The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-09 00:00:00

SCOTCH MEDICAL DEGREES.

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The attention of the Senatus Academicus of the
University of Edinburgh has lately been directed to
various cases of the fraudulent assumption of their
medical honours by persons who either have never
become graduates at all, or who have obtained
diplomas from academical bodies not very scrupulous,
and not even possessing the means of imparting a
medical education. Regarding the false assumption
of their degree not only as criminal in itself, but as
calculated to lower the estimation in which Doctors
of Medicine of this University have long been held,
the Senatus Acaßemicus have resolved to employ the
most effectual means of defeating all attempts to
practise this discreditable imposition. And, as an
example of the consequences to be expected from such
attempts, it has been thought proper to publish the
following case :

In 1838, a person named George Haslewood, wish-
ing to establish himself as a physician at Pau, in the
Basses Pyrenees, and pretending to have had the
degree of 141. D. conferred On him by the-University
of Edinburgh, obtained the requisite license from the
Minister of Public Instruction at Paris; but as suspi-
cions were excited at Pau, with regard to the truth of
his representation, an inquiry on the subject was
addressed to the Secretary of this University. The
answer to the Secretary, being in the negative, was
communicated to the Minister of Public Instruction,
who, after ordering an investigation, was at first de-
ceived by an unfounded assurance, that diplomas
could be purchased at Edinburgh without even the
personal attendance of the candidates, and that the
diploma in question had been procured on the pay-
ment of a large sum of money to a practitioner
then at Pau, who was about to retire, and who has
since died. The Senatus, on being informed of this
audacious and scandalous defence, transmitted to her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs a narrative of the case, accompanied by a re-
quest that his Lordship would communicate the parti-
culars to the British Ambassador at Paris, that the
French Government might be made fully aware of
the facts. In consequence of this application, official
information has now been received, that the Ambas-
sador had transmitted to the French Government the
representation of the Senatus, and had subsequently
ascertained that Mr. Haslewoo d had surrendered the

license which had been previously granted to him,
and was about to leave Pau.
The Senatus Academicus may probably find it ne-
cessary to expose some other instances of similar de-
ceptions which have recently been reported to them.
In the meantime they take this opportunity of stating,
that during the whole period of the existence of the
Medical School in this University, the Senatus had
never once conferred the degree of M.D. except on
candidates, who, after producing satisfactory evidence
of having completed a regular course of study in all
the branches of medicine, either here or in other Uni-
versities, have submitted to strict and careful exami-
nations by the members of the Medical Faculty, and
have, in presence of the assembled Senatus, sub-
scribed the Sponsis Academica, solemnly binding
them to uphold the honour of the University, by the
faithful observance of its rules, and by the pure and
correct exercise of their professional duties.
Edinburgh College, Aug. 1, 1844.

LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—It is with the deepest
sorrow, the most painful regret, the particulars of a
frightful calamity have just reached us. A pony and
car were got this morning on the strand at Doran's
Island. The pony was dead, and there is every reason
to fear that Mr. Cuffe Martin and his lady, who had a
sea-lodge in the island, and who left this town at about
10 o'clock last night, have been lost in the tide. Indeed,
it is very generally reported that their bodies have been
found at the Point, clasped in each other's arms. Nothing
can exceed the sympathy and grief of all classes. We
never saw such an excitement m this town before at so
painful and unexpected an occurrence. It has been
rumoured that some of their 'children were in the car
with them, but we are well informed that all the children
are in the lodge on the island.—Sligo Journal
RAILWAY COMPETITION.--It appears, from the
evidence given before the Select Committee by Mr.
Glyn, Chairman of the London and Birmingham Rail-
way, that when the competition between the Midland
Counties and Birmingham and Derby Railways was at
its height, the reduction of charges had
put the working'
stock of the two companies in such a deteriorated con-
dition, that the Birmingham Board were obliged to
write to one of them (the Derby Company, we have no
doubt), to tell them that they should be compelled, with
reference to the safety of the public, to prevent their car-
riages coming upon the London and Birmingham line !
Mr. Glyn adds—" The result of the competition was
what we have seen in most other cases—that the passen-
gers were carried at a very low cost for a time, and ulti-
tnately the companies came to a combination, and then
raised their fares to the full extent that they were be-
fore the combination commenced, and, in some few points,
rather higher ! "—Railway Record.
Low FARES ON RAILWAYS. —ln his examination
before the Select Committee on Railways, Mr. Rowland
Hill, of Post- office celebrity (and who is a Director of
the London and Brighton Railway), was asked by Mr.
Horsman if he believed that a great. reduction of fares
throughout the whole railways in the country would be
followed by a very large increase of traffic? His answer
'was, " I think that all experience goes to show that
such would be the result." In answer to a further ques-
tion, the witness admitted that the first effect of a great
reduction of fares would' be to diminish the receipts, but
he was " inclined to think that they would be gradually
made up, to a very great extent at least."—Railway
Record.

