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i- MANSION HOUSE .-: •" - ? i-: ^ ^ "" , v KKcrAi Assapxt . — Joseph Barnes , a ^ "SSSS ^* ^ before ftelord Mayor , when ? S w 5 Srf that he was potboy at the Saracen ' s 2 * 2 SmbSL-reet . Bishopsgate ; the prisoner came SiSS & i * " ** ahontseveno'cloefc , ««« - «« ? ™ t of half-and-half and some bread and cheese . £ ^ haria ^ ved - hhn with the hatf-and-half ; he J tTenXooy ) afterwards took the prisoner a shceof bread 1 . 7 * rf . Jseand asked at the same time for payment , - SfSSZ * ^ " *• ? rter WUld be a ^ r at to leave
ZSe money . On the prisoner tempting the louce vrithdat , paying : he : stopped him , when the prisoner raised the stick now produced ( a" formidable weapon , with an iron ferule on one end ) and ¦ withit felled him to the ground . JohnLewis , the policeman , deiwsed that he was called into Mr . Prettyman ' s , the Saracen ' s Head , to take the prisoner into custody , when he was exceedingly violent , aiid gave him several very severe kicks on the legs . which were still painful . Prisoner appeared perfectly sofcer at the time . - The Lord Mayor fined the prisoner £ 5 or to suffer one month ' s imprisonment , and afterwards to find bail to keep the
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: "BOW STREET . . TDESDA 7 . —KOBEEilES ET Let tee Caebiebs . —John ttoru , who has heen a letter-carrier in the Post-office upwards of nine years , was . placed at the bar before Mr . Jar-line , charged with stealing a letter containing money , the property of the PostanasterJGeneral , " William Abbott ,-a letter-carrier in the London district of the eneral . Post-officc , stated that on Monday evening , about -half-past seven o ' clock , lie was en duty with the . prisoner at the branch office , in Charing-eross , sorting letters . The prisoner was engaged on his right hand side at the time . Witness observed the prisoner take the letter from
ihe Golden-square box witli his left-hand , at the same time turning round to his desk , which was situate at the upper part of the office , and as his back mas turned he put a letter into his right-hand trousers pocket . Witness immediately made a communication of what he had seen to the inspector , and shortly after the prisoner went into adjoining room , leading to the water-closet , which witness meutionea to the inspector , and having followed him , he came out again after a short delay . —Mr . James Smitbers , inspector of letter-earners , said that in consequence of what he had heard from the last witness , he watched the prisoner into the water-closet , the . dOM of which he Witness then
fastened after he entered . got on a step , by Which he was ena bled to see that the prisoner had a letter in his hand , and having asked him what he was doing with it , he said " nothing . " He then came out of the apartment , and the letter turned out to be directed to the "Secretary of the Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway Company , US , Strand , upon which a constable was sent for , to whom he was given in charge . —Mr . George Willis , a clerk in the railway office , having opened theletter , found that it contained the transfer deeds of conveyance for ten shares , with a half-sovereign , on account , as fees . —The p risoner was remanded .
Francis Cope , another letter-carrier , was next placed at the bar , charged with stealing three letters . Matthew . Peak , a constable employed in the General Post-office , stated that on Mondaj night , about seven o ' clock , he went to the Paddington branch office , where he met the prisoner , and having searched him , he found a small tobacco box containing secret springs , which he desired him to undo , at the same time asking him what was inside , upon which lie replied two letters , and having set the hands of thefprjngs , U- « -a aop'med , aud contained letters torn into pieces , " witness then proceeded with him to search his lodgings , at So . S , St John ' s Wood-terrace ; and having asked him on the way what letters were in the tobacco bos , he replied that " one contained a sovereign , and the other , which was only addressed to a servant girl , nothing . He was then asked by Mr . Cole , the inspector of letter carriers , what post date the letters bore , and he said , " one bears this day , but the other I
don ' t know . He was also asked if the sovereign found on him , was enclosed in the letter , and he said "yes . " On searching the tobacco box at the station , a letter was found addressed to" Jane Stagg , St . John ' s Wood-terrace , Kegeutfs Park , 75 , " and also the fragments of a letter addressed " Mr . Bastinjat Mrs . Harris ' s , No . 2 , Weilington-place , St John's Wood-road , near the chapel , Londen . " Other evidence was heard , and the prisoner , who said nothing in his defence , was ordered to be remanded . The prisoner was again charged -with stealing another letter containing money . It appeared from the evidence , that a letter containing a marked sovereign , a shilling , and a sixpence , was addressed by Mri Walter Sculthrope , a president of the General Post office , to a -Kiss M'Kenzie , of St . John ' s W ood , and although another letter was delivered on the same evening by the prisoner at the same house , nothing was heard of the letter in question , the contents of which were found upon his person . He was again ordered to be remanded upon this
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MARLBOROUGH STREET . Mgndat . —Capxcbe of Gamblehs—At two o ' clock , on Sunday morning , a party of the C division of police , under Superintendent Bcrerford , proceeded , on the authority of the police commissioners , to the house , 2 fo . 7 , Bennetstreet , formerly occupied by Mrs . Edmonds , oi fall discounting feme , and haviag gained an entrance , proceeded to take all parties in the house into custody as gamblers , and as being fouud in a common gaming house . In the exercise of the additional powers invested in the police hy the Games and Wagers Bill , some of the parties captured were searched on the spot , in erder to ascertain whether they had any gambling implements concealed on their persons . . It was the want of this power of search , in case the party to be searched objected
to the operation , that was supposed to operate as a bar to the convictiouof par ties taken into custody on suspicion of being gamblers , as it Avas alleged that such parties , by concealing the implements of gambling on their persons , in general prevented the police from obtaining a material portion of evidence . The xwlice , however , find that this new power will not assist them to the extent anticipated , as the practised gamblers arc too wary to have now anything more than dice and dice-boxes in the house , which may be efi ' ectually got rid of in a few ' minutes in case of attack . Mr . Wilklns atteudedfor the defendants , whogave thefotlowingnames : —Charles Wilson ( realname Henry Oldfield ) , John Morris ( real name Jones ) , John Humphrey { real name Sowden ) , W . Johnson , E . Uartin , Richard Seyford . Superintendent Bcrcsford : I am superintendent of
the C division . I produce papa's containing the report to the commissioners of the house , TSo . 7 , Bennet-street , being a common gaming-house , and the order of the commissioners to enter the iiousa . In obedience to that order L went , with a division of constables , at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , and I raug the bell at the house , Xo . 7 , Bennet-street The door was opened by Johnson , and I took him immediately into custody , and handed him over to Inspector Squire , who accompanied me . I went forward and took two other persons , who gave the names of Humphrey and Scyford . Humphrey I have known before by the name of Oldfield . I went up stairs into several rooms , but found no persons there . I came down stairs , and found two more of the defendants , Wilson and Morrison , in a room before a supper-table , which had reiireshments on it The other defendants I did not see taken into custody . Some of the defendants were
searched in the house , and others at the station-house . I searched the house all through , and on the second floor I found two rooms , one of which was fitted up as a billiard-room . J he door leading to the inner room was made of iron , and remarkably strong . It was provided with a sort of lever machinery , by the help ot which the five bolts at the top , bottom , and sides were all shot at once . This door was open when I entered the room . The window-shutters were also cased with iron . I searched about , but I could not find any implements of gaming . 2 Jo implements of gaming were found on the defendants . Eve of the parties I have known for a length of time as the associates of gamblers and the frequenters of gaming-houses . Two of them have been here before , and oneof them has been convicted . —Mr . Maltbysaid the evidence did not go far enough ; there was no case made out against the prisoners , who must be discharged .
