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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DULY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, August 16. MORNING CHRONICLE.] We have reason to believe there is but one opinion entertained by men of all parties, with respect to the conduct of Ministers on TueSday last. This mach at least we can safely say, that we have conversed with several supporters of Ministers, who all loudly lament the folly of their measures on that day, and the disgrace which they have entailed on them. They readily acknowledge, that without some strong and over ruling necessity, Ministers ought not to have placed themselves in a situation of such immi nent danger and difficulty. To have carried their point in defiance of all opposition, would have been attended with a sacrifice of lives, at the bare idea of which the soul sickens, and to. retreat after having advanced so far, has made them the ridicule, not of this coun try' only, but of all Europe. This is the way in which the matter is viewed by, we believe, nine-tenths of the most devoted of the friends of Ministers.—lt is not enough to tell us that such and such were the Royal commands, and that implicit obedience was due to them. There is no question but that the Royal corn mends have been disobeyed, and that the law, has been violated. Still the question occurs, why were these commands issued I The Govern ment of this country is supposed to derive its chief support from public opinion. Why then was a course recommended directly at variance with public opinion ? The people loudly de manded an opportunity of paying their last re spects to the Queen. That this was the wish not of a few, but of nearly the whole people, has been placed beyond a doubt. [MORNING POST.] Our anticipations have not proved erroneous. The authors of the daring outrage and sacrile gious scenes of Tuesday last, have been the first to raise a cry of indignation and of horror. Their object is evident. It is that of the closely chaced robber, who, conscious of guilt and doubt ful of escape, plays the part of a pursuer, and cries " stop" louder than any one. But the stratagem is too old and too barefaced to succeed. It can not for a moment deceive; and if it could, their folly is so great (for, thank Heaven ! folly is still generally mingled with wickedness) that they take every step which may lead to self-ex posure. They forget all the assertions which they had made, and, in the intoxication of imaginary triumph, publish documents, each of which is a contradiction to their most solemn assurances, • and a proof of their bad faith and complicity. Before the removal of her Majesty's remains took place, they loudly complained of the ignorance in which they were kept of the intended route which the Procession was to follow. Their ob ject was then to create a belief that whatever crowd was assembled, and whatever effect was produced by its assembling, would be the spon taneous and unprepared act of the people, spring in fr from feeling and veneration for the departed. All, appearance of premeditation was then care fully avoided ; and in order that premeditation should be considered impossible, they made pub lic the answers given by his Majesty's Govern ment to applicants who had no right to demand information, and to whom, in consequence, none had been conveyed. All other communications they cautiously suppressed, and a general impression was certainly produced through this unworthy artifice, that Government had not suffered its intentions to transpire ex cept to those by whom they were to be carried into execution. This impression might have re mained, even after the disgraceful scenes of Tuesday were over, and some doubt might have been entertained as to the fact of a previous ar rangement and secret organization, had not the unaccountable folly or some of the leaders, pub lished the correspondence which had occurred the day before the funeral, between Mr. Sheriff Waithman and the Earl of Liverpool, in which his Lordship had informed the discreet Sheriff of the line of road which the Procession was to pursue, referring him at the same to the Lord Chamberlain's 'department for further details.