The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-13 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

Yesterday Elizabeth Goff, alias Wilson, an elderly wo-
man, was brought before Mr. WEDGWOOD, charged with
intermarrying with Peter Wilson, her former husband being
at the time alive.

The complainant was married to the prisoner, who at
the time represented herself to be a single woman. Soon
after their marriage another man, named Goff, a pensioner
in Chelsea College, came forward, and, having claimed
her as his wife, demanded her restoration, and threatening
with vengeance any person who prevented her from going
back to him. The complainant at once expressed his con-
sent to resign her to the person who had the best right to
her, but the Chelsea pensioner subsequently changed his
mind, and, instead of taking the prisoner back, he suddenly
left his old quarters and went off, with the view of kerping
out of the way and preventing any proceedings in the
affair. The complainant, having ascertained where the
prisoner's first marriage took place, procured the certificate,
which he produced to the Magistrate, and at the same
time expressed his determination to prosecute her for the
offence.

Mr. WEDGWOOD, having examined the certificate of
the first marriage, asked the prisoner whether she had ever
gone by the name of Goff ? Her reply was that she never
had, and that the only man she was ever married to was
the complainant.
The father 'said that, now she was getting old and ugly,
the complainant wanted to get rid of her by trumping up
a charge of bigamy against her ; that he bad her taken
into custody seventeen different times on this charge, and
taken before Magistrates, by whom she was on each occa-
sion liberated, there being not a particle of evidence
against her.

-The complainant denied this latter assertion; and said
that he had ascertained that the prisoner's first husband was
now living at Bath._

Prisoner—lt's a lie. You had better give me victuals
and clothing, which I stand in much need of, instead of
bringing me up here as a criminal to the bar of justice. This
is all a trick to get rid of me, but I'll stick to you, my old
boy, while you have got a shirt to your back. You'll not
send me over the herring-pond this time.
The Magistrate having explained to the complainant the
evidence that would be required to establish such a charge
as that which he had brought against the prisoner ; and
upon his undertaking to bring it forward on a future day,
she was accordingly remanded for that purpose.

THAMES OFFICE.