WORSHIP-STREET : Monday . —William Ball was placed at the bar for reexamination , before Mr . Broughton , charged with having administered a certain white powder , supposed to be poison , to a little girl , named Jane Eastman , eleven years of age , the daugh ter of an undertaker in Somerset-place , Hoxton . The particulars of the first examination appeared in this paper of Saturday last , In consequence of the chemical investigation , ordered by the magistrate , not having yet taken place , the prisoner was again remanded ( en bail ) until Saturday .
SOCTHWARK . Mosdat . —Henry KUlerby , the young man charged mth sending threatening letters , some of them containing poison , was brought before Mr . Cottingham for reexamination . The particulars of the charge have been repeatedly given in this paper . Mr . Cotdngham , this day , committed the prisoner for trial . Sureties will be taken for the prisoner's appearance to answer the charge . Tuesday . —Caxtion!— -Fea-cdulent Loan Societies . —Several persons , male aind female , attended to solicit the magistrate ' s advice under the following circumstances : From the statement of one of the parties , who waa spokesman on the occasion , it appeared that , being engaged in trade and wanting some money to carry on
iis business , ke applied to tbe Surrey Loan Society for the advance of JElOl The money was accordingly advanced on his giving the necessary security of a stamped notefbr the full amount , which was te be paid by weekl y instalments of 4 s . id . Having repaid baek the money he borrowed , the persons belonging to the society refused to deliver np the book or voucher in which the diS ' erent instalments were entered , and , to the surprise of the applicant and other borrowers , a Mr . Jerwood in the city is now J ^ in S ' -money of them and their securities , vthen it can te provetl ihe . loans havt been repaid . —In reply to einal ! l ^ w " ^' tte aPPlicant said that one of the prin-^ co nS ^ v *¦** • * **** Society was now a aa « nitte 41 itfrancSV ^ ?? -. W ^ t" > n ' to a Mr . Loyd he
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on the loan note ., but said that they promiMu to redeem them as the lean , were paid off ; that many of the am £ canti' bob & -confiiniriy ihe entries oFcash they repaid werenowiu - the hands of . the secretary ,. who - refused to return thenv and- proceedings ; hadjbeen actually , ??*?» - menoed against several of the borrowers to compel them to pay the money over again .- That the managers got the books , as vouchers from the borrowers by pretendingthat they were required at i the office ; for the . purposo of . being eximined > -Mr . Cottingham ; said , that' assuming ; what the applicant said to be correct ,. , a very gross fraud had been , attempted by the , . parties \ complained against . Although the' case did not come within his jurisdiction , still if the circumstances were as . represented , he would advise ,-the ; applicants .. to lose no time in employing a respectable solicitor , who would , no doubt , adopt such measures as would foil such an attempt at fraud . The applicants having thanked the magistrates then withdrew .
Satobdat . —Row it * the Coalhole , — Thomas Parker , a tall fashionably-dressed young man , well known to the police as a member of the " swell mob , " was placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with creating a disturbance in the Surrey Coal-hole , next to the Surrey Theatre , and using threatening language towards Mr . Shepherd , the proprietor of the tavern . The latter ' stated that for some time past his house had been infested with some of the most daring members of the " mob , " both male and femaby and many parties entering his house from the theatre for refreshments have been robbed . The
previous evening the prisoner entered the parlour with a female , and attempted to carry on his vocation upon some gentlemen who were standing near the fire-place , when he ( Mr . Shepherd ) entered and requested him to leave the house . He refused , and set him at defiance ; but , knowing his character , he was determined to eject him . The prisoner then became very abusive , and threatened to do for him the first opportunity , and at the same time attempted to seize a poker , but the police fortunately came in at the time and secured kin . —In answer to the charge the prisoner said , that be was a town traveller , and sold tea , which he purchased in Great Saint Helens . He assured the magistrate that he was an honest tradesman . —Mr . Traill asked him whether he had ins licence about him . —The prisoner repli d in the negative , Mr , Traill said , that under all the circumstances he should order him to find bail for six months .
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GOUJBT OF EXCHEQUER . Satcbdat , Nov . 15 . —Case of the Brazilian Pibates . —This being the day appointed by the judges for hearing the arguments in the case of murder aud piracy tried before Mr . Baron Piatt at the late Exeter assizes , the court was besieged at an early hour by crowds of well-dressed persons of both sexes , and long before their Lordships took their stats upon the banch every available hook aud eorner was occupied . There was an * exceedingly full attendance of tha gentlemen of the long robe , aud one or two foreigners of distinction , including a French judge , were observed to be present . Shortly after ten o ' clock their Lordships , consisting of the chief judges of the Courts of Queen ' s Bench , Exchequer , and Common Pleas , entered the Court , and the case was
immediately proceeded with . The Learned Sergeant who was engaged for the prisoners Martinos Joaquim and de Santos , proceeded to read the statement which Mr . Baron Piatt had snppliid to the other Learned Judges . It merely recapitulated facts elicited on the trial , which have already appeared in this paper , and concluded by stating that the prisoners had been found guilty of the offence with which they were charged , " and sentences of execution had been passed upon them , but subsequently respited till the 24 th instant . The Learned Sergeant contended that the conviction was wrong upon two grounds . In the first place he said that no crime of felony had been committed ; and secondly , he said that supposing a crime in the nature of a felony had been committed , the Court at ][ 5 xeter had no cognisance of the case . How the
grounds upon which he said no crime had been committed was , that the two vessels , thePelicidade and the Echo were wrongfully taken ; but it would be sufficient to support this branch of his argument to show that either one or the other had bsen wrongfully taken . In the first place , then , he said the Eelicidade was up . lawfully and improperly captured . The capture of the Felicidade was attempted to be supported at tlie trial on the grounds that these parties were pirates Jwchcs humani generis , and were , therefore , properly hunted down by any persons who might choose to take the risk upon themselves ; and that was supported on the ground that , by the treaty , the offence of slave-trading was declared to be piracy , and it was held that the offence of slavetrading was ' . complett on going a voyage for the purpose of
taking in slaves . Now , he contended that such wasnot the meaning ofthe treaty nor of the law of England , and he supported this ground by showing what the English Legislature had declared should be the nature of piracy . But he took higher ground than this . He said that , supposing the treaty did expressly state , iu the terms ofthe 10 th sec . of the 5 th of Geo . IV ., that all attempts to deal in slaves should be piracy , it would not be binding upon the subject of Brazil , If a Brazilian subject , after the treaty , engaged himself to ihe slave-trade , it would be a grievance against England . for which the English ambassador at Rio de Janeiro might have remonstrated ; bnt tlis mere fact of a declaration existing between the two countries declaring a particular act to be a crime , did not make the Brazilian amenable to the laws
