Glasgow Courier. — 1857-10-06 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE MURDER NEAR CLIFTON.  On Friday Beale was again examined before the magistrates at Bonitos, charged with the murder of Charlotte Pugsley. After the depositions had been read over, and some of Mr Bythene's servants ad of the railway officials I examined, Elisabeth Davey deposed that she knew the prisoner, and had known him for several years. On the , 10th September, between 11 and 12 o'clock, she saw the prisoner and a short female pass her, and going in the , direction of the prison, which led towards Leigh Woods. The woman wore a dark alpaca dress.— Mr Jones, a tailor, working at Mr Alpha's. Wine S reet, proved that he saw:the prisoner in Bristol on the night of the 7th, and again on the morning of the Bth. He then had in his possession a loaded pocket pistol—a very small one. He said that hys-was going to Bath—Mr Lucas proved I that the pistol was a likely weapon to have produced the wound on the head. The bullet extracted from the skull very nearly corresponded in weight with that taken from the pistol found on the prisoner. John Hill, an intelligent youth about 13 years of age, was then called. He deposed that at about half.past four in the afternoon of Thursday, the 10th Sept., he was on Leigh Down, at the top of Nightingale Valley, in company with four other boys. He and another Were in a tree gathering berries. They saw a man and a woman there. They were coming across from the wall towards Rownharn, and going in the direction towards the river. When he first saw them the wen was standing by a tree and the woman was going on before, but the man then went after the woman and they went on together. The prisoner at the bar was the man. Was quite sure he was the man, as he noticed him particularly. Did not take particular notice of the' woman. She was a short wornan, and had a dark dress on. Witness and his companions remained about the wood for nearly an hour, and in about a quarter cf an hour after he had seen the man and woman pass he heard the report of a gun or pistol. The report came from the direction In which they had gone. In reply to questions by Mr Hirris, the witness s ,id he saw the prisoner and recognised him last Saturday. There was a large number of persons. Before he saw him, witness gave a description of him to Mr Gould, the c:iief of pollee. The prisoner, when he saw him in the wood, bad on a very dark brown coat and cop. Could not say what kind of a cap it was. Knew him by his features.—Wm. James Collins, a companion of the last witness, who was with him In the wood at the time, corroborated this statement. Witness was quite sure that the prisoner. was the man. Noticed hint particularly, because Hill said to him, 'Here are two lovers coming.' This witness also stated that lie recognised the prisoner as the man on last Saturday, and said he was not then pointed out to him as being in custody on a charge of murder. The Magistrates inquired of the prisoner in the usual way whether he had anything to say, when Mr Harris acting under his advice, the prisoner would reserve his defence for another occasion, The prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial for wilful murder.  ERUPTION Or MOUNT Vasuvtus.—According to letters fron Naples, Mount Vesuvius, which after a On eruption of no less Ulan 35 days, had ce'ased to send forth lava, recommenced on the 24th ult, and the flames rising high into the air, presented at night magnificent spectacle. Mount Etna was also on eruption,