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TRLIL OF JAI I atEP#O.O23:FIR MURDER: . - • . • CUMBERLAND ASSIZES, AUGI7St 24. James Wood was charged with the wilfatmorder of Margaret Smith, wife oTthOinas Smith, wearer, of LOngburn, and Jane Pattinson, of the same place, Crater. -iv- • Tliomas Smith, the procecutor, and husband of Variaret Smith, deCea se d, was ca lled and swam. ' He said, that he lived at Longburn, in the parish of Bromfield; w as by tra d e a weaver, and had a small farm. James Wood, he prisoner, came to his ho us e at Martinmas last, when he was at Wigton market; hiswife and 'wife's siStEr being at home, the prisoner was detdiled by' theta till his return. The p risoner being a waver, the prosecutor engaged him to work out a web which' he had in the loom. He said the prisoner was a good WOrlanan, and could make about fifteen shillings a week When he chose to work, but seldom idade much more than seven shillings, which erase the prite agreed on for his board. He continued with him in the capacity of a journeyman weaver, 0-am that time till January 19, 184:18, on which day the prosecutor went, in the morning, to Wigton mar ket, leaving his wife, his wife's s i s t e r, an d the 1 riso tter, in the - honse. He (the prisoner) had on a pair of stockings and sleeved jacket belonging to the pro secutor, which he had obtained leave to wear, being himself very scanty of clothes, having only one snit. The prosecutor stated, that . when he left home, on the morning of the 19th, there were six guinea notes, a twenty shilling note, and a crown piece, belonging to his wife's sister ; halt a crown belonging to his wife ; end three half crowns' and three shillings, belonging ;o himself. The money was deposited in a box in the parlour, which was kept lociced, and his wife had the key. The half crown belonging to his wife had been in her possession a great many years, was of the coin age of 'William and Mary, and was marked with the ...I . initial letteri of her maiden name, M. P. He stated that on his return from the market; in the dusk of-thee:ening, the day being . wet, he was much surprised to find - the cattle, out in the yard, which, at so late an hour, was a circumstance un common. As attending to the cattle was the business of his wife and wife's sister; lie called out, but nothing t.nlWesed.. . After taking his - mare out of the cart, he ire! into the house, andfoundhis sister-in-law sitting' . 43n i.aiii With her head lying on the table.. After ' • 'Sing her head and plaiing it on his arm, he wiped tice, Whiel'aPpeared to be bloody, and exclaim. • , " My dear jewel, what is the mitier with yOu P' i i ereceived . no answer ; bufai she was an infirm wo, Islay; and Wood, the prisoner, and his wife, not being Vresent, he imagined that his sister-in-law, having had a fall on the poor, they had gone out, one to inform the neighbctimi, and the other for surgical assistance; consequently was not muds' alarmed, as be had not .yet 'perceived the state she was in, only perceiving the wound d o her fixthe4d. - He went out z o n4 took care" of the' . cattle; bat 'was not absent flielie than three or four minutes. When he returned, helighted I candle, e:nd . disco'veted Ms - sister-in-kW to be , 4 sno ring' in her blood; irifh Which the table was covered. having raised' her - up, ile opened' her eyes 1 he 'thought she linese him, and, Seemed' as anxious to speak .16 him. 'Perceiritig - herYitrifinger to be nearly oil iSC flangin, Only - Sy . a *ill part 9if the inner skin, .he became snitch Zit-mg - incl . concluded she had beeri "nitrderecl. ' He TM* became anxious' for the SafetT of his' wife, and; Air , a little searching , found' Ifer in the barn. ' She waX s eatended on the floor, with her head'uniCh bleani i' she appeared nearly dead, aiird Wit speechless: ' Ire said, 4 , her skull was very much cracked, and her head as soft as a boiled tur itip.':' The prosecittOrli liOuse being at some dis tance froth any. ether, he went in search of help to his nearest rieigfilinies;estclaimin : g, " Murder !" Oil MS ifii."-eraininatioh, he said he was a native of - Ireland; hut had lived $ O pearl in his wife's 1.... 