The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-27 00:00:00

THE NOTTINGHAM ELECTION

The nomination at this election took place yesterday.
Mr. Walter was proposed by W. Roweth, Esq., ex-Mayor,
and seconded by T. W. Charltor, Esq. Lord Raneliffe
nominated Mr. Larpent, and Mr. Hart seconded the nomi-
Almost the whole assembly held up their hands in
'avour of Mr. Walter, and our correspondent informs us
here is not the slightest doubt of his return.

EXECUTION OF BARTHOLOMEW MURRAY, FOR
THE MURDERS AT OVER-PEOVER.

CHESTER, Saturday night.—The last sentence of the law
was carried into effect upon the body of this unfortunate
culprit at the city gaol this morning.
He was locked up every night in the condemned cell by
himself, and is stated to have enjoyed up to Thursday night
sound and unbroken sleep. On Friday morning, the holy
sacrament was administered to him by the Rev. J. Carberry.
He then appeared quite resigned to his fate, and deeply im-
pressed with the urgent necessity of making his peace, with
God. On Friday afternoon he expressed a wish to see the
prisoners who (up to the day of his condemnation) had been
confined in the same yard with him. He bade all an aflec-
tionate and affecting adieu, and on shaking hands with the
man in confinement on suspicion of shooting a gamekeeper
at Huxley, near Tarporley, he said lie hoped he would avoid
that fate which so soon awaited him. He made no other allu-
sion to his situation, further than a general expression of his
feeling both well and happy. Between eight and nine o'clock
in the evening he was revisited by the Roman catholic clergy-
man. He then went to bed, and taking his prayer-book-in
his hand, with the exception of some short intervals, read the
contents with marked devotion throughout the night. He
dressed about four o'clock, and partook of a hearty break-
fast.

The county authorities next conducted Murray to the lobby
adjoining the outer gate of the Castle. lie was there hand-
cuffed, and the city sheriff and his officers being announced
as waiting for the culprit at Glover's Stone (the city boundry
mark), Mr. Dunstan conducted his prisoner on foot in that
direction. The unhappy man walked by the side of the priest,
still repeating the prayers, and the gaze of a crowd of some
thousonds did not appear in the least to affect him. On th
arrival of the county procession at the boundary, a black-
railed cart without springs (provided by the city authorities)
was in readiness to convey the culprit to the city gaol. He
was lifted into it, and manacles having been fixed to his legs,
the Rev. J. Carberry took a seat in the cart by the side of
the culprit, both riding with their backs to the horse, s%bleb
after the true Tyburn style was led by the hangman, a prac-
titioner from Staffordshire. The governor of the city gaol
headed the procession, and the sheriffs, under-sheriff, and a,
large body of officers brought up the rear. The crowd was.
was exceedingly dense, and the police constables had great
difficulty in keeping them back, so as to make a passage for
the cart. The number of females (many of them well dressed)
present was in a majority of at least two to one of the male
sex.

The procession reached the gaol as the clock struck five.
The cart was taken to the back door of the prison, and
Murray's manacles having been removed, he was conducted
through the chapel in which his coffin was lying, to the cell
at the foot of the fatal platform. The sight of neither the nor drop appeared to affect him in the least. On en--
tering the cell he directly knelt down, and continued hi-
devotions. The various services of the Roman church were
continued throughout the morning almost unceash i
Murray at no time lost that confidence for which he ha}s}t ean
was
so remarkable. On the arrival of the sheriff thece
court prison,
cleared of all persons except the chaplain of
thetle
the Rev. J. Carberry, the schoolmaster
of the public
the officers of the gaol, and the representativesan_
d by the time of
press. The Litany was then repeated, and
his preparations.
its conclusion the executioner commencedduring
of county gaol,
The culprit remained firm
legs, and his arms pinioned, no
fetters were adjusted to hitsble
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then administered the sacrament of extreme unction, arid
in an instant the drop fell, and he died with scarcely a
perceptible struggle. He was in the 19th year of his a,,,,

iday last, Richard Whiteside, wheelwright; John
lawyer; Thomas Halton, padmaker ; and George

