The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

rtibtuts and Oftncts.

I,rueeritox Itrzzvito, a small town in Itedfordsleive,
has been carne of two crimes of 1111Willal magni-
tude, which happentsl in close sneesstision—the Itrst
the brutal murder of an old woman, and the seeond
the plum!, r ri) from a iPllVelle.o4 441.,p to the
extent of aleart I.onlt/. lint murder was perpetrated,
on the meriting of the Iritle ult., in the adjoining
village of Heath and Veleele, said the robbery was
elbwteel, within a ii•W loam. aftvrwanls, from the shop
of Mr. Alfred Matthews, one of the most respectable
tradesmen of the town. These mines, however, appear
to have had no connection With one another, though
occurring see near in point of time and plater+. Heath
and flew+ is along and lonely village: a good meteor
tint of its inhabitant% may bee deseribed as inmaninly
ignorant, and will and fanaiieal religious opinions
distinguish many eel them. This require% to be
mentioned, lercetwe 11 may ite scone measure aeconnt
tier the reeteemession of the extraordinary crime in
question. Abel Iturrews was a labouring mine,
whepse hill to hiatilise
lethemlism : hut for the last few sears he sevaiN to
have forsaken praetival religion for the most glisAi
paled kind of life, mixing up, however, his religious
predilections with his numerous dissipations. On
rijoay. the Vrth, he rose from breakfast, threatening
vengeance against wane person, and, arming himself
with a reeielman's stone hammer, sought the cottage
of an (del woman roamed Charity (ilenister, told
Charily," he called leer. evidently with the Mien-
titer& tot putting her to death. Thu vltt wuusau, ahv

