Star.
London, England, 1831-08-17 00:00:00

SUPEWTMON IN WALES.

At the Denbighshire Assizes a very singular
case, and one which excited no ordinary interest in
the northern part of the Principality, as it related
to some superstitious notions very.common even at
this day amongst the lower orders, was tried.—
John Evans was charged with obtaining money
under false pretences.
Job Mill. Esq. the Attorney-General, with
whom was Mr. J. H. Lloyd stated the case to the
.inry.—He said that the prisoner was indicted for
obtaining seven shillings from Elizabeth Davies,'
he falsely pretending that he could cure her hue-
band, Robert Davies, of a certain sickness, with
which he was afflicted, by taking his name out of
a well, near Abergele, called " Ffynnon Ellen,"
which in English means St. Ellen's Well. The
ease, (said the learned gent.) was a very uncom-
mon one, and to persons not familiar with Wales,
might appear beneath the consideration of a
jury ; but he had no doubt that the gentlemen
r..hom be was addressing were well aware
of the superstition which pervaded a treat
portion of the Welsh nensantry, and the
facility .which their credulity might be made
an instrument of fraud in the hands of an artful and
designing man. The Well of St. 'Clan had been
celebiated in history and in song ; and the number
of impositions practised upon ignorant people in
;meet ages, by a succession of impudent *rogues end
knaves, exceeded all belief. A few years ago the
magistrates of the county prosecuted one of the
High Priests of his Saintship, who, in Consequence
as found guilty of cunning, cheaters, and fraud,
lett into prison, and his well of holy waters de-
stroved. For a time the celebrity of St. Elian and
his protea died away; their anathematization
ceased ; and their memories were fast subsiding to
the grave, when the prisoner revived them by lay-
ing in a stock in trade, and commencing business
near the same spot, as a Saint. That was mani-
festly a frnud, not one above the law ; for the law
put saints and shoemakers upon an equal footing
now-a-days; and he had no doubt that tlie jury
would do their duty to punish the prisoner, though
he were the High Priest of a Saint, unless he
could produce undoubted credentials of the
legality of his trade. Mr. Hill then went on to
state the manner in which the prisoner contrived i
to dupe the weak and credulous out of their ;
hard earned wages. He had a shallow well on .
his premises, which he called Ffynnon Ellen, or
Saint Ellen's Well, and be had put into it a large
quantity of pebbles, slates, and stones, inscribed
with numberless initials and names. No sooner .
did he hear of any poor person's ill health, or of any
one being afflicted with misfortune or disease, than
he contrived to let them know that their names
were in the well, and that nothing could cure or
benefit them unless they were taken out. Ofcourse
this could not be done without money ; and many
hundreds of ignorant people were known to travel
on foot thirty and forty miles to seek relief, and
that too in the most distracted state of mind. The
frauds of the prisoner were not the only evils which
his abominable practices produced, for like his pre-
decessors, lie pretended he had the power to put
any one into the well, afflict them with misfortune
or had luck, and take them out for money, when
he pleased. The consequence was, that ignorant
persons were frequently induced to charge their
misfortunes to the malignity of their neighbours,
and thereby engender the most disgraceful quar-
rels; while hundreds of equally ignorant fools,
would expend their money on the prisoner in order
to gratify, as they thought, a bit of spite. Mr.
Hill concluded by observing, be was certain, that
if he made out a good case, the Jery would give it
their support, and by a verdict put an end to the
pranks of old St. Elian and his well for ever.
Elizabeth Davies said, my husband's name is
Robert Davies; be was very ill at the beginning
of the hay harvest in 1829, and continued so for
same time. About twelve months after that period
I went to the prisoner, who lived in a small house
by the Efynnen Ellen, near Abergele, to enquire if
my husband's name was in the well; he said he
v.atuld see. He then sent a girl out with a dish,
bo soon returned with it filled with little pebbles'
and slates, upon which carious initials were written
or engraved. Ile looked at them very minutely,
and said my husband's name was not among them.
The girl was sent to the welt it second time, and
she brought back the dish half full of small peb-
bles. They were thrown upon the table by the
prisoner. I picked out one from among them marked
11. D. and asked the prisoner if that was meant
ier my husband. He looked at it, and said yes.-
1 said to him, did you put my husband into the
well ? He replied, no. I was not satisfied, and
fo!ml the prisoner 1 did not think it wasmv husband's
pebble, but he insisted that it e as, and that the
water would prove it. Both of us went to the well,
ant! the prisoner took some of the water out in a
lead vessel, and bade me drink of it, which I did ; he
then said there was no doubt that the letters on
the pebble' meant my husband, and when I
returned home I should find him better. He told
me ten shillings was the lowest price he could
charge for taking my husband out of the well;
I said I had not so much money, but I would pro-
cure it and return to hint as soon as I possibly
could. He wished me to come again that week,
but I told him I was afraid I could not. By his
permission I carried the pebble home with me ; he
cautioned me cot to show it to any one, and in
answer to my inquiry, what I was to do with it,
lie said, I must bruise it, mix it with salt, and
throw it into the fire. He said he knew who
brought the illness upon my husband, and that
he could, if he thought fit, put him into the well,
and afflict him with any disease or nnsfot tune. 1
said, pray do no such thing, for I leave it to God
to deal with the person who had punished my
husband, and caused all my sufferings. There
was a great many persons' names in the well.
About two months after, I went to the prisoner
again, in company with Davies, my brother-
it;-law; we found him at pubic house in the
neighbourhend ; and I 'said to bine will you
come home to do hat you know ? lie said be
would do nothing }WI.' me, because 1 had told'
Air. Clough. the magistrate, the first time.—Well,
ma, said I, it' you don't do it willingly, I will
go and leave it as it is. He then said he would
sell me a bottle of time water for nine shillings, to
take twice with me. We argued about the price;
at last I gave to W. Davies seven shillings for the
prisoner, which at his request was thrown into the
well. I do not know what words weie made use
of by the prisoner on this occasion, but the seven
shillings were put into the well, as an offering of
thanks to St. Ellen for the recovery of my bye-

