The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

MAY 27, 1847.

On Tuesday Dr. Lynch, accompanied by several
of the most respectable inhbitants of the Ward of
Farriogdon Without, waited non the Lord Mayor, to
represent to his Lordship the ismediate necessity which
existed for the adoption of neasures to prevent the
spread of diseases engendered It want of ventilation and
water, and the enormous inflix of Irish poor into the
city of London.
I take the liberty to addrees you, Lordship (said
Dr. Lynch) upon a subject in which I know you take a
most lively interest. I have tlas honour to be accom-
panied by the churchwardens of St. 3ride's, St. Dun-
stan's, and other parishes in the ward, ill of whom have
personally inspected the dwellings of tee poor, and have
made presentments to the Court of Atlermen, directing
attention to the nuisances which abound in the courts
and alleys in which the poor reside. They
have felt it
their duty to wait upon you to state a few melancholy
facts, and to solicit your assistance. Of all the thirty-
six metropolitan districts, the Ward of Parringdon
Without is perhaps the worst as to its narrow localities.
The houses are built back to haekal'itiestaircni-c;;:iiiia
cornm- The priviee aeaptPots of the most horrible descrip-
tion, :hich poison the air and pollute the dwellings of
the poor. In such places, where there are sewers, they
become the source of disease in consequence of the want
of traps and an adequate supply of water to cleanse and
to facilitate the escape of pestiferous gases from the
decomposition of animal and vegetable matter. In
Crown-court, within a few yards of Fleet-street, the
cellars of the houses are in a most revolting condition,
from the overflowing of cesspools, and the accumulation
of impurities of every description. In some instances
we find that the dust contractors had not removed the
offal from one to nine months, and that they refused to
perform that duty unless they received a gratuity. We
found the poor inhabitants sensible of the injury which
such abominations inflicted, and heard them complain of
the inadequate supply of water which visited them for
no more than one hour three times a week, and which
their poverty prevented them from keeping vessels in
which to save it. They complained, too, of the quality
of the water, confined as it was in heated rooms, and
absorbing the animal exhalations and foul air. We
found that the drains run under a stack of houses in-
stead of into the main sewer, and there is at present no
power to compel the landlords to open these drains
direct to the sewers, by which arrangement an essential
cause of malaria and disease would be removed. The
inquest of St. Sepulchre beg to state that the courts
around Smithfield and the Old Bailey are undrained ;
that in several of the courts there is but one privy, to
which the inhabitants of both sexes and all ages resort,
to the great detriment of common decency and morality ;
that the houses in such places are a disgrace to the sana-
tory supervision of the city of London ; that the opera-
tion of the window-tax is seriously injurious to the
poor ; that all the remonstrances of previous inquests
have been neglected ; that there is no proper authority
or board which understands the subject in its magnitude
to be found in the city ; that in the several places the
cess-pools overflow the cellars ; that in some cellars,
under the privies, eight people lodged in a place of
twelve feet square ; and that cow-sheds, slaughter-
houses, and knackers' yards, are suffered to exist in the
midst of a crowded population. The gentlemen of the
inquest, after enumerating other horrors, and showing
that the wretched habitations are full of plague vapours,
express their fear that if sultry weather supervene
fever will make awful ravages amongst the poor.
They find that every steamer which arrives from
Ireland imports immense numbers of the poor Irish
direct from Cork, where malignant typhus and dysen-
tery abound, and are carrying off all classes of the
community. They know that these poor creatures re-
sort to the courts and alleys that they have been visiting
on their arrival, and they apprehend that as all the
elements of infection abound there, an epidemic may
break out, as has occurred at Liverpool, at Manchester,
and at Rochdale. It is well known that scarcity of pro-
vision lowers the system, and is a predisposing cause of
disease. To what are these poor creatures to look for
comfort, or even hope ? The inquests earnestly and
confidently trust that your Lordship will aid them in
adopting measures of prevention. The workhouses are
beset at this moment. The West London Union has ad-
mitted several, and sent others to the Fever Hospitals.
Bartholomew Hospital placed extra beds in the wards,
but is unable to meet the evi,r.,noy it . as, lika the
other hospitals, been admitting this influx of patients tor
the last three weeks, and within the last three days they
have been compelled to refuse admission to several appli-
cants. Numbers of those who have been admitted into
the hospitals have died. The nurses have died, and the
relieving officers have shared the same fate. In Liverpool
the medical officers have been carried off in the discharge
of their duties. The over-crowded rooms of the poor
are filled still more densely by their wretched relations
who have fled in affright from famine and fever. With
such a teeming population, debilitated by privation and
