The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-06 00:00:00

TH EBB Al

!E Ti!

CHI..

;FS OF THE
,T

Amid all the surprises, captures, and successful
attacks made by our troops the Nana. Sahib still
manages to preserve his liberty. A lac of pipets
has beg i set upon his head, yet native cupidity
has remained unassailable.. tie has now, we are
told, managed to escape the " flying columns" of
Oude, and, it is said, is on his way to the Deccan.
Should such be the case, he might manage to do
a good deal of mischief; and we can only hope
that the Poouah peoplo will be upon their guard.
Two squadrons of the 17th Lancers, two companies
of the 18th Royal Irish, and one company of Was
tiyes are to leave the Deccan capital for 'Janina
in a few days. The cause of this movement hag .
not transpired. It is a small force, and, -without
artillery, can effect but little good in the way of
fighting. The authorities may, hoviever,' Itn oiv
intend •
where game is to be found, and to.laY
hands upon it quietly. It is just po:sble that
Janina is not the destination of this flying dbteoh.-
ment at all, as we canna perceive what. such a
small force can be required for in that threat on.
The name c f the field officer who is to command
this little brigade has not transpired, and we tin•
ders'and a good deal of mystry is attic lvd to
the whole affair. It Would not at all surpriue,us to
hear that government had received intelligence Of the .
flight of Nana Sahib, and that this cultic:lin was
about to be despatched to intercept him on Vie
ft metier. We have always been of opinierahat.lte
ul iinatelv shape his flight in the dire,ition
of the Maliratta capit4. It was the home' of the
family which he Ly ado ption represents, his friends
and relations aro numerous in the place, and if he'
could only once hoist hiis flag from the po,hwe of
the Peishwa., even were it not allowtd to flatter
.t
in the bteeze for an hour, its moral effect, would ;
be ttemendous. Greater vigilance is reqUired
the present time in Poonah, than during-ally:
previous period of the crisis. The etnissa-
ries of the Nana Sahib are to be foiled' In. bY,.ry-
Deccan village. Maharaslra is filled with thum ;
and their repre:entatien are as specious as they titre
The Sawuutobrethers are not the most dan-
gerous malcontents in the southern Mihratbil
coun-
try. It is the chiefs who ought to be wiatel• I;•
and the travelling Brahmins of Poonah and Sattera..
At the latter place the snake is scotched, not killed;,
and although the decision and vigilance of • Bose,
have managed to keep down disaffection with a
s'rong hand, yet the dying embers might still he-
blown inter a flame. Our perils are not •patit.--'
Bombay Telegraph and Courier.

THE MI.'RDER OF A POLICKMAN AT

DAGENUA2f.

Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, George Bjewitt, a
farm labourer, was brought up for re-neammation at th.
C.mrt-house ndj, i ,ins; Ilford Gaol, E-ecx, More a full
bench of magi:4'lst s, charzed with beieg inaplinAted itt
the mystetious murder-et George Clarke, a pulice-con=
stable of the K divi,ion, who, it will be recollected, Was
f ‘uryl in a corn-field at Dlgerill:tat on the morning of.
July 3, 18.46- finitely mutilated.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson appeared se eounFel for the Nr-
cused, and ttr. Rawlingis, ths solicitor, wa. pr't6ent for
the.prilDner. . .
The prisoner wee pl,teei at the bar, end segmled to be

cheerful, ai nn the previous.qtaruipation.
Tio Chairman, on the cputing of the c'iort, addrbsstd
Inspector IVhicher, cf the metropolitan d. teeti se totes,
and wished to know whether any additional evietenci had
beer obtained which would throw any lid it on the

murder.
Inspector Whither said that h.+ had ree.irid
taut information, but he was unAhl'to prodec. An aft-
negaes. If the case Wft4 adigUrned tot another *Oa h
shonti he -fully prepared. There wag * difficulty in
getting the ssitne:ses to,4ether of or the I.pse of Unite

years.
Mr. Atkinsm here rose and said it ISM roontettous to
detain the prisoner in custody on the unn-rrnnorattd
testituouy of the woman Smith. lee Page.
To Copirrnan asked if Inspector NA/filcher was lure
that. be could obtain important evidence if the. case was

aeyurnf,cl u,•til a future day !
Itn-rwctur Whicher snilv.ired in the affirmat've.
The Chairman —The benc`i did not for a rnomer.t wish
to press bard upon ihe prisoner, but at the same 'iota
they felt thertirtivea bound to give this extraordinary

runnier the folt•Ft invecti4ation.
Mr. Atkinfon, the counitel, then proceeded with ibe
croam-exa,,,ination of the witresa,>P, and elicited the fact
that no blood w seen in the corn field utitil the ho,:y

tray removed. 'rne corn had been trodden down to -e
coui•iderat.)le ext=nt round the i.pot where deceased was
found. There appeared ,o have heen a desperattett ugglo.
Al-r the teetnnony had barn road by Mr. C:iftou, the
chid clerk,
Air. ..A.tkin,on raid he had looked over the came with
care, and he f-lt hound to PPy that a maga of evidence
taken at the last examination wag not logal, and ought
not to appear on thn face a the depoMitions. If the cave
should be sent to ancther tribunal the Court would c-r-
-t4inly ol joct to F.u..•11 tootimony.
Toe Clief Clerk said a portion of the evidence of the
womau Smith, olio male a conleseion, implicated her

