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TEE HORRIBLE MURDERS ON BOARD THE " TORY."
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a And I mil war , at leas * in vorda , ( Ka&— shonldmy ehanta so happen—deeds , ) " Yiih all who war with Thought !" « 1 think I tear a little bird , who sings Tie pe » plel ) jana bj Trill be the stronger . " —Braov . PRUSSIA UNMASKED . The following Is the remainder of the article extracted from "Douglas Jerrold ' s Magazine , " the first portion of which appeared in the -Star of Saturday last : — Ikt ninth letter ditplajs the weakness of Prussia from ¦ within . This is chiefly apparent in the various nationalities and religions . The author concludes that the capital city and Old Prussia are the only portions of the whole kingdom that feel any attachment to the king or lie government . The tenth letter is about the most extraordinary com . position by way of a letter that was ever penned , inasmuch as it embodies a prose Comed y , under the title of " a Fairy Tale ; an Interlude . " We subjoin the dramatis persona as in the original ( with a translation ) , lest the English reader should he tempted to imagine tbat same literary joke was in the wind , not authorised by the original .
DBA 2 JATIS PEFRSONJE . Per Kaiser von China—The Emperor of China . Germama . terwiltvxteKateerinvmiDeuUcMand—Germania Dowager Empress of Germany . Gloria Uire Toehttr , axis terschhdenen Ehilnnden—Gloria , her daughter , the fruit of several marriages . jnUftein , Mid . Dr ., icaiseriichchhiesisekcrLeibmedieus—Dr . AVustleln , Imperial Chinese Physician . DerJPolheiminister—The Minister of Police . Der Kriegsmintilcr—The Minister at "War . ' £ in £ ichh' 6 rnchen—A SquUreL JlkiUuignv , StaatsrechUlehrer—SUsngaj , State-lawjer . jStvtenthai , staatsUmiog —Stutentna ! , Sttte-theologian . Janus , StaatspuUicist—Janus , State-politician . Gelruder Alttentsch , Staatspatrioten—The two brothers Old-German , State-patriots , Jfaimcntoita , iStoatipftifosopft—Bonaventura , State-philosopher .
Phantasas , Sbfrath and Staaisdramat * r //—Phantasus , Aulic-counseUor and State-critic of the t ) rama . Hariri , StaakreMexi kon—Hariri , StatB-rhyming-dictionary . Kleiterstanpe , Professor und Stoats-turner—Climbing-pole , Professor of State-gymnastics . Ckeadier George—Id . Don Fernando—Id . Don JZmanuel—Id . -B »* unpotituelterProfcssor —An unpolitical Professor . JEvn cosmopoVHseherJCaehheachUr—A Cosmopolitan YfrtCD < man . JBnXmO—A Chihi . ¦ Zieei Geietcrttimmen—Two Ghost-voires . JEine Gcspemteritimme—A Hobgoblin-voice . EhieDepesch *—A Despatch . JBckensteher Nante—Xante , a Corner-stander . -Cliorder Hajlinge and Mandarinen—Choru 3 of Courtiers and Mandarins .
"rtA . cE of Action . —The Imperial Chinese Court at Pekin . " Tijce . —Cannot rightly be ascertained , as Chinese -chronology is known to be a ver ^ eonfused thing . " To this extraordinary and double-meaning Dramatis Finance the author does not give his readers any key : fortuatsly , however , we happen to know pretty certainly nearly every party intended to be thus put in action , and shall accordingly proceed at ones to attach the r % ht names to the various characters .
KEY TO THE DRAMATIS FEBSOX . S . Tlie Emperor of China—Frederick William IT ., King of Prussia . ¦ Germania , DotDjyer Empress of Germans—The German Nation . ¦ Gloria , her daughter ; the fruit of several marriages—National Fame . Dr . Wustleia , Imperial CHnest Physician—This must te the celebrated Dr . Sch ' onleia , who is a sort of court wit , besides being tha King's Physician . A Squirrel—This is the Minister of Public Instruction . His real name is Squirrel ( Eichhorn ) . JSklavigytx / , Staltlawyir—It is eridenfly meant for the great lawyer , Savigny . StutenUial , Sfate-ffiajfopiaH—This n > mt bo Hen » stenber > ,
a mystic theologian and hypoente . jimuf , State-politician —ThisisMons . Huber , author of a -work on the English Universities , the system of which he strongly recommends to be substituted for the free University of Germany , He edits a periodical called "Janus , " with a motto , to the effect that it is his senous object to point out the right path to the Paradise of Despotism ! The two "brothers Old-German , State-patriots—The wellknown brothers wrimm , who left Gottingen in a quarrel with the late King of Hanorer , refusing to submit to his despotism . They are famous for researches in
the early German literature and language . HoJtxvmtnra , Slatc-phihsophtr—Schelling , of course , Pltantams , Aulic-tQunscUor and State-critic of the Dramaludwig Tieck . One of his novels is entitled " Phantasus . " 37 ie Chvcalitr George—George Herwegh , a Swiss poet and liberal—exiled . Von Fernando—Ferdinand Freiligrath , the celebrated lyric poet and liberal—exiled . DonEmanud— Emanuel Geibel , a theological state-poet and bjpoczite , A CaOi—Bettina Srentano , the well-known correspondent of Goethe .
The rest—and it will be observed that they are cot •» ery material—we do not feel sure about ; in some cases each maybe several , as they "fit" several . The plot of this political comedy is slight enoagh . Germaaia introduces her daoghtsr Gloria to the imperial court of Pekin ( Berlin ) , with a view to a matrimonial alliance with his Celestial Majesty . The young lady desires to be- made acquainted with all the principal officers and others who may become her subjects . Philosophers , statesmen , poets , lawyers , theologians , and others are accordingly presented to her . ( This gives the author opportunity of levelling some of his hardest blows at certain heads . ) After a long conversation with the -state-p'Jlosopher , Bonarentura , Gloria observes , that all . she has really understood is the fact that the speaker ,
whom she had at first mistook for a philosopher , u a poor old woman ! His Majesty expressing lumself displeased with Don Fernando , the lyric poet , the Minister of Public Instruction , Squirrel , displays the greatest . anxiety to bring him a better poet , and accordingly presents to him "John Stinkwit *! " ( This , of course , must be a hit at Johannes Minckwitz , who is rather a translator than a poet , and chiefly of Greek dramas into German . ) By these means—the least artist-like , it must be allowed the anther contrives to bring in his heterogeneous heap of dramatis person *; . The caststrophe of the whole comedy , however , is simply brought about by the discovery , made by Gloria , of the hypocrisy , meanness , weakness , scheming , cruelty , and falsehood , which lurks in every corner of his Celestial Majesty ' s court ; and shs accordingly rejects his hand , and leaves him for ever . This as a political catastrophe , is strong and effective
-enough . The comedy is , of course , not to be judged by the laws of the acting drama . Nevertheless , there are a few instances where a little more skill in construction might have besn used with advantage . Should it be asked by the Englith dramatist , or lover of the acted drama , as a mere matter of curiosity , Urn the author contrives to " work" certain of his dramatis persona , such as the two ghost-voices , the Cosmopolitan Watchman the Despatch , &c , he may be assured that it is accomplished in the Tery freest and easiest manner , and as a German -would always do » similar cases of difficulty ; for he never brings them upon the scene at all . He did not taowwhatto do with them , and therefore very proper * Sdnotallow themto appear . Still , he permitted them -Sremamamong hisdramatfa J >«« o «« , because they had produced in thatposition a certain eftect upon the imag .-Ltion of his readers } mmUten siehaben !
