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London, England, 1845-04-09 00:00:00

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PIER.—The Public are respectfully
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RAILWAY, and BOAT, to the above Pier by the boats which leave
the Brunswick Pier, Itlackwall, for Gravesend, at half-past 9, half-
past 10, half•past 1,3, and half-past 5; and that the boats laving
Gravesend at half-past 7, half-past 9,1, half-past 2, and 5, will call
at the above Pier on their passage to Blackwall.—Fares, Railway
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S HREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM
RAILIN7AY,

To W. R. COLLETT, Esq., M.P.,
SIR,—It really scorns conduct of almost incredible inconsistency on
your part to issue the advertisement which has lately appeared from
yonr Board (and whose object is only to delay the progress of In-
quiry), after your own statement at the Meeting on the 2d inst., that
you would court investigation, and" your absolutely seconding the re-
solution to that effect. The whole tenor, indeed, of that advertise-
ment, which you signed, or, more probably, prompted, Is fallacious
and jesuitical, from the array of names at the head, many of which
belong to gentlemen absent from town, and who could know nothing
of your proceeding, to the promise at the conclusion that a General
Mt eting should beheld as soon as it is consistent with the interests of
the Company. By this latter clause you mean, possibly, " when it is
consistent with the interests of the lawyers," who are, it is well
known, well cared for, though not too well, by the members of your
Board
I rejoice to perceive that th Committee of Investigation do not in-
tend to allow your announcement to stop them in completing the im-
portant task they have undertaken.
RICHARD THOMPSON.
London, April 7.

BARCELONA RAILWAY.
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annually from Tortosa to Barcelona for consumption), it is fully
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nature.
Na further Call will be made, thttil a treaty is concluded with the
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Paid Into the Public Treasury of Belgium as security for the construc-
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INSTITUTION,
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Instituted 1814. Incorporated by Royal Charter 1842.
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Seats will in future be reserved for all Farmers who may make ap-
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the r attendance, whether favourable or opposed to Free Trade, is
especially requested.

BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
New Model, upon a large Scale; representing the Splendid
Charge in the earlier part of the Battle, by the British hoavy
under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry under Sir
Thomas Picton. Cavalry

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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
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Wednesday and Friday. Professor Bachhoffner's varied Lectures
with brilliant experiments. Lectures on Character, with Musical
Illustrations, by Mr. J. Russell, accompanied
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PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOSCOPE, and DISSOLVING VIEWS.
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ASYLUM FOR AGED FREEMASONS.
A SPECIAL GENERAL MEEING of the SUBSCRIBERS
will be held on VITEDNESDAY EVENING, the 16th of April, at Seven
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purpose of CONFIRMING the ELECTION of FIVE TRUSTEES
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SHIP TORBAY TAVERN, PIEIt HEAD, GREENWICH.
IVIR. THOMAS GODSELL feels great pleasure
* in tendering his best thanks to the Patrons, and begs to as-
sure them that he continues to keep a similar stock of well-selected
Wines, Spirits, Ales, &c. on the premises, which has gained for the
Tavern its present celebrity.
The above Establishment combines first-rate accommodation with
economic principles—comprising spacious Dining and Club Rooms,
with separate Smoking Rooms, also private Rooms for Select Parties.
Joints, Steaks, Chops, Soups, White Bait, &c. as usual.
Ordinaries on Sundays at Two and Three o'clock precisely.
Beds constantly well-aired.
N.B.—Business conducted also (on the above principles) at the
Bengal Arms Tavern, Bircbin-lane. Cornhill.
Ordinary from One to Five, daily.

110USEHOLD FURNITURE SELLING
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Kinlock Walker having disposed of his businesa premises (for another
trade), which he has carried on for 24 years. Ile has had his stock
valued, and Catalogues may be had of 300 Lots ; each has the price
marked at the above eiscount. The stock comprises well-manufac-
tured furniture of every description, which must be cleared within a
month. He emphatically calls the attention of those who are tnr-
nishing to make an early application at Victoria House, 40, Drury-
lane, facing Great Queen-street

