The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

TFIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1862,

Canada was inclined to eeparate from the mother
country, because for a certain reason—because the
Militia Bill brought in by the Government had
been defeated. That bill was introduced at a most
critical time. They all knew that in Parliamentary
matters the " outs" always wanted to be " in," and
it so happened that in this instance the Ministry
were rather weak, and the "outs" took the advan-
tage of it to defeat the bill. As an instance of the
feeling towards England, he mentioned the manner
in which the whole population were ready to come
forward as volunteers to avenge the insult offered to
our flag in the Trent affair, and said that, backed
by our army and navy, they were fully ready to
resist any invasion by the once United States.
(Hear, hear.) The English inhabitants invariably,
spoke of this country as home, and the subscriptions
they had sent for the relief of the suffering opera-
tives in Lancashire showed their sympathy with
England. (Cheers.)
Several other toasts having been given, the
meeting broke up.

councilmen :—Precincts of St. Martin's, Jam es
Anderson, Esq., and Mr. Pim Spillers St. Dr al-
stan's, Mr. William Lawley, Richard Nath3 vial
Phillipps, Esq., and Mr. George Stanbury Pe dler ;
St. Bride's, Robert Obbard, Esq., deputy, My, Geo.
Walter, and Thomas Cotterell, Esq.; St Sepul-
chre's, Charles Edward Butler, Esq., deg ,uty, Mr.
George Scamell, Mr. William T. Bedf, nd, Mr.
Edward Midwinter, Mr. James Butcher, and Mr.
William Payne; St. Andrews, Mr. James. Lusher,
and Mr. Samuel Green.

Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.E., presided. In conse-
quence of the requirement of Mr. Ebenezer Howard,
who has filled the office of common councilman for
many years, Mr. T. S. Smith, auctioneer, and Mr.
Kersey, of Garraway's Coffee-house, were candi-
dates for the vacancy. Upon the show of hands
being taken, it was declared to be in favour of the,
seven old members and Mr. Smith, the new candi-
date. A poll having been demanded on behalf of
Mr. Kelsey, was appointed to take place to-day.

THE ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER 1N
THE EDGWARE-ROAD.

At the Marylebone Police-court yesterday, Jas.
Wadden, the barber, was again brought up on re-

mand, charged with attempting to murder his wife
by cutting her throat at a coffee-shop, No. 3, New-
Church-street, Edgware-road. He was also fur-
ther charged with bigamy.
Mr. Lewis, sen., of Ely-place, appeared to pro-
secute. The prisoner was undefended.

The court was crowded to excess ; the more espe-
cisily as it had become known that the injured
woman would be in attendance to give evidence.
She was brought in a cab to the court accompanied
by Drs. Kirby and Graves, who since the sad oc-
currence have been unremitting in their exertions
and skill to save her life. The first week (the affair
taking place on the 16th of Nov.), the medical gen-
tlemen took turns on the alternate nights to sit up
with the poor woman. Such has been their success
that, almost by a miracle, they have saved her life,

