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The Daily Times. — 1860-11-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MULLINS. The condemned, however, admits that he may have been wrong as to the hcnn. as he had no watch or clock to inform hire' correctly. Some reasonable allowance on this point might remove the difficulty. A key was found in deceased's house after the murder, which it is said is the very key given to MULLINS by Mrs. EMSLEY at a friend's house oa the, afternoon before the murder, and as MuLLISs does not adMit having been in the house after receiving that key, this is held to be irresistible evidence of the prisoner's guilt. Could any wit' ness be relied on who pretends to identify a key seen passing from hand to hand between two other persons ? At all events might there not have been duplicate keys The possession of certain trinkets, formerly belonging to Mrs. EmsLET, by the prisoner's wife, is pointed to as evidence against MuLiaNs. But might not these hale been presented to Mrs. MULLINS by Mrs. EMSLEY ? It is certain that she did on one occasion present MULLINS with a gold ring• Might she not have presented his wife with a gold pencil case? Great weight has been given t° the supposed impossibility of any one seeing tha slab stone under which the concealed parcel was  found, from the field where MULLINS said 10  had watched ,EMMS depositing it ; but are we at , liberty to accept this apparent difficulty as alto' gether inexplicable ? One or two discrepancie as 'to time and place—the supposed identification of a common key—the possession of what might have been a gift—and one or two similarly common-place difficulties may have been made rather more of than is consistent with the general scope and character of the evidence.  If the circumstances to which we have referred are the main links in the chain of the evidence upon which MULLINS has been convicted, what more are we justified in saying of them than that they excite serious suspicions as to MuLLiss's condUct ? Are they wholly inconsistent with the belief that some one else may have committed the crime ? Have the exertions and the success of the police, in investigating the circumstances con' nected with the case, been so unquestionable and exhaustive as to satisfy any one that all is known that it is possible to ascertain about this said event ? Witness their inefficiency in searching the shed. Why has the person named by the prisoner Mrs. Music not been made forthcoming ? She is said to have been at MuLLiNs's house on the evening of the murder ? While all important point remains uninvestigated—while others are wholly involved in doubt and mystery —and while essential facts, sworn to by some of the chief witnesses, are flatly contradictory to each other, is it permissable that sentence of death should be carried out ? Is our knowledge of the facts so full and complete, and the inferences drawn from them against MULLINS So infallibly sound, as to warrant his execution ? We do not presume to answer these questions. If we have our doubts, we feel perfectly satisfied that the whole case will be dispassionately weighed and fairly disposed of by the Home Secretary' with whom it now rests to determine the fate Of the convict.
The Daily Times. — 1860-04-13 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ARR/VAL OF THE WR,EPC.. Early on Sunday morning 'MAC VAPpiVed by trenry it. _Barnes, that the pilot boat, George-Steers, was making fast to the wreck of the Spray, then lying on her beam ends a little to the north of Barnegat, for the purpose of towing her to the city, and that with the next tide she would be up with the wreck. About four o'clock the George Steers arrived, and anchored, with her prize in the stream, ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS BY TTI GEOIICtE riEERS. At 2 p.m. on Wednesday last, when of Barnegat, saw two small sloops come in collision, one of which sank soon after. The smaller of the two vessels, which was bound to the northward, had her bowsprit carried away, while the other ran in near the beach and anchored. Saw but one man on board the one that anchored, and he in the act of lowering away the yawl, and the vessel apparently sinking. Several vessels were quite near at that time, some standing south and some to the north. Should have gone to her but supposed that she would receive assistance from those nearer by. We then proceeded to the city ; went to sea again the following day, and on the 24th inst., at noon, four miles off Barnegat, came upon a sloop anchored and sunk, lying upon her beam ends, and completely stripped of her rigging. Immediately resolved to make an effort to get her into port, and made fast to the mast, which came out, and the vessel righted, Set the mast adrift ; took the vessel in tow and brought her to the city. Could not ascertain her name, as her stern was under water ; but upon examining the wreck saw something floating in the cabin, which proved to be a portion of a table, under which was a large burgee with the name Spray upon it, leaving no doubt as to the identity of the wreck. The Spray is a sloop of about thirty tons, painted a flesh colour outside, with yellow and red streaks ; bulwarks, inside painted green, and the deck a light lead colour. Has a flush deck with centre board, and has had her port quarter stove and patched. About half of a man's shirt was clinging to the side, stained with something having the appearance of blood or iron rust.  