Star.
London, England, 1829-01-01 00:00:00

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• MISSION.
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Pip it'd! says Pat, there's wend of the fun,
Arab, laden is ester before it's begun
VfMa pity that Dan, when the moon's at the full.
Caolsks with his sweet brogue to bother John Bun!
;Och, here! what a pity our Ovate little band
Of Loans coat visit the beretk's land,
With orations so fresh, and with shamrocks so green,
lad on In their glory by Dalt and XILLUX!
What a murder ! ma vourneets! that father MAOOIII4
That rove.glird Priest, whom the lasses admire,
Can't shoulder his cross in the holy procession
And teach Joint's fair daughters the use of confession !
.There's pious L'Eseaanon, too, that elegant MD,
floul.keeper and father:confessor to Omr,
With a look sly and holy as ever was seen,
Absolving the frailties of blooming nineteen!
He—dlower of the Priests, who, with Maas-book in hand,
• Proclaims the crusader)/ the Pope through the lead-
-He, to , is prevented that shores to enlighten
Which the Waives of Rome used to gloriously brighten!
There's Father Macsnams—Fathers Blum,
They like a good dinner, and that is no sin •
And, though dome's religion's not fit for a Ade,
They kno'w he gives orthodoz pudding and beef!
And, °cis ! how it grieves me, the lawyers must stay
With their wigs all fresh.powdeed, to "'pepper away "
Showing " chapter cad verse" why they should have their wishes,
And come in for a share of Friend Bun's " loaves and fishes!
Long life to their wigships, ytho—mocking Jove's thunder,
Pouring out smoke and fury, trope, figure, and blunder—
Like &dmeneus, would make strange events come to pass,
And shake the whole empire by rattling their brass!
Jong life to the patriots, priest, lawyer and prater,
Who kneel at the feet of the greet Liberator ; •
Whom. hearts patriotic are always content
To die every day that they live—for " the Rent !"
Dan says be laments that the Mission. won't do—
For his speeches were pack'd up sli " spick-and-span new;"
But now, like we: tapers, before they were lighted
Bostf ort—tbey leave Yorkshire still dark and benighted!
But, Dew, my dear honey! without any joke,
Jiteppose you lost /wild those same speeches as spoke
In Yotkihire? and say they called -forth " vast applause,"
'Converting whole thousands of " boors" to the " caw !" .
This plies. tbo' not novel; will save your sweet breath.
And rival SISZIL's glory on Penenden Heath ;
.Then soar in the Press like on pinions of fame,
You intended to speak them, and that's all the anise /
YORICK.

WINTER HOME CIRCUIT.

KINGSTON, Dsc. 31.
Before Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.

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Philip Gale was indicted for burglationsly breaking
and entering the dwelling house of William James, at
Lambeth, and stealing from thence a quantity of tools,
•sumbs, and a canvass bag. containing 61. 65.6 d.
Mr. A. Dowmaa conducted the prosecution.
The case was this. The prosecutor is a combmaker,
living at Lambeth; the prisoner is his j nrneyman ; on
site slight of the llth of December, the prosecutor was
the last person who retired to rest in the house, and at
that time he saw that the back door and front window
•were perfectly secure ; the next morning he perceived
.11141 some person had forced an entrance into the house
:by break•ng away the bolts of the shutter, and removed
the property above mentioned. As he suspected the
prisoner, he went immediately to his lodgings, and there
lie found a loge quantity of tools and combs, and also
the canvass bag containing 61. Gs. 6d. An officer was
immediately sent for, aid the prisoner apprehended.
Hr then spontaneously confessed that he had stolen the
property frond iu his lodgings from his master, and that
he w as the person who had obtained admission into the
house. ht f acing the shutter.
The prosecutor now identified the property.
The Jury r.turned a verdict of Gat*, without any
besitatorn.

