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      JEEDS . —Death peom Okux . —On Saturday « resing an inqnest was held at the Court House before John Ulackturn , on view of the body of Hannah ps -ffson , aa iafs&t two days old , -who died nnder the foDowing circnmstances ~ . —TJhe child was born on Wednesday , * nd the surgeon who attended the mother daring Jaer confinement , had sent her some opium pills , . giving strict directions to lie woman to £ eep inem from the children , Notwithstanding this jesiriction j , however , she , ending the opiate agreeable , ^ d ihe child being cro 3 s , di ^ olred one of the pills jb jis food , and though it was only a very small one , jt soon sent the child to sleep , from which it never jrcka again- The poor woman , -who lies Tery ill , an d "HiOj ^ Bnderslaud ^ is of rather -wreak iateilect , ffis doi sbi * 1 ° i > ive any aeeonni of the matter , aud ihe Jury returned a verdict leading tbt > question

      open . ^ sxwjs . —On Monday , Benjamin Perkins -was fined * 2 fe . s ^ d co sts for an assanlt on one of tbe poSoeon Saturday night . On the same day , ioaitiejr Waiawri ^ ht was fined 40 s . and costs for an ¦ oBpTOToked assanlt on a female in Xirkgate , on Saturday night . They were both seat to Wakfcfield for a month in default of payment , StsDA" * GiMBUSG . —On Monday last , & young latt named Henry Mitten , was brought before the Eji £ isirsie 5 » t tie Court House , on the information of one of the palice , who had caught him playing at -pitch and toss , with several others , in Skinner-lane , on Sunday afternoon . He was fined 20 a and costs , or » enj to WafceSeld for a monfli .

      Cbi ^ xtt Akusjos- —On Saturday last , William Weaw , Jchn Barrts , and John Kicbolls , all o ? Otlpy , fermer ? , were summoned to appear before the Leeds iorocgh magistrates , on informations laid against them by the Leeds police , for cruelly to armnaU in crowding calves in their carts which they were l-fmpzz to Leeds to selL Two of them had eight eslves in each cart , and the other six , and in one jjgiaaee a calf hid been trodden to deaih . They jrere each coDTicied in ihe penalty of ten shillings , ¦ snthpleTEH shilling 3 costs in each case ; or in default ofpavmeni to go fourteen dajs to Wakefield .

      ATnaQT 10 Sxsix a Pig . —On Monday lsst , two men , Darned Gsorge Miiion and Jeremiah Foster , were exsrged wiih iavint ; killed a pig , the property of Mr . Tnomss Servint , shopkeeper , Park-lane , sriih iileni to steal the carcass . Tbe prosecutor hid three pigs , which he kept in ilarlboronghsireet , aad ^ sooa after eleven on Satnrday night , in C 0 B 5 equeBceef tearing a noise , he went out , and saw tvo men mn frsss ibe direction of his pjg-stye . A neigflbonr who cams up identified one of these as the prisoner jkfinon , and the other prisoner was found in his company , both their shoes bearing testimony that they had been where pigs were kept . The pig irasfoand m > hare been killed in the stye . They ¦ w ere eemmmed for trial .

      Tfls 3 Jt 3 te 3 t ct as Holt PoKER . —Headinslty " Ticarage ? near Leeds , was the scene of a caemouT , las ; San'iay morning , rather more curious fhzn iBprdsave . Ibe Churchwarden of the place , U appears , is acancRrnt Izdy of somewhat heathenish jiajne , &s < 3 a notice had been posted near the church door , in aer name , and in reference to the pcrform-SBeeof lie mnsical porden of the divine services . 3 Je KeTe'end Incumbent of the " Ticerage" has long been tnovra to entertain some rather peculiar motions Uiucsms this matter ; and , so inflamed was he en ibis occasion by holy z-al , that he seized the lolj peker lo danc-lish ihe offensive annonnceni-nt . But 8 ia = I for the vanity of mere human tiL-rt , rrai wirh apostolic authority in its end : the holy poler was broken in the collision . Pope E&Dg , & imadrfd vsars

      zgc" TThst dire erents from trifling cauBes » prin § . " The rape of a simple lock from the head of the fair Befiada brought forth and set in motion all that saj « n : a : an 3 l agpney which the pcet has immortalized is one of the most charming poems in the English language ; and the case before us would almost induce us to agree with the still older saying , thai ** Woman is the mother of all evil . " We have £ 0 t hesrd , indeed , whai dire conTnlsions followed the taiariTophe of the holy poker j we hare not beard wht ±£ i thi comet shock its " horrid hair , " ormtpgsd ite tail , in token of wrath or pleasure ; ire h&Te cot heartf whether the rererend inenmbent

      K the Vicarage ' performed the ceremony in fall csnoiicais , or in tne academic gown ; we bar © not ieard how far ihe tssitement of the dies irae interfered with the wonted solemnity of the EQb ? egaent senices ; we haTf not heard even whether the peccant placard was destroyed as well as tbeb-oly pofcer , « r if the sml iBore peccitt Tirgiual churchwarden willbaTciodo j'enzisce in a while sheet—emblem of her own puri- j ; but we hope and trust that the xertrend incumbent , Defoie ** he next doih ride Abroad , " and seeds up his card with " Bedmgley Tjcarage" esgrartd npon it , will provide against all B EmiowjLrd" co ^ iia-reBcies by sappljing the chnrcb \ rito anotheTii 3 belter , and a stouter pos .

      EE-* EALr \ G PbaS 5 . —On Monday last , two men naicefi Jimej K « y ar . d George Brown , were brought spat the tTonrt H < - 'o « e , on a charge of baling BLolen » lar ^ e qusmi xj of brass boshes , from the nr . U of Mes-TS . CTOlBdal ? , -wsoka manufacturers , Holbeck The b ? s = s w'gbea about 651 bs . Tfle mill was locked e ? safe on Saturday uight , and on Sunday morning it was fouid to have been ensered tkroogb live Toof of the < -n < oBS iwise . The prisoners were appreieuded uader the following dr « nn = 'ances ;—Mtssrs . Joseph Enslej , pf ibe firm of Kinsley and Kay , "bass founders , Meadow-lane , deposed that he was caEed np on JBcnd 3 j morning abont fire o ' clock by Qa prisoner Brown , who asked if he bought old

      Mas , and said be bad seme to selL He replied that la ojd , anfl inquired in return , the reason for coming to sell it at that time , to which Brown replied fiat they were going off , and wanted the memey . He then "Weighed ihe brass , which cama to some 353 . JEdsKd he haa only IQs . by him , bat he wenld « KI 0 W the remainder of a neighbour , and Trent oat isriiai purpose , &sd to $ . iTc information to the Pfwse . He did not Ihen meet with a policetficer , and on H 3 ieinra Brown bad gone KJXJ- In the afternoon he got assistance and earned tke brajs to the police oS . ce , girisg information is to bow hs had became possessed of it ; and in the « rjniEg the prisoner Kay weut to his house , and said

      liieni yonsome brass this morning , for which you ; raiy « at me tenEhiilings ; gire me the remainder . " &t £ ay Ibis partnei ) was then present , and he « pt the prisoner in eonyfrsation until on effieer was ; ^ Sdiea , and he was giYen into custody . A female . ¦ ffio ims neighbour loEinsley deposed that she was ; ? p on Sunday monanE a liitle before five o ' clock ,, * M ^ a-B &e priscl ]^ r Kay hand a basket OT ^ r a wall ' » J 5 rnni , which the latter took to Mr . Kinsley ' s , i ***• ^ ° CToisoals iaenzified the property produced I ^ bsi « gi gi i I- -infteifai 5 d broflier . Tbe prisoner ) JMJ , 3 E GtftEce , * Aid ihat be committed the robbery j k tfifc itqaect of ^ vFitBrS 3 Kinsley , wbo described j f mm premiss , and lens him a key to open the i ? ° ^ j « r owne caliui witnesses to prove that he was j ¦ m Deo tfie -wiole o ? lie night on Satan-day , until he ; Jed