predisposed to fever, it is most perilous to them and to
the previous residents to be exposed to the noxious in-
fluences which I have so inadequately discribed. We
intreat your Lordship to assist us in procuring a constant
supply of water, and the immediate cleansing of such
places. With this view, we intreat your Lordship to name
an early day for the consideration of the subject of the
public health. included in the memorial of the ward. urging
the corporation to adopt sanatory measures for the be-
nefit of the poor. The gentlemen of the inquest would
suggest to your Lordship the propriety of calling
a Com-
mon Council as soon as possible, to apply to Parliament
for a short Bill empowering the City authorities to en-
force the abolition of cesspools, and similar nuisances,
of
trap mortal
andinjury
ope
open
tot t
hthe
drains community,of
every
housecom-
pel
which
were
landlordsto o
into the sewer, and to appoint an inspector who would
take care that this law was enforced. They indulge the
hope that the Government would render every facility
in the laudable endeavour to accomplish such good. The
meteorological table shows that the thermometer rose
on Sunday from 64 to 70 degrees in the shade. There
was a corresponding increase in sickness in the last
week's mortuary record. There was an excess in Lon-
don of ninety-eight deaths over the healthy average.
In such places the labouring classes on the average
do not reach twenty. two years of age, and the most
simple diseases become malignant. The mortality
amongst children, who are most susceptible of
atmospheric influence, is double the mortality
in the country. I have sent three very bad cases of
fever to the hospital this morning, and in one instance
the mother was in a state of insensibility. The neces-
sity for immediate interference is extreme. It is a mat-
ter of life and death. In Liverpool they have esta •
blished lazerettos and appointed officers of health.
Every precautionary measure which science can suggest
ought to be had recourse to, to prevent the spread of
could bear
had
such an appalling calamity as has appeared amongst us,
To delay, in a moment of imminent danger, would be
criminal indifference to the safety of society. The gen-
tlemen whom I have the honour to introduce to your
Lordship will confirm the statements I have made. They
have always most honourably exerted themselves in the
cause of the poor, and they would join me in entreating
your Lordship to give us your most valuable aid."
One of the overseers of St. Bride's, a member of the
deputation. said that the pestilential nuisance was much
closer to the habitations of some of his acquaintances
than they imagined. Although he had for some time
occupied premises in Fleet-street, he ascertained that
there were two houses within twenty yards of those pre-
mises in a state of filth which it would not actually be
consistent with decency to describe. It was an extra-
ordinary fact, that in some localities, of the condition of
which no complaint had been made, he found the abo-
mination as great as it was in those to which his atten-
tion was particularly called. Tha Corporation had, he
eswhhicimhshelef,
hadand
was aware, extensive power, but the power which must
could bear testi-
eedanertr.ed upon all occa-
sions exercised on the present occasion he did not think
they possessed. A short Act was necessary to compel
the landlord to construct drains to the main sewer, or to
o to the whole
enableAd e a tenant n ant
Hughesto make
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mchargeon y
bt theyo tt, expenselheev
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obextentcuci built, occasion
tocommunicatetftohpeeinr drains
p,ow enr'sfi r.t—ho mt(hr iseoemma rae,i n sewer, and the Com ..
missioners rendered him such valuable aid that the
expense was quite inconsiderable.
Dr. Lynch said there was no doubt of the disposition
upon the part of the Commissioners, but they had not
to the anxiety of
thea mad by
necessarysfacilities,
the necessary power, and it was the wish of the ward
that they should have the power.
Mr. George Walter said, that as a member of the
Commission of Sewers, he could confirm the statement
but he regretted to say that it was a matter of great diffi
eulty to prevail upon the parties who kept houses to go
to any expense at all, although the object was so indis-
pensably necessary to the enjoyment of health. In the
locality of Shoe-lane he know that in many instances the
meobmymAilsdsieormne Alderman
as
t Hugheso rend a
difficulty was insuperable.
Mr. Herapath said the dust contractors acted in a very
oppressive manner to the poor. The men who were
employed by the contractors were in the habit of impor-
tuning those who were in comfortable circumstances for
the price of some beverage while performing their work;
in the case of the poor they did not importune, they
demanded, and if tho demand was not complied with
they refused to do their duty, The commissioners had
been complained to in cases of this kind, but the con-
tractors replied, " We can Now,
't help it• if we change the
men we have we may get Niorse. that was a cruel
and brutal oppression upon the poor, and he trusted that
some alteration would be made, such, perhaps, as giving
to direct the removal authority to the police of the dust.
Several other gentlemen of the deputation having
made additional statements confirmation of the repro-
ent4tiou of Dr. Piaci',

