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press on his mind the necessity of taking a large sum if he in.
tended to do any good;because, as he (Thurtell) had no money
to entice ihe gentleman to play Weare must provide it, and
if he did so, they could introduce cards, hazard, or back-
gammon after dinner, and make a famous thing of it..—
Thurtell said he :had no doubt this would be a sufficient
bait to catch Weare ; that he would take plenty of cash
with him, and they- should be sure to get 4001. or 500/. a
piece, which would be no bad thing. Probert answered, " Noi
that sum will just relieve me from my present difficulties."
About two nights before the murder, a conversation took place
at Tetsall's between Probert and John Thurtell, in which Pro-
bert said." You had better make it Friday night if you can,
because 1 am usually down at the cottage on a Saturday, and
by shewing myself to the neighbours; no suspicion will fall on
me, if the man is missed. Thurtell'promised to arrange it for
that night if he could.
On the morning of Friday, J. Thurtell said he had settled
every thing with Weare ; that he was to meet him that evening
at .Cumberland-gate with a chaise, to take him-down to the
gentleman's mansion ; and that no time was therefore to be lost
in making the necessary preparations. In the forenoon of Fri-
day I went with .Thurtell to purchase the pistols. They were
bought at tijeweller's in High-street, Marylebone, for 1/. 15s.
At about two o'clock the pistol-balls were made. The two
Thurtells, Probert, and, myself were present in the front room
on the'first floor at Mr. Tamil's. The lead for making them
was melted in a fire-shovel, which ***** * ** * * *
held over the fire. Four bullets were cast while we were all
present. Probert handled them, and said they did not appear
to him to be large enough to kill man on the spot ;on which
John Thurtell replied, "You would be d—d sorry to have 'one
of them through your head, small as they are ; and if you had,
you would not get to Gill's-hill cottage in a hurry."
Probert said he was sure the air-gun would not kill any one
on the spot, and John Thurtell replied, " I know that as well
as you, Bill, or what the hell should I buy these pops for,
if it was not because I would not trust to the air-gun," and add-
ed, " I was a bl—dy fool to go all the way to my friend Har-
per, at Norwich, to borrow that air-gun ; but I will take care
not to miss that bl—y thief Weare, as I did your short (using
a vulgar expression) friend Master Wood." Probert laughed
and said, You made a' bad business of that, Jack, for I ex-
tected Wood would have been dead, and you would have bad
he girl long ere this." John Thurtell then made answer,
" Well, you shall see what sort of a miss I will make of Weare
before this night is out—and after him comes Wood and two or
three more that you know, Probert said, " I hope you
will do your business well, and that your friend may have
plenty of money with him." Thurtell replied, ‘c "There is no
fear of that, as he thinks 1 am going to take him into the coun-
try a fiat-catching." Probert and ***** ***** laughed
heartily at this observation, and John Thurtell'went on saying,
" It will be pretty fiat-catching, Bill, for I will lay the
flat enough before 1 have done with him."
We were also all four present when the pistols were prepared
and loaded. The lock was tried, and being found stiffin con-
sequence of the pistols being new, I was sent to get some oil-to
grease the hammers and the triggers to make the pistols go off
readily.
In the course of conversation, Thurtell said, " How shall we
manage about yotir old woman, to prevent her looking out ?"
Probert replied, ".oh,. never fear, I have a plan to get her ,to
bed." Thurtell asked what it was, and said he should like to
know it, so that we inight all know how to act when we got
there. Probert said, " Why, Hunt must sing us two or three
songs, and, after a little while, the old woman will get sleepi,
and I can then say that, having my friends down, I must sit up
with them to keep them company, and as we mean to erijoy
ourselves, that she and Nancy had better go to bed ; and when
they find we are determined to sit up, they will be glad to go
to bed." It was arranged that Probert and myself were to
watch Thurtell and Weare past Field's, and then to follow at
a little distance, so as to prevent any onefollowing up the lane,
to interrupt J. Thurtell and if any approached, we were to
give him notice. Thurtell was to pass the cottage out of hear-
ing of pistol-shot, and then to shoot Weare while sitting beside
him in the gig. Probert himself told Thurtell how to do it : he
said, " Jack, if the man has any suspicion about the lane, you
can tell him you think you have missed your way, and when
you have got to a convenient spot, as you are the driver you can
make some remark, and point his attention to make him look
at the left; and directly he turns his head, that is your time to
shoot him." After the act was done, the body was to be put
into a sack and brought to Probert's, and thrown into the pond
by him and Thurtell, while I was to be engaged amusing the
people in the house, as had been before settled.

