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declared your petitioner's late father so justly entitled
for his ingenuity and science ?
" It may seem surprising your petitioner's late father
silently submitted to such wrongs ; but he appealed
again and again as an officer in the service of his
country, to be considered subordinate to the authorities
upon whom every officer, whatever may be his rank, is
dependent, and the favourable opinion of the Duke cf
Wellington, he, your petitioner's late father abstained
from bringing his claims before the public.
" Thus was your petitioner's late father deterred by
the purest motives from following the judicious advice of
friends, and whom, his Grace of Wellington was Prime
Minister, on application, said more should be done, as a
national reward. _ _ _

Resting on these hopes, that fearful the acceptance of
the luckless ;pension. That when your petitioner en-
tered the army, though your petitioner's father could
have procured a commission for him, but being asked by
Lord Hill whether he wished it without purchase or
purchase, he preferred the latter, which he did with his
own private funds.
" That your petitioner's late father being desirous of
some honour, laid the same before his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, which was favourably received, as
appears by Sir Herbert Taylor's letter, written by the
King's command, but in consequence of his Majesty's
death was unhappily frustrated.
" That your petitioner's late father departed this life
on the third March, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two, at the advanced age of eighty-four years,
after having zealously and unremittingly served his
country for the long space of sixty-two years and up-
wards. _ _ _ _ _

" That your petitioner's late father's widow, the
mother of petitioner, only receives a pension of one
hundred and twenty pounds per annum, while the widow
of Sir W. Congreve receives four hundred pounds, a
general of less standing by twenty years than your peti-
tioner's father ; beyond this, who has the honour of a
baronetcy. Even the ordinary personal distinction of a
knight of the commander of the Bath never conferred
upon him.
"That your Petitioners father left debts to a consider-
able amount at his death, occasioned by the invention of
the shell, and its perfection ; and that your petitioner,
out of respect to his father, and in fall confidence the
claims of his father would be recognised, mortgaged his
life interest in the family estate, in order to assist in
discharging the said debts.
That a totally opposite construction was put upon the
pension of one thousand two hundred a year by the
Ordnance authorities of that day ; for this infliction was
of the one thousand two hundred per annum pension
without the knowledge of General Shrapnel, your peti-
tioner's late father, which seems to invest the honour-
able Board of Ordnance with extraordinary rights,
powers, and authorities, as not in any way having bar-
tered his (your Petitioner's) father's right or forfeiture
of the debt of the East India Company, or his continuing
to supply the East India Company with shells. Thus
was eight hundred and thirty-five pounds set against for
life of a debt of five thousand pounds. Could your pe-
titioner's late father have seen the possibility of loss,
privations, and disadvantages, which this increased, or
no pension at all, your petitioner's late father would have
never accepted it.
" That your petitioner's late father's request to strike
the balance between your petitioner's late father and his
country, without any further notice of unjust propor-
tion, Lord Bloomfield being his junior and promoted
over his head, he your petitioner's father, sustained a
loss thereby of four thousand pounds. Then the heavy
expense of money out of pocket, sixteen thousand three
hundred and sixty pounds, then the one thousand equi-
valent to fourteen thousand pounds, and lastly the two
claims of five thousand pounds, &c., per cent. of five
thousand pounds, se that the actual state of the case
stands—

To balance ...

Expenditure ... ... ...
Lord Bloomfield ... ...
East India Company .. ...
Ditto, future per-centage •••
though you may say 100,0004
Interest ... ... ...

... £54,360

... £16,360
... 4,000
... 5,000
... 5,000

10,000

£54,360

By balance due to petitioner's father, 54,3601.
" The pension taken at one thousand two hundred
pounds, instead of three hundred and sixty-five rund.,
less or out of income, could not be called a reward, ft,r
had the losses been reimbursed it would have been better
your petitioner's late father had not invented the shell,
which would at least have saved the above sum for his
family.
" With a due appreciation of the Duke of Virellinton's
value of your petitioner's late father's invention, declared
him to be entitled to a very ample reward for his inge-
nuity and science ; that the shells had happily achieved
long services of the most brilliant victories in (very
quarter of the inhabitable globe. Question—has the
country shown a proper senie of gratitude for the ser-
vices of your petitioner's late father ? Y..ur peti-
tioner, theretbre, appeals to the various statements be-
fore made, and the numerous testimonial of the most
illustrious commanders by land and sea, and courts in-
vestigation, and challenges contradiction for a decided
answer in the negative to this inquiry.
"That your petitioner is the sole depository of the
secret of his late father's invention.

" That your petitioner begs leave to subjoin, for the
information of tour Honourable House, that from the
strong testimonials, whereby the efficacy of the Shrapnel
shell, and the immense advantages derived from it in
the conflicts of fifty-seven battles with the enemy.
Witness the united testimony of a Wellington, Gough,
I a Harry Smith, and hosts of heroes who emblazon the
roll.

"The pure, disinterested motives which induced
your petitioner's late father to abstain from pressing his
claims upon the Government and Legislature, and,
finally, to content himself with b. queathing them to his
futnily, have already been illustrated and explained.
. .