EXCITING} SCENE  Early on Monday a large and excited crowd assembled upon the Battery, in the vicinity of where the wreck lay, and, notwithstanding the keen and chilling wind that came up from the bay, maintained their position with remarkable constancy throughout the day, awaiting anxiously but patiently the result of the investigation then being made, and watching with almost breathless anxiety each article as it was fished out of the cabins and brought on to the deck, momentarily expecting to see a bloated and mangled corpse come up ; for the  general opinion among the crowd was strong that Capt. Leete and his brother had been murdered, and that their bodies were then in the cabin.  A
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-06-13 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MUILDER.—A labourer of the name of Allan Mair, about 82 years of age, residing at Candyend. near Avonbridge, in this county, was apprehended last week on a charge of murder. It appears that on the morning of Sunday, the 14th inst., a quarrel arose between him and an old woman who lived with him and an old woman who lived with him as his wife, concerning some trifling circumstance, when he swore at her and beat her dreadfully on the head, arms, and chest, with a large stick. The neighbours, hearing her cries, ran to the spot to render her assistance, but Mair, on learning their intention, with horrid imprecations, threatened to shoot any one who should approach. In the morning, how ever, information was given to the pollee, who proceeded to the house, and, finding the woman very ill in bed, immediately took Mair into custody. Her arms and chest were  dreadfully lacerated, and her head bruised, and the injuries altogether of a nature so severe that she lingered in great agony till early on Tuesdny morning, when she died. Mair has been examined by the Sheriff and fully committed to Stirling gaol on a charge of murder.—Siirling Advertiser.  THE LATE noons.—The heavy fall of rain on Friday last caused the rivers in this neighbourhood to swell to an unusual degree. The river Gwilly in particular rose to such a height, that such an overflow has not taken place before within the memory of man ; the consequences have been most calamitous. A man named Thomas Richards in attempting to cross a bridge over the river Gwilly was swept away by the current and curried a mile down the stream. His body was afterwards found. Troedyrlul bridge was greatly iajured, Cwmgwilly mill bridge, being a wooden one was carried away, and the timber floated down to Glangwilly bridge, where they got across the arches, and in a few minutes the water accumulated to such an extent that that bridge also wins entirely swept away by the mighty torrent, and not a single vestige was left to denote the place where it stood. A culvert on the east side of Ahergwilly bridge was also partially destroyed ; but the bridge firmly withstood the force of the raging element. Several farmers in the neighbourhood have sustained severe losses. The Amman river, in the parish of Llangadock, removed stones of four tons weight with the force Of its waters. On Carrogsawnde common, near Llangadock, two foot bridges, of considerable length, were carried away by the Sawdde, whose waters came down with greater force than in the memory of the oldest inlia!,:ant. Timber, of a ton weight, were borne down with its force. One of the bridges was only erected about six weeks ago, at the sole expense of a benevolent and philantropie individua?, who does good in private and blushes to find it fame. In the Usk, 40 sheep were found drowned on the c onfines of Llanddoysant parish : but whether accidental, or the wilful act of maliciousness, is yet a mystery.—Carmarthen Journal.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-01-31 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

