive him to his brother ' s house , which he said was up a Line close hy , and ho drove according to his direction , and they rang the bell at one of the houses in the lane , but received no answer , and witness drove back again to the Bell , whero the prisoner asked tho landlord to give him a soverei gn , but he refused , and at this time a policeman came up and the piisoner waa given into custody .

      Kliz . _ibbth Bathes , servant to thc prosecutor , confirmed thc evidence of the last witness with regard to the conduct of the prisoner in rushing past her towards the house , and said that as he passed her he exclaimed , "lam a Monkhouse , and I'll speak to him . " She looked towards the house , and saw thc prisoner standing in front of her master , who was on thchal ! -: < tcps , and at the same moment she saw a flash , and heard the report of a pistol and just as her master was falling there was a second report . The prisoner was standing close by the prosecutor at this time , and after he had firca ho turned round and came towards her , and as he passed her he said , " There , " and he went away , and she saw no more of him . The prosecutor at

      this time was crawling upon his hands and knees towards the footpath . Mr . J . V . Mosihiousb snid : The prisoner is my second son . I have five children by a first marriage , and ono by a second . I remember a ringing at the bell of my house on the night ofthe 4 th October , and after my servant had brought me a message , tho prisoner rushed up to mo and shot me . _JCot a word passed between us before it happened . I he _.-ird the reports , butldid not sec the weapons with which he shot at me . One of the shots took effect in my throat , and I fell to the ground immediately . I did not hear the prisoner say anything except that he was a Monkhouse . I had seen the prisoner about a week before , when he came to my house , when I told him lie should not remain there . We

      were not exactly upon good terms . The prisoner is a sailor , in the merchant service . I myself hare served in the royal navy , but left it in 1810 . The prisoner was first apprenticed to thc sea . He is now twenty-eight years of age . —Ily Mr . _ttallaiitim ; : The prisoner ' s ' mother died in _1 S 31 , and I believe the disease of which she died was brain fever . Four othersofher children besides the prisoner were alive when she died . The _prisoucrwasboumiapprcnticcto learn the sea , but I don ' t know what they made of him . Since he has been out of his apprenticeship , I believe the prisoner has been to " sea . as a common sailor . I don ' t know where the prisoner went upon his last voyage , lie was away a year and a half . I was never a common sailor myself , llefore lie

      was apprenticed the prisoner was at a young gentleman ' s school at _liammersnikh . His mother was a _gentlewoman , but 1 believe she had no fortune . Upon the occasion I have referred to , the prisoner wanted to sleep at my house , and lor curiam reasons I refused to allow him . —Ky the Coutt : The reason I refused to allow him to sleep was , that I thought he ought to hare sent mo an apology for his conduct prior to bis going to sea the last time , —Uy Mr . Bodkin : 1 he prisoner was between sixteen and seventeen when he was apprenticed . My first wife had only a small fortune . I derive the property I am nownossessedof from my grandfather . _IIexky IIeksks , " a police constable , deposed to apprehending the prisoner at the Bell , at Haling ,

      about twelve o ' clock at nig ht on the 4 th of _Octobsr . Witness asked him if bis name was _Monkhmisc , nnd he said it was not . lie then told him he suspected be was thc man he wanted , and he must take him . to the station-house , lie was then taken to tho police station , llo appeared to have been drinking n great deal . When he was searched a pistol , with the barrel separate from the stock , several bullets , which fitted tho pistol , and a small quantity of gunpowder and some percussion caps , were found upon him . O / i the Sunday following witness went to Ealing and received another pistol and sonic gunpowder from the landlord of the 15 cll . They were fellow-pistols , and both had percussion locks . As ha was taking the prisoner to the station-house , he said that if he had a pistol lis would blow his brains

      out . Mr . Williams , the landlord of the Roll , deposed that when the piisoner cunie to bis house on the night in question he produced two _pbtols , and laid them on thc tabic with some gunpowder , and witness took them up and put them in a drawer , ile afterwards saw one ofthe pistols in the prisoner a hand , and directly afterwards he was taken into custody . Witness subsequently delivered the second pistol to the officer . Thc prisoner appeared to be very much excited , and walked wildly abBft the room .

      Mr . T . W . Perfect , a surgeon , residing at Hammersmith , deposed that he was called upon to attend tho prosecutor on the night of tbe 4 th of October . He was suffering from tbe effects of a gun-shot wound , faint and trembling , and he expsc _* teil he would die almost immediately . Mrs . Monkhouse and the servant were holding a bason to his mouth , from which a quantity of blood issued . He undid the collar of his shirt , and found a gun-shdfc wound , with a large blaokened surface , upon the throat . The ball appeared to have entered immediately in front of the neck , and thc stiffening ofthe stock appeared to have bad the effect of diverting its course into the cavity of the throat , and then upwards , where it must hayc touched thc base of-the skull , or some other hard substance in t _* w hea _^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22121849/page/7/