The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 19.
CROWN COURT.—(Bsfore Mr. Baron PLATT.)
William Harrison and Thomas Prince, two middle-
aged and respectable looking men, were indicted fur
the manslaughter of Thomas Hodgkinson at Man-
".ctor on thP 9th of March last, and John ?Miler was
indicted for inciai,s them to the commiy9io. ut that
offence.

Mr. Joseph Pollock and Mr. Wheeler conducted
the prosecution, Mr. Monk defended Harrison, Mr.
Sowler the prisoner Prince, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins
and Mr. Blair the prisoner Miller.
It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses that
OD the 9th of May last the deceased and the three pri-
soners, a man named James Hayes, and two men of
the name of Brown, were in a public-house called the
Grapes at Chorlton-upon-Medlock, near Manchester,
between nine and ten o'clock at night, of which house
the prisoner Miller was the landlord. As they were
drinking together some words took place between the
deceased and Harrison, the deceased saying to him,
" You are working under wages, and you are a
knobstick." This led to a dispute about the wages
Harrison was receiving, Harrison saying he was get-
ting 12s. a-week, and the deceased offering to bet him
a sovereign he was not receiving so much. Har-
rison said he had not got so much money, and the
deceased then offered to fight him for a sovereign in
the morning. This produced an immediate row,
Harrison saying he would give it him then, and
striking him a violent blow on the back of the head,
which knocked him down. They all went outside
the house after this, and a general fight took place
among them, in the course of which the deceased
was knocked down, and Harrison and Prince kicked
him while down violently on the stomach. While
doing so Miller, who was standing on the threshold
of his door, cried out—" Go it; pitch into him!"
The deceased, on getting up, complained of being
hurt, and walked towards his home. On his way
home he went into a public-house and had some beer,
and got home about twelve o'clock. Next morning
he was engaged to brew for a man, but he was in
such pain be could only give directions. He was then
compelled to walk with a stick, and died, nine days
afterwards, of gangrene, which the surgeon who made
the post mortem examination of his body attributed to
violent kicks and blows.
Mr. SOWLEN, in defence, contended that the evi-
dence was not conclusive that the prisoner Prince had
kicked the deceased.
Mr. Monk reserved his defence until after Mr.
Sergeant Wilkins had addressed the jury, as it would
then be unnecessary for him to occupy the time of the
court.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS, in a speech of much power
and eloquence, contended that the expression of Mil-
ler—" Pitch into him"—had reference to Harrison
and the deceased whilst they were fighting together
with their fists, and was not intended to apply to the
subsequent kicking. He called witnesses who gave
Miller an excellent character for kindness and hu-
manity of disposition.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, told the jury he
thought there was no satisfactory evidence against
Prince.
The jury retired, and, after an absence of an hour,
found the prisoner Harrison Guilty, and Acquitted
the other two prisoners.
Sentence was deferred.
The causes tried to-day in the civil court have been
very uninteresting. The common jury causes in the
first list have been got through, and several of the
common juries of the second list have been tried. The
heavy business of the assize is as yet untouched.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
THAMES.
Nine Allah, a Turk, was brought before Mr.
Yardley, charged with causing a mob of persons to
assemble, and with being disorderly, in Rosemary-
lane, Whitechapel, at four o'clock in the morning.
The prisoner, who was stated to be a person of high
rank in his own country, was dressed in full Turkish
costume, and wore a very large and handsome turban,
richly embroidered. He refused to uncover on a
motion being made to him by one of the officers, and
he was permitted to wear his head gear. It was
some time before he could be prevailed upon to enter
the dock where persons charged with felonies and
with being drunk and disorderly are generally ar-
raigned. At last he ascended the steps, stroked his
long and flowing beard, and made his salaam to the
magistrate.
It appeared from the evidence of a police-con-
stable named Walter Mashford, 112 H, that at four
o'clock that morning he met with the defendant, in
Rosemary -lane, 5, urroundeki by a mob of disorderly
characters, who were much amused at the gesticula-
tions of the Turk, and the gibberish he uttered,
which his hearers could not understand. Ile had a
razor stretched forth in his right hand, and he made
signs that he intended to cut some one with the
weapon. He would, however, have found it very
difficult to have carried his threat into exe-
cution, for the edge of the razor was
very rough, and not sharp enough to cut paper.
The policemen, believing the Turk bad broken one of
the precepts of the founder of his religion, and had
taken too► much wines nonyeyeci him to the etetion.l

house. At that time there were two leather bags fas-
tened to his girdle, one on the right side, containing
his papers, a passport, brush, comb, soap, and other
things necessary for making his toilet, and the other
109 pieces of gold and silver coin, consisting of piastres,
dollars, half-dollars, and other foreign money, together
with ls. 9d. in English money. Inspector White de-
tained the unfortunate stranger to keep him out of
harm's way, and to preserve his money and property,
which would most probably have soon become the
prey of the loose characters in Rosemary-lane, which
has not at all improved, though its name has recently
been changed to Royal Mint-street.
Mr. YARDLBT examined the stranger's papers, and
said his passport was signed by the Marquis of Nor•
manby, our ambassador at Paris, from which place
the prisoner had only arrived three days ago. He
supposed from the appearance of the foreigner, and
the large sum of money found in his possession, that
he was a person of some consequence in his own
country. _

