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THE LATE ML RDER IN MARTLEBONE.

Mn. Cooper obtained some rest on Sunday night; and though
still in danger, there are sanguine expectations of' her ultimate re.
corery. Her wounds. though deep and painful, appear favourable;
but the surgeon thinks that the part of the ear which was nearly
severed wiH not unite.

Several persons of rank, residing in the vicinity, have evinced a
disposition to take an interest in her affairs. She has, at the pre-
sent moment, four children living, but it is not true, as asserted,
that she is likely to have any addition to her family.
The youth who gave his evidence on the Coroner's Inquest, has
had so secerkest of the lever, which was originally caused by the
frightful impression left on his mind from the attack to which he
was subjected. and which has now very probably been miengthened
by the necessity of recalling all the frightful 'circumstances more'
vividly to his recollection, when compelled to give his testimony
before the Coroner.

Pollard, the murderer, was married, sixteen years ago to the,
deuzlner of a hatchet ha Marylebone-lane. He suce..:eded bis
father-in-law in business; but, in consequence of his idle habits,
became insolvent, and his wife died from the effects of his ill.treat.
meta. Subsequently he married a second wife. foul whom he has
hen separated eight yeses. In the interval lie has, been leading a
dissolute Hfe, and has occasionally been stipnlied by his wile with
money. He has lived, however, witn Mrs. Pilgrim two years, and
she only separated from him on the very day of the unfortunate
catastrophe. On that day, she says, she happened to call upon
her brother (Mr. Cooper) who persuaded her to separate 'lentil
firm Pollard, and acting under his advice, she wrote ar.d seat the
following letter to Pollard :
" Deur Joseph—l think it my duty to inform you, that I hare
for a long time disapproved of the tootle in which we hove been
living, and have come to the-determination to separate for ever. I
therefore request that you will immediately scut me my clothes to
rt.y brother's house.

" Yours, S. Pivirtue."
In consequence of this letter, Pollard called at Cooper's house
on Friday evening. He heat came into t he shop. kneading to *peak
to Mrs. P. to the patient., but Mr. Cooper having dechned site
should not speak to him in his house. and thin if she felt desirous
to hold any conversation with hint it should be in the street, Mrs.
P. went Into the passage to speak to htnt, end he endeavenred to
prevail upon her to alter her dtterntination, and return home with
him. She told him that she had come to a fixed resolution to
separate herself from him for ever. Pollard told her the: he Lived
her too sincerely to consent to be paned from her, and he added
(placing his hand on his breast), " I have something here that
will do for all." Mrs. P. says she thought he spoke in jest. and
she told him, that although she had determined never to live with
him again, she would return home with hint that night, but he
was to understand that, next morning, they were to separate for
ever. She then turned round, with the intention of fetching her
bonnet sod shawl troth the parlour, for the pivot of accompany.
ing him ; and slit assorts that it was at that moment he atishbed
her The first thrust penetrate:l the shoulder, the second the arm,
and the third entered her hand In her fright she returned back to
the street door, and rushed into the street, where she was assisted by
a gentleman who happened to be passing. and who took her to the
house of Mr. Chadwick. a surgeon. Pollard forced file way from
the passage into tite parlour. where lie murdered Ali, COOrt, and
made those slump on the life of Mrs. gOoper and the boy which
Case been already stated. Vl'nen The. IT: wad iiken to the in.
&mar', she seemed to be rather disturbed in her mind, and the

medical gentleman who attended her asked her If she had been
drinking liquor, for she %toted intoxicated. She replied, that she
certainly had been drinkflig ; but only a couple of glasses, which
could not possibly have affected her.
Pollard, when brought into the Infirmary, complained that he
had a great pain in his heart ; and he requested to have some cold
tea, as he was very thirsty. In the course of the night Mr.
Onntlyer, the surgeon, milked him if he had been drinking gin ?
Pollard nodded his head, hut gave no answer. In tact, through.
our the night, he was sullen and niorMe ; and, when spoken to by
Mr. floodyer, Dr. Poole. or tiny of the medical gentlemen, he
would riot condescend to give them an answer, but turned hit. back
upon them in the bed, at least as far as his wourttls would permit.
At one time Mr. Doodyer asked him if he knew what he had been
doing to To this he returned no answer. Another time, when he
complained of excessive thirst, Mr. Ooodyer asked him what drink
he would take ? Ile immediately demanded cold water ; but
added. " I ant dying-1 em eying of the pain I feel in these
wounds." About a qunrter before three o'clock, on Saturday
morning, be inquired how Cooper was ? The nurse said, " What,
is Mr. Cooper ill, or do you think he is hurt ?" lie gave no
answer to this question, and shortly after expired. From this it
would appear that he was conscious of %hat he had done, and that
he was nor an much intoxicated all It has been supposed.
Pollard's wife applied to Mr. Goof:yew on Saturday, and re-
quested lie would give up the body of her husband, in order that
she might bury it on that day.
Mr. Goodyer told her that her request could not he complied
with ; and the poor woman, who is rather an interesting figure,
retired evidently much disappointed.
On Saturday evening the Jury viewed his body, at the same time
as they viewed the body nt Air. Cooper. Shortly afterward. Mr. De
Ville, jun. of 347, Strand, leek a cast of the head. Mr. De Ville
n marked, that the head was uncommonly well formed. The organs
tr the animal pmpensities appeared strongly developed, but the
higher mental faculties were rather deficient. The organs of
amativeneas, combativeness, and destructiveness, seemed unusually
The

