The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-30 00:00:00

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And over the lumniated )lundered. ,he House its sym- mid said Pact or in he House at least ht there a of the ;hould be instituted idustrious ) see that Ls respect, money in ecurity of This had es in the rernment, Ided to by 0,0001. of pus, upon 300,000 L 1 relieved Ire. That lepositors at least, Tidd istruction It the to Cuffs' ive fallen Member Killarney epositorer ant of the 3ople got Dt longer pleasure said it Juse wag Ant a great ,y the be e° try t° Of a r OW 7 that oier Mgr • THE SUN, T\ 1 - 1 AT T witness to vvllo 4 I Eav,iy to act as umpire. He woul i read to the House opinion of the law officers of the Crown, which sflov,- that the Government-had up those hanks. The au_. " whether the Conarnissionf. National Debt had the power to e eat.ks?• au: their answer was, " We are of opinion the t the Com missioners for the reduction of the national debt have no power whatever to close the banks." That was the opinion of Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and Mr. Tidd Pratt. Thus it was the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, that Government had no power whatever to close the banks; and with that opinion, he thought it would be hence forward hard to say that it was the duty of the Go vernment to do that which they had no power to do. That was in 1845. He might also observe that the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, had no duty whatever imposed upon them as to the number of depositors; their only duty was to take ac count of the amount of the sums returned to them as paid in, and to make a return of it. It was no part of their duty to know whether the depositors were larger than the Act of Parliament allowed. He would not at present go farther into the matter than to repeat in conclusion, that the House would do well not to proceed to the ap pointment of the Committee while the decision of the Court of Law was pending. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said it had been stated to those poor people, that they kad Government security for their money, and now it was asserted by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer that they had no such security. What, then, he would ask, were those poor people to do? A great amount of suffering had been inflicted upon a number of persons whose only fault was that they had placed their trust in Government, a trust which, it ap peared, was a most mistaken one. Mr. GROGAN said it appeared that the bank in Cuffe-street was, in 1831, insolvent, and Mr. Tidd Pratt had found that this had been the fact. The Govern ment were aware of the insolvency of the bank, and they were, therefore, blameable in allowing the bank to receive deposits from 1831 to 1847. The Chancellor of the Exchequer suggested as an answer to the case, that a retrial of the case ought to take place. How could this be when the trustees resigned, and refused to recog nise the authority of Mr. Tidd Pratt to inquire into the case. Then, again, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer said that the Government were not liable for the deposits in the bank in question. Now it ap peared that by the sth of George IV., that in the event of the trustees of the bank not forwarding an annual official account of the affairs of the bank to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, then the Commissioners had the power to order that no account should be opened, either in the Bank of Ire land or England, with these trustees. Now it appeared that for years the accounts furnished by the Commis sioners were informal and defective, and yet they took no steps to prevent this bank from carrying on its busi ness. This being so, the Government were undoubtedly liable, in a moral point of view, for the money deposited in the bank. Again, the Committee was opposed on the ground that there was a legal point before the Courts of Ireland in respt ct to the Dublin savings' banks. But, long before that point could be decided many of these poor depositors would be in a position to make it unim portant to them how the question would be settled in Ireland. _ _ _ _„__ After a few words from Mr. MORRIS, Mr.COWAN said that this was a very important question, but he must say that neither morally nor le gally was the Exchequer of the country liable for the losses sustained by the depositors in the banks in ques tion. At the same time it was the duty of the Govern ment to interfere to place the savings banks upon a more stable basis than they now rested on. Mr. W. KEOGH said that in the case of the Kerry savings' bank the gentlemen connected with the batik made good the deficiency upon all sums up to 201. (Hear, hear.) He would further state, as better illus trating the difficulties which gentlemen resident in Ire land had to encounter, as well as to account for the ex tent of the public distress, that out of the rents paid in that country, amounting to 34,0001., so much as 30,0001. had to be transmitted to landlords resident in England. —(Hear, hear.) Be thought the comments which had been made on the conduct of the Learned Judge who presided at the trial, which had been alluded to, were most unfair. Mr. Tidd Pratt had stated, that the de fendant in the case had afforded him every facility for inquiry, and he would ask how in such a case could the defendant be held to be guilty of wilful default? He could not believe, had he not heard it, that such an answer as had been made could have been given by her Majesty's Government, to the motion of the Hon. Member for Dublin (Mr. Reynolds). It had been ar gued that the appointment of a Committee would inter fere with the proceedings now pending in Dublin, but he thought such an objection extremely futile. It was next alleged, as a reason against the appointment of the Com mittee, that there was no legal liability on the part of her Majesty's Government. But who had said that the Government had incurred any legal liability? If the Government could be made legally liable, the depositors would, no doubt, be advised to take proceedings to en force their rights. But if there was no legal liability he would contend that the Government was morally re sponsible.—(Hear, hear.) But the Government had neglected to use a power which the Act con ferred, and which would have been of the utmost mo ment to the public. By the 30th section of the Act of 3d William IV., it was provided that if the annual re turns were not made by a savings' bank, as directed by the 9th of Geo. IV., a notification of such de fault should be made public in tho Gazette. No one could doubt, had that provision been attended to, that much mischief and loss to the public might have been prevented. Another point he would call attention to was, the circumstance that the actuary of a savings' bank was called upon by the Act to enter into a bond; and if that proviso had been attended to in the case of the Killarney Savings' Bank, much loss to the deposi tors would have been prevented. Under all the circum stances, he thought a strong case for inquiry had been made out, and the losses and injuries which had been in flicted upon a large class of depositors made it incum bent on the House to take the matter into their most serious consideration.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GOULBURN said as the Hon. Gentleman who bad just addressed the House had made reference to the Government of 1844, he hoped to be able to give a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances to which the Honourable Member had alluded. He would first observe, that it was quite natural his Honourable Friend the Member for Dublin (Mr. Grogan) should speak warmly on the subject; but it was impor tant that the House should take a calm review of the case. He held that it was quite erroneous policy to snake the Government responsible for anything that was benevolent.—(Hear, hear.) Savings' banks had been in existence before the Acts were passed, giving Government a certain control, and that control was given for the protection of the depositors, and net with a view of Government being made responsible. The distresses of the banks which had been alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Keogh), did not commence in 1844, but in 1831. A course had been recommended to the banks which, had they pursued, would have pre vented the consequences which had resulted. When it had been explained to him that the banks had not fol lowed the course they were advised to pursue, he had an inquiry instituted, and he found that the banks then had the means of paying 18s. 63. in the pound, and he accordingly advised the bank to close, and to make the payment to the depositors to that extent.— (Hear, hear.) The bank refused to do so, and then legal advice was taken, as had been stated, when it was found that the Government had not the power of closing that bank. Perceiving, however, that the Archbishop of Dublin was stated to be the president of the bank, ho (Mr. Goulburn) accordingly wrote to the Archbishop, requesting that he would use his influence to have the bank closed, when the Archbishop wrote in reply that he was ignorant 'that he had been appointed to such an office, and could not interfere. The Right Hon. Gen. timers then alluded to the charge which had been made that the Government should, at all events, have closed the account; but he denied that any good could have re sulted from their doing so, and that it would not have had the effect which the Hon. Gentleman had antici pated. The only other important question was, whether it would be expedient to appoint a Committee. The Hon. Member for Edinburgh (Mr. Cowan) had said that a Committee, to make a general:inquiry into the state of srvings' banks, would be very desirable, but that object could not be obtained by means of the proposed Com mittee. It had been said that the pending legal pro ceedings should be no bar to the appointment of a Com mittee, and on that point he would observe that he had no doubt the parties who had instituted legal proceedings would not have the slightest objection to evidence being taken before a Committee, as it would afford them an opportunity of examining such evidence with a view to supporting the legal proceedings which they had insti tuted.