band, but he has not recovered to this day. I saw
the prisoner take the money out of the well; and
he said my husband was to take the water for
three nights, repeating certain words at the time,
which I cannot recollect.
Cross-examined by the prisoner.— How came I
to take your husband out of the well for seven
shillings, when I demanded ten ?—Because you
reduced your price.
Re-examined.—My husband did get better, but
he is not well yet.
William Davies, a taylor, of Holywell, and bro-
ther-in-law to the last witness, went with her to
pay the prisoner the money, on the 30th of Au-
gust. On that occasion, the prisoner took some
watei out of the n•ell in a leaden vessel, and told
me to think of it, and at the same time to thank
COD and St. Elian for the cure of my brother. I
did so ; and then I agreed to give 7s. for a bottle
of the water to take home. He ordered me to
throw the money into the well, which 1 did; but the
prisoner took it out before it reached the bottom,
and put it into his pocket. I then asked the pri-
soner how he knew that the R. D. meant at),
brother. He said, "by the colouring of the wa-
ter." He then began to discharge the water from
the well, and I observed him stir up the mud on one
side with his right hand. which rendered the water
muddy. There, said he, the water changes colour to
show you that the pebble taken out means your
brother. I asked the prisoner if he knew who put
my bother into the well. He said, " No; but
there was a book in the house that would tell." I
went into the house with him ; he put a book on a
table, and a pack of cards, and asked my sister-in-I
lat.- if she suspected any one more than another.
She said she did. He told her then to whisper
who it was into my ear. When she had done so,
Se opened a Look, and there appeared two circles.
My sister cut the cards, and turned up the three
of diamonds ; the prisoner then uttered a deal of
" miraculous " words, and at last decided that the
person suspected was not guilty. [The Attorney-
General thought it unnecessary to detail any
more of this foolery, in which opinion the court
concurred.]
The prisoner, in his defence, said he never sent
for any one to come to the well, nor did he say
there was any efficacy in the water ; but if a per-
son believed that there was, and chose to give him
some money, it was all well. Several witnesses
were then called, who gave the prisoner a good
character.

The learned Judge, in summing up, regretted
that any individuals could be found so lamentably
credulous as to believe that any man, by such ri-
diculous means, bad the power of relieving or con-
trouling the diseases and afflictions of another.
He then observed that the question for the jury to
consider war, whether the plisoner had obtained
the money from the prosecutor under false pie-
tences or not ; if they believed that be bad ob-
tained the seven shillings by telling her that he
could cute her husband's sickness by taking a
atone rival the well, they would then Sod him
Guilty.

The jury, after a few minutes deliberation, re-
turned a verdict of guilty, and the judge sen-
tenced him to six months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

PANORAMA OP THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.

