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York Herald, 9 Sep 1859, p. 2

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ginniin Shims. ARRIVAL OF THE- ARAG'O. ST. JOHNT, N. F., Sept. 3. The United States Mail steamship Arâ€" ! .ago, Capt. Rines, from Havre,and South- ampton, 243th of August, passed at Cape .Race the Anglo Saxon from Quebec, and In rived at Liverpool on the 23rd ofAugust. . The North Britain passed Father Point at ti p. m. on the 4th. She brings 241 passengers. H The Anglo-Saxon arrived out at mid- night on the 22nd. ' ' The Russian frigate General Admiral had arrived at Portsmouth, from Cron- utadt. ' The W'eser advertised to leave South- ampton on the 23rd was withdrawn for repairs. ., The. Cunard Company advertise the I. steamer Balbec for Halifax on the 10th dust. -The Arabia also sailing the same day. Zurich conference. Nothing authentic _.as to progress of conference. Sitting I, were quite irregular. , _ The Plenipotentiaries of France and '. Sardinia were frequintly in consultation. ‘The following is the latest:â€" ZURICH, Aug. 24‘. g Yesterday Plenipotentiaries from .France and Austria held a conference which lasted two hours. DeSpatches were “received the same day from Vienna. The :Plenipotentiat‘ies had formally thanked the f‘Government of Zurich foi their excellent reception. Favorable results were antici- pated, OWing to the friendly relations ap~ parent between Austrian and Sardinian - representatives. GREAT BRITAIN. Among the passengers by the North ‘Briton are several members of the Royal Household, whose mission to Canada is :supposed to have reference to the contem- .plated visit of the Prince of Wales. At a meeting of the Great Ship Com- ;pany, the Directors were authorized to is- tsue the remaining capital of £30,000, so has to deSpatch the Great Eastern on her ‘voyage free of debt; it was also determin- ~ed not to insure the vessel at present,leav- ting the proprietors to insure their respect- wive rights if they thought fit. Lever had :renewed his offer to charter the ship for :her first Voyage on still more liberal terms » The result is not stated, but presumed not ventertained. ' . The Atlantic Telegraph Company rc- r cently despatched Mr. F. C. Webb, an v-engineer of considerable experience in ‘ testing and experimenting on telegraplicaâ€" . bles. to proceed to Valentin and examine "thepresent state of the Atlantic Cable. His report is published in the English pa- After detailing the scientific results , jiers. ofhis experiments, he concludes as follows : of“ I am of opinion that a serious fault eXistS about 263 statute miles from Valen- ‘tia, measured along the cable, and that the cable between that spot and this Shore is coinparatiVely perfect. Tests from here can now decide whether the cable is me- chanically severed, since all attempts to detect the reception of the most intense currents from the opposite shore long since proved fruitless. Still, from various cir- cumstanCcs attendant on the decline of in- sulation, there is every reason to believe that the continuity both of cable and con- dt'ictor is perfect, whether any other faults exists beyond the one alluded to, it is im- possible to ascertain by tests from Valen- tia; the factthat signals received at Val- entia were always better than those re- ccived at Newfoundland, provesundoubl- edly, that the worst insulation has always been near Valentin. therefore, it seems probable that if the fault which exists on this coast, which very likely forms the principal cause of the leaking could be re- moved, insulation would be so far improved as to render the cable again available for signallingâ€"provided the fault, which is said by those who have tested it from New- foundland. to exist in Trinity Bay, was ul- I0 repaired.” The Times’ city article says, funds con. tinue to show remarkable steadiness. Forester’s festival at the Crystal Pal- ace, yesterday, was attended by over 62,- 000 people. "t The Builders’ strike‘in London shows .no sign of adjustment. The Chairiiiakers -of Worcestershire are also on the strike, and other branches of trade give signs of discontent. FRANCE. It is reported that the British Govern- ment had congratulated the French Ame ba‘ssador on the recent political amnesty, ;and that Queen Victoria had addressed Marni congratulations to Napoleon on the .qccasien. Commands had been distribu- ted do Marshals lately at the head of the army. General McMahon is appointed to the command at Lille, where a large body of troqpr is to the ,cuneentrated. senerals .Caambort, Castcllaine and Baraguay d’Hillcrs had returned to their former command at Nancy, Lyons and