      * as « np on bucday rooming , about half-past ' »» , cj ihe orher prtoner , who told him that he . ' »« aa » i : m to go aad ssii K » aie brass for him . Beth ; prisoners were cnnuiiitted for trial ; bail bein # ac- 5 « piea ior Broyj . Kay was previon = ly on bail to j « ewh- a si £ uiar charge at tht next session 8 . i P ^ ze FiGH ^ as-Oa Monday last , the dock at ! ^ i ^ 1 ? b * fiUed hl a PartJ of l 2 d £ '' jK *^ from Woodbonse and Woodhouse C * rr , ! ^^ reenajged by SbperintendeDX Jam es , w 5 tb S ^^ T ^ - 511 a p * * ^ - mes Ui ^> trZ ^ ? in »^ a y momiDg . Their names ' ^• --Lharits iJisckray and James Norton , each } etvi ^" - £ ?" ' " scarcely higher than the I Ofe , ' P n ^ e ^ ab : John Fletcher , stake holder ; TsSvL . *^ . Jo ^ epfe Warw -ck , John Tcorp , Robt . ; JjmlflB ? rfcd > "ck Porherby , James Gawihorp ;'

      sSL » tt iatd Tb ° ™ a 3 StOlwell , spectators , — j Wrt . iT 1 ' hiea admitted to bail , and were 2 **™ to bfccozne trid . iiCe , Mr . James introduced « b » Ttn Tv * ^ al 2 T " fionrjsh of trumpets , * t ett rl ™ ^ njnV sort of Btyle , and was , **»« . ' il ^ ^ '« ni ^ TESsinS » pon tbe magis-, »« naitt , f » ^ B 5 gr and -Bainea , that in con [ Vireat b ^ omaiiDa" which ha received ; hx > a •»? CD * > nncav morni&g iaio tbe neighbour-: i » otfV WBpsBied ^^ tKe 5 Te fourteen cfficers , i 5 sfc ^» Hhea bang armed with classes . They : iR » a ov ~ » v i rihtTl Ia all directions , and about ; ^ e m £ « < fy ^^ iIom the toP of a bU 3 a Tery ' fcMwl" ^ consisfeis -p nbabljof two or , * bntVS ^ ' ^ ° ai fe ^ h collected in a field , . ^ PPed bS " * r <^« : d . and two of them } r 3 Ti 33 « , ^ Wtk ^ . - cb he af « -erwards found that a ; ^ iad Er ^ S ^ at the sametims ; in & £ * , ] ^ 1 < B 2 rt % r $ m ? p * 33 : hx Z one of the < Scg 3 , wmcn ( llVJlb Vi

      •*^ nCtt , A = ! ** on C W " "' * " MJD ^ eds whirt r ? 03 ? 011 ^ rag *» ioly writ" of the * cSW a" *?* beea doae - He f 0 QDd »« lSt ^ « Ms forces Bear iRas a *^ action , and it wa 3 only by fe « ptSfiW f ?^ ^™^ flat lie was able *» 3 er TriM ^ f * tbra P «« oat of the Tery large ttfaaa&I rat J ^ wn ^ regated -together j-in fact , I ^ SwiL ^" il d 0 « ' "bSn-MptnredJa * . " ' * * S S ° ? , ^ riWin * . at-some distance *** ffl «? Sf ^ 'l ^* v a 3 ie ^ v «»* defendants w 3 ? h £ ^? ^ l Marions officers who lad 5 ** ktW £ ? K a ! TOJsl > eeB iwe » eat »* ihefght ; f ^ i y SL ?^ ' ° lad 3 ^ d ** " * ™ - **»» * wS ft s s 0318 ««» for - » wait , and fe = £ * 8 ftS ? . ^'»? congregating . The ; Se ^ oas , iBfl ^ T ? *? EendlD g the case to the ]; 8 ?» « S two 22 ? * Hv ? onld ««** ^^ » ^ '

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      Ste * u > g a Wash St ^ nd .- On Monday last , a woman named Mary Graham , was' committed for trial , for having stolen a pamted wash-st * nd , from the shop-door of Mr . Bradley , in Si . P ^ ter ' s-square , She was apprehended while offering it for sale at Mr . Thomas's , in York-street . Dog FiGHTisG .--On Satnrday last , Wa . Halmley of Hunslet , was fined tea shillings and costs , for having been found fighting dogs , in that township , a few days previously . Isqdest . —On Monday evening an inquest was held at the Court Hon ? e , before Mr . Blackburn , on the body of James M'Oowsp , aa infant six wefksold , who was found dead in bed on Sunday morning , without any marks of violenr-e , Tbe parents reside in Middle-row , Caaxp-field . Yeidict . — " Died by the visition of God . "

      Kobbebt . —Daring the night of Sunday last , some thieves broke open the shop of Mr . J . Knibb , general dealer , in Market-streBt . They obtained a boory of £ 10 in value , consisting of coats , trousers , waistcoats , hats &o . "BOIiMFIRTB . —Cohh-Law Bfcwux .-Thi 9 Whig bait is taking very badly bcre . A petition 10 do something with the Corn La wa ( we can hardly tell what ) was got bp a few wf-eks Fi » ee by a few ofthe league truok manufacturers of this town . The petition sheets have been t-ent on their trave' 18 to pick up as many signatures as the charitably disposed please to give ; bnt we understand that very few have yet been obtained , and ii lies in a tery ricketty state , scarcely any body juquirins auer its welfare . This apathy , on the part ofthe public , has given great offence to its advocates ^ who begin to

      say tb-jt it Mahomet will not go to the mountain , the mountain must go to Mahomet . " Being determined to have some signatures from some quarter or another , they bad tbe petition t-fceris lakeu to the CaiviniPt Sunday School , so that tbe scholars could si ^ n . The say-any-thing and do nothing gentlemen of Holmfirth refused to sign the Natioual Petition , on the ground that the bHlk of the people were not intelligent enough to comprehend tho meaning of their Charter . Undoubtedly , they will admit that Sundaj School boys and girh from fivt » to ten yt-ars of age , have sufficient intelligence to comprehend the meaning and effect » f a repeal of the CorD Laws . The Chartists of Holmfirth , are no advocates for "dear bread ? ' but we are glad 10 s * e that they are tired of Whig nostrums and cold to any measure thai is not connected with the attainment of their natural and political rights .

      COCKEKMOTJTH—Cumbkbh . n * Eastbb Sessions . —Ihpohtast to l ) iBroBs . —It may be remembered that , previous to last sessions , a complaint had been made to the Secretary of Siale for the Rome Department , by a Mr . I homas 1 > xon , v » ho was at that time confined ia the Carii&le Gaol for debt , of certain indignities 10 which he had been subjected by a Mr . Johnson , one of the Visiting Magistrates , His complaint was in substance aa follows : — " I am ptrsecaleo . by one of tbr Visiting Magistrates of this prison , Mr Jofcnson , of Walton House-, nnder circumstances which J shall briefly state to yon : Mr . UUpbant , who is a relative , aad has always b « -en a sincere lriend of mine , altnou ^ h in a delic&te slate of health , came down to see me

      -a ft it days ago , not only as a friend , bnt upon particular bnsiDess ; before , however , he came into prison be inquired of Mr . Urrid ^ e , ihe Governor , if he might have a luncheon from ihe Bash Inn , and partake of it with me , to which the Governor assented , reminding Mr . Oliphani that no ypirita were allowed . Mr . Johnson happened to be going out of prison at the time , when a waiter from the Bush was bringing the luncheon m , and he then not only sent the turnkey io examine-what we had got npoa the tray , but remonstrated with the Governor for allowing debtors to partake of luncheons with their friends , and requested thai it might not be repeated . In his capacity of one of the Visiting 31 agistratef , be ealJed apon Ee on Saturday last , accompanied by the Governor , a fnend being with me at ihe time , and I candidly told him 1 had

      written to the Secretary of St ; t ? . I also added that a poor drbtor , to wile away bis time in his confinement during the day , was 1 Id by Mr . Johnson that he should not continue to play upon his flutt and that he , Mr . Johnson , had upon several occasions actually , without knocking at the dt-or , intruded upon tbe privacy of nnf&rtunate debtors , who had their wives with them at the time . " In consequence of this complaint , Mr . Johnson agreed , at tie iast Session , that - * he Manistratea should refer the matter to tbe Home Secretary , and to request that he would send down an Inspector of Prisons , to enquire into the complaint . But instead of allowing tbis to be done , the Visiting Justices write to tbe Secretary of State on ihe eucjeot , to wnicb communication they receive the following answer , a copy of which -was , to their astonishment , received by each of the Magi-trates : —

