The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-21 00:00:00

EDINBC71?011, _roI~IZCII 16.

•We announced in a former Paper the loss of the
Leith Packet, from Hull to Leith, .but we are happy
r to say that five of the people were saved by ti) her-
. wick Packet, viz. James Spalding, M. M'Leod,
dWilliam Corbet, Thdmas Mutter, and William En-
o Chau We do 'not know what number of persons
Were on board; our accounts say that Mr. Bair, the
Master, his son, and John Beggrie, died on board,
after the Veisel had struck. The, number of sutler-
ers is made more considerable in the followino- Letter
from Hull, received this morning.
" The heavy gale of Sunday se'nnight, from the
eastward, • has, there is reason to apprehend, occa-
sioned much damage to the shipping on this coast.
The Leith Packet, Barr, from this port for Leith,'
was driven back to the•Humber;and is lost upon the•
:.:.south part of the. Sand-Hale, at low water : the'Cap-
tain'and five or'six hands all perished, who haVe left
Jarge families. A Gentlethan from Nottingham,
•, who sailed frond hence in the Leith Packet, on his
way to Aberdeen, fortunately quitted that. VesSel in
Bridlington, Bay, and. ‘'sent on board the Caledonia
Smack, by which- means his life eras probably Saved.
Two or three more Vessels were Seen to' drive upon.
Sand Hale on Monday morning, and, it is feared,
are Wrecked, and their crews droWned. The sails
and 'rigging of doe of them are standing. The, Lady
Charlotte 'Rope, Capt. Brown, of Aroath,' from
-this port to SlocktOn and -Arbroath, was driven 0A
shore, near'Mai.sh Chapel, on the Lincolnshire coast,
on Sunday night,- it'ri-Mr. Dear, Of Arbroath (the
owner), and a boy, drowiled."
Since the receipt of the abOlt we have received
letter from our Leith Correspondent:, which confirms
our first account of the loss of the Leith Packet.
'When she struck, the crew went up the mast., but the
Captain, his son, and Beggrie, the cook, an old man,
lost their hold, -and 'perished. The Mate and four
seamen, as above mentioned' (it does not appear that
there Was any other person on board), after remain-
ing 36 hours on the wreck, were rescued by the Old
Berwick Shippingtompany's Smack, Berwick
Mr. • Turner, Sen. Who had gone up the
Humber for Shelter, and was beating out when he.
'discovered then. Of the •survivors three were mar-
ried. The feeling's of their families and friendS,
upon finding theM din's 'restored to Them, after hav-
ing'rendunced every hope of again meeting them
-in this world, may be conceived-=they cannot be
expressed.

THE ORATORIO.—The Season concluded last
night, at Covent-Garden Theatre, with the Firs't
Part of HAYDN'i Creation, and two Miscellaneous'
consisting of pieces. selet_ied from various
' Composers. At the end of the second Ad, Mr. G.
ASHLEY, who has led the band with great ability
through the Season, perfoymed a Concerto on the
violin in a very capital manner, in the course of
which he introduced the beautiful melody of
-"- Shepherds, I 'rave • lost my Love." He , was
very deservedly applauded.—BßAllAM introduced his
new song, in honour of our King and Country,
11',1711 he gave in an admirable manner, and was
eticor.ed. Mrs. BLAND sung the Hymn of Eve
with charming simplicity. Signora GRIGLIETI,
Mis. DICKONS, Mr. BELLAMY, and indeed.all the
vocal corps, acquitted themselves very well. The
season bas been throughout very successful, and was
so well.condutied -and supported as to deserve the
favour it has received. •