— This publication has falsified all the charges of obstinate incommunicativeness urged against his Majesty's Ministers, by those who must have known at the time that they were unfounded. [THE TIMES.] Every object endeared to the people of this country appears to have become, by a sort of sinister association, an object of jealousy or hatred to their rulers. The Queen herself increased the enmity of her persecutors in proportion as she became more esteemed and idolized by the people. To this mixed feeling may undoubtedly be ascribed the obstinacy of Ministers in set ting themselves against the almost 'unanimous wish of the citizens of London. Why, other wise, were not the remains of the second per sonage of the Royal Family to be conveyed by that route on which the proposed marks of re spect awaited it—a route,also, which was the direct one towards the , point of embpta tion ? Did Ministers know this country so little as to suspect that any thing •bat de cent and solemn reverence for the diOd would have marked the conduct of Englishrnen on such an occasion ? or was it imagined that 'Violenc e would have been offered to the Royal ashes No, it was an unwillingness to witness any ex pression of popular feeling, which did not, emanate from the Court itself: and it iiasin this instance imbittered by the consciousness 'that every testi mony of affection to the Queen sfas r sentence of reproach upon her persecutors. It was the like base feeling which led the sameparties to decry beforehand as dangerous and - Ny t ign the danger was disproved to exclaim agaiustfiaer impious, the devout visit of the Queen to to return her thanksgivinp forhaving confounded the plots of her 'enemies. 'Then, _as now,''- large bodies of troops were in• readiness ,to act against the people ; but ndt on that actasioUias on-this unhappy one, had English blood'been. shed.' The .present loss of human life has flowed from that spirit of fretful domination which has so often inter meddled' between the multitude and its harmless desires. Minkters exercised an indiscreet as well as an unjust authority, An attempting to elude the lawful expression of feelings which did honour to those who entertained, and to her who was the object of them ;—and this arbitrary restraint upon a lawful resolution makes the authors of it guilty of all irs disastrous conse quences. • [NEW TIMES.] While all honourable minds deeply regret that the lowest classes in the metropolis should have been urged by men of evil designs into a violence attended with such fatal consequences as those of ' Tuesday, The Times, with a malignity for which we can find no epithet, labours to convert this melan choly event into a source of increased discontent and insubordination. We could not have be lieved that it had been in human nature to have talked of "the ferocious conduct of the sol diery," when.the columns of the very same paper clearly prove that the soldiers, for hours toge ther, bore the most cruel attacks and insults with a- patience truly heroic. It was not till after many of them had been grievously hurt, that they, availed themselves of the very effectual means of repelling attack, which they all along possessed. The firing, at last, was in abso lute self-defence. That part of Oxford-street, where the thief conflict took place, was almost covered with the stones and brickbats which had been thrown at the soldiers and their of ficers. No order was given to fire ; and in fact most of tha pistols were discharged over the heads of the people. There were not above twenty shots fired in all. Unhappily one of them took effect on the poor carpenter, on whose body the Coroner's Jury sate last night. The Inquest was adjourned '(a custom we are sorry to see be coming so frequent), but we trust the Jurymen will be .too conscientiously mindful of their oaths to suffer the interval to be employed in creating a prejudice in th e i r m i n d s . It i s no t on l y t h e sol diery, however, which that most wicked Journal calumniates. What it says of his Majesty's Government is a disgrace to the British Press. It is false, infamously false, that the Govern ment " allowed Englishmen to be sabred and shot, because they were anxious-to shew a greater respect to the memory of the Queen than Minis ters held consistent with their own bitter hatred of the illustrious deceased." The very insinuation, of such a charge is not the act of a man, but of a lemon. Good God ! A re we t o b e li eve th at t h e Lad of Liverpool, a man of proverbial mildness and integrity, not only pursues a female with bitter hatred after her decease ; but that to glut•so dia bolical a passion he is willing that his countrymen should be sabred and shot? In what country are we, that so atrocious a calumny on an humane gild honourable Nobleman does not excite a general cry of indignation from one end of the kingdom to the other? What are our laws that suffer so wicked and shameless assassination of moral Cha racter to escape with impunity ? We put it to every honest man whether so base an accusation could have found its way into the columns of The Times but from the very basest of motives. Does any body believe a syllable of the charge I—Not a syllable. Does ,any body believe that the writer himself believes it ?