Star.
London, England, 1825-07-09 00:00:00

A L LEG E D MURDER.

An Inquest was held yesterd ry, at the Lamb public-
house, New Turnstile, H g:i Holborn, on the body of
Maly Weich, whom, it is alleged, was murdered by her
husband, and a female named Lyons, whose examina-
tian at Marlborough-street, was reported in the STAR
of T, esday.
J Kennedy, a publican, stated, that on Sunday last
he hea•ii the deceased was about to he burial, and he
went to the I..(lgng of her husbanJ, and saw the
corpse; the undertaker was about to fasten down the
coffin lid; he said the body should not be but ied till it
bad been examined ; he examined the head of the de-
ceased, and accidentally thrbst his fingers into the back
of it, and they came out covered with gore. lie held
up his fingers and chewed them to all present, and de-
clared that the funeral should not take place, as he
suspected something foul had caused her death. Welch
came up stairs, and asked him why he made himself so
busy ? and stated that the deceased fell down stairs on
the preceding Sunday, and cut her head open. He
(witness) did not know the deceased was the w ife of
Welch, till after the discovery of the wound, arid he
instantly informed the beadles of St. Giles's Pariii.
Mr. Twedda:e, a surgeon, stated, that he examined
the head of the deceased, after the wound was disco-
vered by the first witness, on Sunday night last, and he
found a cut of about an inch and a half in depth, and
a very extensive fracture on the cranium. He was of
cpinion a person could not survive forty-eight hours
with such injuries.
Mrs. Donovan sworn—She knew the deceased, and
on hearing of her death, went to lay out the body.—
She saw the prisoner Welch, who informed her that
Lyons, the female prisoner, would wash the body.
She told him that she would assist her, but he ob-
jected. While she was washing the corpse, Lyons k-pt
her hand near the head of the deceased, to conceal it ;
and told her she had no (cession to wash the re ck
and,head. She insisted upon washing the neck, and
discovered a wound on the back of the head ; s!re in-
stantly informed the searchers, who gave notice of the
circumstance to the beadles of the parish.
Mrs. Corkran (an unwilling witness) stated that she
knew the deceascd, who had beer. ill for two months ;
she called on her on Tue,day week, and found her in
bed, and speechless; on Friday she appeared to be
dying, and she remained w ith her till she expired.—
Welch said her death was caused by her falling down
stairs on the precectivg Sunday.
J. Stacke sworn— He saw the prisoner Welds tort
time ago, and he said iht the prisoner Ellen Lyons,
his cousin, WAS pregna-st by him, and when his sister
(meaning the deceased, wirotn witness did net know
to be Witch's *IN died, be would marry her.
A young woman, Who said site was servant at the
Ship Chop-house, St. Gil •ses, said that she use fi to
visit the deceased, to get the empty pots. On 'rues:,
day week witness went to the deeeaSed's room and
gaw her lying in bed ; ss itness asked the deceased bow
the did ? and she replied, " Very ill, indeed," adding,
" I have a secret to tell you, but you must not say
a Word about it." Soarebady coming up stairs at the
time, she said, " flush, another time. Witness went
to her room agit'b on Thursday, and she appeared
very i'l. Witness spz,ke to Welch afterwards, and he
said, •'that when his sister (meaning the deceased)
died, he wo::ld marry his cousin."
Mr. Thomas, in whose employ the prisoner Welch
has been a short time, stated, that on Friday week the
prisdner came to Liut and asked him what would stop
bleeding? witness said that flour would stop it, aid gave
him a spoonful, which he took away, after observing
that his sister had scratched or hurt htrse!f.

James liodges sworn: On Nl..nday ueck the p:isoner
Welch asked wlti.ess tii go and sec his sister Welch
slid, " I supp,,se you are not afraid to see a corpse
Witness Went to his apartment and saw the defeated
lying on the bed speechless; she appeared to be in a
dying state. Welch said noling shout the defeated
having a cut on her head till the Friday She died.
Juror : There is a female who can state ;hat Welch said to her;
that he must get rid of his sister. as he could not keep two Women.
pellets present observed, that the female alluded to Might not
to be
.examined, because she had said " she should like Welch to
be hanged."
Mr. Patesey, surgeon, sworn : He ezamined the head
Of the deceased; there was a cut ati inch arid a half deep,
anti a fracture in it ; the cut was an incised wound ; the
injuriet he had described, appeared to him to be the
effect of two diitinot blows; the cut in his opinion was
made by some sharp instrument ; he thought a person
with such an injury, though very dangerous, might live
$4 hours; the wounds had not healed. in the slightest
degree; ace injuries, In his opinion, caused the death
of the deceased.

The Jury expressed a wish to examine the female
prisoner Lyons, and the 'following is her statement:—
" Is first cousin of the deceased, who had been ill two
months. On Sunday week the deceased got out of bed
and put on an old coat, and said she would go to Sr.
Giles s. Witness called Welch, the husband of the de-
ceased, and told him that the deceased would disgrace
them by going out in a 'tate of nakedness, as she wore
only a chetnise and a coat over it. Welch did not get
up, and witness began to cry ; he then got up and went
after the deceased. Oa his returning to the rs's:Mt; he


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brought* op on s similar charge niumeiakiiiiiii flrivielit
pesky inflicted on him..,-The prisoner war Snd 110 s. and costs.
M.VitY-Lk-1301.116L
Mr.Geribler, late landlord' of the Alanehester Aries. lialter.itreet •
was charged with attemptinr to marinate Mr. Lyford, of tim:
Guildford Arms, Guildfor&street.—Mr. Lyford appalled with his
bead bound up, andbia right arm in a sling. It appeared he,' in.
the course of conversation, called the defendant " an informer,"end
thin the assault' took place; but the witnesses said the dirk' hi tile
stitt'by which the battery was inflicted, Sew Mt accidentally, ad
inflicted tbewitunds, and Mr. Gardner was held in sureties to ip-
pon! at thrall:dont.

