Star.
London, England, 1826-05-29 00:00:00

ELECTION INTLLLIGENCE.

TIFVERLM—We understand that Mr. Lane Fox having declined
to offer himself for the representation of Beverley at the ensuing
election, Charles Ilartison Batley, Esq. a Yorkshire gentlethan, of
independent fortune, will offer himself in Mr. Fox's interest, and
that there is no doubt of his success.—Lends Mercury.
CIISCIIESTEII.—The most active canvass has commenced at Chi-
chester. Sir Godfrey Webster has arrived at the Swan Inn, to
which he was escorted front the north end of the city by a great
number of electors, with a hand of musk and colours flying. Lord
George Lennox and W. S. Poyntz, Esq. being from home, ex-
p • were immediately sent for them. W. S. Poyntz, Esq. has
also arrived at the Dolphin Inn, as well as Lord G. Lennox, when
they also commenced canvassing.
Dvai.m.—There will be a sharp contest for the Duhlin Univer-
sity. Mr. North and Mr. Croker are the candidates. Mr. Critter
has returned to town, having, as it is stated, secured his return for
Trinity College, Dublin.
DUKIIAM.—The Hon. Wm. J. F. Powlett and John George
Lanibton, Esq. will not be opposed for the county; and Sir I leery
I lardinge, and M. A. Taylor, Esq. will apparently continue to re-
present the city.
I Iraeronn.—Themas Byron,Esq.again offers himself for Hertford.
Ilerne.—Sir Robert Farquhar and Air. Marjoribanks arc pretty
certain of their return for Ilythe.
Ilea.t.—Mr. Augustus O'Neill, the candidate for this borough,
in an address to the eltcturs, has declared that he is fully satisfied,
from an attentive consideration of the subject, that a due regard to
the tranquillity and happiness of the United Empire forbids any
further concession of Political Power to a class of Religionists, who,
although our fellow subjects, allow their faith to be commuted by
foreign influence, and their conduct subjected to foreign dominion.
LANCASHISIL—Our worthy Member, John Blackhurne, Esq.
intends again to offer himself as a candidate for the representation
of this county. at the ensuing election.—Preston Chronicle.
LIMILIUM—There is a candidate for the city of Limerick against
Mr. Spring Rice. A Gentleman of the name of Dixon offers himself.
Noaxnumseaharso.—The only new feature in the erection news
for the county is, that nsy Lord Howick's committee at Jength
deem it necessary to cast an eye to the transport department : iu
Other words, within this day or two, coaches, horses, &c. have
actually been engaged to bring his Lordship's voters to the hustings.
NORNVICH.—Mr. William Smith offers the continuance of his
services as a member for Norwich. In his address he tells his
constituents, " that he shall esteem it the highest honour with
which his public services of forty-two years can be crowned, if
called upon by their free and independent voices ; but that he will
not pay for that honour, nor incur any expense which the law does
not require." Colonel Harvey has again declined the invitation to
stand for this city, but recommends to the suffrages of his fellow-
citizens Mr. J. Peel, as a Gentleman of public principles concurrent
with his own—as " a true friend to the Constitution in Church
and State." _ . _

