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quested her mother to go and see the reason they continued out so 'eery long. Witness's mother went into the street, and saw the deceased in Dean's arms at the top of the court in Thomas's-street; Dean asked witness's mother if she .would go to a chandler's shop and purchase him some tobacco, which she consented to do, and while she was gone on the errand something impelled wit ness to use from her chair, she felt a kind of internal alarm, and she, without any motive, ran iuto the court, and met the deceased near the house door ; she reeled towards her, and appeared to have a red handktachief round her neck. Witness took the de ceased into her arms, and the blood gushed from her throat all over her clothes; the deceased put out her arms, and then dropped down as if she had expired or fainted; witness awoke her husband, and said, " Our child is murdered 1" the husband replied, " You are mail s surely." He took hold of the deceased,l and seeing that she was dying, he ran into the court and said " Who did it ?" itness told her husband' that Dean had done it, she was sure ;" . and then in formed him that Dean came in while he was asleep, and went out with the deceased, with the professed intention of buying her an apple. A surgeon was sent for, who came and atten.el the deceased until she was quite dead. Re examined.—Dean took a cup of tea, and took a twopenny loaf from his pocket, which he cut with a knife that he-took-out of his pocket ; Dean was wit te.s's brother's fellow apprentice, they worked toge ther for five years ; it was a fortnight prior to Friday last when Dean called at her house before ; witness had not any quarrel with Dean ; she had given him good advice, as did her mother also, in consequence of his being out of employ and without money ; the advice was, that he should not commit any rash act, meaning that he should not commit any robbery to supply his wants; witness had been an acquaintance of Dean's from a child, and he had been in the con stant practice of calling at her house, and was al ways praising the deceased. [At this period Robert Dean was brought in a hackney coach, escorted by a number of officers, from Union-Hall Police-office ; several thousands of persons had collected sound the house where the Jury were sitting and would have torn the delin quent to pieces, but for the spirited intervention of the police. The above witness ran to the window of the Jury room, from which she had a view of the person of Dean, as he was sitting in the hack-:ley coach ; she screamed most loudly and terrifically,' " That is the murderer of my dear child; oh, the vil lain 1 oh, the monster !" &c. and fell intn an hysteric fit ; she was removed into another room by a surgeon who was present ; Dean was placed in a room ad joining the Jury roeml Joseph Williams, the brother of the last witness, being sworn, stated, that on Friday afternoon last, about four o'clock, he left his lodgings, No. 3, Church row, Aldgate, and came to the house of his sister, the mother of the deceased ; on she way he called at four different places (which he mentioned to account where he spent the time bafore he arrived at his sis ter's), and arrived at his sister's house a little before six o'clock ; he shaved himself, as soon as he arrived at his sister's house, with his brother's razor; wit ness's mother (Mrs. Williams) was taking tea with his sister at the time, and witness remarked to his mother, that he could not think what had become of Dean, for he had not been at his lodgings for two nights, and he suspected that he was gone for a sol dier, as he had been a soldier before ; witness's mo ther said, " Poor Robert, I am sorry for him, with all my heart r and his sister said, " I think it is the best thing that he could do, because he would have by his services a provision in his bid age ;" and she said that " he (Dean) had been a great hurt to him (witness) ;" witness replied that " he had not, for he had acted always like a friend to him," and rejoined that " there was always something wrong." Witness then went into the back kitchen and cleaned• his shoes, and soon after some person knocked at the front door, and witness thought it was the footsteps of Dean ; he called to him, not having seen him, " is it rib, Robert ?" Dean made no reply. Wit ness then came from the back kitchen, and said to Dean, "we were just talking about you, and thought