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the argument of the Chancellor of the Exchequer an exceedingly good one. Mr. REYNOLDS said that after what had been said, as all the arguments were on his side of the question, he was saved the trouble of replying. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 49 Against it Majority It was thus decided to add the amendment to the main motion. Upon our re-admission, Mr. F. O'CONNOR observed that there were strangers in the gallery, upon which it was immediatel y cleared. The discussion was continued with closed doors for a considerable time. On our re-admission the House had divided on the main question, when there appeared— For the motion ... 51 Against it Majority The motion was Consequently carried. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half• past Ten o'clock. A full report of the trial of Rush will appear in the Observer of Sunday. April 1, and of Monday, April 2. The extensive publication of the Observer com mences at five o'clock, Sunday morning ; the Mon day's edition (best for the country and abroad) at four, Monday afternoon. A sixpence, or six postage stamps, enclosed to Mr. Clement, junior, 170, Strand, will insure a copy of the Observer by return of post. The Obser. ver regularly reports the parochial matters of Maryle bone, Pancras, and Paddington. THE NAVY Cum.—The members of the Navy Club dined together last evening at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford presided, supported by Sir Thomas Hastings, Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Hon. Captain Hot ham, Captain Talbot, Captain E. Munday, Captain Clifford, Captain Elliott, Captain Townsend, Captain Johnston, Captain Eden, and Captain Milne. TIT , 1 P - ~ FP .L p jl.i.tJr Tiii_AL OF RUSH. Nortwion, THURSDAY.—From a very early early hour this morning the Court-house was besieged at every door by crowds of persons anxious to be present at the trial of the prisoner, James Bloomfield Rush. The court -was fixed to be opened at nine, but by half-past seven the court was more than half filled, and by eight o'clock it was crowded in every part. Among those present were the Earl of Leicester, Lord-Lieutenant of the county; the Lord Bishop of Norwich, Earl Cadogan, Lord Hastings, the Marquis of Douro, Colonel Mason, die High Sheriff of the county; J. J. Ireland, Esq., High Sheriff of Suffolk; Sir J. P. Boileau, Sir H. Dro nant, Mr. Bagge, M.P., Hon. W. Rufus Rous, Hon. and Rev. Edward Pellew, Rev. Archdeacon Collyer, Sir T. Beauvoir, Bart., Henry Dover, Esq., Chairman of Quarter Sessions; Professor Sedgwick, Col. H. Fitzroy, 'Hon. E. Keppel Coke, M.P., Lord Huntingfield, William Burroughes, Esq., M.P., &c., There was a ♦ery numerous array of barristers in Court. Mr. Sergeant Byles, Mr. Prendergast, and Mr. Evans appeared for the prosecution. Before the Judge entered, a model of Stanfield-hall and of the Potash farm, very neatly executed, which lay on the table before the bar, was regarded with a good deal of curiosity, and served, in aid of the very general conversation which was going on, to amuse the audience till nine o'clock, when Mr. Baron Rolfe took his seat on the bench, and immediately after every other feeling was absorbed in anxiety to see the prisoner. He was brought into the dock in the custody of the Governor of the gaol, and of a turnkey, and advanced with a firm but slouching step to the bar, where he deposited a large bundle of papers. His features were resolute and set, but his hands trembled excessively, not only at first, but during the day, so that it may be habitual. Without any at tempt at minute description, it may be said that Rush is a powerfully made man, with strong but rather coarsely moulded limbs, and below rather than above the middle height. His shoulders, which are slightly inclined forwards, support a short bull-neck, on which a large and massive head, which a craniologist would declare indicative of the possession of strong animal passions and considerable intellectual power, is firmly set in such a way as to render it rather difficult for its owner to look straight before him. Ilis mouth, and the general formation of his jaw and the lower part of his face, betray great determination and an unflinching will. He was dressed with care and ❑eatness in a suit of black and a white cravat; his gray hair was carefully brushed, and his appearance alto gether that of a respectable yeoman. The indictment was in the usual form, and charged him with the murder of Mr. Jermy by shooting with a pistol, &c. On being called on to plead, he said in a firm and distinct tone, " Not guilty," and put in the same answer to an indictment on the coroner's inquisition. The prisoner having requested a few momenta to arrange his papers, the swearing in of the jury was suspended till he had done so. On one juror having been passed over he asked, " Why, has he been challenged?" and the clerk of the court informed him he was challenged by the Crown. The prisoner challenged one juror only, but after the first two or three had been sworn said, turning to the jury-box.—" There is one observation I should like to make to those gentlemen; if they have anything on their minds which might have any influence over their ver dict, I hope they will retire without my challenging them, and let others take their place. If they have ex pressed any opinion as to the trial, they ought to du so. I don't know how many of them there may be, but I hope those who may be influenced will retire." The jury having been sworn, after a pause, the prisoner said, —" My Lord, I wish to make an observation before the counsel makes his address." Mr. Baron ROLFE—This is not the time at which you can make any observation. The prisoner—The evidence has been got up in such an extraordinary way,— Mr. Baron ROLFE—That is matter for observation afterwards. I cannot hear it now. Mr. Sergeant BYLES then proceeded to state the case for the Crown, and, in doing so, necessarily went over a great portion of evidence, some of which is known to the public, and the rest of which will be repeated in the course of the trial. The pri soner at the bar, said the Learned Sergeant, was in dicted for the wilful murder of Mr. Isaac Jermy, late Recorder of Norwich. It was to be regretted he had not thought fit to avail himself of the very able assistance the bar of that circuit could have afforded him in con ducting his defence, but, as he had preferred to do so himself, it would be doubly incumbent on the counsel for the Crown not to produce any evidence as to the admis sibility of which the smallest doubt could exist, while the Learned Judge who presided would take care the prisoner's ignorance of the law should not prejudice him. As they might naturally ask what motive the prisoner could have for such a crime, it would be necessary, in order to give a satisfactory answer, to go into the his tory of transactions some time back between the late Mr. Jermy and the prisoner at the bar. The deceased gentleman had been Recorder of Nor wich and a gentleman of fortune. Often had he sat on the seat then filled by the Learned Judge before them. His father, the Reverend Mr. Preston, died in October 1837, and the deceased had taken the name and arms of the Jermy family on coming to the estate of Stanfield-hall. In the immediate vicinity of the hall was the Potash-farm, of which, as well as of Stanfield-hall farm, the prisoner had been the tenant. The deceased had also two farms at Frelingham, at the other side of Norwich—one of them occupied by the prisoner, and the other by the prisoner's mother, since deceased—so that he occupied four farms in all. In 1844 Mr. Jermy advanced to Rush considerable sums of money on Potash by way of mortgage, and one of the deeds connected with this transaction, dated the 20th of September, 1844, would have a most important bearing on the case. It set forth that 5,000/. was charged on the estate by way of mortgage at 4 per cent., making an annual charge of 200/. 2 and was to run till November, 1848. The money became due on the 3Gth of Novem ber, 1848, The murder of Mr. Jermy took place on Tuesday, November 28, just two days before. In the prisoner's pocket-book was this entry,—" September 20, Potash farm, interest due; principal due, Nov. 30, 1838"—the latter date being evidently a mistake for 1848. Soon afterwards disputes arose between Mr. Jermy and Rush about the Stanfield-hall property, and in October, 1847, the former put in some distresses, and brought an action against the prisoner for miscultivation of the farm, so that no good feeling existed on the pri soner's part towards the deceased. In fact, it would be proved he had expressed himself with great hostility towards the deceased, and declared " it would not be long before he served Jermy with an ejectment for the other world." The prisoner—What are those words; will you repeat them? Mr. Sergeant BYLES did so. The prisoner—That's the first time I ever heard of them. Mr. Baron R 0 FE—This is the statement of counsel ; and what he says won't prejudice you unless it is proved. You have a right to ask him anything if you don't hear, but otherwise you had better not interfere. Mr. Sergeant BYLES continued—lt would also be proved that he said, 'speaking of Mr. Jermy and of Mr. Clarke, a solicitor engaged in these proceedings, " ll—n them; I will do for them the first opportunity I have." This, however depended on verbal evidence, which was not so satisfactory as written ,testimony, being liable to be misunderstood at the time. The prisoner—Who proves these words? Mr. Sergeant BYLES—William Howe. The prisoner —Who is he? I don't know him. how is his name spelt? Mr. Baron ROLFE—I cannot allow you to inter fere now. Mr. Sergeant BYLES continued—The person who would prove those expressions was clerk to a London attorney. But the evidence he was now about to read would not be subject to any such observations as the evi dence of which he had just spoken, inasmuch as it con sisted of passages from a pamphlet printed by Rush, and purporting to be a report of the trial at Norwich on the action brought by Mr. Jermy in March, 1848, and also a