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No. 17,541.] LONDON, THURSDAY
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EAST INDIA, HOUSE. DECEMBER 13, 1848.
THE COURT INDIA,
FORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COM-
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" London, December 7, 1848.
" To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
"Honourable Sirs,
" We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qua-
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" Honourable Sirs,
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"ARTHUR J. LEWIS.
"M. LEWIN.
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"JOHN POYNDER.
"J. W. GRAXAM
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No. 1848
859 Parasol . .
862 Brown paper parcel
863 Coat . • •
864 Parasol .
867 Paper parcel .
869 Cape • •
870 Parasol . •
875 Coat . •
877 Paper parcel
879 Shawl . . .
880 Umbrella and parasol
881 Scarf . . •
882 Parasol . .
883 Book . . .
887 Umbrella . .
892 Cigar-case . .
893 Lady's bag . .
896 Cap • . •
898 Tea-trays . .
901 Two coats . .
902 Parasol . .
904 Coat . •
905 Bracelet . •
906 Spectacles in case
908 Opera-glass . .
910 Paper parcel .
911 Coat . .
915 Parasol . .
917 Watch and chain .
919 Umbrella .
922 Writing-case .
924 Parasol . .

926 Coat . . . .
928 Air-cushion and cover
929 Fishing-rod . . .
933 Stick, carved head
935 Coat . . . .
939 Lady's cloak . .
942 Coat . • • .
943 Coat . • . •
949 Spectacles Eth'dkerchief
952 .Coat . . .
954 Coat . . .
956 Lady's mantle .
958 Shawl . .
952 Parasol .
960 Parallel rule
961 Parasol
963 Coat

966 Parcel

967 Coat .

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1313 Coat -
1314 Umbrella
1315 Umbrella
1329 Umbrella
1323 Umbrella
1325 Umbrella
1327 Rug ' •
1331 Lady's cloak .
1333 Parasol .
1334 Parasol
1336 Cricket-bat .
1338 Opera glass .
1340 Umbrella
1341 Box . .
1342 Umbrella
1343 Shawl . .
1345 Shawl .
1349 Umbrella
1352 Parasol
1353 Opera-glass .
1356 Umbrella
1351 Book . ,
1359 Umbrella
1362 Lady's bag .
1363 Brooch •
1665 Scarf
367 Umbrella .
371 Parasol .
1374 Package
1375 Umbrella .
1381 Air cushion
1382 Parasol .
1387 Spectacles .
1389' Watch
1390 Opera-glass
1395 Lady's cloak
1396 Purse . .
397 Cape . •
309 •Parasel
1400 Coat . •
1402 Rug •
1404 Boy's seat
1408 Cloak .
1412 Ceat, velyeteen
1413 Stick and basket
1414 Ring . .
1418 Cigar Case .
1422 Umbrella .
1423 Japan box .
1444 Parasol
1429 Rug
1430 Riding whip .
1431 Umbrella .
1436 Coat . .
1438 Umbrella .
1441 Paper parcel .

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974 Carpet bag . . . 3
976 Coat . . • • 3
977 Eye-glass aid chain . 5
978 Coat . . • . 5
979 Umbrella and parasol . 5
933 Cap . . • . 5
985 t'oat . • . . 5

1442 Shawl .
1443 Mackintosh coat
1445 Cloak . .
1447 Umbrella . _
1453 Opera-glass . .
1451 Scarf . •
1452 Parasol. . .
1454 Coat . . .
1455 Cape . • •
1457 Coat . • •
1458 Parasol . .
1459 Cap • • •
1460 Coat . . •
461 Stick . • .
466 Coat . • •
467 Pencil case . .
469 Umbrella . .
470 Umbrella . .
472 Soldier's coat . .
473 Paper parcel . .
474 Bracelet .
47b Spectacles . . 8
477 Parasol . • . 8
478 Two umbrellas &parasol 8
480 Parasol . .
481 Umbrella . .
484 Waterproof coat .
[485 Hat case .
1487 Umbrella
488 Paper parcel
490 Scarf . .
492 Shawl
494 Parasol
1496 Book and towel
1499 Umbrella
1507 Jacket
1509 Rug
1510 Two Shawls
1511 Stick • . .
1512 Coat . •
1513 Rug . .
1514 Coat . •
1515 'Umbrella .
1516 Cap •
1521. Lady's cloak
1521 Money
1527 Coat . .
528 Paper box .
529 Coat
530 Parasol .
533 Umbrella .
534 Coat. . .
1535 Book and cap
1537 Scarf and parasol
1539 Parasol .
1542 Two coats .
1543 Umbrella .
1544 Hat case .
1545 Leather case
1547 Gun case .
(551 Book . •
1554 Watch . .
1556 Shawl . .
1560 Umbrella .
1565 Law papers .
567 Umbrella