and she now breathes through a silver tube in her
throat. She is unable to articulate, except very in-
distinctly, and to-day, as upon the occasion when
Mr. 'Yardley took her depositions, she gave her evi-
dence in writing. She was led in by the medical
gentlemen and her nurse. She appeared in a very
weak state, and the medical gentlemen thinking it
advisable that she should be kept in the warmth,
his worship, Mr. Yardley, accommodated her with
a seat on the bench, near the fire.
The first particulars of this case appeared rather
more than a month ago. It is unnecessary now to
enumerate the previous particulars, as they will be
found fully given Wow.
The depositions of the female named Hannah M.
C. Wadden, who believed herself to be dying when
she made them, and taken by Mr. Yardley, having
been read over to her, she signified that she wished
to add something more, and being supplied with
pen and ink, wrote—" My husband (the prisoner)
accused me of having been out on the day before
Saturday. He swore he saw me in the Edgware-road
with some person. I was et butuv. I can prove this
was the case. After he cut my throat I got to the door
which was fastened, the key of which was taken
out by my husband. He pushed me from it. I fell
on the floor when he put his finger in my throat—
(sensation)—and whilst it was there he asked me if
I had not been out. I could only shake my head."
Mr. Yardley—Have you any questions to ask
your wife P You have heard what she has deposed to.
Prisoner (who leant very carelessly over the dock)
—Nothing.
John Cobley—l keep a tea and coffee shop at No.
3, New Church-street, Edgware-road. On the 16th
Nov. last prisoner and his wife came to my house,
as they had been in the habit of doing. They came
in about a quarter after 11, and went up to their
bedroom immediately. Shortly after I heard quar-
relling and high words between them, and went
from my bedroom up two or three stairs. I listened
and heard Mrs. Wadden say, " Will you go with me
to-morrow ?" This she repeated two or three times,
when the prisoner said " Yes." She then said, "You
shall go to-morrow." I could not tell what he said
in reply. The quarrel ceased, and after a, minute or
two I went to my bedroom. Sometime after I heard
a noise as of something falling heavilyin their room.
On opening my door I heard loud cries of "Murder,"
in a male voice. It was called by the prisoner.
Whilst going upstairs it seemed as if some one was
trying to unlock the door. The door was ultimately
opened, and I saw the prisoner with his hands and
face covered with blood standing at the door. His
wife was standing up, and apparently trying to get
past him. She had her throat cut. He would nut
allow her to pass. She pointed to him. I said to
him, " Who has done this?" and he said she had cut
her throat. When he said this she pointed her finger
to him. This she repeated twice. I went and met a
policeman and took him into the room,where I again
saw the prisoner. His wife was then in the middle
of the room, in a kneeling position, as if exhausted,
bleeding profusely, and her night dress completely
saturated from head to foot. Prisoner was holding
his head down, and crying, saying, " 0, my Annie."
I went out again and got a surgeon. On my return
with the doctor he was still crying, and moaning
and exclaiming "0, my Annie." His wife was still
kneeling by the side of him, with her head resting
on her breast, apparently insensible.
Prisoner—You say the door was shut when you
came up ?
Witness—No, I did not.
Mr. Yardley—He saw when he came up there
seemed to be a struggle as if, in vain, some one was
attempting to open the door, but by the time he got
there, you were standing at the door.
Prisoner—l had been calling for 10 minutes be-
fore any one came up.
Witness—There was an interval elapsed between
the calls. It was " Murder, murder," four or five
times in succession. He did not remember prisoner
asking him to stop.
Prisoner said this witness knew nothing about it.

John Wilkins, 244 D, said he was called in by
last witness, and saw prisoner's wife with a large
gash in her throat. He (prisoner) was kneeling by
the side of her, and saying "0, my dear Annie."
I asked who had done it, when he said his wife.
She looked up to me, and shook her head, meaning
" No." Prisoner then said "My dear Annie, you
know you done it yourself." She again shook her
head in the negative. I told him to be careful what
he said, when he replied, "I was in bed at the time."
I said "The bcd did not seem as if any one had lain
in it; that it was a feather bed, and if any one had
lain in it, there must have been the impression."
Prisoner made no reply. It was evident no one had
been in the bed. On looking round the room, about
a yard from where the wile was, I found a razor
covered with blood. I asked prisoner whether that
was what had been used. Prisoner said "That is
what she cut her throat with." The wife again
shook her head, signifying "No." I kept him
away, as he wanted to keep talking to her. He
kept saying "My dear Annie, we sh all both
die." Immediate:y after this he said, "It is
through that vagabond that I saw you with on
Saturday." He then said, "We had been out
di inking, and took a little gin in in a bottle, to
have a drop in the room." On looking round the
room I found a bottle containing some gin. He said
she poured some into a tumbler and asked him to
drink. He refused, and told her to give it to the
other one that she liked better than him. The wife
shook her head at this. He was covered with
blood.

Police-constable Benjamin Martin,267D, deposed
to being called to the house, and said, on seeing the
female, " Oh, what is the matter." Prisoner said
"My wife has cut her throat." His wife shook her
head, and pointed to prisoner. He said, "0, Annie,
how can you say ?" She again shook her head,and
pointed to prisoner. I took up the razor, and pri-
soner began to cry, and said he was in bed at the
time. 'That his wife poured out some gin from a
bottle and said, " Here, Jem, drink," and he said
he would not have any more, and she told him that
if he did not drink it she would throw it over him.
With that ho said she took the razor from his black
bag and screamed out, "0, Jem, I have done it,
pray forgive me." He jumped out of bed, he stated,
and found she had cut her throat. I told him no
one had been in the bed since it was made,to which
he made no answer, but exclaimed, "0, my dear
Annie, if you die we shall both die together" Ire-
mained with him at the station till 6 o'clock in the
morning, and whilst in the cell with him he said
the reason why he had brought the razors with him
was, hicause he wished to get up early in the morn-
ing to go to the Old Bailey to see the man hung.
Through the quarrel about that scamp that he had
seen her with in the Edgware-road this had occurred.
He remarked that her sister Hester knew all about
it if she liked to speak.
Mr. Graves, surgeon, of 132, St. Albans place,
Edgware-road, said—The female, when I arrived,
was perfectly sensible. The wound in the throat
was about 5 inches in length, slightly on the curve.
The convexity of the curve was downwards. She
had only her chemise on, which was saturated in
blood. She was bleeding at the time from the
wound. The windpipe was completely severed,
and the wound extended into the gullet. She
,Was very faint from lose of blood, and the wound

was a very dangerous one, and my opinion was
that she could.not live more than two days,but that
she might die in a much shorter tirne. I cannot
form an opinion as to whether the injury might
have been inflicted by herself, or whether it had
been done by any one else.