case, "Jermy against Jermy, as to who is the right owner of the Stanfield-hall and Frelingham Estates." It might here be necessary to observe, that shortly after the death of Mr. Preston persons named Lerner and Jermy had laid claim to the estates in question. The passages were as follows:—"Even if the villain had be haved as he ought to have done—to have acted with com mon honesty—l would never have done myself so much good—not half so much, as if I had remained at Dow ling." Prisoner—Will the whole of the pamphlet be read ? I should like it certainly. Mr. Sergeant BYLES assured him it would all be read if he desired it. Another passage contained these words :—" That fellow Jermy has no right to the Stanfield-hall property. He knows it, and he knows that I know it as well. His whole conduct in keeping possession of the estate and taking the name of Jermy, and his behaviour to the poor people who have a right to the estate, have been most villanous and disgraceful to any man with any pretensions to respectability, and I shall be happy to prove it whenever I am called upon to do so." And further on—" Why I have published this is that some one who has money may come forward and see justice done to this poor man Jermy, who is the real owner, and who is only kept out of it by want of means to employ counsel, and to have it brought to trial." And again, " I hope some one will come for ward and oust this fellow, who has not half as much right to the property as I have. I hope this may be done by the steps I have taken, and am about to take." Again—" If there is truth in the Bible, such villany is sure to be overtaken, and that when it is least expected." There was also a letter in the prisoner's handwriting, dated April 28, 1848, and addressed from the Angel, Islington, to his son, in which he said—" I have at last got Jermy into a fix, and the rogue and villain knows it well. How he will act now we shall soon see. At all events ho now knows if he attempts to ruin me I can ruin him, or you would not have seen him as you have." (The prisoner here, referring to the documents before him inquired what number it was, and was informed by the Learned Sergeant, who stated that the Crown had furnished Rush with copies of all the papers used on behalf of the prosecution.) In May following, the prisoner be came bankrupt, and a witness would prove that a meet ing took place between the prisoner and men named Jermy and Lerner, the claimants already alluded to, on October 3, at the prisoner's lodgings, No. 2, Milne street, Pentonville, when an agreement had been signed, to which he would call their particular attention. The Yu 'IOUS, by itosh as governess for his eei!dren ors bu pfAnt would be confiremci by a li soner'sh tindwriting, dated Oc , c'her 2, 2.,0,1 9 , 1 , 1 , person named Reed, who seemed to be disposed to lend his assistance to Lamer and Jermy in obtaining the Stanfield-hall and Frelingham properties : " Dear Sir,—l expect to be in town to-morrow, and as I now think you have got a layer (sic in orig.) who will do all in his power that justice may be done to Mr. Jenny, I will let you and him know how far I am dis posed to assist you. You must bring Mr. Jermy up to town, and you must bring Lanier, and his eldest son, and Jermy to meet me at the house of a lady No. 2, Milne-street, and I will at once tell you my plan—and the only plan—by which you will ever get the estates. * • "' No one is to know it but us end the lady who is going to find the money to carry out our plan into execution till afterwards. * * I will want Jermy down to take possession on Wednesday." At that meeting Emily Sandford was pointed out as the lady who would find the money, and the result of tho meeting was, that an agreement was written, in which Jermy and Lanier agreed to let Rush have the Potash farm for 21 years, from October, 1848, at a rent of 2301., while on his part he agreed to put them into possession of the estate, and assist them in maintaining it. Rush at this time being in possession of Frelingham-farm, it was arranged that Thomas Jenny should go down there and be put in possession of it, and, aecordingly, on the 4th of October, he went over there, accompanied by Lanier. Next day Emily Sandford returned from London to the Potash.farin. On the 10th of October Rush, accompanied by Emily Sandford, and a boy named Savory, drove over, though it was so late that the night was quite dark, to Stanfield-hall, and went in to see Mr. Jermy, leaving Emily Sandford at the bridge leading across the moat round the house. He could not state what took place at the interview, but he returned to the Potash farm, while Emily Sandford proceeded to Norwich the same night in the gig, and took lodgings at Stacey's, in Theatre-street. This happened on the 10th. It would be observed that Rush's interest in the farm would ex pire on the 30th. While she was there Rush asked her to sign a paper, which purported to be a memorial of an agreement by Mr, Jermy to let to James Bloomfield Rush the farms lately occupied by him for 12 years for 3001. a year, reserving the right of shooting and the use of bedroom and sitting-room to his son. She hesitated to do so, but as Rush told her it was only a copy she put her name to it as witness. Subsequently she became un easy at having done so, and kept a copy of a letter she had addressed to him about it. He appeared angry with her, and remonstrated with her for writing on such a subject, and destroyed the copy. On the 4th of Novem ber she returned to the Potash-farm, and about the same time Lanier and Jermy left Frelingham, where they had nothing to do, and returned to London, against the will of Rush, though he gave them money to go. On the 21st of November the prisoner produced some more agree ments for Emily Sandford to sign, one dated the 10th of October, purporting to be an agreement to let the 5,0001. remain on the Potash-farm for three years beyond the term of the original deed at 4 per cent., signed by Mr. Jermy and the prisoner, and the other, dated the 21st, by which Mr. Jermy was made to cancel the mortgage altogether. The prisoner—Let them all be read. Mr. Sergeant BYLES stated that they would be read hereafter, and then proceeded to call the attention of the jury to this fact, that if Lamer and the other Jermy were in possession, Rush had a lease of the farms for 21 years, and if the deceased Recorder were, he had in his possession two agreements,—one cancelling the mortgage altogether, and the other extending the period of the mortgage. As the latter were forgeries, they would be much more likely to take effect after than be fore his death. About this time the prisoner was in the habit of going out after dark, and on Friday, the 24th of November, and on Monday, the 27th, as well as on previous occasions, ho went out at night, and remained away for some time. Oa the Tuesday following there was a concert at Norwich, for which the prisoner bought a family ticket; and en Sunday his son and daughter in-law went to that city, as did also a female servant, leaving Rush and Emily Sandford the only persons in Potash-farm, the Monday following. On Tuesday, the 28th of November, about half-past tour o'clock, it would be proved by a Mrs. Cooper that Rush inquired whether Jermy was at home. He dined that day at the usual hour. He inquired what time it would be ready, and on Emily Sandford replying " Very soon," he observed he would have just time to go into the garden and dis charge his gun. He did so, and returned to dinner. At the usual hoar he sat down to tea. Emily Sandford ob served he was agitated, and in answer to her inquiries he said he had been thinking a great deal about the story of the Scotch Chief, alluding to the well-known story of Robert Bruce before Bannockburn, who, on observing a spider fall six times in endeavouring to gain a beam in the ceiling, and succeed the last, said, " Well, I have failed several times, I will try now again, and I dare say I shall succeed." " And," said the prisoner, " I too have tried five or six times. I may succeed in my object this time also." She expressed her alarm, and asked him what ha meant? but he only replied, " I shall like you better if you don't ask me now." He was in tears at the time. Some time between seven and eight o'clock he went out. Emily Sandford heard, but did not see him go. And here it would be necessary to remark, that the path leading to Standfield-hall from the Potash-farm had been covered over with fresh straw by the command of the prisoner some days before, up to the commence ment of the greensward, so that no impression of a foot could be visible from the farm up to the hard gravel outside of Mr. Jermy'a residence. About the same time Mr. Jermy was sitting alone in his dining-room. Ilis son and daughter-in-law were in the drawing-room pre paring for a game at picquet. (The Learned Sergeant here accompanied his description by references to the model, which made the whole of the awful occurrence plain enough to the spectator, but would only embarrass a reader.) Mr. Jenny left the dining-room and pro ceeded to the hall-door. The moment he opened it and came into the porch before it some person discharged a gun or pistol, loaded with slugs, at him, blowing his heart nearly to pieces and breaking several of his ribs. He fell, and instantly expired. Immediately after this, a man of the size, shape, and carriage of the prisoner, with a cloak and fire-arms—whether a short gun or guns, or a brace of double-barrelled pistols, he would not attempt to say—entered by a door on the same side of the house, but further down than the hall-door, and proceeded along the passage, in which he dropped two papers, to which he would hereafter call their attention. In his way he encountered the butler, whom he pushed back into the pantry. Mr. Jermy, junior, also came out of the drawing room to learn the cause of the report. He encountered this man at the door leading into the hall. The man again presented his fatal weapon, it was discharged, and Mr. Jermy, jun., fell down dead in the hail. Mrs. Jermy was at this time in the drawing room. She left it, and, proceeding towards the hall, passed over or by the dead bociyfof her husband. She screamed for help. Her maid (Eliza