Star. — London, England, 1820-03-29 00:00:00

•- - . lance.s which would be vSholly for the consideration el the Jury. He would wiw . proceed to the very vo luminous evidence offered for the defendants ; but, as Lc had said to the Jary onSatui day, he would put it the parties whether it was necessary to go through Cie evidence of each witness. Ile did not think that the Jury would find it neessary . ; and.the less so, as it was probable that, by-and-bye, they would be of tvinion that the facts to which these witnesses were called were satisfactorily established. Mr. Hunt.—My Lord, we leave it entirely to your' Lordships discretion. Mr. Justice BAYLEV.-1 only wish that every thing should bz.• fairly done, and so considered. Mr. Ilunt.—lf your Lo-,l,hip should happen to leave out any particalar poi:lt of evidence, will you allow us to call it to your Lordship'S recollection'? Mr. Justice Bavt.uv.- 7 ' . I will not only allow it, :it I desire it may be dime , and I hope these con .,awned for the Cro‘..:n will also do the same, if I :.hould omit any pokt of evidence making for the asc.' His Lordship then went on to recapitulate leading points of the o.:•:'ace, as it bore oa the de i'endants generally. As to :Saxton, the Crown had ve;-y prov.erly given up the ease against him. To him it appeared, if the evidence of the several wit ne,ses to be believed, that the conduct of the Meetin:2: wai peaceable; and if those who attended it were inn:-.ceat io thei: inten ions in going to the they committed no offence in so doing.— it alai .l:eJ the evidence of a number of wit nes,e; (tvh,ni his Lor.islip enumerated) that the people went peaceably alcn^,—that there were women cl;ildren mixed up with them—and it would be 12r the Jury to consider how far their intentions ! - r i ,t have been peaceable, when many of them thus their wive.; rind daughters with theta. As, cliceied on the field, or at the ap yo.n...:ce of the soldiers, they had a perfect right to and unless the cheers were those of defiance, shvy vile innocent. Several of the witnesses , !ete.tc-1, indeed all of them who spoke of clie:•r,, looked upon thcin not as cheers of de l; ~,rocceding from a consciousness of in of the persons, even the women, C.e . ; ti - ,e looke.l upon their ap :is iu ::0 it anGer hostile to their 11:s L , :r.lship, in summing up the evidence oi came to that. part 'AIM' mentioned the !! ;no Police-ce, _ _ t!..::. iii LOY la!! p « oull recol• lcc:. nei:her he nor .;311:1,t)ii had given any di. or enc,:tiva7ernzi,t to the i)cuple to his•. I ilia: he was .'.'.out to stx:e that ;..) goee. throuelt the eeidenee ef several e leleseee '.is - Loreship agaia called the ileum tioe t:f tie .:Gey o) the pc:weenie conduct of the Meetieg on the lieth, and the fact that no peesoo had been celled to prove that any act of vielence had been coeernit.ed be e the Cavalry came. There were new toe lee,tiote, which he should put for the consi ,:eeelee. o: the Jure. Toe first was, whether the 2'4 • wes illegal in its nature, or in its manner? and the seceod, how aey, and which of the defen ela.eo, were criminal in joining it? If the Meeting evere :'c:-tectly legal, some of those who were present miiht have acted illegally, if the Jury believed that it was their intention to give the Meeting a wrong ilireceion. If any of the defendants should, in the opinion of the duty, have so acted, then they would be guilty of the crime of having met for an illegal Purpose, though the great bulk of the Meeting might have been perfectly innocent in their intentions. If the object of the Meeting was to discuss or to peti tion far. Reform, in a:peaceable manner, that would be strictly a legal Meeting, unless there appeared something in the manner of assembling to create terror in the minds of the people of Manchester. If such terror were excited su as to produce alarm to tie town of Manchester, then the Meeting would be iilega', and all those who concurred in it would be •guiity of an illegal act. If the Jury believed that t..e alarm excited was not produced by a fear of pre 'at, bat of a future danger, if the Meeting had coe :nucel together, they would give a special verdict to that effect. They would recollect that there was no ieterruption of business on that day, and this would 7neerially influence them in the judgment they should teem, whether immediate or remote danger was to Le feared. On the part of the Crown it was sag-1 Feted—and it might possibly have been so—that an i:nrnediete disturbance was nut the object of the par.e t:es accused, but that they !coked to the future power' of some mischief. It would he for the consideration.i, of the Jury to inquire how far this was proved by tee evidence ? The next question was, whether the Meeting was unlawful as to the intentions of any, and v -. eich of the defendants ? In looking at the case in. tees view, it was necessary to examine the actions of t:e several pa: tie;. The Meeting was admitted on all ea:Lis to have been very large, and one of the charges e..