Mr. Thomas Charles Kirby, of 77, Connaught-
terrace, divisional surge on to the police, gave evi-
dence confirmatory of the last witness.
Inspector Burrows, D division, described the ap-
pearance of the room when he was called in, and
which, from his description, must have presented
the signs of a severe struggle. He also produced a
black leather bag, which was found in the room,
and which prisoner said belonged to him. It con-
tained a shaving brush, a razor-case with compart-
ments for two. There was one in the case, evidently
matching the one that had been used. The inspector
gave some further evidence corroborative of previous
statements.

Mary Ann Skeates, a married woman, said—l
knew the prisoner and his wife two years ago as
lodgers. After everybody had gone to bed I have
often heard him knock her about. I have often
seen her with black eyes after these disturbances.
On one occasion he said he would be the death of her.
John Lodder—l have known the prisoner about

three years. About two years and a half ago he
said ho would sell a looking-glass which he had,
and buy a pair of pistols to shoot her (his wife) and
her father.

Prisoner was fully committed for trial on this
charge.
The case of bigamy was then gone into.
Ann Carpenter, a married woman, said she was
present on the 3d of March, 1861, when prisoner
was married to a female named Elizabeth Porter,
at St. John's Church, Southwark. She was now
present in court.
The injured woman was again led into court, and
in giving her evidence in this case said—Previous
to this I was a widow, by the name of Hannah Maria
Colchester Dixon. I was first told that the prisoner
was married before about twelve months ago. I
have been married to him for about three years, but
on account of his ill-usage I left him to live with
my father, when I met a person who said she lived
in the same house as his first wife, but they could
not give me the information where they were mar-
ried, nor yet Mrs. Wadden's maiden name.
Mr. Yardley—Write down "Yes," or "No,"
whether you were aware that you knew he was
married at the time he married him.
Witness took the pen in her hand, and was about
to write when—
Prisoner (in an insolent manner)—She knew
when I married her that I had married before.
Witness lifted her head and looked him full in the
face, evidently and with painful emotion wishing to
speak, but failing in this, slightly shook her head.
This the prisoner saw unmoved, though commi-
seration was evident throughout the court.
Prisoner was proceeding again, when
Mr. Yardley said—Stop, Sir.
Witness wrote " I did not know it."
Prisoner—We lived together for four or five
months before we were married, and she refused the
first wife our house. She knew what we wanted
to get married for. We got married to pay the
brokers out, because the father would not let her
have the money. She now denies my wife being in
the house.

Prisoner was committed for trial on this charge
also.