FIRE--The following are the particulars of the
Fire mentioned in this Paper of yesterday. The.Pre-
Mises, as we stated, belong to CI.P.MENTI anti Co.
Musical instrument INlal,ers in Tottenham Court
Road. It was first discovered about five in the.
Morning,, and shortly after it burst forth with -great
fury in the first flour. The neighbourhood was soon
alarmed ; the drums of St. Pancras, the Mary-le,
Bone, and the St. Giles's Volunteers, beat to arms at
a- r) natter after five. By that time the engine of Mr.
(14i )rd; the Brewer, arrived, and shortly afterwards se-
veral other engines reached t he spot; but, as is too fre-
t onently observed to be the case, :!orne considerable ti me
elapsed before water could,be procured. When the
engines began to play the inside of this extensive
factory was fat= the greater.- part like the inside of a
vast anwetre that is, one 'Solid body of fire ; even, in
this desperate.Starepf things, some men were hardy
enough to go in ik.peatedly to the few places that
had not yet actually caught tire, and, tho Ugh-they
were nearly suffocated with smoke, and drenched
with water twit was played on those parts of the build-
ing mendeavour to prey-erve it if possible, still they
proceeded with alacrity in their business; and Mr.
Whitfield's Tabernsaelei and the burial-ground be-
longing to it, being direCtly opposite, several va-
luable pieces,- of mahogany; TtirkiSh box, lime-
Wood, 8:c. were carried out of the fire, •it might
almost be said, and deposited in the church-7yard,
where a party of Volunteers did constant duty all
day. Not withttanding there were an uncommon
number of engines, and thcy.were worked With the
utmost activity, it was not until between to and 11
that the blaze was entirely extinguished ; a lew.engi nes
were kept at work until a late.hotir in the evening.
Two dwelling-houses, which were attached to the
faCtory,' and inhabited .by persons belonging to it;
were all destroyed but the mere shells ; the work-
shops,warerooms, with a'great number of ibstruments
nearly finiShed,and the yard full of timber, were 'all
consumed ; but by the great exertions of the firmen
very little damage was done to any of the adjoining
.houses. The horses were got out sate from
Moore's Livery Stables, with very great difficulty,
owing to the natural. disposition of that animal to
remain in the spot where he is terrified by lire;: but
two dogs that were chained in the yard were burned
to death. It is said that almost every working man
in the faEtory lost from 301. to 401. worth of tools.
The losS of Mr. CLEMENTI and his partners must be
immense, his premises were so extensive and so well
Riled, and, it is said, that his insurance was but to a
comparatively small amount. As to the origin of
the fire, 'there have been several conjectures, but
the most probable appears to be, that it arose from a
spat k having issued through a small crack in the
pipe of a stove, and remaining smothered among
• some 'saw-dust all night. A clerk, or overseer, had
taken the usual preeaution of going round the pre-
ceding night to see. that all lights were out; but ,aw,
nothing, to induce him to suspeCt any danger —The
fire was, on opening the:, gates, seen to proceed from
the part of the Premises where the bhck-rocm (a
(sawing-place) was, across the yard, to a sort of galle-
ry that was piled up ,vith a vast- number of most
planks of mahogany. •

'116.1.4rE CIRCUIT.

IZINGSTON, tRIDAY, MARCH 20.

, J-44
.Pobe and John illayciiCk were brought to the
liar (fl) a charge- of murder committed on Mrs. Anne
Maria Poolev, of St. 'Jail's, Southl.vark. • .
The poNvkloiv SEturANT, on, behalf of the Prose-
cution, stated; that the murder charged in this in-
diatnent was of the most.aggravated•nature, and it
was in the course of the perpetration .of robbery.—
, The 'deceased WasaPerson of the age of 68 years :
she lived in house in Free School -.Street, in the
Barough,, and had some peculiarities 'which exposed
her to the ridicule of the thoughtless passenger.,
,To
avoid this sort. of contempt, she,shut np:her house
in the front. ,She had likewise a habit fk saving
her motley with., peculiar solicitude, and the 'report
of this disposition got abroad. This Duly trot hav-
ing
.appeared for some time, it - was
_Supposed
that Some accident might have bc.fallen her, and
her sister 'was made acquainted
.with the circum-
stance. In consequence of this. communication,.
Mrs. Sarah Poeley ordered that the premises should-
be entered and searched, and; the deceased was dis-
covered in one of the apartments, lying on her back,'
not only dead, but in a putrid state. Her pocketS
were turned inside out, and this led to the suspicion
that the had been murdered With .the view to plun-
der her property. A farther inspection of the pre-
mises left no doubt that this was the obje6t ; the
drawers were in confusion, all the valuable property
was 'removed, and by the- evidence it would appear,
in the clearest manner, that the murder was com-
mitted by the Prisoners, if the inStruaions of the
Learned Counsel were cOrreft. if it should be-ima-
gined that any doubt arose in the case of Maycock,
every possibility of question- was removed in ;he case
of Pope, foi he had confessed the murder. It was
true, that he:did not say that the life of Mrs. Pooley
vias extinguished with his own hands., but on the
contrary, that the fatal ad was dime by his compa-
nion.. .However,as he was present, under the cir-
cumstances stated, in the eye-of the law, he was as
much guilty of the murder as if he were the sole
instrument of her death.

