The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-20 00:00:00

MANSLAUGUThR.

Yesterday Mary Chambers was indicted for as-
saultin►g John Chambers, and feloniously killing
him, by inflicting a mortal wound by a knife, of
which wound he died next day. The wound tras
inflicted on the 18th .of August, on his left side,
and was lour inches deep, and one and a quarter
wide.

Mary Swain, wife of John Swain, knows the
prisoner, and knew the deceased, her husband,
whose name was John .Chambers. Remembers
seeisg them in the afternoon of Monday, the
1811 ofAuenst last, in Norton-falgate, which is in
Aggregate of extras on this map,. DO 18,00.1
the parish of Christchurch, Spital-fields. Went
" Map No. 6, includes G miles and 68 challis.
with theta into a public-house to get some liquor.
At the west end of this map, Otter Creek trosses
Got a timmam tern of gin and bitters, and had a pot
the line of the canal in a valley 51 feet below the
of beer afterwards. Was asked by them to go
level. To pass this salt y, an embankment is re-
home and get some supper, sshich she accordingly
quired of 48,024 cubic yards. This may be made
Isom the deep cuttings on both sines of the valley; did. When she went there she found the de-
but as
,part of the earth must be brought some `cited apparently in liquor, who asked to go to
•
bed ; he was undressed by the wife and a young
distance, Would not be safe to estimate the ex-
man who put hint to bed. Deceased said he
pence of raising this embankthent at less than 05
cents, • - Dollars, 12,006 would have more to drink before witness went
This creek requires a culvert, with walls 180 feet away. Took a bottle and went down stairs, as
i
long, which would consume, if properly con.f going for some liquor ; asked the wife to go
structed, 502 perches of stone. "These stones with her, who then came down stairs with wit-
must be transpotted more than two miles, and
ness, and went with witness to the door. The wife
said site would go up stairs again, as he would be
may he estimated, when. laid into the %sails, at
2 dollars 50 ser perch, Dollars, 1,255 as:cep then. Witness returned with her to get some
supper. The wife entered the room first, followed
From L east, for a mile and a quarter, the sso.a
expellee amounts to Dales. ,•?,sOO by witness. The deceased stood in the middle
of the room, and without his doing any thing,
Near G must ha laid out, in. deep es. ea, mon-
she took up a knife to cut a bit of meat for sup-
hankment, end removing sand stone, Doti. 2.'200
the meat was standing on a dresser. - The
The culvert at the west Lucia at Sandy Creek, 200 per ;
.5 strain culverts, 500 deceased then struck her a blow with a rod which
2 bridges, 600 weavers use. She had not had time to begin her
supper. Decessed fell instantly backwards, after
Grubbing and clearing 6 miles and GS chains, 6,850
having struck her in o:is manner. Witness was
I Itrying to make an effort to reconcile them, but
had not time to do so before the deceased fell, in
the way she has mentioned. The rod was about
2+ incites in circumference, and tneblow was in-
flicted as severely as he possibly could. She had
her bonnet on her head in the mean time. Saw
no motion of her's when he fell. When she saw
him lying, his shirt was open, and witness then
saw lie , hail been stabbed, on which prisoner
jumped off the chair, and said, " 0 ,tnv
what have I done ?" The wound w. ..ss
side of the breast, and witness on seeiaa it called
for the neighbours to come to her assistance.—
When one neigh hour came, witness .cot, off and
returned in •
about half an hone sisaat ; found des
ceased lying on the bed, wife, trying to
stop the blood. She w,'.'. ;esaing over him, anti
was really very much iasssassed indeed. Deceased
was then conveys'' London Hospital. Wit-
ness stopped all staid with hint, and left hint alive
at seven °Vs's:, is the morniy.
(Here srisoner being extremely agitated,
re'ques,. d A with which she was humanely
furnista-i by the Court.)
:Lines Harriet lodged with the deceased, and
was in the room tsith them that evening a little
before nine ; assisted in undressing him, he being
then pretty much in liquor. He rose the monism
his wife pnti the young woman went down stail 9.
Witness told•him he hail better not rise, hut he
did so, and went to the back room to get his cane
rod. Witness asked him what he meant to do
and deceased said, " Never mind what 1 am going
to do x‘ith it ;•' struggled with hint to tske the
stick from 111111, but could not, and then said,
" Oh 1. don't beat your wife." Deceased then
sat down on a chair next the door. When they
came up, be had the. stick in his hand; and, 'on
his wife sitting down, he struck her instantly.—
Did not observe she had taken any thing up, nor
did he see her have any thing in her hand before
the blow, or at the tithe it was inflicted. Time
blow was inflicted on the head, .and was done very
severely. He was sitting at the time he did so
about half a yard front her ; went down stairs,
and saw no more of what passed. On returning,
saw the deceased lying bleeding on the floor. The
wound was on the left side of his chest ; went
for the doctor, who, on coming, dressed the
wound, and sent him to the Hospital. Witness
went with him, and slept with him all night.—
Deceased asked Mrs. Swain " how has this hap-
pened ?" and he was told how. Left him at six
in the morning, and lie was then alive. No per-
son was in the loom but deceased, his wife, Swain,
and witness, whets. this happened.
Robert Roberts, house pupil at the London
Hospital, attended the deceased on the evening he
was brought there.; found, on examination, a
mortal wound, and the deceased, to all appear-
ance, in a dying state. He was wounded in the
left side of the chest, and it seemed to have been
inflicted by a common knife. He lived about six
hours and a half, and died about seven in the
morning. The wound had entered between the
third and fourth rib, had wounded the lungs, amid
punctured the heart itself; has no doubt this was
the sole cause of his death.. Time wound was be-
tween three and four inches deep, and one inch
and a quarter wide.
John 13. Borottell, headborough of the parish,
went on the 19th of August to the deceased's
house, and took the prisoner into custody. Search-
ed her lodgings, where he found a small dessert
knife in a drawer; it was about three inches front
the point all covered with blood. Put this in his
pocket and took it to the Magistrate, and after
this took it to time Coroner; _but witness lost it,
by its cutting a hole in his pocket. Prisoner said
the knife she was eating her supper with was ly-
ing in the room.
' The prisoner, in defence, said, she was stunned
by the blow, and was not sensible of having given
him the blow till site saw him fall. She was quite
stunned by being struck over the bead. She
wished some witnesses to be called, who could
prove she bad been frequently beat by the-de-
ceased.
Francis Kitchener being called for this purpose,
the Learned Judges thought they could not con-
sider his former conduct.--Witness deposed, she
was a humane, amiable, affectionate wife. The de-
ceased, on the contrary, was a quarrelsome man ;
and she skyey exerted herself to rescue him out of
those troubles in which his conduct involved him,
Robert Maryland had been her neighbour for
seven months ; be was a very harsh and cruel hus-
band ; she as industrious, quiet and OM, sYvrtian