—Assuredly not. It is our duty to expose this wicked calumny : is the duty of the Public to punish it by marked and general reprobation. , YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 1 EXECUTION OF ANN BARBER, FOR THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND. At twelve o'clock this most wretched woman suffered the punishment of her aggravated crime. She had yesterday become somewhat more gentle and resigned. She admitted her guilt in general terms, and appeared penitent. Her mother, her younger daughter, and her sister, visited her in her cell, and all of them were mutually affected in the deepest manner. A short time before twelve she was led into the grand jury room. She had - then again become violent and clamorous. Her shrieks were bitter and piercing beyond any thing it is possible to imagine. She was drawn from the grand jury room to the scaf fold, according to the terms of the sentence, on a hurdle. The heart-rending cries that announced her approach, filled every face with dismay. As the hurdle came to the threshold, so that she could see part of the platform, she bitterly cx claimed—" 0 Lord God, that I should come to this !" During-the few moments that intervened till she reached the last fatal spot, she kept inco herently crying—" 0 Lord, save me."-- 44 0 Gad, help me,"—" 0-Lord, preserve my soul." When the last services of religion were begun, she looked frantic and wild, dropt on her knees, and with fearful violence clasped the clerk's hands, and caught up parts of the words of devo tion which reached her ears. The prevailing expressions were—" 0 Lord Jesus, save my soul,"—" 0 God, deliver my soul this day to Heaven,"—" 0 Lord, I forgive my enemies,"— " 0 God, bless my bairns." When the Lord's Prayer was repeated the last time, she was di rected to repeat after the chaplain : she instantly complied, and kept uniformly before the chaplain in her expressions. The prayer—" Forgive our trespasses," was pronounced with dreadful energy. While the cap was drawing over her' face, she frequently repeated, " 0 Lord, take my soul to Heaven ;" " 0 Lord, I forgive them that were the means of bringing mellere ;" " 0 God, bless my. children.". Just when the rope was tightened round her neck, she earnestly cried, " 0 Lord Jesus, I am coming to the"---the drop fell, and in less than a minute life was extinct. Throughout this scene, shocking to humanity in its firmest form, she manifested a vigour of motion and a strength of nerve which could not be ex pected from her appearance and manner at her trial. At the same time her features and the ex pression of her eyes indicated a distraction and amazement, which shewed that she knew not well what she, was abeiut. In the, most solemn part of the dovotional service she gazed wildly around to see the rope by which she was to be suspended. The multitude of spectators was greater than was ever seen on a similar occasion at York. THE ASSIZEg. DBRBY ASSIZES-DERBY, AuG.l4: FATAL DUEL. TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL or THE BRITTLE BANKS. The important Trial of the BRITTLEBANKS came on this morning. This case excited an im mense interest in the County. At an early hour an immense crowd surrounded the County Hall, and the rush, when the doors were opened, was tremendous.—The Court, over which Mr. Justice PARK presided, assembled at eight o'clock ; the prisoners,who were genteel and interesting young men, were brought in, and the following Gentle men were sworn as Jurors to try the cause : John Norborough George Wells John Gee Henry Ellis John Shirt Emanuel Bolt Christopher Hind George Bland R. A: Renshaw Samuel Shepley Edward Bradbury W. Scorer. The case having been opened by Mr. CLARKE, Mr. DENMAN said it was his most painful duty to state, as shortly and as simply as he could, the circumstances of the case :=---The prisoners were to be tried for a crime that was considered one of the heaviest of which human nature was capable. A murder was charged to have been committed by Mr. W. Brittlebank, and the pri soners stood on their trial for aiding, abetting, and assisting in the said Murder. He called upon them most earnestly to dismiss from their minds' all previous irnpressioms which they might have received, and to COnfics their attention solely to the evidence which would be submitted to' their consideration. The deceased Mr. Cuddie had been a surgeon in the Navy ; he had retired on half-pay, and resided at Winster, in that county, where Mr. Brittlebank, the father of two of the prisoners, resided. Mr. Cuddie had been on in timate terms with the Brittlebanks, but their friendship had fallen off in consequence of the attentions of the deceased to Miss Brittlebank, which certainly had been disapproved by the mernbers of her family. On this subject it was unnecessary for him to go into any very minute details; he would therefore at once proceed to the circumstances which the Jury were to take into their consideration. On the 21st of May, the day before the death of