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" Since the days of Francis Suarez or Lipsius,,--the former of
whom is immortalised by his ability to repeat all ,St. Augustine'a
works by heart, and the latter by his remembrance of the whole of
Tacltus,—a memory of such capacity and wonderful mechanical ca-
pabilities as the lecturer's has not, we may say boldly, appeared.
But the keys of this invaluable, nay, even magical science, are con-
veyed with equal ease to any of h is pupils."—Sun.
To know nothing of a language in the morning, and be master of
all its words used in common conversation (about 14000) before the
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COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Maid of
Honour in Waiting, and the Equerries in Waiting, Colonels
Arbuthnot and Bouverie, rode on horseback yesterday
morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken
for pony and walking exercise yesterday ia the Royal Gardens
of Buckingham Palace.
The Marchioness of Douro has succeeded the Countess of
Charlemont as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen. The
Viscount Hawarden has relieved the Earl of Hardwicke as
the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty, and Sir Frederic Stovin
has relieved Admiral Sir Robert Otway as the Groom in
Waiting to her Majesty.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Viscount Hawar-
den, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the
Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson and the Countess Wratislaw, also
honoured the Italian Opera with her presence.
THE DUCHESS OF GLoucEsTEn.—Her Royal Highness
remains much the same, but her cold was troublesome during
the night of Monday. Yesterday her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent paid a visit to the Royal Duchess at Glou-
cester House.
THE GRAND DUCHESS STEPHANIE (OF BADEN).—Her
Royal Highness, attended by the Baroness do Strumfeder
and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, left town at three
o'clock yesterday,.afternoon, br.,Brightoni Her Royal High.
ness travelled via railway, and on her arrival at Brighton
proceeded to the Bristol Hotel. The Grand Duchess, previous
to leaving town, visited her daughter, the Marchioness of
Douglas, at her residence in Connaught-place.

