Star. — London, England, 1824-01-07 00:00:00

, • • . . . t , ‘o; 41611 . 1 Ifitllnt 74, be pot want Prob - eits:Wile:(6)tithiv Of • it. : , • Cross -eraViiil- Ar.Tutisiftittt , —Whett.l;pn said he liait been COtithiitcti Murder, it wasAer din t :er. •iVittiefs YeeeilOted 'camas' .vettit .ihtiodheed a Probere.s.o -7 Sunday night ;.'he . cimild•ntitliedertain, i but i he belie f' [M at alrthe pitittriirefe - prelient. I rotitisis IgOyes Sias axt csi e liei.l-Te is 'attclihows johnlhoifell. the. of October, wFneSa Was It llfe'Criadh the,t*Olhertel/s, Hunt, •Priihete: tie 'littar rowed money drilre lifiqcfreto phy bverio JSlth I'li'ac- •teil lifelifter ‘‘'erit Off In a •kig',liyhiinterf, arid 'Haat andProbert followed' ihrthe litter's gi!*.. ihe'SAYtir 4ay morning ~he saw them again at Tetsalrs. On -the Sway witness was walking to his brother-in-law's, when he was overtaken by the-two Thurtells and float in a gig. John Thurtell joined witness ihwalking but they were:taken tip by Thdrnas Thurtell in-tWe gig Stroh . a f ter „ On Sunday evenirtg birds - svere ihtroduced, Whitt Probert was out ; but they did not play the gime out., n e , n u m. aid .the two Thurtells, - played' at whist;i Bunt and John Thurtell sirup all night. Cross-examined by r. tin oh n 'Martell first; threw the Ws up, not because there were •hildren in; the room, but because he said he could not play sutlhl • •• • cards, they ran so cross. • • I Miss Ann Noyes is sister Of Mrs. Probert, and was! at the Cottage on the 24th of October last ; beard al • gig pass 'the hoase, and soon after a bill was;rting•; butl no one entered. A short time ifter'Hunt, John Thur-, tell, and frobcrt came in: neither had a white tat on ;! but Prober' had one which hutli up in•the hall. They took a little •brandy when they came• -in.; and one 'of them proposed to go to •Nicli oils's, about:leave for shoot ing ; they came back about eleven, • and saiiithat Mr. Nicholls Nat not at home; the saw a gold watch which John Thurtell had in•litt hand ;' he took the chain off and gave it to Mrs. Probert . ; . he-put it round her neck ; it was dike that now prodoied. • Bunt sang•tsvb sorts, Next rldrhing they - went away •about 'fine; fin the Sunday they came bask, and Hunt's dress - Was then much changed. Mr. John Thurteli noticed how smart Mr. Hunt was dressed that. day ; Hunt had ra tiler large whiskers ; she beard in the course of• that' dry Thor tell say to - Probert that he would' not do for a Tdipin; cards were played in- the evening. She had • seen a knife in John Thurtell's possession very like the one now produced, which was that found in theiane. Cross-examined by Mr. ANDRWS.—She vieuld 'not swear that this wits the knife the had seen in John Tlitirtell's hand ; Probert had both a black and a white Lat which he wore, each occasionally. It 'was a hall or rather a passage in which the white . bat, hung ; it did not matter which ; the did not iee Pmbert wear the w•iite hat on tile Saturday .Morning ; Thuiteil did hot, aiways sleep on the.sefa when he came to the cottage. By Mr. Tnessioert.---Mr. Probert did not introduce, Hunt -to them as the singer they had ditch heard hire[ speak ibotit. Crerll.3 Tetsall *tops The Coati) and Hbrses,•in-Ctin dlit•elreet; the Probert, Noyes, and -Hunt, irequeated Lis hou se . The 24th of October, the 'Aux tells, !Lunt, and Probert, dined ai.his.house; prol i ert borrowed St. Of witness; but he did not kncivt Whit „.. did with it; he did not see- them depart. • • CrosS•eramilsed by Mr. THESSIGER.—.The Thurtells ' lodged in his house. •They,were Introduced to him by Pro bert, who said they anxious to keep out of the way.' Re•esarnined by Mr. BOLPAND.—fiqat wore his whis- kers very large. - Hunt and l'fliurtell left his house' cn the Sunday togeilier. The father 'was very indif [trendy dressed. i • ! Cross-eXamioed by Mr. Ttressruart.