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      £ PtlLIC VEETIKO 18 THE THEATRE WORCESTER , ON MONBAY DEC . 18 ih , 1848 . ' p . tfflOSSOB , E 8 < L M . P . urtut 0 . SICARW ) , ESQ .. M . P . AHD THB REY . MR flOODRICH REDHABLBY . ' « M OUtt * MC 4 M 9 , *!© .., H . J ., mD Tn MTtlXlTO la ' coosxicb , etaun or thc paiiih o ? udxabut , «• Gamwn ^ -Hatin * heard seven ! ramoan , 8 ta « e « x « o » letter , written by ywin connexion , ritatbe ftWL Lad Company , which , if true , would mentJhe deepest censors of every honest XBiB . wdifWse , thould be contradicted for

      your on ebnoits ' iib . " "" « I act upon thejost legal maxim , thatevery man BhodabepreBumedionocent mtffl haia found ruilty . I tnd . tlwwf ere Ido not no the offensive wordct& len ge , batImTiteyoa to meet me ; yoa , Mr IKcMdo , before jon * MMUtaenta . and , <» , Mr Goodrich before the flockof jow Buhop , in the City of Wer l carter , at the Theatre , on Honda * the 18 th of Dacenter , instant , atseven o ' clock , in the evenin * , ana there , lthoughi rtrtager , aere * having attended m meetms inthat city inmrbie , I ihall be prepared , a nd I am rare w wiU the audienee , to hear dispas ? Koutely and impartially any chare * that you are prepared to mate tamrtmv character , not only la connexion mUitheLand Gomntny . lmt in emnexion

      irithmj political ehaneter , allowineyou the widest powblerange aii to fame ; while it ii but fair to apptlie yottthatltualloharge yottbftth with thefoule ** . nortungeneroat , ungen « emanlike , and onehratiro coaspiraeyagunst the National Land Company and myself ; asdasiRotoWoreetferto meetmjaW ¦^¦ J ? ? K ««« " » ol « ka and not in a Wurterinij ¦ pint , I bee to inform you that should yon appear to nbstantute your charges agahut me , or to ^ efend ttoae IA « n urge againrt yra , that if in the ooune of ^ WSffi My ' lB 8 lxtart ' interruption or in S £ 2 i tS 1 ? 7 t V ***** « P « tLtthip be taa ^ bota parties ] shall hare a fair and impartial setting .

      •• Ih * Tedirected Broo& of m ? invitation to be forwarded to you on Friday , the 8 : h , thai allowingyou aearly a fortnight for eonuderation . and , ineoncla non . I beftortate . that , though determined to have E&rnttampwtar trial . I am equally determined ^ ttemrterauanaotbe considered finally wtttea if too deny me the epportmaty . " I haTe the honour to remain , " Yoar obedient errant , " Fmbous O'Ccssor < . " vHSSSlJ ^ ol ^^ ' tte exP of ttl

      cS * iW W * tf J : D- Stevemon . Street : Mr Cramp . New Street ; Mr Harding , Lindoa Eoad Gate ; and Mr Watkfcf , Found j

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      TO THE CHARTISTS . My Friends , I never droop or despair , when you for whom I struggle despond . This has been a busy week , and this ( ThHrsday ) is the only day of the week I have to ^ rovide food for y our minds on Saturday ; and , therefore , I shall devote this letter to aa account of my visit to Manchester , Dewsbury , and Liverpool . On Sunday night I addressed the most crowded audience I ever saw in the People ' s Hall at Manchester ; and what made the sight more cheering to me was , that they did not expect me . "William Grocott—a most fit and

      proper person—was in the chair , and he was surrounded by many who , perhaps , when you read this , together with himself , may be immured in "Whi g tombs . However , their spirits did not droop . They were conscious , not only of their innocence , but that they had faithfully discharged their duties to your principles , and faith in you , and hope in the realisation of those principles , sustained them . My friend Grocott , in introducing me , stated that many had asserted , that confidence in me was destroyed , and that I dared not show my face in Manchester . However , in the most bustling times , I never had a more

      enthusiastic reception ; and I told my audience that , instead of talking about confidence in me , they should ask me if I had confidence inithem—and yet I conld have answered the question myself thus : that if ninety nine in every hundred withdrew their confidence from me , I would not withdraw my confidence from my own principles . I showed them that I was not a follower of their principles , but a teacher of my own . I spoke at considerable length upon the Labour Question , and the approaching trials , and was more than repaid by the love and kindness of my own children , and especially the women , for whose release from bondage 1 principally struggle .

      On Monday I went to Dewsbury , and the good Chartists of that town not being able to procure aplacesufficiently | large tohold the dead body of Chartism , they were obliged to take a large chapel at Batley , and there I went , accompanied by my friend Eydd , and escorted by a band and procession . When I arrived I could scarcely squeeze myself into the dense mass . I was received in the kindest and warmest manner ; the Chairman made a most admirable speech , basing Chartist principles upon divine right , and , as at Manchester , I was compelled to strip to my shirt . I had the

      honour to introduce my friend and yours—Mr Samuel Kydd—asthe veritable member for the West Riding ; his qualification being your confidence , and his allegiance—devotion to your cause . Those are Che two eaths that Members of Parliament are compelled to take . Kydd , though hoarse , made an admirable speech upon the Rights of Labour , the Land and the Charter . And now I will tell you why I call him the member for the West Riding . The train by which I went from Manchester to Dewsbury , stopped at all the stations , and when we approached "Wakefield all the middle

      classes who were in conversation upon the several platforms , declared that Kydd had a tremendous majority ; but then the sub-sheriff , who officiated for the high-sheriff , and who is known by the ominous name of Gray , and who is a Whig , declared the show of hands was in favour of his partisan , and every man who went from Dewsbury declared that Kydd had a majority of three teone . Now this is the miniature of class legislation . This shows you how units can trample upon , and overpower the will of thousands ; but heed it not , Labour ' s day is coming , and these acts of

      treachery but sting you , and spur me on . The concourse of people at Wakefield was larger than has been known for many years . Kydd received the best hearing , the loudest and most unanimous cheers , and made the only speech , and yet Eydd has not even a vote . Ah ! but I do not require to go back to the alphabet of Chartism now , there is a breeze coming across the Chsnnel from all countries ofjEurope , and upon it the principles of democracy ride . It is finding its way as well into the mansions of the great and the palaces of monarchs , as into the hovels of the wretched—THEY CANNOT

      KEEP IT FROM US . From Dewsbury I went to Liverpool , and , although it was announced that they could not get a place to meet in until Thursday , they assembled in a good large Hall . Many of my own countrymen were there . I addressed them for nearlv two hours , and at the conclusion they moved that I had deserved well of my country . However , I told them that I rejected the compliment until my country deserved as well of me .

