The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-13 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

WALTON V., BATE3IAN AND OTHERS.
This case. which has now occupied the Court four days,
was still undetermined when we went to press, His Lordship
was left summing up the evidence.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Francis Copping, an important-looking person, very fashi-
onably dressed, and who, is appears, is possessed of ati indepen-
dent property, and resides at Notting-hill, was charged with
being (hunk and disorderly, and assaulting the police.
Police constable No. 179 of the C division, stated that,
about two o'clock this morning, the defendant was wrangling
with a man of bad character in Oxford•street, and
wanted to fight him. Witness interfered to prevent a
breach of the peace, and also the defendant, from being robbed,
which he no doubt would have been, when he struck him
(complainant) a violent blow on the mouth, and cut his lip
severely. Complainant then took him into custedy, and coo-
veyed him to the station-house. He was excessively intoxi-
cated as the time.

The defendant said he was very sorry for what bad happened,
but he certainly did not sttike the constable intentionally—he
had been dining out and was certainly tl,e worse for the wine
he had drank. He was fined 205., which was immediately paid.

HOPE ASSURANCE OFFICE.
(THIS DAY.)
The Annual General Court of Directors of this Association
was h-id this day, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill.
Ohe of our reporters attended, but he was informed that
strangers could not be admitted, consequently we are unable to
give any account of the proceedings.

THE MURDERED JANE Jonns.—The unfortunate
victim of Good's horrible depravity was a native of Myfod,
Montgomeryshire. Her father had nut, for a period of six
years, received a communication from her, or the slightest in-
timation of where she was. He is a poor, but honest and in-
dustrious man, much respected in his 'situation in I.fe.
Salopian Journal.
The Earl of Auckland,,accompanied by his sisters,
the Hon. Mis-es Eden, and his nephew and Aid-de-camp, the
Hon. Capt. W. Godolphin Osborne, is ex;:ected to arrive in
town the first week in the ensuing month from the late seat of
his Government at Calcutta. His Lordship went out in the
spring of 1835.

THE ROEITAMPTON
MURDER.

I TRIAL OF GOOD AT TIIE.OLD
BAILEY-(THIS DAY.)
The morbid feeling of sympathy whieh the ladies and gentle-
men 'of" England entertain towards the perpetrators of horrid
-crimes, and which increases in proportion to the magnitude of
the offence, was mantsfested this day in a moat especial and
striking manner, by the appearance which the Court, the hall,
and the precincts of the Old Bailey presented. Admission to
the bode ef the Court was only to be obtained by tickets from
trit Sheriffs, and to the gallery by the payment of half a
guinea, yet was the Court crowded to excess, every hole, every
corner, was occupied, from the Usher's three-cornered seats to
the places on the bench, usually occupied by the Judges. At
eight o'cloAc the doors were thrown open, atid almost imme-
diately afterwards the Court was filled with visitors, all of
Whont appeared to be of the middle or upper classes of life.
There were a great many ladies in the Court—young ladies,
cre Awes of such delicate mould, that we are sure the sight of
a spider wont.' frighten them into fits, and a frog would be
positive death ; yet would they find pleasure in listening
to the details of a most barbarous murder, and in
looking at a man who his been already con-
victed in the pubtic mind as being guilty of crime the
most revolting to human nature, and the mere recital of which
is though to chill the warm blood finis ing in our veins. We
never saw a Court so full of barristers, or at any rate of per-
sons bearing the appearance of barristers—who they were it is
hard to tell—but we are given to understand that wigs and
gowns were in great requisition at Obbard's, Blake's, and the
various other emporia of fancy dresses. So much for the in-
terior of the Courts the exterior presented a scene of greet
animation ; the street in which the Old Bailey is situate was a
perfect sea of human beings. Aforeigns'r not conscious of the
occasion which called them together, would imagine that the
people were celebrating some Saint's day, or grand gala.
At ten o'clock, Lord Denman, with Mr. Baron Alderson
and Mr. Justice Coltman, took their seats on the bench, and
by the side of their Lordships We observed his Royal Highness
the Mike of SUsSex, the Chevalier Bunsen, Aldermen Sir M.
Wood, T. Wood, Gibbs, Lucas, Copeland, J. Dennistoun,
Esq , M. P., the Recorder, &e.
THE HIGHBURY MURDER.
Thomas Cooper was first placed at the bar, charged with the
wilful murder of Timothy Daley. Cover appeared very faint,
and was accommoda-ed with a seat.
Mr. !-loaf, on behalf of the prisoner, made aliplication
that the trial should be delayed until next ses ion, on the
ground that there would not be sufficient time during the pre-
sent session to collect the materials for the prisoner's defence.
Ira little time were granted the friends of the prisoner hoped
that they should be able to lay such a series of facts before the
Court as would altogether alter the present aspect of the pri-
soner's offence.
Mr. BODKIN, on .he part of the prosecution, offered no op-
position to the application, and the trial was accordingly post-
poned till next session.