.t before the magistrates at
ig broken into the house of

n Fulwood, and stealing
gold, arid silver : and at

broker,

5
rtion of the money, knowing

manner in which t

follows :—The four men
to the Wool Pack public-
no- in they took
s'brewer at the
he suspected that their motives
ones, and he accordingly had
uriosity to peep through a hole in the door, to watch
actions, and he saw one of the men put his hand up the
aev and scrape down a quantity of soot, which he put
s jacket Docket : the men soon after left the house.

ht week, and on their goir

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Reanwhile information had been given at the polic
I Hanby, two of the officers, proceeded imme-
learn if possible a description of the
tised state in which they were when
itted, and the fright and excitement
e and alarming visit had caused to
prevented them from obtaining much infor-
learned enough, however, to justify them
own opinions in at once taking into custody the
o have turned out to be the actual perpetra-
Ind after a short search they succeeded

the di

i apprehending Whiteside, Birbeck, and Halton. Challoner
aving heard ofthe " hue and cry" raised,suddenly absconded,
at strange to say he was overtaken by his own conscience

he was

he prisoner of his pursuers ; he tra:

yelled as far as Woodplump. ton, and when there, under areal
or feigned sense of remorse, behaved in a very extraordinary
and extravagant manner, having once attempted suicide by
hanging, and another time by drowning, and finally he sur-
rendered himself, when he became the prisoner of an officer
in the rural police force, and was brought to the county

When the inqui

was taken to the Town-hall.
gone into, it was found neces-

sary to admit Halton as evidence against his companions, a
circumstance somewhat to be regretted, for from all accounts
he was most actively concerned in all the criminal prepara-

tions before, and the proceedings at, the burglary: Prom
this man's statement, then, it seems that, after leaving the
Wool Pack public-house (where they had not anything to
t towards the Moor, and on arriving at the
Moor Park, they exchanged each

Nalk in the

Alier's clothes, and at the same time blacked their faces
with the soot procured at the Wool. Pack. They then went
to the house, and after trying all the doors and windows,
Ind, finding them fast, broke a square in the cellar window
and then opened it, and two of them went into the house,
and opened the front door and let in the third, the remain-
ing one being left to keep watch outside. On gaining ad-
mittance they found, on searching about, some pieces of

andles, and Halton being

reviously

Tepaied with

lucifer matches, they were not long in obtaining a light.
Meanwhile Mrs. Wheeler, having been awoke by the noise,
nediately rung the servants' bell, but that not being an-
•ed, she opened the window and rung outside a larger
which she had in the room, in the expectation that some
• • • r it—though the house is some distance from
d come to her assistance. The fellow outside,
stened to shoot her if she did not cease ring-
!e thieves inside wore, during this time, look-
several rooms, but found them tenantless.
r got to Mrs. Wheeler's room door, which was
rside, and demanded admittance, promising not to
immediately complied. The door was opened

ly other—a
)wever, thr
g. The th

ng into th
Towever, ti

and her money demanded, when ;he handed them her Purse.
This one of the fellows took, and taking out the money, re-
turned the purse, but insisted on having more money. Mrs.
W. gave them her keys, but she was immediately told she
knew much better than they where the property was, and
:hat it must be immediately forthcoming. She then un-
ocked the drawer, and gave them, as she believes, ninety
)ounds in bank notes. These they threw on the bed, say.
hould not take them, but that they must have more

gold ; and on her telling them that they were Bank of Eng-
land notes, and as good as gold, one of the gang pocketed
They next visited the servant's room, and demanded

her money, but on her telling them that she had none, one
of the fellows went to overhaul her box ; but he was told to
let it alone, for that she was only a poor girl, and it was no
use taking her clothes. Their next application was for some-
thing to eat, and they went down stairs into the pantry,
(making the servant accompany them,) and there demo-
lished a vantity of cold beef and bread, and some eggs,
cracking their jokes at the same time they were cracking
They then departed, and went into a field near
and divided the gold and silver, Halton re-
hare twenty-three shillings. The burglary
between twelve and one on Saturday morning,