GRAVEYARD NUISANCES.—Petitions are lying for signature through the various districts of the metropolis against a continuance of the custom of interring the dead in the urban cemeteries hitherto appropriated to that purpose. The Dublin Custom-house docks were set up again to auction on Wednesday, when, after a smart competition, they were knocked down to Messrs. Scovell, at an annual rent of £2,800, being an increase of £790 over the last letting. The Gardener's Chronicle has an article, demonstrating that in fruit-trees, the flower and' then the fruit are formed of leaves. The pear, for instance, consists of thirty-five leaves, which may be seen in the early stages.  Mr. Joseph Zanetti, picture frame maker, of Manchester, was found lifeless at Little Bolton, on the road-side, on Friday last, under circumstances that lead to the supposition that he was deprived of life by some murderous hand. A cow, belonging to Mr. Joseph Hardy, of Sinderland, Davy"-hulme, near Manchester, has produced a calf with two bodies and eight legs. It has been presented to the Natural History Society.  It is stated in a letter from Xeres, that the quantity of Xeres (Sherry) wine made in 1842 was 9,000 skins less than in 1841. The average quantity contained in a skin is not stated ; but it is probably five or six gallons. The Morning Herald says; that the quantity of lumber which has been accumulated at Quebec, during the past season, is enormous, and the market at home is virtually closed against it by the late tariff. ALLIANCE IN HIGH LlFE.—Rumour states that the Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor will he led to the hymeneal altar shortly after her ladyship's presentation at court, by Sir Watkins Williams Wynn, Bart. As the Fin M'Coul steamer was on her passage from Liverpool on Friday night, one of the sailors was struck with the winch handle on the head and immediately expired.—Drogheda Journal. In China, taxes are laid upon the land, partly in grain and partly in silver. The soil is rated by a scale, according to its supposed productiveness, and the taxes range from the tenth of id. to 2s. 6d per acre. Mr. Kelly's potato starch mill at Sligo, was attacked on Monday night, by a number of persons, and the machinery destroyed, and a notice put up, that if he would attempt grinding any more potatoes he would be shot! At one of the late appeals in this county against the property and income-tax, a farmer being asked on what ground he appealed, replied with great simplicity, a On seventeen acres. —Brighton Gazette.  There has been a vast increase in the consumption of whiskey within the last quarter, in the Limerick excise district ; and in the same period there has been a great falling off in the consumption of tobacco. One of a boat's crew who had been out fishing off the Lurgan coast, Tyrawly, was unable to leave the boat with the  other man when she grounded near Bartra point, and was in some time after found dead from cold and exhaustion.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-03-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

RIOT IN A CHAPEL.-A corr ntroversy f Dunrom Total 3ll ) Grenada .. . 44 0 shrews,. ~ • B. NEILE, Esq.. proprietor and editor 0, gives the following story. .• A__cov _r. M Nowlan, o d. n by the Speaker in his attempts to embarras the Hpuse of Rothbury, the murder was effected by Hindhaugh drawin 'd i • k b g a n tis not nown ow the fire originated. The poor in- .}sss_ 36 0 Malaga 44 a -45 0 ~ .urV Afes, of a son and heir. Brazil ens th some time going on between the R e •f poor-law guar la . Re resentatives in its action on a particular bill, sent to the from his ocket a lar ela • Remainingin the Hospital .. 80 Portu • gal, tic .... none here gis , Rae 15th instant, the wife of Mr. PETER ROBERTS, drugp g c sp knife and instantly plunging it mates of tle establishment, male and female, evinced the Comers, * ewt. in hone. nt 0 a Reg gentle- I? 1 • • b d tf h -- Levant t nela .-h-41 'I -45 0 L street, of a son and heir. kerrin, relative to the appointme t when the • chair a reso ution, purporting to ean amen men ot e into the body qf his victim. At the same time the b a Jama tri .. age .. On the 130 0_ a „ Palm, 1. tsn l7th instant, at Evertor), az . o 42 0 BARKER the lady of the Rev. T. F; On Sunday the 20th of February a bile's' pontificals, stood bebill, declaring " that the Speaker of the house had forfeited ruffian made an attempt upon the life of Brown who esc:utdl best spirit throughout the emergency-even the aged being House Visiters, John Rigby and John Highfield, Esqrs. Treasurer, Bateson, Esq. orchnar Fish, :sa 252 gall, , Farndon, Cheshire, of a son. man above-mentioned, dressed ind 1 (mooing onent, bis OPP . all confidence as an impartial presiding officer, either from as it were, by a miracle, he having received a 'dreadful sPteal; seen stag ' d b ckets of water. We understand the Chaplain R• W• genng un er u , Rev. Wm. Hughes.--House-Surgeon, Mr. Parker. good & DIIC ord. 62 il- 84 0 Seal, pale 40 o -40 10 fore leis congregation, and, bY en- -er into an agita, stupid ignorance of Parliamentary law, or from a wilful mal- on the haunch, which penetrated - • ' h b' quite to t e one. Poor premises were insured, but have not heard at what office. ,__..,.._. middling go o-103 0 -- - - ' bOuse or pray which espousie,u,, administration of_ it." The Speaker, as was proper for him Weathe t rs..on eznirPrl sil mnet i..............11-.-I_._z..------1.- A _ • --.-- = -, turned what ought to be._the d'enee __ -i.• 4.1-.0 SCI I , .• . .•  ASHES Montreal, Pot. Pearl, new . U. States, Pot, Pearl Blow, Quercit. Oak, 19. ton • German BRIMSTONE, le, ton Sicily, &c Tuscany —
