The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-21 00:00:00

THE SCOTCH REFORMERS OF

1793-4.

FINAL DECISION OF THE MARYLEBONE VESTRY TO
ERECT THE MONUMENTAL COLUMN IN THE REGENT-

CIRCUS.
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On Saturday the Marylebone Vestry were occupied
several hours discussing the propriety of confirming
or non-confirming the minute passed on the preceding
Saturday, granting a site for the erection of a monu-
mental column to the memory of the Scotch Re-
formers of 1793-4, Muir and others, on the north side
of the Regent-circus, Oxford-street.
Mr. Lowe having been called to the Chair,
• Mr. Gomm moved for the non-confirmation of the
minute. He cared not for, the abuse Which had been
heaped upon 'him during the debate on the previous
week, by gentlemen who were the supporters of this
monumental affair. The Hon. Member (Mr. Hume)
had laboured to show that these men—Muir and
others—were of precisely the same opinions as Fox,
Sheridan, and Lord Grey, but he had failed to prove
his position. Would he venture to stand up in his
place in that Vestry, and assert that Lord Grey, Fox,
and Sheridan, were the advocates of Universal
Suffrage and Annual Parliaments ? tie called upon
the Board to pause before they did an act which was
illegal, inasmuch - as they were not a political, but
merely a parochial body.—(Cries of " Oh, oh. ) If
they would not hear his (Mr. Gomm's) warning, lie
called upon the Vestry to listen to the warning voice
of the leading journal of Europe.—(Loud laughter,
and cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. Gomm here proceeded
to read the following extract from the leading article
of the Times of Thursday :
" We will venture to say that no functionaries in
England ever before contemplated so insolent a breach
of trust as this—to give away land belonging to the
public, a portion of the greatest thoroughfare in the
British metropolis, of which they are trustees
only for the purpose of superintendence and repair
—to give this away to Mr. Joseph Hume and
others, as a site for a monument to certain
convicted and transported felons, whose crime
constitute their only title to distinction ! At the
public expense, the Marylebone Vestry proposes to
glorify the principle of anarchy and confusion, revolu-
tion, and bloodshed, and conspiracy, for the subversion
of the laws, by a laudatory memorial in the Regent-
circus.—(Cries of ' False, false !" Hear, hear,' and
' Order !') The honours of Nelson, and 'Wellington,
and Canning, are to be shared by Palmer and Muir.
We may presently expect to hear of the St. Prancras
Vestry blocking up the approach to the London and
Birmingham Railway, with a colossal statue of Tom
Paine, or of the Whitechapel Vestry sticking the
image of John Thorogood, in congenial brass, im-
mediately above the altar of their parish church.
We have lately spoken freely of what we conceive to be
the abuses of the Court of Chancery ; but really, when
indecencies like these are attempted, we have reason
to be thankful that there exists such o.jurisdiction. The
loyal inhabitants of Marylebone ought to know that it
is open to any of them to apply to that Court for an
injunction against the proposed erection in Regent-
circus, or any similar nuisance, and that such an in-
junction would be speedily and certainly obtained at
a very moderate expense. If no such application is
made, it will become the duty of the Attorney-Gene-
ral, or of the Board of Woods and Forests, to inter-
fere; and we trust that Government will look well to
the causes which have inspired these sedition-mongers
with the idea that they had the power to put this public
affront upon the laws of their country.
He (Mr. Gomm) knew that many gentlemen present
had striking reasons for not liking Chancery, and he
called upon them to take warning lest the Attorney-
General, in this matter, did not lead them into it.
The non-confirmation having been seconded,
Mr. HomE, M.P., said, that from a report he saw
in the Observer of Sunday last, he found that in the
course of the observations of -Mr. Gomm, that gentle-
manl!l
Jacobins
ameooli)iitninsieanntdwansep%Toolpuotsicednitsots,'te
and other epithets
had applied to these unfortunate men to whom
erected, the terms
pleased to
ahlat,olgreetflelerrreidnatpoptliiiceabTlei.mesl,n
Ns\u,
hpipochrthoef
was pleased
terms he
term the leading journal of Europe. So w lie (Mr'
Hume) need not attempt to impress upon the Vestry
how utterly unworthy of credit such
a source was.
The whole doctrine set up by Mr. Gomm, and that•
portion of the press which opposed this measure, was
a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to
end.—(Cries
of " Hear.") It was utterly false that the parish or
Vestry of Marylebone were about to do any such thing
as erect this monument themselves, or to grant a por-
tion of land which did not belong' to them for such a
purpose. They were merely asked to assign