Mr. Cuddle, a letter was brought to him by the-servant of Mr. W. Brittle- bank - , complaininc , of an insult which he said he -had received, and calling on the deceased to fight him, in order to expiate that insult. Mr. Cuddle refused to give any answer to the letter. In consequence of this, on the following day, the prisoner Spencer, who had been sent for from Bakewell, arrived at Winster, and agreed to go with a message from Mr. W. Brittlebank, de rnandinglhat Ctiddie should fight him, or make an apology. Cuddie replied he had no apology to make, and would not meet Mr. W. Brittle bank. Spencer carrieLback this answer, and returned afterwards to Cuddie with a new mes sage, and on the deceased repeating the determi nation which lie had previously announced, he told him that Mr. W. Brittlebank was then in the garden, and remarked he might see and speak to him, if he would not fight. These were facts to be proved by witnesses, and by the dying de claration thileceased, which by law could be received a 3 / 4 . evigendi..' in cases of this description. Cuddie went into the garden, where he found W. Brittlebank, with his brothers, Andrew and Francis, who had been seen to go from their house to that of Mr. Cuddie. Here Andrew Brittle bank appeared anxious to prevent The duel, by calling upon Mr. Cuddie to make an apology. This he declined, and pistols were then produced, and Mr. W. Brittlebank having walked 15 or 16 yards from the deceased, both turned and fired, as he- believed. A ball had been found near the spot on which Mr. Cuddle stood ; one had been sought for; but in vain, near that where Mr. Brittlebank had taken his place. He, how ever, did not mean to attach importance to this circumstance;. he believed that Mr.. Brittlebank had exposed his own life to the same risk which he forced Mr. Cuddle to run. The contrary was no part of the case for the prosecution. When, however, four persons were found going to the house of one, for the purpose of forcing him to fight a duel, though that duel might be conduct ed most fairly, according to the law of honour, it was murder, under such circumstances, in the. eye of the law. Mr.-Caddie received the ball fired from the pistol of W. Brittlebank; he was then carried into the kitchen, he believed, by Spencer and Andrew Brittlebank. What fol lowed would be proved by witnesses, and be ex pected it would be proved that A. Brittlebank had at first denied having been present, but when the deceased , stated him to be there, he then said, " Well, since you say so, did I not try to prevent the duel, by pressing you to offer some thing in the shape of an apology ?" 'W. Brittle bank had said that the deceased must consider Spencer as his friend, and it would be shown, that When'etle,li,-e, in a dying state, had been pressed to declare the duel had been a fair one, he declined doing so, though aware of his situation," sometimes by ex pressions,and at others byactions of dissent, such as shaking his head, and certainly died without any such admission. Should the evidence fail to make out the charge, those con cerned for the prosecution would be most happy to hear of a verdict of acquittal. Should the facts be proved, their righteous verdict must be given, and painful as it might be.to themselves, and all who heard it, they would have but one duty to perform. - A variety of witnesses were called, who proved the circumstances under .which Cuddie lost his life. It appeared that he had received much pro vocation, but it appeared, that the prisoners had endeavoured to give him every assistance after he received the wound. • The prisoners read written defences, in which they declared it to 'have been their object to prevent the duel, and procure an apology from the deceased. A number of persons of the highest considera tion, gave theta most excellent characters, and the Judge'having summed up, with much impar, tiality and feeling, the Jury retired. After an absence of an - hour and twenty-minutes, at half past six they returned a Verdict of Not Guilty, in favour of each of the prisoners, who, deeply affected by their awful situation ; conducted themselves throughout in the Most becoming manner, and on hearing the decision which re stored them to society, they all bowed their heads as in gratitude to the Almighty for their deliverance. LINCOLNSHIRE.L(MOIDER OF A WIFE.) James Cawthorne,-aged 26, late of 'Whaplode, labourer, was indicted' for the wilful murder of Mary his wife, at Whaplode, on the 23d of March last, and the indictment charged that he, Wilfully, feloniously, and of malice afore thought, did secretly mix and mingle with milk, flour, and sugar, a certain deadly poison, viz. one drachm of arsenic, which he, knowing it to be poison, did give to his wife on the 19th of March, intending that she should take, drink, and swal low it, whereof