The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-07 00:00:00

OROWN COURT.-MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.

William Allott, aged 35, was this morning arraigned on
a charge of the wilful murder of Martha Hardwick, at
Upper Heeley, near Sheffield.

Ilr. BAffiis stated the case. Mrs. Hardwick, the de-
ceased, was a widow woman, residing at Upper Heeley,
two miles from Sheffield, and occupied a lone house, the
persons composing her family being herself, the prisoner,
and a boy named Wolstenholme. She had a small milk
farm, which the prisoner managed, whilst she superintended
the household affairs. On the 9th of September last the
deceased was in perfect health, and between eight and half-
past nine in the evening received such injuries as caused her
death two hours after. In the morning of that day the
prisoner and the boy went to Sheffield, on some business at
the Town Hall, and afterwards went to a public-house,
where they continued drinking till three o'clock, when the
boy left the prisoner, and returned home to attend to his
work. About half-past eight some little girls, who were
playing near, heard Mrs. Hardwick cry out, " Oh ! dear,
he's killing me !" Another neighbour heard a shriek, and
on going to the door of his house, heard Allott, the pri-
soner, using most abusive language to the deceased, say-
ing, " D—n thee, thou'st been robbing me every day." At
a quarter-past nine the prisoner went to a neighbour's
house and asked for a light, saying that his mistress was
drunk, an assertion proved to be false. About half-past nine
Wolstenholme, the boy, returned home, and found the front
door open, and no person in the front room, but a quantity of
blood on the floor. On going into the innerroom he there found
the prisoner dragging his mistress on to a bed, in a bleeding
state, with her clothes torn, and her cap off. He was in
his shirt sleeves. The deceased's voice was very low, and
she said, " Oh, help me." On the boy expressing surprise,
the prisoner said he had seen two men run out of the house
when be came in, who had done the deed ; and he ac-
counted for the blood on his clothes by stating that he had
dirtied them in lifting her on the bed. The prisoner went
to Sheffield the same evening for Mr. Wright, the surgeon,
and told his assistant different accounts of the transaction.
The same night the surgeon went to Mrs. Hardwick's ; but
'she was dead before he arrived.