Tours. General 'Toulon. Gen. Magnan retains his post as .eom- mnder-ineehief of the army Paris. The JlIo‘nite‘ur in announcing the .m- aninations says that the augmentation of these commands is in order to form a more .equal (lthSlOll of the military fOices of Europe. . i A general impression prevailed that McMahou’s appointment to Lille was in reply to projected fortifications at Antwerp. The Constitutzomzel, in a semi-official notice says the reduction of the French army will take place immediately .after the arrival of the corps d‘arwwe _fi'om Italy at their- respective garriSons. It is reported thatChangarrneire would The rumor-cf a duel between Canrobcrt and Neil is unfounded. a-aefuse to accept the amnesty. Victor lingo in declining the amnesty says ‘whe diberty returns to France he will return.’ PARIS, Wedénsday.‘ The ,Mom'teur has the following; Neil replaces Bouquet at " 249 houses of ill-fame; nearly 600. open and shameless prostitutes ; in l the same year there were 2925 per.- sons taken into custodyâ€"classified The Emperor having ordered that thel thus; murder, army he placed from War to a. Peace footing, the Minister of Wat has given orders that from September 20,000 men should return to their homes, whoseterm to service expires in 1859. Moreover, furlongs of three months will be allowed to those who are in that class of exceptional casejprovided for by statue, and some have also been granted to then who can prove they are indispensable for support of their families. BELGIUM. ’ The Chamber of Deputies had agreed to project for fortifications at Antwerp by a vote of 757 to 4:2. Le Nord contends that, that project will endanger the neu- trality of Belgium. ITALY. The National Assembly ofModena on the 20th oil, by an unanimous vote decreed the forfeiture of Francis V., and any other Prince of the House of Hapsburgh. Lor- raine was chosen to the Ducal Throne. All the members of the Assembly were nresent on the followi'rig day, when the annexation of Modena to Piedmont was unanimously deemed by ballot, and Signor Faringi confirmed Dictator of the National Assembly. Tuscany uanimously voted the annex- ation of Tuscany to.I’eidmont amidst ac- clamatibns of Viva 11 re. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Breadstuffs had a declining tendency, as also hatl Provisions. Consols closed at 95; a 95; for money and account. ' SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4'. The steamship Havana is below with San Francisco dates 0‘ the 20th ult., and Minutilan dates of the lst inst. The steamship Sonora and Cortez, have over 120,000 dollars in treasure and 1200 pasâ€" sengers for New York. British man-of war from Vancouver’s Island, Supposed to have had deapatched for England concerning the San Juan dis- pute had arrived. Business had improved at San Francisco. In the provision market there was an ad- vancing tendency. The dates from Vancouver’s Island are to the 16 ult. ' General Harney on the 9th ordred four companies of artillery, from Fort Wash- ington to reinforce Capt. Pickett, who still occupied Sempian unmolested. Gen‘ eral Iâ€"Iarney had forwarded despatched to ‘VVashiugton, in regard to the matter. Horace Greeley had addressed an Anti- Pacific Railroad meeting. Nothing new from Mexico. AVING. on the 19th instant, disposed of myinterest iii the “ YOI‘K Herald,” to ALEXANDER SCOTT. All parties in- deIted to the concern are requested th pay than accounts to him or his order. M. McLEOD. Richmond Hill, May 26, 1859. little that firmlh; mmâ€" RICIIMOND IIILL. SEPT. 9. 1859. BUSINESS Norrcn.«-Parties writ- ing to this Office will please bear in mind that they are wasting their time, paper and ink, unless they prepay their Letters. All Letters addressed to this. Office must be post-paid. m YORKSHIRE AGAIN. We admit that Yorkshire this time has made it difficult for us to answer him, inasmuch as he has given us very little to answer, as most of his letter is irrelevent tothc subject in dispute, Namely: the “truthfulness or untruthfulncss of Mr. Swales= letter." We think, however, that our readers will agree that we have proved the man to be what we called him, a “ hum- bug.” We are asked where is the Province vilifiedl In reply, we state that Canada is vilified by stating “ that land is £120 per acre; that a person to succeed in it must be only one remove from the brute, and that a good beast or Sheep can- not be got within a 1000 miles.” If this is not vilification we would like to know what is. As to his slurs on Lord Maculay, Carlyle and Miall, their reputation is world wide, and to use his own words: the kick at them “is truly from a hoof unshod of a certain useful ani- mal.” His account ofthe way in which persons return home and come back to Canada, would be good if it were only true ; but as we happen to know several of such gentlemen, we can assure our read- ers, that the statement is but an airy flight of Yorkshire’s vivid imagi~ nafion. . 