that you were gone for a soldier." Dean replied, " how could you think so ?" Witness ans wered, " how could we think otherwise when you have slept out two nights frum your lodgings, and been away two days.' Dean said that he had been to Mr. IViDivet, in Mile-end-road, where he lived about a year ago, to inquire after a situation, and they had treated him kindly, and had recommended him to an officer as servant, and he had been to Pimlico after the place. Witness said " Pimlico is the place for soldiers." Dean answered, " I never willte a soldier again." Witness then asked Dean where he slept at night ? and Dean said that the offi cer's servants askedlim to sleep there all night, their master being out, and he accordingly did. Witness it-led Dean why he had net come to his work that • day (Friday last ?) Deaa said that he went to see his sister, Mrs. Allen, in Elizabeth-place, I.ambeth, and she had chided him for not calling to see them, when he was well to do. Dean said he told his sister all his distresses, and went from thence to his brother 'Thomas's house, to tea, and came straight from thence to see if he could find 'witness. Witness said, " How could you think of finding me here at this tithe of night ?" Dean said "I thought it was likely - you might be here." Witness thee prepared to leave his sisters house, and he asked Deihl to lend him a handkerchief to tic op a pair of 'small clothes, which he did, and witness and Dean came out of the house together. The deceased playing on the ground at that time ; witness and the deceased walked toge ther as far as the Surrey turnpike-gate ; they stopped opposite the Surrey Theatre, and 'Deanssaid that he must call at Mr. Davenport's, in the Borough-road, about a situation; witness told him that it was an unseasonable time to go then after a situation; Dean said that be must go, and turned upon his heel, with out bidding witness good night, and walked away, gist wbihh way Dean went witness did not know. 'Mrs. Sarah Williams, the mother of the above wit messes, and grandmother of the deceased, being sworn, stated, that on Friday night last, Dean came to her daughter'shouse, N 0.4, Jaques -court, Thomas street, between six and seven o'clock ; he knocked at the door, and was let in.' Witness asked him how he did, he said, " I am pretty well." Witness's son came out of the back toom and asked Dean.wherd he had been, he said, as far as 'lrate°. Witness's son said, " then Dean. you have been amongst the soldiers: Dean answered„,tti t at .11e had been atter an officer's servant's place, and hi.slept nll night there at the request of the seri, ants, and he WAS sure that he. had not enlisted. Between seven and eight o'clock Dean and her son, Williams, went out together, and in about a ouarter of an hour after Dean retuned, he knocked at the dour, and asked Mrs. Halbert to let him sit down about a quarter of an hour, for he had to go to Newington Causeway, at eight o'clock, to see after a place. Dean sat down and took a little boy, the brother of the deceased, upon his knee, and nursed him ; and took a piece of bread, a two-penny loaf, out of his pocket; he took a knife from another pocket, and cut a slice off and eat it. The deceased was at that time playing in the court, and Mrs. Hal bert asked witness if she would fetch her into the house, which she did, and brought her into the room, and climbed up behind Dean's chair and played with him ; her mother took her away once, ao.d she would go again and jump upon his knees. Dean then said, " Mhry, I will give you a penny to buy an apple:— Witncs said, " You shall not, Robert, you cannot afford it." Dean said that he would, and took the de ceased tip in his arms, and kept talking to her going all along the Court, and until they arrived in the street. In about five minutes after, Mrs. Halbert asked witness to go and see where Dean and the child were ; she went down the Court, and at the bottom she saw Dean, with the deceased in his arms ; she went up to him and took hold of the child. Dean seemed very much confused, and, in a great hurry thrust some half-pence into witness's hand, and said, " Just go over to Mr. Penny's shop, and purchase me some tobacco" Witness asked him if he would have shag or short cut? He replied "Shag." Wit ness was not above a minute going to the shop, and as she was returning she heard a cry of " Murder !" and saw Mrs. Halbert in the court, running about like an insane person, crying "My child is mur dered: Witness then went into the house, and saw the deceased in the arms of her father, with her throat cut ; the deceased appeared sensible ; witness asked her who had done it, and if Dean did it? the deceased appeared to understand the questions, but could not make any reply—a surgeon was sent for, the deceased soon became insensible and expired. Witness te-examined.