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SUPEWTMON IN WALES. At the Denbighshire Assizes a very singular case, and one which excited no ordinary interest in the northern part of the Principality, as it related to some superstitious notions very.common even at this day amongst the lower orders, was tried.— John Evans was charged with obtaining money under false pretences. Job Mill. Esq. the Attorney-General, with whom was Mr. J. H. Lloyd stated the case to the . inry.—He said that the prisoner was indicted for obtaining seven shillings from Elizabeth Davies,' he falsely pretending that he could cure her hue band, Robert Davies, of a certain sickness, with which he was afflicted, by taking his name out of a well, near Abergele, called " Ffynnon Ellen," which in English means St. Ellen's Well. The ease, (said the learned gent.) was a very uncom mon one, and to persons not familiar with Wales, might appear beneath the consideration of a jury ; but he had no doubt that the gentlemen r..hom be was addressing were well aware of the superstition which pervaded a treat portion of the Welsh nensantry, and the facility .which their credulity might be made an instrument of fraud in the hands of an artful and designing man. The Well of St. 'Clan had been celebiated in history and in song ; and the number of impositions practised upon ignorant people in ;meet ages, by a succession of impudent *rogues end knaves, exceeded all belief. A few years ago the magistrates of the county prosecuted one of the High Priests of his Saintship, who, in Consequence as found guilty of cunning, cheaters, and fraud, lett into prison, and his well of holy waters de stroved. For a time the celebrity of St. Elian and his protea died away; their anathematization ceased ; and their memories were fast subsiding to the grave, when the prisoner revived them by lay ing in a stock in trade, and commencing business near the same spot, as a Saint. That was mani festly a frnud, not one above the law ; for the law put saints and shoemakers upon an equal footing now-a-days; and he had no doubt that tlie jury would do their duty to punish the prisoner, though he were the High Priest of a Saint, unless he could produce undoubted credentials of the legality of his trade. Mr. Hill then went on to state the manner in which the prisoner contrived i to dupe the weak and credulous out of their ; hard earned wages. He had a shallow well on . his premises, which he called Ffynnon Ellen, or Saint Ellen's Well, and be had put into it a large quantity of pebbles, slates, and stones, inscribed with numberless initials and names. No sooner . did he hear of any poor person's ill health, or of any one being afflicted with misfortune or disease, than he contrived to let them know that their names were in the well, and that nothing could cure or benefit them unless they were taken out. Ofcourse this could not be done without money ; and many hundreds of ignorant people were known to travel on foot thirty and forty miles to seek relief, and that too in the most distracted state of mind. The frauds of the prisoner were not the only evils which his abominable practices produced, for like his pre decessors, lie pretended he had the power to put any one into the well, afflict them with misfortune or had luck, and take them out for money, when he pleased. The consequence was, that ignorant persons were frequently induced to charge their misfortunes to the malignity of their neighbours, and thereby engender the most disgraceful quar rels; while hundreds of equally ignorant fools, would expend their money on the prisoner in order to gratify, as they thought, a bit of spite. Mr. Hill concluded by observing, be was certain, that if he made out a good case, the Jery would give it their support, and by a verdict put an end to the pranks of old St. Elian and his well for ever. Elizabeth Davies said, my husband's name is Robert Davies; be was very ill at the beginning of the hay harvest in 1829, and continued so for same time. About twelve months after that period I went to the prisoner, who lived in a small house by the Efynnen Ellen, near Abergele, to enquire if my husband's name was in the well; he said he v.atuld see. He then sent a girl out with a dish, bo soon returned with it filled with little pebbles' and slates, upon which carious initials were written or engraved. Ile looked at them very minutely, and said my husband's name was not among them. The girl was sent to the welt it second time, and she brought back the dish half full of small peb bles. They were thrown upon the table by the prisoner. I picked out one from among them marked 11. D. and asked the prisoner if that was meant ier my husband. He looked at it, and said yes.