The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-12 00:00:00

THE CONVICT BARRETT.

Wo learn from the North British Mail that a meeting
of the sympathisers with the condemned man was held on
Saturday evening at Glasgow, the convener and chief speaker
beings person named M'Corry, who declared amid' great
applause," that " if there be justice and truth in heaven or
on earth, Michael Barrett will be a free man ;" and added,
amid even " greater applause," that " if this execution be
carried out, he would impeach Mr. Gathorne Hardy with
wilful murder so long as he lived !" It was resolved to
forward a petition to the Home Secretary "praying for a
respite to Michael Barrett till farther inquiry be made."
The following letter from Barrett, dated the " Condemned
Cell, Newgate," on the 6th instant, was read by Mr.
M'Corry
" Mr. P. M'Corry.—Dear Sir,—l am afraid that before
this you will have thought me the most ungrateful area.
tore in existence in not having written to you sooner ; yet
I can assure you that such is not the case. Indeed, there
is nothing but the attention which it was necessary for
me to give to the instructions of my spiritual director
that could have so long prevented me from doing so. I
may just say that it is utterly impossible for me to
tidiest my scattered thoughts sufficiently to convey
to you any idea of my unbounded thankfulness and
gratitude towards you for all that you have done
for me since first it pleased God to bring these
troubles upon me, knowing me to be innocent of the
crime for which I am Galled upon to suffer, and no other
object in view than to indicate that innocence, and
render an act of justice to a fellow-creature. I do, most
acutely, feel for the terrible and unbearable humiliation
which the verdict of the jury (in the eyes of some) is cal-
culated to bring upon you and those other poor men who
also endeavoured to have justice done me, without either
fear of punishment or hope of reward. What a strange
and striking contrast to the paid witnesses of the crown,
with the gold of government jingling in their pockets, and
their gilded bribe dangling before their eyes, ready to be
grasped the moment they had secured my conviction. I
am wholly at a lose to know by what means the jury came
to the decision they did, the only evidence upon which the
Attorney-General dared ask them for • verdict being that
of the terrible man Mullany and the two people who were
in the habit, they said, of seeing me at his place ; yet, in
every other particular, they not only contradicted Mul-
len'', but they contradict each other also. lam certain
there are other juries who will return a different verdict ;
yet, however that may be, it is almost impossible for
human nature to bear up under such an indignity. If
there was one thing more than another required at the
hands of their masters to complete the degradation of the
Irish race, it is now added. Well may they cry with the
Psalmist of old, How long, 0 Lord, how long!' I can
no longer allow myself to dwell upon this subject, lest
my feelings should so far master me as to draw me into
expressions that I have no desire to indulge in. God for-
bid that I should insinuate that the jury (however strange
their conduct may seem) did not act in accordance with
the dictates of their conscience ; but, even if we allow
such to be the case, it only aggravates instead of lessening
the degradation. To all my old comrades I send my most
sincere love, and trust that they will not grieve for my un-
timely end. For my part, I am entirely resigned to the
will of God. It is He who gives, and He who ham a right
to take, wherever and however it may please Him. As
I hope myself to be forgiven, I forgive every one who has
injured me, and trust that my friends will entertain no
ill-feeling towards any one on my account. This being the
only letter I shall write to you before entering into eter-
nity, permit to say that I am your most grateful and truly
sincere friend, ' M. Beinterr."

MASISLAUGHTXII AT LIViRPOOL.— Yesterday the
Liverpool coroner held an inquest on the body of • married
woman named Winifred Brown. On the 4th instant she
was perdu( along Silre:ter-street. At the time • carter
named William Halewood, who was drunk, wee ill-treat-
ing two horses attached to a lowry of which he was in
charge, by beating the animals about the head with a large
piece of wood. This caused them to bolt from the road
upon the foot walk. The leading horse came in contact '
with the deceased, who was knocked down, trampled upon,
and received injuries that resulted in her death on Satur-
day. She had a child in her arms at the time the oxi-
dant occurred, and, strange to say, though it with her
rolled beneath the horses' hoofs, it escaped uninjured. The
jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Hale-
wood, who was committed for trial.
CT LlVlAPOOL.—Yesterday (Mon-
day) the Liverpool coroner held an inroad on the body of
a young man named Arthur Brook, who was a cooper in
the employ of Messrs. Allison and Mayor, brewers, and
who was mortally stabbed by Edward Bailey, butcher, 26
or 27 years of age. About 2 o'clock on Friday night last,
• man named Richard Cropper met Balley.in Bevington- '
hill, and the latter said to Cropper, " I suppose you are
one of them that's wine to kill the papists." Cropper re-
plied, " Nay, lad, for I am cad myself." Taking off his
coat, Bailey made use of threatening language. Brook,
with. other men who were employed with Cropper,
hearing of this left an adjacent publiclense for the pur-
pose of Wong his part. Finding Bailey standing in front
of Cropper in a fighting attitude, Brock went between
them, a scuffle ensued, and Bailey, drawing • knife,
GUILDHALL. stabbed Brock in the region of the heart, inflicting • wound
Mr. Reed, an officer of the Provincial Union Asenrerioe of which the unfortunate fellow died. The jury returned
Company, attended before Mr. Alderman Gibbons, in an- a verdict of " Wilful murder " against Bailey, and he was
ewer to a summons taken out by a man named John Hale committed for trial by the coroner.
spinet the company for detaining the policy on his wife's Dim MIIILDIA tN Sosniterr. —The inquest on
tife. The complainant did not attend, Mfr. Reed having the body of the woman, Ann Hayward, who was murdered
moored the magistrate on Saturday that the claim would by her husband, at South Petherthei, ander the drotirn-
be settled. dames reported yesterday, was held cm Saturday, when a
Mr. Reed now stated that he had known Hale for about verdict of "Wilful morale " was returned spiest him.
two years—that his wife died on the 16th of March—that It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and his
he called on him and got his papers from him an the 19th, wife had lived happily together up to the time of the cad
and that there was no ground for saying that the matter occurrence, but he had acted strangely on one or two oo-
hed been tan weeks in abeyance. sedans, and had frequently suffered from fits of donor
Mr. Alderman Gibbons said it seemed to him that Hale don. On one cieeseion he attempted to hang himself, sad
stated what he (Mr. Reed) admitted—that he had got en another he threatened to do so if his brother-in-law
Hale's papers and had not paid him his money. would not cane to live with him. His father bad been
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of inury. death, asd bis mother had oleo been insane. The jury
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little more regularity with regard to the manner in whisk effect that prisoner was insane when he cromariree the
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The bankru t, described as a promoter of public oom-
panies, of Arlington-square, Islington, applied for his
release from custody. His debts are 1,441/4 assigned
cause of failure liabilities incurred for others without any
benefit to himself. He was in custody at the suit of the
General Auction, Estate, and Monetary Company.
Mr. Chidley supported the application.
Mr. Wood opposed for the detaining creditor, on the
ground that the bankrupt had expreased en in-
tention of going to New Zealand if be were
released ; also that no benefit would accrue
to the estate from his release, there being
no meets, and that be bad passed under the name of
Williamson, and had taken apartments in that name.
The bankrupt denied these allegations, and pledged his
solemn oath that he had no Intention of having the

oven
Hie Honour said—We must not place any reliant,e on
mere rumour round the earner. If the detaining
creditor cannot make out • stronger cans,
I will not keep the bankrupt in custody.
He may have aid by way of • Joke that he wee about to go
to New Zealand, but I do not think that it is very likely,
and I certainly should not recommend him to go there.
(A laugh.)
Application granted.