Pazsrox—A requisition has been got up, and signed by a consi-
derable number of electors, for S. Horrocks, jun. Esq. to offer him-
self as a candidate ; but a definitive answer has not yet been given
to it. Mr. Horrocks, our present Member. now in London, has
been solicited to sanction the nomination, and his answer is so far
encouraging to the measure, that it has induced Mr. S. Horrocks,
Mr. Blanchard, and Mr. C. Buck, to proceed post to London, in
order to make such representations as it is hoped will influence the
father to give his final approval.—Air. Wood got through his canvass
sm Wednesday, and has now left us for a short period.—Mr. (As-
hen has arranged to enter Preston by theChorley road on Monday.
Ross SUIRL—In Ross-shire a contest Wa4 expected between the
present Membevifir James W. and Sir Franck A. Mackenzie ; but
Sir James has lately been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the County,
and we have not heard whether he will be inclined to undertake
those two important offices.
Rvc.—The ancient town of Rye, in Kent, is expected to present
some singular proceedings at the ensuing election. It is generally
understood that the Gentlemen who claim the freedom and privi-
leges of the liorough on the payment of Scot and Lot imend
proposing and supporting two Candidates, in opposition to those
who may be nominated by the present freemen and the Members of
the old corporation; and as it is presumed each party will return
their Members, the subject in dispute may be thus brought before
the House of Commons, and settici.
STAMFORD.—Captain Petty declines coming forward for Stam-
ford, and in consequence of this, Mr. T. Chaplin offers himself.—
Mr. T. Cecil is the other candidate for the Borough.
Searoan—The voters of Seaford are all alive ; large hand bills
were suddenly posted in that ancient borough on Thursday, repre-
senting chat two Gentlemen of wealth intended to offer themselves
fur that place, in opposition to the present Members.
STAIVORD.—RaIph Benson, Richard Ironmonger, and J. Camp-
bell, Esqra. all offer themselves for the same Borough. Sir George
Chetwynd, Bart, one of the ltepres'entatives far the 11.,rough, in-
tends to retire from Parliament.
St:sm.—Mr. Cavendish does not intend to offer himself as a
Candidate for the representation of Suasex, at the approaching gene.
ral election. The return of Mr. Burrell and Mr. Curteis will
therefore be unopposed.
YORl.llllM—Saturday a Meeting of the friends of Lord Milton,
one of the present Representatives of the above county, was held at
the Thatched House Tairern, St. James's.street, for the purpose of
concerting misaseres in order to secure his re-electi in. There were
present the Mike of Norfolk, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Petre, and
several other distinguishedpersonages.The meetingwas a private one.
W AAAAA ORD —lt k not true, that Mr. Power retires from the
contest for the county of Waterford. On the contraty we are
assured that all the Candidates are prepared to pull the very last
man they can bring to the hustings.
Witermearo.—The county of Westmeath is to be contested.*
Colonel ftuchfort offers himself on the Purple and Orange interest.
Colonel Packenham, Mr.Tuite, and Mr.Nlalone, are also candidates.
The Writs are now prepating at the Crown Office
preparatory to the General Election. The days appointed for open.
ing the poll will depend upon the convenience of the Sheriffs, and
other returning officers. The electors are usually convened within
a fortnight after issuing the new writs.
Pete' shurgh at present is a scene of great gaiety, in
consequence of the arrival there of the several Anihassatiors Ea-
traordinary who are to represent their respective Sovereigns at the
approaching Coronation of the Emperor NtenoLas, at Moscow.
A great number of horses have been entered I.or
Ascot Races, which commence on Tuesday, the Cat of June. His
MAA AA v is expected to be present, and every necessary preparation
and
Aeoforva convenience c
took
of the
place company.
is making by the Steward, Lord Manvaosoutat, fur the comfort
the lobby of the Bath Theatre,
aalendi;isittittitclye,rsitnancodninseggaubeouncte,plparcoceseiendeadbotozbiwohwece,
on Mr. Lonea's benefit, between a Mr. G—w and a Mr. I*.-•.tH,
riu c.onGs—eq,uve consequence ofse
which might have terminated seriously, had not the Rev. Mr.
Ilastrert.nr. a Magistrate, interfered, by ordering them to be
taken into custody, and conveyed to the Guildhall, where they were
wound over to keep the peace, themselves in £2OO each, and two
sureties in £lOO each.

A duel wa fought on Saturday at the back of the
Dog-kennel, Ascot Death, between It. A. Os—ra—v, and M.
Nl--v The dispute originated re.pectiug a bet on the
Durdnn Stakes, at Epsom flares, and the consequence was, that
Mr. M. WAS shot in the shoulder in the first are, but not seriously.
AXIELIA OPIE, the popular Author, is now in Lon-
don, attending the Yearly Meetings of the Society of Friends. She
was seen the other morning in Ilt.hopigate-street, in the stiletly
primitive garb of a fair Q, taker.
Whin( had a Conceit at the Argyll Rooms on Friday.
The performance cons•sted chiefly of his own composi-
tions, one or ta•o of them new. The Room was far from
well attends.) ; And M. WEnEtt, who seemed much in-
disposed, was completely exhausted before the conclu-
siun the C

aii orderly Drago m WAS dispatched horn
rDartni, uth 13 oif ack s Ni,h the I.ivecting Field Officer's
horse, and on the tonna ing morning the horses were
found i bout A rider near Dittidiam. It appeareA that
the soliier had List his war, and de.cending a steep to
die water, tell, and way witfocwed in the mud.

