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London, England, 1813-06-20 00:00:00

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and had sceo her in her shop about nine o'oleck, previ-ius
ters behtg put up. Vickery now left him in the custody of the
uhile he went and searched his lodeings and stables. He
at a ctotager's but a short distance from the house of Mrs..
it appeared, he slept with a man of the name of Winterfiteid,
ascertained the clothes and other things heloneing to Cantwell,
Ind them. He questioned the landlady as to Cornwell's being
s at the time of the murder, and other citctinitat ces respecting ,
et Re. the did not appear commenientive, the officer did not
ti. questions, Leing fearful he might do her an injury, as she had
.en put to bed that moreleg of a boy. Vickery then proceeded
'Tthks of which Cornwed had the care of. On a C.Ts, bin he
pair of (smiled breeches, which bud evidently been stained
considereble quentity of blood, perticularly on one of the thighs,
d since been washed without crisp, they beime but parti.lly dean.
Cher ltart of the stable he found a jacket, which had been wordied
tilar way. Ile tour; .ill the things Cernwell, at the Castle Inn;
tett them all excep the jacket, which he said was his waster's,
occasionally wore it ; the stains on it were with some stuff he
some horses' mouths with. The blued on die breeches was
toned by hleedine a horse. A new hat, and a new coarse Wee
vett. where found its his lodgines ; the foruter hr said he honeht on the.
Sunday monitug utter the murder. of Mr. Saville, a hatter. in Woodford,
and paid him a oite•ponntl Bank of &Wend note ; the new blue coat
he nurchasetl for one pound, when he was in I.tiedon on-Wedeesday, in
the netetthourhood of Clare-wilco, but could point it out. The note
be paid tor the hat %vith, he said he had had in his possession 'for Three
mouths, amid the tt ee he purchased the vitt; with he had had by him
since las. harvest.
As they were leavine the town of Woodford, Vickery stopped the
chaise at the door of Mr. Saville, the halter, who recollected selling
Cornwell a hat on the Stmiichv morning after the murder, but had not
got the 11. note he received from trim ; he had unfortunately parted
wilts it that day, but had no doubt he could get it again, and could
identify it Iron sous parriculer marks in red ink on it.
Mr. Thomas Davis, tt !Fiedler! of the Sun public hotter, in Gate-
&tree', attended during the examination, identified the person of the pri-
soner, also the old metal watch, teund on him by Vickery, to ha"e been
the same, it having been his wife's before he was marri:el to her ; he
exchaisged it with biro for the watch bel7mgine to the hte Mrs. Ste-
Owns, which watt proved to he her property by Mr. Ridley, the waielet
maker, of Weridfot d.
The pristine( behaved in a very indecent manner Amine the whole
examination : every Arsons countenance except his was impressed With
mos: serious aspect. Cornwell's wets quite the reverse ; he appeared in
a continued laugh or grin daring the whole thee.
On Mr. Read asking him what account lac had to give of himself, he
answered in the most flippant and iudifferent manner possible. lie
confirmed time statement of Vickery iepectine their conversation he
acknewlodged frequenting! Mrs Stepleels's shop : he rave an account
of himself up to 9 o'clock on the Saturday evening ptevious to the
murder, when he stopped short,--said he would answer no snore eves-
tione, being sleety,—would talk ,nor' tiermerow, &e.
Cornwell pet'seiting tit his refit: it to nn•mrer any mimic questions, or to
give any further account of himself, than up to nine o'clock of the
night of the murder of Mrs. Stephens, whet he hid sut ! was read over
to him, and he corrected some trifling errors. He was then asked if
lie choose to sign the account, being cautioned that it was ut Ilia own
option. lie professed his ignorance of whet was recant by signine it,
tint on its beingexpleined to him, he without hesitation wrote his name
in the hook. He was committed to the House of Correction fur further
examination.

Thursdny was the day appointed for a farther investigation of this
horrid transaction.

William Cornwell, the ostler, WRS broll alit from the House of Correc-
tion, where confinement does not appear in the least to have hrouglit
him to a sense of his situation, as his behaviour during the whole of the
day displayed the greaiest levity, besides makinkt use of the most
obscene and blasphemous Inigninfe. He swore ho would net walk to
the otrire if they pulled him to ;;ricer; he .was therefore, broitelit
dulibled-ironed, and strongly handcuffed. tic was placed at the bar
about half-pit twelve o'clock, and during a long exr.mination, his
coontenanre exhibited R continual laugh, or rsther u snearing grin ; it
was the must hardened it is possible to conceive.
The pri.mier, on being askre. if lie had ary *lug to say, repeated his
account of his having found the watch near the pond. On his being
asked, how lie came to give different accounts of having possession of
it ? he siontly replied, he swapped the watch, that was i.II be toad to
etty. and they might hang biro up if they pfeased.
The Cliiirchwai den was bound over to prosecute bier for the murder,
in a re-coenix ince of 100 i. ; and the witnesses vine uuu:ld over to
pears ita oath.