ow% husktnd,WiLiain Pap, who died 10 agis

Thy rrne'pat v,itness, Smith, was then trooght into
the cuutt, and ht r evidence was read over to her, alert
certain parts were errved by order of' the bench. She
corrected two portions of her testimony, viz , that in-
stead of "loaded stick" it sl-ould have been " loading
stick," and that eho taw the priaonnr and the three
others rlriving elatke be3ore them from the barn.
By Mr. k inson—l was married to my first husband,
Page, at the parish ct.urch of Ila7ering-att--[3,iwrr,
Oto.. 26, 1347, and about nine months afterwards I wart
married to Francis Smith. I never mentioned the f: ct

ol the murder to any one until la t Angus'. I lir4
divulged it to Mrs. Noble and a Mrs. Pel ner of D...grE:

was quite s :bar at: the time, and had only had
101 l a pint of beer. S,rgesnt Stratford, or the .I"),g,n-
-ham p lice, and Inspector Whicl,er, f the detective
force, e::led upon me at ray h use about five ago.
I hii the secret, and lam truly sorry. I wa. in leer,
and I could not have done so for 5,0001. if I had known
what troubles I should taro enc metered. The wit:h.
boors totnetnnes ray thtte is something that troubles
me. I know a p,rmn named El at Wooluter, ai.d we
have been very intimate togetti, ras t eighbeurs. I t.ll
Mrs. Woolmer that I had horn my husband (Paq.) place
a. box on the top of the bedstead under the valance.
I opened the I, x and found 21. 10 .. I ef.trwarda
missed the money from the box, and I did say I
have heard my husband say that he hal shot a pH
Johnny Barebl,,ek and knocked off his hat. I had told
1%4 re. *ooltner of thestatement. Wh. n the fire took place
at Vince's; premise, I always thought that my hu•band
did iv. I have said th re was a fire engine in ley room,
but it was a dreaa'. I have said that my husband's ghost
followed me about. I saw him in three different cc tta,ge.,
aryl my eyes were wide op .n. I could see him as plain
as neon day, but I did not speak to bin'. My husband
told me in the hospital that If I said any .bing be would
rise Irons the grave and crush me. I have told Mrs.
Woolmer that when I have been taking my intelal have
tat the elevil tapping the bottom of the chair. Through
his threats to me I have really believed that the visita-
tious were through the devil from my husband. I have
charged my husband with stealing seven sacke of pota-
toes. I know a Mrs. March and a Mrs. Palmer. I
do:.'t recollect telling Mr,. March that I never went
into Resvitt's house on the night of the murder, but I
ran emit., an apple tree.
The witness here became much excited by
ibyttbeehimgurees :
li.oluf i
sphutadtoc,linermbiyttetdhealieeam would tell the truth;r,
right is right, but n rung is no man's tight."
When she had somewhat calmed and regained her
relf.possesticn the learned counsel proceeded with the
crosc-examination.—Mrs. Allsop, my daughter, resides
qihattuesrahßi
enar etbken,natueetw- ov ,13.ith 1 the lal:l;udire„dalges
reho.af
sincest- ohlevhimas
tivultloered4b
ehrgoe
gltri
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rie 7hf,ae,..
arv,:ey sndpla:a)udkngeeehnvat teecor;
told any one that my husband struck Clarke with a fork.
I have never raid that I held Clsrke'a head while my
husband cut his throat. Ido not recollect saying
that I thought my husband had lout the 21 10e. to
George Blewitt. I did net say that my hu-bab cl.
Ralph Page, and Me witt murdered the policeman. I
had said that Bill told me that Bleaitt and Ned
Wilcox were going to get some corn out of the barn.
Blest-la came to me one Sunday morning, but I was
afraid through fear to speak to him about the
rumours that were in circulation. I bare told
Blewitt in the presence of his son that when Bill died he
never gave me a halfpenny, but his brother Bill gave me
a shilling. 1 do not recollect saying that if he had given
me one I did net know where the harm would have been,
but it might cost him pounds. I did not say that if it
had not been for the money I should not have done it. I
I did not say to Blewitt, " I do not know who did it,
but I wi.h I did," On the night of the murder I was at
Blewi is house. I saw present the prisoner, my bus-
. band, and George Chalk. Ned Wilcox, to the beet of
my knowledge, was not present. We all four left the
house of Blewitt and proceeded to the barn. My hus-
band had a loaded stick in his hand when the police-
man Clarke came up the barn. I cannot say, when the
police-constable came up to the barn, whether he had
his cutlass extended in his hand, hut when he was being
driven back the weapon wan drawn from the scabbard.
While the struggle was going on between my husband
and Clarke my husband called out very loudly for help.
George IZlewitt came out of the barn to assist him. No
one, to rey knowledge, came out but the man Biewitt
and my husband. When my hustaud struck Clarke
the latter used his cutlass.
Other questions having bcen put by the learned
counsel,
The Chairman said if there was only fair ground for
adj urnment he should feel bound to remand the pri-
soner again.
morelDs
epveicdteonreWe
ihnicahewreseakid. that he should n.o doubt have
Mr. Atkinson asked for the liberation of the prisoner
OD bail, but the magistrates refused the application.
The Chairman said that be expected that the Pollee
Commissioner would have employed counsel for the
prosecution to take charge of such an important case,
which was d a character that required every possible
tmheemexbaemrsinoeori
of the bench unanimously con•
our
attention.
Trelldei nether
was adjourned for a week.
Tbe young man Page, who was examined on the last.
occasion, and found the body of Clarke, wished the pub-,
lie to know that he was no relation whatever to the_
ad
woman Smith, formerly Page.