Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-22 00:00:00

THE. WAR IN ITALY. THE FRENCH FUNDS. Puas, Tuesday, 12.40 p.m.—The Bourse opens Rent,es, 62.15. 3.33 p.m.—Rmtes close better, being 62.35 for Money, and 62.25 for account, being a slight decline Ifinee yesterday. KOSSUTH'S DEPARTURE. MARSEILLES, Tuesday.—Kossuth has embarked here this morning for Genoa. Letters from Rome to the 18th instant announce that 20,000 Papal troops have been sent to Perugia to restore order. A colli sion has taken place at Cernia between a detachment of Papal troops and the inhabitants. THE POSITION OF THE TWO ARMIES. TURIN, Tuesday.—(Official bulletin published to day.)—According to advices from Brescia, to the 18th inst., the Sardinian army preserves its positions before Brescia, at Rezzato and. Caspenolo. The French army occupies Brescia and its environs, in a line with the Sardinians. On the 17th inst. the Austrians reoccupied Montechiaro, with a considera ble force. Fano, Urbino, Fossombrone, Sesia and Ancona, have pronounced for the National cause. GARIBALDI'S MOVEMENTS BERNE, June 21st.—The news that a French corps Tarmee has arrived in the Valtetine is untrue. The news referred to a Lombard corps led by one of General Garibaldi's officers, which was quartered in the Valtetine. Garibaldi has at present pushed his outpost as far Balladore, in the direction of Bordio, which is occupied by 400 Austrians. RUSSIA AND TURKEY The Morning Star says it is in a position, from Private information, to state that the visit of- the Russian Grand Duke Constantine to Constantinople has already borne fruit. Turkey has contracted a treaty with Russia, the details of which are not yet known, but which is considered to be a blow to Preach as well as to Austrian influence. THE ROMAN STATES The Morning Post says that King Victor Ear Manuel has officially declared he will not consent to the annexation of any part of the Roman States to Sardinia MALTA JUNE B.—Coals are down as low as 32s the ton— . fact the place is overstocked --and corn is also in peat plenty. The war in Italy has had no effect upon the market here. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY • BERLIN, Tuesday, June 21st.—The _Prussian Gazette states itself authorised to declare that the szma.munication of the correspondent of The Nord , respecting - a letter alleged to have been written by the Prince Regent to the Emperor Napoleon on the eharacter of the mobilisation of the 6th corps d'annee, is entirely an invention. THE EXPECTED BATTLE. . 10 1 11 1 .,., 011 fru 1,0t^,04.1, 0 0 0 at We read in the Nord of yesterday : "We are on the eve of great events. The two armies are - face to face. All the corps of the Austrian army are coucentrating upon the line of the Mincio. The provinces Of the empire have been denuded of troops, and the last Nurans are arriving by forced marches upon the scene of the contest. The Austrian army has chosen its position ; It occupies a line on the other side of the Chiese, the centre Of 'which rests upon the heights of Castiglione, before Peschiera; the right wing extends to Lonato ; the left to eastel-Goffredo On the 17th the Emperor Francis reviewed the'twe corps d'armee encamped at Lonato. t. " The allied armies follow the enemy step by step, com 'lining their movements. It is possible that the pivot of their position will be the bourg of Monte Chiaro, evacuated precipitately by the Austrian rear guard A French corps is advancing by forced marches in the Valteline, where the Austrians made a feint of descending from Bormio to threaten the rear of the allied armies. "The'` ground chosen by the Austrians for accepting battle has been well studied by their generals; these posi tions served habitually for the grand manceuvres of the . autumn. The latter fact is not ignored at the Fre nch head-quarters, and precautions have been taken accordinly. "The game then will be played with equal chances a tereible game—without precedent in the military history of modern times." The Nord also says " The day before yesterday Wince Napoleon was to enter Modena. " By this time the military oparations have commenced in the Adriatic upon the coasts of Dalmatia. "It is stated that the Austrians, while the French army marches to the Mincio, wish to direct a body of 50,000 men by the Tyrol upon Milan, but it is not very likely the Aus trian generals will try one of these bold manoeuvres to which they are so little accustomed. In any case precautions have been taken." _ COUNT CAVOUR ON THE AUSTRIAN ATROCITIES. The following is the text of a circular just ad dressed by Count Cavour to all the Ministers and r epiesentatives of Sardinia abroad, presenting in an (} faeial form intelligence which has already appeared letters of " special correspondents" with the allied armies " TURIN, June 12. c r ei v . ' Kf'd Tgje", " Sir,—lna previous circular despatch I had the honour of .making known to the legations of his Majesty, the act, of spoliation of which the Austrian army was guilty in t he Sardinian provinces that it occupied. I ought now to 1- nforpi you that a judicial investigation has been ordered by the government into this matter. It will prove that .11 -astria has brutally violated the laws of war, and that the c onduct of her troops is not that which distinguishes civi lised nations. The results of this inquiry will be commu nicated at the proper time to the legations. But there is now a fact just legally verified by the judicial authorities, and which I' ought to" point out to the indignation of the c abinets throug,hout Europe. Published by the press, it. Would perhaps not be believed ; the government ought, itself to make it known, and guarantee its exact truth. " On the 20th of May, the very day of the battle .at M ontebello, about eleven in the forenoon, some Austrian ' t roops were encamped on the heights of Torricella, a small "'lmmune in the province Voghera. A - Patrol having met en the road the bailiff of the tribunal, and having compelled / aim to act as a guide, entered the village, and went into the house of a farmer named Cignoli. There, after a strict search in every part of the building, the soldiers ordered all the members of the Cignoli family, and every other indivi