The Sun. — 1856-02-25 (London, England)

COMMITTAL OF A CLERGY KAN FOR RE-MARBYIIVG A COUPLE.  The Rev. R. M. Benson, M.A., student of Christ Church College, Oxford, and perpetual curate of Cowley, appeared on Saturday last before the county magistrates at the County Hall, Oxford, at the instance of Mr. J. T. Dobney, superintendent registrar of Oxford, to answer the charge of haring married Richard Pinnell Carey and Sarah Polley, his parishioners, without duly publishing the banns or without any license. Mr. F. Moire' attended as solicitor for the xeverend defendant. From the evidence it appasrs that on the 23d of May, 1852, Richard Carey and' Sarah Polley were married at the office of the superintendent registrar. By this marriage these parties had three children, the two first being twins. A month after the birth of the twins the woman applied to be churched, but the defendant declined to do until she bad been married according to the rites of the Church of England. The result was that Carey and his wife agreed to be re-married, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Benson on the 3d of May, 1855, no banns having been published, nor any license obtained.  The defendant, when called upon for his defence, admitted the facts as stated in the evidence, but considered that he had done no more than was required of him NS a clergyman, and that he had' neither violated the spirit nor the letter of the law. He stated that he bad been advised to defer his defence until a future opportunity. The rev. gentleman was then fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes, but was admitted to ball, himself in 1001, and two sureties of 1001. each. The Rev. J. Slatter and the Rev. Venables offered themselves as bail, and were accepted. The proceedings caused great excitement. The magistrates' chamber was crowded by clergymen of the high church party, and others anxious to hear the reiult of the examination.  SHOCKING MURDER AT PORTSMOUTH,  A very shocking occurrence took place late on Friday night at No. 15, Kettering-place, near the cemetery, in the Mile-end•road, Portsmouth. The person whose life has on this occasion been destroyed. was Amelia Ansell, life of Wm. Ansell, who is a steward in the navy, and recently returned to this country in the Albion, 90, on board which ship he was captain's steward. It appears that Ansell and the deceased had been out together on Friday afternoon, and that sbe returned home earlier than he did. Between IO and 11 o'clock a next door neighbour heard Ansell and his wife quarrelling, and soon after, the report of fire-arms. Some neighbours thereon went into the house and found the unfortunate woman lying on the floor quite senseless, and bleeding profusely from the temple. Medical assistance wee; immediately procured, but death ensued in about an horn. The police being informed of the tragedy, police-constable Fendlon proceeded ..tcr-The home and took Ansell into custody. "The latter told the constable that it was an accident; he happened to have the pistol in his hand and his wife touched the cock. He did not know at the time whether it was cocked or not, and that when it went off he was so overwhelmed that lie did not hear the report. When he recovered himself he saw the blood gushing from leer temple, and he put out his arm and said, "Amelia, what have I done ?" He ran down stairs, he said, to send for medical aid. The ball entered just above the left temple, and lodged between the right jaw-bone and right ear. But there were some of the fingers of the left hand shot away, as though the hand had been raised to protect the temple. The prisoner was taken before the borough magistrates on Saturday morning, but nothing transpired before them, there being only a formal remand to (this day) Monday. 'lt is rumoured that one of the neighbours heard the deceased exclaim, just before the report of the firearms was heard, "Oh, William, give me time to make my peace." Deceased appears to have been in bed at the time of the pistol being discharged. There does not appear to have been any premeditation on the part of the prisoner, supposing the charge against him is true, for himself and his wife bad arranged to take possession, on Saturday, of a beer-house of which they had become tenants. In the possession of the prisoner was found a magnificent shrine, made of silver, and which had been taken by some sailors from a church'at Kertch, and from whom it had been bought by the prisoner.