2 14 years as a servant with his wife's brother, ea 16 years flurried. He had been fOurierly a builiandmarii . but Tn consequence of a hurt itieiied "On'hii . litiee E , Iliich in a flimsier iflontsicitated Mil foe trial eisiplot,flent, he- had learned the busineii of sreaiing;. Tbe'risanagement of his, little farm chielljt *volved& the women 4 'Wood, the prisoner, was very willing to afford theit any assistance, and On this account was well treated by them ; as a son, rather than as a servant. * The, prisoner made no Secret of his private concerns, but statia Thathe had been impressed. Onboard of a man of war, and was then a 'cleierter. When be first came to the prose- Critor%, he' was exceedingly bare of ' money, and bor rowed five shillings fox' Die purpose of buying a pair of cis ; 'aictashe earned so very little, he conti ',Med in the same state of poverty, having no other ticidisisfe means of honestly bettering his • circum stinCel.- At thb time, however, of his committing the A - tildes-, he. was not any t hing in arrears, but bad about four shillingi, which was due for wages, to itOeilie from the proickator. • The prtsorier was not, en kakeei with' l'se joriiieciitor for any filed period; but a liberty to.depait at anitime. PreViotts' to the' .iai of ' January, no intithatioa whatever had . been, given by the prisoner it:pectins any intention of ; leav ins.- . lOW Bell said; he was a relative of Margaret,. Smith; on theinomifig Of "the 20th of Januart lily, iet. Mit eft& the prisbner, through Wigton and 80,-' tress; tro6ett di water to Scotland, and overtOok`t l gia o nei at Cutsintirees, betwee n Annan and nism _, 'that' he pride up to him, and said, is 3e.m, •my 140,1ists A nse go back with the.” . He'ssild he would.' 'The terlttstisettituired iihf he left Ein c i i i: ici arp ? I.lb, itiVeh li i.‘thsbE ruffians had 'costii to' • iiiek," - • • -1 1 balirlithei, •whett 'falmt, • had on a iris coat.' Ilie.witneStActok, him to Anflair, to a. toilfreAOUTe, • and inquired if the ruffians had hurt his aunts • to; Vitieff Rif fiiistiner'‘ inivierech selfuit In' 1- fo o ki iiirajiefare hlr, Scott, Magistrate, who ordered' Mfis' to 16TOlbooth prison, and he was there si;troined' . -liesethe silthig• Magistrates.' No threatenings or' promises were ever used to induce him *tr.i make son . • • ' Stott, 51K4shite of Annan, heart or els pri soner . 9btß offhtrtriiyi-airid John Ben, Ve4g at the Tolbooth publifr . hnuse, and wen; to havetiftt secured. Robert Elba, the conctablei of ital?Ai; The witness - (Mr. Scott); uskid:high it he . had ..purehased et•aMt ybickhtdoloit '}feits:s' inechately ordered him io the gaol, and went wilt fir•nrfcir the 'in:Midst of etaiiiinagon. *is ther4 • llreavf die pus-Fo lk wiw tL o primeact saa wen ioegi tug ib Eitobsb. s fonnli Iffs-lisitAiniqden4 to isU r vei up etkfy, other article Of 'property o si?hich Ad eas possessed, IWhen he put his hand in fa waistcoat poc, kat, .apd tack out a shilling, A, ,Nv hqin, some hagkie4e, and a . knik . arid saiditihacituithing ef;e about On further . searching theme were found ',Os watch-pocket a crows-pike, four halferown.,piece's, and 30 shillings. One hall-ctown-piece was - of the coinage of William and Mary, marked with M. P. 1802. All these articles were put in a paper, in the presence of.the prisiiner, and selled. Two hours after, he was taken befori Sir William Douglas, Messrs. Greencroft, Hodgson, Forest, and witness, Justices of ‘ the Fear,-tovit irsarnined. Nothing was said to the ptiso 9 o, either by way of threatening or promise, to Indic him to snake confession ; on the contrary, he wits told that he was not obliged to an swer • any quettion which would criminate himself. The prisoner, when examined, made a -confeisiost. On• his cross-examination, the witness said that the prisoner was very collected at the time, and not much worse for the liquor he bad had ; and that Wood, the prisoner, with the greatest apparent indifference, said, that lie had killed the women folks, and after com mitting the murder, had broken open the chest. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, ia'd, that he had left the two women in the house the morning when he departed ; said he had nothing more to say, but left the rest to his Counsel. The prisoner's defence being closed, the Learned Judge proceeded to sum up the evidence, and to com ment on those parts which might afford the strongest light to the Jury. The Jury, after a few minutes, gave in their ver dict—Guilty ; upon which the Judge.: immediately passed sentence of—Death.-1 - le was executed the next day. ••.•••••• Mt7l; ---"- ig ------- 14 in.Viag l , .trAn#At E ti l itiltY ha ve ouad, th'lA'e witliiii-aame nn, ewieof Ed nut Wtortittlif ~.,..144,44.4,, , „36p iced ; iichae . agi.ltuth,,tbe wite ot Samuel forrisit ThasseaMaslanwsottifaessieviiiacickar, de psased, Elizabeth the wife- of Thomas Richards ? and Sar'a'h,-late yilb pfAatinitel-tritley,.e;erftlit sOle ;iefti of Icht.Oti Pe fit ,OfAe rirth:sr, to. th e mliti,foi r s* Charle's"Bar 4 Ler, - sieceasc4o, at the time of lug daath;l being his first c-iusins an the part of his mother. F 414 'that the verdict given in-the-first Calls:, becomes trio-1 pergi VC, Qll IC,.cf; . alt, of those 'l,a,st,partles being o= l .aared sple ;tett I kin. lk the 0241 bisween t two, which is that of Ba rber 9. Wyk!, the verdict , *as for' the deflitdants, on' the 4elirring if ;whicli the Foreman 0,%14.-;: e 4;pd -- .4. 424, 4 4eh1ted .14 . 4 i, that we conceive the 'Pla! has ape 'made Gat his claim, This being a/verdict-I . °, theDefeudnat, no Certificate from the Judge is necessary. The Learned Judge,figther vectifles, That all the ,causes were such as to he„fit,tfa be • tried ,I t y special Juries : this was necessary for' the sake of costs i .that.part of which that relates to the Specihl Jnrieii woald fall on those who moved for them, Without such Certi4oate, as the LOAD CH 4NCELL9K aid not; direct them to be tried by Special Juries. The . Hall was thronged during the above trials, which took up two 4ole days ; several eminent Solicit from 'Londpn attended an behalf of their _ Clients. Mr. JAlivw was the leading Counsel in 1 the first cause; and Mr. Serjeant WILLIAMS ,-' Mr. DAUNrEY were the leaders in the other tw The usual demnpstrations of joy, the ringing oft wearing ribbons, &c. by the successful parties, lowed the verdicts. 1.-•••••• COTTIUM, BARONET, V. HARRIR, F'SQ. The Soucfroa-Gesettal., Sir Tuostas PLomk, who car* cienen'ttpon a Special Retainer,opened this cause on behalf of Mr. Harris, that being decided by' the Learned * fudge, after the point was argued, to be the right cpurse, although Mr. Harris was defendant,' becliase the affirMatiVe proposition was to be made out : by him, he claiming an Estate in virtue of they Codicil of a Will." The cause lasted - for twenty-three botirs, and an. adjournment took place in the 'middle t;'f i llr. GAIiROW'S addrass to the Jury on behalf of Sir'John Cottrel, for Mr. Gaanow had also come down upon a Special Retainer. The adjournment took place between nine and ten' at night, until eight ibe following morning. The leading circumstancea dt this case were shortly these :—Mr Harris was the Steward of an elderly lady of large property. both • real and personal; three large estates in Worcester shire, the Mansion of which was in Henley Park, and. ~. two others in• other counties, many leasehold houses in London, where she had also a residence and very btrge personal property. Mr. Harris had obtained Much of the esteem of this Lady, who arrived to the advanced age of seventy. He had been her faithful Steward for four-and-twenty years ; and by the letters ancicorrespondence between him and Sir John Cottrel, Mr. Harris claimed the merit of having introduced Sir John Cottiel into the family of this lady and her, maiden sister, whom she survived ; and which ac-' suaintanee ended in her devising to Sir John Cottrel one of her very large estates, of which s he h a d the disposal; but which Sir John Cottrel would have had iet, the evenrof her dying intestate, for Ise is her heir at law. This Lady drew her wilt from a form lithich the had of Mr. Cowper, an Attorney, at Hen fey-upon-Thames, and, wrote it out all in her own 4nd, and duly executed it, and it was duly attested by witnesses. She kept it locked up, without comma ! 