KEENE'S DATII JOURNAL, Aug. 13.
A aurvar.a.—La.4 Miles, Lady and Miss Bignolls, Sir
Stafford and Lady Northcote, Sir John Burgoyne, Colonel
Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. G. P. Baker; Captains—Taylor, flu.
tamts, Rogers, Turbaville Rev. Mears.—Dr. Delahuut,
Dr. Ilall and family, Leigh, W. Wilkinson, li. Browne, (a.
Browne ast4latuily ; Dr. For, Dr. Mogg.
At Lausdnwn Fair on Wednesday last the supply of live
stock was larger than was ever remembered by the oldest
farmer present at the fair. The immense quantity of Irish
cattle which was brcught thither produced a Out that put a
top to all business. Many of these were wretchedly poor,
and some idea may be formed of them when it is stated that
several yearlings were purchased for thirty shillings a head !I
This circumstance, however, completely prevented the sale of
the fine Devonshires, very few of which were even bid for.
At the Ilerefoidshile Assizes a case was tiled, The Xing,
on the Prosecution of the Comity of Gloucester, against
Milward, Esc*. and five other defendants.—This was
ar indictment, tried a second time by a special jury, for not
repairing a public bridge, at Leachtlale, in the county of
Gloucester, in the high road from Oxford to Bobs—the ma-
gistrates insisting that the bridge ought to be repaired by
the defendants, by rea.on of the tenure of their leads, and
rot ay the county. The first trial tct'k place at the Spring
Assizes, and lasted sixteen hours. The jury were afterwards
locked up all night, and not agreeing in their verdict, the
judge discharged them. The present trial, which was by
another special jury, occepied the whole of Friday, and un-
.il three o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, when the jury
retired ; and, after having again been locked up, front that
,lire vain eight o'clock on Sunday morning, aid not agree-
ing, tl.ey were discharged. The learned judge summed up
strongly in savour of the defendums.
•

A litContertte.shire Assizes there were the following capital

DEATH REcoaptio—Win. Stidworthy, for burglary ;
Samuel Yapsley, for sheep stealing, Maria Smith, W. Pack-
ering, James Hinge, John Windmill, for burglary; W.
Baker and G. Hill, for ditto; Wm. Brown and Matilda
Binnion, for assault and robbery ; Wn. Smith and Ann.
Sherpard, for assaulting Eleanor Shepherd on the King's
highway. Joseph White was convicted of breaking into
the dwelling-house of James t:ollin,gs at Bath, and
stealing a great quantity of moots. he prisoner, al.
though not more than twenty years old, had previously
been sentenced to seven years's transportation; 11'm. Hum.
hreya, for breaking into the dwelling-house of ).Marshall,
of Chew Magna; Eras. Note, for breaking into the dwel-
lin f-hothe of John Young, and stealing wearing-apparel;
IVilljam Hickman, Isaac %Vbite, and John Davies, for bur.
glary in the dwelling.hoon of John Spear ' • Wm. Richards,
Edw. Sheen, Wm. Sperry, Wan. Guildtord,Catharine Guild-
ford, and Louisa Btown, for maliciously wounding John
Melhuisb and Wm. Wilkins. Transportation: Fourlern
Fears—Jos. Quarman, for stealing bay and donkeys.
FlnE.—On Aiontlay afternoon, smoke was discovered to
issue front the premises in Pohonage Lane, occupied by
' Messrs. Harris and Sheppard, cabinet-makers. Some per-
' sung immediately ascended the stairs, and found the floor of
the garret (Mr. Harris's wink-shop) in flames, which had
gained such ascendancy as to render it impossible to re.
move any of the goods it contained. From the cireum.
stance of the crowded buildings in the lane being chiefly
occupied by carpenters and cabinet-makers, a great alarm
was excited. The Westgate brewery, and Mr. Wood's
minting office adjoining each side of the fire, appeared in
imminent danger, and but for the most praiseworthy
exertions of the firemen who dared every peril, the
Ste would have made very extended ravages. 11 hen we
consider the combustible nature of the property surrounding
it, the quantity of dry wood, &c. which fed the flames,
towering considerably above the highest houses, overshadow.
ing the city with a dense cloud of smoke, and the inconve-
nience of supplying water in the middle of a narrow
lane, we cannot but be surprised how the progress of
the devouring clement could • have been so effectually
arrested and so speedily subdued. Fortunately, the
wind was not high, and the flames rose perpendicularly.
The flames had communicx ed at four o'clock to the roof of
the house adjoining the premises of /dusts. Holladay and
Sculthotpe. but the united endeavours of the different fire-
men prevented them reaching the lower apartments. The
further progress of the flames was effectually stopped at siz
o'clock, but by this time the interior of the premises was al.
moat entirely destroyed, and the walls of the buildings so
injpred that the whole must be taken down to the ground.
Rio accident to life or limb, we at, very happy to say, etc-