RAILWAY NAVIGATORS.—The improvident habits
of the class of men known as" navigators" or " navies,"
are alluded to in a report to the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, from Mr. IV. 13. Parker, an Assistant-Commis-
sioner,
which is appended to the Fifth Report of the
Select Committee on Railways. It appears that, during
the winter of 1842, as many as fourteen of these persons
were admitted in one night into the Abingdon work-
house. It is stated that they usually receive wages
varying from 3s. to 4s. 6d. for every ten
hours' labour, but are required by their gang
or fellow workmen to subscribe a gallon of
beer daily, and another gallon at the time the gauger
or sub-contractor pays the Wages. "As the works ap-
proach . completion, employment is difficult to be ob-
tained, and then the labourers, having previously spent
their earnings in the most lavish manner, undergo the
severest privations, frequently subsisting for a whole
week upon the wages of a single day. Ultimately there
is no longer any prospect of employment upon that par-
ticular undertaking, and then the workmen remove, seek-
ing shelter and food in the union workhouses on their
route, to some other locality where employment is more
abundant."—Ruilway Record.
COMMITTAL OF RICHARD DADD, TUE PARRICIDE.
—ROCHESTER, Acc.-This morning this unhappy man
was brought up on remand before a bench of magis-
trates, charged with the wilful murder of his father on
the 28th of August, 1843, in Cobham-park. On the
bench were the following county magistrates :—Rev.
George Davies, Chairman ; William Elers, Esq., James
Esq. J. OEII7, Captain Thomas
Baker, Smith, Esq
William William
11.
Gladdish,ryNai:th,
ols
Esq.,
&c.
Night-
ingale, Esq., J. G.'The evidence
having been gone over, the particulars of which have
been often published, the prisoner was asked if he had
any questions to put, and, with a shake of the head,
he said, " No." The magistrates retired for a short
time, and on their retuan the Rev. Chairman inquired
of the prisoner if he had anything to say why he should
not be committed for the offence with which he stands
charged ? Prisoner—Oh no, of course not. The pri-
soner was then committed. Mr. Brown, a solicitor,
who attended on behalf of the family of this unfortunate
young man, made an application to. the Magistrates
under the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 24, " that if two
peace, and two surgeons, make a report
prisoner to the Secretary of State,
h
receipt of it, order the prisoner to be con-
jotiufensedi acenei
ns: nuosspfaoonm the
upon
te) lunaticof asylum." The Magistrates inti-
mated that such a course would be taken.
RECOVERY FROM APPARENT DEATII.—Mr. F.
Jessop, 3, Walbrook, has forwarded to us the following
communication:—The following extraordinary case of
apparent death and extraordinary recovery occurred
hotel,
elt6 Walbrook, on Monday. evening, at
ears that the waiter, whose name
at Deacon's
o,elock. It
is Boston, while pursuing his usual duties, was ob-
served to stagger, and utter an exclamation of pain,
and would have fallen had not a gentleman sitting
near caught him. Ho appeared perfectly insensi-
ble, and was no sooner conveyed to bed than to all
appearances he immediately expired. The house was
in consequence closed, and remained so till 12 o'clock
lon Tuesday. Mr. Deacon, the proprietor, who was out
of town, had arrived about the above time, and went
into the room where the body lay, when he perceived a
slight movement of the head—when, on further examina-
tion, he perceived that the heart was beating, though
very slightly. Dr. Lucking, of Walbrook, was instantly
called in, and applied restoratives, and in a short time,
he so far recovered as. to be able to resume his usual
avocations.

