The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-22 00:00:00

One day in Jure a gentleman and lady called, and pur-
eha ed the pattern produced. They appeared on good
tens,
Miss Ann Rebecca King examined by Mr. CLARKSON
1 lip e a ith a bonnet-makt r in the Mile-end-road. On
Prid:i, the 10th of June, a gentleman and lady called,
and purchased a bonnet. They left a pair of stays to be
sent home a ith it. Tney tip:waled to be so remarkably
affei.ti,inate, that I observed ula.n it after they were
gene. The bonnet was sent to Airs lleppingstall's.
Fre leriek Salvey t xamitierl by Mr. live at
Lenten Spring, Yerkshire. I have known prisoner two
Years, and have visited him. His a ife and he, and his
wife's mnther, lived together ; they seemed perfectly
happy together. Ile has alwaj s borne a high character
for humanity and kindness in every relation of life. I
knew him when lre was in practice. He was of very
careless habits, and his medicines were always thrown
about very carelessly. I have frequently remonstrated
with hint on the subject.
Air. George Dunn, of Edington, near Sunderland—
hßas known the prisoner three years. His character for
umanity and kindness of disposition has always been
excellent. I always considered him a most kind man.
Mrs. Smith, of Commercial-road, with whom the priso-
ner lodged for some time in 1839, considered him a re-
spectable well-conducted kind-hearted man.
This concluded the case for the d, fence, and the Court
adjourned for a few minutes, for refreshment. When the
Court re-assembled,
Mr. BODKIN commenced his reply, by expressing his
e%gorre,tGntehaea
that, in consequence of the absence of the Soli-
the painful duty a replying had de-
volved upon him. It was a duty, however, from which
he felt bound not to shrink. He did not
Understand that Mr. Erie had complained of the
lipirit in which this prosecution had been conducted.
None of the friends of the deceased lady had interfered,
and if the prosecution had not been instituted by the
Government, the case would have gone without investi-
gatt°n ; and a prisoner had no cause to comp'ain that
instead of being prosecuted by the friends of the de
ceased, who might be expected to follow up a case yin-
-
flletivelY he was prosecuted by the Government, which
could only have in view the fair and impartial adminis-
tration of justice. Observations had been made on the
feet that persons who had been examined be-
fore the Coroner had not teen called for the
prosecution. Now if, as their Lordships well knew,
the prosecutor was in every case obliged to call every
rerstin who had been examined before the coroner, the
"Ids of justice would frequently he frustrated. The
counsel for the Crown always ma le a selection of wit-
nesses, and placed the names of those they intended to
"amine on the back of the indictment. The prisoner,
tllerefore, had no cause to complain of any hardship.
With regard to the two policemen whose names were on
ghee back of the indictment, they had not been called by
prosecution, because their evidence was consi-
dered to be quite immaterial. They had been called
fp! the defence, and the jury could judge whether it was
!le or not. lie trusted the jury would not suffer
Themselves to be influenced by prejudice. He felt they
Would not do so, but that their verdict would be the re-
calm and dispassionate deliberation. The main
t,,°"°l en which he understood the defence to be founded
tae inadequacy of the motive which could actuate
11,11P,iis°11er to they commission of this heinous crime.
that a. n 0 ne wish to deteriorate from the legitimate force of
the -7gunient, or from the effect of the character which
ruo_iPrisoner had received, but let them consider for a
deeue t the relative situations of the prisoner. and the
ra„ ased• His Learned Friend was right in his state-
•av-'llt of the power of the prisoner over the copyhold pro-
ItritlYi but with regard to the leasehold prop?rty,
"git he might dispose of it during the
bet t 0 F his wife, yet if she died it would
her heirs. It appeared that the property to
ntOthcr • 't° she succeeded at the death of her father and
was 6,0001., and in looking for a motive, they
rust consider, riot what were his legal rights, but what
oconceived his rights to be ; and whatever cause there
ught be for his making a will, where was the necessity
her2lis wife to make a will ? She was not going abroad,
r nealth was good, and yet he had armed himself with
▪ instrument, securing to himself all her property at
e r death, and which could be only available in the
in the
of her death, and which could only be required
41the contemplation of her death happening suddenly.
0410-feared that the annals of courts of justice contra•.
utced the position that crime was never committed with-
rtlt In adequate motive, and it would be a most dange-
„Otets doctrine to lay down to make the enormity of
171, crime itself an excuse for its commission. It had
er been suggested that the journey to London had
teen undertaken for the purpose of committing the
frilaci but the letters written to the north showed that,
friends
his first arrival in London, he had prepared her
"ands there to expect the news of her death.
tr. EaLE—Do read the letters themselves.
callr.llopms would do so presently, but he would first
am Their attention to the morning of the Bth of June,
at:1111e account which the prisoner gave of the circurn-
h:aeces attending his wife's death. He had stated that
w.a.a 11 the adjoining room. Now, could that be true;
or
ii(ao7.lt not the fact that he was in the room at the
this his wife swallowed the poison? He says he placed
h P"ison on the drawers, and then it was suggested that
euTinvltng taken the salts, she poured water into the glass
hiscZning prussic acid, and drank it, and also ate some
ter zy was
rababl!j° put the taste out of her mouth. Now, the
that whoever gave her the salts gave
and a s Prussic acid, He rang for warm water
bed.air"...,
and the glass and spoon were found by the
cal ma was up. She was in bed. He was a medi-
an(' h "as it not probable that he mixed the salts
iiithat arlded them to his wife, who was in bed? He said
broils preparing some prussic acid for himself, he
the bottle, poured the acid into the glass, which he
!TPA don the drawers, and went into the other room for
aw bottle. Now, as lie knew the deadly nature of the acid,
4.8 it not likely that he would have taken the glass
°,O the other room with him? Now, in the other room
he found fur the the servant, but he did not ask
Li- Cur a bottle, but sat down to write letters
rill" friends, and then heard his wife give a shriek, and
(;,6"l!'d in• Now, it was most remarkable that, in a house
ah,,sghtly constructed, no one else should have heard the
'el'. lie cae up t himi of the hou and the
servant, and thellyd found in the bed-room se .
He now
u° ttle to a part of the case on which the Learned Counsel
Llhe defence had not touched. No attempt had been
lice iMpeach the accuracy of the medical evidence,
or
natu dt, g to which it appeared that in all cases of this
Whieell power of volition ended with the shriek,
aria) '"
was a convulsive action of the respiratory organs,
tutiet they were asked to believe that the deceased had
Ward to the drawers, swallowed the poison, and after-
:tea ...5 walked back to her bed, and spoken to the pri-
'test7l' and told him what had happened. If the medical
inn) rEi°nY was to be believed, such an occurrence was
en'''hsasibic• They had heard the conduct of the prisener
City t Morning detailed to them, and it was for them to
pr,_i
l t'ther it was consistent with innocence or not.
re,„"ne Leant eel Gentleman had not concluded when our
rort Leant
t.)