tuned on thh lamentable occasion, but the destruction of
property has been great.
Several sharks were seen dining the last week in Plymouth
harbour. one,of which, about eight feet in length, was taken
in a fishing net on Thursday night. These fish have no
I doubt been attracted by the great quantities of smaller Ash
lirelineating the shoal water, particularly
A RRIRD—At Ilminster, John Talbot odtaida..Esq youngest
son of the late Henry Talbot, Esq. of Wadhurst Castle,
Sussex, to Frances Essex, second daughter of Vincent Lang.
worth'', Esq. solidtor, of lkithister.—At Bathwiel, James
Yceles, Esq. to Mary Anne, widow of the late J. Mogg.
Esq. of High Littleton House.—At Bedminster. Mr. W. R.
Gardner, of Vork.street, Bath, to Me J. HaydoniAtf Wes.
ton.—At Westbury.upon.Tryin, Henry Poole. . soli.
citor, to blanks, younger daughter of the late Thos. cm,
Esq. of Bristol.—Mr. J. G. Hayden, Chapel-row, Bath. to
Anne, only daughter of the late R. Pritchard, Esq.
DIED.—.In Beaufort.buildinp, Stapleton.road, Mrs.
Ann Barker, wife of Capt. James Barker, R. N. 56.—At
Beckington, Miss Louisa Viney, sister of the Rev. J. Vi.
ney, Baptist minister.—At his residence, Bathwick. Henry
Sampson Mitchell, Req. of Whaddon House,near Brewton.
....In Russell-street. 88, Mrs. Jane Johnston.—ln Seymour..
street, ]Hite Corbett, daughter of the late IL Corbet, Esq.
of Ynysyrneangwyn.—At Knowle, 76, Mary, widow of
the late Rev. J. Price, vicar of Werle.—At IS, Pulteney.
street, in a fit of apoplexy, Mr. Rummin, 88 —At Bram.
dean, 85, the Rev. Wm. Gomm, M. A. rector.—At En-
more Castle, near Bridgewater, 84, Ms. Budtby.
lIERTS COUNTY PRESS, Aug. 16.
Ancnany.—On Wednesday nearly all the beauty and
fashion of the county were mumbled in Mr. Alworthy's
grounds at Godmanchester, to witness the sports of the
Archery Club. There were some capital shots, both by
ladies and gentlemen. A ball succeeded, thich was nume-
rously attended. The following is a list of the prises
Oentlesnen's Prises. Ladies' nixes.
Ist.. Mr. G. Thornhill, jun Ist.. Mies Duberly
251.. Mr. C. Duberly 2d ..Mlss Desborough
3d... 11r. G. Cheer* 3d... Miss Thornhill

I 4th...lliss Dubs?ly
OLNET BAIDGE.—It appears that Olney-bridge, which
Is immortalized in Cowper's Tub, is, nevertheless, doomed
to destruction. Its " weatisome but needful length" is
about to be removed, and a new and handsome structure
substituted.

HERTFORD, SATVRDATo-The market this day was very
thinly attended, the weather being so fine, that the farmers
were engaged in their harvest. There were but few samples
pitched, atoml of which were new. Prices in general as
follows :—Wheat, 43s to 47s per load; Barley, 29s to Ms
pee quarter ; Oats, 26s to 36e; Beans. 40s to 42s per load ;
Peas, 40s to 42s ; Rye. Ws to 42a.
DIED.—At Harrold Lodge. Mr. Pickering, 59.
CH ELTRNHA M JOURNAL, Aug. 15.
AllalVALL—Tbe Earl of Enniskillen, &r R. and Lady
Hussey Bickerton, Sir T. Aubrey, Sir Peter Laurie, Lieut.-
Gen. Bell, Col. Shwa, Col. Rainey, Major and Mrs. Cart-
wright, Major Kington, Capt. Clarke, C4pt. :Mcqueen, Capt.
Gowslade, Capt. Newport, Capt. and Mr.. Huntley, Capt.
Montagu, Rev. Dr. Fisher, Rev. James Gregory, Rev. J.
Davies, Rev. J. Carter. Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rev. Mr. Cooke,
Rev. Mr. Harrington, Rev. Mr. Amphlett, Rev. Mr. Reta-
ke, &c. &c.

