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      _rhrcEMBEB 27 , 1845 . D _,-, THE : NORTHERN ; S : _T-A R . » 1

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      ' , < Kna I will war , at least' * Tords , i _ 4 _ -snouldiny chant * so happen—deeds , } ( v _^& a ll who war with Thought <» t _iliiHV I he" a litUe bird > _wh 0 sings Thepeop le bjand by will he the stronger . "—Biaojr .

      PRUSSIA UNMASKED . The following is the remainder of the article ex-* pied from "Douglas Jen-old ' s Magazine , " the - _^ _t portion of which appeared in the Star of Saturda _y las * —" t _* ninth letter displays the weatness of Prussia from thin This is chiefly apparent iu the various nation _, _^ es and religions . The author concludes that the _^' . fitjl ciiv and Old Prussia are the only portions of the _^ _k kingdom that feel any attachment tothe ting or , _i . _-ove rnment . The tenth letter is about the most extraordinary _comirion _] , j way of a letter that was ever penned , Mast-has It embodies a prose Comedy , under the title of _"'" ' airy Tale _5 an Interlu < le" _ffe subjoin the dramatis a - « _i » -i _* e as in the original ( with a translation ) , lest tlie r _^ iish reader should he tempted to imagine that same _Kierarv joke was in the wind , not- authorised by the _nrii ' uish

      dramatis _rarasoxs . n _> r Kaiser von China—The Emperor of China . _Sin-iania , teraittvxte Kaiser ' m _vonDeidscldand—Germania _lio wager Empress of Genaany . _rioria ihre Tochier , aus verschiedenen Elttbiinden— Gloria , J r daughter , the fruit of several marriages . ir 5 _* _£ « n » ited . Dr ., _kaiserlichdMesisclterLewnudiais— -Dr . Vi ' ustlein , Imperial Chinese Physician . _jjsrrol izeiminister—The ilinister of Police . PerK _ritgsminister— The _Minister at War . EmE idhornchen— A Sqiurrel . _"Hicigny , St aaisree } itslelirer—Shla . _-ngny , State-lawyer . _^ _taHMhil , _StooJstheo ' . og—Stutenthal , State-theologian . j . inu * _. Staatspubliclst— Janus , State-politician . fft -i . rS . ier _Altteutsri , Staatspatrioten—fhe two brothers Oia-Gcrman , 5 ta- _* e . yatriot 5 . _ThMveidma , _i-totij ) Mtot - _* i'i-Bonaventura ,

      State-philosopher . Phantasus , Hofrath and Staatsdramaturg—Vhantasus , ' _iolie-coanseUor and Siau-critio of the Drama . Hariri , _Staaisrcimlerikon—llanrh State-rhyuiin _-die-KM _^ we . Professor ton ? Stoats-turner—Climbing-pole , Professor of Siate-syninasties . CAtwIier Geor _ge—id . Don Fernando— ' _Xi _. Don Emanud—Id . Bin _uajx _& tischer Professor—An unpolitical Professor . _FhieOimof _^ _MitcherNaMmaAeTA Cosmopolitan

      "Watchman . Ein Kind— A Child . _Zi « i Gdsteritimmen —Two Ghost-voioes . Einc Gespcmlerstimme—A Hobgoblin-voice , _Euie _I'qiesche—A . Despatch . _Eciensteher Nante—Xante , a Corner-stander . CI , ordcr H' fiingc and Mandarinen—Chorus of Courtiers an J Mandarins . "Place of Action . —The Imperial Chinese Court at _Ptldn . " Time . —Cannot rig htly he ascertained , a 3 Chinese chronology is known te he a ver * _jonfused thing . " To this extraordinary and double-meaning Dramatis Persona : the author does not give his readers any key : ftrtuately , however , we happen to know pretty certainly nearly every party intended to be thus put in action , and shall accordingly proceed at ouce to attach the right names to the various characters .

      KEY TO THE DBASIiTIS PXESON . _E . Tlie Emperor of China—Frederick William IV ., King of _Prussia . Germania , _Dowser Empress of Germany— 'Ihe German _Xation . Gloria , her daughter ; the fruit of several marriages—N & - tionalFame . Dr . WZs & _ehi , Iapertcd _Oinese Physician—This must he the celebrated J ) r . Sthonlein , who is a sort of court wit , besides being the King ' s Physician . A Squirrel—This is the Minister of Public Instruction . His real name is Squirrel ( Eiehhoni ) . Sklavigny , _Slate-lau : _yer—liis evidently meantfor the great lawyer , Savigny . SlutenthaL _State-thcoZoauzn—This _n-at he Hengstenherg ,

      a mystic theologian and hypocrite . Jama , _State-politician—ThisisIMons . Uuber , author of a work on the English Universities , the system of which he strongly recommends to be substituted for the free University of Germany . He edits a periodical called "Janus , " with a motto , to the effect that it is his serious object to point out tha _rLjht path to the Paradise of Despotism ! The tiro _orotters _074-Gennan , - _Stafe-jxitriofi—The wellknown brothers vrimni , who left Gottingsn in a quarrel with the late King of Hanover , refusing to submit to his despotism . They are famous for researches in the early German literature and language . Bonaventura , _State-philosopher—Svhelling , of course . _J'hant-J _& _ts , AuUc-wunsellor and Siate-critie of the _Dramaludwis Tieck . One of his novels is entitled

      "Phantasns . The Chevalier George—George Herwegb , a Swiss poet and liberal—exiled . Hon Fernando—Ferdinand Freiligrath , the celebrated lyric poet and liberal—esil _*« l . Don Emanuel—Emanuel Geibel , a theological state-poet and hypocrite . A Child—Bettina Brentaao , the well-known correspondent of Goethe . The rest—and it will be observed that they are not tctv material—we do not feel sure about ; in some cases each may he several , as they "fit" several .

      The plot of this political comedy 13 slight _enoagn . Germania introduces her daughter Gloria to tlie imperial court of Pekiii { Berlin ) , with a view to a matrimonial alliance with his Celestial Majesty . The young lady desires to be made acquainted with all the principal officers and others who may hecome her subjects . Philosophers , statesmen , poets , lawyers , theologians , and others are accordingly presented to hsr . ( This gives the author opportunity of leveV . _ing some of his hardest blows at certain heads . ) After a long conversation with the _state-p' Hosopher , Bonaventura , Gloria observes , that all she has really understood is the fact that the speaker , whom she had at first mistook for a philosopher , is a poor old woman ! His Majesty expressing himself < li « - _nleased _withPon _Pa-nando , the lyric poet , the Minister

      of Public Instruction , Squirrel , displays the greatest anxiety io _brin- ; him a _bettsr poet , and accordingly presents to him "John Strakwits : " ( This , of course , must he a hit at Johannes Minckwitz , who is rather a translator _flianapoct , and _chitfiy of Greek dramas into German . ) Bv these means—the least artist-like , it must be allowed -like author contrives to bring in his heterogeneous heap of aramzlis persona :. The _caststrophe of the whole comed y , however is simply brought about by the discovery , niaae hv Gloria , of the hypocrisy , meanness , weakness , scheming , cruelty , and falsehood , which lurks in every corner of his _Celestial Majesty ' s court ; and shi accordingly rejects his hand , and lea ves him for ever . This , as a political catastrophe , is strong and effective enough . The comedy is , of course , not to be judged by _erthelessthere

      the laws of the . _icttng drama . _Xer , are a few instances where a little more skill in construction might have _besn used with advantage . Should 1 . be asked bv the _Englith dramatist , or lover of the acted drama , as a mere matter of curiosity , hoiv the author contrives to " work" certain of his dramatis persona , such as the two s _fcost-rolces , _*« Cosmopolitan _Watehman tl . c Despatch ! & c , he may be assured thatrt is accomplished in tie vers freest and easiest manner , and as a German _Wdalways do in similar cases _**** _% «* never brings them upon the scene at all . H <> did tot _toowwhatto do with them , and _thererore very properly _Sdnotallowthemto appear . S * l , he pem . _^ 1 them _toremain among his dramatis pcasona _: because they had _nroauced in that position a certain cti .: ct npon the _imagination of his readers . Was _woWen sie haben ! and