"'Tat if your petitioner's late father had, as agreed
upon with the Honourable Board of Ordnance and
the East India Company, received the percentage of
five per cent. upon the whole quantity of shells made
and delivered during the war, your petitioners late
father would have been in receipt of from six hundred
thousand pounds to seven hundred thousand pounds
sterling.
" That our present happy enjoyment of peace may in
a great measure be attributed in Europe and Asia, but
particularly in Asia, to the Shrapnel shell; peace so
highly esteemed and valued by all nations. Yet it is
but fair to remark, that it is still more likely to be kept
through the Shrapnel shell from the circumstance of
the destruction which the Shrapnel shell dealt upon
our enemies, who will not dare again to face the Shrap-
nel shell.

" That your petitioner begs to refer your Honourable
House to a pamphlet, wherein all your petitioner's late
father's testimonials, and every particular, are stated in
all the transactions between him and the Board of Ord-
nance and the East India Company, are related and
explained.
" Your petitioner therefore humbly prays your Ho-
nourable House will be pleased to take your petitioner's
case into consideration, and to grant your petitioner
such relief in the premises as to your Honourable House
shall seem meet.

" And your petitioner will ever pray, &c.,
" HENRY NEF.DITAM SCROPE SIIRAPNEL."

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THE TRIPLE MURDER AT MIR-

FIELD.

NIIP.FIELD, FRIDAT.—The: adjourned inquest on the I,
bodies of Mr. James Wraith, his wife, and Caroline
Ellis, their servant, who were so brutally murdered at
this village on the 12th inst., was resumed here in the
Methodist school room yesterd ;3t, before Mr. G. D.
Barker, deputy-coroner. The cold-blooded tragedy is
still enveloped in a great deal of mystery, although facts
seem gradually coming to light the tendency or which
is to strengthen and supply links in the chain of circum-
stances which originally led to the apprehension of the
two Irishmen, 'Michael M'Cabe and Patrick Reid, who
are now in custody on suspicion of being the perpetra-
tors of the horrid butchery. It has previously been
mentioned that the key belonging to the back door of the
late Mr. Wraith's house, together with an instrument
called a soldering iron, used by plumbers and tinners,
had been found at the bottom of a draw-well, a few
yards distant from the back door, which it will be re-
collec• ed was locked when the three unfortunate persons
were discovered weltering in their blood. The soldering
iron has not 3et been identified by any person, nor has
it been shown that ither of the pi L=oners have been seen
in the possession of such an instrument at any time.
There is no doubt, however, that it has been used as a
weapon in the destruction of the three unfortunate per-
sons, from the marks on their bodies, and also from the tact
that Mr. West, of Leeds, analytical chemist, has been able to
trace animal matter ad I.er kg to the instrument,upon which
there were spots, supposed to be blood. Mr. West,
morever, has proved the presence of blood upon the
prisoners' coats, thouch at present he will not under-
take to say that it is human blood. He is still pursu
ing his investigation with regard to the marks found
on the garments of the prisoners, and other articles be-
longing to them which have been submitted to him. The
importantmofoMstr.P'est is
, part of the evidence, in addition to that
as to the situation in which the two pri-
soners were seer, when approaching Mr. Wraith's house,
and the time at which they were seen. They both admit
having been at the house en the day of the murder, hut
it is
nowoa l e proveda d n
gthat they were going along a short pri-
vatehouse, and towards it, abeet
half-past twelve o' to the to
at noon, and there is a certainty
from other circumstances that the three persons were
murder d about that time, the usual dinner-hour in
road
Mirfield, and therefore the period when there would be
the least number of persons outside their houses. There
is also evidence of a quarrel having taken place some
some time previous to the murders between the prisoner
Reid and Caroline Ellis, owing to the prisoner charging
her w ith having taken a tea-caddy out of his basket when
at Mr. Wraith's house, and it also was proved that
when he left the house after Mr. Wraith had sent for the
constable, he threatened to take revenge at some future
time. There seems little doubt that a robbery was corn-
_

mitted by the murderers, as Mr. Wraith was seen in pos-
session of money the day before he was murdered, and
no money was afterwards found in the house. The pri •
soften, howevtr, have not been proved to have been in
possession of money after the murder, and it is a some-
what singular circumstance that WOabe, in the after-
noon of the 12th, asked an acquaintance to lend him a
trifling sum of money in order to enable him to com-
plete an order which he had obtained for pots and
glasses. It would be rather difficult to reconcile th,s
circumstance with the idea that M'Cabe was one of the
guilty parties, could it be proved that a robbery of money
to any extent had been committed, unless, indeed, by
supposing that the attempt to obtain the loan was a part
of a scheme invented to disarm suspicion.
A man's shirt, covered with blood, was found in a
privy in a small wood near Ravenswharf, about two
miles from Mr. Wraith's 11,.use, by a woman, on the at-

ternoon of the day on winch the murders were com-
mitted, and betore news had reached so far. The breast.
of the shirt was much bespattered, and the sleeves were
the same, while the wristbands appeared as if they had
been steeped. The body of the shirt also bore marks as
if bloody hands had been wiped upo;4 it. This garment
the woman showed to her neighbours; and. unfortu-