1. ,,,.‘.v" ~ .MMM .m. .-.. a. I. ‘,,_ ‘ ,U‘fiq drunkenness, 630; common as- saults, 218; assaults on police, 124 ; larceny on dwelling-houses, 91 ; larceny from the person, 69; simple larceny, 299; reputed thieves,4l, &c. Let our readers remember that it is different in Hull to what it is in our Canadian cities, for there is little, if any, emigration into ite-tlierefore, we will call this not “native talent,” but native guilt. We hope, and believe, that Hull, in this respect, will long stand in the unenviable position of being as superior to us as " gold to brass.” But, alas! poor Burns; he, like others, has come under Yorkshire’s lash. Here, we are persuaded, it is not necessary for us to say one word in refutation of the charges brought by a soul without poetry against this giftedchild of genius. The whole civilized world have lately done homage to his memory. We Would advise his slanderer to peruse his works; he will be the better and the happier for doing so. Yorkshire’s remarks on the duties of public writers, are well enough as far as they goâ€"-â€"but they out both ways; correspondents, themselves, would do well to eschew vulgar personalities and abuse, they would also do well to refrain from defend- ing the untrue : least of all, if they are guilty of such acts themselves, should they blame editors. It has very much the appearance of a rob- ber crying out “stop thief.” But we hold that we did right in thus tannimadverting on Mr. Swalcs’ letter, for it is just as necessary sternly to reprove and hold up to public scorn a decievcr, as it is to be courteous to opponents and civil TRAGEDY. In our last issue we were unable to give more than a brief summary of the late, sad tragedy. As will be seen, we have this week given a full and complete report of the evidence given before the Coroner’s Jury. There are several reasons that induce us to give full particu- lars of this melancholy affair, one of which is: that, on Saturday last, a very incorrect version of the case appeared in the Leader, of that day, and, although, a letter was pub- lished by them from the foreman of the jury, Teefy, Esq.) contra~ dieting the version,-â€"yet. that letter was mutilated and our account, though sent to them by Mr. Tecfy, from causes best known to them- selves was not published. It is not necessary here to insert the Leader’s account, we will confine ourselves to point out the errors. Error,N 0.1, It is not true that “there was a strife of tongues in which Moore got worsted," neither is there any evidence to show “that be (Moore) used any weapon what- ever.” Error, No. 2. Moore did not ask leave to go in the yard, inasmuch as he was not at that time arrested. He was not missed by being so long away, as he was seen very few minutes before he cut his throat, nor, that we are aware of, did any one go to look after him,â€"â€"certainly, not officially. Error, No. 3, The jury did not re- lurn a verdict of “ manslaughter,” as will be seen below. We think that after giving such an incorrect statement, it was the least the Leader could do to have given, in 5;manslaughters3; THE RICHMOND HILL to our friends. r04 UNION TEA MEETING. Many were the anxious juveniles This was to be a great gala among them and they were hoping for a fine on Thursday the lst inst. day. AS was announced, there wasa Union Sabbath the Presbyterian Church. grounds were beautifully decorated for the occasion, and at noon, about 200 children, belonging to the Wesâ€" leyan and Presbyterian Sabbath Schools, sat down to aniexcellent tea, after which about 300 visitors and friends of Sabbath Schools par- took of the same. The children meanwhile forming into procession, headed by Mr. J. Jenkins Mr. A. Law and the Buttonville Brass Band ; after marchingjthrough the village, they returned to the Presby- bytcrian Church where they were addressed by the follotving gentle- men: the Rev. Messrs. Dick, Wil- loughby, Milligen, and Goodwin. The speeches were interspersed by several dialogues, recited by the children, they were very amusing and reflect the greatest credit on the childrenâ€"they acted their parts well. We think the managing committee and friends of education generally, are under obligations to Mr. D. McNaughton, of this place, for taking so much pains to teach the children to recite so well some really difficult pieces, as we know it is an inksome and oftimes a thankless office. We congratulate the committee on the complete suc- cess of their really difficult task; and, we have no doubt we express the sentiments of'the mass, when we say hurrah for the lady portion. We hope that this Union Tea Meet- ingwill not he the last, but that other villages, where there are two or more branches ofChrist’s church, will unite together in fellowship and show the world that “they love one another.” WM ROBBERY.