A deputation of Irish bankers had an interview with Sir R.
Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
A deputation of the trade connected with staves had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at
his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation con-
sisted of Messrs. Barker, Shuter, Lascelles, and Simpson.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet-
ing yesterday afternoon, at the office, iu Whitehall-place.
There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop
of Winchester, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Cheater,
the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop
of Lichfield, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Worcester,
the Eail of Devon, the Earl of Besborough, Lord Ashley, and
the Dean of Westminster.
His Excellency the Brazilian Minister transacted business
yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
The President of the Board of Trade, and the Vice Presi-
dent, had au interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Dispatches for the Governor of South Australia were sent
off on Monday evening from the Colonial-office.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The London season may now be said to be approach-
ing its zenith. The great stars of the opera have risen.
Grisi and Lablache made their first appearance last
night ; and Les Danseuses Viennoises, those wonderful
chhdren who have created such a sensation among the
world of fashion on the Continent—who would have ap-
peared here at the commencement of the opera season,
had nut obstacles to all appearance insurmountable in-
terposed—have at length made their debiit. It appears
that the guardians of these children had heard sad re-
ports of the doings in this island of ours. They had
heard of kidnapping, they feared the children would be
stolen, therefore they would not permit them to
come among us savage islanders. They had
heard of Exeter Hall, and of those who con-
gregated therein they dreaded the Protestant
propaganda, they feared that these good Catholic chil-
dren might be by some mesmeric and mysterious means
perverted unto heresy, therefore they would not permit
them to come. However, Mr. Lumley at length suc-
ceeded in convincing them that the English generally
were neither savages nor fanatics ; and, thanks to his
exertions and tact, we have them here, and most wonder-
ful children they certainly are. We hate been for some
years past in the constant habit of attending the per-
formances at her Majesty's Theatre, and in the course of
that attendance we have seen some of the very first
dancers in the world, Taglioni, the Ellslers, Cerito,
Carlotta Grisi, and Lucille Grahn. As solo dancers,
if we may be allowed to make use of the
term, these stand unrivalled. The corps de ballet,
too, of this theatre is admirable ; but, to use
a Parliamentary phrase, "we are free to confess"
that, until we saw these Dauseuses Viennoisse
last evening, we had no idea of the perfection to which
the cheorographic art may be brought. These children,
some thirty in number, are of all ages from 16 to 8;
but although they vary in age they are, all equally
talented. They performed last evening their pas—
L'Allemande L'Hongroise (a sort of ensemble Polka)—
and the pas deFleurs. A well drilled regiment going through
its manoeuvres—an accurate piece of machinery per-
forming certain given movements in certain given times,
may give a taint idea of the dancing of these children.
We say a faint idea, because in the regiment there will
be certain members of the awkward squad, and there
are none among the Danseuses Viennoises, and in the
machinery there will be a want of vitality and
spirit, and there is no want of it among those
children. It is a perfect combination of accuracy and
spirit—and as a German chorus is the perfection of
harmony of sound, so is the dancing of these children the
perfection of harmony of motion. Not the least attrac-
tive part of the performance too is that they are chil-
dren—you feel they are children—there is the joyousness,
the spirit, the freedom, the freshness of childhood about
everything they do. We were about to say that it was
evident they were engaged in a labour of love—but
the phrase would be inaccurate, it is no labour to them,
it is play—it is sport—it is enjoyment, and
they are quite as much delighted as the
audience. The arrival of these children is an
era in the history of the ballet. The improvement
which has taken place in our choruses, since perform.
ances of the German Opera in this country, is marked
and decided ; and if we mistake not the appearance of
Les Daweuses Viennoises will occasion quite as great
an improvement in the drilling and manceuvring of the
cope de balltt. Certain it is, that these who have not
seen these children can form no idea of what a cops de
ballet ou;.,rht to be. They can know nothing of the har
mony of motion. It is needless to add, that the applause
with which they were received was most enthusiastic.
Seldom, indeed, have the walls-of her Majesty's Theatre
resounded as they did last night, and never was ap-
plause more richly merited. But Les Danseuses
Viennoises must not make us forget the opera.
It was Norma with Grisi as Norma, Lablache as Oroveso,
Moriani as Pollio, and Mademoiselle Rosetti as Adalgisa.
Never has this opera been more strongly cast—never has
it been more perfectly performed—Grisi and Lablache
were both in excellent voice, and exerted themselves to
the utmost. The Casts Diva was magnificently given.
Rcsetti's Adalgisa was very beautiful, as apiece of acting,
pathetic and subdued, e very point told, and told well, w th ou t
any visible effort; there was no straining after effect. As a
piece of vocalization it was perfect, her intonation was
critically correct, her expression beautiful. Moriani has
made the part of Pollio. It has hitherto been the fashion
among tenors to avoid appearing in Pollio, if possible, or
if found to accept the part, they have slovened it over in
the most careless manner possible. No audience, until
last night, has had an opportunity of judging of
the capabilities of the part—Moriani has created it.
Would that Bellini had lived to have seen him •to have
known that there was one singer at least who thought
more of his art than of himself, who took the pains to
study the meaning of the Maestro ; and who had the
power of developing that meaning to its fullest extent.—
Nothing could exceed the impassioned intensity of Mo-
riani, his tones were thrilling and with the full .remem-
brance of the Casta Diva and of the De conte, which
was beautifully given by. Grisi and Rosetti,
we have no hesitation in saying that the
concluding trio of the first act, "Oh di qual to
sei vittima," by Grisi, Moriani, and Rosetti, was the gem
of the opera last evening. and the audience were of the
same opinion, for it was the only piece honoured with an
encore. At the conclusion Moriani and Grisi were called
for and received with loud applause. The ballet of
&line concluded the evening's entertainments. The
house was crowded by a fashionable audience within five
minutes after the doors were opened. His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by the Duke
and Duchess of Mecklenburgh -Strehtz. arrived before
the commencement of the opera. Her Majesty and Prince
Albert honoured the theatre by their presence. They
arrived shortly after the commencement of the opera,
and remained until nearly the conclusion of the ballet.