THE ROEHANIPTON MURDER.
Daniel Good and Molly Good were then plaCed nt the bar.
Daniel was dressed in the prison dress, and Molly was very
neatly attired, with a dean white cap, shawl, &c. Both pri-
soners leaked fresh and well, and walked to the dock with a
firm precise step. Daniel looked a little thinner, but on the
whole we think appeared to be in a better and more healthy cm-
dition than when he was brought up at Bow-street.
The Attorney- General, Mr. Adolphus, Mr. Waddington,
anti Mr. R. Gurney conducted the prosecution on the part of
the Crown, and Mr. Doane appeared In: the prisoners.
The indictment, which contained this ty-two counts, having
been read, the question, " Are you guilty or not guilty," was
put to the prisoners, to which they both answered, in a firm
tone of yoke, Not Guilty."
Mr. DOANE, who appeared on behalf of Daniel Good, ap-
plied to the Court that he might be tried separately.
The ATTORNEY- GCNERAL, on the part of the Crown, had
no objection to the adoption of that course.
Molly Good was then removed from the bar, and the trial
of Daniel Good proceeded—all the: witnesses for the prosecu-
tion, except the medical gentleinen, being ordered out of Court.
.The ATTORNEY-OE N ERA t then proceeded to address the
Jury on behalf of the prosecution: It was his duty to state to
them the circumstances under which the prisoner at the bar
was charged with the crime of murder. Before entering into
a short detail of these events, which had given rise to the pre-
sent charge, he felt that it would be almost unnecessary for
hint to beg of the Jury to disniiss altogether from
their minds, as far as they could, every thing which
they might have heard out of Court with respect to
the' transactions which were the subject of inquiry
now before them. Whatever they might have heard stated or
have read elsewhere with respect to the facts or to any op nions
expressed on the subject, it was their duty to dismiss :rem their
minds; to proceed only upon the evidence that would be brought
before them in the course of the inquiry, and to receive the law
from the Learned fudge who preAded. On the 6th of April
lest, on a Wednesday, a persc a of the name of Collin borne
directed a policeman of the name of Gardiner to go, he be-
lieved, to Wandswmth, and apprehend the prisoner on a charge
of stealing some articles of wearing apparel. The policeman
went to the family house, where the prisoner had lived as
coachman for upwards of two years. Mr. Shiel, the master of
the, prisoner, occupied premises of great respectability at
Putney, and there the policeman went expecting to meet with
the prisoner. As expeCted, the prisoner at the bar presented
himself, and ;on inquiry beir.g made, and when he was told
of the accusation that had been made against him by Mr. Col-
lingborne, he willingly at once offered to go to Wandsworth,
where Mr. Collingborne lived. This the policeman objected
to, and insisted upon searching the premises. He searched the
coach-house and other places, but not finding the articles missed
there, he proceeded to search the stable. Upon his attempting
to do so there appeared some reluctance on the part of the pri-
soner to per,ssiit it. The policeman, however, insisted upo
discharging his duty ; the prisoner offering to go t o Wandsworth
and pay for the articles, but this the policeman refused to ac-
cede to. The premises in question were at some distance from
the house—about 300 yards. Putney Park-lane was not a
great distance from Wandsworth, and the house of Mr. Shiells
occupied a considerable space of ground, and as he had before
stated, the stables were about 300 yards from the house.
There was a back gate, by which any one might pass to
the gardener's house and to the stables, and there was a larger
gate, which was a public entrance. While the policeman was
continuing his Search in the stables, he observed the prisoner
at the bar go to one of the stalls and move some hay. 'f he pee
'iceman immediately proceeded to the stall and told the prisoner
that he did not require his assistance in snaking the search.
The policeman turned the straw over to see if he could find the
article which had been stolen. The prisoner went towards the
door, and, upon an examination being made of the appearance of ,
something, and before it could be ascertained what it was,
the prisoner rushed out, closed the door behind him,
and locked it on the outside. There were at this time
three or four persons in the stable. At first there was an at-
tempt. made to open the door, but finding it to be ineffectual
they returned to the stall, and upon close examination they
found the trunk efa human being, with the head and part of
the neck cut off, the arms and legs also cut off, the arms cat
off at the shoulder and the legs at the thigh ; and upon further
inspection it was found to be the mutilated remains of a female,
all the intestines having been extracted. The rest of the
premises were then searched, and in the harness-room a register
stove was discovered with a considerable quantity of fuel,
ready prepared for lighting a fire, and in the ashes of the grate
were found the remains of a human skull, vslach had been ex-
posed to considerable heat. An axe was also found, with marks
of blood upon the handle ; and in a drawer a knife, which, ac-
cording to the description of one of the witnesses, was almost
saturated with blood. Now it was a most important circum-
stance in the present case that the Jury should be made ac-
quainted with the fact, that the stable in which the mutilated
remains were found was kept locked by the prisoner at the bar,
