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!• ' . ' . ' : - -THE ABMY . ; ' " - - ¦ ¦ ¦; " " ' . " . ¦ ' - ¦ - . * Thb Earl " op CABDiGAir ( late Lord Brqde ndl ) has joined his raiment , tie 11 th - Dragoons , at Canterbury . .,- „ ' .. :. .. ! FW 40 th Depot tea recelfed-aa official nofification of its" removal from Xinsdale to JPlymonthv '" .- ' " " .. "¦ £ " :. . * . ' " . . . . - Thb 35 fli PBPOiv-lttypr ^ Toijiant , has left Dem for Glasgow ; and tie 33 rd 3 £ j 6 ' t nwvesfrom Drt ^ heda for 3 > al ) l ^ to embaft" "r * ' ' The 76 & . Ij ^ pq 7 , iroxq Glasgow , landedinDub-Hnon MofcdaJj-anirjBarclieS . tajjrogheda . Major Fitzgergald 1 s , on leave- -. '"'¦' _'' . " The 72 ad"DBPpr , ^ tan , Cloniad , has arrived in Dublin and' embarked for Glasgow . : 1 " .. * ¦ , THEABMY . - ' "' ' ; * C t . - Vr ^ Vrtx niZ i * A n ¦* - THE EARL op Cabdwa » ( late Lord Brude-
Thh 93 rd Depot , tmdBr Major Sjarkes , has left Fenfioy for Buttevant . " . The 901 & Depot is to "be removed from Portsmouth to Chatham . The Asia , with Captains Andrews and Manner * , Hoyal Artillery ,- Ueutenant Mansfield , and Dr .-Loganj 53 rf , from Cork , arrived at Malta on the 34 th of-March . Thb 70 th Rbgimest is ordered from Barbadoes to Antignaand St . Kitfs . The Depot of the 5 th lualeers are under orders for Dublin .
The Jupiter , on arrival at Cork , after landing the wing of the 9-llih regiment , will receive on board a wing of the / 8 th Highlanders , and sail for Glasgow ; she will return to IDnhlin with a wing of the 7 &ih Highlanders , and receive on hoard the remaining wing and head quarters of the 94 th regiment , under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Paty , for Cork 5 « he will take on hoard the remaining trmg and head quarters of the 78 th for Glasgow , and return with the second wing of the 79 th to Dublin *
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As Important "Work is now executing , by order of the Russian Government , in the formation of aTaad across the "Dial Mountains . Mb , Chisholm has vacated his seat for Inverness-shire , in consequence of illness . The Master of Grant and Mr . Grant of Glenmorriston are menconed as candidates to succeed him . The Lieutenaxcy of Kilkesst eonnty is at the disposal of the Government , in consequence of Lord Ormonde ' s death . Mb .. Stuatst has stated that from first to last his short connexion fles * than twelve months ) with the borough of Bedford has cost him at least £ 10 , 000 .
A PUBLIC Dixueb . was given at Glasgow , last irejk , to Mr . David Urquhart , hy th * merchants vi 1 manufacturers of that city . Mr . Urqnhart was -ex ? ected to speak freely on the foreign diplomacy in coinexion with the trade of the country ; but he ap ears to have conducted himself " cannily "^ -like en ? who expected some good appointment himself The " vYestmeath Committee met on TVedsesday week , at ten o ' clock ; and after sitting- a quarter of an hour , adjourned till Priday , in order to give Lord George Bentinek , a member of the Committee , an opportunity of seeing his horse run far { and lose ) the Derby Stakes at Epsom .
The List of Magistrates , as revised for the county of Down , contains the name of no elerjmnan , with the exception of one , the Heverend W . Forde . Plastatiox Fires have become Tery prevalent in the neighbourhood of Snnnioghill , Ba ' gskot , and Oakmghani ; in the early part of last week , fire were witnessed in one day ; and since then the plantations on the estate of Mr . Porbes have been twice set on fire . The Gexeral Assembly of the Church of Scotland , the session of which has just closed , pa . - *? ed a resolution , by a majority of 183 to 142 , rirtnaliy declaring that the Church " as established " is iESependent of the State .
The Neighbourhood of Melton Mowbray ias lately Been the scene of several atrocious outrages . In one night , between thirty and forty lainbs * e re killed in a field belonging to a farmer , and cattle have been continually mutilated . TTeUxderstasd that Sir Peregrine Maitland is about to return lo England , and will be succeeded by Sir Jasper Nicolls in the government of Madras —Brighton Gazette . Mr . Mattle , Under Secretary of State , has been confined to bed for the last tea days , by- a severe attack of smallpox . The disorder , however , ire are glad to hear has taken a favourable tarn ; hot it may yet be some days before he is able to resume his parliamentary and offieal duties — Okie .
The Times rebukes the Duke of "Wellington for his protection of Ministers against the Bishop ° f Exeter ' s motion on the Irish Education system ; ad is at pains to show , though with many professoes of respect , that his Grace is little better than aabconiLtent driveller . Coloxel Colsidise , with the permission of ifie English Government , lias taken the command of the army of the Bey of Tunis , for the purpose of organising and disciplining it . ! He will have the British rank of Major-General whilst tb , u 3 serving Q the Continent of Africa .
^ Sheep Stealing in the neighbourhood of Ashlord has lately been parried on to a great extt-nt . Nearly every night depredations of this descri ption are committed , and , although in numerous instances rewards for the discovery of the offenders have been tfiered , yf-t in no . one instance have they had the effeet of causing the guilty parties to be apprehended . —Kentish Observer . Litters from Atheks bring official intelligence that tranquility i * perfectly re-established in the island of Hydra , and that " the Governor had returned after the local authorities had carried the law on the conscri ption into effect with as little mfficnlty as was the case in the other provinces Df Greece .
