The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1847.

gave to the deceased He threw it up Isomodiato ly,
and remarked OM he had a but Ink in his
hulase. During the night, he nald is the
gentset agony, and at four o'dmiltadViniftlflewing
day he expired ; the medical man whit Wier-
big that he had died from English cholera. sadden de-
afen excited some attention, but no suspieimis were enter-
tained that he had been unfairly dealt wee, Intl gents
beds, belonging to the mother of the primmer were had
dead after eating something off a dunghill, s the toil
in which the deceased had vomited was espied. It aboidd
be oleneved that, at tie first post mortem aninialliaft, IMO
Odle surgeons declared death to have rionfrod from the
sodden rupee or one of the principal amok& A differ-1
mere of opinion arising, however, the al:lthacan of the vil-
him communicated with the coroner, and theethnmation of
the body was the result, when it was proved that death had
I MISS from the effects of arsenic. Thu circumstance led to
the apprehension of the prisoner. In addition to the above,
the C.... Lowing witnesses deposed to other important facts ;
Maria Morley the mother of the prisoner, said that on the
Tuesday, or the evening previous to the death of the deceased,
she was out to work, leering her daughter (the prisoner) in
charge of the house. About seven o'clock she returned, and
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. found the demised in bed. Ho said he had the heartburn,
and wu very sick. He vomited in the hand-basin, and she
HOME CIRCUIT.—LEWES, Meilen 27. threw the contents on the dunghill. Between three and four
Clow]. Covirr.—Before Lord Met Justice Denman.
repetitive COXllrlttAct.—John Bo'clock on the following (Wednesday) morning, he cal'ed for
- cncYer, 5'5, who i, a'' some tea, and his wife made him three cups of peppermint
for upwards of thirty yeers practised as • solicitor in
tea. After taking it he was very ill. She had *mama to go
the teen of Petworth, wax indicted as • principal in to Sudbury at six o'clock, and she did not return until about
feloniously demanding money from Sir Charles Burrell,
an hour before be died. Believed they lived happily together.
under a threat of accusing his sore Mr. Percy Burrell,
of an abominable offence, and Daniel Steer. 29, le Had not persuaded him to marry her ; thought some lovers'
charged changed as an accessory.—Mr. P. Burreil, the eldest son of quarrels (tad happened between them.
Elisabeth Foster, the mother of the deceased, said that the
Sir C. Burrell, of Knepp Castle, a magistrate for the county, prisoner dined at her house on the Tuesday. At four
and highly connected, had been for several years residing on o'clock in the afternoon she left, raying that she must make
the continent, and was staying at Paris at the time of the
haste home to make a pudding for her husband that night.
present transaction. The prisoner Sten, whose father had
Thomas Morley, the brother of the prisoner, on being
been in the service of Col. Wyndham, and who was known
examined before the tint meeting of the jury, stated
to the Burrell family in consequence, was at Paris with his
ethae t lie supped with his sister and the deceased
wife in December, 1844, and meeting Mr. P. Burrell acct- the Tuesday evening prior to his death, and
dentally, he made himself known to him es a dependent of
that there was only one dumpling amongst them,
the Wyndham family, and asked for some pecuniary area-
[At the resume-
titicherththe
eprinislitdryer ditlideedeerebeetserreewnaithiemdfe.,Thed