MI Bar oh VAUGH 4n told the prisoner, that .dthough
he shy=u?J recommend his life to be spared, yet be mu•t
expect tore transported tor life.
Jelar Jatdene was pliced at the bar under a charge
of felon•ously and maliciously administering to Mary
Jardine. • his *ire, a deadly poison, called arsenic, with
intent t•r kill arid murder hi r, at Nets ington.
• Alt Law, on the part of the prosecution, stated the
case to the Jury. The present was an indictment
. founded on e s saute passed in the reign of his present
Maje-ty—the 9 Geo. IV. c. 31, s. 11. That Statute re-
peated a former one—the 43 Geo. 111. c. 53. but the
provisions were substantially the same. By the Statute
on 'which this proceeding was founded a provision was
made, .. That if any person unlawfully and maliciously
shad administer, or attempt to administer, to any person,
or shall cause to be taken by any person, any poison or
other destructive thing, with intent to murder such per-
. son, es ery such offender. and every person counselling.
aiding, or abe thig suet offender, shall be guilty of felony,
and being connected the. cot shall stiffer death as a felon."
The Orono at the bar was formerly a bombardier,
and for his tervices had received a pension. The wife.
who was the subj- ct of the present indictment, and
who would be called as a witness, had been married
before she Lecarne connected with the prisoner.—
Tne childrin alto were the fruits of the former mar.
nage were, it was hair to tire prisoner to say, alaays
trea ed a •th the ftlietly kindness. They had
lied togett•er f r sweet' years; Juting the first thirteen
year. of that period he had, he under.tood, conducted
lonise fas air esceiltat 'lnwards the cons-
mencvmrot r f the last ►fare yea's he unfortunately be.
Came actin noted nith some women who completely
'wanted him tr. m hi. wife. Stiebecame the or jest or
hi. armoire' ca, an,* ia.it trcattcl in 'the worst m•rner.
At length he irtuced r sopprict her, and she was takers
int i the Woolw ch IVorktiouse; a 'pan of the pension
ado* e.l hot by Governtm►t,t was stopped to delrty the
a:pence% to *Lich tie ; ari•h was plot fn the support
of hit w•i:e. This tip? prisoner not • liking. 111 made an
application to the Committee of the Workhouse to
allow him to take her cu • This was permitted, an.J the
• stoppage ut the pension eras- J. She had scarcely got
home when be resumed his id treatment ; la was to

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have altosied her two shillings arid sixpence per week
for her support, but this wa. soon reduced to four pence
-a day, and at last to two pence a day. The 11l fortunate
woman being thus brought in danger of sus 'view, told
'her husband that unless he increased her allowance she
.must have recnurse to a Magistrate. lie told her shr
might go a hen she liked. She replied that she would
go. Tile prisoner then rejoined the following remark-
able words—" Don't speak too fast, or I per.lap. you may
not be able to go." This was on the sth October. On
the morning of the 61h, about nine o'clock, she had
prepared her breakfast as usual, and for some purpose
left the room. When she returned she found the pri-
soner sta,iditig pith the lid of the kettle in his han,d,
abutting it down. This dud not excite any suspicion in
her mind, as he was in the habit of taking • ater from the
• kettle fir the purpose of shaving. Without any hesitation
• she poured the qustAity of water she wanted from the
nettle into the Leap' t, and drank about a cup and a
half of the tea thus made. In a few mtuutes she
•tAt a very great hea in her stomach, accompanied with
a seveie shooting pain. Her stomach became distended,
• and she vomited -some of its contents. Doling this time
the prisoner was walking up and down the room laugh-
ing at her. She at langtp became so ill that a medical
man was sent for • • The prisoner bad previous to this

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pot on his bat with greatenconcern, nab& thellowei
Mr. Boast, the surgawbeard the woman describohec
symptoms, and thence he concluded that she must havet
taken arsenic. He.made use of the stomach ponsp,and.
the contents drawn out by that 'neaps showed his opinion
well founded; in the stomach pump, and on the sides
of the kettle whence the water in the teipot had been
taken, nearly eight drachms of white arsenic. were found.
By u remedies then applied any permanent injury to
the woman was prevented ; the parish authorities inter.
feted, and after an examination before a Magistrate, it
was determined to apprehend the prisoner ; accordingly
a constable was sent to the house of the prisoner, and
the was taken ibto custody from his bed; he was after-
wards fully commi ted for trial. These were the facts
he u.sclerstood he should be able to lay before tholes in
evidence; and it would then be for the Jury to say what
verdict they ought to find.
Mrs. Jardine, the prosecntrix, and Harriett Show, the
woman in whose house the prisoner sad his wife lived,
were called, and substantiated the statement made by
the Learned Couns.l.