per, assisted by Dr. Poole,
• Charles Phillip•, the sur-
the left side, there were two
ngth, which were traced as
:tween the sixth and seventh
ting the apex of the heart,
I left lobe of the liver, into
wound penetrated into the

posterior part of the mesente-
ry, and dividing sevarsf 1114Iressels in the neighbourhood. The
heart was found empty of which stmeared to have escaped
from the wounded vermeil the cavity of vhe abdomen, and
thereby eecasioned death.
We understand that the husband of Ales. Pilgrim, from whom
she has been separated many years, ri.ited her yesterday in the In-
firmary. They asetinned far some • time in private conversation,
and it is hoped and expand that s reconciliation will now take
plus between them.

INQUES? 011 POLLARD.
Yesterday Mr. Stirling. aril the Jury which had formed the nl-
quest to inquire into Mr. Cooke* death, re-assemblA at the Buf-
falo's Head. New-mad, to atcertain the state of' mind of Pollard,
when he perpetrated the savage act and destroyed himself.
Mr. floodyer, house.surgeon to the Marylebone Workhouse, de-
posed that when Pollard was brought into the Infirmary, he had
two cuts or wounds in the left side; his body was in a state of pro-
fuse cold perspiration. ■nd he seamed in a dying state; he was
scarcely sensible. and groaned; when asked where his pain was, lie
replied, " In My heart ; " and being asked what he had done the
cruel act for, he tinned away morosely, appearing to avoid the
question. When the witness saw him first. he considered that no
medical or surgical assistance would be of any avail, he being mor-
tally wounded.
Juror—Did the man appear to be sober ?
Mr. Goodyer—l cannot say ; he answered certain questions, ap-
rearing to understand their purport perfectly, and giving such
answers as his mind suggested. Ile evaded some questions, turn.
tog his head away sullenly. I cannot say, because I have nothing
to govern me, whether he was sober or not. I think I asked him
if he had been drinking gin, but do not recollect his answer.
A daughter of Mr. Cooper, a child of nine years of age, was here
produced, and with much inn/wince of manner stated what she had
seen. She said her name was Marian Cooper, and she was nine
years of age. On Friday evening last, when Pollard was convers-
ing with her aunt, she went into the passage where they were talk-
ing, and thought he said he would marry her aunt, but all she
heard him say was—" I will." Her aunt said, " Now don't you."
Her aunt had her hands towards his bosom, and was endeavouring
Rim)] something nut. She looked a little closer, and seeing a
knee in Pollard's hands, ran out and screamed. On her return
into the shop, she SAW Pollard standing across the parlour door,
saying to her father, " You shall not come out." Her mother
mate some observation, and then Pollard ran and stabbed her fa-
ther, who cried out " 0 Lord !" and staggered out. Pollard then
knocked her mother down on the sofa, and attacked her. She (the
whams) hit the knife with fire-shovel, and knocked it on on*
side; her brother also hit him with a poker; his' father staggered
out and died.

Coroner—Did you see him stab your father before he stabbed
your mother?—Yes, Sir; m mother ti?w at him, on his coming
to the parlour door, and got Mtn down on the sofa, in a struggle,
after he hid killed my tither.
Coroner—Did your father strike or push him at all ?—Not at all,
Sir, I can assure you. After my father had been hurt, he reeled
nut to the shop door. I screamed and followed him, and did not
come in until Pollard was secured.

Juror—Did you see him stab your mother or your aunt ?—No,
Sir.