      The question now is . how iiir is all this exposure _aenuncration founded on facts ! From all he could see , ami hear , and learn , and read , aud witness m anyway , the "Englishmanin Prussia" declares ids owu conviction to he , that it « all founded on farts—rod facts of common occurrence . The general statement and suinmarv of the case is this :-Everything ia Prussia is done to Please Russia , which thus ruins Priusia ; and Prussia in its turn , destroys all the smaller German States , such as _Wurteniberg , Bavaria , Hanover , ih 3 Duchy of _Nassau , Oldenburg , _Saxeweimar , & c . Bad as Austria is , she is Stter than Prussia . There is in Austria , if not more svstem in evil doing , at least an open system . There , despotism is a recognised thing : there , you _^ know what _thereabout . Men are aware iu Austria of what _hang 0 over their heads upon all occasions of freedom , whether

      in act , word , or _triththe pen . In Prussia nobody can be sure of any thing-except a spy , and a falsehood . The Presidents of provinces tell falsehoods—so do the ministers- a false face is put upon things , aud one authority lies to the other . The spy-system is regularly organised in Prussia . Even the _proffesors of the _umversities ar , -watehea ana _controUed by secret orders , of which they are _themselves ignorant . Secret books are kept of the conduct and op inions of everybody of any consequencebureaucrats , soldiers , professors , leading men m towns Ac . ; and one bureaucrat spies over auotner ; so that sometimes their accounts cross , and hy an accidental _conting-ncv _. two " authorities" suddenly discover what each reports of the other ! The climax of all these secrets is the code of secret laws between the three despots of the Continent , for the maintenance of slavery

      among the people . The pablie feeling _throne-out Prussia is , for the most part , dissatisfied , and will , soonc-or later , and not at a distant period , display itself emcientiy _throagnout the whole of Ehemsh Prussia . The outbreak will most probably begin in Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle , sunu ! - taneousiy . The _Gernans are dreamers , undoubtedly ; and let all wise , practical men , whoso much _te _" efit / _j- many « f their dreams , respect their visions and noble abstractions ; but the Germans can awake . They tciE have the long-promised constitution and popular _repressntatiop - and if Frederick William the Fourth canntt shortly make up his mind to give it to the peoplea * people _icM _asmrculi take the business out of tite ting ' s hands .

      Karl Heinzen took refuge at first ia Belgium . A si . bscri ptioa has been Eade i ; Cologne for his wife s nd _fiunil y , Ferdinand Freiligrath , the patriotic poet , was recently in possession of a pension from the king ; bu

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      ™ , nV !'?¦ _- ed ex Vressi o ™ having been uttered " iu S _^^^^^^^ _W _^ ral opinions were changing toih _, _frujts of court favour , he instantly published recent volume of poems , entitled " Ein Glauben ! _Bckeutws (< A Profession of Faith' ) , " aud _rested hi _pensum This volume , however , contained thiu ° which rendered hiin unable to remain i „ Prussia , and he IC . cordmgly tookflight . auden _^ _ed hi mself forhi _suppoS Zr _^ _nT ?«•« _«**«« .- - believe iu Tm ourgh . He has since _bt-en joined bv Karl Heinzen and they are gone together to Switzerland , und _« sSeS _XorT-P aS _' r _? 6 _UW ° ' The — of 5 author of "Prussia Unmasked , " as he himself conceal , it , we do not , ot course think it _rk-ht to mention .

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      THE HORRIBLE 1 MURDERS ON BOARD THE " TORY . " FINAL EXAMINATION AXD COMMITTAL OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONS . _theSinT _^ _f _^ ' _^ S * ° hnstone . the captain of the ship Tory , lor the murder of R-. unbert , Reason , and Mars , and also for cutting and wounding the crew , was resumed on Tuesday , at the Thames Police-court , at _halfpasr twelve o ' clock . The Court was , as usual , filled uith parties eager to see the prisoner , and listen to the roolting paniculars of this most evtraordinary case , while a considerable crowd was collected outside . Mr-. Humphries , as before , watched the case for the prisoner ; Mr . Hayward , clerk to Mr . Maule , solicitor to the Treasury , appeared for the prosecution . The prisoner , on being brought into the dock , had to be assisted b y the officers in attendance , and appeared very depressed .

      Mr . Hayward said he proposed to call some additional evidence to the cases already taken . He had some to oiler in the first case , but that he would leave just then , and go into the second , the death of Reason , to which he would add a little . Though three witnesses had been examined respecting that death , one , Barry Yelverton , was in the cabin at the time . That witness he now proposed to call . Barry Yelverton was then called , ana Baid—I was in the cabin at the time when Reason was called down . I saw the captain stab him with a bayonet . He expired about five minutes after . The captain stabbed him twice on the left breast . The captain eiclaimed at the time , "Here ' s the saw that slew the vine before the battle of Bannockbnra . "' This was a saying of hu which he often used . While the captain was pitching Reason about , before stabbing him , the latter cried , "Spare uir ! Spare me ! " I was in the cabin all the time . The _CAptain had been drinking all the day .

      Mr . _Brodei-i 2 i—Bid tha captain appear to drink much during the voyage ? "Witness—Not till these transactions occurred . Henry James Stephens , a boy of 14 years of age , was nest examined—He said I am the son of Mrs . Thompson , who was a pasenger in the Tory . I recollect the Tory arriving at Fayal . But I cannot tell the date . I went ashore there with the captain . This was before anything happened to Reason and Mnrs . The captain said hewould kiU all the crew when he got onboard . Hesaid this when we were going up stairs at the English Consul ' s . I returned with the captain on board , and immediately after he cut Band Johnson with the cutlass on the back , and about the head . He said a . little while after

      he would clear all the boats crew fore and aft . He had drank a bottle of wiue with tbe English Consul ' s daughter . On going ou board the ship , hesaid , "Here I come like seven bells half struck , " The harbour-master came on board after the captain , and remained a short time . After he left the captain called out for his _pistol aud sword . They were brought by James Glover . He then struck Mars with the edge of the sword . Mars was standing by the gangway at the time . Mars was saying uor doing nothing . He had a lantern , and was assisting the things ou hoard . I hiard no threatening expressions , nor any gestures of tlie Mud among the crew . The next morning I saw Mars covered all over with blond . TIwbp _dn-. s after Mars and Reason

      were dead . They were in good health _bifore these occurrences . William Beresford deposed—I was called on to attend and feed Mars three or four days before his death . He was on the main hatch iu double irons ail the time , with a large shackle round his neck . He was all covered with blood , He had several cms about his head , his upper lip was nearly cut off , aud hung over his moath . I had to lift it up to put the bread in his mouth . It was soaked bread I gave him . Respecting his death , I saw hiin hauled up out of the cabin with ropes . He was very near dead at the time , and died about a quarter of an hour after . There was a rope put round his waist , but I do not know whether they squeezed him or not .

