The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-31 00:00:00

—Did the deceased ever speak to you on the

The Coroner

.31r, we did not wish him to speak.
mule the post mortem examination to-day in the presence of
1 gentlemen. The witness then read a written
,th was of a technical character. It
that a serious injury had been inflicted
on the abdomen, and no doubt could exist but that the death
of Mr. Drummond was caused by a pistol shot. This writ-
ten evidence was signed by Dr. Chambers, Dr. Hume, Mr.
Guthrie, Mr. Branshy Cooper, and Mr. Jackson. The wit-
ness said the size of the wound was exceedingly small when
. . • cmniier than the size of the

atement,

stated, in substanc

It was the

Lde larger for the purpose of extracting the
,nanimous opinion of, all the medical men

that the pistol wound was tne cause of
The Coroner Said he thought the evidence was so exceed-
ingly clear that it would not be necessary to call further evi-
, _ the. niutnl was nroved, and the identity

of the prisoner had also been proved. He ► not object
however, to further evidence if any of the jury desired it.
William Parrott, footman to Mr. Drummond, proved the
cbristian and surnames of the deceased.
The Coroner.—You will now, gentlemen, consider your

verdict.
The jury, without leaving the room, immediately returned
a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Daniel M'Naughten.
The Coroner inquired who prosecuted ?
Mr. Maule.—l attend here to-day. Sir, by directions of
her Majesty's government to watch the proceedings, but not
to take any part in them. I have, however , received instruc-
tions to prosecute the prisoner on behalf of the Crown.
The Coroner.—Then you will undertake to prosecute'

—Certainly, Sir

ut there is no objection to

ur bind

the wit

ar at the trial

s of £4(

a a chdrge of

who have given evidence to

were then bound over in recogni-
Duchy at the next Old Bailey Ses-

to give evidenc

sions /die prisoner
wilful murder. The inquiry then terminated.
Mr. Gurney, the short-hand writer, was in attendance to
take notes. Several of the relatives of the deceased were
also present. The inquiry excited the greatest interest.

INAL EXAMINATION OF THE ASSASSIN.

In consequence of the melancholy death of Mr. Drum-
mond, it was decided that the prisoner, who was originally
remanded till Monday, the 6th of February, should be finally
examined ow Saturday, in order that he might be at once
committed to Newgate to take his trial at the Central Cri-
minal Court sessions which commenced yesterday (Monday.)
The prisoner was brought from 'Tothill•fields, between
eleven and twelve o'clok, in a.liackney-coach, in the custody
of the chief turnkey of the prison, and was locked up in one
of the cells attached to the court till the hour appointed for
his examination arrived.
Mr. Hall took his seat at half-past twelve. Mr. Maule
appeared for the prosecution, but no legal adviser appeared
for the prisoner. Mr. Cooper, the surgeon, was examined
at length, but the substance of his evidence will be found in
the depositions at the inquest given above.
The prisoner was dressed in the same manner as at the
former examination, and looked very well; his incarceration
did not appear to have had the slightest effect upon his health.
Throughout the whole of his examination, he seemed to pay
extreme attention to what was going forward.
After proof had been offered, which was legally required,
Inspector Tierney stated that he had had several interviews
with the prisoner in his cell, and at one of them he gave the
prisoner a caution not to say anything to criminate himself,
and he said I had acted towards him very fairly. I first asked
him where he came from, and he said from Glasgow, but
had been from there about three months, and had remained
at Liverpool seven days, ori his road to London, where he
bad since remained. He said lie had been in business at
Glasgow, on his own account, as a turner; that he gave up
that business, and was going into another line, but was pre-
. I said, " You have a good share of money ;" to
WIIICLI he replied that he had, but that lie had wrought hard
for it ; that he used to do the work of three ordinary men
daily. I then told him I had been in Glasgow three or four
months previous, and had brought back with me d.prisoner
of the name of Ellis, and asked him if he knew Mr. Richard-
son, of the Gorbals police. He said he knew him, though
not intimately, but he was considered a more clever man
than Miller (meaning another officer). I said I did not re-
collect the name of the vessel I went over in, but thought it
was the British queen. He said "No ; it must have been
the Princess Royal." I then recollected that that was the
name of the vessel, and told him so. I then asked whether
that was the same vessel he came over in, but he said it was
not; he'came in the Fire King. I next asked him whether
he had ever been at Paisley ? He said he had. I remarked
it was a great place for shawls; and he replied they were
nearly all weavers there; but a great many of them were out
of employ. I asked him whether he would take any food,
and he expressed a wish to have some tea or coffee, and some
coffee and bread and butter was supplied to him. In the
of the conversation I asked him whether Drummond
••