—lf Pothert had sworn thatle did not introduce the Thurtells to wit ness, he swore falsely ; he wanted witness to. be a bond , •rnin for them. William •Reswoithy was re-called. Ire ha'd already slid he knew William Weare for sixteen years; he had reason to.thiek bibs a mtwof some property; his habit wityashe bkmself said, to carry his money inside his dannel shirt. Witness had suen Thurtell and Weare, tqether as Customers of his; And had seen them three times together about ten' days before tile miith• der. On the evening before the murder, J. Thurtell and Weafe were - together, but witness did not hear what passed between them. On the. morning of the murder ) Weare called on witness between one and two o'slock.. Cioss-esarriiiied bt . Mr. Atmaaws.—lts billiard tables we: e 'math 'freiltieritisil; he saw the body whit', taken from' the'vratordittrha aid-hist see)it When It wak, taken tip again: The -knife produced .belongeti to t Wears, and he saw him with it on the mornirkthe was murdered. It was a remaaiible knife, And tbergare he knew it. • • Pry' Hit Court==-He saw the legs of tlre'lniely . naked, when taken tit' of the watar; OlsOsit* 'WNW out at' the Artichoke, ~ ! Mary Malan"' was laundress to the late. Mr. Weansi alto lived at :Nn. .2, Lyon's mum She went into his! loom on *Prielay, :the 2141 c October, in the morning; saw tome df lis;clothes on the drawers, and Mr. Weate put them in :his earpet-bag, that now shewn to Witt. ness. There were-five linen shirts, six pair of stockings, a d.ootinfl, jacket and gaiter's ; laced up boots, and a pith- of Wellington hbots. He had also a backgam mon-board; now produced. , 84w Ml... Weave put it into the bag himself. }lr dined at his chambers, between one and two o'clock. and ate'tmderstood he was going :oat of tnWn AIR the Thischry rallOWing. She gat a hackney -coach for him from the Spotted Dig, in* Strand, and -the horses' heath 'were directed towards! Chating•cross. A doubl:e4tarrelled gun,. .the carpet.l bag, and a troveitat were ptit into the editeh for Mr. Weide. He had :a gold witteh and chain, esactly like that now produced. Knew:that Me. Weatehati a knife that produced vas Atli. The watch had a steel guardi chain tp wea r to en d the ' eek. The roach drove off totvariis-ehating-cross. • - • Thomas Cave drives a hackney chttriOr; •hettick'tti, GentlethAn •at Ttbit's inn; he Was engaged at the - Spotted Dog, in the Strand, by a young *caftan ; - a shortith ntrirt-gOt ithOthe chafidt, With a-giln and a car pet bag; thi s WthrittOetetbet ;' witness drove to Chafing eidss, and *et the Getillein'an dotsn ; but he sbon re turned, and wits ss was ththOritiffit to take him to the corner of Cumbetland-street, in the New-road ; thete he got oct again, but returned with a tali Gentleman,' dressed in a rough tea theytenituway the things out of the ceinelt, and %;etit Anrn. erhitt#delandwitreet ; this vas about half-past four in theaftet titan. Thom +' one of the hcirse.-plitiol—Was cloth* : ELlget.-c.re-road On-the evening-of-the 2 kir of fletobert he met two men in a•gig,.‘frawa.try-at ismo:grey; Attn: nye or six 'Mites float Tybuto Taropike ; . Were driving'ffnriOusTy ; he tneiv neither of the men in tife •g , :g.rsor_dicl-ivoknow Thn trill r the hotselhaej a vevy , Y!!ite face, arnite :pointed it out in Mr. OlOttetbuck. u.t 'Magistrate, in l'rObatt's livery stables. bieU k - 7_ 72 t ~.. S • • • • byhlfr. X tiol able 'face •' alWiyi , Icnttv bib lib& tihetille SAW *Eh Co iti+irit. • James .pherd is hOstier ,pple-streex . ,. kept by Mr. Cross , gig on a.Frid4y, buthe did not r~ - month; rfurit'saili lie' as erig Vihs a flail:llAP, tint it Was Ink lit aid 'a whiter fttep :than • its bad; horse; litint,,Whiie tite•liotsse 'WAS, for. a sack, and witness told N.nt ' West:pins/el.-bridge, on his way, *going to lliieford. • • 'Stephen `M a tch is libitter 'Nth. 'Hunt ;;Ire came on a , Friday,anll three days before witness heard ,He brought the horse back on the Sato. jay. On Sunday hi hired a bily . liorse and yellowgig; heli'ougln it back on N'lortilay, abotit 'the 'ffiidalb of ihe . atit, and hired another, with which he returneditgain about two o'clock on Tuesday 'morning. The gig was very dirty,, 'and the horse too; and there was a little blood in take; bottom of the_gig. The horse was tired, and the whip; nearly worn out. Benjamin Cozwell is shopman to a pawnbroker in' High-street, Mary-la.bonrie, wits shewn the pistols, andl 6 . v/we-that he sold n pair similar to them on the 24th of October; be ibia them to two men, one tAll and thel other short ilkwy were-marked 11. 