      Barry Yelverton recalled , and examined respecting the depositions of the men " taken on board concerning the deaths of Reason and Mars . I signed those depositions at the order of the captain . I refused at first , but the captain said , if " we refused he would cut our hearts out , aud make us sign them with enr heart ' s blood . " ( A general thrill of horror pervaded the court at this statement . ) I think Speuce aud Julien were present when that expression was used . This was said after Mars ' s death . It was used by the captain several times . It was in consequence of that threat that I signed the depositions . Julien Cordiavello , examined on the same point , said—I signed _soiae papers , but I aon't know what they were about , audi did it by force . The captain said , "You must sign it , and if you do not I will kill you . " It was in ' _onseouence of the threat that I _sumed .

      win . Ban ( the cook ) said ; I signed my name to some papers relative to the death of Mars and Reason . 1 signed three or four times . They were read over tome by _Spencar in the presence of tlie captain , whilst I was in the cabin . We were required to sign the paper . French and some of the crew would not sign them with a pen , and the captain said he'd cut tlieir hearts out and make them sign them with their heart ' s blood . I only heard him say it once . 'Twas in consequence of thut I signed the papers . I _signed three or four papers at one time . Mr . John Lavies , surgeon of the Westminster House of _Correction , saw several of the crew of the Tory on th « night of their arrival , and produced a memorandum made the following morning . He saw Nelson , Gair , and Burton on the night they were committed to prison , on the evening of the 17 th of November . St-itp tlinir condition .

      "Witness : They were scarcely nurnan in appearance . They were dirty ' their hair much dishevelled , and tlieir _wouudi had not been dressed or washed apparently for some days . Next morning I maae a particular examination of all the men , Nclson , Gair , and Burton were ' put into the infirmary by my order next morning . Andrew Nelson , who I believe is a Norwegian , had an incisod wound on the scalp , and extensive burns on the neck and several wounds . Gair had several wounds over the scalp , on the face and body . Mr . Broderip : How many do you think altogether ! Eight or nine . His head was completely scarred , but they all healed quickly , not exhibiting much violence , nor was the bone cut . Mr . Broderip-. You spoke of a cut across the face . Was it severe 3—No , it was like tbe rest .

      Mr . Lavies : —Burton had some slight wounds and the marks of gunpowder , besides some wounds of long standing . The witness then proceeded to read from a paper a statement of the condition of the men , and a description of the various wounds which tht-y had received . The paper was written by his own son _. butat witness ' sdictation , tlie day after ho examined the men . Some of the wounas as describea were cuts , and others punctured wounds . Thompson had a double wound on the scalp forming the figure ofthe letter Y . Curtis had a variety ofwouuds , as , also , had Johnson . They did not , however , in any instance , seem to have been indicted with great violence , Uone received a severe aud extensive wound .

      Mr . Broderip : Whon you say there was not much violence , your opinion would of course be influenced by the circumstance of the men being covered or bare headed . Mr . Lavies : Most certainly , sir . I attended the captaiii when he came to the prison , and found an apparently punctured wound on the back part of his right leg . It was healing , but inflammation had set in , whicli has since become extensive . It extended . round the wound . There was extensive suppuration affecting the whole leg aud thi K h . He has been very iU . I suspect there was had habit of body , and there _wus , besides , much depression . There was no sign of delirium tremens , nor any symptoms to show that he had recently been addicted to di'iuking . Mr . William Clapp , another surgeon , was then examined : He stated that he was second _surgeen of the _Braianoujht , and a man numea Josepk Morris was placed under his care on tlie 12 th of last November . He had a wound on the outside of the right thigh , on the lower part .

      Mr . Broderip : A gun-shot wound?—Apparently . It was four inches in length and about one in depth . It was a penetrating wound , entering the fore part ofthe thigh , and passing out _behind . There was a similar wound , but smaller , on the calf of the leg . They might both have been inflicted at the same time , as both corresponded . Alexander Sinclair , the carpenter , wa 3 then called and examined : The ship was quiet and as usual until we arrived off the island of Ascension , somewhat about the 23 rd of _SeptemberrWe wcre short of water and provisions there . A pint of water per day per man was allowed for six or seven days . The full allowance is a gallon a-day . Several of the crew were dissatisfied and grumbled . It was remarked we could have got more water at the last place we touched . There had been no disturbance that I am aware of up to that time . I cannot tell the date when we spoke to the Erench barque , but it was about four of fiv _* AscensionRambert

      days after passing the parallel of . jumped overboard the third day after we spoke to the _French barque . We got w _^ er from her , same provisions , and a cask of wine . The captain found fault with the matefor the boat being damaged . The mate said it he bad no : a wife and faaiily he'd jump overboard . I did not hear hi > i then rrake _rtftrvnee to the conduct of the captain . I heard Yelverton , that night , tell the captain thathe heard Reason say if the captain would not make the Island of Ascensionin themorning _, heS _* vould be no more Cat . t Johnstone . Yelverton told this to the captain after we stoke to the French barque . The captain called the first mate , in reference to Yelverton's information , and sold him he had heard there were intentions amongst the cr _. w : giinst him . Rambert said he did not know cf any . The captain then ordered Rambert , Mars , myself , and the three boys to take arms , which we did . It was ' . bout nine o ' clock at night . One watch va ; asleep bl . w consisting of about eight men and a boy , J he

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      other watch was on deck doing duty , and all orderly ; as far as I know , up to this time . I _heaiu no more of any mutiny , more than what Yelverton said . The captain told us they had sharpened thtir knives to take his life . He meant the crew . I had seen nothing of tho kind myself . The captain , when we were armed , ordered us to follow _lnui on deck , and when there directed the watch to be called from below . Reason , Cone , and Lee were amongst them . All hands were then ou deck . The captain hrst charged Reason and Cone , and Leo next . He charged them with having sharpened their knives to take his hfe . They denied having done so . He called all the crew then , and asked if he had behaved unkindly to them . They said no , he had not . They all denied , as tar I know , having had anyintention of _doinghim injurv . lie then cut Reason , Cone , and Lee , with a cutlass . Reason was cut severely , and all three were cut and _wound-rd .

      Bid they stand still ?—No , they ran about the deck to try and avoia him , but he followed them about , cutting at them . By the captain's orders I put Reason , Cone , and Lee , in double irons . They . were all bleeding . Nothing was done to then- wounds . It was my duty as carpenter to put them in irons . They remained in irons three days . On the Second of these nights I heard the captaiii charge Rambert with being unfaithful in not _reportiugwbat be knew ofthe circumstances as to the men havingintentions against him . Rambertsecmed to allow that he knew something , but had no notion they intended to do the captain harm , or he'd have told liim . I heard

      no more on that occasion . The mate was several times in conversation with the captain for two or three hours . I was afterwards sent to call the mate to the cabin . I observed tho chief mate with three or four men bufore him and one behind running off thepoop . The man behind him was Curtis , who was the only one I could discern . He swung something like a piece of wood over his head as he walked forward . From the size I toul _, t for a hand-spike . I told the mate the captaiii wanted him , and he said he was afraid to go lest the captain would kill him . I persuaded him to go , and he went . I did not go with him ; but saw him soon after , the captaiii following . It was between three and four o ' clock in the morning , and dark at the time . The mate had nothing in hU hand . The captain had a drawn sword and pistols . He told me to put Ramhert in irons , and I ordered him to sit down , whieh he did , and I put him in irons . The mate was bleeding from a wound behind the left ear , which he got from the captain whilst I put him in irons .