Mr. James John Mills, a clerk in the bank of Messrs.
Drummond, proved that the acceptance to the bill pro-
duced was in defendant's handwriting. The bill was
dated Feb. 15, 1844, and was for I,OOOL
The bill having been put in and read, the plaintiff's
case closed.
Mr. CHAMBERS then adiressed the jury and said, that
although there were several pleas put upon the record by
the defendant, the substantial 'defence to the action was,
that the bill in question had been obtained by fraud, and
that no consideration was given for it, except to the ex-
tent of 2001., which was all his Lordship had received
for this and another bill of the same amount, which had
been obtained from him under the circumstances that
would be detailed in evidence. It appeared that
in the month of January, 1844, his Lordship had re-
ceived a letter, dated from No. 24, Piccadilly, to the fol-
lowing effect :—" MyLord : Circumstances having brought
to my knowledge that your Lordship would be wil-
ling to accept a loan of 1,0001. or 2,0001., I beg to in-
form you that I am in a position to obtain that
amount for your Lordship, upon personal security,
and at moderate interest." This letter was signed
"J. Alves ;" and his Lordship, being in want of
money, had an interview with Mr. Alves, and eventually
it was arranged that his Lordship should accept the pre-
sent bill, and another-fer-the-same amount; which Mr
Alves was to get discounted, upon the understanding
that the rate of interest should be 25 per cent. Alves
gave an acknowledgment of the receipt of the bills, and
it was arranged that the money was to be handed over
to his Lordship on the following Friday. He went ac-
cordingly to Mr. Alves' residence, but be did not come
to the appointment. Shortly afterwards, however, that
person sent him 2001., and this was all that he had re-
ceived upon the bill for which the present action was
brought. He was instructed that he should be able to
prove that no consideration was given for the bill, and,
if he succeeded in doing so, the defendant was entitled
to their verdict. In order to make out his case, he should
be compelled to put Mr. Alves into the box, and he
would, if he chose to speak the truth, give them the his-
tory of the whole transaction
Mr. James Alves was then called—He said that he
was an " agent," and resided at 24, Piccadilly, and knew
Lord Charles Fitzroy. The bill now produced was ac-
cepted by his Lordship, and witness endorsed it to the
plaintiff, Mr. Parry. All that he knew of the plaintiff
was, that he was a man of property, and that he had
had several bill discounting transactions with him. Be-
lieved that he endorsed the bill to the plaintiff. on the
16th of February, and he received in money for it alto-
gether about 6001. When he handed the bill over to be
discounted, he did not state how he became possessed
of it. Witness only gave Lord Charles Fitzroy 2001.,
and the rest of the money he kept in his possession.
Witness wrote the letter now produced to his Lordship,
and this led to the negotiation respecting the bills.
The letter was here put in and read.
Examination continued—His Lordship sent me an
answer to my letter, and'he came to see me soon after-
wards. I then informed him that the terms upon which
the money would be advanced were 25 per cent., payable
quarterly. It was then arranged that he should give
me two bills for 1,0001. each, and that I should get them
discounted, but no particular agreement was made as to
the amount of interest. I gave his-Lordship an acknow-
ledgment for the bills, and undertook to hand him over
the money on the Friday following, but I could not get
home in time to see him. I sent him 2001. the same
day, and he never received any more money en account
of the bills. I had my reasons for not giving his Lord-
ship any more money.
Mr. NAMBERS—How was it that Mr. Parry did not
give more than 604 for the 1,0001. bill ?
Witness—We made arrangements about it, and I re-
ceived some pictures to make up the amount. If Lord
Fitzroy had waited a few minutes longer on the day the
appointment was made I should have handed him over
all the money, or have made a fresh proposal as to the
terms. I heard something which induced me, as my
name was to the bill, to be alarmed, and I offered to ar-
range the matter with his Lordship and the plaintiff, but
declined to give any more money. An action has been
brought against me upon these bills. His Lordship did
not know in what manner I had disposed of his bill, and
our original agreement was, that it should be discounted,
and the amount, less the interest, handed over to him.
By Sergeant GASELEE—I acted in the traasactior. as
the agent of Lord Charles, and I took the bill to Mr.
Parry, the same as I should have done to any other
capitalist. He knew nothing about my arrangement
with Lord C. Fitzroy. I considered the pictures I re-
ceived with the 6001. were of the value of the bill.
By Mr. Baron GURNEY—It is a difficult thing to say
what a picture is really worth, but I should say these pic-
tures were worth 300/.
By Sergeant GASELEE—His Lordship is between 50
and 60 years of age. He is a Member of Parliament.
Mr. CHAMBERS said, this was his case.
Mr. Baron GURNEY said it would not do. It had
been proved that the plaintiff gave 600/. and some pic-
tures as consideration for the bill, and therefore he was
entitled to their verdict. With regard to the interest
that had been taken, the law allowed it, and therefore
they had nothing to do with that.
The jury then, under his Lordship's direction, gave a
verdict for the plaintiff for 1,0121., the amount of the
bill and interest.