- 1 said to him, did you put my husband into the well ? He replied, no. I was not satisfied, and fo!ml the prisoner 1 did not think it wasmv husband's pebble, but he insisted that it e as, and that the water would prove it. Both of us went to the well, ant! the prisoner took some of the water out in a lead vessel, and bade me drink of it, which I did ; he then said there was no doubt that the letters on the pebble' meant my husband, and when I returned home I should find him better. He told me ten shillings was the lowest price he could charge for taking my husband out of the well; I said I had not so much money, but I would pro cure it and return to hint as soon as I possibly could. He wished me to come again that week, but I told him I was afraid I could not. By his permission I carried the pebble home with me ; he cautioned me cot to show it to any one, and in answer to my inquiry, what I was to do with it, lie said, I must bruise it, mix it with salt, and throw it into the fire. He said he knew who brought the illness upon my husband, and that he could, if he thought fit, put him into the well, and afflict him with any disease or nnsfot tune. 1 said, pray do no such thing, for I leave it to God to deal with the person who had punished my husband, and caused all my sufferings. There was a great many persons' names in the well. About two months after, I went to the prisoner again, in company with Davies, my brother it;-law; we found him at pubic house in the neighbourhend ; and I 'said to bine will you come home to do hat you know ? lie said be would do nothing }WI.' me, because 1 had told' Air. Clough. the magistrate, the first time.—Well, ma, said I, it' you don't do it willingly, I will go and leave it as it is. He then said he would sell me a bottle of time water for nine shillings, to ta k e t wice wi t h me. We argued about the price; at last I gave to W. Davies seven shillings for the prisoner, which at his request was thrown into the well. I do not know what words weie made use of by the prisoner on this occasion, but the seven shillings were put into the well, as an offering of thanks to St. Ellen for the recovery of my bye band, but he has not recovered to this day. I saw the prisoner take the money out of the well; and he said my husband was to take the water for three nights, repeating certain words at the time, which I cannot recollect. Cross-examined by the prisoner.— How came I to take your husband out of the well for seven shillings, when I demanded ten ?—Because you reduced your price. Re-examined.—My husband did get better, but he is not well yet. William Davies, a taylor, of Holywell, and bro ther-in-law to the last witness, went with her to pay the prisoner the money, on the 30th of Au gust. On that occasion, the prisoner took some watei out of the n•ell in a leaden vessel, and told me to think of it, and at the same time to thank COD and St. Elian for the cure of my brother. I did so ; and then I agreed to give 7s. for a bottle of the water to take home. He ordered me to throw the money into the well, which 1 did; but the prisoner took it out before it reached the bottom, and put it into his pocket. I then asked the pri soner how he knew that the R. D. meant at) , brother. He said, "by the colouring of the wa ter." He then began to discharge the water from the well, and I observed him stir up the mud on one side with his right hand. which rendered the water muddy. There, said he, the water changes colour to show you that the pebble taken out means your brother. I asked the prisoner if he knew who put my bother into the well. He said, " No; but there was a book in the house that would tell." I went into the house with him ; he put a book on a table, and a pack of cards, and asked my sister-in- I lat. - if she suspected any one more than another. She said she did. He told her then to whisper who it was into my ear. When she had done so, Se opened a Look, and there appeared two circles. My sister cut the cards, and turned up the three of diamonds ; the prisoner then uttered a deal of " miraculous " words, and at last decided that the person suspected was not guilty. [The Attorney- General thought it unnecessary to detail any more of this foolery, in which opinion the court concurred.] The prisoner, in his defence, said he never sent for any one to come to the well, nor did he say there was any efficacy in the water ; but if a per son believed that there was, and chose to give him some money, it was all well. Several witnesses were then called, who gave the prisoner a good character. The learned Judge, in summing up, regretted that any individuals could be found