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some i" .. satured expressions having been uttered in public , latimating that his liberal opinions were changinto the fruits of court favour , he initantly published his recent Tolume of poems , entitled " Ein Glaub . n * Bekentnis (• A Profession of Faith' ) , " and resigned his pensltn . ThiBTolume , howevsr , contained things which rendered him unable to remain in Prussia , and he ac cordingly took flight , and engaged himself for his support in a merchant ' s counting-house — we believe in Hamburgh . Ho has since bean joined by Karl Heinzen , and they are gone together to Switzerland , under Straitened circumstances , as may he supposed . The name of the author of "Prussia Unmasked , " as he himself conceals it , we do not , of course , think it right to mention .
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FINAL EXAMETATIOK AND COMMITTAL OF CAPTAIIf JOHNSTOXE . The examination of Gwrge Johnstons , the captain of the ship Tory , for the murder of Rambert , Reason , and Mars , and also for cutting and wounding the crew , was resumed on Tuesday , at the Thames Police-court , at halt pasr twelre o ' clock . The Court was , as usual , filled with parties eager to see the prisoner , and listen to the revolting particulars of this most extraordinary case , while a considerable crowd was collected outside . Mr . Humphries , as before , watched the case for the prisoner ; Mr . Hayward , clerk to Mr . Mauls , solicitor to the Treasury , appeared for the prosecution . The prisoner , on being brought into the dock , had to be assisted by the officers in attendance , and appeared very depressed .
Mr . Hnjward said he propossd to call some additional evidence to the cases already taken . He had some to offer in the first case , but that he would leave just then , and go into the second , the death of Reason , to which he would add a little . Though three witnesses had been examined respecting that death , one , Barry Yelverton , was in the cabin at the time . That witness he now proposed to call . Barry Telverton was then called , and said—I was in the cabin at the time when Reason was called down . I saw the captain stab him with a bayonet , He expired about five minutes after . The captain stabbed him twiee on the left breast . The captain exclaimed at the time , "Here ' s the saw that slew the vine before the battle of Bannockburn . " This was a saying of his which he often used . While the captain was pitching Reason shout , before stabbing him , the latter cried , "Spare me , I Spare me ! " I was in the cabin all the time . The captain had been drinking all the day .
Mr . Broderip—Did tha captain appear to drink much during the voyage 1 'Witness—Not till these transactions occurred . Henry James Stephens , a boy of 14 years of age ; was next examined—He said I am the son of Mrs , Thoinnson ( who was a pasenger in the Tory . I recollect tha Tory arriving at Fayal . But I cannot tell the date . I went ashore there with the captain . This was before anything happened to Reason and Mars . The captain said hewouldkill all the crew when he got onboard . He said this when we were going op stairs at the English Consul ' s . I returned with the captain on board , and immediately after lie cut David Johnson with the cutlass on the back , and -about the head . He said a little while after
he would clear all the boats crew fore and aft . He had drank a bottle of wine with , the English Consul's daughter . On going on board the ship , he said , "Here I come like seven bells half struck . " The harbour-master came on board after the captain , and remained a short time . After he left the captain called out for his jistol and sword . They were brought by James Glover . He then struck Mars with the edge ef the sword . Mars was standing by tha gangway at the time . Mars was saying nor doing nothing . He had a lantern , and was assisting the things on board . I h « ard no threatening expressions , nor any gestures of the kind among the crew . The next morning I saw Mars covered all over with blood . Three dajs after Mars and Reason were dead : They were in good health before these
occurrences . William Beresford deposed—I was called on to attend and feed Mars threa or four days before his death . He was on the main hatch in doable irons all the time , with a large shackle round his neck . He was all covered with blood , He had several cuts about his head , his upper lip was nearly cut off , and hung over his mouth . I had to lift it up to put the bread in his mouth . It was soaked bread I gare him ; Respecting his death , I saw him hauled up out of the cabin with ropes . He was very near dead at the time , and died about a quarter of an heur after . There was a rope put round his waist , but I do not know whether they squteztdhinl or not .
Barry Yelverton recalled , and examined respecting the depositions of the men taken on board concerning tha deaths of Reason and Mara . I signed those depositions at the order of the captain . I refused at first , but the captain said , if " we refused he would cut our hearts out , and make us sign them with onr heart ' s blood . " ( A general thrill of horror pervaded the court at this statement . ) I think Spence and Julien were present when that expression was used . This was said after Mart ' s death . It was used by the captain several times . It \ ya 3 in consequence of that threat that I signed the depositions . Julien Cordiarello , examined on the same point , said—I signed some papers , but I don ' t know what they were about , and I did it by force . The captain said , " Vou must sign it , and if you do not I will kill you . " It was in LODsequcnce of the threat that I signed .
' rim . Dan ( the cook ) said ; I signed my name to some papers relative to the death of Mars and Reason . I signed three or four times . They were read over tome by Spencer in the presence of the captain , whilst I was in the cabin . We ivere required to sign the paper . French and some of the crew would ' not sign them with a pen , and the capU in said he'd cut their hearts out and make them sign them with their h « art ' s blood . I only heard him say it once . 'Twas in consequence of tbat I signed the papers . I signed three or four papers at one time . Mr . John Lavies , surgfon of the Westminster House ol Correction , saw several . bf the crew of the Tory on the uight of their arrival , and produced a memorandum made
the following morning . He saw Nelson , Gair , and Burton on the night they were committed to prison , on the evening of the 17 th of November . State their condition . Witness : Thejj were scarcely human in appearance . They were dirty , their hair much dishevelled , and their wound * had not been dressed or washed apparently for some days . Next morning I made a particular examination of all the men . Nelson , Gair , and Burton ware jut into the infirmary bjr mj order next morning . Andrew Nelson , who I believe is a Jforvregian , had an incised wound on the scalp , and extensive barns on the neck and several wounds . Gair had several wounds over the scalp , on tlio
face and hody . Mr . Broderip : now many do you think altogether ? Eight or nine . His head was completely scarred , but they all healed quickly , not exhibiting much yiolence , nor was the bone cut . Mr . Broderip : You spoke of a cut across the face Was it severe I—Ho , it was like the rest . Mr . Lavies : —Burton had some slight wounds and the marks of gunpowder , besides some wounds of longstanding . The witness then proceeded to read from a paper a statement of the condition of the men , and a description of the various wounds which they had received . The paper was written by his own son , but at witness'sdictation , the day after he examined ths men , Some of the wounds as described were cuts , and others punctured wounds . Thompson had a double wound on the scalp forming the figure of the letter V . Curtis had a variety of wouuda , as , also , had Johnson . They did not , however , in any instance , seem to have been inflicted with great violence . Cone received a severe and extensive wound .