a certain
spot for the erection of this monument, without any
expense to the parish whatever.—(Dear.) In every in-
stance through life he (Mr. II.) had found that a lack of
argument brought a lot of abuse, and it was
that
which had induced the attack upon himself and the
Vestry in the Times and other journals--(Cries of
~ Hear, hear.") He did not blame the Times for the
position it had taken, but, in justice, he thought that
Mr. Gomm ought also to have quoted the leading ar-
ticles of the Chronicle upon the subject, which were
much more constitutional, and a complete antidote to
that of the former journal.—(Cheers.) He hoped,
however, the Vestry were not to be swayed from
their duty as Reformers by this or that
man, or by
the attacks of any portion of the public press.—
(Hear.) A gross error had been fallen into in sup-
posing that the Vestry of that great parish was not
a political body. It was not the fact. The whole of
the administration of the parish of Marylebone was
as much political as the State and Administration of
that Vestry was that those who were returned to it
were so returned as the advocates of full and efficient
reform.—(Hear, and cheers.) Let them refer
the country.—(Hear, hear.) The whole character of
back to the years 1831 and 1832. It was the
struggle for, and the attainment of,reform in the Ves-
try of that parish, that was mainly instrumental in
bringing about the Reform Bill, notwithstanding the
damnifying slanders put forth against them by the
press of that day. - The present constitution of the
parish was founded upon politics. They were associ-
ated to conduct its affairs upon the principle of re-
forming was political, and must be
abuse, and therefore
every act of the Vestry
and remedying every
political.—(Hear.) With this fact before them, were
the Vestry acting out of the strict line of duty in deing
honour to the men who wore the pioneers of that
reform under which they, as a h„,
••"it-q, sat, acted, and
?—(No, no.) Their crime had been
would not, upon
holding similar opinions with Lord
those of Mr. Pitt
voted Grey,
that
merelya t F
t o
h x a,
t day
lyieridan, and. even
himself, but two or three pars before their persecu-
wthoue
desiitself with
tt
fi
moenr .
record what these men really were. With regard to
troHubele
expense being incurred by the V
• estry, that assertion
History had placed on
this topic, fur-
was equally untrue. The money was in his (Mr.
Hume's) hands, to defray the entire cost of the co-
lumn.—(Hear, hear.) These two Points being an •
swered, they came to the question of the
Vestry to grant the contemplated site for the erection.
If they had not the power by law, there was"an end of
Power of the
buildings
the matter. He (Mr. Hume) would contend that the
Vestry had hpaadristhh._e p(oHweearrt,oheearer,ct ornamental
and No.) The autho-
rity Mr. Gomm had cited to the contrary was not
motion, and
worth notice.—(Hear, hear.) He had that day seen
L tiptihoraeitdtheis;
tmhaontu
ftmNevnntulasd, a
in beaafetoenr oafgtehs,oseremiaiinon
a.
the architect, who declared that he could
that they once
Principles with
honoured, and
erect a gra-
nite column which would be an ornament to the parish.
Very end ofto
hopedas
si
nteheer
eR Vestryef or wouldmers7 th
ey v confirmthec,nula he
able to point
Gentle-
man naheelndtstimo
itelalrl tnhpeinrienctriseatonts
twhheosepaisllseeldi biyt
offered no argu-
become a lasting sting to them to the
time.
—sat(Loud.)cheers, amidst which the
Mr. Kum. (a barrister) would defy M
---r• Hume, or
any other member of the Vestry, to point his
any single clause of the local Acts of parliament,
under which, it was constituted, to give it a
ns should
political
tendency. The Hon. Gentlemen had
ment whatever to show that such was
Vestry. If
case.—
(Hear, hear.) It was proposed that the
be laid on that table for the choice of the
that was done, the Vestry would identify i
the whole affair, and would become responsible and
amenable for all the acts of the Committee.
Mr. POTTER said it was through the political
move-
mnents of parochial bodies that the principles
libe-
rality had advanced during the last ten Years
of
Har,
hear)—while the strongest bar to improve/Twist •
shape was the old select system prior to that' in every
period ill
power. If that Vestry were about to erect a monument
to William Pitt or Lord Castlereagh, the Times
call them worthy representatives, and excellent' andNVolli
in-
telligent telligent men ; but because they were about to honour
men of far more intrinsic value, they were designated
by the very worst epithets that could be found in the
English vocabulary.—(Hear, hear.) The
fear of the
Attorney-General had been held before their eyes
1
All he (Mr. Potter) could say was, that he was Pre-.
pared to take his share of the responsibility in the
,erection of this tribute to men who deserved equally
of their country with Russell, Hampden, or Sidney,
.