'mating the contents of it to any body. On the Sib tifOctober, she being feeble and in bed, gave directions tinker waiting-wornan to take it out oiher escrutoire, *rid to give it to Mr. Harris, with direction's for him to open it, which he did, and clisCovered some omissions in it; that sliehid not left to any one the residue of her es tates real or personal ; and therefore he went .to her land soon afterwards engrossed with his own hand a r eodicitas follows : , t I Sarah Freernan, of :Henley Park; in the county of Oxford, w ido w , having made my Will the cri'th of June last,*elare hi's to be a-co dicil thereto, and desire it to be considered as a parr thereof. By my said will, I hate left several annui ties to my servants and ether'perscins : ar,l it is my will that all the said annuities so left 6y my will shall be charged upon and payable out of my estates in the parishes of Astley, Shratiley, and elsewhere,* in the counties of'-Worcester ind Hereford, that I have heaueathed to the Rev: Denham James and Joseph Coolies. I have also in my will omitted to mention the residue and remainder of my estates real and s per weal, which it was and is. my will to give and devise to my executor Joseph Harris of Stanford, Wor cestershire, after_paying thereont all my debts, lega cies, and funeral expences ; and I accordingly give lad ( devise the same to him and his heirs for ever.— Sarah Freeman ; signed, sealed, and delivered by the! within-named Sarah Freeman, as a codicil to her Will, in the presence of us this 10th day, of October, 1806. .I.' Taylor; ht. D. ; L. Coulson, surgeon ; Edward 11.1aion, servant to 1 1 / 4 1:-s. Harris."—This lady had by her Wilt left all the rest of her estates to those from whose ancestors she had derived them ; and the sing]: question was, whether this codicil was fairly executed by her ? Mrs, White, who had been ber.servant for many years,• and baying married, lived at a distance, bnt attended her in her last illness, gave an account of her state of health. She was ill.and rambling in her mind and talking incoherently on the 6th of October, fan. eying herself on a journey from Southamptbn, &c. but being brought to the window of her bedroom, there seeing her servants, poultry, cattle, &c. upon the lawn, ate suddenly recovered and became herself again, and clear in her understanding; continued so fvoni the 7th.to the 11th of October ; but on the 18th :le began to ramble again yet worse, and 'until the nth, when she diecl. Other servants, corroborated this statement, and nd many patticulars. by which. it appeared that . . ; c ll :ic of iltw. iri a t s im fairly e xecuted,, . t appewed . by the evidence .of many other most 4 .T.,„ect.bie %,,..ss, that. Mr. Harris .was on the itcY.-and.afection with this Lady,-;- BY the evidence of Lady. bialmesbury. and Mrs. kite, .49 sister. of, Lord Donovan, and others, that rely Sim. ,'Efeemart w . .oka..Lady of a. v very good, but of a - nnbeildinlLAPP4 ; not 00 .to. give up. her opinion, A etc. ; 2 11.4 ,tbacAU Harris was generally of the tetrtie l s wen ., these noble, persons Visite d her.. Mr. rilagig RV *** Freematellegatee, under her will, .hf ore.the osiiikil,, and hild.a.les . acy of itsoo by it : — support' of thii Acting., of.2,l4ectninist- benailst -by it .toh n . calefek-As . kialivile; 141.,I 4 1. , tat this Lid not in her right mind whet' he executed this Cp.4fCiTi impoied ipon her . for his , oath 'icistAnbig*,-:—the chief wit:. suLisei supptk- tot . this vrere,.•DeCtor Taylor, thi Playsiaian, .and .14h Coulson, qui Sespeortriebsikul . agoodrai ..wpft.ance :414. testimony pits, grit although Algyas t lunaikAt *time she executed this Coclitil, sife.yvas not, in their op i. lion, of such a sound - an d disputing mind .as to be capable Of tsdkiteathing- her estate ; and iharhad they heen aware 4his. Codiril.passed assay her real estate they ,vmul l inpt llaye4;s i ested it; jeektbey thought it was only to sußriy , soinslggitidefect,in.the Will, aut. give it vigour and ef f ect as a legal instrument, Su. &c . After a full iovestig-ation and an hripartkal chaue Berri the Jtidge,•the idry, after having retired ire %metimt.retgtesednifiriiesfor,the Defendant, Mrs ,Harris ; up* ic4 4,00 , 404 b!arit of applause ted ; place, and such hu.zzas, that it became necessary fee the Learned Judge to etercistbisatithority to restore otter, by threatening to commit any one who terild be discovered to have joined in C4.noise.