17s. and he sold them' for 11. 15s. -Be did not know either of the persbps toi be side Wen); J. Butler, hostler' at 'the Baldfaced Stag, Edgware.' knows Mr.lcobert, and saw him about seve*l 1 4Iock i alone, on Friday night, in a one-horse nhajse Tith a bay horse. He went towards Edgware, after a • ening a few minutes. William CIA:* was landlord of the White tioh 'at Edg;ware. Had known 'Murrell for lame time, .'and 'saw him about three o'clock, on the 24th of October, about twenty or thirty yards beyond the ninth milestone on the Edgware road. He-had.a short man in the gig with him. The horse was a roan, with a white face. On witness's return home, Trtibert and HuntdroVe•tipin.al gig with ibrown horse. Theylhad two Millings worth' of brandy and 'water. He'stw , J. Martell again on the Sunday, walking with Mr.. Noyes. He did not see Hunt and J. nutter! again :ill they. were in custody. . Cress•examined.—Thurtell:was driving on die wrong side when he met him on dre' friday, wirich.issade . him -tak& notice of him. David. White, a boy, whose father keeps a corn chandler's shop a 4 Edgware, :members Probert and a person with him in a chaise,,purchasingsome corn and beans at his father's, on the 246 iitOetober. Slept en Protratt keeps the 'Golden CrOvs, Charing . - CTOCS. Me knew that Hunt-hired * hcfrSe' of Witheis s son on : the Saturday, .which was a bay one, and a roan grey on the Monday i .the,salpe as he had an th e Friday previous. Hunt produced a £3 note and two sovereigns, lliint'Siw 'a Mr. Reece in withess'i cottie4ooni; ana asked who'he was. Witness said g 4 he war a reipect4 able man, and a man of property." Hunt said, 4 4 thuMp on the head would do him good," and immedi ately put Isis hand in his pocket, and pulled out a pistol. 'Cross-examined.—He was sure this conversation took place on the Saturday. _ _ Robert Field re-called.-; , -Xnew Mr. Probeit, ind la* him at his house, tili a the 24th oftlefober, a'Aaise, and another with him. 'Mum' was the nian who was with hit: . .They had five - glasses of Wendy and water in the gig,' Probetetaid he (flont),' could singit'tbOd song, and asked'him to sing ; but tit would not. they Went away about seven minutes to nine•Citelock. ness's house is the Artichoke, at Elstree. - Hunt and Thurtell were in hii tap-room on the Monday, smoking pipe. Witness saw Hunt again in a chaise, on Mod - - • ay. Witness gave Simmonds, the constable, a sack and It thin, found on the body when taken out of the pond. • • Ittcliard Bingham, hostler at •the White, lalets, -at Scrim:proved that two bentletien stopped ht a gig, at t elr'hotise, on the . 24 th of O ctober . Ofte.wi's tall, the dther short. The short Marl had whigkers Corningdown tb hii month, sallow complexion; and high cheiliiicinis. Mary MaioneY re-culled.-Said this description car resbonded , with that Of the late Mr. Vireare. Binghatn's examination - continued.—The horse they drove was a bald:laced olle. Idrit4ss • had never seen the horse again to know tiirn -Ife did not - know either of the Gentlemen that' wile hi' the gig. Jarttes Freernin lived beirVill's-hill Cottage. About eight o'cloek.tin the evening -of Friday,-he went out into Gill's-hill.latie, by 'a 'gate about thirty: poles from ?rdbert's cottage. In the'lane he saw two Gentlemen in a- gig; between Sitkr's-green and Probert's cdttage. They Were beyond the cottage, and the horse's head towards Batler's-greett. They stopped at the corner of the elbow in the lane, and one got oat. He spoke to The horse had a very white face, and it was the same one since shevrti to him by Probert—tie is trite tare it is the sante. The moon rose after that trine ;it 4tias , a star light