and who were as honest and sincere as any other men
in power at the present day.
Mr. ANDERSON said if he believed these men bore
the slightest comparison to the Hampdens, -Russells,
and Sidneys alluded to, he would support the motion.
But, believing the contrary, he could not give his vote
for conferring on them such an honour.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Gomm, throughout his reply, was assailed with
hisses. Hc said Pitt and Castlereagh :haa been re-
ferred to. It could not be said they were transported
felons.—(Confusion.)
Mr. HARBUTT—No ; but they ought to have been.
Mr. Gomm concluded by again calling on the Ves-
try not to commit themselves by doing the illegal act
proposed, and declared he was determined to do his
duty, be the result what it might.—(oh, and laughter.)
The question was now put, and the non••confirma-
tion declared to be negatived. A division was de-
manded, when there appeared—
For the confirmation
For non-confirmation ' 8

Majority, finally determining to place the
column in the Regent-circus 33
The Vestry then separated.

ALDERMAN THOMAS WOOD AND
THE TALAURE MINE.

On Saturday the Committee of Aldermen whom
Alderman Thomas Wood requested to investigate the
charges brought against him by certain parties, as-
sembled at the Guildhall.

There were thirteen Aldermen present, and Alder-
man Brown, the senior Alderman present, was, upon
the motion of Sir Peter Laurie, seconded by Alder-
man Farebrother, unanimously appointed to the Chair.
Some desultory conversation took place upon the
forms by which the Committee were to be regulated.
Alderman BROWN said it struck him that the
most advisable course that could be adopted was,
that Alderman Thomas Wood should lay down a
statement in writing detailing the various charges
referred to in his request for investigation by his
brother Aldermen, particularizing any which might
have been brought into a Court of Law or Equity,
and the consequence. The Committee were, it was
to be perfectly understood, as had been intimated on a
former occasion, not bringing any charges themselves,
and would, he was convinced, act with the utmost
impartiality in a case of so serious a nature to one of
their own body. He had come to the Committee with
the hope that Alderman Thomas Wood would show
that there was no foundation for the charge to which
allusion had been made ; but he considered it to be
absolutely necessary that the Committee should have
a distinct statement in writing.—(Hear, hear.) Since
the Court had granted the Committee of Inquiry he
had thought much upon thesubject. The importance
of the situation in which he had been just placed
added to the serious nature of the duty he had to per-
form. The present would, he thought, be more of a
preliminary meeting for the future proceedings than
anything else. They would proceed gradually and
temperately, and nothing would be said of the past.
Alderman T. Wood had referred to certain charges
which had been made against him ; but upon'the jour-
nals of the Court there was no record of the kind to be
found, except what was comprehended in the subject
now before the Committee. The Alderman had called
for a Committee of the Court.