CURIOUS GEOLOGICAL FACT.---.A. few days
ago, a large piece of coal, completely covered
with cockle-shells, was found in one of the coal
pits of the late Mr. THOMAS, of the neighbour-
hood of Dewsbury, one hundred and fifty feet
below the surface of the earth. This curious
specimen is, we
Rev. Mr. WATERHOUSE, of Dewsbury.—(Shef-
believe, in the possession of the
field Independent.)

ELECTIONEERING ADDRESS.—The following let-
ter is as modest a one as could well have been written on such
an occasion. It is an address from Mr. Morris, of Wood, to
the Freeholders of the Congressional District of Kenhawa,
Mason, &c.—offering his services as a Representative in the
Congress of the United States. Mr. Morris has made a little
mistake in ascribing the celebrated verses of Walter Scott to
the American poet, Selick Osborn. Mr. 0. has a line genius
for poetry—but it is a compliment which cannot fail to gra-
tify even him, thus to have the verses of Scott ascribed to
him :

ADDRESS.
GENTLEXEST—I have taken this method of announcing
that I am a candidate to represent you in the eighteenth Con-
gress of the United States. It is embarrassing, if not indelicate,
to be writing respecting one's self. To those that have known
me in public life it is unnecesary--having been a Member of
the Legislature for the five last sessions, where 1 was neither
idle nor negligent.—Attachment and devotion to the public
good, is what we all feel, and any professions thereof are super-
tluOus—for, in the language of Selick Osborn—.
" Where is the man with heart so dead,
That never to himself hath said,
This is my own my native land."
I can only assure you, Gentlemen that if I am elected, I shall
feel the most lively gratitude; and all the talents I possess shall
be unremittingly exerted for your, and the public benefit.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours,
&c. with the most profound respect,
ISAAC 11/1 OR MS.
Parkersburgh, Virginia, March 26, 1823.

BURYING A LIVE.—An extraordinary event took
place some years ago, on the first appearance of the Epidemic
at Madras, the circumstances connected with which are worth
while communicating. It was in the month of October, 1818,
that the Government were pleased to appoint Medical Officers
to be stationed at different places within the precincts of the
Presidency, for the purpose of affording immediate aid to the
sick. A poor man, of the Roman Catholic persuasion, fell a
victim to the cholera in one of the tents that were pitched in
townsnear the Dispensary ; Dr. P. who attended upon him,
called on a minister of that church to request him to bury the
man for charity, to which the priest acceded ; the doctor
then returned to his duty, but being fatigued through inces-
sant labour during the preceding nights, fell asleep in one
of the tents; and rolled himself up to his head with a blanket
for fear of the cold season; at this interval the corpse of the
poor man was unexpectedly removed by some Portuuese
people before the minister could reach the place, who, on
.his arrival there, found a body laid up in a tent (which
was the fatigued doctor) and under the idea of its being the
dead one, proceeded with the usual ceremonies, and whilft corn-
ing to that part in the sprinkling of holy water, up started the
doctor with great consternation, which alarmed the reverend
gentleman to • such a pitch, as compelled him to pull up his
gown, and take to his heels, with all his suite, as fast as ever
they could; leaving the object of the resurrection behinl

EXTRAORDINAIIy DISOVERY.-The Sexton of
the parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, in clearing out a vault on the
south side of the Church, on Thursday last, made an extraordi-
nary discovery. The vault had been entirely filled up with
mould and coffins, leaden and wooden, in which state it had re-'
mained for many years. The lid of one of the coffins having been
sltatteredby the spade in digging, the interior presented a most
singular appearance. The body was that of a female, the upper
Part of which, on being exposed to the air, immediately crum-
bled to dust, but the lower part, from the middle downwards,
wag as perfectas if only recently dead. The flesh was firm, and
the limbs preserved their shape as in life. Even the nails on
the toes were in their natural state, and no change appeared to
have takemplace since the time of inhumation; except the dis-
colouration of the skin. The shroud too in which the body
was wrapped, when examined, was found as sitropg and firm as
when new, This is the more ektraordinary, as the coffins,
even the leaden ones, some of which had not lain so long in
Ole vault, were completely rotted, and had mouldered away.
On further examination it was fully ascertained that the body
Was that of a Miss Tonson, aged 10, who died in 1734._
.Eighty-nine years have elapsed since it 2nd been consigned to
the vault.