The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-15 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.

Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE eat in this Court to take jus.
rifications of hail and to hear motions.

:TILE EAItL OF^WEMYSS PACKET.—TILE KING V. REEVE.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT applied for a writ of habeas cor•
pus, to be directed to the keeper of Norwich Castle, cool
inanding him to brink into this Court Mr. Reeve, who
read been committed to that gaol by the Magi-trates, who
iiad been required, by the Secretary of State for the Home
D•partment, to assemble at Brancaster, in the county 01
Norfolk, and investigate the circumstani•es attending the
loss of that ill-fated vessel, the Earl of Wemyss packet,
upon the Norfolk coast, and the destruction of life that
took place on that melancholy occasion. It will be re-
collected that during that lengthened inquiry some charges
were made against Mr. Reeve, the son-in-law of the Lord
of the Manor, who,
it appeared, took a very active par
after the vessel struck, and, in the end, the Magistrates

eully committed him to Norwich gaol, to take his trial at
ti,e Norfolk Assizes, for having feloniously appropriated t,
himself some ptoperty belonging to one or two of the lad ie
who were drowned in the cabin. Application was mad,
.o the Magistr,ates to admit Mr. Reeve to bail, but they—
most unjustly; as the Learned Counsel thought, from al,
the circumstances of the case—refused, and committed
~im at once to gaol to abide his trial. Sir James state
that be bad affidavits which would show the innocence of
%Ir. Reeve of the charges against him, and he read put-
ions of them in support of that declaration.
After some discussion as to the day when Mr. Rem
-hould be brought before the Court, his Loansuer if.
!Teed tile habeas corpus to issue, commanding the gaoler
to bring his prisoner before the Court on Wednesday next.
V. VISCOUNT KANELAGII.

Air. COMYN moved for a rule in this case to allow ser-
vice of notice of declaration at the King's Bench Office to
he deemed good service. His Lordship had been personalty
served with a copy of the first process at Knightsbridge
barracks, where his Lordship was with his regiment ; but
upon the declaration being filed, and sending a copy to the
same barracks, it was stated by the mess waiter there that
his Lordship had gone abroad ; that he did not know
his Lordship's residence in town ; and that he
expected every day to hear of his Lordship's being gazetted
out of the regiment. As, therefore, the town residence
could not be discovered, the Learned Counsel hoped that
the Court would think it sufficient if a copy of the decla
ration were stuck up in the office of the Court.
His LORDSHIP asked if the affidavit stated that inq uiriee
had been made at any other place than the barracks, and,
on being answered in the negative, directed that inquiry
should be made at the Horse Guards, and, upon the result
of that application, the motion could be again made.

POST-OFFICE PROSECUTIONS.

The Post-office are still going on with prosecutions
against parties for conveying letters by coach, or wagon
parcels, but in most cases the defendants, upon applica-
tion to this Court, and by consent of Mr. Scarlett,
Counsel for the Post-office, get all proceedings stayed by
the payment of one penalty of 51.
Mr. GODSON this morning applied, on the part of a
defendant whom he did not name, for leave to compound
prosecution of etat kind, on payment of one penalty,
Mr. Scarlett hating consented, rule eranted.

MURDER AT PLUMSTEAD.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.

The proceedings of the inquest on Mr. G.orge Bode
were re•unvd yesterday morning, at hali-pw4t nine o'clock,
at the P wile of Feathers, Plumstead.

Mr. Co quhoun said the prisoner wished to make a
statement.

The oath was then administered to the prisoner, and he
made the following statement in a clear and distinct
manner.

PRISONER'S ST ATENIENT.