The entertainment given at Ragland Castle, on Wednes-
day last, in honour of- Lord Granville Somerset, was of the
most splendid description The fine old ruin was admirably
fitted up, and the festivities were enjoyed by upwards of a
thousand ladies of the first rank.
At Oloueester Assizes the following capital eases moaned ;
James Alder, for breaking into the house of C. Alder, of
Kingstanley, and stealing a tea-kettle, Ate. Thomas Sim-
mons, for an unnatural crime • John Savage, an accomplice
with Pearce; Thomas Harwood, for house-breaking; Isaac
Fisher, for cutting and wounding John Gay, a gamekeeper'
at Stroud; John Parry, for breaking into the house of J.
Hartland, at St. Briaveils, and stealing ration, articles of
drapery; and Oliver Manning, for stealing a gold watch, &c.
from the person of Mrs. Skerton, at Charlton Kings.
CHELTENHAM, Aug. 11.—Wheat, per bushel, & 3d to
to Ss ; barley, 4s to 5s 6d ; oats, 2s &I to Ss beans, 489 d
to Si peas, Si to Bs. Beef, per lb. bd to 6d; mutton,
&I to &I veal, 5d to 6d ; pork, 5d to 6d. Hay, 31 101 to
31 kis per ten. Price of bread—wheaten, 9tl ; standard
wheaten, Bd. Best butter, 16d; eggs, 18 for le; potatoes,
81 per peck. Fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to 4d.
MARRIED—At Newnham, A. Rogers, /ILA. Chaplain
R N. to Anni, only daughter of 31r. Knowles.—At Winch-
comb, Mr. Riley, of Papplewick, Notts, to Margaretta,
eldest daughter of Richard Hopper, Esq.—Captain Wake,
to Mary Anne, daughter of the late John Iwo, Esq. of
Bournebrooke House.—At Bishop Lydeard, Captain Hugh
Fits Roy, to Lucy Sarah, second daughter of sir Thomas
Buckler Lethbridge, Bart. of Sandhill Park.

PAISLEY .ADVIMTIZER, August 13.
flinverr.—The harvest is progressing as rapidly as the
most sanguine could wish. Already is there a great breadth
of wheat cut down, and fields of oats are following in rapid
succession. Several of the surrounding farina, have finished
their a heat shearing, and all speak advantageously of the
weight, and many of the number of the ears. Potatoes
are now so abundant, that they sell at Bd. the old peck, and
they are of the most excellent quality.
TuttirlDlß Ssoad.--The thunder storm which vidted
this town on Sabbath last, and which. passed over it without
any injury, has been very extensively felt nearly over the
whole of Scotland. In several places it proved very destruc-
tive. At Thornliebank a boy named Martin, and a girl
named Yuill, about the age of 14 and 15, were killed with
one lash, while another man was struck in the wrist, and
his hand rendered useless. At Kinglassie, one man was
killed.

Talc= JYatxu ABOLISIMM—The bill for thesuppres-
sion of the truck system passed the House of Lords on the
sth inst. and in three months thereafter becomes pan of the
laws of the land. We gave an abstract of this bill while It was
on its passage through the House of Commons, and need not
now recapitulate. We may, however, briefly state its princi-
pal bearings.—All the wages of workmen In the occupations
specified in the hill, which takes in a wide range, must be paid
in the current coin of the realm, or approved bank notes, any
contract to the contrary being declared illegal, null, and
void. Though a workman may have expressly agreed to
take all or part of his wages in goods, and although he may
have been paid in full, he, or the parish to which he belongs
if he or his family have become a burden thereon, may s.,e
for, and ohotin the whole of his wages in money. Masters
continuing the truck system are thus liable not only todou-
ble wages, hut to revere fines over and above. They are,
for the first effenec against the act, subjected to a penalty of
from 5L to 101. for the second, from lOL to 201. and for the
third, they will he declared guilty of a misdemeanour, and
lined at the option of the Court.
1 have invented a power-engine, capable of being used in
all kinds of machinery, and for which engine and its appli-
cabilities I took out a caveat of patent in March last.—
Since that time I have been bury in adapting it to the pro-
pelling of ships, canal boats, the result of which is, that
it is truly what I term it, a semi-omnipotent posvei
Its qualities are,
Ist. As there is little machinery, its original cost will be
less thah onc.tenth of the price of a steam-engine of the same
power.
2d. If the engine be worked night and day for twelve
months, the expense will be comparatively one or two men's
wages, with grease or oil for the machinery.
3d. Its annual expense for repairs will not exceed twenty
shillings.
4ali. As there is so paddle-wheels used in my application
of its power to the propelling of vessels, a ship of any she
may be forced through the water at a rate from 10 to even
30 or 40 miles an hour.
sth. The machinery is so simple and safe that there is
Do possibility of any danger or accidents arising from the
' working of it.
Gilt. The greatness of its power can only be computed by
the strength oc the material of which it is made.
ALLIANDER GIANT.
Broughton.street, Edinburgh.
DUBLIN FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, Au,. 13.
Mr. Sergeant O'Loghlen has decided on °Cuing himself
as one or the candidates for the now vacant representation of
I the city of Dublin. Mr. O'Loghlen, besides his rusk at the
bar, exhibits a life upon which the strictest scrutiny cannot
dean a blemish ; he is modesties Lt hh_political opinions! but
firm, practical, and uncompromising. Thom wits am Peril aPs
all equally signal example of success at the bozo( inland with.
out forfeiture in a solitary instance of that independence of chs-
teeter by which others have helped themselves f 0 prosperity
and to distinction. Upon this foundation he offers himself.
A communication from the individusle by whom Mr.
O'Loghlen ha been determined to olbr himself goes by
post to 31r. John David Latouche, It is earnestly hoped,
that he may consent to be put into nomination. Several
have been named as candidates on the antl-reform prin-
ciple—among others, Lord Lowther, Sir Henry Rardinge, •
Messrs. Moore, Shaw, &c.
The Dublin First Grand Musical Festival, fur the benefit
of the Mendicity Association and Sick and Indigent Room-

