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and I'll come out." I walked:aft, and on returning, I met
the steward, who said, "It's done," and I said, " What's
done ?" He gave me no answer, and I immediately went
to the galley, where I found thecaptain lying on his back,
and the mate holding his head. I saw blood around the
captain's face. I then took hold of the captain's head,
while the mate went for plaster, and the knife with
blood on it was shown to me by Smith, and shortly af-
terwards the other knife, but I do not know where
he took it from. The captain was in a dying state. I
saw the captain previously to the transaction. I did not
see him drink anything, but cannot say that he was
sober, lie appeared Eke a man under the influence of
liquor. I had previously seen him at other times when
I thought he had been drinking. I had never observed
a mutinous disposition on the part of the crew. Every
man was willing cheerfully to do his duty.
Edward Wallace Hall, a seaman, gave similar testi-
mony.

George Woods—l am a surgeon ; I have examined the
body now lying in the deadhouse. There .‘ ere twelve
external injuries of a severe charaeter—three on the
upperportion of the sternum, three on the left side (Attie
back, one on the outside of the left shoulder, one spvc?r
the lower part of the sternum, one over the let lower
jaw, one on the left sid,? of the lower region of the
spine, one on the posterior part of the right shoulder, and
one in the upper part of the right breast. I o,neeive
they have all been stab wounds; but lam not quite ce, t :in
as to the one over the left shoulder. [Th•• knife was
shown]. This is just such a weapon as would .have in-
flicted such wounds The character of the wounds was
sufficient to have produced death. The principal Hounds
were on the right shoulder, and the other over the
breast ; both penetrated the lungs. I consider that
either of the last described wounds would have caused
death. I have no doubt in the world that the wouilds on
the body were the cause of death. • •
The whole of the evidence having been gone through,
Mr. Rushton said—Prisoner, it is my duty to inform
you that whatever you say will be written down, and if
you should be tried here, in this country, will be read
against you when you are tried ; therefore you iv-eit
not say anything unless you choose. It is my duty,
also, to tell you that this case having occurred at sea,
under the American flag, I have some doubt whether you
can be tried here or not ; however, supposing you can—
that the authorities here will try you—or, that the Ame-
rican authorities who have a representative here, will
claim jurisdiction ; I shall take care, if you are tried
here, that youshall have the advantage of a trial as
speedily as possible, for I will remand you till Monday,
when the grand jury will be sitting. If they should
hand you over' to the American authorities, all these
depositions will be forwarded to the tribunal before
which you are tried. If you have anything now to say
you can do so.

- The prisoner was about to speak, to give, as we under •
stood, some statement or explanation of the case, but
being advised by his solicitor, he said he 'should decline
then to say anything.
lie stood remanded till Monday. •
LIYERPOOL, FRIDAY.—This day a Coroner's In-
quest was held upon the body of the captain, before a
jury of Liverpool merchants, and, after the case had been
fully gone into, a verdict of justifiable homicide was re-
turned. The prisoner is still in custody, the magistrates
having forwarded the depositions taken by them to the
Secretary of State, and they are awaiting directions, a
doubt having arisen as to their jurisdiction in the case.
The American authorities have claimed the prisoner,
with the view of sending him out for trial.

MURDER AT MANCHESTER.
LATEST PARTICULARS.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—This morning, Evans,
the murderer of Jane Millen, was brought up at the
Borough Court, at twelve o'clock, before Mr. Maude, the
stipendiary magistrate, where he underwent a long
examination, the proceedings occupying upwards of
five hours. The whole of the evidence went to substan-
tiate the facts sent yesterday. The Court was crowded
the whole of the time, and the prisoner appeared to treat
the whole affair with considerable indifference, occa-
sionally interrupting the witnesses and cross-examining
them. It was proved that he was in the house about an
hour before the murder was committed, and that no
other person had been seen or heard near the place.
There were several marks of blood upon his person.
An instrument made of iron, something after the shape
of a life-preserver, was found in the house, and was
tinted with blood. Mr. Sinclair, surgeon, who had
examined the body, gave it as his opinion that the
wounds on the head and neck caused death,
and that they were inflicted whilst the unfor-
tunate woman was alive, and that the iron instru-
ment' produced would inflict such wounds as were
found about her head. The husband of the decased
woman thus describes her appearance when found :
" When I got her out of the coal-closet she was
quite -dead. She was bleeding at the nose, ears, and
mouth, and her tongue was protruded very much and
greatly swollen ; her neck was very much discoloured.
and also greatly swollen ; her head was cut and bruised
and presented an awful spectacle." At the close of the
case the prisoner insisted on making his statement, not-
withstanding repeated cautions of the magistrate. A
great deal of his statement was quite irrelevant to the
charge. Speaking of the day of the murder he said,
" I got up on Wednesday morning about eight o'clock,
as near as I can recollect ; I went into the back yard
and washed myself. I put on my cap, and just as I' was
going to the lobby to get my jacket to go out, this
woman (one of the witnesses) came with the water to
the door, and Mrs. Millen asked me to take in this water
as she was not well. I just tipped' one of them in,
and that was all. I put on my jacket, and went out. I
was going to the same public-house I was at in Oldham-
road on the previous day. I missed my tobacco-box,
and I returned for it. I went up stairs a.nd found it on
the table. There was no person in the house. I went
into the kitchen and lighted my pipe, and smoked it. No
person came, and so I went up-stairs, and got what I
wanted. I took whatever I 'thought proper, for the
drawers were not locked. I then put them all in the
lobby and went for the cab to drive me to the station."
The prisoner, after accounting for the blood upon his
person in his own way, said, " I know no more of the
death of Mrs. Millen than any human being under the
sure." He was committed to take his trial at the pre-
sent Liverpool Assizes on the charges of murder and
robbery.