      Throughout my short tour , I was more than confirmed in the hopeful anticipation that Whig tyranny had not destroyed Chartifim . They have used every appliance in their power—the ascendancy of capital—the silence or abuse of their Press—the tj / anny of their judges—and the prostitution of their jurorsbut the nine-lived thing has survived their combined oppression . "Wha t think you , brother Chartists , of a

      Constitutional English Judge , who is taught , and should teach , that every m ? n is presumed innocent until he is found guilty—what would you think of that Judge , who is the sworn impartial administrator of the law , refusing chair , table , pen , ink , and paper , to an uneducated man . acting as his own counsel , and called upon to defend his own liberty , and compelling that man to stand in that position for twelve hoErs , in the hope that his charge

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      to the Jury may be based , not upon the prisoner s defence , but upon the official ' s persecation ? And what would you think of a Judge telling his client—for every undefended man isgthe Judge s client—that he was a vain fool and a fop ? However , such was the language—such was the conduct of a Constitutional English Judge ( the Baron Alderson , ) to a freeborn Englishman on trial for his liberty . Mantle—who was the victim of this irascible party rascality—stood in the double character of prisoner and advocate—and what would be the indignation of the

      English bar , if a Judge upon the bench dared to withhold the use of pen , ink , and paper from a Barrister-at-Law ? Perhaps , the ConstUu ' tional Judge may urge , as a justification , that the prisoner was in custod y , and was not out upon bail ; but will this nice distinction apply to two parties charged with the same offence—the one who could procure bail , and the other not ; thus constitutin g the absence of bail , instead of the evidence , as a proof of guilt ? No doubt , from what is dail y published in the Irish Press , the Government will hear something of the mode of

      packia Irish Juries , and they shall also hear something of the injustice of English Judges ; for what boots it to the prosecutor , whether the conviction of an opponent is procured through the instrumentality of a packed jury or a partisan judge . Just reflect , for a moment , upon the brutality of compelling a working man to stand through twelve hours of fatigue , and then to be subjected to the impossibility of meeting the charges brought against him . How different from the JUST AND HOLY JUDGE , who strengthened the law at Lancaster , by assigning the best places in _ the Court-house ,, and allowing every indulgence , as well to those in custody as to those on bail . There

      is s striking contrast tor you ; and if ever it should be my misfortune to witness the funeral of that « Just Judge , " which God forbid , I promise you that the most popular man in England never had such a funeral procession , while the remains of the unjust Jud ge will be consigned unlamented to the grave , and his memory execrated by all good men . There never was a greater act of tyranny practised . How could the most accomplished and practised lawyer , with the most retentive memory , and accustomed to legal disputation , defend his client , standing without pen , ink , or paper ? And there is no difference in the two cases—Mantle was the prisoner ' s advocate , and the verdict is the conviction of the Judge , and not of the prisoner . '

      Brother Chartists , in every case of 'libel I have suffered from the vindictiveness of Whig Judges . I may be told , that in the troublesome times that are coming it is impolitic to place myself in hostility to one of the Jud ges , but if my life depended upon it my nature would not allow mete withhold censure in such a case . Think of a man called upon to answer every charge adduced against him , upon the most complicated indictment , being denied the means of defending himself ! Was

      tyranny ever equal to this ? or do the musty volumes of which they are so fond , furnish any precedent for such cold-blooded tyranny and injustice ? and always bear in mind , from one who should be not only the impartial administrator of the law , but the advocate of the prisoner , and the assertor and defender of his innocence until proved guilty by the verdict of a . jury . And God knows that ' s an ultimatum to which the Judge may look with certainty , whell y irrespective of evidence , when a Chartist is the victim .

      " Well , nevermind , every Chartist in York , and every Chartist in Liverpool , will be di >> fended , as we will fight the battle of Chartism out , even in the illegal courts , as you and I have resolved that our matto shall be , 11 Onward snd ire corquer , Backward tod we f « ll . "

      "THB PEOPLE'S CHARTER . A 3 DN 0 SURRENDER . " Next week I will give you an analysis of the constitution of the Houses ef Lords and Commons , and when you read the materials of which they are composed , if ever you wonder again at the tyranny to which you are subjected , I shall only laugh at you . It has taken no small time to make this analysis , and it will cause no little astonishment when read . You ? faithful Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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      ROYAL P 0 LYIECHN 1 C INSTITUTION . Last week Doctors Backhoffaer sod Rjan were engiged in delivering a series of lectures at the atava named establishment , oa E !* elHei'y and Caemistry . The principal feature in Dr Bapkbeff ner ' s lecture war , the application of electricity for the purpose of li g ht . In his experiments he tooceeded most admirably in keeping op a iteady light , equal to 250 wax candles . The result was most brilliant and effective . The learned professor very properly stated , that it was not his object to depreciate the labours of those gentlemen wha were seenringthMr dummies by patent righti . bnt merely to show , by then'ual experiments of the lecture table , how valuable such a light would be conld it ever be rendered permanent , and economic . The lecture was wall attended , and the Doctor received great

      applameduring his able discourse— The lecture by Dr Ryan was on the philosophy of an Empty Bottle ; obtaining from * lubject apparently so barren , aofficient to iluatrate , in a remarkable degrei , tbe laws which govern the sniverse around us . The coarse panned by the learned gentleman may bs imagined , when we gire the heads into which his discourse was . divided . In the first place , he proceeded to explain the conventiensl meaning of the term empty ; secondly , tha nature of many of the airs or gases which may occupy space , and jet tbat space be continually empty . The novel nature of the subject , and tte manner in which the Professor delivered Ms ideas , appeared to ba high ' y relished by his auditors , who testified their approbation by load applause .

      Dr Ryan has commenced a genes of popular lectures at this institution , on the important subject of Agricultural Chemistry . ThBprincipal feature cf h s lecture was to show by appropriate experiment * , the process of separation by plants of the carbon from the cubonie acid of the atmosphere , the assimilation of tha elements of water and the abstraction of nitrogen from the atmosphere , of carbonate and nitrate of ammonia . ' 1 he learned Dqator also described the food of phati , and concluded by ojngra'ulating the audience upon the removal of much of that

      prejudice againit chemical agriculture which formerly existed , and rezretted tbat it should still exist in some mioda . Toe Doctor also stated that by the aid of chemistry alone could forming become a perfect science ; and that it was only by an analytical examination of the soils , and a comparison with their can-Btitaents of the future crop , that the system of msta-ing could be saecetsfally carried ont . The theatre of the institution was perfectly crowded by an audience which appeared to be chiefly farmers , numbirs of whem visit the metropolis at this season of the year .