ISTER.

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

ROBTXSON, TUE DEFAVLTER.—TiIiS person embarked in one of
our packet. for Hambargf . When the Captain went on board, he
apologized for rrt instantly weighing anchor,7alleging as a reason,
that he was waiting for a gentleman, who had been engaged in an
ltrair of honour, which rendered it necessary for him to go to the
Continent. "By the bee," continued he, " I see him now coming
off shore in a boat." The lion. Mr. Kinnaird (to whom this con-
versation was addressed) asked the Captain the mune of the gentle-
man; he replied, Thompson. " That canoot be," resumed Mr. K.
I know him ; his name is neerhompson, but Robinson." The
Captai• , to convince his passenger of his being in error, produred
a slip of paper, on which the name of Thompson was written. 8/
this time, the boat came alongside, and the subject in dispute as-
cended the deck. After many indications of surprise, he ap-
proached Mr. K. in a familiar way, when an explanation took place
as to the;name he had assumed, in which he explained, as his motives
for concealment,. " that he WWI in lawsuit of a lady : it was the wife
~fa friend of his, who had fled to Itaninirgh with her paramour;
.o.d to ealni the perturbation of his frit toes mind, he had midertakeis
to fild out the place of her retreat. with a view to prevail upon her
to return." Mr Kinnaird knowing no:hioz of the real cause of
Robinsmi's abandonment of his country, entered into Eno-idiot con-
versation with him, and they passed on their arrival at Hamburg,
several days together, frequenting all public places. From theme
Robinson went to Heliooland, where he was at the time of Mr.
letter, free from arrest.
Oai Monday. as a sow was trirnieg up a dunghill, near the Swan-
stairs. Rrentfortl, she was observed by a boy to turn up an infant
the boy gave au alarm, and several people came, and drove her
away, but not before-she had devoured one of the bands, and part
of the atm. The infant proved to be a female, supposed to be about
four days old. An alarm and inquiry spread through the town its
conseqoeoce. This circumstance brooght to the reooLection of a
bargeman of the town, his being on the river opposite the dunghill,
between and 1 o'e.of kon Saturdas night, when he saw au object
all in white, near the spot where the inlaid was found, which be
eoncluded was a Ghost. From his description of the olject, there is
every reason to believe, that it was the unnatural mother, covered
with a sheet to disguise herself.
Several of the girls who arc working in the gardens. as is ens-
tomary at this Feacon, have been taken up, and examined before a
Magistrate. Suspicion has fallen upon one of them, as she came
there pregnant, and she was not able to give a satistactory account
of her delivery.
TH F. LATE Men urn AT CIIPLETIVIIST.—Creat pains have been
taken to confitin such part of Nicholson% confession as could be
reached by oilier testimony or proof. It will be recollected that
the servants of the house denied any knowledge of the poker whirls
the murderer alleges that he took from the servants'-hall. To ex•
plain this circumstance, Anil Rogort, who left Mr. sonar's service
about Faster, has been sent for from Oxfordshire, and was examined
before Mr. Naves, the Magistrate, at Chislelmrst. She speaks po-
sitively to the poker belonging to the house : it was originally used
in the kitchen, but afterwards in the scrvants'-hall. She remembers
it to have been sent to be new-bitted about Christmas, and that it
afterwards was brought home. The hoosekeepei's ignorance of
this poker may easily be accounted for : she had only been in the
family a fortnight, and no fires had been inatie in the servants-hall
in that ti me. The family had been them only for two or three
days occasionally since Christmas, and the atteution of the servants
had not been directed to the poker, though now, on recollection,
they most of them recognise it,

Di ED.

At Hampton Court. Paint e, the decen ged had apartments)
I.a-lv Anne Cecil, sitter of the M minis of S disbto c.
At Shenflehl C0tta,.,.... Essen. G. Selby, E-q. aged 78 years.
On the C:2(1 of Feb. in Cnnada, Lieut. Chas. Kite, of the Amillerr,
who was vt,linded anti taken ptistuter by the Americans in the battle of
Nor. 2,t, 1E:1 v, in the 25th year of his age. Ite was the sth son of the
Rev. John King. Rector of NN n•sitnrn,
As :,Ir. Peter Stocken. o ged 58), was crossing
on Sato; d. ,y evening last. he sodrienly fell, aa'l utnut being.
Ito r•te, piretl. Ile was Clerk to the Parish Clot rQh of iialdock
And 18 years De;snte P•roma.ster of the same place.
At Brandon, Suffolk, E. T3s,en, Esq. a gentleman well kw
the turf.
At St. ( lrtnent'!.., Norwich, the widow Tier. inz, in 14cr 001'
She retained her faculties to the last hour.

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