dual happening to be present in the farm-yard, to follow " The search had enabled them to discover in the house a small leathern bottle containing a very small quantity of shot for a fowling-piece. . _ "The persons arrested were to the number - of nine, viz : Peter Cignoli, aged 68 ; Antony Cignoli, aged 50 ; Jerome Cignoli, aged 36 ; Charles Cignoli, aged 19 ; Bartholomew Cignoli, aged 17; Antony Setti, aged 26 ; Gaspard Biecardi, aged 48 ; H er menegild San Pellegrin, aged 40 ; Louis Achille, aged 18. There were, it will be seen, an old man of 60 years and a child of 14. " The patrol conducted them to the presence of the Austrian commander, who was on the main road, on horse back, in the midst of his troops. " Having exchanged a few words in German with the soldiers who had escorted the prisoners, the commander told the bailiff, who had served as guide, to remain where he was; he then orderd the nine unfortunate peasants, who could not make themselves understood and who were g in every limb, to go down into a path on one side of the road; they had taken but a few steps when the tremblin commander gave to a platoon drawn up on the road the signal to fire. "Eight of those unfortunate persons fell instantly dead ; the old Cignoli, mortally wounded, gave no sign of life. The Austrian troops resumed their march, and the com mander; turning to the bailiff, told him he might go ; and, to prevent his being arrested by the troops still in the neighbourhood, gave him a card which, in case of need, he was to produce, and which would serve him as a safe conduct. "This card was a visiting one, which bore under a count's coronet, this name " LIEUTENANT FIELD-MARSRAL Ti " This card is attached to the back of the official RBAN.' document of inquiry " Some time after, the inhabitants approached the spot where this frightful butchery had been enacted. Old Cignoli, who had regainad his senses, was conveyed to the hospital of Voghera, where he died five days later. " Such enormities require no commentary. That was an assassination as cowardly as it was atrocious, 'similar examples of which could at most be found among barbarians and savages. " You are requested, sir, to communicate this despatch to the - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the government to which you are accredited, and I beg you at the same time to accept the fresh assurances of my most distinguished consideration." FRANCE. PARIS, Monday.—We are in daily expectation of news of a battle on the Mincio—a great battle, which, if lost by the Austrians, may hasten the solution of the great question at issue, and dissipate the delusion that they can continue to hold Lombardy as before. The famous fortresses will, we are told, not long stand out against the rifled cannon - ; at least, such is the opinion expressed by persons who, were not their national feelings enlisted, would be very good authority on such a question. Should a battle, then, be ldst by the Austrians on the Mincio, it is thought, or hoped, that the Neutral Powers may try to bring about an armistice, with a view to an ulterior grrnngement. There nrevarions versions, or rather conjectures, as to the nature of this arrange ment. One is that Austria will be induced to abandon her claim to Lombardy, which will be annexed to Piedmont, and that Venice will be declared a free city, With a portion of territory, as far as the limit of Lombardy. In this manner the north of Italy would be rescued from the Austrians from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic. There are various other plans spoken of, perhaps with no greater foundation. The attention of everybody is fixed on the expected battle of the Mincio—the Mincio, which is regarded as the rubicon of the modern Caesar.. In the meantime some uneasiness prevails here in con sequence of the accounts received:from Berlin that the remainder of the Prussian army had been called into active service. Advices from the same place of the 16th speak of the departure fixed for the next day for Paris of the Prussian Minister at this Court. M. Pourtales' late movements have excited a good deal of curiosity, and given rise to variety of reports, such as his having left for the head-quarters of the Emperor of Austria, at another time for those of . the Emperor of the French. It is now said that he is the bearer of a note to the French Govern ment on the serious consequences th a t m i g ht f o ll ow if the territory of the Confederation were menaced. Whether this be the case or not, the attitude of Prussia is giving cause for reflection and anxiety, though she may do little in the way of action —not more than Austria in the Crimea. The camp of Chalons is reported as being on the point of breaking up, and the troops sent to Italy. The apprehensions about Austria, however, may prevent this displace ment. A detachment of Austrian prisoners have arrived at Laval, in the Mayenne, among whom are two lieutenants of the 45th Infantry (Segismond's), two lieutenants of the 46th (Jellachich's), one lieu tenant of the 37th (Archduke Joseph's) ; those offi cers, who appear to be well educated, express their gratitude for the cordial rece p tion the y have met in France. Fro m y t r aa pst, risoners s o t n h e e r i s r w as remarked that they are way to Toulouse. It passed through Montp e 500lltieor o 6 l o l o Fr A id us a They willingly ac- It is said that a c a e t h p t l e e t d i c c , g g a o r o s d - w l o h o e k n ii g ff e s r o e l d d i t e h r e s m . l number of Austrian prisoners are to be sent to Algeria. Three of the Paris journals give long descriptions of the well-known square of fortresses belonging to Austria beyond the Mincio, and in- quire in what manner the Franco-Piedmontese troops will endeavour to cross that river and attack the Austrian troops at the other side. AUSTRIA. pire, and it is not improbable that the Prussian Government is now endeavouring to make an ar rangement which would satisfy the Lombards and not humiliate Austria. Some members of the diplo matic corps believe that Prussia has asked Austria whether she will consent to renounce that part of Lombardy which is to the west of Peschiera and ,Mantua, if her other possessions in Italy are guaran teed