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London, England, 1818-04-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORT/WWII!, APILM 28.
Trdrrday sailed the Martha, Driver, from ladle, fur
Loudon.

PLYIIOt/11, APRIL 25.

Pouted up Channel yesterday the Parole))), Miller, from
Calcutta, fnr I.onrlon, iii tire mouths and live days.
Smiled sloe Wear, Thompson, for Montreal, after having
stuppeti her leak, whirls cusaml her to put is here.
HULL, •Plllll. 25.
_ _ . . .

On Friday morning last, shout four o'clock, during
heavy rile Or wind, aCCOMPAIIied with snow, two vessels
were lost at the entrance of the Humber, names unknown,
and rvery soot on hoard perished. Hue of them, supposed
to he a collier, was seen upon the Stony Binks, awl the life-
boat went utE to endeavour to save the ciew, lust the wind
blowing as, along from the ENE. frnotratell every attempt
to come near the wreck. The tither was seen to all ike upon
the milli land, a little to the northward of the Sinks, and
instantly disappeared. From a quantity of broken veers of
earth. aware wit cls are strewed shunt the roast, and some
casks suet wills at sea, sispipmr.l to be herriog casks, it is
coojecturcil she In ter is a violet from Newcastle bound to
Gibi altar. A pump was bronchi up yesterday belonging to
the Corsair, bet without any mark uu it.

LYMIVGIO7II. APRIL '35.

Lamled lice, this morning the Purser id the Royal Groize,
Captain Tumulus, with dispatches f China, with *lnuit
he isruceeded immediately for London. The Royal George
arrive,' at St. Helena on the lstb, and *wiled from thence on
the 27th February last, leaving there the Ciuporrior, Ad-
miral Phanipin, Porlsrgm, Mosquito. and Griffon ; the
tatter had just arrived from Ascension. Bonlimirte was
reported to be iii the same stale of health es he had been tier
some months pievions, still worming himself to the huuse,
cud refusing to are visitors.

DOVFIt. APRIL. In.

ArrisTil off this port the Milton, Thrones, fr ll3.it.t‘ :a,
for Ringlet-mom, and makes report as follows :—Sad d 21• t
Drcenstscr, to company with the Mart 111111 l , Furl!, for Ain -
sterthint ; uo 541 s 'March, its lat. G 24. N. •he was hoardril by
au EtirliAa brig of war, Itotmol lu St. Helena, haring MI
board IL cars cage atilt bora& for leivuoparte.

Drhf, AVM'. Ott.
Yesterday came flown Com the River, the Audi, Cum:-
well, for Rtnical; fur Jaw; %Vt..lfis Cove,
Xteplerocon, for the I.le of krauce,anil remain in the Dimity,
auJ iivveral other vcasele whicithave peutvedeil.

RODRARIRS IN CIRI•7' Clll7l ,Cll, sf•me:.r.

Within a few week. intmermis Miblirries have been com-
mitted in Christ Chore+ during di; ina service. Some iwr-
AMIN leave been sobbed of their witches, sealh, mid handler•
chief.. The beadles were ordered to lw its. ilw alert, wad nu
Sunday week a Gentleman lust his gold al ;Ito, for w
ribbon having }wen col by a pair ..1 sciahms, and an elderly
man of respectable appearance was observed to have stood
near where the Grath-man was raltleed The beadle.. took
notice of the in room and GM last Sunday they idasei wed him
cuter the chnrili again, and after some time they saw bum
~ Whim! a Genth writ:, named Baker. a rest. viable pa-
rughioutt, and rob how of a %ilk•handkerchief; and after be
attempted to rot. a. viral others, Cis cli she headle endeavour-
s.' to seettse bins. lint he ran li/I'4lllg Is the cburch and
escaped into the 11.-v. H. Hill's Chapel; the tweille
pmr-
stwd him. The men rasa out of one of the chapel-duors us
the beadle entered the other ; 1w continued to follow him,
unl stareeriled in •pprebetiding him in Blackfriars road,
and look him befiwe a Sat-ley Matistraie, n has Mum diately
committed hies as a refine nod vagabond to the Ses.dulia.
He said hie name wat Thumas, but his real mime is
Grainger: be many ;ears kept a large hied-shop its Hol-
born, and at that time Mai considered a respectable IMAM.