Seaman, a plice-constable, No. 150 H, who has
been often engaged as an interpreter between the
Court and the Asiatic seamen coming to this port.
Laid he questioned the prisoner, who had been in a
kind of stupor all day, and it was most probably
caused by his smoking opium, of which the Turks are
very fond.
Mr. YARDLEY—IS he a Turk ?

Seaman said the prisoner was undoubtedly a Mus-
sulman, and he thought he was an Egyptian Arab.
A representation of the great pyramids of Egypt was
embroidered on his sash.

Mr. YARDLEY directed Inspector White to take care
of the prisoner, and provide him with a lodging where
he would be properly looked after. The prisoner
would most probably he ill-used or plundered if he was
permitted to walk about the streets without a guide
or;some one to look after him.

The prisoner, who is a tall, fine-looking man, about
50 years of age, made another salaam to the magis-
trate, and retired with a policeman, who was directed
to keep him in the station-house until Inspector
White could find a lodging for him.
CLERKEIV WELL.

Simon Hill, a middle aged man, was put at the liar
before Mr. Tyrwhlt, fur final examination, on the
charge of having attempted to murder Mrs. Elizabeth
Lowe, a married woman residing at No 1, Three
Kings'-court, White Cross-street.
The prosecutrix gave her evidence with extreme
difficulty, and was evidently suffering much pain.
She was seated while deposing to the prisoner's bru-
tality. Having been sworn, she stated that on Sa-
turday evening last, about 6 o'clock, she was in her
apartment on the first floor, when the prisoner
entered abruptly, and, addressing her, said, "So you
are here." She was ironing at the time. She re-
plied, "I am, but my husband is not." He then
struck her a violent blow on the side of the head,
seized her by the hair, and dragged her headforemost
down stairs. She struggled with him, and endeavoured
to escape into the room of a neighbour. He, how-
ever, struck her down, and while prostrate be beat
and kicked her, and finally jumped upon and broke
several of her ribs.

By Mr. TYRWHITT—The prisoner commenced
beating her with a brass candlestick, which was
broken with the violence of the blows. His ill-
treatment continued until she was deprived of reason.
Her cries of " Murder," she believed, brought several
persons to her aid, and through them she considered
her life was saved. On recovering her senses she
found herself under medical treatment in St. Bartho-
lomew's Hospital. The only reason she could give
for the brutal attack was a disputed debt (ss. 6d.)
between her husband and the accused, and which she
refused to pay when he entered her apartment.
Mrs. Grace Roper, a lodger in the same house, said
she was attracted to the prisoner and prosecutrix by
the cries of the latter, whom he jumped on at least a
dozen times before she could cause him to be secured.
The complainant was insensible, and bleeding pro-
fusely from several parts of her body.
Several witnesses having given corroborating
evidence,

Mr. £TRwHITT asked the prisoner if he wished to
say anything, telling him that it was his duty to
commit him for trial on the serious charge ? He
said that as that was the case he should reserve his
defence.

He was then sent for trial. He is a most deter-
mined-looking ruffian, and made a terrible resist-
ance, striking with a poker at the officers who took
him, vowing he would not be taken alive. A blow
on the head with a truncheon at length prevented him
doing more injury.

EXECUTION OF MARY EMILY CAGE
AT IPSWICH.

