Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

ELOPEXENT AND ROBBERY

EX TRIORDINARY.

At the Thames Police-court on Wednesday, James
Milner, aged 21, painter ; William Horton Pring, 27,
agent; Maria Caldwell, described as a married woman,
25 ; and Harriet Underwood, the wife of the prosecutor
in the case, 25, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged
with stealing a watch, money, bedding, furniture, and
other articles, value £5O, the property of James Under-
wood, landlord of the beer-house called the Railway Inn,
Chancery-lane, Manchester. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor;
stated the case for the prosecution, and said the woman
Underwood had absconded from Manchester with her
paramour, Milner, with whom it was believed she had long
carried on an illicit intercourse, and assisted by him and
the prisoners Caldwell and Pring, stripped her hnsband's
house of every valuable article it contained. There was
also a charge of assault agsinst the woman Underwood,
who struck her husband with a candlestick, and threw his
watch at his head. The prosecutor a resprcteble looking
man, superior, both in personal appearance and address
to either of the male prisoners, said he kept a beer-house
in the parish of Hardeeck, Manchester. On Friday the
sth init., he was iu company with Milner, who was in the
practice of using his housn Milner said he had two
tickets for the theatre, and invited him to go there, to
which he consented, and left his house all safe, and his
wife in it. Milner made an excuse for quitt ng the
theatre before the performances terminated, and left him
at ten o'clock. Witness returned to the house at ten
minutes after eleven, and found it closed. Tne back part
of it was exposed and the doors open, and anybody could
have get in. He found upon entering the house, that it
had been nearly stripped of its cotrents, and his wife was
missing. Mr. Charles Youcg here read a long list of the
stolen articles, including the prosecutor's linen and
wearing apparel, and on mentioning three counterpanes,
the prosecutor's wife,.a most noisy and impudent woman,
who frequently interrupted the proceedings, called out,
" it's a he ; there was only one counterpane ; I only took
one away." Mr. Yardley : You had better conduct your-
self with propriety woman. The prosecutor continued :
Maria Caldwell was a servant of mine ; Milner and Pring
used my house. Pring is a sort of agent, or lawyer's
clerk. I found all the prisoners in the same room yester-
day in Bromley. I found my property in the room, and
begs.is to remove it, on which my wife began smashing the
things, knocked my hat over my head, th,ew a candle-
stick at me, and abused me. 'I he prisoner Milner told the
policeman his name was Jones. Mrs. Underwood : It's a
lie. He sail his name was John. Mr. Yardley : You
had better be quiet. The prosecutor: At tte station-
house, my wife lbw at me like a tigress. She threw my
watch at me. and struck me. 'The watch nearly struck a
policeman on the head, and fell upon a wall and rebounded
and was shattered to atoms. Milner: I know nothing
about the goods at all. I did not steal them. Mr. Young :
It can be proved that the prisoner Milner assisted in the
robbery, and he also stole the prosecutor's wife. Mr.
Yardley asked the prosecutor hoer long hs had been
married to his wife ? Mrs. Underwood : I can answer
that: Six years on the 14th of March. The prosecutor :
Milner and my wife have been intimate the last twelve
mon he. Mr. Young said there were witnesses at Manches-
ter who saw all the prisoners go away with the prosecutor's
boxes and property, and perhaps, to save expense, the
magistraterwould send the prisoners beck to Manchester.
Mr. 'Yardley sail, if a larceny had been committed, it was
as much a larceny in London as in Manchester, and he
thought it would be more convenient, and attended with
less expense, to deal with the case here. Of course, the
prosecutor's expenses would be paid. He should remand
three of the prisoners on the charge of robbery, and the
prisoner Underwood on the charge of assault, until
Saturday, brit he would take bail for any of them Mrs.
Underwood found one surety in £BO, and was liberated.
Her paramour, Pring, and Caldwell, were sent to prison.

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS AT A
NUBLEXA.N'S RESIDENCE.