      Whitehall , 19 th January , 1 S 42 . "Grentlemen , —I am directed by the Secretary of State , Sir . James Orabam , to acknowledge to ? receipt vf yoar le ' rWr of the Stb instant , and the accompanying oocu « menta ; and to inform you , that tl » j t x ^ lanations given = &s to your conduct , collectivtly and individually , are quite satisfactory . " It appears to Sir James Graham , that it i « Dot neeegsary to order a special viEit of the lnsptctor of Prisons j . hot Sir James Grafeam is of opinion that it win be proper to admonish the gaoler who Cm permitted many irregularities , in direct violation of tbe prison rul * 3 , aud must be forewarned that such irregularities should not again occur . " I have the boat or to be , " Gantlemen , " Tour obedient servant .

      " S . M . Phillips . " To the Visiting Justice * of the Cftunty Gaol , Carlisle . " This , to say tbe least of it , appeared very suspicious conduct on the part of Mr . Johnson ; for he first requests the Magistrates to write to the Secretary of State , requesting him to send an Inspector of Prisons to enquire into bib { Mr . Johnson ' s ) conduct ; and then , atraid to traet the matter in their hands , he and hiB brother "Visiting Magistrates write to the Secretary of State , throwing the odium off their own shoulders on to those of ihe GGTernor , against whose conduct no complaint v ? hateter had been made to the Magistrates . In con 3 eguenee of tbis , the Mafifctrates in Quarter Sessions astembled , last week , at

      Cocksrmeutb , insist on the whole correspondence being published ; though this is in direct opposition to the orders of Sir James Graham ; however the magistrates properly considered it right that the whole should be published . Toss gave rise to a long and animated debate , which lasted for upwardB of five hours , and which eaded in tbe appointment of two additional Visiting Justices , 3 ir ^ Brings having moved that three new Vij-iting Magistrates be appeinted for the eneuing quarter . -This was met by an amendment by Mr . iio 5 kms ,-to . the tffect that two additional justices be added to the visiting committee , which was carried by 12 to 10 . We cannot refrain from making a few remarks on one portion of the report sent by

      the "Visiting Magistrates to Sir James Graham , and whjeiiisas follows : — " We the undersigned Viainng Magistrates , beg to stale , for the information of Sir James Graham , that in consequence of information , Major Wild had beard from John Reay , late a prisoner confined in gaol , that great irregularities were going on within tbe walls of the gaol . In consequence of this a special meeting of the Visiting Justices was held to investigate into the affair ; and the following is the tcbuH of their enqniries : — * That several convicted prisoners were working in the garden for the Governor . That tbe matron bad a female convict working in her bouse . That Mr . Thomas Dixon , a prisoner confined for debt , had a friend 10 dinner and provision in'roduced for him . J

      That poultry are kept by the Governor . ' The report is of great length relatirg all tbe particulars of their enquiry which was instituted , It t it not be forgotten , on information received from a convicted felon , a nan of dr-praved habits and general bad character . Mr . Brown , in tbe course of thedisenssion well remarked , on the subject of searching the tray containing the luncheon for Mr . Dixon and his friend , tbere was no occasion for this ; any other genii finas might be m the same position as Mr . Dixon , sad such cocduct would not fail to be the scurce of gr ° at annoyance—( hear , hear . ) If the pary were a felon , but there was no power given in case of debtors , he nvgbt be searched for any dangerous Wtapons , &c , he might bave concealed . But what weapons was a debtor likely to imrocuce a ! C-rli ^ le , in ihe foidB of a beefsteak !—( laughter ) Would he bring in gnnpewder

      in an appifc-pie 1—( renewed cheering . ) He coold not understand the motive of the search—but perhaps there might have been spirits ? That , however , Mr . Orridge h ^ d pet to right by telling Mr . Oliphant that no spirits were allowed—and how was the fluid to be tested ? Were the turnkeys to be judges whether what " was admitted was wine or not ? He had himseli tasted wine at pnblic dinners , which certainly contained a large portion of spirts—( laughter . ) Were the turnkeys to be judges how . Tjncfc wsb to pass as wine ! He would defy them to Jell it either by the sight or smell , and therefore they * . most taste it . He would suppose tbe three tnjiSsys ««*« present when it was brought in . All three ? ronld isste it ro see if it was wine , and thus three glasses would disappear —( laughter )—but a doobt urigbi -xeeiain , so they would taste again . What wfi 3 d bestw of the poor debtors' wine 1 to

      SAHYSX ^ ETSV—A meeting con deration sojo « of ifae / sUases ofthe Factorie * 'Bill as held in the CWhoIitf School Boom , on Simdaj si , Mr . PeterHoey in Aeehair , when a petition as read , which oa Hie * Z » ot the *** - ¦ H - f ook , seconded bj . Mr . J /* b ^ i ^ A , 72 fJSrS : obJj carried , Braying . noB «> Jr ? or the-alteration ? the Bill before the House , oi . ^ to & * xesptntjon ' the four hundred thousand P 01 " 1 ^ wh !< £ the ) Ternment of this country xecexM worn I ^ ance , 1825 , for tbe education of the v *« " £ as o . * this untrj , bnt which it withheld and . < " ! ^ P ° te ground that if they give it to the prOcer PWHew icy -will l » encouraging Popery .

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      Towards the closs of the business atth

      respecting a lost heifer , Thi 9 ease was mate out , ard the jury , und » -r the direction of the judgw , returned a > erdict of not guilty . Ij , was then stated to * h « > evident sarprise of the Learnec Judge ( resswell ) , that there was another indictment upon which the prisoner inu ? t be tried , and it turned out , indeed , that theTe were fonr against him for the same off one . In the next case also , the "learned Thebaa " had been consulted by a person who had had cattle aie in a suspicious manner—an intelligent and respectable looting farm r , who ought to have known better , named Nottle . The directions wi ich the prisoner bad given to detect the person suspsc ^ d of having poisoned them , were as fellows;— " When

      you get home , kill the calf ( which waB one of the <> sttlp ill ) and take out his heart . You must stick this bf-art fnll of pins , and , writing the name of the person you suspect , must pin it to the heart . You most then roast aud burn the heart to a cinder , and wnjlct thi ? operation is going on you must read over th < - 35 h Psalm three times . " On receiving these instructions , proseoui or asked what h « had to pay i he prisoner replied , that he usual'y charged £ \ tor this jab , but that he wonld charge him only 10 s . Th <* moi ey was paid . The prisoner was found guilty upon this indictment , but an arrest of judgment was moved on a technical objection to the form of the indictuirnt . The prisoner had to be tried on a third ca * e , which Was postponed .