The MAStrEACTtTBE of the Great " Western Uttea " Works , at Bristol , will amount to 50 , 000 jaras of calico per day . The consumption of rottm > when the manufactory is in fnll work , will sot be Jess than 150 bales per week . Scictues rs Cektbal Ixdia . —Major Slee-^ n appears hasltepta record of the number of JatiTe xmeides committed in the district under his « nge in the years 1834— 5 / From the Major ' s satemeat it would s eem that suicides were of daily « enrrence ; that out of 40 cases which he had record w , 30 were those" of women . " -
4 ^ "isd Carriaoe in Tsdia . —The most rarwcs item of intelligence from Madras is the «« emp loyment ^ . * ne ^ ed Hill Bailwav of a wind ^ age , which , It seems , trarels at the rate of from Eafi to twelve miles * an hour . —Asiatic Journal . IfeTRE ss or the Poles . —A few nights since « roies were lying asleep on' the ground in one of " * parks of the metropoliH , having -do means of ob-° aung any better- lodging . A policeman having t JS&e upon this -unhappy group in his rounds , ordered
« an to rise and remove elsewhere . " The Poles £ ? a igiKHTUHSeof the English langnage , were at «* t enable to make him nnderatand tiiat they had ^> home , aad wee compelled to adopt their present ar jran tof a better bed . Other policemen ^ tow-. tt , coming ap , it iras ascertatned that tSe . appa-^ "J refractory sb ^ ngere were distressed Polish r ^™ t > , and with great humanity tie policemen « nnedi * tel y collected * earn of money amongst rjemsdve ^ which - they , employed In procurine l Singifor the . hQn * le » -exiJte ; ' ^
OPESISG OF THE GSEAT "W ESTERNRiil . WAY . r ^ he iret . portidn of . aa Sttrpend 6 ns ~ and'importaiit r ^ Pag hiving : been-completed to Haidenheaa ^ "J 24 miles from Lonteff by railway , and 27 by S- wT Perim « ital to ' p ' waa made pBThursinL 7- dire «*»™ andalirgepar ^ £ aelrfnends , ^^ several member * -ef -tdtlr Mot ^ s of Parh £ * £ ? """ fific genfleaea -At ek ^ ft-preciseiaM Ih ^ cont H g aearty ' 200 persons ; started tfS ^ Jf" ^ ae dan ^ titBB of ^ ckcdurse caDed ^ r L t ™ «» &tte f leeted fortiiefitst parry •^ tetionf ^^^ Star , " and fnllj-- fitibSKfe JJMJ this termi ^ S ^^^^ W-^ re , the compaBy ' proceedS ^ ^ iT ^ i ^^ ^
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As Mb . Charles MiLiEB , Usher of the Court of Common Pleas , Guildhall , was passing by the Sluice-honse , Holloway , on . Thursday last , his attention was arrested by tiie cry of '' Mad dog !" when instantly a dog passed him , and crossed the bridge ^ lose to the Si nice-house , and , after several attempts , made its way through a hedge , and continued its course in a straight direction , pursued by a mob armed with pitchforks , bludgeons , and guns , who , crossing the "field in an opposite olreetion j came in front of thedog , which , keeping its way towards them , was shot by one of the parly . ' : As Mb . Charles Hitler . Uaner of the Court KC&bnon-Hew / Chfflffl ^ - tr ^ pa ^ g V the Slnice-homtp -Hollowav . on Thnrsdav last , his
Irish Tithe Agitation . —The southern counties are actively organising anti-tithe agitation , in imitation of "Wexford . At Eallyhale a large meeting took place , and it is allpged that 1 K ) , OOO peraons were present . A similar meeting to that at Ballyhale was held on Monday week , in the southern division of the county of Wexford . It is alleged that " 100 , 000 "Wexford men" assembled on the occasion , in a large field near TaghmonJ The ministry are reckoning on a . " settlement" without their host !
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THE CANTEEBUHY BIOT . INTESTIGATIOK BY MAGISTRATES AT FAVERV SHAM . Moxdat . —This day an investigation was commenced at a quarter to twelve by the magistrates , Dr . Poore , Mr . Knatchbull , and Mr . Fairman , in the Town Hall there . Fifteen of the prisoners were placed in the dock . A professional gentleman said he wished to appear on be half of James Mills . The magistrates stated they would not object to Ms being present . ^
All the prisoners brought up on this occasion were men arrested in the wood , and subsequent to the affray . Their names are Thomas Hadlow , Edward Newman , Richard Foreman , James " Wright , Peter Adams , " William Knight , "William Couchworth , Charles Hills , Thomas Ovenden , Noah Mills , James Mills , Thos . Hadman , Thos . Fuller , Edward Newman , and " Win . Baker . GoTham , the constable , said that Foreman struck one blow at the soldiers and then deserted ( ran away ) ; he saw Couchworth making his escape before Courtenay shot at the officer ; Thomas Ovenden also made his escape before the officer was Aot ; be saw Hills trying to make his escape after the first shot was tired ; Hills was running from Courtenay ' s army ; he saw Mrs . Burford making < -er escape from Courtenay's party before the firing took place ; he first saw her going to the party .
The wretched woman Burford was then brought into Court . She sobbed and groaned most vehemently , and was told by the magistrates not to alarm herself . Her agitation became so violt-nt that it was necessary to remove her . Dr . Poore said her tale was a melancholy one . She went to the rioters to get her husband out of the party . Conrtenay said he would shoot her if she did not leave thtm , and also shoot her husband if he went with her . She then was lea \ ing the party and was made a prisoner . The Court would feel great pleasure in ordering her immediate release . Hills , the prisoner , said he did not want to ask anv questions .
- Couchworth said he was shot when running away . The ball entered hi ? neck , under tke jaw , and stopped in his mouth . He appeared to be not in the least degree afftcted by the wound . He was , in fact , the stoutest and most healthy man in the group . This is , we belie vp , the most extraordinary instance of- an escape from a bullet wound that has yet been heard of . Dottor Poore said he was sorry to say some of
the partie * before him must be committed . As to Wm . Knight , Isoah Mills , James Mills , Thomas Adums , Peter Adams , James Addley , John Fuller , and J . Wraight , tht * y should be discharged on entering into their own recognizances for £ 50 to keep the peace , and to be answerable to any charge that might be preferred against them . He wished to mention to those persons that he should write that night to the Secretary of the Home Department , stating the favourable circumstances that could be
mentioned respecting them ; but if the government , for the ends of justice and for the better preservation of the peace , should think it nece . * sarj to have them indicted for the capital offence , then it mi ^ htbe necessary that tvery one of them should be indicted for the murder . It was necessary for them , and for every one who heard him , to know that if pp ^ song were acting illegally , and a murder were committed , as it was in this case by a madman , they were responsible for that murder . He dared to say that none of those with Courtenay had antici pated that Conrtenay was going to commit murder . But this , he hoped , would be a warning to them for the future . He hoped the females would especially take warning from what had occurred , for he was sorry to say that they had been encouraging and exciting their husbands to commit breaches cf the
peace . For the future he hoped to find them endeavouring to m ^ ke their husbands abstain from such conduct as this . He hoped that in this way the melancholy transaction might be a salutary warning , and that eventually it might even do a great deal of good . "When the law had bten so mercifully extended to them , he hoped they would prove tbek gratitude by a change in their conduct , and that upon being released they would return to their work , and that their masters would receive them into their employment agaia and forget what was past ; and that they on their part would do even-thing to protect the p / operty of their master * as well as their pereons . He now called on thost
names ha hnd mentioned to enter into their TeCOijni . zances . To them he said , if they thought at liny time their rights were infringed upon , and if they had any complaint to make , let them go to those in authority , and he could answer for it those complaints would be ledressed . They would do all in their power to alleviate their situation . . He was sprry to say that some who were in their situat ion and had been discharged on Saturday had greatly misconducted themselves . That conduct might have operated against the persons before him
but neither he nor his colleagues would let the improper demeanour of otherspreju ^ ice their interests . It was his painful duty to say that Charles Hills , Thos . Ovenden , William Couchworth , and Richard Foreman , « hould be committed ; while Mrs . Burford and Newman were to be discharged without entering into their recognizances . As to the rest , he hid them retire to their homes , and thank their Maker that their lives had been spared . He warned them as to their conduct at the funerals of the men which had been killed .