Saturday night last the Duke of NORTHUMBEIL-
LAND, after witnessing 51ATilEws' perlonairince rt
the Lyceum, was conducting a lady from the Box
door, in Exeter-street, to his carriage, when the
footman who was at the opposite side ran over, for
the purpose of opening the door. Another roach,
which was behind, drove up with Pitch rapaility, as
to jam the footman between the two carriages, so
that his !le was iu imminent danger. His (:race,
who witnessed the transaction, remonstrated with
the coachman en the impropriety of Isis conduct,
aid 1111.1strii on knowing his 'lame. and to whom
the carriage belonged, when the (.mm11,11;114 with
the greatest sang froid, said, that lie would be a
d—d load to tell I whose carriage• it was—it
was a hired one—tool he might learn and find it
winch way lie could." The Doke smiled at
the answer, got into the carnage, anal drove
off. Several noblemen aid gentlemen were pee.
seta, who condemned the conduct of the coach-
man very much, to whom he behaved with the
greatest insolence.

Yesterday as a gentleman from the canotry was shoot I.
enter Tattersall's Sale Repository at Hyde Patti curia", a
friend shit resides in London cautioned him to take tare of
Ina pocket., as it %riot probable there would be a Cll./Wl' at.
tending the sale. The gentleman instantly pot his hand to
his pocket, and discovered That his p.icket-book, containing
notes and bill• to the amount of 3,0001. was rw. lit re-
collected Ilial the hot time he hail ti was w a hat kory coach.
He had discharged the condi at the end of Piccadilly, Lot did
nut know the number of it ; he ran bock In Piccadilly a ith all
possible speed, Intl (until not trape the cuavh. lie impaled
hi■ rodeartiors, bat iu vain, for a cliesiderable time ; at
length hr went to Pine.str., t °dice, In give information of
hi. 1111111r11W.1.1,R, It WAS then font- tick., k, and Adkins, the
offict r, started to use his C34.1'110115 for the ircovery of she
trreaan•, and was an exteriorly (intonate as to have the
pockel.book, wills the whole of the valuable content*, in hoi
possess' at a quarter heroic five o'clock. On the ullii er
presenting the loot props•' I y to the mince, hi. joy of roars•
may be Illttne easily CINICI IV, II shams lit Is, and al the
sante tame expressed Ins of the fin (1111.11 t
cau-
tions of 11w 'Aker

POISON 1.1" C, •. .
ARKENDALE, NEAR I.NAKESBOROO44I.

[From " TAe frerlt .41urury."]