      Romance in Real Life . —A case presenting features ot more than ordinary interest , and stroasly vindicating the maxim that crime stldom fails to r . suit in its own punishment , ocenpied the Insolvent Deb'ors' Court on Monday , before Mr . Commissioner Farrel . We allude to tbe case of an Insolvent named Edward O'Shaughnessy , whose petition wasoyposed by Michael HaJHnan , of Clurieville Th * - facts d »> r » iled in evidence are briefly these : — In 1837 or 1838 O'Shaugbnessy , who was understood 10 bo in comfortably cireumsiaucs , feigned a pas ~ ion for the daughter of Hallinan , a girl of prcposseBsmg attractions , and in manners superior to many » i ner grade . He won her affections but to be ' . ray them , and cast his victim a broken-hearted

      wanderer on the world . Under the Bolemn promise ot marriage be overcame her virtue , as it was stated , forcibly , and she not being de « irous of prosecuting ber * de * iro 5 tr , or exposing herself to the bitter tannis of heT acquaintances , resolved to em \ £ To . te to America . She proceeded to 'he United States , where she obtained such employment as her industrious babits iu farming fitted her for , but destiny cast O'Simughnessy asain in her way ; he offered her marriage , the offer was accepted , and the ceremony solemn ? z ? d in due form , according to the mual of the Catholic church , by a priest of fww York . He lived but three months with her , whea be ab&Bdoned hex in the midst of strangers , returned to Ireland , and after some time attempted

      10 marry another woman—an attempt which he faileo to accomplish through the ministry ofaCathoiic clergyman , but in which he was successful by obtaining that of a Protestant clergyman , who either entertained no scruples upon , or who was not thoroughly acquainted with the matter . His first wife , after having endeavoured , without success , to support her&elf in America , waB compelled by the presume of distress to come borne and seek an asylum in her father ' s humble abode . She was receivea -with pat-ernal kindness . But Hallinan conceivfd that her husband was bound to support her ; and U'SbBUshnecpy residing in the neighbourhood , he had him served with a civil bill process lor the maintenance of his wife . O'Shaughnessy appeared , and defended the process / He denied that ho had evcT married her , and had well nigh succeeded with his defence , when , strange to say , two witnesses v » ere

      forthcoming , who were present in America when 'he marriage was > olemmz-d between tho parties . They came fiwward , deposed to the facts , went through a searching cross-examination , as well at the bands of the aeeiaiant-burrister , who was evidently surprised at the incident , as at the hands of O ' Sbanghnesfjy ' d solicitor . The force ot truth prevailef , and a decree waa granted againBt the double betrayer . And , " most strange of all in this eventful b ^ tory , " the debt for whioh be was detain ) d ia tb : s instance was on a decree for £ 10 ., obtained asatnst him for the support of a child , the fruit of another amour ! Tho Learned Commissioner intimated that this was one of the most extraordinary caj-es tha . t had come before him in his experience . Ho defekce was set up against the crushing weight of facts staUa , tbe p liuon of ibe insolvent was summarilv di-missed , and he waa sent ba « k to gaol . —Co'k Examiner .

      Bsitjsh Gbatjtcdf . —A StkaUge Eventful Hjs-Tort — We a *> riut . e the following biateoit lit from Mr . Oastler ' s Fleet Papers of this day . It will remind our readers of the case of Nelson hunted into his ship by baii . fi % and the Duke of Wellington unprisoner hi his tent by Duns , both for debts iv .- 'Jy cue by ihe conntiy : — " On the 29 . h of April , 115 ^ 9 , a firet-r&tt ; laaiaman , passing the ! s-raits of Malacca on her voyage from Bombay to Whampoa , ladeu wi ; b cotton , opium , and general merchandise , was signalled by a country ship , ' I have important inlormation to communicate . ' Our captain , tbe hero of our rale , went on board tho stranger . 'X"he 'information' was as unexpected hb * important . ' Her Britannic Majesty's superintendent at Canton had been

      cast into prison by Lin , tbe high commissioner of the emperor of China . Every British subject in Canton had been sitz ^ d and imprisoned by the Chinese bigh commissioner—British property was confiscatedopium -was not only prohibited , but seized in the Chinese waters and destroyed . Hostilities were commenced by China against England—the British flag was insulted by the Chinese ! No British force was there , naval or military . Sixty eight British merchantmen , valued , with tbeir cargoes , at more than seven millions sterling , were then navigating the Chinese seas . Sx thousand British subjects were afloat or on shore . Not a corporal ' s guard on land —not an armed schooner at sea , to defend those lives or protect their property . The union jack of Evglxnd

      waved submisrive to the imperial flag of China : Such , was the * important information' which Captain Frazer , of the Good Success , communicated to Captain Douglas , of the Cambridge , in the Straits of Malacca , on the 29 ih of April , 1639 . It was not likely that a British sailor , who had been trained under the pendant of old England , could hear Buch ijdjng 8 with indifference . Douglas had not trod on English soil for many a year , bnt the honour of his father-land and the British lag was prized by him more than wealth or life . If no Queen ' s vesEel was at hand to defend her Majesty ' s subjec- 's and their property , he knew that the Cambridge , though built for traue . would , if well fitted , stand the brunt of war . Personal inconvenience and losses were

      unheeded : he instantly and chivalrously resolved to alter his conroe for Singapore , leave there the opium ( which had been prohibited by the Chinese ) , and equip himself with men and gans for actual service . He did so ; he had wealth—he spent it . In that enterprise be laid out abont £ 5 . 000 . Manned and armed , on the 21 it of May , 1839 , the Cambridge sailed from Singapore , bearing tbe flag of England , and . the we' 1-appointed vest-el arrived at Macao on tbe 7 ih of June . Tiiere Captain Douglas heard of the release of Captain Elliot , her Majesty ' s superintendent at Canton , with whom he immediately communicated . Eihoi rapturously received Douglas as ihe saviour of his countrymen—considered the Cambridge a God-send—engaged her for eight

      months , at the sum of £ 14 00 U—appointed Captain Douglas a magistrate ol the outer waters—and placed the protection of British honour , lives , snd property in bis hands . Under these circumstances , ^ £ 14 , 000 wae a small sum for the hue of the Cambridge for eight moi-ths , When she had fewer meu aud gonB , she had been chartered by the honourable East India Company , to convey troops to the Indus , for one month , at £ 2 , 600 . In order to prepare the Cas . brid « e fur action , it was necessary to clear her . Captain Douglas , therefore , bought another vessel , the Mermaid , and loaded her with part of his cargo . It was three momha before a Queen's ve ? 6 el arrived . Meanwhile , Captain Douglas commanded on that station , and upheld the honour ofthe British naine . action with

      Tie boats o ( ihe Cambridge were in Chinese batteries and junks . Twice was Captain Douglas wounded . In iormer services he had received two wuunds . His gallant and intrepid conduct obtained the thanks of her Majesty ' s superintendant—of the commander of the forces who arrived on the coast—and of Lord Palmerston , Douglas was successful for his country ; bnt he was so obnoxioua to the Chinese , that he and the Cambridge were proscribed by the emperor—nay , 7 , 000 dollars were offered for his head . Captain Douglas was , therefore , obliged to sell bifl ship , whioh be oid , at a loss of £ 5 , 000 , and to leave the trade , which was to him an additional and enormous loss . In ali i he estimates the difference between Berving himself and his country , on 'that almost fat . *! emergency , at

      £ 30 , 000 . He was Beyer paid the p * m which Elliot promised i Instead of that Bnnrier Majesty b superintendent jjave Douglas only ^ t W& v ** HoHsei of Lords and Commons are tbank'iPg the soldiers and sailors who fought against thef ^ CWn ^ Captain Sir Joseph Abraham Douglas , Jtsfgbt , having suffered losses to more than the amount 5 . '/? ample fortune , in taking upon himself tO" defBnXl j Be British flag , in Cbina , when the celeBtialmonarob . baa triumphed , was not , indeed , captured in China ; \ arrived safely in England—he ' was complimented , honenred and rewarded , and as I have told yon .- On the 8 < h of February , 1843 , a gentleman waa brought * prisoner to the place—he was lodged in the next cell to mine—that prisoner is Captain Sir Joseph Abraham Douglas , knight !!"