Chestney) ran to her, and, taking hold of her by the gown, exclaimed— " Oh, my dear mistress!" At this moment the man, who had proceeded into the dining room, returned from it, and saw the women in the hall. He presented a pistol, with a little inclination downwards, and the shot hit the servant in the leg. He fired again, and hit Mrs. Jermy in the arm. He then proceeded along the pas sago, and went out by the same door at which he had entered, but not till some observations were made by him, and which they would hear in a future stage of the proceedings. About nine o'clock the prisoner at the bar was heard at his own door. lie knocked and Emily Sandford went to the door, opened it, but did not see him come in. He went up to his own room, and, after a short inter val, returned down stairs without his shoes, with his stockings about his legs and his coat off, and ad dressing Emily Sandford, said, " If any inquiry should be made, say I was not out more than ten minutes." Emily Sandford slept that night in her own room, for the first time during a long period, as among other mis fortunes that had befallen her, was an improper con nexion between her and Rush. He told her to do so. Meantime messengers had been dispatched to Norwich from Stanfield-hall, and the police were at once sent to watch Rush's house. They reached the Potash-farm about twQ or three o'clock. Whether Rush observed them or not he could not say, but about half-past two o'clock Rush rapped at Emily Sandford's door, and desired to be let in. She opened it, and he said to her, " Now, you be firm. Say I was only out about ten minutes last night." She became extremely agitated. She questioned him, but could learn nothing further than that " she should hear further in the morning." She ob served also that his hands trembled violently. Her hand trembled also, and the prisoner remarking it, said he thought she must have the ague, and went for a cloak to cover her. The police continued their watch till towards morning. They then apprehended the pri soner; and it was deserving of attention that some of the police would depose that he mentioned the hour at which Mr. Jeraiy's murder took place, although it had not been previously mentioned. The direct evidence against the prisoner would be that of Eliza Chestney, Watson, the . butler, and Reed, th e coo k at S tan fi e ld-h a ll. Another species of direct evidence was contained in the papers left by the man in th e h a ll. Th ey were i n a l arge disguised hand, written on the outside covers of a book, and were as follows:—" There are seven of us—three outside and four inside the hall—all armed. If any of you attempt to leave the premises you will be shot dead. Therefore all of you keep in the servants' hall, and you shall not be touched. (Signed) J. JEeMY, the owner." The object of these papers was to make it be be lieved that the parties who perpetrated the outrage were Jenny and another man ; but both Jermy and Lanier had returned to London before that time. Persons well acquainted with the prisoner's handwriting would inform them that the writing of the notices was that of the prisoner, though evidently disguised. The paper on which they were written had formed apparently the covers of a book, and among the prisoner's property had been found two books, the covers of which were nearly similar. (The covers were of marbled paper, of a quarto size, and on the centre of each was a printed label, with the name, &c., of the ma kers and the nature of the account-book.) The book sellers in question, Messrs. Garrard, would tell them that they were in the habit of selling such books in sets of three, and on the covers on which the notices had been written the printed labels had been scratched off, so that it would have been impossible to say what had been on them. It was equally impossible to say what Rush had done with the contents of the third book. It would be proved he went up stairs with his books, and that he came down without them. It would be easy, however, to destroy the insides of the book by an ordinary fire. The jury would meantime require a satisfactory answer from the prisoner as to where he was and what he was doing on the night in question. Meantime it would be his duty to state how the evidence of Emily Sandford was corroborated. She stated that Rush told her he kept his pUpers in a secret place, known . only to his mother and to himself ; the posp STAN ~~~T --- , V. , - he referred 'ci, witosf of busili9ss, and acr a but so, tho ma". uu? Wit after yon first sPiv LeiS-&Ot con 'aaufi or two ? Viituess—' LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH_ ,30, 1849 narnt , ol tion of which sh' drs•crih Pc, !I ZZ te) ,:111 : A sa , b4.z.t n ai. .) ci:•c vih aid • - the jury, L : r• •. i wht ; •. i it /lid ,•: evidence placed him in the utmost peril. It ran thu-: " I am sorry I used the language I did when I last saw you, but I hope you know enough of my temper to believe me when I tell you you have nothing to fear for my good wishes and that for what passionately I said on a former occasion ; you will always have my best wishes for the health and happiness both of yourself and our child. Write a few words to acknowledge this, for we are not allowed to say anything more. " J. tkoomviELD Rusu." He had mentioned that the man who fired at the servant had inclined the pistol downwards, and accordingly a ramrod had been found in th. hall too short for either of the guns found in Rush's house, and which would app: ar to have belonged to a carbine or large pistol. It conclusion he might state that the unfortunate Mrs. Jermy was in such a state that she could not be moved without danger to her life, and, as there were doubts entertained whether her depositions could be ad• witted under a recent Act of Parliament, it was thought best to withdraw them, and therefore no evidence would he produced from that lady. Such was an outline of the case—it consisted of two species of direct evidence, and of circumstantial—which was sometimes the only species of available—evidence, because when people me ditated such crimes as this, they took care to surround themselves with all those circumstances of secrecy which made it impossible to procure direct evidence. They would proceed to consider that evidence calmly and dis passionately, having dismissed from their minds all they had heard of the case before they entered the box. The prisoner had a right to require that they should sift the evidence well and thoroughly ; but if, after having done so, they bad no doubt of his guilt, their duty to society required that such outrages should be punished by the arm cf the law. It was a case of universal publicity. The eyes of that great assemblage, as well as of their countrymen, were upon them; but he was sure that fact would have no influence on them, further than to make them more anxious to adhere to that golden rule of human conduct, which was, they might believe him, to do their duty, and to leave the consequences to God. A slight tendency to applaud the Learned Sergeant was manifested in the court as he resumed his seat. The prisoner, leaning forward in the dock, and ad dressing the Learned Judge, said—lt will be most im portant to me not to have all the witnesses in court at once, and to make some arrangement by which what one says may not be known to the others. Mr. Baron ROLFE—You may rely that the best ar rangements will be made that the circumstances permit. The witnesses will be kept out of court, and will be kept apart when they have given their evidence, but there are some whose presence is desirable, such as the medical man, and the attorneys for the prosecution. The prisoner—My Lord, there are two—l think three attorneys here ; I have a great objection to Mr. Camp bell being present. It is most material he should not be allowed to communicate with the witnesses. Mr. Baron ROLFE applied to the Learned Counsel for the prosecution to know if they could call Mr. Campbell then, but it did not appear convenient to do so. The prisoner—There are three solicitors present. I think they should not be allowed to remain. Mr. Baron RoLFE—In doing you every justice I must take care no injustice is done to the prosecution. The prisoner made some reply, but it was inaudible. Mr. Robert Kerr, the first witness called and exa mined—Was an architect and surveyor at Norwich. The models of the Putash-farmhouse and of Stanfield•hall were correct, as were the ground plans of the farms produced. The prisoner cross-examined the witness at some length, and pointed out an inaccuracy in the copy of the ground plan which lay before him, but, as the whole of his examination referred to the plans and models, it would be impossible to give it. Mr. J. Gray, surveyor of Norwich, deposed to the ac curacy of the coloured plans of the Stanfield-hall and Potash-farms. It appeared from his evidence that the distance from the hall to the farmhouse is 1,589 yards by the shortest path, and 1 mile, 5 furlongs, and 59 yards by the road. The prisoner, in cross-examination, asked a great many questions as to the course taken by the witness in ascertaining these distances, the depths of various dykes, would it be safe to walk by the edge of them by night? &c., which also had reference, for the most part, to the route between the two places. Mr. John S. Cain, solicitor, said, I went on the 2d of December to Potash-farm, attended by several polite officers. I entered a closet in the parlour, and a board in the floor having been moved I took a box from the aperture. The prisoner said, "It is most infamous that the wit nesses, particularly the police, are permitted to be pre sent in court before examination." Thereupon they were ordered to withdraw. Witness—l had no key to unlock the box at the time, but having found one next day I opened the box, and found there three agreements—one dated the 10th Oct., 1848, another the 21st of Nov., 1848, both of which I now produce, and a third dated the 3d Oct., 1848— each of which I now produce. I afterwards found at Felminghan a carpet bag in an iron chest, the draft of a letter dated the 19th of April, and a letter to Mr. Reeves, dated the 2d of July, 1848. I found at Potash a notice dated 12th of October, and signed, "I. Jermy ;" another dated the 19th of May; a letter dated 14th of October, 1848, addressed to the prisoner by a person named Reeves, and another dated 19th of Sep tember, 1848; a notice dated 23d of October, 1848; two notices signed by the prisoner, dated in the month of October; a letter from Reeves to the prisoner, dated 30th of September, 1848. Cross-examined by the prisoner —I only examined three witnesses on the day after the murder. I saw some notes of evidence given by Watson before I exa mined him. That was shortly before you came in, and I had then taken part of his deposition, which was after wards repeated before you. The notes to which I have alluded were in my possession when I examined Watson, having been taken about one o'clock. I did not know that you were then in Stanfield -hall, and might have beeen present. I did not take down anything Miss Sandford said on that occasion. She was in the same room with you for about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. I had not seen her from the time of the murder till then. I believe there was nothing of what she said on that day taken down in writing, nor was I aware what evidence she had to give. The examination of Watson was partly, and perhaps wholly, by candle light. I was late in leaving the hall that night, and it might have been ten o'clock. I was there on the even ing of the murder, between nine and ten, but none of the evidence then given was taken down. The butler gave a general description of the man he saw in the hall that night, but he did not detail how ho was dressed. I left at twelve, and returned at four in the morning. I was in the room at the Bridewell during a part of the time when my father was examining Miss Sandford. She was asked a great but none as to papers, many questions about Mr. Rush. though she said she had written some ; nor did I know anything about them till they cam into my possession the following day. I took none of her evidence down on that oc casion, but I think my father did. However, I can't swear. She was with my father for two or three hours, and I might have been present for two hours. I was in the room wh en she left, but heard no paper read over to her, nor did I see her sign any paper. She had been examined in your prese nce that morning. I heard in the afterno on that she was to be examined that evening, but Ido not know by whose order. I should say her examination was not on oath, as what I heard was conversational. I knew then that she had been cross-questioned by the police-officers at Potash. You were in the Bridewell at the time of her examination. I went with you to see Mr. Waugh that day, but had not heard that Miss Sandford had then fresh evidence to give which was difftrent from what she had given previously. Prisoner—What did I tell you in confidence, treating you as my solicitor on that occasion? Witness—l was not acting as your solicitor. Prisoner—Did I not propose you should send down to Potash or go yourself ? Witness—You objected to your papers being pulled about by police-officers, and said you had no objection to my father or myself taking them. I never received instructions from you to act as your so licitor. I refused to act, but offered, as you were going to gaol, to get you anything you wanted. I do not re collect Mr. Waugh telling you in my presence that you could not be in better hands. I recollect Mr. Waugh advising you to have a solicitor; and your reply that you would not until you were committed. I did not re quest, when we were leaving, to be left alone with you. Prisoner—Did I not tell you I had no money, but that you might have my watch as a security for any costs chat might become due? Witness—l received your watch, but not as a security in the capacity of your solicitor. After her examination about papers on the Ist of December, Miss Sandford was not again examined till the 13th or 14th; but I think I had shown the doccmcnts to her in the interval. I also showed the papers to Mr. Clarke and other persons, but they have never been out of my possession. Prisoner—Has your brother or any one else had an opportunity of inspecting them when you were not pre sent? Witness—No. When Miss Sandford was exa mined I did not sit between you purposely to intercept your view, but you moved your chair several times, and were very violent. Prisoner—As you are there, with God's eye on you, are you not aware that I was placed so as I could not see her? Witness—No; you stared at her very hard, and she fainted, being in weak health at the time. You wora told when you came into the room, that unless you behaved yourselt you must bo removed. The prisoner said, that was not an answer; but, on the Judge repeating the evidence, observed, "If it goes as your Lordship has it down in your notes, that will do." Witness—l never heard you complain of not having a solicitor till after you were committed. The magistrates sometimes refused to allow you to put questions directly to Miss Sandford, but it was in consequence of your vio lent conduct. _ The JUDGE—If the magistrates did what they ought not you might have complained when the depositions were read. You may have been wrongfully committed, but you are now on your trial for tha tact. Prisoner—Did 1 show any violence until you and Mrs. Bryan interfered with the witness? Witness—l should not think that at all likely. Prisoner—lt was enough to make any one violent, my Lord, to see one of his principal witnesses interfered with. The JUDGE— We should have known nothing of your violet:ce if you had not mentioned it yourself. Had you been a person occupying a poorer positi o n in life I should have been obliged to caution you against com mitting yourself as you have done. You have been asking a great many questions that aro very irrelevant Prisoner—Oh, my Lord, you will see bye and bye that it is not so; I have nothing but unproven innocence to protect me, and I hope the jury will remember the questions I have put. ire h 1 - rmtlf, there, t "WitYte , s—C - Ipies of qll thi pripprs An i docurnputx rendy na(iittii.iLcti i he roluired for tit• tdar‘.tuti6 Ot ho 1 greetly incensed j thi: it given to your soli , j•ir, t ilaS Seen Itterwards Lc wrott ntitly. Before the act e;:; ; 1 about six ho has seen 0,1 .:. , sued a writ for you. ••':,u mtended Jermy, srs von: I preps! , : -^.-, re for you, the money for whieb I received and hold. Prisoner—What letters heve you kept bark or de stroyed that might have been of use to me on my trial? Witness—l have never destroyed or kept back any letters or documents belonging to you. I sealed them all up in your daughter's presence, and that seal was only taken off in the presence of the magistrates. The papers in the carpet bag were not sealed up, as it was locked. All the papers had been taken out before I saw Miss Sandford. She did not identify any of them, but locked °lrvr them all. Prisoner—When di.l you first know you were to be solicitor for the prosecution? Witness—About seven or eight weeks ago. I have been three or four times since at the Bridewell to examine Miss Sandford. She made a written statement of her evidence before she was confined. On the re-examination some memorandum books were identified by the witness, who said, when the prisoner gave me the watch and chain, he said, " You ma 3 as well take this, as I owe you money." He had been a short time before at my office. Told me to make out my account, and said he would give me some money. My bill, I should think, was from 151. to 181. I had not seen him from that time till after the murder. The prisoner (through the Judge) asked the witness when he first stated he had taken the watch for a pre ♦ious debt? Witness—ln the Castle, before the ma gistrates. Prisoner—l have no recollection of that. James Watson said I was footman in the service of Mr. Jermy, the Recorder, having entered his service last May. I have seen the prisoner Rush often at the Hall, which he used generally to enter at the side door. There is a bell to it, which he never rang. When he entered he went first to the servants' hall, but he knew all the rooms of the house well. The dinner hour was usually at six o'clock. There were a groom and six female servants in the house beside myself. There was a lamp with a reflector i❑ the staircase-hall, and another in the passage leading into the pantry. There were two wax-candles in the dining-room. In the entrance hall there was no light. There was a fire in the staircase hall under the landing. After dinner Mr. Jermy was in the habit of going to the porch door for a minute. On the evening of the 28th of November, about a quarter Fast eight, I heard a report as if from the outer porch, on which side of the house my pantry window looks. I went towards the passage, and had reached the corner, whence I could see the door leading into the staircase hall. Standing there I saw a man coming from the direction of the side door. He was three feet from me when I first saw him, and as he passed me he moved his left elbow towards me. I saw him go to the hall staircase door. It was opened by young Jermy, who came along the passage, and had got about three feet from the door when the man pointed a gun or pistol at him. He fired it, and Mr. Jermy fell backwards on the mat before the door. I then went into the pantry, and when there heard a light foot, like a woman's, running as if from the servants' hall from the lobby, and screaming. I also heard two reports imme diately in succession. I then went out of the pantry to the door of the staircase hall where Mr. Jermy was lying. I there saw Mrs. Jermy run to the back staircase wounded, and Chestney was lying in the lobby opposite the staircase door. There are now on the wall marks from the discharge of the firearms. I dragged Chestney to the back staircase. I did not see the man again, nor do I know which door he went out at. Old Mr. Jermy was lying in the porch with his head towards the door. I procured the assistance of Mr. Gore and his son,who lived near, and it was on my return with them that I found Mr. Jermy, who was then dead. When the man came in I saw him drop two papers in the passage with covers like those produced. He was low in stature, stout, and had his face covered—with what I can't say. There was light enough to see his appearance and gait, but I did not observe how he carried his head. Sergeant BYLEB —Who was that man? Witness—l believe it was Mr. Rush. Prisoner—That is a very wrong question to put. The JUDIIE—It is the only way to put it, and the question is a very proper one. Witness—The man wore a black cloak, and he had in his hand what struck me at the time to be two large pistols. Prisoner—What were you doing in the pantry when you heard the report? Witness—Cleaning the plate. I can't see out of the pantry window to the front of the hall. The man, when I saw him first, was walking fast. Prisoner—When did you first make up your mind that the cloak the man wore had a cape to it? Witness —I never remember having said so. Prisoner—Were you questioned in the brown parlour on the night of the murder? Witness—l was, but there was very little of my evidence written down. I don't remember who examined me, or most of the people who were there. Prisoner—What did you say on the occasion? Wit ness—l don't remember at all. Prisoner—When was the first statement you do re member of the man having something on his face? Wit ness.