The Lord Mayor said he certainly thought the public
were greatly indebted to the gentlemen who had brought
so important a subject before him ; and he assured them
that so far as he could render any service to the cause,
he should be completely at their command. He was
glad to find that justice was so willingly yielded to the
Commissioners of Sewers. He knew how warm they
were in the great cause of sanatory regulations.; but
they could not, he declared, do what was necessary, by
compelling landlords to make drains from their houses
to the common sewers.—(Hear, hear.) For the pur-
pose of giving to the deputation an opportunity of ac-
complishing their object, he should appoint Monday
next for holding a Court for the discussion of the merits
of
) then most Dthre.
Lp eytni oe nh oafiltdh et
hwea ward.—(Cheers.)
r( Ch
gentlemene e rs.
cor-
dially thanked the Lord Mayor, and retired.

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CAUTION TO EMIGRANTS.
DISMISSAL OF A LIVERPOOL PASSENGER AGENT.
On Friday Patrick Gornley was summoned before Mr.
Rushton, and Sir Joshua Walmsley, to answer a com-
plaint preferred against him of having by means of false
pretences induced Daniel Harrigan to take a passage
for himself, his wife, and two other females to St. John's,
Newfoundland, instead of to St. John's, New Brunswick.
Daniel Harrigan, a decent looking Irishman, deposed
that he arrived here on the 11th of last month, from
Cork, and that in two days after his arrival he went to
the office of Mr. Gornley, who was a licensed passenger
broker in Liverpool. There was no one with him at the
time. He asked Gornley if be had a ship for St. John's,
New Brunswick, and he replied that he had. He then
asked the name of the vessel. and
ht.upon complainant replied that his wife
and two other women, who were going to America with
tilicat"l:egommugsttalpqauYaitnntethp.eamssable-
fore he entered into any agreement. He then asked
:ne a
town,a lannedr
Gornley
whether he could see the ship, to which he replied, no,—
that she was at the Brunswick-dock, and that if he lost