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      BiRMiKSHiM . —Thk Ismmdus Poob L * w . —A correspondent informs us that Ed . Moran , a poor Irishlabourer , and who has been twenty years resident id this town , daring which time he has borne an irreproachable character was , abant a year ago , Jotallj deprived of sight . His friends being poor liki himself , he applied and was admitted into the aaion work , house , when he was suddenly ejected from the bouse It appears that this poor man has brothers in the town , who are bricklayer ' s labourer ? , with wives and familiei dependent opon them f aDd Moran was told that his brothers must support him , or otherwise the authorities woull pa s him over to Ireland , as they could not allow him oat-door relief . Fearful ef oerishinz in Ireland among ( to him ) strangers , and

      hii brothers being incapable of supporting him , thin blind working mau is now hawking luoifer matches in tha streets cf Birmingham , in order to obtain a precarious subsistence , thua preB ^ nting s living examrkof the reward of honest industry , the excellenca of our beneTQleat institutions , asd the bleeiiogs of civilisation .

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      LAMBETH —Stbjit . RDBBiaT .-Msry Ann Smith wu eUrged tpfou Mr Elllotfcwith-bitog r . n aoeewory to the foUoninf robbery : —Mr Vwmtmew , -a . gentlemen wilding in Watt ' s . Tetrtce , Kent Road / deposed that on the preceding night , Wtwenjhe aouw of eight and alne o clock , while failing along "the H « w Cot , Lambeth , he was aeoogtea by a female , who prsiied him to accompanj ita , to htr lodging * , He dsollntd cempljing with h it

      « wq « , ana endeavoured ; te git rid . of her , but waUe doing so shetut her baud into Ms ' pocket , Uld hold « f hlsgotd watcb , broke itfrtm lae ' guard , and In . taatly darted from kin . He was about $ o follow her , wnsn th « priioner , to whom ine bad joit before spoken , placed hrtMlf . ln the way , and ebiirfing that the other femtlehad by the impediment got boyoadhU reach , he MOBKatheprlumtr , and handed hir ovtrtotheohargs of the police . Tbe . pHiorier .. in " reply to tke charge , said the was unacquainted with' the name or perioa of tht pattywhostole . the watch . She ' wag , however , reminded until Thursday . ¦ P ' .

      A JFoBeiviso HniBAKD . —A decently dreiied man , about thirty j eatii of . sje ^ utued fee whneit bo z , when thema | Utrate , w « B ; abou ! t . tc (; . ieiiye tbe benob , and addretiios Mr B ^ iptt , laid :--VS , ome time ago , your lord . ship , my wife left me to go and Uve with another , ghe hai latterly repented her coaduct and nlihes to come back to me . I am agreuble to forgive and take her back ; lul the man she has ' : be « n living with , refunei to « n

      WOB 8 HIP STREET , — Cixsobbhip o ? thb Police . - > Jame « Elnulie Dun ' ean , a person ef grotesque appear , ance , who described bimaelf as , a poet and dhlnarian , wai charged befere Mr Hammlll , with having earned an obitruetton ia the public thoroughfare , by selling Caar . tlitput > lioalioni , —FQlice . conitable Baker , G 228 , stated that shortly after nine o ' olook on tbe preeediag evening , his attention was attracted to the priaomr , who was standing at the corner of a court leading to the Hall of Science , in tke City Road , with a bundle of printed papers In his kand , and surrounded by a crowd of at least one hundred and fifty psrioni . Some of the papets were entitled Blood Money for Powell , the Spy ;' AScourgeforthe Gag ; ' ' The Mardered Chartieti , ' Ac , and the prisoner was loudly deicantfng upon the

      merits and character of the productions , which he stated to be his own composition , and sneoteded in disposing of a large number of them at a halfpenny each . Witness nquestedthe piisonerto move on , as tbe pathway was completely obstructed , but he positively refuted t « do so , and he was therefore compelled to take him into custody—Prisoner : Pray , si * , how did I behave towards you « f t « you took me in charge ?— ¥ i » nen : Tou shook your head at me like a savage , and dared me to touch you . —Prisoner : Did I not eihort the people to be patient and peaceable , notwithstanding my unwarrantable arrest t—Witness : No , yeu did everything you conld to eicite them to resintance . —In answer to tbe

      charge , the prisoner said that he was not at all aware that he had violated the law , as hehtd been * In the habit , for considerable period , of puWlOly fllimbullBg his productions , ana bad even disposed of tbem ' to mem . hers ef parliament , In the corridor of the House of Com . mons but bod never been at all Interfered with on any pmluus occasion . —Mr Hammilltold the prisoner tbat be could not be permitted to dispose of his commodities in such a manner as would necessarily eause an obstruction ef the public thoroughfare , but is the hope tbat what bad taken plaoe would operate as a warning to him for the future , h « should now order him to be discharged . .

      Atihk-md Rips , —William Roberts , an inmate of tbe Bethnol Green Union Workhouse , wai brought before Mr Hammill , at the instance of the pariah authorities , charged with an assault of an aggravated character upon a yeuog married woman named Jane Welden , also an Inmate of that establishment . —The complainant , a dtlioate-looking woman , stated , that in oontcguence of the destitute condition to which she and her husband kad been reduced , they were compelled , In the early part of last wetk , to stek an asylum In the workhouse . On the morrfng of Friday last , ihe was ordered by the matron ta assist a woman named Bishop in cleaning the men ' s sleeping ward , and whilst so oooupied in one of the rooms during tke temporary absence of ( he other woman , the prisoner snddtnly entered , and af ter addressing to her

      an indecent overture ,- which Bhe indignantly repelled , he seted her round the waist and threw her feroibly down . Tke priioner then proceeded to conduct himself in a manner that oannet be deicribsd , when the woman Bishop fortunately returned to tbe apartment , and frustrated hii infamous deiiga . Ai loan as she reoovered from her agitation , she hastened down stairs and sought out the master of the werkhouse , to whom she communicated the particulars of the outrage ; but the instant she left the ro 3 m , the prisoner made a similar attack upon tbe other woman which she also tuocessfally resisted , and he then hastily retreated to the day . ward appropriated to the male paupers , where he was shortly afterwards secured . —Mr Fair&eld , the master of the workhouse , stated tbat an loyestSratlon caving been « et en foot to

      asoertain how he kad contrived to reach the ward in question , which was coastantly kept locked during the day , it was discovered that he had abstracted a key beloBging to the superintendent of that department , In consequence of the scandalous nature of the outrage , the strictest injunctions had been given for the exercise oi graater caution in future , and to preolnde the possibility of Us recurrence it wai resolved that the services of the feu ale inmates in the men ' s wards should be henceforth altogether dispensed with . Mr Hammlll said tbat tbe offence was one of suoh a serious description , that he considered it necessary to give the guardians aa opportunity of deciding whether or not they weuid undertake to prosecute the case before a jury , and he should therefore order it to stand over for that purpose .