â€"On Wednesday even- ing or early on Thursday morning» the premises of Mr. James NeWton, of Richmond Hill, was entered and from $15 to $18 worth offinen, such as shirts, sheets, socks, 810., were robbed. The linen had been wash- ed that day and were hanging out to dry ; the robbers took also the lock and chain from the gate. Mr. Newton has no idea who the dos- tardly theives were. We hope that the ladies will see to it and leave no clothes hanging to tempt these loose fingered gentry. VAUGHAN COUNCIL.â€"â€"-In .conse- He says, that u honest quence of the press of other matter, Newspapers have cautioned Emi- (the Riffl‘m‘md Hi” Tragedlfh We grams agamst coming here at, pm- are obliged to defer the publication sent.” If he will only look over Our files be will find that we have done the same. He says again, “that our re- marks on Hull are still incorrect.” It is all very well to state so, but he would find it very difficult to prove them so. Here are a few “nuts for Yorkshire to crack ” at his leaâ€" sure: in 1858 there were in this Hull, “where good order, morality, sobriety and industry are so con-J spicuous, as to render it as superior to American ports as gold to brass,” of the meeting of the Vaughan Council this week. «FM RICHMOND HILL Finnâ€"The usual monthly fair was held at this place on Wednesday last, the 7th inst. There was a large show of cattle, and sales were affected eas- ily, there being plenty of byers the prices realised were rather in ad- vance of those paid at previous fairs. A German at Cincinnati made a bet of $50, that he could drink halfa barrel of lager in twenty-four hours. Seeing how he was going on, the other party paid him $10 to stop and throw up the, bet. School Tea Meeting on Richmond Hill, on that day, on the grounds belonging to The . John Arnold. full, the correct report sent them by the foreman of the jury. When we last Wrote Moore was not expected to live. We understand that now, though not out of danger, mate recovery. Moore is a native of Belfast, Ire- land. In 1837, he enlisted in the 7lst Battalion, Royal Regiment, in which he was a full corporal. He was a few years in Gibraltar; got his discharge in 1842. in conse- quence of being subject to palpita- tion of the heart. During the time he was in the army, we believe, he bore a good character. He was married to the deceased about three months previous to his emigrating to this country, which was about 15 years agoâ€"l3 of which he has resided on, Yonge street. This unfortunate affair has caused the greatest excitement, from the fact that Moor has lived in this neighborhood for sev- eral years, and was thought by many to be a harmless, inoffen- sive man; indeed to judge from his appearance, one would not imagine him to be the desperate character he has turned out. to be. It however appears by the evidence, that he is a man of violent passions, and has previously maltreated his unfortunate wife. It is abundantly clear that he is a man of resolute purpose, as he had two razors in his possession, and inflicted no less than seven wounds in his throat, which shows cool pre- meditation and desperate re- solve. The cause that led him to attempt self-destruction as stated by himself was, that he might as well do it as be hung. The verbal and written statement which he made to Mr. Marsh after commit- ing the rash act, and expecting every moment to die, has been contradicted by ,other evidence. AS it respects the character of the deceased, we deem it our duty to state that she was esteemed b} all who knew her as a woman of in- dustrious and sober habits, and of an amiable disposition, being a member, we are informed. of the Evangelical Methodist Church. ' r remains were interred in the bui‘gng ground here, on Saturday last, when a vei‘yexcellent and ap- propropriate sermon was preached in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, by the Rev. Greaves, from these Words “And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell.” Matthew x. ch. 28111 verse. Wednesday, Aug. CORONER'S JURY M. 'I‘eefv, Esq. J. P., Foreman, R. Marsh, Esq, J. P. 