The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-04-24 00:00:00

t . • ~ • 'ft - z COURT OF MO'S BENCH.—Aeati • t' VAS WINO V. THS Oda MONT AND Met eosin/CT. The question for the opinion of the Court this case, was, whether the tias Light Company were rateable to she poor to the extent of their profits; or only for the amount of rent paid for their premises and works. Mr. STADER argued that the rate ought to be assessed on the profits accruing from the works ; but The Coney were tinanimously.of opinion that the as ' segment ought only to apply to the rent at which they • costa be let, and gave judgment accordingly. !MILIAN V. eABALLRO AND' WWII. Mr. TINDAL moved to quash a writ of lalitat issued • • sea'nst these defendants, On the around that Mr. Cabe.- ler° was privileged from arrest, being Secretary to the Spanish Ambassador. Mr. C A WPllKLl;shewitd . cause in the first instance, and ebjected to the insufficiency of the affidavit on vibe! — the motion was founded, first, in not setting forth the name of •the Spanish Ambassador, for non conttat, that the defendant was Secietary to art accredited Ambassador • front Spain; and second, in not stating in point of fart, that. the defendant held the situation of Secretary at the time the writ issued. The CouaT thought the first objection untenable, but 'the 'ergot), appearing irresistible, The Rule was discharged, but without costs. 'Tin...Judge , sea the King's Counsel were attired in their full dress robes for the purpose of attending the drovierrodto. PAWNER'S B AMPFYLOEINQUEST , BART. ON SIR CHARLES . . . . Yesterday morning, in consequence of a represents don Made to T. STIRLING, Esq. the Coroner, by the fa mily of the deceased, that it was their wish that an itiquiry should be lield,'in order, if possible; to elucidate ant Nether eireumstatces which could have led the as sassin, Mnelord, to the commission of the diabolical act; and as veriousamplea.sant rumours acre circulated in the a izhonurhood, it was thought necessary to adopt this comae, although the body bad been soldered up. The Coroner' consequently issued his warrant, and at i • •• 11 o'clock the following gentlemen (having been pre- • eionsly In/mooned) composed the jury, at the house a Sir Charles. Nn. 1, Montague-square : Ste Wm. Kelt. Grant; foreman; Col. F. H. Doyle, Col. Robert Gordon, Col. Robert lloustoun, captain If. Stuart, John Woodhead, Esq. Wiliiiim Parry. Esq. John Dunlop, Esq. Richard Purnell, Esq. William March, Esq. Richard Trench, Esq. and Robert !Axton, Eq., The jury were assembled in the drawing-room, and on being empanelled the following evidence was ad duced : Dr. Henry Ainslie,. of Dover-sheet, Piccadilly, being morn, deposed, that he was sent for on the evening of ,the 12th inst , and round Sir Charles in bed; he was free ' from fever, hail a very quick pulse, but was very com posed ; a wound was shown to him in the deceased's hack, which appeared to have been made by a hall. Sir • -Charles grew tiorse,• and witness attended twice a day . until be died, whith took place on the evening of the 19113. Until within tholast *24 hours of his destii, he did not appear to be niatenaliy. getting . worse; there were con siderable variations fruits the tune of his visiting until be died. • Cotner! Doyle.—What time elapsed from the time of year visiting him until his death . ..Dr..Ainslie.--:-Eight days ; he died on the 19th inst. agaseination continued. —He attended the foramina • elalrif the beey ; a pistol bullet was found sticking be tween two fibs ; it npparently had ashen eillePaeuratt . throsserlitelosii, lad lA4 lartrken . riliiad part of the . s pine ; shortly after his receivieg tht sound, an effusion of blood and inflammation follbived, which was the im mediate cruse of his death. . . Mr. Benjamin Hopewell, of. No. 60, Ororge-street, . Portrian-squaee. apotrafy, stated, that on Monday, the 7th, about half-past Nu in the %Benisons he was seat for to attend . Sir Charles : be foam& him id his dressing- rooms in a standing position considerably agitated. He. informed the witness that lie bid been shot by the man Morland ; he examined and discovered a wound three inelres below the shoulder-blade on the right aide of the • back - lie instantly ordered Sir Charles to be pot to bed, and kept quiet, until his surgeon (Mr. Heaviside) bad . arrived. Witness had attended'elpon Sir Charles until his death. The ball had occasioned great sloughing of the wouud, and inflammation of the pleura: The Coaossit. , -You saw him immediately after; was • there are any great effusion of blood ?