- - ainA the defendants was, that. they had attempted • excite, in the minds of those present, disaffeceion eed di-,conteet, and to produce a hatred and con tempt for the Government of the Country, as by law eeablished. Let the Jury look at the facts. It was . sae!, that this Keeting was called by seven hundred hooekeepers. However, not one of those persons had c:11::!ti to prove that fact; and as to the manner inch it really was called, or by whom the notice • given, the Court and the Jury we: e left in the ti".• k. Mr. llunt, it appeared, had recently before lien at a Meeting at Smithfield, where certain iteeluti(ais had been agreed to. From thence, or at eoet soon after, he was found in the neighbourhood : , ianclieeer. He was there before fhe time at .Lh the Meeting of the 9th was to have taken 1 , 1:e. Now, if Mr. Hunt had intended to propose i:':ellotions at the M.eninct•of the lath, sihrilar t:, • se . .vhich he had proposed at the Smithfield Meet it v.-inld be for the Jury to say how far they be likely to excite dk.content and disaffection stud, those wan sere itsensbled. Ile would ec tins pair. of the question entirely to them, with • • e tins observatioo—tlen if Mr. Hunt had such and that the Itoolutiors were c4ltulated to cee di ,zearent, then quoad Mr. Hunt, the Meeting e °old be illegal ; and it he communicated such in to :toy others, and they Approved of them, tee.: there would 'oe a conspiracy ; and if any three e: them went to the Meeting with such invent, the : , teezine, e (Arid, as far a s t h e y were concern ed, be il ei,el ; .for the law said, three or more persons." :.e Court and the Je: y went ; not only on what was roved, bet what might be'proved, and nu evidence G. Lad been-offerea that it wits intended to submit any other Resolutions to the Court. . W ith respect.to the flags Which Were carried, it was important for the Jury to look at the inscriptions which were on them. If any of those inscriptions were illegal, or calculated to excie disaffection and discontent, then he who bore such flag, and ;Li t!,,)se who were arranged under tt, were guilty of an illegahact, and, as far as they were concerned, the Meeting was illegal._ Jn look ing to the inscriptions, it might also be necessary to see how far they corresponded with the Resolutions :which had been agreed to at Smithfield. There were Universal Suffrage"—" Annual Parliaments"—and " Vote by Ballot." " No Corn Laws." Now, if the words " no Corn Laivs," meant only that the laws on the importation of corn should be repealed, nothing was more harmless than the inscription. The crirni nality of the motto would be in wishing to have them so repealed by threat or force. Neither was there any harm in the words " Unite and be free," unless the Jury believed that there was a bad intention in calling for such union. The next inscription was, " m Taxa- I ta without Representa t i on is unjust and tyrannical:' llf by this was meant that it would be unjust and tyrannical to tax any min who had not a_ vote for a Member of Perliament, it would be unlawful, and calculated to excite disaffection in the minds of those who were present, a great body of whom had not votes. But it was quite an error to supeose that any man in the country was unrepreiented. Every Mere- her of Parliament not only represented the particular place for which he Was chosen, but also the whole of the kingdom, and it was his duty to attend to the in teresoof the country at large. Ile would, therefore, he (Tea to the iaoruction and advice of every man. The Jury were well aware that it was not merely the working clases which were excluded from the right of voting ; there were men who had copyhold pro perty, to the amount of thousands a year, who had no right to vote. A man might have a lease for 999 years, of very large propel ty, without a right of voting, and so it mast be ; but would any man say that these men were not repre•ented, or that their in terests were not consulted, merely because they them selves did not vote? In dies: observations the Jury would only go along with hint as far as they coin cided s ith their own opinions.-,-Another banner, had the inscription-s , Labour is the source of wealth." So it w:ts, and so he hoped it would long continue to be, and that those who acquired wealth by their his nest labour should enjoy it, and transmit is down to their posterity. The next flog had the inscription— " iset us die like men,' and not be sold as slaves." Surely, there were no slaves in this country ; and if the inscription meant to convey that any portion of the people were sold as slaves, such a meaning . would be calculated to excite discontent. The banner of Bamford's party bore " Pailiemerits Annual," and " Suffrage Universal," " Unity and Strength." If any of Close banners were meant to convey to the eye, what, in such a .fleeting, no voice could convey to the ear—if they meant that the people should be disaffected or discontented till they had obtained those objects—then the plaice who bore the flags, and those who marched with them, would be guilty of as illegid act, and the Meeting, as far as they were concerned, would be illegal.