Alderman T. WOOD denied that he had called for
a Committee. He left it to the Court to decide upon
their own plan of inquiry.
Alderman BROWN said the Court had, upon being
called upon, granted the request, and the Committee
had a right to call upon Alderman T. Wood to repre-
sent what the charges were to which their attention
was to be called. He (Alderman Brown) had
sketched a resolution which, had he not been in the
Chair, he would have submitted to the Committee.
Perhaps some other member would propose it. It
was as follows :—" That Mr. Alderman T. Wood be
requested to furnish the Town Clerk, on or before the
31st day of December, 1842, with a statement in
writing, for the purpose of the same being laid before
this Committee, detailing the several charges referred
to in his request for investigation, made to the Court
of Aldermen on the 3d inst., distinguishing in such
statement which, if any, of such charges bath or have
been brought under the consideration of any of her
Majesty's Courts of Law or Equity, and the mode
(whether by motion or otherwise) of bringing the
same before, and the result of the investigation
thereof by, any such Court."—(Hear.)
Sir PETER LAURIE said he highly approved of the
resolution, and felt much pleasure in second* it.
Alderman WILSON stated that he attended the Com-
mittee Greatly against his own wishes, and not a little
to his Inconvenience, having made his arrangements
for taking his family to the country. Saturday was
definitively fixed, but his brethren would not allow
him to go. He was told the honour of the Court de-
manded his attendance, that his own personal honour
required it, and that it was due to Alderman Thomas
Wood that he should not absent himself on such an
occasion. He replied that he was neither prosecutor
nor accuser. ' lie had stated on Midsummer.day that
certain charges had been made against a member
of the Court, who had moved for a Committee of in-
quiry, which was refused. He could then have at-
tended the Committee. He stated from whence the
charges came, and they might have been in-
quired into without delay, and their truth or falsehood
ascertained. He WAS anxious to abstain from allusion
to the past, but as he had taken a prominent part, and
might say. with Alderman T. Wood, that his charac-
ter had been traduced for so doing, he could not
come to a vote upon the matter without alluding to
the observations made by Alderman T. Wood upon
his conduct, in addressing the Livery on Michaelmas-
day. The present was the first opportunity he had of
replying to these observations.
Alderman COPELAND rose to order. He hoped Al-
derman Wilson would adhere to the suggestion of the
Chairman. Alderman Woad had moved for the Com-
mittee, and it was but fair to hear what were his
wishes. He (Alderman Copeland) had determined
not to attend the Committee or take any part in the
r proceedings, but, like Alderman Wilson, he had been
told that his presence was indispensable. He came to
know what the charges were which Alderman Wood
wished to have investigated.
Alderman WiLsoN said he would, if it were the
wish of the Committee, abstain from any remark upon
the past ; but, if it were intended by the resolution
that the Court should confine itself strictly to what
Alderman T. Wood might desire with regard to the
Talacre Iron Company—if they were merely to read
the affidavits and decide upon them, without taking
the opportunity of inquiring further and examining
witnesses—he for one would be no party to the in-
quiry, but would withdraw from the Committee. He
understood Alderman T. Wood to have asked for the
Committee in consequence of certain charges brought
against him, that he might have an opportunity of
clearing himself. If he were sincere in his statement,
the inquiry would not avail him unless it were carried
out to the fullest extent.

- Alderman T. WOOD said he wished for the most
rigid inquiry, but he could not see why he should be
calledcharges which he came to an-
swer. uponHe answered, by affidavits, certain
hatdo specifyaready
statements made to his prejudice • and he had docu-
mentary matter which went to show that there was
no foundation for any of the accusations brought
against him.
Alderman FAREBROTHER said he had received a
printed book, containing charges of a very grave na-
ture against Alderman T. Wood. lie did not know
from whom it had been sent to him, but it had the
names of those who made the charges, and who could
be made responsible. It might be necessary to bring
forward testimony in support of the documentary
matter.
A MEMBER having observed that a barrister had
put
N into his hands an accusation against Alderman T.
ood,
Alderman BROWN deprecated the accumulation of
idle tales ; nothing should be entertained but what
came regularly before the Committee.
Alderman T. Woo» declared that he bad a docu-
ment in his possession which completely contradicted
the statement alluded to.
After some further observations from several of the
' Aldermen, who strongly supported the principle of the
most strict inquiry, and from Alderman T. Wood,
who said that he was at all times ready to prove that
his conduct was blameless, the motion read by the
Chairman was agreed to unanimously;and it was de-
termined that the Town Clerk should summon the
members four days after Alderman Thomas Wood
shall have sent in his written statement of the charges
against him, and his answers. The Committee then
broke up.

A few days since the wife of a poor man, named
Biddle, occupying lodgings at No. 66, Essex-street,
Hoxton Old Town, was safely delivered of three fine
children—a girl and two boys. Both mother and
children are going on exceedingly well. The father
is in his .50th year, and the mother in her 30th.

WHOLESALE INFANTICIDE.