,
[lately for :he ends of justice, one of diem, in ignorance
of what had happened, and behoving the marks to have
teen produced by a far different cause, burnt the gar-
ment, and thus rendered inquity fruitless as to whether
it could have belonged to either of the prisoners charged,
or to any other person.
The scene of the murders still continues to be visited
by large numbers of persons, who have been allowed to
see the house, and otherwise gratify their curiosit)
ioucling the dreadful tragedy. The house is at grew-rat
~ecupb-d by Mr. asajainin Wraith, a nephew of toe lion
Mr. Wraith.

The prisoners, who have been removed from the
Dewsbury lock-up to the Wakefield House of Correc-
tion, in order to their safe keeping, were not present at
the adj,utned inquiry.
The evidence was much the same as that adduced be-
fore the magiefrates'at Dewsbury on •-etinday last:

Two of the —wiawssßs said, that one or two scissors'

grinders were in the neighbourhood in which Mr.
Wraith's house is situate about noon on the 12th instant,
but there is no reason whatever for supp,sing that they
were conni.cted in any way with th.• dark need with
which the two prisoners are charged, and that, after tho
minute vest 4 atious wh eh the p; .lice have inie!e, the
prisoners are the only parties on whom suspicion rests.
As the inquiry is still further adjourned, and the princi-
pal new facts developed are stated above, we shall nut
give the examination of the witnesses, except those of
the two following:—
Mr. W. West, F.R.S., analytical chemist, of Leeds,
stato—On the 14th of May I received certain articles
from Mr. Green, superintendent of police. Tli,y were
a dark greeu c.•at, a pair of fustian trousers. a pair of
`Stockings, and a pair of shoes. I have subsequently
'received other articles, tamely, a brown coat, a basket, a
piece of paper, a sack, a soldering-iron, with a handle
and key. There were several marka on the dark green
coat which herd to the eye more or less of the appearance
of dried blood. I cut out several portions, and sub-
mitted them to a variety of experiments. Some of the
marks showed or) chemical signs of having arisen trout
blond; others I am perfectly convinced were marks of
blood. (Mr. West here pointed out remaining portions
of some marks on the green coat which he bad found to
be blood, and also portions of which he had found not to
be blood.) I think, upon the whole, I found five spots
which proved clearly to be blood. As far as I recollect,
they were all on the right lap of the coat. On the
left sleeve of the brown coat I found one spot which
I proved to be of blood. It was a small spot, but
I have no doubt of its nature. I have not found
satisfectory proof of blond upon any of the other
garments which I received trom Mr. Green. On
the key which I received I find clear proof,
by several experiments, of the presence of animal
matter. Oa the soldering iron I find proof of the pre-
sence of animal matter, and also on the handle; and I
have established to my own satisfaction that that animal
matter is fibrin. Fibrin is the principal portion of
muscle or flesh, and also of that portion of blood which
after coagulation resists solution in water. I wish to de-
cline
garments is human blood, though I
may at a future day be able to decide positively on that
the blood presentonthe gto give an opinion as to whether
point. I consider the presenee of blood upon both the
coats, and the animal matter upon the two instruments,
to he of the nature of a tact rather than of an opinion,
and I wish to avoid, if possible, mixing up in my own
mind what does not come further than an opinion with
a fact. There was a small speck on the handle of the
basket, which.l proved to be blood. I wish to reseive
my opinion as to the paper at present, but I intend to
to pursue my investigations further. The blood sp.,ts
on the green coat in the state in which I received it did
show very ckarly, and I admit do so still, that they were
not from wipes or smears, but from splashes or jets. I
would not undertake to speak precisely as to the nuniber
of days which the blood-marks had been upon the green
coat, but it; my opinion the marks had been on only a
few days. I found no chemical proof of blood upon thw
at,,ckings.
Benjamin Morton, of Nab-lane, Mirfield, hawker.
stated—l have known Michael M-Cabe and Patrick lien%
about twelve mouths by sight, but only a few months
by name. On the 12th of May. on the day this murder
was committed, I saw Patrick Rtid, about one o'el ;ek.
near to Air. Wraith's house. I was going down Water
Royd-lane, and when I had got tie.ir Mr. G4rstde's
house, which is in the lane, I saw i'atrick Reid at James
Wraith's lane end. Reid was in the road leading Lo
Mr. Wraith's house ano bed his face inwards the house.

