The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1833-11-01 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MYSTRRIOL'S AND EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE.—Sunday last, whilst a young woman was under examination at the Belfast quarter sessions, in an action brought by her against a married man who resides at Moira, for a sum of money to support an illegitimate child which she swore she had to him, the following most appalling disclosure took place:—The defendant's attorney, iu his cross-examination, asked whether she had not, before, made a charge against tho defendant, of a much more serious nature than that of seduction ? She said she had. On being asked what it was, she replied murder !" This disclosure created a very strong sensation in court; and the young woman was desired by the bench to state the particulars. She said, that about ten years ago (being then nine years of age) she was a servant with the defendant; and one night she saw him and his wife murder a man. After the commission of the deed, he washed the blood off his hands, and, with his wife's assistance, buried the body near a quarry. The body, the witness said, was afterwards found and reburied by two men, whom she named. The murderer swore the girl to secrecy; and she said she never would have revealed the crime but for the seduction, and refusal to support the child. After the details of this most mysterious affair, the man and his wife .(both being in court) were put under arrest, together with the witness; and the police were despatched to make inquiries at Moira regarding tbe men who were said to have discovered the body. The three persons are now confined in the House of Correction, waiting the result of the inquiry at Moira. The girl still persists in the particulars of her very extraordinary charge.—Narthern IVhig.  TTo TUE FAIR Sax.—The following advertisement appeared in a recent number of the Cornish Guardian:—" Wanted, as a better half, a lady of moderate fortune, say five or six hundred pounds, of small stature, genteel proportions, neat in her apparel, and of modest reserved manners, of the age of thirty, but not i) artieular to five years up or down ; blue eyes would be preferred ; but not nice about the other features, provided the countenance is pleasing. She must not-be a milliner, as milliners are too much given to showy dress and flaunting demeanour; nor must she be a confectioner, as confectioners are too apt to assume captivating looks to attract young customers; neither must she have been accustomed to a draper's shop, for the habit of extolling goods above their ,real value, though a i very common practice, is very apt to bring on a habit of exaggeration, and, ultimately, of lying. A schoolmistress will be preferred, as she will save the expense of sending to school, and herself " teach the young idea how to shoot ;" she must be fond of music, for music is the very element of tender souls; if acquainted with music would be preferred, but she mast not make mouths when she sings. She must not have affected : ways in eating or drinking, now put on by so many ladies, parZOLper centgoose, ticularly in sipping tea or wine, in which some now imitate the --, entgoose, exalting their lips for the purpose of showing their snowy .______ -ki i:l',., . cks. The person making this inquiry is a man of a limited -... :-.•_: , ..- ~,. - -..:,•,?-,.-",,,i une, of the middle height, with a sallow complexion, but not ~.k.IS-i- 7--)`,',.-t . tsagreeable face, between twenty and fifty years of age. L...tVRA' -.!!:1,,,-.‘„ 1.... t . umnications may be left at the Cornish Guardian office, r ,-;r,..01,k .k.:;::777:iiFIC.,- ' il to:. Y.—No jilts need apply." - -