Mrs. Sarah Pooley deposed to. the fa& of her hav-
ing ordered the search to be. made of the premises.
J. M. Garratt said, that he opened the house by
the order of that Lady, and that he found the de-
ceased lying upon her. back, with one leg extended,
the other under the b\dy. Her pockets were turned
inside out. He. got in-, at the. back of the premises,
and found the door bolted ; but some bricks were
removed, so that with his hand, .or with a stick, he
could remove the bolt, He went up stairs, the draw-
ers every thing was in confusion, and
the property was rifled.
Mt. Thomas" firickington, Surgeon, said, that he
examined the body of the deceased on the day the
Coroner's Inquest was taken., He could not as-
certain what vas the vase of the death of Mrs.
POoley, as the body way much putrified,' to such A
degree. indeed, that the scalp war separated from the
•

Thomas Griffin, Corn-porter, said,
.that he knew
the Barley Mow, Public-house,' which was next dotir,
but one to Mrs. Pooley's. He never saw the house
~ of that Lady open until after the murder was corm
',flitted. Two months before the murder Maycock
. said to him, " Tom, I will endeavour to put you
' 'into a good thincr." The Witness answered, " Jack,
what is it ?" 13To which Maycock replied, " I
know of _an elderly woman who lives in a house by
herself: I knew her to be worth a deal of money,
and I will do tier out of it ; y,ou and I, and a young
fellow working for Burgess," whom the Witness sup-
posed was Pope. On his cross-examination by Mr.
Motws, he. said that a proposal to him to rob and
break into a honse made no impression on his mind.
'He did not go to a Magistrate to give information of
the -design ; he did not think of going there, how
should he ? , He did not see, why he had reason to
j(rive' informatiou before the thing was done. Why
r,
should he go to. say any thing against a man who had
proposed to him. to commit a rubbery !
Joseph Cockburn,, Samuel Clarke,. Richard Mar-
_tin, Thomas Davis, and Limbrick, a Constable, ' do.
14, posed to no yery . , material falas. . .
. .. . • . . _

- A. Graham, Esq. idZ...ntitied the Prisoners, and de-
`posed to the accuracy of au examination takeu before
him of ;the WitllitS, "Thomas 'Griffin, to whose place
of abode, in. Bermondsey, he went, Grittin being
confined to his bed.

A. tyziper thell produced, addressed to A. Glut-
.
1002, Esq. expressed in thee terms

. .
lona Pope, do humbly beg his Majesty's molt gra.
cions pardon for the tuurder of Anna Maria Pooley. The
murder was committed by lohd Maycock, on Sunday morn-
ing.

i" Witness,

" !OHN POPE."

-Mr, GURNEY, Counsel for John Pope, interposed.
mean to sbew, that there were those hope's held
out to this Prisoner, which Would inake it the most
shocking violation of the established rules in the ad,
Ministration of justice, to make use of Pope's con,
fesiion. •The King's Prochmiation was proffered to

him; which declared, that anyone not manually oc-
cupied in the murder, should receive bis' Majesty's►
-pardon, if he would give evidence against the 'tint--
derer: With thi's Pope had complied, and lie bad a
right to-the benefit i)f thelProclarnatton.
After-some observations in reply; by. the COMMON
SERJEANDi the Proclamation was read, and the otfer
of a reward of tool. by Sarah Pooley, to be paid up-:
on conviaion, to such person or persons as should
dis Cover the murderer.
A. long contest ensued between the Learned Couti
salon both sides, on the claim of the Prisoner Pope to
the benefit of the King's pardon'; .after which, tin
der the dicedion cf the Chief Baron, the Jury ac-
quitted John Pope.
A question now arose, whether, under the pecu-
liar circumstances, John Pope having nut only been
indiaed, but arraigned,. he could be. admitted into
the witness-box to depose against Maycock. Mr.
MORRIS contended, on the authority of Mr. Serjezlnt.
HAWKINS, that his evidence was inadmissible. The
COMMON SERJEA NI, on, the contrary, argued, that
Pope was acquitted of the offence charged ; that he-
was restored to his full credit, and ought to be suf-
fered to give his testimony; with which the Learned
Judge concurring,
Joint Pope was called.—He said, that he had been
a corn-porter; he had known the Prisoner a year and.
a half ; he was acquainted with the.boube of Mrs.

l'uoley, and with tAi time and circumstances of her
_ _

murder. Aldycock asked him to with him about
six weeks before t haepened. He asked the witness
to go with ;140 to rob an 0i,r1W0113311, who lived in a