INQUEST ON MR. JOSEPH BLACKBURN,

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Friday an Inquest was held upon the body of Mr. Blackburn,
Christopher Jrwison, Esq. Coroner for the Liberty or the If e,
of Pontefract, at the house of 'lra. 31.iry Richardson, the G
Lama Inn, at Puthey, at ten o'clock in the morning.
Miss Rebecca Carlile said, the deceased,
Blackburn, came to my father's house on Tuesday nip'.
last, about a quarter past eleven o'clock. I had het,
in bed. He threw up some earth agaimt the u
After he had thrown s'everal time:, I got up and opei.e.
the window, and spoke to hitn, and w is:led bins to
away immediately. He was then st inding upon ;ile
ledge of the parlour window, and had placed his
upon the bottom of the chamber window. I then put
down the sash, and left him its that pe.si i'ut. In two
or three seconds after I saw him jump down, and never
saw hiin again. I did nut bear him cry not. I her
a noise in the ronm below, which was a pail nr ne
not make use of. The noise I heard was the hreakit
of a window. I did not know at the time win, it w,
. that did it, but was informed in the morning that it w,
My father. I saw my father return int,. his to.,rn ;
had no light with him, but there was a candle u his
lodging Loom, which enabled me to ree him. I had riot
a distinct view of the countenance of the decea ed, as he
was below rite, awl it was partly coveted by hi. hat.
do not think that there was sufficient light to have
enabled me to have distinguished It's features, but I
knew his voice. Mr. Blackburn had two or three times
before thrown up earth at my window about the same
time in the evening, And I twice got up. Upon one of
those occasions I had some con%asation with him; ou
the other merely desired hini to go away. Mr. Black-
burn never visited me in the day time at my father's
house. I wished him to come in the d,y time, and sprat
to my father ; but this be did n t do. There had ber:i
no quarrel or dispute between my father and the de-
ceased. My father told me that be disapproved of the
visits of the deceased; and I have not given any encou.
ragement to h s addresses since my fa her spoke to me
on the subject. I forbade him to visit me again, and I
never admitted him into the house,—nor have I kept
his company in any other manner than I have nnw
stated, except speaking to him once or twice at my fa-
ther's door. My father's lodging room is on the other
side of the house. I did not give any alarm; my si•ter
Sophia got up and went out of the r.,om as soon as the
deceased came to the window. I do not believe the
knew who it was. I first became acquainted with Mr.
Blackburn at Hambro.

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panes, but not as I believe with great force. My Lath• r
never spoke to the man. We both thought that he was
standing on the ground at some distance from the wit
dow, but I could not judge of the distance as it Wl, s ' ery
dark, and it was not until he had leaped dim n that
discovered that he had been standing on the le.!ge of
the window. He jumped down immediately Atte' my
father put the sword through the pane. My father had
no idea that he had hurt the man. We then went into
the kitchen. My father said he had put the stsord over
his head to frighten him. But Wien I told my father
the position in which the man was standing, he sa;tl
that he was afraid he had hurt him. 1 had no idea
whatever who the man was,, and i believe that my
father did not know. I never heard that the deceased
paid his addresses to my sister, but I have heard of
his having been at the window before. I did not learn
this from my sister Sophia, but from over hearing
c-nversation between my father and m nher. My father,
when he mentioned it, did not seem very angry, hut old),
said that he wished he would keep away. The moon
had not then risen. I went down stirs under an impres-
sion that the person was breaking into the house; ant
from what my father said at the time, I believe that he
had the same impression upon his mind. We found the
parlour winJow a little op n. I did not know wh titer
it was left so when the family went to bed.. We made
no attempt to pursue the supposed robber. We wiped
the sword with a white handkere id to ascertain if
there was any blood upon it. We found it rather stained,
but we thought it was with the rust and grease. We had
no further conversation about the to'Art r. 51 y father
was somewhat agitated, but 1 was not at all se. The de-
ceased and my father had never had any quarrel.
Miss Sophia Cathie, who seemed about sixteen Yeats
of age, said, " 1 heard a noise at my sister's chamber
window, on Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock. It
seemed to he occasioned by something thrown t the
window. I was awoke by the noise, but I did not
spe .k to my sister ab ut it I did not know that .los:Th
Blackbuin threw it. She did not get up whilst I was in
the room. I thought it was thrown by some person that
was going to break into the house. I went to my father s
room, and told him that some person was breaking into
the house, and he immediately got up. I scot to tell
my brother, and then retired into my own ro:.m. I
faund my sister sitting in a chat?. undressed. 1 heard
the noise of the breaking of the a indow, but I-did not
see or hear my father afterwards. I did not tell my fa-
ther th rt Blackburn WAS thlnuing up at the wind iw.
remember dirt being thrown at the window once before,
and my sister told me th a it was Blackburn who threw
it. I am not certain %theater my sister got out of bed
before I went to alarm my father or not. 1 did not
hear my sister speak to Blackburn.
Mr. Joseph Waiblinget said-1 am a surgeon at Pud-
sey ; I was called on Tuesday night, about 11 o'cli ck,
to visit the deceased; I went immediately, and found
him lying upon the bed ; he told me that tie w is shot,
and that it WAS Mr. Carlyle who had shot him. lie was
rather under the influence of liquor, but not Ulan fated.
and gave very coherent answers to the questions that I
asked him. I found a great quantity of blood iu his
smallclothes. There was a wound in the abdomen, five
inches below the navel, a little to the right. Them was
a portion of the omentum protruded through the second.
and which I was obliged to remove. I told the de-
, ceased that the wound had more the appearance of
having been inflicted by a sharp cutting instrusnent dem
a ball. The deceased said Ire could not say whether the
noise he heard was the discharge of :A Pi"l (" the
breaking of a window. I saw him as late as i'2
on Wednesday, when I took my leave of hint, leavoig
Mr. Jenkins with hint. I saw the deceased atom on
Thursday morning, but he was then convulse.!, and
could not speak ; this was at seven o'clock. I sass. him
again a little before nine o'clock, and remained with hint
until he died, which was exactly at nice eic!. ck.
opened the body. .1 he di:. it, et the wound was k e