      Mr . Broderip ; With what was the wound inflicted ?—I believe by a stroke of the pistol . I soon after took him out of irons , by the captain ' s orders , and shifted him to the main hatchway , where I again put hiin in irons . After which the captain came to me in the poop . Frencli was with me . French told the captain the crew had been stationed round the companion with bolts and bars , with some intentions upon the captain as he came up , and that the mate seized him ( French ) by the collar , saying , "D—n you , come along . " The captain then ordered me to set the mate at liberty , and asked him if he had been armed to take his life . I did not hear him answer . I must have heard , unless it were given in a very low tone . Ho struck with the sword at the mate , who escaped by running , whilst the captain pursued with a drawn sword . Rambert got abaft the main rigging , This was about daybreak . The mats jumped overboard . She master was not far behind with a drawn sword . The mate was bleeding . I was on the poop at the opposite side , about twenty-four feet from him , He did not ( five three huzzas , as entered in the log-book ,

      Peter Curtis , an able seaman on board the Tory , was then called and examined for the first time . He said : I was forward when the mate jumped overboard . About two hours before he did so he came to me and Burton . He was all cut about the head and face . He told Burton to go aft , and make the cabin fast , or the captain would murder all hands . I took an iron belayii'g-pin , and went aft . Mr . Broderip : Had Rambert been wounded then ?—He had . sir . Mr . Broderip : Was he bleeding ?—He was . Mr . Broderip : Where did the blood flow from !

      Witness : From his face aud his head . I went aft as far as the break of the poop . French told me not to be foolish , nnd we went forward again , I cannot say how many went aft , None of the others had hand spikes . 'Twas in the night . Cone and Lee were in irons in the main top , and Reason in the mizen , with anchor shackles on their necks . I had seen the three of them nil covered with blood . I saw French follow Rambert with a loaded pistol and threaten to shoot him if he did not go aft to the captain , who was in the break of the poop . French had also a bayonet . The captain threatened to take French's life if he did not bring the mate aft . Rambert wentai _'* - * nd the captain cut him several tiroes on the

      head with the cutlass and butt-end of the pistol . He was put in irons , and again let out . I saw him run round the deck a , d the captain after him with a cutlass . The mate ran aft and jumped overboard . I had not before then told the captain that the mate wished to seize the ship . I never heard any intention , on the part of the mate , to take the ship to America , only what I heard the captain say . The reason for seizing the captain was , that all hands were cut to pieces aed profusely in blood , by the captain going about the deck pricking them with bayonets and cutting them with a cutlass , It was proposed to seize him for our own protection . There was no attempt to do so but the one , and we gave it up the moment French told us not to be foolish .

      WiUiam Bevesfovd was then examiued , and stated that the captain called him to the cabin on arriving in the channel , but before the pilot came on board , and gave him two cuts on the head and one on the wrist . He asked me why I had given up my arms when I was walking centry . He told Spence . to go out of the cabin , as he did not want any . one to _witnsss the sou of a —Vs death . He then made me kiss the sole of his foot . Peter Curtis stated that after the pilot came on board , the captain cut him that night in several places abouj the head and body . It was iu the cabin , and almost nil hands were in the cabin at the _sams time ou their knees . French , Julien , and Bun , brought me down . I was stowed away the best part of the night , whilst _thi-y were looking for me with lanterns . I went under the longboat _, because the captain said he wjuld have my life ,

      Franklin Neekar = aid : I was called to the cabin on the 7 th of November , and the captain ordered me on my knees , telling me to stop there a few minutes . He called French , and told him to fire as long as the powder lasted , He fired at Burton and at nie also in tho face . French stood right _alongside me , and the captaiii stood before me witli the cutlass over my head . When next I ivas called to the cabin , the captain cried out , "Mutiny ! to arms ! There was no mutiny . The lights were' blown out , and French caught ine by tlie collar , saying , " litre you are , you son of a ; " aud struck me on the head with a pistol , of which place I have the sear now . The captain was present , and sung out , " He ' s my prisoner , put him in irons . " James Blackden , a German , said , the day after the pilot left us we were ordered to the cabin , and tlie captain told us to go on our knees . He struck me with the flat of the cutlass over the shoulders twice , and said , " You have all to die to-night . I'll have your lives . "

      John Alleiidson ( a SweeJ ) , hitherto called Allison in the depositions , said the captain cut me in the ear and head with a sword after our arrival iu the channel . I was on deck at the time helping to put the ship about . I believe it was before the pilot came aboard . Mr . Hayward said , this closed ths case on the part of the prosecution . Mr . Broderip then solemnly addressing the prisoner , amidst the most perfect stillness , asked if he had anything to say . The prisoner , under tbe direction of his solicitor , was silent .

      Mr . Broderip : Prisoner at the bar , it is now my duty to send j ou to take your trial at the next session ofthe Central Criminal Court for the wilful murder of Thomas Reason ; also for the wilful murder of William Mars , and also for the wilful murder of WiUiam Rambert . I have , moreover , to commit you to take your trial on the charge of feloniously wounding Stephen Cone , Thomas Lee , Bavid Johnson , Thomas Gair , Joseph Ruelau ( . Morris ) , William Burton , Robert Thompson , Andrew Nelson , William Bercsford , and Peter Curtis . The prisoner was removed from the bar in a very feeble _finnditinn .

      The Free Hospital. On Tuesday The Adjour...

      THE FREE HOSPITAL . On Tuesday the adjourned _impies' . upon Susannah Stephens , was resumed hy Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Lion , Gray's-inn-road . It will be recollected that about a month ago , two young girls , labouring under pulmonary disease , in the last stage , came up from Windsor , and applied for admission into the Royal Free Hospital , which was refused them , as the beds were completely occupied . They then obtained shelter in the Lion , but the elder girl , named Erie , aged twenty-two , died at liTe o ' clock the following morning , aud the other , the subject of the present inquiry , who was only eighteen years of age , died in the Holborn Union Workhouse last Friday week . The case excited general sympathy . The inquest-room wan crowded yesterday , and amongst the gentlemen present were Mr . _Pritchai u , high bailiff ol Southwark ; the Iter . Dr . Worthington , the Rev . Mr . Packenham , & c .

      An attorney , attended by Mr . Wingrove Cook , the barrister , attended on the part ofthe hospital . Hannah Fisher , nurse in the Holborn Workhouse , examined : Deceased was brought into the workhouse on the 20 th ult ., suffering from weakness and cough . She had wines , broths , and other stimulants . She was sensible the whole time , and was anxious to recover . She dica last Friday week . She told witness that she came from Wiudsor to be admitted into the Free Hospital , and that she and her deceased companion applied for admission the previous morning . They were kept in a cold room , in whieh there was a sink , and the floor of which was stone , for two hours before a doctor saw them , who told them that there was no room for them . As it was raiiiihz they could not go out , and were almost

      pushedfrom the gate . They asked the porter for same food , aud he got them what he called broth and bread . The broth was nothing but salt and water , the porter informed them tbat it was against the rules to give them food . While they were standing in the porch at the hospital gate , two other women were brought in and received . They were desired to go to Bar tholemcw ' _s Hospital , but were unable to do so . They had only 2 s . 3 d . when they left Windsor , of which they paid 2 s . to the waggoner , and _uind 3 d . for coffee . After being refused admission to tho hospital , they were afforded food and shelter by the landlady of the Sun , where the other died . Br . _Marsdon said that 300 men wcre daily relieved by the hospitrj , and that from Finsbury alone they had annually 20 , 000 patients who got relief .