any time he would be very apt to miss his passage in her,
for that in all probability, her several berths would be
engaged before he came back. This conversation took
place about eight o'clock in the morning of the 13th ult.,
and Gornley said she was going to sea at four o'clock
that afternoon. Complainant told him that he should
be back in a very short time, so soon as he should have
gone and acquainted his wife. He then went to his wife,
and returned to Gornley between nine and ten o'clock
the same morning. His wife accompanied him ; and she
having also ascertained that the ship was going to St.
John's, New Brunswick, and that she would sail that
day, paid 81. passage money for herself and her husband.
Gornley, who did not give any certificate at the time,
told the wife to go at once and see the two other women
of her party ; and the wife having gone and brought one
of the girls with her, that girl paid him 81. more for her
own passage and the passage of her female companion,
to St. John's, New Brunswick. Ho then wrote and
handed them a certificate, which Harrigan read, and to
his surprise he discovered that, instead of St. John's,
New Brunswick, it mentioned that they were to be taken
to St. John's, Newfoundland. He immediately told
Gornley that Newfoundland was a country to which they
had no desire of proceeding ; but Gornley began to
laugh at him, and said that he could not go to a better
place than Newfoundland ; that, after discharging there,
the Sophia would go on as far as Pultwash, that then he
would be within thirty-six hours' sail of St. John's, New
Brunswick, and that he should be able to get there very
cheaply. Finding that on the day be paid the money
the vessel had sailed out of dock that very morning, he
offered Gornley 30s. if he would give back the 16L
which had been paid him, and permit him to go where
he liked. But Gornley refused this offer, and Harrigan
found himself deceived. The vessel having sailed, as he
had said, met with an accident and turned back, and
then, sooner than lose his money and passage altogether,
and being unable to see Gornley, although he called at
his office several times, he and the three females went
on board, and set sail on the 18th ult. When she had
been out a few days she was dismasted, and was driven
into Belfast, and there, when all his money had been
run out, and moat of his clothes destroyed on board, he
was obliged to leave the vessel and come over to Liver-
pool to obtain justice.
In cross-examination by Mr. Owen, he admitted that
the captain had given him lib. of biscuit a-day, but he
added that it was very bad biscuit. He also admitted
that himself and his wife had received the sum of 31. at
Belfast, from some parties belonging to the vessel.
Lieutenant Hodder, R. N., the government emigration
agent at Liverpool, deposed that previous to the original
sailing of the Sophia a number of passengers having dis-
covered the deception which had been practised upon
them, came to his office to complain. Their complaint
was that they had taken a passage for St. John's, New
Brunswick, and that it turned out they had shipped for
St. John's Newfoundland. He accordingly wrote a note
to Gornley, desiring him under the circumstances to re-
turn the money, and telling him that otherwise no pains
should be spared to punish him. Gornley came to the
office. vesv, vary ctrongly r.• nnn:t r rrith flit his p I ;le,
tices, and returned the money in that case to the parties.
He (the lieutenant) had the other passengers duly in-
formed of the destination of the vessel, and the conse-
quence was that when they learned they were going to
Newfoundland instead of New Brunswick, they came to
him in lots with their complaints. The reason, however,
that he could not interfere was, because the vessel had
cleared the Custom-house with 29 passengers-30 pas-
sengers being the lowest number of which the law takes
cognizance. On reaching Belfast, however, it was found
that instead of 30 passengers being on board, in reality
there were 50.
Mr. John S. de Wolff, the owner of the Sophia, stated
that he was not aware of the precise number of passen-
gers she had on board, but all he had got paid for were
251 adults. He was, however, aware of this, that at
Belfast he was mulcted in a penalty under the Act, for
the captain having had more passengers on board than
the ship had cleared with. He had received 561. in all
for the passengers, and where the vessel was going was
150 or 200 miles from St. John's, New Brunswick.
Mr. Rushton having recapitulated the facts of the case
and said an alteration was about to be made in the law,
which would bring all vessels, no matter what the num-
ber of the passengers might be, under the cognizance of
Lieut. Hodder and the authorities, proceeded to observe
upon the fact that in this case the total number of fifty
passengers had by some one been surreptitiously shipped.
This was not only a great fraud upon Government,
but the vessel had been cleared with twenty nine pas-
sengers, for the obvious purpose of preventing the
source of the fraud from being arrived at. The case
was altogether a most painful one. More calamitous
consequences than those likoly to befal the poor
passengers themselves could hardly be conceived;
for, instead of going to a land where their friends
and relatives were waiting to receive them, they were
about to be sent to another country where they
had neither friends nor relatives, and thus pauperism
would be entailed upon them, and it might be death it-
self. Gornley, he said, must pay a penalty of 101.. for-
, feit his licence, and never again practice as a passenger
broker in Liverpool ; and he trusted that this would be
a warning to persons acting in Gornley's situation, and
there were very few such he was happy to believe ; and
also a warning to the emigrants, whenever the appear-
ance even of fraud was attempted, to go to Lieutenant
Hodder or the magistrates, and they would obtain in-
stant redress. The case was of the utmost importance,
in more points of view than ono ; for no fewer than
75,000 emigrants had sailed from Liverpool in the pre-
sent year.
The judgment seemed to give the greatest satis-
faction to a court densely crowded at the time with emi-
grants and parties interested in the affecting tale told by
Harrigan and his friends.—Liverpool Journal.