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is ill no way related to him, was pintected for a Milo
by a man named Admits, whom Buenas met oi the
wit of the .tail. lint Adaltim, lea iul received a
ran isff, when Morrows ita the vt fertsious insintser
limits' the hammer oil the wommi's head, rerouting
his Islcos, striking her to the door, and dolimilig her
1.1 1111 e.'11,A.14,11,1114.P.5. it 1141114.10 4.4 111,48 We ituntt-al
rtoi let sited in the ite‘l house, anti 111100 "Wil
10C4111T1Ilet., noshed to the seem. 4sl. stilton mod se-
cured Use nitirderrr, but too late to prevent the
consequence of liis conduct, for, though Lite
1411111 breathed for an Isom or tll .he netts* re-
covered her eonscionsitess or rallied for a sioglo
moment. fowler put hernia-11M meat and
it.nte,,seilizer Nits 4414.4 man tl to laigbitsit for surgical
Itodger wits the first medical Ft ntlamau
who received intimation at' this oceirm.ne„, end he
decmosi it neves:silty. to Ask the to.si.iliint.o of lir.
Wagstaff, anotlit r physiviim of the town. 'flies',
gentlemen found the skull in neutral places coin
pletely shattered. and proectsiell tot %h ail I.looticids
.4 the bone. taut witheml the least hope that any
treatment would sett. dire woman's
process 1111," 1t..111)4 4111, 110.111iVWS. hlintl4.lllll'4l. 111111 111
111. 411,10.1) Of the 44111,4111114% COIOIIIII4 .1 to %1111'''. 111'4
feel upon line vrtintili. omit In maim 1101. ..nett
words Ns" ! " •• frailer the Lard !" laud
sjitilleAr \ion ...444.41s 111 11 111411 1110 '11114.5. 84411,-14.1114'41
111 lilott not) he tettn4.4l Lk religious evp.stiencc,„
Ile was vemoved in evititody In %Alfred
limit. entotters itterltcal, which 4.11 1M(1044111
1.111 111'11141 It I.rllal of 11 111441 111111 11l 1 il 1 this
larioner. mho 11.1"1 '11411415 4.04114111111.41 all It.r a 111.11111
charge the tititleiht whim* alit examillittien
!cellar the local boneh.- The lisaitoi,teakilig
ilkillll.l. a treCiall 1114 all Ills sal Mc. Aliatilit it •
is one of the Mast titArroni transact's-I 411 Ala
kind wine% the annals (4 crime e'en rt weal. llatt
I . e and shop are smutted in the most t•iiblic part
of Leighton, 44114 Mr. blattliews his ts.. sl the
premises tor marly years es a ittelshisilser.
.it Steller,
&a... hat Mg necessarily at all a 'siva. nwiteimit.
of property oitrustioil to hie tare 14.4* rltlateillo 011(1 iv.
pair. t tit Friatty night ih lead wet hi.
shop end %mese, anti 10111 1114,
nifty of tat apprentiro mid a sists retiv. si to heel,
!eating, as was ensionsary • two dogs dawn Nlllll',. 1
one KIM the ether 9 tail lip. N4ollillig K
ttialinised the stn .4 Iltt • ; till ll' an. 1.4.1
Ewan 11 111011. k f 14.4111 0114. al' lile diTa la 4111.1x' "11,1
04'11.11: butt 1111 111 t, 111111ttilip 1110 appeentiee isenist that
i the aunt shutter Mill 1,11-11 It 1111.10 A MIA 11.044 111,
Within', Rllll
.t1.111.111.11' in 1111. n 111411,1, 111.14. t 41.1111..
Iles alarmed hlr. Martiiews. who. upon Mt, ste..atiisg
ricniises, discovered that all with vim'. a-k 4.611,
111' 44.11'14/4 HMI 401111.1' large and
The thiet eta had 4111C1114 1111. rant', 1110 111114.11 0 /
thing, with the sole cxreptisitt tit' n lala.rit Mat a
small 14ece of a item-Au it/water. 'I he this ves it.
silliest...li moist hate lit up the u- hop, end a slimly
packet' up ever a tll'lll 1111101 44111141 1-04414. Within 46
illll'lllW 1.4111111nth14. 11 Stu. P.14)4111 11i1.colerrd in %lint
WH% Ilio rolihers effected an entrance. 'I Ist. lonise is
three attiries high. In the inithlle story is 14 sittiog
room, which fronts the street, with a window
looking iron rails which stand in front of the ship.
One of the row. cif ghoss iu this whitiew had lea 4.1,
liflrtiP4l by an ,inwitnnwin, in sits+ et minim r a, to
(admit a hand in itnra..l4.n the nutty.. l )ttei. ttl 11141
tilting ninny, the thief would Mite peoseil
the licalrenniss of Mr. Matthews. soot hl. apptentice,
the doom ad' which 1.1.4.11, 141111 1.. Ilast• wpm,
41... m a stairs, spiietsier ilic slogs I.y sense chemical
prsseess, and 4.11411111 11144 1E41114 411.411', 111111 11111-,
111114144 loin 411111011114111 (a. I`llll.l'. I 11.' flag, WiTe
OVere4l next ninriding still ill N slals. .01 ,1111,4•1114.111.11.
.1110 1411141P44 which 1114. thieve, 111:11111p .1 to ..,..•411,‘
comprehended ti nt. In gold watches, sil...iil i..ll‘l'l'
%incite,. It! gold chains, 4$ silt er gesnrils, pastscilesses,
spoons, a',-, ; twirl-4, all the ',snail slot+ sat at WWI 1111.'4
041411., end wltioh Mr. Matthews; omits' not Ile able to
1.4.pht4.• for 1r.... than 1.01111/. Ingisitiett in the town
soon obeyed the fact that three persons. in {'.aril.'
'musk none. hail rrtirlsell I witattott stn prellnll,4
u,s hi lo) the Mail •t 1 inn. mill oaken tip ill. or 41,111114 t
sit the Snit Inn Thu) annuli 4,(1 111444u1 a nano Irian
!vatting I wigliton for Loudon in the ilea 11111K1
and romaineil in the Sun loin till shout sale ssclock,
when they tleparleal, 141 tilt' 10111.114,1.1 111144 they
*10111(1 1111 t rl4-14 04411111 g 141.4.4 Minis 141/11 la it there, as
they should rn elsewhere. these Iverson% *ern
entire mtrattl.4l.,4 14. lItt• 101416111 of the Sum, and sus •
pieion, of Ml met. 14.11 term' them. rsperially
as they had disappeared. A gentleman, living
opposite to Mr. Matthews's, had mists seen the shop
lit up tarty in the morning, about two or three
o,*elfsek. Lontlisei being the iiaturid reservoir for all
culprits 1111.1 prof-411'a al' 1164 dt.-ettittion, In-
formalities Sits Illla 0401441 to that
metropolis, the rs•sult has been that nti tK in
himself 31)4.1-.4 was 41414-0441 in the Net of attempting
Uosell a watelsgmersl and studs foinsing part of the
,ceds of the robbery. Mr. 51 atthea• has islenti
fled the articles before the 0,141111m1l (',art, awl duo
teller stand, runauded 111 ostler to rrowcute further
inquirivx.

LORD JOHN BEFORE THE CITY

COMMISSIONERS.

