The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-07 00:00:00

THE RIDDLESWORTH
5 to 4 on Cotherstone, p.p. (taken,) and

'ompey, not p.p.
THE CHESTER CUP.
8 to 1 against Lord Chesterfield's Marshal Soult
10 to 1 „ Mr. Lovesev's the Corsair.
15 to 1 „ Mr. Wormald's Millepede.
16 to 1 „ Mr. 1. Day's Marius.
16 to 1 „ Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn.

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DREADFUL BRUTALITY. —An inquest was taken, on
Wednesday last, at Milton Keynes, on the body of the new
born male child of Joseph Garrett. The deceased's mother
was taken in labour whilst at a neighbour's house ; she was
immediately conveyed to her father•in-law's, where she and
her husband lodged, who was inhuman enough to refuse ad-
mittance to the poor woman, and she was consequently
delivered in the public street, in the presence of a concourse
of neighbours. The child survived until the Tuesday morn-
ing. The medical man was unable to say that it died from
any other than natural causes. Verdict accordingly. The
mother lies in a very precarious state.—Sun.

On Monday night the Earl of Milton's country seat at
Melton Mowbray was entered, when the folly wing articles
were stolen—Bank of England notes to the amount of 2001.
Bank of Grantham notes to the amount of 1001., the num-
bers and dates of all unknown; an old fashioned goblet,
knife and spoon, and numerous other articles of silver gilt ;
a very small gold watch, about the size of half-a-crown, with
a rose in enamel, on. the lack; an immense number of
silver pencil cases, gold snuff boxes, and other valuable or-
namental articles. A small solid silver clock, four inches by
two, set round the face with turquoise; a silver Turkish ink-
stand and chain, such as worn by the Turks, at their side.

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT ST. PAUL'S.—On
Monday, A. J. F. Suitzennich was brought before the Lord
Mayor on this charge, the particulars of which were given in
our last. One of the witnesses stated that the prisoner
raised the pistol, and that a spark flashed from the pan, but
he did not think the pistol was directed at the clergyman.
The prisoner wrote the following letter to his brother :
" Dear brother, I write to inform you of the situation 1 am
in. I took it into my head to have a pop at the clergyman
at St. Paul's, and I am now in a station-house in an alley that
leads into Fleet-street. I don't much care about it as I did
no harm, but be so good as not to tell papa and mama yet,
as it will put them out. My examination comes on on Monday
next, at 12, as I hear. I want you to come and see me first,
and no one else till you have seen me. I hope I shall see you
to-morrow, but it did exasperate me above a bit when I heard
the fellow calling the usurper Queen, when I have lately dis-
covered that James Stuart is right Sovereign. Give my love
to all, and tell them not to fear about me, and should you
come to see me to morrow come by yourself." The counsel
for the prisoner said he was able to prove his insanity, and
he was remanded until Friday (this day.)
EXECUTIONS.—On Friday last the Derby county gaol.
after a lapse of ten years without exhibiting the dreadful
spectacle of an execution, put forth the apparatus of death.
Samuel Bonsall, aged 26, William Bland, 39. and John
Hulme, 24, convicted of the murder of Miss Martha God-
dard, at Stanley, four miles from Derby, by dashing her
brains out with a crowbar, after breaking into and afterwards
ransacking the house, underwent the extreme sentence of the
law this morning. At twelve o'clock the prison bell tolled.
and in a quarter of an hour Bonsall, the man who struck the
fatal blow, was led out between two policemen. He prayed
fervently, The other two men were then brought out, and
the caps being arranged, one crash sent the three into eter-
nity. The prisoners made no confession that could be relied
on ; each fixed the guilt of the murder upon the other, which
leaves a doubt as to their truth. Bonsall was a most despe-
rate fellow, and it was expected he would throw himself from
a little bridge inside the gaol, but he went resignedly to his
fate. He and Bland confessed to many bad deeds, classing
among them a previous attempt to murder, with the same
bar with which this deed was done. All prayed most fer-
vently on the scaffold. The crowd was immense.