THE CASE OF INFANTICIDE
IN COVENT- G ARDEN.
The adjourned inquiry into this very mysterious and
singular case was resumed yesterday before Mr. Bed-
ford, the coroner for Westminster, at the York Hotel,
Upper Wellington-street.
Mr. Moseley again attended on behalf of the parish
authorities, and Mr. Wolff was present to watch the
case for his client, the person already in custody.
The party alluded to at the late inquiry as " Harry
Hartnell " entered the inquest room before the com-
mencement of the proceedings, accompanied by several
friends.
Mr. Mayhew,:of Carey-street, attended as his legal ad-
viser.

eevniTgdahegneeefiderwsbtasy givenwitrss aesc
s. ecxtlaemv ined was Sarah Barker. Her
may be very briefly dgrea r length, but
. the main facts
ilbeaend.td toh Shed acid
c 1
Sheahesaw he
hadbeen
r
about six weeks before her confinemreysn -nurse her infant
in the interval frequently, and took occasion to ask her
once whether the baby-linen and other requisites were
ready. Mrs. Cleveland said she had not obtained them,
because she was not sure that the child would live.
She gave no reason for saying the child would not live.
About a week before her confinement, on being again
questioned by witness on the subject, Mrs. Cleveland
gave her money to procure two or three articles of child-
bed linen. Witness was sent for on Wednesday last to
attend Mrs. Cleveland, and on going to the house, 9,
Wellington-street, met a gentleman, who said that Mrs.
Cleveland was very bad, but that he did not think
she would be confined before the next day. (The wit-
ness here pointed out " Harry Hartnell' as the party
alluded to.)
Hartnell, on being referred to, here said that he had
been summoned to attend the inquest as a witness, and
if it suited the coroner's convenience he should be glad
to give his evidence as early as possible, as he had an
important engagement to attend to elsewhere.
The CORONER said he would take his evidence after
that of the next witness.
The witness Barker than went on to describe that
Mrs. Cleveland was confined on the Wednesday after
and
-
noon; that the baby was taken away by witness,
brought again to Wellington-street at Mrs. Cleveland's
request the next morning ; that it was left in the bed-
room with its mother for a gentleman to see it, who
would not enter the room while witness was present, as
Mrs. Cleveland said that on taking the infant from the
bed, after having left it with its mother two hours, it
appeared greatly altered for the worse ; that 'witness
took it home the same night, and again brought it to
Wellington-street on Friday by direction of its mother ;
that it was left with her for two hours or more, and that
yiitnels going upstairs at the expiration of that time,

PRICE SD.

to return home with the child, she found it dead. Wit-
ness burst into tears, and Mrs. Cleveland inquired what
was the matter ? Witness said the child was dead. Mrs.
Cleveland replied, "You don't say so ?" A doctor was
immediately sent for.
A witness named Tester was next called. He proved
haring seen the party in custody, known as "
leave the house, No. 9, Wellington-street, between four
and five o'clock on Friday afternoon.
The CORONER here said he was ready to take Mr.
Hartnell's evidence if he had any to otter; but he thought
it right to caution him, before being sworn, that he might
decline making any statement calculated to criminate
himself if he chose to do so.

