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London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

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Mr. Sergeant Wilkins addressed the jury at considerable EXECUTION OF W. SPICER' 1
length for the defence; after which, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. I
His Lordship having recapitulated the evidence, the jury
Soon after daybreak, on Frida the workmen lee
went out for about three-quarters of an hour.—Verdict for,
the plaintiff—damages 3001. actives}' engaged in erecting the scaffold in front of tv,',
Edwin Adamson, convicted of forging a cheque, in the new County Gaol, and at an eerly hour groups the re
name of Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson, and Co., of Hull ; and sons were to be seen wending their way towards the
Hugh Doran, convicted of uttering a similar forgery, were to witness the progress of the works. The me' eich
sentenced, the former to be transported for fifteen years, and below were thrown open by the occupiers, ieto
dregs,
the latter to be imprisoned for two years with hard labour. :Arsons of every age and size hastened, by hun ife
Thomas Adamson and Benjamin Adamson, severally charged long before the appointed hour of execution--teel
for the same offence, were both acquitted. o'clock. There were, at the lowest computation, :I'.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT, I3ur St. Edmunds,Marchi9. wards of 5,000 persons present, and the rnsjoritinp;
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) most decidedly composed of women, many having in''
John Lew, aged 19, and Georgtin, a(red 17, were - in thei arms.
indicted for is
maliciously setting firee toM
ar shee,'tne property Thew wretched culprit, William Spicer, throughollibil
of Sir Augustus Henniker, Bart., at ilaugliley, on the 4th whole of Thursday, appeared very penitent. en" be
instant. .. symptoms of contrition, for some time past, inducrolips,
Mr. Power conducted the case for the prosecution. attendants and others connected with the gaol to 13:vbie
The prisoner Lewis p'eaded " Guilty," and Martin " Not
that he was prepared for the solemn event out
guilty." awaited him ; indeed, his expre:sions and detneewso
'
From the evidence of the butler of the prosecutor and
could lead to no other conclusion. Many hours
isi
others, it appeared that the two lads, who had only the day e
before been discharged from the House of Correction, where spent by him in perusing the sacred volum! be
they had been committed as vagrants, called at the'liouse at in devout meditation. He retired to rest
co
half-past eleven o'clock, on Sunday, the 4th inst., and so• tween eleven and twelve o'clock last night, and re„,,,
licited charity. The butler said he had pity for them; 11
bat soundly until about his usual hour of rising this m 1,`,),.
no money, as the family were all at church, whereupon the and, having dressed himself, partook of a heartl °fetle
two boys turned away muttering to themselves. In about a fast. The whole of the prisoners attended set', ice -tee
quarter of an hour a girl came running into the house-to say chapel at nine, o'clock, and after the reeding of the P ii•
de
that " the haystacks were on fire," but the butler rushing ers, a brief address suitable to the occasion eeße J.
out saw that the fire was in the colt shed, near which the
vered by the highly esteemed chaplain, the ilef en
strangers would pass on leaving the premises. It being too .
Field, who has been unceasirsly attentive to the:tere
late to save the shed, the butler thought to secure the
offenders, and on going into the read found both the prisoners tunate criminal ever since his incarceration. 11, fed
in the custody of a farmer, who, passing by, saw them come being concluded, each prisoner returned to his ce,oire
over a gate leading from the shed,
When
after he perceived from about half-past ten until a little before tined
smoke to arise Pone its vicinity. Mehen delivered into the Spicer was ow:aged with the chaplain, when he ec`e,,sioe
custody of the police the prisoners stated, that after they hal to his own room. Upon one of his attendants exer; ire
been refused relief at the house they were "quite wild," and to him a hope that ho felt resigned and ht•en Y. ~,,P 0
coming upon the shed they rested there for ten minutes, at repeated the following passage from the I” -;1$
the lapse of which period they set fire to it, and were making expressive •of his feelings, " Yea, though
1 to
off when they were stopped on the road.'life"
through the valley of the shadow of death, I al sole
Mr. Baron PARKE said, that perhaps the jury would con- . sto e
evil, for Thou art with me ; Thy rod and Thy ofe,n,
eider the case too clearly proved to require any observations
on his part, or any repetition of the evidence which they had comfort me." The fatal hour having struck, 1"; toe!
so recently heard. went to the room for him, upon seeing Whom, enn oel.
he 6
The jury considered the matter for five minutes, and having pitting the purpose for which he was wanted,
sorei
returned a verdict of Guilty, both prisoners were sentenced " Shall I pull off my neckerchief ?" and being alio lei,
to 13 years' transportatior. in the affirmative, he did so, and placed it in "inei°
James Plumb, a stupid-looking cub, 15 years of age, was leaving it upon the table. • He was then lereugh .teltig
charged with maliciously setting fire to a corn stack, the pro.. room below, where he underwent the proce:s of Po no
perty of William Jilliugs at Ousden, on the 6th inst. without being in the lea't degrr e excited. The to et?
et?
