The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-02 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Henry Joseph Kellerby, a youth of 17 years of age, appren-
tice to a printer in the City, was brought before Mr. Cotting-
lam, charged on suspicion of being the writer of anonymous
letters addressed to several families residing in the borough
of Southwark, threatening the lives of the parties, and also
inclosing poison for the purpose of destroying them.

It will be recollected, that in the course of last week the
churchwardens of St. George's parish, Southwark, made an
application at this Court on the subject of anonymous letters
received by several of the parishioners, and amongst these
produced was one addressed to Mr. Stead, the parish clerk,
the writer threatening to set fire to the church if he did not
announce to the congregation on Sunday some vile insinua-
tions against the character of a Mrs. Spriggs, residing in
White-street, in the vicinity of the church. In consequence
of the application to the Magistrate, two officers of the de-
tective police have been engaged in the discovery of the affair,
and the result of their inquiries was the apprehension of the
prisoner, on suspicion of being the person who had trans-
mitted the letters containing the threats, as well as the poison,
to the parties to whom they were addressed.
The prisoner is rather a decent-looking lad, and on tieing
place I at the bar, he evinced no fear or alarm at the position
in which he stootl ; ha was accompanied to the Court by his
father, who is a tradesman in White•street, nearly opposite
to the residence of one of the persons to whom a letter con-
taining poison had been recently sent.
Mr.CorriNGitAsi inquired the nature of the evidence im-
plicating the prisoner in the alleged charge of sending the
threatening letters to the parties who made the complaint.
Sergeant Kendall, of the detective police, made a state-
ment to the effect that a memorial was transmitted to Sir
James Graham some time ago, which was afterwards placed
in the hands of the Commissioners of Police, and that it con •
tained a representation of the state of alarm into which the
writer and his family had been thrown in consequence of the
threats of an anonymous writer. The document, which was
signed by a brother of the accused, on being placed in the
hands of the detective officers, was found to bear a strong re-
semblance to the writing in the ponymous letters, and this
fact led to further inquiries, in the course of which some
writing of the prisoner's was procured, which bore such a
similarity to the offensive epistles as to create a very strong
belief that he was the writer of them. On atsecent occasion it was
also ascertained that a letter had been posted in the Minories,
and that the prisoner was seen near the place about the time
at which it was dropped in the letter-box.

Here several anonymous letters were handed to the magis-
trate, and amongst them one by Mr. Samuel Clouter addresSid
to his daughter, containing about three-quarters of an ounce of
poison, and which ran thus :

" Sept. 5, 1845.
" My dear Elizabeth,—lf you mix the white powder I
have inclosed in the letter you will find it very delicious. It
has come from France. I will call in a few days. Mind you
mix the powder directly you receive it, and you will find that
it has the flavour of the melon."

Mr. Corrixamuu compared the writing of the above note
with a specimen of the prisoner's ,handwriting recently pro-
duced, and remarked that the resemblance was certainly very
strong.
Evidence was then adduced that the powder contained in
the letter had since been analyzed, and was found to be
oxalic acid.

Another letter was read by the magistrate, addressed to a
Miss Elizabeth Spriggs, describing that the writer of it was
aware that exertions were made for a discovery; that he was
aware the officers were in search of him, and had seen them
on the preceding night making inquiries at Mrs. Spriggs's,
but that he would foil them all in their attempts; that he
was aware a reward of 401. had been offered to discover the
writer, but that if it was 1,000/. it would not have the desired
effect. The writer then expressed his determination not to
stop until he had Sacrificed some of the inhabitants of the
parish, whose names he inserted, for their officiousness in at-
tempting to discover the author of the letters.

.Knottier note was also produced, the writer vowing ven-
geance against Mr. Clouter for preventing his daughter from
taking the powder.
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A copy of prisoner's- handwriting, with the-words, " Miss
Elizabeth Spriggs," written that morning, was compared with
the superscription on the above letter, and was found to bear
a very close resemblance.