The inquiry into this extraordinary case terminated
on Thursday. The adjourned inquest having been
held at Ruardean on Wednesday, before Mr. John
Cooke, the Coroner of the district, several Magis-
trates and other gentlemen of the county attended
the proceedings, and the room in which the inquest
was held was densely crowded. Several additional
witnesses were examined, who gave similar testimony
to that which has been already published, and the
only difficulty experienced was the connecting the man
Thomas Yapp with a knowledge of the crinie, it being
a rule of law that in no case can the confession of a
criminal be made available against an accomplire, un-
less corroborated by other evidence. This, however,
has been supplied by the evidence of a man of the
name of *Watkins, which shows Yapp, in addition to
the circumstances of his having cohabited with the
female prisoner during the last ten or twelve years,
during which period the murders have been commit-
ted, and the finding the bodies of five out of the
six infants buried under the kitchen floor, the spot
where the female prisoner says she buried them with
Yapp's assistance, to have had a knowledge of the si
tuation of the female prisoner at the time she gave birth
to her ;last child. Watkins states that about last
Christmas, he being acquainted with Yapp, was in
the neighbourhood of Ruardean, and having met Yapp,
was invited by him to stay and sleep that night at the
house occupied by him and the female prisoner ; he
accepted the invitation, and slept in the same bed with
Yapp in one room while the prisoner Frances Ben-
nett slept in a bed in the adjoining room ; that at
about 12 o'clock at night, and from that time until
between two and three in the morning, he
.heard a
suppressed moaning as of a person in great pain in '
the room where the female prisoner was sleeping ;
that the noise kept him awake till between two and
three o'clock in the morning, after which lie dropped '
off to sleep, and did not wake again until about five
o'clock, when the male prisoner, Thomas Yapp, got
up and went down stairs to get a light, where he ap-
peared to be searching for matches, but said he could
not find any. Yapp then returned up stairs, and went
into Frances Bennett'a room, but how long he re-
mained there witness could not tell, as he again fell
asleep and heard no more. Witness never thought
anything more of the circumstance, but happening to
be in the neighbourhood on Saturday last, he saw the
female prisoner, Frances Bennett, who, in conversa-
tion, asked him if he remembered sleeping there last
Christmas ? He replied that he did, upon which she
added, " I deceived you nicely that night, for that
was the very time when my last child was born."
This closed the inquiry, and the Coroner having
summed up the evidence in a most luminous manner,
The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder"
against both the prisoners, who were fully committed
for trial at the next assizes.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

CAMBRIDGE, SATURDAY EVENING.—The prisoner
Mortlock was brought before the Magistrates, who
assembled at the Town Gaol to-day, between twelve
and one o'clock, and the following are the leading
particulars of the examination of the prisoner.
The Magistrates present were the Mayor, G. Fisher,
E. Foster, and J. Skrine, Esqs., and Captain Drake.
The prisoner refused professional assistance, as he
intended to make no defence.

Mr. Twiss appeared to support the information,
which having been read,
The Rev. E. Mortlock was sworn, and gave the
following evidence :—ls a fellow of Christ College in
this University, and was in his rooms with Mr. Mit-
chell, of the Eagle, the previous evening. Knows
the prisoner. He was disturbed about a quarter past
eight, by the door of his rooms being burst open and
the fastenings [produced] broken off. The prisoner
then entered the room, witness sitting with his back
to the door when he entered.—(The prisoner was here
asked whether he wished the witnesses to withdraw,
except the one under examination? He replied, "No,"
and the examination proceeded.) Witness arose and
faced the prisoner, who immediately presented a pistol
and drew the trigger. From the noise, witness fan-
cied it had gone off, but was mistaken, as the cap only
had exploded. Mr. Mitchell then rose from his chair,
and witness's nephew then drew a dagger from its
sheath, and raised it as if to strike if molested, and
witness thinks he used a threat to use it if he was in-
terfered with. Witness took up a chair that stood near,
with a high close back, so as to shield his person in the
event of another discharge. At this moment Mr.
Mitchell left the room, and the prisoner approached,
and witness, dropping the chair, was collared by him ;
he at the same time used some strong language,
charging him with robbing the prisoner of his pro-
perty. Witness replied in a mild and collected tone,
to the effect, " you are mistaken, John, I have no
property of your's, I cannot have." Some further
words took place on both sides ; on his part with ex-
citement and violence, and on that of witness with
composure. It was followed by the prisoner asking,
" What is to prevent my shooting you dead this mo-
ment ?" Witness replied, "It would do you more
harm than it would me." His arm was all this while '
raised, and the pistol pointed. The dagger was after-
wards found on the floor. Witness still endeavoured
to dissuade him from violence, being all this time held
by the collar, with a pistol pointed at his body. Pri-
soner then asked if witness would swear or pledge
himself not to prosecute or injure him. Witness re-
plied, " I never have injured you, John; I have no
wish to do so now." lie repeated, in an imperious
tone, the demand that he would not prosecute him by
law. Witness again replied, "I will not injure you,
and have never done so." Mr. Cartmell then entered
the room, and the prisoner again repeated his inquiry,
whether witness would engage not to prosecute him
by law. Witness did not reply, and prisoner lowered
the pistol rapidly so (on a level with the abdomen).