as well as the harness-rroom ; he and he alone, had the sole
control of the premises in which the body was found. The
persons locked in the stable by the prisoner, after same diffi-
culty, succeeded in opening the door. The prisoner at the
bar, however, had fled in the mean time, and the search after
him proved unsuccessful. Upon the facts and circumstances
which had now been stated, and as to the truth in
proof of which there could be no doubt, vet y
grave and serious questions would arise as, et) how far
they effected the prisoner at the bar. The first question
would be whether the remains of the unforttinate person
were the remains of the individual who had been murdered.
Another question of great importance would bes, who was the
person murdered? The third question would bed by whom was
the crime committed—whether or not it was committed by the
prisoner at the bar? And the fourth question would be, by what
means the crime was committed ? He would now call the at-
tention of the Jury to a short account of the hiStory of Jane
Janes, who, in the different counts of the indictment was said
to be the person on whom the violence had been committed.
Jane Good, or Jane Jones, had, for a period of three
years, or three years and a half, lodged in South-
street. The house at which she resided was kept by
a person named Brown. Jane Good maintained herself by
washing ; she lived in the lower part of the premises. At first
she had both kitchens, but subsequently only one. It appeared
that the prisoner at the bar had been acquainted with her for
some time. At first she passed by the name of Jane Jones,
but afterwards she took the name of Good, and was called Jane
Good, or Mrs. Good. Shortly after this, the prisoner at the
bar brought a. boy, about 7 or 8 years old, to live with her, who
called her mother ; and the prisoner spoke of her as his wife.
Until within the course of the last two years, the prisoner was
was in the halit of going to Jane Good every day.
but latterly he only went once or twice a week. Jane Good
during the whole period had never been absent from home a
single night but one, and that was on Easter Sunday. She
had the care of the boy, and the prisoner paid the rent to Mrs.
Brown. It appeared that sometime before Sunday, the 3d of
April, the Sunday before the remains were found, the prisoner
at the bar represented to Alms. Brown that Mrs. Good was
about to take a place in the country, and on the Sunday Jane
Good herself made arrangements for the boy's sleeping else-
where for the night, but it was for the night only,
when she requested a neighbour, who somewhat reluctantly
afforded the accommodation, to permit the boy to remain there
that night. She stated that it was but for one night only, as
she would return at nine o'clock on the Monday morning. She
never did return, and she never since has been seen alive.
When she.went out, she• was observed by Airs. Brown, her
dress was noticed by her, and he (the Attorney-General) be-
lieved that every part of that dress—certainly the greater
part of it—would be distinctly traced by undoubted
testimony to the possession of the prisoner at the bar.
Some parts had been disposed of, it was hardly known bow,
but the greater portion of it could be traced to his possession,
especially the bonnet, the shawl, the gown, the petticoat, and
even the laced lamas. The keys of the lodging, which Jane
Good was in the habit of carrying about with her, together
with the guard, were found either in the stable or the harness-
room. Sonic of these articles were given by the prisoner to a
woman of the name of Butcher, who would be called before
them. To that individual he gave the new bonnet anti other
articles, giving an account of the mode in which lie became
possessed of them—which it would be better perhaps that the
Jury should hear from the witness herself. Alter Jane Good
left her lodgings in South-street, she some where or other met
the prisoner at the bar between the Red Lion and the Suspen-
sion-bridge at Hammersmith. At a quarter before four they
were seen by one witness, and at half-past six they were seen
by another going towards Putney Park-lane. They left the
house of a person named Roy, where they had some beer. They
were again seen between the spot and the stable of Mr. Shiel,
and from that time nothing more was seen of Jane Good until
the remains were found. On Monday it appeared that the pri-
soner at the bar went to the lodging, toek away the boy, and
that he also had pawned some of the articles of wearing apparel
which Jane Good had not taken away with her: On the Tues-
day a considerable smoke and a strong smell was observed
coming from the chimney of the harness room of Mr. Shiel.
The prisoner was asked the reason ; he was questioned as to
whether he had been; singing the horses; hut the only reason
he assigned for it was that he bad been toasting some cheese.
On the Wednesday it would be proved that the prisoner went
out with the poney-chaise, and took with him the bonnet and
wearing apparel which he gave to the woman named Butcher,
and upon his coming back he called at Mr. Collingborne's at
Wandsworth, took away certain articles of wearing apparel
which it had since been discovered he pawned soon after he
purloined them. It would also be shown that after he locked
the policeman and other parties in the stable that he went to
the lodging occupied by Jane Good, that he got up early on
the morning of Thursday and went away about half-past
five o'clock, that he took several things with him
which he left at the Spotted Dog in the Strand.
He (the Attorney-General) believed that it could be distinctly