vented

1 of Perth ; but the title had died awa

Nothing further passed that evening.
Mr. Maule.—When did you see him again?
Witness.—About 9 o'clock on the following morning. I
then asked him whether he had taken his breakfast, and he
said he had. He also asked what o'clock it was, and I told
him. He then asked if I would allow him to have some
water to wash with, to which I consented, and sent the con-
stable who had remained with him all night to get it. When
the constable had left, I said to the prisoner, " I suppose
you will assign some reason to the magistrates this morning
for the act you have committed ?" He said he would—a
short one. I then told him he might have said anything he
pleased to me on the night previous after the caution I had

given him.
Mr. Hall here asked the prisoner whether be beard all the

itness wa

s head

Witness continued.—The prisoner then said the tories bad
adopted a system of persecution against him ; they followed
him from place to place, and continually persecuted him. I
then said, I suppose you are aware who the gentleman is you
hot at. He said, " Sir Robert Peel, is it not 1" I said,
No" at the moment, but instantly recalled the word, and
" We are not aware, exactly who it is yet ;" but reeol-
motion I gave you last night, for anything you say
sed against you. The prisoner, who was sitting
down at the time, looked up at me, and said, " But you
won't use this or these words against me." I said, " I don't
know ; I gave you a proper caution." I said nothing more,
but immediately Jeft him.
Mr. 11 all then told the prisoner be might make any state-
ment he wished, but he declined doing so.
Mr. Hall then edmmitted him to Newgate to take his triai
for wilful murder; and told him that the Sessions would
commence on Monday.
The prisoner, whose demeanour was extremely calm and
collected, bowed respectfully to the court, and was removed

lect th

from the bar

M‘Naughten on Sunday maintained his usual composure
through the whole day. As yet he has said nothing about
being defended. The witnesses for the prosecution will go
before the Grand Jury on Thursday, and the trial is expected
to take place on Friday or Saturday next.
The Post of yesterday says " scarcely the vestige of a
doubt now exists that (and we ourselves have all along dis-
claimed any doubt,) the murderous bullet which closed the
good, valued, and honourable life of Edward Drummond was
designed by the miscreant assassin for the person of the
Prime Minister ;" and the Herald says that the statement' of

risoner to the Inspector, as given in the preceding evt-
, has produced a profound and most painful sensation

)ughout the metropolis.
PNaghten looked much better on Saturday than he
3is first examination. His complexion was more clear,

tention appeared to have been paid by him to
--- a black coat, black double-breasted
trousers. He is of the wide
,g nt, rather slenderly made, and seemingly about 30
of age. His hair, which is of a light brown colour, was
oed on one side, in accordance with the prevailing fashion.
- • --- which are rather lighter than his hair, are

:coat, and pepper

His face is of the angular form, and the

!s sion of his countenance is not unpleasant, if we except
ht squint, which is occasionally discernible in one of his
There is notbing like ferocity or even determination

Mr. Edward Drummond, the unfortunate 'gentleman who
has been hurried into eternity by the bands of the assassin
M'Naughten, is believed to have been the same person who
was mistaken for Sir Robert Peel, as he passed through this
city, to meet her Majesty in Edinburgh, in August last.—