—This is ai second verdict found ix-the same way, .en the some question, between,the *time partios,..—The cause ex cited such interest, Old 41e 441 w r g) thronged, tflat . sorne of the Attatates coticetned. could not get _ at the table by the Corl. • respective - - - t —P— HIGH \TER AT LO, lON entsopE . • WA'a _ Morning fa-MORROW: Vilihiuti . •a bee te IS atit2o!ell SALES: Ji.,Y A U Cll4i). ELEGANT ii...E9thENCE, ErFRKEITT-tQLTARE. be SOLD, the LEASE of a desirable REST. DENCE, sitoate ou the west side of lierkelry-sqmon 'tutted for the acemmodation of a Fam:.ly, wi.h excellent domes tic (Slices, Cos Ch Hotise, and Stables. 'rp be viewed Ity ti kefs. l'artieuhys 'of Mr. Robins, wsw wick-street, Cold-ell-inn: ire. BERM, iIiZAR-MAIDENHXIW. ELTGIBLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, FAIatLY NANO* • AND LAND. ' - • • TO BE SOLD OR I.F.T ICY PRIYATE CONTRACT, , .. By Mr. ROBINS, . . . A_ N excellent compact FAMILY REID2bIC A ./...s. with domestic Offices cf all descriptions, wt-ii plum 4 judiciously arranged, fitted up and completely fetrilhed, ins style, and fit fur the imnit-.'inte reerption of a Ger. I man's ra nily; excellent productive G.trideo• walled route. velrl-attdar.d crop pal, and in the gightr. prrfecdon ; Pleasure Oro a Maids:fat Ind planted in a pleasing and taiKetid manner ; a r r an of fine *alai rAiritsts through the ,rounds; sundry inc:. sures o` rich Meadow i aid, and a triunity of Iced in the open f elds ; the whee about thirty-et Acres, all in a high state of cultivation. A small Fates adjoining, containing upsvel di of 40 Acres, may be had at the option of the perches ... To be viewed by tickets, which, with particulars, may be baa, of Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Golden-square. SHEEN HOUSE, NEAR RICHMOND, BUMIKV. CAPITAL MANSION, GARDENS, AND NI/frIZEN ACRES OF LAND.—By Mr. ROIIINS, At Garraway's Coffee house, 'Chinge-alley, Cornhill, an mutt day, tl:e 15th Septemiser, at Twelve, In One Lot. ADESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE ; comprising an elegant spacious Mansion, called SHEEN HOUSE, situate at Sheen, near Richmond, in the County of Sur rey, late the residence of Lord Palmerston deceased, presenting a capital Family House, seated on a Lawn, separated from the road by a wall and folding-gates; contains, ma the around-Boor, handsome lintrance-hall, Eating-parlour, Drawing-room, and Breakfast-room of large dimensions, elegantly furnished, with • veranda at the back-front, 36 feet long; a Dressing-room House keeper's and Butler's-rooms, Servants Hall, Kitchen, Scullery, and Cook's room, two Larders, a principal and secondary Stair.; case ; the bedchamber and attar stories contain 15 Bedcharribers, 3 Dressing-roo.as, Library, and Water-closet ; in the basement, convenient Cellars; ard, with detached Kitchen, Wash house, Laundry, and other buildings; a treble Coach-house and Stable for seven horses; ,Gardens wellatocked and cropped, ant} planted with choice fruit-trees ; drapery and Tool-house ; Farm.o. yard, and various Out-build/tics and Land, in all about 19 Acres. ornamented by a sheet of fine water. The - Premises have been altered and improved at a consider able expence, and are In the most complete order, planned foe the accommo dation of a Gentleman's Family, forming an elegant, 'and-pleasant residence, only eight miles from London. To be viewed by tickets. Particulars on the Premises; at the 'Ce.stb , ,,Richmond ; at Garraway's; sod of Mr. Robins, War. wick-street, Golden-square. • - ,MESSRS. LEIGH and Co. Strrgeons, confine the, - atttntion tek the treatment ot certain Complaints contra:tat, 1: on unguarthdhonr, and ehat.Debility winches caused by youth. 41 habits. Mr. LEIGH having been engaged in thieetclesive branch for the last eleven.years In this house, it is presumed that the advantage of Seek experience gives the utmost success so that I • assiduity with which they devote themselves to the Cure of thew '.Cotstelaints.