to her ; but I am not inclined to think that such a ticklish question has been put, as Prussian statesmen well know that the Austrian army is full of confi dence, and that the masters of the Mincio line and of the Tyrol are de facto masters of Lombardy. As long as the war is confined to the plains of Lombardy Prussia will be able to keep her Germanic confederates quiet; but an attack on the Lombardo-Venetian for tresses will cause a storm too violent to be laid by mere as the Tyrol will cease to be a sufficient pro tection for the south-west of Germany should Pes chiera, Mantua, Lagnago, and Verona pass into other hands. Though Venice forms no part of the federal territory, an attack on it will hardly be viewed with indifference by Prussia, as the possessor of the Queen of the Adriatic is in a position to render great assistance to any Power that may be at war with Germany on the Rhine. These remarks are not likely to interest the great bulk of your readers, but persons who have maps 91 Germany and Northern Italy at hand will at once see that the presence of a powerful French army in the east of Lombardy and in Venetia must necessarily make the Germans feel nervous and uncomfortable. As the attention of the public must soon be forcibly directed to the so-called Mincio line some information concerning it will now be given. The Mincio, which flows from the Lago di Garda to Mantua, is at times a river of considerable size and depth, but in summer it is often so shallow that it can be waded through without. difficulty. There are bridges across the Mincio at Peschiera, Borghetto Goito, Rivalta, and Mantua, the distance between, the first-named place, which lies on the Garda Lake, and Mantua being about sixteen English miles. The distance between Mantua and the spot at which the Mincio falls into the Po may be about seven miles. Thus the line which the Austrians have to defend is but little more than twenty miles in length, and at each end of it is a fortress which it is exceedingly difficult to turn, as the one (Peschiera) is on the Garda Lake, and the other (Mantua) lies in the midst of bogs and marshes which extend to the Po. Peschiera, a small town on an island, is de fended by extensive outworks and eight " lunettes," with bomb-proof quarters for the troops. These " lunettes " form a kind of fortified camp. In addition to the fortifications already mentioned there are two forts, one of which commands the right and the otlier the left bank of the river. The garrison of Peschiera has also the power of inundating the country for some miles round by closing sluices which are between the lake and the river. Mantua, which also lies on an island, has a fortified camp for 30,000 men. The approaches to Mantua are across five dams or dykes, three of which are in connection with the right and two with the left bank of% the lake, formed by the Mincio. The prin- oipal approaches on tho loft bank are in the direction of the suburbs San Giorgio and Porto, the former being protected by Fort St. Giorgio, and the latter by the great citadel of Porto. The dikes on the right side are protected by the " horn-work" Pradella, by fort Pieteli, and the redoubt Miglioretto. The garrison of Mantua has also the means of effectually inundating the surrounding country. If Napoleon is resolved to have Mantua he must be prepared to sacrifice 80,000 or 100,000 men, for his renowned. uncle did not get possession of it until after he had besieged it eight months and fought eight or ten battles. The French artillery is infinitely more powerful now than it was in 1797, but so are the fortresses against which it is to be employed. A few years ago Peschiera was a mere fort, and Verona a mere second-hand fortress, but both of them have recently been greatly strengthened. The Verona correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette wrote on the 14th inshnt that the French intend to turn Verona by sending Niel's corps, a Savoy brigade, and Garibaldi's mountaineers through the Southern Tyrol ; but they will arrive too late, for authentic information has been received here that all the passes into the Tyrol have been properly secured. Nothing is said in the papers of the pre parations made for the defence of the Tyrolese passes but no anxiety is felt on the subject, as the inhabit ants of the country are well able to hold their .own. Austrian troops have just crossed the Stelvio into the Valtellina, and this fact is for me a sufficient proof that this Government believes that Lombardy may be regained. The Wiener Zeitung of this morn ing contains the following : " On the 17th inst. His Majesty was pleased to take from Count Gyulai, at his own request, the command of the 2nd army. The General of Cavalry, Count Schlick, will take the command of the 2nd army, and Lieutenant-General Count Degenfeld is to be Commander of the 4th army." VIENNA, June 18.—Yesterday evening, Count Rechberg left this city for Verona, and it is believed that communications which were made to him on Thursday last by Baron Werther, the representative of Prussia at this Court, occasioned his departure for the head-quarters of the Emperor. On the day mentioned Baron Werther was closeted with the Austrian minister for more than two hours, and it does not admit of a doubt that matters of high im portance were discussed during the prolonged inter view. Men in office 'profess to think that Prussia is about to place herself at the head of the German Confederation, and to make• a demonstra tion on the Rhine, but it is not likely that she will take such a decisive step until she has come to a perfect understanding with Austria. Some time ago the Prince Regent remarked to one of his friends that it was a matter of little. im portance to Germany Whether Lombardy did or did not form an integral part ®f the Austrian Em- • vim NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 MO The - official organ says Gyulai resigned, but people here have no great confidence in the statement, as it was known at eight o'clock in the =ruing of the 16th that Count Schlick was to replace Gyulai, who did not arrive at Verona until the afternoon of the same day. According to private advices from Verona, General Hess is much better in