"While the court was sitting Lord Harris came and sat on the bench for a few minutes , and then retiTed . The Mayor of the town ( as we understood ) reprehended the constable Little for the manner in which he had the prisoners handcuffed . He said it was actual torture to the poor men , and he had heard many complaints before on the subJHCt . A man named Charles Hadlow , who had snrrendered himself , . ente-ea into his own recognizances , and was discharged . The Court then broke up .
I-KQUEST ON THE CONSTABLE L'ATT . Boughton-under-Blean , Monday . ^ This morning the Coroner , Mr . De la Saux , armed from Canterbury , and immediately proceeded with the j x IKQTJEST ON GEORGE CATT . ~ When the following evidence was given : Stephen Champ , labourer , was the first witness called : He said that he had been in Bossenden Wood en the 3 L $ rMay .. last , and saw the deceased , Catt , fhere , who was acting as a ^ constable , and en deavouring' to suppress the riotous proceedings of the mob who were assembled together in the wood ; saw Lieut . . Bennett in front of his detachment of soldiers
and going towafflstJourt ^ nay , who was also advancing towards * hftn ( Bennett ); some words were addressed by Lieutenant Bennett to Courtenay , but what they were witness could ubt "hear ; when they were within a stride of e-oeh other , he saw Conrtenay presenting a pistol at Lieutenant' Bennett with h ! s right hand ; ia-tantly heard the report , and saw Lieutenant Bennett fall ; witness wasso close to the officer , that if he ¦ had'Struck any person before he was sbot j he must have seen him ; it was utterly impossible to have reached any one of the mob with Ms sword before he was shot , nor was any one of the rioters near enough to have reached him before Tie was shot by Conrtenay , and Lieutenant Bennett
i was the -first person , that fell or was wounded ; Gatt was « t the right hand of the officer Bennett at tbe time , and there witness afterwards found him dead , with a gunshot wound in his head ; he is perfectly satisfied Catt was shot by the ^ military in the execution of thar duty , and by accident . ScTeral other -witnesses gave similar testimony . "The jury returned a verdic ^ " That the decased was shot by acciden t by thfe" military while in the execution of their duty . " r \ . . ' . •/• ' .. - . Inquests were 6 ubrfequeDtiy holden on the bodies of "William Bubfobd , Sir "Vffljtiiiii [ Cyjavt * nay , alias John Tom , George Gbiggs , Steph en Bakkb , George Bbanchett , ¦ Wn . LtAM * O 3 UN , Phineas Habtey , Edw abd Wbaight , « Jf Wilmam Rye—in all which cases a Terdict <* Justifiable homicide " was returned .
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LAMJBEt ftiSTTREET . ™ ° f iT ^ " * ¦; - J < lrt « - and Hantekk , by pdiceas ^ ottS ^^ ssswi *?*** ^ 0- * ' ° «^ pia « NySKx street , Waterloo-road , entered the * hopof Mf . C 1 rv-JS-Sfi" iPfc ' **! ** " ' ^ ngtoXteS and made a lengthened communication relative tb the murder of the young wman Grimwood , aext door , on the Friday night , and on being luied . bV Mr . Clayton why he did not attend before the cor < v ? f i ™ ^? 7 communicate the tircanistaticehis ^ j ^^ ^ i 1 ^^ Z ^^^^^^ L AM ? ETH-STR £ ET . . ?** Mtsteriour MnnnH « wim ™ . ^ :
-. , reply was that he had a strong and decided objectionio take an oath , which he would be obliged to do if he went before the coroner . Mr . Clayton ( who is one of the jurors sworn in the case , ) considering the ^ eclaraton of the prisoner to be of importance " m tne mysterious case , and his manner somewhat suspicions , gave directions to his younp man on his J |;* S tbe shop to follow and watch his movements , ine yonng man did so , and the prisoner in the midst ot the heavy rain , proceeded through various streets nnUl he reached Rosemary-lane , where he purchased a sheet of paper in a stationer ' s shop , and then entered a coflee-shop . there . The youug man who had followed him at this time , communicated the circumstance to Leaautaiue policemanwho
hap-, pened to come up , and : it was arranged between them that the yonng man should enter the coffeeshop and watch the pr isoner ' sonanceuvres . He did so , and finding that he had written a letter , and sealed and addressed it , he returned to the policeman , and throu g h , the window he could perceive the letter he had written was directed ¦ ** ' to either Mr . Gnmwood or Mr . Best , 12 , Wellington-terrace , ^ ate rloo-road , Lambeth . " Leaman instantly entered the house and demanded the letter from him . The prisoner , after some hesitation , gave it np , and appearing much confused at the time , the officer told Mm he should attend before a magistrate . The letter was handed to the bench , and was as follows ;—
"June 1 , half-past two o'clock in the afternoon . " Gentlemen—A frieud of mine this morning has made tome a disclosure , in a particular way , that will , I ha \ e no doubt , lead to the detection of the villain that committed the atrocious murder . The man he suspects is a good-looking man , with dark or large whiskers , thin made , nearly about six feet . Yon will excuse me from writing his name or address for many reasons . He is by profession a Baptist and a member of abstinence . He is considered by many a most singular character—a man that lias been well educated ; formerly , in bis first wife' « time , m great prosperity ; is now in great poverty and
distress oi mind from two wicked rebellious children . I dare not , on any account , give you his name , but he lives not far from G ranby-street , Waterloo-road ; is by trade a cooper ; served his time to Air . George Davis , cooper , ot Limehouse ; was bound at Coopers Hall in the year 1800 ; can talk several languages ; his father was nearly 50 years porter at Lyon ' s Inn , in the Strand ; is well known to [ Here follow the names of several individuals , to whom the writer pl-iges he is known . ] He wenld sufler anything , 1 believe ; yea , die sooner than take an oath . ( Addressed ) "To either Mr . Grimwood or Mr . Best , 12 , Wellington-terrace , Waterloo-road , Lambeth . "
I George Grant , assistant to Mr . Clayton , detailed at some length , and with much clearness , the part iculars of the conversation of the prisouer at his master ' s shop , as well as his conduct afterwards , and until brought to this office . He said that on his way from the Waterloo-road to Rosemary-lane tbe Erisouer kept continually looking after him , and , as e thought , went some distance out of his direct course . He also seemei very much confused on the policeman making his appearance in the coffeeshop , and appeared to have much reluctance in giving up the letter . Mr . Norton here asked the witness if he had observed anything hi the conduct of the prisoner which would lead him to believe thnt he was not of sound mind ? and he replied , that the only thing which induced him to think , that he was not perfecily right in his mind was , his walking quite leisurely through the streets while the raiu came down in torrents , and not taking shelter in some place until it was over .