but I ctedd net say whether he a as wa!king or standing.
'He looked to be walking. Ile had tits basket on ht.
arm. I did not see where he went to, but I am apite
sure it was he, from the dr-sa he had on. I s4w
Michael M`Cabe first, and Patrick at the same time. I
saw them both at the same time. M'Cabe was on the
road leading to Mr. Wraith's house. He was about ten
yards from John M'Kinnell's garden, in the private road
leading towards Mr. Wraith's heuse. It would be halt
way between Water Rtyd-iitne and Mr. Wraith's house,
I should suppose, but I have never been that road.—
:Idlleorwes,3at the request of the coroner, the witness went,
iii company with Ma Clapham, surveyor, and Superin-
tendent
M r. Wr‘aCit''tti
tendent lireen, to point out the place where he saw
M•Cabe, and to ascertain the divtance the prisoner hail
gone from Water Royd-lane in the direction of Mr.
Wraith's house. On the witness's return he stated as
Reid especially,i t,es,
haotutshee. tilmitsi
al,
es saw
nhim,
outa-as
tghoei tptgi to-
wards Mace
to Mr. Clapham, the surveyor,where I saw 'Cabe at first.
It is about 58 yards from Water Rojrl lane. MaCabt. had
a basket with semi, pots in it. Teere was a smart ahewer
I have
kofnorwain came within a tow minutt s &ter I saw the two
prisoners, and I went forward. I did not see them join
each other. I had not seen Reid and M'Cabe so nearly
together before that day. I knew them both well, and
because I had a strong argument with
him last summer on the Roman Catholic system. I
on the 12th,
Ms'eCvaeb
rael fromtiin e
sh asvpi(ndgi
en
metto
hhimiia.w when n
ahma wskuirneg,
they
were the two men' saw in this lane. I have shown Mr.
Clapham the place where I saw Reid. The usual dinner.
hour in Mirfield is from ha:f past twelve to one o'cleek.
I did not see either MaCa,be or Reid in Water Reyd-laie
private road.
Charles Flint, of Robert Town, Live rsedge, labourer,
stated—l recollect the 12th Of May. I got home about
nor did I see them before I saw them in the
three o'cloek in the afternoon of that day. Michael
M'Cabe was in my house when I got home. I heard of
the murders at Mirfield as I was going home, and I
satsakiers.d;mtkyahtetkuseerkeeipsera,4lllr)i•iSkceorey, if she had heard
anything about the murders at Mr. Wraith's house. She
said she had not heard anything about it. WC:Abe heard
this, and said there was nothing so sure, and that he had
been at the place. I asked bun wh,t he had se.-n? Ile
said he rapped at the door,,and heard a footstep on the
th young fellow came and
opened --° door; that he (M`3ab..) asked him if he I
wanted anything in the pot fine? and that he said
" No, 'sir;" that he asked him again, and got
no answer, and that the man tf.en stith the kites; n
door. I asked M-eithe if be had ;wen itoifiiitg? aed 1:u
said, " Yes, lots of blood b.-hind the kitch'.n door." I
asked him if he knew the person who came to the door?
and he said he did not, but that tie could not tell the
PeriQn main, I said, tt W as it net told rgatfttal thick

y?" and he said "No, lam certain it was not." I
asked him if he had heard any groans, and he said
" Yes, some very heavy groans indeed." He said he
left Mr. Wraith's house with his basket on his head,
called at John and asked him if he wanted
some pots, and he said that he did not want any. I then
asked him if he came direct to Robert Town, and he
never spoke. I asked him if he had mentioned what he
had seen to any one ? and he said, " No, not to any
one." Nothing more was said except that he wanted to
borrow some money from me to buy some pots with.
William Sheard came to my house about four o'clock,
and between four and five M'Cabe and he talked to-
gether about this murder, but I did not hear the con-
versation. I afterwards got Sheard to come to Mirfield
end state what M-Cabe had said he bad teen at Mr.
Wraith's house.

William Shear], of Robert Town, Liversedge, kawker,
stated, on the 12th of May I went to the last witness's
house. It was about half-past four o'clock when I got
there, as near as I can tell. I saw Michael M Cab.
there, and had some conversation with him after he
came down stairs. I told him I had been informed
that be had been at the place where the murder had
happened, and he said he had. I asked him which way
he went to the house, and he said, " Down the fields,
opposite Mr. Wraith's house." He said, " N hen I
got into the yard the shutters were closed and the
blinds were down." [The witness gave an aecoutit
of what M•Cabe told him he had seen, which did not
differ in the slightest degree from the convet cation de-
tailed by Chid. a Eine; The witness then proceeded:
—I asked *Cabe where he thought the blood came
from which he had seen at the back of the door? and he
said, " I thought the old matt had been killing a hen."

