Star.
London, England, 1823-12-10 00:00:00

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FARTHER PARTICULARS:

The name of the person excused of the murder is
said by some to be Pallet, by others Pattele. The Co-
roner's Inquest on the body of Mr. Mumford will not
sit, we understand, before this afternoon. After the
,Inquest, the pefscin who is- in custody will be sent to
Chelmsford, to take his trial at the Assizes there on
Friday, and, if found guilty, executed on Monday next.
Pattele, or Pallet, is a most powerful man, so much so,
as to require three or four persons to handcuff him.
Pattele says he was carrying the deceased to his (Mum-
ford's) friends, but the unfortunate Gentlemz-.'s bead
and face were so much beat by a heavy bludgeon; as to'
prevent his nearest acquaintance from recognizing him.,
The coat, pocket-book, and apt:clacks of the deceased have
been found in a potatoe field adjoining the scene of the
murder, and the spot where the bludgeon was cut from
has likewise been identified. It has been stated that the
deceased was twenty-two or twenty-three years of age,
but the fact is he was not mote than nineteen, Mr.
Mumford, the father, has remained in a state 41_4* jnsensi-
bility ever since the fatal news was announced to him.

Earl and Countess FORITSCCIE paid a visit last week
to Lnrd and Lady Roux, at Dittos, and returned os Friday to
Castle Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Taavoa arrived yesterday at Blake's
Hotel, Jumpstreet, frout tie Costisent.

Mr. and-Mrs. Crow have arrived at the -Waterloo
Hotel, Jermyn-etreet, from *dr ma, Hal Home, Hants.—T. R.
Km*, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. sere ham left ditto for their house,
Temple, Brighton.
EDWARD MARINADE, Esq. has arrived at the British
Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Yorkahlre.-411ajer Tommeson Mulch,
ditto, for Cheshire.
-Departures from the Royal Hotel, St. Jansesss-street--Bir
ley Vivian, Bart. for his seat, Hants; and Captain and Mrs. Mer-
rick, for Brighton.
Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street—Mr. and Mrs., •
Parmer,and Major Marco, from Bath; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert-
son, from theContinent.—Departures from ditto—Mrs. WWock
and family, foe Toobridge Wells ; and Mr. and Mts. Hancock, for
Bath.
MURDER or Man. IYEavua.s.—We extract the fol-
lowing tragical sanative from a Bathadoes paper Of the :If
October :—“ We have to relate a circumstance of the most
and afflicting nature which took place In this town a few days
ago. Mrs. Dligville, wife to Mr. alkhael Harvey Peter
William Henry D'Egville, the dancing master, from whom
she had been separated for many years, died suddenly oa the 4th
instant, under strong suspicions of hiving been poisoned. Mr.
Waldron, the Coroner, promptly held an inquest over • the body,
and the Jury, after mature deliberation and, strict investigation,
brought in a verdict of wilful murder against the husband of
the deceased, who was immediately committed to prisms to take
his trial for the horrid dead at the next Court of Grand Sessions.
It appeared that Mr. D'Egville had sent the unfortunate deceased,
the evening prior to her death, a dish of toasted cheese, with which
amide must have been mixed, for she died in consequence of eating
of that disk. It is melancholy and painful to relate, that Mrs.
Lewellys, the Lady in whose house Mrs. Vieille melded, has
also fallen a victim to this murderous repast, for she partook of
the fatal dish, and died on Monday last. An Inquest was held on
her body, when the Jury declared, by their verdict, that she had
died from partaking of the same food which had caused
the death of her Irked, Mrs. D' vllle.
Wednesday morning, the 3d instant, about half-past
eight o'clock, Gloucester and its neighbourhood were
visited by a violent thunder-storm. The thunder was,
load and frequent, and the lightning very vivid, ac-
companied by a remarkably heavy storm of rain. The
occurrence of such a visitation at this advanced season
of the year is rather an extraordinary instance of the un-
certainty of our climate. The storm appears to have
been very general, as it taged with considerable fury the
same morniag at Bristol, Carmarthen, Chekenham, and
in almost every other direction; It seems to have come
from the westward, having been felt in-South Wale!.