ON Tuesday IVilliast Kieighlso, Mies frowlry, tVrIY tom-
Milted to York Castle, by l'utintayise tritium,, lieq. of
Inginanthorp. charged with administering, at vat • limes,
a certain deadly poison, with intent to murder Joseph Duals-
worth, his brother-tit-law; Anne Doalawortli, his wife;
Tlimuna Walsworth, his fallow-in-law ; and John Hawe, a
buy of about ten years of age ; all of Au krndale.
This case is most extraordiaary in its eitemnstancee, anti
ring,tilar, even in this age of crime, for the unexauiplrd
atrocity it developes—and, es it was known only to the
public by vague report, we thought it right, by lot Ronal in.
vealigation, to sowertaitrall the material corcumstatices con-
nected with it. The following twit-alive is the MIMI It of this
inquiry, made near the spot. anal of she pasties the best able
to give correct hibernation omit, it. I'lw recur nf these trans.
aetimts is Arkcudale, a %Mate about four miles from
Kasai esboroogh, and the same distance from Ilairouelabridge.
Mr. Thomas Walsworth and het sun Joseph Hoilsworth are
wheelwrights, carrying on business to that village—and,
previous to asciatestes teat, these two pa ram's. with time
Primmer and his wife, who um; the daughter of the elder
Dodsworils, lived in the rank house. Mr. Joseph Daids•
worth inherited, as the heir 41 his inuther (who ass dead),
certain copylnalal property. aunt had also the reversionary in-
terest in the freehold properly then in the painession of his
father. Mr. Joseph Dodsworth being at this tins. 40 years
of age, and unmarried, die Prisoner (as we shall hereafter
call him) had I.lllle expectaticy that the properly of the fa-
mily might ultimately come is. his wife, the sister of Joseph
Walsworth. A kw days, howcyer, after Christmas last, Mr.
1. Dittisworth married, and his pruspeet of succeeding to
the prusway was liCAllllyed—sia.ll• to tidal to Mini disappoint.
mem, the Prisoner and his wife we•e obliged, in conic-
gutsier of Maio marriage, to quit aloe house of lin
law. These eveuts are suppeaed to have laid the foundation
for that deadly rancour which led to that series of caulks we
shall now proceed to detail.
On Wednesday, the 25111 of March, the Prisoner and his
brother-in-law, Joiwpli Duslaworth, went to Horottglibridge,
for the ;purpose of bringing coals from that place ta. Kuares.
borough ; in returning from thwouglibridge they called at a
public-house at Mandril*, while the Prisoner treated
Hodewurth with some hear, nod a short lime after they
hail left it and were oft the road to Kuarcaborough, the Pri-
soner look from his porket a penoy roll, broke a small piece
frum it, anal gave the rensatiader to his brother-in-law, who
remarked " that there was a whitish dust upon the broken
end;" Priaouer sai4l, "11h! it is nothing but the flour;" and
without making any further obacreat lhsalswerth eat the
roll. He had hut, bus, ever, priweeded fir before lie became
extremely indisposed, and most violently sick, and when he
arrived at Ktiaresborough, he was so ill that he was obliged
to lay down aanre lime before he was able to pursue
his journey, and it was not without much difficulty that he
reached Askendale. lie was visited MOOR after by the Psi-
sutler, who expressed touch concerto at lin indisposition, smith
proposed to fetch . • 1-water from a neighbour's to
alley his sickeess ; thi• offer was accepted, and hr returned
ishisselly after with a •artall quantity iu a teacup. The wife of
Doilsworth observed to the Prisoner that it was very thick
and nuidsly ; lie replied. Mrs. Webster maid that she was
sorry she hash tau hefts r, but it was all she had ; " but," said
lie, " put 1.11114 c auger in it awl give it to him, and it will du
him good." Mrs. Ihelswortli sir cordingly gave the aniut-
wider to her 'webfoot loot instead of a thaiiiag, it greatly in.
greased the sickness and the leaching. It was stow thought
necessary to semi to lionstiglihrel•ge for Rome medical
assistance, and the Proioner ohs, sal s • lw the messenger, but
this offer was not accepted, anal some mialwine was seat for,
which somewhat rcliftfll biro. Nest moaning he was •iailed
by Mr. hedgwick, who is a eurgesair and iiikuilieeary at Ito-
rouglibridge, who found Mr. Doilsworth extremely 11. He
saki it was necessary that some p. imam alassehl return. with
hint to bring the medicine which lie alimild prepare. The
Prisoner again edraell Ins sere les, and said, that as lie should
have to go su Buronglibt idge it would lie no trouble, aisd he
would bring llw medicine as Car as Westemegate, where Ina
tat her-m-law might meet loin. This arr.• us zonielit was agreed
14.5; the meflicifw (a saline mislabel odes. given by Mr. Sedg.
wick tithe Pa isoner. what delivered it to Itie father-iu-law,
with this message, " That Mr Sae h:wick had given strict
01111.11 that the bottle was to he sea 11 shaken every ti nte the
medicine a-ss athisioistered, anal that two fist& apoon's full
was to. be given every km lemursa-ei powder was also to be
sl era alstag with il."
Mts. Vudarruf th soh tatalsiesly cempliell with these dike.
tiona, bat she had III) sootier giveit the inediehic to her flux.
Land than lie became 111101 aura., and his sickness,
21/1,1 sontittitog, greatly increased. 'floe same effect was pro-
diked when the neconil dais, was administered, and he was
Maas so alarmingly ill that it was thought necessary to send
fur the immediate attesialmice of Mr Sedan iek, who maul--
ton:itchy was engaged he expressed
messenger at the a (reel whirls the medicine WWI stated to
have produced, and desired that the powder might be
led in the other dames. Rot I hougla the medicine was ailmi.
sostered the third lime without the pawder, it stilt continued
to produce the worat eliect•, and to aggravate every mak-
von. able siymptoin. Mr. Ilealswos tit was afterwards visited
by Mr. Sedgwick, and itiesheirea eslit'Ute4l which somewhat
tattered the mill:Toy victim 4if in digitant hatred, but lie con-
tinue d in a dings tuna state the whole week.
We now ntnr to a most immolated part of tie case, and to
the of the ickedneas of the Priaamer
hitherto he seems to have sought summit' the life of his
Iwutlwr-
in-law—butt in the oast attempt toacenmplish this diabolical
purpose, lie sa ems willing to have sacrificed Ilw harm of all
the family. Ihr Wednesday eveuing, the first of April, Mrs.
11.Malsworth had est upon the tire a pan containing statue ve a, '
fur the purpose of making some hr,tii for her husband
aieana sa yen u'elock the Pri r came ins, HMI seated linoself
ins iii rustier next the pan ; lie loge Waal wlest was preparing,
and he was sold by his father! in•law !Mrs. Walsworth being
lep list II was 5/.llle South for his brother-in-law. The
Poi tttttt r was observed by a boy, John MIMI', nephew to
'thus. Datalsworili, to place his arm over Ilie °vett, and to
bold his hand over I lw rot, oct as. Ily uprising anal shutting
Isis haw!. The Pris -r Biwa after went out; *hen Mrs.
Lhel.arai th came dotal lairs, and looked at the broth, she
found an unusually Mork skimming upon it, which she took
MI; she sliest tinted the toroth, whsch she found to hare a
culiariy had taste. She asked her father.iii-law to hale,
and alas lime little boy, null though the whole quantity taken
Isy• flown dad not soy veal what infelo he contained in three
taltle.spoosia, they weer all seized astound instantly with very
aeseae ventitsoga, violreat ref.-hien, awl every other symptom
which attends the admit ttttt -at ttttt of arsenic. It hi hardly
y to add, that no piti I of this pitillt/IWII lIICAS was
gavial to the sick 11114/1. The taste of toe broth was very acrid,
and it a! I immediately itifiansed the hmeue and throat
of the persons who had tasted it ; a very small quantity I6:1,1
'risen to a rat she ii,xt morning, which was immediately
seized with violent 'gonna:. anti expired in n very short time.
los cons. qatt lice of the advice of Ilr Saalg al irk, a portion of
this broth was sesit, on Thursday, ilae Oil of April, to a
druggist at hitareaborosigh. It has since hem analysed by
Dr. Murray, rt pits Oftha place, awl Mr.Ciowther, and
has lawn f I h. contaio a large quantity of arsenic. The
bottles thilielliiet the dregs of the medicine, brought from
theoughbaidge fir Ilse hammer, was also pkteed in the hands
of the same geutlemen, and which was also ascertaimd Ist
contain arsenic. As mum as the Prisoner seas apprised of
the investigat* that was going on, he abet-waded ; and
thmagh a reward fur leis aorrelitosion oaf insmcaliasely of
by advertisement, he wits not apprelicodad before last
Sunday aftersomu ; he was tabs n at ( ;murky, near Otley.
It to also cleanly establisher!, that the Prisoner poi chased,
out um alnmltime2lst of March, a sot ter ut a ;mond of basc-
ule, at the shop of Mr. Lanilwrt, druggist, at Kitarestioroisgis,
Iwo of killing rats; he bad pterionsly
applied Is. patichase it, but Mr. Lambsat had, with 11. [ami-
able degree of rant ttttt very propsa ty c. fined to sell to
so slangerosaa a di ug, malcss he could produce a peitam resi-
dent at Knanslwroughs who would slate that d
that he weaned it fur a lawful purpose. Tito Prieuia r, on the
ea cowl applicatstan, came attend. 41 by a parson, mite said,
that Ise believed that he waited it fur the purpose be bad
slatted, and the gamier of a pound 41 arsenic was then maid
to loin. It is material to Lem it its muted, that this purchase
seas used, a kw days bet. au the hid poi t fon of atsvuic was