of England . It was urged by his learned friend , and so ruled by the learned judge , that the clause of th « treaty was merely directory , and not essential . Their lordships would see by the act ofthe 5 th Geo . IV ., c . 113 , that piracy was defined to be the actual carrying of slaves , and not to make a preparation for the slave trade ; but , supposing the treaty had provided that the subjects of cither governments preparing and fitting out vessels for the slave trade should be guilty of piracy , would that make it punishable by death , which , the Legislature had declared to be punishable with fourteen years' transportation at the outside ? There were remarkable instances on record where one country could not take cognizance of the piracy of another . In the year 1570 the Emperor Philip the Second of Spain , by an edict , declared his
subjects guilty of piracy who should attempt a fraud upon an insurance company in effecting an insurance upon a ship . In 1580 the same prince made another declaration that all parties who should destroy the herring nets on the coast of Flanders should be . guilty of piracy . Then , again , there was the case of the Russian ambassador , in the reign of Queen Anne . ' "Although it was found thai the ambassador had committed a gross violation against the law of nations , it was not punishable here . It was only matter for the remonstrance of the English ambassador in Russia . He now came to another part of his argument . A clause in the treaty prohibited the detention , on any pretence , of a vessel not having slaves on board . This clause was introduced for the very purpose of preventing the capture of vessels in which there was no
slaves . This vessel had no slaves onboard , and it did not appear that she had ever made any voyage . He did not know that any words could be more stringent than those which appeared in this clause , that no vesssl , on board of which no slaves could be found , should be detained on any account or pretence whatever . It appeared to hirn , therefore , that the'Felicidade was wrongfully captured , and being wrongfully captured he submitted that she remained a Brazilian and foreign vessel to aU intents and purposes as if that wrongful act had not taken place ; but on the trial it was contended she became an English vessel , and that all on board of her were subject to the English laws ; Xow , he might just as well argue that a British vessel coming from Sicily with a cargo of oil to the part of Hull ,
and detained by a Spanish ship on suspicion of being a smuggler from Gibraltar , became liable to the laws of Spain . What would Admh-al Blake or Cromwell have said ? Mr . Baron Alderson : The question is , what the judges would say , not what Admiral Blake thought . Mr . Sergeant Manning thought they would all " agree . Could it be seriously contended that a vessel taken possession of wrongMly by the subjects of another power , became amenable to the laws of that country ? He would now proceed to show how the Echo wss wrongfully captured . The treaty provided that there should be no detention or seizure of a vessel , unless it was made belonging-to the royal navy of the sovereign whose subjects make the search ; nor should the search be conducted by a person of less rank then a lieutenant . It was expressly
provided in the treaty that a ship captured could not be considered a part of the navy of Great Britain till such time as a condemnation had taken place in the courts of Sierra Leone . The Felicidade had never been condemned'at all , havingbeen lost in her passage to Sierra Leone ; but even if she had been , such condemnation would not have had a retrospective effect . This defect in the capture of the Felicidade , however , did not apply to the Echo , for she had slaves onboard when she was captured . But in the capture of tbe Echo , there were circumstances of another kind , which did not apply to the Felicidade . It was provided in the treaty , that no person under the rank of a lieutenant should search a merchant ship suspected of being engaged in the slave-trade . Now , Lieutenant Stupartdid not search the vessel in question , but it wag
undertaken by Thomas Parker , a midshipman . It was not sufficient for the purposes of the treaty that Lieutenant Stupart should be on the deck of "his own vessel hard by , but it was required of him that he should make the search and capture in person . He ( the learned conn , cii ) therefore contended that the capture was illegal , because it was not undertaken by Lieutenant Stupart . He thought he had shown their lordships quite clearly , from the review of the facts that he had placed before them , that Majaval had a right to regain his ship , and the other parties to obtain their liberty . If the seizure of the Felicidade was in the first instance illegal , then had the owner of that vessel , on the earliest opportunity , without appealing to the Court of Sierra Leone , or any other tribunal , aright to recapture his vessel , and to use
whatever force was necessary to obtain that possession . He also contended that the men taken prisoners had a similar right to exert themselves by force to obtain their liberty ; and any other means of obtaining their liberty than by simultaneously rushing on Mr . Palmer and tho other seamen in charge ,, did not appear practicable . In the conflict that took p lace Palmer whs stabbed and thrown overboard ; but , " under the circumstances , there was no proof that the act in question was murder . He now came to another ofthe objections he had to the conviction of these men ; As foreigners , he maintained they were not amenable to British laws . The vessel in which these men were , at the time of " this unfortunate occurrence * , had never ceased to be a foreign-vessel , and therefore , in law , a foreign- bottom ' ; therefore no : court of law mtMicovunxy had juriidictibn oTer ' it or them ; -The
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case of the Sing v . Depnrdo , - * fcr Taturtoi r > RepAUi proved what waa the jury ' * duty turner * such circum- sttMCces . 'r ^ -r - - - - - Mr . Collier : then ; rose to address the court on behalf of ' the three other prisoners , ' - Jameg Majaval , Francisco Serva ,, ' and Jose Aires ., . He submitted' that the . courts of this country , had no jurisdiction over those for whom he appeared , as they were foreigners , and had never , by any act of theirs , given in . their adherence or allegiance to the government of tMscoiintry ; , . The learned counsel ' s arguments were the same in ,, spirit . as . those * of , Sergeant Manning . —Mr . , Godson , Q . 0 ,, replied on the part of « i _ . J- —i ... a ... *! - T »« , ifcjL . ij- *
the-crown . , The learned , ' connsel then went at great length into the arguments that bad been used on the . other side , urging that , the capture of both vessels : was lawful , " and that these parties were inlegal custody and on board a vessel ,, which by the capture had been . constituted a British vessel ,, and . that , in . consequouce . ' they . were amenable to the laws of this country ; . He also contended that the moment the vessel . started on her . voyage . the piracy commenced . —Their lordships then rose to consult together . The regular rule is fof , the ; Judges notjto express an opinion publicly , bnt to . direct the high sheriff of the county what he it to do .
