January 7th 1851.

Died on the 20 inst. aged 84, George Ward of the Green Man at Belchamp St Pauls, formerly a carpenter and builder of Sudbury.

January 7th 1851.

On Monday a man named Pawsey of Hundon was charged with stealing a pony the property of William Palmer of North Fambridge, the pony was stolen on Friday the 6th inst and Supt. Knock traced it to Saffron Walden in the possession of Thomas Welsh who said he bought it from the prisoner. Committed for trial.

January 8th 1851

. Thomas Pawsey was found guilty of stealing a pony the property of William Palmer of North Farnbridge. 12 months hard labour with 12 days in solitude.

January 7th 1851.

£100 reward for information on the murder of head a gamekeeper named William Napthan who was shot to death at Elveden. The above reward will be paid, 350 by Her Majesty's Government and £50 by William Newton esq. And a grant of a pardon to an accomplice not being the person who actually fired the shot which caused the death.

January 8th 1851.

The following parties were brought up at Station House, Mildenhall, on a charge of the murder of a gamekeeper for William Newton at Elveden---John Starling-Frederick Fletcher-William Brown-Richard Starling---Joseph Norman and James Cadman and having shot at Isaac Allen with intent to murder. John Cadman and John Starling for trial at the Assizes, the others were discharged.

January 21st 1851.

We received recently a letter complaining of the number of robberies in Glemsford, the writer observed was not to be wondered at whilst any number of persons were allowed to sell beer and liquors without a licence on Sundays as with other days and no notice was taken by the police, upon enquiry we find the practice takes place under a treasury minute by which any person is allowed to sell beer at a price not exceeding three halfpence a quart without magisterial or excise licence and is exempt from liability to visitation or any supervision whatever. The consequence of course is that practically every parties are enabled to sell liquor, the magistrates would gladly interfere but they have no power to do so while the treasury minute stands.

January 21st 1851.

On Tuesday night, a building belonging to Mr C. Borley of the Brick Kilns at Glemsford was entered by some persons and a quantity of carpenters tools the property of a carpenter working on the premises were taken.

January 21st 1851.

A potato heap belonging to a poor man named Wells was opened and a quantity of potatoes were carried away at Glemsford.

January 21st 1851.

A potato heap owned by Mr Byford, the thatcher, was opened and 3 bushels were stolen at Glemsford.

January 21st 1851.

The house of Thomas Gooday, foreman to Messrs Foote of Glemsford, silk manufacturers, was broken into and a small box was stolen containing £1 5s a new razor and gold earrings were stolen. Two persons are in custody on suspicion.

January 28th 1851.

Married---William Churchyard of the White Horse in Cavendish to Mrs Scrivener of the same address.

January 28th 1851.

To Cow keepers and farmers they may now be supplied with grains on application to Westgate Street, Bury, at 3d a bushel.

January 28th 1851.

George Carnt was committed to Bury gaol charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Bainbridge of Lawshall

January 28th 1851.

James Gibson of Glemsford, 1 month for stealing three cabbages from a field in Glemsford.

January 28th 1851.

The Lawshall Murder.

The prisoner is 23 years old ,it is known that he was desirous of forming a intimacy with the deceased, a married woman whose husband had been in the service of the Rev Mr Halifax as butler, after they had been married for two years her father insisted on her leaving him in consequence of the manner he treated her, her husband shortly afterwards enlisted in the Corps of Sappers and Miners and was promoted corporal.
Both were natives of Lawshall and she had one child by the marriage.
On the afternoon of Monday last, deceased and the prisoner were in Lawshall Harrow Inn which was kept by the brother of the deceased and intimacy to him had sprung up but not reciprocated by her,
they left the Harrow at about 3-4 in the afternoon on Monday and was seen crossing a field together, this is the last time she was seen alive,
About 5 o'clock the Mr Payne landlord, returned home from his father's house and was asked by his wife what time the deceased returned home, he frequently expressed hopes she would be alright, at about 7 the prisoner returned to the Harrow with his clothes dirty and wet, it was known that he suffered from fits, Payne said " you fool you ought not never be trusted on your own if you blunder about in this way,
He was frequently obliged to take his handkerchief and loosen it, he asked him where his hat was , Carnt, who frequently had epileptic fits, said " in the pond."
Mr Payne despatched a man to his father to see if his sister had arrived home, the answer was no, P. C. Keable was sent for and on his arrival the prisoner refused to make any answer,
Keable her father and George Farrow commenced a search for her, for near a mile they traced their footsteps which stopped near a pond, on inspection with a lanthorn, Keable perceived something and jumped in the water and found the body of deceased, they conveyed it to a neighbouring house where a large bruise was found on her face as if from a blow.
They proceeded at once to the Harow where Carnt was arrested and taken into custody. Supt. Death of Clare was sent for and he ascertained all the facts. The deceased was described as an industrious and respectable person who had been deserted by her husband, the prisoner also bore a good character of a hard working labourer, the only allusion he made to the event was in the course of the night was to one of those he was drinking with, when he said while drinking brandy and water, was that he was afraid that it was the last time they would drink together.
The only motive conjectured was alleged jealously. Deceased was 31 years old and the prisoner was 29 years old.

January 28th 1851.

On the same day as the Assizes, George Plumb of Lawshall was charged with stealing a pig and 6 fowls from Thomas Brown of Lawshall.

February 5th 1851.

An investigation into circumstances connected with the recent sending out of pauper children from St Pancras workhouse to Bermuda shows that the guardians have been guilty of infraction of the law inasmuch as the consent of the children had not been given in the presence of two magistrates.

February 19th 1851.

On Wednesday last about 30 tenantry of Lord Howe dined at the Bull Inn in Melford with Mr F.Thyme esq, his agent. Their rent was reduced by 10 per cent as is usual.

February 19th 1851

Two articles from Melford have been forwarded to the Great Exhibition. The first is an improved lock for a banking chest by William Downes of Melford, it consists of 12 locks of ingenious construction and prevents any attempt at locks being picked or opened by skeleton keys, the other is a clover and trefoil separating machine by Sargeant.