'I‘. J. Wheeler J. Lawrence S. Sanderson H. Edwards J. Williams H. Sanderson J. Miller G. Thomas J. Hall G. Leif W. Harrison EXAMINATION 0F WITNESSES. WILLIAM GOGGINS, a lad about 14 years of age, on being sworn, said: I am hired with Robert Moore,the husband ofthe deceased ; he and I were wmkmg together at Mr. Lawrence’s on Saturday; in the evening when we came home James Burns was here ; Burns went out to milk the cow; Mr. Moore told me to carry in some wood; while I was outside I heard Moore say to deceased (his wife) “Why don’t you do what you are bid P” after Which I heard a bit of a scu- ffle ; heard my mistresp scream-and ' l . there is great probability of his ulti- . t...“ a .- .: mom. u.“ .n.‘ ii r call out, Oh I I knew it was Mrs. Moore’s voice; next morning I saw the marks of a blow or kick on the left side of the head, near the eye ; since Sunday morning she was sick all the time heard her complain of not being well ; she could noteat; on Monday she was moving about the house as usual and attending to her household duties, cooking, 8w. ; on Tuesday, (yesterday) she did the washing; she sat down two or three times while doing her wash- ing, and complained of sickness; in the evening she got tea ready for Mr. Moore and myself; she did not eat anything; she got up from the table and went to the door; after my work was done for the day I split a little wood, while doing so I heard Mrs. Moore crying in the cook-house ; Moore was in the dwelling-house; after cutting ‘the wood I went down the lane ; I after- wards came back ; Mrs. Moore ask- ed me to bring some water out of the cook-house to wash some dishes as she was not able to do so; ldid so; Mrs. Moore laid down in the bed-room and Mr. Moore made some tea for her; he sent me to Richmond Hill for some oatmeal ; on my return home I met William Henry Lawrence on horseback ; I asked him where he was goingâ€" he said he was going for the Doctor for Mrs Moore, and that she was dying; when I got back Mrs. Ark- Sey was here; I did not see Mrs. Moore again; she died, I believe, between nine and ten o’clock last night. In answer to questions put totlie witness by jurymen he said : I never saw the deceased the worse of liquor; I do no know whether she ever took liquor or not; Mr. Moore was not the worse of liquor the night I heard the scuffle ; I never saw him beat her before; he used often to speak cross to her. JAMES Brian’s, Tailor,and hrother'in- law of the deceased Mrs. Moore, on being sworn said: I have been working for Mr. Moore for the past few days; on Saturday evening last I was lying on the bed in the adjoining room, being unwell ; it was about, 8 o’clock; I heard a noise like a person falling, in this room where Iam now stand- ing; I heard the deceased cry out“ ch Robert 1” in a pitiful manner; I then got out of bed and whilst I was coming out‘of the room I heard Moore say, “ I will put an end to you, you flaming ; I en- deavored to make peace; I told him for God's sake not to murder her; I got her to go into the cook-house; Moore follow- ed her and took her by the neck placing both bands round the neck; he said he’d choke her, he brought her in from the cook house by the neck and shed her on, the floor; and gave her one or two kicks; one I knew struck her on the right eye ; he kicked her also on the side or'arin; he had his boots on ; he called her a flaming several times; I tried to save her; he tore her dress while I was endeavoring to pievent his kicking her; Moore said to me that he would put her out of this on Monday morning,â€"a drunken ; and if she would look at the door after that he hungiii five minutes after for it. Up to this time the investigation had been con- ducted in Mr. Moore’s house, but on ac~ count of the post mortem examination it was found neCessaiy to adjourn the inquest to Mr. Arksey’s, when the jurymen were assembled. Buru’s proceeded. Mrs. Moore then went into the bedroom and Moore and I sat down in the kitchen ; the boy came in and Mr. Moore told him to go'and get some wood; In answer to a question by a juryman Burn’s said; he (Moore) said she had broke eggs; I bought 20 dozen; I hid them about the house as, Mrs Moore did break but few and I was afraid he would notice I bought so many; I was afraid she would break some more; she asked me to get some as she was afraid of him to know it ; the boy went and Moore then said to his wife “ you are there you flaming old are you I” your days are but short with me ; I told i-im to be quiet and I would go and milk the cow; he said that she had fooled him too often ; he called her a drunken - ; and I asked her to breathe in my face in order to ascertain if she had been taking liquor. THE ATTENPTED SUICIDE. At this stage of the proceedings. a cry was heard that Robert Moore had