night. Though he spoke to the Gentlemen, he should not 'know theist again. Wit ness had gone to sheet hisWilb, who was corning holm from her work. -- Philip With isa farmer, 'and Was, de the ft lah of - October, at MokNicholls'i,lit Blokes Green ; when he *oturned, -about tea minutettefott , eight o'clock, 'he load his :wife end child in eats; they .htttl•to pass towards albltglverors, about •trsto yasds, from the lane; he then heard-the report of •sr gon'or -pistol, and groans; but'he did not go upto the spot, be-; eause his wife and child were alarmed; his wife and childi were in a donkey chnise, while he was walking .behind., Richard Adis lisiedits !errant with Mr. •Pilohert at , in Oetobevonti lrasked after hisliorse; it was , a good brown bay horse, and he-had clrad it about two -or-three (swaths ; about a Aprarter before eight 'he heard ; -the wheels of a gig passing Probert's •house; he looked! 'out, but it passed on towards - Bnler's -Green; about: nine there was a ving at the -bell, 'when -witness went our, tae saw Mr. John Thurrell standing- by a horse and gig, which he told witness to take in; hel brad seen the horse again r it was aikind of iron.grey4 strawberry ; the gig stood as if it had cdrue down : rthe lane from Bader's • Green, instead of frosn Long den; Thartell tnial witness he Was going 'down .tol. see if be could meet Mr. Prolgert4 he'retarned alone; .add witness was going-tothrow a cloth over the horses but Thttrtell told him to 'lease it a bit. The. gig was very heavy, sad 'he itiew a 'Oen parkiag'out al each side, -of it. 110 saw a earpet , bag and a box like those now! shewu to him. tither Psubett nr Thurtell told him Id' take-them-oat of the gig, -In' three-quarters of an boor his master returned with Hunt in his gig, and. John hanging•behind. Thitteell had a lig,ht• .great -coat on, and witness saw stftllo. marks of blood anitt ; :and , witness saw hint ;goatgiog dieeollar of his-goat, about three-quartets of an hour after Probert's return.' is last& Fali)e lb 'the skit' lateen, as 'tltty were goint mr, &fleet lit*y vivre tette :shod; hoar, anil on theie.rtturn, to_o_ W go and tell the cook - to .ost hen he came out,* he foo.nd! 'Rua "outside 'Of "the liortes down, tad lifter Oiting night, .he went into the kischtett.; Pro-' . bottle of yam. Witness savr John watchwithout seals or chain; and, Mrs. iwkward to have one, so, to which ,s i.;itiiesi• saw .. n6 - mute of them kstday ihiorniNi. he ctraes into the, wavdcate, 'and saw them in she then sponging Tlitirtvills over ; Sunday, about ene -o'clock,' Tliurtell ; the former seethed very shabby in tlsethorning, but Wkeitife 'hail been upstairs 'some time he.canie &sit very tleeent. In c'on-ecrlitrice 'of what he heard he went down-totyill's•:hill-lane, and saw a qnantity-'cif blood on a part of it; .Monday he went to London with Hunt and . Mr. John Tbuttell. Cross-examined by Mr, A NDYESVS.—It was irnpoßs . ible to- tarn in befo. e one gets to IVA- . ler's-green. Susan Woodroffe, servant to Probers, at GilNAM lane Cottage, was next called, when . , Mr. Justice PARK said, he was consulting - the con venience of the Jury, and not his own'; by the law of ngland lie Could riot. discharge ,heal case'wifs concluded ; but theyhifght togetheit, la'n4 tceil accommodated by the High Sheriff, -and, then, -after 'a good night's . rest, they might return -with minds,apcl4io djets refreshed, to the dischaegeoftheir important duties. The * Foreman, after turning and 'fel- Inn% `said—:" My Lord, we Wish eo Withdraw : lot ''a - short time." ' - Mr. Justice Pita* Thal; Genilemen, I cannot consent w,; L•lsavelasea tbomhohieStous tendency of suf fering such ssparationsi and , from the earliest time of being at the Bar, 1 determined to set 'thy face akainit it. They are fraught with mischief to- the Puslie— fraught with mischief to the prisoders.i-i-and .1 cannot, therefore, allow you to leave the Court under such 'circumstances." .. The jury—" Then, my Lord, we will g00n..". • 'His Lordship then ordered the nigh Sheriff to