—No great deal ; hot subsequently there was a violent internal hannorrhage, • which was the cause of his death. Colonel Doyle wished to know whether he might ask the witness whether the deceased had made any commu nication treldm; and, if be had done so, was it evidence? CORONER.—Certainly, in all cases, if the parties consi dered themselves in danger. -Colonel Doyle.—Then - I shall ask the witness whether 1 the deceaed made any communication. and if at that time lie considered his life in danger?—The deceased • made no material connanication, and I believe• be did • not consider hin*elf in danger until towards the latter part of his illness. Sir W. K. lirant.—Pray was there any other substance found in the wound than the ball ?—icart of his dense! jacket, which was immediately removed. Sir W. K. (',rant.—Did the deceased at any time state bow the wound wane Occasioned ? ... Witness.a—Ves, Sir, heiclid ;he aaid then( was. ',prose ration foe an assault pending .against Moduld by his (Sir Charles's)• servants, and that MOrland came up to him and.aaked. Lim to forego the prosecution, and that Slr Charleaseid be would not * a ny thing to do with . him,nd told. him to go about mess; that he, Sir Charles, thee felt a pain A his back, as if by a violent . Mow from a stick, any . on looking round, be sew the Murderer bleeding - at outh, and then Sir Charles co ncluded that he hi ilad•been shot. Sir Charles did not ovation that any other person was with him at the time of the occarrence. Witness knew the man Morland very well, and saw and recognized his body at the time the inquest wasteld on him at the Worcester Arnie. . • Sir IV. K. Grant —Did you nnderstand that his words, when be spoke of Morland, implied that he, Sir Charles, wield !•avetnothing to do with him or the prosecutiou? .. . The CotibMta- remarked, that be thought the words could imply nothing more. John Heaviside, Esq, of Heorge-street,Hanoveramoare, surgeon, stated he was sent for ow Monday, the 7tb inst. between four and five in the afternoon, to attend Sir Charles Harneifylde. Withess went immediately, which was about half an hour after the affair happened. Sir Charles he found sitting in a,clutir beloscatairs ; a tiound was in his right side, apparentlyinflicted hy a pistol-shot. 'fair Charles attliat time complained of great pain, from tie-side wounded to his left side; and which, on examin ation, proved to he the directiun which the hall had taken. The hall entered on the right aide, between the 11th. and Itth ribs. All Sir Chaelee said at the time . was, that be Was killed. The CosioNea.-- , Did he mention any names ?—None at all. . - .. . • Ur Costostse.-. 4 Dia he say any thing ahoy( the peesoe i bleeding at the mouth ?—lie did not tray anif thing about• -Lim. lie iaratiably,copipliiioed of the pain in his •right. aide. . .. _..Jip.a Juror.—You hawse-who. be-meant •by that inaw? • - No, I did not. Colonel Doyle mid. they wished to have the rest of the medical gentlemen. called in and asked the question, Ishetbee. the waned was the occasion of Sir Charles's death. fiH ST) .11n. M'Otegor, — Outbrie, and Ho*ship were of that Thomas Jones, John Longhurst, and Lucy Stoke", were called to prove that Morland was the man who fired the pistol : to the latter Sir W. K. Grant said, you had a good deal of conversation with Morland that day? —1 did not speak much to hint that day; he appeared very low spirited. Sir W. K. Grant.—What.sort of a man was he; did be appear a bad man ?—He was a dark swarthy man; 1 have known him eight years. The Conowaa.—Did he say he could persuade Sir Charles to stop the prosecution ?-He said lie wished to speak to Sir &diaries to stop the prosecution, .in order that he might be able to get a situation. Sir W. K. Gram, be understood he was engaged as butler in York•place. The CORONZR said, a man coming to ask a civil ques tion need not be prepared with a pair of pistols. It would be necessary, he.said, for the Jury to look upon the body, and he was'of opinion they would not want env further evidence. The Jury wished to see th► letter referred to. The CORONER said, he could not say who hail the let ter : but at all events the contents could not justify atiy man in shooting another. The Jury baying viewed the body, returned. The Conotvzst said, they bad beard the evidence; they had also seen the body; there was no doubt Sir Charles was murdered by this man ; his name also sr peared to be Joseph blorlitul. The Jury then returned a verdict—" That Sir Charles Bampfylde, Bart.. was , wilfully murdered by Joseph rotor land, deceased."