4:
keepers' Societ , will be bold in the week comma-l. Mon-
day, the 1116
DRAT Alicia Ili*, denghter
of the lase Milwilellet;—At Vorafant, aged
91, Renrineli erlikw, 14—At oedema, Cork,
Mini Jan a a iirs 4: ef thelllll..—Aged
24 Rr„ i: 4 . meie...ft Wednesday,
the insesid! new C
Deela of Coyne and
Rem In reentalsirerrledinled &mei. of this venerable
and Msetrione pilule* of the kith Chen* we feel we
have to announce an event which will be keg and deeply
deplored by every friend of Ireland, of ratioand of civil
and religious liberty ; for never did any IvAhal grace
the mitre, of whom it can more truly be said than of Doctor
Coppinger, that he possessed in the moat eminent degree
every virtue that can adorn the prelate or exalt the man.
DIABOLICAL MURDER NEAR BRIGHTON.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
BRIGHTON, Aug. 16.
The horrifying detalksworn to by the witnesses examined
en the Coroner's Inquest, which sat at the Crown and An.
cbor, at Preston, on Sund night last, and at the investiga-
tion yesterday before the Magistrates at the Royal Sot House
Tavern, on the Marine Pare, are as follows :
David Maskell sworn—l live at Brighton, and am a la-
bourer. On Monday afternoon, about duce weeks ago, I
went into a place called " the Rottingdean," in Preston,
which lies oa the side of the high road, in the plantation of
Mr. Stanford's farm, and in a sort of hollow overhung with
branches of trees, a little on the left of, a narrow foot.
path, up a hill, leading from the "Hole-in-the.wall"
to the Church-hill.. I stooped to the earth, and fancied
some of it had been moved. I poked some of the
mould away with my stick, and saw a piece of red cotton
sticking through the earth. I took no particular notice of
it then ; but went home and mentioned it to my wife, who
said it might be a small child buried there. I mentioned it
to several persons; but I did not go and tell the magistrates.
I mentioned it to a Mrs. Gillam ; and on Friday night my-
self and her husband went to the spot between six and seven
o'clock. Galant scratched the dirt away, and the piece of
red cotton was still there. We poked the stick into the
earth, which smelt very strong' and nasty: We never told
any police-ollicer or magistrate, but left the thing as we
found it.

By the Commas—l do not know either the male or
female prisoner; to my knowledge I never saw them before.
Ortbyiel Gillam sworn—l accompanied the last witness to
the spot in the Rookery on Mr. Sandford's pbanations at
Preston. I removed th• dirt with my stick, and caught
bold of a piece of red stuff. I then returned home, and
told my wife and mother ; and on the following morning
(Saturday), about six o'clock, I, accompanied by my wife,
mother, and a Mrs. Sherlock, went to the place, and I
drew about half a yard of the cotton out of the ground,
and tore it of£ My wife said it was a grown person's
gown ; upon which we gave notice to Elphick, the con-
stable I aid he having procured a spade, we all went back
together. I took the spade and began to dig up the earth,
and shortly dug up a human thigh. I continued to dig,
and found the other thigh. I next dug up a bundle,
which turned out to be the body of a human being covered
over with woollen and linen, and tied round with some
string. I cut the string and removed the clothes, and found
the busk of a woman s stays. The body was without •
head, arms, and thighs. The dreadful discovery soon
spread through the village, and every body made search for
the other parts ; but none could be found. The stays were
on the body, but the gown seemed to have been wrapped
loosely round it, the skirts turned up and tied with a string.
I think it was a petticoat string. It was made Into a
bundle.