NAtf ORTON, THE MURDERER

(Pi'om ihe Glasgow Constitutional of Saturday.)
It appears, from the statement of Mrs. Pattison, the per-
;on with whom he lodged in Clyde-street, Anderston, that
its mother. who was a dressmaker in Glasgow, died about

enty years

ent misunderstandings betwixt them,
ughton, as already stated, then entered
elf, and, in the course of .a few years

paid t

a

home for mor

last, as

month of Au,,
pears from a letter found in his chest here, his attention
seems to have been attracted by an advertisement in a Lon-
don newspaper, wanting a partner who could advance from
£BOO to £lOOO, to be embarked in a " profitable business"
connected with the oil trade. Ile made application by letter,
stating that he could advance the money, and received an-
swer, requesting him to go ta London to treat personally
in reference to the matter. Immediately after this, be ap-
pears to have proceeded to London. On leaving Glasgow,
his landlady states that he took no shirts nor clothes with
him, and that what he left behind were mere rags. Indeed,
his wardrobe had.all along been of the most wretched des-
cription—a circumstance which is to be ascribed to the ex-
treme parsimony of his manners. She farther states that,
abaft a year ago, he became very incoherent in his language,
and had an uncommonly wild appearance about the eyes, which
impressed her with the conviction that he was more or less
• . 1

_
when she challenged him for injuring her furniture, he got
into a dreadful rage, seized her by the throat, and manifes-
ted such symptoms of frenzy as deepened her impression
that he was labouring under insanity. He told her on
another occasion, after a return from one of his wanderings,
that he was so beset with devils from Glasgow that he could
not get a situation. The devils, he said, were "just men
from Glasgow," and, while making the complaint, he ap-
peared to he under great terror and alarm. In the latter end
of July, or beginning of August his landlady found a pair of
istols, about nine inches in length, upon a shelf attached to
-•,11 of his bed-cloSet. She exclaimed, "In the name of
you going to do with the pistols ?"
when he replied that he was going to shoot birds with them.
_ •—_, be might intend to shoot herself,

di;a:Diiniel,_ what' a

tier fe

...err him to take them away,
or soiWone' etas; and sne
which he afterwards did and she had never seen them since.
Soon after he disappeared himself. Since the month of
Daalnlecacei lay7gx;:luiii:ylalr,,,,,ltiueutrfnr7eacidiunerrintl(a)yrn
te baetd the
night,• lv,e.
went
ty
owithat,
his clothes on, reaclihg bookshiallarscoiernacae, asnadyintzhcheliikiae,d
walked ten miles. He then undressed and went to bed.
The landlady bad no doubts latterly of his being insane, and
sotnetimektold him he was " wrong in the mind." to which
his usual reply was, " you know nothing about it."
Among the books which were left by M'Naughton in his
lodgings are a number of French works, including a Gram-
mar and Dictionary, which bear marks of having been a good
deal used : a number of volumes of plays; pamphlets relating