iri;lies, and the intesitnct had been wounded; it had a
.I.Ting direction upwards. The wound was about
z'oeeslourths of an inch in width. The whole of the
inzestinal canal was in a state of inflamtnatioa. The
eeceAsed suffered the most excruciating pain, and died
rt the effects of inflammation produced by the wound.
Witness was clearly of opinion that the wound had
-been inflicted by some sharp instrument, and that it was
t!'e cause of his death.
Mr. flatchinson was called in to prove the examina-
tion of the deceased, which had been taken by the Rev.
.1. A. Rhodes, and was to the following effect:—That
the deceased went to Mr. Carlile's house between
eleven and twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, to visit his
daughter, as E e had done many times before. He got
up to the window to speak to her. She burst into tears,
and her nu cher asked her why she cried, hat he did
hot hear ary answer ; Mr. Catlile stabbed him imme-
eiately, but the deceased did not see him or hear him
speak. He hardly knew that he was wounded until he
got a few yards from Mr. Carlile's house, and he
thought he should never have been able to have got to
his brother's house. In a subsequent part of his exami-
nation. he stated that he never said that he knew it was
. Thomas Carlde vri.o had stabbed him, as he had
neither seen him nor heard him speak. Had not lately
had any quarrel with Mr. Carlile, nor had Mr. Carlile,
at any time, threatened to du him any injury. Witness
about a year snice bad a quarrel with Mr. Carlile; it
was about Sophia, who told her father that he was
paying attentions to her sister Rebecca. Mr. Carlile
spoke to him out of the window. lie seemed vexed,,
but did not threaten him.
The CAnassa then read over the evidence, and the Jury were
left to deliberate on the cue, and in about half an hour they re-
tuned a verdict of" Mauslaughter."
Mr. Cathie will, of course, be committed to York Castle for trial.

MURDERS AT WINTON, NEAR MANCHESTER.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

In the STAR ut Friday we gave an account of a horal
ri!iie murder committed at Winton, in the township of,
Barton-upon-Tient, Irwell, and parish of Eccles, and
within a short distance irons Patr:cruft-bridge, on the
Liverpool toad.
A Coroner's Inquest was summoned, and assembled
at three o'clock at the house where the murder was
committed, and viewed the body and the premises.
The first witness called was _