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-11-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FOREIGN IS- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 1  ARRIVAL OF THE HIBE  'om our Second Edition of Tuesday last.)  This noble steam-ship a at half-past four  ved in the river this morning sailed from Boston at half-past three p.m. on the Ist instant, and arrived at noon on the third at Halifax, at which port she remained four hours and a half. She has thus accomplished the passage from Halifax, allowing for the difference of time, in ten days and seven hours. She has brought over forty-three passengers, a list of whom we subjoin. She appears to have experienced strong breezes principally from the west and  north-east  PASSENGERS  From Boston to Halifax ~arke; Mrs. Clarke; Mrs.Lesel ; Miss M. Whitemore ; Mr. Wm. Donald son ; T. Kenny ; G. W. Putman, and J. M'Malion. From Boston to Liverpool :—Mr. Edward Lamb, Mr. G. Allen, Mr. Dort, Mr. H. Homan, Mr. John Watson, Mr. David Price, Mr. Bunkhard, Mr. R. W. Weston, Lieut. Grune, 8.A., Mrs. and Miss Featherstonough, Mr. Francis Tovens, jun., Dr. Usher Parsons, Mr. Samuel Gamble, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Thos. Crigans, Mr. Wm. Tung, Mr. Cornelius Shannon, Mr. A. S. Riley, Mr. E. Glenard, Capt. Daly, Mr. John Bradbury, Mr. R. W. Burlage, Mr. S. Roberts, Mr. E. H. V. Sullivan, Mr. E. B. Strange, Mr. W. A. Rettlestone, Mr. Moses  From Halifax to Liverpool:—Captain Mellish, and lady ; Miss Bliss ; Mr. Henry Bliss; Wm. Chapman ; Rev. D.' Wltitosh ; Mr. Thomas Curry ; G. G. Glynn; Henry Collins; Croil ; H. M. Chiromo : John Wood ; Peter Garland; Walker, and Henry Pemberton.-15.  The intelligenc  is of very little interest as far as we  from t  e papers before us  erations at the Board o  f Brokers, in New 'Yoe  improvement in rates  There we  more enquiries for foreign exchanges at 108 TLie cotton market was firm at a  slight advance  The Cotton market at New Orleans was rather depressed in consequence of the accounts received by the Acadia and Great Western steamers. Exchange there bad a tendency to decline, and there was but little doing. A horrible murder was committed in New York on the 29th ult. by a man of the name of Seitzer, who after suffocating his wife set fire to the house in which they resided. The husband had been apprehended, and a verdict of wilful murder was returned against him. Meetings were in course of being held in every part of  the seat of go The newspapers are ra)n, not between Montreal  s a ques  ad Kingston, ba  ;tween the French Canadian and the After a long debate in the House of  Anglo-Saxon ra  Assembly the bonding of foreign cattle clause in the Agricultural Protection Bill was adopted by the house.  on Sund  -ship Oxford, which arrived at this port we have received New York papers to the 2d two days later than these brought  istant inclusive, bein  They, however, contain but little ad
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-07-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MORMONITE FALSEEI OODS.—I told my informant that I had seen quite enough to convince any person of ordinary understanding, that Smith was an impostor. He replied that Smith might be as bad as he was reported to be, but that is prophecies would not thereby be proved false. He might be a swindler, a liar, a drunkard, a swearer, and still be a true prophet. David was a murderer and an adulterer, and yet was a true prophet. St. Peter said that even in his time " David had not yet ascended into heaven." David was in hell, for no murderer had eternal life abiding in him. So Smith might be as infamous as David was, and even deny his own revelations, and turn away from his religion, and go to hell; but this would not affect the revelations which God had given by him. It was in vain that I attempted to correct the doctor's false positions; the stream of his heretical eloquence had begun to flow, and, finally, I suffered it to flow unchecked. He said that the truth of Mormonism did not depend on the character of Smith or of any other