The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-07 00:00:00

TIIE SALT-HILL MURDER.

The trial of John Tawd, charged, upon the coroner's
inquisitien, with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart, at
Salt-hill, on New Year's Day, will take place next week
at Aylesbury. An application will be made. on the part
of the Crown, as soon as the commission is opened, for a
day to be fixed for the trial, in consequence of the
immense number of witnesses who will be examined
both for the prosecution and the prisoner, the great
majority of whom will have to travel a distance of be-
tween thirty and forty miles. Wednesday next will be
the day named fur the trial to take place, should it meet
with the approbation of the Court. The number of
persons who have made application to be present
during the proceedings (which are expected to oc-
cupy nearly two whole days) would fill the Court (which
is somewhat confined), even if it were five times its
present size. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, who had been retained
by the prisoner, to conduct his defence, will not, it is
confidently stated, be enabled to undertake that arduous
duty, Mr. Kelly having receivel a heavy brief with a fee
of tive hundred guineas, in a cause to be tried on the Home
Circuit, at Maidstone, where the assizes occur in the
same week as et Aylesbury. Mr. Montagu Chambers
and Mr. J. J. Williams, who were present to watch the
proceedings at the coroner's inquest on the body of Sarah
Hart, at Salt-hill, on the part of the accused, will be en-
gaged elsewhere on their respective circuits. In the ab-
sence of these three gentlemen whom we have named, we
understand that Mr. Gurney and Mr. O'Malley have been
retained for the prisoner by his solicitor, Mr. Bevan, of
the Old Jewry. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Fender-
g Ist have been retained on the part of the Crown. In
order to accommodate as many persons as possible
during the trial, various alterations and arrangements
are bAng effeAed in the interior of the Court, by the
orders of the High Sheriff. The prisoner-continues to be
supplied daily with a dinner from the White Hart Inn at
Aylesbury, the prison regulations permitting an accused
person, before trial, thus to obtain his meals. He is
only reAtricted as to quantity with reference to wine and
beer. His appetite continues very good, and his usual
spirits, until within the last day or two, have not forsaken
him. He has been taking hydrocyanic acid, medicinally,
nearly over since he has been incarcerated, the prisoner
alleging that he is labouring under a complaint which
renders that medicine necessary for his health. Several
consultations have taken place within the last few days
IN,
between the accused and his professional advisers. e
may state that he looks forward with confidence to the
result of his trial.

It is confidently reported that Mr. Gladstone will
return to the Cabinet, and hold an office in the Admi-
nistration yet higher than that from which he recently
receded. The Right lion. Gentleman has, it seems, re-
considered the subject of the increased grant to May-
nooth College, and has intimated that he is prepared to
support both that grant and the other projected educa-
tional institutions of a liberal constitution, in Ireland.—
Evening Paper.
BURO!.ART AT PRESTON, LANCASHIRE.—On Sun-
day, :while all the family and household of Mr. Clark, who is
described as a punctiliously religious man, were at church,
his house was broken into, thirteen drawers picked and
rifled, all his plate, a gold watch, and other valuable effects,
to the amount of 200 k, were carried off, and ne clue left to,
the thieves. Some suspicion attaches to parties who on the
same day, at two o'clock, left Preston by the train for
London. A telegraph on the hue might have led to the exa-
mination of these parties, and to the detection of the thieves.

black cloth, and handles and plates, and pieces of
shrouds were flying about. The smell was indescribable.
Have visited the ground many times since, and have
found it in the same state. Have repeatedly experienced
in my nightly rounds the horrible stench from the
burial-ground.
" John Newman, an inhabitant near the spot, confirm
the principal points of the foregoing statements, and
adds, that the burials averaged from fifteen to thirty on
a Sunday, and from six to twelve on Mondays."
The greatest excitement continues to- prevail through-
out the parish, and it is understood that a Parliamentary
inquiry will be forthwith instituted into these serious
charges against the managers of the ground.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 6.

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
A messenger from the Commons brought up a number
of private Bills, which were severally read a first time.
A NOBLE LORD presented a petition against the open-
ing of public-houses on Sundays.
HARBOURS OF REFUGE.

Lord• COLCHES iER rose, pursuant to notice, to
move an hddress to her Majesty, praying that she may
be pleased to order that a copy of the report of the
Commissioners, appointed in April last to inquire into
the state of the harbours in the British Channel, be laid
on the table. As he understood that her Majesty's Mi-
nisters did not intend to offer any opposition to the
motion, he would occupy their Lordships but a few
minutes, in stating his reasons for considering it
important that the paper should be laid before their
Lordships. For one hundred miles of the southern
coast of England, extending from Portsmouth, there was
not a single harbour capable of affording shelter to ships,
or a place where a squadron could ride in security in
time of war. Such a state had been long complained of;
but the only attempt to remedy the deficiency was by the
construction of the Breakwater at Plymouth. On the re-
commendation of a Committee of the House last session, the
Commissioners were appointed to inquire and examine
as to the best positions for the construction of adequate
harbours of refuge, and their labours concluded with the
resort which was the subject of his present notice. He
would only add, that he concurred in the opinion of the
Commissioners, as expressed in the last paragraph of
their report—that in a matter of such great national and
commercial importance, pecuniary considerations ought
not to interfere.—The motion was agreed to.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1845