The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-02 00:00:00

THE BROMLEY HURST MURDER.

Since the committal of George Jackson and
Charles Brown, charged 'with the murder of Mr.
W. Charlesworth, both the prisoners have made
confessions. That of G. Jackson is as follows :
" I went to the Coach and Horses on Friday night,
and was looking at theta bowling, and they. made
me make one. This young man was then in the
house. I sat in the house on 'the contrary side to
Mr. Bamford: Mr. B'aroford and Mr. Charlesworth
were quarrelling, andl listened to them. John
Cresswell (called DulOimer Jack') and Brown were
making a bargain,to go and frighten Charlesworth.
Cresswell said, go and put another jacket on,
so that he won't knnw a,nrl when sign;nat. Mr
Fitchett's hedge he said, You must not say any-
thing, we shall have something to-night.' He said
to me and C. Brown, Go on after him, and follow
him, and lay hold of him, and I'll follow.' I felt
very tipsy; and me-and' Brows went on, and I was
going on and Brown said , Oh come on, we shall
have some money to-night. I was that tipsy I did
not know what I was doing. I pulled a stake out of
the hedge as I was going along, and Mr. Charles-
worth asked me where I was going, and I told him
I was going' alert., the road, and he catched me a
stroke with his Stick. He said, " I know you are
alter me ; you mean to rob me." Then he up with
his stick to hit me again, and I got this stick, and I
hit him on the back of the head and knocked him
down, and I was so sorry I tumbled down myself.
I was very tipsy, and I did not know what I was
doing, or I should not have done it. That was all
as I did at him, and Charki Brown picked his
pockets and gave me the money, and I put it into
my pocket ' • and he picked up the stake, but whe-
ther he hit him I cannot tell, 'for I was that put
about 1 sat on the hedge, and was rather sick
directly after. He (Brown) said, " Come on," and
we did, and we went off along the road across the
fields. When we got towards our house he asked
me for some money. I gave him three halfcrowns.
He said, ". The ether will do at night, and
we parted at. that, and ..I. never saw no 'more
of him till next day .at the Coach and Horses.
" Dulcy Jack". came to me and said, " You
must not say anything ;". so that's how it was
settled." Brown said, " I did not pick up the stick
nor did not persuade him to go with me. I picked
one pocket, he picked the other. I gave him the
money; He gave me two halfcrowni. That's all.

A FEMALE IBM PREACHER--A RIVAL
TO MR. SPURGEON.

(From eke Permanault Mail.)
A correspondent, in whose truthfulness we can
rely, sends us the following :—" On passing
through the townland of Drumcreen, in the neigh-
bourhood of Ballinamallard, on Sunday, the 24th
in.st., my: attention was attracted by large
crowds of very respectably-dressed people—young
and old—winding their way towards a green field
contiguous to the road. Cariosity led me to inquire
the nature of such a demonstration, and I was in-
formed, that a female was to preach there that
evening. My curiosity being still excited, I ac-
cordingly waited, and I thank my God, was one of
the fortunate spectators on the occasion. Precisely
at 4 o'clock in the evening, a young female, whose
name I understood to be Elizabeth M‘Kinny, from
the neighbourhood. of Fintona, in the county of
Tyrone, emerged from the -house of Mrs. Beatty,
who very kindly granted the field on the occasion,
and ascended. a rustic platform erected for the pur-
pose, and after- the usual preliminaries of singing
and prayer, this young female, unadorned with
anything but the visible grace of God, quoted her
text from the 2d chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to
the Ephesians, and Bth verse—' For by grace are
ye saved,- through faith, and that not of yourselves ;
it is the gift of God'—and there preached to a dis-
cerning assembly of at least 3,000 persons an elo-
quent- and most impressive discourse, for the space
of an hour and a quarter. She had preached once
before in ..Ballinamallard Primitive Methodist
Chapel, and lectured once in Lowtherstown, within
the last six months; It appeared that all persons
who could avail themselves of the opportunity, for
five or seven miles round the country, were there.
I could observe them from . the neighbourhood of
Tempo, LisbellawrEnniskillen, Kesh, and Trillick ;
and although the great multitude was • composed
of Presbyterians; Protestants, and a very large
number Of. Roman Catholics, yet nothing could
exceed the good conduct and becoming de-
meanour of all parties ; the only. breath that could
be heard was an. 'occasional burst of thanksgiving
to God, and admiration of the visibly Divine
inspired preacheress, for I learned she was no other
personage than the youngest daughter (about 20 or
22 years of age) of a small farmer in the county I
have already mentioned, and only attended and
preached on this occasion by the special invitation
of the Primitive Methodist body in this neighbour-
hood, amongst whom she is, in a spiritual view, an
extraordinary ornament. She was very plainly
attired. .Her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes, are
almost white, and which, together with a rather
pale but a good-featured countenance, give her, on
the whole, the appearance of one who had received
a commission from on High. I understand she has
ha,2 very manylnvitations to preach from different
parts „: the country, and even from Scotland. She
accepts no etLtthly fee or reward for her trouble,
and states that ri is
obedience to an answer to
in
her prayer, aboi4 12 months ago, she is thus
prompted to act,