Mr . Broderip : When you say there was not much violence , your opinion would of course be influenced by the circumstance of the men being covered or bare headed . Mr . Laries : Most certainly , sir . I attended the captain when he came to the prison , and found an apparently punctured wound on the back part of his right leg . It was healing , but inflammation had set in , which has since become extensive . It extended round the wound . There was extensive suppuration affecting the whole leg and thigh . He has been very ill . I suspect there was bad habit of body , and there Whs , besides , much depression . There was no sign of delirium tremens , nor any symptoms to show that he had recently been addicted to drinking . Mr . William Clapp , another surgeon , was then examined : He stated that ho was second surgeon of the Dreadnought , and a man numed Josepk Morris was placed under his care on the 12 th of last November . He had a wound on the outside of the right thigh , on the lower part . __ . .
Mr . Broderip : A gun-shot wound ?—Apparently . It was four inches in length and about one in depth . It was a penetrating wound , entering the fore part of the thigh , and passing out behind . There was a similar wound , but smaller , on the calf of the leg . They might both have been inflicted at the same time , as both corresponded . Alexander Sinclair , the carpenter , was then called and examined : The ship was quiet and as usual ustil we arrived off the island of Ascension , somewhat about the 23 rd of Septcmber . ^ We were short of water and provisions there . A pint of water per day per man was aUowedfor six or seven days . The full allowance is a gallon a-day Several of the crew were dissatisfied and grumbled . It was remarked we could have got more water at the last place we touched . There had been no disturbance that I am aware of up to that time . I cannot tell the date when we spoke to the Brench barque , but it was about four of five of AscensionRambert
days after passing the parallel . iumped overboard the third day after we spoke to the Fr -nch barque . We got water from her , same provisions , and a cask of wine . Th » captain found fault with the niatefor the boat being damaged . The mate said if he ha-lnotawife and family he'd jump onboard . I did not hear bin then ira * e reference to the conduct of the captain . I heard Yelverton , that mght , tell the captain that he heard Reason say if the captain would not make theldand ofAscensioninthemorning . hejwouldbenomore Cai . t Johnstone . Yelverton told this to the captain after we sroke to the French barque . The captain called the first mate , m reference to Yelverton ' s information , and told him he had heard there were intentions amongst the cr w ; g < inst him . Rambert said he d : d not know of anv . The captain then ordered Rambert , Mar » , myself , and ' the three boys to take arms , which we did . It was ibout nine o ' clock at night . One watch vai asleep b l-w , consisting of about eig'tmen and a boy . The
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other watch was on deck doing duty , and all orderly , as far as I know , up to this tim » . I heat ** no more of any mutiny , more than what Yelvertoii said . The csptain told us they had sharpened their knives to take his life . He meant the crew . I had seen nothing of the kind myself . The captain , when we were armed , ordered us to follow him On dock , and when there dirested the watch to be called from bulow . Reason , Cone , and Lee were amongst them . All hands were then on deck . The captain first charged Reason and Cone , aud Leo next . He Charged them With having sharpened their knives to take Ms life . Th « 5 denWd having done so . He called all the crew then , and asked if he had behaved unkindly to them . They said » o , h « had not . They all denied , as far I know , having had any intention of deinghim injury . He then cut Reason , Cone , aud Lee , with a cutlass . Reason was cut severely , and all three were cut and wounded .
Did they stand still ?_ Ui > , they ran about the deck to tl'y and avoid him , but he followed them about , cutting at them . By the captain ' s orders I put Reason , Cone , and Lee , in double irons . Th « y were all bleeding . Nothing was done to their wounds . It was my duty as carpenter to put them in irons . They remained in irons three days . On the second of these nights I heard the aaptain charge Rambert with being unfaithful in not reporting what he knew of the circumstances as to the men having intentions against him . Ramberlseemed to allow that he knew something , but had no notion they intended to do the onptain harm , or he'd have told him . I heard no more on that occasion . The mate was several times in conversation with th « captain for two or three hours . I Was afterwards sent to call the mate to the cabin . I
observed the chief mate with three or four men before him and one behind running off tho poop . The man behind him was-Curtis , who was the only one I could diseern . He swung something like a piece of wood over his head as he walked forward . From the size I tooL it for a hand-spike . I told the mate the captain wanted him , and he said he was afraid to go lest the captaiu would kill him . I persuaded him to go , and he went . I did not go with him , but saw him soon after , the captain following . It was between three and four o ' clock in the morn * ing , and dark at tli . time . The mate had nothing in his hand . The captain had a drawn sword and pistols . He told me to put Humbert in irons , and I ordered him to sit down , which he did , and I put him in irons . The mate wag bleeding from a wound behind the left ear , which he got from the captain whilst I put him in irons .
Mr . Broderip ; With what wns the wound inflicted ?—I believe by a stroke of ths pistol . I soon after took him out of irons , by the captain ' s orders , and shifted him to the main hatchway , where I again put him in irons . After whieh the captain came to me in the poop . French was with me . French told the captain the crew had been stationed rouud the companion with bolts and bars , n'itk some intentions upon the captain as he came up , and that the mate seized him ( French ) by the collar , saying , " D—n jou , « ome along / ' The captain then ordered me to set the mate at liborty , and asked him if ho had been armed to take his life . I did not hear him answer . I must have heard , unless it were given in a very low tone . Ha struck with the snerd at the mate , who escaped by running , whilst the captain pursued with a drawn sword . Rambert got abaft the main rigging , This was about daybrenk . The mate jumped overboardi She master was not far behind with a drawn sword . The mate was bleeding . I was on the poop at the opposite side , about twenty-four feet from him . He did net give three huzzas , as entered in the log-book .
Peter Curtis , an able seaman on board the Tory , wns then ealled and examined for the first time . He said : I was forward when the mate jumped overboard . About two hours before he did so he came to me and Burton , lie was all cut about the head and fseo . 11 b told Burton to go aft , and make the cabin fast , or tha captain would murder all hands . I took an iron belaying . pin , and went aft . Mr . Broderip : Had Rambert been wounded then ?—He had , sir . Mr . Broderip : Was he bleeding ?—He was . Mr . Broderip : Where did the blood flow from ?