Mr. Sergeant GASELEE applied for immediate exe-
cution.

Mr. Baron GURNEY—No, I th;nk not. You have got
25 per cent. interest, and you can afford to wait a little
while for your money.

COOKE V. LORD C. FITZROY.

This was an action to recover the amount of the other
1,0001. bill, referred to in the former trial.
Mr. Horne appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Cham-
bers for the defendant.
Mr. Alves was again called, and he deposed that he
took the bill in question to Mr. Parry, and received 8501.
Mr. Baron GURNEY asked what amount of discount
was taken upon this bill, and the witness replied " 1001."
Mr. Parry was then called, and he proved that he en-
dorsed the bill to the present plaintiff.
Mr. CHAMBERS—What did you gives Alves for the
bill? Witness—l first gave him a cheque for 400/., then
one for 2501., and then one for 2001.
Mr. Baron GURNEY told the jury there was no de-
fence, and they accordingly found a verdict for the plain-
tiff for 1,0121, as in the former case.
Mr. HoRxE having applied for immediate judgment,
The COURT refused the application, and said the par•
ties could very well wait until the next term.

CRIM. CON.-KENDALL V. PARRY.

This was an action to recover compensation from the
defendant for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's
wife.
Mr. Sergeant Jones, Mr. Simon, and Mr. Crouch,
were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Knapp appeared for the de-
fendant.

It seems that the plaintiff is a sergeant of police, and
he had been married to his wife at the time of the trans-
action about ten years, and it was represented that they
lived happily together. The defendant is an old man of
seventy, and it appeared that he is a parish broker, and
also possessed of some property. The plaintiff being in
arrear pith his rent, the defendant, it appeared. about a
year and a half ago went to his house by direction of his
landlady, and it would seem that he had taken an im-
mediate fancy to the plaintiff's wife, and under the pre-
tence of desiring to relieve them from their difficulties,
he said he would find some sempstress's work for her at
his house, and advanced the money to pay the rent. The
plaintiff not suspecting a man of the defendant's age
could entertain such a wicked design as that of seducing
his wife, did not offer any objection, and it appeared
that she went to the defendant's house, and it was al-
leged that the criminal intercourse took place between
them almost immediately afterwards. From that time
the conduct of the plaintiff's wife became very much al-
tered, she took to drinking, and conducted herself in
in such a manner that the plaintiff was eventually
obliged to separate from her. At this time the husband
did not entertain any suspicion of his wife's misconduct;
but it would appear that at length he received an inti-
mation of what was going on, and he immediately took
the necessary steps to obtain evidence of the defendant's
misconduct, and the present proceedings were then in-
stituted.
The jury found for the plaintiff.—Damages, 300/.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Coventry, Aug 5.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
Susannah Jarvis, aged 13, a modest and rather pre-
possessing looking girl, was charged upon the Coroner's
inquisition with the wilful murder of Emma Goldsby,
aged 17 months.
Mr. Miller and Mr. Adams conducted the case on the
part of the prosecution; and Mr. liumfrey and Mr. Mil-
ler the defence.
The prosecutrix keeps a respectable house in the city
of Coventry, known as the Wheat Tavern, the prisoner
being in her service as nursery-maid. Some short time
previous to the transaction in question taking place, the
prisoner had brought the baby home,with some scratches
upon its person, when her mistress threatened to dis-
charge her. On the evening of the 22d of April, at
about eight o'clock, Mrs. Goldsby had put the child into
the cradle in the kitchen, and proceeded up stairs to put
an elder one to bed, when she was alarmed by a cry
from the deceased. Coming down stairs she met Jarvis.
Mrs. Goldsby proceeded to the cradle, and took the
baby in her arms, when she found it covered with blood.
She ran out. saving to tl'e prisoner, " You have mur•
dered. it." Prisoner denied it. saying, " Look at my
hands, see how clean they are." One of the neighbours
coming in, met the mother carrying the child and took
it from her, laying it down on the kitchen table, when it
gave two sighs and died. The child being found to be
wounded in the neck, search was wade for the weapon,

