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to have communicated to the Court of Common Council,

The Committee had no desire to stifle inquiry ; on the
contrary, even if the Court should wish to do so, they,
the Committee, would be no party to it.
After a lengthy conversation, in which Mr. Lawrence,
Mr. Ashurst, Mr. IL. Taylor, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Lott
took part,
Mr. LAWRENCE withdrew his motion, and the amend-
ment fur the adjournment of the consideration of the
report was agreed to.
Mr. DixoN presented a petition from the Directors of
the Hospital for Women in Red Lion-square, stating
that the Institution had been founded in 1843 for the
treatment of diseases incidental to females ; that its
annual expenditure had only been 5471. ; that it was the
only Institution in existence for the exclusive reception
of a very numerous class, labouring under the most dis-
tressing maladies, for the complete cure of which un-
usual care and attention is essentially necessary ; and
praying for pecuniary aid. Mr. Dixon moved that the
petition be referred to the Corn, Coal, and Finance Com-
mittee, to consider and report thereon.
Mr. R. TAYLOR, in seconding the motion, said he was
anxious to set the public right as to the real character of
the charity. It was a charity, the object of which was to
afford medical relief to virtuous females labouring under

diseases peculiar to that sex. The importance of such
an institution was shown by the following testimonial
from Dr. Conquest :—" The amount of unrelieved disease
peculiar to females is immense, and loudly calls on the
public and profession for its relief. Could an hospital
exclusively devoted to uterine complaints be established,
there can be no questioa that it might be a great bles-
sing to a large class of hitherto neglected cases."
The motion was then agreed to, and the petition re-
ferred to the Committee.

An election then took place for the office of bricklayer
to the Corporation, when, after a poll between the only
two candidates, Mr. Boucher was elected by a majority
of 65 votes over his competitor, Mr. Ward.
HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Mr. Lorr presented a report from the Committee to
whom had been referred the correspondence which had
taken place, with reference to her Majesty's recent visit
to Christ's Hospital. The report certified that the
Committee had referred to the statute 22 George 111.,
ch. 77, which confirmed an agreement entered into
between the Governors of the Royal Hospital and the
Mayor, commonalty, and citizens of London, together
with the memoranda and other documents presented in
the year 1836, relative to the conduct and management
of the hospital; as also to the report of the Commis-
sioners appointed to inquire into public charities ; and
after duly considering the subject, the Committ€ e were
of opinion that the Lord Mayor for the time being is the
head of all the royal hospitals of the City of London,
and entitled to preside on all occasions, public and
private, when he shall so think fit; and that, on the late
visit of her Majesty and her Royal Consort to Christ's
Hospital, the taking precedence of the Lord Mayor by
the president and treasurer was an unwarrantable inva-
sion of the rights and privileges of the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Lott was about to address the Court, on his motion
that the report be agreed to, when
Mr. Maori moved that strangers should withdraw.
The Court was consequently cleared, but soon after-
wards re-opened, when a protracted discussion ensued.
Eventually the word " unwarrantable " was, on the
suggestion of Mr. ASHHURST, struck out, and the report,
so amended, ordered to be transmitted to the Gover-
nors of Christ's HospitaL
EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES.

Mr. Deputy BEDFORD presented a report from the
Thames Navigation Committee, on the subject of a
letter received from the Earl of Lincoln, as Chairman of
the Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements, with
a plan for the embankment of the Thames from Chelsea
to Vauxhall.
The report recommended a reply to be addressed to
his Lordship, expressing the concurrence, to a certain
extent, of the plan.
On the motion of Mr. ASHIIRST, an addition to the
effect of reserving to the Corporation of London, in any
measure introduced into Parliament, their right to the
bed and soil of the river was agreed to.
On the motion of M. DE JERSEY, a petition to the
House of Commons, praying the insertion of a clause in
the Bill now before Parliament for the removal of Jewish
disabilities in respect to corporate officer, for the pur-
pose of extending the relief afforded to Quakers, Mora-
vians, and Separatists, by the Ist and 2d Victoria, chap.
5, to all classes of her Majesty's subjects, was agreed to
end ordered to be presented by the Sheriffs in the usual
manner.—Adjourned.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAWfBAZAAR,

The greatest activity pervades the free trade interest
in every large town in the kingdom, on the subject of the
bazaar, to be held in Covent-garden Theatre, in May
next; and the preparations in progress under the direc-
tion of the local committees are on a scale of magnitude
which promises to make this great bazaar whatJullien
would call " une foire grande et monstre ."The ladies,
especially, are everywhere at work with their character-
istic ardour and industry. The aggregate committee of
ladies now numbers upwards of 1,150 ladies amongst its
members, all of whom are, of course, pledged by their
position to do all they can themselves, and to interest
their friends to furnish contributions. The, ladies' com-
mittee in Manchester meets weekly, the- general com-
mittee of gentlemen twice a week, at the offices of the
League, and the various sub-committees of arrangement,
correspondence, &c., as often as necessary for the pro-
motion of the object in view. Deputations from the
Council of the League are proceeding to all the principal
towns of the kingdom, to assist in the formation of com-
mittees, and to organise a mode of procedure for the
collection and procuring of contributions. On this
mission, Colonel Thompson and Mr. It. R. Moore are
engaged
in Scotland, and Mr. George Thompson and
other gentlemen in England ; and in their communica-
tions to the Council they report most favourably of the
enthusiastic spirit and liberal encouragement with which
the object is embraced in the various towns visited.
Already forty large stalls are bespoken on behalf of
towns, of firms, or of individual contributors; and there
can be no doubt, from the very numerous promises of
extensive and valuable contributions, especially- of various
products of manufactures, that the difficulty will be
where to find space, even within the spacious walls of
Covent. garden Theatre, for the bales and boxes, the cart
loads, and even vessel-loads of contributions which are
expected and promised.
The contributions are certainly of a character as hete-
rogeneous as ever were collected together, even in a
" general store" in an American newly-settled town-
ship, in the far west, or in the most motley grouping of
an English fancy fair. A large assortment of small
nails is promised from Bromsgrove; a quantity of flour
in parcels of ailb. each from a farmer; rock-salt from
Northwich,• a vessel_load of coal (sea-borne) from New-
eastle-on-Tyne; a quantity of bottled ale from Dundee,
which town is celebrated fora very boxes of
liquorice from Pontefract; iron-ore fromane ale;
Nova
Scotia; a sack of the finest wohfeatfri:oaliet°Na;otting-
liamshire; numerous collections fossils,. minerals,
ancient and modern coins, books, •
drawings.
&c.; a box of bitumen candlesp•amsotimaagmes'ornrental
stoves; a neat power-loom; an Indian h
plum
cakes; horse-shoes; linen, glass, chinaware, &c.;
some one has contributed a fine full-grown New' foundlaannd
dog. Sheffield is making great exertions, worthily to
represent on its stall the staple manufacture of thoe
town. Its stock of cutlery promises to be as superior
in quality as it is extensive; as types of the cutlery
manufacture, the stall is to be denoted outside by a
pair of enormous elephant's tusks, and by a large and
tine buck's head, in all the pride of full-grown antlers.
Carlisle is furnishing a stock of whips, fishing-hooks,
flies for anglers, &c., and a quarter of a ton of the cele-
brated Carr's bircuits. Bradford is furnishing a large
stock of its staple manufactures ; and the reports from
the Yorkshire towns generally, are exceedingly favour-
able and encouraging. Even Melton is sending some
vases manufactured from the stone got in that neigh-
bourhood, and a quantity of fossils, coins, and fancy
articles. The contributions from individuals are also
" rich and rare." Amongst those in Manchester is that
of Mr. J. C. Dyer, of a copy of the large and valuable
illustrated work of the eminent ornithologist, M. Audu-
bon, on birds. Rear-Admiral Bouverie has promised to
send a box of coins, a gold coronation medal of William
IV., a box of specimens of different kinds of woods, two
warlike weapons from China, and a small box of fancy
work. Mr. Thos. Bowles, of Midhurst, Sussex, is sending
a small oil-painting, a vier of the house in that
village in which Mr. Cobden was born. Mr. Bowles
rnie-ht find customers for at least twenty copies of his
little sketch, if a faithful one. Mr. S. Bartlett, of
Maidstone, has given the orrery made by that great self-
taught astronomer, James Ferguson, and which is de-

scribed in his life; and Mr. David M'Kinley, of Man-
chester, has annexed to this gift, the presentation of a
copy of the life and lectures of Ferguson, in one volume.
Sir William Lowthrop, Bart., of Hull, contributes a
splendid time-piece; Colonel Williams, of Battle, a very
handsome and complete air-gun; Sir G. Stuart Macken-
zie, of Edinburgh, a collection of exceedingly valuable
and rare coins; Dr. H. Ogden, of Sunderland, a newly-
invented hydrostatic bed; Mr. John Jenkins, of Swan-
sea, a variety of articles connected with the ores and
metal manufactures of that district; also a variety
of illustrations of the national customs of the wo-
men in that part of Wales. Amongst contributions
from artists, are a number of oil paintings, water-
colour drawings, &c.; a surveyor sends plans, models,
and estimates for the erection of farm buildings and
cottages ; and a Scottish free-trader sends a snuff-box,
made of part of " the kind gallows of Crieff," referred to
by the author of Waverley. A valuable and exceedingly
curious contribution has been received from Mr. G. H.
Rylands, of Warrington. It is a work printed at
Madrid, in two large folio volumes, containing the music
of the various masses, and other services of the Roman
Catholic Church, for the whole year, and is entitled,
" Forma canendi in Missis servanda, secundum ritum
Sanctfe Romance Ecclesiw." (The form used in singing
the ma-ses, according to the rites of the Holy Roman
Church.) It is by Brothers Peter Carrera and Lan-
chares. The first volume contains the kyries, glorias,
credos, sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus, for the
whole year ; the second, masses for the solemn
festivals and fasts, &c. The music is printed
in one uniform character, a sort of black
square upon and between the lines of the staff; and both
the notes, which are without stems, and the words to be
sung, are printed in so large a type, that a large choir,
by standing in a group at a little distance, might see to
sing from the same book. It is a very curious specimen
of music, and of Spanish typography. Another singular
relic, contributed by a gentleman in London, is a portion
of the bed upon which Napoleon died, at St. Helena.
It is cut in the form of a coffin, and fringed with some of
the black cloth used for the coffin.
Few of the contributions from individuals will be
more intrinsically valuable, or will excite more interest
and curiosity, than one which the council of the League
have received from Miss Martineau, viz.—the MS. of an
unpublished tale, which she bas placed at their disposal,
and which is to be printed forthwith. It is entitled
" Dawn Island," and is divided into nine chapters, of
which the following are the titles;-1. Nature and man
at war. 2. Puerile man and his gods. 3. The priest
and the oracle. 4. More human sacrifices. 5. Vital
tribute. 6. The priest and the advent. 7. A higher
disclosure. 8. Spiritual tribute. 9. Nature and man at
peace. This contribution is the first offering of an
original work from the author ; it is an example that
may, however, be extensively followed.
The most active preparations are made to fit up
Covent-garden Theatre in a style at once bold and
striking, and adapted to the peculiar character and form
of the building. It has been determined by the stroke
of Grieve's magic wand, and the aid of the " willing
imps" in the service of Mr. Edwards, builder, of Man-
chester, to transform the whole interior of the theatre,
audience part and stage, into a Norman Gothic hall, for
which designs have already been prepared; and all the
contracts have been let for the fitting-up, &c.; Mr.
Edwards being the contractor. The hall is to have a
roof corresponding in character with the style of the
rest of the building; this will be of stained glass, from
a design of Mr. Grieve, and brilliantly lighted from
above, so as to shed a " myriad coloured lustre" of
great brilliancy on the upper part of the large area.
l'he pit will be floored over, so as to make it and the
stage one vast hall ; and there will be a range of
beautiful Gothic windows of stained glass, round the
stage part of the hall. The arrangement of the stalls
will be almost, if not precisely similar to that of the
great Anti-Corn-law Bazaar, held in the Manchester
Theatre Royal--viz., the dress circle of boxes will be
converted into stalls ; the stage will also be stalled round,
next the walls ; and a double range of stalls will extend
from the centre box of the dress circle, down the middle
of the hall, to the extreme back of the stage. The
Norman Gothic style will of course admit of much florid
ornament and decoration, both in the form and draperies
of the stalls, and the balconies of the galleries. The
stalls representing the contributions and the products of
particular cities or towns, will have the name of the
town and its arms, duly blazoned, placed conspicuously
over the stall.
The bazaar, we understand, will be opened, in all
probability, on Whit-Monday, the 12th May, and be kept
open during the whole of the month of May. The
arrangements for cheap trains by the various railways
are in progress, and it is expected that during the holi-
day time thousands of customers will thus be conveyed
to the metropolis from all parts of the kingdom.—Man-
chester Guardian.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, April 4.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice i'A.i-rEsoN.)

TIM FOULSIIA3I MiliSLAUGHTER.—Barnard Eglinton,
aged 18, and Henry Chipper.*ld, aged 42, were charged with
unlawfully pushing and casting one John Ames on a fire,
and so inflicting divers mortal burns on various parts of his
body, whereof he afterwards died, on the sth of March las-.
Mr. Evans, Mr. Power, and Mr. G. L. Browne, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Dasent defended the prisoner
Eglington.
It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Amess, that her late
husband, who was seventy-four, was much addicted to in-
toxication, and that on the night of the 21st of February last
he was absent from home. On the following morning she
found him in bed, when he complained of having been shame-
fully treated, and named one Archer as one who had pulled
him on the fire. Deeming that the deceased was only drunk
his wife called him a " drunken old rogue" and said "it served
him right," but having ascertained in a day or two afterwards
that he had several burns on his back, and thighs, and hand,
she wished to send for a doctor. This he refused to allow,
till it was too late, for he was in a dying state when a medi-
cal man was called in, his death being attributable partly to
inflammation caused by the injuries he had received, and
partly to:the want of proper remedies. On the inquiry be-
fore the coroner, it appeared that the deceased and the two
prisoners were at the " Unicorn" public-house at Foul-
sham, on the night of the 21st of February, together with
many others, among whom were two men named Archer and
Baker, and that at 6 o'clock Eglinton sent William Clitheroe,
the son of the landlord, to buy threepenny-worth of jalap,
which, though it was enough for six or eight ordinary
doses, he induced the drunken old man to swallow
in three glasses of beer within five minutes. As soon
as this joke had been perpetrated, the company there
assembled, who with very few exceptions were very drunk,
began to pull about the deceased, till at length t glinton
pulled down his breeches, turned his coat over his head, and
while in that disgusting state most brutally danced him
about the room to the music of some wandering " Germany
girls," and eventually pushed him, all naked as he was, and in
the presence of the women, on to the kitchen fire, which was
then very fierce. The old man, as he did this, called out,
" Barney, Barney, don't burn me • but without avail ; and
at last he succeeded in raising himself from the bars with his
hand, after which he was taken into the back kitchen and
there laid on the cold bricks. Soon after this he was put into
a wheelbarrow by Clitheroe and some others to be wheeled
home, but he was turned over by Eglinton, and being taken
into the house again he there passed the night on the floor.
Upon this evidence, a verdict of " Manslaughter" was re-
turned against the two prisoners, together with Archer,
Clitheroe, and Baker ; but the grand jury having ignored
the bill against the three last named parties, the above
facts were now adduced in evidence against the two men at
the bar.

Mr. DASEST having addressed the jury on behalf of Eg-
linton, who wan shown to have acted towards the deceased
on former occasions with more than ordinary kindness and
attention, contending that the testimony of young Clitheroe
was not to be relied on,
His LORDSHIP directed Chipperfield to be acquitted, and
left it to the jury to determine by their verdict whether they
believed the story told by young Clitheroe, or would infer
that the deceased had been put on the tire by some one else
than Eglinton, or had fallen into it by accident.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, accompanied with a
recommendation to mercy.—Sentence deferred.
Richard Cater was indicted for having unlawfully wounded
John Rivett, police-constable, with intent to do him some
grievous bodily harm. The inictment contained a second
count, charging an assault, with intent to resist apprehension.
Mr. Evans prosecuted, and Mr. Cooper defended the
prisoner.

It appeared in evidence that the prisoner had been sum-
moned before the magistrates, for trespassing on some land,
and, in consequence of his not appearing, a warrant for his
apprehension was delivered to the prosecutor, who, on the
14th of January, went in search of the prisoner, and found
him at Crabrook, returning home from his work, with a
hatchet in his hand. The prosecutor took him into custody,
and he asked to go to his master's house, at Claxton, for
some money; and on the way there the prisoner suddenly
struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the head with the
hatchet, which knocked him down, and when he got up the
prisoner struck at him twice, but fortunately the prosecutor
avoided the blows and ran away, and when he reached home
he found his head very much swelled and bleeding.
The surgeon proved that the prosecutor was three weeks
under his care, and during that time unable to attend to his
duty.
Mr. Coomt addressed the jury for the prisoner, and said
that he understood that it was not the intention of the pro-
secution to press the charge on the first count, and as counsel
for the prisoner he was willing that a verdict of guilty should
be found on the second count.
Mr. Justice PArrEsoN stated that if the constable had
been killed, it would have been murder.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty,on the second count.
—Sentence deferred.
Robert Rouse, aged 18, was indicted for setting fire to a
stack of barley, the property of Charles George Cubitt.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted.
The fire in question broke out between eleven and twelve
o'clock in the night of the 3d of February. The prisoner
was met running away from the fire, and' on the following
morning his shoes were discovered near the stack, and they
were found to correspond exactly,: and the prisoner a short
time after his apprehension confessed that he had set the
stack on fire.
The jury, without the slightest hesitation, returned a verdict
of Guilty, and
The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen
years.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Taunton, April 4.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
T. Hunt was indicted for shooting at a child about four
years old, with intent to wound. There were other counts
varying the intent.
Sir. Cole conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was un-
defended.
The prisoner, a lad about seventeen years of age, had been
employed by a farmer to keep "birds," as it is termed, and
had been entrusted with a Fun for this purpose. At the close
of the day he was returning home with the brother of the
little child that was shot, who was only four years old, and
who was standing in the road. From no motive at all, ex-
cept that induced by the wanton feelings of a reckless boy,
the prisoner aimed the gun at the child and drew the trigger.
The piece missed fire. He then shook the pan, re-cocked
the gun, again aimed at the child, and pulled the trigger.
On this occasion the gun went off, and thirty or forty shots
were lodged in the body of the poor little victim, from the
effect of which she was still severely suffering.
The jury convicted the prisoner, who, after receiving as
impressive admonition from the Learned Judge, was sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment.

'We noticed, yesterday: that Mr. Rogers had lent his valu-
able assistance in trying prisoners. The Learned Gentleman
had been employed again the whole of this day.

(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
April 5.
THE SHAPNVICK MURDER.—This being the day fixed for
the trial of the Shapwick murder, the Crown Court was early
besieged with a number of persons eager to gain admittance.
At nine o'clock the Learned Judge took his seat on the
bench, before which the jury had been called, and were seated
in their box. The prisoner was then placed at the bar. She
is a little woman, about thirty years of age. On being ar-
raigned, she pleaded " Not Guilty," in an audible and distinct
voice, to the indictments, which charged her with the wilful
murder of Charles Dimond, by administering to him a quan-
tity of deadly poison called arsenic.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Rawlinson conducted the
prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Stock.
The trial lasted from the sitting of the Court at nine o'clock
till eight at night.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE stated the case to the jury. From
his observations we learned that the prisoner was a widow,
and had been since Christmas, 1833. The deceased was her
brother, and had lived with his father, mother, and brother
John, at a cottage situated at Shapwick. The prisoner, who
for some time previously had been living elsewhere, re-
turned to her father's cottage on the 9th of December, in
last year, at which date the real evidence in this case com-
menced.

The first witness called was a person of the name of Hare.
He stated that in December last he was was living with a
Mr. Varrer, a druggist, at Bridgwater. On the 9th of that
month the prisoner, whom he did not remember to have pre-
viously seen, came to his shop. His master had two shops, the
one of which he was being situated in St. John-street, East .
over. She asked for some arsenic. Witness said he could
not sell her any, as it was a rule in their shop never
to sell poison to one person. She pressed him to
sell her some, and he still refused. He asked her what she
wanted with it, and she replied that it was to kill rats or
mice; witness did not recollect which. He still refused, but
as she still pressed him, he asked her her name, and where
she lived. She replied that her name was Darston, and that
she was a sister to Edmund Darston, who was the son of a
carrier and postman between Bridgwater and Solden-hill, and
well known to witness. Witness hearing, as he supposed,
who she was, consented to let her have the arsenic, and ac-
cordingly weighed her up half an ounce, which he tied up in
two papers, and marked " poison." At the same time he
explained the deadly nature of the drug, and gave her direc-
tions about taking care of it. The prisoner did not imme-
diately leave the shop, but entered into conversation with
witness, who remarked to her how much her brother was
grown lately, meaning Edmund Darston ; to which the pri-
soner replied that he was. It being a very cold day, wit-
ness asked her to sit down by the stove in the shop and warm
herself, which she consented to do ; and singular to say, re-
mained in the shop more than an hour. Whilst she was
seated by the fire, witness melted over it some hair oil which
had become congealed. Seeing this, the prisoner asked him
to give her a little for a Christmas present, promising to be-
come a customer of his master's when she came into Bridg-
water. Witness gave her a little of the oil in a bottle, which
she promised to return by Edmund Darston on the next day
—a promise she did not keep, so he never saw the bottle
again. Whilst the prisoner was thus seated and talking by
the fire, the clock struck one, and witness quitted the shop
to go to dinner, leaving the prisoner there with the porter.
On his way to the place where he got his dinner, he met
Edmund Darston, with whom he entered into conversation.
When he returned from dinner the prisoner was gone.
Edmund Darston deposed that he was at Bridgwater on
the 9th. His father was a carrier and postman between that
place and Soldenhill. lie met the prisoner in Bridgwater
about nine o'clock on that morning, and made an arrang_e-
ment with her that she should ride home in his cart. His
mother was with him. After this he saw Hare, and, in con-
sequence of what he said to him, he milt to the shop to see
who had personified his sister, and arriving there he found
the person had left. Shortly after he met the prisoner again
at the Queen's Head, where she sat talking with him for a
long time. In the course of their conversation she told him
she had been to Mr. Varrer's, where she had purchased some
hair-oil, and had passed off as his sister. She said nothing
about the arsenic. She rode as far as Cossington with the
witness, where he was obliged to stay some time, in conse-
quence of which the prisoner went on in another cart to her
father's house.
John Dimond said, he was brother to the deceased and the
prisoner. In December his father, mother, and brother
Charles were living with him at Shapwick. On the 9th of
that month his sister came home about eight o'clock, quite
unexpectedly. She cried, and . said she was a martyr, or
something of that sort, on hearing them say they did net
know how she could sleep there that night. However a bed
was made up her in the room where the old people slept, and
she remained. The deceased was not in when site arrived,
and did not come home till after they were all in bed. He
slept with witness. The next morning prisoner was told she
could not remain there. She asked to remain till Saturday,
when she said she would go back to Bridgwater and give
herself up to the master of the union. She was permitted to
stay. The next day her mother told her that her brother
Charles did not like her being there, as his master had de
dared, if she remained in the house, Charles should work no
longer for him. Deceased had been in his master's employ
for three years and a half. Prisoner said she supposed she
must go. On the Sunday following the mother died, an
event which kept the prisoner still in the house. All parties
were now agreeable that she should remain and do for them,
seeing that they had lost their mother; only Charles did not
like to lose his winter's work, and he therefore desired that
she should go. The deceased was very well till the day
after Christmas-day, the 26th of December. On that day
he was very well in the morning, when he got up. Witness
did not see him again until the evening, when he found him
very sick and bad. He continued ill from that time until he
died, which he did on Tuesday morning. He got better,
however, towards the end of the week, and on Sunday was
so much better, that he wished to get up. He did get out of
bed and put on his clothes, but did not come down stairs.
On the Sunday night, or towards Monday morning, all his
former symptoms returned, but in a much more violent
manner, and early on Tuesday morning he died. The pri-
soner was the person who, up to Monday, had cooked all his
dinners, prepared his gruel, which he was ordered by the
doctor to take, and tended upon him generally. On the
Monday before his death suspicion had been awakened, and
the prisoner was ordered, by direction of the magistrates in the
neighbourhood, to quit the house, which she did, going to the
house of a neighbour for the night.
Another witness stated that he had met the prisoner on
Monday, and asked her how she did? She replied, "Pretty
well ; but Charles wants to turn me and Jack out of doors,
that he may bring his wife home, but he shan't ; and if he
does not take care, something shall happen to him before
long to spoil his fun," or words to that effect. The next
day an old man named Walker, went into Dimond's house,
and saw the prisoner there. She was just going to cook the
herring in which it was supposed she administered the first
dose of poison. She again referred to her brother Charles's
wish, that she should leave, saying that he wanted to turn
her out of doors to bring his wife there ; but she would be
d—d if he should ever bring a wife there ; and then she
added, " I'll take good care of that, I'll take d—d good care
he shan't be here long himself." When the deceased was
lying ill on the Saturday, he wished to make a will, and
asked a Mr. Martin, who was present, to make one. For
this purpose he desired him to take the key of his box out
of his pocket. Martin searched to do so, but could find no
key there. The prisoner was called to, and asked if she had
seen it. She admitted that it was on her person, and when
asked what business she had with it, she said she had pos-
sessed herself of it for the purpose of taking out a small
book that was in it. She then went down stairs, leaving
Martin to make the will, which he did, and which was
signed. The prisoner again came into the room. and, ad •
dressing her brother, said, "Charles, you may give away
what you please ; but remember there are two pairs of
trousers in your box which belong to my husband, and I'm
d—d if Ido not have them." She then left the room, as be-
fore stated. When her brother died on the Tuesday even•
ing, she was in a neighbour's house. When his death was
communicated to her, she said, " Well, I'm sorry for him,
but I can't cry."
To this evidence was added the testimony of the medical
men who had visited the deceased whilst alive, and made a
post mortem examination of the body. They proved that all
the symptoms of the deceased were those that would be sure
to follow the taking of an irritant poison like arsenic ; and
that on the post mortem examination they discovered just
those appearances which they should have expected to do
where the parties had died from poison.
Mr. Herapath, of Bristol was then called—The stomach
and its rejected contents had been preserved, with a bottle
of gruel found in the house; all of which had been safely
conveyed to Mr. Herapath. He had analysed their re-
spective contents. No poison was found in the gruel, con-
tents of the stomach, or the stomach itself; but in the large
intestine and in the liver arsenic was found ; and he had no
hesitation saying that the deceased had died from the effects
of arsenic.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up, and the jury returned
a verdict of Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE then placed the black cap on his head,
and, assuring the prisoner that all hope of mercy in this life
was past, and that her days were numbered and few, he
passed upon her the awful sentence of death.
During this time the prisoner was supported by a police-
man in the dock, and appeared several times as if she wished
to speak, When the sentence was over, as they were hand-
ing her away, she turned towards the Judge and said, "Jus-
tice has not been done me ; my life has been unfairly taken
away." She was then led from the dock.
Four charges of murder were made against this wretched
woman, one of which was for the murder of her own mother,
on which a true bill was found by the grand jury. The other
two bills were ignored. .

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MA IV S ON-HOUSE.

Captain Platt, who had undergone two examinations
before the Lord Mayor in the course of the week upon a
great variety of charges of felony and misdemeanour, was
brought up for final examination.
The captain having stated that he wished for the pre-
sence of Sir John Pirie, who could testify as to his ex-
pectations and character,

- The LORD MAYOR sent for Sir John, but that magis-
trate said the only knowledge he had of the gentleman
at the bar, arose from an examination upon a charge of
swindling, very properly brought against him.
Mr. Inspector Shackell called witnesses in proof of
the following case of forgery.
Mr. Thomas Horne Williams, tavern and hotel-
keeper, at No. 4, Albemarle-street, stated that on Wed-
nesday, the 26th of March, the prisoner came to my house
and said that he was Major 'Terries, the son of the
Right Honourable John Charles Herries ; that he
had just returned from India, and wished me to take
charge of his luggage whilst he was absent in the coun-
try. He also stated that he expected that a watch
would be sent to my house for him. In the afternoon
of the same day the servant of Mr. Dent, watchmaker,
in the Strand, brought a watch for Major Hen ies, just
at the time the prisoner came up to the door in a cab. I
said to the man, "Here is the major; you had better
remain and receive your cheque." I then informed the
prisoner that the watch had come, arid that he had,
therefore, better write a cheque for it. The prisoner
requested me to write the cheque, which I did to the
following purport:—

" London, March 26, 1845.

"To Messrs. Herries and Co.—Please to pay to Mr.
Dent the sum of ten guineas, on account of the Right
Hon. John Charles 'lorries.
" MAJOR R. HERRIES."

The prisoner wrote the signature, " Major R. Herries,"
in my presence, and delivered the cheque to me. The
prisoner stated that as he had only just arrived, the
family were not aware that he was in town. As such
was the case, I suggested that it would be desirable that
I should accompany Mr. Dent's man to the banking-
house, to prevent any difficulty which might otherwise
llries, Farquhar, and to
occur in payment of the cheque. The prisoner acqui-
esced,_ got into the cab, and took the watch with him; and
I wenter. with Mr. Dent's man to the banking-house of
se I said I had seenCo.t,
endorse the cheque. I did endorse it "T. H. ‘l, illiams,"
and the
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