On Wednesday last, shortly before the Commissioners for inquiring
into the City Corporation rose, the Right Hon. Lord Jetts Russsu.
appeared, and stated his willingness to be examined, as member for
the city of London. The Commissioners very rudely replied, that it
Ibis Loc,blip, promising revelations, made any worth hearing, it would
be a total departure from his ordinary practice, but intimated that he
might come in if he liked.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL examined : Am M.P. for the City ; l►ave been
so since IN-11, when I was returned at the bottom of the successful
list, defeating the next man, a Conservative, by the glorious majority of
nine, in a constituency of 8,000.
The CHAIRMAN : How was your majority attained ?
Lord JOHN Rusaw. : That is a subject on which I had rather not
speak. I only know that, so far as I was personally concerned, I
bribed nobody ; and, if the injudicious zeal of those who allowed their
attachment to constitutional principles to hurry them too far, in sup-
port of one who has all his life asserted those principles, laid them
open to imputation, I must deplore what I can hardly condemn.
The CHAIRMAN : You might think the end justified the means.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL : Upon that and all other Popish doctrines I
have ever looked with scorn and contempt, as you may convince your-
selves by my celebrated Durham letter, and by the speech with which
I introduced the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.

The CHAIRMAN : Aud by the Bill itself?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL : That, sir, is beside the question. A states-
man may advance, opinions which it would be indiscreet to expect a
popular assembly to confirm by legislation, and ho should, therefore,
make his speeches as good as possible, and his bills as good as is ex-
pedient. But I did not come here to talk political ethics, but to do my
duty by my constituents.
The CHAIRMAN : Very well. Please to do it.

Lord .1. Russam.: It does not appear to mo that in any of the
evidence which has hitherto been given before you a large and ex-
tended view of the subject has been taken. It is all very well to talk
of the abuses existing in the present day, but, unless we trace those
abuses up to their remotest source, I cannot think that we shall deal
with the evils in a constitutional manner. I observed that the other
day one of your witnesses took the City history as far back as the time
of Athelstan. But surely we may go further than that. London was
a considerable commercial place in the days of Nero, as we are in-
formed by the historian Tacitus, and I do not think it is too much to
surmise that the character and policy of Nero might have some effect
upon the institutions of this important portion of his empire. Very
Then how unjust it would be to punish those who at present
administer these institutions for the defects of a system which had
descended to them through so many hundreds of years, tainted with
the original vices of the worst of the Ciesars.
The CHAIRMAN : Can your Lordship give any illustrations of a
position which appears to us untenable ?
Lord J. Itussim.: Certainly. Nero at his banquets let in a lot of
beasts. What does the corporation do? Nero boasted that the build-
ings of Rome were improved by what he had done with the firing.
The corporation point to the new streets RR the result of their preying
upon the coals. Nero played the lyre while Rome was in flames.
The corporation aro playing it while the country is burning with
indignation.
The CHAIRMAN : There is R sort of elevernes4 about whnt you
have said, but we fail to see its bearing on the subject.
Lord .1. Ressm.i. : My ,primary object is to show you that you ought
not to report against the City, inasmuch as all its abuses are constitu-
tional ; and anything that is constitutional must be right. In the
next place I am desirous to say that. your interference will be useless,
as by the Reform Bill which I am about to introduce all abuses, of all
kinds, will be removed.

The CHAIRMAN : Let us hear what yoi propose to do with the
" longshom men," for instance.
Lord .I. Itessm.t. (turning rather red) : The question is offensive.
In the first place, there is no such name known to the constitution.
lin the next, I have yet to learn that the living beside a majestic river
is a disqualification for the exercise of the elective franchise.
The CHAIRMAN : But this body of men is notoriously corrupt, and
their votes can turn a City election. They did so in Is4l.
Lomd .1. Anil, if for no (Ater reason than that, their
privileges should be respected. The longshore men" gave a Leader
to the House of Commons. As for their corruption, I repeat to you
that 1 know nothing about it ; but, if it ever were venial to be
venal, it is when men received pecuniary reward for doin., a great
political good. And having defended, 1 hope, this portion of my con-
stituents, I shall venture to proceed with iny inquiry into the consti-
tutional history of the City. Let us examine a little into the condition
of London in the times of Hengist and Horse. I regret to see the
Commissioners yawn. for such an investigation is nothing to what I
shall do when making my ihreliminary Reform Bill statement.
would say, then, that II cultist----( The 4‘hairman being here taken ill, the
CoNlNliBmion adjourned ).