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      Lord Chamberlain's OpprcB , April 6 .-The Lord Charflfo -riajn o * her Majesty ' s Household lias appointed Wiiliam Wordsworth , E ? q , to bo Po ^ t Laureate to her Majrs' . y , iu the io ' . > m of liontrt Southey , Esqideceased . A VpUNO Woman named Sarah Tkieley , has been committed to Bedford gaol , ohar jjetf with the wilful murder of her late husband , by poison . She is supposed to have mado away with afbrmer hubband and two children . Singular Good Fortune— A Thrifty Wife — An oW peusiuner , of tha name of John Dean , residing in the neighbourhood of Haley Hill , has recently experienced a singular reverse of fortoine , und''r rather extraordinary circumstances . It appears that John had been blessed , as it now turns out , with a remarkably saving and frugal wife , and such was her

      disposition to save that John was a ) wny 9 * uppposed by his friends to be iu rather indigent crrcumsauoea , and very ohort of money . A few daysaKo , " « wfvsr , John ' s wife was so ill that no hopes wnre entertaiued of her recovery . She called her hunband to her bed--side , and told him that it' he looked in a certain place he would find an old atocking , and on his bringing it to her she pioceeded to draw from it a consiherable number of sovereigns , counting out ten for each of her children , aud the remainder , amounting to upwards of £ 200 , she presented to her astonished husbaud . She has since di-d , anci tho uow comparatively rich did man has deposited the hard saviugs of yeai'S in a resppotable bankin « -house in this town ; and has every prospect of spending the remainder of hia days above the reaoh of pinohiug poverty . —Halifax Guardian .

      Hoax at Bath . —Some ingenious but mischievous wag , relying uipon the credulity of that msies of gullibility , the puUic , caused the city to be well po .-ted on Saturday with placards , announcing that the first experimental trip of the aeriel machine would be made from L ondou to Bath on Monday , conveying , as its freight , no less a parsonage than Mr . Roebuck , our M . P . The biil -went on to say that the journey was to be commenced in London at one o ' clock , and was expected 10 be accomplished in about twenty minutes , and that the machine would alitjbt on Beechfn Cliff about half-past one , Bath time ! Then followed a London date , and the imprint of " Lyons and Reed , Dean street , Soho . " Thrs piece of waggery was but adapted to make April fools of those

      who were fools already , made , and hardly did we credit the opinion of some of our friends , that numbers of persona would place confidence in the announcement , not seeing through the hoax . To our Fur ^ rL ~ e , Hampton Chff-i , B teh < n \ A ff , B < . ach' -n Hill , Lant > down , and other « minenc € s ; , were , at the notified time , crowded with open-moHthed , widestarjng , patient , wonder-loving gullvb es . Tno * poculavioiiB of the assembled crowd were very amusing ; the probabilities of Mr Ro-. bncK ; accompanying the serial machine being eagerly di-cussed—here by a knot of gt-eafiy membirs of the company of cordwainers ! thrre by a group of snips , whose observance of Saint Monday is proverbial . The sanguine dispositions of the

      female sex , of course , brought not a . frw of tho fair admirers of our Hon . and Learned Member , to swt-li the throng of wonder-waiting papers .- Besides tho numbers congrei . ' . ved on tho cliffy there weiv a great many stragglers in . the neighbirurhood , who had only half swallowed the tempting bait , and who , b Jieviug the possibility ofthe thing , but doubting is probability , hovered about tho approaches to fho cliff which was to be the scene of descent , in » sttt- ot self-pati . sfacfion and security at once amusing and ludicrous . Indeed , it may be affirmed , that , the majority of the good : people of Bath were he'd in a hTate of ? u peuw between their incredulity and tht-ir fear of Josing . 1 sjfchfc of ro unusual a wpeotable as tho drscent of thi' ? rara avis . This " glorious uncertaintj" di .-turbed , we aro told , tho domestic

      arrangements of more than 0110 family , the salon & manyer being de ^ rted for ihe roof the house ; or , ; n other cases , a member of the family acting as ^ minel , while the remainder of the household were ong . iyed at their mid-day meal . To keep up th' j' « k « , its contriver or contrivers , novf aud then disciiaigod a cannon , on which the wailing mr > b strained n < 'cks as long as crati < -a to catch a glimpse of the su ( jp ' jseti coming machine . Half-past ono passed , and tho Arid made no sign ; two , three , four , five , and six o ' clock came , and passed al a o , bat bo indication appparcd of its ' arrival . Nothing now remained to ihe disappointed expectants but to decamp without , bt-at of drum , and to return to their nonius , sheepfacea arjd chopfallen , which th *> y did amidst the jeers of all who beheld them . —Bath , Gazette .

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      THE HOKKOKS OF TRANSPORTA UOS . At the Liverpool Assizes , on Tuesday last , one Quo . Robinson , alias Saron , pleaded Guilty to the charge of having illegally returned from transportion , and when brought up for sentence entered into a ioni > aud singn \ aT s * atptneiit . which was listened to by a crowded court with great attention . Prom tbis it appeared , that iv 1820 , beintf then but elshtwn years of a <; e , ho had been convicted of a hinhway robbaty a % Pendlettm . He received sentence of death , but waa finally transporter ) for life . He bad , however , an irresistible rieeira to r > tnrn to his native land , arjfl sometime after bis nrrival at 8 idnpy made an attempt to escape by swimmin ^ < ff to a bri g lying in the rou"t . « , and aacc < e * ted in cnnc 6 aling himwif below until * he wan at Be * . She

      was driven hock , bowevtr , by stress of wather . ho was giv . « n « p to the authorities , received a , hundred lnihpa , nv . \\ was sent to a penal eettkou-nt , fltitt at Hunte ' s River and afterwards at Macquarrie H' rbour . He described his situation as intolerable , without any communication with his friends , shut out front the world , and with hardly a hope for the future . He determined again to make an attempt to escape . He K-fC tbe colony with several others . Three days after they were attacked by the natives ; several of tb » jn were wounded , and all their clothes and provisions were carried off . To go forward in this condition was almost hopelessto go back was to suffer again a punishment of 100 l&shfS , and ConiJwuned te work in a gang reserved for the worst criminals , They resolved to go on . They

      lost themselves in the Blue Mountains ana , wandered about naked sixty days , living on what they could pick np in tht bush or along the shore , to which they were finally conducted hy another party of natives . They were then near tbe site of Port Pnilip . Here thyy fell in with another tribe , by * b » m they vjere takennnrt given up to the authorities . Tiiey were conveyed to Coal R ver naked as they were . They there were allowed a blanket to cover them , but even tuis they were obliged to leave behind when tbey were shipped on board a Government vessel wMch was taking coals to Sydney ; aDd , but for some canvass which they were allowed to bave to cover them , they would hs . ve to lie naked on tbe coals in the hold . Tbey were lauaed in this plight at bydney . There public charity supplied them with

      some clothing , but one of bis companions for six months , bad nothing but a pair of troUBtw . Tbey Wer » sentenced to receive 100 lushes , and to be sent back to to Maequarrie-barbour . Their wretched state was such , however , that tbe first part of tbe sentence was not inflicted , the medical man having made a representation that prevented it . He remained at Macquarrio-harbour some time , wbeo be again , with some others , got » way in a whaleboat . and Tan along tbe coast for nine days , having made a sail by fastening together the ahl-. ts of the party . Tbey were obiiged . by want of provisions , to put into Hubart-town , and were again sent back to Macqanrrie-barbonr , and placed on Big Island—the depot for the worst offenders , lie described the horrors of this place as feeing more than language could paint

      Sever .: I , he said , bad committed murder that tbey might be removed to Sydney for trial , thoush certain that after this abort respite death wonlrt be the puniBhment of tbeir crimes . He told a singular tale of one Ptarce , who bad attempted to escape witb several others . Provisions failing , they were obliged to sacrifice one to save the rest . All perished in this way , till Ptrarce and another alone remained . They watched , each conscious of the other ' s intention , for forty-eight hours , until Pearce got an opportunity of killing his companion . He was taken , and again escaped witb one Cox , wbom be & 1 » " killed , and tot vhi& h » was flnaHy tX' cutuJ . At this horrible place thd prisoner said he remained for upwards of sfeven years , when he was sent to Hobart-town . He again escaped on board a vessel .