989 Coat . . • . 6
991 Coat . • . . 7
992 Coat . . • • 7,
994 Snuff-box . . . 7'
995 Paper parcel . • 7
997 Umbrella . • 7
999 Handkerchief . 8
1000 Umbrella and Stick .
1001 Malacca cane
1002 Parasol
1007 Brooch . •
1008 Coat . •
1010 Parasol
1011 Coat . •
1014 Lady's cloak
101 i Book . •
1016 Maps in case
1017 Boots
ItlB Book . •
1019 Parasol
1020 Cape . •
1022 Umbrella
1025 Cheque .
10`4.6 Umbrella
1029 Hat-case .
1030 Box in canvas
1032 Umbrella
1033 Parasol
1034 Parasol .
1035 Brooch .
1036 Book . .
1037 Umbrella
1040 Stud . .
1041 Scarf , .
1043 Scarf . .
1044 Accordion . .
1046 Umbrella
1047 Can of oil
1048 Carpet-bag .
1049 Basket .
1051 Coat . .
1053 Coat . .
1054 Coat . .
1058 Coat . .
1059 Umbrella .
1060 Paper parcel
1062 Cape . .
1063 Keys .
1066 Rag .
1067 Coat
1068 Umbrella . .
1070 Paper parcel
1072 Parasol .
107,i Purse . .
1075 Plaid cloak .
1075 Carpet-bag
1077 Opera-glass .
1078 Umbrella
1082 Parasol
1085 Coat .
1086 Umbrella
1087 Ring .
1088 Scarf . .
1089 Parasol .
1094 Umbrella . .
097 Parasol . .
099 Cloth apron . .
100 Umbrella . .
101 Umbrella . .
103 Coat . . .
105 Parasol . .
106 Umbrella . .
108 Trousers .
109 Umbrella .
110 Umbrella
111 Purse . . .
112 Coat . .
113 Umbrella
114 Shawl . • .22
115 Coat . • 29
117 Parasol • .
118 Paper parcel ,
120 Umbrella
121 Umbrella
23 Leather case .
26 Umbrella . • . 30
29 P'ketbook & spectacles 30
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571 Coat . . . .
1572 Parasol . •
1573 Lady's Cloak . • a
1575 Parasol . . 3
1576 Parasol . • • 4
1577 Cane . . . • 4
1580 Paper parcel . 4
1581 Umbrella . • 4
1583 Handkerchief 4
1584 Coat . . • 4
1585 Umbrella . • 4
1586 Coat . . . 4
1587 Coat . .
1589 Coat . . • • 4
1591 Fishing rods and sticks . 6
1595 Waterproof coat
1596 Coat . .
1597 Umbrella
1599 Shawls, Soc. .
1602 Coat
1603 Shawl .
1604 Coat . .
1605 Umbrella .
1606 Umbrella .
1607 Umbrella .
108 Boa . .
610 Rug .
611 Coat . .
1612 Umbrella . •
i 616 Coat . .
1617 Coat . .
1619 Parasol .
1620 Parcel . .
1622 Umbrella .
1623 Ring .
1524 Paper parcel .
1626 Umbrella . ,
1627 Book . . .
1628 Scarf . . .
1629 Umbrella . .
1631 Coat . .
[622 Umbrella . .
[633 Umbrella . .
1634 Umbrella . .
[635 Shawloarasol, and book 16
[639 Paper parcel . . . 17
1641 Shawl . . . . 17
1644 Keys . . . . 18
,645 Umbrella . . . 18
,648 Umbrella . . . 18
651 Portmanteau . . 19
653 Paper parcel , . . . 19
654 Book . . . . 19
656 Umbrella . . . 20
658 arasol . . . . 2(
1659 Umbrella . . . 2(
;1660 Snuff-box . . . 2(
1661 Coat . . . . 21
.1663 Cape . . . . 21
1665 Umbrella . . . 21
1666 Pocket-book . . . 21
1568 Coat . . . . 23
1670 Umbrella . . . 23
1671 Parasol . . . . 23
1672 Shawl . . . . 23
1678 Telescope . . . 24
1673 Shawl . . • . 24
1680 Paper parcel . . . 24
1631 Engraving . . 24
1632 Umbrella and Parasol . 24
1687 Scarf • • . . 25
1690 Victorine . . .
1691 Vinbrella • . .
1692 Lady's mantle, scarf,
parasol,. .and handker-
chiefs
1695 Coat
'1697 Scarf
1693 Umbrella
1699 Umbrella
'l7OO Coat .
1701 Coat
1702 Paper parcel
1705 Three cotton umbrellas 30
1706 Brooch . . . 30
1709 Lady's mantle . . 30
1711 Boa . 31
1714 Snuff-box . 31
171 i Card case • 31
1716 Book