IPSWICH, TUESDAY.—The sentence of the law was
thin morning carried into execution upon Mary
Emily Cage, who was found guilty at the last assizes
of poisoning her husband, James Cage, in the village
of Stonham Aspal, 12 miles from this town.
For years past Case ..a his wife have lived in
continual strife, caused principally by her absenting
h.rsplf from her husband's cottage fur nights to-
gether, for the company of other men. On other oc•
casions she had been known to be entertaining men
under the roof of her own cottage, while she has had
her husband locked up in a room, or one of her sons
has been drinking with his father at a public-house,
to lull suspicion. About this time last year she left
her husband in company with a man named Tricker,
taking with her a daughter only 16 years of age,
who was also accompanied by a young man with
whom she led a debauched life. After being from
home about six weeks, the mother and daughter re-
turned, and the latter gave birth to a child in the lower
room of the cottage, while her father was lying up-
stairs in bed suffering the most excruciating pains
from the small doses of arsenic which had been admi-
nistered to hula by his wife.
Mrs. Cage has, there is little doubt, been guilty
of more than one murder. She was the mother of
fourteen children, five of whom died within the short
space of a fortnight, about six years ago. Rumour
was, on that occasion, rife—it was said that foul play
had been practised. The body of one of the chil-
dren was exhumed, and a coroner's jury empanelled
to inquire into the cause of death, but we are in-
formed that no chemical analysis was made of the con-
tents of the stomach, and the jury returned a verdict
of natural death. There are only four children now
living, the eldest a son about 30 years of age, and the
youngest a girl about six.
The murdered man, after suffering from the ef-
fects of the poison administered by his wife, died at
the end of a fortnight raving mad. Preparations
were at once made by his wife to have his body in-
terred as quickly as possible; and, notwithstanding
that she was suspected of poisoning him, every ar-
rangement had been made for the funeral without any
opposition being offered, or any inquiry into the
cause of death being gone into. The church-bell
was tolling, the coffin containing the body of the
murdered man was placed on the bier outside the
cottage• door, when, just as the bearers were raising
the coffin to their shoulders to convey it to the grave
in the churchyard, the rector of the parish, the Rev.
Charles Shorting, went up and requested that the
corpse might be taken back into the house. A coro-
ner's inquest was held over the body on the day fol-
lowing, and the inquiry resulted in the deceased's wife
being found guilty of wilful murder.
At ten o'clock last night workmen were busily en-
gaged in erecting the scaffold in front of the Shire-
hall, and their labours did not cease until four o'clock
this morning. The populace began to assemble early
in front of the drop, and at nine o'clock (the time
fixed for the execution) between 7,000 and 8,000
persons had assembled, consisting chiefly of the lower
classes, the majority of them being young men and
women.

Exactly at nine o'clock the under-sheriff, Mr. Jo-
nathan Gooding, of South wold, went into the con-
demned cell, and, in the customary form, demanded
the body of the culprit. The usual procession was
then formed, the chaplain, the Rev. John Edge
Daniell, and Mr. Johnson, the governor of the prison
walking first, followed by the culprit, supported by
two female turnkeys, and attended by the matron,
Mrs. Johnson. The guilty woman walked from her
cell across the court-yard in front of the prison with
a firm step. On reaching the porter's lodge she was
pinioned by Calcraft, after which she was led out
upon the scaffold, supported by Mr. Johnson and one
of the bead turnkeys. She walked up the ladder,
part of the way, with a firm step, but when she had
reached the top her knees faltered, and she was lifted
underneath the fatal beam, apparently unconscious.
It was thought she would have swooned, but en Cal-
craft telling her to stand quiet—in the meantime
quickly adjusting the rope—she stood firm without
any support. The bolt was immediately withdrawn,
and she was launched into eternity.
It was anticipated, from her being a very small
woman, that her struggles would hive been severe,
but her death was almost instantaneous.
The reporter was furnished by the chaplain of the
gaol with the following account of the culprit's con-
duct since she has been confined within the walls of
the prison :—Tbrougheut the whole of ber imprison-
ment she conducted herself with much propriety,
having expressed herself truly sorry for all the sins of
her past life, declaring herself a grievous sinner in the
sight of God, and stating that she depended on God's
mercy, through Jesus Christ, for pardon. She ex-
pressed a wish that her life might be spared, and ob-
served that if such should turn out to be the case she
would endeavour to conform her life in accordance
with God's holy will. After the chaplain had
pointed out the necessity of repentance of all her sins,
she this morning said, " I know not directly, or indi-
renctly, the murderer of my husband, nor the way
in which he came by his death." Between six and
seven o'clock this morning she entered apparently
into most fervent prayer, and expressed herself as truly
thankful for the kind attention paid to her by her spi-
ritual adviser, the governor and matron of the
prison, and other persona who tlid waited gm I