Hartnell, having consulted with his legal adviser, said,
after the Coroner's observation, he should decline making
any statement.
The CORONER—Then I understand you to claim the
privilege, because an opposite course may tend to crimi-
nate you ? Hartnell—That is so.
The CORONER—Then I think the police should at once
take you before the magistrate, who will deal with you
as he thinks proper.
This announcement appeared to cause considerable
surprise to Hartnell and his friends, and as they were
about leaving the room in company with Inspector Black,
Mr. Mayhew, addressing the Coroner, said—Then,
Sir, as far as you are concerned, you release Mr. Hart-
nell ?
The ConoNxn (emphatically)—Oh, no; certainly not.
After some further conversation, Hartnell again
offered to give his evidence.
The CORONER said he would take it, but the witness
must recollect if he WPrn nn eft sworn .60 rowld ho bound
I,u answer every question put to him, whether the answers
would criminate him or not.
Again consulting with his professional adviser, Hart-
nell declined to give evidence, and he was removed to
Bow-street, accompanied by several of his friends.
A girl named Davis was next examined. She corro-
borated the witness Tester as to having seen the man
known as " Dolly" leave the house No. 9, Wellington-
street, between four and five o'clock on Friday afternoon.
Ellen Driscoll, servant to Mrs. Cleveland, deposed to
a variety of circumstances, all tending to show that her
mistress had made no preparation for the child of which
;he was about to become the mother. She had also
heard her mistress say, the day before her confinement,
that she thought the child would not live.
At this stage of the proceedings the CORONER in-
quired whether Hartnell was present?
Inspector Black said, he had taken the party alluded
to before the magistrate as requested; but as there was
no charge made against him by any person he had been
at once dismissed. lie left the police-office with his
friends, and he (Inspector Black) had not seen him since.
The CORONER expressed his astonishment at the re-
sult described, and said he thought the inspector himself
must have heard sufficient from the lips of Hartnell to
justify his detention.
The jury appeared to regret very much that Hartnell
bad been suffered to depart, and several of them ex-
pressed themselves rather strongly on the subject. After
a time the examination of the witnesses was proceeded
with. _ _

Jane Johnson, a lodger at No. 9, Wellington-street,
deposed to having heard Mrs. Cleveland say more than
once before her confinement that she thought her child
would not live, and that " she wished and hoped the
little brute would die." She also said, at another time,
she would not provide clothes for it, as she was sure it
would not live.
Police-constable Dunn, 134 F, presented a letter found
on the prisoner "Dolly," addressed to Mr. Hartnell by
Mrs. Cleveland. The seal had been broken by direction
of his superintendent. The letter ran as follows:
, "Friday, 12 o'clock.
"Dear Mr. Hartnell, have this moment received a
letter from Lawson. Come to me immediately.—Yours,
truly, "A. L. CLEVELAND.
" Mr. Hartnell, Portland-chambers,
Great Titchfield-street."
Mr. Lawson, being recalled, added to his former
evidence as follows:—When I declined to have anything
to do with the case, the man Hartnell remarked, " Oh,
then, the child must be born alive; but it can be ne-
glected afterwards."
Margaret Morgan, formerly in the service of Mrs.
Cleveland, proved having heard her mistress say, about
a month since, _that the child would be the ruin of her,
and that " she hoped the little -- would die." On
being spoken to by the witness about providing baby •
linen, her mistress also said, " she hoped the little
would never want any."
There being no other witness to examine,
The CORONER proceeded to sum up. The Learned
Gentleman first read over the depositions, and after-
wards remarked on those points in the evidence tending
to direct suspicion against certain parties. He reminded
the jury that the inquiry on which they were engaged
was merely a preliminary one, and that a verdict of
wilful murder being returned against any party by them
would only have the effect of putting the matter in train
for furilletAtreestigation. After the very clear and sa-
tisfactory evidence given by Kr. Guthrie as to the death
of the child havingbeen caused by suffocation, he thought
there could be little doubt, taking all the circumstances
into consideration, that the jury would feel the pro-
priety of sending the case before another tribunal ; and,
with these remarks, ho begged of them to consider their
verdict.
The jury consulted together for about half an hour,
and then returned into court with a verdict of " Wilful
murder against Anne Cleveland and a person named
Hill, alias 'Dolly.'"
The Coroner immediately issued his warrant for the
apprehension of Cleveland, who will, of course, at pre
sent remain under the surveillance of the police at her
own house. The other accused, it will be recollected, is
in custody.