February 19th 1851.

For sale at Bulmer, Essex in two lots---4 capital cottages with large gardens, two are freehold the others are the copyhold of Smytton Hall. Lot 1-Cottage situated in Bulmer Tye ,near the turnpike gate, in the occupation of Philip Chinery at £3 per annum Lot 2-3 capital freehold cottages in Bulmer Street near the Blackbirds Inn in occupation of Benjamin Candler, Samuel Radley and Samuel Brown, producing together £9 -10s per annum. There is a scarcity of cottages in Bulmer.

February 19th 1851.

On Monday last, at Sudbury, two children left alone by their father, a man named Britton, for a few minutes, one of the children by some means set light to it's clothes and was dreadfully burnt, They reside near the water mill.

February 26th 1851

A fatal accident happened to Mr Aggis who is church clerk at Pentlow. He had come to Sudbury railway station with his horse and cart as is supposed for coals. On alighting the took he bridle from the horse's head and shortly afterwards in attempting to put it on again the horse was frightened by the noise of the incoming train, it turned round and running against him it inflicted severe injuries. He was taken home and died the next day.

March 12th 1851

At about 8 in the evening on Monday last a fire broke out in a barn belonging to Mr Dennis of Chilton Street, Clare. The fire was situated between the farmhouse and a row of thatched cottages and the latter repeatedly took fire but owing to the stillness of the evening and the exertions of the labourers by judicious use of water.
After some delay the Clare fire engine arrived and the flames were confined to the barn which contained straw. It is generally considered to be the work of an incendiary. Mr Dennis employs 16 men and 8 boys on 200 acres. The tenant is insured but the owner, Mr Brise was not.

March 26th 1851

A lad named George Honeywood from Foxearth was climbing a fence with a loaded gun in his hand when it went off, the contents completely shattered his hand and he was taken to the surgery of Messrs Jones where his hand was amputated.

March 24th 1851.

A murder of frightening character was committed on Tuesday evening the 18th at Wingfield a village two miles north of Stradbrooke near Eye. The perpetrator of the crime is Maria Clarke aged about 22 years who made a full confession. The unfortunate victim is the illegitimate infant of Clarke aged 6 weeks. The case is rendered more distressing by the fact that the child was buried alive. It would appear that a young man named Bowen, residing at Wingfield had made a promise of marriage, she was apprehensive that if he knew she had a child he would not perform his promise, she had no idea of murder until she saw a scuppet standing outside the door and she dug a hole and laid the child in it, she then sat down and cried then covered the infant up, she admitted it when accused and pointed out to the constable the spot . Committed to the Assizes.

April 1st 1851.

James Glanfield pleaded guilty to stealing a hive of bees from Charles Bell at Gt Cornard. I month

April 2nd 1851

Lucy Barber aged 19 a servant from Clare was sent to prison for three months for stealing © a bottle of brandy and 4s 4d the property of Sarah Ambrose a Clare widow.

April 9th 1851.

SUFFOLK ASSIZES.

Maria Clarke of Dickleburgh aged 22 years for burying her child alive was sentenced to death. The Judge said-'You must avail yourself to every opportunity afforded you to make your peace with God'

April 9th 1851.

Suffolk Assizes

---Murder of the gamekeeper at Elveden-James Cadman, William Brown and John Starling were found not guilty of murdering the gamekeeper at Elveden and were discharged.

April 9th 1951

Robert Fenn aged 19 and William Theobald 21 of Glemsford were charged with setting fire to a straw stack at Glemsford belonging to James Howard on the road leading from Glemsford to Hartest. Guilty.

April 16th 1851

At Melford Petty Sessions, Jeramiah Newman, George Wells and William Newman, labourers of Cavendish were charged with stealing on the night of 3rd-4th, one or two sheep the property of Mr Samuel Yelloly of Cavendish Hall.
On information given the police proceeded to the houses of the three prisoners and to another man Robert Savage. In the houses of Wells and Savage a considerable amount of mutton was seized and the three men were taken into custody, Savage had absconded.
The same day early in the morning a sack was found in the water at Pentlow mill by the miller containing skin and four legs from a sheep. The men were committed for trial and a warrant was issued for detention of Savage.

April 16th 1851.

A number of gentlemen in Ipswich have interested themselves in the case of Maria Clarke which leave no doubt of the insanity of this wretched girl.
Her step-father, Robert Self, made the following statement.
" I married the prisoner's mother when Maria was four years old, she was an illegitimate child. Her mother was three times inflicted with insanity and would then treat her children with violence, she died of decline. A day or two before her death she was very violent and attempted to injure those near her . Maria was very odd like her mother and at other times a quiet kind hearted girl, her mother's sister, Patience Clarke of Wisbeach was similarly affected."
Several others showed she was subjected to extreme depression and said she would hang herself. Numerous petitioners signed amounting to 1798 and dispatched to J. C. Cobbold M.P. who will present the petition to Sir George Grey. On April 16th 1851.

April 16th 1851.

The execution of George Carnt for the murder of Elizabeth Bainbridge at Lawshall is fixed to take place at Bury gaol on Tuesday next the 21st.
It is considered advisable to depart from the usual fixing of these dreadful exhibitions for market day, but circumstances of it being the Easter holiday being probably overlooked.
The culprit is in a humble submissive mind, his sorrow for the end of his victim and remorse for his crime appears to outweigh his feelings for his approaching end and he has made a full confession.
Statements in a London paper are incorrect, he did not state the unfortunate woman refused to yield to his desires and the murder was the result of her resistance, on the contrary we believe his statements that they had been in company for several hours and had exchanged love tokens found upon their persons, but while walking together, the deceased snatched a knife from out of the prisoner's pocket and declared she could not bear such a life any longer and made a motion as if to cut her throat, this the prisoner prevented upon which she declared she would drown herself and rushed into the pond, the prisoner followed and in a phrenzy for which he cannot account except he was full of beer for two days of club revelling and admits that in spite of her struggles and screams he held her down in the water till life was extinct intending after to destroy himself in the state of madness.
He had no recollection until he found himself again at the public house where he answered to inquiries as to his condition, "the halter is for my neck-the gallows is my doom".
We understand an application to the Secretary of State for remission of the capital punishment on the grounds of absence of premeditation, taking the case out of the ordinary.