      and concealed himself till she was twenty-ono days .. t sea . The captain , however , gave him up on his arrival at St . Helena . He was sent back to the Cape , ana thence to Robin ' s Island , where be worked for seven months , with 26 'b of irons upon him . He was then sent to Macquame- harbour . His conduct , during a gale on tbe passage , rtccmtnended him to the metoifui consideration of tbe authorities , and uf /^ r tbe lapse ( if three years bo was allowed to come baak to Hobarltown , aud finally obtained a tickfct <> f leave . He at ill . however , longed to see hia native land . He escaped on board an American whaler , in which be cruised for several months , but the e&ptain intending to give him

      up at the first opportunity , he took advantage of the Vt-ssel touching at New Zealand to take refuge witb the natives . By them be was well treated , and fln . tily got an opportunity of entering without swpioion on boatd a vessel bound for Boston ; hence he wrought his pascage to Quebec , and thence to Greenock and Liverpool . He bad since been living at Manchester , aad gaining an honest livelihood by the labour of bis bands . He protested that since his original offence hia conduct bad been that of an honest man . His sole -wish bad been to see his native laud , and he expressed a hope that hiB Bufferings and his good condnot would recommend him to the merciful consideration of the authorities . ' >

      Mr . Baron Parke said th « tale which be baa related would , be trusted , help t » dissipate any idea th » t might be lurking in the minds « f any 'who might heat It , that transportation waa a light cantonment It waa his duty simply to pass on him the sentence , that be should be transported again for the texm of hia natural life . ' ; *" The prisoner bowed respectfully , and wao removed from the bar . The appearance of tbis man was calculated to procure credence for the history he related . There wa » a remarkable expression of aafferiflg and hardship in bis oountenance , and thsra i »* a something moilng ; in the m , \ Bner ia which be received the sentence that was to ensign tow Rg&in to the honors be had been describing ;

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      NORTH W . vLES CIUCUI r-CnrsTEa , APRIL 10 . 1 CK'M \ X . fc »[ DE . j ( Before Mr Janice Maule . J j MURDER AND RAPE . ] The trial of James For . i , for Ihe murder of Samuel j Shaw , being fixed for this morning , the court was ' crowded to excess , the enormity of the crime ex- ; oit ' rns ; considerable interest .: , On tho Learned Judge arriving in court , the prisoncr , a full-faced robust man , aged twenty-threp years , was placed at the half . H >\ appeared totally indifferent to tho posiuyn m which he was placed . He was charged by tha uauio of Jiimea Ford , Jato ot the township of M . ottram , joiner , with the wilful murder of Samuel Shaw , i by giving him divers mortal wounds , bruises , and contusions , and by throwing him on th& ground . wher <* bv he lingered from the 1 st to the 8 h of ( ictober last , and then died . The prisoner p ' ' a ed inot guilty .

      There was also an imJictmeut charging the prisoner with a rape on Hannah , the wife of the said Samuel Shaw , on tho day above-mentioned . The Attorney-General for the Palatine , and Mr . TraffWd , were for ih < 3 prosecution ; aud Mr . Temple and Mr . Townsend w < . r < j f-ir i . h ? prisoner . , The Attorney General havii ? g stated the case for ; prosecution , Mrs Hannah Shaw , a . * ( ! fierly female , not of a prepossessing appearance , was them called , aDd she Btated that her husband w , m "> a ¦ 'Yioemaki . r , living at Long-lane , oa the burden * of Derbyshire . On Saturday , the 1 st of Oclobi . r , witness accompanied her husband to Mottraro , an'l aftor making a , fp . w purchases , they called at a pubiii 3-hou «« , where her

      hugband had a gla ? a of alo a , u > J a ip . pt- of tobacco . Th y then went to the Am ; p | InnJ whirre they met tU « prisoner and Revoral othor p ? fsons . At this house 'hey remained until about twelve o ' clock , and had pome drink . On being about to l « avo the house tho witness said she wpulU fry to Hud Mr . Eitrtngham , whd lodged with her , and a » k him to accompany them home . The prisoner heard this , p nd said he would aucnmptiny them . Witness , her husband , the prisoner , and a person uame-i Hopkinson then left the house together , and walked along the road as good frinnds . When they had got a short distance a person caueup on a horse , when the prisoner askod hiei if his horse vvoulU carry double , and if he \\ i ad ita him ride ? Tie

      man said he would rather ' afcv ) iiptiu < younR woman ;; but Hopkinnon asked to be ujknn up , and the 1 prisoner assisted him ou > he ihovse ? Imnied ' . ately on their goiug off the prisoner began to take liberties with witness on which ahe desiri d him to dt-sist . Her husband hearttig . ir turned round and said , ** What ' s up - < ai . uoi . >\< u be quid J" Tii « prisoner then went up ti > her husband aud knocked ! him down , Sho got up . and . seeing the prisoner b « atitiii her husband , sho screamed out " murder 1 ' The prisoner then again knocked her dowD , and , whilst on tho ground ho beat hfcr to that sh « lost htsr : senses . On her recovery phe found herself in ! an adjoining field , ami the prisoner standing ' near . She thon started homo * , the prisoner going , ; i ' I \

      with her part of the \ v ;» y , and eafuestl ^ y entreating her not to tell her un > b md what had passed . &he rcach ^ 'l home as h fvas coming day'ight , and awoke Mr . El'Tin ^ haui , <( ef * iring him to take notice of the state > ho was tit , h' < ig obliged to pass , through his bed-room , in r < rok-r 10 roach her own , She then weut to h < v husband ' s r did , aud found him lying in h « d qu . t « i > isi nsible . She immediately sent for Mr . Smith , a Mirgeoii , who attended her husband unt . il hU dea" , which lu >< k placo on the Saturday following . The withes -ta ed that wh > n they kft the Angel Inn , at , M&ttr&in , herhnsbanti ; was rather the worse for liquor , * but phe , the prisoner , and Hopkinson wtre so *> 3 r . Her hu .-band ; did not sti ike the prison r at all . Several other witnesses wi > re oallfd who corrobo-. 1

      rated the evidence ofMrs . S : aw . i-. fl the dying declaration of the deceased was a ^ a givtrn in evidt-nce ( to the effeot that , as he was cooiiug aloni 4 the road , from Mottram with h's wile and the prisoiier . the latter attempted to '; iko ? il .- rfi ? s wi'h lier , and on i his telling him to demist , ha ( the prisoner ) knocked him down , and boat him about the ; face and head wi ' . h a stane uutil he be- ' came insensible . Oa liu- » recov ^ ty h ^ did not sea his wife abour , and walk ^ J bujio . Th * shi re ihe prisoner wore on tho nmnt of t ¦>« attack waa pro j duced , and was m ^ rkod with Mood . Several per- j eons also deposed to the !) riw ; mer ooufecsmic that he 1 had made the attack on tho ceecii- 'ed , and the sur- i Keons proved that f . e had died of an effusion of j blood on the brain caused by a wouud oa the back of his head . 1

      Mr . Temple addressed she jury in an eloquent speech of considerable length , contfnding that the orobabilities of the cade wfre , that the atm-k had been made in constqu .-iico of an attack irom the u ., fortunate deceased for soflj-i supposed liberty he had taki n with His wife , 2 nd he ri'Icd — Mrs . Wag ! , taffe , who had liio tare of tha Ani ; el Inn on the ntgtu iu qu > st . on , aiii who deposed to the witness Shaw , her husband , and flju km ^ on , leaving the house in a sta . e of intuxie .-ttion , and thai the prisoner had left before . The Learned Judge having Fuaiinf-d up , The Jury found u verdict 01 # uiity , but reoomtnpud d the prisoner to ui > -rov . HIh Lordship eaitl he ha- ! no p-. wer t « mitigate t ' oe sen . unoo—that belonged to aiiO'iu-r power . The trial for rapa was not : proceeded with , aud his Lordbhip deferred pioiiii ^ :-cidrnce .

