Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-22 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER BY AN ITALIAN SEAMAN.

Yesterday morning the street in front of the Thames
police court, Lend() e and the avenues leading to it, were
crowded with an excited multitude, who were anxious to
catch- a glimpse of an Italian seaman, named Jose de
Rosario, aged twenty-t w e who it was known would be
brought up for examination on a charge of murdering a
Greek sailor, named George de Metter., on Sunday night,
in Neptune-street, Ratcliff Highway, St. G-eorge's -in-the-
East. The mot intense excitement prevailed in that
netbonrhood, and near the Leman-street stetion house.
Upwards of four thousand pe, sons were ass-mblei in Well-
close-square, near the scene of the murder, and as many
more were assembled in Leman-street.. Inspector
Gernon of the H division, and thirty police' cenrtables,
were patroling the streets all night to preserve order. At
ten o'clock there was a dense mob assembled near the
station-house, and among them were several Greeks, who
gave utterance to loud vociferatione, and called out,
"Bring out the murdere-, we want his life! Blood for
blood !" A cab was brought to the back of the station-
house, into Which the prisoner was hteitily pushed, and
Inspector Gernon and two police-constables got in
after him. As the cab drove away the yells
and execrations of the mob were perfectly fright-
ful, and several Greeks attempted to Atop the horse and
cab, and demanded vengeance. The police drove them
away, and the house and cab pr::ceederLat a rapid pace
along Leman-stteet, Alie-street Church-lane,. Commercial-
road, to the Thames Police Court in Arbour-street, East
Step-toy, and was followed a con,iderable distance by
the ind.gaant Greeks. Inspector Gerson ordered the
driver to proceed at once into the court-yard, between
the court and the station-house, and the gates were
immediately closed upon the multitude, who saluted
the mur lerer with loud exeeratioias. After the die-
real of the other night chargas, the prisoner was
arraigned in the felon's dock ben.° Mr. Yardley, and
charged with the wilful teurder'of George de Matrae. It
appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and two
prestitufee were quarrelling in Neptune street, on Sunday
night, and the prisoner struck one of them. The deceased,
who was standing by, remenetrated with him on his
cowardice, and said, "Don't strike the girl " The prisoner
said to the deceased, "I'll fight you English. Italian, or
Greek fashion " The deceased replied, in'breken English,
"Me no fight ;" on which the prisoner took a let ge
shea'h knife from his pocket and plunged it into his abdo-
mete The deceased staggered, and the prisoner followed
him up inflicting blow after blow on the defenceless man,
who fell to the ;round mortally wounded. The bystanders
called out " Miirder ; seize the fellow," and the prisonei
ran away, and was pursued by a police-constable, named
Charles Gasloyne, No 98 11, who overtook him, and soon
had him secured in the station house. The wounded man
was immediately taken to his lodging-house, No. 200,
Ratcliff Highway, where he was speedily atten'ed by Mr.
Stuckey, a surgeon, of Wellelose square, and Dr. Graves,
an army surgeon, of 2&l, Ratcliff Highway. The
deceased, in reply to a question by Mr. Gernon, said
he knew the murderer, described him, and said he lived
in the same house. Mr. Gernon sent a policeman to
the stition-house with instructions to bring the prisoner
immediately to the house, where the deceased was
bleeding to death, that he might identify the
murderer. Before the policeman could return the
wounded man expired. Upon an examination, it was
ascertainel that the deceased had received three wounds
on the abdomen, one on the left breast, one on the
left arm-pit, and another on the back of the shoulder.
Inspector Gernon produced a large sheath knife of the
ordinary description used by sailors. It was found in the
street after the Greek was murdered. The blade of the
knife was stained with blood. Mr. Yardley inquired if
there had been any pose most me examination of the body?
Inspector Gernon replied in the negative. Mr. Yardley
said he should remand the prisoner till Monday next. The
body of the deceased is now lying at the lodging-house,
200, Ratcliff-highway. It was laid out according to the
Greek custom yesterday morning. and was visited by a
great number of Greek sailors. The prisoner is a person
of youthful appearance, and fresh complexion.

last, Mr. W. visited C ifton as usual, when a Mr. Peck
tre-ting him lherally till he became intoxioated, when it
was a very easy matter to get up a dispute with him, whirls
resulted in a fight, and Mr. Webster was arrested for dis-
turbing the peace Of crurre the only object of the whole
affair was to have him detained until the following
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Fat's Times says, that Mr. Webster, of the American
Hotel, at Niagara City, was formerly a resident of her
Britannic Majesty's Provne! of. Cana-da, but moved sud-
denly inta the Uni,ed St Iry leaving his creditors to
whistle fo • 12,040 dull. And that was'nt all. He was in
the heblt of visiting Clifton on the Sabbath day, at which
lima he could nut be arrested. Recently a reward of
2000 dols, was off rel to any perm who would place Mr.
WB.lllltthe P Rhand;i
evinced a great interest in that gentleman's welfare,. by
morning. when he was again arrested as an absooricling
debtor.