April 16th 1851.

On Monday morning at about 4, the alarm of fire was given on Mr John Payne's farm at Lawshall called Hanningfield farm, on getting up Mr Payne discovered a large double barn had been fired, the livestock was immediately got out and most of the harness but the buildings being of boards and thatched the flames spread rapidly and the whole of the buildings and the barn of 100 feet another of 60 feet-granary-stables-cow-house-cart lodges-3 tumbrils-implements-27 coombs of barley-50 coombs of oats.
The engines arrived from Bury at about 6 but too late. P,C.Keeble noticed footsteps of where someone had got through the a hole in the hedge, suspicion fell on a young man named John Farrow who had been seen lying down on the road at about 2 a m and he showed no disposition to put the fire out. He was apprehended and his shoes compared with footprints and found to correspond.
The prisoner who is of indifferent character, was examined at Melford on Tuesday but the results of which we do not know.

April 16th 1851.

At about 4 o' clock on Saturday week a man named Healey, a night watcher at Branches Park Estate, while lighting his pipe carelessly, leaned upon the muzzle of the gun which exploded and the contents passed through his shoulder to his arm pit.

April 23rd 1851.

The application for remission of capital punishment on the unhappy George Carnt. Sir George Grey stated he did not feel it consistent with his duty and the law must take its course.
The prisoner was anxious to avail himself to the attentions of the Rev Wells, the chaplain. The Rev. gentleman said he had very barren ground to work on as the prisoner was deplorably ignorant and his moral senses were blunted by a long course of drunkedness and vice, when he entered gaol he was very ignorant of the doctrines of Christianity. The rector of Lawshall, the Rev Baillie, said he seems to be willing to be taught the truth but so blunted was his moral faculties that his conscience seemed as seared as a hot iron and it was only after a considerable time that the impression could be made on him.
His friends during these last few days were allowed to say farewell, he was visited on Monday night by his cousins, two aunts, and little sister. Carnt appeared to notice his cousin had been drinking, he turned on him and said "you know I was never a great drinker, I could never be called a drunkard, let me implore you as a dying man, baptised at the same font as you, to avoid drunkedness.
Carnt seemed interested in the fire at Mr Payne's farm and grieved that so respectable man should be so treated and when informed of the name of the man in custody on suspicion, said to his friends,
" I will warrant that if it is John Farrow he had been drinking all the night before, there it is again, another crime through drink."

On Wednesday night the prisoner's father and step mother, brothers, sisters and Mr Payne came to see him, Mr Payne was not present when Carnts own father took his leave, his aged father wept bitterly, the prisoner leapt up and said "cheer up old boy",
his father said "George if you had taken my advice it would not have come to this,"
the prisoner replied "that's true but you don't know the temptations I have had",
he then proceeded to divide various articles of clothing among members of the family. "Whereabouts in Lawshall churchyard did they bury her,"
on being informed, he replied, "poor thing, I am sorry for her, I knew it was wrong to live on the terms we did".
He wished the day of his death would come on Tuesday morning, The hour was fixed much earlier the usual in the hope of lessening the concourse of spectators, but early as it was, the eagerness for such a spectacles was shown by the arrival of people as early as 6 o' clock, the earlier time of execution having got abroad.
Ever since the erection of the gaol, executions have taken place in the meadow outside the wall, to avoid the inconvenience of bringing the culprit out of the front of the entrance, through the public road to the scaffold, as on the last occasion of capital punishment, that of Catherine Foster, this system was found objectionable on account of the nearness of the spectators to the criminal and t he exposure of her figure to the crowd after the drop fell and it was in consequence of that the door called "Corder's Way" was stopped.

The execution shall take place on the flat roof between the Infirmary on the south side and the entrance to the Porter's lodge. The new gallows had been prepared on a new principle by Mr Darkin of Bury and it was not brought out until 7 next morning and at 8-30 it was fixed without noise.
As the fatal hour approached, the London and Nowton roads and the intervening fields were occupied in every part with a view of the awful scene. The crowd consisted almost entirely of the working class, the large proportion being females, many bringing children and infants with them,
We scarcely noticed 50 persons of superior class and a rough calculation between 4000 to 5000 people were present, a number far less than attended Catherine Foster's execution, doubtless because of the early hour and continuous rain which fell until the fatal hour, there was not sufficient rain to dampen the ardour of the regular attenders of such scenes, many stayed until the body was removed.
The behaviour of the crowd was mainly decorous, shortly after 9 o' clock the death bell was mournfully heard in the air and the fatal procession emerged from the condemned cell, the Chaplain in his surplice read the sentence from the burial service and the under Sheriff, Mr Gooding and Mr Sparke followed the criminal, assisted by the Governor.
The operation of pinioning was performed by Calcraft, the rope was adjusted to a staple fixed in the beam and the cap was drawn on over the prisoner face, at the appointed signal of the Chaplain closing his book, the bolt was drawn and without a struggle the unhappy man was despatched to eternity. He was buried in the precincts of the gaol.

April 30th 1851.

A factory for horse hair weaving has been built in Glemsford in the last three years and many persons there are employed in the silk trade.

April 30th 1851.

The registrar of the district reports that in the following parishes the population is---Boxted 291-Cavendish 1396-Hartest 832---Hawkedon 359---Lawshall 906---Shimpling 470-Somerton 136---Stanstead 412. This is an increase in these parishes of 438 since 1841.

April 30th 1851.

We have a letter from a person who two years ago emigrated from Playford in Suffolk to Ohio, America. They took with them his mother in law who is 80 years old. Some extracts will be found interesting.

Plaster Bed
Sandusky Bay.
March 24th 1851.