she died on the 23d, and that he thereby wilfully and of malice aforethought did kill and murder her. A second count charged that he, at the place aforesaid, on the 23d of March, did violently make an assault on the said Mary Cawthorne, and with both his hands did press, squeeze, and 'gripe the neck and throat of his said wife, whereby he, feloniously and of malice aforethought, did choke and strangle her. Mr. FRANKLIN, for the prisoner, took an objection to the indictment, and maintained that the Coun sel for the prosecution was bound to make his selection of the count on which he would pro ceed, and to call evidence to that count only. After some discussion of the point between - Mr. Reader (for the prosecution,) Mr. Franklin, and the Judge, his Lordship decided that it was com- petent to the prosecutor to call evidence to bot -- - charges, and, that after the evidence had been gone into, he should make his selection of the count which he would have to go to the Jury. Mr. Reader abandoned the second count, and proceeded on the charge of poisoning only. lie then stated the case to the Jury as detailed by the following witnesses : • John Smith lives al Whaplode, close tothe prisoner's house ; has known him for several years ; he had been married to the deceased about two years ; their family consisted of the hus band and wife and one. child. Saw the deceased on Monday the 19th March, in a yard close to witness's house • had some conversation with her, and she appe a r e d i n goo d health. Wit ness saw.her again on . Thursday the 22d, m'his house, when she seemed very ill ; her face was' much swollen, and her eyes seemed ready to start from her head. Never saw her alive afterwards, and at six o'clock the next morning heard she was dead. Cross-exaMitied—Did not see her between Monday and Thursday ; on the latter day he inquired how she was, and she said she.was very bad, but better than she had been. Elizabeth Biggadike, mother of the deceased, livedat Whap lode, about 200 yards from the prisoner's house ; her daughter and her husband-did not live very comfortably together for the six months preceding her death. Saw her daughter every day from Sunday the 18th March to Thursday the 22d. She was not taken ill till Monday night. She complained of being very on Tuesday and- Wednesday, and also on Thursday morn ing, after which time the witness never saw her alive. On this occasion the deceased said, " her husband was s o - one to Hol beach for more drugs ; what must she do about taking them ?" she also complained of being in violent pain, and said, " I shall never get over it." On being further questioned, the witness, said - she did not remember any thing more. JUDGE.—Were you not examined before the Coroner's In quest ?—A. Yes. And do you mean to represent you have told us one-twen tieth part of . what you then said ?—Did not suppose she had, but she could not recollect any more. • Elizabeth Biggadike, the younger, is sister to the deceased; she went to her house - at eight o'clock on Tuesday the 20th ; deceased was very, full of pain in her stomach, was very sick, and continued vomiting at intervals during the whole of the day ; she became somewhat better in the afternoon, and about five'o'clock,witness left her; was with her on the following day, when she was still very unwell ; went to deceased on Thursday at.g.i.n the morning and staid till eight at night ; her sistss was worse than on the preceding day, complained of being very full of pain, and did not' et up till 11 o'clock. • Cross-examined—Her sister only vomited once on Wednes days and that was after she had eaten; never saw her - go out of the house on Thursday, but would not swear she did not go to Smith's. Margaret Smith, wife of John Smith, lives about a dozen yards from the prisoner's house ; deceased came to her house at three o'clock in the afternoon on Thursday,.came into her ued room whete witness was confined by illness ; deceased looked very ill, and her eyes appeared black. She observed to witness that witness's husband looked at her, as though he supposed her husband had been beating her.. Witness asked her if it was so ? she replied, " No, he has not given me a black eye ;- but he has done for me, and I shall never overset it." She - said this with a -serious air, as-if-impressed with tin idea that she should shortly die. She afterwards said, " If I live two or three days, I will take some antimony wine." She declared, that on the Monday afternoon her husband on coming home complained of being unwell ) , and desired her to make him soine thickened milk ; - she did so, and, her husband having eaten part of it, desired her to go to the public-house and get him a pint of ale; she went accordingly, and he was left alone in the house. On her return, her husband said he did not feel inclined to eat any