      The Free Hospital. On Tuesday The Adjour...

      Coroner . - If that was proved to the satisfaction of th . inhabitants * of Finsbury , they would willingly subscribe " 0 , 000 annuall y towards the hospital . Mr . White , _surgeon to the workhouse , proved the _deceased died of a pulmonary disease , and condemned the conduct of the medical officers of the hospital towards deceased . Mr » . Tiffen , landlady of the Lion , reiterated the evidence given by her on the inquest on the girl Gil , and corroborated the evidence ofthe last witness , adding that when they entered her house they had death in their eyes . Mrs . Byrnes , the landlady of the Calthorpe Arms , " adjoining the hospital , stated that after they had left the hospit 1 they came to her house , and that Vrom their ap pearance she was convinced they were dying . She gave thein food , and Is . ( _id . ' to procure a bed , Margaret Triguno , her housemaid , confirmed her testimnnv .

      V illiam Evans , assistant relieving officer to the City Ol London Union , and his son , deposed that three females from / the Pcckham Workhouse , labouring under a certain disease , were admitted from the workhouse to the hospital ou the day the two decased persons were rejected , the latter were offered to be conveyed thence to l ' eckhnm Workhouse , of which they refused to avail themselves , stating that they had enough of workhouses , and that it was an hospital , not a workhouse they wanted . _ Mr . Thwaites , relieving officer of the City of London Union , said that during the year between 40 , 000 and 50 , 000 casual poor were relieved by it , and that many were sent to the Free Hospital during the year for medical and surgical assistance .

      The porter of the hospital , Mr . Cook , the assistant surgeon , and Alice Warner , the cook of the institution , gave evidence contradicting the statements of deceased . The Rev . Br . Woriliington , ehaplaiu to the hospital , baring been sworn , _charged the coroner with unvaried hostili ty against the hospital , and designated him a - partial judge , " when The Coroner _thi'eatened * hiin with committal if he repeated such language , at the same time ordering hiin to quit the room . With which order the chaplain complied . The jury after a short deliberation returned a verdict of "Natural death . " Br . Marsden inquired if they censured the conduct of the _oflieers of tho hospital ? The foreman replied that the majority of the jury found fault with them for having refused admissionto " the deceased to an hospital professedly established for the benefit of the destitute and houseless .

      Another juror said that no blame was attributable to the officers . A third juror said that the landlady of the Calthorpe Arms wasnnre adapted to be a surgeon than the medical gentleman of the hospital who refused them _atluiis sion . The other jurors declared that they concurred in the strictures passed upon the hospital by their foreman .

      Railway Gambling, Bankruptcy, And Suicid...

      RAILWAY GAMBLING , BANKRUPTCY , AND SUICIDE . Last Saturday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ,, held an inquest at the Percy Arms , Percy-street , Peutonville _, on the hody ot Mr . Geo . Graham , aged 4 _U , late ofthe firm of Messrs . Graham and Adams , warehousemen , 11 , Ciieapside . Tbe deceased speculated extravagantly in railway speculations , and was on the point of forming a matrimonial alliance with a highly accomplished and beautiful young lady , when he committed a determined act of self-destruction . Ague 3 Walters deposed that she was housekeeper to deceased , who resided at 11 , Cheapside . For some time past he had been in a low desponding state of mind , in consequence , as she understood , of commercial embar . rassn . ents and unfortunate railway speculations . On the 23 rd ult ., she was sent to attend deceased at 24 , Great Percy-street , where she found him in bed with a _dl'eadfl _' l WOUllJ ill his throat . He was sensible hut could

      not speak , and expressed in writing liis wishes and wants . When she entered his room he covered his face with his hands . He lingered until last Wednesday , when ho expired _. By the Coroner ; He never threatened to destroy himself ; on the contrary , he invariably expressed great pity for suicides . Mr . George Brace , solicitor , who watched the proceedings for the creditors , 3 tated that the firm appeared among the bankrupts in the Gazette on the previous day . Mrs . Matthews , of 24 , Great Percy-street , stated that deceased and a friend of his dined with her on the 23 rd

      ultimo . After dinner he took two glasses of wiiie _. For mouths his manner was greatly altered , and he was so melancholy that she mentioned the circumstance to liis friends . On the day in question he was particularly lowspirited . About eight o ' clock , he asked permission to rest himself ou the bed , which she allowed him to do , in the hope that it might _eoothe him . He was not , however , many minutes in tho bedroom , when she heard a scream , and , on entering it , saw him standing over the wash-hand stand , blood flowing from his throat into a basin , while in his right hand lie held a razor firmly grasped . She instantly called for assistance .

      Mr . Lewes Steuart hearing the last witness cry for help , rushed into the room , and saw deceased in the position described , He attempted to wrest the razor from him , but had a hard struggle before he succeeded , when deceased instantly fell down . Surgical assistance was procured without delay . Mr . Fogarty ,. surgeon , was in attendance upon deceased , whose case was hopeless from the first . He was sensible , but could not speak , and stated his feelings in writing * . His death was the result of the wound , after the infliction of which he was quite sane _.

      Mr . Adams had been in partnership with deceased for five years and a half . Beceased latterly speculated largely , and lost extensively in railway shares . It was difficult to ascertain the precise amount of his losses , wli ' uh was very great . In one transaction alone he lost £ 2 , 000 . Although deceased wns not what he would cull a wealthy man , yet their trade was of a most promising character . Since lie lost so heavily by railway _speculations , he became an altered man , and was exceedingl y low and dejected in spirits . The manuscripts produced were written by deceased after he cut his throat .

      The iollowing are the writings alluded to , and all bear the date of the - . ' 4 th of November , 1 _H 43 : — " 1 . Bear Friends , —My fete is unfortunate , Do throw a veil over my errors . God bless you , aud pardon me . Oh ! my good friend Scott . " " 2 . Bear Jackson , —My fate is unfortunate . Throw a veil over my errors . Poor Scott . God bless him , and pardon me . —G . G . " " 8 , I leave all matters in your hands with other good advisers , Scott and Jackson . " " 4 . Agreeable to what is in my will in Wren's hands . " The jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of temporary insanity . A solicitor who was present said , that he had to attend that day the meetings of the creditors of two extensive firms who , from losses in railway speculations , were compelled to wind up their atliiivs and stop payment .

      Murder In Liverpool. Liveiipooi,, Satimd...