—He would now come to another part of the evidence—to the training and driring ; and he should tell them, that if the object' of both was to produce greater order and regularity in those who attended the Meeting of the 16th, it was perfectly harmless: but if it was intended, by giving this regularity, to give a greater degree of strength to the party, and thereby to overawe the Government, or to gain confidence to any seditious opinions, to procure a legal object by motives of fear, then it would have been illegal, and the Meeting at which they assembled,. after such training, would be illegal also. It would be criminal as to all those who were concerned in training for such an object, though there might be thousands of others attending it whq knew nothing of such motives, and whose purpose was quite legal. Now, as to the part which each individual took in the Meeting :—First, Mr. Hunt came to the neighbourhood of Manchester; he was met at Bullock-Smithy by Moorhouse, and he went to Blanchester on the 9th, where he addressed the people, certainly not in a manner respectful to the Magistrates. He remains in the neighbourhood till chi. 16th, and nobody knew how he spent his time till then ; at least it was not in evidence, any farther than that he was at Johnson's. It was a question for the consideration of the Jury, whether, he• intended to propose the Resolutions carries at Smithfield ? At all events, he had offered no evis deuce to shew that he had any others. Mr. Hunt and Johnson were both present when the _people hissed at Murray's and at the Police-office; but it did not ap pear that either of them had advised or encouraged it. Johnson was on the hustings, and proposed Mr. Hunt as Chairman ; and it would be for the Jury to say, how far he was likely to know the Resolutions which were intended to be proposed? This would entirely depend on their opinion of his intentions.— He next came to Moorhouse, and certainly he ap peared to haVe had less participation in what had passed than all the others. l'he Jury would look at his case, and judging by his acts, would see how far he was connected with what had taken place.— Conjecture would not be sufficient against him, and if only such existed, he was entitled to an acquittal. The Jury would next look at the case of Swift, and see how far he was connected with -any previous motives. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Henry Orton, a Repo: ter, that Swift was present, and exhorted the Meetihg to be peaceable ; but then this was on the testiindny of a witness whose recollection as to other points was at least questionable. •Ile (Mr. Justice Bayley) had before told the Jury, that • evidence of words from recollection of this kind ought to be looked at with caution. He did not mean to say that Mr. Orton told anything which be (Orton) did not believe, but the Jury. would do well to consider whether his recollection of wh at p asse d was the most accurate. He next came to Healey; and if the Jury believed that he meant to impress on the minds of the people that they should have any change in the representation by means of force or ; threats, he would be guilty. As toohe words " No Corn Laws," as he had before said, that was a point on which much difference of saoinion existed in the country, and a wish to Ifave them repealed could not be criaanal. , But the words "'Taxation without Representation is unjust and tyrannical," were, if . they bore the meaning he hail before said, caltuliited to esciee disaffection, and would, in that case, be il • . lege). Bamford, it appeared, headed a party; butt if the banners which were borne by that party were not calculated to excite disairecti,oli, there was nothing in the manner Or conduct 'ef the people tá tl:c:te alarm. As to Wyldt-, aims at the held of another party, but the banners rivhich they bore were not specified, and therefore, it could not bn knowit titer they were of a dangerous teniency or Jones was proved to have been on the hustings, bt7t it would be for the Jury to say whether it was for the purpose of constructing them or n o t. It ap peared he had used the word "enemies" in one or his speeches to the people. Ile (Mr. Justice 13ayley) %Vas sorry for it. That word should not be applied by any one set of men in this country to another where all ought tube united in one common band of amity and union. Tire Learned Judge was then once more about to revert to the Smithfield Reso lutions, when Mr. I-lont said—l hope your Lordship-will excuse me. Your Lordship, in adverting to the Smithfield Meeting, has said that I proposed the Resolutions. My Lord, it is the custom for whoever is Chairman at such Meetings to put the Resolutions, and they are handed to him for that purpose. I did put them, and I gave a copy to the Gentlemen connected with the Press, who attended. As to the lesolutions in tended to be proposed at Manchester, they were seiied on the hustings when : the Meeting was dis persed, and, though we have given the prosecutors, notice to produce them, they have not done so. I hope your Lordship will excuse my interruption. Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—Certainly, NIL Hunt ;,and I feel obliged for reminding nee of anything which may be material to the case. I hare put the case fairly for yon, and fairly against yon, to the Jury ; and if it were to •be the last moment of m)- life, I would gi7e the same to the Jury that I have nom done. Mr. Hunt bowed, and appeared perfectly satisfied with what his Lordship had done. • The Learned JUT:GE then proceeded to refer to the evidence, and to enforce upon the minds of the Jury, that the main question they had to try was, whether the Meeting was or was not, according twits manner, calculated to produce terror, either in the manner in which it was formed, or in the circumstances that ensued before its dispersion ? If they thought it was so constituted or conducted, then the parties, with that view attending it, were criminal, and the Jury, would especially record the species. of criminality they attributed to them. The Learned . Jceoe con eluded thus :—" You, I have no doubt, have •:onsi dere& throughout this arduous trial, and with patieat attention weighed the evidence on both sides. Bel tween the defendants and the Public, I know you will impartially and justly judge, laying aside, ai I im plore you to do, all considerations of party or prejudice which may prevail elsewhere, and give your verdict, as you upon your solemn oaths are bound to do, upon the evidence alone.. I have- only one observation more, and I peremptorily require attention to it out of respect to the Court, and out of deference to the laws; when your verdict is given, be it Guilty or Not Guilty, !require that no symptom of approbation or disapprobation shall be uttered within these walls ; 1 any such demonstration of feeling is a high contempt 'I of this Ccurt, and calculated to subvert the princi• pies on which Juries should always act. If a Judge or Jury should ever act can the popular effect which any particular decision may create, or travel out of the evidence before them to form their opinion, their conduct would not only be highly erroneous, but most criminal. Find no defendant guilty, Gebtlemen, whose guilt is not in your minds clearly established by the evidence—find no defendant innocent, if you think the evidence estabiishes his guilt ; wherever a doubt arises, the defendant ought to have the be-' nefit of At a quarter past twelve o'clock the Learned JurinE closed his Charge, and the Jury retired. • Shortlybefore eve o'clock the Jury returned into the box. Ile Foreman• held a paper in his hand, and said the Jury had agreed upon their verdict, which he read as-follows: " I‘loorhouse, Jones, Wylde, Swift, Saxton—Nor GUILTY. Henry Hunt, Josepll Johnson, John Kuight, Josvph Healey, and Samel Bamford, GUILTY of assembling, with unlawfulban tiers, an unlawful assembly, for the pLerpose of moving aryl in citing the liege subjects of our Sovereign Lord the King into contempt and hatred of the Government aad Constitution of the realm, as by law established, and attending at the same." Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—Do you mean that they themselves in tended to inci:e ? The FoKev.Ax.—Yes. Nr. LITTLZDALL—This verdict must be taken on the fourth court. Mr. Justice BAT! rr.—Let the verdict he so recorded. You fird, Centlczner, ca such counts as the words of your verdict ire aprlicable to. Y.) tin not mean to fird that they treated ter ror, or incited it in the minds of the liege subjects of the King. The FORF.X.II.4.—We sriesut, my Lord, to find on the first count, omitting a few words. _ _ The Learned Jean s: then requested they would retire and look over the counts of the indictment again, and say to which count they meant io apply their verdict. ' The JURY withdrew for a few minutes, and returned with a verdict of Guilty, generally, on the fouith count, and Not Guilty upon the remaining counts. Mr. Justice BAYLEY-4 take it for granted, the defendants are still under recognizance. Mr. Ilunt—We are, my Lord. Mr. Justice 141 Lay—Then let theM new additionally, In Court, enter into their own recognizance* to keep the peace and good behaviour for SIT. Months, Mr: Hunt in the suns of Two Thousand Pounds, Mr. Johnson of One Thousand, and Bamford and Healey Five Hundred Pounds each. The parties then immediately entered into their several re . cognizances. Mr. ll:lnt—What Is meant by good behaviour?