—Next day, in your presence. Ido not remember any one else saying anything about a mask before I did. Prisoner—Did you see any part of the mans legs? Witness.—No. Prisoner—Will you swear that you had not heard of any cloaks taken from Potash before speaking about that which the man had on? %Vitness.—l don't remember. The prisoner was proceeding to show that the evi dence of the witness as to the cloak was contradictory of what he had stated before the magistrates, when The JUDGE explained that the right way of doing se was to put the depositions in evidence. This was accordingly done, and after the depositions had been read the prisoner resumed his cross-exami nation. with Witness—He did not see the man take his arm from under the cloak when he fired at young Mr. Jermy. When he saw Mrs. Jermy pass he did not know she was wounded. He did not know where three of the maid servants, then in the house now were. He saw none of them after hearing the report except the nursemaid, who was in the nur sery, and who called for hot water for Mrs. Jermy. I have seen a curly wig put on a man's head at the inquest to ascertain if that recalled to my recollection the figure of the person who fired at Mr. Jermy, and it did not at all resemble that man.—(Sensation.) Prisoner—Who have you told that Chestney's descrip tion of the man in Stanfield-hall was incorrect ? Wit ness—l have said so to no one. Prisoner—l ask you to swear solemnly whether you have seen Emily Sandford at the Hall or elsewhere since the murder? Witness—l have not. Five or six weeks before the murder Mr. Jermy told me that he would not see you. You went several times to the hall for that purpose, but I can't say how often. I recollect you came the Sunday before the murder. Re-examined—The night of the murder was dark and blowy. I don't know who the man was who put on the wig before the Coroner. The witness-box and stand were hero removed, and Eliza Chestney was borne in upon a litter, amidst the breathless silence of the court. Her face was very pale, and she appeared to have suffered much; but she gay* her evidence with great decision of manner. She was examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST, and said—l was houses maid at Stanfield-hall at the time of the murder of the two Mr. Jermys. On the 2Sth of November I was in the servants' hall about eight o'clock, and heard a gun fired. I then heard another, and a groan. I then went into the passage which leads to the butler's pantry, and there I met Mrs. Jermy. She said, " Watson!—Wat son!—Eliza!—go to Mr. Jenny." I threw my arm reund her waist, and with the other took her hand, and said, " Good God! my dear mistress, what is the mat ter? For God's sake, don't go." She did not speak, but looked wild, and we went down the passage to the stair case hall together. I got as far as the doorway, when I saw young Mr. Jermy dying on the floor. I then saw a man, apparently coming from the dining-room door, with what appeared a short gun or pistol in the right hand, and up to the right shoulder. He levelled it and shot me. I did not fall ; and then another shot followed, and I saw my mistress's arm whirling in the air. My mistress then ran upstairs. I twisted round several times and fell down, giving three violent shrieks, and said I was going to die and no one would come to help me. The butler then came to me and said, " Lord, have mercy upon us; what is the matter?" I remember no more till I awoke at the bottom of the staircase. I found Mr. Jermy had been removed, and that I had been se• riously wounded in the leg, near the hip. Mr. PRENDERGAST--.Can you form any notion who the man was who shot you? Witness—Yes; I saw his head and shoulders. Mr. PRENDERGAST—Were they remarkable in shape? Witness—Yes; the head was flat on the top, with the hair set out or bushy on the sides. The shoulders were very wide. Mr. PRENDERGAST—Have you any doubt as to who the man was? Witness—l can's say I have any doubt in my own mind about it. Mr. PRENDERGAST—Whom do you believe it to be? Witness—That man (pointing her finger to Mr. Rush). Mr. PRENDERGAST—Did you know the appearance of the prisoner before? Witness—Yes, I had seen him se veral times at Standfield-hall. I could observe nothing about his dress. He was looking towards the porch• door when I first saw him, but he turned, and when he saw me levelled the gun at me. I saw the side of the head and the front part. I could not see the features, but I could the form. He has a way of carrying his shoulders which cannot be mistaken, and he keeps his head a little on one side. No person of the same ap pearance was in the habit of coming to Stanfield-hall. Prisoner—What was the hour ? Witness—About eight. Prisoner—Will you swear it was not half-past eight? Witness—No, but I think it was not. Prisoner—How long was there between the first and second shots? Witness—Ten or twelve seconds. Prisoner—Have you not made a different statement as to the time? Witness—Not that lam aware of. The deposition of the witness being then referred to, the clerk read it. Prisoner—Did you not say in your examination be fore the magistrates that after the first shot you heard a groan? Witness—l might have said so , but I was in so much bodily agony that I could not speak so accu rately and guardedly as I would have done it well. The cool: was with mo when I heard the first report. The servants' hall door was epen at the time, and I might have heard a person walking in the passage unless they trod lightly. I did not hear any . person walking there after the first report. On hearing it I sat quite still, and said, "Now silly," supposing it was some of the ser vants. I cannot say how long the other servants had left the hall after I heard the first report. There were three of them away, Honor Holmes, Mary Clarke, and Maria Leach. Prisoner—Where did you first see your mistress after the murder? Witness—At the corner of the passage leading to the servants' hall. Prislrwr—flow loam was beforc ismaer— 11( haw only Prisoner—How did you state to the magistrates tnat had f‘rrneil ft., opinion that it was me? Witness— By the head and shoulders. Prisoner—Did you not say that you did not notice the man's dress, as you had no time? Witness—l may have done so. Prisoner—After you had said so, how could you have noticed the man's hair? Witness—l said the head and shoulders; if I saw the head, I must have seen the hair. I did see the hair, and it was as I described.—(Sensation.) Re examined—Were you slightly wounded in the face? Witness—Yes, and the blood was in my eyes so that I could not see distinctly. She was then removed, and the Court gave way for a few moments to the excitement which so singlar a scene had produced. Margaret Reid said she had bean five months in Mr. Jermy's service, as cook, when the murders took place. After the first two reports she heard a noise like the rustling of clothes, and then other two reports following in quick succession. She heard screams, and rushed to the servants' hall door, which opened into a long straight passage. She saw Miss Jermy running to the servants' hall. screaming the whole way, " We shall all be murdered." I then saw a man coming towards me —seven yards be hind Miss Jermy—and he had firearms in his right hand It appeared to me larger than the usual sized pistol. He wore a loose garment like a cloak, with a narrow cape, I thought, to it. He was a low, stout man. I have often seen Rush at the door, and the person I speak of was of the height and size and carriage of Rush. Mr. Sergeant BYLES-Dil you form any opinion who it was? Witness—The moment I saw him my impres sion was that it was Rush. That is my belief still. Miss Jenny and I ran from the servants' hall to the stable, and so lost sight of the man. Cross-examined by the prisoner —I saw Miss Sand ford the day after the murder, and she asked for a drink of water. Nothing else passed between us. She was in the pantry for several hours, but I was there only a minute. Prisoner—Do you know that she saw Mrs. Jermy? Witness—No; I don't know. There was sufficient time for any one to go from the porch by the kitchen door to the place whero Mrs. Jermy was shot between the first and second shot. Prisoner—Did you say so before the magistrates? Witness—l did. Prisoner—She says she did, and I say she did not; and I wish to have the depositions read. The depositions were read accordingly. After which, the statement not appearing therein, The prisoner said, why did you not make the state ment you last made before the magistrates? Witness— I don't know. No one told me to do so now. I was not guided by the ramrod found in the hall when I stated that it was a gun or pistol which the man carried in his hand. Prisoner—When did you first discover that I carried my head on one side? Witness—When you came back wards and forwards to the Hall. Prisoner—Did you ever tell any one before that I did so? Witness—No; I stated so first before the coroner and magistrates. Prisoner—Can you write your name? Witness—No, I can't. I connot say whether the cloak I saw on you is the same as that which was worn by the man. I have