50? LINCOLN. On Tuesday, Aruba!' Tonnt sin. aged thirty-six, and Georg eT. Rosen, aged 23, were indicted far the wilful murder of Robert Yount:sin, the linshand of qie sail Az .bah Fountain. 'by raison. Mr. Whiteman deposed, that he attended the Coroner's Inquest ; was pre.ae A st there when the prioner Rowell was examined- on the Sqlocilay. The prisoner stated, that the dee'eased came home late on Thursday night, very drunk, and passed through his . ( Rowell's) bed-rn,rsu, and said, " Cooper. I have had a tine sprey " Deceased the-: went to bed, and called for ale ; his wife said she had none ; he then said, " Cooper, gise toe souse ale," which he did, Ileceis id then called for wine ; said his wife had some eLferheory wine, and he would Kaye it; said he remembered going to Mr. Bennett's, clr'..mist, of Great Grimsby, and buying some antinomy wine, la s older-, and Dutch pick, but did not remember buying any lauda num ; itft,crwards, said, he dill remember buying four ounces of lan cannot. whirls Itc brttouht home and gaVe to the prisoner Fountain,' but did not Know what became of it. T prisoner Fountain was then calico! in, aud, w h en she came into the room, she said, Gen tlemen, I will SO you the truth, the whole troth, and nothing but the truth. She then said, it has been reported that my husband was out on Thursday last ; it is not true, for he hid in bed the whole day. The cooper (Meaning the prisoner Rowell, mho was a cooper I.y trade) and him had quarrel:col the over night, she gave her lins- Ki r a three cups of elderberry wi n e, in she first she put four ounces of laudanum, which Rowell had bought the day before of Mr. Ben :alt. at Go imsby, that the prisoner Rowell laid in bed in the next Ignm, an I 'sing!Art . to hear the dececbst'd spore; at one O'clock at noon, she came into Rowell's room, and said, Georee, come, get op, dinner is ready ; Rowell said, 64 he wt i:1 re cover, 1 will go and get .some snore laudanum ;" that in the acterowitin she* mixed two o nnees snore laudanum. part of eiiest ounces which Rowell brought from Mr. Bennett, of Os hos by, e n Thursday, in a clip of ale, which she gave her dii;iLiliter Jane, who carried it to her father, who drank it ; he• died that night ; that Rowell had lodgod there about twelve weeks ; after he bad been there about tour weeks, he said to her you have got a wry bad husband. you cannot have any comfort or a single gond word from ; he then talked of shooting him, and then of ti ight eninsr him to death by covering himself with a beast skin, and meting him in a lane atter dark ; that Rowell paid for all the poi son, and knew what ir was roo. : She then said to Rowell, " Olt ! George, Georze, you have been' the ruin of ate ? Moll is to become of my family shc then'added, " Gentlemen, this is the truth, the God's truth." Mr. Bennett, chyinist, proved the selling the prisoner, Rowell, • Mr. Bell. sergeon, said, he could form no positive opinion 'as to the &use of his Oath ; but his belief was, thin it was trout a solu tion of opium. • Mr. Foreman, surgeon, assisted in opening the body. He had nti doubt his. death was occasioned by a vegetable poison. Prisoner F0111)taill, in her defence, said, that previous to her being called in before the Coroner, one of the Jurymen etune out, Mid said, " Row. has hanged you, or will hang you ;" on which ahe fainted away ; this was on the Saturday, and what she said be fine the Comm.). she could pot tell, as she did not perkctly recover herself u n til the Sunday. The Prisoner Rowell said nothing, but left it to i is Counsel. The Jury, after consulting Omit two minutes, v:ginned their werdietof guilty against both. 111 r. Ja•tiee LH lILANC theia passed sentenee on them, dwelling much on the egiormity of the offence in both the prisoners, parti- Cularly the wife. Fonntmin. who fainted at the conclusion. They were ordered f d-sy or execution on Fri last. • 2VILTRDER OF EDWARD CLIFFORD. The remains of the late unfortunate Edward Clitii.rd, after the Coroner's Inquest was held On the body (the result of which was atated in our last Pillar) were removed f'rom tlie sign of the Prince liegeot in Sidnowth-siieet, where the Jury sat, to the Hare and Hounds, Ilnekeridee-street, St. Giles's, for the ennveW-Nrce of be. log waked, accordirg to the custom of Iii;; country, On Thnisday last, Jame. Leary the alledged murderer, *was fanlight from the Noose of Correction, Cold•bath-fieldi. in a Im:l4y-coach, heaeily ironed and handcnifed, attended by eight PoliFe Q'firers - • ' he was trout:l4 into the room where the body lay in a codin g , tli;• lid of _ o see. took the ham: of "the de- IterinE voice declared his innocence of at know the man, but he trembled ex- Clifford was buried on Yriday eveningl whirl, was removed lot' hint h veasefi • • i i usl)oitli a Aogo , ‘• ".• I 'd ti() 14•• • • 444 0 . 4 ', 4 - • woo' - - • • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. in St. George's burying-ground, followed by a vas conntryfollug, male and female.