that
he
had
tanee to enable him and his wife to reach England. Mr.
Merrell Cie: hies fifteen trance' and this was clearly proved told a different story of the transaction, saying that his sister
'to have the whole extent of the transaction between
Mr. Burrell and the prisoner, although the subsequent
on the Tuesday evening made two dumplings, that she gave
proceedings showed pretty clear) that the ourney of Steer .
deceased one of the dumplings, and the other she divided
y
to Paris, and his meeting with Mr. Burrell, were the coin- between herself and witness. The deceased had stone of the
latter. On the same night, and when the deceased was
mewing proceedings of a congdracy so extort money.
taken ill, she told him teeny that he had all the same vie-
the beginning of January, ISO, the other.prboner, Bowyeirm,
tilde as John (the deceased) had. She told him on the first
first made hie appearance in the transacun., and Inee.;eeft day he went before the coroner', jury to say that there was
Mr. Cornered, me of the solicitem of Colons.' Wyndham, at
only ore dumpling made for supper. Neither he nor tie
the Petworth garter sessions, cancel him on dee side, and
of the dampling which deceased hod. The
having prefaced fra statement by observing that he had Peitonee had any
deceased asked him to have a piece, but the prisoner would
sons Ins painful end 'heating to eneamenteatt respecting deceased
let him have any. When that conversation took
Mr. Percy %remit, Ile at once distinctly made the charge Ent
he slept with his sister.]—Mary Ann Chinery,l
' diet, neat and Place which formed the meijeet of the present ni . ryoung women, who lined In a cottage next to
wished Mr. Coppard twecesmunicate with Sir C. L'arrell or ait prisoner's, Mated that while the surgeons ware opening
Col. Wyndham. in ordeethat the minter might be hushed thee body of the deceased, the prisoner salted leave to sit in
up, and that there thoula he no exposure.. He at use risme
her house. Alter waiting sonic time, she observed, "If 1
time said that Steer was de person who erode the .adellia- hod gone to Bury before I married, I would not have MU-
Lion, and that he must have • thousand peonts to hash it
..,„., Kim is, o.,,—)facy Simpson said she saw a ece of
up, and produced two letter:tested from Porto, and nddr salltl '''''
to him by Steer, in which ttte prisoner debited the circanr dumpling in the yard of the house in which the steetsd
of the
stances
resided. She saw • hen eat it, sad it died on the fedenring
revolting acconnon, and said she Mr. Doe- 1
day.—Mr.
R. Jones, trergeon, at Metered, deposed diet on
cell had ermined to give him • thousand mends on tie sr 4 the morning of the day en which the deceased died, the psi-
landYear's-day, and if he did not do so, he would some to Eng-
meter came to his surgery and said her husband had a /rowel
and expose him. Bowyer dm produced • letter which
complaint. He sent two powders, end on calling at his
he represented to be in the hendwriting of Mr. Burrell, hoose . the sfuni,,c., deceased w. dead. At firn. b.
signed in the fictitious name of John Smith, dated from St
w thought be had died of English cholera. Had since made■
;martin's-lane and Prentisin to pay the mare}} on Ne- pose snorters examination of the body, and the analysis ef
Year 'He suggested that Sir C. Burrell odd_ gi ye the contents of the stomach showed death to have beta
him (Bowyer) a thousand peen& sad that ho Mould • t prodaecd by arsenic.—Mr- A. E. longs, surgeon,of
"C. proceed to Peet`, end propose tb Mt' ft'teeeM e° lean' Bury St. mends, assisted in the analysis. Ho hka