heard of your disagreeing with Mr. Jermy, but not of your having been turned out of a farm by him. Mr. W. P. Nicholls, a surgeon in Norwich, said, at two o'clock on the 28th of November I was summoned to Stanfield Hall, and found the bodies of Mr. Jermy and the son deposited in the dining-room. The wound in Mr. Jermy the elder was in the left breast. The fourth fifth, and sixth ribs were shattered, and the force of the charge carried away the entire body of the heart, passed through part of the left lung, and lodged in the muscular part of the back, posterior to the spinal column. The shot was all angular. The wound in the body of young Mr. Jermy was small, a little above the nipple of the right breast. The shot extracted was angular also. Both wounds would have caused immediate death. I found in the substance of the lung of the senior Mr. Jermy a portion of paper like cartridge paper. Prisoner—How many pieces of lead did you take from each of the bodies? Witness—Ten or a dozen. The depositions of the witness, which were read at the request of the prisoner, stated generally that he gave the lead to Tunnally. Witness—l saw Mr. Tunnally put his hand in the wound, and take part of the lead out, but I know not what he did with it. The pieces were much alike in size. I am aware that some pieces were found in the hall similar to those taken from the body. I ha►e seen shot after being fired from the gun in game, for ex ample, and my impression is that it is round generally, not angular. I know what a cartridge covering is, aid I think it would be like that which I found in the body. I took lead also from the thigh of the servant, Eliza Chestney, and have one piece now in court. James Tunnally, surgeon at Wymondham, produced the angular pieces of lead taken from the bodies, weigh ing, each piece, from 11 to 13 grains, and numbering about 15 in all. Cross-examined by the prisoner —More pieces were taken out of the bodies than those produced, and more, I believe, remained in the bodies. I am not aware that I have stated I took eight pieces from the body of Isaac Jermy. On this point the witness's depositions before the Coroner were read, stating that eight or ten or more pieces were taken out. Witness—l cannot tell what became of the rest. I took care only of what I produce which I thought suffi cient to show that the occasion death was not round shot. (The prisoner frequently urged for an answer as to what had become of the rest of the lead, till the Judge said he could not see what would result from the answer although he could get it.) I saw Emily Sandford at Stanfield-hall, the day after the murder, going into the pantry, but I think no one was with her. The prisoner, at his request, had the pieces of lead handed up to him. Edward Harvey, having been called as the next witness. The prisoner said he had applied a weelesago for this witness's depositions, and had not been supplied with them till last night; he therefore, begged that any other witnesses rather might be called that evening instead. The JUDGE, on this application being made to him, immediately adjourned the Court at seven o'clock till nine next morning. The appearance of the prisoner has undergone little change from his long confinement. His hand trembled very much occasionally, and his body now and then was slightly agitated; but his voice and bearing were per fectly firm, and tempered by an air of submissiveness very like what might be expected in an injured man. He looked confidently around him, but not with any ex pression of bravado, for he seemed to feel perfectly the danger of his position, and it was a most remarkable spectacle to see the resolution with which he went through long cross-examinations of the witnesses produced— asking the most minute questions, and yet never appear ing to give way to any flippancy of manner. Little inci dents during the trial appeared to affect him much. The Judge complained of the noise in the Court, as very in jurious to the fair hearing of the prisoner's cause, and instantly his voice became broken and his frame agitated by the strength of his emotions. The description of the murders by :'•rgeant Byles seemed to atrect him; and his voice lost its firmness, and his whole manner its re solute tone, at the most telling parts of Eliza Chestney's evidence. THE LIVERPOOL MURDERS. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—After the dispatch of our communication yesterday afternoon, we obtained some further particulars respecting the awful tragedy which took place at the house of Captain llenrickson in the forenoon. In the course of the forenoon, the servant-girl was so far recovered as to be able to give a short statement. She says that on the Tuesday afternoon, a man came and engaged apartments in the house, occupying a par lour and bedroom. Nothing was previously known of him, nor was anything remarkable observed in his ap pearance. She states that yesterday morning, after Mrs. Henrickson wont out, this man struck one of the children, the eldest boy, when the servant-girl inter fered, and told him that her mistress would not allow the children to be beaten. Upon that he became very much excited, and struck at her with a poker several times. After knocking her down he made an attack on the elder boy, whom he treated in a similar manner, and then it is supposed that he must have ran alter the youngest child, pursued it to the kitchen, and cut its throat there with the knife which was found lying near it. Having thus far proceeded in his work of human butchery, be seems to have awaited the arrival of Mrs. Henrickson, whom ho attacked, it is supposed, with one of the pokers, and beat her until she was reduced to a state of insensibility. The probability is that having, as he conceived, destroyed all the inmates of the house, he went out through the front door. Ile wks seen near the house, as though leaving it, about noon, and he passed up Leveson-str ee t, towa rds Great George-street. On e of th e l egs o f his trousers was turned up, and ho was wiping the sweat from his face with a hurnikerchief. Several persons said that they had seen the man about the house in the morning. The following police notice has been issued : " MllRDER.—Whereas, a murder was committed at the house of Mr. Henricksen, No. 20, Leveson-street, Great George-square, in this town, between the hours of Eleven and twelve o'clock in the forenoon of this day. The perpetrator of this horrible affair is supposed to be a man who took a lodging in the house yesterday, and gave his name as ' Wilson,' stating that he was a car penter. The following is his description:—About 25 years of ago, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout made, light complexion, brown hair, cut very close behind, and hanging long on the sides of his face; dross a dark blue plaid sporting; coat, light corded trousers, wide at the bottom, crape on his hat; white hands, apparently un accustomed to hard work; has the appearance of a fighting man. Information of the above supposed mur derer to be given at the office of the Commissioner of Police, High- street; or, if found, to be detained, and delivered to the police.—Liverpool, 28th March, 1849." The eldest child died last night in the hospital. Mrs. Henricksen and the servant still lie in a hopeless state. The coroner has impannell®d a jury, and they have viewed the bodies of the two children. The inquest will commence c n Monday, at ten o'clock. We are informed that her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon Sir George Grey the dignity of G.C.8., and that th e official announcement is likely to appear in to-night's I - ,;(rzette. Sir George will be the second civi lian who h as received this honour; the first being Lord Palmerstos I. '1 he la to Governor of Gibraltar, General Sir Robert S. Wilson, has arrived in town, via Franco, after having cp; aapleted six years' service on that station. RitILWAN. THE IN DT N S - • The following ar, etndition s upon which fis:,istance will be adbr.ded by the Ea s t I ndia Company for the constructi on of a line of railway in the Bens-31 presidency:— "1. That the seleetk. ;,. of :;:ilw ay b e l e f t the Government of I n di a , i t b e i ng understood that the section to be undertaken, in the first instance, shall be the commencement of the line which in — afbe -determined upon from Calcutta towards the upper provinces, so as to form a commencement of the line leading either to Mirzapore or to Rajmahal. " 2. That the railway be made by a company under the supervision and direction of the East India Company, whose officers in India or in London shall attend to the whole expenditure, and see that the capital account is properly kept in the course of construction. " 3. That a capital of 1,000,000/. sterling for the ex ecution of the proposed experim, ntal section shall be raised by the railway company from the shareholders, and paid into the East India Company's treasury in London, to be redrawn as required for expenditure for such purposes only as shall be admitted to the capital. " 4. That the land be provided by the Government. " 5. That the land remain the property of Govern ment, and that the railway company be granted the use of it on lease for ninety-nine years; but which, never theless, shall be terminated at any shorter period, when the East India Company shall, under the condi tions and stipulations herein contained, become possessed of the railway. " 6. That the East India Company shall pay annually to the directors of the railway company a sem equal to five per cent. interest on the capital of one million paid into the East India Company's treasury, under the pro vision contained in clause 3. " 7. That the whole of the profits shall be applicable to repay the East India Company the interest of five per cent. thus advanced; and if more profit than five per cent. is made, then that one-half of the surplus shall go towards repaying the interest advanced in former years, and the other half to the shareholders. When the arrears of interest, with interest thereon, calculated at the rate of five per cent. from the time it shall have been advanced by the East India Company, are all paid, then all the extra profit to go to the shareholders. " 8. That in order that the public may have security that the railway when opened shall be kept in use, it be a condition that the Railway Company shall run such trains as the Government in India shall consider neces sary for the convenience of the public and the general traffic. 