—Did not notice what kind of a knife it was that Deals used to cut his bread with ; there was no other person in the Cotirt besides Dean, at .he time she saw the deceased in his arms. Mr. Roby Weston, surgeon, Brighton-place, New lient•road, being sworn, stated, that on Friday night, about eight o'clock, a stranger came to his house,' and informed him that a child had been Murdered, and. requested him to come to the house.of Mrs. Halbert, in Jaques.court ; he accordingly went, and saw the deceased in the arras of her father, nearly covered with blood. A great portion of blood was issuing from a wound in the back part of the neck, of about the width of _three inches, and nearly an inch in depth. The windpipe was completely severed, and that was the cause of her death. Had not it been completely divided, her life might have been saved by the application of ligatures. The loss of blood could not have produced death. The deceased lived more than an hour after she received the injury.— The wound must have been inflicted by some sharp instrument, probably a small knife. Joseph Myatt, an Officer of St. Andrew's, Holborn, l sworn.—About a quarter of an hour before five o'clock that morning, a man, who said his name was Robert Dean, came to the watch-house of St. Andrew's, Holborn: he said, that he came to surrender himself , for he was a murderer, and could not hold out any longer. Witness asked him what murder he had done? and he said, he had murdered a child over in the Borough. lie seemed very ninth - agitated, and asked leave to warm himself. Witness'told him that he might, if he thought proper. Witness took - him from thence to the Poultry Compter. On the way, witness conversed with Dean, and asked him how he came to commit the dreadful act? Dean replied— " Why, the Devil was over me." Dean begged that he might be well used in prison: witness promised he, should. Dean said, that be was during the whole. of Monday last lurking about Bow-street Police Office, in hopes that some one would recognize him; but as no one did, he had not courage to resign himself up. He had been wandering about ever since he commit ted the crime; and he went to a Chapel in Moor fields, and heard a sermon preached, which so affec ted his mind, that he resolved to deliver himself up to justice. He said he was quite sober when he com mitted the act. Dean appeared perfectly composed when he gave the above relation. The CORONER having said a few words, The Jury returned a verdict of—Wiyul Murder against Robot Dean. The witnesses were bound over, and the Coroner issued his warrant for his committal to Horsemonger lane Gaol. Before Dean was removed from the Rockingham Arms, the Coroner ordered the .Constables to bring hint (Dean) into the Jury-Coom. ITe was brought in, handcuffed, by May, the Officer, ()Maim Hall. Mr. Jraturrr- 4, Which is Robert Dean?" Dean—(bursting into tears, and in greet agitation-1 , lam - - thg unfortunate man. The Coacwza--" I am sorry to see you charged with such a horrid crime." Ikan--(beating his forehead in great agony with his right hand)—" It is a dreadful thing survly." • The Cosoitaa—" It is my duty to commit you. I Lave issued my warrant. and I hope you will tbinkof your awful situation, arid may Goa have mercy upon you!" Prisoner—(writhins with spicy)—" f !we be 'iriU i" The prisoner' wat - then gopy7err hackney coach to liorsemonk et4ane GAO • '' • . afk . case-knife was found in . the Court where the! murder was committed, which is supposed to be the instrument used by Dean to efect his purpose: i is about eight inches long, with a white handle, and is the property of Mr. Halbert : it is ip the possession of May, the Officer. During the time the Inquest was being held at the, Rockingham Arms, Dean was placed in a private, room with May and several other OQicers. Dean whispered to May, that if he were left alone with him he would relate to him the whole particulars of the dreadful transaction. May requested every per son present to leave the room, and the prisoner then made the following Confession, verbatim: " On Friday evening last, I met a young man named Joseph Williams, with whom I had long been intimate at Mrs. Hal b%•rt's house, in Jaques-court. 