Ihim that sum to stop proceedings, mid take his noted hand no doubt that the person from whom the contents of
for the /mount, which he mid he would endorse la Sir C • doer* bad been removed , which he analysed, died from
Buller spurn his return, se security fee the repayrnern of the .
arsenic. He had seta the body from which the stomach was
money by his eon. ripen the circumstances being memo-
nicated to Mr Char:re, he - onceal "met/ all idea et e°,,,,_ • aid to have been taken, and the appearances he there found
the char satisfied him that they arose from poison. The first
roomiest; rge, and declared tear he would est-give
h s -antecede person taking weenie is the sensation of heart-
the tenth part of a farthing to defeat the endieof justice, and
bYl'a TI. succeeded by sickness. Nothing can be taken on the '
atm him being shown the letter signed Jbhn Smile he
immethatsly sow that it was sea his aon'eeritliag, end, from elm laela
TI le Lord Chief Baron summed' wp the evidence, and at
ether eireenueences, it-became-pretty cl me that a very deep
ten n ithenes after seves o'clock the pry returned a verdict
laid scheme of Extortion was in. existence: Strerniontinued in
e Ge.iity. The learned baron as that late hour of the men-
the s
Parirderiurthw time of the neseeiation 1 stireewftowyersmd w
derected'the prisoner to be removed, and to be brought
dieienrof the Burrell bandy, and Brayer asntinue.l ia, tb • Monday zionaug , rireei,..th. No. odde.h..
prod tee letters-Dem him and bisessife respecting the charge, uSPon '..
and expresitttt than intondon to some to Ibigiandr All those
proceedings, however, failed in their object, drough the
bemuse oiS Erni Murrell • but it should le minted that upon
a reprnentatien being mat! to Mr-P. Bur 'ell, of the charge
that was eesdesgaisst him,.he (Met Burred: I expl...ared what
the red character of the muuseCea was, Metinge that to
was mode induced, from a t•elinirot charity towaris one
.of the Isnly dipendants in distrewin a for sign cesutry, vol
give St is fifties frame to ht f¢ Inime,andthat the cheap e
was a mast, him and unhanded. east Fielding that all'
attempt; at *shirting mosey had entbdy failed, Steer•coni a.
to Euelond, and having committed sense *face wsueseat
to gaol ; anti if any doubt mold hue possihiy remained as
to the falseness of. the sharps made beeline aliment Mr. Bur-
rell, it VAG °candy removed by his making a miluetasynd-
mission to-the thaplainthat the tratheetion was esiactly as
represerlad by dasele-atternan and that the charge velum •
tirely false. He asserted that -Bowyer-had be set. the oeigin '
oomarotepof the scheme of extortioe, mad that he wasonerely
his instalment in merlins. ill out. Against. the miether
Bowyer it was deo proved that bedew the .of .
prisoner Steer to .Paris, be had been .frequenturlik:Yeamazu-
' aiention with Steer, andlin the course of moms of hi-later
views watt. Mr. lloppard.. he stated. that sous inea.woela
have made tenor three thousand ppooundaaf such • sue
After bit. Seneant Jones. had : tie jury. for. lii
client Iturnyer the Lind. Chief Jesties went carefallee
through. the material pointsof the evidences,. and the jeer
almost immediately returned a wedietrof spa iity eeriest bah
prisoners.. Hielordshipordered them to. he called up few
judgment-andin passing sentare* expressed his melte cox,
eurrenes in this verdict,. He adjuderal. them bath to 'is
transperted. beyond the seas the the term of their natuad
lives. The poisoner Bowyer appeared dente astiended se
the 'elit:me.