The soil is pretty good, the upper soil on new timbered land is composed of decaying vegetable matter, the subsoil is light loam. The prairie is of the same kind.
The price of land is according to location, near a thriving town it will fetch 20 to 25 dollars an acre, three or four miles back 8 to 10 dollars, Six to eight miles you will get it for 3 to 4 dollars and so on. The farming is very rough and slovenly compared to English farming. Ohio is a great state for growing wheat which they raise in abundance owing to the land being rich . We have farms around us which has been sown with wheat 5 or 6 years in succession and the last is the best. There are fields in this district which produce 100 bushels per acre. They run a heavy drag over it without ploughing it and sown with fall wheat and it remains without doing anything until harvest. The state of Ohio contains 26 million acres with a population of 2 million mostly all natives
,English-Irish-Scots-Yankees-Canadians-French- German, a great number are German Dutch. Animals, we have none worth speaking about only horses which are good being light and spirited, cattle are very ordinary, they take no pains in their breeding, all running about the prairies. As for wild animals most or all of them have shared the same fate of the poor Indians and have been forced to fly further west, the only remaining are foxes, mink, opossums, racoons, woodchucks, squirrels, skunks and deer etc. Flour is 4-5 dollars a barrel of 196 lbs- beef is 2d a pound, mutton the same, pork is cheap, butter from 4d to 6d lb-eggs 4d to 5d a dozen-Fowls 4d to 5d each-Geese 1s each-Turkeys 2s- Potatoes 1s a bushel-Peaches to 1s 6d a bushel-fish and vegetables cheap in season. Wages-Carpenters and builders 5s to 5s 6d a day. Ship Caulkers-2 dollars a day-Sailors on the lake get 16 to 20 dollars a month. We have pretty good houses in towns but as we go back into the woods we find log houses. Diet- Americans are remarkable for eating preserved fruit and a great variety of pastry and make no distinction in different meals, it is always the same, morning noon and night.. They are a sober race of men and shrewd fellows, they have no public holidays except the 4th of May which is Independence Day. There is one thing, emigrants should not stay about the seaboard towns but make for the west where labour is cheap and provisions cheap, there is not much money about but plenty to eat and drink. I say a little about ourselves now, I continue to work on the same farm (firm)? As I did when last wrote a year ago. I am about to become a farmer bye and bye, I bought a farm last November of 82 acres for 640 dollars of which I paid 150 dollars down and the balance in 5 years, it is good land 10 acres of improved land, 20 acres of prairie and 50 acres of timber, we have a ¼ of a mile of frontage to the bay and within 1 ½ miles of the county town. Old Mrs Slackforth is pretty well and had her health remarkably good since coming to America.
I remain yours,

John Styring.

May 21st 1851.

It is announced that Mr Calcraft the professional hangman had another engagement on the day fixed for Maria Clarke's execution at Ipswich. A number of letters were received by the Governor of the gaol volunteering to perform the office were so revolting to the feelings of humanity.
Mr Charles Dickens in last week's Household Words assures us he has the literal transcripts of the letters in question. He is under a mistake however in saying the execution has been fixed for Easter Tuesday, that is the day appointed for the execution of George Carnt at Bury and the appointment as we have explained before was avoided so that Mr Dickens sneer at the choice of the Easter Festival and public holiday is unwarranted.
We did not think the letters of the would be hangmen worth publishing, most were written by persons in a low state of education, one of the requests was for a speedy answer-stating terms of not less than £20, another says, 'If well paid I am redley to do it myself, hoping this in secreecy' Another from Southwark says he will do it for £60, another for £50.

May 21st 1851.

Births-On the 21st inst to the wife of Capt Starkie Bence of Kentwell Hall, a daughter.

May 28th 1851

White Hart Inn, Stanstead, for sale. Now in occupation of William Griggs at a rent of £ 38 per annum, large parlour, small bar, tap room, six sleeping rooms, large cellar, brew house, stables, 3/4 acre garden, fine water. There is no beerhouse in the village.

June 4th 1851

The Bevingdon House and Eyston Lodge estates for sale.
In the parishes of Otten Belchamp and Foxearth. Near capital market towns of Sudbury and Clare. 257 acres. Messrs Cook have been favoured with directions from the trustees of the late Thomas Parmenter.

Bevingdon House comprising excellent family residence and suitable agricultural buildings and 150 acres of land divided into convenient enclosures - Eyston Lodge estate consisting of 106 acres of excellent arable and pasture land.

June 18th 1851

A daring robbery took place at Great Henny on Monday by three young men from Sudbury. The robbery had been planned by the parties while in Bury gaol on another conviction. An accomplice gave information of their intent to rob Mr Cook, in consequence three policemen and a labourer watched the house for three weeks.
On Monday night about midnight the thieves affected an entrance by a back window and were immediately attacked by the police who captured one of them by the name of Dawson, another villian who's name was Poole, a desperate ruffian, was seized by the labourer named Flower who called Mr Cook to bring a light and at the same time Mr Cook pointed his gun at Poole who seized the barrel and ina scuffle the gun went off, the contents lodging in both arms of Flower and in one arm of Poole who found himself at liberty knocked down Mr Cook and then was joined by Dawson. Two policemen on duty outside on hearing the shots went to assist their comrades leaving the way clear for them to escape.
Messrs Murray and Lynch, surgeons of Sudbury were immediately sent for and amputated one arm from Flower immediately and it is feared the other will also be amputated. Information was forwarded to Cross ths Sudbury gaoler who in a short while apprehended Poole and Dawson who were in bed together at the house of a man named Shelley living on the " Mount" North Street, Sudbury, he also captured Pryke in the " Folly House" and lodged them in the gaol. On Wednesday they were taken to Castle Hedingham but Poole died on Monday afternoon at the police station from the effects of his wounds.

June 11th 1851.

Inquest at Melford on the body of Susan Deeks of Kentwell. Mr Jones, surgeon said he made a post mortem and found she died by a humour of the brain.

June 11th 1851.