EXECUTION AT TULLAMORE.—On Friday last,. Hugh
White was executed in front of Tullamore gaol, for the mur-
der of Mr. Roberts, near Moneygall. His conviction caused
considerable sensation and great annoyance to the jury, who
were both respectable and intellectual, composed of six Pro-
testants and six Roman Catholics, in consequence of Mara,
his acc
omplice, having been acquitted on the following day
by sacricootmheprjcue4—the testimony of Kenna, the prosecutor,
not being supported and corroborated in the case of Mara
as strongly as in that of White, which led to a memorial,
very unwisely got up, to the executive, on the part of the
latter, for a commutation of his sentence, the majority of the
jury having been induced to sign it. It had only the effect
of holding out false hopes to the unfortunate culprit, and thus
preventing him from making use of the time given him for
repentance, until the result of the memorial was known.
White was a strong, able, athletic man, of middle age. On
ascending the gallows, accompanied by two clergymen, he
showed great weakness of body, and continued in prayer for
some minutes, when, having requested the prayers of the
assembled crowd, the drop fell, and he was launched into
eternii y.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—About four o'clock on Tues-
day morning, a cab was observed to drive up to the gates of
the Brunswick-pier, but, in consequence of their being
closed, the cab could not drive on to the quay. The gentle-
man who was the occupant, finding his progress stopped, got
out, and stated to the driver that he would go and call a boat
from off the Vulcan, and in the interim he was to get the
luggage out. The gentleman then went forward, and it is
supposed climbed over the gates, which are about four feet
high. While the driver of the vehicle was employed in tak-
ing out the luggage, he suddenly 'heard a kind of stifled cry,
as of " Help ! help ! help !" Fearing that some accident
had happened to his fare, he jumped over the gate and pro-
ceeded to the water's edge, but all was silent, the darkness
preventing Ills seeing anything. The man then called for
assistance, hut they could not recover the body. It is sup-
posed that the deceased had stepped from the pier to the
lighter, but, not knowing the locality or extent of the lighter,
had walked into the river. On his carpet bag was a card, on
which was written, " B. Ferrand, Esq." it has been since
discovered that the unfortunate gentleman is brother to Mr.
Ferrand, the member for Knaresborough.

DARING BURGLARY.—On Tuesday week a most exten-
sive burglary was committed about a mile from Worcester,
at the house of Major Williams, a county magistrate. A
little before one o'clock on that morning the domestics were
disturbed by a noise of some persons breaking into the house,
upon which one of the girls (there were only two female ser-
vants in the house) opened her bedroom window to call for
assistance, but was immediately assailed from without by a
shower of dirt thrown in her face by one of the party who
had stationed himself outside; and almost immediately af-
terwards two fellows entered the bedroom with a light. A
third, with a gun i❑ his hand, was also about to enter the
chamber, when the others intimated that they did not want
him, and he accordingly withdrew. The women were of
course much alarmed, and their fears were not lessened by
the ruffians ordering them to lie on their faces while they
tied their feet and arms, and telling them they would be
murdered if they should give any alarm. having bound their
feet and wrists tightly with string, the burglars demanded of
them their money, and the poor women, overcome with ter-
ror, at once disclosed to them where they would find all the
money which they possessed, which amounted to between
£2 and £3. One of the fellows persisted that th,

money, but the servants declared this was all they had,
whereupo❑ another of the party said, " Well, leave 'em
alone; I dare say this is all they've got," and they the❑ de-
sisted from their threats, and proceeded to Major Williams's
bedroom. After tying his limbs in the same manner as they
had done those of the servants, the burglars proceeded lei-
surely to ransack every piece of furniture and clothing for
money and valuables, rejecting all pruperty easy of identity.

and securing every easily convertible valuable which they

could lay their hands u

In this manner they were occu-

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pied until between two and three o'clock, when, after rega-
ling themselves upon the contents of the larder and cellar,