—ln all caste of recent occurrence the cure is'speedy, jand pain and danger are equally avoided. In every complicate* ,Car, and in those distressing deficiencies, which are the cow,. quences of youthful imprudence, or the enervating indulgences tif. maturity in warnr climates, their mode of treatment ensures a watt and permanent restoration to vigorous health. The terms sok stated on the ilia; interview, or in answer to lettere, containing a. bank note, andln every case the most inviolable secrecy is the servtd.....---Ne 29, Arundebetreet, near Temple Bar. There is an adilitimed entrance in Water-street adjoining. I :t i fPriltrANT - 151 a COWRY: • . THE Advantage the Public must always deriv, -a- hem regularly educated professional• men' directing almost .6:elusively their studies to one sp ecies of malady, was never more clearly demonstrated Mee by. th e anexampled SWOON *hid) It* attended the administration of their new reMedy, ,andothe dietary cures it 104 perfOrmed. For a long series of yolWas MUMaa. CURRIE and Co. Surgeons formerly in his Majesty's service. have Made the Venereal Disto:e the particular object of their ittrtsti., gation, and are happy in huviter discovered a nsedleitiesuperior to mercury in the cure of chat eztnplaint ; it is seffieient. to ohms that the effects of this remedy, are diatneteically,oppoinetn these' of mercury, for though it completely eradicates every vestige of the virus, in its most confirmed stages, yet it doss not in die 1.1.1: injure the constitutloo ; the contrary, it enovetes the systet.. In all its natural functions, promotes appetite, and facilitate: gestion : thus instead of reducing a strong and vigorous coostitv don to the frightful condition that mercury does, it not only pi . serves that constirutiosein Its primitive state, but restores a wee 4 and debilitated one ttstis natural stelingth and vigour. Nwnhere less instances are on recent record of the superior efficacy cf tide medicine. its inherent and specific virtew; acting ae,a peepetwa eon - et:Ave to bodily debility, whether proetAding.frem an exct.d of conjugal or illicit pleasure, or from the more ingidlou ,s theta le not less destructive, indulgence of ivniutions youth. of both see 4 'in a certain pernicious habit. Amidst the melani.holy variety of disorders.whieh are the consequence of this Kilt* vicee.thfre sire n e ne sporeaggctinilhan that distressing *tate of debility.and d. fitienty which prevents or embitters tbi matrimonial ft3te unhappy sufferer - brood's ever his Misfortune, 'ashamed to set + re lid, until he is reducedto such a *ate of Weakness as to remit* oppressiwa. To such persons it must be. a consoling retrain tiouto keow, that they may now, by a new-infallible "ode treatment, be restored to that greatest of al) huingt blcsalnV. a 1110414, manly'and vigorous constitution. lu all cases of debility, deficiency, from whatever came arikt, as well as in every species of venerealinfeetion, Mersin, C.ni and"..:o. mos he ceasulted .by patients of, either , em. with tt.t greatest secrety, and honour, at flicir house, No. IQ7, liatzed 'Garden. t'astiknte in she countrY deficribUg the Pixtrieulv of - their eampleints r by borer poet pai4 enclosing a Beek nose, 'H i fi haN4ol.Gdpetisnrp.oxedicine and advice sent a any pan of. the kutgdien. N 0,107, Haar Dclit4l: 1.,0311)0N ; .I"Rat4d ,a 9,1 PubliAl al.bit,VE.L. UZII7,a Cot.. 'terbary Pio*, Lambeth, At tl;e STALL No. 1, Cati:y street. Ptash•htd al* at the Sztastfetter,:romplr /Jae. WORCESTER ASSIZES. L", v. WYKNeIIIMICII 9, 111.14q1Zit. BARBER er !lit}. These causes were three 1 ) 00}1 dircted.hy theic49 CitaNcituant out of the Court of Chancery, fo r . the purpose of trying who were the next of tin to a Gen tleman of the name of Charles Barber, who was.the son of William Barber, a sadler, in the Strand, where he and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Mathews, had lived fur many years, and had many children ; two of whom, George and Charles, went to setk their fortune in the East-ladies, where George died. Charles succeeded in his object of making a fortune, to the amount.; it is said; of £lOO,OOO. In Correspoided'with his oxi:her, who had be comae widows and he inede his wills leaving to her the bulk.cf his wealth. Bat while he war sage homewarthis mothlr died: He arrived in.Bng land:-:-castae to London in the year 1799.