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taken place between them at the public. shotise.
After having been sworn, Mr. H. stated as

follows:

On learning that Partridge had been apprehendt.,l
on suspicion of being the perpetrator of the hor-
rid deed, and hearing he was detained at t.W.
Lion at Monks' Sleigh,_ he went there about one
o'clock on Wednesday. On .being uBllered_ in
the room where Partridge. was, and • being left
alone with.him,;he (Mr. H.) expressed. the sor-
row he Felt at seeing the prisoner placed in such
a drendfid•eituation ;: that he waited on blot
his minister end friend.; and after some eonvaroa--„•
tion, in *Mar Affij -no inentioned the elieum-,
Par-
tridge that l!is, confeSsion could do him. no good
or harm in this worl4 but that in. justice to his
•
stances Of COrder'i:6.enfession, he said to
own 'family, in justice to -the friends of the
poOriiciy, in instipti-to 'the!pukthic,- he ought to
make a full confession of the murder ; thatwhat-
ever he; told him, if he (Partridge) wished it, or
any part of it, not to be .revealed, it' should .
held sacred. He wished Partridge to.think on
what he had said, and he would e hint again
in the evening, Raying, as he left` the reorn,:hr
(Mr. H.) would' go to hire ormght
ever he requested hirri.'" Mr. It. cofkturtied
se
to
state, that .he Went- to the Prisoner. abetti.t'i!lx
-AID& in the evening ;. that under the prOmb).9
that it should be held sacred, Partridge :nnulea
confession of the whole dreadful affair, the sub-
stance of which was, that he went. to work shoot
six o'clock on the Tuesday -morning; that his
brother Thomas accompanied him as far as Mr,
Woodgate's field, adjoining the moat fiekl; that
after working a short time he left off 'and-wentto
look fora swingell which lie had left before harvest ;
in going across a field he saw the deceased, Mid
asked him what he did there, as he had no litisi
ness across 'that field ; that 'he replied, " What
is that to you ; I shall go where I please, and if
you ask me again I will give you a clout or two
on the head ;" that nothing else passed, and he
(Partridge) went to look for the swingell: on
his return to his work he again saw the de-
ceased ; he went up to him, took him by the tup
part of his head, held it back, and cut his
throat ; the deceased fell, and he (Partridge)
'went away, but as he was alarmed he did not
look back to see if the deceased got up again ;
that not a word intse;tl between them before he
perpetrated. the dreadful deed ; that the deceased
had, days before,. and often, taunted him with
having stolen Mr. Poole's sheep ; he did not
know why the deceased had done so, but sup-
posed he had heard it said that he (Partridge)
had stolen Mr. Poole's cosset lamb ; that he
was not concerned in stealing Mr. Poole's
sheep ; that he did not murder the little boy
Ansell last year; that—be 'should not have gone
out of his way to catch the deceased ; and that
he had not sharpened his knifo 'for the purpose.
The Reverend Gentleman was evidently labonr-
ing under great anxiety and distress of mind
during the whole examination ; he frequently
wept, and at one time became extremely agi-
tated.

After the witnesses had all been examined, the
Coroner told the prisoner he would read-over to
him the depositions made on Tuesday, when he
was not present, that he might know hoW' far-he
was implicated in the inquiry which had' been
stituted to asceriain the cause of the death of
George Ansel). Having. done so, the Coroner
told Partridge that the time was arrived at which
he might, ithe pleased, address the Jury. The
prisoner declined doing so. He never opened
his lips during the whole of the day's proceedings.
The Coroner then addressed the Jury, who,
after abont.five minutes' deliberation, returned.a

verdict of wilful murder against George Partridge.
The parents of the deceased have drank deeply
of the bitter cup of misery. They were formerly
in better circumstances. A little more than a
year since they had to mourn the lois of a child,
a little boy, about seven years old,,Who came by
a violent death, and whose body was found some
time afterwards in an osier ground near the spot
where the present murder was committed. Just
before last harvest the poor man had the misfor-
tune to break his leg ; and, to complete their
afflictions, another child has been barbarously
murdered.

The prisoner is about twenty-two years old ;
his•countenance is dull and heavy, and his fore-
head very low. He exhibited no emotion at any.
time during the investigation, but seemed to view
the whole' proceedings with sullen. indiflerenee.
His afflicted parents are both living, and have a
family of seventeen children.

SWEARING IN THE NEW LORD MAYOR.

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swearing in Mr. Apdrliodlite:tot•vs6n.nhbeettlictlla.abee.eat!.tdeideti
The ceremony of
Thompson as ord Mayor for the ensuing year,
took place in (guildhall on Saturday, At about
atpiistfhnor.i: half-past
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carriage.
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Officers,
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trumpetersp.
dgthn hwhoihryas:
six horses, and preceded by six trumpeters en foot,
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joined the procession, bnt the erOrthy
carriage also
in the Court of Aldermen,' and shortly afterwards
walked in procession to the hustings in Guihihall.
On the appearance of Mr. Alderman Thompson, he
was loudly cheered by a very numerous company,
who hail gained admission into the Hall to witness
the ceremony. There were present
,Aldermen
Farebrother, Venable', Wood; Laurie,ltay, &c.
The LORD MAYOR Elect, after the usual forma
had been gone through, came forward to take the
customary oaths. He was then inreeted with the
chain and other insignia of office, and made his obei-
sance to the Hall; and, after some routine business,
the procesion returned as it had entered. W, never
saw a more: numerous body of the Common Council
asiembled upon'a similar occasion.

The Earl of CnEsTiiiirtELD passed through
atria°
1" Inne‘tv.nE on Friday,
of D AlnlihOi t. 7 Swla: tA;atDeer(b:Cer:thoer7ielni-1
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this
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as,
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Ar Etdlilnnblnil7l‘Th —ag lately got in a field in tho
patioa of Mr. Jon x Lox Guest, Snake Inn, Woodland, mea-
t
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toltse:1:;
near Pontefract, of /which the following are the lul'enhm"
A the rtidu-
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there is a
considerable deerent to the bridge which croe,les the 1'14,0,
'and along which the laded waggon') proceed with great
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rratiLiiinagte npr,orm“ieniattrwTt..l
the
ndmeekt,s•enitt„
Pigerotts to pass the waggons ne they are proceeding, Mr.
Tiont.as WAs-s, wood-ralavr, of Smentobs, 'net life death,
on Tuesday ss'onig" Me Rita au old man, aenrly
of a.4e, awl , h;iit t his hence kritortly before tie. AC-:.
Tr.:al:l7! "On";:e"apwphroitahcii"of4:iggsidorn,f7heni:i7l4:ll
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fwroermehdis body—Leeds r, stirs, the rider asleelt: the ground;
the waggon passed over and killed both on the spot, nearly
r,.rering the bend --Leedis
tell%yencer. " . •

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