The Express. — 1848-02-07 (London, England)

ISM—Dear Sie, i beg to thank you for your communication, received tbia morning, enclosing Reid's statement. You have already learned that M'Cabe is repels I The- is all that coukl be expected in the first instance ; but I have good 1 reason for believing (though I hare no *wearily to so eu) that the reprieve will ultimately hr followed by an entire pardon. I had a e.ennownication from Mr. Justice Patterson, In which he states that he tepee wl an acquittal, and woe ainapprinted by the verdict, and that lie believes M'Cabe to be innoceM. be reds is a private communion. tion to me, you will oblge me by not making It public for the mei...M.-I.M, Re., K. AI All 11.1,...-:2lt, D. Jackson. Esq. The following is the official communication, from which it will he ran that the learned judge now views M'eabe as a participator:— Whitehall, lot February, lola. —Sir —I am dicest.l by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your latter of the 27tla nit, respecting the ease of hi icharl M'Cabe, who was convicted at the winter UP,l,ttlf boleti n for the county of York is December last, of murder, and eentenced to And I an to acquaint you that, rinse the trial, the ease of M'Cabe has been frequently under the eonsideration of the judge before whom the prisoner was tried, and he is of opinion that NUCebe ma- a participator in the crime, to a certain extent, and has reoommeneled that his sentence -hold be emomuted to transportation fur life tool that Sir (lenge Grey boo thereupon recommendisl the prisoner to her Mitkaity for the grant of a pardon twin that condition.-1 am, Sir, Sze., G. M. rIIII,I2,.—DAVIIII Jock son, E-q., NO. I, tiodrimioate, York. The second communication from Mr. Matthews throws some light upon the proceedings in reference to M'Cabe since the trial. It will he seen that a point has been made of the basket as spoken of by the girl Hallos, who, it will he remembered, stated she now the prisoners with their baskets on their arms under the apple-tree. The following is a copy: 1, brick.court, Temple, :d Feb., 'sta.—Reg. r. MT:Met—Dear Sir • I have been to the llousesiftlee, and have alto had amnia,. long interview with Mr. Justice l'atteion upon this new. It appears that some further inquiries have been tuade-1 believe by the magi•tralcs In Yorkshire, and sent to the 11MI:1,0MM —MC etr,ct of which is unfxroursb'eto Weabe ; and though the judge is still of opinion that the verdict is wrong, and ought to have been on the other side, net, as there it a verdict of guilty, he feels difficulty in saying, taking the fresh information to lai• correct, that she may not hare had name participation in the transaction, though no.. in the actual perpetration of the munfers; and hence he finds it a difficult matter to sustain Ida former requirement that 31•Calie should have a free pinion. This it Tomei-fly the thing I have all along been tearing, that something would be raked up, which, if true at all, ought whore been discovered before and produeed at the trial, and which we can have no 01,-atIS of rebutting. Whether such lamina.. Li-ye been made with a vie R, to elicit the real truth or to omtitui the verdict. I. not for Mc to say; but I understand that one part of the sew evidence in that, upon examination, the basket which is now in the poeseevicat of Mr. Ingham, the magistrate, ran he curried on the si in. I sin very sceptical upon that point, and must see it myself before I can believe that it could, in the ordinary no or and way, or peihaps in any wow, when Clb d with pots, cups, and mrtlem vessel.' be so handled. The nawanaper you kindly forwarded is now in the hand. of Mr. Ju-tice l'atteson. I fear the result will be that M'Cabe slog, leave the country, poor fellow. I say, pane fellow, tor I still believe hint quite clear of this offence. If anything else tran.pire. I will let you know. —I am, Ise., O. MATTIIFW, —IL in J.tcloun, Esq. —P.S. M.Cabe's life is safe, there IT no fear upon that ground.