'lltomst-street. I bad 11mg been acquaiintd with a young woman, named Sarah Longman, the daughter of Mr. toditien, at the Crapes, Church-row, Mitigate. My affection fur her was extremely great. I hid for some time put corropooded with her. A disputz utlappily arose: I wrote I , to her upon the subject, expressing my r,r,ret at the unfortunate rupture, described the very great regard wh'cla I entertained for her, implored her to consent to.a reconciliation, and begged tint she would write me an early losiver. She never replied to my letter. lfer father called upon me, and wished that the comet , rims might be discontinued. These circomitances had an Inde scribable elieet upon my mind. I was miserably unhappy—was incapable of ‘slynding to my business, and gave myselt entirely up to despair. endeavoured to prevail Upon her to renew the correspondence. I felt that I never could be happy in this world without her, and determined to leave it. Thoughts of a dread ful description entered my mind, and must have proceeded from the Devil. I felt that l should leave the world in a state of hap piness if I could murder her, and determined to perpetrate the deed. I had been front home two days, business r-tt being very brisk; and on Friday evening I called to see Williams, at Mrs. Halbert's, and we both came out together, and walked in com pany as far as the Surrey Theatre. We did not go in. I told Williams that I wanted to see a gentleman iii the Borough, and should go that way. We parted, and I returned to Mr,. ad heres. After talking in a very friendly manner with the I asked for a knife; and they, supposing that I wanted to cut some bread, gave me * cue-knife. I took an opportunity of concealing it, unperceived, in my pocket. I shortly after went out pith the child to buy her some apples, which having done, I returned to the court. A sudden thought came over my mind. that if 1 murdered the child, who was innocent, I shuuld nut commit so great a crime as in murdering Sarah ',Gagman, who was older, and, as I imagined, hail sins to answer for. In a mo ment I pulled the knife oat of my pocket, put the child down out of my arms, bell her head back, and cut her throat. In an instadt, I imagined that I was in the - midst of Naming lire, and the court appeared to me like the entrance of Hell. I ran away, not knowing where I went, or what I did. I wandered about in &state of distraction, until I surrendered anysel,f up at the Watch.house." In addition to the particulars contained in our Po lice Report yesterday; of the dreadful transaction in the neighbourhood of Putney, we are happy to hear that it is the opinion of Mr. SHILLITO, the surgeon, who has the care of -the sufferers, that the wife and child of Edmonds are doing quite well, and out of danger. It seems also, that Mrs. Dyer (who is the wife of a very respectable market-gardener, residing' at the back of Edmond's cottage) is also going on favourably, but from the complicated nature of the wounds upon the head, cannot be considered safe for some time. Edmends is only 39 years ,of age, and has the character of having been a very quiet inof fensive man, when well, and not at all addicted to drinking; he has always supported his family, and brought up his children, without any parochial as ) sistance, by having worked as a jobbing painter in the neighbourhood, and by the produce of two or three cows, which he has kept on the Common. When very young he was in the Navy, and from some hurt he received in the service, he has for many years complained of a distressing pain in his head, which in spite of every assistance ended in epilepsy ; lately he has been very sombre and religious. On the morning of his dreadful attempt to murder his fa mily, he was quietly breakfasting with his wife and children, and reading the Bible, when he suddenly formed, without any provocation, his dreadful de ' termination of sacrificing them. Bow-stnerr.