Mr. GURDOS conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was wee- ,4,1
procession hre formed, headed by Ii .ut. I be
not represented by counsel.
This was also a clear case, and only remarkable from the governor, the chaplain following, reading the reee
total absence of all motive on the part. of the prisoner for service, the culprit, and the officers of the.l.fre:
the perpetration of the crime imputed to him. According moved slowly towards the scaffold. The astonish Bs 0.0.
to the testimony of two young girls who were working in ness the prisoner maintained in ascending the steeropt!
the prosecutor's field, where the sack in question stood, it the subject of universal remark. Having arrieoitertll
came on to rain at twelve o'clock on the day in question, and drop, he placed himself beneath the beam. but uis ,tiil
thinking it a good opportunity to partake of their homely afterwards turned round and heartily shock bane tine
dinner, they retired to the stack, and while sitting down on the governor, who asked him if he had anything te le
one side discussing their meal, and wondering when it would to which Spicer replied by saying, " No, goo(' •„ef
leave off raining, they were surprised to find themselves sud- give my love to your family." Calcraft, the eseeer:f-bei
denly enveloped in smoke, which came pouring on them in
volumes round the corner of the stack. Jumping up, the rom
.Newgate, then drew the cap. over
ropethessl2erellOJ,
elder one ran round the stack, and there she saw the pri- culprit's face, and was about to adjust the
.e, to
sonar deliberately engaged in " kindling a straw fire" on the the criminal's neck, it being already suspend"
ground within two feet of the stack, which was of barley beam, when the noose was found not to reece '_lsif
and of considerable value. Remonstrance by the girl as to than the middle of his face, and a few minutes 'dill
the imprudence of his conduct only elicited coarse abuse from before it could be properly done ; and :Veto 4
himncoupled with the expression of his wish to fire the stack. this time not a muscle or limb in Spicer,. jolt
The girl, however, resolutely put out the " straw fire," as she served to move. At length the necessary preenlissi!
called it, and retired to finish her dinner, but had scarcely were arranged, the chaplain continued to read Web?
sat down before she heard " the crack of a lucifer match," vice in an audible voice, and at a given sigualenl d eet:
and on going back to the prisoner she saw him poke a whole
box of lighted lucifers into a hole which had been excavated sustaining the platform on which the culprit 5w.410::
by
by the prisoner in the stack about foot from the ground, withdrawn the executioner, and he was lauao"d 00''
and from which flames and smoke aimmediately burst out. eternity. He made a few convulsive throes, life
This second fire she likewise extinguished with great promp- raised his hands, but in a few short minule.',o4,,,
titude, in spite of the opposition of the little urchin, who re- quite extinct. There was no expression of feelinfibro;„
peated his intention to set fire to the stack, and termed her a the man on the part of the vast multitude, ivh%ol/As
fool for interfering in his affairs, when she handed him over turned homewards. The body, after henging 0 Of,
to her master. was taken down, and buried within the precine ilie';,
The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, and gaol, nearly close to the last con ict, Jen ,ings; the tor
The Learned JUDGE, having aniinadverteSon the enormity maining spectators then quietly disperse 1, and
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of his offence, sentenced him to be transported for 15 years, assumed its usual tranquillity.—Reading Meg".
in the hope that after a short period passed in this country
1r)
he might be found to have reformed his evil disposition to an A
extent which would warrant the remission of the full penalty MARKET NE WS.--{•:.A T U ~--RD
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of the. law. lie might be assured, however, that if be did COVENT-GARDEN. fee /Op"
not evince a desire to repent and reform, he would be trans- Immense quantities of fruit and vegetables were on 4s to •
ported mad made to suffer to the full extent of the sentence business was doh gat our quotations —Potatoes freld.,l4 4
now passed upon him. cwt; Turnips, 10d to 2s ; Carrots, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; 701,0,1
2s 4d to 2s ad ; Gteens, is 9d to 2s 6d ; and Leeks, 6d t° er l' fid
bunches Apples, Is 6d to 4s ; and i.pinach, 64 to OP ID. ll',
Forced Potatoes, 4d to 8d ; Pine Apples, 6s to 9s Percelerit4
6d to 10d ; and Cauliflowers, is 6d to 5s per dozen. 0 to,# 4
2s; Horseradish, Is 6d to Cs ; forced Asparagus, 4' and n 10;
Rhubarb, 6d to is 2d per bundle. Oranges, 7s to 125;
„net. l. '
7s to lOs per hundred. Sea-kale, is 3d to 3s 6d per Pd-rolte'
Greens, Id to ad ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d to 8d per
dishes, 3d to 8,1 per dozen hands. ,?