health and spirits than he was when in Vienna. All the hospitals being overfilled in Verona, very many of the wounded are still lying at Mantua, but they will be removed from that most unhealthy place as soon as accommodation can be found for them elsewhere. Three Parmese battalions have arrived at Mantua, and the Modenese troops were expected on the 14th instant. The Austrians have evacuated Reggio, Brescello, and Guastalla, and retired to the left bank of the Po. The Austrians greatly fear that the retreat of the garrison of Ancona will be cut off, as recent events have shown that the neutrality of the domains of the Church is not likely to be respected. When last heard of the 8,000 men were at Pesaro, on their way to Remini, Bologna, and Ferrara. According to private ad vices from Rome, General Goym jealously watches every step made or taken by the Pope. Has it ever occurred to you that Louis Napoleon is now punish ing his Holiness for having refused to go to Paris to put the Imperial crown on his brows ? His Majesty has Corsican blood in his veins, and, consequently, neither forgets nor forgives. The Cormier de Lyon announces the marriage of an ex-Chasseur of Africa, now foreman in a manufactory , in that city, with a young Arab girl of the Beni-Ouragh, whom he himself found on the field of battle in 1845, any after wards sent to France, where she was baptised, ano.i brought up w a Christian by his mother. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FRAUD. On Monday, Robert Marks, a shrewd, intelligent, middle aged man, of gentlemanly exterior, described oft the polite sheet as a publisher, residing at Brighton, was broug ht u p at the Guildhall police court, on a warrant charging him with obtaining large sums of money by means of false pretences. Mr. Alderman Salomons presided. Mr. Alder man Mechi was also present ; but,, as his name had been made use of by the prisoner, the worthy alderman abstained from taking any part, magisterially, in the proceedings. Mr. Joseph Thorley, the proprietor and patentee of " Thorley: s Food for Cattle," said, I carry on business at 70, Newgate-street. On the 3rd of January last the prisoner, who was a perfect'stranger to me, called at the office, and said he came from the Royal Agricultural Society, who were going to present Mr. Alderman Mechi with a testimonial in the shape of a piece of plate, and he asked me for my subscription. Believing his representa tion, I directed my clerk to pay the . prisoner one guinea. He had parchment..with him, containing many hundred names, but Ido not remember any of them. I was in a great hurry, and did not notice the names. He asked me to sign the parchment, and I did so, and he said it would be in print in a few days. I have never seen it in print. He had a cab at the door, and I supposed he was going elsewhere to get some one else's guinea. . I never saw my subscription advertised in the newspapers. Cross-examined by the prisoner, who interrogated the witness with great adroitness ; You did not ask me if I was a member of the Royal Agricultural Society. lam not a member of that society, nor any other, I believe, although I do subscribe to others. You did not ask me if I had received any com munication or circular respectinm * the presentation of a complimentary portrait to Mr. Alderman Mechi. You did not tell me there had been a testimonial to Mr. Alderman Mechi. I did not read the heading of the subscription list, as I had not time ; but I caught sight of the word " testimonial," and the name of Mr. Alderman Mechi. I never heard the word " portrait" used throughout the interview. You said that the names would be in print, but you did not say that I should have a print in a few days. Mr. Richard Cort, of Barnsbury-park, Islington, the son of Henry Cort; the inventor of puddling and rolling of bar iron, was then sworn and examined. He said : lam not in any business now. I know the prisoner. I employed him to collect subscriptions to a testimonial fund which was being raised in acknowledgment of the services of my father to the British nation. That was in A.ugust, 1856 ; and I agreed to give him 50 per cent. on all he had collected, and that was to cover all the expenses, and to repay him for devoting the whore of his time to the object; but, within a few weeks after, I had some suspicion of him, and discharged hini. The discharge was in writing, and I sent it through the post I know he received it. During the time he was collecting under my authority,- I only received two subscriptions from him, and to my know ledge he has collected hundreds of pounds which I have not received. I discharged him on the 22nd of October, 1856. Mr. John Boyne, a merchant, of 2, East India Cham bers, Leadenhall-street, said • a letter to the prisoner asking to NV, sum of £3O 4s. which I had receiveu on. behalf of th, " Cort's Testimonial Fund ;" in consequence of which he called on me on the 15th of December, 1856, and I handed him a cheque for £3O 45., which has since been paid at the bank. I may here state, - conversationally, that Mr. Richard Colt is the son of the man who first introduced the principle of rolling bar iron into this country; and these subscriptions were being collected for the family, who were almost in a state .of actual starvation. I took no receipt, because his appearance , was so highly respectable that it quite deceived me ; and it is not cus tomary to ask for a receipt for chaiitable contributions. Mr. Richard Cort recalled: I have not received one farthing of this sum of £3O 4s, nor of any other sum, since the prisoner's dismissal. Prisoner : This is merely a question of account between Mr. Cort and me ; and I shall be able to show that it is a clear case of disputed account. The prisoner was remanded. In December, 1856, I wrote hom I should pay a ATTEMPT TO MURDER. A most determined attempt to commit murder was per petrated on Sunday, by a man named Burgess Masters, a seaman employed occasionally on board colliers trading to Chatham, Kent, his intended victim being a private of the Royal MaLiiiu Light Lifaiitiy, iiamod James Wilkiti3, who has but recently returned home from foreign service. From the circumstances attending the transaction, it ap pears that