of travels, &c

His connection

by his being possessed. of a

;be stage is evidenced
.ndals of red leather,

t ; volumes

lichbear,,The stamp of a boo
It has

Aker in London

that the pistols were made by Mr.,
...maker in Paisley, and sold by him to M`Naugh-
he end of July last, along with a number of bill-
tots not being entirely matched, M'Naughton
several times called upon that point at Mr. Martin's shop,
and on none of these occasions was there anything in his ap-
pearance or manner, o indicate insanity.
Among the papers found is a scrap, apparently part of a
journal or diary, in which he describes his room, and every
article within it, with the greatest possible minuteness. At
the close of his description, he adds—" I forgot to say that
there are two umbrellas, with handles, hanging one on each
side of the eight-day clock."
In the months of May, June, and July last, he attended
the anatomical lectures of Dr. James Douglas, lecturer in the
Portland street Medical School, and the ticket he then used
has been found among his papers. It appears that he did
not join the class till" a fortnight after the regular time of
opening the course, and was, consequently, so far behind the
other students; but, in order to make up for this. he was in
the habit of spending an hour every day in the dissecting-i
room, studying anatomical works, and especially those por-
tions of them which related to that section of the science
which had been expounded before he joined the class. Dur-
ing the session the class met five days a week, and the students
were examined every Saturday. These M`Naughton did not
attend, because he was unacquainted with the Latin, and
could not pronounce properly the Latin names ; but in no
respect was it observed that there was anything peculiar about
him, talking perfectly rationally on the subject of his study,
and attending the lectures with much regularity and apparent
interest.
Nothing of this looks as if he should not be made answera-
ble for his crime, but as his plea of insanity will be tho-
roughly sifted, we refrain from any reflections on the subject.
We understand that a person of the name of Daniel
M'Naughton was confined in the Lunatic Asylum here some
years ago. If this be the assassin, as we have heard he is,
who committed the late murder, the authorities must surely
be aware of the fact.

ton abo
lets. The pis

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MANCHESTER.-SIX
WAREHOUSES DESTROYED.

MANCHESTER MONDAY NIGHT

On Saturday night the inhabitants of Market-street,
Brown-street, and their immediate neighbourhood were
thrown into an alarm in consequence of a fire which broke
out in the extensive pile of buildings situate in Norfolk-
street, close to the Postoffice. About half-past nine o'clock
a fire was discovered to have broken out in these warehouses,
which has proved to be one of the most destructive conflagra-
tions we have had to record for sometime. The building was
erected in 1836, a portion of which is in Brown-street, Essex-
street, and Norfolk-street. It is in the form of the letter L,
was six stories high, and occupied as warehouses by Meesrs.
Clayton and Gladstone, commission agents ; Messrs. Ackard
and Co., general merchants; John Hayhurst, merchant;
Andrew Hall, manufacturer and spinner ;.and Lowe and Law,

yarn deale

are extensively engaged in their respective
businesses, and the stock in hand was very considerable.
The warehouses, at the time of the conflagration, were
crowded to the ceiling with calicoes, yarns, counterpanea,
damasks, &c. The fire originated on' the second floor, in
Messrs. Clayton and Gladstone's warehouse.
By eleven o'clock the flames had so far progressed as to
leave little hopes of preserving the building, which,'at one
o'clock, was one mass of lurid blaze. The flames having
reached the upper part of the building, where the goods were
of a more inflammatory nature, raged with great fury, and
about half-past eleven the whole roof was on tire, and shortly
fell in with a must tremendous crash, carrying with it two of
of which was saved,
the upper floors.
though not without considerable injury
The cellars were densely filled with calicoes, a great portion
and some of the men engaged were seriously injured, many o
them much burned. All hopes of saving the building bein:
now at an end, the attention of the firemen was directed to
the preservation of another building, which completed the
square, two sides of which were formed by the building on
fire. The building saved was occupied on the ground floor
by Mr. John Hompson and J. Sewill, Esq., as a discount
bank, in which there was much valuable treasure. The
damage cannot be estimated at less than £50,000, including
the building. The whole of the losses, we understand, will
be covered by insurances. We are happy to state that no
lives have been sacrifised although much danger was appre-
hended from the falling in of the walls.

FIRE AT LORD HILLSBOROUGH'S RESIDENCE

(From the Observer.)

On Saturday, at a quarter before six o'clock in the morn-
ing, a fire broke out in Lord Hillsborough's mansion, 45,
Upper Grosvenor-street, on the south side, and four doors
from the south-west corner of Grosvenor-square, the man-
sion at present occupied by Sir G. Larpent, Bart., who, with
his family, had started but half an hour before for Bristol, to
visit a sick daughter.
The fire was first discovered by police constable C 62, who
immediately sprung his rattle, and commenced giving an
alarm ; but before he could successfully do so a thick body
of flames burst through the second floor windows ; and so
t
rapidly did the fire extend over the splendid building, that
exertions of those persons who first assembled to reseue
any portion of the costly furniture, &c., were altogether un-
availing. Several engines were soon on the spot, but, owing
to a want of water, some time elapsed before they could be
put into operation. By this time the flames were spreading
through the lower part of the premises, and the
glare of the
conflagration might haue been seen for several miles distant.
lv after obtained,