and on the dresser, within a yard and a half of the
head of the cradle, a carving-knife lay ; so that it
could have been reached, the blow struck, and the knife
returned to its place, without the party striking the blow
removing from the cradle. When the prisoner's hands
were examined they were found to be clean, but the front
of her pinafore was stained with blood. The account
given by the prisoner herself, after being duly cautioned,
was, that her mistress having gone upstairs, she (Jarvis)
had gone down the yard to the petty, and while there
heard a scream from the baby. As she was coming up
the yard to ascertain what was the matter, she meta tall
man without either shoes or stockings, but did not think
she should know the man again if she saw him.
Mr. Overton, the surgeon, said he was called in, and
found a child lying in the lap of a female in the kitchen.
Examined it, and found it dead. There was a wound on
the left side of the neck, and in his judgment that wound
had caused death. It was a stab, and had passed
obliquely. Examined tho'cradle, and found blood in it.
Also saw a knife with its point covered with blood in a
fluid state. The wound in question was one that might
have been produced by the knife. Mush blood would
not have, escaped ; it would, from the nature of the
wound; lose itself in the cavity of the chest.
Theprisoner was not known to have been unkind to
the child..
The defence was that the prisoner had not committed
the deed, but that it might be inferred the man without
shoes and stockings did. Such .a man was seen about
the premises, and was traced some distance on the turn
pike-road.
The JUDGE having summed up,
The jury retired to consider their verdict. Being un-
able to agree, they remained in deliberation until ten
the following morning, when they were discharged, and
the prisoner sent back to prison,,whert sluk will rettutin
until the next assizes.
George Skelsey was charged on the Coroner's inquisi-
tion with the wilful murder of Henry Chuley, on Satur-
day, April 27, at Lowe, in the county of Warwick.
Mr. Mellor and Mr. Macauley were for the prose-
cution; and Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Hayes for the defence.
It appeared in evidence that the deceased owed the
prisoner a sovereign, and that the parties having met on
the above day, prisoner asked deceased for the payment
of the money, and at the same moment knocked the de-
ceased down, and with the most brutal violence kicked
him; that upon prisoner being expostulated with for his
brutality, he swore he would serve any man who inter-
fered with him the same; that upon deceased getting up,
and, as well as he could making his way towards his
home, Skelsey said he would go after him and do for
him. Upon which he ran after deceased and again
knocked him down, and again kicked him with increased
violence and left him in a most deplorable condition ;
that after a lapse of some considerable time deceased got
up, and with the utmost difficulty, reached his house,
where, in the space of a few moments, he expired. Be-
fore deceased reached his home prisoner got there and in-
quired for him, and upon finding he had not got home
told his sister that he had done for him, or something to
that effect, and that he would do for her. Prisoner did
not, however, carry his threat into effect, and went away,
and was shortly after apprehended.
Verdict—Guilty of Manslaughter.
Sentence—Transportation for fourteen years.

NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester Aug. 6.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
. . . .

Joseph Woods, aged 43, was charged with having as-
saulted and robbed Sathuel Cortishley, on the highway,
at Werneth.

The Attorney-General and Mr. Beaver were for the
prosecution, and Mr. Egertorrfor the prisoner.
The prosecutor is a coal-dealer, residing in Werneth,
and was in the habit of going round the village every
Saturday, for the purpose of collecting sums of money
from parties to whom he had given credit during the
week. On Saturday evening, the 18th of May, he was
returning home from his usual round, when he sat down
by the road-side, about half-a-mile from his own house,
to rest, being troubled with an asthma. While at this
spot the prisoner came up, knocked him down, and beat
him severely, and robbed him of lie. He then bade him
to make the best of his way. home, or he would kill him.
The prisoner being known to the prosecutor, he was ap-
prehended the same night at his own house. When told
the charge, he admitted having beat the prosecutor, but
denied the robbery.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended
him to mercy on account of the good character he had
received. • _

The Learned Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for the space of fifteen months.
Peter Dain, aged 24, was charged with an assault on
Samuel Wiltshaw, at Stockport, and with stealing 7s. 6d.
from his person.