man. That our Lord had told the Jews that there were other sheep, not of that fold, whom He intended to bring, and that in accordance with this declaration, after his ascension into heaven, He descended again in America and preached the Gospel to the Indians, as the veracious history of the book of Mormon assured us. That for his own part, his faith had been produced solely by the power of God, and that if he was deceived, God'Almighty had deceived him, and no other. " I was once an honest Atheist," he proceeded ; " I felt that Christianity could not be true, since Christians have not yet decided among themselves what Christianity is. I was induced by curiosity to listen to the preaching of a Mormon elder. My attention was strongly arrested ; I began to believe in God, and for many weeks and months was earnest in my prayers to Him for a knowledge of the truth. After a space of six months, I was one night lying awake in my bed meditating, when suddenly a conviction of the reality of the Christian religion flashed upon my mind like lightning. I saw the truth of the Scriptures and of the book of Mormon. I felt powerfully convinced that the prophecies of Joseph Smith were from God. At the same time I was filled with a supernatural extasy which resembled heaven itself. I could not restrain my feelings, but cried out, 0 my God, if it be thus to be baptized with the Holy Ghost, what must it be to be baptized with fire! From that time I have been a member of the ' Latter-day Church,' and, believe me, I would rather be an honest Atheist again, than embrace the doctrines of any of the sects. If the religion which I profess be false, there is no true religion upon earth."
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-08-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THAMES TUNNEL.—Forty thousand four hundred and fifty-nine persons passed through last week. On Friday last a fine young woman leaped off Waterloo Bridge into the river Thames, and sank in a few minutes. The Government rum contract, for 100,000,000 gallons, half East and half West India, has been taken at Is. 54d. per gallon. Professor Lee, of Edinburgh, the greatest of modern linguists, acquired his chief knowledge of languages whilst working at his trade as a carpenter. A contract has been entered into by two influential firms—one in London, the other at Liverpool--to convey 5,000 poor emigrants to Australia. Within the last few days, between fifty and sixty lambs have been found dead upon the Sedbergh Fells, which had apparently been worried either by a dog or by foxes. On Thursday evening a dinner was given to Sir B. Brodie, at which a medal was presented to him in honour of his resigning the surgeoncy of St. George's Hospital. Government has made a grant of £l6O to each officer of the Canadian provincial forces engaged in the war of 1812.  We regret to hear that Mr. Matthew Paterson, dyer, of Halifax, has been obliged to suspend payment. The liabilities are stated to be above £20,000. A lady died the other day in one of the carriages on the Blackwall Railway, it was supposed from exertion in mounting the stairs to obtain her ticket. Mr. Black has retired from the editorship of the Morning Chronicle, which he conducted for many years with great talent, knowledge, industry, and success.  The accounts from Staffordshire are rather more favourable ; iron may be quoted about ten shillings per ton better.  A reward of £lOO has been offered by Government for the apprehension of Joseph Dobson, the murderer of his father, at Mount Tabor, near Halifax,  The Fanny, a vessel belonging to Preston, was lost last week. The captain was saved, but two of the crew were lost.  On Wednesday, a porter at the Stoke Prior Station was run over by a train on the Birmingham and Glocester Railway, and so much injured, that his death was occasioned thereby.  Last week, Mr. Cobbold, Broughton Park, Edinburgh, received from a friend in Colchester, through the postoffice, a couple of live snakes, being the second time such a fare has been conveyed through this medium.  The small steamer lately placed on Loch Katrine, for the accomodation of tourists, was scuttled and sunk, a few nights ago, by the boatmen, with whose profits it interfered.  Between the 21st and 27th ult. there entered France from England—at Boulogne, 1314 travellers and 5 carriages ; and at Calais, 634 travellers, 2 horses, and 10  carriages  Sir C. Nightingale, Bart., who died suddenly the other day, has left the whole of his property to his medical attendant, Dr. Greville, to the exclusion of his own family.  On Friday week the wheels of the mail coach which runs between Andover and Southampton, took fire in consequence of not being properly greased before starting. The coachman refused to continue the journey.