A dreadful accident happened a few days since at the
windmill on the Winthorpc, road, near Newark t a young
man, named Sales, who had been at work in the mill all
night, was caught by the machinery, and kis bead being
di awn into the works, was crusi. 'to pieces.
Noma Isirswaxses—copper ores at Rodtutk, December
4,17 ES Wise; average ; • tie PTO. 41
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teas 15 cart. amount stitaibed,

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• LAW IN7 ELLIGENCL.
•
- • 43aU11.T OF. CilailfiOlitirs DraCEMMat
IVATUS V*6IIIIIMIDIUML •
This was a case which invoireilthe interest and pro-
perty of the Opera House. The defendant was brought
before the Court is the three-fold capacity of judgment
creditor, with possession by execution, trustee for the
massa,gesnent and sale, and purchaser by a contract
which the.Coertset aside for insufficient value.
It appeared that on the sale ordered by the Court, in
181$, in the case of 44 Waters tr.. Taylor," Waters. be-
CAM the purchiser; and from that time tie house of
Birch and Chambers had advancei money until the
sum due to them amounted to £50,000, and this cir-
cumstance, of course, gave them considerable dominion
over the property in all the subsequent transactions con-
nected
with 'that ill-fated estate. The present motion
'sought to drive.. Mr. Chambers to the election of one eat
of the three characters abovementioned, in which he
at present holds; and alio -the appointment of a re-
ceiver on behalf of the general creditors.
The LORD CHANCELLoaIeard theirgement at con-
siderable length, but from indisposition was induced to
postpone it till the nest Seal. His Lordship again took
occasion to observe upon the impolicy of the panties
bringing their Theatre into the Court. It was in the
time of Lord Thurlow that the Royal Circus was first
brought hither. Lord Thurlow lost no more than about
five days on that subject. Since then, all the Theatres
had been before the Court,. and this case of the Opera;
house alone had occupied severalycars of his Lordship's
time, I[ was a 'little hard upon the poor Court of
Chancery, which was made answerable to so many
corriplaints of grievance and delay. In the common
law Courts, no sooner did a Theatre case appear, and
the Cc.unsel chew their faces, than they were driren,by
the Judges out of Court, and compelled to go to arbi-
tration. They got rid of the business and went on,
while the Court of Chancery could do no such thing,
and seas compelled to hear ete parties out. For his
own part, he had no knowledge which enabled him to
-take the manageMent of the concerns of a Theatre
upon him. How could he determine whether a singer,
who was to have so many thousands a year, deserved it
or not? He recollected very well, that Mr. Lowteri,
who was not idle in businesi, being asked why he did
not go on in Court, answered the Chancellor, that in-
deed he could not, for on the subjects referred to the
Master concerning the Theatre, when he attended the
office, other people would appear, and sometimes a
man would converse with the Master in Italian for half
an hour, Mr. Lowten not understanding one word of
what was said. At the conclusion, the Master wouM
ask bins what he had-to say to it ? Mr. Lowten would
answer, that he ‘could have nothing to say, finless he
knew what had been said ; upon which the Master
would set about explaining, and by the time that wash
,half done, the period of attendance would arrive.—
These and other inconveniences tendered it impossible
ever to conduct the business of a Theatre, with ad-
vantage to the parties, by means of this Court.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER 9.

BULL V. DEAR.

This was an action to recover the price of a horse.
The plaintiff, a horse agent, was authorised by the de-
fendant to purchase a hone for him, and a horse having
been sent to him to dispose of, defendant agreed to take
it at the price of fifteen guineas, and it was sent home
to him, together with a receipt for the amount: The
,defendait, on looking at the receipt, and finding that it
contained a warranty only for the quietness and steadi-
ness of the animal' in harness, but not for its soundness,
sent back the receipt to be amended. The plaintiff in-
serted the words required for the' warranty, bur on
:hewing it to the proprietor he objected to send its The
horse was sent back to plaintiff,-and the defendant re-,
fusing to pay unless a warranty was given, the question
Was, whether' the defendant was authorised to boy *the
horse without a warranty? It was proved in eiriden
Allt the proprietor bought the horse, together with a
gig and harness for £l4. The insertion of the wordsin
,the receipt seemed to admit on the part of the. plaintiff
iin obligation to give a warranty, and the Jury found.
for the defendant.