further discussion, his Honour suspended the certificate kr
18 months from this date without protection.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
_ Behre Mr. Comadmi.www law.

Knartgo Fo37ESS.'.'loN....—arrais iit7fi;ll;PTCY. —Lewis
Worms was opposed by Mr. Nichols, for • gentleman named
Stevens, and supported by Mr. Dowse. He had kept posses-
sion of a house in Brook-hill, Hatton-garden, for three years
and a half, without paying any rent. He was discharged
under the act in 1844 and for more than a ycu the premises
bad been closed, and he had lived oppeets. On a person
going to take possession, a disturbance occurred, and the
matter was scitled at the Middlesex Sessions. The case was
before the court on l'rirlay, and the immedia:v possession
was ordered, which was given, and the insolvent oppeared
for judgment. It was urged that a debt had been contracted,
without reasonable or probable means of payment, and a
remand was prayed. It was a grievous complaint that a
landlord should be kept for years without his rent or house,
by an attempt to extort money.—His Honour remanded the
insolvent for his misconduct for six months from the vesting
order.

• WEST ...ARM ClitedflT.-110DMIPI, Manta, 26.
',Tile asencstor Ste cosuty of Corinna commenoed ben
poseaday, the coanniseiawhavieg been opened on Wednee-
;der mght. Mr. Jeatfce ttaesswell I- presiding in the Crow
'Coati, and Mr :Janice Wiliam, cn• the Win Prue die.
Thorn are thirteen =UAW entered fbrarial: and two of thew
are marked tbn special' joins. Tl:►csletiir is yew? hea
St-cruising the nantssof rdilety•thr*FTl.lollol4, and !navy
the &mires am of ornery serious nature. There aro
caset ofyinurbr, one of manskurght.rri serersiof •' '
atatding, and a rery.grave 'charge of,areen,
taw Pll U. —EMbrvitr. Jae** WW
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Mr. M, Smith for the plsiMiff ; lfie.Carskbsrn
Ores awood for the defendant, Thir mras se action of tree- •
pea, brought by a labouring man wrist* the-defendtat, who-
was ruaspectable fencer raiding se Kinbampton, to re-,
°over. compensation la • damages few as injery VAS% the
I plain had sustainediby reason of fthe dtfendang_ having,
Sod as him with a pistol loreiedweitto.hullct. The canton •
man, ',sof tho-case wen-somewhat peculitax It sppeareds
from the tedium addece Li for the plaintiff, that, on.
the Ifind of Octol se. last., a vessel ,cited t 1•. Eliza,.
lader-1 with valuable golds, vas wreaked at Kilk- •
Icon:goo no the coast of Cantwell,. tad that tr•
deft 'dant, amongst °then, hod goes, on hoard.—
.fit I bis'eloain the night she piniatiff cad meant oth sr-
persans wets down s the amebae for the ?manse of rend,r-
ing wistarias to the mew, alma the defenditas carte. to oat
side of the Jack, an It aateLing a pistol Erin the' hands of.
WrL Minis, • marvattach adth Om Coast Quaid „ fired it at
the plaintlM, who was stun ing•within foLnor Live yards of,
the 'vessel. . The at awes ameropaaied bT oertain, offewne
hr goage,„bat the tailllMPASMlritKil as to the praise womb".
So senuthibthat the dekudeatesceimed, "13.--n.you, that's
into yon,.•and otters that upoebeing said. ho had shot a
man,he replied, dom'boare„ if I hare kiawl him -Jet
hdago to hell, aniline hi...mends dreamed." The plaintiff
tasesavissely wounded, sail was. attended by a enigma for
tan weeis. It tart found, that a bullet hail entered the. hip,
penetrating Worn toil.'
be miss, and the. surgeoncoubl. not
teach althoe,gia he the wousEto the depth of six
, inches. Ms dame, f,ar attendanse upon the.plaiw
tiff would be about 401.—0 n the part at the
'defendant it was alleged that he had been employed
by the ag ant of Lloyd's to protect the valethie
'tame with which the vessel was laden, from the
dap/cattier a of thaw lawless fellows whose' practise woe to
wattle upo, a the coast during a storm, is the expectation of a
shipwreck., On the night in question a party of mea,
in-
aladiag tt se plaintiff, had assembled close to the Elias, and
-es dative tined were they to plunder the vessel, that it was
found n' smeary to intimidate them. With this view the de-
' fender. discharged his pistol Bernal times, but it was loaded
' with ',ender only ; and several witnesses RIM called to
prove that the shot by which Out plaintiff was said to have
been wounded was not fired by the defendant„, but that the
pet al was accidentally fired by Miners, the lona in the
Cu et-Guard service. It wait et fact swots that the die-
f, adant had discharged hie pistol towards the sea, and that
tile night being extremely dash, it wee viteilalseeelde for
'say one standing oa the shore to he able to say in
what direction the shot aces fired. Evian.e was else given
to prove that the defendant had not made use of any
such language so had teen attributed to his.. Vodsr all
these circumstances the ease resolved itaelf into a question
as to which set of Vantages the jury ought to believe. Mr.
Justice William trsvisig summed up, the jury returned a
verdict for the 'plaintiff. Damages 351.