so lamentably credulous as to believe that any man, by such ri diculous means, bad the power of relieving or con trouling the diseases and afflictions of another. He then observed that the question for the jury to consider war, whether the plisoner had obtained the money from the prosecutor under false pie tences or not ; if they believed that be bad ob tained the seven shillings by telling her that he could cute her husband's sickness by taking a atone rival the well, they would then Sod him Guilty. The jury, after a few minutes deliberation, re turned a verdict of guilty, and the judge sen tenced him to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. PANORAMA OP THE BRITISH EMPIRE. KEENE'S DATII JOURNAL, Aug. 13. A aurvar.a.—La.4 Miles, Lady and Miss Bignolls, Sir Stafford and Lady Northcote, Sir John Burgoyne, Colonel Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. G. P. Baker ; Captains—Taylor, flu. tamts, Rogers , Turbaville Rev. Mears.—Dr. Delahuut, Dr. Ilall and family, Leigh, W. Wilkinson, li. Browne, (a. Browne ast4latuily ; Dr. For, Dr. Mogg. At Lausdnwn Fair on Wednesday last the supply of live stock was larger than was ever remembered by the oldest farmer present at the fair. The immense quantity of Irish cattle which was brcught thither produced a Out that put a top to all business. Many of these were wretchedly poor, and some idea may be formed of them when it is stated that several yearlings were purchased for thirty shillings a head !I This circumstance, however, completely prevented the sale of the fine Devonshires, very few of which were even bid for. At the Ilerefoidshile Assizes a case was tiled, The Xing, on the Prosecution of the Comity of Gloucester, against Milward, Esc*. and five other defendants.—This was ar indictment, tried a second time by a special jury, for not repairing a public bridge, at Leachtlale, in the county of Gloucester, in the high road from Oxford to Bobs—the ma gistrates insisting that the bridge ought to be repaired by the defendants, by rea.on of the tenure of their leads, and rot ay the county. The first trial tct'k place at the Spring Assizes, and lasted sixteen hours. The jury were afterwards locked up all night, and not agreeing in their verdict, the judge discharged them. The present trial, which was by another special jury, occepied the whole of Friday, and un .il three o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, when the jury retired ; and, after having again been locked up, front that ,lire vain ei g ht o'clock on Sunday morning, aid not agree ing, tl.ey were discharged. The learned judge summed up strongly i n s avour of the defendums. • A litContertte.shire Assizes there were the following capital DEATH REcoaptio—Win. Stidworthy, for burglary ; Samuel Yapsley, for sheep stealing, Maria Smith, W. Pack ering, James Hinge, John Windmill, for burglary ; W. Baker and G. Hill, for ditto; Wm. Brown and Matilda Binnion, for assault and robbery ; Wn. Smith and Ann. Sherpard, for assaulting Eleanor Shepherd on the King's highway. Joseph White was convicted of breaking into the dwelling-house of James t:ollin,gs at Bath, and stealing a great quantity of moots. h e prisoner, al. though not more than twenty years old, had previously been sentenced to seven years's transportation ; 11'm. Hum. hreya, for breaking into the dwelling-house of ).Marshall, of Chew Magna; Eras. Note, for breaking into the dwel lin f-hothe of John Young, and stealing wearing-apparel; IVilljam Hickman, Isaac %Vbite, and John Davies, for bur. glary in the dwelling.hoon of John Spear ' • Wm. Richards, Edw. Sheen, Wm. Sperry, Wan. Guild tor d,Catharine Guild ford, and Louisa Btown, for maliciously wounding John Melhuisb and Wm. Wilkins. Transportation: Fourlern Fears—Jos. Quarman, for stealing bay and donkeys. FlnE.—On Aiontlay afternoon, smoke was discovered to issue front the premises in Pohonage Lane, occupied by ' Messrs. Harris and Sheppard, cabinet-makers . Some per ' sung immediately ascended the stairs, and found the floor of the garret (Mr. Harris's wink-shop) in flames, which had gained such ascendancy as to render it impossible to re. move any of the goods it contained. From the cireum. stance of the crowded buildings in the lane being chiefly occupied by carpenters and cabinet-makers, a great alarm was excited. The Westgate brewery, and Mr. Wood's minting office adjoining each side of the fire, appeared in imminent danger, and but for the most praiseworthy exertions of the firemen who dared every peril, the Ste would have made very extended ravages. 