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London, England, 1822-04-21 00:00:00

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living with him at the time but his wife and servant.—
LLC
WJS seen at Ills house on Sunday the 4th ; he was not
seen there or about the farm on the M lay after by any
of his neighbours, and it was not till Tuesday that his
body was found in an old house Contiguous to the dwel-
ling. A criminal connection was subsisting between
the pri,om rs before the murder.
The Jury, after an absence of an hour and a half, re-
turned into the Court, bring in a renlict of guilty .I,ttiobt
Leary, and not guilty against Mary Stanley ; but the
foreman accompanied the issue by saying, it was merely
on account of a deficiency, as they conceived, in the
chain of evidence, and not from any doubt of her parti-
cipation in the guilt of the other prisoner.
Hls Lordship then passed the sentence of the law in
the usual manner,
Exacunost.—On the I Itlt inst. at Cirk, William

Leary, for the murder of D. Stanley, to wi;rn he has,
been servant, underwent the awful sentence of the
the law at Gallows-green. lie was taken from the county
gaol a little after twelve o'clock, and walked with a firm
Step to the place of execution. fits conduct since his
sentence was extremely penitent. When the melancholy
procession had arrived at the gallows, the Rev. Mr. Eng-
land said, that he had been desired by the prisoner to ac-
knowledge his guilt. lie was the murderer of David
Stanley, and no person had aided him in the commission
of that dreadful crime. lie was not led to it by any per-
sonal enmity or hatred to Mr. Stanley, who hail always
been a kind and indulgent master, but entirely at the in-
stigation and desire of the wretched woman, Mary Stan-
ley, with whom the prisoner had been induced to lead a
criminal life for a long time. Various modes of destroy-
ing hint had been suggested by her: at one time it was
proposed to cut his throat with . razor; at another time
to poison hint; hut this latter mode she feared would
lead to detection by the appearance of the body. The
gun with which Mr. S. was shot belonged to himself,
and the powder and balls were furnished by the wife,
who retired to bed whilst the murder was perpetrated.—
After hanging the usual time, the body was taken down
and conveyed under a guard to the county infirmary fur
dissection, agreeably to the aentence.

17.—The Kerry newspaper announces
the arrival at Tralee oldie Sandwich Day schooner, Capt.
Lavice, from Devonshire, laden with one hundred lons Of
potatoes. This is, perhaps, the first importation of pota-
toes into Ireland (for the purpose of immediate consump-
tion) known to any of our readers.
SIIERIFP DINN William Smith, the
Beni r High Shelia, entertained the Corporation yesterday
at a public dinner. Various ellUt is wet e made to prevail
on him to give the toast which had been so long a watch-
word of division in this country—but he constantly
declared that his resolution against it was inflexible. He
was resolved to regulate his conduct by the " parting
admonition and injunction" of his venerated Sovereign,
and while he obeyed the commands of the King, he had
no apprehension of being taunted as disloyal. Finding
the determination of the Sheriff was not to Ise shaken, a
few " bar k bone men" had a table prepared is another
apartment, whither they retired to consume the Sheriff's
wine, in celebrating orgies offensive to their Sovereign,
his di.tingui•hcd representative iu this country, and their
entertainer!