Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-28 00:00:00

TRIAL FOR POISONING AT GLASGOW.

At the Glasgow winter circuit, on Taos 1-iy, Wednesday, and
Ti.ursday, the court was occupied with the trial of John Thomson,
alias Peter Walker. wile was charged with the murder, by poisonin 2,"
with prassic acid, of a woman named Agues Montgomery, residing at
Eglesh am, and with attempts to polson„hy prussic acid, Arch. Mason
and his wife Agnes Mason. The case for the cro en occupied more
than two days. the witneneebeing very numerous ; btr. no evidence
was called for the defence. After a quarter of nu Lcur's consideration,
the jury returned a verdict finding the prisoner guilly of the first
charge in the i,dictment, the murder of Agnes Montgomery. The
Lord Chief Justice Clerk then sentenced tho prisoner is death,
directing him to re ezecutei at Paisley on the iStirof January n,•xt,
and warning him to expect no commutation of the sentence. The
prisoner was on Intimate terms with the murdered woman ; and the
cause which induced him to commit the crime, seems somewhat
obscure. The Masons, whom he was alleged to have attempt° Ito
poison, were the occupiers of the house in which he lodged.

Tuz LIVING or CAMIIERIVELL.-0 win to the death nr
Mr. John Long, the patron of the living of Camber, •;:,
the advowson, one of the most vataahle in the church, will
be shortly offered for sale, the testator havLng directed it
to be disposed of, subject of course to the interest of the
present vicar, no in his 53rd year. The gross annual
value of the vicarage of Camberwell is. £2,377 Os 8d•
The income is derived from the following sources. :
Vienrial tithes commuted for a rent-charge of £l,OOO per
annum, ont of which there is a rent-charge granted to St.
Paul's, Ilerne-hill, of £46 Os Gd ; ground rents arising
from glebe lands in North-terrace, £210; do. £l2 2s
6d ; de. £22 103; ground rent of six houses in
Sterling-place, fll2o ; do., in rzunswick-squara £117;
annual payment by the Surrey Canal C,lnpary, £2O;
annual amount of surplice fees, including interment fees
from the Camberwell Burial Board, 4001; interest on stock
standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the
Court of Chancery, 4/. 83. 23. ; Easter offerings estimated
at 100/. ; 900/. i>n Exchcqrec Bills, and 127/. 0-. 7d. in Con-
sols standing to the cialit of the purchaser of the glebe
lands in the hairis of the Acceuttant-General of the Court
of Chancery, fur the purpose of purchasing freehold land
and hereditaraerag, in the parish of Camberwell, and pro-
ducing 311. per annum. The vicar has also a fee of is Gd.
per head for common interments, and 53. for family vaults.
The Norwood Cemetery Company aho pay him 12,. for
vaults, and ss. for common interments. Thee Lee
average annually £5O. To these varied sources of income
is to ba added the value of the vicarage house, garden, and
effices (the best of all the metropolitan parishes) valued at
£l5O per annum. The land tax is redeemed, and the total
deductions for rates, taxes, nnd tenths, amount to £213,
lsavingia net income of £2,114 Os. 83., orsonsidorably morn
than the ellovrance of colonial bishops. The rent charg
of £l,lOO per annum is liable to vary with the average price
of corn, and the quantity of market wound in the pariah
but is the coarse of years, as the I),,ilding leases ‘el in, and
the market gardens are built upon, the revenue will bc.
considetabiy increasedq