11 hen we consider the combustible nature of the property surrounding it, the quantity of dry wood, &c. which fed the flames, towering considerably above the highest houses, overshadow. ing the city with a dense cloud of smoke, and the inconve nience of supplying water in the middle of a narrow lane, we cannot but be surprised how the progress of the devouring clement could • have been so effectually arrested and so speedily subdued. Fortunately, the wind was not high, and the flames rose perpendicularly. The flames had communicx ed at four o'clock to the roof of the house adjoining the premises of /dusts. Holladay and Sculthotpe. but the united endeavours of the different fire men prevented them reaching the lower apartments. The further progress of the flames was effectually stopped at siz o'clock, but by this time the interior of the premises was al. moat entirely destroyed, and the walls of the buildings so injpred that the whole must be taken down to the ground. Rio accident to life or limb, we at, very happy to say, etc tuned on thh lamentable occasion, but the destruction of property has been great. Several sharks were seen dining the last week in Plymouth harbour. one,of whi c h, a b out eight feet in length, was taken in a fishing net on Thursday night. These fish have no I doubt been attracted by the great quantities of smaller Ash lirelineating the shoal water, particularly A RRIRD—At Ilminster, John Talbo t o d t aida. .Esq youngest son of the late Henry Talbot, Esq. of Wadhurst Castle, Sussex, to Frances Essex, second daughter of Vincent Lang. worth'', Esq. solidtor, of lkithister.—At Bathwiel, James Yceles, Esq. to Mary Anne, widow of the late J. Mogg. Esq. of High Littleton House.—At Bedminster. Mr. W. R. Gardner, of Vork.street, Bath, to Me J. Haydon i A t f Wes. ton.—At Westb ur y. upon .T r y in , Henry Poole. . soli. citor, to blanks, younger daughter of the late Thos. cm, Esq. of Bristol.—Mr. J. G. Hayden, Chapel-row, Bath. to Anne, only daughter of the late R. Pritchard, Esq. DIED.—.In Beaufort.buildinp, Stapleton.road, Mrs. Ann Barker, wife of Capt. James Barker, R. N. 56.—At Beckington, Miss Louisa Viney, sister of the Rev. J. Vi. ney, Baptist minister.—At his residence, Bathwick. Henry Sampson Mitchell, Req. of Whaddon House,near Brewton. ....In Russell-street. 88, Mrs. Jane Johnston.—ln Seymour.. street, ]Hite Corbett, daughter of the late IL Corbet, Esq. of Ynysyrneangwyn.—At Knowle, 76, Mary, widow of the late Rev. J. Price, vicar of Werle.—At IS, Pulteney. street, in a fit of apoplexy, Mr. Rummin, 88 —At Bram. dean, 85, the R e v. Wm. Gomm, M. A. rector.—At En more Castle, near Bridgewater, 84, Ms. Budtby. lIERTS COUNTY PRESS, Aug. 16. Ancnany.—On Wednesday nearly all the beauty and fashion of the county were mumbled in Mr. Alworthy's grounds at Godmanchester, to witness the sports of the Archery Club. There were some capital shots, both by ladies and gentlemen. A ball succeeded, thich was nume rously attended. The following is a list of the prises Oentlesnen's Prises. Ladies' nixes. Ist.. Mr. G. Thornhill, jun Ist.. Mies Duberly 251.. Mr. C. Duberly 2d ..Mlss Desborough 3d... 11r. G. Cheer* 3d... Miss Thornhill I 4th...lliss Dubs?ly OLNET BAIDGE.—It appears that Olney-bridge, which Is immortalized in Cowper's Tub, is, nevertheless, doomed to destruction. Its " weatisome but needful length" is about to be removed, and a new and handsome structure substituted. HERTFORD, SATVRDATo-The market this day was very thinly attended, the weather being so fine, that the farmers were engaged in their harvest. There were but few samples pitched, atoml of which were new. Prices in general as follows :—Wheat, 43s to 47s per load; Barley, 29s to Ms pee quarter ; Oats, 26s to 36e; Beans. 40s to 42s per load ; Peas, 40s to 42s ; Rye. Ws to 42a. DIED.—At Harrold Lodge. Mr. Pickering, 59. CH ELTRNHA M JOURNAL, Aug. 15. AllalVALL—Tbe Earl of Enniskillen, &r R. and Lady Hussey Bickerton, Sir T. Aubrey, Sir Peter Laurie, Lieut.- Gen. Bell, Col. Shwa, Col. Rainey, Major and Mrs. Cart wright, Major Kington, Capt. Clarke, C4pt. :Mcqueen, Capt. Gowslade, Capt. Newport, Capt. and Mr.. Huntley, Capt. Montagu, Rev. Dr. Fisher, Rev. James Gregory, Rev. J. Davies, Rev. J. Carter. Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rev. Mr. Cooke, Rev. Mr. Harrington, Rev. Mr. Amphlett, Rev. Mr. Reta ke, &c. &c. The entertainment given at Ragland Castle, on Wednes day last, in honour of - Lord Granville Somerset, was of the most splendid description The fine old ruin was admirably fitted up, and the festivi ties were enjoyed by upwards of a thousand ladies of the first rank. At Oloueester Assizes the following capital eases moaned ; James Alder, for breaking into the house of C. Alder, of Kingstanley, and stealing a tea-kettle, Ate. Thomas Sim mons, for an unnatural crime • John Savage, an accomp li ce with Pearce ; Thom as Harwo od, for house-breaking; Isaac Fisher, for cutting and wounding John Gay, a gamekeeper ' at Stroud; John P arry , f or b rea ki ng i nto t h e h ouse of J . Hartland, at St. Briaveils, and stealing ration, articles of drapery; and Oliver Manning, for stealing a gold watch, &c. from the person of Mrs. Skerton, at Charlton Kings. CHELTENHAM, Aug. 11.