Joseph Blears--I am the landlord of this house. I
have known Alexander M'Keand for about twenty
months. During the first twelve months of our ac-
quaiittance he called at this house once every three
• weeks, upon Fridays; he never was accustomed to sleep
here. On Monday last I had been in Manchester. and
'en my :faun, about eight o'clock in the evening, I found
Alexander M'Kealid seated in the bar. He was in com-
pany with another man whom I do not recollect to have
seen before, but whom I should know again. He ap-
peared to be a Scotsman from his tongue. After having
put into the kitchen some articles which I had brought
from Manchester, I went into the bar, upon which
Alexander said he was very glad to see nee at home,
and invited we to sit down, which I did. He then
asked me to have a glass of something, and I drank
two glasses df 'whiskey and water. While drinking
fl,e second glass, I thought it was stronger than it
ought to have beeh, and stronger than what is usually
mixed by my wife, and.' called for some more water.
'l'heorange club and a sick club meet at my house; while
we sat drinking, some conversation took place about
selling my house, and also about the clubs, but I don't
recollect particularly what was'said. After I had drank
the two glasses 1 fell asleep upon the sofa. I dont rc-
collect bring disturbed in my sleep. I was quite
stupid, and the liquor I had taken deprived me of my
seisms. The same quantity of liquor 'never produced
similar effects upon me before. I was perfectly sober
when I came !rime, having only had, while in Nlan-
diesont, the third part of a pint of ale. I was first awoke
betwixt twelve and one o'clock by hearing shrieks and
cries of murder. On seeing my v, ife bloody and finding
that the two men had escaped, I set off in pursuit of
them towards Warrington, with Mr. Thomas Milner;
upon my return yesterday I found that Betty Bates had'
been murdered. She was pregnant by a joiner in the:
neighb,aorhood, and was to haveinen married to him.
The banns were published at Eccles church on Sunday
:act, as I have been informed. The yellow varnished
stick now produced belongs to Alexander M'Keand, and
he had it on Monday night.
M:try Andrew, w de of Richard Andrew, shoemaker
—llive next door to Mr. Blears. A few minutes be-
fore twelve o'clock on Monday night, 1 was alarmed by
Mrs. Blears calling out " murder." My husband and
I immediately got up; she theft called to us, "will you
see me murdered; I have got a lancet stuck in my
head; our house is foil of robbers, and 'they are mur-
dering us." We instantly came out, and found that
Mrs. Blears /who is my aunt) had a knife sticking
beneath her'eye. My husband tried to pull out the
knife, and was not able. Nathan Miles and Andrew
Milcock also tried to pull it out but could mot ; upon
"hid' my tukband went for Mr. Garthside, the surgeon.
On coming into the house, I found the yellow stick
mentirined by be last witness, under the sofa in the bar.
un going up stairs, 1 found Betty Bates lying on the
ror in the club-room. She lay upon her back about
4 yard within the door, with one hand raised to her
neAd, her head being towards the door, near to where
Are clot of blood is. I found a great quantity of blood
u 4 toe floor of the back bed-room, and there was a-dii-
ttnct stream of blood from that room across the large
i'mas over the bar to the club-room,

William Higgins—l am fourteen years'of age ; I have
ke,l in Mr. I3lear's house about two years. Monday
iiiot I saw two men in the bar. I went to bed about
hi. e o'clock, leaving my master and these two men
siring in the bar. I was awakened at some part•of the
tVit by the noise of a man and woman coming into the
:• um. The candle was standing in the wiy.dow. I saw
I e man who bought the canal y•bird get hold of the 1
'rout, by putting his left arm round her neck; he
i i:iii her head back, and was Join; some lung with his
! alit hand. She mid, " Be quiet," and lie then flung
lier upon the fi ior, and did something more, and she:
cried out " Murder." They continued fighting, and she
git bold of him by the legs, and got -up upon her feet,
.ind said to him, •' 111'maik thee, man r He said no-
thing. 1-le then aung her a second time on the floor
tit MI her back, and did something more at her, but I
could not see what it was. She cried out no morel 1 did
I, 't stir. I saw Betty bloody about the breast, and on
keing that 1 lay quiet. The man then came to me,
svid I jumped up upon my siting part, but be plated
Li. hand upon my mouth, and pressed me dawn upon
the bed. While he was holdiogliis hand upon my face the
woman got up, and was staggering out of the rcom.-
1 be man instantly left me, and over:oek her, and caught

her at the door cheek. t did not see what more was
done. I saw them struggling at the doot. While they'
were struggling I rushed past them, and jumped over
the banister of the stair. As I passed them the man
made a grasp at my right shoulder, and left several
bl: ody marks upon my shirt. He followed me down
stairs, and through the lobby anti kitchen, and out of
the back door.. I tan round the house to the front, and
then towards Richard Andrew's house, and into the field
opp,site, and hid myself in the ditch at the far side of
the field. I remained in the ditch till f saw my mistress
come to Andrew's house. •-