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1842

proved that he had taken everything away from the lodgings of
Jane Godd, which belonged to her, with the exception of the
mangle, and that that was felt tkier6 in order that the woman
Butcher might have it. The evidence would trace him day by
day, almost up to the moment of his apprehension. At the
Spotted Dog he gave his name as Staunton, and at other plates
he had procured disguises ; he obtained a hod and other things,
and ultimately succeeded in getting a situation near Tonbridge
as a bricklayer's labourer. The extraordinary circumstances
which had excited stet-Ruch public attention had very naturally
induced suspicion against any stranger, and the result of that
suspicion was, the identification of the prisoner at the bar by
one who knew biro. He was taken into custody near Ton-
bridge, was brought to London, and. was now dined upon to
answer the dreadful charge which was made against him.
With respect to the mutiiated remains which had been dis-
covered, it would be found among the medical men examined
there was no difference in opinion as to certain facts. Upon
examination it appeared to be an undoubted fact that the
mutilated trunk court, within a few days, have belonged to
a person, not only enjoying life but in perfect health. There
was no trace of disease whatever, but there was a remarkable
deficiency of blood in every part; the lungs were collapsed, the
heart was healthy, but the entrails were taken out. Still it
was manifest that the remains were those of an individual who
had not died by natural means. The chest presented a healthy
appearance, and all the medical men were agreed in opinion
that death had been caused, not by apoplexy, but by
violence, accompanied with considerable effusion of
blood. Upon the premises were found two instruments
which might have been used in the commission of the horrid
deed; there was an axe, and a knife, both of which it would
be shown were covered with Hood. Now, whether the un.
fortunate person whose remains had been found was Jane Good
it would be an important matter for the Jury to try. It was
most remarkable, that considering the account of her going
away, that she took nothing wail her. of any
,sort or kind but
the clothes she had on her, and that every thing she had
left behind was taken possession of by the prisoner, and either
sold, paw ned, or given away by him. There was some evidence of
the person being reeigni cc( as that of Jane Good by a police-
man, who examined the remains, arid discovered a mole, which
was kncern to be en the person of Jane Good. With respect,
to the share the pilstiner had in the murder it would be in evi-
dence before the Jury that the premises, when all these things
took place, were exclusively under the control of the prisoner.
He permitted no one to light the fire in the harness-room, or
to do anything in the stable. . Not one of 'the family bad access
to the stable but himself. Those circumstances, coupled
with the flight of the prisoner, and his conduct
afterwards, must . be taken into consideration, when
the question was what share the prisoner had in the
murder. Ahother point for the Jury to determine was the
way in which the crime was committed. The different counts
in the indictment were framed in order to meet every means by
which the crime assumed could be committed. He felt himself
hound, however, to call the attentionasf the Jury to that which,
under the circumstances, appeared:le
.him the most probable
and reasonable cause of death. The state of the body excluded
the idea of death by disease ; it excluded the idea of death
by poison; and the remaining question therefore WAS,
in what way was it effected. According to the
statement of the medical men, death had taken place
before the mutilation commenced, and it would there-
fore be the duty of the Jury, in the exercise of their deli-
berate judgment, to say what was the cause of death. He was
desirous of placing before them all the circumstances con-
nected with the case, in order to enable them to discharge
faithfully and effectively the grave duty which had devolved
upon them. Upon those circumstances he asked the unbiassed
exercise of their deliberate opinions ; but he thought
himself bound, in the discharge of the important duty
which bed been cast upon him, not to shrink
from calling their attention to these parts of the case which
bore on the question they had to decide. In the course of the
narrative that he had given, he had adopted that course, feeling
that the Jury had a most serious and important duty to discharge
es between the public and the prisoner at the bar. He had
stated to them, not in detail, but rather with a view to give
them a general notion of the scope of the case, and the circum-
stances connected with the departure of this young woman, her
disappearance on Sunday, and the discovery of her re-
mains. If, upon the whole of those circumstances,
the jury should be satisfied that the,prisoner at the bar was so
much mixed tip with those deplorable. events, that- little or no
doubt could be left on tine mind of the jury as to the result to
which any reasonable party would come, however painful it
might be, it would be their bounden duty to come to the con-
clusion which, exercising a calm and deliberate judgment,
keeping their attention fixed upon the peculiar circumstances
of the case, these which were calculated to justify a
doubt of the innocence of the prisoner, and those which
were calculated to effect any explanation of his conduct;
above all, those calculated directly, more than doubts and diffi-
culties, which he is called upon solemnly and seriously to deny,
being placed at she bar under the dreadful charge of murder.
If, after hearing all these things—if, after considering the state-
ments of the witnesses, there remained any reasonable doubts
on the minds of the Jury as to the fate of the unfortunate wo-
man, and as to her being the person thus found, or as to her
being suddenly deprived of life by the crime of murder, and if
there should be any reasonable doubt as to the participation
of the pi ironer in that crime, then they would give the priso-
ner the benefit of that doubt ; but it on the other hand
they were satisfied that the case was clearly brought home
to the prisoner at the bar, however painful it might be, they
were bound in the discharge of their duty, and in obedience to
the oath they had taken, to deliver their judgment as a record
of their opinion, whatever the consequences might be to the
prisoner at the Let':
Police-constable Gardiner, V M. examined by Mr. Anoe-
estes—in consequence of something that had been stated to
me I went to Att.. Shiells' house in Putney Park-lane, in the
parish of Putney. When I went there I rang the bell; the
prisoner at the bar opened the doer. I was accompanied by
two l ids named Speed and Dagnell. One of the lads asked if
the coachman was at home. Tim prisoner replied, "I am the
coachman." I then stepped up to him, and told him I had
come to take him into custody on the charge of stealing a pair
of black trousers from Mr. Collingborne. The prisoner said
." Yea, I bought a pair of breeches, and did cot pay for them,"
and pulling out his purse, he said he would pay for them. I
said that was net the charge I had come upon, and the prisoner
said, " Very well; I'll go with you to Wandsworth and settle
with Mr. Collingborne." I asked if he would let me examine
the chaise and stable previous to doing that, and he consented.
The two lads and I then entered the yard. I saw the prisoner's
child running about the yard. I examined the pony chaise,
and told, Speed to stand by the prisoner whilst I made the
search. 1 then proceeded to search the harness room
but saw nothing; whilst searching the chaise the prisoner
said, "We will go to Wandsworth now and settle it." At
that moment Houghton came in, and asked what was the matter.
I explained to him. The prisoner wanted to go to Wands-
worth, I said I would not go till I had searched the stable. I,
the two lade, prisoner, his child, and Houghton, then went
into the stable. I desired Speed to stand by the prisoner. I
searched the first and second stalls ot the stable, but found nothing.
I then commenced to search the cornebinn, and the prisoner
again expressed his desire to go to Wandsworth to have it set-
tled. I said I would not go till I had made a more diligent
search. Prisoner then went to the fourth stall, and I saw him
move some hay from one side to the other. I went to him and
told him to go and stand by Speed, saying that. I did not require
any of his aesistance. I then removed the hay which he had
displaced; it was one truss; and I searched that. place. I
searched two trusses and some loose hay, when I discovered
something which appeared to me to be a goose. I called out,
" What is this ? here's a goose ;" at that moment I heard
the stable-door shut, and on loolong round I saw
that the prisoner was gone. I ran to the door
and tried to open it, but I found it was fastened on the outside.
Speed took a three .pronged fork and began to prize the door ;
I assisted him at first, but did not open the door, so I went back
to ascertain what it was that I had found. The two lads and
Houghton followed me down to the stall. 1 removed the re.
mainder of the hay, and found the -trunk of a female ; it was
lying on its belly ; Speed turned it over ; the arms were cut off
at the shoulders, the legs at the thighs, the head was severed at
the lower part of the neck, and the abdomen was cut. open and
the entrails taken out. I then %suet to the door and forced it.
In an hour and a halt I pursued the search in the same stall.
I searched the third stall with another constable, and removed
several trusses of straw, when I found a mattress and two
blankets rolled up together. I unfolded the mattresaand dis-
covered a large scant as of urine upon it. I saw some blood on
the ground near to where the body was lying. I lett the mat-
tress, &e, in charge of another constable.