Prisoner--NO, it was not so.

Witness continued—He then immediately fired
before he could repeat his previous answer. Witness
felt that he was wounded, but could not tell whether
seriously or not, and prisoner releasing him, imme-
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heard the garden bell ring, which gave him a notion
that the prisoner was making his escape from the
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been
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window. The second pistol was cocked when he first
raised it. The deposition of Mr. Mortlock was read
over at the conclusion of his evidence, and the prisoner
having been asked whether he wished toyut any ques-
tions to the Rev. Gentleman, replied " I es. He men-
tions he has no property of mine, but as the executor
Mr. Mortlock replied yes • but the Magistrates de-
cided that the questions had' nothing to do with the
obfaumkymfaanthyery,elarass?knhim, was he not a partner in the
offence.
Prisoner—ls the witness aware, and can he swear
that he ever dissolved partnership ?
Mr. Mortlock could not answer that.
Prisoner—And what is the consequence ? Why,
that you and your brother are, as lam informed,
liable to a criminal indictment at the Old Bailey.
Mr. Mortlock—lt had better be brought.
Prisoner (warmly)—l appeal to the Magistrates on
their consciences whether they do not know that my
father was partner in that bank, and of the truth of
the circumstances I am stating.
The Magistrates had nothing to do with that, it was
out of their province.
The next witness, the Rev. J. Cartmell, who ran
to the Rev. Mr. Mortlock's assistance, was examined,
and he deposed to seeing a dagger on the floor when
the door was burst in, after the escape of the prisoner.
Mr. Mitchell, the landlord of the Eagle, deposed to
appeared,o
n ° had father
addi-
tion, that the prisoner had, after his arrival from Lon-
don,what has been already stated. It
been for two nights at his hotel, and had been
tol by witness he must look for lodgings, as he
could not accommodate him any longer.
By the prisoner—Did Mr. E. Mortlock advise you
to turn me out ?—You told me that you had been to
London to see the Lord Chancellor, in order to insti-
tute
open
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his executors ; and also showed me a letter from h
to an indictment for perjury and fraud
men rests on
fraud.
Prisoner—Allt. my ill blood to these
this fact.

A good deal of further irrelevant conversation
ensued.

George Harvey, who keeps the 'sluice-house at
Baitsbite, in the parish of Milton, saw the prisoner
between nine and ten o'clock the same night,
within
100 yards of the sluice, on the hauling way, abortin
miles from Cambridge. Witness watched M, and
with a man named Neal pursued him over the dite

as soon as he cleared which, he turned and fired, first
at Neal, and then at witness, who is wounded slightly
just above the left hip, the ball being stopped ny a
thick velveteen waistcoat. They succeeded 3n secur-
i lg him.
Thomas Neal, a publican at Baitsbite, gave evidence
in corroboration of Harvey's, and added that when the
Prisoner fired at him he felt a pressure on his brace-
buckle, but received no injury.
Thomas Nicholls, the porter of Christ's College,
gave evidence as to the' escape of the prisoner fnm the
College. a height of 15 or 20 feet.
The prisoner then indulged in a great many accu-
sations against his uncles, whom he stated had reduced
him and his brothers and sisters to destitution, and
that committing the offence was the only thing that
would save him from immediate starvation, inasmuch
as he would be committed to prison.
This having been put on paper by the clerk to the
Magistrates, was signed by the prisoner.
The Mayor then said, " John Frederick Mortloek,
you stand committed to take your trial at the next
tent Assizes for felony."