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . Important tc FBAMEWokK-KNiTTEBs . —Chowneb v . Commins . —This was an action for work and labour , and money had and received . The ' plamtiffwas a workman as a framework-knitter at Leicester , and the work done was the knitting of worsted hose . The defendant was a sort of middleman between the chief employer and the workman , and claimed a set off equal to the demand for frame work rent , and other matters of which the plaintiff had enjoyed the benefit . The set off was equal to the whole sum demanded , as the defendant was said to have already paid what was due iu respect to the actual labour of the plaintiff . It seemed , from the statement of the case , that it is now a frequent custom in Leicester for the manufacturer to give anorder for the making of a certain
numberof pairs of stockings—these were made by workmen who formerly were the owners of machines , but who now usually performed their labour with machines standing on the premises of a middleman ,-or . " undertaker , " who receive ** the manufacturer ' s order and undertakes to execute it , and who then gives the work to the handicraftsman , agreeing to pay at a certain rate for so many pairs of stockings , but deducting out of that nominal sum the rent for tke use of machines and room . There was a demurrer to the plea raising the question whether such deduction was . legal under the truck system act . Mr . Whitehurst , in support of the demurrer , contande ' d that the deduction -was not legalthat it was , in fact ; a deduction from labour , or a payment in the shape of rent for that labour , which the act said ought to be paid by money alone . To allow of a deduction would be to defeat the provisions of this act , for if rent of the machine could be put forward as a payment , so might other things , and the whole actmight be successf evadedThe
ully . workman was entitled to the full payment of his wages , which consisted of that sumwhich . was agreed he should receive oh completing a ' certain amount of work , Mr . M . D . Hill insisted that the payment agreed on was not constituted entirely of wages , but of something besides such as rent of the machines with wliich the labour was performed , and that what the middleman received consisted of those two ingredients , and the workman ' s claim must bo considered with reference to that fact . There was nothing , therefore , in this case that related to the truck system . That waa a system in which something , not money , was given for labour , and that system was forbidden by law . But where , by the custom of the trade , the thing performed consisted of the machine labour as well as that of the man , the rent for the machine was not tbe subject of the provisions of the truck act anymore than the material itself . The 25 th section showed that " wages , " as there used , meant only remuneration for labour . The Court interrupted the learned counsel , andpostponed the further hearing of the case .
INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT . MondAt — In be James Bond . —Jamesi - Bond was opposed by Mr . Dowse . He was supported by Mr . Cooke . The case of this insolvent occupied the court a considerable part of the day . The opposition was instituted chiefly with a view to inquire as to property , " particularly to ascertain his interest under a recent marriage settle ment , by which he participated in the enjoyment of a considerable income . In the course of the inquiry it transpired that he had , both on the continent and in London , been known by the , names of Sheridan
Captain James Bond , B . A ., or Bombay Artillery , & c . ; but as he admitted that this was an honorary addition of his own fancy , Mr . Commissioner Law , amidst some laughter , said he supposed it might be interpreted bachelor of arts . The insolvent said he found it was desirable en the continent to use some cognomen to distinguish him from a person of a similar name well known in London . He had , it appeared , pledged some plate while in prison , but it was his wife ' s property , and it had been redeemed . The Learned Commissioner , after hearing the evidence , ordered the case to stand adjourned till the 8 th , of December .
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On Monday , Mr . Clarkson , counsel for the prosecution in the case of the men charged with piracy and murder on board the ship Tory , accompanied by Mr . Hawley , clerk to Messrs . Crowder and Maynard solictors , came to the Thames Police-office in haste , and while a night charge was being heard , the learned counsel , who was seated under the bench , arranged his papers , andit was announced that he would make an important application relating to the case . After the case had terminated , however , he made some communication to Mr . Broderip , the sitting magistrate , and accompanied by Mr . Symonds , the chief
clerk , and Mr . Hawley , retired to the magistrate ' s private room , where they were closeted lor some time . Ultimately Mr . . Clarkson left the building without making any application to the magistrate , Directly after the conference had terminated , Mr . James Evans , jun ., Inspector of Thames police , was sent for , and received some directions from Mr . Symons . The greatest secresy was observed by all parties ; and the inspector , after a very short interview with the chief clerk , left the court in great haste . Whether Captain Johnstone was arrested at that time we have been unable to learn , but he was taken into custody in the course of the day , and lodged iii the Tower-street station-house . Tlie cause which led to this extraordinary , but not unexpected ,
measure , was that Captain Johnstone , was making preparations to leave England . The inspector , ' . in pursuance of directionsi from Mr . Broderip , had looked very closely after the captain since he gave such extraordinary evidence on Wednesday , last , * and also caused him to be examined by a surgeon , who found a very slight scar or scratch behind one of his ears , and a mark on the ealfof his leg . _ It will be recollected Captain Johnstone in bis evidence said that Mars , thesecond mate ( who was afterwards murdered on board ) inflicted a wound upon his head with a bayonet , and that he struck Mars in return with a cutlass , and forced him out of the cabin . He also stated that when off Plymouth there was a rush aft , that French ( one of the prisoners ) sung out" Mutiny , " and that several men entered the cabin , and extinguished the lights , and that he received a wound in the calf of his leg from a bayonet , and another , as if
from a knife , above the jugular . What motive tbe seamen could have had to get up a disturbance off an English port , where immediate aid could have been obtained , was never explained by him . It appears , however , that he has received a wound in the calf of his leg , but an extremely slight one . Cone , Gair , and other wounded men have been examined by Mr . Lavis , the surgeon of the Westminster , Bridewell , who will make a report to the magistrate at the next examination . Mr . Pelhain , the solictor , who is conducting the defence lor the prisoners gratuitously , baa retained Mr . Ballantine , jun ., the barrister , on their behalf . The news ofthe arrest and detention of Captain Johnstone became universally known last evening in the eastern part of the metropolis , and created a very great sensation . Joseph Morris , a seaman , who received a pistol shot in His leg onboard the Tory , still remains in the Dreadnought hospital ship in a very precarious condition .
EXAMINATION OF CAPT . JOHNSTONE . On Tuesday , George Johnstone , late master of the ship Tory , from Hong Kong , was brought before Mr . Broderip , ofthe Thames Police Court , charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Reason , a seaman , on the high seas , within thejurisdictionof the Admiralty ol ' England . The prisoner is rather above ^ the middle size , 35 years ef age , of florid complexion , and rather sunburnt . He is a man of reckless appearance and manner , and seemed to treat the serious charge against him with some indifference . . Mr . Pelham appeared for the prosecution , and Air . Humphreys , of Newgate-street , attended for the prisoner , who was apprehended on Monday evening , by
Inspector JLvans ol the JLhames police ; and lodged in the station-house of tbe Thames division . A bed was made up for him in the look-up , and two men sat with him . He passed a very restless night , and frequently groaned aloud . On the charge / being made known to him , he denied that he had Wen guilty of murder . Soon afterwards he bad an interview with his wife , and gave utterance to a wish ' that he was dead . He is a native of Scotland , and very respectably connected . It will be recollected that sixteen of the crew were charged by Captain Johnstone with mutiny , on Wednesday last . ' When Mr . Clarkson , counsel for the prosecution , first mentioned the case f 6 the magistrate , he said that three men had been killed on
board , Rambert and Mars , the . first and second mates , and an able seaman named , ' Reason . The learned counsel intimated that Reason had been poisoned . Singularly enough the captain , in his long and very unconnected narrative , alluded to the deaths of * Rambert and Mars , but he never alluded to Reason at all , except that lie had put him in irons with two others , when theship washear the island of Ascension , and subsequently released him . Some ofthe prisoners , in describing the appalling scenes of bloodshed on board , and the savageness of- the captain after passing the island of Ascension , said that Reason was one of those who had fallen a victim to the ferocity of ihe captain , and that he cut him in a brutal manner , with a sword , about the head and body . ' 'i'heiv states
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WW ^ ft * Wc bnfirmedil ^ Sinclair , the carpen-JI &*™™**™ . the prosecution , who said he had seen the captain stHkrReB 5 n ~ several "times" witlTa . sword in'variouspar ( a-of , tli 6 body , but . lie ^ couIdiDOt say whether he inflicted more than one Ground . t « ? U > . ' On the prisoner being placed in the Mon- ' sdpck , the most lively interest was manifested , by theipeople in the court , * which was crowded to excess / ; i •< ' : ti ; - ' - It was expected thatthe prisoner would be arraigned for three ; murders , but oni'Mr . ; Broderip ? directing Mr . Symmons , thechief clerk , to read the , cliarge , ; as entered in ! the . police vsiieet > v it ; appeared , he . stood ] accused with the wilful murder of Thomas Reason . only . . "" .. ' ' "'* ' -..-. T-.. ' .. ' ¦ ' .,. ¦ . ; . ..- ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ . ! -. ¦ ¦¦ . <¦ .-. \ . ' fMiV Humphreys saidhe had been retained by some friends of the prisoner to defend him , a'facfc ol which he wasprobabfy hot aware ; for lie had not yet communicated with him .. .... « t » x—A « fc-ji * i ^ j . 1 *^ 11 _ - t a __ .. * - _ . . _
Mr . Broderip : You had better do so beforo'the case proceeds . _ ; Mr . Humphreys having conferred with Captain Johnstone ,, said it was by the prisoner ' s own directions that he had been retained to conduct his defence " , : * . . . " ' ,. ' ... James Glover , a sailor boy , was tlien sworn : He is one of the apprentices of the ship , and said he recollected the death of Reason ; but lie did not know the date . The deceased expired one night in the cabin . Before he went into the . cabin lie heard Reason say , "Spare me , captain , spare me !" Mr . Broderip ; : Did he say anything else ?—The witness : Nothing else ., ! Mr . Humphreys : You will be so kind as to have his answer written down . ¦¦'" - ' .