... Alan r ,
NNUTGATE AND ZZATINNim"-- IV 0;4
At
Trime Mutton and Pork commanded a ready sr_ fop , • fi,
In other kinds of meat very little was doing. Bee', bs tt:',oll
3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4tl to 4s 6d; Veal, 45 8d W ,„,, }44,0
Pork, 3s 6d to 5s per Bibs. by the carcase. Turke&s, DA;
Geese, 5s to 7s ; Ducks, is 6d to Si 3d ; Tame 8Abb404,40,j;
8d ; Wild ditto, 4d to 8d ; Pigeons, 6d to is; and rtsri'des,'„ 11
to 9s each ; Fowls, 3s 6d to 8s per couple ; Partrlo".6jVi'
Bares, 3s to 3s 6d ; Woodcocks, 2s to 2s 6d ; Sn,,iP,,evjale'
Grouse, Is 6d to 2s; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; All" ' r
to Is 6d each. tO4,
NUNGERFORD. bat ;I,i 17
The supplies of each kind of produce were somewl,4l,
crease to-day. Generally speaking, the trade ruled "
were barely supported.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTHW ARK.
A young girl named Dunn, of considerable personal at-
tractions, was brought before Mr. Traill, charged with wil-
fully breaking two panes of glass in the shop-window of a
tradesman in the vicinity of this court.
The complainant stated, that on the preceding night the
defendant approached his shop-window and deliberately
smashed two panes of glms with one of her hands, which was
very much cut, owing to the manner in which she did the
damage. Tnat she made no attempt to avoid the responsi-
bility she incurred, but waited there until a policeman was
called, into whose custody she was given. The complainant
added that she was a ,perfect stranger to him, and that he
was totally ignorant as to the cause of her having a-...ted in
the manner described, and that he had expressed to her his
willingness to permit her to go at large if she paid for the
two panes of glass, but she refused, declaring that she com-
mitted the damage in order to be sent to gaol.
Mr. TRAILL, addressing the defendant, asked her what
was her motive for breaking two pames of glass, and why
she was not contented with smashing one instead of two, if
her determination was to be sent to gaol?
The defendant, who exhibited much obstinacy, and re-
fused to answer, at length explained that her object in
breaking two panes of glass instead of one was, that if she
had only broken one she knew that her mother would pay
for it, and so have her released, but that the expense of
two she knew was more than her parent could afford to
pay, and that she (defendant) would therefore have to go
to gaol.
Mr. TRAILL said that she would find a great difference in a
gaol to her own home. In the former she would be com-
pelled to associate with the worst of characters, and when
she came out, it would be an indelible stain upen her cha-
racter. The Magistrate then called forward the girl's mother,
who stood weeping in the Court. Mr. Traill, addressing the
poor woman, asked her if she could explain the reason her
daughter had conducted herself in the way described ?
The mother replied, that to prevent her daughter seeing a
man who was endeavouring by the most artful devices to
seduce her from the paths of virtue, she (the mother) deter-
mined to keep her at home, and for that purpose locked her
in her room. She found, however, that her daughter soon
got over the impediment by jumping out of the window into
the street, and when she was followed for the purpose of
being brought back, " Rather than return," said she, " I'll
commit an offence, and break some windows to be taken to
gaol." That she had no sooner uttered the words than she
smashed two panes of glass in the complainant's shop win-
dow. The mother added, that she was afraid her daughter
intended to lay violent bands upon herself if she was re-
strained from seeing the individual whom she (the mother)
was confident only sought her ruin.
Mr. TRAILL, having given the defendant a serious lecture
upon the folly of her conduct in not listening to the advice
and admonitions of a parent, was at length induced to dis-
charge her on her promise to be guided by her mother, and
not be led away and ruined by a heartless seducer. The
tradesman's glass being paid for, she was liberated.

NEWPORT.