Cr.csraiit a siint4 t °use. So it went 'o
till Saturday, eth ofAugust ; he then asked the wit.
Hess to go aviti, him, to Whi;:h he ageed. They saw
each. other at atvis's, at the Barley-mow. Instead or
going borne, after drinking till ten O'clock, they went
into thelaNk premises of the Barley-mow, and got
through a loop-hole, and so into the yard of Mrs.
Poolty. There they waited tillone in the Morning,
and them they took some bricks out, and undid the
shutter. The wsitness put his band through, and
undid the holt. The door was barred, which went
into the passage, and having notools, they could not
get further. There ihey remained till day-light; and.
When day-light came the Witness went twice into the
public-house, teing alarmed, but May cock persuaded
him to return, They vent down into the cellar,'
and there
,stopOed until the old lady came down
Stairs. It was eight o'clock when the murder was
committed •by his watch. Maycock went to t la*
tap of the stairs .as.soon as he heard the door open ;
the Witnes,i3 Maycock rush out,
.and the old
Lady cried "011 !" or some such thing. He caught
hold of herand:threw her down. Then the.Witnesi
went up and. saw her down upon her back. May-
'cock had his arm upon her neck, and he' held her
tilt she was dead. He held her •for a quarter of an
hour, He Said " She is dead." The Winless and
Maycock then. went up stairs, and to the best of his
reeolleetiOn found 901. in halfpence; silver, gold, and
notes., Thei fOund a •bottle of brandy, which they
drank. There was apiece of cloth which Maycoclt
kept, saying, it would not make two shirts. They
stopped in the house till the watchman went past ten
o'clock on Sunday night. They took the keys out
of her pockets to unlock the drawers.

On his cross-examination by Mr. MoßEts, he said,
that he never kneW- he was charged with stealing
corn before he came thereto-day. He no-v uuderswod
that he was indiaed for it. He could not help people
hatching things up to do Lim an injury, because he
spoke the truth. He did not charge Mayceck until
he was accused himself. He charged Maycock ac-
cording to the Proclamation, and to. ease his mincl.
The Prisoner, Mayeeek, was now informed by the
CHI BARON, that if he had any thing to say in his
defence, he should now be heard.

The Prisoner :-7" I am, my Lord, quite innocent
of the.eharge.7
The CHIEF BARON said, that the principal Witness
stood in the situation of an accomplice, snd it would
be the duty of the Jury not to admit his evidence tq
have weight on their- minds further than to the'ex-
tent in whiCh it was confirmed by the testimony of
others. The Witness admitted himkif to be as ini-
quitcius as 'Hie Prisoner. ,His Lordship then went
throngh the particulars of the evidence seriatim -: and'
the. Jury, after a short deliberation, found tile Pri-
soner Guilty of the Murder ofilnna Maria Poole.
In• pronouncing the awful sentence of the Jaw,
his Lordship
.said, that the experience of no man fur-
nished an instance of a murder so atrueious. Not
the smallest apOlogy could be made : it was cold de-
liberate murder, for the purpose of plunder, accom-
panied-with a degtee of insensibility the most re-
markable. He desired the Prisoner not to deceive
himself, as there was not the least chance of his ob-
taining mercy.. • - , • -

. . .
The Prisoner continued ninnoved during the whole
proceedings, unless, perhaps, exhibiting an increase
of audacity as they approached their termination;
acid when he retired from the Bar, on the moment
.the Learned Judge pronoUnced " The Lord have
mercy on rkir sou; !" he said, in a manner suffici-
ently audible to be heard by several persons in Court,
I thank* you Jbr that--r In done snug enough."

William Duncan was indiaed on a charge of the
murder of Wiiiiana, Chiv-Irs, Esq. in the Parish of
Battersea.

Mr. PooLfw, for the prosecution, stated that the
Prisoner was gardener to Mr. Chivers, a gentleman,
feeble and infirm in his body, and in the 82d year
of his age. Duncan had been only ten days• in the
service. of Mr. Chivers at the time the murder
charged in the indictment was. committed, which
was on the 24th of January last. The Learned
Counsel stated the fads of the case, and then called
the 'Witnesses.