On Sunday morning, the 20th r f October, I sent word
by the boy Henry Perks, who went for the milk, to So-
phia to send up some cream, and sbe sent word that if I
came myself I could have some. I could not go on Mon.
day morning. I went on Tuesday morning, and got
there about half-past six o'clock. I stayed there till h .If
past seven. She gave me some cream and milk, and I
went home, promising to fetch the milk every morning.
I went down on Wednesday morning for the milk about
half-past six. The family were then just up, and the fire
was not lighted. Sophia asked me to do some-
thing for her. I asked her what I could do
and she said, do anything you see wants doing.
I opened the shutters, then filled the kettle, and put it
over the fire. She then called me down into the cellar,
and I saw her skim the milk. She asked me it I would
have some more cream, and I said no. I then took my
milk and went home. I went down again on Thursday
morning. Sophia had not got her fire lighted, and I filled
the kettle for her. I then went into the parlours wit..
her.' I opened the kitchen shutters and then let the fowls I
out. I stayed there till half-past seven, or 23 minutes to I
eight, and 1 then went home. I went down the next
morning (Friday). I was rather late that morning, an I
did not do anything except take my milk. I went down
the next morning, Saturday, (Oct. 26,) about half-past six
o'clock. Sophia was then cleaning the stove, and had nor
'ighted the fire. The dumb girl was cleaning the parlour. I
put on a pair of my grandfather's boots, and Sophia, who
lame into the room at the titne,said why don't you come down
ind help me, instead t.f stopping here, to play ? I then
pulled the boots off and went into the kitchen. I asked
S *tibia what I could do for her. She said I might put
some coals on the fire, which I did. I sat there till half
past seven or eight, when the girl went up to dress
grandmother, and then I went away. I did not go there
on Sunday, and Sophia seat word by Henry Perks that I
was soon tired of !staling the milk. 1 was to be sure
to come next morning, as they were going to wash. I
went down on Monday morning about half past five
ii'clock, but they were not up. I was standing against
the kitchen door waiting when a man opened it, and I
told them that I thought to have seen them up early, as
I was to have been there to breakfast. He said they do
not have the breakfast the first washing morning but the
next morning. I said I would call Sophia up, and I
got a stick and, standing on a chair, I knocked at her
window. She asked who was there. I told her to get
up. She got out of bed and opened the windows, and
I told her I thought that was the morning I was to
come to breakfast with her. She said I had made a mis-
take, for it was Tuesday morning. She said I might go
in and light the kitchen fire if I pleased, which I did.
Sophia and the dumb girl catne down together. I' was
dark, and the dumb girl did not know me. She thought
it was Mrs. Lear dressed in William Baxter's clothes,
which she frequently put on. He then proceeded to state
that he went into the wash-house snd helped Sophia to
churn, and she gave him a piece of butter which he took
home, having previously assisted to open the shutters and
till the copper. He was desired to be sure to come at five
ii'clock the next morning ; but as lie did not get up soon
enough the dumb girl came to call him. When he sat
down to breakfast there was not sufficient sugar, and
Betsey fetched some lump sugar from the parlour,
concealing it under her apron. He afterwards dis-
guised himself in his grandmother's gown and his
grandfather's coat, and went home. On Wednesday he
went to the house, but did nothing but take the milk.
Ott Thursday he went down about half-past six, and
S.iphia was then in the kitchen. He filled the kettle that
morning, and was going to let the fowls out when Sophia
stopped him, anti said his grandfather wished to let them
out himself. He went home about half-past seven. He
did not go down the next morning (Friday), as Sophia
was not at home. On Saturday morning be got up very
early, mistaking the moonlight for daylight. He dressed
himself and went down stairs, and he went with the in-
tention of fetching the milk, when he heard the clock
strike 5 and he returned home. He then made a fire and
sat by it till daylight. In about a quarter of an hour
Mary Higgins come down. At six he proceed-d to his
grandfather's. When he arrived there the shutters were
nut open. He went into the yard and had got to the
second gate when the dumb girl met him. She made a
motion with her hand that some one was cleaning the
stove. When he got to the door he observed the kettle
standing there close to the door; the wash house dom
was open. When he opened the door he found Sophia
cleaning the stove. He asked her when she
came home, and she said on Friday evening
'bout eight o'clock. He asked her who bought bet
home, and she said John Wood, Miss Baxter's sweet.
heart. She stated that the object of her visit to
William Baxter's was to consult a doctor for a com-
plaint in her eyes, and she said she intended to take away
Miss Baxter's sweetheart and have him herself. He askew
her if he could do anything for her, and she said you may
to your old job if you like, that is filling the kettle. A•
he got up she said the kettle was standing at the door
He took tie kettle to the pump, emptied the water out of
it, and having filled it, put it in the same place from
whence he took it. He then went into the kitchen again.
Sophia had not laid the fire or he she old have put the
ket le on. He sat down a few minutes when some one
knocked at the door ; be got up and found it was a man
h going. He told him be had nothing to g.ve him, for
the family were not up. Sophia saw the man, and asked
who it was? He told her; she looked and saw the man ;
but the window shutters were not open. He afterwards
opened the shutters, and was ab nit going away with his
milk when Sophia said you have begun your job, hut you
have not finished it, you have not hung the kettle. He
then put the milk down, and bringing in the kettle,
Sophia held the crane and he hum* tne kettle. He thi,
cook his milk and went home. Oo Saturday morning
when he open. d the shutters the arsenal bell was ringin::.

The Coroner asked him if be could account fur the
arsenic which WdS found in his box ?