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1130 Coat
1131 Pocket-book .
1134 Coat . .
1135 Pocket-book .
1136 Umbrella . .
1138 Umbrella . .
1140 Umbrella . .
1142 Purse . . •
1143 Coat . • •
1144 Cloak . • •
1145 Books . . •
1146 Parasol . •
1148 Book . . •
1153 Coat . . •
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1154 2 Parasols . . 6
1158 Paper parcel .
1160 Coat . . •
1165 Umbrella . .
1166 Coat . . •
1167 Umbrella . •
1168 Cape . . .
1169 Umbrella . .
1177 Umbrella
1178 Parasol
1182 Clothes .
1183 Coat . .
1187 Parasol
1192 Paper parcel
1193 Parasol .
1195 Coat . .
1196 Coat . .
1197 Carpet-bag .
1198 Umbrella .
1201 Bracelet .
1202 Parasol .
1204 Umbrella
1210 Cigar•case .
1211 Cloak • . .
1214 Coat . • .
1215 Watch and chain
1217 Box . •
1221 Locket.
1223 Coat . .
1224 Parasol. .
1225 Umbrella .
1227 Parasol.
1228 Driving-whip
1231 Bonnet-box .
1232 Umbrella
1233 Book . .
1237
If
Two parasols
.asols . . 2:
1239
1240 Bracelet .
1244 Basket . .
1246 Parasol . .
1249 Umbrella .
1254 Coat . .
1256 Coat . .
1258 Coat . .
1262 Opera-glass .
1263 Card-case •
4265 Umbrella
1266 Cape
1267 Papers
1268 Umbrella
1262 Bonnet•box

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1276 Boa . • • 2
1277 Black bae . . • 2
1281 Mackintosh coat . • 3
1283 Parasol . • • • 3
1286 Pocket-book . • . 3
1289 Brooch . . • • 4'
1293 Parasol . • '• . 41
1294 Umbrella . . . 4
1295 Keys . . . .4
1299 Work. box . . • 4
1301 Coat . . • .
1302 Parasol . . • 5
1303 Bag . . . • 6
1304 Umbrella . . • • 5
1308 Shoes . . • • 5
1309 Fan . . • • 5
1310 Coat . . . . 5
311 Opera-glass . . • 7
312 Rook and musical-boa . 7,