9. That in the working of the line the East India Company shall have perfect supervision of works, books, accounts, &c., and shall see that the line and work ing-stock are at all times kept in perfect repair, equal to the first state, and that if the railway company tail to follow the directions of the East India Company's offi• cers, the latter shall be at liberty to make repairs, and deduct the cost from the next accruing interest, or other moneys, to be paid to the Railway Company. " 10. That in no case shall the East India Company be called upon to pay more than 5 per cent. per annum on the actual capital paid into the company's trea sury to an extent not exceeding 1,000,0001. sterling, and that if there be any loss in working the line, the railway company shall bear the same so long as they retain it. They shall however, be at liberty to give it up to the East India Company at any time they please after six months' notice in writing, which may be given at any time after the line first to be made shall have been finished and in operation for the space of three months, but the railroad to be given up in perfect condition, both as to the line and the working stock. They shall then receive payment of the original capital invested in the actual survey and construction of the line, either in one sum, or at the option of Govern ment it may be commuted for an annuity according to the provision hereinbeforu contained for the purchase of the railway by the East India Company, the Railway Company having satisfied the East India Company that all claims against the Railway Company in respect to the railway have been discharged. "11. That any company undertaking these works shall lodge with the East India Company within two months from the date of the Court's letter trans mitting the present revised terms, a subscription contract list of the shareholders, to be approved by the East India Company, for the whole amount of the capital required—namely 1,000,000 L sterling, with a deposit thereon of 6 per cent.; where upon the East India Company will return the present deposit of 60,000/., and will take measures in view to ob tain, without delay, for the Railway Company a charter from the Government of India, and a charter in con formity therewith from the Crown. " 12. That a clause be introduced into such charters which shall bind the Railway Company to the payment of the required capital, and the completion of the works undertaken within such period as may be agreed upon between them and the East India Company, and which, in case of failure of such engagement, shall enable the East India Company to take possession of the line upon the repayment only of the cost of survey and construc tion of such portions of the line as shall have been ac tually completed and opened to the public. " 13. That Provision be made for securing to the Go vernment of India the option of purchasing the railway at the expiration of 25 or 50 years. " 14. That the terms of such purchase shall be com puted at the mean market value of the shares of the rail way during the three years last preceding the said perioi of 15 or 50 years, as the case may be. " 15. That the purchase money so computed may, at the option of Government, either bo paid to the railway company in one sum or be commuted for a fix e d annuity for the remainder of the lease of 99 years. " 16. That it is to be understood that the annual pay ment guaranteed by clause 6 of these terms and condi tions will be confined to the experiment now under con sideration. " 17. That it is to be likewise understood that the present arrangement in no respect supersedes the terms communicated to the Government of India in the legis• lative letter of May 7, 1845, with the exception only of the question of guarantee of interest. " is. That, in consideration of the rate of interest having been raised from 4 to 5 per cent. per annum, the Railway Company undertakes to carry the mail free, and the troops, the artizans, and the stores of the Go vernment at the terms chargeable for the lowest class of passengers, and at the lowest rate for goods respee. tively." The terms and conditions granted to the Bombay line (the Great Indian Peninsula) are similar to the above, a capital of 500,0001. being allowed for the section from Bombay to Callian, with a further 500,0001., should the Government engineer report in favour of the extension of the undertaking. RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS. BRISTOL, 3Lancn 19. STOCK EXCLIANGII.—The market was completely stagnant, with no business doing. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.- -The market opened heavily, and but little business was done in the early part of the day. Towards the close of the market, however, a better feeling prevailed. The sales are— Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and lid, Fifths, 3% dis.- London and North-Western, 132 e.—Ditto, Quarters, New, ji p.—Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 11 —3lld land Stock, 7154 —Ditto,New Halves, c. d.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. 3!.), p.—Ditto, 131. 1.3 Shares, p.—South-Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 754 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension (Nos. 1 and 2), 354 dls.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), II per cent. guaranteed, 1 dia.—Shropshire Union, 24 dis. MANCHESTER, MAAca 29. ST•cE ETCIIANGE.—The sales are West Riding Union, 4% dis.—North Staffordshire, 334 dis.—Clitheroe, Preference, 17% c.— Dover (No. 4), 7 1-16—She/Reid and Lincoln, 14 %—Shropshire Union, 2 9-16—Leeds, Fifths, 3 dis.—Ditto, 321. shares, i 4 dis. Ditto, Preference, 111( —Sheffield (No. 1), Quarters, 7 15-16—Hud dersReld, Thirds, 9—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, le. BIRMINGHAM, liaacn 29. _ _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—North Staffordshire, 3% die.— Great Northern, 9 dis.—South Staffordshire, 3.74, dis.—Chester and Holyhead, 10—Midland, 77. YORK, MARCH 29. ST•CE. EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as fol lows:—Great Northern, 11—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (New castle Extension). 16% —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 6%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Maxon 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchange t.. day has been as follows : —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln New 101. Preference, 10 11-16—Newcastle and Carlisle, 102—Ditto, Scrip, lO2—North British, Preference, 3 p. — York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. B. Purchase), 63i. GLASGOW, Kama 28. STOCK ESCLIANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions : Aberdeen, 163 i —Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), 6—Glasgow. Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 52 —Ditto, Halves (No. 1), 61., 92.—Dltto (No. 2), 6/. 13s.—North British. Preference, 225. 6d. THE HISTRIONIC CLUB. This society gave one of their — usual --- monthly per formances at the St. James's theatre, yesterday evening, when the favourite comedy of the Heir-at Law, and Charles the Second were presented by the members to a crowded audience, being for the benefit of Mr. Palmer, the stage-manager, who sustained the part of Dr. Pan gloss, that glorious compound of oddity and pedantic self-sufficiency with considerable success. The vulgarity of old Dowlas, made still more apparent by his elevation to rank and dignity, air. ,rdeci Mr. Peters an excellent opportunity for display ; he seemed to revel in the course humour of the whilom chandler, as contrast e d o p u p r o s r e t u h u u iy with the ludicrous attempts at good breeding on the part of himself and his helpmate Deborah. Kenrick was quaintly and happily rendered by Mr. Knight, with a rich brogue and quiet power, that brought the old ser vant into a prominent position. Mr. Ogilvie's Dick Dowlas was full of ease and spirit ; with considerable good taste he brought into strong relief the livelier portions of the dialogue, and subdued those parts, where the superabundance of sentiment is apt to pall upon the taste of a modern audience. Miss Hill's Cicely was a carefully finished picture, both in dress and expression, of the warm-hearted yet simple country girl that the dramatists of Colman's school delighted to draw. In the afterpiece the principal interest centred in Mr. Kiddie's vigorous delineation of Captain Copp. To say that this gentleman was eminently successful would be to render him but scanty justice, as he pourtrayed the burley, honest, old cruiser with a finish, and point rarely achieved by an amateur; we can with safety assert that since the time of Fawcett, the original representative of the character, it has never been better sustained than by Mr. Biddle. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS , D R TREATRE.—The benefit of Mdlle. Palm y vre Taglioni of the Cirque de Pari s , took p la ce o n W e dnesda y AijipSYt-O",tNh: evening last, and has be en t h e moat splendid equestrian fete of the season. The theatre was full, and the boxes were crowded with a fashionable audience. More bou quets than ever were awarded to her on the occasion, which, together with printed sonnets, were thrown in masses about her feet. Mdlle. Anato will, we are cer tain, feel a grateful remembrance to the public of Lon don for this high testimony to her talent, beauty, and virtue. MARGATE, M kßeu 29.—1 t appears on Friday night instead of ono unfortunate vessel being lost with the whole of the crew on the Long Sand, there were two on the same sand the same night; one appears to be a Dutch galliot, the other a Dutch ship, bound to Batavia. A large quantity of the cargo of this wreck continues to be u b consisting of arrack, St. Julian claret, m, candles, and different parts of the wreck. From all r r:aungdilt in, inquiries there is not the least doubt of the crews of both the unfortunate vessels have been v,ll lost. . ; 'v