The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1847-06-01 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

APPALLINGMURDER NEAR MASBROUGH.—The locality heart and the intellect. Such a man was Burns. He of Masbrough was yesterday (Friday) the scene of one of would at present simply point to him as the first specimen the most revolting and fearful murders that ever fell to our of that nationality which is the character of our literalot to record. The atrocious deed was perpetrated on the ture. Various causes besides the influence of Burns public highway, at a spot which is very much frequented, contributed to give our literature an air of nationality. and in the open face of day. The victim is an inoffensive, Just then there arose a man who, even more than Burns, peaceably-disposed woman, named Susanna Jagger, who was the national spirit personified, who was fully qualified resided with her husband, Benjamin Jagger, at the top of to be the solis solenden of his country. In time for ScotMasbrough-common, wherothey kept a small shop for the land, Scott arose ; but the nationality of Scott did more sale of provisions. Her murderer is a man about 45 years than revive the memory of our old Scottish glory. It of age, named Samuel Linley, who was in the employ of communicated to every part of Scotland an interest not Messrs. Schofield and Co., of the New Park-gate Iron before known. Scott not only produced a set of characters Works, near Masbrough. The hapless woman was on her who outvie others, but has extended his influence to Ireway .to Rawmarsh, between eleven and twelve in the fore- land, England, and Wales,—created and strengthened all noon, for the purpose of collecting her little accounts in national literature. He has invested the whole land amongst her customers. The village of Rawmarsh lies with a reflective glory. His influences were at present at along the turnpike road from Rotherham to Barnsley, work, and are melting down the, nations of Europe, and about two miles from the former place. Near the road to especially Great Britain, into one ; indeed, as his influence Rawmarsh is the extensive establishment, called the New proceeds onwards, national peculiarities must disappear : Park-gate Iron Works, and some distance beyond this the such he would compare to the cities of Pompeii and toll bar, known as the Four-lane-ends Bar. It was in the Herculeneum, which had detailed not only the story of. direction of the latter place that the deceased was proceed- a dead age, but even the manifest details of the manners ing ; and when about one hundred and fifty yards from the and customs of the people of that day,—strange, terrible, bar, she met the man coming in the opposite direction. and instructive lessons. The genius of Scott extended A number of women, who were standing near to their itself throughout Ireland, England, and Scotland. There dwellings, a little on the Park-gate side of the bar, had was another characteristic of literature, and that was its just before seen Linley pass, and they observed him to breadth, or rather cosmopolitanism. The literature of turn off the footpath to the woman, who was in the middle Greece was proud, exclusive, contemptuous ; it gave the of the road, and knock her down with his fist. He conti- name of barbarism to all which was not written in its own nued to beat her violently on the head while prostrated on language. The literature of Rome was disdainful of all the ground. Her loud cries for help excited considerable nations of. its own high degree. The French literature alarm among the women, one of whom instantly called of ,much resembled that of Greece ;—it treated all others with a man, named Joshua Heward. She continued to scream qual scorn. It has always been the distinction of the for assistance. Her bonnet and cap were torn off, and German that, while preserving a warm regard for its own lying by her side, and the man was striking her violently I countrymen, it holds out open arms to every influence and on the head with his fists, holding her the while between importation. He remarked again that simplicity is his knees. The man Heward came up iyA, v 4 the murderer another characteristic of modern British literature, not  At four o'clock the inquest was adjourned till Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, to allow time for the attendance of several government officials. At the close of the sitting, the jury proceeded to the bridge to witness some experiments to show the amount of deflection caused by the passing of a train.