111.1'
Beef from 2s 64 to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 64 to 4s 8,1 s;
to 5s 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Slbs. 30 ll'
zazaarszosawrz. rob, P'a#
Turbots, 8s to 16s ; Brills, 2s 3d to 5s ; Cod is teii
Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Mackerel, 6d to 104 ; Lobsters, e1t0,.:0,
Crabs 8d to 2s each ; Soles, 6d to 3s 3d per pair ; SP'
2s Gd. and Thames Flounders Is 6d to 2s per dozen.. 4 1E ,
to is 44; Eels, 44 to ; and, CrimPed Scate, "Sa r
WHITECICAPEL. 0 841'
Beef, from 2s 6,1 to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3,6 d to
4a 8d to 5s sd ; and York 3s Gd to Is per Sibs.
ti tr".
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropo- til
934 d ; of household do., 7,1 to 81/2d per 41bs loaf. )1.
HIDE MARKET.
to 1
daiyf
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2)4d to 3d ; do. 841" 3),? ' .0
3M d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3M dto 3)4d ; do. 801 b to 881% to 4Vof
do. 881 b to 961 b, 33id to 4d; 40. 961 b to 1041 b, 44 eel, tor
Skins (each), 4s to 7s ; Horse Hides, 13s ; rolled 61',
Gs 6d ; Half Breds, 4s to 5s 6d ; Downs, 3s 6d to 41 8d;
to 4s; Shearlings, 64 to 8d each.
lICALY DILLIVE2STS.

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SMITIMILD.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 Ss; Cl°,ler:to
l/ Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw,
oad. A fair average supply, and a sluggish dobana•ver Jiro
CumBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 31 ss to 41 lOs ; C1°11167
to 51 1.5 s ; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s; Wheat Straw,
per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. O' IF
WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 Ss ; CI to
to 6135; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s , Wheat StraW, 111

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1)0011a71
THE REBECCAITES IN THE GREAT
Yesterday morning, and to some extent during the r,011; 0„«
of excitement was caused in that portion of the ,7; tellierof
from St. George's Church, in the Borough, to
e aemtlA I/
Roll's floor-cloth manufactory, in consequence oft Aid
temporary bar placed opposite the Swan Inn, b),-,10.007,
becca" party in that neighbourhood. Since Satur""kps .ee,i9c4
been driven into the ground, and a bricklayer
them, at the corners of all the streets along tit', Pre rapip
to exact a toll for vehicles passing through trod thD
Dover-read. The persons, however, who are Pd!, q
there tolls, so far from using their " poll bars, fase.,,etS,',l9
reach half-way across the streets, as a means t° hesr*?;/
of the vehicles, have had the ends iron-bound to /, j
they are like a fence by the side of the footway' m.oueo', tVl.,‘,
Wednesday night the " pole" near the Swan wasAcr°s sr el
would probably take a dozen such lengths to rca,aie 001,01
The inhabitants never remember a toll being befl:derol',loo64
any were bars ever placed there, and they feel it a con''l',l Kir
to their business to be thus novelly and without te, so P lecii
Men are placed there who demand the toll sans be the
and some do not. Westminster Hall will probably areas
the novel proceeding must at last be decided. '',oo 4
THE 62D REGIMENT.—Extragt Iron° ale ',oo4!idi;e
officer:—" Poor fellows, they have suffered from v
enemies and friends. Three officers out of 2Ofteslif
action. They fought • like lions. They were, 1-,45/1 /Alf
like grass by the grape front 31 of the enemYS
[ADVERTISEMENT. SIGHT fep,
actually fell by sections."
AND 11,,ec'V'tijffrtle.
[A
Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Newly-invented
.44
scopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. pairleatiapf,
Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd,. Sir Ja".on,
Frederick Goodfellow, Clayton Grosvenor 310rri_,,,, fj j
aid
son, Mackenzie, Galway, Biggs, Woolf, 3B!rtsiirrit• ir4plr
Price, Lindsay, and Thackray ; Major-Generals t-yer:ie
Sir John Rose, Sir James Cockburn, Aclunty, ri;eoer,4l',
Hamilton, Turner, Wemyss, and Cock; coci‘i
Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonall, Sir R. Barton, Sl!„. 0. itso/
Wm. Eustance ; Admirals L rd John Hat, °;/.IIT, o,e° 4,r4;
George Munday, Sir George Martin, Sir James '110111:0 '
Gold, Ross, Alexander, Curzons, Tompkins,..mce 9dt
Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen; Rear-Admirals P'o",ve :4",1",.!