I then asked him if he heard anything? and i,e said
" Yes, dreadful groans." I asked -him what he though:.
the groans came from ; and he said " I thought the old
woman was poorly." I asked him if the man who came
to the door was not old Mr. Wraith? and he replied.
" No." He then told me that after leaving Mr. Wraith's
he went to John Mainnell's, then called at a cottage
house, whet*. he gathered a few rags, and th-n he wen'
to Flint's. That is all 11•Cabe said about the ease, and
when he had said this I said to hire, "If Mr. Ingham
knew what you have told me he would certainly send for
yim, as they would want information." My brother-in-
law, Charles Flint, told me. in M'Cabe's hearing, to put
the saddle upon the galloway, and go to tell Mr. Ing-
ham. M'Cahe never spoke at that time, and I said, " I
do not like to go, for it is a very serious job to go about."
M'Cabe then said, " Don't go, Bill ; lam going down
to the Shoulder of Mutton, and I can declare it myself."
Without speaking agsin to him, I put the saddle on the
galloway, and came to Mirfield, where I gave informa•
tion to Mr. Howarth. I and M'Cabe never had any
dealings together. lam quite sure that M'Cabe men
tioned both the shutters and the blinds.
At the conclusion of the last witness's examination,
the CORONER, addressing the jury, said—Gentlemen, I
believe we have now examined all the evidence that c',,n
be adduced to-day, but it is very important that furthpr
tlme should be given for inquiry, bi cause the publicity
that has been given to-day to the situation in which thk
prisoners have been seen will be very important and
very beneficial in inducing other parties to supply links
which are very desirable in the trsin of evidence which
we now have, and, therefore, I feel it my duty to ad-
journ the inquiry to a future day, and I propose to
adjourn it until this day fortnight ; and if a:iy further
evidence can, as I hope it will, be procured within the
time, I have no doubt it will be produced, and then,
having all the evidence that in all probability can be
produced, it will be your duty to give it that serious at-
tention which the case requires, and to return a verdict.
upon it. But I shall not feel justified in putting the
case to you at present. because I think it possifile and
probable that other eviihnee will be adduced between
this time and the day I have mentioned for the ad-
journment. Therefore, hentlernen, I propose to adjourn
this it.quiry until thii day fortnight, which is the 10th of
June.

The inquest was then formally adjourned to 11. o'clock
in the forenoon of the day n3enri-ned by the Coroner, to
be resumed at the S4Tl‘e place, and the jury were bound
in recognizances to attend.

AWFUL AND COLD-BLOODED
MURDER.
(PROM A CuIIiMSPONDENT.)

ROTHERHAM, FRIDAY.—The qu et town of Wither-
haw has to-day been thrown into s state of great excite-
Meta by the perpetration of an atreci,us emir er, vvidelt
has been committed this forenoon, between ten and
eleven o'clock, on the turnpike-read leading from R,
therhaul to lta.wmarsh, a vilage about two miles oft, on
a s,‘ ocean who was passing on the ro,id.
From inquiries wade on the spot, it appears thaf
Samuel Linley, a joiner, left his lodgings at the Four-
lane-ends, near Raw marsh. between ten aid eleven, aro
was proceeding to the Park gate Iron Works, belonging
to Messrs. Se:ndetield and (Jo, to his work, about three
huntirea vards off. He hid Hot gone tar betibre he me,
the decersed, Suaarinnh Jazger, the wife of Benjani.n
Jagge,, or Masbarougn common, shopkeeper, who was
401:e a stranger to hun, going to Rawinarsh with snit
cerieN Linley held out his hand to the deceased. foul
a6ked her to snake hand,; she roused, and passed him.
lie tuined roend, followed her, and struck httr with Its
fist over the back of her head, knocked her down, and
got upon her, and when she attempted to rise he strut k
her s..veral severe blows on the head. He then got her
shoulders between his knees, and kept bealieu her. She
scream:A out, and some persons who reside near an t
were p :ssing ran to her assistance ; but before the
could get to the place, Lintey was seen to take a clasp
knife out oc his waistcoat pocket, open it, and cut ,he
woman's throat on its right side.
Joshua Stewaid, of Rotherham, a cow keeper, who
was passing, and saw Linley commence his attack on the
woman, ran to them, and when he got up the ruffian was
cutting at the woman's throat with the knife; he did not
even desist when Steward got there, but the latter pulled
hit!) off the woman, and some other persons coming to
the place the mail was secured, and the knife taken tram
him. The poor woman was bleeding profusely, the
assassin having separated the jugular vein. Medical aid
was immediately sent for, but long before any could
arrive the poor woman had breathed her last, she having
died a few minutes after receiving the injuries. Linley
on being asked why he did it, replied, " I have made a
bad job of it," and that drink had done it. He was not,
however, drunk at the time, but had been drinking for
some days previous.
Information of the occurrence was immediately con
veyt d to Mr. Badger, of Rutherham, the cot oner for this
district, who went and inspected the scene of the mur-
der, and ordered the man, when he found in custody, to
be removed to Rotherham gaol and carefully watched,
where he now iemains vo await the coroner's inquest,
which is to be held on the hod) to-morrow forenoon.
The murder having been committed in the middle of
the forenoon, and within one hundred yards of several
houses and a very public highway, and without any pro-
vocation or apparent motive, has caused the utmost con-
sternation, and leaves no doubt but that the perpetrator
of it must at the time have been labouring under in-
sanity.

AWFUL ATTEMPT TO MURDER.
(From the Manchester 7imes of Fi iday.)