WOOD V. BOND.
''.• An action to recover the amount of a bill of ex-
change ; defendant pleaded that he was not liable. .
defendant, a Gentleman of considerable. respectabilirY,
happened to be in want of a considerable tuns nf money,
sand he employed a person of the name of Richmon4
as his agent, to borrow it for him. Itichniondintro-1
duced hint to a Mr. Poel, who promised to tend the suns
acquired, on the defendant's acceptances. The defendant
accepied several bills in blank, and gave them to Rich-
mond for the purpose of obtaining his signature as the
`drawer, and of their being then placed inathe hands of
Poet. In the meantime Poel changed his mind, and re-
fused to gist the money. Richnsbnd, however, retained
several of the bills, and negotiated the one in question
for 2001. He passed it to a Mr. Smithson; the latter
passed it to a Mr. Pollock, a cloth-merchant in Wad.
brook, who paid it to the plaintiff.
The defence was, that defendant had never received'
any consideration for the bill, but it being in evidence
that Mr. Pollock paid it to the plaintiff for Manchester
goods, a sufficient consideration was made our as re-
'spetied him and the Jitry found for the-plaintiff—Da-
-mates sool:and 51. interest.
.. % unmans) v. HORN&
''. 'This was an action brought against the defendant, the
ptoprietor of the Cross Keys Inn, in Wood-street, to re-
cover £4B. 125. the amount of a parcel of goods which:
the' defendant undertook to- send ;o Cheltenham. lii
October, 1821, a Mr. Davies ordered the goods in guts.
Lion from the plaintiff, who keeps a warehouse in Prix,
day-street, and desired them to be Sent by the Bull and
'Month coach. The pared was made up, and'tbd.por-
ter. finding that he would be too latefor the BUR and
Mouth coach, took it to the Cross' Keys, in Wood-street,
and booked it with the defendant to go by the mail the
iame night to Oxford, from whence itwas--to be for=
'warded by another coach to Cheftenhanv. Instead of
sending the parcel by the mail, it speared that the do•
;
fendant forwarded k the neat day by the Defiance coach,,
and thus deprived liimsylf of the general protectien
ich his notice afforded him .respecopg all parcell
above the value of ES -where he-dOM nelget n*prbpur•
• to premium. The rtarcel' Deic' ' .delivered
r ;Davis, and the facts being or--
r the plaintiff, Damages £4..8 i.
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. Matgareit Bog or Boeg,
Elizabeth Lowe, in the village
IRS. is to. take ler Seel before .
ticiary, at Edinbeigh, on the *d -
Dempster, thilisan who swaltewed
lislekisl

Itthan be was last

• THE ARMY. :`
Commission---.....-
in the lit Ronal Sorry Regime& 411 *Ptlaofigked
by the Lord Idestenast of ay Consligtokihirrego
Irdliun I lolme Sumner. F..:q. to be Captain.' ' -
Cornell:non in the South -Shropshire "Ilegimal girsoarnilletT Cy' '
volry, sigw.ll by the Lord Litnitesumnot .
Thomas I3eale, Esq. ti be Captain, vice Banter, raignod./ . .
Yesterday after noon, at four o'clock, his Rout Hi t•
secs the Duke of Yoneheld a Levee as Commandatio
Chief, at his Office io the Horse Guards, which, *as ii
attended by—.
The Earl of Cork, Viscount Bernard, General Sir Charles (3ran.