For sale at the Lion Inn, Melford-by order of the executors of the late Ambrose Shepard-Stanstead White Hart in occupation of William Griggs at the rent of £35 per annum. Large garden-large parlour-small ditto-bar-tap room-6 sleeping rooms-large cellar-piggeries-etc. The above is midway between Melford and Hartest. There is no beerhouse in the village.

June 11th 1851.

Alpheton Lion for sale. Containing two good parlours-bar-tap room-2 kitchens-9 bedrooms-larder-dairy-cellar-pieces of good arable land.

June 18th 1851.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

Married on Tuesday morning at Finchingfield, Essex.by the Rev A Bowyer Smyth, rector of Attleborough in Norfolk, assisted by the Rev Stock of Finchingfield----The Lord Garrah to Susan, daughter of John Ruggles Brise of Spains Hall Finchingfield and Cavendish. After the service the couple left for the Isle of Wight.

June 18th 1851.

On Friday last, as a boy from Sapiston in the employ of Mr Gates was attending to the chaff engine worked by a horse, the horse was frightened and the boy attempting to escape was knocked down, his foot became entangled in the machinery and was thoroughly smashed, he was conveyed to the West Suffolk hospital and his limb was amputated. He is doing well.

June 18th 1851.

Robert Rutter for offences against the game laws at Boxted. 1 month

June 18th 1851.

On Thursday morning a row of 11 houses in the Mount, North Street, Sudbury, were destroyed by fire. The inhabitants are chiefly weavers. Anticipating the whole row communicating, they commenced to throw out looms and furniture and were seconded by people assembling, the flames were stopped by pulling down the 4th cottage. Mr Mills, the owner of the property was insured but the poor suffered greatly by loss of looms and goods. The fire brigade were active but water supply was scanty.

June 18th 1851.

Bury Corn Market. Red wheat to 44s a quarter -white wheat same-malting barley to 27s- grinding to 19s-oats to 24s-beans to 34s-peas to 37s.

June 18th 1851

At Melford fair on Thursday there was a good display of farm horses, milch cows and fat bullocks but few of them change hands.
A professional female pickpocket succeeded in easing several persons of their purses but she was caught and committed to Bury gaol.
Ward and Silver had a display of agricultural machinery which included a threshing machine of 3 to 4 h.p. fitted to thresh barley without injuring the grain, a scotch cart with harvest shelving, scarifier, rollers, corn ricks, chaff cutter, pressing machine, horse rake, Melford plough. All by this enterprising Melford iron founder.

July 2nd 1851.

To be sold under deed of assignment for creditors. Blacksmiths shop at Glemsford and 5 capital cottages. Lot 1-two cottages in Plum Street in occupation of J. Theobald and John Ford. Lot 2- Two cottages on Skates Hill in occupation of Thomas Purkiss and William Hempstead. Lot 3- Blacksmiths shop in Egermont Street in occupation of William Hempstead, blacksmith.

July 5th 1851

Bevingdon House Estate consists of 150 acres and a excellent farm residence with a spacious entrance hall, drawing room 18ft square, dining room 20ft by 18ft, each with a bow window, breakfast room, five bedrooms, three attics with surrounding flower and kitchen gardens. Agricultural buildings comprising wheat barn, barley barn, cart lodge, two stables, piggeries. Double cottage. The house is of superior description well adapted for a gentleman of moderate competency and presents a superior and imposing front to the Sudbury-Clare road.
Eyston Lodge is in Foxearth and consists of a farm house, double barn, stables and other buildings. 104 acres. The properties are under lease to William Charles Parmenter which epires in 1854 at a rent of £ 337 per annum.

July 9th 1851

Inquest at Risby on William Marshall, aged 56. Deceased was bailiff to Mr Paine of Risby, he was taking Mr Paine's children to a hay field in a wagon, he called to stop that some beer might be put in the wagon, The horses did not readily stop, he chucked the shaft horse with the rein and then struck it, the horses started off in a gallop, deceased remained by the side of the shaft horse when he fell down and both near wheels went over him, he died half an hour later.

July 9th 1851

Cricket---Melford v Cockfield.-----Cockfield 53 and 28. Melford 79 and 5. The play of W.Pooley of Melford was worthy of commendation as well as the bowling of Gooch and Spilling.

July 9th 1851

At Essex Sessions a child named Walter Smith aged 9-10 years was convicted of putting stones on the line of the Maldon Branch. 21 days prison.

July 16th 1851

Jeremiah Newman was charged with stealing one ewe sheep from S. T. Yellowy esq of Cavendish (Cavendish Hall )(G.H.). It appears that about 10 in the evening of April 3rd, Mr Yellowly had 12 ewes in the yard, at 12 one of his ewes was missing, next morning some mutton recently slaughtered and a sheep skin with head attached were found in a sack in the river against Pentlow Mills. The prisoner's house was searched and among some mutton found was part of a neck, the bone fitted exactly the head left in the skin. Guilty. 10 years transportation. The other parties concerned in the robbery have absconded.

July 16th 1851

James Wells of Cavendish for having stolen a silk scarf from Walter Horrex of Clare. 3 months.

July 16th 1851.

A great deal of damage was caused and glass broken by hail stones from the storm at Lyston Gardens.

July 20th 1851

The Great Henny burglary-James Dawson aged 23 years and Stephen Pryke aged 15 years pleaded guilty. The prosecutor was a farmer named Cook who farmed in Great Henny and Alphamstone. Pryke guilty of burglary and to be transported for ten years and Dawson had the judgement of death recorded against him.

Note:- In the 1851 census for Great Henny, Edmund Cook was a 46 year old farming 340 acres at The Grove, Great Henny and employing 14 men and 6 boys.(G.H.).

July 23rd 1851.

A man named Steele who helped to bear Sir Ralph Abercromby from the field when he fell in the moment of victory at the celebrated battle of Alexandria, appeared in the court house at Leeds charged with attempting to destroy himself on account of want.