Sergcznt Kendall said, in reference to one of the epistles
just read, where the writer said he had seen two men making
inquiries about him at Mrs. Spriggs's, that he (the Sergeant)
and another officer named Smith, of the detective police, had
been making the inquiries alluded to, and that Smith's
attention was particularly called to the house where the pri-
soner's father resided, which was nearly opposite Mrs.
Spriggs's, and that the prisoner or some one very like him
was observed peeping from one of the upstairs windows. The
very next day Mrs. Spriggs's daughter received the letter
above-mentioned on the subject.
Several anonymous letters were also produced, which had
been written to Mr. Humble, a hop-merchant, of a threatening
nature, and one of them containing. poison was addressed to
his wife while he was in the country. The letter purported to
be from a clerk in Mr. Humble's employ, describing that his
employer had directed him to inclose Mrs. Humble some
powders of a very efficacious description, which he recom-
mended her to take as soon as possible, and that they would
benefit her health. The chief part of the letters had been
dropped in Mr. Humble'B own letter-box until the writer

f Rind a watch was kept there, and then lie regularly Pes7
them. Of course, Mrs. Humble did not adopt the advice "Li
tamed in the note, and other threatening ones Were ben
when the infamous writer found his plan fi ustrated.
Mr. Bowling, chemist and druggist of Kent-street, l-
duced some threatening epistles which he had receive drw
consequence of his being one of the parishioners who t
lad re.
commended a reward of 401. for the discovery of the V.'
The language in the letters was of the most infamous de-
scription.
Sergeant Kendall stated that the letter directed tooP e
bed Stead, threatening to set the church in flames, was
last Monday at the east end of the town, and that it whs:
since ascertained the prisoner was seen near the office at t
time the transaction took place.
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geant, in reply, said.'that on his meeting the prisoner th
day at his father's house, he informed him of the nature ot_
the charge, and the only reply he made was that lie knew
nothing about it. %I-3r°
Mr. CorriNciwt (addressing the prisoner) sal • net
have heard the statement made against you. The case",,ch
ripe for my decision, but evidence has been adduced wut.ihe
throws considerable suspicion on you that you duty to
writer of the letters produced. It is, however,
caution you as to what you wish to say, that you arc I_l,ll
bound to say anything if you do not like. Probably it
be better that you reserve what answer you have to goy:,
until the whole circumstances come before me. lettersY°ll
however, now charged with being the author of the o
containing the poison, as well as that threatening to seta _
to St. George's Church, and, from the similarity of your
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handwriting to those letters, the officer has had sutlic•
grounds for acting as he has done on the occasion, and bruit"
Mg; you before me. e
The prisoner's father wished to be informed by was the
structions his son had been apprehended, whether hY
parochial authorities of St. VeenGeorgCo""
e or by whom els made
Mr. COTTINGIIAM replied, that complaint had
in the first instance by the parishioners, and that the
missioners of Police had given the necessary directions t°
discover the oer.
The prisonerff'send father said that his son was not preaparearro
with any legal advice, owing to the unexpected and
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manner in which he was taken away from his business.v. ,her
Mr. Corn:soma' then repeated the question as to nel
the prisoner wished to say anything at the present etsglce
the inquiry? and his reply was, that he did not wish°
any statement at present. nris°ll°
Mr. CorriNciint said that he sbould remand the • f tvle
until Monday, but that he had no objection to accept
sureties of 1001. each for his appearance on that day
MELANCHOLY occunRENCS
AT THE HOUNSLOW BARRACKS.
cited
HouNsLow, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The interefst
at
in th°
in military circles by the late unfortunate affmr most
Hotaislow Barracks is great, and during the daY f the
numerous have been the inquiries as to the state o
wounded man.
From the statements made in reference to the ciretunsartaltlil
which led to so serious an occurrence, it would aW,,,tee.
the officer between whom and Lieut. Kirwan the ch'g-eot.
ment took place was Captain Lane, of the same relideet•
The dinner, it has been already stated, was given n the
a quarank ol Colonel
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major blasters(
in unattached),
regiment;ta9h ecl), onan
dhis t promoteappoa r
sthat... from'
agg
tity of champagne was promotion (by
CaPt°,l" freel
in consequence of his promotion (by Porta:- glit,
the rank of lieutenant in the same co.,- ~ne
of the officers present drank freely; and " „Dee
that state it was that the altercation tookce I.'o
between Capt. Lane and Lieut. Kirwan,
serious a result. It is also stated that on Lieut- l°
finding that Quartermaster Tarleton would not all° d, he
leave his apartment, with his naked sword in his 10.1111 OS
shut the door, and, pointing to another sword wine t bee
hanging up in the room, told him to defend himself; hlll the
fore the unfortunate man could do so, he re heed eo‘
wound from the lieutenant's sword, under which
suffering. b 3
The surgeon and assistant-surgeon of the regiMe„nd gr.
been ever since in close attendance on Tarleton,
,s'll ode-
Frogley, who takes great interest in the case, hos betly boar
fatigable in his attentions. The answer at has early pre;
this morning was, that the favourable symptoms iv' tiotieu
which 11,iirisoll
seated themselves on Tuesday morning, had eeetlin thst
during the night, and there was no diminution in th
mornine• hag faiti:
Quartermaster Tarleton is a married man, and lie
of three children. His father was quartermaster of t
Light Dragoons for many years. ,s• stated
Kirwan is believed to be single, 1111'
to be highly connected. • pent ho.
During the day several of the officers of the re ga 010114
been to Tuthill-fields Bridewell to visit Lieutenan,ood
and from all that has transpired on the subject it 'At
pear he strongly expresses his regret at then nelall-c
f jet°l3.o
currence, and ins earnest wish for the recovery e• aation,
No day has yet been named for the next ti gun
that must depend upon the condition of the woundenged to
Upon inquiry this evening, the wounded man is
have continued in much the same state throughout i; li ee
$ f
but the case, from the nature of the injury, helll3gm oitt °
precarious one, it is impossible yet to pronounce "
danger.