Mr. Boast, a surgeon, said, that he bad examined the
prosecutrix, and fund that the symptoms described by
her were such as led him to believe she was lobouring
under the effects of arsenic. He submitted the contents
of the stomach, and the tea-kettle, to two of the common
tests, which convinced him that he had detected the
presence of arsenic; and, last of all, had evaporated
the water, and re-produced the metal. In the contents
of the stomach were four or five grains of arsenic; two
grains, in his opinion, would produce death.
The witness Show was recalled, and she deposed that
she bad used some of the water from the butt whence
the water in the kettle had been drawn, and bad ex-
perienced no ill effects from it.
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Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the defence, cross. examined the
witnesses with his usual ingenuity and acuteness.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, after a very learned manilla-
tion .of the surgeon, on the chymical rests for the de-
tection of the presence of arsenic, and metallic poisons,
inspired of the prisoner whether be wished to say any
thing in his defence?
The prisoner said be was quite innocent of the'ehargirt
and that the whole was the result of a conspiracy.

filr.Brron VAUGHAN then summed up. and observed
to the Jury, that while they were bound to afford the
evidence they hid beard I cartful and dispassionate es
aminationcas it so seriously affected the prisoner, they
would nr.t, on the other hand, forget the interests of
public justice. The Learned Judge then, in the most
impartial and succinct manner, compared the various
facts proved in evidence, and weighed the probabilities
in the most merciful manner, and finally left the case in
the hands of the Jury, again reminding them of the so-
lemn nature of the duty they were called on to per form.
The Jury, after retiring for about half an hour, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner having been called up for judgment,
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, in a very feeling manner, ex-
horted the prisoner to prepare for the doom which in-
evitably awaited him. The gates of mercy in this world
were for ever closed against him, and the grave was
opening at his feet. He besought him, therefore, as
soon as he left the Court, with bended knees and re•
pentant heart, to pray for mercy from his offended GOD.
His Lordship then pronounced the awful sentence of
the law in the most impressive manner.

The Jury and almost every one in Court were so much
affected, as to shed tears during the adJtess of the
Learned Judge.

Before Mr. Justice Summon.

John Doyle, a cooper's apprentice, was indicted for
-tealing fourteen pawnbroker's duplicates of various
amounts, and a waistcoat, the property of his master.
The case was fully established against the prisoner;
bet the Learned Judge told the Jury, that pawnbroker's
duplicates were not such a security as could be made
the subject of an indictment. and they must, therefore,
confine their attention to the waistcoat.
Groiley.--Sentenced to six months' imprisonment,with
hard labour.

Tbis decision with respect to pawnbroker's duplicates
is new. In a case similar to this, two years ago, Mr.
Justice PARE intimated an opinion that they did not
come within the Statute ; but as the question was not
necessarily rai.ed in the case, be declined giving a
formal opinion. In the present case they were pro-
nounced, without qualification. not to be such " war-
rants for the delivery of goods" as could be proceeded
criminally upon.

Three young fellows, named Jarvis, Thule% and
Keen, were indicted for stealing from the person of
John Goldstone six sovereigns and some silver, on the
,19th December last.
The prosecutor, who is a farmer, upon the day in
question, having missed the coach, engaged a go-cart
at the Elephant and Castle to take him to Norwood ;
the prisoners were his fellow passengers: at setting out
he had the money in his purse, but upon arriving at
she place of his destination it was all gone. At the trial
he swore positively that he felt the hand of some one
or other of the prisoners in his waistcoat pocket, and
that he distinctly felt a tugging at his watch chain.
Upon cross-examination, however, he admitted that he
.a as in such a state of intoxication as not to be able dis.
tinctly to recollect what passed; and by other testi-
mony it appeared that it was likely be had been robbed
befote he got into the cart.
Mr. Justice BURROW:iII told the Ju•y that, under
these circumstances, it was the safest course to acquit
the prisoners ; and they were found Not Guilty .3c-
c.srdingly.

Two boys having procured a boat for the purpose of
"amusing tEemselres in sailing down the river Weaver,
at Nordiwich, the current carried them in the direction
of the Town Wear. Having by accider t lost the scul-
ling oar, and finding the boat was rapidly advancing
tuwards the Wear-head, they both jumped•out into the
water, in hopes of reaching the' shore by swimming.
Ore succ-eded in making the land, but the other was
catried by the stream over the Wear into the foaming
water below, and every one gave him up for lost. In
a short time he was seen struggling lower down the
centre of the river, but although several good swimmers
acre present, no one durst venture to his assistance, as
the late heavy rains had not only swelled the river
much above its usual height, but added to the rapidity
of the stream in that direction; therefore his case was
hopeless. At this critical moment, when every one was
petrified with fear, a little beggar lad, not more than
ten years 4 lege, ran up to the spot, and without speak-
ing, Car rIF bra rags, plunged into the water, and swim.
ming within reach of the then drowning boy, seized
hold oh the collar of his jacket, and with only one arm
'left to swim wit.h,btought his ptize safe to land, amidst
'the loud acclamations of the aux ous spectators, who
had every moment t 'petted to see them go down to-
gether, as the boy sawed was not only quite exhausted,
but much larger than the little mendicant who saved
his lite.—L-Macckffic d Courier.

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