At the Marylebone Police-court, London, on We3nes-
day, the Hon. George Chichester, of 6, Upper Hyde Park
street, was charged with having committed an assault on
Mr. Thomas Higgins, a fishmonger, carrying on business
at 3, Albion-plece, Hyde Park-square. It.r. Broughton
(addressing the defendant) : What are you, sir ? Defen-
dant :I am Clerk of the Peace for Balfest. Complainant
having been sworn, said : Defendant lives in a furnished
house where other persons also reside, and this house,
I believe, is Lord Chichester's. I have supplied those
parties with fi h, and yesterday, in consequence of several
tradesmen telling me they could not get their money,
I went to the house with my bill, which amounted to
£5 Os. 21. I had an interview with defendant, who said
he could not pay me then, but would do so to-day.
I waited on him at ten o'clock this morning, and was told
by the servant to call at eleven o'clock. My bill was
made out in Lord Chichester's name, and the servant
who had given me the orders had directed me to do so.
I called again at eleven o'clock, and while talking to the
servant, de'endant rushed down stairs, seized me by the
collar, forced me to the door, and threw me outside. We
had something like a struggle, and while it was going on
a policeman came up. Mr. Broughton : Had defendant
desired you to leave the house before this struggle took
place ? Complainant : No, sir. I can further state that
within a very short period there were between 30 and 40
tradesmen at the house for the purpose of endeavouring to
obtain money for goods they had supplied, it having been
represented that these were for Lord Chichester. Defen-
dant : My uncle, Lord Chichester, does not owe £2O in
the neighbourhood. 272 D, after deposing to the facts of
the alleged assault stated, further, that after the money
had been paid to Higgins, the defendant might have gone
away without any charge being preferred against him, but
he insisted on going to the statioa-house. Here the
defendant interposed, and said that the complainant had
come to the house and made a great noise, and no violence
more than was necessary was used in ejecting him from
the premises after he had been desired to leave. He
asserted that other tradesmen who came with bills had
been paid. Defendant called, as witness, Mr. Henry
Browning, who said : I live at Lord Chichester's, and
occupy apartments up stairs. Defendant was trying to
put complainant out, and I saw the whole struggle.
Mr. Broughton : Did you hear defendant tell complainant
to leave ? Witness : I did. Mr. Broughton : Have you
heard any tradesmen clamouring for their bills today ?
Witness : Yes, there was one. George IVl'Dermott stated
that he was a servant of the Hon. George Chichester, and
had given orders for the fish to be sent to the house of
Lord Chichester. The complaivant called yesterday for
his money, and he heard defendant say to him, that he
would be paid if he applied for it properly. He did not
remember the complainant being desired to call again at
any particular time, and when he came that morning he
was desired to leave, bnt he would not do so. Mr.
Broughton said that when tradesmen gave credit and sent
for their money, application for the same shauld be made
with civility, and when parties who went to collect bills
were desired to leave, is was their duty to do so quietly.
The evidence was of a conflicting nature with regard to
complainant's refusing to gait the premises when desired
to do so. He then dismissed the charge.

ANOTHER PLEA. FOR AN EXTRA HOLIDAY.

TO MI BOUM; Or TLIE NOR'CIIERN TIMES.

I Sir,—ehristrnas-day falling on-Frilay this year,
perhaps you will allow me, through the medium of
your j,;urnal,' to intimate to the Mercantile,
Professional, and other gentlemen, the ad vantage
that would occur to the employees, in their granting
them the following day as a Holiday; it would,
all rd t) such a class the opportunity of visiting
their relatives and friends at a distance, and enable
them to participate in the festivities of this joyous
season upon their parental health. As Saturday is
but a short day with the profession, and many of
the tradesmen of. Liverpool, I am of opinion that
there would be little lost by adopting such a liberal
course, as the emyloyee would meet his occupation
on the Monday mooning with more pathos, energy
and action, after having availed himselAflo. fr.the
kind consideration of his employer.