Catherine Bishop, the wife of Henry Bishop, a* labourer
at Brighton, sworn—The deceased was my sister, and was
married about six years ago to the prisoner, John Holloway,
who was then a bricklayer. I saw the deceased for the last
time about nine weeks ago ; she then lodged with me in
Cavendish-street ; she (the deceased) never lived long to.
gether with the prisoner. He left her when she was preg.
neat with the second child, and enlisted in the Blockaded
Service. she lead been spored another isonth,she would
have had • Shisdehild. Whilst the deceased and 1 were living
in Cavendish-atreet, the prisoner was taken up by the
parish, and he was compelled to allow his wife Is a week
to **slit her In her =datelines. He used to send the
money by the other prisoner, Ann Kennard, with whom he
lived. 1 produce a piece of figured cotton from my quilt;
it corresponds with the gown that was upon my late sister
when her corpse was dug out. lam positive the stays now
produced belonged to my sister ; she mended them 'when we
were living weedier. The prisoner always treated my sis-
ter very ill ; be almost starved her to death.
By the prisoner Holloway—Never saw him lift his hand
''against her. Never saw them together tut twice. She never
had occasion to think she WiLS untrue to hind; she was al.
Ways very food of him.
By the Jury—The deceased had told ber that he had
threatened to be the death pf her. When sbe went to him
at Bognor, be said be would stab her. She replied, 44 here
we be,-life for life; if you take my life; somebody else
shall kill you."
John Hargreaves, Seq. sworn.—l live at Brighthelm.
Kane, and am a Surgeon. On Saturday morning last, about
nine o'clock, I was sent for to see the body of a female that
had been dug up. I went, and found the body lying in a
shed at Preston; it was very mach mutilated and dewm-
posed. There was no head, legs or arms attached to it, but
the thighs were lying by its side; they were taken out at the
sockets, and seemed to have been cut off by a butcher ; it is
difficult to sever the ligaments of the large joints, as in this
ease ; it was the body of a female. I have dissected the
body since, in the presence of Mr. Richardson and Mr. LW-
rence. We found on opening the body a perfectly formed
male child. The deceased must have been fu advanced in
pregnancy, which proved that two lives had been sacrificed
at the same time. The presumption is that the child was
living, and that labour had begun resulting Irons violence.
rshould think the deceased had been dead three weeks. I
cannot say how death was produced.
Mr. D. Richardson, another surgeon, deposed that at the
opening of the body of the deceased, on first sight, there
was a protrusion of a child's had. Os further examine.
don he discovered it was a male child of about seven or
eight months' formation. It did not appear that a saw had
been used ; all the limbs were separated at the joints.
William Hely sworn—l live in Edward-street, Brighton.
On Thursday last, whilst I was reaping in a field for Ur.
Chatfield, I found the two pieces of box and the rope now
produced (the pieces of box had the imprints in blood of a
man's hand) ; it was about four roods from the spot
where the body was round, where I picked up the pieces.- It
is the King's rope and has the thread wove in it.
Charles thchard found the top and side of a box on SW
turday, about half-past twelve, in the dyke, about Gel yards
above where the body was found.
Amelia Symonds, wife of James Symonds, of 4, Caven-
dish-place North, Brighton, sworn.—l saw'the deceased
alive about Thursday four weeks, when she lodged in her
house: but on that day, in the afternoon, her husband (the
prisoner) came and took her away with him at about tour
o'clock, after they had taken tea with me. The deceased
told me that he had been to fetch her clothes away in the
morning in her boxes, as they were going again to bye toge-
' thee. I have never seen her since that time. The stays now
produced belonged to her. Tile prisoner-allowed his wife 2s.
a week, and the other prisoner, Anne Kennard, always
brought the money to her. The deceased and this woman
frequently quarrelled. The deceased was about 32 years of
age, of inoffensive manners, and I always had a high opinion
of her chastity. She:was pregnant, and expected to lie in
this month, or the beginning of the next. (The pieces of box
found by the two last witnesses were here produced, and the
witness believed them to be part of the boxes in which the
prisoner conveyed the clothes of the unhappy woman away).
Frances Symonds, the daughter of the last witness, saw
the prisoner Holloway take away a large trunk from the
house, tied round with some rope, about the sire of the rope
now produced. The pieces of the box now on the table are
part of the box she saw the prisoner removing. His wife
wanted to know where he was going to take bet things?
The prisoner replied, that he was going to take them to a
lodging-house. The prisoner was gale about an hour, and
the demand cried very much. In the afternoon I saw the
prisoner and the deceased go away together after tea.
Several other witnesses proved that the prisoner had often
threatened to kill his wife, and treated her in the most brutal
manner imaginable.
Feldwicke, the night constable, was on duty on Saturday
night, when the prisoner Holloway came to the watch-house,
and gave himself up. as he said be had heard the Officers
were after hint for the murder of his wife. He declared be
was innocent, and said that about three weeks ago he saw
her part of the way on the London road as far as Preston,
Where he left bee ith her box, she ia t o ge upoo
the first coach forw London. That she traddinltl. witht her
W. be save her himself, and one she saved up. The woman
Ann Kennard was in custody before Holloway gave hun-
self up.