fist; nish sandwiches and wine aria Water m the'JurY:Boi. Susan Woodroffe was then examitittL—She saw Hunt' and Titurteli at her master's cottage -ou the 24th of 'October,- and had ,to- cook pork 'chops for their_supper. She also saw Ihurtell with a- watch without seals or chain ;he laid it the . ItitChen table. Next Morniu g . she went ititO the parlou r inefound Hunt lying ba the conch wish a white hat on; it was hot. Master 4. - On Monday morning she Went into the stable, and found a sack all wet, and ripped up, hanging in jt., John Harrington was at l i t 4 in Gill's-hill-lane on Satar day . Morning, the o tirliek,• When ttvo came dciiin . th* - Ittte ; he 'identified Ilinttell as oriels( them ; he had isivhitellint on, bent in bit bath sides; the other was a shaft man with black whiskenss they went about ten rods from witness and his partne4 and began p - abbling in the hedge; this was a little past etlock in the aligning ; witness pat iner Usl:ed the lloMnlttiiin.siliat they were seeking, and one t.f them said', a knife and a handkerchief which he had ‘dtopped the evening before, when he was Capsized its his os Witness's partner asked him if, he had, hint himself much, And he said only a littlq. • I . le said lrg ilati got his Itnlfe and liandkeiChief again, • and then: the (tvit Gentlemen went away; witness went dtitrn the lane to the place where they had.been searching, and on look. ing in the hedge lie foun d , the penknife now produced to him ; he also found a part of the lane ivheie there was much bloOd last. -The wititesi then proceeded to detail what passed•in the visit of the prisoners to the lane on the SAturday morning, as has already been stated in the different ex aminations before- she • Magistrates. His .eKaatinatinir having concluded, The prisoner'Thurtell appealed to his Lordship, and requested that he tvohjel again put it to the Jury to say, whether they would not now adjourn? Ile trnsted his Lordship would take into consideration the -exhausted state in which he and his fellow prisoner were; and the extreme importance- of the question they had, to de cide. It was not impossible that the case ror the pro- secution would still occupy some hours, and then there would be the defence; he hoped and trusted the Jury would consider these circumstances, and consent to ad journ now, that they might. come-again to the enquiry to-morrow, with renovated powers and clear judgments. His Lordship observed be bad already declared his readiness to 'adjotu-n, if the Gentlemen of the Jury thought fit. • lite Foreman declared that the Jury did. not -feel' themselves so much fatigued but that they could still proceed. His Lordship obsersielit was his duty to sit and di rect this - enquiry to long as the Jury felt themselves equal to the discharge of their duty ; and by law it was contemplated that enquiries of this description should terminate in one sitting. Still, however, their first ob ject world he to afford to the prisoners the fullest and fairest niiettigation. It had just been intimated to him by the'Cotinsel for the prosecution,. that their case wAs . slow-fwarly . concluded, he thought they should now ptvo feed-Lathe close of the prosecution, and when arrived-at tharpeticul.of their labours, if the prisoners desired it, he would adjourn. Charles NiChOls, examined by Ur. DRODRICK, stated, that he knew Probe:l.:Whey lived near him. The -.wit ness received the. pistol, which was found by the witness, ,Harrington in the lane, front -that. individual. He re-:' collected the Sundayer,enkn,g after the murder, PI obe. and I'hurtell did not call on hills that evening. fle at hoiht . tbe Whale evening. Mr. John Pidtock; a surgWOtt,. id* th 6 -body at the, Artichoke, on the -day it was taken oat of the pond. Saw: the body taken frops the sack. There was a handker chief round the neck ; in &hit- respects it was naked. t John Ftefet, 2 ftesSedger of 13distrupis, was, on the 4th of OCtkiller, at -the Creic pdblic-hotise, in the Hay market. His was in ,possessieu for tht Commissioners. ecollects•Hunt.conaing to•tive house in a-chaise. Hunt brought a note from Thurtell to, witnesi. -desiting.to have a:Shoal, some coats, and other artistesef apparel, Whittiteetie in a . loitt.in'one oY the rodttis,'itArt4td to hint. 