—My Lord, it is a very indefinite 'term. Mr. Jarstioe BAYLEY—The law defines it, Sir. Mr. Ihnt—l always, ray Lord, wish to chew good behaviour to the law. Mr. Justice 13.trtzr —Then you have only to contiaue to skew to it the gaud beluviour you , sbserved in Cowl during this trial. _ _ _ Mr. Ilunt—T hope I shall always do so, my Lord. In any thing that fell from me, it was far front my intention to give any offence to the Court. Mr. Justice MI-Lev—You gave me no offence, Mr. Hunt. Mr. Iltint—l never will, I hope. My lord, I have to thank Smile Lordship much, for your patience during this long trial. Mr. Justice Ilstal.art—You owe me no thanks for doing that which was my duty ; nor in what I say to you do I do more ' than state a fact—l do not mean 'a civil expression. Mr. llunt.—lf l move the Court of King's Beech for a new trial, I suppose, my Lotd, the defendants who are acquitted need not attend. though the indictment charges a conspiracy. - Mr. Jtistice DAVLIY:"-I can't advise; but therewas a case in Surrey-- I forget the name--I'll replkect it directly. His Lordship then turned round to the .tur3i, and they bad . iiis best thinks 'for thepatittittatten tion they had bestowed upon this arduous trial. Ile v.-as very obliged to them.—Then facing the bodrofth* Court, his Lordship addeere• I very much • approve of the ((induct of the Court itt the time the verdict was gii-en In ;" alluding, we pristitne, to ;he universal silence which prevailed at the time. It was nearly six o'clock hcfore the Court broke nv. Mr. HUNT was cheered a he home to his lodg ing,: lie maintained, to the last, his wonted compo sure, and there was a calniruiss and respectful deco rum his manner, at the close of the trial, ,v7hich excited much sympathy foi his s;tuation. E LANCASTER ASSIZES. • Extract of a letter front Lancaster, dated Sunday', :March Vii :—The following is a list of the bills • pre leered against the Manchester Yeomen: •" Two against Elutord Aifenk,h,;-, the tiumpetcr ; One of theM for cutting William Cheetham severely nn the nick; and the other fur .wounding Alice Kearsley, a women 72 leafs old, os tho ear and necks One against L1:44e . .-si Mb:et, for wounding Elizahttfi Darren kier'elv on tite,head ; and one against Tit wafts S,l,eirterditte, for cutting Margaret Guoden cn the head. All the bills Were cut, as not found by the Grand Jury; and although there were other cases, it was considered uselei to prefer Allem,. as the Grand Jury at last satisfied themselves with merely ask ing the witnesses if the accused acted as a soldier on the 16th .:1 August: and on receiving an answer in the affirmative, the y sent ahem out of the room, and determined the fate of the 1.111 wi:hout entering into further infpiry. . e John Dunn was on Friday tuund guilty of the wilful murder of Margaret Grimes, and is ordered for execution to-merrow mor.ong The facts were shortly these :—The prisoner, in ait of drunken desperation, in passing the house of the deceased, wba lived in Manchester, put a pistol into the window, where she was ironing, and shot her through the head ; he then end.g toured to make his escape, but was pursued and taken." Boxr:ro.Yesterday a fight took plade at Farnham. between Martin and a fellow nick-named tite Stislo! Cabbage. The fight was originally intended tifhave been exhibited at Maidenhead Thicket; but the Ma gistrate, very p;operly, put a stop to it. Oliver and '(Handal! seconded Martin, who was indisposed frcro rheumatism : and Cribb and Clark were seconds to Cabbage: The match, which was for 10.) guineas a-side, lasted two hours, during which 76 rolinds Nye i-e fought. Itocyo 1. 'Martin hit his acl• , ?rz.r:r on the side of the head, which produced first blood. Cabba,se missed his hit, and in a Cii;it! Martin was thrzr7.-ii. 9.. Martin hit his adversar7 over the eye, and Cabbage made a slight return, and in another close teeth prated themselves novices at the weaving systF.m, and Martin was again thrown : from Lis bad condition he was not expected to last it out Itslag. 3. Marcia gave his adversary a left-handed stomacher, 414 - B:tad:it!, which produced an involuntary groat ; and Cabbage, when close enough in, threw his blows away, and in a hugging match Cabbage was thrown ; and as it wat seen he was but el' little use, betting was reduced to 6 to 4 upon him. 4. - Martin missed his.left-handed blow, bet gave Cabbage a rattier with the right on the chest. The :wand ended with a hugging match attain at the ropes, and both were down. Of the 76 rounds knight, It will be only necessary ta partien larize those is which changes took place. '.Martin had hitting his own way, and changed the ads in his faeour in the seventh round, Cabbage having been hit * a ll left and right, and one of his peepere pieered ; but bettitisavas very gat, as it was doubly hazatdoes to back Nlartin's coneitipn • ; and his ad versary was a known game one. • 16. Martin contrived to place One hit in eatery recond r