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THE ASSASSINATIONS AT STAN-
' • • FIELD HALL.
.
ADJOURNED. CORONER'S INQUEST.
WTMONDITAM, WEDNESDAY.--The inquiry before Mr.
Press, the Coroner, relative to
,the murder of Mr.
Jenny and his son, was resumed yesterday afternoon at
the King's Head 'lnn, in this town. The interest which
had marked the. previous stages of the proceedings ap-
peared to be Undiminished. The = inquest room was
thronged.
The CORONER, after briefly.noticing the evidence that
had been already adduced, said, that referring to the
evidence of &oily James, who spoke of Rush proceeding
upstairs and going out on Tuesday evening, the state-
ment of the lad Savory might not appear satisfactory as
to the position of the bOots. Again, in Emily James'
statement, where she remarked that when Rush ap-
peared agitated she thought he had been annoyed with
poachers, it did not appear very clearly that anything
had transpired respecting poachers previously. For
what they knew, 'he Might have been in the habit of
going out in the evening for poachers, and it was pos-
sible that it might have been a mere blind as to what
was really intended. These were important points. and
he only mentioned them.in order that the jury might di-
rect their attention to their peculiar bearing.
In Mrs. James's testimony, "EIS it has been published,
an important fact was omitted, in consequence of re-
porters not being'alloWed to be present during her ex-
amination—viz.,.that when Rush returned on the Tues-
d 9,- evening she thought, from his agitated manner, that
he had had an affray with poaohers.
John Chaplain, keeper of the Intwood Railway gate,
on the Eastern Counties Railway, was the "first witness
called, and gave the following evidence :—On Saturday,
the 25th of November, before the murders were com-
mitted, Mr. Rush came through my gate. He was driving
a horse and gig, and as he passed me he stopped and
said, Have you seen old llefr;Jermy go through this
morning ? " I said, "No ; I have not seen him this
morning." Rush. answered, "I thotight this was the
way he came." I then said, " Young Mr. Jermy often
comes this way, and I thought' this was the way old Mr.
Jenny came." I' am not sure " that I have seen old Mr.
Jenny since, burhe ofteh came that way from Norwich.
This conversation took place between ten and eleven
o'clock in the morning. •
Robert Smith, an intelligent .boy, was next called—lle
msaoidth,
elr twelveaatmllessie.l h
years
se
olivefadge,and reside with my
with Mr. Rush during
the last two months. My occupation was to scare crows,
and I have littered some straw bn the footpath leading
from the dwelling of Potash-farm as far as a turnip-field
in the direction of Stanfield-hall.
CORONER Now, be 'careful how you answer me.
Tell me where you commenced to litter the straw,
and where you left off. Witness—l began at the turnip-
field gate.
Coaolizu--Not from the door of the farm-house ?
Witness—No, sir.
CORONER—Was it along a road, or footpath through
a field? Witness--Along a footpath. I commenced at
the gate, and littered the straw through the fifteen-acre
field (turnip field) as far as the turnips went. I finished
at the bank of the twenty-acre field called " The Look,"
which leads to Stanfield-hall.
CORONER—When did you do this? Witness—On the
Tuesday the murders were committed.
CORONER— Who told you "do so? Witness Mr,
Rush.