General Nicnk, Lieutanant-General Maitland, Lieutenant-Gear.d
Wetherall, Lieutenant-General Sir Fitzroy Maclean, bilsjor/Ge- • 1,
netal Sir Charles Greville, Major-General Weatierington, Mtrjor-
General Fuller., Major. General Eden, Captain Hints, Royal :levy,
and about thirty others. '
The several detachments of Non-Commissioned Meeks of the
Line, which have been under instruction ,for some time In the
Improved System, and wh:ch were inspected en Monday In Hyde
P Ids Royal Highness the Coantostren-m-Cnter, lora been
*
or ' consequence of their approved proficiency, to proceed
to • respective Regiments, for the purpose of lostiucting
then,. the unproved system. lse detachmeuts helot • to se-
',feral Regiments in India, which have been ordered to p are for
embarkation by the 31st inst. will proceed from the Isle 7 Wight i
and Portsmouth, on Friday next, for Chatham, where they will
arrive on the litch and liOth instant, preparatory to their embarking
oa board the Berwickshire and Duchess of Athol. fur Bengal; and
•
the Duke of York and Castle Huntley, Indiamen, for ffembay.
Such Surgeons and Assistant-Surgeons as are on bait-pay of the
County of limerick, were lately ordered to Dublin, is order that
the proper authorities might ascertain their capability for active ser-
vice. Such as are found fit ere to be immediately placed oni=y,
and attached to Regiments. Three additional Veteran no
*Gibe immediately formed in Ireland.
THE *INDIAN ARA'S': •ITS NEW ORGANIZATION.
By the pretent organization of the Indian Army, every two Re-
gisfients have but one Colonel, and each Regiment of Infantry is
Composed of two Battalions ensnmanded by one ColoneL By are-
na/ organization each Regiment of Cavalry will have its own I
Colonel, and each Regiment of Infantry sefil.be divided Into two
Regiments, 'with a Colonel to each. Jay this arrangement, forty
Lieutenant-Colonels upon the Fkagal Establishment will 'Maoist lie- i
ghnentsl vli. four. additional ones to the Cavalry ; thirty-tit° to the
Infantry ; .and four to the four irregular Regiments of Infantry.' • i
NEW ORGANIZATION OF THE BENGAL.ARMY.
We understand orders have been sent out. to the Governor-Ge:
. ,
neral of India to the following effect :—The Company's' Ainiii-_,
..
upon the Bengal Establishment is to consist of eight• regiments rif , %
light Native Cavalry, 3 brigades of Horse. Artillery, 5 battalions of -
1
Foot Artillery, 1 corps of Artillery Golasidams, 1 corps of Engi-
neers, 2 regiments-of European Infantry, and G 4 ripments of Na- 1
I,
five Infantry, including far new rainiest'. Each regiment of
Cavalry is to be of by 1 Colonel, I. Lieutertatt-Colonel, I c
Major, 5 Captains, 10 Lieutenants, and S Cornets. Ruh brigade
of Horse Artillery, each battalion of Foot Artillery, and the taps
of Golmilaurs,. is to have the same number and rank of European
Officers as a regiment of Cavalry. The Engager Corps.is to have 1
2 Colonels, rlieutenant-Colonels, 2 Majots, 10 Captains, 20 Lieu-
tenant% and 10 Resigns. Rads reginnut Of European or Nada
Infantry is to bag the same number and rank of Meets as a CA.
valry—lisisigna pro Ca seta. . . . ,
Those Colonels who are on the senior list, and those who now
bold Regiments, are to condone in the enjoyment of the full off-
rl
recimpinp of two Corps as at present. The new Colonels and Lk*,
tenant.. Colonels, Commandants of Regiments, are to succeed to of
reckonings as vacancies occur among the present Coloali of Regi-
ments ; every such vacancy will occasion the accession of two of
the senior new Colonels to a half or single share each ; and then
Lieutenant-Colonels of Regiments, who now stand first for promo-
tion, and may 'ipecac' to half shares within two years from the date
of this arrangement, are to receive from the Company an equieakut
to the difference between full and half shares.
Casualties' occurring among the General Officers on the retired
Off-reckonings Fund List, and among those who are note on the Se- .1
nior List, are not to come promotion after the new arrangement has 11
been carried into executiou. Those two Lists wilibecome estince
on the deMise of all the General Officers enrolled thereon.
All Colottels of Regiments, and Lieutenant-Calonels Common-
dant, not entitled to off-reckonings, will be perwitted.to come to
Europe, and to remain there on the full pay of Colonel, succeeding
to off-reckonings iii their turn; and those who choose to remain in
India will be allowed Colonels pay, batta, and other fixed allow-
ances,
until they succeed to off-reckonings.
