The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-15 00:00:00

IRISH ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

(Abridged from a (Auk P.per of August 12, received
this day.)
Yesterday Capiain William Steimrl was indicted
for the murder of James Goold Ra-rics, on the
high seas.
Mr. Sergeant Gooey stated the case—Mv Lords
and Gentlemen of the Jury. The prisoner, William
Stewart, was the master of a trading vessel, called
the Mary Russell. That vessel made a voyage to
Barbadoes outwards, during which nothing remark-
able occurred; she returned with a cargo of sugar,
having sailed from that island on the 9th of May.
There were on board besides the prisoner, who was
master, Smith the first mate, Swanson, 2d mate,
Keating., a marine, Sullivan, a mariner, Howes, a
mariner, and Cromer, the carpenter. There were
also on board three apprentices, Deaves, Scully, and
Rickards, who were called boys, and there were
passengers, a gentleman named James Raynes, who
was also a captain like the prisoner, Connell and
Morley, who went out with cattle, and James Ham-
mond, a very young boy, who went out for the be-
nefit of his health. The ship left Barbadoes on the
9th of May—about a week after her departure, Cap-
tain Stewart called down Smith the first mate to the
cabin, and mentioned to him that he had a dreadful
dream ; that he (the Captain) and the mate were to
be murdered. Smith told him not to put any faith
in dreams—but from that circumstance they may
trace the act which now affected the prisoner's life;
he also said he heard that Captain Raynes had
spoken Irish to Morley, one of the passengers : the
other remonstrated with him and told him not to be
alarmed, and that Captain Raynes when spoken to
on that subject said he was sorry for having done
so, and would not do so again. It was needless to
state all the particulars which occurred during the
voyage, as they would appear in evidence—but I
will mention that he called down Captain Raynes to
the cabin, and said to him, you shall see what you
never saw before—l'll throw the charts and reels
overboard, and he did actually throw the charts and
reels overboard at the time.
On the 20th of June, Smith was on the watch,
and the candle which he had in the binnacle went
out from the wind, and he went down to the cabin
to light it—a second time it went out, and he lit it
again—and even a third time he went down to light
the candle, when he saw Captain Stewart, who said
to him, you are getting bolts from the locker, and I
know you want to knock tae down and murder me.
He replied that he was mistaken, and that he had
no such purpose; but the other persisted, and said,
I know it is in order to kill me. Smith went away.
On Thursday the Captain looked down into the
steerage, anti said, Smith are you there—come up.
lie came up, and he saw the Captain with a har-
poon in his hand. He said, " it was well for him
that he was below, or else he would kill him, as he
was the ringleader of the mutiny." All the men
assured him there was no such thing, and he then
shook hands with them all, except with Smith.—
He then came up with a pistol, and said he would
shoot him, and called on the men to tie him—he
said there was no occasion to call on the men, and
then they desired hint to allow himself to be tied in
arder to remove his fears. He was then tied and
put into the lazarette, with his feet also bound.—
Dtt Ftiday Captain Stewart came down to him
and desired him to turn his back, to shew he was
troperly tied, which he did. He then said to
tim, I'll give you the long boat to take your de-
' karture with the rest; and Smith said he would
iot go, but would remain in the- vessel to Cork.—
)n the same evening he heard Captain Stewart
s. ay he wanted to murder him, and he said he
d id not ; arid he only told the truth. He heard him
tl men send for the other men, after an interval
of I about twenty minutes between each; he heard
h im say to Capt. Raynes go down upon your knees
u atil I shoot you—Captain Raynes said he was
a( wry for what had occurred, was unconscious of
h. lying given any offence, he also said he' regretted
c( ming on the voyage at all with him—Stewart
sb dd he should suffer himself to be tied with the
re st, or he himself could not get a night's sleep—
a. is was on Saturday evening. One of the crew
C tamer, said he was fainting, and he was brought
oft the deck to get a little air. Affairs remained in
th is state until Sunday, when the tragedy, which
th ey were called on to investigate, was committed.
Ti ie prisoner caused to be brought to him a crow-
bar, an axe, and an harpoon in the evening, by one
of theloys. Cramer continued on the deck until
tht prisoner tied the others, and then be despatched
se\ ten human beings ! After that he eat and drank,
am i went to bed. On the next morning, Captain
Ca llendar came on board. lie had tied all the boys
bet 'ore he came, these were—Deaves, Rickards, and
Sc idly. It will be proved to the Jury, distinctly,
thr .t he said to one of these, " you will get 100
guineas from Lloyd's, and said he himself would get
70( )01. and the largest ship out of London. After
thi I dreadful deed was done, there remained Smith
in I lazerette, and also Howes, another of the sea-
me. a. They were dreadfully wounded, but would
be ;till able to tell the story, and it was more a
miracle how they escaped, after the efforts made for
their destruction, than to be accounted for by natural
can les. Smith was tied down in the lazarette,and the
pris oner ,struck at him with the crow-bar and the has-
poo n, un tit he thought he was dead. He then put
his hand on his neck, and finding it cold, said he had
don e for him. At the other man, Howes, he fired
no less titan six loaded pistols, and he was now alive,
and able to tell the Jury the circumstances of this
horrible affair. These were the facts which fur-
nished as lamentable a history as ever was told.
Daniel Scully corroborated the chief points stated
by the Counsel, and observed, having tied the men
securely down, the Captain went into the cabin, and
said., " the curse of God was on them all," on which
he raised the crow-bar and killed Swanson, then Con-
nell, next Morley, then Frank Sullivan, Cramer,
Ktrating, and lastly Captain Rayries. He then took
du, craw-bar and struck down into the lazaretto with
it, amJ, then put his hand down and felt the back
of Smith's head, and finding it cold, he observed thzlt
In; was done for. The poor mew cried out and bel-
gld for mercy, but he replied," you ruffians you in-
tsmded to kill me, I will now take your lives ;" to
Captain Baynes he said, " Jemmy, 1 put a hea.vy
.:urse on you, but now I will take it off." He after-
wards held up his hand, and addressing the boys, said
" See boys, how firm my hand is—it is the same as
if I had not killed one of them ; I could walk over
them like dead dogs." He said that each of the
boys was to get a hundred golden guineas, and that
Rickards should get 2,000/. for saving his life, and
that he (prisoner) should get 7 or 8,000/. from
Lloyd's, and the largest ship out of London. He
then made the witness sign a paper, stating that the
men bad mutinied.
Cross-examined by Mr. OTOUGHLIN-7Chere
was no mutiny on board; nothing that could make
a man in his senses suspect mutiny; going out the
Captain was very humane; heard the prisoner speak
dreams before he tied the men, and saw hit n beat
Deaves for saying " ---- the ship."
Robert Callendar sworn, examined by Mr. Ser-
grant Goow—ls Master of the Mary Stuffs; re-
members Monday, June 23; knows prisoner ; on
the morning of that day was going to breakfa it, when
one of the crew told him that a vessel was coming
in the satne course, and some one on beard of her
"'a for soundings; witness said it •Was ridi-
culous hailed the vessel three times; on
st rytiongdo so ;
the third time was answered by a man out of the
cabin window with a bottle in his hand ; 'this was
the prisoner, whom witness knew in the West In-
dies. lle called " for God sake to assist him, as
there was a mutiny on board." He accordingly
boarded the Mary Rulsciis and told the prisoner he
was not afrail Prisoner then asked him if be knew
Captain Maples and Howes ? He (witness) replied
he did; prisoner then said "they are all dead, ex-
' cept one 'man who made his escape, who was very
. resolute.'" When he came on board, prisoner shook
hands vith him, and gave him a loaded pistol; there
was a signal of distress up when the Mary Russell
was viet ; prisoner went and brokc a pane with his