their e

for his

and the same was made well known during the day., in course
of which one of the men again went to the Wool Pack, and
then offered to treat the brewer with a glass of rum, to pay
for which he took out of his pocket some money, which the
brewer observed consisted of both gold and silver ; and he
soon afterwards made known what he had seen, and also
the suspicions which the conduct of the men excited. We
believe these misguided men cannot urge any extenuation
of their guilty conduct, inasmuch as they were all fully em-
ployed at their respective trades, and as to Challoner, his

employer stated that he considered him one of the cleverest
workmen in Preston. ' They were all at the conclusion
of the hearing committed to the House of Correction to

take their trial at the next sessions. On Wednesday a per-
son named Edmund Metcalf, retail beerseller, Spittals' Moss,
ken into custody on suspicion of having received some
stolen money, when he at once acknowledged that he
o £lO. notes in his charge, which he said he got at
use of Moore's mother, by his directions, on Monday
This Metcalf was brought before the magistrates at
Town-hall, on Thursday, and after the enquiry had been
• " he was allowed to put in bail for his appearance at
It seems that a £2O. note was found in a cess-
k Yard, which Challoner admits to hav-
las also been ascertained that the
Spread Eagle public-house was sent by the

and it I

prisoners with a £lO. note to get changed at Mr. Helmes's,
grocer, on Saturday, which note Mr. H. subsequently paid
to a commercial traveller from Liverpool. The prisoner
Halton also confesses that there were seven sovereigns in
gold, and some silver among the property stolen. These

sums however only make a total of about f.. 58. while Mrs.
Wheeler is quite confident that she was robbed of nearly
£98., viz., in two £2O. notes, five £lO. notes, seven sove-
reigns, and nearly a pound in silver; what therefore may
have become of the r

sing £2O. and two £lO. notes is at
nesent a mystery, for the men persist in saying that they
Inly brought away the four notes, and the gold and silver.
vhich they have accounted for. The apprehension of this

is a most fortunate circumstance, as there is too much

reason to believe that they have been connected with the
other robberies which have been committed in the neigh-
bourhood, indeed it has been stated by a person in the House
of Correction, under sentence of transportation, that two of
.•.. . . .

them were actively concerned in the highway robbery on Mr.
John Wilding, of Hankinson House, in Myerscough, which
took place a short time ago, between the Black Bull, in
Broughton, and Broughton Church, when he was robbed of
nearly £2o.—Preston Pilot.

COMBINATION.—The Irish labourers employed in the
-ks on the Shannon have entered into a regular combina-
jug to rule and under the Ribbon system, to wage
.gainst the English workmen sent over by the company.
rue," says Mr. O'Connell, " I am anti-English."
When shall we be at them, Counsellor ?" ask his follow-
rs. The present time is always the best, responds the Conn-
-3ellor, whereupon the Irish peasantry rise in a body, and
maim, and beat, and nearly murder the unfortunate Sassen-
achs. An inquiry has been instituted under the superin-
tendence of Neal Browne, Esq., stipendiary magistrate, and
trials had, the result of which has been that thirty-two of the
finest peasantry in the world have been committed to Gal-
way gaol for a period of four months, and hard labour, and
nineteen to Tullamore, for a similar term, and with the like
accompaniment.

On accord

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—On Tuesday morning last, about
seven o'clock, as Mr. Joseph Wignall, butter factor, was
passing along the highway between Buckden and Hawes, in
the North Riding of Yorkshire, he met two men at a place
called Stake, about four miles from Buckden, one of whom,
whose name is said to be Dickinson, from the neighbourhood
of Grindleston, near Sawley Bridge, Lancashire, discharged
a gun, or gun-stick, at Mr. Wignall, and wounded him in
the forehead and face, but fortunately without effect. The
name of the second man is Briggs, and he comes from the
same neighbourhood as Dickinson. A reward of £lO has
been offered for the apprehension of both the men; and
Dickinson is described as dressed in a light coloured round
jacket. Briggs, who is taller than the other, has a very red
face, and was dressed in dark clothes, his coat being of a
brownish colour, and made with pockets on each side. Both
the men are said to be desperate characters.