The Learned Judge summed up, and the Jury returned
a verdict of Guilty.
His Lordship then sentenced him to be executed on Mon-
day next, and his body to be buried within the prison.
The prisoner being conveyed into the cell oppointed for
him, was, as is customary, searched, and a large knife was
found secreted at the bottom of one of his coat laps.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—.TAUNTON, APRIL 4.
CRIM. CON.-HAMLYN V. CROSSLEY.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
compensation in damages for the seduction of his wife.
The plaintiff was an articled clerk to a respectable solicitor
of the name of Baker, who resided at Blagdon, near
Bristol, and the defendant was managing clerk to Mr.
Baker, at a salary of 2001. per annum. The plaintiff was
married to his wife in 1829, and in the following year they
had a child. In October, 1831, the defendant came to
lodge at the plaintiff's house, and continued there until
January, 1832, when he left Mr. Baker's employ, and du-
ring that time the act of adultery was committed of which
the plaintiff complained. The husband was not informed
of the fact till May, 1832, when a separation took place ;
but the writ could not be served upon the defendant
until last year. Witnesses were called who proved
the marriage, and that the parties lived hapily _to-
gether ; and then came evidence showing the most extraor-
dinary curiosity and adroitness on the part of a servnnt, who
was first cousin of the plaintiff, perhaps ever known. The
witness (Charlotte Hamlyn), a remarkably fine young
woman, it appeared had some suspiciOns, and she was deter-
mined to find out everything. On one occasion, Mrs.
Hamlyn was sitting in the study of Mr. Crossley, which
adjoined his bed-room, and she told the servant to put tea
below stairs, and to ring the bell when it was ready. Char-
lotte thought this strange, so she went up into the study
under the pretence of putting some coals on the fire, and
looked into the bed-room, and on the bed she saw the legs
of Mrs. Hamlyn and the defendant. On another occasion
she and her sister slept with Mrs. Hamlyn when Mr.
Hamlyn was from home. Mrs. Hamlyn told her not to
lock the bed-room door ; this made Charlotte suspicious
again, so she determined not to go to sleep. After they had
been in bed Mrs. Hamlyn asked her if she was asleep ? she
made no answer ; she then felt her eyes to see if they were
closed, but Charlotte was fast asleep, and nothing could
wake her. She heard her mistress get out of bed and go out
of the room ; up jumped Charlotte and followed her down
stairs, and she there saw Mr. Crossley, who was only in
his shirt, hand Mrs. Hamlyn, who was in her night dress,
into his (Mr. Crossley's) bed-room. Charlotte returned
to bed and remained awake, till in the course of
two or three hours her mistress returned. On another
time she took some gruel to her mistress, who was ill in bed.
The bed-room door was locked, and 111 r. Crossley opened
it from within. One evening, when all the family were
out but Mr. Crossley, Mrs. Hamlyn, and Charlotte, Mrs.
Hamlyn told Charlotte she might go out for an hour or
two, but Charlotte did not want to go. Her mistress urged
it upon her. This made Charlotte more determined, and
she refused. Her mistress then said she ought to obey her.
Charlotte then took her bonnet and went out at the door.
She listened and heard the door locked, She went to the
back door and heard that locked. She watched the light
and saw her mistress go to the pantry and take a glass of
gin. Her mistress went up stairs. Charlotte jumped over
a wall, and saw her mistress draw the curtains in Mr. Cross-
ley's bed-room. Charlotte ran to the stable, procured a
ladder, put it to the window, ran up the ladder, and then
saw the very act of adultery committed. All this, how-
ever, ended as might have been expected, by poor Char-
lotte having, as she termed it, a rape committed upon her
by Mrs. Hamlyn's brother, and giving birth to a fine child.
The witness was nearly three hours in the witness-box,
with all eyes fixed upon her, and undergoing, as Mr. Baron
Gurney stated to the jury, one of the most severe and
searching cross-examinations by Mr. Searjeant Bompas that
he had ever heard in the course of his life. She had to
speak to many transactions, to give dates and hours of the
day ; she had been tried backwards and forwards in every
possible way, and he believed that there was from first to
last the most perfect consistency in every answer, which he
thought the strongest possible proof of the veracity of her
story.
Several witnesses gave evidence of various acts of fami-
liarity between the parties.
The Jury retired, and at a late hour came into Court,
and said they could not agree, one of them saying he did
not know how to put any value on such a woman, and
wanting to know the largess damages that would not
carry costs.
The Learned BARON told them that they were to esti-
mate the value of the wife previous to her seduction, and
added, that a Jury had nothing to do with costs. If they
could not agree, they must be locked up till Monday
morning.
The latter part of the sentence had a great effelt, as they
immediately gave a verdict for tho plaintiff---llamages 201.

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1835.

Our readers will perceive with pleasure that Lord
JOHN RUS SELL is vigorously following up the vic-
tory already gained by the Opposition over the enemies
of Reform.

The motion for receiving the Report on the Irish
Church was carried by a majority of 25—the num-
bers being for the Resolution 262—against it 237.
The Noble Lord then gave notice, that he would
move to-morrow (this day) the following resolution
That it is the opinion of this House that no mea-
sure upon the subject of tithes in Ireland can lead to a
satisfactory and final adjustment, except it embodies
the principle contained in the foregoing Resolution."