July 22nd 1851

. Married
. On the 17th inst at St Pauls, Knightsbridge, Robert Carew late Captain in the 36th regiment and 5th son of Admiral Sir B.H.Carew of Beddington, Surrey to Ann Ryecroft, relic of Walter Smythies and daughter of the Rev Oliver Raymond of Middleton, Sudbury and vicar of Belchamp with Bulmer in Essex.

July 22nd 1851

Eliza Simpson for stealing peas from a field in Glemsford. 14 days.

July 29th 1851

A farm of 52 acres at Gestingthorpe has been purchased by Sudbury Building Society for £1800 for division into small parcels .

July 30th 1851

An inquest was held at the King's Head, Ballingdon on the of 76 year old Sarah Golding a herb gatherer. Natural causes.

July 30th 1851

A 52 acre farm at Gestingthorpe has been purchased by Sudbury Building Society for £ 1800 It is to be divided up into small parcels.

July 30th 1851

Mr Smith a Clare magistrate was charged with conspiring to procure the murder of his mother. He was aquitted, the judge saying in charging the jury that he had never heard or knew of a charge supported by witnesses of so bad a character.

August 6th 1851

Elijah Sparrow of Great Cornard was charged with shooting at Walter Bareham of Gt Cornard. The boy and several others had just been expelled from Mr Eady's garden when the prisoneer made his appearance and pointed his gun at the boy and shot him in the hand. Mr Eady had just been married and it was the custom for the boys to salute him with a kettle and horns " rough music". The prisoner said they were making a great noise. 1 month prison.

August 13th 1851

Pentlow Hall on the banks of the river Stour near Sudbury to be let partly furnished.

August 13th 1851

William Lewsey of Belchamp, Essex was charged with maliciously damaging a register book, the property of the relieving officer of the Sudbury District to whom he applied for relieve, he was committed for 1 month.

August 19th 1851

Married at the Registrars Office at Sudbury---William Richold, manufacturer of Melford to Ann, second daughter of William Byford, carrier of Cavendish.

August 19th 1851

Ropers and Muntford farm at Pentlow and Foxearth for sale. 109 acres . Lot 1 -enclosure adjoining the river Stour, known as further meadow, 5 acres-Lot 2 -near lot 1, 3 acres of enclosed meadow abutting the high road and known as Chapel meadow.---Lot 4 roomy double tenement adjoining the last lot with front to the high road leading from Cavendish to Sudbury with large gardens, occupied by Dedman and Wells.-Lot 5- garden ground adjoining last lot, 16 rods occupied by Thomas Brand. Lot 6-The Croft near the last 3 lots-2 acres. Lot 7-Meadow adjoining the river Stour and known as High meadow, 3 acres. Lot 8- 5 good enclosed arable and pasture on the High Road from Sudbury to Cavendish together with a barn and newly erected stables thereon. Further Reeves and the Croft, 5 acres. Lot 9, 2 enclosures of good arable of about 10 acres known as Millers and Po pieces adjoining the road from Cavendish to Sudbury. Lot 10 - Small piece of land near lot 9 known as Doole 3 rods 3 perches. Lot 11-3 enclosures of arable and wood land in Pentlow and Foxearth, 12 acres. Lot 12 Acre piece midway between Lots 8-13, 1 acre. Lot 13, 3 enclosures of arable called Broadfields containing 32 acres. (perhaps top of lane near Bradfields) (G.H>. Particulars of the sale from the Half Moon at Clare and the George at Cavendish.

September 2nd 1851

Mutford and Ropers farm at Pentlow and Foxearth, was sold by Mr John Savill for £2023, averaging near £35 an acre.

August 20th 1851

Valuable Essex estate situated in Henny and Middleton and known as Sheepcote. 132 acres.

August 19th 1851

. Another dreadful occasion arising from indulgence of lawless passion took place at Ipswich on Tuesday evening.
Three months ago, a seaman on board a man of war, by the name of Wayling came to reside with his sister in West Court, Lady Lane, St Mathews, Ipswich upon a pension of 9s a week,
He said he was about 55 years of age and subject to palpitations of the heart and addicted to drink. He formed an intimacy with Martha Moyse aged 20 whom he induced to sleep with him, his sister occupying a bed in the same bedroom.
On Monday night the girl refused to sleep with him anymore, During the next day, Wayling drank freely, he asked his sister to go for the girl who was in a neighbour's house, the sister complied but had scarcely left reached the end of the Court when she heard a girl screaming, she hastened back to the house and saw Moyse rush out with her hands and neck covered in blood,
Wayland also appeared and meeting his sister, struck at her. Trenter was at work in the slaughter house and hearing the noise hastened into the Court, upon approaching, he saw the old man had cut his throat with a razor blade.
P.C.s Whistler and Keeble came up and placed Wayling on the floor. Mr Sampson, surgeon, arrived and discovered Wayland had missed his aim at the girl's throat and struck his own severely, he died the same evening. Temporary insanity.

September 10th 1851

. At Horringer Fair on Thursday last much business was done before 5 o' clock.
Mr Aylmer of West Dereham as usual exhibited a superb stand of Leicester tups and met a ready sale, 8 being purchased by Lady Harland's Steward for high figures.

September 10th 1851

Sheepcote Farm at Henny and Middleton sold to Mr Jacob Manning For £2,530.

September 10th 1851

For sale at Ford Hall, Melford for Mr George Death who is leaving the occupation.

September 10th 1851

For sale at Alpheton Hill (probably Alpheton Hall.G.H.). live and dead stock of William Borley.

September 10th 1851

Live and dead stock for sale at Larriots farm, Belchamp Walter for Mr Griggs who is retiring.

September 10th 1851

Live and dead stock for sale at Bridge Street Farm, Melford for Daniel Geater.

September 24th 1851

For sale at Cardinall's Farm, Foxearth.- valuable live and dead stock and Genteel household furniture by order of William Baker. 6 capital horses-Suffolk milch cow-handsome brindle bull-2 heifers-1 two year old heifer- 1 ditto-7 year old hiefers-5 three year old heifers-20 Down ewes-40 swine- poultry-superb road wagon- 2 harvest wagons-2 tumbrils-pony- 3 Coggeshall foot ploughs-3 sets heavy harrows-roll-scarifier-chaff engine-bean mill-dressing machine and other implements.