The pr isoner , after receiving a caution from Mr . Norton , who told him that the charge against him was of a very suspicious , and might turn out of a ser ious , character , a . ud , therefore , he was not bound to say anything that was likely to criminate him , as every thing he should say would be taken down , and might be used against him hereafter , replied that he would tell tbe Trhole truth , of tho m-itUit a * far as he knew , and added that some persons might eonwder him insane , but thin he could assure the bench was not the case , though he -would admit he was somewhat distressed in mind , owing to the conduct of two of bis children . Ha then proceeded to say that ^ n Friday night , or rather Saturday morning , being disturbed in his mind , and unable to sleep , he got out of bed , and considering that a walk would do him some good , he dressed himself , got into the street , and proceeded to Waterloo .
bridge . \\ hue passing along Wellington-terrace , he saw a man standing at a door with light pan - taloons or drawers on , a clean shirt , with the sleeves tucked up to the elbows , and some blood on his hands . As he approached the man he saw him place his hands together , and raising them up , exclaim , " Oh , oh . I have done the deed ; how slialll acquit myself of it V and on his perceiving him ( prisoner ) he stepped inside , and shut the door softly . He ( the pr isoner ) at the time thought it odd , and he in consequence went np to the door , placed his ear close to it for some time , but finding all perfectly still inside , he , after three , or four minutes , proceeded as far as the bridge , and on his return again listened at the same door , when not the least noise wa ? perceptible ; he then let himself in by a string which he had fastened to a latch , and went to bed , and asked his children if they had heard him go out , and they replied they did not .
Mr . Norton : When did yon first hear of the murder of the yoting woman?—Prisoner : I am not sure wh-ther if was Sunday or Monday morning that I read about it , and I ' heard a good deal of talk about it . . Mr . Norton : Then did it not at once strike you that the man you had seen as you described with the blood on his hands was the murderer ?—Prisoner : No , sir , not at first . I had a , great deal of trouble of my own on my mind , but I afterwards thought he was tbe murderer .
MrJNorton : What have you to say about this strange letter found upon you , and said to have been written by yonjand withontname or address ?—Prisoner : I acknowledge that it was written by me . The fact was , 1 had mentioned to my neighbours next door what I had seen * and they wanted me to go before the coroner and"jnry , and state it , but I did not wish to put myself forward for the reason I mentioned belore , and that is that I have a scruple against taking an oath , which 1 must have done before the coroner , but I at the same time said that I had no objection to come forward provided I was called to
upon do so . Prisoner then said , that though he had not put his name or address to the letter , he had stated quite sufficient to he found , as there xvas no other cooper in the neighbourhood iut himself . In reply to a question from the magistrate , the prisoner said thers was a respectable . tradesman in the neighbourhood . who had known him for . many years , and , on being sent for , he attended and corroborated the prisoner , as to his knowing him in the way of business , and added that he always considered him a steady and sober roan . The prisoner here said he belouged to the Temperance Society , and was a Baptist . ¦ - --.- ¦ ¦
After . a very protracted investigation , Mr . Norton directed Leaman , the policeman , to retain the letter for thp present , and to proceed . with the prisoner to his residence , and if lie found his xepresentatiqns to be true to let Lim a | large . , ¦ There wasone thing , however , ' he , would' wish the policeman to do , and that' was to Question the Children of the prisoner before he cbuldnave any communication . with them as to whether or not he had questioned them on the Saturday morning as to his beine mu .., [ ¦ < - . : .: .... . :-..- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : , - . . ¦ ¦ " ¦' - : \ . ¦ - . :. . ¦ - Mr . Pelham , the solicitor , who is employed by the relations of the onfortunate , deceased ta watch the proceedings before the inquest , happening to come into the office during the inquiry , expressed it as his opinion that the statement of Owen was of considerable importance , as it was in evidence before the coroner that Hnbbard had been at the door
without hu coat , and he , therefore , hoped the magistrate would desire that Owen , the policeman , and the yonng man belonging to the shop of Mr . Clayton would attend before the coroner at the adjourned inquest on Mo-idaynext , _ : Mr , Norton at once ' complied with this request , and the parties promised to , be in attendance / The next evening , as the Hon . G . C . Norton was about to leave the bench , police-constable George Seaman , H 150 , came , before him and made the following statement relative to his inquiries about John Owen , who had been , brought beioreliim ( Mr . Norton ) on the preceding day . The constabfe , in the first instance , complained of the conduct of two individuals who had been present durme the
investi-; gation of the case at thisoffice , and who snfeequenfly went to the Waterloo-road , obtruded themselves into the house , put various questions to tae personh km whom m was endeavonring to receive important information , and said that their jnanner and singular conduct was calculated to , and did- conriderabls , impede him , mihee ^ equtioB of hisdnty , in , obtaiiu > g that ioibniiatidn ^ ' whipb . 'Ma ' eaaai ^ . JJe then proceeded to state , ^ at after leavuijf Qweu at tfe house of Mr . Clayton , No .: i 4 ' Wellmgton-t « rrace he proceeded to his ( Owen's ) rtsidence in Cottageplace , and there questioned his children as to the statement he had madeat this office . His daughter , a girl of aboutfburteen ' years of age , told him that she had heard her father ga ont about four o ' clock
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S * 5 SniSSrtft ? ft ^ d wturn about five , her fa £ r h ^ S ° 5 ^ 8 ame moTt&i S * breakfast SraSSttflaaswa S ^ gawatrtrfflKtsi IS ^ Afte 5 i * bad "Mtioned that the man had marks of blood upon ms shirt sleeves and trousers , as well as to hands : whereas , at this office hi thaf ^ oh the Sa urday morBing , and teturn about five . ? , ' ? ° ^ that on the same mominff at b «« kfi «
, wrew- ^ jt , there were mark * oni the han * : He jSeaman ^ also went to the honse of a Mrs . Selby nextdoor , andvaw J ertainedfrom that lady that Owen had informed her of what he had seen , tod that ine did urge him as mnch as possible to ga before the coroner and jury , but he objected on the ground of his ^ ike to tate ^ anoath , - promallfaecfuldK of him in the neighbourhood it would appear that he was a sober , honest , industrioas , and fiard Wor £ mg man , and bore an excellent character . Mr . Norton :-Theh , from all you have learned , oTblief ?^ 6 tUat * ^ " ^ aneorunwo ? %
Seaman :--Notat all , sir : he bears an pvtoIW ~ sp . SSH « ll been . committed , with one of the beadle ™ of the pansh , whose namehe understood to b ^ Tinderson and Inspector Field , who were putting vaS questions tahim relative to the manV S seenTt the door , his description , &c ., and he ? Sea ^« understood that Hub 1 , ard ' waS \ n % t > n ^ fl 2 time ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ -. . JVlr . gortoni-Doyou know whether Owen has
_ Seaman :-I can't , ay , sir ; fbr feeling that after thp account I got of him , 1 had no right to keepS m custody , I did not interfere . . *¦ •« " * Mr . Norton :-In justice to Hubbard the thing should be done guardedly . He should be placed among a number of other persons , and Owen should D 3 then , qsked if he could recognise among the party the lndmdual he had seen as he alleged . ^ Seaman said it washis intention to have acted so but having , as he had before stated , felt satisfied with the account he had received of him , he acted agreeably ^ to the directions of his worship by not keeping aim further in custody , arid therefore he did
not wish further to interfere . Mr . Norton asked if Owen was still in custody ? ¦ Seaman replied that at first Inspector Field said he would merely detain him until he could procure a blank summons to serve on him to attend before the coronsr on Monday - but afterwards , in consequence of some private disclosures made by Owen to the Inspector aiid Parish Beadle , they considered it necessary to keep him in custody . : Mr . Norton expressed dissatisfaction at the conduct of the two individuals allnded to W Seaman at the commencement of his statement , and approved ol the manner in which he ( Seaman ) had acted .