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PLATE. 'veil e '
. FALiicamr, Szt.T. 30.—8 y the .Martha Jane arsrtiill later
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Penzance, from, pnenos Ayres, we have receives ~anY'ej
accounts therefrom, to the 26th of July. The aVilts a%
particulars of an interview between the British ves,' its st tbsa
.wag•liiltaly3ig,oeeirdvßseraoiafinttni
eseriiid
actlehayeso f the position a e' li 'less I/ a a
a;oxbi-116ils.v5ti°e:ie d:l7.earatnib'ie°lY,y)dnoo
It p re
residents,v i
conference.obuustg great ell tt bli:1;e uneasy
Fresco
was thought the demands of England and ~e,, Ito- ..
not he mere moderate or disinterested, and that '
h Ota
at last be, admitted.
The deputation of the committee of British 'llte.rc'6)l3li's
~
waited on W. G. Ouseley, Esq., her British I‘lo..leer.lben Dor
'lister Plenipotentiary, this morning (26th AdY),'t stste
ptese!,
entered upon the following relation of the
the negotiations with the Argentine Government •-•-tbe Orr,
" That the Argentine Government has been itieldly eft,eto
mencement of the joint negotiations, and rePea, frsae".l4
wards, requested by the Ministers of England all'a, to C'...,
agree to a temporary suspension of hostilities, e°
,it soy
opportunity for negotiation to be gone into witll°- '
Go,
less loss of life in the meantime. A ~entille.sde
" This proposition was not accepted by the '''-eo- ploe'ege
vernment ; on the contrary, it required the rigoro!.l9 0, si by
oofl
thaton tteoiVvnidievoastopbueshacekdnomwolreedgveid, and meanwbilebefore '
than -
General Oribe. f hostilitie;
"On the refusal of the temporary7;elYnsion o.ke Or,
,
a note was presented by the Ministers requiring t.;!.0,10 ,20,
went to withdraw the Argentine troops from the -r'tlie )11111,6 ..
ental, and the squadron from before Monte ti rap °iv
tt
ae rdsobindingo rie themselves on their part to the disael f tbe _4O
their
(jelY)
,ovteliirlaunyns eientat.k leavingen iparte
nativein the.
idn
hi s3saelbnqisttai o:natss 1:org
ec bile -1
. tact title
" This ultimatum was made fixing the - 00
for orders to be given for the withdrawal of the... to
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forces, warning the Government that if such orders Os'
would
"Measuresleave thiswould
given on or before the 31st, the English and Frell'- to
red
sclot #
etlY
cil ouir
manednttsotfoalrlythdeifsual:
carry out the requisitions of the English and Veil ioslll
ce tsni t 0
Mr. Ouseley also stated that England and Fra;Attioa
objects of territorial 4
River Plate. • ti reect 11'
At the conclusion of the interview the deputatin roe tile
',GMorv.eoriumsleelenyt'sbeiandgvice as to the conduct to be. Pli WO
British residents in the event of diplomatic relatwlis re'
• ' I aecitl'- etl
lo103t"t De
interrupted. r dip .0
Mr. Ouseley stated that the interruption 0. , •e` rioo'
Wiens did olmweanlotlfofcotuhresterebetiessu.rie
not necessarily imply war, but in an•?;otrs- the
recommended them to avoid any irritating de to 01;60,
and all occasion of differences with the people,. nrote-t or
laws and regulations of the country, and rely on itstit:o. of
on that of international law, and on the stiPulat,,. .. bi§
treaty for the security of their persons and propefed spe,';, 04
owllnirf.aomuislyelelyeaavdidngd,tuheantolvhAenyrhees,had deterlogre.-ed '- -E'
duty to offer the same protection to thioleselAdoCl7lgl;b° F
roes of embarking.