•
A shocking and most exsraor.linary atterupi was made
3estertia)- ( Thursday) morning, by an old woman in
Hulme, to murder h, r son-in law, while asleep in bed,
by cutting his throat. The name of the woman is Eliza
Loth Jackson, and hi r daughter and son-ito law, Thom ,s
Hoyle, lived with her, at No. 43. Caton street, Hulu.e.
Jackson is a married woman, but separate i irom ht:r
husband. She slept in the same room with her son-in-
law and daughter. and at an early hour went to the heal
side of the young couple, who have only been married
nine mo,ths..ano hailing over the b.uly of tt.e daughter,
with a large table knife cut the throat of Royle, who
lay ne-xt to toe wall, and who, as Nell as his wife, was
fast Fortunately- the knite was not very shut p,
and the young man was awoke by its passing a!ros,
kits
throat bdore a sufficiently deep incision had be. n effected
to prove fatal. He put out his hand to save htinstif,
win u the end of one of his fingers was nearly cut off
and be then sprang out or bed, and ran into an ajoiiiing
house for help.

The prisoner, in the course of yesterday morning, was
brought up for examination at th,., &lough Court, when
the todowmg rvidt, ee wa, given
..)1e said he ivis toe prLoner's
having tn4J•ii d her daughter in October nist. The
pri,oi:vr slept in the same room with him and his wi•e.
The prisoner west to bed first on Wedusday night,
about ten o'clock, and he and his wite followed shortly
atter. No ill-words or quarrel had taken place, but
they had all been comfortanle; that (Thursday) morn-
ing, shorily be,ore six o'clock, he was awoke by feeling
something drawn across his throat, aril on looking up,
saw the prisoner leaning over the bed with the knife now
produe.ed in Court in ti.r grasp, which she was drawing
backwards and forwards across his throat. His wife
was asleep. He immediately seized hold of the prisoner's
hand, and called upon his wife, but the prisoner did not
desist. She struggled with him and cut one of his
fingers while he was attempting to keep the knife from
his throat. He then jumped out of bed, and escaped
from the house.

Ellen Thompson, the next witness, stated that she
lived at 55, Clarendon-street. She said Royle (the pro-
secutor) came running to their door, and asked if they
eon! find a poli,,:eman? He was bleeding profusely
from a wound in the neck, and stated that his mother•in-
law had been attempting to cut his throat.
William Court, a police officer, stated that he was
called in by the last witness, and went to ,he prisoner's
house, when he found her sitting by the bed-side. He
told her what she was charged with, and took her into
custody. She accompanied him willingly, merely ob-
serving, " Very well, take your time, and I'll come with

Superintendent Taylor said when he saw the prisoner
he cautioned her of the u=e t hat might be made of any
confession, and then u:led if she had any voluntary
statement she wished to make. She answered, "
hardly know what I'm doing, I'm sure, for all sides; for
he only wants to get my property from me, and won't
wait till my ch ath. '
The knits produced in court was very blunt, but of
large size, and the wuund inflicted on Royle's throat
was from tan.t.to three inches in length, but not very
deep. The surgeon, Mr. J. Foster, Medlack-street, who
had examined the wound, was not present, and ultimattiv
the case was remanded, that his evidence might be ob-
tained.

FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE BATHING -Friday even-
ing, between eight and nine o'clock, several youths aid
)".'g men were bathing on the south bark of the
Thames, ..pposito Cheyne-walk, Chelsea. One of them.
VOtti,g myu, named John Fil,:ershaw, living at No. 19,
Livingaone•stre. t, Newington, who was an expert
.windner, ventured nut neatly into the centre of the
riv;:r, on reaching who hhe was observed to rise s.
height eut of the water, and giving a shriek, he sut k,
and was LOt seen to rise again. The body has not been
found.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF G'HAiVCFRY, May 28.

THE EXETER AND CREDITON RAILWAY COMPANY V.

BULLER.

The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster
to-day.

This case came before the Court upon an appeal
motion from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of Eng-
land, directing a metion for taking the bdlnff the file to
stand over for six weeks. It appeared from the state-
ment of Mr. Rolt, who appeared as Counsel for the ap-
pellants. that a rill had been filed in the name of the
company, contrary to the declared wishes of a majo-
rity of the shareholders at a public meeting. There
were ten directors of the company, seven of whom
were fa, ourable to sellicg or leasing the line
to the Bristol and Exeter Company, to be made
on the broad gauge p:inciple ; the remaining three
director,. together with a large majority of the
shareholders, would not have any connexion with the
Bristol ard Exeter Comp ny, but desired to lease the
line to the Taw I),_ck Company, and heir de-
sire was confirmed at a gen. ral meeting of the com-
pany, held on the 17th of February last. The bill
was then filed to prevent the seven directors from pro-
seeuring their scheme, and an injunction had been ob-
tained.