--/ilichael Kenlesh was charged with threatening to murder a woman, which was proved by several witnesses. The defence set up by the pri soner, as a justification, was rather of an extraordi nary nature, he having admitted the threats. Ile stated that the prosecutrix and another woman be witched him, about three years since ; uid by means .of some stuff which they put into some tea, and which he was induced to drink, he was in a trance for several days. They also bewitched him in other respects, so that he did not know what he was about, by means of a black cat and a pound of pins. He entreated the Magistrate not to suppose that he was deranged, but that his distracted state of mind arose wholly from the beWitching of the women, which deprived him of the means of following his trade of a shoe maker, and he wasfrequently so much redu ced, that he could not pay for the washing of his shirt. He was told by the women that nothing would cure him of the spells they had set upon him when they bewitched him but crossing the sea, and he intended to leave England on Friday morning for Ire land, which was his native country, for the purpose of getting cured. The prosecutrix, who had very much the appearance of a gymay, denied any know ledge of what the prisoner had been talking about as to bewitching him ; but said he was a Roman Catho lic, and it was the superstitious notions of his religion which caused his mind to be in the disturbed state it was. The warrant against the prisoner was dischar ged by Mr. BIRNIE, on condition that he did not insult or use any more threats towards the prosecu trix previous to his leaving England for Ireland. Guitnuakt.—Yesterday a porter, named Kuight, belonging to the Angel Inn Coach-office, in Angel street, was fined 20s. and costs, for the overcharge of a parcel he was entrusted to deliver from the place mentioned. He altered the charge upon the ticket from 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d.—Alderman WA ITH- N said, he had hoped, born the examples which , had already been made of offenders such as the de fendant, that so grossly fraudulent a practice would be checked, but he regretted to see it still pursued with dating impunity. Much was due to the public Papers for the pains they had taken to expose these practices, and he had only, on the part of himself 'and his brother Magistrates, to repeat their determi nation to push the law to its extremity in the punish ment of the evil. Proprietors of coaches and coach offices should again be warned, that it was an offence against the Act to neglect, on their part, furnishing their porters with a ticket. Porters should also know that it was a fraud to alter one of these tickets, and punishable by transportation. MARL BOROUGH-STRFET.—Mary Cranky and Char lotte Morgan were charged with stealing pictures, 'Valued at £2,000, the property of Mr. Ei rarkl, harp manufacturer, in Wigmore•street. It appeared in evidence, that the prosecutor brought paintings from Paris, a few years since, to the value of 1.'20,000, and the piCtures here charged to have been stolen were a 'part of the collection, but they w ere much damaged.. The prisoner Cranley was the daughter of Mr. Errard's porter, and her father having the key of the picture gallery, she obtained easy access. Some of the pictures, worth £lOO each, were pledged at the shop of Mr. Baylis, and with other pawn brokers, at the rate of as many pence, by both the prisoners.—They were remanded. GLASGOW MARKETS, OCTOBER 17. Corrox.—The sales of the week amount to about 653 packages. Sea Island, 38 at 31. to 31. 3d.—llitto stained, S, at Sls. 241. Boweds, I'6o, at 200. to 2110.—New Orleans, 62, at 21 %d. to 21 id.—Pernambycos, 112, at 2s. 2d. to 25. ted.—,Maranh.Uos, 113, ut 23. to 25. Oicl.—Detneran4 and 11.tbice, 153, at 22d. to fts. 31cbsi-West India, 62, at 194,1. to 20ed. LO\DOV MaIiETS, OCTOECR •Corrox.--The sale at ?he India Hcuse f , 41 on Friday last ; 7000 b ags were oilervd, o f ,; ..61 osily about 1200 were disposed of ; the rem were withdrawn at higher prices than what 1;,; l_ generally looked for ; 500 bags o f been brought in, were taken on Saterd a y trade at 120. to being an advance Vs id. per pound. Gene! ally the Cotton marlor. ray be stated exceedingly heavy, thonh there is vra e appearance of a revival in the expvt purchases by private contract since Tuesday lae„, 150 Pernams 2s. Id. ISO Alaranka r . and Bi z i, gsd. 80 Boweds 20-id. to 21!11. a*. ( i.ZU her.gs4,4 the house, Sid. to W. SUGAR.