cut his throat. Proceeding at once to the spot, the jury found the man lying on his side, having iiifllicted several gashes on his throat with a mom, which was lying a short distance from himâ€"Dr. Langstaff attending him, after liying a short time he, (Moore) recovered sufficiently to make a written and Verbal statement to Robert Marsh, Esq, J.P one of the ju‘rymen. It was a fearful sight to see the man welter- ing in his gore, as he was bleeding profuse- ly. One of his first acts on coming to him- self a little was to hand to R. Marsh, Esq., his purse and pocket-book and beckâ€" on him to pay attention to him, for awhile he spoke so indistinctly as to render it im- possible to understand him, but he was soon able to speak with tolerable clearness. His remarks and instructions, relative to his property were all given to Mr. Marsh ; he gave signs that he wanted paper and pencil which where at once given him, his verbal and written statement were given to the jury the next day by the gentleman above named. In consequence of this attempted suicide, the jury adjourned till the following day to meet again at 8 am. THURSDAY morning Sep 1. James Burns’ proceeded as follows: I did smell liquor on her breathing in my face ; I would not hare known that she had tasted liquor if I had not smelled it on her breath ; I then went out to milk the cow,’ while doing so the boy Goggins came to me and said that Moore was beating her; I said he was not, but told him to go and carry. in the wood and not be listening; I would put a bullet through her, if he were ' told the boy that she fell down the cellar and blacked her eye ; the boy said he could not be tooled that way he kuowed Moore was a licking her; I was anxious to keep the boy ignorant of the family quarrels and may have said many tliings to him to dip. vert his attention from. the tacts,.fearing he would report it over the neighborhood. In answer to questions put by the jury, be said: I now do positively swear that she was not drunk ; I would not have known that she had taken any liquor if I did not smell it on her breath ; when I came in all was quiet except hei umnnutg ; he ordered her to go to bed. Uh. being questioned again he said that on ilkonday Mr. Moore told. him that his wife broke eggs ; I bought the eggs because she savd she slipped down and broke some ; I bought them on Mon- day; I consider that she was always afraid of him; he always spoke roughly to her; I do not know whether he beat her after ttiat; On Sunday night she had only one black eye and when I saw her laid out she had two ; I seen her on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, her clothes were not wet; I am quite certain she did not fall into the creek those days; I left Moore’s house on Saturday night between 11 and 12 o’clock in company with Edmund McGee my brother iii-law, and went to Richmond hill to Mr. Jenkens where my wife lives ; I have had a conversation this morning, (Thursday Sept. 1) with Robert Moore; I remarked to him that it was very foolish of him to cut his throat as he had done, he replied I might as well do it as the other Way; I asked him what he meant by that. says he I‘d be kil’t and put to gaol and I’d die there any way; I asked him when did he take the razors, if he took them alter the jury adjourned to Mr. Arksey’s, or beâ€" fore, lie said before; he told me to take the other razor out of his pocket; I did so ; he asked me what did the Doctor any ; I told him that the D0ctor said that Mrs. Moore died from inflaination of the bow- els from bruises; he then said he did not touch her ; she fell across a pot. Josnpu McGnn, ol' Vaughan, brother in-law ofthe deceased sworn : his evidence did not throw any additional light on the subject, be however stated that he never knew the deceased the worse for liquor ; he also stated that-Mr. Moore was a man of violent passions ,and was in the habitof inaltreating the deceased. JAMES LANGSTAi-‘r, M.D, ofVaughan on being sworn said: That he examined the body of the late Mary Ann Moore and found the following condition of or. guns: The body generally ; there, was a healthy appearance of the body externally except a few old scratches ; a moderately tuinified state of the abdomen, mostly to the right and lower part, and numerous bruises, three of which were on the back of the right fore arm ; several in front of the wrist and one above the elbow on the outer side of the same one ; one back of the left arm ; one below the left collar bone ; two on back of right shoulder, Right eye, forehead and temple, considerably black and bruised; a slight bruise on outer Side of left orbit ; one On each fiip just below