MaSters had been cohabiting for some time past with a woman of disreputable character.. Before-her intimacy with Masters she had been living with Wilkins, but on the latter embarking with the corps of Royal Marines for sea service, Masters picked up with her, and they appear to have lived comfortably together. A short time since Wilkins returned to Chatham, when he imme diately sought out the female, and prevailed on her to return to him. On Saturday night, Wilkins, Masters, and the woman were at the Brewers' Arms, High-street, Chatham, drinking together in a friendly mood. After leaving the Brewers' Arms, Wilkins and the woman went to a beerbouse in Skinner-street, in the same street in Which they lodged, and remained drinking there for some time. Masters all this time was seen standing outside the back of the house, as if waiting for them to come out, although he had parted from them on, apparently, friendly terms. Nothing more was seen lof Masters ; but, about three o'clock, the woman was awoke by blood trickling over her when, to her horror, she discovered Wilkins lying by her side, in bed, with his throat cut from ear to ear, and apparently dead. The window of the bed-room was wide open, and it was evident the person who bad committed the act had entered by that means, and, after effecting his purpose, had escaped by the same means. The police were soon on the spot, and Wilkins, who gave signs of life, was at once removed to Melville Naval Hospital, where the wound was sewn up ; but, from the frightful gash inflicted, small hopes are held out of his recovery. Up to Monday night Masters had not been appre hended, though he appears to be well known to the police. --.0---- IivSPERATE *STRUGGLE BETWEEN A LADY AND A BURGLAR. About two o'clock on Saturday morning, a lonely farm house of one storey, called the Ing Head, and occupied by a young woman named Sarah Gledhill, was entered by a desperate burglar, and an ineffectual attempt was made by him to rob her of the money she had. For the last 28 weeks since her father's death, Miss Gledhill has been the only occupant of the farm-house. On Thursday and Friday nights,:however, an old woman residing in the locality came to pass the night with her. The nearest dwelling-house to the Ing Head' is across two fields. On Saturday morning, Miss Gledhill was awakened by a noise at the parlour window. She distinctly heard the sash raised, and a person apparently getting in at the window. She immediately rose, and while hastily putting on some of her clothing, a man c ime across the parlour floor and entered the house. As he stood before her, she demanded to know the meaning of his errand, telling him she knew who he was. He answered that he was on his way to Halifax, and that he had come for money and intended to have it. Miss Gledhill replied 'that she knew that he came not from Halifax, but from Bradford, and that he had better be gone. The burglar now seized Miss Gledhill roughly by the throat and demanded her money, the rattling of which he heard as he struggled with her. She offered ,' however, a firm resistance, and, at the same time, called aloud for " Jane," the old woman, and told her to come to ' her assistance ; for, in the excitement, she had at first . forgotten that she had left a companion in bed. The burglar, evidently disconcerted by the knowledge of the presence of another person, instantly withdrew his grasp from the throat of Miss Gledhill, and began to beat a hasty retreat towards the parlour window, whence he had tome. He had reached the window, and was about to emerge thence, but seeing that Miss Gledhill had now seized a poker, and was about to accelerate his movements by its appli cation, the burglar hastily turned upon her, and after a violent struggle, disarmed and threw her with great violence against the wall on one side of the room. He then disappeared, taking with him the poker, which he presented in a threatening manner. Miss Gledhill, though she saw his form and features by the light of the moon alone, felt satisfied, from his appearance as well as his voice, that she knew the burglar, and accordingly on Saturday she described him to one of the West Riding constabulary force. On Saturday evening, Miss Gledhill (who is a tall young woman, ' of strong, muscular appearance) proceeded to Bradford, in with a police officer, in search of the burglar. He was immediately recognised by a member of the Bradford borough force from the description, and in a Very short time an Irishman, who gave his eine as James Renza.. a hawker of crockery, was apprehended, and immediatel . 7 and unhesi tatingly identified by Miss Gledhill as the burglar. On Saturday night he Wes lodged in the Bradford Court House. About eleven o'clock on Sunday forenoon, Chadwick, the keeper; found that the prisoner had hung himself, and was ceite , dead. He had seen him about eight o'clock, and given him his breakfast, consisting. of tea and bread and butter, which his wife. had brought; but on. ping to the cell about twenty minutes past et6ven he was alarmed to discover that the prisoner bad swpended'hiniseltto e ring in the wall;. and, had strangledi himself. Oil Ilionday the coroner held' alu inquest on thr A body, and the jl).ry - returned a verdict of Fe& is se. THE MURDER. AT WALW MIRTH. a fter the usual business of the Lambeth , sed of, Wi On Mond -Court li a man of about 36 year appearance, who described was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for the wilful murder of his wife Sophia on the morning of the 24th of last month. On entering the felon's dock the prisoner placed his handkerchief to his face, and moved to the further corner to avoid the gaze of the auditory, who at the time filled all parts of the court. Mr. Solomon attended on his behalf. The first witness called was Mrs. Emma Haile, who on being sworn said : I am the wife of William Haile, and reside at No. 22, Trafalgar-street, Walwoith-road. About nine weeks ago,. the prisoner and his wife came lge at my house with two children, and they lived until the 24th of last month. Un the morning of that day, about half-past seven o'clock, I was aroused by the prisoner's wife, who came running into my room -Ith her hand to her back , calling