Every Micelle the actual command of a- Regiment doing duty
with it, whatever rank he holds, is to receive 400 rupees the
month, in addition to his other allowances, during thiperio4 of
his command.
* Those Officers who are absent on furlingh in Europe, •andwbo
have been four years et home, are to return forthwith to the Pre.. /
sidency to Which they belong, or, in failure thereof, to forfeit all
claims o promotion and off-reckonings.
The arrangement is to take place. from the date of its promulga-
tion iii General' Orders In India, and the Madras and Bombay ar-
mies are to be reformed onthe Mlle -principle as the abate. Each
Walla to constitute a regiment.
• amommeriimmimeme .
' .
111AVAlf I A I •ELL Iti ENCE. • . - ..•
- • •
The Wiliam, Wines, frolT7ds to' London, rillaileili 'lto
Thursday, off liuntly Point—crew saved. ' • t-. '' ,
_" ' ;• ~ , .
The Commerce, Scorn from Dundalk to. Lnisdani gliflibilliie
the 4th inst. In taking' the harbour of Port Cartloo,:adiblima.
crew and cargo saved. . • ': I,:ra
The Sandwich packet,*which arrived at Falnandi • tonk
from Jamaica, sailed thence on the 14th of October. By •
painters (iuvalided), Lieutenant Brentutai of the G ' .;
Mr. Hoare, of the INNS; Mr. Guestrass.Surgeens, of dissent-
Imam ; and Mr. idtaarao,- Master, of the Ilvesatips. Idr.Wias,iy,
Planer, of the Conworms, came home no kayo. The • ihswason....
Captain Men, has lon a great many ma, ISO sick cialhavioe or,
curred in three montfis. Among those whOisad dieSiMere Unite-
nun E. Sresnintsta • Mr. I). Nano, Aidetana-liergeon; moil Mr.
Lemmata'', .Adsdralty Clerk. The.rest of the abittesmere very
healthy. The .Gtooeserse, 74, Commodore Sir ErserAms Pyres
Uptake .Luoicarte ;"Peeristus, 42, Captain F. NitsvairTe=„ .
end Thyssen-. 42, were left at Port Royal. ,Lieetenant Ma
Commander of the Hume fehower,• hail died ir. theism's.' then.
—No instances of piracy had occurred sus the coast oft Ciao for
ease time. . . "
L
• FAL3IOO7/14 Dec. s.--Wind W. S. W.-Arrived die
'from' Lisbon--ailed 30th November; Nymph. Islitt iNar..ki s •
Gibraltar, bound to Newfoundland, out sixty-Awe &A ha ban-as
far West as long. SO. and is In want of• provisions. .• ediilithe.Will
Vam and Thomas, Sums, for Naples; and Lord ShinannthßerAirt,.
for Jamaica. I .
PLYMOUTH, Dec. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the ''fArd Wel-
Ippon, WARD, from Memel in thirtyafive dayi.
Poefranouve Dec. 9. Wind Northerly. A relied, from the
Downs, the Duke of Msochester,Wooo, for Jamaica; John Shand.
Rees ..for ditto ; and Renewal, Caomorns, for Batbadoes.• Sailed
the dowse, Watisoe, for Terceira.
•- . .
Dam., Dec. 9.—Wind W. N. W. light.breeses and buys- SallinS
'the Lord Cranstoon, Marlborough, Ptincesa-Charlotte, Brit
and Waterloo, for Jamaica; Nassau, for the Rest • IndieerA '
Egeria, for St.*ltites. - ,- I .•,)
CkISTOM-ROUSE, DISdEMBER 9. . 'I
Senn Entennts lewiati*L-The Fleece, fin& clip; WWII**
Curds, from Rotterdam; Good/Intent, frona•Altsandrlai *As.
and Ann, from St. Johns; Hannah. Sally, end Rasohntbas foaas
Quebec; and Fans 4 from /*matrons.
Frans Ootaronpen--The 'Bialey; and Sails; for Maidargh ;
Baffin kr Item* Rini; Anne; fur Labors; .m 4 for
Rio Janda. ' • • '
C.rioafterthrsimmimi-The York, for Cala* .