Witness ; From his face and his Lead . 1 went aft as far as the break of the poop . French told me not to be foolish , and we went forward again , I cannot say how many went aft . None of the others had hand spikes . 'Twas in the night . Cone and Lee were in irons in the main top , and Reason in the mizen , with anchor shackles on their necks . I bad ceen the three of them all covered with blood . I saw French follow Rambert with a loaJt-d pistol and threaten to shoot him if he did not go aft to the captain , who was in the break of the poop . French had also a bayonet . The captain threatened to take French ' s life if ha did not bring the mate aft . Rambert went aft . and the captain cut him several times on the
head with the cutlass and hutt-ond of the pistol . He was put in irons , and again let out . I saw him run round the deck ai d the captain after him with a cutlass . The mate ran aft and jumped over board . I had not before then told the captain that the mate wished to seize the ship . I never heard any intention , on the part of the mate , to take the ship to America , only what I heard the captain say . The reason for seizing the captain was , that all hands were cut to pieces aed prefnsely in blood , by the captain going about the deck pricking them with bayonets and cutting them with a cutlass . It was proposed to seize him for our own protection . There was no attempt to do so but tho one , and we gave it up the moment French told us not to be foolish .
William Beresford was then examiucd , and stated that the captain called him to the oabin on arriving in tho channel , but before the pilot came on board , and gave him two cuts on the head and one on the wrist . He asked me why I had given up my arms when I wns walking centry . He told Spence to go out of the cabin , as he did not want any one to witness the son of a ——' s death . He then made me kiss the sole of his foot . Peter Curtis stated that after the pilot came on boartl , tho captain cut him that night in several places about the head and body . It was in the cabin , and almost nil hands were in the cabin at the same time on their knees . Freneh , Julien , and Dun , brought me down . I was stowed away the best part of the night , whilst they were looking for me with lanterns . I went under the longboat , because the captain said he W 3 uld have my lite .
Franklin Jieckar baid : I was called to the cabin on the 7 th of Nsvember , and the captain ordered me on my knees , telling me to stop there a few minutes . He called French , and told him to fire as long as the powder lasted . Ha fired at Burton and at me also in the face . . French stood right alongside me , and the captain stood before me with the cutlass over my head . When next I was called to the cabin , the captain cried out , " Mutiny ! to armB . There was no mutiny . The lights were blown eut , and French caught me by the collar , saying , " Here you are , you son of a — ; " and struck me on the head with a pistol , of which plaGe I have the scar now . The captain was present , aud sung out , " He ' s my prisoner , put him in irons . " James Blackden , a German , said , the dayafterthepilot left us we were ordered to the cabin , and the captain told us to go on our knees . He struck me with the flat of the cutlass over the shoulders twice , and said , " You have u'll to die to-night . I'll have your lives . "
John Allendson ( a Sweed ) , hitherto called Allison in the depositions , said the captain cut me in the ear and head with a sword after our arrival in the channel . I was on deck at the time helping to put the ship about . 1 believe it was before the pilot came aboard . Mr . Hayward said , this closed the case on the part of the prosecution . Mr . Broderip then solemnly addressing the prisoner , amidst themostpcrfcctstillness , asked if he had anything to say . The prisoner , under the direction of his solicitor , was silent .
Mr . Broderip : Prisoner at tho bar , it is now my duty to send you to take your trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court for the wilful murder of Thomas Reason ; also for the wilful murder of William Mars , and also for the wilful murder of William Rambert . I have , moreover , to commit you to take your trial on the charge of feloniously wounding Stephen Cone , ThoniuS L ? e , David Johnson , Thomas Gair , Joseph Ruelau ( Morris ) , William Burton , Robert Thompson , Andrew Nelson , William Beresford , and Peter Curtis . The prisoner was removed from the bar in a very feeble condition .
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^ THE FREE HOSPITAL . On Tuesday the adjourned inquest upon Susannah Stephens , was resumed by Mr . Waldey , M . P ., at the Lion , Graj ' s-inn-road . It will be recollected that about a month ago , two young girli , labouring under pulmonary dis . case , in the last stage , came up from Windsor , and applied for admission into the Royal Free Hospital , which was refused them , as the beds were completely occupied . They then obtained shelter in the Lion , but the elder girl , named Erie , aged twenty-two , died at five o'clock the following morning , and the other , the subject of the present inquiry , who was only eighteen years of age , died in the Holborn Union Workhouse last Friday week . Tim case excited general sympathy . The inquest-room wa * . crow Jed yesterday , and amongst the gentlemen present were Mr . Pritchard , high bailiff of Southwark ; the Rev . Dr . Worthington , the Rev . Mr . Fackenham , &c . An attorney , attended by Mr . Wingrove Cook , the barlister , attended on the part of the hospital .
Hannah Fisher , nurse in the Holborn Workhouse , examined : Deceased was brought into the workhouse on the 20 th ult ., suffering from weakness and cough . She had wines , broths , and other stimulants . She was sensible the whole time , and was anxious to recover . She died last Friday woek . She told witness that she came from Windsor to be admitted into the Free Hospital , and thatshe and her deceased companion applied for admission the previous morning . They were kept in a cold room , in which there was a sink , and the floor of which was stone , for two hours before a doctor saw them , who told them that there was no room for them . As it was raining they could not go out , and were almost pushed from the gate . They asked the porter for some
food , and he got them what he called broth and bread . The broth was nothing but salt and water , the porter infonntd them that it was against the rules to gire them food . While they were standing in the porch at the hospital gate , two other women were brought in and received . They were desired to go to Bartholomew ' s Hospital , but were unable to do so . They had only 2 s . 3 d , when they left Windsor , of which they paid 2 s . to the waggoner , ahd paid 3 d . for coffee . After being refused admission to the hospital , they were afforded food and shelter by the landlady of the Sun , where the other died . Dr . Marsden said that -3 Q 0 men were daily relieved by the hospital , and that from Finsbury alone they had anuually 20 , 000 patients who got relief .
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Coroner : If that was proved to the satisfactiom of tlu Mn n ™ U of : Pinsbur JV «»> y would willingly sutocribe * - 'U , uui ) annually towards the hospital . Mr . White , surgeon to the workhouse , proved tho demseddied of a pulmonary disease , and condemned the conduct of tho madical officers of tha hospital towards deceased . Mrs . Tiffan , landlady of tho U » n , reiterated the evidence given by her on the inquest on the girl Gi 1 , and uorroborated the evidancB of the last witness , adding that when they entered her house th « y had death in their eyes . Mrs . Dymes , the landlady of the Calthorpe Arms , adjoining the hospital , stated that after they had left the hospit » 1 they came to her house , and that from their ap pearance she was convinced they w « re dying ; . She gave them food , and Is . 6 d . to procure a bed . Margaret Triguno , her housemaid , confirmed her testimony .