ADJOURNED INQUEST OF ELIZA GRIMWOOD . iiT } W iry int 0 the ( cause ' ° f the- death of the ill-fated Eliza Gnmwood was resumed on Monday morning last , at the York Hotel . The Coroner said , since the last inquiry he had received several anonymous letters . He had no opinion of persons who made use of this means oi communication , and did not deem them good members ot society . If , a mjan had anything of moment to state , let him come Yorwnrd . He should not publicly read any of the letters so received . Julia Seympur was the . first witness examined , fehe stated that she w « w a widow residing at 2
New-, , castle-court , Strand ; she did not knoT ? the deceased , she might | have seen ter . af the theatre , but she certainly did not on tha Friday evening preceding the murder ; she was notnt the Strand theatre on that evenmg ; she was certain she was not ; she would swear she was not out at all that night , nor on the following morning until between eleven and twelve : she knew a female named Lewis by seting her at the btraud theatre ; she heard that she ( Lewis ) had stated that she ( witness ) and deceased were talking together in the _ pit of the Strand theatre ; that was eutirely false ; she had a person present who would prove that she was not there on the night in ¦ ¦
question . . • . A girl was called to prove that the previous witness was notout , but she couldbnly say that she was uot herself with her iu the theatre . ¦ Emma Lewis was then recalled : She now stated that she had not said that ' . the , name of the person who was talking to deceased on Friday night week was Julia Seymour . ; ' The Coroner and the Jury said she certainly did say so at the previous exanunaiion . Witness ^ : She did not know any yfoTnan of that arid she
uame , did not think she should be able to recognise the person of the girl who was talking to b ^^ f slw was dre ^ ed i » 4 w ^ mourning . ' The . Jury ( to Sfeyraotirji : Can . you bring any one forward from the ~ house in wiiich yon live to prove thatyou were notoat ?—Witness : Why should I do t h at , when I tell youI was notout ? r _ The Jury : You are not asked why you should , but whether you can ? -Witness : Mr . Yates , who has charge of the free list , can prove that I was not at the theatre : if I had been , he would have seen me , because I could not pass without receiving a chuck from him . ¦ .
1 he Coroner : Hit should be necessary , you must bring forward a witness to prove that you were at home on tbe evening in question . xt A 2 9 , hapman ' "ext ¦• witness . ; said she lived at rso . 27 , Great Russell-street , Blopmsbury : she was acquainted with the decensedV who was her auntsheknew that she was living with a person named Hubbard ; she had been in the habit of seeing her sometimes once a month , sometimes dftener : she had worked for her as a dress-miker ; when she received orders from her it was at her own house in Wellington-terrace ; she had en tered into conversation yory little with lier ; she [ deceased ] entered very little intoyher affairs with witness ; she last
saw her alive this day fortnight at Wellington terrace , and stayed witb , h « about an hour and a half ; nothing of importance then transpired in conversation , but something did some months since deceased had then stated that Hubbard had saia " He should : not mind shooting her . " [ The witness here became ijo faint that water was sent for to refresh her . } She ^ tad been conversing about a gentleman who had been with her ; she said she had expressed some wish to lea \ e . Hubbard , and that wan the reason he had said hn wbuld hot mind shooting her ; witness asked deceased why she did not better herself , but she did not know that she contemplated leaving ; deceased told witness she
was uncomfortable ; witness had been in company with Hubbard and deceased together ; she saw hiin . str ike her once ; it was about eight or nine months ago ; it was with his hand that he struck her , but not with violence ; they had had a few words previously about the house , or housekeeping affairs she did not recollect what the words were ; the conversation did not relate to any person ; they had at that timejust removed into the house in which the deceased was murdered ; it was not about any person that \ isited her that the quarrel took place she once heard him express his displeasure at siine person coming to see her ; it was to witness that he complained , and riot to deceased ; he did not
mention Uie name ot the party ; Hnbbard told wittiess that some person had called while ¦ deceased- was from home ; wnenhecpmplained to . witness of-her ^ she [ witness ] said "If I were she ; William , r would not put-up with your temper , " adding , >> that 4 iehad no claim on her ; "' and he remarked >* he would , do away with it altogether : " He appeared to be angry at the tame ., and spoke of some gentleman who came to see her ; Hnbbard aaid » " If he thought deceased would leave him , he would stick them both "meaning deceased and the gentleman He alluded to ; he did not produce . any weapon ; he had been drmkmg at the time ; she nevHrheard him threaten her personally , arid she never heard him say more than , once that be wduld stick them both' her mother did not wash for Hubbard < and-she did not know
any one who did ; she knew a person named Warne ; she had never made obaervations to Mrs . Waroerou Hubbard ' s threats ; deceased was out when Hubbard mad ^ the remarks about the gentleman coming ¦ ti see her , and said he would stick them both if hethoughi she wouldieav ^ him | this was about six weeks or two mouths : ago ; deceased bad . told / witness that the gentleman to whom Hubbard alluded was a gentleman from Birmingham i witness had ; seen that gentleman about twelve months since ; . she had not heard him . repeat his threats , shortly before the murder . u ^ S t ^ nry v She ; did not tell deceased whai Hubbardhad said rshahad a gold watch and ^ ome J f \ f \ i C ( S noi , say that Hubbard knew that she had a ^ g old watch-and trinkets before her U 6 & ' u > .- ¦ - . - . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ , ' ¦ : : — ¦ .. ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ .- ¦ '¦ - .