—The Covet was then dissolved. INQUEST AT THE PENITENTIARY. 'On Tuesday an inquest watt held before the Coroner for Westminster and a Jury, at the General Penitentiary, Milhatik, to ascertain the death of Anne Martin, a female cenvict, aged V.. Mr. Robert Chapman, the new Governor, stated, that the deceased and her sister, Sarah Martin, bad been con victed of felony at Exeter, during the Spring Amite, of 1819, and sentenced to seven years' transportation, but that punishment had been commuted to live years' impel tonm(nt in the Penitentiary. Mr. J. Pratt, surgeon to the prison, stated, that the deceased had complained of indisposition—the last time in January last, and was admitted into the infirmary ; she was affected with i scrofulous disorder; every attention was paid to her in the infirmary, and she hid whatever she, liked Or was fit for her in her indisposed state ; for the last month, at the request of the deceased, Swab' Martin, hez.sister, bad beep in constant attendance upon her. The physician had daily visited her, and the wit ness more frequently; she died on Sunday last. The Jurors prolapsed, that Sarah Martin, the sister. should be brought before them and examined, to the treatment the deceased had received. The Governor said, it was contrary to the r o les of the Institution to have convicts removed from their celli to that place, for the purpose of examination, and he must de - cline acceding to the request of the Jury. A Juror thought the Coroner had power to enforce his attendance. The Governor said, the Jury migh t 'examine the young woman in the visiting cell, if they thought proper. ' This was agreed to by the Coroner and Jag, at the lame time protesting against giving , up 'belt right of klOrt basing the witn..ss brought before them w , heft .were inipmelled. The Jury then adjourned , lir visiting M,..011 1 . • " , . 4 , a l , , arals Muth n stated, that bier sister liocFmeen very ill 1 liJattuary last, prior to her gstingeigio from which ale was sent to work ip her I ires • was quite recovered. Her sitter had.lot Mgr that she thought if abetted continued a sheet tlnas longer in the illiiirmary, she should have soon been (toile well, but re teirning to the cell prematurely she caught cold. and `, kl nova the bad bread and the Water-gruel, which E' .. the only food ahe was supplied with, except 'some ii (made from one bullock's bead for WO persons), which she with her malady could not swallow. She tde t eased) wrote to the surgeon, to inform,liiin of her i llness, and that day he sent her a powder. On the foie llowing day she wrote. again to the sureenp, ilf,cming him of her serious indisposition, and itiCeent ker ano ther powder. On the following day she Wrote a third time to the doctor sad received a third powder.; and a ft erw ards was admitted into the infirmary ; where she bad what food she required.' During these three day s the deceased did not eat an ounc e of food, owing partly to her indisposition, and partly to the ioPrior quality of t.te food. The deceased had also complaiued that her first illness was caused by her having so Little and such, bad food. 13ut this was before the late regulation, by 'Which the prisoners have meat daily. Witness was of opinion from what bee sister bad informed her, that her illness was brought on by want of neatest,/ food. Each prisoner now -italloseed 4 ounces of meat per day, and oranges. , : Verdict.—" Pisdin. consequence of 'the short allow ance and bad quality of food with which she wash plied before the new Eegalations took plaice in the pr We understand it was Mr. West. dressed the House of Commons agaitts, Reform on the presentation of Tuesday evening, and not Mr. Chalons'. On Sunday evening, the 20th instant, died, at her residence in Park-lane, in the 74th Aiit of , her age, the wger Lady Gardner, relict of theei Lord Gard D ne o r, a and ' grandmother to ! o prsee d t Viscount Gardner. We lament to state. that yesterday afternoon, a gen tleman of bighly, respectable family mod coneexions. of the name of Lamb, who belonged to tlee Commissariat Department. and who was to have bbsillotted for. as a nignaber of the Xtbek Exelesiogse, arberr , 4.hc.•+meat week, who resided at the house of Mr. Rayne. of the Parliament Office, Milbank. in, a patatiaas of moat ex. cruciating agony, produced, by taking a large dose of mercurial medicine, pet .a period to hisantisteoce. This unfortunate gentleman retired to . bed 'on Tuesday night at a late hour, in a state of indisposition, and had some, calomel pills which he bad been suffered by his surgeon to take in the tworsiug.. Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock yesterday, Mr. Lamb !vas found in bed, undressed, with his throat cut, and his left arm mangled in a most shocking Manner. Mr. Pearce. surgeon, of Regency-street. Horse Ferry Houk, as instantly seat I for,_ and other medical assistance. On their arrival a razor was found, with which the wonods had been in dieted. A deep wound was discovered OD the left side of his throat, and the intern.' jar Mar wa, severed, from which a vast quantity of Isiosal hod issued. 'before his si tuation was known, and from the lois of which. life appeared lastly extinguishing. Frevionsly to his inflict ing this wound. he hail tied a handkerchief round the handle of the razor, to have.a irmster porthisr, and be hail cut his lett arm in a great many places, near the wrist, and above it, evidently for the purpose of dividing the radial artery. bet failed in the attempt. He was mu sible, though getting very faint on 'the surgeon's arrival, and they, its conseqsieure of time Los of blood. the bed and room being almost deluged witir.lt, pronounced his CIAO hopeless. 'Clary remained Otis bins, using every mplrOrt skill could suggest, tilifive o'clock test night. Alien he expired. A brotnea and uncle of the deceased, one of witemisa.clergyman, welt . in , attbirdsoce upon hits -luring ape lest too' boors of his existence, aid their poignant grief. aea t the lamentable t as trophe is in dr scriltalat.e. libe , 'who ad- Parliaute otary ;s petition on • . • • vitsiCtAN: POLICE. --ow— • OuaaDOALL --Joseph Ibbetson. wise bad tones under gone the sentence of transportation. was brought up be fore the - Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Seholey, upon a charge of felony. ' John Wright, the driver of the hackney coach, 94-1, Iris sent with his coach between seven and eight yester day morning from the Saracen's Head Inn, Snow Hill, to fetch some passengers and lagg3ge, from the Swan with Two Necks, who were to go by the Southampton Union Coach, which sets off from the former inn. The coachman, on his arrival at the Swan with Two Necks, received from the warehouse four parcels, which he put' *into his coach and shut tint door; while he went to the coach-office for the May bill. Ou his return be observed a man (the prisoner) standing on the opposite side of the coach. He went round immediately to see what he' wanted, and found him is tbiact of shutting the Aar. 1 having stolen one of the parcels out of the coach. nod 1 which he had at the time ander his arm. The prisoner j immediately dropped the parcel, and attempted -to' make off, but was secured, and taken to the Comptee.• The parcel was produced before the Magistrate, and was found to contain a quantity of scarlet morine, which was about to be forward to Mr. Chambers, a dyer, It Southampton, from Mr. Hayward, of Tenter-street, Wt tie Moorbelds. Although the coachman swore that be left the parted in 0104°46, and .afterwards saw the prisoner with if I ender his arm, the latter with much effrontery declared I that it was false, and that he was entirely ignorant of the charge. The owner of the property not bring present to ideas dry it, the prisoner is as remanded. BOW4TREST.--James Wright, a young dru I 1 the Guards, about 16 years of age. was brought A mer op f St. Martin's watchlootise, charged with having been foa , concealed in the house of Mr. Chamberlayne, an odorant,' in the Strand. Upon invest' tion, it proved to be an affair more of 1: love than felon ti. The only article the defendant appear ed to have stn was the affectionate regard• of Mr. Olamberlayne's housekeeper. Air. Chansberlayne, who is a *bachelor, some time ago took into bit service, as bouttkrePec. Miley Lowe, a comely, matronly looking s'anisel of thirty-six. She was apparently of a serious and even religious turn of mind, for she was regular iu her. attendance at Divine worship, and Mr. Chant berlayne thought himself completely suited. In conse quence, however, of some anonymous information, he determined to watch her, and on Sunday be returned be fore his usual time and 3v:trolled the house, hut found no one. Monday eveniu, about 6 O'clock; he missed Mary for a considerable time fr g om her usual-occupations, **clarinet be agai noawker she seemed confused. Moat nine she was again missing, and when she again made her appear ance her manner was the same. He was then determined upon having the mystery cleared up, and inning himself with a good sick, lie proceeded with