THE TRIPLE MURDER AT MIR

FIELD.

The examination of the two murderers, Michae,
ll.Cabe and Patrick Reid, apprehended a short time
since on suspicion of being the perpetrators of this ap-
palling crime, took place on Saturday last, at the Court-
house, Dewsbury, before Mr. Joshua Ingham, chairman,
and Messrs. J. B. Greenwood, John Hague, 11. W.
Wickham, and E. B. Wheatley. The court was crowded
during the investigation, and the excitement which the
dreadful occurrence had occasioned appeared in no
degree to have subsided, numerous parties remaining
outside the building and in the neighbourhood during
the whole of the investigation. The accused have
been carefully watched since their arrest, and have been
kept in separate cells. M'Cabe is stated to have mani-
fested considerable uneasiness and restlessness since hi.,
removal to the station at Dewsbury, but on his being
brought into court he maintained the same calm de-
meanour which he preserved at his first examination
before the deputy-coroner. Ile was placed in the dock
in the long brown overcoat which he wore at the time he
was taken into custody, and on the left arm were placed
several pins, to mark the places from which had been
cut pieces of cloth, for the purpose of ascertaining whe-
ther the marks on his clothes were or were not really those
of human blood, and which were submitted to the inspec-
tion of Mr. West, of Leeds. Reid, who is a much younger
and more athletic men, was also dressed in the dark green
and buff waistcoat which he was sworn to have had on
-on the morning of the murder; and on his left arm, im-
mediately on the round of the shoulder, and the inner
part of the wrist, were similar marks placed, to denote
the spots whence the cloth had been cut for the chemist's
inspection. He appeared almost indifferent to the pro-
ceedings, and was defended by Mr. llaxby, of Dews-
bury, with whom he communicated but once, and that
was during the evidence of the principal witnessg against
him. The most important witness was Benjamin Hor-
ton, a hawker and dealer in rags and pots, who lived
in
Mah-lane, lifirfield, and who said, that as he was passing
down the road leading from DPKinnell's house, by the
Baptist Chapel, close to that of Mr. Wraith, he acciden-
tally turned his head, and he then saw Patrick Reid at
the lane end, near Mr. Wraith's house, and from which
one immediately faces into his dwelling by the back
yard. He could not speak as to whether he was going
to the house, but he had his head turned that way, as if
about to enter by the kitchen door. At the same time
he saw 11‘Cabe about ten yards off Mlliinnell's garden
corner, walking towards Reid and Wraith's house. Ile
could not speak as to what distance was between
them; but he passed on, and a shower of rain almost
immediately overtook him. In his cross-examination,
he said he had known Reid personally for some time,
but not his name, before the murder ; and he knew
M'Cabe well. He did not see their faces, but ho spoke
to their dresses and person, and swore positively that
they were the two men ho had seen in the locality de-
scribed. The magistrates, after a short consultation,
remanded the prisoners until next Saturday, for further.
examination. M'Cabe said he wished to account for
blood being on his basket by stating that he had pur-
chased some hearts and liver at Huddersfield a abort time
before, and carried them home in it. He was allowed by
the bench to have an interview with his wife, in the
presence of the constable. Thus, at present this dread-
ful crime is involved in mystery. There is other evidence
to be adduced, with respect to the key of the unfortunate
victim's door, found in the well, a centre-bit, since dis-
covered, and other matters connected with, a long chain
of circumstantial evidence to connect the accused with
the commission of this fearful crime ; but the rumours
are too vague and contradictory to warrant publicity.
The adjourned examination takes place before Mr. G.
D. Barker, Deputy Coroner, this day, when it is ex-
pected the testimony of Mr. West and other witnesses
may throw additional light upon the affair.