uhtil this, with the left hand at the head or the mark be bpried his fist in Cabbage's body (to use a ti :sh fighting phrase), which crimsoned it well; and in this round, if there was a knoCk down, Martin gave it; but it was rather a push down from thy . _ _ - Fxcepting being hit as before stated, Cabbage bad nore the worst at the rope hugging, and Martin had shewn much wt As ness ;• btu he fought at points, and his friends were not sate a his coming again at any rs u after the 117th,* when he appeared much exhausted,- and fought disadvantageoisly until the • ;.Ist. In this round he gave WA adversary a full facer with the left hand, and loosened his front railing with the right, when Cabbage rolled his jaws about as if masticating a tough steak ! After a hugging match at the ropes both went doom 41. Cabbage's left eye in tiarknegs, aud his features iseie much distorted, when Martin had a turn at the other eye in this round, but he was thrown. Cabbage h..d no chance after this but by Martin's condition; and the rounds were of a hugging nature against tile roper; but Martin was cbie4 down. 7d. The fight ended here in favour of Martin, trim hit him several times about the neck, and head, and threw him, and twisted his ceck so that he could not conic again; he iaid ups-n the ground nearly a quarter of •an hour, as if lifeless. Ile •wis bled from the arm, and he bled freely from the right car, in consequence of which he recovered. Cooper, who he Molly:cam: in Scotland, fought Hickman, the gas-rtan, for- a purse of ER/. • Bets two to one on Cooper. The seconds were, Oliver and Gibbons for Cooper, and Shelton and Randall for Hickman ; and it was a most gallant fight of 14 rounds in 18 minutes. • Roulso I. Cooper sparred low for hitting, and every accident it was expected that (las would be smarted. Ile, however, led upon Cooper, and hit him heavily with the right hand, through his guard, upon the nose, whim drew claret, and' Gas closed and threw Lunn without any mischief. 2. jilts were exchanged until the blond flew about in all di . - rections from both. - Cooper returned with the right hand upon the head before the.rally, and dropped his adversary by a heavy hit upon the neck with the life ham'. 3. Severe fighting ;ill both were covered with blood. Gas placed his right-handed hit upon the head, after bitting open with the left, and he was doored in a rally. Betting at at setting-to. 4. Bath shelved off upon the piping system; hut Cooper *u the weakest of the two, and was %Mayan after receiving a smart hit co the head. 5. Cooper was hit down at the close of a gallant ra'Jy. O. Both distressed, and they cloud and fell irregularly. • 'l. Cooper parried the right hand of his adversary, end hit him over the nose thrice by breaking his ground, ard Gas was thrown. Cooper the favourite. 8. Both tried, and down in a close. • 9 and 10. They partly recovered themselves, anti hit away in a manner which astonished ; bat at the close of the 10th round Cooper was bit five or six times, and dead brat. The 12th round was all for Gas ; but he was smartly hit in She 13th by superior science, hut Cooper fell very weak. 14. Cooper was hit tO all parts of the ring, and thrown; wheel Gas was declared the victor to the disappointment of all t h e knowing ones, as he disregarded hitting, and would net be denied. —Both were terribly beaten. FATAL BOXING. An Inquisition was h:ld yesterday, at the Distillers' Arms, Great Saffron-hill, on the body of John Proctor, whose Heats was ana, : d the !dint yhe received in a pitched battle with another man, of •t he name of Prichard. It appeared, that the deceased and .Prick ad, who were both market porters, were drinking in the ti orni•c", of last Saturday fortnight in a ;addle house, to Jam?' snett, Covent-garden, where a dispute arose between them abot t a pot of porter, and the deceased challenged Vrit:hard to tight ; after ni:h aggravation on the' part, cf the deceased, Prichard-consented; and, accompanied by a number lof persons who spicited, them on, they repaired to the front of the market, where they bath stripped, shook hands, and set-to; they fought a full lour, and both gave and' received many tre mendous blows and falls on the pavement, during which use the decea s ed, who was the ablest and 'mightiest man, had the best of it; at length they were sep4rated , they shook haudi; and both walked back to the public-lipuse where the dispute originated. Shortly nfter the tit:ceased fell speechless on the seat on which he sat, and in that state he was carried home tin' a shutter to his house in Greyhound-court, West -street, where he died ill a few days after, leaving a wife with:u a few dayp of her lying-in, and fLur or hve small childred. Fro the whoe of the evidence it appeared, that the sktessed was :Pori ie Tasks • than Prichard, who was challenged and compelled to fight by the decea..l in his awn defence. Verdict—Death francjighting.