SATURDAY,

THE PREMIER'S VERSES TO LORD CARLISLE.
(WITH THE GARTER.)
Obligingly and exclusively furnished to the Patois by a distinguished individual in
Lord Aberdeen's confidence. AN there is supposed to be but one, it is needless to
Willie the Noble Earl.
CARLISLE, my dear friend, you're away in the East,
Where by splendour of costume mans worth is increased,
So, to make my good MORPETH look sweeter and smarter,
I beg to enclose hint a trifle—the Garter.
We were all veld• sorry, but fate and position
Forbade listing yon in our late Coalition ;
But the broth's boiling over ; the next that we brew
May demand the kind care of our new Cordon Men.

Jonn RessELL'a quite pleased—though he looks rather grim—
To give up a Garter we'd thought of for him ;
But he's booked for the next that a Knight may abandon,
If, after next year, he's a leg left to stand on.
Lord PAT.MERSTON says (and its truly provoking,
That worldling will always keep jeering and joking),
There'll be nothing in future the Garters to fill,
For he's smashed all the " legs" by his Betting-house Bill.
But GLADSTONE retorts, and I must say completely,
(You know when he's playful he smiles very sweetly,)
That, though of some candidates thus we're bereft,
The Garter is meant for the legs that are left.
We've had other mild jokes—not of very first force—
We thought that the silk of your ribbon looked coarse—
But GRAHAM declared, with his sinister smile,
Ile'd found coarseness by no means disliked by CARLISLE.
BERNAL OSBORNE declared that the Order you see
Was a fair type of England while guided by me;
" For I managed aftkirs at the pace of a waggon,
And the nation resembled St. George—with the drag on."

So you see (and it's not the first time), dear CARLISLE,
You've ate riled your friends an excuse for a smile ;
And now I enclose, to retain you my vassal,
Your pass to the Ribbon Lodge held at the Castle.
We'll dub you a Knight when you choose to return,
And hope your support for the future to earn ;
For I think I remember the fly-fishers state,
That " dubbing" implies the completing a bait.
We shall need all your help when the session comes on.
The thought makes us tremble, small thanks to Lord JOHN,
Who swears, if we smash, that his woes as a martyr
Shull be solaced, like yours, with a Peerage and Clder.

SHIPPING IN TELLIGEN CE.
PUDDLEDOCK, Friday Night.
H.M.S. Aberdeen, 70, Captain Nicholas, has put in for general repairs,
having run upon a rock near St. Petersburg. Crew in a state of
mutiny, in consequence of false signals having been hoisted. At.
present it is impossible to ascertain the exact amount of damage;
though, her hold being very small, and the vessel having numerous
pumps, it is hoped that the worst will soon be known. This ship was
originally built in the dockyards of Messrs Metternich and Co., but
has been so altered from time to time, and has had so many new
figure-heads, that she is made out with difficulty by those who used to
know her. She was thought a tolerable tender, though slow, in the
times when she used to sail with the Conservative and Honourable.
but she must soon be broken up. In her last voyage she was obliged
to throw overboard her sheet anchor, which she had borrowed from a
vessel named Consistency, when she unluckily came into collision with
the Expediency Rocks, off Cape Swindle. It is supposed that H.M.
Government will have little further use for her.

H.M.S. Palmerston, 70, is ordered to be ready for sailing orders.
Her guns have been lately taken out of her, and she has been on the
home service, being rather a wicked-looking craft, and well known on
foreign stations ; but her commander is smart, and it is understood
that she will supersede the Clarendon, screw, which smokes too much
H.M.S. G rollout (621 has been ordered to exchange flags with the.
spittle/. This vessel sails deep, and is seaworthy, but certain hints of
mutiny have been heard of, in connection with provisions, and it is
deemed better to put her out of harm's way. She will, probably, be
shortly Owed on the home station. She carries too many guns for
her tonnage, and her swivel has been exceedingly ill-managed of late,
having thrown shot into a French vessel without provocation.
The remainder of the fleet is still lying here. and various rumours
are afloat as to their destination ; but 'several of them will, there is no
doubt, go to the Jones Locker station. The disagreement among the
commanders is notorious, and, thouo the Union lack has been hoisted
on the Ilefiwon, the signal has not been answered, the Graham
sending up the red flag, and the abolstone (4:5) hanging out the St.
Peter's Keys. Although in harbour it is thought that, in conse-
quence of recent intelligence. the entire squadron will be shortly
at sea.