The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-17 00:00:00

MURDER OF MR. WOOD.

I At the last Summer Annus fur Cheshire Joapli Ask was con-
victed of the wilful murder of Wm. Wood, a respectable factor, re.
siding near Whaley, in Cheshire. About six works since a petition
was forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
for the pardon of Dale ; it wu most respectably and numerously
signed ; nothing, however, appeared to induce Oovemment to attend
to its prayer. One of the prisoner's companions vas taken a short
time after the murder, and was committed to the New Bailey prison
at Manchester, where he hung himself the following morning.
A third person, who was present, has not vet been ultra.
The fate of Dale has excited universal interest in Cheshire, and
the adjoining counties, although it were difficult to account for this
excitement on a,y other ground than the youth of Liie prisoner, be
being only 18 y,:ars of age.

POLICE.

BOIS'..STREET.

Ms. IL, a very smartly dresral woman, vu brought before
the filagi.trate on • peace warrant, charged with threatening to
inflict bodily injury upon !Mu Eliza 11. K., her reputed daughter-
in-I.w.

It was stated by Miss K., who appesrel to be a highly morn.
plished young lady, that she had resided with Mr. H. trout her in.
fancy, and until latAy she always supposed him to be her father,
hut circumstances had occurred which induced her now to doubt
upon the subject. She was educated in France, and until she came
to reside in this country she knew but very little of the English lan-
guage ; but the knowledge which she hail since acquired had led to
a disenv:ry, to which the present complaint was, in her opinion to
be attriblue.l. 3lr. 11. some time ago married the defendant, and
from that time her (Miss K's) home was no longer supportable.
They were quarrelling incessantly, and at length Mr. If. placed
her in lodgings, at ate house of a Mr. Ritter, a tlerman tailor,
undertaking to pay fur her board and lodging. A few days so;
Mr. Ritter promoted a bill to Mr. R. fur certain extras that she
had been furnished with, and ver, shortly after Mrs. M. went to
her lodgings, and conducted hersilf with great violence, theaten-
ing to " tear her liver out," and making use of other declaration
of such a nature as to excite serious apptsbensioos in complainant's
mind. The dimovery to which she had alluded was thin.--She once
saw s document, which she understood enough of to know that it
wan a will of her late mother (who died when complainant was
very young), in which property was bequeathed to her, and Mr. II.:
was nominated trustee. She, of mutat „_made no secret of this,
and she attributed the conduct of Mrs. N. to this CITCSIONTIOSS.
Mn. U. had repeatedly urged her to retire to a convent in France,'
but she refused.

Alin K. was entering further into this part of the subject, but
AC was stopped by the 31agistrate, who informed her that he had
nothing to do with private manners of that kind • be could only
take cognizance of the threats which the alleged th:st Mrs. U. had
male use of.

On the part of the defendant it was declared., that :Miss K. was
totally mistaken as to the will of which she had spoken. She was
actually the daughter of Mr. H. by a former marrage, and there
was no: the least foundation tor the supposition, which somehow
or other had entered the mird of the complainant, with respect to
the supposed will.
The Magistrate repeated, that he had nothing to do with that
pert of the ease, and after sane conversation Mrs. H. was held to
bail to keep the peace.