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      NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL . CROWN COURT , Satuhdat , April 8 . ( Before Mr . Baron P > irke . ) MURDER IN LANCASHIRE . Wilmot Buckley waa iadicted 'or ihe wihui murder of Eiiziibeib Buckley , at Sc . Helen' . * , ou the 27 nh day of November last . Dr . Brown conducted the case Ifor the prosecution and Mr . James < iefeuded the pri .-oner . Dr . Brown having siated au outline of the case to the Jury , called the wiUKS- < w » , in whose evidence the circumstances will be found more fui'y dotailed . JaneRigby examined .--My house is at . the eufcrance of St . Helen ' s , a little off tlie road . The prisoner and his wife lodged wnh us from March to the 27 th of Norember , 1842 . Th < -y had beod married sevpn

      weeks when thoy came to me . The deceased , Eli-Zibrth Buckley , was at home all day on tht 27 th of ' November ; it was Sunday . The prisoner weni . to ' church in the afternoon . Ho returned a little after ; four . They went out after tea . Never knew thftH to have any difference . Aa she was going out she said , " Mrs . Rigby , please to leave ] the key under the mug at the door ; Wiitnot and I are going out , for a walk , " They had been accustomed to walir ! together on a Sunday . She wore a dark olo&k and a boEuet . About six I went out . 1 I left the key where ehe desired me . I returned a little after I seven , and found the key whore I left it . The pri-1 souer came home at a quarter before nine . The j witness then proceed . d to reLu « ttn ^ auat which the prifoner gave resppctiug the noa-arrival of the ' deoessed . it was to the bfitai ^ that at tha end of the lane he desired her to vvaik f >» , and he would : overtake her ; that he could not find h * -r , and sup-1

      posed she had gone to her sister Mary ' s hou < -e ; that ho went there , and could not find her . j Tne prisoner > and his wife occupied a parlour end bedroom , When h& revurned on 'he night ofthe muvder , he I made a fire in tho bed-room and then want into the I house of Mrs . Barker , n * 'xS door , and * whun !< e came 1 back he said she was not there . Tbo prisoner and j hia brother-ia-law then went out to try to fi id the deceased . Witness weut to bed abauc ten , leaving . the door unlocked . Did not iuar the pri 3 >> npr return that night ; but hf did return , and said ; " Mrs . ltigby ,, L tould notiiud her ; 1 have been wexy where at uil likely to find hvr . Elizabeth c-juld inot intend to ' atop because she has leic her keys i )\ h . r tru . ik . ' ' In the morning witnt- ^ s got up at » ooui hal' - {< ap > five o ' clock , lighted a candle , aad called out , " VViimot , ) fchzabeih has not come ; will you got up aid . j < o and see if she has gon « to A 4 if . ou ! "' tie so up , had , some breakfast , and went < jui bbonf bail" past six 1 o ' clock . The deceased was near her

      limoofconfinemeut . WitEe 88 did not bee tho pri . sjn ^ r tha inquest , ihe body was taken to a *' . bl ^ ac joining , Wi ere witness saw a while 00 '< on buafk'Tohief belonging to the deceah < . i ; it \ .-a- bk ' . a ^ yJ She bad tho handkerchief in her h .. uJ when ehe put the body into the ouffln . The prisoner is a p « nrer by trade Ho was in ihe habit oi walking in the neighbourhood , and of being a week or ten day * aiway at ohcp . He hftd been away the greater par' ot' tiio preceeding week . He appeared tu be vory civil always to ttvdeceased . The deo-sased often lyld witness that Wilmot , if they met a yenng woman when they were out walking together , would look after her until she was out of sight . Siie said this in good humour , laughing , but said she did not like to j see it . She ofien complained of Wilmot ' s deings Vmongst the young women , A yount oian in the neighbourhood

      raised a report about the prisoner having conuexiou with another woman while the deceased was at Manchester . Wita < n- ; s told deceased not to mind it , as ohe had not seen it . The deceased waa not angry , but treated it as a joke . Witness said , i Unless you see a thing , never mind ; if you don ' t Icrow the coasequencea of jealousy , I will tell you ; it damns maay a bouI , * nd commits many a murder . " Witness 8 » ia this to deceaeed to prevent her being influenced by the reports which she might hear . i Peter Robinson examined . —I keep the Bird-i'the-Hand public-house on the Moor . On the 27 th of November lasts he prisoner and his wife came to my heuse about six o ' clock in the evening , | and had a glass of rum and water apiece . They were to all appearance quite happy . They generally came to my houee on a Sunday . Never heard of any jealousy existing between them . \ John Chadwiek examined . —On the 27 , ih of November I was a groom living at Ecoloatoh , about a quarter of a mile from the Bird-i ' -the- 'Hand . A

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      man naEved M-tttin liv . vi ab-mi . l > 0 yar-la fr ^ m ¦ re . Knowa the p'ace wher-j tee tv . » dy w . s t ' oum ' . ihe b'idy was found about 20 ' ) yards trim th « i > la , C 8 whf-re I lived . At the time I was coming w ' ntt my wife from St . Helen ' s the church bells were n . n « i » sf . It was half-past six o ' clock- Went from my h > usa to Makin ' s for a light ; came back , and hr-sro a noi 3 e « a great shout , au < l closed the door . J /; ird the shout two or three times . Never heard 1 i- < - . » l \ k ^ \ t before . I was stavtled by it , and t <> l - my wife to lock 'he door , as I was very much alarmod . The voice was more like that of a man than ol a woman .

      T -omas Litres , a collier , was employed in sinking a coal-pit on the 27 th of November , near thf t-irnpike-gace . Went between pix and seven o'ckn-K in the morning to George Morton to borrow a ^ i »* de . Morton , looking through the pantry window , pointed down the fi ? ld and said , " Thomas , whai ' syonflT V Witness went in'o the field , and found a w < ri > an n » ar the hedge , about four or five yards from another fild . She wm lying on h ^ r left sid » , covere- . ) ^! th blood . ExamTnvd the body and found the « . h' - » a * cut—it was cut deeply . There- was a cloth ' 11 'be wound—a white pocket-han .: kerchief torn—out * parfi in the wound , aod another on rhe ground ; th ^ part

      ol the handkerchief on the ground was aot blo . 'dy . The body was drt ^ sed in bunk . The clothe ? -vere covered with blood . Her bounot was on ; the fr < Vi' » et was tied under the chin . She had gloves OS , winob wrre bloody . Turned the body aud found a pair of scissor ? , with a chain an < i a thimble . 1 went'ti'Wn tho fioid and told constable Glover what I had s <>« n . Put the things which I found in my pocket . The body was removed ; saw it afterwards in the t >» -lrt 3-ton Arms . There were two distinct pieces t * f tha handkerchief . T ' ie witness underwent a sgto j " » t l ^ tigthend cross -examination , but nofchiag iccpor ant was elicited .

      William G !> ver , a consable at Eccleston , m . the last witness on th « moru- ' ng of November 27 . v ^ ^ nt ? n consequence to the body , and found a bloon- tag nrar it . Found a thimble under the body ; ro' ^ 't no knife or iustruin << nt ; . Rmov * "i the body to th- Koclestbn Arms . P « t the thimble in my poeb ' t . ( ! 'h « witness produced ih < -. aruclus ) Removed tti' ' -dj about risll ' -nast ei ^ ht in t ; ie raornijii 2 < William Storey , supv > riut * nden , t of polic ? f <> " h « district or Sc . Helen's . — Knows where Chatiwok lives .. ( Witness pointed out in the p ; an Chadw .- '& ' g and Makin's aoiise , and * ' so Gin -lane . Chadv * o . i ' s house is at the corner ol Gm-ianc . ) On the > -. ram s of the 28 ih wetic in seaich of Buckley to . ' -da Arfh'on , about 6 ix miles from St . Helen ' s Hte St . Helenwith his

      \ ¦ ' was couiii . 'sr tow ^ rd ^ s lather aud his wife ' s mother . Mot them uboui . -. wo miles-from St . Hrlen ' s . Palled up the ' " -s-e , and came alongfide of Buckley . I said " ^ >\ at have you done 10 your wife ? " He paid he bao last her . I said it was rather strange he should io ^~> bis wife . He made no reply . I then searched him , « nd found in h-s pocket a large clasp knife . I o , « iied the knife , and observed blood ou the blade . 1 a ~ ked him how the blood came there \ He sa . < i V w a 8 no > , hlood , but red paint . I then asked him *•¦ will off his c « at . He did not do so . and I puHe-i h 1 - ^ oat afi . Found his shirt hesmearrd with blood . 1 % id " This is f ; nongh r ' or me " ( Tie shirt was pro / iwsd , 1 the wristbands were Ptiitidd wt ' . h blood ) i s . i'd ,

