Star.
London, England, 1821-03-02 00:00:00

COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE.

DUBLIN, FEBRUARY itst.
Matthew Osborne was charged with the murder of
Catherine Osborne, his wife, on the evening of Wed-
nesday, the 17th of January last.
T. M'Lean, ribbon weaver—knew deceased, hav-
ing had a work-room in the house, No. 133, Church-
street, in which she and the prisoner had an apart.
ment ; recollects seeing her between seven and eight
o'clock in the evening of the 17th January ; she ap-
peared to be in good health, and was washing pota-
toes at her room door ; the prisoner was inside the
apartment scolding her; witness was up a floor
higher, leaning over the ballustrades of the stair,
listening to them; Osborne came Out, and deceased
threw her arms about his neck and kissed him, crying,
" Mat, are you going to beat me now r A rap at
this time came to the door, which was shut, and-
Osborne and his wife retired into their apartment,
as did witness to his. About twenty minutes after-
wards he was again alarmed by a dreadful noise
in the prisoner's room, he again took his former
station for the purpose of listening. The noise re-
sembled that of -a heavy weight pressing on some-
thing soft on the floor; heard her cry, as if in a dying
state, " Oh, Mat, you are going to kill Jemmy's mo-
ther;" believes this expression to have referred to
her son of that name, of whom she was very fond,—
The prisoner answered, " Yes, you —, all such
villains as you are should be served so, and let me
see the man who will save you !" Pris'onet was in
the habit of beating his wife, and witness went back
to his room without interfering. About half an hour
after, hearing the same noise, he went down stairs, and
listened at the key-hole of the door: heard several
violent blows given, and a piece of furniture broken,
as if dashed violently against the ground; heard the
deceased moaning and saying, as it choaking, " Mur-
der, Murder !" About mine, he heard the last noise,
and at ten all was quiet. He then left the house and
went to his lodgings, 19, Brown-street. At nine next
morning, without going up stairs, he observed pri-
soner's door shut, and it remained so that day till
about five minutes past four : before that hour, wit-
ness had bored a hole in the pannel of the door, and
observed deceased stretched, nearly in a state of nu-
dity, in bed. Witness informed the landlord, and a
carpenter residing in the house opened the door, when
witness found the corpse.
Lucinda Whiteside corroborated the former wit-
ness's testimony, with the additional fact, that when
the noise had ceased, she heard the prisoner go dowii
stairs ; he afterwards returned, and she lighted a can-.
dle for him ; he went into his room, remained, some
time, and went out again. Prisoner and his wife had
eleven children,. who are dead.

M. Cannon, Peace Officer, on Thursday, went to
-the room occupied by the prisoner, where he saw
the corpse of deceased ; saw blood upon the blankets,
on the clothes of which she had been stripped, and
in various:parts of the room; saw also the chisels
and coal•boz produced in Court, with narks of
having been used as the instruments of the 'murder.
About six that evening he apprehended prisoner in
a house in Pill-lane; witness observed marks of blood
upon hii.elothes : when brought to the Police-office,
witness found the key of the room on his persou,
and observed one of his wrists cut, as .if recently,
when about to handcuff hits;•,

at William Belcher, surgestiexamined the corpse of
deceased along with two o er medical Gentlemen;
two deep cuts had beerfrr?a e on the head by a sharp
weapon; the right side4itc very much contused, and
a large quantity oL .ceigulated blood found in the
cavity of the chest „Abe collar bones were also bro-
ken, and six of the.tibs ; the points of the latter had
entered the lungs; these wounds were the cause of
her death. '• .

Capt. Vaughan, of Dorset-street, has known the
prisoner for the:last fourteen years; was a remark-
ably industrious man, and an excellent workman;
never heard of his being given to quarrelling.
Judge Moons summed up the evidence in a per-
spicuous manner, and the Jury, without hesitation,
returned a verdict of Guilty.

His Lordship then addressed the prisoner to the
following effect : •
..Matthew Osborne, you stand at that bar accused of murder,
and on the indictment presented against you a respectable Jury
of your country have found you guilty. For the commission
of this horrid crime, no palliation can in any instance be offered,
but in yottr case the circumstances are the most barbarous—the
most revoking to humanity that ever before appeared in any
Court of Justice. The victim of your fury was a helpless
female—the companion of your bed—the mother of no fewer
than eleven of your common children—and the deed was per-
petrated with a coil-blooded and persevering deliberation of,
which there is no example. No offence exciting the heat of
passion, or a misguided impulse of the moment, has been even
alleged, which could have dictated your conduct. Your whole
proceedings resulted from the wayward feelings of a heart op-
posed to all. social connections and every sentiment of moral
rectitude. Instead of excuses, there are facts in evidence which,
if possible, add to your guilt. But a few minutes before the
commission of the crime, your deceased wife was busied in pre.
paring your domestic comforts; and when struck and mal-
treated, instead of attempting in any way to return your barba-
rity, threw her arms round your neck, kissed you, and in a
manner the most endearing to our nature, implored you to save
her life for the sake of your children. The appeal was made in
vain. The halliloor was shut, and the work of havoc was
completed. From the cool precautions afterwards taken, it
would appear you fondly calculated on no disco►ery being wade;
bat there Is as Allseeing Eye above which no human vigilance
lean dodo. Your days in this world, your very hulas are num-
bered. at a little time elapses, and you wear before the