&c. Messrs. S. and B. Solomon, Opticiansl•oeli AV"
tilde Lenses upon a new construction. Dante° „Dies, sei,
before imperfect vision, that mist and dullne meb clo,trol.
the eyes is at once removed, every object becorig., so,l:tor'
so that the most aged imperfect sight becorne7,riginj:dt,"ll:,
and Is brought to its youthful, natural, and "„es, Welf,e
Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Mier°sc°:st 0404
kinds of Acoustic Instruments, tot relief of I°-", sr° ple'/liirfy
Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomon=, Opticif!hn'efo. 0;0i
connected with a person of the same name in L'od°,ool
bourhood. To prevent mistakes be cautiolls,
be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, ell ~4 °,071
[ADVERTISEMENT.)—A CASE
PILLS o
CONSTITUTION CUBED BY lIOLLOWAT'S
twenty-four, daughter of Colonel Glover, 15,. mitat'„, 00./9
had an enlargement of the liver, a constant PiiTreottgle fur
besides being dropsical, was never free fr° oottfeea
with much expectoration. She was so bad 34, had "4 ;',Forifes',o
her chamber. The first advice in the countrZre, 00, top, Ye,
her, but to no purpose, as she daily got ,teie,DO
altogether. In this hopeless state the C010.,0 oi;e1VO"
twenty dollars worth of Holloway's Pills, 1;roi '
completely restoring the young lady to $o" a3'
Sold by all druggists, and at Professor o°'
244, Strand, London.

load. i'ratle dull, at late rates.

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of
Rev. Charles
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Cambridgeshire,Clarke,
ast . , oft ha son.
George
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Cam s, for° il ..
On the 11 t h ins t . , at wVaiHumberfis:aro nt
Vicarage.
RevtTo. I:re ri:::re' ;41"'
AV 01 r
the Rev. Allan Cowburn, of a daughter. }frg' ,ito •
On the 18th inst., in Great. Ormond-street,
tlle ''''
of a daughter. 011, Ifs
c pb
.On the 18th inst., at Rectory-grove, 'IA 16°
Hodgetts Deacon, Esq., of a son. Ifilti
ici‘ 00-
AfARB/ED. yreJef tile 1
On the 17th inst., at St. Peter's, Plinlice,i,,,tie • 40,,,A,
Esq ,of Bayland Hall, Norfolk, to Isabella " , . CPA', Pt/''' ,
Robert Bruce, Esq., of Chester-square.
..,,,atgellrtllolo ,o•
On the 17th inst., at St. John the 1...",,. a- tor to
youngeit son of the late John Biddulph, "'
l'tli; Into • 10' I,
tz" ,
shire, to Caroline Margaret, daughter of ~
Thomas, Bart., of Bodiarn, Sussex. I 5.13. lAi''
On the 17th inst., at St. Ann's, Soho, --3"5.. ,cri.a,ll'..
Jefferson, of Cheltenham.P lr
rho tad
On the 18th inst., at the Lutheran A. I
side, J. C. H. Freund, Req., M.D., to Louis •-• Oa -
nee'
0- ~iy.,d,
DIED. cod A , pr- ,10
e7tihatients!..,wat. Bcarortmelre,yE,aqM.lddieseS;to
jet, 0:307116,i,0,v,
totihrethlsth ult., at Margate, Miss Sarah eT. i'. fv- PP •I''
On the 3d inst ,in tkloane-square, Chelse colcf " 0' itfr
at Naples, the infant daughter 0',,fr0.;,f,t1/v itte
So 1.,
c,d ,
On the 9th Inst.,
at Hampstead, Mrs. -- f ,
George Sale, aged 90. unt, t.' #
~ rt P'stl• jig' it
On the 11th inst., at Darmstadt, Re-e 'of 0 po
Eight Joseph Allen, D.D., Lord flishoP.. jori t 0
On the 12th inst., Della, the wife of 3.11' 5,00 of
Sussex, aged 51. ~,,,uts, otef 94,
On the 13th inst., at Sherlield-green, " ,JO 44, ~.,
Mr. Edward Vines. Wall' pfe .fr
On the 17th inst., Mary Camilla, the 00 'V
Gibh, Esq., of the Bombay Army. lee itie ,kf
toe ,j,
On the 17th lust., Sarah, relict of the „oil, ~,0
IP ci• ,i
St. John's, Horslydown, aged 89. • ,or So fre
On the 16th inst., a t Woolston Lawn, :'.D. lie a
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widow of the Rev. Henry Woodct,clt, Itrog, dirt
1
On the IGth inst., Maly Ward Arms
~, aged. _whie,
strong, Esq., of Great Cumbtrland-st!aeccte, viod
On the 17th inst., in Prospeet-Pi
Esq., M.D., aged 65.

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