Mr. nolt. Air Follett, and Mr. Chandless were coun-
sel the appellants; and Mr Bethel!, Mr. J. Parker,
arid Mr. Hardy, appeared in support of the decision of
thy C.mrt blow.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he thought the course
taken by the Vice Chencenor was n proper one. The
defendants aeked to have the bill taken off the file, be-
cause they were, in point of fact, the corporation, attd
the bill professed to be at the instance of the ceepore,
Lien. Hie Lerdship flt that tit be a very iiitpor!eut
question, but from the view he took of the other part if
the case, it was not necessary to express at that moment
any opinion of whether the ditectors did or did nut re..
eresent the corporation. His Lordship found from the
f,,c7s,whiati were not disput• d, that the directors for the
rime bt-in,r were authoiis. d by the prevteiiins of the
eemeral Act to exercise tuil pewt r, eubjeet to the coutrel
and repletion of any getierai meeting specially sum.
mooed for the pure Abe, but not so es to render
any act done prior to the reeolutien passed at such
general meeting. That provision formed a very im-
portant part of the consideration with respect to the
exercise of power by the executive body, for it was
quite clear that in many eases, unless the Court inter-
fered as it had in the prfsent instance, the directors
might do eves against the wishes and interest of the
•hareholders before a gen, ral meetitig could be called to
restrain them. His Lordship had nothing to do with
the Great Western Company or the South- Western
Company. He only found the directors of the particulr
company entering into an arrangement to do an act
which was disapproved of by a body sworn to be a ma-
jority of the shareholders. His Lordship, after going
through the affidavits and commenting on the facts of
the case, concluded by repeating that he thought th(
order of the Vice-Chancellor right in every respect, ant:
he dismissed the appeal with costs.
There being a question whether the costs might not
be charged on the funds of the company,
His LORDSHIP gave the parties liberty to apply on
that point.

ROLLS' COURT, May 29.
This being the day for the hearing of consent peti-
tions, the whole morning was occupied with cases of no
the least general interest.

VICE CrIANCELLORS' COCRT, May 29.
(Bt l..re Iht, VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)

His Honour was occupied during the day hearing
cause petitions or no interest.
(Before Vice CI-ave.-11er Sir J. WIGWAM.)
DENMAN V. BOYLE.

This was an app;iciition to the Ceurt for an injunr.titn.
to ',strain the defentiatA 'ruin taking certain proceed-
ings at common law, until it was a,cettained what was
•tue ui)on an unsettled partnership ace. titit.
Plait:Hi and defet.dant had been f,:r some years efr
,' Teri in the. wine trade, bat o,,ing to certain mi,under
staudiegs they became evrang*d trom each ether nith-
i,ut any formal sep4raton. lii tie -ern of their agr,
ment they were prohibited from a divis,.on of the proti7:
for three pars, which for that .nice time was to b-
oacod as capital to th, credit of the grin ra,
and the ugr,tittwet not contemplating a separati n
rb, defendant held accepta ces of plaintiff, %Alt eh had
b,et: passed ;n ill, way ,f buiiness, and on the,e he ti,d
niiimated t.is intention of proc.:etiing, The prayer 01
the peti.iou then ww., that a'. injuction should be histi, o.
and titu.t he be tc,trained from proceeding, thus con,
t.plhn him to s: ek re(lre,s, it he was requited, by a
in qui: y.
The '.lourt re'etred the matter tn the Mast, r, in orch r
to examine and report upon the ,x.ict nature of ease.

COURT OF QU E .BENCH, May 29,
(:mwngs in Bane..)

EXETER AND PLYISIOUTH RAILWAY. -WOOLNER AND

4 .Tlll. RS V. TOBY.

The facts of this imp.irtaut eas.• will, no doubt, b:•
A Alin the recollecti-n .t the read,rs of 7he Sun.' At
ipt4i,,ation was 'bade to the Curt on behalt of the de-
terniatit for a rule cullii:g upon the plaintiffs to sh..w
c.tuse why a now-uit should not be entered, on tin•
ground of Tile plaintiffs were directe.rs of
a projected railway, called the Exeter and Plymouth,
and they obtatned a verdict against the dec.-ndant, com-
pelling him to [isy the deposits upon a (quantity of share,
in the c.impany, which had been all.,,ted to him its
accordance with his application to that effect.
Lerd DEN MAN briefly delivered the judginent of
the Court. He said it had been contended, on
the part of the defendant, that between the"
time of his making the application fur the shares
and: the allotment of them, several names were
withdrawn from the list of provisional committee
men, and others added, which materially site tell
his cpinion of the undertaking, and, upon that ground,
that he had either the option of refusing or accep:ing
the allotment which he had sought. The Court, looking
at the circumstances under which the allotment was
made, considered that no contract had been proved
between the plaintiffs and defendants, and were of opi•
nion that a nonsuit ought to be entered, as sought by
the defendant. _ _ _

Nonsuit entered accordingly, and rule made absolute.

BAIL COURT, May 29.
(Sitting:, in Banco, before Air. Jibtice WIGUTMAN.)
The motions heard in this court possessed no public
interest.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 29.
(Sittings in Baneth)
WOOLEY V. STEINITZ.