'The •thints were delltereltci the sitawl .vest 4 likke. t. b at imiv produced. Mr. -Blakeslcy, in•Qctolser lust, lodged at No. - 9, king street, Golden-scfnare. 1-I,not resided in. that hpufe. On the nth of October, Hunt came home in asjg, and wit neis• saw him tate but x gutty in a - c'dte, like that noW mithieek .*tid la Atlyer Wig; and AIM 96tiiirCbteti;-le l . toe 4: tblam..iato:ltis ovin am/Oment. • . Charles Upson, the Officer, took Thartell from Lon:. A, asti4s."-at MOrtltAttti'Vialastit ffie ?Me as aldategrey COW( tb'r the Pr '; 'teas Inidegiit Mitilinltsts, Hatileet three,rtowte rs o f an :n-lisety'stables in Wim.: master rola witness i; Mum cante to hire a the pork chops on. remember the day of the thditell inside 'arid 1 ik itb tiatifnrd ; the horse ness went to nib use pikrticular horse; them up for WO night, kly;•it was Mr. Probatt's: Bert came out for a to 'as,pinting to, asked him: :flusrtell with R. Waal nhe wuuid.get one over Prober: said it wa s as y, conceiving that he was! liziirtell 'Skid 'that theft ; on Saitit Mi-AlttObatt's ) and lfl wsi 'kitChen after his work ;II hired isthorse; this wasi kitchen ; Hunt w as l'of Mr,Westresmnrder.• which was di rt y a ll us the Saturday. On thet - he saw Hunt and Zit s • ~..~c ~ - ,r_ }:•:. -L-- • icon to itiitorii In -a "vsliFn at 'Veitigiqh, 1'114144, it•eiktthsistition •-ve .4og the vtakilliphiliilkithlkitik litiage abbot* -acid* half Treat WidoP4v - he *Pr ivawnty. Witan A s nothi% to incluatAtlM4n : V,p this - 4et ; he made the statement in a conversation r e i I've to Hunt's confession. • Caroline leOrlftst *ids 'rho*** Thtleteil, sft-11116 , Coeit,)n the Haymarket; had 'seen John 'Motel' use a shawl simi tar' to that now produced, she could not 'Weill this was the Lucy Sifter, also lived dereard it The each, Ind gave slienfiter tea. tinteny.• John Marshall, a genmaker and cotistahle, knew the giin now ptit into his hand; had it to ietitir about . '6r/dive Withal* ajini -111 that time it belonged to Mr. Weate. - Forster, a constable, had Thurtell e. st con- Verealion, Thtittell said,thet 'Ruin was a rascel far ndifnk Mtn that manner ;he would lot have served him so. He pad offered the watch for sale or pledge, and was only offered '23. for it, al though it was worth 60f. 3'heprosecutiou Closed here, and the Jury intimated to his Lord ship, that they wire now ready to adjourn. • Hia Lordthip observed, the jury hid relfeved Mt* Mil a 4 Vellf groat difficulty. He *as antitius to prevent the ,possibility of its being supposed that the prisoners had not the tulles; and most im partial investigation of their cuie, whatever the rewit might tie. Having arrived at thdt period of their labours at which they could with propriety pause, he would now adjoutu the 'Court until to. mdrrdw mot ni t ik. The•proper officer was then sworn tb take charge of the Jury, who were taken to the Salisbury Arms, in the neighbourhood of the 'Court flouse, and there deposited for the night in safe etritody. Tite'COurt then adjourned to nine o'clock to.ntorrow morning, this day. The prisoners were conveyed bark to the ltrfititt denier the usual escort. The crowd throughout the slay, both within and un the outside of the Court House, w:.s • SECO ND DAY. • 13i EXPlthss. Iner FORD, WEDNESDAY, Twelve o'clock. The pletinre to obtain admission to the Cow-I - mese •was as great this morning ass on either of tilt former days of these proceedhigt: The. incon•Veniente and danger; from the rush at the entrance of the Court, hoiverrer,•was greatly dim4nished by The orders which hed been :given to the officers, that these iodividnais Whose dutiet and avocations called oh them impeia tively to .he pretent' in Court doting the proceedings, should be admitted at the private entrance of - the Town Ifrlll, •Coint • time previous to the