The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-27 00:00:00

HOME CIRCUIT.—LErrEs, MARCH 26.

William Vidler, aged 23 ; Henry Simrock, 21 ; Ja»zes
Vidler, 19 ; and William King, 23 ; were indicted for hav-
ing, on the 14th of November last, at Crowhurst, unlaw-
fully entered a wood, belonging to Edward Cressett Pel-
ham, Esq., armed with guns and bludgeons, fur the purpose
of destroying game.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
His Lordship obs:rved that., in consequence of the , pri-
soners not having used their fire-arms, he was willing to
visit the prisoners with a milder punishment than if they
had done so. William Vidler and William King were then
sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour,
and James Vidler and Henry Simrock to three months'
imprisonment and hard labour.
(civil. SIDE.)
THOMSON V. BROOKBANK. .

This was action of slander; Both the parties are attor-
neys at Brighton. For the defence it was contended that
the words were spoken in a'moment of anger, and were not
intended to impute felony to the plaintiff.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Da-
mazes, 491.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.,--LANCASTER, MARCH 24.
HORRIBLE MURDER BY A FATHER.—John Orrell, late
of Bolton-le-Moors, was charged with poisoning, a little
girl, eight years of age, named Elizabeth Orrell, his own
daughter.

The facts.of the case are very extraordinary. The pri-
soner was formerly a farmer in the township of Heaton,
but four or five years ago he fell into embarassment, and in
January, 1831, he was sent to this castle for debt. He
remained in confinement until the Bth of this month, when
he returned to his wife and family. On the 4th of Fe-
bruary his wife died, under peculiar circumstances, involv-
ing so much suspicion that a coroner's inquest was held upon
the body, and the prisoner implicated, but not sufficiently
strong to secure his commitment.. The prisoner (who had
been long in the country), then moved, with a boy and a
girl, his two youngest children, (he was the father to six),
to a cellar in Bolton. On the following Sunday, the
22d of February, the boy died, and the girl was taken
very ill. She continued so till the Thursday, when
she also died. This rapid mortality excited strong
alarm; inquiries were- instituted, and it was found,
upon medical examination; that the children had been
poisoned with arsenic. Large quantities of that powder
we found in the Stomach of Elizabeth Orrell, and it was
clear that small and frequent doses had been administered
to her, the total quantity found in her stomach being suffi-
cient, if administered in one dose, to cause_ immediate death.
A further search discovered a parcel of arsenic upon a
lofty shelf in the cellar, which was proved to have been
bought at a druggist's a few nights previously by a.man who
had a companion with him, who did not choose to show his
flee within the shop. No surgical advice had been called in to
the poor children ; the prisoner had been almost constantly
with them, and had consequently seen them dying inch by inch.
Several witnesses were called who had associated with him
whilst confined as a debtor; from whose testimony it appeared
that up to the day of his liberation be had threatened that as
soon as he got his freedom he would kill his wife and his
two youngest children. He gave as his reason for this
barbarous determination that his wife was faithless to him ;
that she had two illegitimate children whilst he was in
prison, who were since dead ; and that of the two upon
whom he intended to execute his diabolical revenge, he
was not the father: It appeared further, that even whilst
in the Castle his conduct had been most culpable, and that
(after taking his trial) he had been transferred from the
debtors' to the Crown side of the gaol for robbery..
The Jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to be
hanged on Thursday morning.

The little girl, Sarah Rixford, whose affecting case
was recorded in our police reports a few weeks since, and for
whom her Majesty's well-known charitable sympathy and be-
nevolence were so powerfully excited, has, by her Majesty's
munificence, been placed in the Brixton Asylum of " the St.
Ann's Society Schools," the merits of which excellent insti-
tution insure the inculcation •of such principles of religious
virtue as will enable the object of her Majesty's solicitudedul.y
to appreciate the blessings thus afforded her, to evince her gra-
titude to her Royal benefactress.