It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner per-
suaded the prosecutor, an aged man, to accompany him
to a house, which, on his reaching, he discovered to be
a house of ill fame, and • was about to leave it imme-
diately ; but the prisoner knocked him down, and with
the assistance of another person succeeded in robbing him.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to two
years'imprisonment and hard labour.
John Jackson, twenty-six, was charged with stealing
from the person of John Swindalls, at Stockport, a watch,
his property.
It appeared from the evidence, that on the 9th of
April last the prosecutor and the prisoner were together
at several public-houses in Stockport until a late hour.
At length, about four o'clock in the morning, both sat
down on the door-steps of the Swan's Head Inn, where
the prosecutor fell asleep. Shortly afterwards, on being
awoke by a police-officer, he found the prisoner had
gone, and his watch was missing. A few days after-
wards, the prisoner gave the watch to a friend of his
to pledge.
He was convicted; and two previous convictions being
proved against him, the Learned Judge sentenced him to
be transported for ten years.
The Grand Jury have this day ignored the bill pre-
ferred against the Rev. Mr. Creswell, of Stockport, who
was charged with an unnatural crime.

OXFORD ClRCUlT—Shrewsbury, Aug 6.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Chief Justice TI-NDAL:
REMARKABLE CASE.

On Monday, Susannah Wynne, aged thirty-four, de-
scribed in the calendar as a person who could read, or
read and write imperfectly, was indicted for having, on
the 12th of July last, feloniously stolen, at the parish of
St. Chad, in the borough of Shrewsbury, one brass can-
dlestick, the property of John Bryan. •
Mr. Corbet conducted the cased for the prosecution.
The prisoner had not the assistance of counsel.
The facts of the case had nothing in them which would
have called for particular notice, had it not been for the
remarkable astuteness exhibited by the prisoner—a
woman with a swarthy and rather repulsive countenance,
to which, hovvevei, a keen and bright dark eve occa-
sionally imparted much animation. It appeared that on
Friday, the 12th of July, the prisoner came to the Mer-
maid public-house, in this town, and asked for a glass of
rum. This particular " vanity" having been supplied
the lady tossed off the liquor with the air of a person
who was used to such things, and then requested per-
mission to take a seat in the kitchen until her little boy
came, as she expected him to bring her some money,
with which she should be enabled to discharge the debt
which she had just contracted. The permission was
granted, and the money was afterwards paid, but the
prisoner still lingered in the kitchen of the Mermaid,
and the maid servant of the establishment, who had
served her with the rum, retired up stairs. At the time
when she went up stairs, about a quarter to five in the after- '
soon, there were two brass candlesticks in the kitchen
and at five in the afternoon the prisoner offered for sale
to a Mrs. Lee, who keeps a broker's shop in Princes-
street, a very short distance from the Mermaid, a single
brass candlestick, which Mrs. Lee bought for a shilling.
With the shilling thus obtained, the prisoner went to the
Golden Cross, and ordered and paid for a quart of ale,
and eventually finished the day by getting so drunk that
she was taken into the custody of the police, and locked
up. While she was in durance, the prosecutor discovered
that one of the two candlesticks which had been in the
kitchen of the Mermaid, while the prisoner was there,
had disappeared, and inquiries having been set on foot,
the prisoner was charged with the theft. The candle-
stick in question was one of a very common shape, and
the prosecutor's only reason for believing it to be his
property was, that it matched the one that was left be-
hind.
The prisoner cross-examined most of the witnesses at
great length, but at the same time with a tact and per-
tinence which evinced an intimate acquaintance, how•
ever gained, with the mode in which a defence is usually
conducted. Some of the witnesses she bullied, desiring
them not to " keep the gentlemen waiting, but to answer
her questions at once, as she was tired of the case," and
insisting on their repeating the ninth commandment ;
others, whose testimony she hoped would be more favour-
able to her she soothed and flattered by saying that she
was sure they would give. conscientious evidence, and
was particularly careful in calling the " Ma'am," or
"Sir," as the ease might be. Others, again, whose tes-
timony was immaterial, she dismissed with a triumphant
toss of the head, told them she had "no question," and
informed them that they might ". stand down." When
the case for the prosecution was closed, she was told
that she might say anything which she pleased in her
defence, and, accordingly, advancing to that part of the
dock nearest to the jury, she addressed them as nearly
as possible in the following terms:—
" Gentlemen of the Jury—There is no individual who
can be in a more awkward position than a prisoner at
the bar—without friends to assist her, without counsel
to plead for her, miles from home, and left to the mercy
of witnessesswh whose
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contradic-
tory are the statements made by the servant girl and the
owner of the candlestick. She says she did not miss it
till the Saturday afternoon. The owner comes forward
and swears that he missed it two hours after I had left
the place—a wide difference here, Gentlemen. Might
not some one else have come in and taken it away ?
We have many instances of men being obliged to leave
their wives and children, and being sent to foreign
islands, upon evidence like that given by these witnesses,
when years afterwards the real perpetrator of the crime