•
Silt WALTER SCOTT ON BEAUTY.—III one of the
delightful descriptions of female loveliness which adorn
the pages of this interesting writer, he alludes to a fra- ,
grant and balmy mouth and pearly set of teeth, as rank-
ing
among the fist attributes of feminine beauty. The
care and conservation therefore of ornaments, so pre-
cious and important, cannot fail to become objects of
high interest, and our own experience induces" us unhe-
sitatingly to recommend " Rowland's Odonto, or Pearl
Dentifrice,". as an indispensable appendage to the toilet
of beauty, and as calculated to heighten and preserve
the advantages of " Balmy Breath," and " Pearly Teeth,"
in all their beauty and perfection.
LAUNCH AT BLACKWALL.—Yesterday an India-
man of 1,400 tons was launched from the yard of Messrs.
Wigram and Green, at. Blackwell, in the presence of a large
body of persons who had assembled to witness the interesting
spectacle. There were a number of individuals on board of
her, and booths were erected on either side of the slip on
which she was built, for the accommodation of the spectators,
among whom were a considerable portion of the fair sex.
Shortly after two o'clock, at high water, every necessary
preparation having been completed, the supporters were
knocked away and she glided into the element, on which
hereafter she is destined to become an auxiliary to the fur-
therance of the commerce of the country, amidst the cheers
of the spectators, and the band of the Royal Marines, which
,_,Was present on the occasion, playing the national air " Rule
Britannia." She is named the Alfred, and is a splendid
specimen of the naval architecture ,which constitutes the
elite of our mercantile marine. Immediately after she wa
launched she was taken into the East India bocks to be cop-8
pered and equipped for service.
SALE OF RARE PRINTS, Ikc.--Yesterday was com-
menced, at Messrs. Christie and Manson's, the
rare collection of prints, drawings,
. Many of e"
belonging
R.A the
rare to the late A. Geddes, Esq., pictures B,lsposal of the
aaredpsreinvtsen,
although extremely small, /etched as much as six
guipas each.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, April 7.
CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
THE MURDER AT GREAT YARMOUTIL—Robert Richard
Royal, aged 24; James Mapes, aged 24 ; and James Hall,
aged 21, pleaded " Not Guilty" to an indictment charging
them with the wilful murder of Harriet Candler, at Great
Yarmouth, on the 18th of November last.