arrival of the Learhed-Jedge; the galleries were also occupied by ipettatort, 'a considerable time before his Lordsbitil took his plate on the Bench :by this j.dicious arrange !bent ntutbindonveniente*as avoided ; the Court wat not so hot, nor did it appear so much crowded, although at reater number of perions were present than 'on the former day; arid that scent of noise, riot,•and so disgraeefttl tea Court of Jastite, and to dlsretipectfist tost'*rds The 7 preliding Judge, "Patin a great measure avoided. Amoagst the individifals of rank and distinc•• tide who' entetedthe Cant,' and' : took their stations 0* • estehlide his Lordship's chair; pietious to the Of the Learned Judge, We observed, the Earl of Bireitt.; Lord Cowper!, Captlin FrteCiAltellet, Sit Jetiii SEltkrbtit, &c. &c. His Ordship took his seat on the Bench abobt i • . quatter of an hour after nine. Thurtell and Hunt were placed at the tsar a few minutes before his Lordship's arrival. Several witnesses, among whom were Thomas Thititell, were iirsttendance and ready to be examined. • On his • Lordship's arrival in Court, the Jury were called over, mid the Learned Judge enquired how they bad been •a - ccommodated during the night. The Fore man returned his thanks to the Learned Judge, on be half of himself and his fellow Jurymen, for the atten tion which had been paid to their comforts. • Itutliven was called. and • examined by Mr. ArtnnEws—ile stated, in reply to the questiont put to him, that Probirt had'requested him to take a message froth Ifintto the Coroner, desiring to see him. Pi obert stated to Ituthven what he wanted to see tire Coronerfor. Probert at the time he wished to send the message, de- elitrell his innocence, and 'ignorance (lithe murder. Th6tnas 'MOW was examieed by Nit-. PLATT.— Saw Bunten Fritley, the. dai of the supposed murder; ht' llitti thin st suit Of black orY; he had The same clothes bn trpOn the Saterdiry ; *knell does not know whose clothes they rvare ; Hunt .sails very badly (if in the world ; lie 7 freqtrent/y borroWed clothes of JolinThurtelk and money of the witness ; When lie saw him on' the Sunday,et Probert's,witness thinks he was better dressed than fdrinerly. His Loiu*ssir then enquired of the prisoner, Thee. tell, whether he wished to address anything to the Jury The prisoner expressed a Wish to call some witnerseir, before he addressed his Lordship. The Learned JUDGE said this was • a course whidb could not be adopted ; the prisoner was first to addrets the Jury, and then call his witnesses;—such the course always adopted. The prisoner Thurtell then proceeded to ad.:frees the Jury. He now rose to address them under greater dif ficulties and hardships than man ever did . befole,.to de fend his life and his honour. He had been attacked •by the Press, which dispensed with equal force its bene fits or its' curses ,•—by that 'Pre - ss he had been repre sented as a bold, heartless villain, who had secluded-the lend of his bosom into a sequestered pith, that ht a might strike blow at his life with greater sects's - ht. After the base and unequalled calumnies eihic►(i 11a8 'been heaped uponhim by the Press, it was almoscittr. , possible that men could come unprejudiced' to'die esni `siderntion of his case. He did, howeVert, look for Ward to his Jury for that unprejudiced juBgoient Width his case so pattitularly called for :to lie so wieted rdi *e bad been represented, wickedness "Mat htive groV/ka with his growth, ind strengthened' Kith his.strength; bet he would call 6entleftitin to prove, those frbilt his •youth his breast had been guiltless , and his hod fret wizie•Osetfroving with tho niil4: of hurnienitiridneVl. Ite-hidbeen :trained up by it" Odds thither, ;and En lightened ansireligionv father; whet he had foryearrbettrie a - conimissiott in the•siew ice 'of the Monarch vAio .h at i we n s o f r eemftily and so - jnitly tailed 'the fathttalf his 'Penple.: Jiii!itot obare hi s bosom, or to meet death in the service of his country; 01 • . &raw •.. , . r _ Ee rt ia ; t .4 NO _ - .•_•