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has been brought to stiffer the last punfshigeit of the
law. What is that done by but by false swearing and
false evidence that such persons were there, and such
property was afterwards gone ? .No one, Gentlemen,
can describe the feelings of one who stands at the bar
arraigned, tearing open afresh the wounds which have
already bled for their misfortunes. It is not. 'before a
respectable community like this that I doubt justice
being given to me, but if the examination (before the
magistrates, when she was committed) had been con-
ducted properly, I should not have been brought here.
The.expert hand of a ready writer, the clerk of the
Court, took care that there should be no flaw in the in-
dictment against me. I am miles away from home ;
and if you had been locked tip in one of their solitary
cells as I have been, without seeing any person but th©
one who brought you the scanty pittance afforded, you
would not have a friend to assist you. By your verdict—
(Here the prisoner began to sob, and paused to ee what
effect her eloquence had on the jury)—l may be sent
back to those solitary and dismal cells, there, perhaps,
to remain during the whole inclement season of the
winter, where the silence that reigns, and the tears that
fall, are enough to melt the very flags on which ono
stands. Perhaps, Gentlemen, some of you may be brought
to that. You may be overtaken by misfortune, and
yielding to temptation, perhaps to drink, the greatest
teml tation of all, you may not be able to pay the fine
imposed upon you, and you may be dragged to gaol. It
is strange, more than passing strange, to think that the
just laws of the land should be so rnueh strained. The
witnesses against me are not infallible, and by the laws
of God and man I demand a favourable :erdict.
This really clever speech having been concluded,
Lord Chief Justice TINDAL summed up the evidence,
observing that he did not know that the prisoner had
any occasion to regret that she had not the assistance
of any other person, as she had shown a great deal of
dexterity in conducting her own case. There were only
two questions for the jury to decide—first, whether they
were satisfied as to the identity of the property; and
next, whether they were equally satisfied with the evi-
dence as to the identity of the prisoner.
The jury turned round fur a second or two, and found
the prisoner Guilty.
Lord Chief Justice TINDAL said that the prisoner had
been found guilty of the offence with which she had been
charged, upon evidence which left no doubt whatever
on his mind that she had stolen the candlestick ; and the
sentence of the Court, therefore, was, that she should
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour fur twelve calendar
months.

EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.
NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 7.--
The awful sentence of the law upon William Saville,
aged 29, for the- murder of his wife and three children
at Colwick, received this morning its fearful consumma-
tion at the drop erected in front of the County-hall.
The crowd on the occasion was unprecedentedly large,
and, in consequence, a most shocking accident occurred.
The place Where the execution took place is in a street
called High Pavement, between 20 and 30 feet wide, and
at the distance of about 100 yards is an avenue, called
Garner's-hill, a very steep descent, with five or six steps
at the top. As soon as the drop fell, the crowd rushed
violently along High Pavement, and hurled a number
of persons down the steps. Eight were taken up dead
from suffocation, four have died since, and a large num-
ber of others are seriously injured.
The offence fur which the prisoner has suffered the
dreadful penalty was one of unexampled horror and
atrocity. The full particulars having already appeared
in The Sun, it will not be necessary again to detail the
circumstances of the case ; but it will suffice merely to
state, that the prisoner having attempted to form an
adulterous connexion with another young woman, was
dismissed by her as soon as she knew that he had
already a wife and family ; and that, in order to rid
himself of the obstacle to the successful prosecution of
his suit, he decoyed his unfortunate victims into a wood
at Colwick, and cut their throats, placing the bloody
razor in his wife's hand, to induce the belief that she had
slain her offspring and then committed suicide. This
device, however, proved unsuccessful ; and, suspicion
having alighted upon Saville, he was apprehended, tried,
convicted, and condemned to be hanged for the crime.
The prisoner's conduct during the whole affair has
been characterised by a total want of feeling, and by
an appearance of indifference which he maintained
with a wonderful uniformity. It is said, that after
leaving the dock he observed a number of persons on
the way to his cell, to whom he telegraphed his fate
by pointing to his neck, and by giving an expressive
shrug. Since then he has attempted to feign madness,
but, as little attention was paid to him, he soon left it
off, and evinced a better frame of mind in a serious appli-
cation to the religious instructions of the chaplain, the
Rev. 'S. Butler, who has been unremitting in his atten-
tion to the prisoner. On Sunday he expressed a wish to
speak with a magistrate, and was accordingly visited by
Mr. T. Nixon, of Nuthall, to whom he stated that he first
intended to tie his wife and children together and drown
them in the Trent at Colwick Weir, but that he relin-
quished his purpose, because he feared he should be seen
byTersons fishing in the neighbourhood ; that when he
entered Colwick Wood, he had no settled plan, and that
while there he quarrelled with his wife by telling her
that he believed she was pregnant in consequence of in-
tercourse with another man ; that he left her in'a great
passion, but that before he had gone many yards he heard
her call two of the children, one after the other, to her,
and the third say, " Don't do me so, mother." Ile im-
mediately suspected something was amiss, and ran up to
the spot. where he found the babes with their throats cut.
lie then cried out, "I)—n you, you b—, I'll serve you
the same," and murdered her. Ile also said that he
t sok the razor with which he committed the bloody deed
and cleaned it, and that the instrument found in his
wife's hand was an old one, which she kept to cut her
corns with.
The night before his execution he appeared to be in
good spirits, and his hardihood seemed to be little re-
duced. Next morning he was called up, by his own de-
sire, at five o'clock, and listened with great earnestness
to the advice of the chaplain until seven o'clock, when he
was brought into the grand jury room to be pinioned.
The usual prayers having been offered up by the chap-
lain, he was pinioned by the hangman and his assistants.
The Rev. Mr. Butler then (said to the persons present,
" The prisoner acknowledges the justice of his sentence,
and deeires your prayers."
Other devotions were then gone through, and at a few
minutes-before eight o'clock (the hour appointed for the
execution) he inquired with great earnestness, " Is it
time ?" Shortly after the governor of the gaol asked
him if he was ready. The prisoner answered, " Yes,"
and rose with great alacrity to take his place in the
mournful procession to the gallows. On reaching the
drop he was greeted with the groans and execrations of
the large mob assembled in front of the county gaol. The
prisoner, however, stood quite firm, the ropo was ad-
justed with unusual quickness, the bolt was withdrawn,
the murderer gave a few convulsive throes, and in a
short time, life was extinct.
After hanging the usual time, the body was cut down.
It presented no particular appearance, except that an
expression of great serenity, almost amounting to a smile,
reigned upon his features.
(From a Correspondent).
NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.-William Sa-
ville, the murderer of his wife and three children, was
executed in front of our county ball, this morning. The
crowd was so unprecedently great that fourteen persons
were literally trampled to death, and upwards of forty
others very severe] j injured. The crush in front 'of the
scaffold was most terrific.
Another Correspondent says—" Fifteen persons were
killed by being trampled on and smothered ! Sixteen
inure were taken to the infirmary, some of them not
expected to recover. Amongst the lives lost was a
woman with a child in her arms."

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths front
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
3d of August, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Regiitrar-General:—

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five years.
I,pidemfc,Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 277 17.8
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 9B 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 169 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 24 ' 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay 5l 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified 1009 942
Deaths from all Causes ..... lOl4 946
DEATHS FROM TIM PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER