The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-24 00:00:00

THE PORTSMOUTH MURDERS.

Stacey the younger, since his imprisonment, has
not manifested the slightest contrition, but has
shown the greatest indifference to his fate. On
Tuesday, in reply to a question put to him by a
prisoner, in gaol for a penalty, who was watching
over him, he said he would acquaint him how " the
chap" told him (Stacey) he committed the murder.
He got in at the back of the house, and on Charity
Jolliffe opening the door with a candlestick in her
hand, he seized her throat with one of his hands,
and endeavoured to place the other over her mouth,
to strangle her; that he then took the candlestick
and knocked her down, and while down, beat her
over the head with a long brush until the brush part
came off; that he continued to beat her with the
handle till that broke; that the last words he heard
her utter were—" Oh Lord! Oh Lord !" Think-
ing her dead, he went up stairs to the old man, and
demanded his money; the old man struck him once
or twice with his stick ; on seizing him, the old man
fell out of his chair; he then with a tiling hammer
killed him. He came down stairs, and finding Cha-
rity Jolliffe still moving, he drew his ki.ife and cut
her throat; whilst in this act some one knocked at
the door; he afterwards went np stairs again, and
cut the old man's throat, took his keys from his
vocket, opened the box, plundered it of the money,
and then decamped•
A scene of the most affecting description ensued
last evening, in an interview between the younger
Stacey and his three sisters. As soon as they en-
tered the cell, the wretched prisoner threw himself
on his kcees before them, and asked to be forgiven.
They instantly fell on theirs in great grief, and
sobbed piteously. They enjoined him not to in-
dulge in any hope that mercy would be extended
to him in this world, but to endeavour to find conso-
lation in prayer—to look to heaven for pardon. On
their quitting him, the prisoner bade them a last
farewell, and said that he should never see them
again.

The Member for Newark, so far as we can
judge, is about 50 years of age, somewhat above the mid-
dle size; his voice neither good nor bad ; his delivery
more rapid than elegant, which, however, we are inclined
to attribute to the circumstance that his speech of Tuesday
was repeated, not spoken ; the copy having been, if not
in the hands of the printer, at least fairly written out,
before he entered the House. Those who clamoured so
loudly about SHEIL'S acting as his own reporter, will
perhaps impute this to Mr. SADLER. as a fault. We cer-
tainly deem it none to any man, whatever be his party,
that he pays to the audience he addresses so much regard
as to consider beforehand what he is to say. At the same
time, though facts must be collected, and arguments
weighed (nor is it improper that the language in which
either is dressed should be culled with all due carefulness)
—and though arrangement must be studied by all who
speak with a view to convince or enlighten—still, rhetori-
cal, and much more passionate speeches, came over
the ear of the listeners somewhat strangely when
' coupled with the fact of their being previously drawn up
in the coolness and stillness of the orator's closet. HERA-
' CLITUS might smile to hear a speaker pouring forth on a
popular assembly, with all the seeming energy of impas.
sioned feeling, a torrent of meditated impatience, delibe-
rated anger, and composed lamentation, mingled, for veri-
similitude's sake, with carefully remembered lapses and
nicely conned-over inaccuracies..—Spectator.

The most frugal system of housekeeping on
record is that of liocrn CRABP, the Buckinghamshire
hermit, who contrived to live upon three farthings a
week.

PgKIN, JUNE 26.—T0-day CIIANGKITIUR
was examined by the EMPEROR in person. It is ru-
moured that his MAJESTY said, " Your ancestors received
many favours from our Imperial house, but were ungrate-
ful ; and you also have forgotten to be thankful : you
have audaciously dared to excite a rebellion." CHANG-
EIHUR answered, "I am not a rebel. The eight 111alto-
medan cities were the inheritance of my forefathers; I
merely endeavoured to recover them. How can this be
called rebellion ?" He was forthwith led out, and slowly
torn to inches in the market-place.— Canton Register,
Aug. 23.

NEW YORK, FEB. 23.-1 believe STE-
rin:NsoN has not yet arrived in this country; lee was not
in the Cambrian (which has arrived), as supposed by the
London prints. The British Consul is reported to have
had a conference with the Authorities, and, I bellieve, the
result has been satisfactory ; he will not shrink from re-
sponsibility in a case of this magnitude, and the Mayor and,
Colloctor will go as far as they possibly can in forware.ing
the ends of justice, should he choose this country for a re-
treat. It is only by a civil suit that he can be tu•oceeded
against, under the laws of thiy country; and. ne may, on
being arrested, find bail, make over the pr;perty, and swear
out, by the Insolvent Act of this Star.-,, in 90 days, and go
clear. Mr. ex-Sheriff PARKINS, at the City Hotel here,
offers 5,000 dollars for STIt'ITENSON. He could identi6
his person if he was take z. In fact, measures are concert-
en which will probably bring him to justice if he comes
here.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OP MARTIN TUE
CZ NM A RA% —Herald Office, Twelve o'clock.--We stop
the press to announce that MARTIN attempted to make„
his escape from our City Gaol about twelve o'clock ',ast
Pe:.-son to
sleep in tlttlehsaaviinneg
roboemen
thoughtwith him naescaessgaurayrdfo, rthae.
Hospital
t„,
room was fixed upon as the only one in which, there were
two beds. In this room was a fire-place; and last night,
as usual, MARTIN slept in one bed, anr.‘ the guard in the
other. The attendant was awake ski 'nhlf-past eleven, and
was disturbed by a knocking ai,i4leepAly without the room,
but not apprehending any thing wrong, he fell asleep, and
slept soundly front butt time till two in the morning, Itt
the in,erim ar,,:se, and having torn his bed 1.144-
in lengths, tied those together, and thus formed a -rope of
nine yards long. This he fastened round his ancles, and
with only his shirt and drawers on, awed :ed the chimney.
But he unexpeziedly found an iron grate near the top of
the chimney, and was obliged again to descend into his
prison, This he did, and. after having placed the sooty
shirt under his bed, r.•nd swept the soot also under it, he
put on his Grata dress, and retired to rest. The attend.
int, 9P. awaking about two o'clock, found him up, but
soon lay down again, and they both arose about half
past six. Martin can down stairs hastily into the yard of
,e prison,ind the attendant followed him, and found him,
svaehing himself—hut the dirty state of the room and of his
rterson, together with two bricks being laid in the fire-
itlace, proved the fact that an escape had been attempted.
.41ARTAN was charged with it, and he acknowledged as
Hove stated. Ile also said, that had he been a less per-
.o°, he could have'effected his purose, but that it was
he ,4 will of God" that he 5h,.14-.ld make the attempt, an.)
he frustrated. his conthigt has. ,generaliq been exzeeding4
mild, and his fct,i,ngs. c;omposol, During the last wwk.
however, a little change. hat; been observed. The, above
are the facta of the cast'; as such we give them?,
°resent, any thing like comment woulit and iw
justice.