more of the milk, -and she had better eat the remainder. She did eat the rernainder, and shortly after was taken exces sively sick and ill. [Mr. FRANKLIN objected to the deceased's declaration being received as evidence , inasmuch as it was not proVed that she had made it under the conviction of immediate death ; and the Judge decided that.it could not.] Edward Blyth :Vise; surgeon, of Holbeach, has been in prac tice for nine years ;' opened the • body of the deceased on th e Friday on which she died, at the prisoner's house. The exter nal appearances of it were, a slight purpleish• hue on the face ; purple and livid spots on the neck, throat, loins, shoulders, and -back ; also a small wound on 'the left leg ; -the appearances about the throat were not such as induced him' to suppose the deceased had,•been strangled. The omentum, which covers the bowels, was inflamed throughout ; and the peritoneum, or co vering of the internal' part of the body, slightly inflamed ; •th e small - intestinegwere highly inflamed, nearly in a state of mor tification. His lather opened the stomach,, and witness was present at the examination of it : the stomach was highly in flamed and ulcerated : the liver, heart; lungs, and spleen were in a healthy state ;,and•he considered the deceased to have been a very healthy subject. The stomach contained an ounce and a half of thick mucilaginous, yellow, liquid; it was . put in a phial; and the next day an attempt was mae to analyze the contents ; :but nothing deleterious or poisonous could be ex tracted. is of opinion, that the inflamed state of the stomach ;and intestines had been produced by something deleterious or poisonous having been • taken into them. The effects he be lieved might have been produced, although the poison had been thrown 'up by sickness ; and although there was nothing poison ous. found in analyzing the contents of the stomach, yet suffl cient'might have adhered to the coats of the stomach to produee inflammation and death. Cross-examined :—Witness would' not swear that poison was the cause of her death, although it was his firm belief ; yet he would not say that inflammation, coming on with a great degree of violence, and speedily ter minating in mortification, might not have produced similar appearances. • _ _ _ William Vise,_ father of the lass witness, agreed with his son as to the externat appearances, and that death had not been pro duced by strangulation ; he also corroborated his statement respecting the stomach and intestines being nearly in a state of mortification ' • and firmly believes that poison having been taken had produced that mortification, which terminated in her death. Is decidedly of opinion that nothing taken into the stomach but mineral poison could have acted so upon a healthy subject, as the deceased was. Believes ulcers may exist without being produced by poison, and also that they may destroy life ; but then the general healthy state of the subject is to be taken into consideration. Considers the ulceration in this case to have been produced by sudden and violent inflammation, and as not being an independent disease; if the ulceration had been an in dependent disease, the other parts of the body could not have been in so healthy a state ; and if the disease had been natural ulceration, the patient would have been suffering under it for weeks, or months, or perhaps years, before it had reached such a height as in the present instance'; and it certainly would not have come on in a day or two. Mary Sindal was called in at three o'clock on Friday morn ing to lay out the deceased. The prisoner followed her up stairs, and taking hold of the hand of the corpse said, " Bless you, I little thought your death so nigh." Sam. Edwards, the coroner before whom the inquest on the deceased was taken, after the - Jury had found a verdict charg. ing the prisoner with the murder of his wife, acquainted lum with-the verdict,. and said he 11:1USt comrait him to Lioneoln , Castle. The pri s o ner sa id hi s Wif e was taken ill ill the night] , of Thursday th e 23d, an d h e got up and fetched her some rain' and water : he also said he hoped the laws'of his countrywould protect the poor as well as the rich. Mr. Vise was re-called by the judge and asked, whether, supposing a glass of rum and water to have been ,drank by the deceased on the Thursday night, it could have' prodieced such appearances.