Aggregate of extras on this map,, Dollars, 26,111

[To be cootinued:l

IRELAND.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PROVOST ELRINGTON
AND MR. O'CONNELL..

(From The freehly Freemon'.v Jorti-aal rf Soinrdov Evening.)

The following Correspondence bas fallen into
our bands by accident. It relates to matters so
interesting to the Irish 'lotion, 'hot we feel no
difficulty in laying it betore the Public :

Provost's House, Aug. 7.
SIEI,-1- have been-lately told that you were
heard to state it to be- the practice of this College
to require Ito Man Catholic Students to receive the
Sacrament in our Chapel. 1 think it important
that von should be undeceived in this particular,
and tii,retwe take the liberty of acquainting yon
that n sm.!' practice do, sor ever did exist. The
itorow,Catkolicm here are absolutely and uncon-
ditionally exempted front any attendance ‘vharso-
ever on -the College Chapel.-1 hare the honour
to be, Sir, your most ohiqiient Servant.

THOMAS ELRINGTON.
Daniel O'Connell, Esq. &c. &c.
Merrion-Square, Sept. to, 1817.
Satz,-On my arritill front the country last
night, I found on my desk the letter which you
did me the honour to write to me on the 7fli of
List month. \ly absence from town w ill,
excuse me for not having sooner acknowledged
the honour of your communication.
The Report yon allude to—of Roman Catholic
Students being required to receive the Sacrament
in the College Chapel—never, that I recollect,
reached me ; or it it did, it most have been in
so questionable a shape, that I certainly gave it so
little credit, that it has left nn trace on my me-
mory of having heard it at all. I should, however,
be happy to give any assistance in my power to
discover the author or so absurd a calumny.
I beg of you., Sir, ui believe, that-it I bad
given credit to any such report, I should not have
repeated it, until I had authenticated the fac• at,
the source. This would have been due, no less
to common justice, than to the respect I bear for
your station, and, I will add, for your individual
character, however Widely4ve may differ On the
subject of that natural right of all men, in all
countries, to an equalization of civil rights, not-
withstanding religious differenceS.--I have the
honour to be, very respectfully, &c. &c.

DANIEL O'CONNELL.

STATE OF THE HARVEST, &e.