--put up at Oyborne's Hotel in the Adelphi ; but was suddenly taken in, and in the course of ten days died, Without making any other will ; the consequence of which was that he having survivell hie Mother, to Whom he had left his property, not knOwing of her death, and not' making any further disposal of it, t4e Legacy became what is called a lapsed Legacy, and s - dierefOre, in Contemplation of Lew / he died intestate s epon which there were several claimants to hiss property, and: the .parties went inte'the Court of Clopeery. . Upon the hearingeof the matter the Lotto Ciameatut, in order to be informed correctly of facts previous to his pro notmcipthis decree, directed these three issues to be tried in a Court of Law. The. substance of which was, WhO were among the elaitqants next of kin to this gentleman, exfrarte tateriq and exitarte materna ; that Is, on the father or the mother's side ; for as the whale was personal property, the next of kin on the fe male were equal to those of the male Ine,'eqhal de gree of consanguinity giving to the parties equal rights. The Claimants to this property were, Edward Wyke, Mary Maddox, widow, Rachael Chauding, Samuel Morris; Thomas Mathews, Ethiard Maddox, Thomas Richards, and Samuel TitleY, and they claimed to be first Cousins of this Gentleman, ex liark =dem ; that is, on the Mother's side ; —and John Berber, Thomas Barber, Ann Moody, lWard troOdY ? Thomas Moody,Ann Jackson, Evan Hughes, .and William Birch, claimed to be first of Kin ; that is, fink Cousins of the samq Gentleman exfiarte ta tenta ; that is, on the Father's side ;—and Leftwick, claiming to be first Cousin of removed, on the Father's side ' • and Thomas Ellington, also claiming to be next of Kin to the same Gentleman. . . These-Aline issues were very ion', and depended :On the pedigrees of the parfies, which required the • testimony Of a vast number . 'of witnesses, as well as the prodgction of a Vast number of documents, such as various Registers of Christenings, Mar. riages, Burials, and Etigraltirigt upon Tomb-stones. It became, however, at iist eildent, that Margaret Mathews, of Shrewsbury, 'a serAutt-Ipaid, came up, • to Landon, and there married William Barber, a Sadler in the Strand, and that they'hait rpu4. chil-. , dren. one of whoin was. Charles Baiter, dose prO party was now in question," and those who •clabin un• der her, persons chiefly of the labouring class; auc- • ceided in establishing their claims as her next_ of Kin, and the bad a verdict in their favour; bnftho'se Who claimed' under the 'Father were ultimately un iticcesifld dry . . bitting 'unable to trace satisfactorily the brigin ' a William Barber, the rather of Charles Barber,- and consequently to shew that they weto i Ms kitidrect.—Oneiet of witnesses stating that he IRAs a perion *Zvi came out of Cheshire, or Lancashire, and 'served tiny to a' at . Liverpool . ; and came theece to j...ontlon ; and one or two endeavoured 4a . identify him by sitting; 'alit when 'a bgt: he played - at marbles,' arid it was - . ibrhaTked 'that . hi had lost • a thinnb, which was 7. the case with' the ,xacller in the &find, on *bid* hand did dot appear that . ir#4, the woman stlrap E, ~ wars knatlio hi r.eindon. 114.-aosr,sq;:vif iiesses,maintaibing tYt'a 'this . Sfion was a of Shrewsbury , as wclis eviderke, on either r iide was not iat - 07tctoijiki the Jhry, Ili. the' last caus e, as to liirrj t SO that .i4ori - 0 4 .0 f t h e whole o f Alli n s . .oftpcin. these three issop#,. .the'retglt was, a ver - slifc i to; Claimailts on, the part 9tite motlAr; to irle od e Of the *We propertY. Aid the " Certificate the Learned Jut; upon .'the ported to the Loan.t)i . Orrisrwil.isz--- it it appear. ea in evidence, and so tlW;titl have Nurid, that Sarah Leftwlck. was one of th:e of kin, thepart of thCfattit t to the iaid,Chir` l3aiber deCeased, at the ; z ip! of hi s death, being one Of hip first cousins our temoriar this is on ttif awe Barbei4 • r: t