—Witness replied, it certainly would not, as the inflammation must at that time have done its - Work. . Robert Collins, constable of Whaplode, received the pris' oner into his custody to take him to Lincoln on the coroner's war rant. Just before setting out from Whaplode on. the' Monday morning, the priiorter desired to see his child ; it was brought to him, and he took it in his' arms dila - burst-into tears, . Wit ness said-to him, "Oh ! James, how came you to deprive that poor child of its mother?" prisonei replied," It's done now, and I cannot help, it :" he then fainted Way, and the child fell from his arms, and witness caught it. On their arrival at Spalding, at the White Lion; the prisoner requested permission to write a letter, Which was granted and he wrote one ac cordingly (the first of the two beneath), and addressed it to " Charlotte Tomlinson, ,Whaplode, Lincolnshire ;" the con stable was to return th a t same n i g h t to Whaplode, and to rejoin the prisoner at Spalding the next morning; and .Caw thorne requested him to deliver the letter to Charlotte -Tomlin son. Witness took 'the letter, bait did not deliver it, Hy told the prisoner next morning that he did not deliver it ; notwith standing this, when they re ac h e d the 'White Hart, Boston. he - wrote another to Charlotte Tomlinson (the second one beneath), and gave it to the constable. Prisoner requested that they Alight be given to the magistrate,-and that the magistrate would force her to come. In his way from Spalding to Boston prisoner held a conversation with - witness respecting Tomlinson: he said " wish to God I had gone away with Charlotte Tomlinson—the fault was mine—the girl was willing % but I was not." Witness went on the Wednesday by the packet from Boston to Lincoln, and delivered.up . his prisoner. The letters Were given to a ma- . gistrate, and by him opened' and read. Charles Copping, constable, • assisted in taking - prisoner to Lincoln. In their way f r o m palding to Boston, the prisoner said, " The gentlemen o f the inq u est sat a l ong while over the . body ;" witness sad, " they had, a nd h e thought. they. had' taken great pains':" prisoner observed, if I had spoken one . word, - I could have made her appear as bad its myself ; ' witness asked who he meant; he replied, " Charlotte Tombnson." fri-, saner also observed, that " his cloek had strucketwerity-right instead of twelve, " witness said, " James, was ttiat when 3'o : 4 were doing the horrid deed ?" Priionef • - ‘'ret aid ' say so; but I'll say no more—l'll pay the debt for ha. - —Ur: was very much agitated on the whole tourney. • The following is the letter written,at Spalding—. . " March 26, 180. " Dear Charlotte--I . for the love of you a desOlate death nit: go through. I hope you will have a good christian heart in you for to come up thi s afternoon, my dee,, and let'ine bid you adieu. Love, don't f ee l. yourself unhappy, I pay the, debt for you. Come up to-d a y, love, for I sure to be put to death -0 ! Charlotte, what must I go through. " JAMES C.AWTHORNE." " For Charlotte Tomlinson, Whaplode, Lincolnshire:", The•following is the letter written at Boston : Mareh " Dear Charlotte--I the love for you a dismal death must go thMngh. I 'alWays thought you my best fiiend, but now, tow'' , you proved my violent foe; but, Charlotte, you really ay , bosom friend ; you have gotten my heart with you, Love, Pi r I have left it with you. I would not put the real thing in , Love, for I did not know who would open it. You know wt' has been done between us, Love, but I never will rliscoee but, Love, I really must see you, my dear, before I can ( iL 6 happy—l must see you, Love, really. I shall always be . I , ' trouble and torment, so pray, Charlotte, come and let nie ee.se my mind before I die. Love, come to Lincoln, by some mean s or another, as soon as y ou can . Th e turn k ey w ill l et voil me ; 'so, Love, be sure come, for I, must see you beiVre r vtE happy. I want to ease my mind; ,so adieu, ailieu,-MV friend. Die I must e Love, but let me see you first, LoYe I can die happy.. 0 ! Charlotte, our last meethoe—l harel you my heart, Love. " JAMES CANIP.NIORN " For Charlotte Tomlinson, Whaplode, Lincolnshire." The prisoner, in his defence, declared he was not guilt a " n J that the two constables had persuaded him to write t. letters. The constables, being recalled by•the Judge, - Po•-' swore that no persuasion, suggestion, orintreaty of any rte ae was used : but that the w r iti ng was qu i te voluntary, FA , he had expressed a desire to write. Mr. Justice PARK inadaiitiQnous charge to the .11 1 1 * - ,:t The only question for them to decide was,' whether the dece- 3 ! c _came to, her death by poison, and whether th e t poison 'v9` ministered by the prisoner, ie Learned Coims2lfor the prle7; tiou hiving abandoned the aaree of strangling''cenitained t" - second count. The Jury would dismiss from their conside . T s tion the evidence respecting the declarations of the deceased , fa it was not positively proved that they had been in ie leUnder . ,_ t awful impression of s p ee dily d y i ng . The _ firsj.-questiont i l.