      " Thix is enough for m « ; I now ohaTge you with tb « murder of your wift ; . " He told m » that i = had occasion to jro into a fi ^ ld ; she walked on . ,-n >] he lost h < -. r . I tobk him to the lock-up , oxatnin- ¦ v ' ; tn , and foutid six ha't-crowns in his pocket . Exa i , ied his fruusers , anti he said " These are not the i » . ; rs 1 had on yo-ie' -diy . Th « b ' aek ITOasers i v- > re y . ^ wterJay aro at honifi . " 1 proceeded to his lod . y ? 3 . Wont to his bed rv ; iin and took possession of hi- ' -at , waisicoat , aud troupers ; thay were iu a box . M .. rka of blood wt re on the cuff of his coat , on the left urm , and on the left pocket of his trowsera ; on the •^• aistcoat no blood . Tho articles were preseved . 1 saw a candlestick in the sitting-room ; marks oft ! ood wero on it ; it was the one now produced . S . iw marks of blood on three half-crowns , now procured . Examined the olothes on the Monday ; on the Tuo- day ¦

      he ( iho prisoner ) knocked at the cell door . I opt ned tho door and w * -nt- in . I a-ked hiai what lie war A ? Ho said ue wisht-d to c ' « Mr . Wood , t Bairf noUnog to induce him to mako any communication ' to ma . Mr . Wood , his old master , had been a friend t" him . " lie had ^ omethina very h ^ avy upon his mmd , 'Vfr . ch , be wistipd to tell him . ' I told him that he r- ^ t'd have no communication with auy person witu < n : , ay being present . He said , " You may be preset u you chooFe . " I then wont tor Mr . Wood . u > i my return I met Mr . GreenalU the magisT . ^ . J haa some cases to dispose of before Mr . Green all . aad after deposing of them 1 told that gentl » mftn &V" ) ut the prisoner wishing to see Mr . Wood . The pM ^ . aef had no opportunity of seeing Mr . Greenall . The prisoner knocked at the cell , and expressed a wish to see Mr . Grpenall . I called Mr . Greenail inr . ' . he ctil . Wh « n Mr . Greenail came into the cell tbo

      -risoner commenced making a statement . After 1 : ^ rin « a portion ol his statement , Mr . Greenall ^ jid , " You had bptt ^ r tell me nothing , as it may be u * ea against vou . ' The prisouT turned to me and > iid , " Twas I who did the dead . I hope you will ' >;; a 'i-iend to me . " I replied , " I can't befriead y « a . " He said that he and his wife wentltothe Bird-i' titelland ou Sunday nit ^ ht . They reniained ths . ro a short time , i > nd had f-tch a giassof rum . They left the pnblic-hou 9 » as the St Helen ' s church bells * -,-, ore ringing . After thev had wulked a short dist ica

      th < ° y heard tlie Si ' , fleku ' s coach coming . The C ; 'Ch ^ n ^ rally arrives at rwj iuy five minutes ) to seven . He proct ' cde ^ . to pay that aiiur the coach p ^ o'sed , uis wife began to browbea ? him about a girl that he iad setn in VV'ijian . They walked on a little fui- ' .-. er , and she continued to browbeat him ; she follv ^ ed him , and continued , to browbeat him again . Ho ' ^ dk his knife out oihis pocket , and jumped up and stalled her in the throat . He said the knife found in hia possession was the knifo with which he stabbed Ucr , and , having done so , he took ont of her pocket thiee half-crowns . Hfl « aid he did not know howtosjet out of the field , but he met witb two men and two

      -n . , Mr . Scadamore , assistant-surgeon to Mr . Gartort , of St . Helen ' s , in November , 1842 , examined < he body where it wa ^ shown to him by the constible i Glover , in a stable at the Eooieston Arm * , wuero the corouer ' s inquest was held upon tt . Ha foui-d a larse wouird in tho u <; ck ; it was a cat about three inches m lengih , and two in depth . It cut the carotid artery thrcutjh . and weut between the fourth aud fifth VCTtebtae of the neck . The wind-pipe was severed . The Wound was partly a utab and p ^ rly cut . I attribute death to the sudden losa of bioud from the division of the carotid artery . D i'h must have been instantaneous . The wound Djijiht have been produced by such a knife as chat produced .

      The priaonw ' s statement before the coroner was then produoed , aud read as follows : — "I went to ciiureh last Sunday afternoon . I came back ag ^ in and got my tea , and had a pipe of tobacco . My wife wished me to take a walk with her . I told net to put her bonnet on , and ehe went and did * o « putting a small shawl on under her cloak . She told Mrs . Ri ' gby to leave tbe k' ; j , saying , We shall perhaps not be long , " We went up the hill b *» re . She had bfen very poorly for two or thr « e days , and paid she felt a little better with the walk . We wnt as far as the Bird-in-hand , and had a glass of rum each . As we got out , we heard tbe St . HeUm ' a

      coacn coming . I asked her if she thought you was the St . Helen ' s roach ? She said she did not know , We stopped till the coach passed , and it was ttie St . Helen ' s cosen , and we went on after it , towards home . I iiavo been out of work for a month bat Monday . I belonged to the Odd Fellows , and grot my card , and w « nt on tramp towards Yorksh'r . I wfut ihrouifh Pit-3 : on , Wigan , Blackburn , aud Manchester , and calieri at her aunt ' s where I married her from . I came h 'me on Sunday week , wens to Liverpool on Wertncsdry , » nd came back by the coach As we were going back to St . Holm ' s oa Sunday labt , after the coach passed , I was tellmg her about roqt . i sweetheart ot mine I had seen ia

      wigan . I had w seen her for two or three yeura . This made her jsaloiH , and she began to bro « VDeafc rue and said I et-uio' iouk at ar ; y body , or love any woman rather than htr , and I ' m sure i never lov * -d anybody but h » r . Wl oanjo past the gate that leads to the field , and I w > r , r in'o the fioid : she followed we , and k ? pt upbraicins me about this woman . I threatened her what I d dv at her , if she -did not hold her noise about it , as it wa 8 all nonsonsn . Si . e kept yoinp on . ia < i I ff It so mad at her , that 1 pulled my knife out of div pocket and stabbed htr . I dou ' t know how it was , Via sure . " Ttiis dosed t .-ie cas-e ( or the prosecution .

      Mr . Jamks addre ? sod Hie Jury for the prv . oner , conteijd : ) ig that he c ^ mmitied the deed under heatt d aiid excited fei'lings ; t tat in proportion a * tha do-0 ' a-jfi was fond o' h « r husband , in the same proporiiou wnnld be h t reelings of jealousy , for whictl , as the evidence demonstrated , she had mo much reason . The Learned counsel proceeded to show that the field had a thoroughfare whore the body waa found , and was of all other places the most unlikely one whtch a deliberate murderer would select fot the commission of-the deed . The blow , too , was a left-handed one , another reason why it was not deliberate

      , but the result of instantaneous passion , rhe rag which was found in the neck was & proof that the moment he had committed the act he rushed to her assistance to stop the blood , to heal the wound . The Learned' Judge proceeded to sum up , staging his own belief that nothing had occurred to take th « offence out of the category of murder . He proceeded , at great length , to read th& evidence , which , h « commented on as beprooeededV ¦ - ¦ ¦' .-The " -Jury found the prisoner Guilty of murder , bat recommended him to mercy on the ground of his own statement .

      Hib Lordship , in passing sentence upon the prieoner , stated that he would forward the Jury ' s recommendation to the Secretary of Slate , but he could hold out no hope of life . He advised him to prepare for that'end which in a few days he wwild hare to meet . The prisoner , on -the sentence being parsed , appeared uot the least affected by his situation , aad walked away with the greatest composure .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct798/page/3/