Time seaa another indictmeoh, fonaided upon the war
translation, against &num Steer, the lather of in prior-sex
Daniel, but Mr. Clarluso° said he considered thetpurposa,of
justiee•hed been fully answered by the conviction that had
just ualteis place, ant& he should, therelbre, decline to. offer
any esideace.

NORTHE'LLN CIRCIIIT..—LIVF.RPOOI:, Ma. ca 2..

Nitll;;lrs.—Before Mr. Baron Rolfe.
COLLIN ON AT SZA.—BEVAN V. GLOVER AND ANOTHER.
—This es se arose from a collision, on the 24th of January
last, off Formlry light-ship, between the Finn 31cCoull,
avails r, and the Venice, American ship. The jury after
twain .nutasconsultation delivered a verdict for the defendants.

ANGLESEY ASSIZES.—MancE 26.
Monona on THE HIGH Sees.—William Peck (30) and
• Williams Goodwill (32), master sad mate of the ship Athol-
Stan, pleaded not. guilty of the murder of John Martin, a
youth shipped on board the said vessel on her voyage from
Quebec, te Swansea, on the morning of Jan. 4, 1847.—Mr.
Townsend and Mr. Yardley prosecuted ; Mr. Temple de
fended the captain, and Mr. Welsh, the mate.—Edward
Swan, shippei as steward and cook onboard the brig Athel-
stan, and tailed from Quebec for Swansea in Nov., 1846, de-
posed that the prisoner Peck commanded and Goodwill was I
chief mate. liter* was a boy named John Martin on
board, aged about 13 or 14. He was a rather delicate boy,
but took his share of duty on board, except on one day when
he was sick. The boy died on the voyage. On the morn-
ing
of hia death all hands were ordered on deck about
five o'clock to make sail. The boy Martin made
some delay in getting on his clothes, end the muter
went down into the forecastle and ropes-ended him.
Heard the shrieks of the boy. The captain called
the chief mate down' and in shout a quarter of an
hour the boy was forced up through the scuttle. He had
nothing but his shirt on, and in that state was sect aloft to
loose the mainsail. Was not able to do so from cold, and
when he came down ea 'n struck him with a boat-hook
five or six times as hard as he could. Heard min of distress
from the boy, whom he next saw lying on the chain cable,
with nothing but his shirt on. He was then insensible. His
body was black and blue all over, and these was blood on
his face. Told the chief mate, Goodwill, the boy was dying,
and between them they took the boy down the forecastle,
placed him in a hammock, and covered him up. This might
be &Lout six o'clock in the morning. Went down in half-
an-hour, earl toned the boy quite dead. The boy had some-
thing of a flux en the voyage. Captain and mate were
aware of his state, for he had gone to the captain for medi-
cine. The body was thrown overboard the next morning,
the captain reading the funeral service. Made Holyhead on
the 11th of January, and with the rest of the crew was dis-
charged next day by the captain, who paid them their
wages and offered them a free passage if they
would leave by the packet that night. The crew did
not avail themselves of that oiler. Signed a book at the
request of the captain without reading what was in it, but
understood it was the wages account. Informed Mr. God-
dard, the magistrate, of this matter next day.—Cross-ex-
amined : Boy Martin was crying when he went on the wind-
nerd side of the yard-arm. Had no difficulty in petting
down into the forecastle. When all hands had been onlered
to make sail; the boy had been skulking from his duty about
half en hour.—Pruner John Apr, William Tools, Michael
Smith, and John Sutherland, other of the_ cre ,w deposed to
the cruel treatment of the unfortunate deceased, gad atri-

bated his death to it.—Mr. Temple and Mr. W elsby ad-
dressed the jury for their respective clients ; and the Court
summed up at great length.—Verdict: W. Peek Guilty of
Manslaughter, but recommended to mercy; goodwill Not
Guilly.—Sentence on Peck . To be impnsoued and kept to
hard labour for two years.
This was the last trial, and there was ao cause list.