foot in one place, and then in another, and bid wit-'
tress look down at the dead people ; witness went.
down two steps of the cabin ladder and looked into
the cabin, prisoner said " I can trample over those
like dead sheep ; was I not a valiant little fellow to
kill so many men ?" [This caused great sensation in
the Court.] He added, that if Howes Was dead he
would be satisfied; he said he tied the boys because
his watch was going.
Edward Townsend, Esq. M.D. examined by Mr.
FREEMAN.—Is Local Inspector of the County Gaol
—has given his attention to insanity; there is such
a case in insanity as Monomania; it is a descrip-
tion of madness that a man may be mad on one par,
ticular subject and quite rational and sane on all
others. This is the case until the cord en which
the insanity turns is touched.—The effect of a warm
climate accelerates insanity on a person predisposed
to it ; he has seen the prisoner repeatedly—when in
the County Gaol, and considered him sane on every
suhject except the one, that of a conspiracy having
been formed against him.
Mr. Henry Connell, examined by Mr. PIGOTT—
Went a voyege in a vessel with prisoner in 1820 ;
remarked an alteration in his manner when they
came to Baltimore, in the west of this county,where
he suspected information was given of him for
smuggling ; he accused several of the people on
board, and among the rest the witness.
The defence having closed here, the CHIEF BARON
charged the Jury, who delivered a verdict of " Not
Guilty, having committed the act when labouring
under mental derangement."
Immediately on the verdict being read, Captain
Stewart threw himself on his knees, raising his hands
to Heaven, as if in prayer, and continued in this
posture for about half a minute.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS ll 4.Y.)

BOW-STREET.

Thomas Lynes and Bennet, two respectably
dressed young men, were charged by Upson the patrol with
attempting to extract a pans of glass from a jeweller's shop,
with intent to commit felony. Upson stated that at half-
past eight o'clock this morning, knowing the prisoners, he
observed them looking into several shops. They at last
came to the shop of Mr. Montague Levison, a jewellers
in Cockspur- street. Lynes first tried the shop-door, and
finding it fast, he proceeded to work at a pane of glass,
with a sharp instrument at the putty, and Bennet standing
in order to screen him. He also saw Mr. Levison in the
balcony, and beckoned him to retire, pointing to the pri-
soners. He did so, but shortly afterwards came out
of a private door, and apprehended Lynes, while Upson
took Bennet. Lynes had in his possession a black
bag and a penknife, which had putty on the blade of it
of the same colour as that on the window.

Mr. Levison also watched Lynes while he " starred the
glaze," and fearing that something would be gone, he ran
out and secured him. The glass was cracked in the most
ingenious manner. The penknife was first introduced into
the putty, and twisted round; this madea horizontal
crack across the pane, and the operation was repeated lower
doom, the pane leaving an interval after the middle piece
had' bees extracted, which could be done without noise,
large enough to admit a man's arm. This piece, in the
present case, bad not been taken out.
Mr. Collins, of 31, Cockspur-street, stated that he had
been robbed in exactly the above manner of three gold
snuff-boxes, value 751., en Monday last. He had often
seen Bennet about his shop.
They were fully committed.