The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

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NORTHERN TIMES.-

MURDER OF A SOLDIER

A shaking deed was perpetrated at Dover on Tuesday,
in the open light of -day, in the view of a dozen spectators,
and within a few yards of the town, the scene being a
meadow in front of the military hospital at Archeliffe Fort,
where the 49th Regiment; is encamped— The man charged
with the offence is a private in that regiMent, nanaed.
Thomas Mansell, and the victim was, a lance-corporal In'
the same regiment, named Alexander M'Burney. There
is no question whatever as to the guilt of the accused, as
the deed was committed in the presence of several comrades.
The weapon employed was one of the Enfield rifles, which
is in; use among the 49th,• and it appears that the
-accused want out of the tent he occupied, with his
rifle in his hand, and deliberately Walked' up to the
deCeased, -'who was engaged. in cleaning' -his regimental
,accoutrements, and shot him dead. The deceased rose and
.stagg'ered 'a few yards, crying " shot—l'm shot I Man.
sell has Shot me," and then fell down and expired: By
the prompitude of Sergeant-Major Holden, of the 49th,
who was on the spot within a minute of the dreadful
occurrence, the surgeon of the 4th; Mr. Hannay, was
fetched from -his tent immediately, but before he bad arrived
the- vital spark had fled, and his services, therefore, were
of no aiail; The prisoner scarcely attempted to escape;
but, 'after he had committed the horrid deed, threw down
the weapon be j- had used, with the :simple milt-
m ition " There I" and walked away, He was, of
course, instantly laid hold of by a dozen men, and, by
direction of the colonel of the regiment, he was
handed' over to the civil authorities the same Morning.
In the Presence of the magistrates the prisoner exhibited a
firm and cool demeanour. He is rather above the middle
height-rand his features express calmness, and in a certain
degree intelligence. His appearance is rather pre-possessing
than otherwise, After evidence to the effect we have stated,
the court was cleared, and, on the re-admission of the
public, the mayor informed the prisoner that he would
-stand remanded. The prisoner did not seem moved through-
out the proceedings, and during the time that the magis-
trates were consulting took a pinch of snuff with much
1.000 I sangfroid.

NEWSPAPER READERS

13ARKER V. VAN LUNDEN.—The plaintiff in this action,
which was tried in the city sheriff's court, on Thursday,
is a news agant to Throgmorton-street, and claimed £3
3s for newspapers sold and lent to read. The plaintiff's
clerk proved an admission by the defendant to the extent
of £2 14s 6d, but there was no evidence:that any ad,ii-
tional papers had been 3Old or left for reading. His
Honour said that he could only give jadgment for the
amount admitted', but the plaintiff could take out another
summons for the difference, and bring_ the boy who
delivered the papets to Make out the case. This decisiou
is important, as it was considered that such a claim
could not he.- divided There were .other cases of a
similar nature, and his -Honour expressed his opinion
that a plaintiff could elect to abandon any, portion of his
's,--why is not I claim.