the crest of the iliiim, about two inches back of the spine of it ; one upon the upper part of inner side of right thigh just below hates; one upon right side of upper lip ; the left shin most- ly below and about the knee was a good deal bruised, and a slight mark upon the right shin, Upon the ankle and upon the right side of the neck, back of left hand. On removing scalps,tivo echyinoses were seen, one on each side the crown. The brain showed some vcnious congestion and effusion chiefly in the Ventricles, but no re- ‘markable congestion of small vessels or of- fusion of fibre on I’us an unnatural adbe sion. ., The lungs were adherent in a few places! and there was a semi-calcarious ‘l‘ubei'cle, about the size of a large pen in the apex of left lung, they were otherwise healthy. The heart had about half an ounce of seriuiu in its sac and a small spot of fibrium on its surface near its base, but not r: mot and there was no redness near it or in other parts of the heart Sue. The valves were healthy.» 0n opening the abdomen, the stomach and bowels were found distended with flatus, and the liver rather large, no effusion. Stomach and colon pale, but small intestines congested bygnumerous fine vessels some of which Were ofa bright red and appeared to be upon the surface like small hairs, they were likewise thickened and had a distinctly ad- heSivc feel to the fingers. In two differ- ent places were several small echynioses, in One of them were two or three, about the Size of a Sixpence and circular, thick- ened and 'of a dark perfectly red colour, including the whole thickness of the bow- els, in the other place the spots were more numerous, perhaps a dozen in a cluster of different sizes, hear these spots the bow- els seemed more congested and thickened than in other parts. The kidneys were normal. The Ulteras of normal size and contained considerable blood, thickened but not densely clotted. It is my opinion that death was caused by inflamation of the bowels hastened a little perhaps by the effusion spoken of above, in the heart sac, at least three bruises upon the bowels, (causing the echymoses named) were caused by external blows, The echymo- sis and bruises appeared to have taken place about four days previous to the ex- amination of the body. I was called in to see the deceased on Tuesday night, but the woman was dead when I arrived at the house. My opinion is that the de- ceased was of strictly temperate habits. Miss SARAH CATHERINE LAWRENCE, of Vaughan, on being sworn said :-â€"-I went to Mr. Moore’s house on Saturday even- ing fast, she had borrowed some articles of Jewellery from me on the Thursday pre- vious to get her likeness taken in, and I called to get them, she was scrubbing the floor, it was immediately after sunsrt, she said to me I thought you were dead, she said this I believe because I had been very sick, she asked me to go into the room and‘ see Burns’ as he was sick in bed, I did so, I heard her moving about in the kitchen. I heard a noise as if a person fell, I after- wards seen her on her hands and knees as if scrubbing, she appeared to fall forward and then look towards me, I seen her face, she did not appear to, have hurt herself, she was afterwards in the Cookvliousaral - A wanfed to get my articles of jewellery and go home, and thinking she was not able to get'thein I proposed getting them myself; I. thought she was the worse of liquor! I have been to the house several times and never saw her that way before, I have nev- er heard that she was in the habit of drink- ing, she attempted to go from the Cook-s house into the dwelling-house; she struck herself against the door; I saw no marks on her face then; she was using an iron pot for scrubbing out of; she did not: com- plain of being weak or sick. JAMES Brian’s recalled: I remember Miss Lawrence coming in to see me; I heard no noise while she was there; Mrs. Moore used a large tin basin for holding water for scrubbing on Saturday eyening ;, when scrubbing in the bed room. R. MARSH. Esq., J. I’.,on beingsworn said :-â€"-â€"Being one of the Jury on this in- quest sitting at George Arksey’s house, Vaughan, a rumor reached us that Robert Moore had cut his throat; we adjourned to Moore’s premises and saw him; after he rallied a little he voluntarily made ver- bal statements to me ; and also wrote parâ€" ticulars in pencil on paper; all of which I now relate on oath to the best of my memâ€" ory; Moore’s written statement is as follow’s: mooan’s STATEMENT. On Saturday evening after I came home I was sitting smoking when she (meaning his wife,) fell against the ,window bottom outside of the door; she struck her tem- ple