Mr. O'Malley conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr.
Prendergast defended the prisoners Royal and Hall ; and Mr.
Crouch appeared for Mapes.
Mr. O'MALLEY opened the case, and from his statement,
coupled with the testimony of numerous witnesses, the fol-
lowing circumstantial outline of the facts connected with this
bloody deed might be gathered :
The deceased, Harriet Candler, was an old woman occupy-
ing a portion of a house in Howard-street, Great Yarmouth,
where she carried on a general business, dealing in grocery
and tobacco in the front room, and "keeping" and sleeping in
two others at the back. These rooms, which were all on the
ground floor, are separated from others occupied by a Mr.
Catchpole, in the same house, by a passage, the walls being
of lath and plaster only, through which the slighest noise
could be heard. Mr. Catchpole, it appears, is a solicitor, and
occupied apartments in these premises as the lodger of a man
named Yarham, who, as well as his wife, acted as his servant.
Not long before her death Mrs. Candler had received a legacy,
which had been long anticipated by her, and had frequently
been talked of by her very unguardedly, and when it did come
she openly mentioned the sum, which she said had fallen far
short of her expectation, its amount being only 1501., which
she had been paid by a cheque for 1001. on a bank, and in
notes and gold, all of which she was undoubtedly well known
by her neighbours to have in her possession Living alone
in her shop, the old lady was in the habit of going regularly
every night, about ten o'clock, for her beer, to the Black
Swan public-house, hard by her house. On the night in
question she went as usual. At two o'clock next morning
police-constables Waller and Johnson were going their
rounds through Howard-street, and, as they passed the
house of the deceased, one of them pushed against the door,
on which it gave way. On entering, they found the shop
and parlour in darkness, but, by the light of their lanterns,
they could see that a candlestick was on the counter, while
on the parlour table stood the unfinished beer and the remains
of a frugal meal, which plainly showed that the old woman
had been disturbed not long after her return from the Black
Swan. Not being able to make any one hear, though
they frequently knocked with their truncheons against
the counter and partitions, they lighted the candle, and on
examining the counter, behind which was the till drawer,
they discovered the body of the deceased, quite cold
and dead, doubled up on the floor in a pool of blood, her
throat being deeply cut on one side, while her head was
almost smashed by blows dealt on the back with some blunt
instrument, as if she had been struck in the act of stooping
to get something from beneath the counter. On the counter
near the body was a knife covered with lard and blood. As
soon as the sergeant came from the station-house the alarm
was given on all sides, and among other persons the inmates
in Mr. Catchpole's house were roused up, the bell being
answered by Yarham from a window. When he came down,
he, in answer to the inquiries of the police, replied that
he had not heard any noise in Mrs. Candler's house, though
he had been sitting up all night for his master till one
o'clock, and that he had been to buy some rushlights at her
shop that night at ten o'clock, when he saw and conversed
with her, and left her well. Notwithstanding this, the po-
lice very properly searched the adjoining premises, and
though nothing was found to implicate Yarham, he was
taken into custody, as well as the prisoners at the bar,
against whom suspicion was directed in consequence of their
having beeti seen loitering about the premises on the evening
before the murder and after it during the night. The
strongest circumstance, however, arose from the discovery of
a bag of money, bearing the superscription, " Mrs. Candler,
by rail to Yarmouth," which was found secreted in the
" Denes," a sandy
.district surrounding Yarmouth, by two
women on the morning after the murder, who, observing that
the sand had recently been disturbed near a heap of broken
glass, conceived that the latter had been erected as a landmark
to guida the murdelera to the recovery of their plunder. They
accordingly dug near the footmarks of two men, which they
particularly noticed at the time, and very soon came to the
bag and money. While so employed they saw the prisoner
Royal hanging over some palings not far off, and apparently
watching them, and they were soon afterwards-joined by
him, when he said, "There ought to be a check too." The
property so singularly recovered was placed in the hands of
the police, and it being stated by a private watchman that
two men resembling Royal and Mapes had been seen going
towards the "Denes," and to stoop down at the identical
spot, those two men were arrested. Nothing, however, came
out to justify their committal, and the parties suspected
were all discharged. On further consideration they were
again taken up, and on the 30th of December the shoes of
Royal and Mapes were examined and pronounced by the
women to make impressions exactly resembling those they
had noticed in the sand. Beyond these vague circumstances
there was nothing whatever to implicate the prisoners in the
commission of the murder except the evidence of the man
Yarham, who about the same time professed his readiness to
make a statement of what he knew ; and ultimately gave the
following evidence :
Samuel Yarliam—l am a shoemaker, of Great Yarmouth,
and occupied the premises in which Mr. Catchpele resided.
My wife lived with me. I slept in a room adjoining Mr.
Catchpole's, over Mrs. Candler's parlour. Mr. Catchpole
lived there at the time of the murder. I was sitting up
in my room for Mr. Catchpole, and had prepared some
gruel ; I was in my keeping-room next to the kitchen
down stairs. The keeping-room is separated from the hall
in which the staircase is by a wall. I went out of my house
at a quarter past ten o'clock on the night of the 18th of No-
vember, and went to Mrs. Candler's to get two rushlights.
She served me, and I had some conversation with her. My
wife was then down stairs. In a quarter of an hour after
my return my wife went up to bed ; and I went up about
eleven o'clock. I came down again in a few minutes after.
I came into the ball, and then heard a noise in Mrs. Cand-
ler's shop ; it was a scuffling noise, as if some people were
walking about. I went to Mr. Catchpole's front door, and
into the street to Mrs. Candler's front door, which I found
fastened. I tried the door and knocked. No one answered.
I saw a light through the fanlight over the door. There
was something across the window. I saw in at the sides,
and I then went through Mr. Catchpole's house into the
back yard, and saw the reflection of a light through
Mrs. Candler's keeping-room window, which I knocked
at over the wall which separated her premises
from Mr. Catchpole's. No one answered me. I
then came back again through the hall into the
street, and stood on the step of Mr. Catchpole's door. While
I was standing there I saw two men ; one man was crossing
the street, and the other coming out of Mrs. Candler's shop-
door. The man crossing had a bundle under his arm ; the
man coming out of the shop-door put his hand up to put
aside some obstruction to its shutting, and then he put the
door to. A man and a woman were standing near Hou-
chen's-row. It was Royal who was coming out of the
door. I said, " What are you about ?" He said, "Go on,
Jickey," or Jigger, I don't know which. He said to me,
" B—t you, if you say anything, I'll serve you the same."
I said, " What do you mean ? He said, "We were told
she'd got some money, and we've been after, or have got
it," I can't say which. Whilst I was speaking to him the
man who was crossing went up Houchen's-row, and the man
and woman previously standing there followed. I again spoke
to Royal, who said, " B—t you, if you say anything, I'll
serve you out ;" and asked if I lived there ? He then. said,
" give you a sovereign." 'When he "b—" me