Henry Groombridge said he was servant to Mr.
Chivers. The Prisoner was gardener in the same
family. Witness saw his master alive at a qUarter
before twelve.on the day of. his 'death. He went
down to walk in the garden at the back part of the
house, and the Prisoner followed about ten minutes
afterwards. Dillon presently came 'in again, and
said, My dear Harry, Master is down." The
witness asked ." Where, where," and the Prisoner
in great confusion pointed towards the spot. The
witness went there, and saw Mr. Chivers lying on
his back. The .witness, in deposing
.to the parti-
culars of the situation of the deceased, was extreme-
ly agitated.
Thomas Bowes produced • the spade with Which
the fatal blow was struck;' the blood Was yet re-
maining upon it. The -whangee, or stick of the
deceased was also exhibited, with wbich it was al-
lodged Mr. Chivers either struck or threatened the
Prisoner.

Henry Groombridge being again Called, said, that
on seeing Duncan pass the front of the house, he
called out to him, '" You villain, you have Murder-
ed my master." The Witness then went to Mr.
Raikon, a next-door neighbour, for assistance.
John Drinkwater, one of Mr. Railton'S servants,
Came to help them, while another of the family
went for Mr. Buckland, a Surgeon, at Claphain.
The Witness bad lived with Mr. Chivers 15 years.
Mr. William Buckland said, that he examined the
.body.of Mr. Chivers on Saturday, the 24th 'of Ja-
puarylest. There appeared, to have been two dis-
tin& wounds, which were bleeding very7profuely.
The one was slight, and on ,he llwer jaw; the other
appeared very extensive, commencing about mid-
way in the nose, passing through the centre of the
face, and meeting at the angle of the jaws : its length
was about eight inches, and it was three and a half
inches deep. The wounds were the occasion of the
death of Mr. Chivers.

Wim Whitinore, baker, at Battepea, went to the
.house of Mr.•Chivers, 011 hearing- of the deat.i :At
that Gentleman. It was at one o'clock in the afte,r-
noon. He saw the Prisoner there. "i asked !lira
(said the Withess);ho*ciiint you to do this ?" The
Prisoner said, " is. be. dead'?" - K loan standing, by,
.said he was. The. Prisoner then said, " I mobt clime
for it."--" I Inc.t..the Prisoner (,kid the Witness)
walked up and down the room while the .mittimus
was making out. I then :7 ske.d, how he came to
commit such a horrid act.? I 3 answered,