The PEEL Administration is virtually at an end.
The sentence which fixes its doom has been pro-
nounced, and all that remains to do before it is car-
ried into execution, is to go through certain forms
which the condemned have a right to insist upon, if
they please. This right they seem determined to exer-
cise ; and they have, it may be supposed, a double
motive for such a course. In the first place, to men
in their unhappy situation, life becomes incalculably
more precious—as their little sand runs out. It is in
vain to talk to them of turning themselves off with a
good grace—it is labour altogether lost—they
will cleave to existence to " the last minute 431
(their) recorded time." Secondly, you never can
bring home to the mind of a condemned crimi-
nal that he is really to suffer the summum suppli-
cium. Until the halter is actually about his neck—
and perhaps even then—he clings, with desperate
tenacity to the hope that some means of escape may
be found—that the interposition of his friends, for
example, may move the Royal clemency in his favour,
and procure him a reprieve, if not a full pardon.
Thus it is, we apprehend, with the State culprits
upon whom the Representatives of the people, after
" trial" duly had, have passed sentence of condemna-
tion, and who are soon to be as though they had never
been. They are now deceiving themselves with
the hope of a reprieve. They are instigating
their partizans—people of their own kidney—to
intercede in their behalf, by means of hole and
corner addresses. Poor simpletons I do they ima-
gine that the Commons of Great Britain will reverse
their own decision—adopted after four days of grave
deliberation--of a question so important in its imme-
diate results, as well as in its more remote conse-
quences, because a few obscure and factious men,
leagued with some of those disinterested indi-
viduals, who have so long monopolised the good
things to be found in Corporation snuggeries, would
be happy to see the perpetuation of a system which
works well for them at the expense of the best interests
of the Community. But we tell them this is the most
forlorn of all hopes ; for were the matter at issue to be
settled by addresses—were the people persuaded that
it was necessary for them to come forward and express
their opinion on the merits of the Government—
that Government would find itself in a deplorable mi-
nority. On this subject we quite agree with Mr.
TRAVERS, whose letter, given in another part of The
Sun, speaks, we believe, the sentiments of the Re-
formers of London on this point.
Sir ROBERT PEEL knows well that the voice of the
country thus uttered would ratify the decision of the
House of Commons, and therefore whatever encourage-
ment his colleagues, or rather associates, may give to
the getting up of such addresses as we have alluded
to, he seems not to think they will do much good to
the cause. His answer to the address yesterday pre-
sented to him by certain parties, modestly assuming the
style and title of " THE Merchants, Bankers, and
Traders of London," plainly shews that he has given
up the game. Its tone is not only subdued, but pain.
fully desponding ; and it was delivered with that pecu.
liar emotion, which indicated the speaker's conscious.
ness that he was uttering a valedictory address.

Letters are pouring in upon us from every quarter
on the subject of Sir JOHN CAMPBELL'S Bill for the
abolition of Imprisonment for Debt, now before a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons. As is most fre-
quently the case, when the public out of doors take an
interest in any measure, great diversity of opinion pre-
vails respecting it ; but, nevertheless, there is not an
individual of any experience who does not approve of
the principle of the proposed law. That a poor man
should be subjected to years of incarceration for a
debt which he has no means of paying, is admitted on
all hands to be as destructive of public morality as it
has been ruinous of individual prospects, and as it is
disgraceful to our national character, both as freemen
and as Christians. On this point all are agreed. And
certainly it rather surprises us that a system which
gave to creditors the power of expending sums greatly
exceeding the original debt, merely to gratify revenge-
ful, malignant feelings, alike opposed to the genius of
social gcvernment, and the spirit of Christianity, has