ALLEGED HORRIBLE MURDER ON

BOARD SHIP.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCUIT'—TAUNTON, Dec. 22.
(Before Mr. Justice Byies.)
SINGULAR CASE AT BATII.
Sarah Caseley and Caroline Nicholls, two married
women, were charged with attempting to murder a
female infant child, at Bath, on the 14th Oct.
Mr. P. M. Saunders prosecuted.
This was a singular case, as will be gathered from
the following facts—
The prisoner Nicholls is a married woman,
living at Batheaston, near Bath, and obtained her
livelihood by washing and needlework. flex
husband did not reside with her, but there was no-
thing to show that this arose f: om any domestic
difference, the husband being engaged in Wales in
his employment. Since her husband's absence,
Nicholls became in the family wav, and was an-
xious to hide the fact from her husband, and from
those persons who employed her. She communi-
cated this fact to Caseley, who was a friend of hers,
and Caseley promised to get a room in Bath, where
she might give birth to the child, which Caselor
was to keep for a short time, and then bring it to
the house of Nicholls, who was to bring it up es 5
child she had taken in to nurse, thus having the
care of her own child without its real maternity
being known. On the night of Oct. 14, about ten
c'clock, the two prisoners were seen going up 3
public walk, known as Gravel-walk, at Batb, there
being rails on either side fencing off enclosures with.
shrubs. A young woman, named Lucy White, who
was standing near the entrance to the walk, heard
ono of the prisoners, who was about 100 yards offf.,
groaning. She walked up to the spot, and noticed
that Nicholls seemed to be in great pain, and was
leaning against Caseley. The witness went a little
way off, and stood under a lamp, where she could
see the prisoners but they could not see her. Shie
there saw something drop on the ground, and
noticed Caseley wrap it up in a cloth. She heard
a cry at the time, and she felt sure that it was an
infant which was in the bundle. Caseley thell
threw it over the rails, where it struck against a
tree, and fell against some bushes. The child cried
out, and Caseley said, "Let us run," and both the
women made off. The girl White ran after thew,
and overtook them at the corner of Gay-street:
where she accused Caseley bf throwing the childi
over the rails. Both prisoners denied it, and
Nicholls ran away. The girl White still held 011
to Caseley, and a girl named Hucklebridge came
up, and they compelled Caseley to come back to the
Gravel-walk. The child was taken up by Huckle"
bridge and conveyed to the station-house, Caseley
accompanying them, in the custody of a policemen
whom they met. The address of Nicholls was give°,
by Caseley, and she stated she was the mother
the child.
Mr. Lawrence, surgeon to the Bath police, stated
that he examined the child when it was brou,"
to the station-house, and found it covered wit:
mould and leaves, and it had a slight scratch uPe'
the left thigh. It was now doing well.
The surgeon then proceeded to the house °f
Nicholls, with Sergeant Berry, of the Bath police;
They found her at Betheaston, where she must hay_
walked, and she was in her bed. He examined be
and found she had been recently delivered.
A statement, made by the prisoner Nicholls, Isl
put in, and it stated she was going to a house
Caseley to be confined, and was taken in labour;
but she had not the least idea Caseley intended
destroy the child, as they had some baby-linen with
them for the child. that
A written defence, put in by Caseley, stated
she was going to a room with the child, but she ga;10
birth to the child in the Gravel-walk. Nicher.
said it was dead, and she (Caseley) covered it °T.%
When she heard it cry she ran back to take it u
and did not attempt to leave.
The jury acquitted the prisoners on the eh
ar
of attempted murder. ila
They were then indicted for abandoning a eh
under two years of age. tted
The jury found Caseley guilty, and acqui
Nicholls.
The learned Judge sentenced Caseley to tWelle
months' imprisonment with hard labour.

GOUN2.RY :IS.

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COLCHESTER—DEc. 2. I. ad
A moderate supply of wheat at market, and the if
pi
slow, prices being unaltered. Fine barley scarce, and 'll.lO
as dear ; other sorts not lower. Beans and peas sold at
last week's quotations. 360
Wheat, white 46s 52s Beans,Mazagan..34° 42g
red 42s 48s middle & 5ma11.363 ,40
Barley
Oats . 20s 26s gray ...... 38s

GLOTICE STER—DEc. 20.
We had a moderate supply of English and foreign
wheat to. day, which fully supported last week's rete..t
Beans, peas, barley, and oats were dull, and unchanged
value.

CHELMSFORD—DEC. 19.
%he trivia in wheat to.any at our market wax rather 131012
brisk, athough the prices remain the same as last weep
In Spring corn very little business doing.
A
Wheat, old white 37s 52s teas, Partridge,...33,7os 4-000
40s
new 37s 49s White 49
old red....42s 48s Boiling .. 355 39'
new 38s 46s Dun .....s
Barley .. 2t's 35s Ditto new ...... --s 9s
Chevalier 2Bs 38s Beans, Tick, old ..34s .....0
Grinding 22s 30s new. .—s 400
Malt....
Chevalier . 64s 69s new..'-s 350
Oats 20s 28s Mangan .......30s

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—DEC. 20. 3/
To-day there was a fair supply of all kinds of gr3lA
market. Wheat and barley sold at last week's
rate&
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First....37s Od 26s Od l9s;Od
Second —435 Od 27s Od 21s Od
Third....s2s_Od 28s Gd 22$ Od

COAL M.

:ARKET.
the olose of the Market.

(Prices of Coal per Ton at

,
0. ag
0 a
Hastings Hartley • • "

s. d.
Bell's Primrose l4 0
Carway and Duffryn
Malting
Do. Anthracite 20 0
Edon Main ..... 16 9
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley ....14 3
fanfield Moor 14 0
Taniield Moor Butes 14 0
Davison's West Hart-

Walls End• 18 6
South Hett on ....... •11 ,
Russel's Hetton ......
Rm.(idyll's Hetton .... is lg.
ET aswell •••••'''•
16 11i
Gosforth ........ • • ".18 u 3
Stewart's .......... • . 17
CassoP .............. .16 g
'Thorpe .......... ' IS vo
Hartlepool.. .....
.... .11 3
South Hartlepool....l6 3
Tunstall ........ • ' .17
K elloe ..•o'

ley ..15
North Pelton Gas. 14
Lambert's West Hart-

ley 14
Cowpen Hartley ..14 3
W yiam ..16 6
Walker Primrose 13 5
Ships at market

)t, 79; sold, 73.

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