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SCOTTISH HOSPTAIcIpatI,4IOOI
A general quarterly Court of the Governors el: the
this valuable Institution, was held yesterdaY a
the '
Corporation in Crane-court, Fleet-street. , I.o'l
• side". gre tee
Lord Blantyre, one of the Presidents, pie- Court e- it-
The minutes of the proceedings of the last litcoienliet
the ,ot
and confirmd, as were also the proceedings oboe., titc-he I_,
of Relief and the Committee of Accounts, eriag tete r;
quart wich it appeared that the expenditure i•itiiiit t e op,
qr, in aftading relief, &c , was 7361. ; ia tl'
mained a balance in the hand's of the treasurer, t tl'°
i that y/t
of England, of 4491. _...e,.. ~.
On the motion of Mr. DONALDSON, it WaS l'icceetliep t 1,.,
should be placed in a conspicuous part
names of all benefactors to the Institution
_e'ffoll, aile De'
of tl!duer of t' 0
subject was referred to a Committee to co
the
lettli
t ttie
means of carrying the object into effect. Con,r it.
•ii,
had received two letters from their
The Secretary (Major ADAIR) irlfOrnled presidtito Ito
Duke of Sutherland, one stating I •
his d rece hie ?if
health, to resign the office of President, betteran 3 ,e,e 0
Cow tto elect an individual who would be .00,tbeenoll d
himself to attend ; and the other, congrattlletl.hite ~at
lea rtj a 0
on the state of its affairs and stating it to bcarne 0 p 0,
continue his subscription either hi his oern.!,, .61 Alt: tile $OlO
his son's. In the latter letter his Grace but tleiteloi,e,E,
think that the Society has not lost grountl,,mi to e"'t (Ao
nual receipts have been such as to enable ),"
our gling old
amount of relief, which I think should be 3.des ina.oa Or of
inNt°eibitlioil, t_llls°liiii,ol
It would give me great satisfaction if, be'ldretl, ),,eit'. of
number of 10/. pensioners amount to one
casual recipients, which would be, blue
-tale ~eAtiTolle
also settle a lower rate of pension fora c 01101- ety .etf,
that which I have understood from yin hatt_,ui`at the_ relie! of
as an experiment. I think it desirous l'_editit„oo.o,,
should make use of its resourses for the ill'ieiniin7clestri4, tts
those in want, in preference to malaag 30,ight rved r
stock further than prudential consideration:,
as reel
ftej,
in fact,..t,en la! ,400_. of
The reading of this part of the letter ' If agree
marked approbation by the whole Court. viinolls„ne theta
On the motion of Dr. DICKSON, it was Oa et of ' ae%, iir
" That the Court had heard with deep.rerffiee ono iisooo.4
Andrew's day, and more especially
tion of their Noble President to resign his ,tase °ors °oaf
of the r:tbe letee,clie,oto
duced hhn to lo so. It was also agreed thati proc eon'
Grace should be entered on the minutes of tell° cola i ii„
the Court, and a Committee was apPiete ,sigree`e 11l
with the Noble Duke upon the subject. .niensl.7.tieno,
It was also moved, seconded, and. nainto ica' porr'il el'
" That a Committee should be appontee- for tbe watt°
Grace the Duke of Richmond and Lenne; in noiaidion'. al
requesting him to allow his name to be Puu,„ corrr,iiiterei,,•
St. Andrew's day next, as president of te-,. coin..., te.c, e-
.on the motion of Mr. Joint lquiruitY „Die falst; <O5
appointed to investigate and report upon I': with it in 1 er
by Major Adair to the next general CI ouirt';tog Geol.° 6
increasing the Secretary's salary, led,..„ soil stle to i. 1014
measure adequate to such very energeov ital. ,i,/ co ,
deavours in the cruise of the Scottish 117,5P-oirol ihe
A vote of thanks was then carried 10-`,,, ant
Noble Lord who had presided th3t •
broke up. _..----

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Lion of the study of modern. languages, l'his 131°r1
El: DRA T—CTEh eArLesßugaoTf:tBheVgl3llriiTeleti,°;ll)oec°l4o'rtio:
Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the Head-Master, t

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