September 24th 1851

On Saturday week as Joseph Hartley, footman to Sir Philip Broke was going with Colonel Broke's footman in a small punt to a stone boat which belonged to the former and moored off Pin Mill when by some means the boat was upset and both drowned. Hartley was of excellent character and son of Sir Philip's gardener, Colonel Broke's footman, Croft, was a fine young man of 21 years. Their bodies were not found till yesterday when that of Croft had every portion of flesh eaten off by fish, the body of Hartley was also in a frightful state from the same cause.

September 24th 1851

Inquest at Rede on Charles Garrad who was killed the previous day by falling from the shafts of a wagon, being in a state of intoxication.

October 8th 1851

Sudbury-On Monday night last there was a brilliant display of the northern lights but being late very few saw it but one of the fire brigade happened to be awake and naturally thought it was fire and gave the alarm, post haste they were away and they galloped to the supposed fire, during the journey one of the party who's olefactory nerves appeared more acute than the others declared he could smell the fire but after travelling nearly to Lavenham the fire appeared to be as far off as ever and they returned home.

October 8th 1851

On Tuesday, Brundon Cricket Club played a game amongst themselves on the ground kindly lent them by Mr W.Baker of Brundon Hall.

Some good cricket was played and afterwards they adjourned to the Christopher Inn in Sudbury and spent a pleasant evening.

October 8th 1851

On Monday the 29th Melford Cricket Club met to play their final game of the season and afterwards they partook of an excellent repast at Melford Bull.

October 13th 1851

. On Thursday evening, a stack of wheat on a farm at Cavendish belonging to William Orbell jun. of Pentlow was set on fire at the side of another stack but by prompt exertions the fire was confined to the one stack. It was stated another farmer came along and said "let it burn, it is unsaveable" and he added he would not care if he found all his own on fire when he returned home as he would get all his money in a lump sum and save the threshing. We point out the loss by wicked deeds does not fall on farmers. A reward is offered for the disclosure of a name of the incendiarist.

October 13th 1851

. We have this week to record in our own division of this county, two of those dreadful family crimes against life which perhaps since the day of Cain have been most frequent breaches of the 6th commandment.
East Anglia has during the some years past has acquired so terrible an eminence.
The first of these offences was committed at Gt Thurlow, near Haverhill, is as follows.
On the 2nd inst Mary Rowlinson, widow and Charlotte Sparkes, a single woman with two illegitimate children and residing with William Rowlinson, father in law of the former at a place called Sowley Green which is about 1½ miles from the village of Stradishall, dined off dumplings and potatoes, old Rowlinson, who is about 80 being absent at the time, whilst eating the dumplings they perceived a hot scalding sensation in the throat with pains in the stomach and vomiting, they became alarmed and a neighbour was called in. When suspicions arising that they had taken poison a portion of dumpling was given to the cat and dog, both were attacked by sickness.
Mr Baker, surgeon of Thurlow, was called in and on application of proper remedies the sufferers are likely to recover. A portion of the vomit of the cat and dog and flour from which the dumplings were made were sent to Mr Deck, the chemist at Cambridge and was found to contain a considerable amount of arsenic.
On Wednesday last an investigation was held at the Crown Inn at Thurlow and in consequence William Rowlinson was brought before the magistrates and remanded.
On Saturday an examination took place at Haverhill where Mr White the shopkeeper of Gt Thurlow said he sold the prisoner some arsenic under the plea of destruction of rats and mice. It appears that the prisoner was not only absent that day but had warned Charlotte Sparkes not to eat (his daughter in law's food) . He was remanded to Clare Police station where he will be further examined.
It appears Mary Rowlinson and husband were residing with the old man and after her husband's death she continued to live with her father in law and Sparkes and her children were lodgers. For some months a man named Jarman had been paying addresses to Mary Rowlinson and they were to be married at Michaelmas but the old man objected to the match in consequence of the greater portion of the furniture in the house belonged to his daughter in law which she would remove it on her marriage, they had frequent disputes about this.
Rowlinson was a respected old labourer and received part of his maintenance from the parish but on being apprehended the sum of £11 5s and three farthings and a pocket watch were found in his pocket. The conduct of Mr White in selling arsenic will be the subject of investigation

October 21st 1851

On Thursday last, William Rawlinson of Gt Thurlow was brought up at Clare, It appears Mary Rawlinson who is since married, got better, having eaten black currant pudding which she had made, her niece, Susan Cornell who had come to see her on the 14th of August, ate some and was also taken sick and went home on the 16th. Three weeks after, Ann Cornell, mother of Susan, went again to see Mary Rawlinson and after taking mutton broth was seized with vomiting, her husband was sent for and he took her home where she died about 8 o' clock .
The body of the deceased was opened by Mr Stutter of Wickhambrook and he delivered the intestines for examination.

October 13th 1851

Another crime took place at Cockfield when a discovery was made that Maria Stewart a single woman working as a dressmaker and living with her uncle had been delivered of a child, she concealed the birth and was apprehended. On the road she confessed to the constable that she buried the child in a lodge adjoining her uncle's house, a search was made and the body of a full child was found, sewn up in a calico bag,
The jury was satisfied as there were no marks of violence on the body and that the child was still born.
She afterwards admitted in a most excited state that the child was alive and that she destroyed it on the same day and kept it in her bed until the 6th inst, she also stated she had murdered another child which she had delivered. Committed to Bury Gaol till Wednesday. In gaol the wretched woman told a girl who was looking after her that she had had three illegitimate children, the first was a boy who still living about 3-4 years, the father of the children is pretty well known, the unhappy woman is at times insensible.
Maria Stewart said she had kept the baby in her bed ( the ticking of which had a hole cut in it) until Monday , she declares her uncle entirely ignorant of the transaction.

