The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-28 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT CARLISLE.

George Cass was executed at Carlisle gaol on Wetlnce-
day last, at noon, for the wilful tuttrder of Ann Sewell,
at Embleton, on the 21th of March Lost. The circum-
stances of the case have before appeared an the Et prem.
At the end of last week the prisoner made another
statement, which, though of a somewhat unsatisfactory
character, tends to clear up moue doubts as to the
manner in which the murder was unnittitted, and what
was the motive fur such an atrocious crime. It will be
remembered that in the prisoner's original statement he
said that the girl had asked him to mend her clog; he
refused to do so, and she threw a knife at him ; he
threw it back at her, and it stuck in her throat, and
then, after she had requested him to " put her away
altogether," he went and inflicted the wounds which
caused her death. He new states that a quarrel arose
between him and the girl, in the kitchen, about half-a-
crown he had lent her; he rushed at her in a passion,
and pursued her along the patomtp to the outer door,
where lie caught her. A scuttle ensued at the door, lie
then dragged her down the passage (which aceoutts for
the streaks of blood found on the wall), and at the cud
of the passage, where the testy was afterwards found,
murdered his victim. On Wednesday ~,,, ruing. three or
four hours before the time of eracution,gntups of people
--men, women, and children—assembled in front of the
scaffold, which was erected at an tingle of the gaol wall.
Trains front the west, the district in which the murder
was counitittml, brought a great number of people ; but
excursion trains from the town were rim at cheap rates
to induce XX many (aroma as possible to be absent dining
the execution, and to these a remarkably fine day served
as an additional inducement. Soon after 11 o'clock the
number of people in front of the gaol began to increase
greatly ; the windows commanding a view of the scaffold
were occupied, and children"( the tenderest years 'night
be seen mingling among the crowd. At • quarter before
12, thousands had assembled. They divided themselves
into two portions one on each side of the twatFuld, the
scaffold having been so placed behind a prtijecting part"
pet of the gaol aid!, that the gallows could not be seen
'non the front. When the clock struck 12 a stillness
mewed to emus upon the spectators ; ciil,lreim who had
been running about in the open space ill the centre
ranged themselves with the crowd • the chapel bell
began to toll, and amid the most pr:tfound silence the
criminal, accompanied by tlw chaplain and the hangman
Calcruft, secended the platform. The chaphvit real the
usual testa of Scripture, the hangman phical the white
sap upon the head of the unfortunate criminal, and, hoe-
mg shaken Minds with him, adjusted the rope amid
retired ; the chapLvin also shook kinds with I
and left the platform. About 3 minutes (met 12 the
bolt was drawn, and the criminal was launched into
eternity. At the saute instant& loud mown passed through
the whole crowd. The murderer struggled but for refew
seconds, and the crowd then began to disperse immedi-
ately. While the body hung only the head and theul-
den were visible from the street.

An lIIPKRIAL Atrriton.—A Paris letter in the Saha
Putlie of Lyons Pays :—" It is known that the Foireror
is engaged in writing a histoty of Julius C:esar, and that
several gentlemen are employed under Ills 31ajesty's
direction in collecting materials for it. 31. Liam Itchier,
for example, has been sent on a missi ~,, into Italy to
examine all that refers to the history of the Roman con-
stitution, and others are making researches and tranala.
'ion. in France. Some onicors of engineers, under the
orders of Colonel Face, are likewise engaged in experi-
ments for the purpose of reconstructing the war engines
employed by the Romans. When all the details required
shall have been collected the Emperor will cmuplete the
work, and it is said that it will throw new light on the
grandeur of the Cies:trim period and on the art of war
of the Romans."

The chief analyst of the "Sanitary Commission." HR.
ARTHUR HILL ll.tnei.G.t. in a report recently published
on" The General Teas of Commerce," writes :—" When
"it the London Docks I inspected the present season's
" imports belonging to Mew es. Roraima,' Co., the
"well known introducers of 'Faire Tea;' I saw chests
"from different cargoes opened, and took samples,
"which I subjected to both microscopical and chemical
" analysis. I found both Blacks and Greens entirety
"free from all pote,lered rotouriny—the Green a
"natural dull °tiff Arc, with none of the ertifical
" blueish 'forint/ al found Oil the Tea in general use.
"From these ineestigatiiint I am induced to aesume,
"that consumers now having the choice of Hurninian's
"Fire Tea will not be slow in deriding between it and
"that mad, up to realize higher prices, through the
'brown appeanince of worthless loaves being hidden
"with powdered colour."