The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-28 00:00:00

TRIAL OF GEORGE DAR YELL.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—George Darwell, clerk to Mr. Wol-
stenholme, cotton broker, whose very recent apprehension for
embezzling a large sum of money, upwards of 8,0001., the
property of his master and others, was this day placed at the
bar. It will be recollected that the prisoner had given the
money to a woman named M'Lean, residing at Manchester,
with whom he had some years ago an intimacy, the result of
which was the birth of a child ; but that it appeared, on the
investigation of the case at the Police Court, on Darwell's ap-
prehension;:that she had at the same time received a handsome
annuity from a merchant at present residing in America, in
consideration of his being the father of the same child.
The evidence was the same as was given on his apprehen-
sion ; and as he had at that time made a confession of the cir-
cumstances of his guilt, coupled with the production of hie
pocket-book, in which he had kept an accurate account of the
sums he had paid the woman Maclean, it is unnecessary to
enter into it here. He was of course found Guilty.
His late master, Mr. Wolstenholroe, and Mr. Smithurat
(who was the principal person defrauded) and others, gave him
an excellent character, and recommended him to the lenity of
the Court. The deep penitence the prisoner had expressed
since his apprehension, and his conveyance to Mr. Wolsten-
holme of property to the amount of about 1,0001., which he
had saved, besides a sum of 4,0001., or upwards, which the
woman Maclean and her husband had also conveyed to Mr.
Wolstenholme and those defrauded, joined to the recommenda-
tion of the Jury, appeared to have weight with the Learned
Recorder, who sentenced the prisoner to 12 months im-
prisonment.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed 11 o'clock in
the forenoon on Thursday next to receive the Lord Mayor
elect, and signify her Majesty's approbation of the choice
made by the livery of London, after which ceremony the
Lord Chancellor will give the usual breakfast, it being the
first day of Michaelmas term, to the Judges, Queen's Coun-
sel, &c., at his residence in Bruton-street.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—An inquest was
held on Wednesday last on the body of Ann, the wife of
George Whitmore, of Norfolk-street. coach-body-maker.
Henry Hawley Clarke, of Fargate, Sheffield (being one of
the Society of Friends), affirmed—Yesterday morning,
Tuesday, the 17th, about nine o'clock, a young woman came
to my shop and asked for white mercury. I told her I de-
clined selling it without a witnes. She said," You need not
be afraid. lam not going to kill myself." rthen asked her
what she wanted it for ? She said to kill some mice, as she
was almost devoured with them, and they ate everything she
left about. I asked her if she was aware of the strength of .
it, and also how she was going to lay it for them. She told
me she was going to mix it with some oatmeal, as a neigh-
bour had recommended her. I asked her how much she
would have, and she said threepennyworth. I stated that
that was a large quantity ; she must not make it strong,
otherwise the mice would not take it. She said she had
an immense quantity of mice, and she would take that quan-
tity, and it would serve her more than once. I then gave
her an ounce and a half, and wrapped it in a blue paper,
labelled " poison" in Roman letters, and wrapped up in a
second paper, Before she left, I said. to her
.in a joking
way, " I hope you are not going to take it ; if you do, you
will get me into a mess." She turned it off as a joke, and
said she was not tired of life. She then left the shop.
She appeared perfectly rational and composed, or I would
not have sold it. Her conduct and manner were such as
to warrant me in selling the mercury without a witness.
There was no appearance of temporary derangement. Ann
Harrison and Elizabeth Harrison, with whom the deceased
lodged, and other witnesses, were examined, as well as the
husband of the deceased, but they could not at all account
for the rash act, except it arose from jealousy. The jury
returned a verdict of Felt, de sc, and' the deceased, under
the coroner's warrant, was interred that evening, between
the hours of nine and twelve o'clock, without the rites of
Christian burial.—Shetld Iris.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA-V, OCTOBER 28, 1837.