      MURDER IN LIVERPOOL . Liveiipooi ,, Satimday . —Considerable excitement lias prevailed in town to-day , in consequence of the death of a prostitute by the hand of a sister in misery and crime . The name of the deceased is M'Gill , quite a young woman , and the name of _thft unfortunate wretch who inflicted the fatal wound is-Jane Swift , both , as before mentioned , livinjjr a life of profligacy and dissipation . It appears , so far as the particulars have as yet been ascertained , that between twelve and one o ' clock this morning , Swift aud the deceased were carousing with a number of sailors iu a public house , in Tally-street , a _neighbourhood not of the highest repute in this town . Some difference arose between them , whether in consequence of anything said or done hy their paramours , as said hy some , does not clearly appear , but certain it is they got to high

      words ; Swift being very much excited , and declaring with all the vehemence natural and common to her class , that she would take the life of the deceased before morning . After some littletime Swift was calmed down ; but on leaving the public-House the _miaiTel was resumed , and the _diceased , some parties say , struck Swift a blow , > vbilst others say she only gave her a push in order to get her out of the way . This was , however , _enough for Sivifr , who was already much exasperated , and she made a stab at the deceased , inflicting a most serious and _dangerous wound on the side of the nceh , near the collar-bone . The deceased staggered and fell down , but was immediately carried to a neighbouring house , where she died a short time aftenvards . A surgeon was sent for , but arrived too late to render any assistance , As soon as Swift had perpetrated the ' deed , she ran oft" with the knife in her hand , and was pursued down Parlclane by several

      persons who were standing by . She called out to one < if the women in pursuit that she would serve her as she had done the deceased , if she persisted in following her . Ultimately she outran her pursuers , and was lost sight of , and succeeded in making her escape , The knife was found about an hour and a half afterwards lying on the ground iu Shaw ' _s-alluy _, one of the streets through whieh Swift must have passed . It was a large clasp knife , sueh as is usually carried by sailors , and had marks of blood still remaining on it , although there had been heavy rain for some time previously , which must necessarily have obliterated some ofthe stains . Every exertion . was made , after information had been given of the occurrence , with the view of discovering the author of the foul deed , but up to this moment , notwithstanding the police have made a strict search , nothing had transpired likely to lead to her apprehension ; it is not probable , however , that she can long escape detection .

      Indian Spoutixc.—We Regret Much To Learn...

      Indian _Spoutixc . —We regret much to learn that Captaiii Smith , a well-known sportsman , is laid up at Landour , from the effect of a most severe bite received in an encounter with a hear , whilst out shooting . When he was attacked by the animal , the natives with Captain Smith , instead of aiding to beat him off , ran away . After disengaging himself from tbe hug of hi 3 ferocious antagonist , the gallant sportsman , although so severely wounded , followed the bear and shot him dead . Intelligence of his danger havin * b ? en brought in ( by the runaways , wo presume ) , Y ) r ' Fletcher immediately proceeded to Captain _Smi' jjj ' assistance , and , it is hoped , that his timely air * _, ma prevent any serious consequences . —Bengal Ik trkaru Polar Expedition . —Accounts have been receive by the Admiralty of the Polar expedition under Si John Franklin up to the lGth of August . ft was oi the north-coast of Greenland , above Gill- yert _, > Sound and would probably winter near this . <* ) 1 J 0 t 01 . at th Arctic islands , the wintering place of i » an . v

      Confession Of Martha Broivhixg. It Will ...

      CONFESSION OF MARTHA BROIVHIXG . It will be remembered that , at the resent session ofthe Central Criminal Court , Martha browning was convicted of a murder of a very atrocious character ; ami although the evidence , so far as human testimony is concerned , might be considered as ofthe must conclusive kind , yet , as the crime was perhaps unparalleled , it will be somesatisfaction to those who may-have considered it almost impossible for such a person to have committed so fearful a crime , to know , that since tho conviction of the wretched girl , she has made a full confession , and detailed all tho circumstances connected with the horrible crime . From the period of her commitment to Newgate , the prisoner appeared resigned to her fate , and she has since stated that she ail along anticipated the

      result , and this may in some measure account for her _fi' _-aness when sentence was passed upon her . Very shortly after slio had been placed in tlio condemned cell , on the female side of the prison , she appeared desirous to unburden her mind of tiie dreadful weight which lay heavy upon it , and in tho presence of the Rev . Ml * . Davis , tlio chaplain , and the governor of Newgate , Mr . Cope , she made a full admission of her guilt . Of course no questions were put to' her , nor anything said to induce her to make such an avowal , but as she appeared really desirous of making it , and did so of her own free will , she was allowed to make the statement . Having first admitted the perfect justice of her sentence , and expressed that it was her opinion that she ought to die for it , as a warning to others , she said that

      her only motive for the commission of the dreadful deed was a desire to possess herself of that which she believed to be a £ 5 Bank of England note , hut which , as it turned out , was only a "iiash" note , as it is termed , or one ofthe " Bank of Elegance . " it should be stated that the prisoner can read and write very well ; but she says that she never had an opportunity of fully ueeiug tho note until after the crime was committed ; anil she declared that there was only one note , and not two , as was represented at the trial . She said , that being determined to possess herself of the note , she considered the means , and _at-lciigth resolved to take the old lady ' s life , as being as siie then considered , the surest means of attaining hoi * object , and that she would effect this by strangling her with the cord that was in her bos .

      and she prepared upon the Sunday night to _ carry her dreadful design into execution . Accordingly she said that in the middle of the night she got up and cut a portion of the rope off , aud then , while the unhappy deceased wns asleep , she twisted it twice round her neck and began to pull it violently . Tho old lady awoke , apparently from a sound sleep , in the agonies of suffocation ; she struggled slightly , had just sufficient power to exclaim , " Murder , murder ! what are you doing ? " an expression which it will be recollected was spoken to by one of the witnesses , who occupied an adjoining room , ami that almost immediately she expired . At this moment , she says _, tlie witness , the person referred to , came to the door and inquired what was the matter . She was then _staudiug over the dead hody of her unhappy victim ,

      and she states that it was with great dilriculty she was enabled to frame an answer that nothing was . the matter , and thus induced the party to return to her room . She then remained upon the bed with the dead body until daylight , when she examined the box of the deceased and took out of the housewife ofthe poor old creature that which she believed to be the five-pound note , and , without attentively looking at it , she placed it in her pocket , and ' considered ol tho best mode to cscapedutcetion for her horrid . crime _, and at length the thought came over her to make it appear that tho deceased had committed suicide . With a view to this she tied tho cord in a knot and then lifted the body from the bed and placed it on the box by its side in the position in which it was

      afterwards discovered . In tho morning she gave an alarm , as appeared by the evidence , of the old lady being ill , and went to inform her daughter of it , and request that she would como to see her . Upon prisoner being asked how she could have been strong enough to lift the dead body from the bed , and place it on the box , she said , " I think the devil must have helped me , but I did it . " The prisoner then went on to describe the other circumstances narrated in the evidence , and said that the statements of all the witnesses were quite correct , with the exception of tbe surgeon , which she declared was not so , in two particulars , wherein he stated that ho was the _tivst medical person who saw the deceased , and that when he did sober eyes wcre staring and wide open ; but she declared that his assistant saw her first and that

      her eyes were closed , and her face appeared perfectly composed when he saw her . She stated that having resolved upon the course she intended to pursue , she made the statement she did before the coroner , with _aj-view to show that the deceased had destroyed herself , and which , as it turned out , had that effect , as the coroner s jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary derangement . She stated that by that time she had _iiiscovcred that the note was of no value , and she said she should never have attempted to make any use of it if she had not been pressed by the old woman s daughter and her husband to lend them some money , and said she onl y went to the public-house with the pretended purpose tr _> change it , in order to pacify them , and on their then insisting to know how she