\\ illiam Evans , assistant relieving officer to the City of London Union , and his son , deposed that three females from the Peckham Workhouse , labouring under a certain disease , were admitted from tho workhouse to the hospital on the day the two decased persons were rejected , the latter were offered to be conveyed thence to Peckham Workhouse , of which they refused to avail themselves , stating that they had enough of workhouses , and that it was an hospital , not a workhoues they wanted . Mr , Thwaites , relieving officer of the City of London Union , said that during tho year between 40 , 000 and 50 , 000 casual poor were relieved by it , and that many were sent to the Free Hospital during the year for medical and surgical assistance . The porter of the hospital , Mr . Cook , tho assistant surgeon , and Alice Warner , the cook of the institution , gave evidence contradicting the statements of d « ceaeed .
Tho Rex . Dr . Worchington , chaplaiu to the hospital , having been sworn , charged the coroner with unrarisu hostility against the hospital , and designated him a " partial judge , " when The Coroner threatened him with committal if he re . peated SUCll language , at the same time ordering him to quit the room . With which order the chaplain complied . The jury after a short deliberation returned a verdict of " Natural death . " Di > . MarsdeH inquirod if they censured the conduct of the officers of tho hospital ? The foreman replied that the majority of the jury found fault with them for liavfcig refused admission to the deceased to an hospital professedly established for the benefit of the destitute and houseless . Another juror said that no b ) ame was attributable to the officers .
A third juror said that the landlad y of the Calthorpe Arms was nore adapted to be a surgeon than the modlcal gentleman of the hospital who refused them admis . sion . The other jurori declared that they concurred in tho strictures passed upon the hospital by their foreman .
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RAILWAY GAMBLING , BANKRUPTCY , AND SUICIDE . Last Saturday , Mr . Wakley , U . P ., held an inquest at the Percy Arms , Percy-street , Pentonville , on the body of Mr . Geo . Graham , agca 49 , late of the firm of Messrs . Graham and Adams , warehousemen , 11 , Cheapside . The deceased speculated extravagantly in railway speculations , and was ou the point of forming a matrimonial alliance with a highly accomplished and beautiful young lady , when he committed a determined act of self-destruction . Agnes Walters deposed that she was housekeeper to
deceased , who resided at 11 , Cheapside . For some time past he had htan in a low desponding state of mind , in consequence , as she understood , of commercial embarrassments and unfortunate railway speculations . On tho 23 rd ult ., she was sent to attend deceased at 24 , Great Percy-street , where she found him in bed with a dreadfi-1 wound in his throat . He was sensible but could not speak , and expressed in writing his wishes and wants . When she entered his room he covered his face with his hands . lie lingered until last Wednesday , when he expired .
By the Coroner : He never threatened to destroy himself ; on the contrary , he invariably expressed great pity for suicides . Mr . George Brace , solicitor , who watched the proceadings for the creditors , stated that the firm appeared among the bankrupts in the Gazette on the previous day . Mrs . Matthews , of 24 , Great Percy-street , stated that deceased and a friend of his dined with her on the 2 Srd ultimo . After dinner he took two glasses of wine . For months his manner was greatly altered , and he was so melancholy that she mentioned the circumstance to his friends . On the day in question he was particularly lowspirited . About eight o ' clock , he asked permission to rest himself on the bed , which she allowed him to do , in the hope that it might sootho him . He was not , however , many minutes in the badroom , when she heard a scream , and , on entering it , saw him standing over the wash-hand stand , blood flowing frdm his throat into a basin , while inliisrig ' ithandheheldarazorfirmlygrasped . She in . stantly called for assistance .
Mr , Lewos Steuart hearing the last witness evy foihelp , rushed into the room , and saw deceased in the position described . He attempted to wrest the razor from him , but had a hard struggle bufore he succeeded , when deceased instantly fell down . Surgical assistance was procured without delay . Mr . Fogarty , surge ' on , was ia attendance upon deceased , whose case was hopeless from the first . Ha was sensible , but could not speak , and stated his feelings in writing . His death was the result of the wound , after the infliction of which lie was quite sane .
Mr . Adams had been in partnership with deceased for five years and a half . Deceased latterly speculated largely , and lost extensively in railway shares . It was difficult to ascertain the precise amount of his 1 ogso 3 , which was very great . In one transaction alone he lost £ ! i , 000 . Although dec&ased was not what he would call a wealthy man , yet their trade was of a most promising character . Since ha lost so heavily by railway speculations , he became an altered man , and was exceedingly low and dejected in spirits . The manuscripts produced were written by deceased after he cut his throat .
The following are the writings alluded to , and all bear the date of the 24 th of November , 1315 : — " 1 . Dear Friends , —My futeis unfortunate . Do throw a veil over my errors . God bless you , and pardon me . Oh ! my good friend Scott . " " 2 . Dear JacUson , —My fate is unfortunate . Throw a veil over my errors . Poor Scott . God bless him , and pardon me G . G . " " 3 . I leave all matters in your hands with other good advisers , Scott and Jackson . " " 4 . Agreeable to what is in my will in Wren ' s hands . " The jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of temporary insanity . A solicitor who was present said , that he had to attend that day the meetings of the creditors of two extensive firms who , from losses in railway speculations , were com . pellcd to wind up their affairs and stop payment .
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Isdiax Sporting . —We regret much to learn that Captain Smith , a well-known sp ' ortsman , is laid up at Landour , from the effect of a most severe bite received in an encounter with a bear , whilst out shootng . When he was attacked by the animal , the natives with Captain Smi ^ h . instead of aiding to beat him off , ran away . Atr . ei : disengaging himself from the hug of his ferocious antagonist , the gallant sportsman , although so severely wounded , followed the bear and shot him dead . Intelligence of his danger having teen brought in ( by the runaways , we presume ) , Dr . Uetcher immediat ely proceeded to Captain Smith ' s assistance , and , j ' j s hoped ) t ] iat his timely aid may prevent any sen ous consequences . —Bengal llwkaru . i *!? { - ? - num . —Accounts have been received » - , * Admir . alty of the p olar expe ( iition undCr Sil . John Frank- lin up to the 16 th of Augnstf j t wa 8 on the north / . t of Greenland , above Gilberts Sound , ! ?» r » ir , iP |?) balJJr winter "ear this spot , or at the Atctic T slands , the wintering place of Parry .