DISCOVERY OF AN EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—It Will be
remembered that at the beginning of last month the house of
J. M. Yeeless, Esq. of Bathford, was burglariously entered,
and a quantity of valuable property taken away therefrom,
consisting of jewellery, a double-barreled gun, clothes, &c.,
to the amount of nearly £lOO. Mr. Yeeless having been very
kind in rendering pecuniary and other assistance to the poor
in the parish, a universal feeling of sympathy was aroused,
and there was a general anxiety manifested to discover the
perpetrator of the robbery. Until Sunday last, however,
the affair remained a mystery, notwithstanding the vigilance
and activity of Mr. Hall, the chief officer of Bath. Many
circumstances had come to his knowledge which threw a
shade of suspicion round several parties, but until the day
mentioned, nothing had transpired that would enable him to
fix the charge on any individual. From information which
he had received of the burglar whom we are about to name
offering for sale a portion of the property, it was discovered
to be one of Mr. Yeeles's own servants, named James Mizen,
rho had been engaged as an assistant in his garden. Mizen
►ecasionally slept in the house, but he had lodgings at a Mrs.
::row's, in the same village. Great confidence had been
laced in the man, and he had been treated with much kind-
,s by Mr. Yeeles, which renders the act one of greater
As a prqof of this, Mizen, some time ago, told his
r, that on his return from Chalfield, where he had been
g, he had been stopped and robbed of his watch and
overeigns ; and Mr. Yeeles thereupon not only gave
towards making good his loss, but Mrs. Yeeles

up a penny subscription amongst his fellow-servants

and others of his acquaintance for the same purpose. What
makes the matter still worse is, that since the discovery of the

Jonery, this story turns out to have been a vile fabrication, a
duplicate of the watch having been found upon him, he having
pledged it for 10s. at Mr. Archard's, in Bath. From having
been in the house of Mr. Yeeles a great deal, IVlizen had an
opportuntty of seeing the disposition of the property therein,
'1 finding that some of the more valuable portions were in
dressing-room, it appears that he selected that
ne scene of his unprincipled conduct. It seems that
.zen came over the fields from his lodgings, and gained
ecess into the grounds of Mr. Yeeles through an out-house
leading into the green-house, and it was through this window
that Mizen effected an entrance. He bored a small hole
with a gimlet in the woodwork, and by that means starred
the centre pane of glass, so as to enable him to get his hand
in and unfasten the hatch. He then had easy access to the
iressing-room, which is on the ground, a passage only sepa-
ding it from the dining-room. The more valuable of the
den property, such as a diamond ring, gold pencil-case,
1 studs, pins, &c., were on the tables in the room, where
had been left without the slightest suspicion. On
n's apprehension, by Mr. Hall, early on Monday morn-
le pencil-case was found upon him, and he told Mr.
at he would save him any further trouble about the
for he would find it in a box at his lodgings. These
ched in the course of the day, and in a large box
nearly the whole of what had been stolen.A., va-
set with hair, a present from Mrs. Yeeles to Mr.
however, still missing, and exertions were mace
It turned out that Mizen's "ladye love"
.servant at Mr. Spencer's, at Chaltield, near Brad-
, and it struck Mr. Hall that it was probable she might
now something about this p. He accordingly went over
on Monday, and saw the young woman to whom Mizen was
taying his addresses, who, on hearing that her lover was
tder the watchful care of Mr. Pike, the gaoler of Bath,
the course usual under such circumstances
icdeesntaienta
On her recovery, she gave up the
pin, which she said Mizen had given her as one which had
his hair in it as a proof of his untiring affection. Thus has
this extensive robbery been unravelled, and the thief cap-tured, much to, the satisfaction not only of Mr. Yeeles
him-
self, but of his neighbours,
who warmly congratulate him on
the discovery. Mizell has been committed to the assizes.
Bath Chronicle.

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