out, "Oh ! my ; " and I understood her to say that she had been d. My room was the back parlour, and the pri soner occupied two rooms on the first floor. Mrs. Moore appeared at the time she entered my room as though she could not draw her breath ; and, on my placing my hand on her back, I found it smeared with blood, and also that she had been stabbed, and told her to call out " Mur der and police !" She made her way towards the stairs leading to her rooms, and called out, " Oh! William, what shall - I do ?" There was no answer made, and I told one of my children to give the alarm. I was in bed when the deceased came in, and I got up to put on some of my clothes, and went to No. 13 in the street, where I found the prisoner's wife vomiting blood, and a doctor was present • • __ her left blade bone, and On th lead at. Guy rd, I was out, and came home bet, I saw her lyir :weeu 8 anC - -7 when the prisoner was at home, but his wife was abset • - - but between 9 and 10 she returned, with 1 rho , • all nd sis ,r tattler, !nether, sat in my room, and after a litth while the prisoner's wife went upstairs, and burst open the door, and brought 'some trinkets from the room, and asked me to take care of them. About 10 o'clock the friends of Moore went away, and'she remained in my room until half-past one, When ,er husband cam him in, and he went upstairs and came down immediately, and asked who had broken open his door. His wife nngworpd him. and said, "I did: and who had a better right to do so than your wife . The prisoner said, " Yes ; you are in every sense of the word my wife. This - is the last night you will be here. To-morrow the children are going away where they will be well taken care of." Mrs. Moore said nothing, but sat cryinm, and the prisoner, after 'wrangling with my husband, bade us a good night, and went up stairs. Mrs. Moore remained ,in room, but the prisoner returned, and, addressing said. Mrs Moore, it' s not his wife, " Now. I, am going to let you sleep in another person's . while lam under the same roof. There is your bed to go td;" and he said to me and my husband, " If yon eneourag( my wife to stay, T consider you worse than her." He then said to his wife, "Do you hear what I say ?" and she replied "Very well ; I'll come ;" and she went up stairs with him, and all was quiet till morning ; she then came into my room, a little after seven, when she complained of old, and said she had not had her clothes off all night, but I slept on the outside of the bed in the front room, while her husband slept with his children in- the back. Soon the prisoner came down stairs a second time, and ,eking at my door said, " Mrs. Moore, come out of that ,oman's room; and if Mrs. Haile harbours you there, I consider her worse than you." At my request Mrs. Moore - went up stairs with him, and they were not there more than eight minutes when 'I heard her shriek, " Oh, do if you dare," and that was followed by a sort of hysterical at if could not get her breath, and she came down into my room directly, calling out, " Oh, my back, my back !" and I found, as I before stated, she was stabbed. 'Directly after Mrs. Moore left my house I heard one of the prisoner's children —those by a former wife—say, " Oh, father, what will become of you and us ?" Directly after, a man named it came in and went up stairs, and he and the prisoner down and went away together; and I did not see the latter from that time to the present. Mrs. Denton said that, on the 2 ith of last month, she saw Mrs. Moore knocking at the door of a person named Frost, and, observ ing her in a stooping position, she went over to her, and asked her if she was not well. She replied that she was stabbed, and blood was flowing from her mouth at the time. Witness took her to her room, where a doctor attended her, and she was ultimately removed to the hospital. While the doctor was dressing her wound, a young man, named York, came in, and she asked! her (witness) to turn him out of the room, and said he was the instigation of it all. On the following Saturday she saw her dead at the hospital. William Frost, a boot' and shoe maker, said he had known the prisoner fifteen or sixteen years, and his wife about as many months. . On the morning f the 24th, on hearing what had happened, he went to the prisoner's room, and on seeing him; said: "Bill, whatever have you been doing ? " an he replied, "Don't ask me any questions. I am parched with thirst ; come and have some beer." They went to the Nelson public-house ; but finding they had no money, the prisoner said he should get some; and they went along East-lane, where he left him. Witness saw the prisoner again in the company of his brothers-in law, and also his father and mother-in-law ; but the latter refused to have anything to do in the matter, and lie (the prisoner) went away. Sergeant Bell, 32 P, said that, on the Tuesday morning, he saw the deceased at the hospital, when she was so bad that she did not think she should get over it. On that occasion he asked her who had stabbed her, and she replied, "William Moore, my husband; and if you will get my stays and , chemise, you will be able to see where the knife went through." He asked her the cause of his doing so, and she said, a young man who was keeping company with her sister, of the name of Fred York, said he could do as he liked with her ; but this was false. He asked her if she should like to see her husband, and her reply was, she should like to see him in custody, for she could not account for why he ran the knife into her. The witness here exhibited the stays and shift worn by the deceased when she received the fatal wound, pointed out the cut through both, and the latter on the back part was saturated with blood. Tha knife with which the wound had been inflicted. was also produced. It is a black-handled table knife, and rather sharp and taper -towards the point. Inspec tor Holloway, T division, said that on Saturday night, while on duty at Notting-hill station, lie received in formation which induced him to take the prisoner into custody. On first telling him he was charged with the murder of his wife, his reply was " Oh, ridiculous !" but on his way to tha station, he said he knew witness when