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CONFESSION OF MARTHA BllOtfNING . It will be remembered that , at the recent session of the Central Criminal Court , Martha Browning was convicted of a murder of a very atrocious character ; and although the evidence , so far as human testimony is concerned , might bs considered as of the most conclusive kind , yet , as the crime was perhaps unparalleled , it will be somesatisfaetion to those who may have considered it almost impossible for such a person to have committed so fearful si crime , to know , that since the conviction of the wretched girl , she has made a fall confession , and detailed nil the circumstances connected with the horrible crime . From the period of her commitment to Newgate , the prisoner appeared resigned to her fate , and she has since stated that she all along anticipated tho
result ; and this may in some measure account for her bV'aness when sentence was passed upon her . Very snortly after she had been placed in the condemned cell , on the female side of the prison , she appeared desirous to unburden her mind of the dreadful weight which lay heavy upon it , and in the pwsence of the Rev . Mr . Davis , the chaplain , and the governor of Newgate , Mr . Cope , she made a full admission of her guilt . Of course no questions were put to her , nor anything said to induce her to make such an avowal , but as she appeared really desirous of making it , and did so of her own free will , she was allowed to make the statement . Having first admitted the perfect justice of her Bcntence , and expressed that it was hop opinion that she ought to die for it , as a . warning to others , she said that
uer only motive for the commission of the dreadful deed was a desire to possess herself of that which she believed Co be a £ 5 Bank of England note , but which , as it turned out , was only a " Hash" note , as it is termed , or one of the "Bank of Elegance . " It should be stated that the prisoner can read and write very well ; but she says that she never had an opportunity of fully seeing the note until after the crime was committed ; and she declared that there was only one note , and not two , as was represented at the trial . She said , that beiijg determined to possess herself of the note , she considered tho mean * , and at length resolved to take the old lady ' s life , as being as she then considered , the surest means of attaining her object , and that she would effect tlii * by strangling her with the cord that was in her box .
and she prepared upon the Sunday night to carry her dreadful design into execution . Accordingly she said that in the middle of the night she got up and cut a portion of the rope off , and then , while the unhappy deceased was asleep , she twisted it twice round her neck and began to pull it violently . The old lady awoke , apparently from a sound sleep , in the agonies of suffocation ; she struggled slightly , had just sufficient power to exclaim , " Murder , murder J what are you doing ? " an expression which it will be recollected was spoken to by ' one of the witnesses , who occupied an adjoining room , and that almost immediately she expired . At this moment , she 9 ays . tho witness , the person referred to , came to the door and inquired what was the matter . She was then standing over the dead body of her unhappy victim , and she states that it was with ( treat difficulty she
was enabled to frame an answer that nothing wns the matter , and thus induced the party to return to her room . She then remained upon the bed with the dead body until daylight , when ske examined the box of the deceased and took out of the housewife oftUe poor oldcicfttvHe that which she believed to be the live-pound note , and , without attentively looking at it , she placed it in her pocket , and considered of the best mode to escape detect ion for her homd crimo , and at length the thought came over her to make it appear that the deceased had committed suicide . With a view to this she tied the cord in a knot and then lifted the body from the bed and placed it on the box by its side in the position in which it was afterwards discovered . In the morning she gave an alarm , as appeared by tho evidence , of the okl lady
being ill , and went to inform her daughter of it , and request that she would come to see her . Upon prisoner being asked how she could have been strong enough to lift the dead body from the bed , and place it on the box , she said , " I think the devil must have helped me , but I did it . " The prisoner then went on to describe the other circumstances narrated in the evidence , and said that the statements of all the witnesses were quite correct , wifh the exception of the surgeon , which she declared was not so , in two particulars , wherein he stated that he was the first medical person who saw the deceased , and that when he did so her eyes were Btariug and wide open ; but she declared that his assistant saw her first and that her eyes were closed , and her face appeared perfectly composed when he saw her . She stated that having
resolved upon the course she intended to pursue , she made the statement she did before the coroner , with a view to show that the deceased had destroyed herself , and which , as it turned out , had that effect , as the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary derangement . She stated that by that time she had discovered that the note ws of no value , and she said she should never have attempted to make any use of it if she had not been pressed by the old woman ' B daughter and lua ? husband to lend them some money , and said sheonly went to the public-house with the pretended purpose ta change it , in order to pacify them , and on their then insisting to know how she became possessed of it , ? he did not know what to do , and eventually told them the atory about her havin "
received it from some person in Bedford-street , in the Strand . When , she said , she found that the witness Gaze determined upon accompanying her to Bedfordstreet , she became quite beside herself , and felt that she could no longer support her position , and from that moment her mind almost forsook her , and she said she did not recollect the incoherent expressions imputed to her by the several witnesses , although she had no doubt she had made use of them , as she was resolved she said , to admit her guilt . This was the substance () f the statement of the unhappy criminal , and after it was made she appeared a good deal moro composed , and ever since her firmness has appeared
to increase and she is evidently perfectly resigned to the fate that awaits her . ] t has been already stated that the friends of the unhappy prisoner reside near Alton , in Hampshire ; and two or three days ago her mother and sister came to visit her , and as they appeared to be in poor circumstances , Mr . Sheriff Chapin , who is one of the directors of the South Western Railway , humanely gave them a free pass for themselves , or any other member of the family , to travel upon the line as often iis they wished , in order that they might have every facility to see the last of their unhappy relative . The execution will take place on Monday , the loth of Janunvv .
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Extexsivb Robbery . —A robbery of monay to a very serious extent has just been perpetrated at the Imperial Clarence Hotel , the property of Mr . M'Dowell . The public are aware that that gentleman lias lately been selling off the stock of his very extensive establishment , previous to his removal to Dublin , and on Saturday eveninslast he placed a sum of £ 4 S 0 , wrapped in paper , in the corner of a portmanteau , which he kept in his bedroom , and had received at various times from the auctioneer . This he did not open until last evening , at about ten o ' clock , when he proceeded \\ p stairs in the dark , for the purpose of depositing a large sura of money which he had just received from Mr . Roger Evans's clerk , being the produce of yesterday ' s auction . When he cot to tho
portmanteau he iound it open ; but this he did not take any notice of , as be thought he might have over-shot the lock , and thereby missed locking it . He then searched for the paper in which he had the money , and feeling a paper similar in size to that which he had left in the corner of the portmanteau , he deposited the money which he had received that day in the portmanteau , and locked it , leaving , as he thought , all right . However , on his going to it this morning , he ascertained that the £ iSt } had been abstracted , but the remainder of the money was safe . Information was immediately conveyed to the police
stations , when Mr . Walker , sub-inspector , head , constable Condon , and Moylan , with constable Crowley , and some other active members of the force , were in immediate attendance , and took every measure in their power to endeavour to discover the thief , but , as yet , no clue has been obtained by which the discovery of the robbery can be calculated on . All the servants in the establishment were searched , but to no effect , nothing having been discovered on their persons , or in their trunks , which could lead to suspicion , and the police are dispersed through the city searching the houses of those on whom suspicion could rest . —Cork Reporter .