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nunsta.f shad Jigsaw Ararat. • -
zsrr MAU 1111114iNi7.' •.- _
1 The Clay, Land, front Benda, bas;arieed ist 1 '
'dam the Slat Jag; and the Jeannetter Roar .; '
~- - -'
' arrived Mt Dover, bawd to Autwerp.rd.frosts . ~
&lora Saiturras•The Eutaw:
' cabin. for Oder; AM atonic, Parsec. 'Wales ;
and ther/Weep lloyetillbstreroodi, fee _ .. .. i .n. .t •-.". • .
AMILIVALS Mt nit 'CAMI.*Illie =Us Mileini...• '..??..: ; and
the Earl•Kenie. Maidens*
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cel osier-Wei delivered to op to jewir,,, Avolgit 1„, . -..„„„ ~ vi,
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ing proved, the Jury fogad . The Cps% from Cat% areiveltailik t.s4ooMulpipAisa
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iv et thrilling; in tilt MO jive iivirsers,aeriiike4__ Nefr_, bileg
tote the High Court GA Jtisf idisofvcreilAy BVlrwrite" ' • . la
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st :goys, p •9.
Williiisa.4sodd and John Brown were capitally in-'
diced far stealiug in the dwelling-house of Mary Mills,
witlow,,Brau-court, a feather bed, two sheets,, and other
aaticles, the-property of the said Mary Mills, on the
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. . . . .
Idth of September.
Mrs. Mills lives-in Dean-court, Strand. Missed the
property' on the 13th of September. They dept in the
back parlour. Jokes WatkinS lodged in that room.
• J'otth Watkins deposed, that he slept in the back par-
Ipur on the night Odle 12th of September. Went out
on the following morning at six .o'cloek. Locked the
room door. Returned and, found be door open, and
tlid beJ, sheets, and other things were gone. Found a
strange. hat in the room.
Stephens, a - Bow-street patrol, stated, that . IC:
ceiving certain information, he went to a house i me-
street ; the landlord pointed out to him the room of
Dood ;. found a bed outside the door of that room ;
found the sheets in the room ; apprehended the prisoner
Dodd in the same loom on the 28th of October.
• Nichols, another patrol, swore that he saw the hat
now produced on Brown; apprehended Brown on the
24th•of October; found on his person seven keys, an
iron crow-bar, and a knife. Verdict—. Guilty.
"•• • •
• liialgaret Slgnion .was given in charge to the Jury,
for that, she on the 12th of October last,•in the Parish
of St. James, Clerkenwell, did, wilfully and maliciously
cut and maim her husband, Richard Stanton, with in-
tent the said Richard Stanton .to kill and murder.—
There was a second count in the indictment, which
charged, that the prisoner committed this act with in-
tent to disable him for life: there was a third count,
chargbes, that the offence was committed for the pur-
puse of doing him some bodily harm.
The prisoner. was a young woman, about 24 years of
age, of' a genteel Epic., above the middle height, and
agreeable features. She was dressed in a black silk
knwn, and seemed extremely neat in her person. She
tea* allowed'a chair, and remained crying and sobbing,
with her head resting upon her hands on the bar before
her, during the whole time of the trial.
There was no Counsel for the prosecution; Mr.
Anolentis appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
o#vicl Corstorphine was called—He said that he was
acquainted with Richard Stanton and his wife ; they
lodged for three months.iu the same house in which I
live. On the 13th of October last, I was awoke at tw•
ticloch in the. morning by my. wife. I went down to
the room below, and saw Mr. and Mrs. Stanton there,
both out of bed. Ile was in a fainting state; lid I
Went immediately for Mr. Whitmore, the surgeon. • Be-
feke I
.did so, poWever, I called to my wile, and di-
rected-Insr to remain in the ecicipt until I. returned. I
was absent for about a quarter of an hour. When I
came ha 4,: the surgeon looked at the wound,•and I
left the room. • After I returned to the room, I heard
Ms, Stamon.say, " She is murdeiing herself." I loOked
*trued-for her, and perceiving her foot, I pulled her
from under the bed, she had a razor in her hand. I
procured a coach, and had him conveyed to the hospital.