Yesterday Creole La Grasse, a man of colour, was brought
before Mr. BRODERIP, the sitting magistrate, on a charge
of being concerned in the massacre of eleven persons be-
longing to a tribe of Hare Indians, at Mackenzie River, in
the territory of-the Hudson's Bay Company, in North Ame-
rica, in the winter of 1835-6.
The prisoner having stated his name, through the medium
of an interpreter, Mr. Tod briefly related the circumstances
under which the prisoner was apprehended.
Mr. BRODERIP asked if the constable was provided with
the necessary vouchers and documents, and Mr. Tod put
in a variety of papers, consisting of the case laid before the
law officers, their opinions thereon, the depositions and ad-
missions of the culprits, the appointment of the constable,
and the powers and privileges of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany. It appeared that among other persons in the employ
of the Governor and Company in the course of their trade
with the native tribes, were three half-bred Indians, natives
of the Indian territory in the vicinity of Mackenzie River,
named Baptiste Cudian, Baptiste Jourdain, and Creole La
Grasse, the prisoner, the two former being Christians, and
they being baptised ; the other was not. Cudian acted as
interpreter, and a woman with whom he used to cohabit left
him in consequence of ill-usage, and became the wife of one
of the Hare Indians, who were in the neighbourhood of
Norman Fort, on which Cudian formed a deadly plan of
revenge, and, with the assistance of Jourdain and La Grasse,
massacred eleven of the above unoffending and peaceable
tribe, and burnt their habitations. Among the persons mur-
dered were several women and children. It was some time
after the massacre that the Hudson's Bay Company were
made acquainted with the circumstances, when the parties
were put under arrest. La Grasse subsequently stated,
and his deposition was taken on oath, that he and his com-
pan* Jourdain were led by Cudian to participate in com-
mitting the crime, under the impression made by Cudian,
representing that their lives were just on the point of being
sacrificed by the Indians, in order to obtain possession of a
woman, one of their wives, whom he had previously de-
bauched, and who was the only individual saved in the ge-
neral massacre, except a couple of young lads and some
children, who made their escape, favoured by La Grasse
and Jourdain, The massacre in question had given much
uneasiness, and was expected to be productive of great in-
convenience to the trade and Company, and their establish-
ments in the Indian territory, and was very likely to investi-
gate a very terrible retaliation on the English. The Go
vcrnor and Company were, therefore, desirous that no
means should be omitted of bringing the murderers, as an
example not only to their own servants, but also to satisfy
the Indians that any wanton offences committed against
them should not go unpunished. From a letter to Mr Geo.
Simpson, dated Norway House, July 17,1836, the following
extract was read .—" Baptiste Cudian, Creole La Grasse,
and Baptiste Jourdain, the actors in the horrid murders that
took place at Mackenzie's River in the wintcr of 1835-36 were
brought before the Council this season, and underwent a very
strict examination. Cudian confessed that he despatched
four persons, and Jourdain, although present and appeared
to take an active part in the massacre, denies that he either
killed or -wounded any. On the contrary, he says that he
saved a woman who had been wounded from being des-
patched by Cudian, and assisted some boys who were in the
camp to escape. Creole la Grasse was sent home. by Mr.
Tod for Rupert's Land. The prisoner Cudian, who was
principal in the murder that took place at Mackenzie's
River, has been committed to gaol, and is to be brought to
trial at the instance of the Crown at Three Rivers. On
the 13th he was taken to the Lower Province of Canada
by the Governor's desire. In answer to my application to
the Attorney-General fie. Lower Canada for advice as to
whether the parties should be taken to the Upper or
Lower Province for trial, I was informed that it was
the Governor-in-Chief's desire that they should be
taken to the Lower Province. I, therefore, mean to
take the principal, Cudian, and. Jourdain, who will be
admitted King's evidence, along with me, via Moore ;
but, as it would be impossible to take all three toge-
ther, and there be no other conveyance this season to
Canada after my departure sufficiently secure, I mean to
send La Grasse to Canada, via England, which will be a
less expensive mode than employing a crew expressly for
his eonveyance." After other extracts from the papers had
been read, from which it was evident that the massacre
was concocted by Cudjan from motives of revenge, in con-
sequence of the woman with whom he cohabited having
left him, and become the wife of one of the Hare Indians,
and the commitment of La Grasse for the murders he had
committed been put in,
Mr. BRODERIP asked the prisoner,, through the inter-
preter, if he had anything to say why he should not be
sent to Montreal for trial ?----The prisoner said he was not
alone when the massacre was perpetrated. Cudian and
Jourdain killed some. He (La Grasse) killed four, three
men and one child.
Mr. BRODERIP said he should commit the prisoner to
Clerkenwell-prison for a month.
The prisoner was then locked up.

MRS. S. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL " UNCLE
HORACE."—We have read this novel with much interest,
equally delighted with the variety and truthfulness of the cha-
racters introduced, as we have been charmed by the spirited
and effective style in which the narrative and dialogue are
conveyed. " Uncle Horace "is a picture of old bachelorship
in its most perfect form ; but we most admire the exquisite
taste and skill with which Mrs. Hall has delineated all her
female subjects. We feel that they are real in their origin
—so graphically and naturally are they developed and sus-
tained throughout.—Edinburgh Evening Post.
A few days ago as a farmer's wife, residing betwixt
Easingwold and Thirsk, was searching in the pasture for
hen's nests, one of the cows attacked her, and struck one
of its horns under her chin, which penetrated through the
roof of her mouth, lacerating it in a most dreadful manner.
Her daughter, who witnessed the distressing scene, seized
a large stick, and happily sneceef!ed in driving the furious
animal away, otherwise the unfortunate woman would hoe
been destroyed on the spot.