Mr . Broderip observing some timidity in the boy , addressed him , and said this scene was no doubt new to Jiira , but he had no occasion to be under any apprehension whatever . He was to tell the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , whether it made for or against the prisoner . ' He exhorted Mm to attend to the questions put to him , to conceal nothing , and not to be alarmed . ' . The boy continued : I went into the cabin shortly after Reason said ' Spare me , captain . " I saw Reason , who appeared to be in a dyifag staie . I saw the captain examining a wound in his left breast . Isaw the blood flowing from the wound . The captain had a bayonet in his band ; There were two other wounds .
one on his temple , and the other on his ' forehead . Tliey were fresh wounds arid bleeding profusely . Reason died about ten minutes after that . I was present when he expired . Mr . Broderip : Are you quite sure you heard Reason say ,, " Spare me , captain V '—Witness : Yes , sir . , Mr . Broderip : Did he say anything in the cabin ? —Witness : I don't recollect hearing Reason say anything in the cabin . Mr , Broderip : Did he say anything about any lint ? —Witness : "Yes , he asked me for some lint . Mr . Broderip : —What did you say in return ?—Witness : —I told him it was all used . Mr . Broderip : And was it all used?—Yes , it
was , r . Mr . Humphreys asked the witness if he was examined last week , and he replied in the negative . Mr . Broderip : If you allude to the charge of piracy against sixteen seamen belonging to the Tory , lean say he has not been examined : I suppose , Mr . Humphreys , you will not ask any further questions at present ?—Mr . Humphreys : No , sir . Mr Broderip asked Inspector Evans , who conducted the case , if he had any further evidence to lay before the court ? Inspector Evans : Not at present , sir :
Mr . Broderip . Will you be prepared to lay any further evidence before me ? Inspector Evans : Yes , sir , a good deal of evidence . Mr . Broderip said before he remanded the prisoner it was his duty to ask him if he had anything to say , and cautioned him in the usual manner that what he did say would be written down , and might be used in evidence against him hereafter . Mr . Humphreys spoke to the prisoner , and said that under his advise he would not say anything . Mr . Broderip : Then it is my duty to remand the prisoner on this charge of wilful murder till
tomorrow , The prisoner was then removed from the dock
DISCHARGE OF THE ACCUSED SEAMEN . Wednesday being the day appointed for the examination of Captain Johnstone , the master of theship Tory , who stands charged with the wilful murder oi Thomas Reason , one of his crew , and also the reexamination of fifteen men belonging to the same vessel , who was charged with mutiny , the Thames Police-court and the avenues leading to it were at an early hour thronged with people , and the most intense excitement prevailed . Soon after ten o'clock , the fifteen prisoners charged
with piracy were brought from Westminster bridewell , and placed in the dock . Their names are Franklin Tucker ( aged 20 , ) William Burton ( 20 ) , David Johnson ( 24 ) , Wm . Beresford ( 17 ) , Win . Dun ( 24 ) , Thomas Gair ( 23 ) , John Allison ( 36 ) , Thomas Lee ( 34 ) , Andrew Nelson ( 32 ) , Barry Yelverton ( It ) , Stephen Cone ( 31 ) , Richard French ( 33 ) , Peter Curtis ( 23 ) , James Blackdon ( 23 ) , and Robert Thompson ( 19 ) . Cordeviallo , the Italian , who was discharged from custody , was again forthcoming to answer any charge that might be prefered against him . '
Mr . Clarkson ( amidst the most profound silence ) said the court would recollect that , when the prisoners were last under examination , he had stated , on the termination ofthe inquiry , that tbe owner of the Tory had no other object in view but public justice . A statement had been made to the owner that the prisoners had committed a most serious offence , and be had no other alternative , when the ship arrived , but to give them in custody , and cause the tullest inquiry to be made . He now had to announce that the owner , irrespective of all parties , had but one course to pursue , and he did not feel called upon to offer any further evidence against the prisoners . Mr . Broderip : Then I am to understand you abandon the charge against the men ? Mr . Clarkson said , as far as the solicitors for the owner were concerned , they would do so . The disclosures which had been made satisfied the owner
that the charge could not be sustained . Mr . Broderip having made some comments on the evidence adduced against the prisoners by the captain , said that evidence was no ; sufficient to justify him in detaining the prisoners any longer , and they were discharged . Loud cheers burst forth directly the magistrate had concluded , accompanied with cries of" bravo . " Mr . Broderip : If that breach of decorum is repeated , I shall be under the necessity of closing the court . This is not a theatre , and such a manifestation of feeling is most indecent .
Mr . Ballantine , on the part of tbe much-injured men , wished to say a few words . Their innocence ol the serious crime laid to their charge was beyond a doubt , and if the case had proceeded further it would have been shown that they exhibited the greatest forbearance , and that the most gross injustice had been practised towards them in putting them into irons , and giving them into custody . So far from being pirates , or wishing to run away with theship and cargo , it was entirely owing to their good conduct , passive endurance , Christian submission , and sailor-like fortitude , that tbe ship had reached home
at all . They had met with insults and mj unes ol the most grievous description , and many of them wonld carry their wounds to the grave . They would leave the court without a . blemish on their fair fame . They were good seamenj perfectly trustworthy , and no merchant need be afraid of employing them again in the same capacity in which they had been engaged on board the Tory , where the appalling cruelties exercised by the captain would have well justified a mutiny . ' Mr . Broderip told the men they were discharged , and they all bowed respectfully and left the court , to the great delight of every one present . Mr . Pelliam advised them to proceed to the Sailors ' Home , and remain there .
EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE FOR THREE MURDERS . MOST APPALLING DISCLOSURES . Soon after the liberation of the seamen , George Johnstene , master mariner , was put into the dock frem which they had been released , and was charged with the wilful murder of William Rambert , chief mate , William Mara , second mate , and Thomas Reason , able seaman , on the high seas , within the j urisdiction of the Admiralty of England . The prisoner having been accomodated with a seat , he leant his head on the front of the doek , ar . d his face was invisible during the greater portion of the proceedings . He only occasionally raised his head , either to speak to Mr . Humphreys , his solicitor , or
to express satisfaction with Jus countenance whenever anything favourable was adduced . To some of the dreadful recitals he exhibited the most callous indifference . Henry Slack , a youth about 17 years of age , was the first witness called , and his evidence , and tho appalling disclosures he made were listened to with breathless attention . He deposed in a clear and distinct manner as follows : — I am an apprentice to Mr . Duncan Gibb , the owner of the ship Tory . When the ship ' was on her return voyage at Fayal , the captain went ashore in a boat . On his return to the ship he went into the cabin , and a few minutes afterwards he came upon deck . He spoke to some ofthe crew , among whom where Thomas Reason , Stephen Cone , and Thomas Lee
He then called for Mars , the second mate , and spoke to him , but I could not hear what he said III struck him immediately afterwards , with the buttend of a pistol 1 believe , but I am not quite certain of that . Ihere was a pistol in his hand After the captain had struck Mars , he called Reason , Cone , and Lee into the cabin , and snoke to Thomas Lee . I was called down into the cabin with-a light and when I entered the cabin he was fpeal -H ? o t ° hem "" Tn 5 ' i d n't r 6 C 0 llect What he said to them . He afterwards sung out for Rambert , who came into the cabin , and after the capSi had addressed him he struck him . After h 7 w ^ struck blood flowed from him . J £ JjJJ by the captain ' s order , and placed in the ma h lmtcE way , where be remained about three quXrarfan hour . He was then ordered to be taken out oS
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and go into the cabin agaid . I did not hear what passed there . ' I Heard some ' words , but could not flho ^ -cita ' nd ^ thei-r ^^ and * Mara .. was in ^ -theilarbbardrafterTcabin . Barry , Yelverte-a ^ ano-Sliei ' ,. apprentice } - ; wag' ^ laoT . in tlie ' lar- board ' aft *^ aM E laced iii *' irons again \ ori ' the main ' lmtcliway , where e remained * for about three-quarters'bf aa " hour ' to the best of my recollection ; when he , ' was called down againitothejarboardafterrcabin by the captain . 1 saw iflim handcuffed then , and the captain struck himori the ' liead ' with a cutlass arid ' inflicted a severe woiindfrom which the . blood flowed . While he was bleeding he was again ordered on deck and nlaced .: . i iLi'IML ! -. ViMitl ¦ T ' jli'l ma ( I * , * -. _ 1 . _ i
on tbe main-hatch way . He remained there about lialfanhouror three-quarters of an Lour , and the captain again ordered him to come dowii'to the cabin , where the captain struck him with the cutlass about the head and hands ; and cut him dreadfully . - He was then sent on deck again . Mars did speak in a low tone , but what he said I cannot recollect but he was again placed on the main hatchway . Hisfacewas then covered with coagulated blood , and he could not see whether there were any fresh cuts or not . There were cuts on his hands and fingers , and they bled profusely . He was again called down , by whom this time I cannot say , as I was on deck . Directly after this an ordei- came for me , and Julian Cordiy iallo , the Italian , to leave the main deck and go
into the cabin . We went there , and found the captain at dinner . Mars was sitting down , and seemed in a very weak state . The captain told me and Julian to make him stand up . We told him to get up . He did so , and immediately fell again from loss of blood , and said be was not able to stand . Tbecap . tain , after making another cut at Mat ' s , proceeded to finish his dinner , and gave me the cutlass . I took hold of one end of it , and Julian the other , and iold Mars to lay hold ofthe back ofthe sword , wliich he did . We then raised him up , and he said he was not able to hold on to the sword , and we let it go . I then took a piece of cord by the captain ' s orders , and rove it through a cleat in the beam , and lifted Mars up ; He groaned and moaned heavily , and said he
was not able to stand in that way . His head fell on one side , and he faintly prayed for mercy . I then let him down again , and he seemed to be very weak and in a dying state . The captain then ordered him to be taken out of his sight , and said he looked the murderer in his face . William Burton and Franklin Tucker were ordered , down into the cabin , and the captain told them not to touch Mars with their hands . . They got a rope ' s end and made it fast round his body . The captain said , " Take him out of this , take him away , squeeze him , sqeeze him well . He was taken on deck , and I followed him . He Was taken abreast of the main hatchway on the larboard side . There was a strand round his loins , and Julian Coraiviallo called all hands who were standing by to assist him , and said it was the captain ' s orders they were to come . David Johnson and Franklin Tucker then hauled upon the strand round Mars ' loins as hard as they could , [ This recital ,
accompanied by a motion of the hands signifying that the men compressed the body of the dying man by pulling the rope taut , created the greatest horror in court , and many a stout heart shuddered . ] The witness continued : I was then present by the captain ' s orders , with a cutlass in my hands . I was obliged to do it . Mars asked for a drink of water after he was squeezed , and after he had got the drink of water a worsi came out of his mouth . All hands said it was an evil spirit that had come out of him , and then went ; below and reported what had been done to the captain . A few minutes afterwards French , oneof the men came bslosv and said Mars was dead . The captain asked him if he was sure of that , and he made answer , " There is no fear of my telling you that unless he is dead . " William Dun , the cook , came down and asked for a prayer-book to read the burial service , and returned to the deck with me . In a few minutes he returned and said Mars was buried .