against it; Ilielped her and put my hand to her shoulder and pushed her into the door; she remonstrated,then I pushed her in again, and she fell where Burn’s said ‘° on the floor”; he (Burn’s) said, don’t strike her, and I said I would not, and did not, but catched her by the back of the neck, and pulled tier by the back of the neck; and I tore otl'her shirt, and lapped her in a Flannel petticoat to warm her; and then Burns’ and I sat down to. talk, he (Burns’) said I should give her a good threshing, for it Was very provoking of her to get dru .k of her own freewill, and I said I did not like to but wished I was dead rather than live with a drunken women, and then I went to bed; I then. told her she looked well and in the inorn-. ing she asked me to forgive her, and I said I would not till She got better. (here ends, the writtenstatemeiit). He continued verq. lially to say, he said that his wife was. clearing out the stove on Saturday even... ing; that she fell forward several times. while doing so on her arm; that she had been scrubbing with a pot and fell upon it several times, she fell upon the pot and struck her eye; she fell down Stairs carry-t ing some eggs during the day. He- (Moore) expressed a wish that Miss Sarah, Catherine Lawrence should be examined as he was afraid that other parties wished. to swear his life away. He also said that on Tuesday after he was assisting the Boy to load manure, his wife was then working beside the Creek he noticed her to reel round and fall, She got up again and went to her" washing he presently noticed her to fall again ; he then Went to her and asked her what was the matter, she told him She was very bad ; he desired her to quit work. ing and assisted her up to the house; she laid down on the bed; a short time after which she recovered; after that she pre-, pared tea for himself and the boy but did not take any herself; alter tea She took had again whilst in the cook-house; be persuaded her to lie down again ; she allow- ed that she would soon be better and did not lay down, a short time she felt easier again. for a few minutes; she again took sick, with a good deal of faintness, he then 35-. sisted her into the bedroom, She laid down on the bed; the boy came in at this time, he told the boy to get water and wash up the dishes as Mrs. Moore was too unwell a she appeared to be getting worse ; he, made her some ginger tea and gave her a little of it, being very weak from not eating for several days; allowed that if she had some oatmeal, she could take some as it would strengthen her; he sent the boy for some, he gave her more ginger tea and field her in. his arms awhile; he asked her to ray doWn and asked her if she would have some of" her neighbor’s called in, she requested him, not to as She thought it would not amount to much, she did not wish her neighbours to see her face in the state it was; be. persuaded her to lie down as she was get- ting weaker; shortly alter she was laid down she turned towards the wall and groaned heavily; he went to her and spoke to her; he then went to Mr. Lawrence’s and requested him to go for the Doctor ;._, when he (Moore) returned to the house she was barely able to speak and died. shortly after. EDMUND McCain, of Markham, yea... man, on being sworn said: I am a brother- of the deceased Mrs. Moore; I hired with. Robert Moore one year and six months, about the year’s 1857 and 1858 ; Robert Moore came home one night and wash”- ing his pipe; my Sister was washing the. tea things up ; he had a knife in his hand and on her saying some trivial thing which I have forgotten, he told her to be can- tious; she asked him what she was to “be cautious about ; hejumped up immediately took her by the hair ofthe head ; he knocks. ed'her down and kicked her, he gave her two black eyes by a kick; he turned over her body and kicked her again ; he then threw her against the door, and ordered her about her business; one night he came home drum, and used her very roughly; he turned her out of doors; it was cold she begged for her shawl and came in and tried to get it; he at once run after her and chased her away from the house; he used her very rougth several times to my knowledge. This concluded the evide nee After hearing all the evidence bearing on the case, and after careful deliberation, the following verdict was returned : “ That Mary Ann Moore came, by her death from inflamation of the bowels, caused by violent blows and kicks inflicted" by her husband, Robert Moore, on Saturday, the 27th August.” Why are. printers liable tobad colds} Because they use damp sheets. »

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