Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

THE MJRDER NEAR NOTTINGHAM.

"On-Sattirday morning, the two prisoners, Herbert. and
..klfredsflack, charged with the wilful murder of George
Clarke„ at New: Lemon, on the night of the 26th ult.,
were brought before -the county magistrates for final
examination. Evidence was given, that after the fatal
blow had been struck .by 'Herbert Slack, and when
the -neighbours who had come up were holding him
to prevent his inflicting further Mischief, he several
times exclaimed, ". -Let me go, I'll do for him
yet!" and struggled .to get - away. -Police . Constable
Vernam, of the county force, who took the. prisoners
into -custody, stated that on the way to the police
station,.Alfred Slack said to his brother, " Herbert, this
is all-your temper. I-fetched the kick, but you done
it;" -to which the 'other replied, " Yes, and I'd do it
again in my own defence." From the medical evidence
it appeared that 'the sword had pierced completely
through the second rib, without -splintering the bone,
so great was the violence of the blow, and had there
transfixed the lung and entered the-aorta or large vein
of thetheart, causing instant death. A sword-stick be-
longing to Alfred Slack, which was found near the spot
where the crime was committed, -covered with blood,
was .Troduced, and was proved to correspond exactly
with ,the wound. Blood was found on the prisoner
Herbert's shirt, when apprehended. He said it had
proceeded from a cut on his finger. At the conclusion
of the 'evidence, the prisoners were cautioned in the
usual way, and asked .if they had anything to say in
answerito the charge ?—Alfred Slack said he was inno-
mt.—Herbert said : All I have to say is, that I -de-
fended myself against two men who attempted to rob
me on the highway.--LThe -Clerk (to the prisoners)
You have just made a most important statement ; do
you wish that to be taken down in the absence of your
solicitor?----After a short pause, the ;prisoner replied No;
he would leave his defence to his solicitor.—Both pri-
soners were then committed on the charge of wilful
murder.

EXTENSZNJ ROBBERY OF EMPLOYERS AT WOLVER-
HAMPTON.—WiIIiam Rouse, lately a porter in the em-
ployment of Messrs. Campion, Jones, and 'Co., Whole-
sale chemists and oil merchants at Wolverhampton, John
Cadwallader, a manufacturer of neatsfoot oil, and Menry
Yapp, Cadwallader's servant, were on Saturday com-
mitted for trial at the ensuing sessions, on a charge of
being concerned in a long course of systematic robbery,
by which it is believed ,the prosecuting, firm has been
victimised to the amount of some hundreds of pounds.
From information given by a person named Hadley, a
relative of Cadwallader's, the detective poliee were put
upon the alert, and they succeeded in dise.wering a
eaantity of Messrs. Campion and Jones's property in
UlwalLader's premises, and in the premises of several
of his customers. A great number of witnesses were
examined, from whose evidence it appeared that Rouse
was in the habit of taking his master's goods to Cadwal-
lader, who disposed of them, and the proceeds were
afterwards divided between them, Cadwallader, how-
ever, taking the lion's share.
ANOTHER GALE IN THE CirANNEL.—Since Thursday
another tempestuous south-western gale has swept the
coast, and several more serious losses have malted.
The barque Sir Henry Pottinger, 213 tons, laden witb
silver ore, wool, bark, copper, &c., from Calder, (insured
at Lloyd's to the extent of £40,000,) was totally
wrecked on Friday morning on Cafyn Sands, in Car-
marthen Bay. The master, with his wife and chil-
dren, and the crew, with the exception of one man,
were saved. Captain Boulton, of Lloyd's, reached the
wreck on Saturday from London ; and by a telegram
received from him it ia , hoped, if the weather mode,
rates, that a large portion of the valuable cargo may be
rescued, but as the ship lies upon a kind of quicksand,
nine miles from shore, and the sea beating over her, the.
result is doubtful. About the same time on Friday'
morning a 2,000 ton ship, called the Britannia, belonging -
to Bath, United States,. was cast ashore •at Burnarfau,
Llanddwye, near Barmouth. She was bound to Liver-
pool, from Savannah, laden with a Valuable cargo of.
cotton. The captain and a portion of the crew saved
themselves by one of the ship's boats, and the remainder
were taken off by one of the Barmouth life-boats.
Several other casualties are reported.