      Hosse Chaomisbb , —Jobn Doeion Jon » 8 was ch&rged with' bavlng obtained under false pretences the sum of £ 26 5 s ,, from Mr George Hiell , a master baker in the Belhnal Green Road . The prosecutor , an elderly German who gave his evidence in broken English , and with an air of drollery which created much amusement , stated that he had occasion on Tuesday last to attend a horse and cattle sale in his own neighbourhood , and kad just left tha premiies , ithea the prisoner engaged him in conversation , and having introduced himself ai a' Urge llTery . Btable-kwper atCrojdon , intimated that he had just met with a grlevoss dtsappsintment , through the pig-headed perverseness of a gentlemen ' s groom , who bad brought there a splendid horse for Bale , but positively refused to let him purchase It , because he said

      semethlng offensive to his matter in the morning . The prisoner added , that the nntm&l weu to be sold for the paltry sum of lit 5 s . and as he had set his mind upon having it , entreated the witneas to become the nominal purchaser on his behalf , and he wenld immediately furnish him with tbe amount , and present him with a gratuity of 15 ) . for his services . Whilst they were in conversation another mas in the garb of a groom , suddenly made his appearance , when the priioner whii . pared to him ' That ' s the very mas , ' and stealthily slipping twenty-seven sovereigns Into his hand , left them togttber to negotiate the bargain . This was speedily tffected , and fcejnag conducted by tke mau in livery down an adjoining gateway , where the horse was standing , but he had no sooner struck the bargain , and handed

      over tbe stipulated price , than the fellow appeared to be seised with a sudden misgiving , and expressing his con victlen that witness kad received the money from the man he had been conversing with , and with whom he could have no dealiage , as ha bad grossly insulted his muter , declared that he could not raoonoils it with hit conscience to couuttn noe tuoh a piece of duplicity , and returned him the money , with an Intimation that to obviate the dlfSouUy , he must himself be thc aotual purchaser . After a fruitless attempt to overoome t his virtuons resolution , witness returned te the prisoner , who received back the sovereigns with an air of infinite chagrin , and strongly ur « ed him to pur . chase the horse with bis own money , vihich he would cheerfull y reimburse with a handsome compensation for

      his trouble . He accordingly hastened home and prooured the amount , which was pocketed without further scrnpla by the conscientious groom , who thin left him with the horse , and he was immediately after surrounded and hustled by a hoBt ef fellows , who clamorously advised him to get rid of It at once upon any terms , as it wasmteiiy worthless , and eaten up with theglanden . After waiting In vatn for the prisoner , ho managed , with some difficulty , to get the hone to hit stables , and Im . » 84 iately sent f jr a farrlw to examine It , who Informed him , after ltoklng at tke brute , that he ooght rather to have sent for a knaoker , as it was only fit to be eonrerted

      inW dog ' s msat , and woald be a dear bargain at £ 3 . He subsequentl y obtained the assistance of tbe police , and accompanied Smith , an active officer of the K division t > DIxob ' s Repository , where they fortunately encountered the prisoner , who no aeener caught sight of them than ho darted off like a deer , bnt after a slarpohaae he wa ^ ultimately run down , and lodged in tbe station eoubb . — On being called upon far his defence tha prisoner , with imperturbable ooolneae , declared that ha faithfully paid the proaccutor bis commission of 15 i ., and afierwarJs waited for him to receive the horse , till bis patience was tired out ; but be never kept his appointment . —The magistrate ordered the prisoner to bg remaniJed for a

      week . WksIMIHMES —SlDDCIIOW AMD AlMMPISP SoiCIDB . —Mary EWkner , a respectable young woman , wai charged with tttfraping to commit snioide . —Tnomas Riwland , 195 B , stated that about two o'clock that Burning he observed the defendant hastening from

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      Wejtbourne Street , PlmHoo , towards the bank of tht Baaelagh sewer , and suspecting by her manner that she meditated self-destruction , he asked her what she wanted there at that hour la the morning , when she replied—No thing , '—and Inquired whether the ; water was very deep there ( alluding to the open sewer ) . He Informed her that it was not deep at that time , and recommended her to go home , which she said she would do in a few minutes . He then walked a few paoes away , but fiadlng that she remained aa before , he returned to her and repealed bis inquiry , when she burst Into tears and cried bitterly for some minutes after which she requested him to leave her , and he again moved a few yards away , but finding that she suddenly threw her bonnet and shawl off and ruthed towards tbe sewer , he took her Into

      custody . —The prisoner , who had buried her faoe in her hands , and sobbed convulsively during the constable ' s ttatement , when asked whether she wished to say anything , replied , ' I began to think of my home , and X could not help fretting . I took a little to drink , and my mtad was in suck a state that I did not oare what I did . I never was in a police . station er before a magistrate until now . I am sorry , very sorry , for having dene as I did . '—Mr Broderip inquired whether she had any Wends present , and upon the pelioe replyiDg In the affirmative , an elderly fmnale stapptdforWard , and stated that the . defendsnt had bsen seduced from her borne by a person who was shortly after discovered to be a married man . The circumstance preyed very heavily upon the unfortunate young woman ' s mind . The priioner was ultimately discharged .