asked Min Where was the woman? He said he'd not sea
her. I asked, " Wasn't she at home?" and he said, "We
knocked her down behind the counter." I said," Good God!
you've not killed the woman ?" and he said, " I don't think
'we have, but I left her there—don't blow of an old playfellow,
and you shall have a share in the dole." • He then followed
the other party up the same row. I then took the candle
which was standing in Mr. Catchpole's hall and went into
the shop. I went behind the counter on the right hand side,
and saw nothing; I then went to the left hand counter, and
saw the body of Mrs. Candler under the counter. I felt very
much alarmed, and went back into our keeping-room, and
considered about it. I remained there two hours, till Mr.
Catchpole came home, which was about half-past one
o'clock. I saw him when he came home, and he went to bed
about half-past one o'clock, and so did 1. 'When I had been .
in bed an hour and a half I was awakened by the ringing of
the bell. I looked out of the window, and saw Sergeant
Williments. I have since seen the man who was crossing
the street, and Fee him here to-day—it is the prisoner Hall.
Cross-examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST—I first saw Mr.
Catchpole, and gave him a candle to go to bed with. I
had a hammer, and the police found it. It is a shoemaker's
hammer. I did not tell the police anything. I had no ham-
mer, and so I borrowed one of my father when I wanted one.
They found no hammer by itself, but with some other tools.
I'll swear that when I left on the Ist of December the police
found no hammer when they searched my place. Certainly
not on Tuesday. The day after the murder they found no
hammer there. Horn, the policeman, found my tools.
I'll swear that when they found my tools there was a ham-
mer amongst them. 1 lived in London seven and a halt
years. I found my wife in London. She never spoke in
public, nor i did I belong to the Socialists, nor did my wife.r
I was in trouble once for stealing books, and had a monthth
fo
it. That was thirteen months ago. I was in bedr w
. n Catchpole
my
wife when the bell rung, and I was asleep.
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had been in about an hour and a-half. It wnaos
information
half-
pastation
to• Mr. Catchpole. It was on account of Royal's
two or three o'clock. I gave
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intimidation I did not make it known at
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give information. I have no other reason than those I have
stated. I knew Royal was detained in custody on Tuesday.
When I saw the poor woman I did'nt go round the counter.
Her head was leaning over the left shoulder. When the
men went away they left me standing in the street. I no-
ticed the wound by the side of her neck. She was fronting
towards the street. I did notice it was a bloody wound, and
saw the blood. I did not stay long enough to see how
much. I went out, and put the sacking up against the fan-
light, and closed the door. I was present when James Hall
was examined, and heard he was called "Jigger" Hall. It
was not till after I gave information that I saw Hall. 1
said nothing about "Jigger." I heard him so called before
the magistrates. It was a fortnight after I had been exa•
mined, that I spoke of the conversation in which he was
called "Jigger." I should not know the man or the woman
who stood by Houchen's• row.
Amtr.tpheßEcl.sonsemoof
.t,thsTe c:osseefotor the prosecution,
theecut tonjury' on behalf of
Royal and Hall, and in the course of hisaddress imputed to
the witness Yarham the whole guilt of this most mysterious
case ; concluding with the intimation of his intention to
disprove the case against his clients by witnesses, who
would show that they were at two public louses at different
parts of the town at the time when the murder was perpe-
trated. When the Learned Counsel had brought. his speech
to a conclusion,
His LORDSHIP adjourned the further hearing of the case till
to• morrow morning.

The Court assembled on Tuesday, at eight o'clock, when
Mr. Crouch addressed the jury for Mapes. For the follow-
ing abridged account we are indebted to the Norfolk News,
which contains nearly six columns of the proceedings on
Tuesday.
Mr. CROUCH said, after the long and.p3werful address of
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the case, it would be superfluous in him to address them a
very great length. It was come to this—did they believe the
testimony of that man Yarham, whom he should endeavour
to show was the very man who had committed the mur-
der himself. This he should endeavonrto show by comment-
ing on the evidence of Yarham at conslcterzhle length
This, said the Learned Counsel, I will endeavour to prove.
If you will go with me for a short time to examine the evi-
dence in this case, I think you will see that the murder of
this woman, was committed by the very witness who now
seeks to take away the life of the prisoners at• the bar. If
you consider the situation of Yarham—if you consider that
Yarham was living at the same house where the woman was-
murdered—that he must have known the circumstances of

