The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-10 00:00:00

7HE PRISONERS UNDER SENTENCE OF

DEAZH,

No intimation has yet been given on the part of
.he authorities at the Home-office of any intention

to interfere with the course of the law in respect of
the two culprits, Samuel Gardner and Robert Cooper,

the former of whom was convicted of the murder o

his wife, under circumstances of a very extraordi-
nary character, and the latter of the same offence
upon a young woman with whom he had cohabited.
The first-mentioned prisoner still continues to assert
his innocence of the crime for which he is to suffer,
and declares most solemnly that if any murder at all
was committed, the young woman, Elizabeth Hum-
bler, was the person who committed it. He has re-
peatedly declared that he has no fear of dying, stat-
ing at the same time that he is innocent, and that

he had no motive for destroying the life of his wife.
In support of this statement the prisoner says that
as to the girl Humbler, there were no obstacles in
the way of his continuing his connection with her,
and in point of fact he wanted to get rid of her, and
he suggests that she had a direct motive for getting
rid of the deceased, because she thought that in the
event of her being removed by any cause she might
have been permitted to remain in the house with
him. Another singular fact has recently come to
light, which if true, and there does not appear to be
any reason to doubt it, would go to show that the
deceased had no legal claim upon the prisoner as his
wife, from the circumstance that she was originally
married to his brother, and in consequence of an
improper intimacy having sprung up between her
and the prisoner she separated from her husband,
and afterwards married the prisoner ; and a mar-
riage between parties so situated would, of course,
not be a legal ceremony. On Friday afternoon, Mr.
Lewis, the solicitor who defended Gardner, trans-

mitted a statement of his case to the Home-office,
praying for a reconsideration of the matter, and
asking that the clemency of the Crown may be
extended to him. The ground upon which this
application is made is, that the evidence is entirely
circumstantial; and it is urged that it does not
at all exclude the possibility of the crime
having been committed by the girl Humbler; and
in support of this view of the case Mr. Lewis states
that when the matter was investigated by the coro-
ner's jury, they in the first instance returned a ver-
dict of wilful murder against both prisoners, that
they were both committed by the magistrate, and
that the grand jury also returned a true bill against
both for the same offence, and that but for the in-
terfence of the Lord Chief Baron, when the case
came before him to be disposed of, they would both
have been put upon their trial, and the jury would
have been called upon to say by their verdict which
of the two, or whether both were guilty. For all
these grounds Mr. Lewis urges strongly upon the
Home Secretary that there is at all events so much
doubt in the case as will justify him in recommend.
ing that the clemency of the Crown shall be ex-
tended to the prisoner, and that his life may be
spared. As to the other prisoner, Robert Cooper,
his demeanour appears to exhibit a strong contrast
to that of his wretched companion. Ever since .his
conviction he has been dreadfully depressed, and his
despondency appears to increase as the fatal moment
approaches. He was visited one day last week by
his sister, and the interview is stated to have been
of the most distressing character. The other pri-
soner, Gardner was visited on the same day by his
brother, 'and it would seem that his fortitude was
quite unshaken, and he conversed with his brother
with perfect coolness, and the latter at parting from
him was the more affected of the two. The prisoner
Cooper still appears to entertain the impression that
he was to a certain extent justified in what he did
by the conduct of the deceased, and it appears quite
impossible to impress him with the idea that, as he
was a married man at the time he went through the
ceremony of marriage with the deceased, the latter
was not his legal wife, and that he had no claim or
rights over her in that capacity. It appears that a
memorial on behalf of the prisoner has been trans-
mitted to the Home-office from the inhabitants of
Isleworth, where the crime was committed, but it is
not likely that any answer will be sent either to this
or the one sent by Mr. Lewis on behalf of Gardner
until the latter end of this week, In the the case
of Corrigan, who was convicted of the murder of
h;s wife in the Minories, and was left for execu-
tion, it will be remembered that a respite only ar-
rived on the Saturday evening before the Monday
appointed for the execution, and when the barriers
had been erected, and other preparations made for
carrying out the sentence.

REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON.—SOUTH-
AMPTON, Nov. B.—Captain Mangles and Mr. Croskey have
issued addresses to the electors soliciting the honour of re-
presenting them in Parliament. Captain Mangles mentions
his connection with three of the largest companies of the
town, and refers to his votes when he sat in Parliament.
Mr. Croskey_states that his political sentiments and busi-
ness capabilities are well known to the electors, and that it
is his intention to reside again in Southampton. Both the
above-named gentlemen are liberals. A conservative candi-
date will in all probability come forward. Capt. Mangles
met the party leaders of the town to-day at the Dolphin
Hotel, and he has promised to address the electors at the
Charlton Rooms, on Tuesday next. The walls are placarded
with, "Electors of Southampton, look to your interests.
The Honourable William Cowper for Southampton."
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named after him, and where he established a college, which
still exists, endowed by Government. It is said that he
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