Extraordinary Robbery . —A very extraordinary robbery was committed at Perth , on Friday ( the market ) night . Mr . Hill , farmer , Croonan , near Coupar-Angus , on coming to the market , put up hk gig at Mr . Mitchell ' s Inn , Bridgend . Afterwards he ordered , his gig to be got ready , being prepared to start on his journey home . But his vehicle could not , after every search , be discovered . On investigation it was found that a horse belonging to Mr . Walker Rannie , farmer , Inchyra , was also away , and a bridle belonging to another party in the neighbourhood . Confusion for some time prevailed , and Mr . Hill ' s horse was in the stable , and also the horse of the owner of the bridle ; but it ultimately became evident that some one had taken the first gier , the first horse and first bridle , that came to his hand , and set off with them . Further inquiry being instituted , it out
came ( through a shoopker , of whoia Mr . Hill had purchased three parcels of goods ) , that the gig , horse , and bridle , had really been stolen . The shopkeeper had gone t ) Bridgend with the parcels , and , according to Mr . Hill ' s instructions , sought his gig to deposit them therein . After looking ever a number of vehicles for the name , opposite the inn door , he at len « th to came to that of Mr . Hill ' s , with a person in it ready "tort . 'fl » "hopkeepw asked of the person if it was Mr Hill ' s gig ? The answer was " yo *; " on which he immediately placed the parcels into it . The gi " then drove off , and nothing moro was heard of it un ° til Tuesday morning , when ft letter was received bv Mr . Mitchell , stating that a horse and gig were fonnd " on Saturday morning , standing in the farm-jard of Mr . Fullerton , near Bridge of Isla , the latter Wing the owner ' s name pamted upon it . No clue to the individual who committed this extraordinary offence has M been obMned—Mefenran MerntZ
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THE YARMOUTH MO ' . LDEK . Glockster , MoHDAT . —Oiir readers will doubtless remember the particular * of the murder of Harriet Cnndler , a shop-keeper at Great Y armouth , on the 18 th of November , 18 « . V" bave from time to time placed before our readers any fresh facts which have been adduced , and we have now to state that Yarhani has been again apprehended at Blakeney , in Glocestershir ? . Out rea ' ders will remember the © xtiaordt * . nary testimony of the woman Dick , who stated that Yarham had confessed to her that he was concerned in the murder . On the strength of this evidence a warrant was granted by the Yarmouth niagistrAtes on the 6 th of December ' for the apprehension of Yarham , aud placed in the hands of Captain Love , the superintendent of police there . Suspicion being
entertained that Yarham was in Glocestersliire , Captain Love proceeded to Glocestrr , where lie arrived on Saturday morning , and immediately obtained the assistance of Mr . Williams , the active superintendent of the Gloeester city police . The two officers thon started for Blakeney , a small town about sixteen miles from Glocester , and at the house of Mr . Smallwood , shoemaker , Yarham was found at work at his trade of ladies' shoemaking . On being informed of the object of the officer ' s visit , he suid ho wns aware of the circumstances of tho affair from reading the newspapers , but denied tho truth of Dick ' s statement , to the effect that he had confessed his guilt three weeks after his release fr , om custody . He says he left Yarmouth fourteen days after his release , and can prove it . He was taken to Gloeester , and on Sunday morning conveyed to London on the way to Yarmouth .
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A Dreadfcl Murder was committed at Neuilly , on Wednesday , by a young man named Franffois Q , uerelles , aged twenty-five . The motive was jealousy at the favour shown by his employer to another workman . M . Rouxel , a builder , h . ul particularly distinguished amongst his workmen two young men , Quercllos , and another named Louis llollet . The former was foreman and the latter but a simple workman . They lived together in the same house . Rue du Chateau , 32 . In the course of last month , M . Rouxel entrusted a piece of work t » Rollet alone , without placing him , as usual , under the orders of Querelles . The latter became exceedingly jealous at this proceedina-. and some hk'h words .
and even blows , passed between'him and Rollet . On Wednesday , Querelles proceeded to Paris , and purchased a pair of pistols , and some powder and ball , and returned home before Rollet came in from work . The latter went at once to his room , which was below that of Querelles . Next morning neither of them appeared , and the neighbours , bocoining uneasy , entered Kollct ' s room , the fcoy being in the door , and found him lying dead on the floor , his skull fractured , and a large slub lying near him , covered with blood , brains , and hafr . In Qucrelles ' s room were found the pistols which ho had bought the preceding day . He has not sinco been heard of , and the report runs that he has committed suicide by throwing himself into tho Stine . —Galiwuni ' s Messenger .
My sterious Affair . —Mary . Mathkw Masley . — In the year 1810 , an elderly gentleman , by tlio name of Jones , placed in a boarding school , with a Mrs . Hilton , . No . S , Charterhouse-square , a little girl , between four and five years old , of the above name ( Mauley being afterwards added to May hew ) , who was said to have been brought from abroad ; and whose infantile remembrance is , that she had a brother , William . She was there visited by a Miss Mortimer and sister , now Mrs . Whittaker , a Miss Ethcrington , and other ladies of , or from Bath . After the manifestation , at first , of much kindnesa and solicitude , these parties , from somo unexplained cause , forbore to call , pay for , or to notice the child ;
some timeelapsmg , Mrs . liaison advertised , heading the advertisement with " Most Shameful Transaction , " which brought forward a Captain Lea , who * paid the then arrears due , but from a full boarder the girl was then reduced by him to a half-boarder , he ( Captain Lea ) continuing to pay , through a Mr . Cullier , for her board and education , but desiring that the girl should ho made a governess . She believes that a hundred a year was paid for her by Mr . Jones ; and who , with a Dr . Mayhew , of Bath , she understood were her godfathers . All her earliest recollections are thatshe was rich , and belonged to those who were so , and these juvenile impressions or dreams of prosperity , remained up to the coming forward of Captain Lea , by whom they were at once blighted . Time
rolled on , and her education being completed , a governess she became ; but , before quitting Mrs . Halson ' s , upon ono occasion her attention was drawn to a remarkable advertisement , requiring information as to the whereabouts of the children of a General Manley , of India , for whom some bequest was made , anil she then took steps to ascertain her parentage , but without effect . Captain Lea invariably evading giving her- any e ! uo to thermic , he C . iptiiin Left , ic seems , satisfying Mr . Brown Roberts , then of Bishopgate-street , but now of the Old Jewry , the referee , that she was not the child of General Manley . The Miss Mortimer already alluded to , it is necessary to
state , became the wile ot Captain Lea . They are both now no more ; and to every inquiry since no traces can she obtain to the authors of her being . In the hope these particulars may catch the eye of some of the parties interested or concerned , either in . Europe , India , or elsewhere , so as to bring about the mysterious solution of her birth , this short sketch is put forth without at all glancing at the helpless and forlorn state she has for somo time been left in . Reference to be made at \ V \ -st Cottage , Southbank , Regent ' s Park . Tho kind and humane offices of the press are respectfully solicited in this couutiy , India , and elsewhore , in giving circulation to the above . — Sim .