her. During the night she slept for five hours.
She appeared to be possessed of great physical strength,
and strong nerve, and on more than one occasion said
she did not fear death. She admitted that she was a
"most grievous sinner," and frequently sat up in her bed
praying that God would forgive her. The anticipated
nature of her death appeared to pray much upon her
mind, but she said, " I believe that hereafter I shall
be happy." On speaking of those whom she would
leave behind, she said she entertained no ill .feeling
against any person, and that she should die in peace
with all. She would make no confession of her guilt,
although implored to do so by the chaplain. She said,
whe❑ exhorted to do so, " I admit I am a guilty
sinner, but I am not guilty of the murder of my hus-
band." On Thursday last she took a final farewell
of her family—two sons and two daughters.
The chaplain had most kindly provided Bibles and
Testaments, in which he had wri•ten, at the re-
quest of the culprit, " The dying gift of my
dear mother." To each of her children she
presented a volume on their leaving her. In
speaking of the former portion of her life, she said she
had once made up her mind to drown herself, and was
seated by the side of a pond with a determination to
throw herself in; she said she rose for that purpose,
but as she was just in the act of jumping in some
thing apparently pulled her back, and she was thus
prevented destroying herself. On Saturday last, the
day first intended for her execution, the chaplain en-
deavoured to impress upon her the necessity of her
making an avowal of her guilt, pointing out to her
that had it not been for some difficulty which had
presented itself in making the arrangements for her
execution, she would have then passed into eternity ;
she replied, " I feel much comfort in your admnis-
tration, Sir ; lam not afraid to die. I truly repent
of all my sins which I can bring to my mind, as well
as those I do not recollect. I am innocent of the mur-
der of my husband."
After the body had been hanging the usual time, it
was cut down and placed in a coffin. The vast crowd
of persons who had assembled to witness the execu•
tin conducted themselves in a becoming manner. It
is six years since the last execution took place here.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPt,WICH, Arc. 19.
_

The split did harvest weather we are now exper encing
caused the attendance at market this day to be again
unusually small, and but little corn was exhibited for
sale. The trada was quiet, and sales mode at only a
slight alteration from last wet k. A sample or two of
now wheat appeared, the quality and condition fine, and
brought 41s per qr.

PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red 373 to 40s,

Do., new Ns to 00s
Do., white 43s to 46s
Do., new oos to 0031

Barley, malting 003 to 00
Do., grinding... oOs to MI

PER QUARTER.
Beans 3os to 328
Puas, new
Oats..
Rye.. ....... ..
/Malt —00 s 008
Flour, per sack.. 005 to 00,
WEEK ENDING AUG 9.

quarters at 403 3d.

AVERAGES FOR THE
Wheat 1,642
Pea 5............ 11
HULL, Ana. 19.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states:--We
have had brat, n weather during the past week, and on
Wednesday a very severe hail storm: many of the crops
are much laid and broken, but probably with immediate
fine weather the injury will not prove serious: cutting i 5
now very general, and reports are good on the whole.
We have some complaints of disease among the potewee,'
but do not apprehend that it is extensive; cur IriT
letters are pre,ty much in the following strain, "
though the disease has made its isipearance, the iojfirY
sustained as yet is but trifling, and should it stop here'
from the great quantity planted this season and the
abundant produce, that we will have a fair average Far
ply of years previous to the disease visiting us." Jul.
ports of all articles are now moderate, but still the trade
is very dull and unsatisfactory, altogether without toe
and vigour. To-day we have a very bad market: Be
moderate supply of wheat from the farmers, and fair 0
foreign; the former was selling at 36. to 38s per quarter'
being a decline of fully Is per quarter on the prices paid
last week. The reports of the crops decidedly better
than we had been prepared to hear them—hardly
transactions reported in foreign wheat. Oats are to
better demand, and there is a good consumptive sale f°r
grinding barley, as also for anything choice in malting.
Beans and peas are in limited request. More inquiri
for linseed, and not much of fine quality in the marl
—cakes are rather easier. The transactions in rape geed
are limitee to sm xll parcels of Entflish at 21/ to 221 Or
last—fine foreign would fetch more money. Rape 00
quiet.

263 lOd.

The following are the present prices of grain;--
8. 8. a.
Wheat, English, red 36 to 38IPeas, white and yel. 28 co
--

r. caa, , ....Lia yeL.
Do. white - 3 B 3B —4O Do. grey .. .... 26 -- 51,
Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 47 --4
nigsberg 4O 44 Do. Petersburgh ... 42 --46
Pomeranian and
_ll2O. RigaSL A rchngl. 38 41

Hamburgh . f:'6 —39 Do. Konigsberg .... 36 --- 4°
Danish, Holstein, & Per too
Friesland 35 —3B Lins. c,Hull 715 s Od to 0100
Russian and Odessa 30 —35 Do. fine foreign ... 611p6
Oats, English
Do. Danish lB 21 Rapeseed
Do. Friesland l9 21 Rape cakes.. 00s Od to 824 6d
Do. Russ. & Odessa 19 20 Tares, English ......00s -- °CS
Barley,malting 25 —2s Do. foreign 0, s --- CI
Do. grinding 24 25 Guano 51 71 to 1'
Beans 3O 32 Bones, do 90s Od to Otill
D0., foreign