' Holloway, in his defence, repeated the same stop;had given to the night covetable.
After a few remarks from the Coroner, the jury returne.l
a reedit: of s Wilful Murder' against John Holloway, to d
he has been coon:sited to Horsham gaol to await his trial at
the next Amisea"
The woman, Ann Kennard, was remanded, and on Sion.
day and yesterday underwent very long examinations, in the
course of which it was proved that when the boxes were re.
moved by the poisoner she was with him, and they were seen
together at Preston the same night. The investigation is
expected to last many days.
TLeprlsoner Holloway is about 25 years of age • at the
time his marriage he was 19, and the deceased 2e.
The female, Ann Kennard, comes from Reigate. Oar
Inquiries have traced the merrier of this unfonunste eau-
ple to the operation of the bastardy laws. It appears tha.
the unfortunate dammed, who was living in service at
Brighton, became pregnant by Holloway, and having ap-
plied for parish relief, the overseers of Ardingly took Hol-
loway
on a bastardy warrant, which resulted in his marryinr
her, although she was so far beyond him in years.'
On Sunday evening the discovered remains of the ill.fatet
woman and the child, having been previously deposited in C
shell, were buried in Preston church-yard, the service I as••
lag been very impressively read by the rev. pastor.
FURTHER PARTICI:MAIL—The woman Kennard has
been committed as an accesury ; and Holloway's mother
has been arrested as an accessary after the fact. It appears
that the butchery of the dem. took place in a house hired
by Holloway for the purpose. He has been committed to
Iloesham gaol ; and, on coining the prison, he is said to
have observed that he had no doubt he should be hanged ;
but, if he was acquitted, he would bang himself.
The Master has made his report, nominating the
Misses Long and Mr. W. Courtenay to be the
guardians of Mr. L. Wellesley 's children. Mr.
W. remains in the Fleet. Sir Felix Agar has, we
understand, started for Paris to hasten the return
of Mrs. Wellesley, with the young lady and her
brother, Mr. W. Wellesley.—Query. Will they
come, and if they will not, is Mr. W. to be im-
prisoned till they do ? There is much radicallv
wrong in the whole affair.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Ac
FRANCAISE.—The meeting was held on Tuesday
in the great hall of the institute at Paris. E‘erN•
seat was filled long before the hour appointed for
business, and all the front rows were occupied by
ladies. The number of academicians present wai
not very great, and with the exception of the Pre-
sident and Secretaries, only six were in official
costume. M. Le Brun, the President, opened the
business of the meeting by a report on the " prizes
of virtue," established by the benevolence of the
late M. Monthyon. This report commenced with
en animated allusion to the events and anniversaries
of July, and instituted a comparison bet Teen those
deeds of public virtue, which, meeting Kith as
public a reward, were inscribed on stone at the
Bastille, and on brass at the Pantheon, and those
acts of unobtrusive goodness which it is the pro-
vince of the stewards of M. Montliyon's bounty
to illustrate and reward. The first prise of 4,00011.
was awarded to Joseph Ignace, of Oie, Depart-
ment of the Meurtbe, for the intrepidity with
which be had risked his life at different times
in saving several individuals from being drowned,
in the river near which ho lived. The second
prize of 3,000 fr. was adjudged to Marie Mathieu.
of Lyons, for the disinterested and grateful manna
in which she had devoted the best years of her Lie
and all her little savings to pi omote the comforts et
her former mistress and her family, who, by t:n•
foreseen accidents, added to severe illness, had
been reduced from comfort to penury. Two medals
of 1,500 fr. each, and eleven of 600 fr. each, were
awarded to thirteen other individuals for variou
traits of benevolence.

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