. By the Coroner : Huhbard said , after the death of deceased ,, that perhaps i ^ waal ^ ome toreigner that had committed the murder ; ahe had Had coriversation ^ witb ^ Mmfilover ; ehe had said , when she heard of the death of dewftsed , that she must have been murdered , but did not aay that it was Hubbard who had done it ; she had expressed a wish to leave b ^ sonie months ago jJInbhard was iiL Kquor when he said he would nwrder her ; deceasedi * had said ^ e rwas unwmfortable , anawentron to say that " P ^ rh aps ^ e'mighVhe married if it was no ^ foj hina ( Hub > ard ) . ^ he ^ aKl ; 8 he thought she could , better tyermtp ^ tipn withagentlemanE ying at
fiir-By the Jury r Wlien Hubbara stmck deceaacd in wi . new s prasenc ^ , it was becanse he disapproved of something , that deceased said . - ^ W' ^ ew By . the Coroner : Witriessi never heard deceased fTEfe . "' ¦?^ y . peraonMaying visited , her , ; and then l 1 ^? ^ ' « bard never ' coimS ed abotjt deceased / 8 conduct , or the manner in which u'fiw 1 moneyF when deceased was struck by « uWbar ^ a ^ i . ^ 1 a f'U 7 : Witeess never heard Hubbard aay he would take care that deceased should not go to bpsom races j when Hubbard said u « woald > . tick them both , wuness said " You would look well in
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Neweate . " Hubbard ; replied "He shonU nn * mm ^ iagrhanged in a ia / t cause . ' " ^ He wllSl ^ fromBiraungham was nert called . r . ** *» 88 n » whose letters were produced at tho SJfflT " ?* l 88 t time he "w TeTeSd wai S £ ~ Z * H S ° ' he knew notlung of anything ? erZ m h flf ^ t o de < ? ? nntil ^ erlceivJaleS ter from the lnspfcctor of police infonniag him of the transaction j the letter he wrote to he ^ iaTwritten beipre he heard anything of the circumsrariceii he il £ Tr * T ^ Varii to satisfy the jurr he had ^ afterwards received a letter from Mr , Best gvmg him the information of the death of deceased ' there waa nothing in that letter to criminate or in any way to implicate any person : he had a snull ^ box which was given to him as a keepsake . jB y * nft Foreman of the jury -1 never left a sword - stick or ^ mfe behind me at the deceased ' s lodging ? , with , which these wounds might have been fntlictpd . jJWjr ate „ Hn J ^ Fr ~ ifJ /^ nr . . Hnbbar 4 replied "He should not
Catharine Edwin examined : I ¦ live at No . 34 , Berkeley-street West ; I knew the deceased Eliza lirimwood ; I have been frequently in her coni-P any , but never visited her at her house ; I « aw her last Wednesday week in the Strand , about two o clock ; I methHr by accident , and we stayed talking together for soiije time , and while so engaged a gentleman came up and made an engagement to meet her on the following Friday night at the theatre ; what theatre I did not hear ban say : he W dressed in a pair of dark green trousers smped with black , a frock coat , a primrose-coloured waistcoBLbutfoneduD , and a mackintosh over his arm ; ne had a broi'd-bnmmed hut , and green spectacles WVand , L think , a kind of blue hundkerchirf ; be ^ l ^ Idarkwhiskers he ia an ItaUariAnd
^ ; ; can speak English fluently ; he had been acquainted witn deceased for months ; he was in the habit of going to see her ; he appeured to be nearly s \ x feet in height ; while I was standing talking to the deceased ^ she ^ aid , on seeing him , "Here comes my tormentor ; " I have seen him several times iu a passum ; he has threatened me upon my saying that he looked like air ¦ Italian ;! have often m « t him in the street with deceased , and have heard him ask her to marry him , and she has returned no answer ; this was . m a confectioner's shop in Piccadilly ; lie then had on a dark-coloured cloak lined with White we were ma private roomand alter taking off his
, cloak , he threw otl his coat , and as he did so something , dropped on the flour , which 1 picked up ; on looking at it , I perceived that it was a large clasp knife , and on drawing down a spring the blade flew up , which was of the width of my thumb nail ; he showed me the way to open and . shut the blade by means of two distinct springs ; the top -of the blade was not sha-p , but square pointed ; it had a white handle , which was abou t six inches in length , and of great strength as well as the blade ; the latter Was about nve inches in length , and half an inch in width .
? . Coroner here desired Inspector Field to bring in the deceased ' s stays , which was accordingly done . 1 he upper part of them was completely saturated with blood , and the production of them excited a painful sensation . Mr . Carter bore pointed out to the witness a stab made through the left-breast of the stays , and asked if the knife she had seen in the hands of the Italian would make such a cut ?—The witness , after examining ^ the stays , replied that she thought it would . I Here the witness became much aflected , and the Coroner ordered some wafer to be brought her . ] i he witness , after a short pause , resumed her evidence , and in answer to the jury s « tid " I have been acquainted with deceased above twelve months ; the part of the knife I have spoken of appeared to have been worn or broken oft , and the blade sharpened atresh . r
By . the Coroner : I don't know tke Italian ' s name ; I have never beard her call him " her crack-whiskwed Antonio , or hercrack-wliiskeredPon ; " I think his name is very similar to that of one of the men who shot at the K ' iug of France : I have been once at the deceased ' s when the Italian came in . By a Juror : How did you hear of this ? Witness : My phyMcian came to bleed me on Saturday , and my-landlady said to him , what a shocking thing this murder of Grimwood is ; I was Undergoing the operation of bleeding at the time , and on bearing the name I exclaimed , "Oh , it is Grimwood ! I know her ! "' and I then fainted away .
By the Coroner : I nerer heard decensed say that the Italian Was a man of depraved habits ; I have always heard the deceased speak very kindly and highly of Hubbard ; when . we were in the confectioner's shop , the conversation principally between the deceased and the Italian was respecting the opera ; he did not talk about leaving the country . By a Juror : Do ; you know where he lives ?—No I do not , but I think he might be found near the Spread Eagle , in the Regent Circns , as I have Jrequeutly seen him there ; he usually walks with his eyesdown ^ By the Coroner : Do you know Bond ' s eaminKhouse r—No ; I do not .