      THAMES . —Dsimiati Ehoodhtbe with Thieves . — George Ktmbley , Thomas Whiting , John Doiward , Elizabeth White , Elizabeth MarUn and Caroline Ed . vardi were brought before Mr Tardley , charged with bslig concerned in plundering the extensive warehouse of Mr Mosc , plate and looking glass manufacturer , Leman Street , Whltecbapel . Tbe ciroumstauoes connected with the robbery , and detection of tbe thieves , are somewhat curt . us . About half . past four o ' clock on Friday Jevening Sergeant KeKy and Giffard , of the H dbislon , two omoeri , generally engaged en doteetive duty , were informed that four persons , one of whom carried a large square ofplate glass , had left the bonse No . 8 , Flower and Sean Street , preoeedlng towards Petticoat Lane . They followed , but losing tbe track ,

      thought it advisable to go baok to Flower and Dean Street , inspecting , M ( he fact turned out , that the par . ties had taken the square merely as a sample , and would ultimately return for the balk . They ensconced them , selves In an opposite house , and had scarcely done so when the fellows returned , filffard immediately went to prooure further assistance , but bad scarcely leftnhen the prisoner Kimbley came out laden with about sixteen squares of plate glass , and to prevent alarm he was allowed to pass to the coruerof the street , when Ktlly seized him and took possession of the property . A desperate struggle ensued , in which , notwithstanding Kelly ' s endeavours to save the glass , the greater part of

      It was broken . A number of thieves , who since the destruction of Euex Street have thronged into this vicinity , making it their stronghold , rushed out upon the sergeant , wbojwas in Imminent danger , when Glffor J fortunately came up with a reinforcement , some of whom he left with the sergeant , aud with the remainder pro . seeded te the house No . 8 . On entering the passagehe met White coming out with a quantity of . plate glass nnierhiaarm . On seeing the constable hs instantly retreated , laid down the glass , and attempted to escape ; bat Giffard secured him , and a desperate struggle en . sued in the dark passage between the offioera and the thieves who came to White ' s assistance . Gifford hav .

      ing received a severe blow on the leg with some heavy weapon he atttrapted to return it , but It unfortunately aligkted on one of his own party , who was coming to his aid . After a quarter of ah hour ' s fighting in complete darkness the officers succeeded in securing the doors end windows , Kelly keeping watoh in front , and the six prisoners were secured and conveyed to the station hoime , though a crowd ef thieves frequently attempted to resoue tkem . Kelly and Giftbrd then searched the houses . Of the glass in the hall , only tour squares remained unbroken ; a quantity of plate glass was found in a bed in tbe first flosr front room occupied by the Whites ; and in a back room occupied by the women Martin and Edward ? , pieces of wood were discovered , whioa , when put together , made component parts of two boxes suoh as plate

      glass is usually packed in . One box wan discovered on tha premises wnich bad only been partially broken up . Kelly and Gifford having instituted an inquiry in the neighbour * hood , found that three boxes of plate glass had been missed from a passage where twenty had been previously placed , leading through folding doors to the oounting bouse of Mr Moss . The boxes taken at Flower and Dean Street , when put together , were found exactly to oorrespond with the msrkB made by the absence of dust in the plaoe from whioh Mr Moss ' s property had been abstracted , and from which they could not have bees long removed before toe offioera discovered the theft . The glass was worth from £ 9 to £ 10 per box , and the removing it from the premises r * quired an extraordinary combination of dexterity and dsrlag . —White , who said be was a taller by trade , and could bring several wit .

      nesses as to bis respectability , dented any knowledge of the rsbbery . —} t was shown that Doiward had gone into the house No . 8 frsm the next house only a few minutes before he was arrested , and he was accordingly dlt clurgea . —The women Martin and Edwards said they got the wood in their rooms' from the female prisoner Wblte , who said she found it on the premlseB , but did not know where It cejae from . —The depositions were ttken at length in the cases of White , Kimbley , and Elizabeth White , who were fully committed on the charge . The other prisoners , Martia and Edwards , were remanded , but the whole of the parties will bt brought up again , when it ii txpeoled that some overcharges will be established against them . In the meantime Kelly and Gifford are on tbe look out for others who belong to the gang , whioh is said to be a most numerous and daring one , havlag ex . tensive ramifications in the district .

      Distressing Cue of Attempted Suicide . —Alice Harding , a rather good-looking woman , twenty-nine Se&n ot age , was charged with attempting lo destroy herself , by plunging into the water , from the St Katharine ' s Dock Bridge . —Anne FJannery stated , tbat about nine o ' clock ou the previous night she saw a woman who was standing on tbe middle of the bridge , suddenly fling off ber cloak and bonnet , and CBBt herself into the water . She instantly gave the alarm , when Curtis , a man in tke employment of the dock company , was promptly in attendance with the dregs , aud tbe prisoner was immediately rescued from the water , and conveyed to the station-house , wheroSerjeant Price , IS H , having procured her a change of dress and succeeded in restoring animation , banded ber

      over to her friendi , getting ball for her appearance . —Mr Yardley to the prisoner . —What have you to say respect , ing this rash and wicked act ? Prisoner : Ob , nothing , sir , nothing ; but to thank Qod from being preserved from such an untimely end , I was In great trouble , everything was going wrong with me . I was compellod to see my poor father dragged to the workhouse ; my husband has a bad knee ; we wers getting every day deeper and deeper in debt , and I could not see the end of it . Thinking drove ms mad , but now I see whkt an escape I have had , and I am truly thankful—The . hue . band , a respeotable-Ieoktng por man , who * atd be was a shoemaker , residing at Prlace ' s Plaoe Prince ' s Street , Aldgate , ' said his wife had been very low-spirited slnoe her father went to the workhouse , and some persOB out

      of kindness had given her a little drink , which being un . accustomed to had no doubt influenced her to tho rash act , of which he wbb sure she heartily repented , and would not attempt to repeat . —Prisoner : Ho , never , never . I see the wickedness of it . Mr Tardley said , she had been guilty of a strlous tffence , bb we ll In he eye of the law as of the Great Being into whose presence she bad attempted to ruBh uncalled . As , how . ever , her repentance appeared to be Blaoere , he would suffer her to depart with her husbaad He would also causse Inquiry to ba nude by one of the officers , and if she and her husband were found to be deserving , be would grant them some assistance . —The poar people then retired , gratefully thanking his wonhlp for his kindness and sympathy .