• Airs: Corstorphine, wife to the last witness, was next
called-, and said---I gave the alarm to my huilsandl—
While mj husband WA3 gone for the surgeon, I beard
Mt. Stanton say to his wife, " I have been a villain to
you theie two years and a half." Mrs. Stanton said,
" Did not you intend to sell the goods off in the morn-.
ing, and bring the girl and •let me see her ?" He an-
swered, " Yes, hlargai et, I did: it is true !love another
better than you." She went into hysterical crying; he
said it did him good to see her cry. I don't know any
thing else. I saw that he was wounded; and heardeath
ask forgiveness of the other. Nothing passed to let me
know why she asked forgiveness of him, nor by whose
hand he had received the wound.
Henry Whitmore saidal am a surgeon.. .I was fetched
by David Corstorphine on o.le morning of the 13th of
October. I found a man tying urn: his back on a bed,
`with
his feet upon the floor. I desired him to remove
.14*.lipn4,- and then I saw how he had been wounded
-gespitsing. it.) The piisoner wai in her chemise.. I
asked her who did it, or what it was done with? One,.
:or bsith of them said, " a razor." I asked her whet-
t4e.vizur. >v as?. She at first hesitated, but at length said'
itswas under the bed., I. was then attending to the Weed-:
ing man, avid there was no other.person in the room;
I therefore desired her to get it. She got.under the bed,-
and remained there some minutes; until Mr: Stanton
cried oat, that she would cut leer throat. I called for
'assistance` Mr. Corstorphine came in, and pulled her
Aim under the bed, with the razor in her hand. She
not in a state to answer any questions pertifiently.
seethed an understood thing—(Tice witness was in-
•-itaupteil in giving this evidence, as beitigillegaL) She
asked me ill thought she would be hanged ? She asked
Ille tbat several times. She said her husband had treated
lir very contemptuously.. Ile did not contradict it. The
mutilation was complete. His life was never in danger,
.1. told her to dress herself, as she must go into custody.
• top did. not, upon that, say that she was not-the person
• bY whom it had been done. She said and did everything
• she coald to mitigate his sufferings, both bodily and mend
I tally. She assisted mein every way she could ;she begged
his forgiveness, and he said he did 'forgive her. She
thsn said, " Kiss me;" and they kissed each other heir-
tily. Ile then went to the hospital, and she was con-
veyed to the watch•house. • . . • .•
- • i-•
Cross-examined by Mr. Aeounsus.—Slie never an-
swered me any question coherently.
.Sheseemed 'dis-
turbed, and hardly knew what she said. I was. there
very nearly an hour. .
Mr. Corstorphine recalled.—When I went in and skid
tic state jn which Mr. Stanton was, all I can recollect' '
my pulling Mrs. Stanton from under the be 4. - . '.
D'Ar4 Bolton examined.—l- am a surgeon.. r did
not see the prisoner, I only saw the man when he wee
brought to the hospiral. I found hies' in. thestate in
which Mr: Whitmore ddscrilsed him. , tateereltestiled
no danger to his life. With•common surgical ttantsirstiOs
the case was not likely to. prove fated. •. . ..
' Mrs. Corstorphine recalled by Mr.i,
.Arromatre.-iii
ksese this young woman and her Niststirt for 1.49 dirti
three months, during. which time e:xiiiiructt he
toirards him as an affectiersata wife. She was tinglai
-fond-of him. .1 never knew-herfoi -a • single Moment
edefickut in that affectionate feelfug. • She was, lit al
haa.poduct, a.. roost exemplail young woman. Sh.e.vsBoll
of a mild, compassionate, a temper. ' • 1
basinßy4fr. justicelltyLay.:-.7lreMistsaad was far from '
a 4 attentive to her acliesdaugti to have betrii.s.
.
• Theyjiad sus Children sI of eard it said that night,
ill'hiehearingS that be hut anostiwilunaleitisoxooo4. •
. 13/rlkir. ADNIPH us,—Sho was.tho whole.of that night
.streidfully agitated, andliid. hot seem v) know n hat-site
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