Cross-examined-by Mr. DOANE--4 ced went with me from
Wandworth; I had known him befot e; he is here to-day. Dagnall
was the servant of Mr. Collingborne. He is here. It was about
half-past nine when I arrived at the stable, and I consequently
examined it by the light of my lantern. In the fourth stall I dis-
covered what appeared to be blood. I did not make any fur-
ther inquiry to ascertain whether it was blood or no. I did
not leave the stable from the time of first entering until about
one o'clock next morning, and I then left there Sergeant
Palmer and police-constable Tye.
By the COURT-1 can't exactly say what quantity of blood
there was ; it was not very much ; about eight or ten inches
from where the body was lying, and not exactly under the
body. There was some loose hay in the stall, but it had not
the appearance of animals having been there.
Robert Speed, examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I live at
Wandsworth. On the 6th of April last I went with the last
witness to Putney Park-lane. We went first to the House
ar.d then to the stable. On ringing the bell the prisoner
opened the gate, and the daughter of Houghton also came up.
The policeman said he had come about some 'black trousers ;
the prisoner said he had no black trousers. We all afterwards
sent into the stable, the prisener leading the way. Ile opened
the stable-door with a key, which he took from his pocket.
I kept near the prisoner when we got inside, and Gardiner
commenced searching the stable. I saw the prisoner move
sonic hay in the third stall, and Gardiner told him to stand
back ; the prisoner then did stand back near to me, which was
about two yards from the place where Gardiner was searching.
Gardiner soon afterwards called out, '° What is this ?" 1 stepped
over to see what it was, and the prisoner rushed to the door
of the stable, and ran out, and I heard the door locked imtne-
diatelyafterm ards. . .

By the Cou RT—I afterwards broke the door open, but the key
was not in it then.