the woman—that he must have known where the money was
kept, and that by murdering her he might become possessed
of all her money : what are the probabilities? There was
some evidence attempted to be proved on the part of the pro-
secution—that Yarham did not know she was possessed of
money, but no evidence was given to show that he did not.
Mr. Prendergast thelfcalled several witnesses to prove an
alibi in the case of Royal, and Mr. Crouch called witnesses
fur the samejpurpose on behalf of Mapes and Hall.
Mr. Justice PArrEsoN summed up, and said, respecting the
testimony of the principal, and upon which the main case
of the prosecution rested, Yarham had most foully rer-
jured himself if he had had anything to do with the trans-
action. Against two of the prisoners, and particularly against
Hall, the evidence seemed to be certainly inconclusive. The
Learned Judge then went over the circumstances of the ad-
mitted facts of the murder. The groat question was whether
Yarham was the witness of truth. If that was the case the
charge was established against Royal and Hall ; but it appeared
he knew nothing of Mapes. Supposing also, his statement
was true, the man and woman whom he stated to have seen
were unknoivn. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the
whole of the evidence of Yarham, and commented upon the
probability (f i s accuracy. Against Mapes and Hall the
testimony of Yarham did not operate, but, as against Royal,
if he was the witness of truth, he made out something
like a case.

The jury consulted for about ten minutes, and returned a
verdict of " Not Guilty."
Upon the verdict being pronounced, Royal, whose counte-
nance had undergone no change upon hearing this momen-
tous decision, said, with a slight bow to the jury, " Thank
you, gentlemen," and resumed;his seat in the dock, from
which, however, he and his companions were speedily
removed.

During the latter portion of the trial the excitement which
had prevailed on the previous day had considerably abated,
and the strong impression which seemed to pervade the
crowd assembled in the Court was, that the testimony of
Yarham, upon whom the main case for the prosecution—de-
pended, could not be received by the jury, wore off mucE of
that anxiety which would otherwise have been felt for the
decision of the jury, had the case for the prosecution been
supported by less questionable evidence. When the verdict
was pronounced, no one amongst the vast crowd expressed,
by look or gesture, the least surprise ; all appeared to be pre-
pared for an acquittal of the pawners.

cFROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
orwich, Nine o'Clock, Tuesday Evening.
The witness Yarham is just discharged from the Castle.
A mob instantly recognised him, and is at this moment hoot-
ing him from street to street. The verdict of the jury ispre-
sumed to be founded on the assumption that Parham was
implicated in the murder, and that his turning approver was
a deliberate design to fix the crime on three innocent men.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GLERKEIV WELL.

A dreadful riot occurred at the Chalk-road on Monday
last about two o'clock, which originated in a dispute be-
tween some labourers who were drinking at a beer• shop
in the neighbourhood. They were forced out of the
place ; ard, having separated int 3 two parties, one at-
tacked the other with shovels, spades, and other imple-
ments which lay about the new buildings.
Arising out of this affray four men named Manning,
Car ny, Edward and John Burke, were charged with cut-
ting and wounding several persons. Edward Burke bad a
fearful wound on his right cheek, and each of the other
prisoners bore, marks or violence. It appeared that the
policeman Stoker interfered to suppress the disturbance,
and was attacked by Edmund Buike, who knocked him
down. The other prisoners then kicked and trampled
upon him in the most savage manner. A man named
Powell interfered on behalf of the constable, but Edmund
Burke knocked him down with a shovel, and the other
prisoners, whilst he was prostrate, treated him so bar--
barously that be has been since unable to leave his bed.
Two other men, named Warren and Kaytes, interfered
for the same humane purpose. Warren lies so much
beaten that he deposed he had been vomiting blood
during the night, and was unable to swallow anything.
Kaytes received a chop of the shovel on the back of the
head, from which he bled a great deal. Several police-
men (amongst others, Wayre, of the G division) were
hurt, but not seriously.
Mr. COMM remanded all the prisoners, until it was
known whether the sufferers would recover, and refused
to take less bail for their appearance than two sureties in
401. fur zach prisoner.

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