he was a sergeant in the C's; that business was business ; that his name was William Moore ; and that he was the man lie was looking fo-. "London, June 14th, 1859. " My Dear Mother,—For the last time I beg leave to address a few lines to you, hoping that you are more re conciled in mind than I anticipate ; but it would be a great :release to you if - you did but know my bodily sufferin g s, 'day and night. I have walked with a broken heart. God only knows what I have undergone. It was not the lash of the law I was afraid of, but a conscience of mind which never would have left me had I lived a hundred years. Thank God, I do not die a murderer in heart, and I am sure had I gone before a jury of my own . country men, and the real facts clearly laid down, which I am in possession of, things would have had a very dif ferent aspect ; but to avoid the pain of a disclosure, I am determined to live no longer. It would be much better for me to. die than to live the unhappy existence I have It was always my bounden wish to. do as I have hitherto done, my duty to my wife and children, whom I loved and cherished. Bat, mother, lam sorry to say this, niy_poor unfortunate - God rest her sonl---was not so dis creet as.to appreciate that kindness that is owed from man to woman ; but I hope God will forgive us both. My days are cut short, for many years I thought to live, from enjoying those comforts in life which the Almighty God has endowed me with. God forgive me in sayino. that I should have been provedin myi to lavehma s t cowardly, dirty scoundrel, with a pistol n to have blown his brains out. He will not go rinrewardbd. I need not care for what has been reported in the papers, Had I gone before a jury, the truth must have been revealed, and then the world would ha ve been the best judge wh o was in the right or the w ron g . I forgive my enemies, which, lam glad to say, are not many. Dear mother, do not fret for me. Knowing the position that lam placed in you ought to think it a blessing. lam no more. The only sufferers in this world are my poor fatherless and mother less children. These words come from me with tears, but God is always good. I acknowledge with grati tude their present benefactors, and I hope. God will reward them. I have bad many well-wishers, and the only way I can repay them is to thank. them . . Dear mother, should I be no more, my last dying wish is , to lay by the side of my poor, but I hope happy, wife. Pray keep up your spi and don't fret fur one wholes done wrong in the eyes of rits, God, but not otnayself. I wish you to keep my liksuess in tGhoedfabmieisls ou y:yGiavlel: N myko more from your affectionate . but " ind , love to the family on both sides. unhappy-sari; " W, Moou.u..!' The-prtioner. was-remanded t o afuture day.. , scream ATROCIOUS CASE OF 01' [RAGE AND MURDER. adjourned inquiry touching the death found in an arm of the 'ore G. H. liincheliffe, n's name was Hughes, nan, but this supposi ind the body still requires - 1 to watch the 1 by the mu who V iam7Canal, was resumed nined was police- ial particulars to stated that about unday, the 29th •e saw two per- Acton asked had not seen Id close darkness of the canal, near where )bserve any indica lthough he thought would have been When he appre -ie.knew all witness a I was in Tipton Esq and that she was the wife of a bo xa,3 sap tion turns out to be erroneous to be identified. Mr. Waterhous proceedings on behalf of the men w magistrates at Bilston. The first wit constable Williams, who gave some add what he gave upon his first half-past twelve o'clock on the ult., he went to the Moat Colli sons--Richard Catstan and William A__ him whether he had met a woman ; but one, although there might saminatior. by, whom lie did not see on account of night. He examined the banks of tl the body was found, but he di tions of a scuffle having tai the ground was in such a sta some marks if a senile had taken hended the prisoner Allen, the about it, and he would tell all ; but he di anything. John Walker, re6iding at Ti deposed: On the Sunday evening in q s Inn, the Golden Pheasant, in Tip ti It was .._ ~.noon when I went in, and I saw the deceast- i went to have some ale. She had a reddish jacket oh, ,at I did not notice any other part of her dress except her bonnet ; she was sitting b`• herself, and while I was there she had two glasses of ale, I had no conversation with her, and she re- out two o'clock in th I then .o in the direction of ft, and I met her again" at the Five V No one NV with her en, and I ed her w She asked me rhere she was to have a walk with her, but did going. I went for a walk with her, and remained with her till nearly five o'clock. t"he then left me, and I watched her into the Fiddle public-hons did not tell me her name or wher mained in the Fiddle about an hour a did not sit with me. I afterwards v where I toll She I re but she ards (a village) 1, and then to the. Shrill else went with In th y Tavern she , t drunk ; she and I had three pints of ale. came and struck knew what she was doing, Walker is my brother. I saw Walker's wife come in, but did not see her strike the woman. My brother followed his wife out and scolded her for doing so. The wDman went in with me about half-past nine, and remained till eleven, Sne followed Jerry Jones and me out of the house into the shrubbery. Neither Jones nor I gave her any money for what passed there, and I do not know whether she had any. I left her in the shrubbery with Loon I Joseph Acton, Edward Acton, and Watkins her with a stick. I do not knoN - v whether she had a weau‘.