NE W COURT.
man tani Edward Brown, a respectable-looking young
Idiiii'ina-;ed twenty-three, was indicted for stealing a
T~r g, the property
en of his mployer, Mr. J. Dobson.
•
iarkson defended the prisoner.
silit,:.Prosecutir stated that he was a linen•draper, 7-
4vrvi," 111 Southwark, and the prisoner had been in his
resbe
e `l„as shoptnan. Having-entertained suspicions
e"ng the honesty of the prisoner, he marked some
80,,,,rY and placed it in the till. In the evening the pri-
bp„n , Was searched, and a marked shilling was found
11' in', and he was in consequence giveninto custody.
e 1.,: Prosecutor was severely cross-examined by Mr.
wikr "1-11 ad never accused his wife of theft. His
e
Ititn ad left him, in consequence of ill-treatment. The
ed
eat "
ver, in the course of his cross-examination, prevari-
Th_ 3 much.
itilat TattireltleitotmaitoN SERGEANT stopped the case, and ordered
Prisoner was again placed at the bar, charged with
Tbng another shilling, under similar circumstances.
the evidence in this case was less satisfactory than in
ast, and
4114 OMMON SERGEANT again directed an acquittal,
A tin
re prisoner was discharged.
"Peetable-looking young man, named !Justinian
IVitrhrell' Pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him
his ekkbezzling 54/. 165., the property of Mr. Golding,
41111)1()Yer. The prisoner was clerk to the prosecutor.
the
Prey to a quesion from the COMMON•SERGEANT,
Ye4.l.`'seeutor, said that the prisoner's salary was 50/. a
Thewith board and lodging.
Prisoner was sentenced to 7 years' transportation.

I'LANI)Eis AND DUTCH MAIL.

Ittu. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
day
r b AUGUST 17.—There was a grand dinner the
°re e !lure Yesterday at the Palace of Lacken, at which
tee't: uresent Lord and Lady Palmerston, Mr. Waller,
co tary to the English Legation at Brussels ; Mr.
Perli"yl Comptroller of the Civil List, and many other
st3tla of distinction
deeen relay morning, at eleven o'clock, a robust man.
sated "t'Y dressed, and who appeared to be either int.oxi-
ka.,' or out of his mind, insisted on entering the I.iingt's
4it'neel af4ining that his Majesty had inyitedh, him
Hoe
Baia kri,3 and that he was resolved on seeing trueb". ;vas from Beekerzeel, and that his.name )mva.asil,.)ne;
Le en • tie Was conveyed to the Permanent° ; anddh.
petits Interrogated by the examining Judge, lodged the
obtCurmes till some information respecting him shall
• atned
:ire:l:v.▪ 47" i of Liege, of the 16th, says. : The rain
these fallen fallen in torrents without intertion_foler
days has suddenly swollen our rives.
and ' the Verdre, and the Embleve, have overflowed,
were 'aye carried aw:-ay several stacks of timber which
4,4 on the batiks, and which the rapid rise of the water
feet eg.it impossible to save. The Meuse has risen five
inheee Yesterday, and causes serious alarm to the
i,ln_ttatits of La Boveria, who stiff, red seriously by the
"lliitlatien in March last."
thec1•11"13-A, AUG.IB.--It seems to be now certain that
yv,r.lkes of the Polder of Lillo cannot be completed this
e„„, ,•,,e.ve very dis'ressing accounts of the damage
~I_uy the inundation of the Ourthe and the Verdre.
relif? iron railway between Cologne and
.Aix-la-Cha-
,,jo", is blocked up by a fall of earth, occasioned by the
In consequence of this accident, tickets could
to v
ee delivered
day to llers wh x-anted
,to go
to !! first of they seester two cities.trav Workmeno are employed
it ear the railway as speedily as possible.
thiallesBELs, Auo.
19.—The King and Queen will go
tem Week to Ostend. The young Prince and the Prin.
the p.p to
there, and everything is in readiness at
Pale
ace their reception.
and 114•attx, At m. 20.—Their Majesties the King
dat)l3leell will leave the Hague to-morrow (Wednes-
itt; ta. the afternoon, for Weimar.
aloThIll!_ ba DT:re, Auo. 19.—The water is rising in an
hips
Inanner, r,nd unless it speedily falls, shall
" terrible inundation. It wants only sixteen inches