At the assizes held at Exeter, before Mr. Justice Willes,
en Wednesday, Jonathan Reose was in licted fur having
feloniously assaulted Jane Stone, with intent to kill and
murder her, on the Ilth of November last, at Tormoham.
A second count charged him with maliciously cutting and
wounding, with intent to kill and murder her ; and a
third count charged him with intent to do her
„grievous bodily harm. The prisoner is a mild-
looking, intelligent young man. He is stated to
be 21 years of age, bat he does not look more than 18.
Mr. Carter having opened the case, and put in a plan of
the premises where the offence was committed, proceeded
to call the unfortunate young woman (who is more than
seven months advanced in pregnancy by the prisoner)
named Jane S one, whose person presented a fearfully mu-
tilated appearance, her forehead being strapped up, the
bridge of her nese broken away, and pa t of the bone
removed, while her upper lip had been cut through, and a
Portion of It it teeth knocked out, by the brutal treat-
ment she received, and which will be found narrated in
her evidence. She was accommodated with a chair
near the judge, spoke in a low tone of voice, and
was only kept from fainting during her examina-
tion by the nra of restoratives at frequent intervals. Tne
poor creature, on being sworn, said : My name is Jane
Stone ; I am 20 years of age to morrow. I lived at
several places in Exeter previous to last Christmas.
I have an aunt named Lake living at Torquay. I
went down to her last December to seek a place at
Torquay. I went to Mrs. Michelmore's, and I agreed j
to go and live with her. It stemjust before 1 ist
Christmas that I commenced living with her as a ser-
vant. Mr. and Mrs. Michel:flora, myself, and the
nephew, lived in the house, but the latter did not sleep
there. His name is Jonathan Rouse. de March last he
commenced certain freedoms with me; and about the end
of the month I saw him in the cellar, where ha had inter-
esurse with ma which was afterwards repeated. Several
weeks after that I remember having seen Jonarhin Roma
in the kitchen. I told him I was with child by him. He
said he was sorry for it ; he then went upstairs and came
down to me again. Hs then gave me four pills which he
said I was to take. He did not tell me what I was to take
them for. I took two of them in his presence, and the
other two the day after. Some weeks after this, I recol-
lect his going from the kitchen into the bottle room. I told
him again that I was with child, and that I was ill. He
said that he storey for me, but he did not say what
he could do. A few days after that I spoke to him again
in the parlour. He asked me how I was, but I can't recol-
lect what he said. He told me to say the child was some
other one's. I told him I could not, but I cannot recollect
whether I told him the reason why. At another time he
told mo to put it on his uncle, Mr. Michelmore. On the
sth of August I left the service of Mrs. Michelmore.
About a week before that, Jonathan came to me in the
back court. He asked me what I was going to do.
I told him I did not know what I was going to
do ; I had not thought of it. He said he
couldn't do anything for the child. On the 6th of
August I engaged to enter Mrs. Will's service; bat I went
away for a holiday for eight or nine days after the engage-
ment. The day after 1 went to Mrs. Wills's, Jonathan
came with a bottle of wine, which I took from him.
Nothing was slid on that occasion. About a week before
the 11th of November, Jonathan again came to my
mistress's house, and brought a half dozen bottles of ale.
I took them from him, and desired him to go round to the
back door. He did so; and I took some empty bottles to him
there. I told him I wanted to speak to him one day, because
I was with child. He made no answer then, as Mrs. Wills
was coming to the door. That was thelaat time I saw him
before the 11th of November. Oa that day I went to my
aunt's at the Tor Abbey Gate. Isreinained there with her
until nearly eight o'clock, and then went back to my place.
On coming from my aunt's I met my uncle at the top of
the road, above the gate. I stopped for a minute to speak
to him, and then went home. When I got home I rang the
bell, and just as I had done that I saw Jonathan, who
appeared to come from the Laurels. He came to me and
said, "Jane, I can speak to you now." I then heard some
ore inside the house coaling to open the door, and I told
Jonathan I would come out to him, He then went back
