The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-21 00:00:00

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Floartinix MURDER.—On Friday week a man of the
name of William Weatherston was brutally murdered. near
the town of Rothbury, by George Hindhaugh. It appears
that each party occupied a small piece of land belonging to
his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and had been at
Rothbury, on the day in question, for the purpose of paying
their rents, when, at a little past ten o'clock, they set off to-
gether to proceed homewards, accompanied by a young man
named George Brown, and two others ; and, when passing
over a place called Garley Moor, about a mile and a half from.
Rothbury, the murder was effected by Hindhaugh drawing
from his pocket a large clasp knife and instantly plunging it
into the body of his victim. At the same time the brutal
ruffian made an attempt upon the life of Brown,who escaped,
as it were, by a miracle, he having received a dreadful stab
on the haunch, which penetrated quite to the bone. Poor
Weatherston expired almost immediately afterwards. An in-
quest was held at Rothbury on Monday, when a verdict of
wilful murder was returned against Hindhaugh.—Newcastle
Journal.

MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.—Mr. Isaac Neate, a farmer,
living at Cherhill, stands committed to the New Prison,
charged with the manslaughter of James Cleverley, under
the following circumstances :—On Thursday the 2th instant,
Mr. Neate attended Devizes market and returned home in
the evening intoxicated. Having been informed of some
misconduct on the part of a lad in his employ, he gave him a
beating. The boy went home and told his parents, upon
which his father (the deceased James Cleverley) went to en-
quire the cause, when Mr. Neate, without receiving any pro•
vocation, attacked him with a large stick, and beat him about
the head in a dreadful manner. He was able with assistance
to reach his house, where he received the best medical atten-
dance, but after lingering for some days he died. On ex-
examination the skull was found to be fractured, and a por-
tion of the bone driven into the brain. A Coroner's inquest
was held, and after a long enquiry, a verdict of "Man-
slaughter" was returned, and Mr. Neate was committed
under the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next as-
sizes.— friltahire Independent.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Tuesday morning
Chelmsford was thrown into a state of great excitement by
the discovery that Elizabeth Bence, the wife of Edmund
Bence, a printer in the office of Messrs. Chalk and Co., of
this town, had attempted self-destruction ; and the further
discovery that an infant child of the unfortunate woman was
lying lifeless in
.bed. As usual, the most extravagant ru-
mours were immediately in circulation, attributing the death
of the child to other than natural means; but the evidence
upon the inquest cleaily proved that the cause of the child's
death was perfectly natural. It appears that the husband of
the unfortunate woman, who resides about a mile from the
town, on the Baddow road, returned from his work on Mon-
day night, about twelve o'clock ; but upon reaching home
found the door closed, which he sometimes afterwards
forced ; and upon proceeding up stairs the unfortunate wo-

vered ly

, or rather sitting by the side of
rorn several wounds which she
iicied on her throat and arm with a razor and carvit

knife, which lay near her. A considerable quantity of bfoo'd
had flowed from her wounds into an utensil which she had
placed, and which was three quarters full. A messenger was
immediately despatched for Mr. King, surgeon, upon whose
arrival it was discovered that one of two infants, about six
months of age, lying in bed, was lifeless. The unfortunate
woman was in a fainting, insensible state, and was not, we
understand, aware of the infant's decease until Wednesday
morning, when it was communicated to her. She has now
three children living, and has always been upon terms of the
greatest affection with her husband, who, we believe, is ex-
ceedingly attached to his unhappy partner. We are informed
that a slight disagreement took place on Monday between a
member of the husband's family and Mrs. Bence; but at
present we have heard no reason for the inducement of the
rash act.—Essex Standard.

HORRIBLE ATTEMPT OF A SON TO POISON PARENTS,
BROTHERS, AND SISTERS.-011 Sunday morning last the
family of Mr. Chester White, a highly respectable and wealthy
farmer, residing about one and a half miles east of the village
of Batavia, were suddenly taken ill, exhibiting all the
symptoms of poison. On Saturday a bag was brought home
from the mill and placed in the barn. Subsequently, it was

brought into the house, and a quantity taken sufficient for
two loaves of bread, which were used for breakfast. On
Sunday morning, about two hours after, all who partook of
the bread were taken violently ill. The family consisted of
Mr. White, his wife, and father, three sons and live daughters,
and a hired man, all of whom were sick, except one son, aged
seventeen, who, it was ascertained, had not eaten of the
bread. After a lapse of some hours, Dr. Cores was called,
who pronounced the sickness to have been produced by
poison. lie applied the usual remedies, and, at nine o'clock
on Monday morning, they were all alive, and considered out

of danger, although still leering severely from the effects of
the poison. Suspicion became attached to the young man
who had not eaten of the bread, and upon being confronted,
he confessed that on Saturday he procured two ounces of
arsenic at a drug store in the village, and placed it in the
mouth of the bag, but would assign no reason for this at-
tempt to murder his whole family. No cause can be as-
signed, except that his family have recently become pious,
and united with the church, and have made great efforts to
induce him to attend church and family worship, all of which
he has treated with contempt, and would always absent him-
self during family exercise. He has, of late, been gloomy
arid taciturn, and probably thought, could he accomplish his
design, be would be rid of their importunities and inherit his
father's estate. He had not been arrested on Monday morn-
ing., out of compassion for the feelings of his family, who
were in the deepest distress.—Rochester Democrat, Feb. 22.