The Sun. — 1841-09-15 (London, England)

ARREST OF' ALEXANDER WILLIAM HOLMES, ONE 017 THE CREW OF THE SHIP WILLIAM BROWN„ ON A CHARGE OF MURDER. (From the United States Gazette.) On Friday afternoon last, Sally Corr and Bridget INl`Gee, two of the passengers of the ship William Brown, wrecked on her passage from Liverpool to this city—with the horrid particulars of which the reader is already well informed—appeared before Alderman Hugh Clark, of Kensington, and made oath that Alex. William Holmes, one of the crew of that vessel, and one of the most active participants in the destruction of the unfortunate passengers, was now in the city, cud they wished his arrest, and that he be proceeded against forthwith. Accordingly Alderman Clark issued his warrant, and it was placed in the hands of Messrs. Fisher and Sliner, police-officers of Kensington, who traced the- accused to the Girard Boarding House, corner of F rout :and Union-sireets, and on Saturday morning there arre. sted him.  Holmes made no resistance, but the officers experienced mu ph opposition from tbp other sailors at the boarding-hicuse,-some of whom declared that a man could not be arreoited in the city by virtue of a county warrant. To satisfy their scruples, the officers proceeded to Alderman Milnoi's office with their prisoner, and he succeeded in satisfying the sailors that the officers were acting correctly. The officers proceeded immediately from thence to the Unite'd States District Court-room, where a hearin, was had before his Honour Judge Hopkinson, and the following depositions taken : Sarah Core, of Ireland, aged about nineteen years, being duly sworn, deposes that she took passage on board the Williamßron fouratl dais,verpool. tAhte'tepra.syseelnitgiderbsecunporteit about five weeks retiring to bed. I. was sitting up. We heard the vessel strike against the ice. After a little whileesatshseeltrhNeve came a man to tAh ennsh atce passengers tetrnsdgcoatlulepdoonudtetchkatasthseo soon bN lug.yoah tesnT. The -I sailorsg'woetnbutpobileldoweCkfotNlNl.ieteayscsoitnilld'.. ' were clearing Out the my cloak. When I r alongside omlfltiliiiille.i William neßs! Brown the longboat was in the wholumped againstwent by the esailora ebeao.l. of n gi Charlesn g tothe s ha\ ,e to go out again. I stayed tL at I need not be jumpingeidntointhtehebobaot,atf.or lleNavnounlodt seven ss a ii__ rs in the boat. There I was lying down in vohmi nmkoal.nabout bs passengers .i . h e not hear anything saytuh. eer were 'I llot tit said before they c The boat wo•masnicernocTidetdh. rolwidnigd tAirsriati}n,, the cook, ca tch held of Frank Askin. persons its erboard. I saw the black mi them to spare his calling to a h 'cotch woman to speak to . give . to them if ahoy ahnealirdelFrraynMk would spiv his life until' morning. life; he saidh e had five sovereigns, and lie would it William overboard were ,llenry Murray and Alexander He was thrown overboard. The persons who threw him overboard to throw her also. They threw over _ Holmes. Frank 2lskin's sister said, if they threw sixteenhim. of the passengetrs, including the two sisters of Askin. I heard my cous An, Charles Coulon, go forward and say to I iolmes, "Holmes, dear, sure ni not have to go over. _ Holmes said, " Charley, you must go." Then a girl of 16 cried out to spare hint,. for he was the last of a family of fifteen that had gone (town in the vessel. I then heard the plunge of him in the water. It was Holmes who helped to throw him over. The sailors who helped in tht-owing over the passengers were, as far as I can recollect--and I do not kr.ow the whole of them—Alexander W. Holmes, Charles Smith, Henry Murray, the black, and Jack Stetson.