„, minutes past eleven I went home and left them. I never saw the woman alive afterwards. At the time I left her no one else was present except the above-named three. There were several others going towards her, but I do not know how many, or who they were. I have not seen the woman's clothing since her body was found. When I left her she appeared to have some drink, but she could walk straight. The next witness called was Robert Bates, a collier, living at the factory, Tipton, who deposed as follows : About half-past eleven on the Sunday morning referred to, I saw a woman in the Moat Colliery. I saw Watkins and Allen follow her down the road. I had been at the Sycamore Inn with James Priest and Thomas Pardon. I 'was passing the Moat Colliery when I saw the two men in the brick kiln with the woman. They were walking towards the iron bridge, and both had hold of her by the arm, helping her along. I believe she could not walk by herself, as she did not appear able. I was about two yards from them, and I did not hear them say anything, neither did either of us speak to them. "We watched them to see what they were going to do to her • but after they had turned over the iron bridge I lost sight of them. I saw Edward Acton, Richard Catstan, and Edward Fereday, in the brickyard, in addition to Watkins and Allen, but only the last two went with the woman along he canal side. About half an hour after I lost sight of After I came back froM Summer-hill I heard a .inz, on. About ten " skriek " as I was going over a pit mound. I could not tell whether it was from a woman or a man. I ran Acton,there landsasv Edward Tlioin at - er li e r ci a a t y kin v s i , th down to a corner of a field, Pardon and Priest going with h: o A m l l a e n n . ni Ed e, wa a rd nalo th se e p The woman was lying on her back, and I saw Watkins with her, Joseph Allen holding her down by the head. She screamed out twice while this was taking place. Allen struck her twice with his fists somewhere on the face. I did not hear him say anything. I then saw Allen with her, Watkins holding her down, and striking her twice, and she "skriking" out at the time. When one left her she struggled to get up. I did not see any one else interfere with her. The others—Acton and Feredey—were standing about two yards off. While this was going on I was also about two yards off, but neither I nor my companions said anything to the men, because we were afraid. We remained about ten minntes, and when we left there were six men with the woman, the other two, in addition to above-named four, being William Actan and Catstan. We left the woman lying down, Allen and Watkins sitting down, and the rest stand ing up. I have never seen any of them since. The place where the woman was found in the Canal is about 200 yards from the spot where I saw her with the men. William Acton and Catstan came up to the place at the same time as I did. The Coroner and one of the jury men expressed their strong sense of the very disgraceful manner in which. this witness had acted in standing by and witnessing such an outrage without attempting to offer or obtain assistance. Mr. Waterhouse : How came you to go to the brickyard where the woman was ? Witness : Be cause Pardon had asked me to go home with him, and that was the nearest way to . 'iirnmer-hill, where he lived. George Hickmans, living at Prince's End, working in a mill as a bolter-down, deposed as follows : On the night of Sunday, the 29th of May, I was coming home from 'Dudley with Samuel Harper, William Nickliss, and Henry Taylor. It was about half- ast eleven when we got to the Sycamore Inn, and there saw a woman lying on the footpath, about twenty yards from the house. Edward Acton, Allen, and Watkins were with her. The woman appeared to he intoxicated, and the men were trying to lift her up. I saw Allen strike her somewhere on the face, and when they lifted her up Watkins struck her in the face also, saying, " Take that, you —, and now come on." Then Watkins and Allen laid hold of her, one by each hand, and led her off. They went in the direction of the Factory Bridge. Edward Acton followed behind. Just as they got over the FactOry Bridge, a lot of chaps came up, and they all went in the direction of the Moat Colliery. Watkins 'and Allen were still supporting her. We watched them for about ten yards, and then wa told the police. We went home afterwards. I work with Foreday, and saw him on the following day. [This wit ness then gave some details of a conversation he had with. Fereday, which is too disgusting for publication.] The next witness was James Perry, living at Summer hill. He stated : On the Monday following the Sunday in question, I saw Fereday. He worke d with- me, and while we were on our night turn he came to me, and said, " Jem, we had a nice game last night." I said, " Did you ? " and he said, " Yes." I asked where, and he replied, ~ u p _ the fields ; we had a nice young woman with us." 11 o told me there were others with him, but he did not say who they were. He said that when they began to ill-use her, she hooted "Murder," but Edward Acton put his hand on her mouth, and swore that if she hooted "Murder "he would murder her. He proceeded to say that they, took her down to the Old Wharf and the Old Hovel, and that they left her at half-past two o'clock. He did not say where they left her at that time. On Tuesday night I heard of a woman having somemen up for a rape, at Tipton, and I spoke to Fereday about it, and said I believed 'it was the one he was talking about, and he said, "Oh it is not her." On the Thursday, when the body was found, Fereday came again to me, and told me that a woman had been found in the canal with a brown worsted jacket, White stockings, and lace up boots on. I said to him, " What do you think of it now ?" He said, " I can hardly tell." On the following Monday, he said to me, " I hear you have talked all about what I said to you." I replied that I had told one or two , and he asked me if I had told the police. I told him I had not, and he said they would soon know. I have had no conversation with Acton or Fereday since. The spot where the woman was found was about four or five yards from the Old Wharf. Thomas Mason, a miner, living at Summer hill, deposed : I know the Joseph Allen mentioned by the witnesses, but I have had n o conversation with hi m ab o u t this affair, nor with Acton nor Fereday. I saw Allen on 1 suriday morning, the 29th of May, and I did not see him again the same day. On , the following day, while I was smoking my pipe at my door, he was talking, to some people standing round, and Pheard him say, " I held her for six teen, and then I lanced her eye." The police not being prepared with any more evidence, and the jury expressing a wish to have the men who are in gaol present 1 before the inquiry closed, Mr. Hinchliffe adjourned the inquest till,Saturday.