water was s

and the effect of the engines began to be visible in arresting
the progress of the flames to the adjoining houses. Shortly
before seven o'clock the root fell in, carrying the back floors
with it, with a tremendous crash ; but the second and draw-
ing-room floors in front still remained. About eight o'clock
a second crash was heard, and instantaneously the front floor-
ings also gave way, carrying with them two men (Brigade-
men M'Lean and Goddard, who had carried up the brunches
of two engines into the drawing-room) into the hall under-
neath. Active measures were immediately taken to clear the
entrance to the hall, which being effected, Goddard was the
first that was got out, and, on his being removed, M'Lean
was discovered lying cloSe to the same spot. The former
on examination. was found to be comparitively but slightly
injured, while the latter was burned all over, and appaared
in a very exhausted' state. M'Lean was immediately con-
veyed to St. George's Hospital, where every attention 'was
paid him by Mr. Pollock, the house-surgeon. He is dread-
fully burned about the lower extremities; and his face and
left hand are completely blackened by the force of the fire,
every particje of skin having been burnt from it up to the
wrist. Goddard was also conveyed in a cab to his apart-
ments at the engine station in George-yard. Crown-street,
where every attention was immediately naid to him
Sir G

Larpent had only occupied *the mansion (which
comprised 26 rooms, besides capacious offices) five weeks,
i
having taken t for six months, during the stay of the noble
owner and family at Bexley-hall, Atherstone, Warwickshire.
On Friday Sir G. Larpent received an express, via Bristol,
from Ireland, with information that his daughter, who is re-
siding there, had, subsequently to her accouchement, been
seized with an alarming attack of scarlet fever, and he im-
mediately gave orders for the departure of himself, Lady
Larpent, and family, for -Bristol, rid the Great Western
Railway, by the six o'clock train on Saturday morning. The
household, were in consequence up nearly the whole of the
night engaged in making preparations, and abont a quarter
past 5 o'clock Sir George and Lady Larpent, having par-
taken of coffee, Sec., left the house in their carriage for the
Paddington terminus, whence they departed by the train,
unconscious that their residence was at that moment en-
veloped in flames. How the fire originated cannot at present
be ascertained.

About 3 o'clock in the afternoon the firemen succeeded in
extricating from the smouldering mass a massive iron-chest,
supposed to contain Sir' G. Larpent's plate, &c...• which was
removed for security to the residence of the Marquis of
Downshire, in Hanover.square. . . .

The Earl of Hi1181;s;ouglis mansion is insured in the
Westminster Fire-office for nearly £5,000. The late Coun-
tess of Carysfort's mansion is, with the furniture, insured to
the extent of £7,000 in the County-fire office. t has been
just taken by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Cottenham), whose
servants took possession only on the previous evening. It is,
however, but slightly damaged by the fire, although the
effects of the water will prevent its being occupied by his
Lordship's family for some days- Mr, Lyon's mansion
(No. 44) is insured in the Alliance Fire-office, but the
damage done to it is principally confined to the roof and the
effects of the water. . . .

On mquiry at a late hour on Saturday night at St. George's
Hospital as to the state of the poor fireman, M'Lean, we
learned that he was in a very precarious state, and fears were
entertained that the excitement occasioned to his system by
the nature of the fear!ul injuries he has received may pro-
duce inflammation, the consequence of which will most pro-
bably be fatal. He was, however, perfectly sepsible, and had
been several times visited by Foggo and others of his officers.

There is a rnan in St. Andrews who is so great a liar that

he even lies when he's asleep.
A down.easter has invented a patent coat which he can al
ternately turn into a hat, vest, or
pantaloons, as occasion re
quires—at least it is said so.