Mr . Symons , the chief clerk , who conducted the examination , now directed the witness to state the circumstances relating to tho death of Thomas Reason . Witness : I was in my bed about half-past five o ' clock ; I don't know the day . William Burton came to me , and asked me where I could get a little wine . I asked him what it was for , and he said Reason was very near dead . I told him he would find the dipper in the pantry , if he asked James Glover for it , and he obtained some wine . _ I got up a few minutes afterwards , and saw William Beresford put some sugar in some wine , and take it up to the forecastle . I went into the forecastle and uncovered Reason ' s face , and saw he was quite dead . I
asked how he came by his death , and saw blood flowing froni one of his sides . He was covered with a rug , wliich was stained with blood . I saw David Johnson sew him up in a piece of old canvas . Arthur Gilmore Spence , a very intelligent and well-educated young man , was next sworn . He deposed as follows : —I am an apprentice to Mr . Duncan Gibb , of Liverpool . On or about the 23 rd dr * - September I was informed by the captain that Yelverton , another apprentice , Stephen Cone , and Thomas Reason had said , when off the Island of Ascension , that if the ship did not reach that place before morning , that the captain would be a dead man . The captain did not say anything more at that time . He went on deck with the chief mate , Rambert ,
and I was called upon to come upon deck , with pencil and paper , and note down anything the men had to say . The crew were all assembled aft . The captain asked them if he had not treated them most exactly , or words to that effect . They said yes ; but I cannot answer for all saying so . There was some confusion on deck , and Reason and Cone were then in irons en . the break of the poop . Both men seemed to have been severely wounded , and the blood was streaming down their faces . I did not hear any statement or report made to the captain at that time . I went below , and-some time afterwards I heard Richard French say to the captain that the crew , or part of the crew , had sharpened their knives , and , as far as I understood him , for the p ur p ose of takin g the ca p tain ' s life . The captain
seemed in a great state of excitement . After that persons were armed on board by the captain ' s orders . On the 25 th September Mr . Rambert was in the cabin on his knees , and the captaiii was standing over him with a cutlass . The chief mate prayed of the captain to forgive him . The captain pointed the sword down to him , but he never touched him as far as 1 saw . I saw the captain on tbe following morning aim a blow with a-sword at the chief mate , which took effect on his body , but I cannot say he bled at that time . The ship was in peace and quietness till the 25 th of October . I went ashore with the captain at Fayal . Late in the evening , two or three days after leaving Fayal , I was called into the cabin , and saw Thomas Reason there . The captain was armed with a bayonet , and took hold of Reason and shook him violently . I went out of thn
cabin , and was absent about an hour , when the boy Glover , who was acting as steward , called me ; and upon going below , Dun , the cook , told me , in the presence of the captain , that Reason was dead . I said , its all . nonsence . I really thought he was joking at the time . The cook , to convince me , immediately took old of my hand , and applied it to Reason ' s cheek , and I felt it was cold . I was greatly horror-struck at the time . Next morning , after fully ascertaining the man was dead , 1 performed the funeral service over the body , which was committed to the deep . On the day the body of Reason was committed to the deep , William Mars was ordered into the captain's cabin . He was greatly mutilated I saw the captains slash at himwith a sword in various ways . . Mr . Broderip : Was he at liberty or . in handcuffs then ?—Witness : In irons . ' .
Mr . Broderip : Did he slash at him every time he came down into the cabin?—Witness : Yes , sir ; every time he hit him , and wounded him . Mr . Broderip : Did the blood -flow ?—Witness : It did , sir ; oh , it was dreadful ! ¦ Mr . Brederip : Now , tell me how many times did the captain cut him . —Witness : Five or six times , sir ; every time he was called into the cabin . Mr . Broderip : Aral to understand he used him in that way every time he came down ?—Witness : Always , sir . Mr . Broderip : Did Mars say anything ?—Witness : He frequently prayed the captain to let him have the laws of his country to try whether he was guilty or not , and to ascertain if he had done anything wrong towards him or not .
Mt . Broderip : Did Captain Jolmstone make any reply to that prayer or not ? Witness : No ; Captain Johnstone said "I'll have my own law to day . " In the afternoon , about three or half-past three o ' clock , the captain ordered two men on deck to take Mars out of his sight , and told one ofthe men to squeeze him . Mr . Broderip : Was he able to stand ? Witness : No , sir , he was carried out ofthe cabin , ana the captain ordered the men to prick him with a bayonet to make him stand upright ( sensation ! . The bayonet was in Julian Cordiviallo ' s hand . A boy had
a sword on the other side of him , but I know well they acted under the greatest intimidation . I did not see Mars alter his death . . 4 ? he prisoner was called upon in the usual manner it _ he had anything to say , and Mr . Humphreys advised him to be silent . The Prisoner : I have nothing to say . The prisoner was then remanded till Tuesday next , at two o ' clock . He was in so weak a state at the conclusion ofthe investigation , or at least lie affected to be so , that he was supported to the gaoler ' s-room on the shoulders of two men .
There are twelve or fourteen more witnesses to be examined , including Morris , Cone , and Gair , who have been severely wounded , and it is expected that the solicitor for the Treasury will conduct the prosecution on the next examination . Mr . Pelbam appeared most anxious that all the men who were given inte custody should be examined .
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COWESSIOtf OF THE MURDER ArTn ^?" YAitMOUTHV ^ rT ^ ~ - lARMOtTH ; -Nov . rl 6 . ~ Exactly . ; twelve montlfsW nowyda sed aince ( a murder j was commitSff oSof the day had scarcely . closed , accompaniedfe an amount of unnecessary , ^ brutal violenrp ch must ^^ ver make . . it stand almost uh paralleffin f ^ annals of crime . The deceased , it may be r ^» J " * f * wMow , living alone , aR ^ T ^' small retai business iii the chandlery £ \ S ¦ she was gone to ^ neighbouring public-house 2 | T her supper beer some nersons-fntered ^ he ? house ^ the purpose of robbing ' it ( they having heard she , " , taken £ 150 asalegacy the daVbefore ) , and * K J " S fractured ^ skull in several pW ju / S wards cut her throat . , Her next-doo ' r nHS * Mr . Tarham was suspected ; he made a Sn S which proved him to . be an accessory after the S but hewas admitted evidence for . " tlie Crown agS three others ,. Royal Hall , and ' Mapes , whoSS ^"" Sf Jrom that time until wfthin the asH _ ^ AiA-UWnHk .. ¦ ' ¦¦^^^^ Nta
days little . beypnd mere conjecture existed as to Hip manner in which this deed of blood was perpetrated Mrs . Dick the wile of a sergeant of Marines , found the money buried in the sand near her house by tS sea-side ; she gave evidence of this at the trial , and wascomphmented by Mr . Justice Patteson for tK straightforward manner in which she gave her test ! mony . -A few days since she expressed a wish to " make certain disclosures , which Yarhani had math MV W ^ F 5 p h J Jelt Yarmouth . Sheappeared before Mr . W . H . Palmer , the then mayor , and made the following statement , wliich wegive almost in her own words , omitting such parts as were superfluous or not easily to be understood by those una cquainted with the locality and Norfolk provincialisms —
About three weeks after the trial for the murder of Mrs ^ Candler I met a man near Mr . Fenn ' s , the grocer , in the market-place , about eleven o ' clock in the morning . He stopped me , and said , 'How do y ° , 4 do ? ' I replied , 'J don't know you . ' Upon which he added « 'Tis Yarhani . ' Yarbam asked me it any oi them ( meaning Royal , Hall , and Mapes ) in . terfered with me t I said , "tfo ; not so much with me as my daughter . ' - Then I asked Yarham if they interfered with him . He said , 'No , they knew better than that . ' I told Yarham , « If it had been me that he had said so much about , I would have given it to him well when I got out , if I had to go to gaol lor it or seven years . ' Just as I was leavins ¦