• Wednesday Mr: Chivers came to me and made usc
of some bad words, and said 'I had spoilt his vine, and'
that I did not khow my business. He added, -that I
must g-e(rnyself a place on Saturday night, as he
world not let rue be there any, longer. I inunedi-
ately replied, 'you-old rascal, how could you take
ire away-from: so good a place as that I had, and
now discharge me at a day'S notice ?' There was
nothing further passed that day, but 012 Thursd6y I
SaW the maid and asked what was' the reason- I had
not seen my'ma4er. ' I did the same on Friday. On
Saturday my arlaster came down the garden to me,
aad used-a
-very bad N(ord. MY,master shook at the
same time his wh.angee over Mc.' He did this several
times. • I then' stepped back with my spade—l
rushed Upon him, and tsrtick hint upon the upper
lip. The second brow tot& him •at the top of the
nose,. and down he fell.' The • Witness again asked
hoW he came to commit so horrid an ata;and Pri-
soner replied, that he had-it in his mind from:four
o'clock on Wednesday." •
The evidence of James Collingworth, and James
Dixon, gardener to Mr. Thornton, 'closing the case
on the part of the. Prosecution, the CHIEF BARON.
enquired of the Prisoner, if he had any thing to say
in his defence; when he expressed himself in the
following terms, in a firm and distina manner, :
The Pris Oner :—"I beg leave-to assure your Lord,-
.
ship, that I never bore Mr. Chivers- any malice what-
. ewer. 'On Saturday morning I had been employed in
digging some ground, and witlirrty Spade in my hand
wept to the green-housP td give it 'some air; and.
there I Wt., my spade. f thenwent for Some refresh-
' ment, ateieven o'clock in the Morning, as waSusual;
•and on going into the kitchen I saw the footnan, of
whom I ssked -how long it' as sinceMi-..Chivers
went out.' I then went into the garden; end to the
green-llouse,-intowhichl let inalittletixne air. I then
went with msr spade in.MY hand and looked at a vine.
I saw Mr.•Chivers, told him that I had finished- illy
digging, and, said, I was'sortif to_have left so good
- a place, .and now to' be turned' off. A few words
passed between Cliivers and me; and the. last
expressidn he used when I had the spade. in my
hand, You scoundrel, I will break your skUll.'
He shook his cane-over me ; he Made an attempt
to strike me, when I, turning aside, escaped ; he
again endeavoured to strike me, and I avoided the
blow. After this, hp followed me up with his
cane, And I then had, 'as I befOrd said; a spade in
my hand. I raised the spades. and to my. surprise, it
struck him. Immediately afterwards, I went into the
greetFhouse, with the. full intention of taking away
- my own life, but-I had not sutfiCient courage to do-it.
I then Went into • the kitchen, , and caJled Henry,
. who said, " What is the' matter ?" and I replied,
" Good Lord ! I have`struck my master, and he'
fell." I then went out towaras Clapham, and the
first persons I saw were a butler and a gardener. -
went to the garden of Mr.' Robert Thornton, and
-asked'for Mr. Dixon, who is one of the gardeners'.
They said he was cutting a -vine, but they went ,
to him, , and Mr. Dixon sent me word that I
might come to him. I asked if anybody was with
him, and they said " Yes." I then desired tospeak
to him alone, -and Mr. Dixon inquired if I had
any thing particular to mention, and I told him
Yes.' The first words I said were, I have ruined
myself.' He inquired' What is the matter ?' I
said lam afraid I have killed my master.' He then
said it was, a 'dreadful thing, and that I had better
ao back and resign myself into the hands of justice.
Upon this I observed to-hins, that if I shouldhe exe-
cuted, I should beglad if he would tvrite to Scotland,
and inform my friends there that I had died sudden- '
ly. He said that he would, and I then came back to-
wards Mr.Chivers's house, and my heart failed me. I
turned again, but I had not gone far before I met a
man, who said to me, Are you Mr. Chivers's gar- -
dener ?' He then -told me I must go with' him; and
I replied, with all my heart. He said that this was •
a very dreadful thing, and added that he was very
sorry for me ; to which I answered, (' I am sorry
also, burl 'am:afraid that it is too late.' • After this
I was taken to Wandsworth,
,where 'I underwent
an examination. • "'was then committed to Horse-
Monger-lane ; and from thence I.have been brought
here to take my trial."
The witnesses for the Prisoner were then called.
Charles Graham, , Gardener to Mrs. Davenport, 'den
posed that he knew the Prisoner since May last:; that
after Mr. Chivers had hired Duncan he sent. to the
Witness to enquire how the' Prisoner. had behaved:.
himself. The Witness never saw any thing but,that
he Was a sober,: quiet, excellent young man.'
Miss Elizabeth Rdrnett said, that she had long
known this young man that he was 'servant in her
brother's faMily. No' man ever 'bore abetter Cha,-
raeter : hegained the good Will' of every ,one by his
excellent condua. He had heen England since
September 1i304.- ThiS Lady delivered her evidence
with great energy, and under the most affhaing di
-
tress of mind, from seeing' thee Present situation of
the Prisoner.

The CHIEF BARotsi, after stating the nature of the
Incliain.ent, said', that ale Prisoner. was, accused of hay.-
ins muidered his thastee. He had giVen a detailed.
account of the transactions referred to in ILeevidedce,
and the Jury, .would recolleA,,tht in considerinihi.s,
narrative it was fair to alloW what he said in his awn
favour,, as well as What hesaid aaainst himself: The
question was thiS : If Were was previous design in.
the breast -of the Prism* to perktrate the, crime of
murder ; or if, being thfeatened; provoko, or
.19s-.
satilted, he did this a& frOm pa4on of the mo-,
nient ? In the. latter f.iase the crime in law was• ex-
trcmely ditneeni froni that Of-Wilful ma.,:der.• It was
not' east to Si.ppose that, there shoidd'sbe such a dia-
bolical design formed in so short a space oftirne,....,'
His:Lordship-here entered into a zenoral.review'
of the fans ixt evidence, and theft concluded "By
the witnesses who have appeared on.the part oldie
Prisoner, he seems to be,,in their,judgmenty a very
moral young man. You are to judge if' you think
it was a deliberate intention,*or l.f it were the ebul-
lition of anger at the instant, under the circum-
stances of provocation stated. If the design sprung
up on Wednesday which was executed on'Saturday,
the offence..wili be. murder; but :if it were not pre-
viously form&l, then there was no execution of such
a deliberate intention ; and he will be acquitted of
the capitzl part of the charge.!' ,
The Jury, after• having conferred for a considerable-
tiJoe, fonnd the Prisoner Guilty' (ye Alurder, and he
wa's ordered for execution.. on Thursday next.