The witness added that the Italian wore a ring and brooch of cbrnelia . stones , on which were engraven something either in Italian or ^ English ; the mounting of this Went upon a swivel ; on one side was engraved * ' Semper jidelis , " and on the other side , " Always faithlul . " I believe deceased gave him the ring . By a Juror : Is this Italian a gentleman , or does he tollow any profession or business ?—Witness : No ; I thought he wns a thief . By a Juror : Why did you think so ?—Because he looked like one . By the Coroner : Who paid for the refreshment at the confectioner ' s ?—Witness : He did , I beUeve - 1 know I did not . '
The Coroner remarked that the description of the Italian certainly corresponded with the accountgiven by the other witnesses . Edwin re-examined by the Coroner : If I were to see the Italian again , I am sure I should know him : he always wore a Miackintpsh Or cloak , : By a Juror ' : I have s ^ en him with a rough coat on , such as are called pilots' coats . By the Coroner : The Italian always wore a Mackintosb , pr cloak , wh . en I saw him * and I have seen him with a pilot coat ; it was in the confectioner ' s when he asked deceased to marry him ; upon Grimwood making no answer , he threatened tothrow her o ver the bridge . ' _ Miss Glover , alias Green , was recalled , and
quesceast-d ' s affairs more-than any person else : I never knew of any Italian wearing gr .-en spectaews meeting her ; I never heard her complain of being tormented b y such a person , or of her naving any appointment with a liL ) rcigner ; . she never told me that an Italian had offered her marriage , and wished her to go abroad with hirii ; By a Juror ; I knew that a man named Hurrey was "o coine on the morning of Tuesday week to d ; ive deopased to Windsor in u gig ; Hubbard knew deceas . ea wasgoing ; . " ' By tha Coroner " : I d . on'tknow the witness Edwin ; I never heard the deceased speak of her . Coroner : Do you think ; that it is likely that a pers 6 n could com % d 4 wn stairs and commit such an act as this withputyour hearing him ?—No ; I think ¦ not . ., . •¦ ¦ - .. . ' : > ¦ .- •¦¦¦• ¦ ••¦ ¦ ¦ - ,
' Coroner : Have you seen Hubbard at any time mending a chair or table , or anything?—Yes , I have feeen-. hira . mend a garden chair . -Coroner : What did he do mat with ?—With a smaU hammer and naila . ¦ : . . ' .. " . Coroner ; H ave yba seen him with a small gouge or chisel ?—No ; : I have not . . Corener : Who washes for Hubbard ?—Mrs . Clarke . Coronar : Have you heard that-a handcherchieF was sent to be washed which was covered with blood ?—Yes ; I think a policeman tola me something of that sorf . * : Coroner : If a person had run to the street-door , a » d , . opening it , said ,, . * ' I have done the deed , " should you have heard it?—I am sureI should . Juror : When HubVard cameddw'ri stairs had hea dirty or clean shirt onfr-Witnesta : Really , I don ' t know ; I did'nt notice it .
Has the red leather purse been found r ^ No , it has not ; it is some time since I saw it . ' * .. AnpthBir Juror ; Do yon know how many shirts Hubbard has ?— -No , I do not ; but I heard deceased Say that shemuBt buy him a p ' ece of luien , as his shirts were all wearing out . ' . Coroner : Do we distinctly understand you to say that the deceased never complained of'Ui-usaue ' fromHubbard?—Wituess : She never did tpine . - . George Graijtexainined : I am in the service of Mr . Clay ton * of Wellington-terrace ; on Friday last John Owen came into my master's shop arid asked what-day the mnrder was perpetrated ? - he was told on the previous Saturday morning , and he then remarked that he was right . I Here the witness gave aniilar evidence' to- that which he had previousl y before
given ; Mr ^ Norton . ] : - By the Coroner : The manner and appearance of Owen struc ^ me that he was not of soun d mind : I saw him again yesterday ; he was in the act of entering No . ; 12 , Weniugton-terrace , and I foUdwed him in ; he offei ^ di | t piece of iron ; in the shape of an anyil , for siale ; walked 2 s . for it / ^ Police ( jonatable i H . 150 , then repeated lus statement as to the appreheiisiori of O * eri , auiproduced the letter wWch ne took from Owen in tfie Coffeeshop . )' ¦ : :: . . ' v ' ::. . - - . ¦ ¦ . : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ^' r ^\ ' r <¦¦ : ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦[ .. " ¦ ¦[¦ ¦ ¦; John Owen was nowbrpught in ; he appeared to be about 60 years of age , aud was bald-headed ; he approached the corpneTi and biding hw head . close to the coroner ' s ear , he said , " I wish to state something in private . " . ; . ^ ; ; Gprpher : Bat we can't receive anything in . private , it mustvbe all public here . ; ' v ' ' - Owen here whispered something to thei Coroner .
Coroner : Oh , we can t hear you . jrithquV being sworn , and I niniit ridw call upon / ydu to take the path . . We can't be trifled with , in a matter of this importance . V . Owen : Very weH , sir ^ I will be sworn . ! The oath having been administered to Owen , he then made arHmbling statement , iu the course of which he displayed considerable action , the sub-
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stance of which correaponded with his statement before before the Lambeth-rtreet magiatrateT fa fW '^ Jrt ' by the Coroner , Owen stated 2 Wel& *? b 8 d * $ ** «¦ ^ * bouse ! SJ tefepSSShe waa smoking a pipe aAh ? H ^ i , ° Jv ^ ' ^ f ^ Ms s ^ B ^^^ M reyectablereh-Ss ? * ^ « ould give ^^ . in answer to further questions rt « »^* - .. I that he had : been at : the hS ? % & ^ h ?** $ * W 4 scommitted « nce , inordeTtot ^ J ! * murder ^^^** ° <>^^ m ^ J ^^^^^ Owen SeS » i stance of whirh ^^^ j « .-. i . t .-. __ . _ -. , "
^ ' , out * stranger in the room , and said he muchre ^ tbled ^ the man . Hubbard , during this proceeS betrayed not the slightest agitation ^ - ^ ^^ Owen having retired from the room , Hubbard waa re-exammedonv&e point , on which hewaTqS noned on the first . Say of the inquest , anf ^ answers were similar to those we have al ^ dr '« , S ^ ^ ^ ° l was next examined as W the time hertather went out 6 a Saturday mornT 'Eft f k ? bu l 8 he' *[** nnable to s P eak to' anV act of her knowledge ; she said her father waS Mr ^ ° ci £% LZ ° f n ° Ae ^ turday morning ^> Mr . thapman , of Covent-garden Theatn *" % si *
^ m ^^^ m ^ M six o clock on the morning of the murder ^ butto « M bSnSSd "ent ^ ^ ¦ ¦* ? # ^ hai ¦ .: Inspector Held said since the last meeting of tha ffi j » f [^ 0 » edry vaults under Welfm g ££ terrace , the helds opposite , and the tops of the houses m th « vneighbourhood , and could not find the weapon used by themurderer . He had also examined tbS person of Hubbard , bat could iiud no scratch ^ contusion ^ upon hun ^ which wonld lead tothPRnti ^
position that he had lately been engaged . in a scuffle . Mary Fisher , the servant , added to her former statement that there were usually three chamber utensils kept in the ^ ouse—namely , one iu deceased ' s room * another in Miss Glovers' , and a third in Hubbard ^ Un the mormng after the murder the deceased ' was found in the back kitchen under the sink * buthow it came there witness did hotk now ; it had been placed by witness the night before in the deceased ' s room . Inspector tield said that wh ^ n the murder was discovered there waa no chamber utensils ini the room where-the deceased was fonnd .