Martha Blears, wife of .I.iseph Blears.—Between-Sve
and six o'clock on Monday night, two men called at
my house ; one of them I have known for about a
year, he is a Scotsman ; the other I never saw before to
my knowledge. The one whom I did not know came
first, about halfLpast five o'clock; he asked me for a
glass of beer, which I brought to him. He then sat
down, with the beer before him, but did not touch
for half an hour, when the other man, whom I had
known before, came in and sat down, and called for a
glass of beer and some bread and cheese, which I took
to him; upon which the first who came in said, " It
you'll bring me i plate 11l take some bread and cheese,
as that Gentleman is taking some:" I did so, and
he drank up his ale, and asked for another glass.
The other asked for a glass of whiskey, and 1
took him a glass. They were sitting in the bat toge-
ther, and I kept going in and out, but they appeared
not to be in conversation ; but when I ia as in the kitchen,
I saw them from there, sitting on the squab (sofa) wh:s-
pering to each other. The one who came in last, after he
bad done eating, asked me for my husband,and I told him
that he was gone to Manchester. Ile asked how long he
would be. I said I did not know, and asked if he wanted
him for any thing particular, or whether I could not
do. He replied, " I want to give him a treat in whis-
key." He then asked me for a glass of wine, which he
drank, and sat down until my husband arrived, which
was about eight o'clock. The one who had before asked
me for my husband said to me, " Your husband is come;
tell him I want to speak to liim." I did so ; and when
he came into the bar the man asked him what he would
take a glass of. My husband replied, " Nothing, at
present. • The man pressed him to take a glass of
whiskey, and lie did so, and then went to the kitchen
to have had his tea, but the same man called him
back, and said he must take off another glass; and he
said I must fill a glass of whiskey for each of them
two. The other man during this time was drinking I
cyder and wine by himself; but they afterwards had
each a glass of cyder. My husband, after he had
drank the second glass of whiskey, laid himself on the
squab and fell asleep; upon which the man whom I
knew before took up the glass I had poured out for him
and poured it down his throat. My husband awoke and I
was very angry, and asked me to fetch him some water,
and I did so. Ile drank the water and fell asleep again.,
The min sat for about half an hour without any liquor,
my husband being asleep on the squab. I did not like
' their manner and looked at them from the kitchen
several times, and saw them whispering. 1 then went
and sat in the bar, and the one I did not know said to
me, " It is too late, ma'am, to go to Manchester to night;
you are like to let us have a bed, fur I never like to go
out late front a public-house, for I have a deal of money
about me." I said, " Well, if you'll put up with such as
we have, you're welcome." -He then asked me if my
husband went to bed when he had go drink? I replied,
" Sometimes he does, and sometimes he does not." He
then said, " Do you sit up with him when he does not
go?" I replied, " Sometimes I do, and sometimes
not ; but I often do sit up." He then said, "Is our
bed ready?" I said, "Yes; any time," and called to
Betty to bring a candle, and desired her to shew
them to the room door and point out which of the beds
was intended for them. She brought the candle and she
and the two men went out of the bar together and up
stairs, and after they had gone up two minutes I heard a
scream up stairs; I then laid hold of the candle, which
was upon the table, and was going up stairs, but when I
got to the door of the bar, the man I had not known
before met me and laid hold of me, and struck at my
throat with a knife, whin woundeslme. I attempted
to scream out, but he seized me by the neck and throat
and prevented me; he then knocked use down and
stabbed me several times, and a: last struck the knife
down under my left eye, and then attempted to pull it
out, but could not. He pulled several times, when, at
length,'the handle of the knife came off, and I fell on
the floor. He then went to the back door and whis-
tled, upon which I got up and ran to the front door
and opened it, and went to Richard Andrew, calling
out " murder, murder." I kicked at Andrew's door;
the neighbours then came round, and, several of them
tried to get the knife-blade out, but could not. I then
I heard William Higgins, the. boy who lived in our
I house, calling out, saying, " Do come, they have killed
Betty ;" he then came towards me in his shirt. I was
afterwards taken into the house, and met my husband
at the bar-door, who shrieked, and asked who had done
that. I felt sick, and said, " Oh Loan." /le then went
out in search of the men'. The knife with which I was
cut was pulled iv at under the man's .coati it is a
whittle knife, with a sharp point. None of our knives
are of that sort.

Thomas Partington—l was at the Jolly Carter on
Monday night from half-pasteight till ten o'clock; saw
two men in the bar, whom I took to be Scotsmen
from their accent. Jose sh Blears was there when
h went into the Isar ; was called out, and while out the
larger of the two men emptied his glass into that of
Wears, and then filled something, which he supposed
to be water, from a jug on the table, into his own glass.
Jesse Jones, a weaver in Eccles, and Robert Nihon, weaver,
corroborated the testimony of the last Witness, and described the
dress and appearance of the smallest of the two men; hewore a
black stock. Witness did net notice the dress of tile other man.
Beth of them appeared to be sober.
William Br ottani, one of the constables of Barton.—l
found the black leather stack now produced upon the
113 or of the back bed room, betwixt twelve and one
o'clock on the night of the murder, stained with blood,
quite fresh. I found the deceased in the club room,
quite dead. The knife blade o hich I now produce:l found
in the cheek of Martha Blears. I found the handle,
which I likewise now produce, and which exactly fits
the blade, on the floor of the tap room near the door ;
and I found the woman's cap and black under cap near
the same place. They were both bloody. The floor of
the passage and the ilJor and door of the tap room were
likewise very bloody. The silk pocket handkerchief
which I now produce I got from Jr.A Edward Foulkes.
Simon Williamson, set vant to Mr. Richard Ilanco.A.
—I found the handkerchief produced inside the hedge
of my master's field on Tuesday morning about eleven
o'clock. I deliveied it to Mr. Edward Foulkes. I saw
the footreps of men in the field as if they had come
from the Jolly Carter and were going towards %Vora-