Juror—What al your mother say to him when he came to the
parlour door?—only this, Sir, "She is no wife of your's; go away."
He then ',tabbed my father.
.7. H. Bassett, a butcher's boy, of No. 7, Walker's-court, St.
James's, deposed as follows-1 hare known James Pollard two
months; he used to collect debts for my father. On Friday last he
came to me at my father's house, between five end six o'clock in
the even'ng. He was much Intoxicated. Ile borrowed a knife
from me, which knife belongs to my father; he took it front the
shop block. [Hewitt, the chief constable of the Marylebone
police. here put the knife on the tahle.l That is the knits he took.
He said he wanted to grind the knife, but I did not ask him what
lie wanted it for. He wanted me to go down with him into the
kitchen, to torn the grindstone, but I refused, having injured one
of my thumbs; my younger brother turned the stone tor him. He
never before took a knife away. He occasionally helped in the
shop.
Coroner—Did you not object to a drunken man taking the knife
away P—l did, Sir; but he went away without my seeing him. He
told a servant in the house that he was going to cut some rump
steaks. I had no idea what he wanted the knife tor. Ile went
away about six o'clock.
Juror—You say lie was in a state of intoxication ; was he ca-
pable of knowing what he was about ?—Oh, yes ; he was not so
'drunk but he knew well what he was about. He was in the habit
of being drunk.
W. Bassett, brother to the last witness, gave similar testimony,
adding, he said to me, ' Do you think this is sharp enough to cut
a man's throat ?" I said," I did not know." lie then said, " Whe-
ther or no, it will answer my purpose." The servant afterwards
',allover and told a Mr. Higgins that Pollard intended to cut a
man's throat.

Diary Sheppatd. servant to Mr. Bassett. said that she saw Pol-
lard on Friday morning about ten o'clock ; he seemed embarrassed ,
in wind ; she did not hke to say any thing to him then, until he '
shed tears and cried ; she asked him what was the matter, he said,
" I am in a deal of trouble;" she asked about what? he answered,
'' Only about a female I have lived with;" slie rejoined " Ah,
never mind that, we are all liable to misfortunes." lie cried for some
time arol then went away. She understanding him to say that he
was going to the Borough to inquire about her. as she had left hint ;
desired him on his return to tell her how he got on, and not to
drink at all. He returned again at three o'clock quite tipsy. and
said lie had found out where she was; he had a bit of paper in his
hand. He went away ,nay came again still more embarrassed and
intoxicated. and ground the knife.- /She went out. knowing he had
the knife, and lit the street sake/ him for it. He said he had not
gat any knife. She having roe *se him, some boys followed ;
but lie did not s peat In a fitetkica4 lie certainly etas intoxicated
sad tam
Juror—His telling you calmly that he had no knife about him,
shows he mold not have been very drunk.
P. Andrews, a watchman, said that he was doge to Mr. Cooper's
house, and saw him stagger out wig tall ; he raised his hody as a
little girl ran out, cryirg •• Oh, ray fattier is murdered !" and al.
moat instantly Pollard appeared at the door, brandishing a knife,
and swearing •• he would serve every body the same way, it they op.
posed him." He returned into the shop, and the witness and some
of his comrades stepped over Mr. Cooper's hotly, and saw Pollard
passing the knife front his right to bis left hand, and pointing it to.
watils his own left side.
Coroner—Then he stabbed himself with his left hand.
Juror—Could you not have secured him before he destroyed him.
self ?--,I cannot say.
Juror—How many minutes were yon there before you ventured
upon the steps ?—'iot above one or two. it was not discoreted
that lie was wounded until he was brought to the office.
The CORONER here said the unfortunate Mrs. Pilgrim was in
the li,ftrniary and could not be brought there, but if the Jury
pleased they might go and hear her evidence; but he did not
really see what necessity there was for any thing of the kind, as
they had heard evidence fully, in his own mind, emtablialting the
fact of the wretched man having enactej the whole of that dreadful
tragedy which had caused their meet lie thought'alao that the
Jury cola not get any additional evidence (roof the examination
of the woman of the state of the man', mind. becanao it had beeh
proved that he had deliberately and sanely burrowed, ground, and
carried that knife about with him, and had goi,e direct to Mr.
Cooper's and perpetrated this most cruel and barbarous murder. L
had bem also proved that he was druid: at the time. Was that an
excuse for the [cuing loose of ungovernable passion ? Most cer.
tainly not. If it were, ho feared litany indeed would be the mar-
-1 dens daily committed. • Therefore lie really considered the evidence
complete without Mrs- Pilgrim's test'inony, and the Jury could
come to no other conclusion upon it than that which he pointed
I out.

