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London, England, 1825-04-14 00:00:00

r:ther elinies Ids ion swab,
And (ping, with an her leughisg band,
Comes pily deadest efts the lead;
Creative pies her presence
And Willing Mimes spring fey
her feet !
Now man and beast, with spirits rife,
Resew the salve sash of life,
And rousing seek the fields, instead
. Ol dusty firer scanty shed;
Par frost no more forbids their toil,
Aid-happy Nature proffers smile for smile!
The first to wake, Love feels the glow,
And points his shafts and strings his bow ;
On ev'rf side his arrows Ay
Dispensing wounds of ecstasy;
Assisting sun-beams melt the heart,
' Where deeply sinks kis tantalising dart !
WWI ilow'rs below, and stars shove,
Tht:Oraas trip along the grove,
Seelytte from all, except die gave
Of peeping Fauns, and inan's rays—
Dian, whose soft and easseions light.
Plays oil their pliant limbs in dalliance bright !
Weave, wyave a.wreath et budding Sew'rs,
"And mate* from Time these youthful hours,
Por soon, Alas ! _theme bars shall ny,
And seen these'llow'n tatan droop and die ;
TOsu kt us smile wattle yes we sag,
Sinai Spring and Youth, ilks shadaor-

-pus away ! •

CLIESIER GREAT SESSIONS, APRIL 11.

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TRIAL Of JAMES MUSTER CONCLUDED.
Thomas Stead examined.—The prisoner came to my
house at Moor-side, in Hollingworth, about half past
nine in the evening, to beg a piece of candle, which;
was given him, and he lit it and went away. Thesame
night I was called up about half-past eleven, and wean
to the field where the woman was lying In' &State of in-
sensibility. Her dress was very much disarrangtd. ri
searching for her cap and bonnet, I saw the piisenet
in an adjoining field. I went up to the prisoner, end on
asking him if she was his wife ? he replied 66 Yes, it is,
one of them.? She was then insensible, and after as-
sisting in getting her on the back of Henry Wild, 11*
was present, I left them. The prisoner said be had taken
home the caps-and bonnet.
Ili
Henry Wild sworn.-1 assisted in carrying the de-
ceased home. The prisoner was with us, and when
found I could not carry her any further, the prisoner
went to a barn not far off, by my advice. and brought
a barrow with all the speed be could. I gathered the
woman up, and put her into the barrow. I did mot,
think at that time that there was anything the matter,
lexcept that she was very much in drink. 'The prisoner
on the way home did all that a man.could do to prevent
her being hurt. He put his coat under her, and sup-
pdrted her head in his hands. Oa the road, the de-
ceased groaned very much ; but on their getting to the
house it was found she was dead.
William -Bradley, a constable, examined.—l took
the prisoner Onto custody on the Wednesday following,
„and mid him that the people had Maid that .he hat',
sabred his "wife with a stick. &mister replied, is No,.
that cc.uld not be,- for I had no stick with me." Tie
deceased's bonnet and cap, and also a stick, were fount
it h. coal-hole, not secreted float any one who might'
,happen to look them. ,
Mr. Joseph Hutton, a surges* of Stayley-bfidge,
. examined the deceased on Wednesday,: the 16th of
• February. He found a severe bruise extending across
the forehead a .4 upwards, on the left side of the head.
'What could not have been inflicted by falling on a foot.
pal while walking. It appeared to have proceeded
from a heavy blow, or a fall. The impression on his
mind was that it was a blow, such as might have been
sites by a stick. Both the ears were bruised, but not
so severely as the forehead. There were also many
bruises on the lower part of the body, all of which
might have been occasioned by faUing on some very
bard substaace. On internaliy examining the body,
he found four of the ribs fractured. There was also
a considerable quantity of extravasated blood on the
brain, sufficient to occasion death.
. Clark, the publican, examined the stick
found in the prisoner's coal-hole, and believed it to be
the same Smister had in his house on the Sunday
'vetting. It was rather a stoutish crab-stick. •
Mr. Hutton, the surgeon, said he thought it was
. possible that some of the brisket might have been in-
flicted with such a stick. The ribs could not have
' been broken with it. The ribs might have been frac-
tured by a kick. To the best of his knowledge, skill,
and judgment, the injuries the deceased had sustained
could not arise from falls alone.
• Cross-matnined.—The Immediate came of deatit was the &mice
of Nerd on the brats, assisted by the framer* ad else ribs.

The priscner, in his defence, said, that they sere
' both very much* intoxicated, and that she• caught a
very bad fall over the steps. He carded her over the
• neat field, as long as his light lasted, and then went to
* cottage to get another. 'His conscience was clear ofl
ever having dune *Any 'semi--he loved her too,well
. 1s) injure ber. .-.• • • :4. - '
• Several witnesses stated, on the part of the psfrioner'
•
that the deceased**Orery much in liquor on the night
ill question, and that she was habitually addicted to
• Irregularities of that description. The pnsousr was de-
scribed as beiag 'a "lOW, good-tempered man, and as
having done ails his power to-assist and comfort his
wife, after she received those injuries of which she died.
Mr. Justice WA alum said. the conduct of the prisoner
had been altogetheidlfferent frowitust of a man who
had just murdered his wife; ,14,044 sbewn her every
kindeossi alteltioP* and affe.e6*•:"Ofh her dhtresss‘a
situation respired,: and .as it could no lie doubt,e4 ot
sn
that this unortnnate and infi 'e Old woman- .lig, Isms
. ad4icted'iOsirreiolik liabitt l 1' king, the JuisgspOld
pause, upon Poch, slight eve, as had bsieu gnawed
sons; the prisoners berme they .gave a yerdiopithat
urea to deprive:bibs of -his life. bii , ..ii ,awn.;
'railer/ sitoisiesti itiiiict or kii glob. • : ~.
Agreee blebts td previous ootsnotice,.a -61111101'011$ ' and
sporaMeeting -of dre lababitants of Ash, test Sand;
with, assembled On Friday last, to' consider the pro.
priety of-petitioning Ise Semite tut the Catholic 'Qs es.
• two. A Nash*. to •botli Woof of Parliament was
unanimously agiwed disk 'an& signed by every parsed
'present. The Petition* tie Lorde, is to be entrusted
tribe Martinis ettploalk•aad the one to the Cie
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.se Sir Knwlisitillisiociseett..• • - -
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