Sergeant Price conh ' nned this statement . Hubbard was here again introduced ito the ropm , and the Coroner said , 1 am going to put a very important questionrto yon , which you may answer or uirt , as you please : Did you see any chamber utensil m deceased s bed-room en the morning of the ^ murder ? —Hubbard : I did not . # Coroner : Did you observe any vessel with blood in it in any part of the house ?—Hubbard : I did not . Did you observe the napkin under the head of theaeceased?—Hubbard : No , I did not ; I only saw her tace and breast .
It being now nine o ' clock , and the jury being very much exhausted from having sat eleven hours , tha coroner suggested an adjournment . He added that it was most important that-the person whom Edwia had mentioned should be brought forward , if possible ; and , on the application of Superintericlent Gnusell , the inquiry was adjourned until Friday next . - -
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' w — : —^— . -MORE " BOONS . " IT WORKS WELL . The following statemenbi have lately been given , bylhe parties signing the same , to Mr . Jobn Lewinmiller and tanner , of WickhamMarket , Suffolk . - ^ The parties who saw or suffered these thingif , profess themselves ready to pro re them on oath , if caued . upon to do so . j ¦ The secrets of these un-English and unchristian Prison Houses should be published far and wide . Head them , and then ask " Is tbia done , is this allowed in England ?" fVillium Peek , 20 , a tall growing youth , became an inmateof the Bas tile , commonly known by th * nameoahe" Plowesgate Uuion Workhouse , 'VSuffolk . He had not enough bread , thought M *
allowance very small , but dared not demand to ha ? e it weighed , for fear of losing that little ; be could have eaten arid really wanted three times as much . Ha has frequfiutlyheard the porter declare that they must mind and understand ^ that if they asked to have their allowances weighed , arid they proved to W we ^ ^ ght , they would not / uiveany . ' ¦ O ^ e day the men in the house had been thrpwinff snow over the high walls of the yard , when the governor ordered that they should go put again . They aU-said they had worked hard for the unial time , ( till . abo ' utfour o ' clock in winter . ) and really could not do any more unless they bad more allowance . The porter then ordered W . Worledge , Bobert Britton , and Samuel Boast to go , but these three refused .- . . .
A scuffle ensued between the men , and . the governor , Mr .-Moore , and the laboureH . The governor being assisted by the porter . . . Woriedge was at last put into a nu ^ GEON , and Peele into another , where they remained all night until the following afternoon . This happened on a cold Saturday , they believe the very coldest night ever known in England ; others had nothing but a littl * straw , and a very small quilt each . Having so littlel to cover them , they kept mowng and jrimpiug * about , aud caUing out toeacli other for fear they should be Irozen . to death before tnorning .- Both caught violent colds . William Peeh has never oeeri well sinceisdyiugslawly—yet he left the house , three several timen , to seek work iu vain , and was forced to go ia again or stane . When he thus went out he aub » sisted on the charity of poor people . U I am ready to prove these facts on path . " . . ¦ • _ : ( Copy ) ' " >< William Peeh . ' ^
James Smith and the above Williain Wpfledge confirm this statement by their signatures even m the presence of Josepli Barber ; and the foilbwinr surgical certificate is added—_ " I hereby icertify ^ that I have examined Wm . Peeh of Letheringham , who is now sufferiugunder incipient corisumption , which has , no doubt , been produced by exposure to intense cold and damp ; and there is , in my opinion , no hope of his ultimate , recovery . " ( Signed ) . - »* GEO . COCHRANE , Surgeon . Wickham- 'Market , May 23 , lii 38 . . . - . -, - .. ; : - ¦ ¦ - ¦ ..- ¦ ' ... . : - Ann Upsqn , 30 , deserted by her husband , wasr pbliged to g » into the Woocfbridge Union WorkhnllSe > . SuffillV . with fViroa ^ Tiilrlfur . t-Koir V ., »«~ C . _ 7 vutiuituci
. — " 7 . ^' . ""~—~** 1 " ¦ ¦ *«»• « . v ^ .. vuv . VI ^ LUcL ILV ^ S years , three yearsij and one year , respectively . About three or four weeks after her incarceration therein , her relativearid another person ¦ came ten milea to see their friendB at . the workhouse , but the / goyemor refused them admittaiac-. " They had brought afesr little things for their friend ^ and lor Upsori ' s children ^ but had to take them back again ; Upsbri ' s two elder children were taken from / hery her sucking child she was allowed ^ to -keep . The Governor Matron told her that the reason her relative was not allowed to' see her was , that her "Guardian" M r * Irott of Ulford , had given di . ectiens , that she -hould see none of her friends , that the punishment would then begreater , and she would be glad to so oat
again and maintain her children as she might do . She wen' out on the 8 th of August , 1837 , bat as the ^ Unipn would give her no aid , and she could not maintain herself and family , » he went in again after 14 days , and ' ataid till Match 1838 , when isLe cam » out againi but could get no assistance towards the maintenance of her family . ' ' A . ; Upsoh states , that whilst she was in this workhouse , a poor woman named Scutchell ( or some such , name ) went into the Men ' s ward , to see , her husharid who was there , for which offence she waspufc iuto the dnngson all nights It was one of the most bitter nights of last winter . She stated" thaTslie resisted being put into the dungeon so violently that it took tne Governor and three moro to forcet
A . Upson also stated , that while she was in , the Union Wprkhouse , the porter ( who ; seems to be '» sort 6 f head constable ot this holy inquisitiori , ) came into . the room where thevWdmenl were sitting : at breakfast , and said to one of them whose husband had deserted her with two / children— " Well Lydia Dorking areypu , going aut ^ pr . areybu going to giv » up your eldest child ?" Ihe woman replied that it was sickl y ^ but If they would lether have the child at meal times she would give it up . ;¦ ¦ The porter would not consent , but said " I know it w not twb years old , if it was I could denlarid it . " ' Thijj ! remark occasioned ' *• <« ome « words , " theyfoman 8 at ; by thestable with © ria child nine ihonthsoldat her breast , and theotherurider tw *
yeara old clinging to her , the mother ' s arm grasping : it round the waist . The porter attempted to tak » the elder child from its mother , and in ; the etruggla the poor woman fell on the floormthboAher . child-. renin herarmsiand crifid « n ^ er ^' irery : loud , Another woman ( Charlotte Upsoo ) : Jaiflp ^ ct np anOtook the babe froro h ? l ¥ rI ?!* > \ : ' ^ K ' i'i ' i ^^^ The porti ? r then took hold of both sides pf . her ( Lydia Dorking ' s ) handkerchiefwhich-Waa rdtjrid her necki and drew it so tight thatr like Uuw , wpmen standing by ( Ann Upson , Charlotte Upson , and Sarah Prentice , ) allsaw her face began to turn black . He would not let her go till she would * say whether she would give tip her clild , or go out . She , however , gave notice to go out , and left the honse in about an hour . / ; , : ; - ^
u I am ready tpproye the above on oath at any time I am called upon to do so . : / - " : ¦ ¦' :- \ : / - "A . upson . " ( Copy , abridged frorii the original . )
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1009/page/3/
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