—Leary was agaii Tuesday, to undergo another examination at Office, but previous to which he had made the sion JAMES LEARY's CONFESSIO, A On Sunday morning, between three and four Clifinrd came to my lodging-:, and called me up. opened the door, and _asked him what business he h, the morning ? He told me he did not go home—• want to go in sight of his wife—but wanted to get day night if he could. Says he " I shall lay myse sleep a little ; " I then laid three chairs togethe wrappers on them ; lie then laid himself down, an coat over him. He slept there for two or three ho up, and asked me if I would go with him to her I clothes, - which she had gut locked up, and to ref him them. I did not go ‘‘ith him. He then wen, believe between eight and nine o'clock. A little w anise, his wife, accompanied by Wm. Slattery, car to enquire after him, and there they stopped talk. back, which was, I thiiik, between nine and ten. cause np stairs, Wm. Slattery was sitting oppos! his wife went behind it ; he did not see her till him, pulled him in, and jolt the door : she lucky; said that he should not leave her. They quarrelhol said it was . of 'no use, as h e would ao back to Ir offered her a silk handkerchief, which he said he g. ,would let him have hi:: great coat :—'slie would fief give bliss Isis great coat. He then opened the w goine to throw himself' out, but she caught hold a hint fast till the window was pulled flown. Atte door to be opened, my wife opened it, and he stairs, Clifford's wite snatched at his hat, and puff( he then went away. She said sic was determ him, ard asked if we would buy what things she twee , ' five and six o'clock in the afternoon, 1 and their Lodgings, with an intention of buying tin things they had to sell. Cifford, his wile and child were there at the time we went. in ; they were gt.: ► ready, and she asked Slattery to fetch half a gall which she gave him the money before he went oil' going out, I said I thought he had better bring would pay him for the other half gallon., We al ()wept Ciillord, who drank with us. They seem f each other, and we till not say a word about buyif All the time we were in the room, Clifford kept b, ing a shoemaker's hammer in his timid. When agreed about returning home, he went down stairs some acquaintance. and they asked me to go with Then my wife and I went down, and I met some I Harrington and his NVirl') ; we talked together agreed to go to Griffiths's public-house, which is We had. four or five pots of beer together ; Cliff , us, and partook of the beer ; my wife was near]; wanted to go home. We then w ent, and Clam convey us part of the way. As he spas coming idol' that ire was hungry, and was sorry lie did not eat I said to him, if you come along house with Hie, sonsethie ,, to eat. Accordingly he did, and he meat, and cabbage ; as near as I can judge, 1! o'clock. When be luld done eatioa, his wife cam, a'an quarrelling again ilireetly. Then Clifford, Ins out, and called at a gin-shop the corner of Union two gtas'es of gin ; I had one, Clifford had one, sh • then went to the Union-arms, Union-court, and b. 1 sat between them, and accidentally hit my left e, and felt somethitighard like a piece of stick.; I t it. We went out then into Holborn, anti cam Giles's : as we came near Gray's-inn-lane, she coin ill ; that she did nat wish to go against all the pee as they would he pashing against her, and she refits come another way, • • .!f- - would have a I;etter oppo' through the soliares he,, • . We cause to Gray's. think the watchnom s a e..ying ten o'clock, whet were going through : and I said, "it is almost fir going house, and I %%kis you good night, Mary." " I em very ilLasal for God's sake come along w cher,' for if I am taken lvtio , e, this man will Ite is, be kitTaia nathi: , aa" Iwe along with them, and into the Inick-fief in Gray's-inn lane ; and as f. through the .',:id s t; •• , heeati to quarrel again ; ..,,, A UGUST 8. st concourse of his Lin brought up on Baton Cordell following conks. N. Angtelt 1,1813, o'clock, Edward •. I got up, and had out so early in --that he did not away on the Sun- rlf down here and ..!r, and put some I put my great ours, and then got hou.c, to get his ?quest her to give it away himselt, I while after he was ante to our house' king till he came . When Clifford ite the rh,or, and 1 she took.hold of d tile door, and together, and he retai'. lie then rave 9s for, if she !ithor have it, nor A - indow, and was of him, and held er his wishing the e was going down led it off his head : nined to go after had to sell. Be- -1 my wife went to me beds and other drew, and Slattery, Ating their dinner allon of beer, for ; and, as he ryas 4 a gallon, and ,II dim d together, tied to agree with lug the beds, &e. by the door, hold. I and my wife s before us ; I met thrin : I said co. friend(, (Michael a little, and me in Church-street. ford came in alter ly tipsy. and she ad said lie would rig, he complaim it some at (limier. e, I raid give you had some breaJ, it was about nit e le in, and they be- s wife, and 'went in-court, and had lie had none. We mad a pot or beer. elbow aganst her, took no notice of le up towards St. oplained of being . eople up tiolbors, inesied Cliftbrd to Iportunity of going s lent-gate, whea :!re I thought they me for me to be " Ni'," says she, . kith us a little f ar. a'no rise to me, mi t d she tinned down s we were going ; and !le sait7.'hy