Thomas Houghton, examined by Mr. H. GURNEY—On the
6th April last, I was gardener to Mr. Shiells. On that evening
I went into the stable, where I found the prisoner, the police-
man, Speed, and Dagnall. The harness_room was in the care
of the prisoner, and no one else had access to it. The prisoner
kept the key cf the stable, and lighted the fire in the harness-
room. On the
he
issuingmor morning of
the harness_room; it was quite a
the sth, about six o'clock, I ob-
served a
usual thing to have a fire in the harness_room at that time of
the morning. On Wednesday evening, the stove
was laid with
a great quantity of wood and coal, ready for lighting ; there was
three times as much fuel as would be necessary for a common
fire.
Cross-examined—l had not been in the harness-room before
for some time, not having been good friends with him.
I had looked into the harness-room through one of the windows
which looked into the kitchen-garden. 1 was in the garden
about six on the morning of the sth, and was in the habit of
being there every day at that time. I worked till six o'clock in
the evening. 1 sleep in a cottage which is about fifty or sixty
yards from the stable. I have a wife, daughter, and san living
with me in this cottage; my son has slept for sow time p'st
over the stable. The cottage is in one range of buildings with
the stable, cow-house, &c., there is no back between them, but
you cannot pass from one to the other without going into the
street. Next to my cottage is the cow-house, then the tool-
house, and then came the stable, where my son sleeps. I ge-
nerally go to bed about ten o'clock in the evening. On the
Sunday previous to the discovery of the body I wer.t to bed
about ten. My son assisted me as gardener. I have seen the
stalls open, but the prisoner never left the door unlocked when
he was not there himself. There is a door close to the harness-
room which leads up stairs to the room where my son sleeps,
which is over the back harness-room. I had two other men and
a boy employed under me, but none of them slept on the pre-
mises. It is necessary to light a fire in the harness-room in wet
weather to keep the harness dry.
By the COURT—My son sleeps over the back harness-rocm.
It was in the front harness-room that I saw the wood laid for
a fire. There is a communication between the stables and the
harness-room. There was no curtain to either of the windows
in the harness-room ; the lower panes of the windows looking
into the garden were of ground glass, so that a person of ordi-
nary height could not see into the room.
Samuel Smith Dagnall examined by the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL-1 am in the service of Mr. Collingborne, who is'a pawn-
broker at Wandsworth. On Wednesday night I was at Air.
Shiells'. I went to the stable. I remember Gardiner saying,
" Here's a goose." The prisoner then went out of the stable.
I was holding Gardiner's lamp at the time. I tried to get out,
but could hot then, the door Wes locked.

Samuel Palmer, police-sergeant, S 6, examined by the AT-
TORNEY-GENERAL—On the night of the 6th April last I was
on duty in Putney, about a mile from Mr. Shielisf stables. I
went to those stables that night about eleven o'clock, W
H USE OF LORDS.
saw the remains of a human body. Policeman GarhrisCrecrl,
Houghton, his son, and Speed were there then. I made a sears h,
Ch.a_necellor, too.ls his seat on the Woolsack at two o'slock.
The Earl cf csnumencing with' the stable, and in one of the stalls I found (-11ATFESEIJILY, in the absence of the Lord
mattress and two blankets. In the fire-plaso of the harness-
room I found sdme small particles of calcined bone. There are
hick were
rs from the Commons brought up certain Bills,
two windows in this room, one looks into the stable lard and wer ra ad a first time.
the other into the garden. The fire-place was laid with wood, ,Several B ills on the table were forwarded a stage.
coals, and straw. The bones I have spoken of I found amongst ~..,, ROYAL COMMISSION.
as the ,hes, and I now produce them ; they are in the same state n_lsm/ ns were then ordered to he summoned to their
now as when I found them. I also found a guard and some isiasdsks s I?_air: to hear the Royal assent given by Commission
keys the harness room, and I put them into my pocket, but. to rstrtaist 8:113 . The Commissioners were, the Lord Chan-
-1 afterwards lost them. The keys now produced are the same cellos. Loral 111 h arncliffe, and the Duke of Buceeugh. On the
as those I found, arrival of the l -ommons the Commission was read, and the
Robert Tye examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I am Royal assent vas given to the Exchequer Bills Bill,
the pariah constable of Roehampton. On Thursday, the 7th thi. Soap Dutit .5; Bill, the Timber Ships Loading Bill,
of April I went to the stables of Mr. Shiells, and I saw the Victoria Pa rk EA the Knightsbridge Opening Bill,
there in one of the stalls the body of a woman. I found the the Sale of Paris h Property the Derby and Great June-
keys before me on the premises, I brought them here to-day; tion Railway Bill , the Bolton And Preston Railway Bill, the
I these are the keys which the last witness has just idrutified as Stanhope and Ty. le Railway Company Dissolution Bill, the
those which he lost. I also found the trunk of a femais body, Sheffield, A ihtonst inder-Lyn le, and Manchester Railway Art
and I buried it on the 15th of April.
Bill, the Cheltenham and Great
Amendment Bill, the Great, North of England and Hartlepool
B •ill, the Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr
Police-constable Tye 199 5, examined by Mr. Anosritus- Railtvay Act: Arot ndment
I went to Shiells' stable on Wednesday night. 1 saw the Western Union Raislway
body of a female. I went into the harness-room to search it, Rails% ay Act Antersirrtent Bill, the Severn Navigation Bill,
and I perceived a very bail, fulsome, sickly smell, like the rind the Bit minghan and. Liv erpool Junction Canal Act Amend-
of bacon. I then went to the Sergeant and said, '°there's a most B.'ll, the TorrinFt'an Market Bill, the Western-Super-
very bad smell here, something must be wrong. " I examined Mare* Insprovemerut lii as the Liverpool Lighting and Pacing
the fire-place, and land two pieces of calcined bone in the left- Bill, the, Tottenhai n Drainage Bill, the Northern Coal Mine
hand side of the furnace of the fire-place. They have been Company's Bill, am d several 'Road, Divorce, and other Private
shown to a surgeon. On the 12th of April, I went to Mr. Bills.
Shiells' again, and I searched the chaise; on opening the driv-
ing-box, a very bad smell issued from it, and I found a small
piece of flesh attached to the box, on the outside, under the
cushion. On this occasion [ found some more bones in the
furnace.
Cross-examined—The small piece of flesh I found on the box
was about half the size of a pea. Palmer was with me on the
6th, when I found the bones which I have produced. He found
some at the same time. I showed the hones to Mr. Allen, a
medical gentleman, the same night that I found them.
John Husain examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—I am Inspector
of the V divison of police. On.the night of 6th April, about
a quartar-past eleven, I went to Mr. Shiells' stables. I saw
the trunk of a female, and proceeded to search the harness
room, the door of which was locked. I got the key from
Houghton. I found a wooden box in the room, in which 1
found some man's linen and some books. I searched the
stable, and in the drawer of a table I found this knife produced ;
there appeared to be stains of blood on the haft and blade. I
showed the knife to a medical gentleman the 'text day. I
then searched near the fire-place, and on the right-hand
side, up against the chimney, I found this axe. The next
day I examined it, and I observed what appeared to be stains
of blood upon the pole of the axe, and on each side of the edge.
I found this piece of a handkerchief, which appears to be marked
with blood ; it was hanging upon a line across the harness-
room. On a saddle rest, I found the followings part of a
female's wearing apparel : —Two parts of a flannel petticoat,
which seemed to have been torn violently asunder, a part of a
calico petticoat, marked with blood, which was covered by a
box coat. I also found this bottle lying under the window, it
contained a few drops of what I believe to have been milk. It
was on the Bth that I found this bottle. On the night of the 6th I
searched the fire-place, and amongst the coals I found a quantity
of calcined bones. The fire waslaid ready for lighting ; I removed
the fuel, and it was under that that I found the calcined bones.
1 also found a small quantity of tea in a box. On the Bth I
instituted a search, and, assisted by Dr. Ridge, I found these
bones produced, they were amongst the cinders, and by sifting
the cinders we separated the one from the other. I found these
umbrellas in the harness-room. On the same day, I examined
the body, it having been previously washed, I observed
on the neck, about half an inch below where her
head had been taken off, a very dark small mole—
I produce a board with the inscription " Mangling done here,"
which I received from the landlord of the house No. 18, South-
street, Manchester-square.
Cross-examined.—l have kept the knife with great care since
I first found it, and I believe it presents the same appearance as
it did then.