. .
An enditulital (said to be Mr. Cooper's brother) wished to have
Mrs. Pilgrim i.xamined.
The CORO X Ea again observed that there was no occasion. There
could be none:. but it was just as the Jury pleased. lie certainly
emundered this one of the moat atrocious canes he ever heard ot,
'and would remind the Jury that this man bid not, by any person,
Ibeen said to be auliject to deliriem ; on the contrary, he was only
eacribell its 4 drunken dissolute fellow, living in a state of adul.
d rf ; and Winne Mr. Cover properly desired him to quit the

house, modem!' ing by that act this adulterous intercourse, tho
lain stabbed him to the heart, and in less than halt a minute com-
mitted four felonies. Now, with evidence st complete before them,
without even the most remote suggestion of his madness, he really
considered they could only come to the conclusion of his being per.
feel of sane mind at the time of his committing this horrible act.
The Jury, however, went to the lntirntavv, where they found
Mrs. Pilgrim sitting on a bed. Ste appeared to have a wildness in
the eyes: She, however, very collectedly gave her evidence as fill-
' lows :—My name is Harriet Pilgrim, and my residence is at No.
12, Park-street. I knew the deceased Pollard. On Friday even.
Mg he called at Mr. Cooper's, at about seven o'clock in the even.
Is 6. 1 spoke to him in the passage, as Mr. Cooper objected to his
being admit od into the house. He asked me why I had left him ?
Hs said, " You will repent it." Fearing he would do Month
' harm, I said I would go with hint and get illy bot.het and shawl.
I slid rut see any knife in his hand or bosom, hot lie had his hand
Upon his breast. Ile was certainly nut in liquor, and was not given
so drinking. I had written him a note in the morning. He did
not say it I refused to live with him lie would murder. :kir. Cooper.
As I was leaving the passage he struck at Inc with a knife. He
aimed at my brertat, but the blows fell upon my arm.
The Jury having merely asked a kw questnina of a general na.
lure. returned to the Jury room, having on Saturday evening seen
the body.
The CORONER again addressed them to the effect already stated.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Fob
de sr. _

The Coaostrn told the Jury that their duty was thus ended,
u the law pointed out the disposal of the body, or any goods or
chattels of the deceased.

EXECUTIONS AT GLOUCESTER, ~c.

Saturday last, J. Sparrow, for sheep-stealing, and J. Oliffe, for
horse.stealing, ended their lives on the scaffidd at the county gaol.
The former Was a native of Painswiek, and the latter of I)uutis.
bourne A bbot s. Subsequently to the announcement ofxbeir awful
doom, their behaviour was appropriate to their situation. Saturday
morning both convicts attended divine service in the Chapel of the
prison, after which, they were conduced to the scaffold. In their
way to execution, both evinced unwonted firmness tied self-possess
Nina. Sparrow was the first to ascend the scaffidd, when he appeared
to falter, but it was only for a moment, and immediately assumed
a resigned attitude, while being tied to the beam. 011te then
lightly mounted the steps, and having instructed the executioner
how to adjust the rope, requested permission to address the multi-
tude. With a firm voice, he exhorted the spectators to avoid those
evil courses *hick had led to his own destruction, and to follow the
ways or truth and religion. After some sentences to this effect, he
concluded by reciting with a distinct and audible voice, the whole of
the cxlii. Psalm. He then exclaimed •' the Lord bless you all!"
and, turning round, shook bands with his fellowssufferer,iwhet. the
drop tell. The sutterings of both seemed to be but of momentary
duration, and in the evening the bodies bete delivered to their
friends for interment. An immense concourse of people was present.

Wednesday, at Monmouth, T. Davis, convicted on four indict.
Incas for horse-stelling, underwent tho sentence of the law at the
usual place of execution. Ile had resided in llonmou•hahire as a
respectable farmer, and had fur some time been engaged in stealing
horses, or receiving them when they were stolen, to a considerable
extent. lie devoted the whole of the brief time allmted to him in
preparing tor the termination of his existence, and was thus enabled
to meet his death with fortitude.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

Office of Ordnance, April 15, IVS.
Royal Regiment of Artillety—Second, Capt. L. S. R. Robertson, from
ludf-pay to be Second Captain, vice le..ting, retired on braf-pay and
Second Lieut. C. W. Wingneld to be Flint Lieutenant, eke Acberley,
retired on luta-pay.

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