This was an action brow,;ht to recover the sum of
211. 19s. 6d., alleged to be due to the plaintiff for services
rendered as traveller to the defendant. At the trial the
verdict was entered for the defendant, the case not going
to the jury for want of evidence, with lib..rty to the
plaintiff to mov, to enter the same for the plaintiff for
the amount claimed, should the Court be of fpinion that
there was • videi:ce to go to the jury. A rule nisi was
obtained in the last term by Mr. Cleasby, on the ground
th.t the plaintiff was ung iged at an annual salary,
and was untitled, ace, riling to gereral usage.
to recovi-r the amount of a quarter's sal,ry,
allion;ah he- had been do•entirge4 ID% his employer beim e
the expiration of that period, and dint there was evt
hence to go to the jur%.
Mr. RILEY shoned eau ,e against the rule.
Mr. CLEASRY WftS heard in support thereof.
Tla. COURT decide that the rule ought to be dis-
charged upor. a nonsuit being entered.
The Court rose at one o'clock, to enable the Learned
13 irons to meet t,,e other Judges in the Ext,h.-qu-r
Chamber, for the purpose of hearing the Arguments in
the Crown cultic s le:served on the circuits in the last
as:;:acs.

• lIATARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, MAY 28.
. 1 his CO.:11.11L;, at gPVerk O'Cl.,cii, the Four Company
Drrl6t of ber Nl.i'sty's 9 h Foot marched from is ger-
' rim: cn route to alaidstenr, whence it proceeds by rail-
way t' Hy :he !wrecks, and there remains wail the
' arrival if the regiment from India. The streegth of
;he depot eoesists of 1 l sergeants, 9 corporals, I drum
nier and 158 priit.ites, with the fo.l,.w:ng efficer-
'apta'n ilrekit Tyler. Captain Willetin Shearon.
Captein C. Einthirs:, Lteutenent B miry 11 alehe.
:feting Ajutent ; Lieutenant I'. L. Bent.ett,
Paymaster ; and Lieutc, art George Cubitt. Woe!.
_e
Serg. ant Colour
Well is acting Qaatter-Master and C
Serg..ant Joseph Lynch is acting Sergeant Major to the
de.;Ot. On Monday next, the 3 tst, the Four Company
depots of the 17th Regiment (the it-yal Tigers) c,m-
sisting ef 10 sergeants, and 430 rank and file, ut.der the
command of Captain ar id Cooper, with Lieutenant
nit A liutant J. L Cr. ker, Lieutenant William Gordon,
Ln . Li.-.ltenatit Johnsen Bourne, acting Quarter-
w th Sergeaot Major Newry, late OuLittr-Ser-
,etnt, will march to route for Canterbury. there to relieve
:he B,ith depOt, upwards of 500 strong, which rt turns to
the earrison tor embarkation to India. This morning a
detachment lion) the provisional battalioe, con-isting of
two sergeants, two corporals, and one drummer, with
40 nriya,es. under command of Ensign F. E. Maunsell.
of the 4th King's Own Foot, marched from Chatham to
Gravesend, and embarked on board a steam yeast 1 fur
thrwich, to Essex. Last evening the sergean sof the
Provisional Battalion assembled in their mess room, for
the f urpose of considering what token of their respect
should be given to the three non-commissioned officer on
their leaving this garrison; when, after some considera-
tion, it was resolved to present three silver snuff boxes,
of the value of 51. each:—one to Nathaniel Redmund, of
the 62d Regiment, and who is acting Quarter-Master-
Sergeant of the garrison: and another to Colour-Ser.
gotta Joseph Lynch, of the 9 Foot:,h
cree: s
and
respected
edwd
ht the
yh
att
the
ei
:Ett
deo
Colour-Sergeant John Newry, of the 17th Foot, the
principal cterk in the Brigade-office,
a situation in th department with considerable credit
for eleven years, and was highly p
commandant, Sir Thomas Wiltshire, K
asC.B th.,aes
psearlseobnyt
the late Brigade, Major O'Brien, as well
hal f-
BrEigxadirert•
Abajor Captain
olitDi;Aßyl,Ajit2. 0‘:ood.
HAlL.—About
eolisr,ainonfeelolfill
the a
dpealsutgfeouirlio:h: leo enke,i
goknb
oFriday o mo(firtti ihneg,
masetrothp
most unusual and extraordinary showers of hail witnessed
at
Loudonthi s of the year, fell
rouars. The hail-stones
in the neighbourhood of
d o considerable pefrtihoe
were nearly as large as plums, and covered the ground to
some inches in depth. The heat
of
solved them, and thestreets
the weather soon die.
in which they h
for a considerable time deluged, as if had fallen were
been opened upon them. We n
have some vast sluices had
!iti,eard whether any
damage to property ensued ; Out there is no d, übt that some
of the cellarages in the neig hln
severely visited. e damage done
must have been
The
to the flower gardens
eastward was v ry extensive, b
enmpenst•d by the rapid 5- but
this
injury was well re-
meniately Mowed-ferrlv. ranee of vegetation which im-
several
vivid ti ,ties
of
The am storm was accompanied with
lightning, and it was obvious duril g
the whole of the er • evieus night that the air was thickly
charged with electricity.