Piisoner—Yes, I will inform you the reason of its
being in my possession. When I lived in London I put.
chased some arsenic on several occasions, and I purchased
arsenic in Woolwich twice, I used it for the itch, and I
used it as a solution and ointment. I used the solution in
the day time by wetting the spots that came out ; ti s
ointment I used in the night. Dr. Halifax attended ine
for the complaint and advised use to use it. I occasional y
have eruptions on the skin, caused by the complaint, ant
I still continue to use the arsenic. chased I s
arsenic of Mr, Evans for that pus Surr.min t

Yee use it for six weeks at a time.: Theiriiiitititi
'• .
,mtight from London served two'Jyears with 'Other" ':,
things that I used. My father brvtrght-laiitile ,the'Coui-
faint when he cohabited witlfra-:iterstate,, and laved '
apart from my mother. On \*(l6kiiiir:'./440,K)a, '
when I was simmering some tlyst7i.yrchefore the ~6re
for the hair, my mother said I hati*tiOlut it int 041241: --
oven the next day. On the evening
family were taken ill, my father, when b fitdrned home,
std " they are all bad at grandfather's." My mother
,aid, " are they ; what's the matter?" My father replied,
they expect they are all poisoned." He then told my
mother to put on her bonnet and go there, as they were
all vomiting, and grandfather, be said, was sick as the devil,
I was upstairs in my costa at the time, dressing to go to
Woolwich to procure some things for my mother! I
tpened the door and asked what was the matter. I was
informed that the family were ill, and I then returned into
the room and closed the door. lam quite confident that
father said they expected they are poisoned. He was then
questioned respecting the conversation alleged to have p is.ed
between him and his mother as to desiring the death of his
father and grandfather, in order that he might have 100/.
or 1,0001. a-year, and also as to the remark he made that
he would not mind poisoning any one who offended him,
the whole of which he declared was false. He contra-
dicted his fath is statement, that he was in the habit of
quarrelling with his mother, and considered be was on
good terms with her. He went to London on Tuesday
morning, by an appointment of long standing.
The inquiry was again adjourned till to-morrow (this
day), when the Coroner is to sum up the evidence to the
jury.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL. Nov. 14.—Wind S.E.

Pommounr, Nov. 14.—Wind E.—Arrived the Lord
Sidmouti, Ga h, from Queh-c ; and Racer, from Denis.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind E.

FaLmoUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind S.E. to E S E., fresh
hr eze4.—Arrived the Nightingale packet, from i e Lee—
ward Islands—sailed born St. Tl'olll.t.itt the 9,11 ult. Off
port the Valleytield, Wildgoose, from Ilmerara.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Robert Polsford,
Pratt, from C; arleston ; A4rope, frt.m Taganrog ;
N ,•tra Senora, P eatta, from Genoa ; Pearl, Cove, from
Val,neia; and Camoens, Harman, from Oporto.
GREENOCK, Nov. 12 —Arrived the Rundle, Shaw,
from amaerata; and Helen, fr nn Bordeaux.
Coweo, Nt.v. I4.—Arrived the Geo,ge Cabot, Lytn,
from Matanzas.

STANGATE CRICEIC, Nov. ]4.—Arrived the Ts ibera,
C din fr,,no Palermo.

HASTINGS, Nov. 14.—Arrived off port he Corm t,
ticm Maieira.

Dovea, Nov. 14.—Arrived off port the Marquis
Chandos, Gaylor, from Demerara.
DUBLIN, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Maria, Fisher, from
Demerara.

LIMERICK, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Margaretta, Cooper,
and the City of Limerick, from Oporto.
BELFAST, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Alert, White;
Courier, Eleat,on ; and Enterprise, Gibbs, from London ;
[dal, Wdt nooll, from St. John's New Brunswick; Tra..
yeller, Bell, from Queuee ; and the John Evenlin,
from Li,,bon.

SUNDERLAND, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Margaret,
Thoma,, from Riga. Off port, the Integrity, Jonhaton,
Nan Archangel,

The M irgaret, Duncan, trom Glasgow to Westport
was driven on shore at lala.y,2d instant.
The Eelip,e, Me:enviclie, bound to Smyrni„ has Fit
hick to the Ti,xel with d image.
The Ann, Owens, from Drogheda, was totally wrecked
7th inst., on the Iale•of-Min—crew saved.

The Endeavour, Gregory, from Liverpool, was of shore
near Ayr, llth inst., but expected to be got 4.ff.
Off the t izard his Majesty's ship Algerine, front Rio
Janeiro—sailed the 15th September.

EFFECT OF THE CORN LAWS ON ENG-
LISH WO3lEN.—The proportion of English women who
pine in celibacy, is far greater than that of Sprni•h or
'radon women, who languish in convents; and the Eng..
11. b women suffer more than the others, oecause, :lying in
vie world, they are more in the way of temptation, more
cruelly tantaliz d by th it intercourse with happy wives
,nd mothers. There is not in the world a more deplo-
rable sight than a fine brood of English girls turning into
old m ids one of er the other ; first reaching the bloom of
beAtty, full of health, spirits, and tenderness; next striving
anxiously, aided hy their mother, to become honoured and
happy wives ; then fretting, growing thin, pale, listless,
,nd cross; at last, if they do not go mad or die of con-
sumption, seeking consolation in the belief of an appro ich-
ing millenium, or in the single pursuit of that happiness
in another world, which this world has denied to them.
The picture may displease, even because it is correct.