again. Mrs. Wills opened the door and let me in, and I then
went into the kitcherowhete I saw a man named Lam+s,
who was repairing the stove. I then went up stairs to take
my thiuge, and remained there about five or six minutes. I
returned to the kitchen; Leaman was still there, and he told
rue something about the stove. I let Leaman out through
the front garden, and he went away. I then went down
the front garden, bat Jonathan was not there. I then
went to the steps leading to the back garden, where I saw
him. He, said, "Jane," and I said, "I did not know
where you were gone to." He said, "Come up the stern,"
but he turned and walked up the garden. He put his
hand round my waist, and we walked about half-way
up the gatelen. I asked him if he saw me go up over the
stairs. (We were then opposite the staircase window.)
Jonathan replied, " Yes." I then asked him whether he
thought I was all right, and he said he did think so. I
told him I had no money, and should be obliged to go into
the union. He said, "It was a done-up job for him,"
upon which I said, "It would be worse for me." At
that time I saw a light in the staircase: window, :which
shone out upon us. He said, "Come further up ;" and we
went to the back part of the garden. Whoa we came to
the top, Jonathan (who still had his arm round my waist)
told me to get down, and he then put me down. I asked
him to let me get up ; but he did not make any answer to
that. He then pressed his knee against my left side,
pressed one head far into my mouth, and then the other
on my nose, which stopped nay breathing. I struggled to
get away, and said, "Lord have mercy upon me." I tried
to make a noise, and did make a little. I bit his hand,
upon which he pushed it further down my throat. I
don't know what took place after that. I can's recollect
any person coming to me when I lay in the garden some
time afterwards., j The witness was cross-examined
by the prisoner's counsel, with the view of
chewing that a quarrel ensued between the parties
on the night is question, which led to blows
which, however, was not established. Evidence was then
given as to the poor girl having been found in the garden
insensible by the inmates of the house in which she
resided, who went out at the back door ha consequence of
hearing the dog bark loudly, and her groans directed them
to the spot where she lay. The prosecutrix was lying
near the path, with her legs drawn up and her clothes
much disordered. There pas a stream of blood in each of
the two walks in the garden ; a cap and apron, besmeared
with blood, were lying in the walk. The prosecutrix
was then removed into her mistress's hotrse, where she
stated it was the prisoner who had assaulted her. She
was then conveyehl to the Torquay Infirmary, where the
prisoner soon afterwards presented himself, accompanied
by his uncle, and in his presence the prosecutrix made a
declaration before the magistrate, charging him with the
offence. It was also proved that the prisoner was seen
near the house on the night in question, and that a large•
stone, mere than nine pounds' weight, found near the
body, was covered with blood and hair, the surgeon
giving it as his opinion that the wounds on the pro-
seentrix's head were caused .by that or a similar weapon.
Mr. Stabb, house surgeon at the Torquay Infirmary,
deposed to the fearful nature of the injuries the poor girl
received. On- sponging her face, he found seven or eight
lacerated wounds on the face and head, and four fractures,
two on the forehead, over each eye. The bone of the nese
was fractured, as well as that of the upper jaw. The teeth
wore loose ; one ho removed with hia fingers, and he had
akm out others since. The lip was cut, which corre-
sponded with the lacerated wound over the nose. Both ears
were lacerated—the left being torn quite through. He
assisted Mr. Jolly in removing a small piece of stone from
her temple, which resembled in appearanco the large stone
produced. The girl was in a very dangerous state, and he
bad no hops of her recovery. She was not out of danger
for a fortnight or three weeks after being brought to the
infirmary, as erysipelas might have supervened. Mr.
Coleridge made a powerful appeal to the jury on behalf of
the prisoner. The jury, after half an hour's absence, found
the prisoner guilty of an intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The Judge said such conduct merited condign punish-
ment, and sentenced the prisoner (who wept bitterly) to
penal servitude for life.