CORONER—At • what time? Witness—A.bourtwelve
o'clock. There had been straw laid down before, and
Mr. Rush said tome, " Litter the straw fresh where it
is dirty—the worst'of the places."
ConortErt-,-Did you ever lay any straw down before ?
Witness—No. While I was laying it Mr. Rush came
to me and said, "Litter it thin; don't lay it very thick."
I commenced to scatter it about twelve, and left off in
the middle of the afternoon. Mr. Rush pointed out the
places where I was to lay it.
CORONER—HOW long did Mr. Rush stay with you
when you were littering the straw ? Witness—About
half an hour. He came at one o'clock, and looked at
what I was doing.
CORONER—Haie you seen Mr. Rush walk over this
straw before ? WitnesS—l have ; but I don't know
where he went. The field was not so dirty where the
straw was not littered. Young Mr. Rush was my master.
He paid me my wages. Tam certain that old Mr. Rush
never ordered me lb lay the straw before. I have all along
been alluding. to the old Mr. Rush, and not the younger
one. The fifteen-acre field was the last field on the farm.
It adjoins Mr. Coltinan's.
A juror—Was any stock kept in the turnip field ?
Witness—There was not; the stock was in a field nearer
the farm. lam sure there was none in any field beyond
the fifteen-acre field. It was the last on the farm.
(The straw along the footpath was strewn to the
length of about three furlongs, and the commencement
of it is between two hundred and three hundred yards
from rotash-farm.)
Solomon Savory, the lad in the service of the supposed
murderer, who has been under the surveillance of the po-
lice since his formisi examination, was then brought into
the inquest-room.
The CORONER informed him that he had been sent for
to correct some discrepancies which appeared in the
evidence he had
,previously given. Before he (the
coroner) asked him any questions, however, he must
impress upon him the necessity of telling nothing but
the truth.
Savory, who is a tall, vacant-looking lad, nodded his
head.
The CORONER then proceeded to read the evidence he
had already given. The effect of it was—and it is ne-
cessary to give it in order that his additional testimony
may be clearly understood—that on the evening of
the Tuesday on which the murders were committed he
saw Rush come home, shortly before six o'clock, and
that he pulled his boots off. He cleaned them and put
them to dry in the back kitchen, and then locked the
door and put the key in his pocket. He went to bed
between eight and nine o'clock, and the next morning
found the boots in the same position. (With regard to
his statement respecting the boots and his locking she
kitchen-door, a remarkable admission was made by
Rush, when before the magistrates, in his cross-
examination of the lad Savory. Rush said, " Now
Savory, did you clean my boots on the Tuesday night?"
" I did." " Did you not place (them by. the side of the
kiln in the back kitchen to dry?" "Yes I did."
" That was between five.and six o'clock, was it not ?"
" Yes." "Did you not find them in the same place
when you got up the next morning?" "I did." " You
and the maltster sleep in the room just above ?" "Yes,
we do." "Is it possible fora person to have gone into
the back kitchen that night and removed the boats with-
out your hearing him?" "It is impossible." "Do you
think, if a person had gone in while you were asleep, he
would not have awoke you?" ~:res h
so." The Rev. Mr. Wil , e must have done
-sPn, tne.Magistrate, not having
taken down the cross-examination, requested it should
be noted. The magistrate said, he did .not think]it had
any bearing on the case. Rush replied, "I think it of
great importance it should be taken down, for the police
would make one believe that somebody had taken the
boots away and worn them, and placed them in the sumo
position, but Savory shows_that could not possibly have
taken place without,his knowledge of it.")
The lad ,Savory was then subjected to a very rigid
examination, which lasted upwards of four hours,
throughout which he displayed much hesitation, and it
was evident that he answered the questions with con-
siderable care.
CORONER—Yon tell us that you cleaned Mr. Rush's
boots on the Tuesday afternoon? Witness—l cleaned
his boots between five and six O'clock—both pair were
wet; the heavy ones, howeier, not so much so. I only
washed them, and.did not blaCk them, I wiped both
.I db. not 19.Pletni?e•F
if Tuesday was a wet or
foggy day.
CORONER—
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CORONER—Did you always fasten the door:you have
previously. mentioned? Witness—No; why I fastened
it on this night wai.•becatiia there were only Mr. Rush
and Mrs. James in the honse. It was a dour between
the back kitchen and the kitchen; and i fastened it by
putting a wooden peg on the top of the." snack" or
latch. I have since seen it, and I find it can be undone
from the kitchen side, notwithstanding the peg. I made
the peg purposely to secure the door.
CORONER—Had 'you any direction to make it? Wit-
ness—l had `not. I. received no orders about fastening
the door. I did not do it every night.
CORONER-Was Mr. Rush in the habit of going out
after dark? .. Witnesi—No.
Cononnit=Did you ever hear of his going out after
poachers? Witness—No, not to my knowledge.
Examination continued—l never knew of the boots
being dirty after thiy had 'been cleaned on the previous
night. If the boots hadheen used, they must have been
washed and put in the same position. Before I came
down on Wednesday morning I had, not 'spoken to Mr.
Rush until after I was called up by the police. When
Mr. Rush cane doWn, after had called , him, he asked
mo what was the Matter ?:. I said I , did not know.
Nothing was said abOut the: boots. I looked into the
kitchen, and saw the boots: as I had left them on the
previous night. I never saw any pistols in the house.
I have seengUns.
ConoNEß—What. reason had you for making a peg
for the door? Witness—l had no.particular r4ason. It
was about five or siiiinchea. long, and as broad as my
two fingers. It was more of a wedge than a peg. I had
no' trouble to make it. I got the .wood out of the cart
lodge. I made it about a week before the Tuesday. I
well remember fitting theipeg on the Monday and 'Tues-
day night. It was made of light coloured wood or a
piece of deal, and was longer when I first made it than it
is now. I shortened it to fit better.
CORONER—When was • that? Witness--After the
murders had happened. On the Wednesday or Thurs-
day afterwards I diiiied the part that I shortened,
CORONER—That Was after Rush had been taken into
custody? Witness-:—Yes, after he had been taken into
custody.
• •
CORONER--'What .did you mydo with it afterwards? Wit-
ness—l carried it away in pocket.
CORONER—Did any one_ tell you to put it in your
pocket? Witness—No; no one told me to do so, nor to
do anything with it. . .
CORONER—Did you ever carry.it :in your pocket be-
fore? Witness—No.

Examination continued—l am sure I slept in the house
on Monday and Tuesday nights. 3,4 reason for pegging
the door was because no one wanted to come in. There
is a door into a passage which Mr. Rush had done up
that day, and which preventad wy going into the pan-