      • Accobdikg to Law . ' —Asn Murphy was charged wtth stealing s quantity of wearing apparel from a yenng woman , named Bridget K ' . rk , The olroutnstances of the case were very extraordinary . Early in November Kirk took a box , containing a quantity ot clothes , to the house of the prisoner , No . 2 , Plough Street , Whitechapel . In a few days after , tke prisoner said her house had been entered , the box troksn open , and its contents rifled . Kirk , suspecting the statement to be false , gave her into custody , when she admitted that she pawned , tbe articles herself , and offered to redeem them ; ont the case had gone too far , and she was com . mltted for trial on the charge from this court . Pendiag the trial , the prkener ' s niece west to a Mrs Moses , in Rosemary Lane , where the young woman K rk was a servant , and told Mn Moses that Krk had robbed ber

      of stockings and various other articles , upon which tbe young woman was arrested &nd taken before the Lord Mayor , Sbe was remanded several times , aad during the period of her cenfinemmt tbe prisoner Matphy was taken before tho grand jury , but Kirk belug in custody and not forthcoming , the bill of indiotmeal was ignoriu , and she got off . 0 a Friday , Ktrk was . finally examined before the L : rd Mayor , wheB the was discharged . On coming homo to ber aunt ' s , wfco llv ? d next door to the prisener , l « Plough Street , tbe latter thrust her head ou . of the window , and putting out her tongae said , ' I bad a good swig of gin out ef your olothers , but you can't touch me now , for I have gone through the 'aw for it . ' Here , howmr , she proved te be mistaken , for she was taken up a second time on the charge , and the depositions being taken at length , Mr Tardley fully committed ber for trial , —At the close of the procetd-

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      lags , Hrs If « H cant forwardand said , * What am tit do , your worship , about my things ft-Vr Yardlay 1 know nothiag ef you or your things ; joet ease has be ' ea decldtd by the Lord Mayor ; and it appears to me thai yon have lintyoorstirto a very disondltable precndlng , and laid yourself open to aa Indictment on the charge of conspiracy . SOUTHWARD—The Buns Bit . —John R ' chardi and William Arkwright , two well-dressed son , wsr * brought before Mr Cotliagham en a charge ef conspiring to rob Loult Vandal of £ 20 . The complainant tUted that he was carpenter on board the buqnt Gselong , and that on Saturday last , while occupied in viewing the

      outside of Buckingham Palace , Richards came up and entered inte conversation , remarking that the alterations in the building then in progress would entail a great at * pense to the country . While they were talking the other priioner joined them , and it was proposed they should g 9 to see the Wellington statue , and on the road thither Arkwright began to talk of having sad a . brother who recently died at Demerars , and who he said left him considerable property . He went on to say that he was then going to » lawyer In Cbanotry Lane , from whoa he was to have a large sum of money , and that his In . tentionwaato lend it out at interest ia small sums to those who required suoh assistance . Richards , who assumed to be unacquainted with bit fellow-prisontr , wbis . pared to complainant that they were lucky in meeting

      sueh an acquaintance , and soon afterwards Arkwright asked complainant If be stood in need of any cash , adding that if he did he would soon assist him with some . Arkwright then asked complainant if he had been paid bis wages for bis last voyage , and the answer being in tbe affirmative , he proposed that , if he produced £ 20 to convinoe him that ke was worth that sum ; and hai saved se much wages , he ( Arkwright ) would ' give bim £ 50 . Complainant said tbat he kad not the money abont him then , and it was agreed that they should all meet on the succeeding evtning , at . seven o ' clock , on tb » south side of London Bridge , in order to settle the btuU ness . Complainant satisfied from what bad jsassei that he kad fallen into the hands of two Lond < a sharpen , ' who wanted to plunder him ot bis money .

      gave . Information to th « police . Oa the ntzt <> vening the complainant , accompanied by two policemen , Will and Hunt , repaired to tbe place of meeting , tbe two latter watohing et some dlstanoe . Tbe prisoners were true to their appointment , and the moment they saw oompiainant , Arkwright Inquired if he was prepared to exhibit the £ 20 . The answer being In the affirmative , It was then proposed that they shoald adjourn to the White Hor » e , in Union Street , They accordingly pro * oeeded to that heuie , followed by the two policemen , who stationed themselves at the door . When they ( , •! into the parlour Arkwright drew forth a long purse , from one end of which he took out a number of coins whic * looked like sovereigns , and from the other a rail of not s Nsembllig Bank of England notes . Having made this

      display of his money , he then finked complainant if he was prepared to prodnoe his £ 20 , when the latter said that he had a chtque on tha Sailors'Home , in Wellolose Square far the amount , Arkwright w anted to get the cheque into bis hands , but expressed a wish that ho had brought the caBhiastoad of tbe oheqne , and then oomplainant got up as if for tbe purpose of going for tbe money ; when he was followed closoly by tbe two prisoners , who were taken Into custody at tbo door of tho publlchoage , Thej were quite ladignant that they should be interfered with . They were , however , learched on tke spot , and in their pockets were found a number of celn , resembling sovereigns , together with rolls of flash aotes , nnd amongst them were some notes of af Cheltenham bank whioh stopped payment upwards ol twenty years ago . —The prisoners were committed fer

      trial . BOW STREET . —Town Gaivs . YiBD Abomihatioki . —Mr George Aroher , solicitor , 62 , Charing Cross , who was accompanied by several persons occupying premises in Drury Lane and Crown Court , waited on Mr Jardine to Bolioit his aBslstanoe for the removal of nuisances of a moat revolting ^ nature . J whioh are dally taking place in the disposal of dead bedies . From what he was given to understand , a reipectable inhabitant of Crown Court saw from his window a man raise a body from a grave by means of a lever , and after dropping it into another hole , he thrust an Instrument repeatedl y upon it , appa . rently for the purpose of crushing the cerpie , in order to make room for another . As such an occurrence was dally seen by persons who had a full view of the burial

      groind from tbair apartmeatv , he would call a witness who would give suoh evidence as would entitle him to have a summons served upon the parties in question . — . Mr Jardine observed , that a clause in the sew act di . reoted that a representation of suoh a circumstance should be made to the looal board of health , whose In . speotor would immediately visit the place , and if the facts were borne out by his report , burials would be prevented taking place there In future . —Mr Archer said that the clause applied only to rural distriots . —Mr John Tocker Muggerldge , a Bta ' . ioner , residing at 14 , Crown Court , then stated , that on Monday , about three o'clock in the afternoon , he was looking out of bis room win . dow , when he saw two men digging round a hole , and presently the regular grave-digger ' s wife having joine J

      them , and supplied them with some spirituous liquor they , by her directions , procured a long piece of iroa * one end of which had attached to it a hook like the flukj of an anchor , which they drove into a grave , and a ropB balng affixed to the other end , they used the instrument as a ' . lever , and with some force , they raised to tke surface a coffin which was quite blaok , and apparentl y contain . iBg the eody ; of a ohlW , whioh the grave-digger immedt ately covered with some day . Witness then went to he shop of Mr Walker , the Burgeon , in Drory Lane , and his assistant having accompanied him to the same room they saw the grave-digger partake of more spirituous liquors , and after placing another coffin in a hole he laid hold of something like s sledgehammer which he continued to jam Into the hole upon the co ' rpiewhile

      , bis assistant threw what appeared to te quick lime upon It . They called out to the mm , threatening to bring the police to them , upon which they nsed insultine language saying they would use them in the same way Information beinggives to the police , the men gotaw » y when they saw the Inspector approach , after which the ground was levelled , to make it appear that nothing of the kind had taktn place . The Btesoh In ail Ihe houses in Crowa Court was exceedingl y offensive , and although censlderable expense had been Incurred la getting rid of a cesspool which was thought to be the cause of It , the nuiiance continued unabated , and at present witness ' s

      wife was labouring under serious illness from its tffects —Mr Jardine said that enough had been slated atainat the persons concerned upon which to grant summonses In order to raise the queBtlon .-Mr Atoher Bald he could bring forward proof that a fire , which seemod not to be caused by coal had bsen seen burning on the ground daring the night , and he thought tbat a warrant might be graatedto ascertain If boneBhad not been consumed in a small house which is within the enclosure Mr Jardine , however , did not contider that the police had power to go to such an extent ; but when the names « f the parties alluded to were aicertalned , the summonses should be served upon them .