been so long permitted to exist. Some of our corres-
pondents, after approving of the main object of the
Bill, express themselves' doubtful whether it ►•ill be
possible to recover debts when the process of personal
imprisonment shall have been abolished ; adding that
there are thousands of debtors possessed of large pro-
perties from whom payment cannot be obtained, unless
under apprehension of the terrors of a jail. This may
be true as the law now stands; but the persons offering
such an objection ought to know, that although Sir
J. CAMPBELL'S Bill proposes the abolition of per-
sonal imprisonment, in all cases where fraud has not
been committed by the debtor, it gives to the creditor
increased facilities of seizing upon property. The
mockery of sham transfers of valuables, or " making
over," as it it phrased, is completely put an end to by
the provisions of this Bill. Another of the objections
insisted upon is, that this Bill does not afford the
same facility for the recovery of book debts which it
does for the amount of bills, promissory-notes, and
written agreements. This, so far from being an ob-
jection, is absolutely one of the wisest and best of its
provisions. There is not the most remote affinity be-
tween a promissory-nOte and a book debt ; the former
bearing on the face of it proof positive of the justice of
the creditor's claims, whereas the latter may have been
falsified, and whether or not, requires that further tes-
timony be given of the existence of the transaction out
of which arose the debt claimed. No man in his
proper senses but must allow, that a mere entry in a
tradesman's books ought not to be held sufficient to
convict a person of a debt which he is willing to swear
that he never contracted, in the same summary way
which would follow the production of a bill drawn by
him. Were Sir JOHN CAMPBELL'S Bill to enact
such an absurdity, we should at once condemn it as
substituting fraud for imprisonment. With increased
facilities for the recovery of debts, increase of caution
is necessary to ensure the justice of the claims of cre-
ditors. The more the obstacles are removed which
obstruct the course of justice, the greater is the neces-
sity for guarding against the possibility of its being
abused to the prejudice of the innocent.
At the same time, we entirely concur in the wisdom
of siniplifying, shortening, and cheapening the process
of recovering book debts, in such a manner as totally
to dispense with tile apprehended necessity of demand-
ing bills in any case in which credit is now given with-
out them. We care not what may be the custom in
other countries, but the genius of the British people is
opposed to everything which looks like espionage, and
a questioning of individual honour. The morals of
the people would be much deteriorated by any attempt
on the part of the. Legislature to weaken this generous
sentiment ; and we are, moreover, very certain that
public credit would receive a shock by it from which it
would never recover. People in business would not
accept of credit on terms which they would sup-
pose derogatory to their honour, so that the poorer
classes of tradesmen would be ruined by the very law
which was intended for their benefit. By simplifying
and cheapening the process for the recovery of book
debts, and by allowing the creditor every requisite fa-
cility, to ensure payment on the part of the debtor
-without his written acknowledgment, the current of
public credit will flow on as smoothly as it has ever.
done. And this, too, without doing violence to the
feelings, or undermining the upright, independent,
honourable principles of the British people.
We would further suggest that a graduated scale of
costs to be incurred in the recovery of all debts should
.be made out, and embodied in this Bill, varying ac-
cording to the nature and amount of debt claimed.
The costs should form a per tentage on the sums de-
manded, gradually diminishing as such sums increased,
and ending in every case after a certain amount to be
fixed as the maximum of debt bearing costs. This
would at once bring the protection of the law home to
every man's door, because all would then know the
exact responsibility incurcd by subjecting themselves
to legal proceedings. Further, all debts under a cer-
tain amount, ought to be made recoverable by the
transfer of powers of attorney, or through the medium
of a law agent, without requiring the presence of the
actual creditor, as often as it can be shown that he re-
sides at a distance of more than a fixed number of
miles. - This would extirpate two great evils. The
first where the creditor is defrauded, because living at a
great distance, and having much business to attend
to, and the debt being trifling in itself, he can neither
afford the time nor trouble necessary for its recovery ;
the second where being determined to injure his debtor,
the creditor contrives to put him to ruinous and unne-
cessary expense.

As the Bill is now before a Committee we recom-
mend all persons having any suggestions to offer on
the proposed alterations in the law, to embody them
in petitions to the House of Commons. We can
assure the public that such suggestions will meet with
proper attention from the Members of the Committee,
to which, as a matter of course, they will be forthwith
referred.

We have just seen a little pamphlet, published by
RIDGWAY, entitled the " Sphynx," which, in a
lively and epigrammatic style, comments on the means
by which the Tories have managed to keep their
heads above water, with the current of public feeling
setting in so strongly against them, as it has done of
late years. We have neither space nor time to enter
into details—the pamphlet having only just reached
us. We must content ourselves, therefore, with re-
marking that nothing can be happier than the
way in which the author exposes the under-hand
manoeuvrings of the Tories, as respects provincial
Meetings and provincial Journals. His, is no mealy-
mouthed declamation. He is, what Dr. JOHNSON
would call, a " good hater," hitting hard and to the
point. , It is not among his least recommendations,
that his arguments are everywhere condensed, and so
plainly propounded, as to be intelligible to the
homeliest capacity.