—Wheat, per bushel, & 3d to to Ss ; barley, 4s to 5s 6d ; oats, 2s &I to Ss beans, 489 d to Si peas, Si to Bs. Beef, per lb. bd to 6d; mutton, &I to &I veal, 5d to 6d ; pork, 5d to 6d. Hay, 31 101 to 31 kis per ten. Price of bread—wheaten, 9tl ; standard wheaten, Bd. Best butter, 16d; eggs, 18 for le; potatoes, 81 per peck. Fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to 4d. MARRIED—At Newnham, A. Rogers, /ILA. Chaplain R N. to Anni, only daughter of 31r. Knowles.—At Winch comb, Mr. Riley, of Papplewick, Notts, to Margaretta, eldest daughter of Richard Hopper, Esq.—Captain Wake, to Mary Anne, daughter of the late John Iwo, Esq. of Bournebrooke House.—At Bishop Lydeard, Captain Hugh Fits Roy, to Lucy Sarah, second daughter of sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, Bart. of Sandhill Park. PAISLEY .ADVIMTIZER, August 13. flinverr.—The harvest is prog ressing as rapidly as the most sanguine could wish. Alrea dy is there a great breadth of wheat cut down, and fields of oats are following in rapid succession. Several of the surrounding farina, have finished their a heat shearing, and all speak advantageously of the weight, and many o f t h e num b er o f t h e ears. Potatoes are now so abundant, that they sell at Bd. the old peck, and they are of the most excellent quality. TuttirlDlß Ssoad.--The thunder storm which vidted this town on Sabbath last, and which. passed over it without any injury, has been very extensively felt nearly over the whole of Scotland. In several places it proved very destruc tive. At Thornliebank a boy named Martin, and a girl named Yuill, about the age of 14 and 15, were killed with one lash, while another man was struck in the wrist, and his hand rendered useless. At Kinglassie, one man was killed. Talc= JYatxu ABOLISIMM—The bill for thesuppres sion of the truck system passed the House of Lords on the sth inst. and in three months thereafter becomes pan of the laws of the land. We gave an abstract of this bill while It was on its passage through the House of Commons, and need not now recapitulate. We may, however, briefly state its princi pal bearings.—All the wag e s of workmen In the occupations specified in the hill, which takes in a wide range, must be paid in the current coin of the realm, or approved bank notes, any contract to the contrary being declared illegal, null, and void. Though a workman may have expressly agreed to take all or part of his wages in goods, and although he may have been paid in full, he, or the parish to which he belongs if he or his family have become a burden thereon, may s. , e for, and ohotin the whole of his wages in money. Masters continuing the truck system are thus liable not only todou ble wages, hut to revere fines over and above. They are, for the first effenec against the act, subjected to a penalty of from 5L to 101. for the second, from lOL to 201. and for the third, they will he declared guilty of a misdemeanour, and lined at the option of the Court. 1 have invented a power-engine, capable of being used in all kinds of machinery, and for which engine and its appli cabilities I took out a caveat of patent in March last.— Since that time I have been bury in adapting it to the pro pelling of ships, canal boats, the result of which is, that it is truly what I term it, a semi-omnipotent posvei Its qualities are, Ist. As there is little machinery, its original cost will be less thah onc.tenth of the price of a steam-engine of the same power. 2d. If the engine be worked night and day for twelve months, the expense will be comparatively one or two men's wages, with grease or oil for the machinery. 3d. Its annual expense for repairs will not exceed twenty shillings. 4ali. As there is so paddle-wheels used in my application of its power to the propelling of vessels, a ship of any she may be forced through the water at a rate from 10 to even 30 or 40 miles an hour. sth. The machinery is so simple and safe that there is Do possibility of any danger or accidents arising from the ' working of it. Gilt. The greatness of its power can only be computed by the strength oc the material of which it is made. ALLIANDER GIANT. Broughton.street, Edinburgh. DUBLIN FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, Au,. 