ley. They appeared to have gone through the hedge.
The hAmikerttlief is unhemmed.

Mr. Edward #oulkes-4;eceived the handkerchief in question
from the last witness, and delivered it to Mr. Brittain.
William Hahcock, of Manchester, surgeon--I have
lodged since the 13th of December in the house of
Al- x:loer NliCeand. I know his brother Michael ;he
was the owner of the furniture, ttc. in the house unit
January, last, when he transferred the property to
Alexander, he himself having failed. Michael has been
there occas7onally since that time, and all his books and
papers still rem.tin there. On I.l.inday last, the two
brothers dined at Alexander's house, about four o'clock.
After dinner, they asked me to go ss itli them to Sal-
ford. I went with them as far as William Wood's
liquo;_vaults, near the New Bailey ; Michael requested
me to go in, and ask Mrs. Sharpies, who keeps the
vaults, for half a crown which was due to him, and
they desired me to meet them at Boardman's public-
house, wlti.h is opposite. I went accordingly to Mrs.
Sharpies, but did not get the money. I then went and
joined them at Boardman's, ani st.ipped dive with
them for about ten minutes, and had a glass of porter.
We all three c one out toge her, and I left them
at the door. They went towards Pendleton, on the
Eccles road. I then went home. '1 asked them if they
would be at home that night ? they said they did not
know. They had no pack with t' em. Alexander had
on a blue coat, black waistcoat, black trowsers, and a
collar or stock similar to the one produce.]. He like-
wise had the yellow stick which has been produced;
at least, I believe it to be the same. He has had it ever
since 1. came to live with him Alexander's hands are
in a-scrofulous state. Michael had en a blue coat, and,
I think, a brown striped waistcoat, black trowsers, and
Wellington boots, with a black silk handkerchief round
his neck. The unhemmed handkerchief produced be-
longs to me't btu Michael had it upon Friday or Satur-
day last ; I cannot say how he came by ir, butt he is in
the practice of sleeping in the same room, and from our
habits of intimacy, it did not occur to me to question him
for having taken it. I this morning observed that the
chimney-piece in the.bed room appears as if a knife had
been sharp-ned upon it. No such marks were there
upon Sunday. Alexander went up stairs just before
going nut, but I do not know for what purpose.
John Thompson, weaver, stated that he saw a Scottish hawker,
with whom he hag had dealings for four years, and whom he be-
lieved to be one of the men charged with being the perpetrators of
the murder, but whose name he does not know, pass near Barton
Bridge, about slit o'clock upon Monday last, and proceed in the
direction of the Jolly Carter.
Mr. John William Garthside, surge :n, 13arton. I
was called in en Monday night from half-past twelve
to one o'clock. I found Martha Wears seated on the
door. She was covered with blond, and the knife was
stuck in her face, just under the left eye, to the depth
of four inches. It passed through the. bone, and ex-
tended into the back part of the mouth. I made
several attempts to extract it, but could not, on account
of the handle being off. I then wrapped a check apron
round it, but still was not able to extract it. I after-
wards held the woman's head, *and my servant drew
out the knife. She had a wound upon her forehead,
and one upon her throw, and the thumb and wrist
upon the left hand were likewise cut. I then proceeded
up stairs to look after the deceased. I found her lying
in the club-room -quite dead, the vessels of the throat
being completelaocut through. I lifted her arm from
off her neck. The carotid artery on the right side is
completely divided, and appears to have been cut with
some sharp cutting instrument. Death would speedily
ensue from the loss of blood. On the left side of the
face there are five or six wounds which would not be
sufficient to cause death. The mortal wound begins on
the right side, behind the ear, and extends to the length
of about five inches, proceeding across the windpipe,
and being about an inch and a half in depth. The
fingers of the left hand are-also much cut, part of the
fourth finger being nearly severed from the hand.
_ _

Sarah Ste—wart, the. Wife of James Stewart—l keep a cutlery and
hardware shop in Smithy door. I have known Michael M'Keand
for several years. On Saturday last I sold part of my stock by
auction, and Michael assisted to book the articles sold. He sat near
a drawer in which a number of knives, similar to that extracted
from Martha Blears' cheek, were deposited ; the drawer was open,
and the knives were ready for being sold ; they are called bread
knives ; it was in his power to have taken one or more without
my knowledge, if hc had chosen; the knife last mentioned appears
to be new.