The British Merchants trading to Turkey have
obtained from the Government a satisfactory answer
to a memorial praying that Mr. CARTWRIGHT should
be continued as his Britannic MAJESTY'S Consul-
General at Constantinople. The country has great
reason to be satisfied with the past services of this
Gentleman. His discretion, his great knowledge of
trade, his acquaintance 'with the Mohammedan
character, and above all his dignified firmness and con-
sistency in all cases of extreme moment, admirably
qualify him for the discharge of those duties which
appertain to the office of Consul.

The Paris Papers of Sunday have all been received,
which contain a report of a curious discussion in the
Chamber of Deputies during the sitting on Satur-
day. This debate exhibits the extreme jealousy which
exists between the Chambers of Peers and Deputies,
relative to their respective privileges. Early in last
December a Bill was introduced into the Chamber of
Deputies, for regulating the several departments in the
Military College of St. Cyr. The Bill, among other
things, specified the classification of the students, their
rank, and the honours to which they were eligible.
Having passed the Chamber of Deputies, the Bill
was sent to the Peers, who made some important
alterations in it, one of which was to elevate the
rank of the more distinguished students. The
Bill, with these alterations, being returned to the
Deputies for their sanction, General VALEZE opposed
the amendments of the Peers, on the ground that they
would increase the public burthens—a power which the
Peers did not possces according to the Charter. This
argument was supported by LAFITTE and ODILLOic
BARROT, who contended that the interference of the
Peers was tantamount to a vote for the imposition of a
tax upon the people—a privilege which only belonged
to the Deputies of France.. Al. DE RIGNY protested
against such an inference, and maintained that the Go-

vernment would be content that the honours awarded by
the Peers should be honorary. The Chamber divided,
when the amended clauses were carried by a majority
of ninety-seven votes. Now such an opposition as
this degenerates into mere factiousness. The amend-
ments proposed by the Peers of France, in the Bill for
regulating the Military Co:lege of St. Cyr, had no
more to do with the imposition of a tax than would a
vote for the rejection of that Bill altogether. We detest
charges of constructive criminality, and we are really
astonished to find them countenanced by such liberal
men as ODILLON BARROT.

The accounts from Bayonne in the French Jour-
nals are to the 31st of March inclusive ; but the state-
ments are so contradictory that we can place no reliance
upon them. The belligerents are only intent upon
plundering and oppressing the unfortunate population
exposed to their brutal ravages.

We have received German Papers of the latest
dates. Accounts from Holstein state that the Asia-
tic Tea Company, established under the Royal
sanction in Copenhagen for monopolizing the tea trade
of Denmark, is about to be dissolved, in consequence
of the extent of its liabilities, for which no provision
has been made. The Directors alone are anxious for
its continuance, because, as it is supposed, they are
paid handsome salaries for their trouble.

Advices from Rome state that the members of
some of the most illustrious Italian families
have recently had themselves admitted Knights
of Malta. The devotion of these noble candidates
for military Priesthood is said to have been roused by
reflecting upon the immense property belonging to
this order in the Two Sicilies, Naples, and most of the
Italian Principalities. The Members of the Order
are all supported out of its funds, according to their
'rank and dignity, and consequently have nething to
fear either from their own extravagance, or the sudden
reverses of fortune. As none but persons of noble
birth are admitted members, the insignia of the Order
is still regarded as a mark of great distinction.

The intelligence received from Vienna is not
im-
portant.. The EMPEROR continues to be engaged in
receiving the addresses of his subjects, and the Envoys
Extraordinary from Foreign Courts, respecting the de-
cease of his illustrious predecessor.
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