CO VE NT-GA RDEN.--. The opera of Gus•
tavus is, as we s.id, a confirmed hit. The finale of the
first act was again encored last night. In the grand ball
scene, we understand, there are more than 800 light, and
above 450 spectators and characters.
THE MARVELLOUS OUT-MARVELLED
We mentioned, a short time ago, as a remarkeile instance
of prolific vegetation, that 35 potatoes had been dug under
one stalk ; but this wiil appear a mere pigmy of a wonder,
when it is stated, as a fact, that, in the garden of Mr. S.
England, of this town, a single stalk was found to bear
under it the astonishing number of 90, and some of these
fine potatoes ! ! Woat makes this produce the more
extraordinary is the circumstance, that no trouble had been
taken to hoe the crop, as is useally done. —Sherborne
Journal.

ACCIDENT AT THE WORKINGTON COL.
taititiza.—On Friday morning the sea broke into the
Isabella pit at Wculcrigton during the time the men were
at work. Most of the culliers bad time to escape, but 22
of the men were confined by the water, and remained
below in a stare of frightful suspense for five hours, when
'he water subsided sufficiently for eighteen of them to be
extricated, but four poor fellows were found drowned in
the pit.

The King of the French has conferred the
Cross of the Legion of Honour on Lieut. Saunders of
the British Navy, who, with the assistance ul eight
.eamen, rescued, on the Qd of September last, two hundred
erio fishermen who had been cast away on the coast of
Scotl And.

A quantity of fine ripe strawberries, of the
Roseberry kind, have recently been gathered in a garden
at little Chester.—Derhy Reporter.
THE BONE-GRUBBER'S DESCRIPTION OF
YORKSHIRS..--." Yorkshire, with its 37 Members, is,
politically speaking, the most contemptible county in the
kingdom. The towns, with the base town of Leeds at
their head, are, with the exception of Hull, great as-
semblages of cracked-skulled canters, or of profound
si.thing hypocrites. Old sayings are seldom without
,trie foundation, aed those of the people of the south,
with regard to Yorkshire, really appear to have been
lust. There are numerous exceptions. Ged fot bid that
there should not be; otherwise the whole county ought
to be dest oy. d b: fire and brimstone."
SLAVE TRADE.—There continues to be a
consid,rable heaviness in most articles of produce, and at
a further decline in value. There is, however, a more
abundant supply of money among the commercial classes,
exis.ed a few v;eekt since, and this has tended to
red.aee the pressure which existed upon the mercantilr
l
i titet eats. In wes,cpaeoradvdl
eouee:lne,tebinbrahete,
nwt
possessionsuoieTi
imported
however, there
errntetweesheuoe
lrootieol
nfsof it
vfsomt
aht aatnholyi
iDcesl
biiieneten.eit
ntuci
sales,
continuance eair:
nehilodndesf
chat activity which has been en remarkable during nearly
ry,
sted
the whole of the present year, and as almost the whole of
,tplit:f:sfiot)nirrrualtltutiirj,aereesal
as
certain
he trade. as to the future buoyancy of the market. The
arrivals f. oal the continent have been very limit d, doting
the pa.t wick, the less inconvenience is telt at the piucity
if the itnpo tations. The demand for Spanish wools has
teen pretty ex,ensive recently, and the deliveries fur home
use ha..e ben numerous and consideralle in amount. The
accounts ft um Silesia, and other places in that direction,
received within the last few days, report an improved iie-
.n.nd for the raw matetiat, and a full conviction that, in
the spin ~ a fnrther improvement will take place in
p,ic. s. Halifax Express.
DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday after-
noon, betwe n three and our o'clock, whilst souse work-
.Eaen were engaged in repairing the gas pipes at the betrom
..f Lambeth-hill, Upper Thames•streer, nn disj iinting a
uart .f the main pipe that had remained untouched a con-
ay the pmee,,,f tthhreeeitnopfu the men
ansietnhaatvre:,e almost
in
"'They were taken up
and fell down apparently lifeless. remained
s tuiff,
eo opal tpeed,
end carried into the \Vette Hart public-house, wh, n dlr.
J. P. Holmes, surgeon, Fish-street-bill, who was
smut -
sel
'atives, animation
tfe laya sent
hour's. for
laborious
.fi promptly,,risndrtt
incessantlendrse nna returned
pi ,p aioet.taet
iwu
itv)otatiis of
tea
their
being removed to their respective homes, where they Hager
in a very precarious state.