BIN ,1113A.L PARLIAMENT.
(Tnis DAY.)

John Houghton examined by Mr. W. GURNEY—I am the
son of Thomas Houghton, and on the 6th April I was in Mr.
Shiells' employ. I slept in a room which was partly over the
stab.e end partly over the harness-room. I did not go through
the stable to get to my room. Good kept the key of the
sable. It was always locked. On the sth April I rose at
halt-past six. I saw the prisoner then. I perceived a smell as
is of the singing of horses. I asked the prisoner what it was ?
He replied that he had been in liquor over-night, and had been
toasting some cheese. I heard a cracking noise, such as is
produced by a fire burning, and the prisoner said he had a tire
dryino• the harness. I have seen a little boy with the prisoner.
and the prisoner said he was his son. He told me that his (pri-
soner's) sister, Jane Jones, had care of him. I have seen her
with the prisoner at Putney three times; the last time was on
Easter Monday. The prisoner did not then tell me who she
was. It was about ten o'clock in the morning when I saw her.
I did not particularly observe her dress, but fthink she wore a
blue boanet.
Cross-examined—l have seen Susan Butcher at Putney also,
but never any other females. lam quite sure of that. 1 mean
to swear that I never saw any other female there with the pri-
soner. On Sunday and Monday nights, the 3d and 4th April,
I went to bed about ten o'clock and rose the following morning
about six o'clock. I was on very good terms with the prisoner.
On Monday morning I was working in the kitchen-garden.
By the COURT—The room in which I sleep is partly over
the back harness-room and the stable. It was the day time
when I have seen Susan Butcher there; in the afternoon gene-
rally, neither late at night or early in the morning. During the j
night of Monday I heard no noise whatever.
The examination of Alfred Benjamin Allen was proceeding I
when we went to presc.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
MY, QUARTER TO THREE.