A Genuisk Philanthropist . —The Island of Rona . is a small and very rocky spot of hind , lying between , the isle of Skye and the mainland of ApVlecrosa , and is well known to mariners for the rugged and dangerous nature of the coast . There is a famous place of refuge at the north-western extremity , called the " Muckle Harbour . " of very difficult access , however ,, which , strange to say , is easier to be entered at nighfc than during the day . At the extremity of t ! iis hyperborean solitude is the resideuce of a poor widow ,, whose lonely cottage is called tho "lighthouse , " from the fact , that she uniformly keep 3 ' a lamp burning in her little window at night . By keeping this light and the entrance to the harbour-open , a strange vessel may enter with the greatest safety . During the
silent watches of the ni » ht the widow may bu seea like " Norna of the Fitful head , " trimining ' her little lamp with oil , being fearful that some misguided and frail bark may perish through her neglect ; a-id for this she receives no manner of remuneration—it is pure unmingled philanthropy . The poor woman ' s kindness does not rest even there , for she is unhappy till the benumbed and shivering mariner conies ashore to share her little board , and recruit himself at her glowing and cheerful ( ire , and she can seldom be prevailed upon to take any reward . She has saved more lives than Davy's belt , and thousands of pounds to the underwriters . This poor creature , in her younger days , witnessed her husband struggling with , the waves , and swallowed up by the remorseless
billows" In sight of home , and friends who thronged to save . " This circumstaneo seems to have prompted her present devoted and solitary life , in which her only enjoyment is in doing good . —Inverness Courier . Birth in the Street at Greenwich . —On Monday morning , between the hours of two and three o ' clock , as police-sergeant George Goode was passing the Royal Hospital , Greenwich , he observed a decentlooking young woman , about 21 years of age , crawlnig along apparently in great pain , lie spoke toher ,. when she informed him that she was in destitute circumstances . She gave her nanife Frances Smith ,, but declined to answer any other question , lie advised her at once to go to the union workhouse , about
half a mile off , which she consented to do , and thanked him . Shortly alter he found bur lying in , Itomney-road on the footway , in the agonies of labour ,., and in a few minutes after she was delivered of an infant . Sergeant Goode left her hi that dreadful state , during a bitter frost , and ran to Mr . Sturton , surgeon , Nelson-street , and sent a constable to . tha hospital infirmary to get a stretcher . The y « or creature remained on the ground in thcmannerilescribed ^ for about fifteen minutes , when she and her baby were > placed on a stretcher , covered with blankets ,, and conveyed by the police to the union house , where every attention was paid by Dr . Sturton and the matron , and it is satisfactory to say that both mother and infant are doing well .
SuoeniNe Suicide by an Aged Pensioner . —Early on Saturday meriting , a man named I'humas Hands aged eighty-one years , expired in tho- accident ward ofGuy'sIlo pital , from the effects of injuries inflicted ; by himself under the following dreadful circumstances : —It appears that the decease- ! , had been an inmate ot Lambeth workhouse for some tisie past ha having represented to the Board of Guardians , he was in a destitute state . He was adrsitted tato-the bouse and had , owing to his extreme age , extra nourish ! r aent . A few days since the authorities wove intprmed that the deceased was . a pensioner oa the about V > fl ?? ± S l ™^> k thHcSJt hStS S » i T ^^ ™ « o subse ^ entlv If 11 ^ 'A * * . discovered that , independent
, Hnli „„« , m tV ? Bank * Tllft ^ ceased was ques-Snt " ' . , ° , n Tlra » dny evening last , betweeii sue and seyen o ' clock , a policeman of the L division atteni y m i WeBhnin *« Bridgwoad , fiad his attention drawn to the deceased , who was «« «» pavement in a pool of blood . He hid rlftSf tt W 0 Uml acvossthc £ »« PaS { hai belly or abdomen , from which a portion of the in S ne od ° ^ > \ avse ** knife ! satuS with blood , was found on the pavement with which he had no doubt inflicted theMutyShis per , son He was taken with all speeftrW GuWB $ &"& thlVW ™ pwt under > S fi SrFo ?^ si expivcd at - ^^ ISia \ Sm M 0 mmUrmx
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MURDER IN LIVERPOOL . Liverpool , Satijubay . —Considerable excitement has prevailed in town to-day , in consequence of the dvuth ol a prostitute by the hand of a sister in misery and crime . The name of the deceased is M'Gill , quite a young woman , and the name of the unfortunate wretch who inflicted the fatal wound is Jane Swift , both , as before mentioned , living : a life of profligacy and dissipation . It appears , so far as the particulars have as yet been ascertained , that between twelve and one o'clock this morning , Swift and the deceased were carousing with a number ot sailors in a public house , in Tally-street , a neighbourhood not of tha highest repute in this town . Some difference arose between them , whether in consequence of anything said or done by their paramours , as said by some , does not cloavly appear , but certain it is they got to high
words ; Swift being very much excited , and declaring with all the vehemence natural and common to her class , that she would take the life of the deceased before morning . After some little time Swift wss calmed down ; but on leaving tho public-house the quarrel was resumed , and the deceased , some parties say , struck Swift a blow , whilst others say she only gave hor a push in order to get her out of the way . This was , however , enough for Swift , who was already much exasperated , and she made a stab at the deceased , inflicting a most serious and dangerous wound on the side of the neck , near the collar-bone . Tlio deceased staggered and fell down , but was immediately carried to a neighbouring house , where she died a short time afterwards . A surgeon was sent for , but arrived too late to render any assistance , As soon as Swift hod perpetrated the deed , she ran off with the knife in her hand , and was pursued down Park-lane by several
persons who were standing by . She called out to one nf the women in pursuit that she would serve her as she hod done the deceased , if she persisted in following her . Ultimately she outran her pursuers , and was lost sight of , and succeeded in making her escape . The knifu was found about an hour and a half afterwards lying on the ground in Shaw ' s-alley , one of the streets through which Swift must have passed . It was a large clasp knife , such as is usually carried by sailors , and had marks of blood still remaining on it , although there had been heavy rain for some time previously , which must necessarily have obliterated some of the stains . Every exertion was made , after information had been jiven of the occurrence ,, with the view of discovering the author of the foul deed , tout up to this moment , notwithstanding the police-have made a strict search , nothing had transpired likeJy to-lead to her apprehension ; it is not probable , howe-vetj . that she can long escapedetcction .
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PECEMBM 27 , 1845 . THE NQRTHERN gTAR 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1347/page/7/
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