13. Mr. Sergeant O'Loghlen has decided on °Cuing himself as one or the candidates for the now vacant representation of I the city of Dublin. Mr. O'Loghlen, besides his rusk at the bar, exhibits a life upon which the strictest scrutiny cannot dean a blemish ; he is modesties Lt hh_political opinions ! but firm, practical, and uncompromising. Thom wits am Peril aPs all equally signal example of success at the bozo( inland wit h. out forfeiture in a solitary instance of that independence of chs teeter by which others have helped themselves f 0 prosperity and to distinction. Upon this foundation he offers himself. A communication from the individusle by whom Mr. O'Loghlen ha been determined to olbr himself goes by post to 31r. John David Latouche, It is earnestly hoped, that he may consent to be put into nomination. Several have been named as candidates on the antl-reform prin ciple —among others, Lord Lowther, Sir Henry Rardinge, • Messrs. Moore, Shaw, &c. The Dublin First Grand Musical Festival, fur the benefit of the Mendicity Association and Sick and Indigent Room 4: keepers' Societ , will be bold in the week comma - l. Mon day, the 1116 DRAT Alicia Ili*, denghter of th e lase M ilwile lle t ;—At Vorafant, aged 91, Renrineli erlikw, 14—At oedema, Cork, Mini Jan a a ii rs 4: ef thelllll..—Aged 24 Rr„ i : 4 . mei e ...ft Wednesday, the insesid ! new C Deela of Coyne and Rem In reentalsirer r ledinled &mei. of this venerable and Msetrione pilule* of the kith Chen* we feel we have to announce an event which will be keg and deeply deplored by every friend of Ireland, of ratioand of civil and religious liberty ; for never did any IvAhal grace the mitre, of whom it can more truly be said than of Doctor Coppinger, that he possessed in the moat eminent degree every virtue that can adorn the prelate or exalt the man. DIABOLICAL MURDER NEAR BRIGHTON. CORONER'S INQUEST. BRIGHTON, Aug. 16. The horrifying detalksworn to by the witnesses examined en the Coroner's Inquest, which sat at the Crown and An. cbor, at Preston, on Sund night last, and at the investiga tion yesterday before the M agistrates at the Royal Sot House Tavern, on the Marine Pare, are as follows : David Maskell sworn—l live at Brighton, and am a la bourer. On Monday afternoon, about duce weeks ago, I went into a place called " the Rottingdean," in Preston, which lies oa the side of the high road, in the plantation of Mr. Stanford's farm, and in a sort of hollow overhung with branches of trees, a little on the left of , a narrow foot. path, up a hill, leading from the "Hole-in-the.wall" to the Church-hill.. I stooped to the earth, and fancied some of it had been moved. I poked some of the mould away with my stick, and saw a piece of red cotton sticking through the earth. I took no particular notice of it then ; but went home and mentioned it to my wife, who said it might be a small child buried there. I mentioned it to several persons; but I did not go and tell the magistrates. I mentioned it to a Mrs. Gillam ; and on Friday night my self and her husband went to the spot between six and seven o'clock. Galant scratched the dirt away, and the piece of red cotton was still there. We poked the stick into the earth, which smelt very strong' and nasty: We never told any police-ollicer or magistrate, but left the thing as we found it. By the Commas—l do not know either the male or female prisoner; to my knowledge I never saw them before. Ortbyiel Gillam sworn—l accompanied the last witness to the spot in the Rookery on Mr. Sandford's pbanations at Preston. I removed th• dirt with my stick, and caught bold of a piece of red stuff. I then returned home, and told my wife and mother ; and on the following morning (Saturday), about six o'clock, I, accompanied by my wife, mother, and a Mrs. Sherlock, went to the place, and I drew about half a yard of the cotton out of the ground, and tore it of£ My wife said it was a grown person's gown ; upon which we gave notice to Elphick, the con stable I aid he having procured a spade, we all went back together. I took the spade and began to dig up the earth, and shortly dug up a human thigh. I continued to dig, and found the other thigh. I next dug up a bundle, which turned out to be the body of a human being covered over with woollen and linen, and tied round with some string. I cut the string and removed the clothes, and found the busk of a woman s stays. The body was without • head, arms, and thighs. The dreadful discovery soon spread through the village, and every body made search for the other parts ; but none could be found. The stays were on the body, but the gown seemed to have been wrapped loosely round it, the skirts turned up and tied with a string. I