Money bats become very tight on the Stock Exchange, and
the prices of Consols are not quite so good as at the close of
business yesterday, being 92% for Money, and 9.2 a for the
Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 9l ; Three-and-a-
Half per Cents. Reduced, 99a : New Three-and-a-Half
per Cents. , 1004 ; Bank Stock, 1671 16S; India Stock, 250/ ;
India Bonds, 21 ; and Exchequer Bills, 39 42 prem.
Scarcely a bargain has been made either in Foreign Securities
or Shares ; no disposition is shown to force either on the
Market, which is firm. The transactions and rates have been,
Aii,Arian, 110 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52& ; the
Five per Cents., 100-; 101 h.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 551 ; Grand Junction,
189 ; London and Birmingham Shares, 31h ; at►d Eastern
Counties, New, 51. Is. Bd.

The 11l embers e f the House of Commons having heard the
Royal Asa ant gitez I to the above Bills, returned to their own
House.
illessengei 's from. the House of Commons brought up several
Bills.
The Chest, Navit Tat ion Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Equita biz Gai Compa.3y's Bill was read a third time.
and passed.

Mexican Bonds are quoted at the advanced rate of 3714,
having been 37%.

The. only bonds of the insolvent States which are quoted to-
day arc the single daily bargain in Peruvian, 191 ; Colombian,
24, ; and Spanish Active Fives. 23. The Shares appear to
be forgotten, which is easily accounted for in consequence of
the settlement having taken place yesterday.
It is currently reported that a messenger, with despatches,
has arrived from Lord Ashburton, and that his Lordship is fa-
vourable to pecuniary assistance being afforded to America by
this country, by taking a portion of the new loan. Great ca-
pitalists appear to be very averse to agree in this view, justly,
considering that no sufficient security can be given in exchange
for the cash ; but it is to be feared that some, of steelier
means, may be induced to participate in the suppositious be-
nefits should it be brought here. A letter from Illinois, received
by the Great Western, not only fully illustrates the position of
want of security, but is interesting as a sample of Ame-
rican feeling among themselves. It states that the people of
the north-east counties (of Illinois) have held meetings, and
determined to secede from the State, set up for themselves, and
form a new State.

Now, as it has never been denied in America that the prin-
ciple upon which these
.people have acted is perfectly fair and
justifiable, no reason exists why, when this new loan shall have
been increased to an inconvenient amount, and which it in-
evitably must be in the course of a few years, that the principle
will be fully carried out through the Union, and although repu-
diation will not be mentioned, yet it will in reality be adopted,
and the unfortunate creditors be left in the lurch. Nearly 20
millions of money hare already been advanced by individuals
in this country to the various States of the Union, for which
not one fraction will apparently be received ; and this fact is of
itself sufficient ti; cause the rejection of the new loan, were it
not strengthened by the circumstance that the Constitution of
America forbids any guarantee to be given.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Ditto New 2/. Os. Bd.
Edinburgh and Glaggew 5O ... ... to
Grand Junction - lOO ......189
London and Birmingham 9O ..... to
Ditto New 2
fork and Narth Midland 5O 93.1
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 12, Was quiet, with-
out the least alteration in the value of any description ; 300
American were taken for export, and the sales were 3,000
bates, comprising 300 Surat, 3d. to 4d. ; 30 Maranham, 6d. ;
50 Pernam, 7d..; and 2,620 American, 4d. to 60.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 12. Very little husi•
news was done, ansl the market was heavy. The sales were
confined to a small number of the following shares, viz. Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 55 ; London and Birmingham paid up
321. Shares, 60; Ditto New, 311/1 ; South Western, q ;
Midland Counties, 66; Paris and Rouen, 174; and South
Eastern New, 2i.
.MANcrresr.ea STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 12.—Shares con-
tinue dull, and prices rather lower. Manchester and Birming-
ham, 28i ; Manchester and Leeds, 8514 ; Northern and
Eastern, 424 ; Manchester and Liverpool and District Bank,
101/2.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BEVERLEY RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

The Two-yrs-old Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft for colts, Bst 61b,
and fillies Bst 21b, T. Y. C.
Mr. Goodman's Bother'em
Mr. J. Peck's Reviewer .
***
Lord Normanby's Telegraph... ....
Mr. Scott's f, by Muley Moloch—Jubilee
The Holderness Stakes of 10 sovs. each, T. Y. C.
Mr. G. H. Reynard's chc, by Revolution, dby Falcon
Mr. Hesletine's, The Bashaw
Mr. Stable's c, by Elberston, d by Margrave
Mr. Singleton's Squeers, and Mr. J. Smith's Burnby were
not placed.
Match, 50 sovs. Two miles.—Mr. G. Raynard's Marchio-
ness, 6 yrs (Colonel Thompson), beat Mr. R. Harrison's br
h by Napoleon, 6 yrs.
The Gold Cup Stakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only if
declared, with 40 added. The second saves his stake. 'two
miles.
Mr. Watson's A.rcanus, 3 yrs, 6st 12Ib Francis 1
Colonel Thompson's Hamlet, aged, Bst 101 b
Mr. Hogg's Waterlily, 3 yrs, sst 121 b
Mr. Robinson's Cato, 4 yrs, Bst
Mr. Simpson's Chaldean Princess, 4 yrs, 7,t 41b......... bolted
SHREWSBURY RACES.—TriunsnAv.
The Column stakes of 10 sovs, each and 25 added.—Half

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