October 21st 1851

On Wednesday last the magistrates attended Bury Gaol to take depositions of the witness Maria Stewart the wretched woman who stands charged with the murder of her two newborn illegitimate female children. The evidence was taken in a cell where she is confined under restraint.
P.C. William Banham said, she said it was on Wednesday night a fortnight ago since she gave birth, she said it was a lovely child and sucked it's finger and I held it to my breast to let it suck, it began to cackle, I thought someone will hear it , I must kill it, I put my hand over it's mouth and nipped it's throat and tied my garter round it's neck, I killed it because I thought I should not have a father for my child, I buried it in my uncle's lodge, it is the second little girl I have murdered. She protested the innocence of her uncle.
Mr Image, surgeon of Bury, said he was delivered of a female child in a box, I was assisted by Mr Mann, I made an examination of a full grown child which weighed 8lbs, it had been born alive and had swallowed some milk, the child died from suffocation. The prisoner then burst into convulsive ravings and fancied she saw the father of the child before her and heaped curses on the "villain" as the murderer of her child, the unhappy woman was committed for trial.

October 15th 1851

Sudbury Agricultural Association held their 4th meeting in the corn exchange. Rearing children without parish relief- James Smith who works for Richard Aldham of Foxearth Hall. £ 1 15s.

October 23rd 1851

There was an inquest at the Fox Inn, Gt Bradley, on Hester Radford.
Ann Radford, widow, deposed her daughter was in her 17th year and one of 4 daughters of her late husband, Joseph Radford. She lived with her late husband's brother as his wife and by whom she has had two children, the deceased lived next door with her uncle, witness and ? Radford with four children slept in one room, the rest of the house being pulled down, the deceased kept company with a young man named Alfred Hines, she was taken ill with a bowel complaint and died on Tuesday afternoon, the inquest was adjourned as we understand a quantity of a plant, well known to procure abortion, was found by Mr Image in the intestines.

October 23rd 1851

For sale at Armsey Farm, Bulmer. Pure bred Shorthorns by instructions of Mr C. Alexander.

October 29th 1851

David Shepherd was found guilty of breaking into the house of Samuel Jarvis at Cavendish and stealing various monies. 7 years transportation.

October 29th 1851

On Monday morning early a fire broke out on the premises of Mr Pratt at Otten Belchamp. All the buildings except the farm house were destroyed. 2 barns were destroyed, one filled with barley the other wheat, 3 stables, a shed full of timber, cowhouse, fowl house, piggeries, a colt a calf and poultry were destroyed. It is situated beside the road. The wind lay in the right direction so saving the farm house but owing to dense fog at the time few people not more than 20 were present at the fire which started in a straw rick. The Sudbury fire engine reached the spot at about 9 a.m. but too late, damage was estimated ar 700L. On Saturday Superintendent Hoy apprehended George Ives a 19 year old on suspicion of arson.

December 3rd 1851

.On Wednesday last, William Stannard aged 6 years the second son of Jeremiah Stannard was amusing himself with the millers in the large mill at Stoke by Nayland, he went too near the machinery and his clothes were drawn into the revolving shaft and was crushed to death. This is the second child the parents have lost, the first having drowned in the mill pond a few years back.

October 29th 1851

The adjourned inquiry into the case of poisoning at Thurlow took place at the Station House, Clare. William Rawlinson aged 80 years was charged with administering poison to Mary Rawlinson now Mary Jermyn. The prisoner denied all and the magistrates decided to commit the prisoner.
The prisoner was then charged with the murder of Ann the wife of Samuel Cornell of Barnardiston on the 31st of August last. Committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder.

October 29th 1851

David Shepherd for breaking into the house of Samuel Jarvis at Cavendish under aggravated circumstances and stealing various monies. 7 years transportation.
James Bryant aged 16 years having stolen a 4d piece from William Salmon at Boxted. 2 months and to be once whipped.

October 29th 1851

Valuable Estate at Cowlinge,known as Shardelowe's Farm for sale. 150 acres.

October 29th 1851

There was an extensive fire at Otten Belchamp, the wilful act of incendiarism occurred about 1 am on Friday on the premises of John Pratt and situated by the roadside. The dwelling house was saved by the direction of the wind. There was dense fog prevailing and the fire was seen by few people, not more than 20 persons being present. The Sudbury Fire Brigade arrived at about 9,toolate to be of use. Damage was estimated at about £700. On Saturday, Supt. Hoy apprehended George Ives 19 of Belchamp St Pauls on suspicion.

November 11th 1851

On Tuesday last, a lad named Parker was remanded on suspicion of setting fire to the premises of John Rutter ar Attelton Green, Wickhambrook. On Wednesday he was brought up before the Rev Jenkins at |Stradishall Hound Inn for examination. Discharged.

December 17th 1851

On Thursday last at 5 pm P.C.33 and P.C.51 were on duty at Middleton when they met three suspicious characters who they stopped and searched. They were Abraham Rice of Ballingdon and William Piper(brother of Piper who was stabbed at Bulmer three years ago)also of Ballingdon. About half a bushel of barley was concealed in Rice's pocket also in a stone bottle and in his sleeves, on William Piper was found half a peck of barley which he carried in a beer can. Piper and Rice had been at work in a barn at Middleton Hall, an off hand farm held by Mr Samuel Viall of Foxearth, nothing was found on the third party. Rice had served 6 months hard labour in 1847 for a similar offence. On searching Rice's house two bushels of barley were found being steeped in a tub and a fat pig which was fed on barley. On Piper's premises a pig was also found.

December 24th 1851

George King, the church warden and overseer of Ovington was charged with injuring a book containing the proceedings of the vestry of Ovington. It appears that that a person was desirious of getting a licence for the sale of beer and defendant against the wishes of the parishioners raised the ratal of his house to enable him to apply for a licence. The beer house was opened but two leaves of the parish book which containes objections were torn out. Mr Thomas Chickall the complainant said they did not wish a heavy penalty. Fined 40s with costs.