BELFAST, SEPT. 13.—The glorious weather we
have had, and the prospect of its continuance,
has dissipated all our fears for the safety of the
harvest—never WAS this country more blessed
with abundant crops, particularly oats and po-
tatoes.—The wheats arc very fine, but not con-
sidered in general above an average crop. The
oat crops are the finest ever remembered. Bar-
ley and here will also be very productive crops.
The exportation of new oats from our port, for
England and Scotland, has commenced—two ves-
sels sailed this week.

A considerable deal of rain fell in this quarter
on Thursday night and yesterday morning, but
nothing which' could do ;material injury, or awaken
apprehensions, while the prospect of the weather
was by no means unfavourable. The accounts of
the harvest throughout the country are satisfac-
tory in the highest degree. In almost every
place, new corn, of good quality, has been brought
into the markets, and a short time promises to se-
cure abundant supplies.—(l aterford Chronicle)
We understand that in different places very bad
effects have latterly arisen fi-om giving new oats
to horses. Most people are aware, that as a
strengthening food they are insufficient ; but many
imagine that horses, reduced by previous bad feed-
ing, will soon recover their flesh from the use of
them—but the fact is, that in nine instances out
of ten they almost universally produce! worms,
and even where the cause has been ascertained, it
will take a course of medicipe.and care to 'remedy
the evil. We think it right to make thii public, '
as injury has already been sustained, which may
further extend, it the people .are not aware from
whtnce it arises.—(Belfast News Letter.)

In the wall of the burying ground of St. Mar-
garet's Chapel, Westmin4tert is a stone recording
the death of MARGARET PATTEN, %VII° died 260
June 1739, at the very, extraordinary age of 136
years.

as possibly could be. She appeared cxtremeli
tated and sorry after the fatal event.
Mr. Justice HOLROYD then proceeded to OM
up the evidence, and observed, it could be c°11•
sidered no-higher titan a charge of manslaugOte
The provocation she had received did not certalop ;
amount in law to any justification of her aetlnn
.
so in self defence, but• was actually manslatigbted
It was unfortunate that she at this thomelit i
the knife in her hand, as in all probabilitY,,d3ot
this not been the case, the wound would 134
have been inflicted. It was equally unfortunate
that the young rutin, Harriet, did not interti.4/ t
it
in preventing hint frOm striking wife, ao"
was most imprudent in him to leave the Nei;
when he saw the deceased armed ,iu that manner
with the cane or rod. It kvas lamentable t°
such a tatAl event, but this cannot justity a Jar'
in,;aequittal. The precaution she might have tis",;
•
ceived, though it did riot operate now,
nevertheless be sufficiently attended to, and
without doubt, be attended to when. the tia4',.
of the verdict was taken into consideration.

The Jury found her Guilty of
iinnsianghter.ci
The unfortunate woman %vas tit.ceuilY dress`
i
in mourning, and during the whole trial exhibite`„
the sincerest sorrow for her situat ion. She Siio
tears all the.time, and was assisted trona the I)3',
in a state of great .agitation.
Witham Dunn, a black, was indicted for stellin,g
in the dwelling-house of Jonathan Thrkeri,
Burr-street, Aldgate, sundry articles of plite alim
Bank-notes, above the value of 40 sh:llin4t.
Mr. Annt.Pnus stated the case to the Jl.ry,
appeared that the pi isonet was servan! to the VI
seCutor ; he came up stairs to tell his master tbeli
the house had been robber' ; this was oil the 3'
July ; the prisoner said that the shutter in the
parlour had been broken open, but on examils;
lion it was found that it was impossible fur tb
'shutters to have been broken front without as OW6
were venetian shades to the outside of the ‘vina."
the inside fastenings of which remained unbroken;
The prisoner had taken the greatest part Of
property to a favourite lady residing in MarVe;
bone. The property of which Mr. porker wil
robbed consisted of 361. in Bank-notes, fourEeel,
knives, and ten forks.—Guilty,
The capitally convicted
ward Dt. vc.H,!),7 watch all. Ban
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of William rawer ; John HowarO, 6ieating.
silver watch, a gold chain, &c. of George Horrl'
in• his dwelling-house; and Benjamin. Haringc°
for returning trout ttansportation.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-
Yesterday -- Rawlins, a schoolmaster in thi
H
parish of St. Andrew's, olborn, was indicted 'car
t
endeavouring to seduce a female, nine yea's;l
age, his P i,il. 'fln prisoner, who was near
pleaded guilty, and the Court, after expreasio its
sense of the enormity of the offence, senteikge
him to be imprisoned three years.
Samuel Dodd, a journeyman brush-maker, "13,
sentenced to seven years' intrrisonment, inr r°1)•
bing his employer.
The Gland Jury brought in a number of "up
bills, but none to be tried in this Court.