auppo-,ed tb have been administered in the tun of bread,
wliich was 0.1 the 25th ult. The &medicine, which WA% ale.
supposed, or rather prureil to have itoutwined ammo,. mat
prepared by Mr. Sect-wick himself; and he Waled that the
taedicine, When delivered by him to the Know r, dol not
contain • single particle of this deleit riot,. dime. The intot-
metier delivered to the Pi irinite was. peiftetiy *dear, men Mit
Mrs. Welnaer make any el:V11/gy to Lim mt arcnuat a jia
bI.IIIIC all she hail; the Lif that .he Lail a eunsideralile
quantity, and the quanti!v ,Ivan 20 him mac much neater
than lie hail produced. 'f he Priimmice, Fll:en 11% iippn hen.-
.ion, and previoua to hill committal, affei ted to display
good deal of iiiihfference ; as he war. passing 1111..184h the
streets or Knareshurough lie exclaimed," I ant nut lieti4rit
yet."
The whole of Mr. Di.dewerth's fonily, with the excepti.-a
of his son, have steady re-oereiol, dlid b,•re very r, a
to believe that his life will he s3Va d, though Y re, y r00.0.1c .
able time must elapse before he is perfectly r.triielll:4l floa►
the ell'. etc of the powerful pe.t.aii with which hi. c.,tislitu-
Coo has had to combat.

After this statement it can hardly be necessary to it IJ.
that the paragraph which appeared in this awl titter re.
staling the chief Mr. ihmilsworth to have diced of the i aorta
of the poison, is incorrect
The Prisoner, as we have already state.l. war easinined ma
Tuesday before Mr. W latlll. Tit! Iltalllill3 llyll t.ccupietf;
from nine o'clock in Her n tttttt ing otitit seven in the I Tee+
ing; the result of which was, that the Prisork r was luny,
committed, tab the capital rt•atge of artnemisteri.sg pommy
at V 31110.11; time,, with an intent to initriter Auer ph Dods-
worth, Thomas Dudaworth, Anne Doilsworih, and
Haste, a boy. The Mai:Orate thought it prom,. to urdru
the Prisoner to ba tour, ltd to the Cattle at York the wise
evening.