The suspension has been announced of the Dartford and
Gravesend Bank, of Messrs. Jonathan Hills and Sons,
with liabilities probably not exceeding £20,000. It was
not a bank of issue.

:ilAlf LOST OVEBEOARD.—At half-past four o'clock on
the afternoon of Monday last as the Gipsey Queen,
Liverpool and Clyde tracer, was off the Isle of Mau, on
her passage to Clyde, there being a very heavy sea run-
ning at the time, John Campbell, the mate, was out
engaged iu clearing away the jib-sheet, which bad got
foul of the whisker end, and while he was doing so the
vessel gave a heavy lurch and he lost his footing and fell
overboard. The vessel was put about, and every effort
made to save him, but without success. Campbell was
26 years of age, belonging to Lochgilphead, and was
unmar.iel.
IER FATAL ATTEMPT OF A DEBTOR TO ESCAPE AT
CARLISLE.—The search for the body of John Pattinsun
vas coaticued daily without intermission till Tuesday
eveuing, but no trace of it could be discovered, and the
creditors began to imagine that the unfortunate man had
made his escape unseen. On Wednesday morning, how-
ever, this idea was dissipated, the remains having been
f and about a quarter of a mile below the 'me of his
death. It seems he had no hope of relief from his friends,
and intended, by crossing the river, to reaoh Scotland,
and evade tho execution and the proceedings taken against I
him.

He then quotes six lines, which he attributes to
Lord Chatham and Burke, on the erimea of the
English in India.
On the subject of torture the writer says :
Daring forty-six years the East India Company ignores
the facts. or rather allows them to be committed. The
Company has its agents, who employ torture to wring their
last farthing from poor peasants, and that money, wet with
blood and tears, is not employed either in the material
well-being of the people or in the improvement of their
intelligence; it enters the coffers of the Company or those
of the English Government, and gives great salaries to the
employes and good dividends to the shareholders. Tne
Indians,—these tigers with human feces, as The Times
calls them,—at last revolt; these " capricious and violent
animals," troatel with contempt, and oppresssd beyond
measure, rise on their oppressors ; they desire to shake off
the English yoke and English oppression, and to free
themselves from English contempt; they desire to oppose
the return of torture; they have forty-sixforty-six years of torture
to pay back on England —and th -y take up arms .
After describing the manner in which the Hin-
doos are tortured by the Company, he exclaims—
Certainly, never did the imagination of the executioners
of the middle ages, nor that of the most ferocious planters
of America, devise more atrocious means to tortu e human
creatures, and if any one, and the least cruel, of these
means, had over haen applied by order of the Emperor of
Austria or the Sing of Naples, Eat:gland would have sent
forth shouts of indignation, and the names of these
two Sovereigns would be this day affixed to the pillory of
public indignation. These tortures are infliezed in the
19. h century, on the unfortunate Indians, and their ob-
ject iathe collection of the imposts which are applied to
pay the huge salaries of the English functionaries,
younger sons of great English families, and the dividends
of the Company's shareholders. English philanthropy
does not think , necessary to stir itself.

On the day of humiliation and general fast he
observes:—

One day, one day only, England, under the influence of
a great panic, orders a general humiliation in her temples
before the anger of the Lord. That day she confesses her
crimes, and covers her head with ashes. The next day
she flings off the ashes of this affected repentance, and,
burning for revenge more fiercely than the day before, she
calls for the extermination not only of those who had
committed assassination, but of the whole of the Indians,
near or from afar, who may have taken part in the revolt".
The following is meaut by the writer as a home
thrust:—

We might ask of the English why, when they feel so
much virtuous indignation against the Indians who preach
up revolt and the destruction of their country's oppressors,
they encourage and ferment everywhere in Europe the
awakening of what they call nationalities—that is to say,
the abrogation of the treaties in which their Government
took part on the re-organization of Europe in 1815—why
they find it so natural that Italians and Hungarians should
revolt against Austria, Poland against Russia—while they
refuse the same to Malta, to the lonian Islands, to Gib-
raltar, and to India ? We might ask why they who are
so indignant against the Indians, keep in London the pre-
parers, the promoters of political assassination, and the
convicted and condemned accomplices of these assassina-
tions, not to speak of the whole staff of Socialists who,
from the depth of their retreat, and under English protec-
tion preach the extermination of the upper class of society
by the lower classes ?
The author touches on the history of Lord Clive.
with the view of proving the English to be
treacherous and perjured. He adds :
We do not mean to excuse abominable murders, but we
show by irrefragable proofs that England, less than any
other nation, has the right to be pittiless, for she also has
been as barbarous towards the Indians as the Indians are
now to her—for she charged herself with a numerous