      became possessed of it , _she did not know what to do , and eventually told them the story about her having received it from some person in Bedford-street , in tlie Strand . When , she said , she found that the witness Gaze determined upon accompanying her to Bedfordstreet , she became quite beside herself , and feit that she could no longer support her position , and from that moment her mind almost forsook her , and she said she did not recollect the incoherent _expressions imputed to her by the several witnesses , although she had no doubt she had made use of them , nsshe _wasresorved she said , to admit her guilt . This iva _' s the substance of tho statement of the unhappy criminal , and after it was made she appeared a good deal more

      composed , and ever since her iiimness has appeared to increase and she is evidentl y perfectly resigned to tho fale that awaits her ! . 11 li _' as been " already stated that the friends of the unhappy prisoner reside near Alton , in Hampshire ; and two or three days ago her mother and sister came to visit her , and as they appeared to be in poor circumstances , Mr . Sheriff Chaplin , who is one of the directors ' of the South Western Railway , humanely gave them a free pass for themselves , or any other member of the family , to travel upon the line as often as they wished , ill order that they might have every facility to see the last of their unhappy relative . The execution will take place on Monday , the loth of Januurv ,

      Extensive Robbkry.—A Robbery Of Money To...

      Extensive Robbkry . —A robbery of money to a very serious extent has just been perpetrated at the Imperial Clarence Hotel , the property of Mr . M'Dowell . The public are aware that that gentleman has lately been selling off the stock of his very extensive establishment , previous to his removal to Dublin , and on Saturday evening last he placed a sum _ofiMSG , wrapped in paper , in the corner of a portmanteau , which he kept in his bedroom , and had received at various times from the auctioneer . This he did not open until last evening , at about ten o clock , when lie proceeded up stairs in _' the dark , for tlie purpose of depositing a large sum of money which he had just received from Mi * . Roger Evans ' s clerk , being the produce of yesterday ' s auction . When he got to the portmanteau he found it open ; but this he did not take any notice of , as he thought he mi ght have over-shot the lock , and thereby missed locking it . He then searched for the paper in which he had the money , and feeling a paper similar in size to that

      which he had left in the corner of the portmanteau , he deposited the money whicli he had received that day in the portmanteau , and locked it , leaving , as lie thought , all right . However , on his going to it this morning , he ascertained that the £ d $ 6 hal been abstracted , but the remainder of the money was safe . Information was immediately conveyed to " the police stations , when Mi * . Walker , sub-inspector , headconstable Condon , and Moylan , with constable Crowley , and some other active members of the force , were in immediate attendance , and took every measure in their power to endeavour to discover the thief , but , as yet , no clue has been obtained by which the discovery of _ the robbery can be calculated on . All the servants in the establishment were searched , but to no effect , nothing having been discovered on their persons , or in tlieir trunks ,, which could lead to suspicion , and the police are dispersed through the city searching the houses of those 011 whom suspicion could rest . — Cork Reporter ,

      Extraohdixaiiy Robbery , —A vei-y extraordinary robbery was committed at . Perth , on Friday ( the market ) night . Mr . Hill ,, farmor , _Crocnan , near Coupar-Angus , on coming to-tha market , put up his gig at Mr . Mitchell ' s Inn , Bridgend . Afterwards he ordered his gig to be _gst ready ,, being prepared to start on his journey horse ,. Bui his vehicle could not , after every search , be -liseovered . On investigation it was found that a horse belonging to Mr . Walker Rannie , farmer , _Incbyru , was also away , and a bridle belonging to _auotiwa- party in tho neighbourhood . Confusion for somje- time prevailed , and Mr . Hill ' s horse was in the * stable , and aba the horse of the owner of the brh " lie ; but it ultimately became evident that some one had taken the first g ' m , the first horse , and first bridle _^ that came to his hand , and set off with them , _further inquiry being instituted , it came out ( through a shoopker . of whom Mr . Hill had

      _purchased three parcels of goods ) , that the gig , horse , and _hriiile _, had really bean stolen . The shopkeeper had . gone t > Bridgend with the parcels , and , according to Mr . Hill ' s instructions , sought his gig to deposit _t- _' _. _ieim therein . After looking over a number of vehicles for the name , opposite tho inu door , he at length to came to that of Mr . Hill ' s , with a person in it ready start . The shopkeeper asked of the person if it was Mr . Hill ' s gig ? The answer was " _yej ; " on which he immediately placed the parcels into it . The gig then drove off , and nothing more was heard of it until Tuesday morning , when a letter was received by Mr . Mitchell , stating that a horse and gig were found , on Saturday morning , standing in the farm-yard of Mr . Fullerton , near Bridge of lsla , the latter having I the owner ' s name painted upon it . No clue to the individual who committed this _extraordinary oilence has yet been obtained , — Caledonian Mercury ,

      The Rarmouth Murder. Glocv:St!;R,.Mon-I>...

      THE rARMOUTH MURDER . _Glocv : st !; r ,. _Mon-i > . \ y . —Our readers will doubtless remember the particulars ofthe murder ot ¦ Harriet Candler , a shop-keeper at Great Yarmouth , on the _ISfcU of _Novcmuei' , lS 44 . I" - have from time to timeplaced before our readers any fresh fact ? which have been adduced , and we have now to state that larnani has been again apprehended at _b'lakeiiey , in _Gloccstershire . Out readers will remember the extraordinary testimony of the woman Dick , who stated that Yarham had confessed to her that he was concerned in the murder . On the strength of this evidence » warrant was granted by the Yarmouth magistrates * on the Gth of December for the apprehension of Yarham , and placed in the hands of Captain Love , the sunerinteiulentof nolicc there . Susoieion beine

      entertained that larham wasm Glocestcrshire , Captain Love proceeded to Glnccstrr , where he _aruvi-d oa Saturday morning , and immediately obtained the assistance of Mr . Williams , the active superintendent of the Glocester city police . The two oflieers then started for Blakcney , a small town about sixteen nilies from _Gloccstt-r , and at the house of Mr . S | nai ! - wooil , shoemaker , Yarham was found at . work at ht 3 trade of ladies' shoemaking . On bring informed of the object of the olricer ' s visit , he said he was aware of the circumstances of the affair from reading tho newspapers , but denied the truth of Dick ' s statement , to the effect that he had co : ifc . * _--cd his guilt three weeks after liis release from custody . He says he left Yarmouth fourteen days after his release , _.-uid can prove it . He was taken to Gloccstcr , and on Sunday morning conveyed to London on the way to Yarmouth .

      A Dreadfcij Murdki** Was Committed At Ne...

      A _Dreadfcij Murdki _** was committed at Nemlly , on Wednesday , by a young man named _l'Vnnffois ( _juerelles , aged twenty-five . The motive wns jealousy at the favour shown by his employer to another workman . M . Itouxel , a builder , had particularly distinguished amongst his workmen two young men , Qucrelles . and another named Louis Rollet . The former was foreman and the latter but a simple workman . They Jived together in the same house ' , Rue du Chateau , 32 . In the course of last ; month , M . Itouxel entrusted a piece of work to Rollet alone , without placing him , as usual , under the orders of Q , ucrelles . T'helatter became exceeding ! v jealous at this proccedimr , and some high words ,

      and even blows , passed between him and Rollet .. Ou Wednesday , _Querelles proceeded to Paris , ami purchased a pair of pistols , and some powder and ball , and returned home before Rollet came in from work . The latter went at once to his room , which was below that of Querellcs . Xext morning neither of them appeared , and tho nei ghbours , becoming uneasy , entered Rollct ' s room , tbe key being in the door , and found him lying dead on theiloor , his skull fractured , and a large club l ying near him , covered with blood , brains , and hair . Jn _tJiierellt'S ' _s room were found the pistols which he had bought the preceding day . He has not since been heard of , and the report runs that he has committed suicide by throwing himself into the Stine . _—GaUguani's Messenger .

