The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-04 00:00:00

MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.

John Leggatt, master of the barque 3fargaret, of Glas-
gow, and James Nesbitt, mate of the said vessel, were
brought up at the Liverpool Police-office on Friday last,
charged with the murder of Joseph Brown, one of the
crew, during the voyage of the Margaret from St. An-
drew's, N. 8., to this port.
James Carr was engaged at St. Andrew's, N. 8., to ship
on board the Margaret, bound for this country. Soon
after they left St. Andrew's the captain said, " Bring that
fellow from below. I'll see whether he cannot work, and
if he does not work he shall have nothing to eat." De-
ceased was then brought up. It was the first time witness
had seen him, or knew there was such a person on board.
Deceased was very sickly and lame. His body was swelled
all over. He appeared hardly able to stand. He was placed
on a chair at the wheel, and kept there four hours,with scarcely
anything to cover him. The night was very rough and cold.
About a fortnight after, when crossing the banks of New-
foundland, the deceased was placed at the cat-head to look
out, although not able to stand. He was hauled upon
deck by the captain's orders, the captain going below and
putting a rope round him for that purpose. Deceased
called out that they were very much hurting him, and
egged of them to desist. After having been kept on the
look-out some time, he was let down in the same way that
he was hauled up. On the 1 lth of November, when off
Cape Clear, witness was below in the forecastle. Deceasd
appeared to be in a state of insanity, and talked a great
deal in his sleep. Shortly after the mate came down and
put a rope round the deceased and ordered him to be
hauled on deck, where the captain was. The captain then
struck the deceased, and knocked him down. On one
occasion, while lying on the deck, unable to rise, the
mate threw a quantity of water, in which some salt beef
had been steeped, upon him, and gave him a kick, and
desired him to leave the deck. The cook assisted in
hauling the deceased on deck on the last occasion alluded
to. Some time after witness assisted in placing the de-
ceased on some deal boards, which were part of the deck
cargo. While lying on the deck the sea frequently washed
over the deceased. When the captain was told of the si-
tuation the deceased was in, and the crew thought he was
dying, he replied, " Let him die and be d—d, if he likes."
The deceased expired about half-past 12 that night. He
was thrown into the sea the day following, without any
prayer being said over him.
William Sear, John Brandt, and William Davis, seamen
on board the vessel, fully corroborated the statements of
the preceding witness, and bore testimony to various acts
of cruelty of a similar nature to those which he had stated.
The prisoners Leggatt and Nesbitt were asked whether
they wished to say anything ; to which they answered in
the negative. _

They were then committed to take their trial for wilful
murder at the Central Criminal Court, held in the Old
Bailey, London.

ALL FOR LOVE.—A couple of swains named
Masters and Bradley, the one a barber and the other a cooper,
rival candidates for the hand and heart of a fair maiden, a
baker's daughter, in Ratcliffe, after sundry quarrels as to who
had the greatest claim to the lady, came to an open rupture
last week ; and the mistress of the rolls refusing to decide in
favour of either of her suitors, the friseur, next morning, sent
a formal challenge to the cooper, to the effect that, if he was a
man, and had any pluck, he would meet him alone, with no
other weapons but his fists, at Limehouse Church gates, at 11
o'clock on the following Saturday night. The parties accor-
dingly met at the appointed hour, and repaired to a field near
the church, and btripped. Before they began knocking each
other about, they mutually agreed that the conquered party
should waive his pretensions to the baker's daughter, and not
attempt to go near her father's shop again. This being settled,
the lore-sick gallants began pummelling each other in good
earnest, and after a fight which la,ted half an hour, the barber
was glad to say " Hold—enough," and gave in. Both men
were severely punished, the poor barber in particular, and he
has ever since kept his bed, wounded alike in body and spirits.
The cooper's face was so well marked by his rival, that he has
not yet dared to show it to his fair enslaver ; but there is no
doubt, after the bravery he has manifested, and the danger he
bas incurred, that she will consent to become Mistress Bradley,
the man of staves having, previous to the fight, been the fa-
voured lover. The affair has caused much amusement in the
ancient hamlet of' Ratcliffe.

A rich vein of copper ore has recently been disco-
vered near Laca-bridge, Doe-castle, on the estate of Captain
Hart. The ore is richer than any which has ever met our in-
spection, and promises to be much more valuable than any now
worked in Ireland. It is of a pale gold colour, is very re-
splendent, and freo from the least mixture of earthy or stony
substance. The mineral riches of the great mountain tract of
the county of Donegal, running due south from Lough Salt
to Barnsmore, are well worthy the notice both of capitalists
and geologists. In this tract, besides ores of every valuable
metal, aro to be found strata of fine gray and white marble,
suited to every purpose of the statuary and the architect. It
was from the vast mountain of Muckish (the Pig's Back) that
13 years ago, Baker, the sculptor, se;ected an immense block
for the statue of the late Lord Castlereagh. At the top of
this mountain, also,
is a vast quantity of delicate white sand,
prized beyond measure by glass manufacturers. This sand is
rolled from the top of the mountain in small canvass bags,
collected at the bottom, and thence conveyed to Liverpool,
Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Cork. Manganese, steatite,
gypsum, &c., are also to be met with in large quantities in this
district. The tracks of thunder stones are visible on the sides
of several of the hills. In short, we know not any part of Ire-
land which offers a wider field for the labour and gratification
of the mineralogist.—Londonderry Paper.

Last week a gentleman, named Jordan, who resides
in Parker's-place, Kent-road, was robbed of a valuable gold
watch ad appendages, in the crowd at the pit door of Co-
vent-garden Theatre. Mr. Jordan felt the watch safe in his
pocket only a few minutes before he missed it. He suspects
the thief to be a woman who stood near him, and complained
loudly of the pushing of the crowd. A strong hair-guard at-
tached to the watch was out through.