-This forenoon there has been little business doing, and the market was farther depression of I'. it, 'is. per ct - t. market was heavy, and the r. ices wards the close of last week, when the buyer: eiz: 4 l a renewed desire to purchase, but the derr.zzl pears chiefly confined to the home trade, a.1: 4 port season is far advanced. Molasses cont:.r.a good request. The demand lately gars lia, been very limited, and tLe ja;c. Lenerally giving way._ CorrcF:--TKe Coffee marl:et contint tuate, hut generally the prices rag be v.:. ing. The public sale thii forenoon ccnsi casks ; the fine ordinary, middling, and gi dling Coffee went ofr at a farther dtpres, to St. per cm t. ..~ E:., Rwn.-.—The public sale of Rice at the 11 7 , consisted of 111,000 bags, of which about CAY , i' et c withdrawn ; the remainder went off at a dcivisia of Ss to 4s. per cwt.—Java, ordinary, 21s. t..; Bengal, good ordinary and gne white,2ls. 6J. Patna, good and fine, 30s. to 355. 6th The detzl since hats been limited, and generally the market tin Rice may be stated heavy. IRISH PROVISIOS.—The prices of Butter zeon• siderably lower, and the nnuket is heavy at &ear dine ; the future prices will entirely depend Mit state of the weather ; at present it is mild and wan, and the prices may in consequence be stay,: it great measure nominal. Bed and Pork rergi t steady ; the arrival of the new cannot be elpectel for some time ; the late close weather will Fete favourable for the cluing of the early parce:s ci Beef and Pork. Itientco.--The prices of Indigo are little =itl since the sale at the India Muse ;—several para. have been sold at a pi, of 3d. and a few a V. per pound. The market, however, may 'oe tated :a be without briskness. Of LS.—The demand for Whale Oil was considarn last week ; the request has since rather give:lloy, and purchases could be made a shade lower.. Sr them Oil is el per two lower, and rati.er the decline. Galipoli has also given nay. La cies descriptions there is little variation. TOBACCO.--The market continues in•a er eb pressed state ; parcels are offered on 'o'er arm, without facilitating sales to any extent. No uro:t orders yet appear ; the prices in London being stag high in proportion to the markets of the CntiLent. NAVAL. STORrS.—There have been few sldes Rough Turpentine for some time past, purchases could, however, be made on lower terms. Spirits= heavy. Tar has been in good demand, Fitch ad Rosin remain heavy. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOIV,—The prices et TAP low have given way 2s. to Ss. per cwt, and ftaire• ket is heavy at the decline ; for arrival durirl us whole season the lalt price realized is 8(t 1114 has also been purchased on lower terms, and market may be stated heavy. Flax is imprariag.— The letters yesterday from St. Petersburgh exe is Exchange a little under 12. RUM, BRANDY, AND floa..axos..—There u:•.lt or no business doing in Ruin. Brandy is heocy ni declining; the prices are nearly nominaL Gran is without variation. Su.k.—llie Silk sale at the India House coarser ced yesterday, and will probably finish aluat day next • the prices are going at present higher ni the last sale. Srfcrs.—Spices are heavy, and may he purelr,tel lower. Pepper has given way considerably, ea a. count of the quantity declared for sale. BIRTH. Monday, the Lady of George Lyre, EN. of IV 1.-r ra, of a daughter. — MARRIED. At the Fain Manic, on the 14th ist. the Rey. Raliert S=.esi minister of Newtyle, to Elizab , th, eldest dau;hur Alexander Thomson, Esq. Bu.xler.i.h.ttreet, At St. Andrew's, on the 13th inst. the lice. Ibtest minister of the parish of Ballantrae, to Jolt, of Priucipal At mac se of Marnoch, on tire Eth inst. ITalatn Strai - . ! of Inverugis, to Helen, youngest daughter of thy EXT. W.t-a. Stronach, of DIEQ. At Edinburgh, on the 29th ult. Jame. Y O7 -trst William Blown. • At Edinburgh, on the sth inst. Miss Agnes Str.a. sec daughter of the late Rev. Sam. Smith, minister of bane. On his passage house from India, on the 17th ch. Laanc... 3 Cameron Macpherson, late tithe .19th regiment. At Antigua, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel E. a r.• Government Secretary of that Island. In the Trinity House, in his 90th yet; I‘ l, ' Wilson, the oldest shipmaster belonging to that ror• e' at Lisbon at the time of the great earthquake ia 17:3. Pridiy, at Stanwell. Middlesex, in consequence I his horse, John 12th liarris, Esq. late of Caius Coll. CJ Tuesday ss 'might, suddenly, Mrs. Stcptunis, trans: the Qiielmc T avern, Porunictith. She left her !Kin: c health about tour o'clock, sand had just reac hed th.? friend at Portsea. when she was taken ill and very 0.170 In the lillth year of his age, at Spike Island, Cork. 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