% had to determine w a s, w h e th er t h e d eat h of thin deceasett occasioned by poison ; ant this -,dirt rested th the respectable Surgeons veho had been (Ailed, the illWs-7 Gentlemen who had displayed considerable skill and jtn.lo . l . in their profession. If, on their evid ence , the - Jury wtero fled of the cause of her death, they would next. consider administered such poison - , and on this point, 'Oh:, clecleiv" . f of the deceased being inadmissible), the various expressick" ~;$ the prisoner when in cus t o dy o f t h e consta bl e were it:reorient, well as the - two letters -writt e n by hi m t o Ch ar l ot t e oraliTr 'in which he evinced a consciousness of having committed clime for which he deserved death. It, was a very singuhr cumstance that the prisoner should have revested the Atag trate would read these letters, which on a first view Made Strongly against him ' • and the • only reason. that could posed to have actuated bias to therequest, was the wish pressed that the Magistrate would coMpel Charlotte.l7crlinse to come to see him. ' ll ll This cage, like all other cases of murder, and of pei!ieen n • particular, was supported by circumstantial evidence oily' Lordship then recapitul a t e d' that evidence, and hinires=' the Jury the awful importance of the duty-they had to•Pcri°", e He called upon them, if th e y h a d th e l eas t daubtin to acquit the prisoner • but , if, upon deliberate and seriouaa:e?', sideration of the evidence the should fit'cei've in these t!,,-`e cumstances the finger of 'God pointing . at the prisoner pR murderer of his wife as plainly as if they' had seen the e re committed with their mortal eyes, then they would. tIW- 1 )? their duty and their oaths,_ .and convict fle 'prisoner. retiring for a few minutes, the Jury returned a verdict 4(311", Mr. JUSTICE PARK then, in.a most impressive and effecl- b '`:j manner, passed sentence' of death on the Primer. 11- e . been convicted, after a full. and setiefactory trial;bf q i , der, and that of a most aggravated nature—the murder -of ea wife, of the mother of his child, of her who ovelit to have be en most dear to him, wh ose life should have .teen his recl, sae care, and whom at the a lt ar o f - hi s C on he hid sworn to, f t -j il , and cherish.- He had been drawn into :the ctimnussion et the e dreadful crime by a wi c k e d an d g u ilty pAssien for . 3 ' t he woman, and had pronounc e d. judgment against hiniself . ity letters which he had wr itt en to h et . B e - also gl e . of a wicked mockery, in regularly attending at church, in ing to appear . at th e altar cif GOD, with these wicked,acti on l 3 t ' his life and pas s ions i n .hiS h eart . The'sCiipttire.Sdeclaie d 2 P ee " the-earth could only b e c l eanse d f rom t h e bl o od-that 1014 ( shed, by the blood of th e shedder." " You have answered your crime," said his Lordship, " at an earthly tribunal you must shortly answer for it at the tribunal ofyour G° He made these observ a ti ons th at th e prisoner migtit n ot :eee of any " flattering unction to his soul." .He made then; re' Christian feeling, - to induce him to an irnme , ..iiate and 4Q pyrite pentance, to apply with au earnest' contrition T er : eel ( ' whom is " plenteous redemption ;" a nd that ne T oo' it his Lordship most sincerely prayed. He .aincluded b y.i p po ing the prisoner for exectition'on Thursday.(this day), l $ to be afterwards delivered-for dissection. • The address of the Judge - made a great .ienpressien. ll ; very crowded Court, Many' being affected tO tears a t i,: ti Cy , Lordship himself was so overpowered . by hi§ 9. 0 was obliged to pause before he could finis:hr. prisoner, however, remained wholly uttereavc ced ':ore this day, at the Castle, hearing Divine Y The above Assizes co RlcriAßl 9o ,l l before Chief JNll:inceNSDri.etril.L:AsTencan:gsx::rite'r;"iiGere.: I. who arrived the preceding' rani and entered the city, ---...,-17.---.-inmen A re l p te a r ired to the Castle. Chief l ' isti(° s l .ce nla s. : .-- amied by . the Hi g h sheriff D ,..*tsctei r The calendar contains the names of sissy prisoners; the grate.; part are charged with Vital offenct.T., and many cases P 4)ss je considerable cathedrt I, i e n t Judges g t. es 0 DALLAs presided in the Crown Court and iv - B;c 14 " Aunsosvon the Civil side, where ' t,lr. Justice , , en" t..red fcr trial. ... a number of causes 'tr . MAIDSTONE, Aug. 14. I ,f The Summer Assizes f or t hi s county commenced her e ,Al riiee before Mr. Baron WOOD on the Civil Side, anti Mr• , to BunnouGri on the Cro wn Sid e. The business in both is inconsiderable,' compared with any :'issues during the 13't -- er'seven -Years. In the. Gaol Calendar there are 8;i cocor ments,and in the cause paper there are 21 cases .entero:l- trial, of whi c h f our are Special Juries. In the, Crown " to-day there was nothing of general interest. ,„ o t LONDON : Printed by .t. B. 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