      Mysterious Affair.—Mary Mayhew Masley.— ...

      Mysterious Affair . —Mary _Mayhew Masley . — In the year 1310 , an elderly gentleman , by the name of Jones , placed in a boarding school , with a Mis . liaison , iS o . 3 , Charterhouse-square , a little girl between four and five years old , of the above name ( Mauley being afterwards ad tied to May hew ) , > who was said to have been brought from abroad ; and whose infantile remembrance is , that ishe had a brother , William . She was there visited by a Miss Mortimer and sister , now Mrs . Whittakcr , a Miss Etherington , and other ladies of , or from Bath . After the manifestation , at first , of much kindness and solicitude , thuse parti , s , from some unexplained cause , forbore to call , pay for , or to notice the child ; suine time elapsing , Mrs . liaison advertised , heading the advertisement with " Most Shameful

      Transaction , " which brought forward a Captain Lea , who paid the then arrears due , but from a full _bi-arder the girl was then reduced by him to a half-boarder , he ( Captain Lea ) continuing to pay , through a Mr . &> 1-Jicr , for her board and education , but desiring that the girl should he made a governess . She believes that a hundred a year was paid for her by Mr . Jones % . and who , with a Dr . Mayhew , of Bath , she understood were her godfathers . All her earliest recollections are that she was rich , and belonged to those who were * so , and these juvenile impressions or dreams _ofprosperit . v , remained up tothe coming forward of Captain Lea , by whom they were at once blighted . Time rolled on , and her education being completed , a governess she became ; but , before quit-ting Mrs .: _liaison ' s , upon one occasion her attention was drawn to a remarkable advertisement , requiring _iuformatiuit as to the whereabouts of the children ofa General Manley , of India , for whom some bequest was made , and she then took steps to ascertain her parentage * .

      but without effeet . Captain Lea invariably evading giving her any c ' ue to the same , he Captain Lea , it seems , satisfying Mr . Brown Huberts , then of _lli-Jiopgatc-street , but now of the Old Jewry , the roleroi ' , that she was not the child of General Mauley ., , The Miss Mortimer already alluded to , it is necessary to state , became the wife of Captaiii Lea . They are both now no more ; and to every inquiry since no traces can she obtain to the authors of her being . In the hope these particulars may catch the eye of some uf the parties interested or " concerned , either in Europe , India , or elsewhere , so as to bring about tho mysterious solution of her birth , this short sketch is put forth without at all glancing at the hclpiess and forlorn state she has for some time been left in . Reference to be made at West _Cottage , _Southliank , llegent ' s Park . The kind and humane offices of tha press are respectfully solicited in this countiy , India , and elsewhere , in giving circulation to the above . —

      A Gkxuixb _PmiiAXTHiwi'isT . —The Island _ofltona is a small and very rocky spot of land , lying between the isle of Skye and the mainland of Applecvoss , and i 3 well known to mariners for the rugged and dangerous nature of the coast . There is a famous place of refuge at the north-western extremity , called th & "Muckle Harbour . " ofverydilncult access , however , which , strange to say , is easier to be entered at night than during the day . At the extremity of this hyperborean solitude is the residence of a pour widow _,, whose lonely cottage is called the " lighthouse , " from tllO fact , that she uniformly keeps a lamp burning in her little window at night . By keeping this light and the entrance to the harbour open , a strange . vessel may enter with the greatest safety . During th &

      silent watches of the night the widow may bu seen like " Noma of the Fitful head , " tnmmiiig _' hei * little lamp with oil , being fearful that some misguided aniL frail bark may perish through her neglect ; and fortius she receives no manner of remuneration—it ia pure unmingled philanthropy . The poor woman ' s kindness does not rest even there , for she is unhappy till the benumbed and shivering mariner comes ashore to share her little board , and recruit himself at her glowing and cheerful fire , and she can seldom be prevailed upon to take any reward . She has saved more lives than Davy ' s belt , " and thousand ;; of pounds to the underwriters . This poor creature , in her younger days , witnessed her husband struggling with the waves , and swallowed up by the remorseless

      hillows"In sight of home , and mends who thronged to save . " This circumstance seems to have prompted her present devoted and solitary life , in which her only enjoyment is in doing good . —Inverness Courier . _Biriu i . \ the Street at Gukkxwich . —On . Monday morning , between the hours of two and three o ' clock , as police-sergeant George Goodu was _pjissiisg the Royal Hospital , Grecnwich / he observed a decentlooking young- woman , about 21 years of age , crawling along apparently in great pain . He spoke to her , when she informed him that she was in destitute circumstances . She gave her name Frances Smith , but declined to answer any other question . 11 u advised heratonee to go to the union workhouse , about

      hall a mile off , whicli she consented to do , and thanked him . Shortly after he found her lying in Llomncy-i'oad on the footway , in the agonies of labour , and in a few minutes after she was delivered of an infant . Sergeant Goode left her in that dreadful state , during a bitter frost , and ran to Mr . Sturton , surgeon , Nelson-street , and sent a constable to the hospital infirmary to get a stretcher . The poor creature remained oil the ground in the manner described , for about fifteen minutes , when she aud her baby were placed on a stretcher , covered with blankets , and conveyed by the police to the union house , where every attention was paid by Dr . Sturton and the matron , and it- is satisfactory to say that both mother and infant are doing well .

      _SnocitiXG _Suiciub hy ax AoRn . Pensio . nkr . —Early on Saturday morning , a man named Thenkis Hands , aged eighty-one years , expired in the accident ward of Guy ' s _llo-pital , Ironi the eiieets of injuries _inflictt-d by himself under the following dreadful circumstances : —It appears that the deceased had been an inmate of Lambeth workhouse for some time past , ho having represented tothe Board of Guardians he was in a destitute state . He was admitted into the house , and had , owing to his extreme age , extra nourishment . A few days since the authorities were informed that tlie deceased was a pensioner on the funds ofthe East India Company , in the receipt of about 12 s . per week . Inquiries " were subsequently instituted , and it was discovered that , independent of the weekly allowance from the above companv , ho

      had £ 1 , 000 in the Bank . The deceased was questioned on the subject , and ultimately discharged from the workhouse . On Thursday evening last , bci \ veea six and seven o ' clock , a policeman ofthe 1 , division , on duty in the Westminster Bridge-road , had hia attention drawn to the deceased , who was lying on the pavement in a pool of blood , lie had inflicted a frightful -wound across the lower part of the belly or abdomen , from which a portion oft he int _.-stines protruded . A large clasp knife , saturated with blood , was found on the pavement ; witli wliich he had no doubt inflicted the injury on his person . He was taken with all speed to Guy ' s liospital , where he was put under the care of Mr Fotherby , the house surgeon , who rendered every ' aid that medical skill could suggest , but , _nowithstandmg , he expired at w _, early hour op Saturday iBornmgt . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_27121845/page/7/