CLERICAL LvTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, JULY a.

At a Congregadlei rat Why, the following Degrees Were mg
?erred : . . .
Recaaton Rte. John Bally Mason, of Ti4l
nlty
AIASIVM R Alraaat. Radclifi, Robert Edmonds, and
the Rev. George bloillisn.
BACIIZIAII or Aar*—A..l. L. Casie, St. John's College.
At the same Congregation the following ,Gentleinen were admit
ted, ed eundent :—The Rev. Edvirard J. Borrow, of Trinity COI:-
lege, Oxford; Charles Price, M.D. Follow of Wadharn College;
Oxford ; the new. Thomas R. Wrench, M.A. Queen's College-,
Oxford ; and 11. Smedley, Esq. M.A. Oxford.
Saturday, George Barber Paley, Esq. B.A. of St. Peter's College,
was elected a Foundation Fellow of that Society ; Edmund Fisher
and Henry Edward Euro. 11.1. were elected Felloies en
(ii.burn's Foundation ; and Frederick E. Ilushby, Esq. ILA.
Fellow on the Parke Foundation..

acct.astasiscai. raomottoms.
Friday sennight, the Rev. Ambrose Stapleton, M.A. Vicar a
Eat 13titileigit, in Devon, was instituted by the Bishop' of Bietii,
to the ilsctory of Ilalwill, in that county, on the presentation e
the King, void by tbedeath of the Rev. Wm. Holland C-obant.
The Rev. Matthew Lowndes, A.ll. has been instituted by thg
Bi.hop of Exeter, to the Vicarage of Buckfastleigh, Devon, us
his. own petition, u true patron., void by the death of the
Matthew Lowndes, sen.
The Res. T. Musgrave, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College. Cam..
bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary the Great, in that town,
vacant by the death of the Rev. W. G. Judvion, 11.1.
The Rev. C. Nixon, to a Prebendal Stall itt the Collegiatit Chtttlai
of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
The 11ev. Walter Fletcher, to a Prebendal Stall in York Cathedral.

The Rev. John Langley.M. A. Fellow of Worcester College. is
appiintid Domestic Chaplain to the Karl of Stirling.
The buth ult. the Bishop Of Eteter instituted the Rte. Eishird
Edmonds, on his own ptesentatioo, to the Rectory of Wniodleigh,
in Devonshire.
The Rev. Garrett Wall is appointed Curate of Tipperary,
The 30th ult. the Rev. William Strang was inducted by the Re-
lief Presbytery of Edinburgif, to his Charge as Pastor of th; Re-
lief Congregation, assembling Catrobber's Close, Edinburgh.
Monday, the United Associate Congregation, Melville-street.
Glasgow, gave an unanimous call to the Rev. Alexander Ogilvie
, Nails, of Kincardine, to be their Pastor. The Rev. Hugh Het*
'presided on the OccasiOn.
Monday evening, the United Seceision Church of Rt. James-i-
-street, Paisley, gave a most unanimous call to the Rev. Archibila
Baird, of Auchtermuchty.

A young and unmarried Lady, lately asked it
Gentleman the meaning of the word Surrogate? Nit
is, Miss," replied the G-ntleman, 46 a gate through
which parties have to pass on their way to get married.
44 Then I imagine," says the Lady, " that it is a cor-
ruption of sorrow gate." " You are right, Miss." replied
her informant, " as woman is an abbreviation of woo
to man."

July 4, at Pensbufst, in Kent, the Lady of dajitata Ricbani
Streatfeild, R. N. of a daughter.
July 4, at Woodhatch, neat nyegate, the Lady of Cokoel 'Niel
Nuthall, of a daughter.

At the Manse of Wilton, in the vicinity of Haveick, OD Saturday.
the 18th ult. the Rev. Samuel Charters, in the 84th year of hi
age, and 57th of his Ministry.
At Dalrymple, on the 41st ult. Janet Osborne, spinster. Front
the Session Book of that parish, it appear) she was born in the
year 1725, and consequently had attained her 102 d year, daring the
whole of which time she was seldom or never absent from her nn-
tive place. She retained all her faculties, and was able to walk
about till within a few days of her death. •

NEWOATE Joio LEA DRNIIALL BlARltsll,..lskir s.
Beef... - 3s 4d to 41 44 1 Veal Bs 44 to Si Oil
Mutton ........3s 44 to 4s $4l Pork ....... 3s 4d to is 44
tainbs 4s 44 to 5s 44

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Straw 0 to to 11 151 04

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PRICE OF .LEATHER.
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Comnson Ditto ls4d to, led
Crop Hides, 35 to 58Ibs for cutting
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fanned flora. Slides. ........... ...-... - litd to IS
Spanislv . Horse Hides, led tb led

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Silva., in bars, standard. • I vp
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