This being the whole of the evidence adduced, the Comma
shortly addressed the Jury, observing, that in his opinion the case
was a very clear one,and :hat it was not necessary for them,as Jurors,
to have full and positive proof of the guilt of the parties; but that
if they considered the evidence they bad heard sufficient to satisfy
their nainds that the parties should be put upon their trial, they
would express it by their verdict. After consulting for about five
minutes, the Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against
Alexander %I'Keand, and the like verdict against Michael M' Keand,
for aiding, as • • g, comforting, and maintaing the said Alexander,
to do and commit the said murder."—The Coroner lmnaediately
Issued his warrant for their apprehension.

To the above account, which we quote from the
Manchester Cekrier, we subjoin the following particu•
lars from the same Journal :

Alexander and Michael M'Keand, the persons charged with the
murder, are natives of Dumfries-shire, and have for some time back
followed the vocation of travelling hawkers. They are both re-
markably powerful and square-built men; and Michael, in parti-
cular, is possessed of great strength. They were men of sober
habits; and so far as they arp known in tl:e neighbourhood, they
have borne that character for honebty and industry for which those
of their countrymen who follow the same profession throughout
Lancashire are so remarkably distinguished. Alexander lived about
fifteen months ago at a place called Strand-on-the-Greeu, near Lon-
don, where be traded as a draper and tea dealer; hut since that
period he has acted as a travelling hawker with the sante description
of goods throughout this part of Lancashire. lie is about five feet
seven ladies in height, with dark eyes and whiskers, and is about
28 years of age. Michael is about 25 years of age, and is likewise
of a dark complexion, and has dark eyes. For the last five or six
year shekas traded as a hawker in this neighbourlsolid, and fir some
time resided in Foundry-lane, Shudehill, and latterly in King-street,
Salford.

That tile intention of the murderers was to have cut off every
member of the tinnily there cannot be the shadow of a doubt; but
the motives by which they were actuated, and the objects they'
might have in view, cannot be so distinctly ascertained. We have
little doubt, however, that their object was plunder, for the attain-
ment of which they did not scruple to attempt the murder of the
whole family, and but for the almost mil aculuus escape ul the boy
Higgins, the fate of all the others would inevitably have been sealed.
The two M'Keands are understood to have been in embarrassed
circumstances, and Michael failed in the month of January last.—
We understand, too, that since that period they have nut succeeded
well in their business as hawkers. The landlord, Blears, on the
other hand, is said to have been in the habit of boasting of kis
possessions in the presence of numbers of his customers, while
they have been drinking in his house, although he strenuously denied
this circuntuance when questioned by the coroner respecting it
ft may further be mentioned that a newly established Orange Club
held a meeting at the Jolly Carter on the Friday preceding the corn-
' show of the murder; and on such an occasian the landlord might
naturally be supposed to have received a consideralde suns fr m big
gurus. It is likewise perhaps worthy of notice, that Alex. AMeand
was indebted to Mr. Clewortls, manufacturer, at slinky Creeds, to
the extent of XI I odd; that he for some time denied the debt, but,
was at last induced to acknowledge it its the presence of Blears.
The untortunate woman, Bates, appears to have received her
mortal wound in the bed-room in winch the hay lay. Upon her
entering the room, and when the had put down the candle, the
mtird4rer put his left hand round the neck of kis victim and held
hack her bead, as if fur the purpose of kissing her; while, with his
right hand, he drew the deadly weapon front its place of e:niceal-

Meat. She seems to hate, at first, misunderstood his real intentions,
and meretysiesiresi him to he quiet, strutgling, at the same time;to
loosen hetssiffront his grasp.

FROM THE MACCLESPIELD COURIER.

We are informed that, one of the men, who, as we have before
stated, were well know-it in this town and the neighbouring country
as hawkers or pedlars, was in very straitened circumstances; and
that a respectable individual here, Hid become surety for him in
some pecuniary transaction, to the amount of upwards of 5001. The
other, it is said, had for some time paid his addresses to a very in-
teresting and amiable female of Macclesfield.