The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

MIXTURE OF THE PEOPLE.

The following table shows the number of Irish, Scotch,
English, and foreigners dispersed through the different
parts of the empire at the date of the last census :
Irish resident in England and Wales
" " Scotland ...
the Channel Islands..

Total Irish absentees

...... ... 419,256

Scotch resident in England and Wales . ...
" " Ireland .
" " The channel Islands

Total Scotch absentees .

112,922

English and Welsh resident in Scotland 37,796
/V rt PP Yr Ireland ..
If PP "
PP Channel Islands.. 18,006

Total English absentees .

77,345

Foreigners resident in England and Wales..
" " Ireland
" " " Scotland
" " " Channel Islands 2.760

Total Foreign Absentees.

49,251

Irish resident in London and Suburbs . 73,133
Scotch resident in ditto._ . .. 25,658
Foreigners resident in ditto ..
Irish in Liverpool
" Glasgow 44,345
" Manchester and Salford..
In no other town in England or Scotland does the
number of exceed:6,ooo.

DISCOVERY OF A LONG-CONCEALED MURDF:TIER
Considerable sensation was produced in Chester, on Sa-
turday week, by the arrival of two police officers, one
from Parnell, in Warwickshire, and the other from Al-
cester, in search of a man named James Crawley, of Par-
nell, charged with the wilful murder of Wm. Tilsley, also
of that place, so far back as Christmas Day, 1842. The
two officers named, accompanied by two of the Chester
police, went to the Castle and Falcon public-house, and
found the prisoner seated, with a glass of ale before him.
Onbeinginformedof the charge, he exclaimed "I admit it !"
and subsequently, while being handcuffed, he added, " I
am a dead man." He was immediately taken before the
magistrates, and 36 sovereigns and a double-barrelled
pistol were found upon him. The weapon was not loaded,
but a paper containing a number of balls, and a flask of
powder, were found in one of his pockets. It appeared
that the prisoner had formerly resided with his parents at
Parnell; but, in consequence of his violent conduct, his
father had forbidden him the house, at the same time pro-
viding for him a small cottage in the neighbourhood, and
allowing him £1 per week and a horse to ride on. Not-
withstanding this arrangement, however, the father hav-
ing still reason to dread some fatal act of violence on the
part of his son, had one of his farm-servants, named Tils-
ley, sworn in as a special constable for his (the father's)
protection; and on Christmas Day, 1842, the family and
a party of friends having just taken their seats at the din-
ner-table, the prisoner's mother suddenly started up, and
said to her husband," For God's sake, go upstairs, there's
James coming across the field with his gun ►o shoot some
of us." The old man accordingly hurried from the apart-
ment, and the prisoner, who had been seen by his mother
through the window advancing in the way she described,
went round to the back of the house, and thrust the muz-
zle of his double-barrelled gun through a pane of glass.
In the meantime Tilsley went out to expostulate with the
prisoner, who, on seeing him, retreated a few paces, ex-
claiming, " It's you ; is it ?" and at the same instant fired
at the unfortunate man, and shot him dead upon the spot.
He then shouldered the gun, and was heard to say as he
walked away, " I ' e another charge for somebody else."
No one ventured to stop him. He went home, saddled
his horse, rode to Tring, and there left his horse at an
inn, took the train, but stopped at the first station, where
be bought a pair of spectacles to disguise his person, and
was heard of no more until a few days since. He has, it
appears, been in the United States in the interim, but has
resided ever since March last in Chester. A woman with
whom he has recently cohabited in a fit of jealousy be-
trayed him. The prisoner, after having been duly cau-
tioned, signed the following declaration :—" I have to say
I am guilty of what I should do again to-morrow. I did
shoot the man in open day. I think I did my duty." He
was ordered to be taken to Warwick, where he will un-
dergo further examination.
In our columns a few weeks since, the attention of the
community was called to the subject of the want of mar-
ket and other accommodations in Toxteth-park, whose
population is now upwards of 50,000. We learn, with
pleasure, that our fellow citizens have taken up the subject
in earnest, and in the meanwhile we perceive that provision
shops are erecting in that great thoroughfare, Park-road,
which will shortly be completed and ready for tenants.—
See advertisement.