larham , 1 said , You are either the murderer yourself , or you know well who did it . ' Upon this he toucned me on the shoulder , and said , « Stop , for I'll tell you all about it . ' I said I did not want to hear it , when Yarham again said . 'I'll tell you all about it . ' Upon this Yarham made the following statement , as near as I can recollect : — ' ! am not , ' saidhe , ^ somuch to blame as Royal , Hall , and Mapes who knew that Mrs . Candler had got money , and they never would let me rest , but were constantly asking me to let thera into the house . They heard that Mr . Catchpole was going to dine at the Angel , and they wanted to he let in that night . I made a bargain with them that they should not meddle with
the old woman , but that they should go iu when she went for her supper beer , as she would sometimes lie gone a quarter of an hour . They promised not to use her badly , only to get the money . They came as arranged , and I Jet them in between ten and eleven o'clock at the back door . Mrs . Candler * was going about , and the shop was not closed . Roval , consequently , watched about tbe outside until she went lor her beer , when I let them all in . At this time there was a great noise , as if men were drinking at the Swan . I told them to go into the bedroom first , as she kept her money there . Myself , the bov Mapes , and Hall , were in the bedroom . I had a candle in my . hand . Royal was secreted at the back of
the counter . We wo heard Mrs . Candler come in , I put the candle out , and sat down upon the bed , where we continued for a few minutes , not knowing what to do . Mrs . Candler sat down by the fireside , and when Royal moved behind the counter the noise attracted Mrs . Candler ' s notice ; she went out and asked Royal what he wanted , ' I know vou , ' said she ; and lie said , ' I want half an ounce of tobacco . She turned round to get the tobacco , and Royal struck her ; then we left the bedroom , and Hall , who had a pair of pincers in his hand , beat lur about the head , and left her , and went and got all the money they expected . I and Mapes went into the bedroom again , and 'Jigger' ( Hall ) nailed up
sometmng over the light , and shut the door . Thev might have long soughta hammer , for it was 'Jigger ' s ' pincers that did it , and any one might have seen that there was no hammer . Having got all the money we . expected , we determined upon going ; before starting we looked at the old woman to see if she was dead , and listened to hear if anv one was passing or repassing . Mapes was the " first to leave , and went across to a girl on the opposite side of the street ; myself , Royal , and Hall , left together , and we three went up the Black Swan-row , and Mapes and the woman he was with followed us . Hearing a noise in tbe Swan , the woman wett in and called for something , to see who was there *
she said there was a great many of the Angel men drinking there , and , added she , 'Happy enough they are , for I heard them say , let us have another pot , and we will make some old b pay for it that never saw it . ' After this we all started to hide the money ; on our way we met different people whom we knew , and when we had got across the market , we saw Layton , tbe policeman . 'Jigger' went through the fish-market into his father ' s house ( the Feathers tap ) , and wc went on to hide the money . We heard a noise like a whistle somewhere down Ly the beach , so I told them to go oa and hide it , as my house would be sure to be searched first , and to give me a signal when they had done it . I went straieLt
home , and I heard Mrs . Candler moaning , and went in to see , for I was afraid , as I thought she must surely know us all . The lard-knife was lying on the counter , and she turned her eyes upon me , when I cut her throat with it ; she put her hand to grip the knife , and that is the way her poor hand became cut . ' I then said , 'Why , Yarham , then vou are the murderer yourself . ' He said , ' No , it was Hall and Royal who beat her so with the pincers , that she could not have lived . ' Tasked , ' Did not Mapes meddle with her ? ' He said , ' No ; he onlv plundered the house . ' Then I said , ' You ought to have spoken the truth at first , and then things would have been different . ' I forgot to say that Yarham said that after cutting her throat he went upstairs and washed bis hands . His wife had had leeches on , though she was not very ill , as she was down the
next morning apparently well , but whether this arose from agitation or any other cause he could not tell . When Royal came to give the signal he threw the window up , but he eoiild not see him . He then w-ent and looked out of the front passnic alter him , and saw him going past Johnsons s shop , and Wallace the policeman coming down towards his house . Wallace passed Roval , and they aid not speak . Yarham then went in again ; lie let his master in , but said nothing to him . Some one then called Yarham away . 1 had no further conversation with him , and I have neverseen him since . Yarham asked me not to say anything at all about it . " larhamhas left the town , and it is not known where he is residing . None of the prisoners have as yet been indicted for tbe burglarv—a circumstance which has excited surprise here , ' but now the rase must be most . materially strengthened against them
¦ Institution Polytechnic Institution. The Potatoe Disease. —Dr. J. Itvan Has Heen Lnrvfiii.;Nn- «*- +T,„ T».,T_.I_^_ • ¦» ... . * .. . .
¦ institution POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . The Potatoe Disease . —Dr . J . Itvan has heen lnrvfiii . ; nn- «* - + t , „ T » ., t _ . i _^_ ¦» ... . * .. . .
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"""'" 6 « " ""¦ Auiyiecnmc on tlie potaiuc disease , which has , of late , created so much anxiety among our continental neighhours as well as ourselvM . As this subject has become of such vast importance , »* deem a short extract from the learntd doctor ' s lecture will be acceptable to our readers . Tbe potatoe owes ta nutritious properties to the starch which it contains . l' » parts of afresh potatoe , denuded of its shin , are co mix-sol Of—Water ,-from Sixty-eight to seventy-two ; meal , from thirty-two to twenty-eight . The meal consists of— starch , fifteen to seventeen ; fibrous matter , eight to nine ; mucilage , five to six . Therefore , if we can extract the whole ot ' the starch , we may obtain from fifteen to seventeen ptrccnt . of that matter . Tho idea of employing starch as a " article of
food may appear to many exceedingly strange ; but the difficulty will , perhaps , disappear when they learn thatarrow . root , sago , tapioca , Ac , are merely varieties of starch . "Wheat , flour , rye , barley , rice , ie ., also contain large quantities ofthe same compound . The process of obtaining starch from these substances is comparatively easy and rapid . Formerly all starch was obtained from wheat-flour and meal . That substance contains a considerable amount of gluten , and to separate it entirely from the starch occupied upwards of ten days . 1 ' " irstot all , the meal had to be kept in cold water until fermentation set in . This fermentation was allowed to go on to the acetous stage , in order that the acetic acid formed might dissolve tho gluten , and allow tbestarch toseparate . The starch was then removed , washed repeatedly , ana passed through a sieve . This process was repeated Several times , and then dried and rendered fit for ilUfflC- '
diate use . To understand the process , it must be oilserved that starch is insoluble in cold water , and if a P ° " tatoo is eraded , from which the skin has bec-n removoo , and agitated in cold water , everything will dissolve except the starch and fibrous matter . The water and mucilage soon disappear upon washing ; and , the refore , there is nothing to get rid of but the fibre—this is to be done b y passing through a sieve . T'aus , although the tuber may be in a diseased state , sti'J . by this process , a large proportion of nutritious food in ay bo obtained . JW learned lecturer then adverted to t " lie most difficult p » r of his subject , namely , the nature of the disease in t " potatoe and its probable causes , which has been ascribe to damp and cold—to deficient . electricity—to an insect- * to a fungus—and to the use of guano . Hut the n cause named , the doctor sai'j , was most probably the tni one , as all kinds of vegetables had suffered considcrao ) from long continuance of wet and cold . _ - ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22111845/page/8/
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