think it was a petticoat string. It was made Into a bundle. Catherine Bishop, the wife of Henry Bishop, a* labourer at Brighton, sworn—The deceased was my sister, and was married ab out six years ago to the prisoner, John Holloway, who was then a bricklayer. I saw the deceased for the last time about nine weeks ago ; she then lodged with me in Cavendish-street ; she (the deceased) never lived long to. gether with the prisoner. He left her when she was preg. neat with the second child, and enlisted in the Blockaded Service. she lead been spored another isonth,she would have had • Shisdehild. Whilst the deceased and 1 were living in Cavendish-atreet, the prisoner was taken up by the parish, and he was compelled to allow his wife Is a week to **slit her In her =datelines. He used to send the money by the other prisoner, Ann Kennard, with whom he lived. 1 produce a piece of figured cotton from my quilt; it corresponds with the gown that was upon my late sister when her corpse was dug out. lam positive the stays now produced belonged to my sister ; she mended them 'when we were living weedier. The prisoner always treated my sis ter very ill ; be almost starved her to death. By the prisoner Holloway—Never saw him lift his hand ''against her. Never saw them together tut twice. She never had occasion to think she WiLS untrue to hind; she was al. Ways very food of him. By the Jury—The deceased had told ber that he had threatened to be the death pf her. When sbe went to him at Bognor, be said be would stab her. She replied, 44 here we be,-life for life; if you take my life; somebody else shall kill you." John Hargreaves, Seq. sworn.—l live at Brighthelm. Kane, and am a Surgeon. On Saturday morning last, about nine o'clock, I was sent for to see the body of a female that had been dug up. I went, and found the body lying in a shed at Preston; it was very mach mutilated and dewm posed. There was no head, legs or arms attached to it, but the thighs were lying by its side; they were taken out at the sockets, and seemed to have been cut off by a butcher ; it is difficult to sever the ligaments of the large joints, as in this ease ; it was the body of a female. I have dissected the body since, in the presence of Mr. Richardson and Mr. LW rence. We found on opening the body a perfectly formed male child. The deceased must have been fu advanced in pregnancy, which proved that two lives had been sacrificed at the same time. The presumption is that the child was living, and that labour had begun resulting Irons violence. rshould think the deceased had been dead three weeks. I cannot say how death was produced. Mr. D. Richardson, another surgeon, deposed that at the opening of the body of the deceased, on first sight, there was a protrusion of a child's had. Os further examine. don he discovered it was a male child of about seven or eight months' formation. It did not appear that a saw had been used ; all the limbs were separated at the joints. William Hely sworn—l live in Edward-street, Brighton. On Thursday last, whilst I was reaping in a field for Ur. Chatfield, I found the two pieces of box and the rope now produced (the pieces of box had the imprints in blood of a man's hand) ; it was about four roods from the spot where the body was round, where I picked up the pieces.- It is the King's rope and has the thread wove in it. Charles thchard found the top and side of a box on SW turday, about half-past twelve, in the dyke, about Gel yards above where the body was found. Amelia Symonds, wife of James Symonds, of 4, Caven dish-place North, Brighton, sworn.—l saw'the deceased alive about Thursday four weeks, when she lodged in her house: but on that day, in the afternoon, her husband (the prisoner) came and took her away with him at about tour o'clock, after they had taken tea with me. The deceased told me that he had been to fetch her clothes away in the morning in her boxes, as they were going again to bye toge ' thee. I have never seen her since that time. The stays now produced belonged to her. Tile prisoner -allowed his wife 2s. a week, and the other prisoner, Anne Kennard, always brought the money to her. The deceased and this woman frequently quarrelled. The deceased was about 32 years of age, of inoffensive manners, and I always had a high opinion of her chastity. She:was pregnant, and expected to lie in this month, or the beginning of the next. (The pieces of box found by the two last witnesses were here produced, and the witness believed them to be part of the boxes in which the prisoner conveyed the clothes of the unhappy woman away). Frances Symonds, the daughter of the last witness, saw the prisoner Holloway take away a large trunk