Star.
London, England, 1817-09-30 00:00:00

CIRCUIT COURT, CL.ISCOW, 24.

Jean Cantlell, alias Bruce, accused of murder, was
brought up. iVith this case the reader must be fa-
miliar. The prisoner is the dumb woman charged
with throwing her own child ov.:r the Old Bridge on
the 19th tif November, 1816, put to the bar last cir-
cuit, and whose case was reported to the Higlt Court
of Justiciary, in consequence of an objection taken by
her Counsel that she was nut a fit person for trial,
being unable to plead to her indictment or to instruct
her defence. The objection was repelled by that
Court, and the case was remitted to the Glasgow
Assizes. Through the medium of Mr. Kinniburgh,
teacher of the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Edin.
burgh, she pleaded not guilty.
George Monteith.—l saw the prisoner on a night
in the course of last winter; I was coming from try
vim k about half-past five. It was dark. Seine alt-r-+
anon I saw her making signs with one of her h. n 4
at Mr. Clarke's door in Bridgegate ; she passed to-
wards :he Bridge, and I followed 11,r. No per.,ira
was with her but a little boy. aud slo appeared to
have a c!si!d in her lap. Before shr re the
centre (.f the bridge, I was about a fathom fern the
woman, when, after tinning round, I saw 01.1 child
fall over the ledge of the bridge. I tv:d.frstrrd tha
it was the child which was in the woman's lap.
could not see the woman throw the child lrom her;
hut the woman's face was turned towards the ledge
over which the child had gone ; she was standing
'erect, with both her arms spread nut, wit t her
knuckles undermost, and raised iivosite to tie heart.
I seized her ; and told an old man passing at the
time what I had seen he replied, " Never mind,"
and walked on; but two bakers, coming forward, I
told them what I had in my mind, and they took her
to Gimbals Police-office. The ledge of the biidge is
about four feet high. The little ty:y oho was with
the woman, at this time shunned her and Tr:rd. This
boy was about four or five years old. I was exa-
mined in the Council Chamber next day. At the
time 1 seized the woman, as she was stronger than
me, she pulled me along the bridge. Site did not
appear to be agitated ; and the river was much
swollen. A lamp was on the bridge near-hy ; and
at the time I turned round and. titled my eyes from
the woman she was standing still. She had no time
to get away, for I seized her instantly. Ido not
know the old man whom I informed of the woman
having thrown her child over the bridge. The wo-
man walked steadily and the Irishman to whom she
made signs opposite Clarke's- went toward the Salt-
market.
Archibald Angus, aged 14.-1 saw the pannel on
the night before New-year's day, about Hallowe'en.
I was coming from the south-side of the water, about
fifteen minutes past five, and saw her on the Old
Bridge, reclining on the ledge ; but I cannot say that
she had a child, as she had her back towards me. A
boy standing beside her cried out ei My wean." I
did not see her throw a child over the bridge • she
then walked towards Gimbals, and clapped the little
boy on the shouldei, as if to make him quiet. I saw
George Mont. nth. He cried out to two bakers that
that woman had thrown a child over the bridge, and
to lay hold of her.
Mr. *Conalicx here gave up the case. The evi.
deuce had not come out as he expected; and it was
gratifying to learn that the poor woman would return
to satiety blameless of the murder of her own child.
Mr. *Nana. expressed his confident hopes that the
Jury would return a verdict of not guilty.
Lard Succors left the case with the Jury.
The Jury inland the libel Not Proven, without leav-
ing the box.
By the advice of Mr. Kinniburgh, of Edinburgh,
this unfortunate woman, immediately after the trial,
set off in one of the steam-boats for her native place,
in Argyleshire, accompanied by Mr. Hall, of Thorn-
liebatilt, who humanely and generously undertook to
see her safely home.

Samrday se'nnight, as Mr. John Collett, of Little
Wilbraham, was returning home from Cambsidge-
market about eight o'clock in the evening, he saw two
men before him going towards Newmarket', whom
lie wished to avoid ; but feigning to be drunk. they
rolled asainst his mare, seized the reins, and rublictl
him of his pocket book and purse amounting to seloo.
The men were afterwards taken into cnvtody, and
carried before Dr. Clarke, the Magistrate. The exa-
minations were separate. and Win. Wekter, the first
man, denied all knowledge of the robbery. The
other man, Edouard Telor Jackson, persisted for a
long time in his innocence, but at last made a full
disclosure that he had hid the pocket-book in the cor-
ner of a dung-heap in Barnwell, where it was found
by a,little boy, who took it to his father. The pri-
soners are both fully committed to take their trial at
the next Assizes.

EXICCUTION.—An article from Meadville, in Penn-
sylvania, of the ht ultimo, says:—On Saturday last
the sentence of the law was executed on George Spa
VatshoHawk, for the murder of Hum FITZPATRICK.
Early in the morning a large concourse of people
assembled it and in the vicinity of the prison. About
twelve o'clock the unhappy wretch was bronght
forth. He proceeded to the place of execution, a
distance of half a Mile, on foot, and ascended the
platform, elevated ten feet from the ground, with
firmness and composure. He had rep:mtcdly decla-
red it his fixed determination, if he cnuld, to break
tl:e neck of the person appointed to hang hirr. Firm
in this rest lution, at the moment the hargrnatt was
preparing to tasten the fat•al cord, the criminal sprang
at turn, and suddenly precipitated him from the plat-
form, and then leaped from it himself. " I)—n
you," said he, " did not I tell you so P' and then
addressing himself to the guard, said, " had it nut
been for the d—d rope, I should have jumped on
him." Having re-ascended the platfmn), and the I
halter being secured, he was told by the Sheriff, it he
:had any thing to say„. then was the time. He ob
served —" I am an assassinated man—l am innocent.
I die for a crime committed by ataother ptisen-1 I
have nothing more to say'. It Mr. ALLAN. chooses
to speak, he may."—A short but impressive-address
was then made by the Rev. Mr. ALDCN, and closed
with a most fervent prayer to the Turns:: of GRACE
in behalf of the unhappy wretch. He was then asked,
84 Are you ready, George ?"•44 Yes,'' said he, my
•time is spent. May Goo have mercy on my suul,"
and was immediately launched into eternity. It is
supposed that no less than 4.000 versa ls welt: assent-
,bled to witness the solemn scene.