      PiOCEEDINOJ OF GOVESHMENT JOB THE SUMRESSIOH of Deesx Swebw . —ThomaB Carey , Alfred Mirshall John Bradshaw , John Croft , and Thomas Manegtr were summoned under the 42 nd Geo . III ., . 119 before Mr Henry , for having on the 4 th September unlawfully oon . uplred with othorB to keep a certain office at No 12 Hajaarkst , whtra was kspt opt * 8 nd , xpo « d to b « played and drawn certain lotteries net authorised by law , called ' Monster StLeger Sweeps . '—A secend sum . mens oharged them with suffering a lottery to be drawn at the above-named prsmlseB , and the defendants were oharged in a third summons as ro jueB and vagabonds with keeping an office or plaoe for a game or lottery not authorised by law . —Mr Bodkin attended as counsel , assisted by Mr Hay ward from the offiae of the solicitor to

      the Troaiury , to conduot tke proseoution , and Mr Clark , son appeared for the defendants . —Tbo defendants Carey and Marshall were the only persons who appeared to answer the charge . —Mr Henry directed the warraat offioera to prove the service of the summonses —Mr-Bodkin inquired if the comtable had tak » n any steps to serve the other defendants , at their office ia the Has . market « _ Blun < Jel , 93 P , a warrant effiaer , replied tha » be made Inquiries thore , and was Informed by a person who learned to he aoleik , that they were not there , nor was it their place of abode . —Mr Bodkin said tbat Ittho officer was aliened a long « time he conld have re . ported tbe progress ho bad made to the Treasury but he kad no objection to proceed against tka defendants pretest , or to postpone the furtker hearing oi the oase

      umtU the addresses of the o : hcn could be awertamtd It belBg hl « intention to proceed against the defendants jointly fOT conkpiricy , in order to call upon them to put la bail for an indictable efface . —Mr Clarkson-Not without going lato the case , I s « pposei-Mr Bodkin—I mean cventu « lly . -Mr Olarkson observed that be bad beenconcwBtd for a licensed victualler on a former 00 . oasion for transgressing against the tenor of bis licence , bat the present charges were of a different character , being against lotteries g » n < raUy . _ The defendant C « ey said that as he was separatel y charged , be was BMloUS he catoagalnsthim . hould be proceeded With » " OBN . it being a matter of serious wmsiderarion to him parti , cnlirly as hs knew nothing whatever of the other psrtte , . —The learned counsel were about to that the

      agree case should stand over until Satnrday , when the defendant Carey said ha oould not atteud on that day , and he saw bo reason why he should be dragged a second time to the court when bo cause < m assigned oa the other side for such a cour . e . -Mr Clarkson advised him to be . Uent unless he felt dtspoied to condaol hla own oass-M ^ Boa&lu saM k « was analons that the Indictment obht be preferred at the ntxt atitlons , and he hop ed bbvVr rangemenlB that were nm

      being tbo landlord of th « houao ooouplea b y tho defendants --. lt mar be neeotsary to state , thai the 2 nd section of the « ct of George I II entitled ' Aa Act to suppress certain Gaiaea ¦ « nd Lotteries not authorised by Law / providts that anv *" pertonB , after Julj . l , 1802 , publicly or privately Wp ^ > any office or place lor any game or lottery oalled a ' Little Go , ' or any other lottery whatsoever , ^ au tho . ' riaed by act cf parliament , shall forfeit the sum of £ 500 0 be recovered In the Conrt of Exoheouj rat the suit o ' f the Attorney Gjneral , and BbaU te ^ &S ntSfoesues and vagabonds accordingly . ft / V ^™^ On 8 and

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      THE NORFOLK ASSASSINATIONS . ADDITIONAL EV 1 B 1 N 0 B . % On Wednesday at Wytnondham , the coroner and jary again assembled to continue their inquiries relative to the murders at Stanfield Hall . Robert Smith said : I am twelve years of age , and reside with my mother at Hethel . I nave lived with Mr Rash during the last two months . My occupation was to scare , erows , and I have littered some straw on the footpath from the dwelling of Petash Farm » i far as a turnip field in the direetian of Stanfield Hall Coroner : Now , be careful how you answer . First tell me where yon commenced to litter the straw , and where y « n left off ? Witness : I beg * n at the turnip field gate . —Not from the door of tbe farm house ? No , sir . —Wu it alone a road or footDath throueh a

      fteld ? Along a footpath . I commenced at the gate , and littered the straw through the fifteen-acre field ( turnip field ) as far asthe turnips went . I finished at the bank of the twenty-acre field called 'The look , ' which leadsto Stanfield Hall . —When did you do this ? On the Tuesday the murders were committted . —Who told yon ? Mr Rush . —Atwhattime ? About twelve o ' clock . Then had been straw laid down before , and Mr Rush said to me , < Liter tha straw ( fresh ) where it is dirty ; the wont of the places . '—Did you ever lay any strawdown before ? No . While I was laying it Rush came to me and said , ' Litter it thin ; don't lay it very thick ; ' I commenced to scatter it abont

      twelve , and left ofi in the middle of the afternoon . Mr Rash pointed oat the place where I was to lay it —How lorg did Rash stay with yea when you were Uttering the straw ? Abont half an hour . He came at oae o ' clock and looked at what I was doing . —Have Su seen Mr Rush walk over this straw before ? I > ve , bat I don't know where he went . The field was not so dirty where the straw was not littered . Young Mr Rash was my muter : he paid me my wages . I am certain that old Mr Rush never ordered me to lay the straw befere . I have all along been al Indine tothe old Mr Rush , and not the younger one . The fifteen-acre field was the last field on the farm ; it adjoins Mr Caiman ' s .