FAILURE OF THE WHITE EISIIERY.-Never in
the memory of the oldest fisherman has there been such a
failure of the white fishery on the coast of Scotland as has
been experienced during the winter. Many of the fishermen
are enduring severe hardships, and, in some instances, have
been supplied with a little aid from collections in some of the
parish churches. The hope of a change for the better in
Spring has not been realized, and some of them have been
compelled to leave their homes and prosecute their hazardous
employment within twenty miles of the Irish Channel. On
Saturday last three large boats, carrying three small ones,
laden with provisions, coals, barrels, salt, &c., manned with
eight to nine men each, left Rosehearty for the purpose, and
will not return until July, when the herring fishery re-com-
mences —Glasgow Courier.
The following Advertisement is illustrative of the
American law of partnership. It is headed " Limited Part-
nership :"—" The subscribers have entered into a limited
partnership, pursuant to the provisions of the Revised
Statutes of this State for the transaction of business 'in
Dry Goods. Charles H. Booth is the general partner, and
the other subscribers are the special partners. Wm. L. Booth
has contributed in cash to the capital stock ten thousand dol-
lars, Wm. A. Tomlinson, five thousand dollars, and Wm. A.
Booth, five thousand dollars. The business is to be conducted
under the name or firm of Charles H. Booth. The partner-
ship commences the twenty. seventh day of January instant,
and is to continue three years."—Here follow the names of the
subscribers.

Swiss INTOLERANCE.--The Canton of Appenzel
has recently exhibited an instance of intolerance which could
only find a parallel in the history of England or of Ireland a
century ago. A young man of Rhodes- Exterieures, a Pro-
testant, solicited the hand of a maiden who happened to be a
Catholic, and obtained her consent to their marriage. Before
he could marry her, however, it was necessary for him to have
the sanction of his Canton, which was refused on the ground
that his intended wife professed the Catholic religion. Not-
withstanding this denial, the young man went beyond the con-
fines, and had the ceremony celebrated at Lindau. Upon re-
ceiving intelligence of this event, the Grand Council con-
demned the youthful couple to pay a fine of 100 florins, and
moreover ordered that the children, issue of the marriage,
should all be brought up in the Protestant religion.
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This morning, at twenty-five minutesb past 6 o'clock. the)p..4o
and affectionate wife of John Humphery, Esq., M.P.' PI"
Common, after a protracted illness of nine months, which 5
with Christian fortitude, aged 34 years.
On the 25th inst., in her 19th year, Louisa, daughter
ets°f! t
Edward Howe, of the Board of Trade, after a lingering ill% relic
On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, aged 73, Lady Ge°rg-'
cer
of the late Sir Rupert George, Bart.
On the 19th inst., at Paris, Mary, the widow of David
_dt
Esq., aged 73.
L'P-
On the 23d inst., Maria Louisa, youngest daughter of eeteP
George White, Royal Navy, Kingsdown, Bristol, aged
of ,"".
On the 23d inst., in her 26th year, Anne Catherine, sci`s" j
c,
Henry Rebarts, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. hsr c
On the 7th inst., at Nether Haugh, near Greasbrongi, lig •of
of
about 90, William Turner, who, along with his wife, h1:.(111,5„r,
the charge of the mausoleum to the memory of the '
still
Rockingham. The wife, although the oldest of the "lithe Al he
vives. This old couple were many years in the service o.it of t
quis, and have manifested through life a deal of the sr.
ancient retainers on nubility. Sa!""
On the 9th inst., at Caistor, in his 80th year, the iterviesr
Turner, A.M., Rector of Rothwell, Lincolnshire, an"
Attenborough cum Bramcote, Notts. ar vr 4
Lately, Mr. John Cuthbert, farmer of Haburgh, ne_,,theesl.'r
lesby. The deceased had been no customer to the ar
having never tasted physic, and died in his 86th year. Nettle°
On the 17th inst., Jr. John Lamming, farmer, of
otos, of
near Caistor, aged 70.
On the 9th inst., Alice Wilson, housekeeper to Ikle• ceer94
Glutton, Derbyshire, where she had lived upwards top iasslo,e.
She was going to see her son, who lives at Ashford, ungaiM3)t
down
Mont' the side of the inclined plane of the High Pea rails, Pt
near ash, a sudden gust of wind threw her over the , dire. )g,
as one of the waggons was descending. The vehicle roll; coo
over her head and body, mangling *her dreadfully, a 0
instant death.
wIl .iaro SOP°
On the 11th ult., at Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire, '
Gent., aged 85.
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