from the house, tied round with some rope, about the sire of the rope now produced. The pieces of the box now on the table are part of the box she saw the prisoner removing. His wife wanted to know where he was going to take bet things? The prisoner replied, that he was going to take them to a lodging -house. The prisoner was gale about an hour, and the demand cried very much. In the afternoon I saw the prisoner and the deceased go away together after tea. Several other witnesses proved that the prisoner had often threatened to kill his wife, and treated her in the most brutal manner imaginable. Feldwicke, the night constable, was on duty on Saturday night, when the prisoner Holloway came to the watch-house, and gave himself up. as he said be had heard the Officers were after hint for the murder of his wife. He declared be was innocent, and said that about three weeks ago he saw her part of the way on the London road as far as Preston, Where he left bee ith her box, she ia t o ge upoo the first coach for w London. That she t rad din ltl. with t her W. be save her himself, and one she saved up. The woman Ann Kennard was in custody before Holloway gave hun self up. ' Holloway, in his defence, repeated the same stop; had given to the night covetable. After a few remarks from the Coroner, the jury returne.l a reedit: of s Wilful Murder' against John Holloway, to d he has been coon:sited to Horsham gaol to await his trial at the next Amisea" The woman, Ann Kennard, was remanded, and on Sion. day and yesterday underwent very long examinations, in the course of which it was proved that when the boxes were re. moved by the poisoner she was with him, and they were seen together at Preston the same night. The investigation is expected to last many days. TLeprlsoner Holloway is about 25 years of age • at the time his marriage he was 19, and the deceased 2e. The female, Ann Kennard, comes from Reigat e . O ar Inquiries have traced the merrier of this unfonunste eau ple to the operation of the bastardy laws. It appears tha. the unfortunate dammed, who was living in service at Brighton, became pregnant by Holloway, and having ap plied for parish relief, the overseers of Ardingly took Hol loway on a b astar dy warrant, which resulted in his marryinr her, although she was so far beyond him in years.' On Sunday evening the discovered remains of the ill.fatet woman and the child, having been previously deposited in C shell, were buried in Preston church-yard, the service I as•• lag been very impressively read by the rev. pastor. FURTHER PARTICI:MAIL—The woman Kennard has been committed as an accesury ; and Holloway's mother has been arrested as an accessary after the fact. It appears that the butchery of the dem. took place in a house hired by Holloway for the purpose. He has been committed to Iloesham gaol ; and, on coining the prison, he is said to have observed that he had no doubt he should be hanged ; but, if he was acquitted, he would bang himself. The Master has made his report, nominating the Misses Long and Mr. W. Courtenay to be the guardians of Mr. L. Wellesley 's children. Mr. W. remains in the Fleet. Sir Felix Agar has, we understand, started for Paris to hasten the return of Mrs. Wellesley, with the young lady and her brother, Mr. W. Wellesley.—Query. Will they come, and if they will not, is Mr. W. to be im prisoned till they do ? There is much radicallv wrong in the whole affair. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Ac FRANCAISE.—The meeting was held on Tuesday in the great hall of the institute at Paris. E‘erN• seat was filled long before the hour appointed for business, and all the front rows were occupied by ladies. The number of academicians present wai not very great, and with the exception of the Pre sident and Secretaries, only six were in of f icial costume. M. Le Brun, the President, opened the business of the meeting by a report on the " prizes of virtue," established by the benevolence of the late M. Monthyon. This report commenced with en animated allusion to the events and anniversaries of July, and instituted a comparison bet Teen those deeds of public virtue, which, meeting Kith as public a reward, were inscribed on stone at the Bastille, and on brass at the Pantheon, and those acts of unobtrusive goodness which it is the pro vince of the stewards of M. Montliyon's bounty to illustrate and reward. The first prise of 4,00011. was awarded to Joseph Ignace, of Oie, Depart ment of the Meurtbe, for the intrepidity with which be had risked his life at different times in saving several individuals from being drowned, in the river near which ho lived. 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