      A Juror : Was any stock kept in the turnip field ? There was not ; the stock was in the field nearer the farm . I am sure there was none in any field beyond the fifteen acre : it wu the last on the farm . [ It may be well to explain that the straw along the footpath was strewn to the length of abont three furlongs , and the commencement of it is between 200 or 300 yards from Potash farm ] Solomon Savory , the lad in the service of the supposed murderer , who has been detained in the town bridewell siu'e the last inquiry , was here brought into the inquest room ; in custody of the police . It may berecolleo ' cd that from the guarded evidence he gave before the coroner and magistrates , it was conjectured that he was endeavouring to screen the accused , bis teatimony disagreeing , in many car .

      tiaalan , with that adduced by the widow James : and , in order that he might not be tampered with , it was deemed prudent to place him nnder the surveillance of the police . You tell as that you eleaned Mr Rush ' s boots on the Tuesday afternoon ? I cleaned his boots between five asd aixo ' olook ; both pairs were wet ; the heavy ones however , not so much so . I only washed them , und Aid not bliok them . I wiped both ptin . Do not remember if Tuesday was a wet or foggy day . Did you always fasten the door you have previously mentioned ! No . —[ It may be mentioned that the witness had before stated that Rush conld not have got the boots in the night withou Savory hearing him , and that he had fasteneed a door through which any one must have passed to set

      the boots . ] Why I fastened it on this night was became there was only Mr Rush and Mrs JameB in the house . It was a door between the back kitchen and the kitchen , and I fastened it by puttiBg a wooden peg at the top of the aneck or latch . I have since seen it , and I find it can be undone from the kitchen side notwithstanding the peg . I made the peg purposely to secure the door . —Had you any direction to make it . I had not ? I received 00 order about the fastening the door . I did not do it every night — Was Mr Rash in the habit ef going out after dark ! No . —Did you ever hear of him going ont aftor poachers ? No , notto my knowledge . —Examination in chief continued : Never knew of the boota being dirty after they had been cleaned on the previous

      night . If the boota bad been used they most have been washed and put in the same position . Before I came down on Wednesday morning I had not spoken to Mr Rush until after I was called up by the police . When Rush came down , after had called him , he asked me what was the matter . I said I did not know . Nothing wai said about the boot * . I looked into the kitchen and saw the boots as I had left them on the previous night . I never saw any pistol in the house . I have guns . —What reason had you for making a peg for the door ? I had no particular reason . It was about five or sis inches long , and as broad as my two fingers . It was more of a wedge than a peg . I had no trouble to make it . I got the wood oat of the cart-lodge . I made it about a week before the Toesday . I well

      remember fitting the peg on the Monday and Tuesday nights . It was made of light coloured wood , cr a piecs of deal . It was longer than it is now when 1 first made it . I shortened it to fit better . —When was this ? After this job had happened . On the Wednesday or Thursday afterwards I dirtied tbe part that I shortened . —That was after Rash had been taken into custody ? Yes , after he had bean taken into custody . —What did yon do with it afterwards ? I carried it away in my pocket . — Did any one tell you to put it in your pocket ? No . No one told me to do bo , ner to do anything with it . —Did you ever carry it in your pocket before ? No . —{ Exaraiflation in chief continued ) : I am sure I slept in the boose on the Monday and Tueidav

      night . My reason for the pegging the door was , that no one wasted to come in . There is a door into a passage , which Mr Rush had done op that day , and which prevented me going into the pantry , and I thought , as he had dose up that door , he must come to me if he wanted anything out ef the kitchen . I did not tell him I had done up the door Hntil Thursday week—when I taw him at the Bridewell , in the Justice-room . Mr Rush asked me a great many questions . He asked me if I cleaned his boots on Tuesday night . I said ' Yes . ' Qe asked what time . I snd , * Between five and six o'clock . ' He asked me if the hitchen-doorcoald be opened , aud if any person could get in withcat my knowing it . I said ' I did not think they

      conld . '—When did you put the wedge in the door on Tuesday night ? A long time before I went tg bed . I never recollect patting the wedge in bo badly that tha door might be opened —Now , have you had any conversation with any perion about the wedge ? Yes , I asked the team-man to say that he had seen the door done up with thepeg . —When was this ? On the Wednesday morning shortly after my master was taken away—Wbat was your reason for asking him such a favour ? The ream I had for patting'the question was , tbat if he stated he saw me put the peg in , it would screen Mr Rash . —Did yoa show him the wedge ? I did . —Did he see voh fix the pee ! I do not know whether he did . —

      How would it screen Mr Rash if he had said he had seen you fix the peg ? Because it was thought he went into the baok kitohen to get his boots , and I thought if he ( the team-man ) said he saw the peg fixed as well as I , it would assist him . —But ho w could his not getting the boots screen him ? Why , if he had sot got his boots during the night , it would have screened him How bo ? Because he hadn't them I had no ctmYenation with Rwh about the wedge . — No conversation at aU ? When he was going away in the gig he said , ' Don't you go away , I shall send for you and that lady ( meanisg Mrs James ) . —Tbe examination of Savory wbb very lengthened , but the above are the main facts .

      The Coroner here said that an important change had transpired in the evidence , for it was now proved that the boots could have been removed . Police superintendent Witheford . —I have been to Potash Farm with Savory . I had the wedge which now produce , and which Savory admitted he had made and nsed for the purpose of fastening a door from the kitchen into a back kitohen . I desired Savory to fix the wedge into the door in the manner he had uied it . He did so , and 1 being on the game side , I placed my finger on the latch , and it opened itnmediatt ly without any difficulty . It was pat in a second time by Savory , and it was as easily opened on the other side . I then asked Savory ii tbat was hit usual way of fastening it . He said , 1 Yes it is . ' I remarked to him how easily it could be opened . He said , 'I see now , it can be opened from the other side . '

      .. .. _ Policeman J . Howe 3 said , on the 30 th of Nov . 1 assisted in the search of Potash farm . Amongst thc things I searched was a writing deBk . m which I found a quantity of letters . There was one dated April 28 , 1848 . signed J . B . Rush , directed to J . . B . Rush , jun .. Potash Farm , Wymondnam , bearing London postmark . There were expressions m the letter showing an ill-feeling towards Mr Jermy . Another letter contained opprobrious epilhetB in reference to Mr Jermy . Other letters were found written in the same style , all tendinsto show the feeling that existed towards Mr Jermy . Could not produce the letters , having given them into the hands of Col . Oakea , the chief constable . The inquiry was again adjourned . The inquiry before the magistrates is atill conducted in private .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1501/page/1/