a candle to explore the upper parts of the house; he arrived without meet ing with any adventure at the sleeping room of his housekeeper; every thingappeared at first to be perfectly right, and he was returning, quite satisfied that his fears acre groundlessarhon'the door of a closet caught his eye and be opened it. 4 1+ one corner be saw I gown or two, and some other pottions of Mary's wardrobe ; he caught hold of thesethings, threw them eside,sad there crouched bands and feet together, lay toe drammer •hoy, dames Wright. Fear seemed to have deprived him of the power - of moving, for be lay perfectly still until Mr. Chamber layne pulled him by the leg into the middle of the room —.Mary wat called, and her confusion mayist gurfsseffat —she bluslod, hung down her bead, and stammered out thsous4Deotrean wee a relation of her's, who came oelasiaeatlrmoce kerons4 she leasthid bins beasess she feared her master would be sorry. The via& took coo-1 rage at this and told the same story ; but' - Mr. C. was not' to be so easily satisfied, and he sent the amorous young drummer to the 'Webb ouse. He confessed 'wiles he got there that be had 'ivy frequintly visited :the rests ffierylowe, and i that the bad tilde Mtn dfitirs grevent4;i handsome watch with golifehain and-seals. He also act- 1 milted that he was in the !Muse when Mr. Charaherlanytar came home on Sunday, and said he was rolled up in some of Mary's petticoats, and thrust into a closet upon that occasion. The prisoner, when called on by the Magistrate, told the same story, and persisted in saying that he was a re lation of Miry Lowe's. The Magistrate, after giving him a severe reprimand for bin folly (to call it by no harsher name), sent a mes sage to the Commanding Officer of the regiment, and • corporal returned with the messenger. He gave the drummer a good character, and Mr. Chamberlayne being' convinced that be had no dishonest intention in coming to lois house, consented to his being discharged.—M.Lowe did not appear, but Mr. Chamberlayne avowed his inten tion to discharge bar when he returned home. MURDER or MRS. RlCllARDl.—Yesterday, 1 arts named C. Keppel underwent an 'examination at Union Hall, before L. B. Allen, Esq. cheered on suspicion with having been the perpetrator of the murder of Mrs. Ri chards. The prisoner, who is between IS and 19 year s of age, was apprehend ed by Hall and Olatmon, yesterday stiovotog, at a bonsa in an obscure street in Newington. He is well known to all the officers of Union Hall, and has been repeatedly in custody. At the time the officers seized him he was completely disguised in a smock-frock. which reached down to his heels, and the tails of a fash ionable frock coat pinned up behind. Ever since the murder be has been inisaing fromliis usual haunts, and he accounts for his absence by s tating that he has been at work at his trade (a bric klayer) on the Brighton road. The prisoner did not betray the slightest fear throughout the investigation, notwithstanding that cir cumstances of the strongest susp icion were stated against him ; he afterwards called for bread and porter which he devoured greedily. ROBBER' DISCOVERED. It will he recollected that, on the night of the let o Feb., 11622, the counting-house of Lucas, Coathupe and Co. in Nicholas-street, was entered by some persons then unkoown. and property in specie, Batik of England and cask notes amounting to about 4801. ; a check, drawn by Mr. Henry Payne, on Messrs. Ricketts, Thorne, and Co. for 1351.145. 4d. ; and a gold watch,—taken away, no part of which was either heard of or recovered. There was, at the same time, and in the same place, various bills which wanted the indorsement of the Company; not one of which was touched. This robbeil 'was so effectually performed, the pro ceedings were so secretly and so well arranged, and it was accomplished with so much apparent knowledge of the premises, that some of the Magistrates and their ofii• cers were induced to conclude that some one belonging to the concern most have perpetrated it. In consequence of this feeling of the Magistracy, (in conjunction with the circumstance of having had a small key made •to unlot k a drawer containing books and papers truly, to whisk occasional reference was necessa ry, which was not ordered in secret, but with the know ledge and consent of the acting partner, aid which could neither facilitate nor retard the robbery.) suspicion fell upon a young man (a nephew of one of the partners) who had been brought op in the counting-house; who had a considerable &dance of cash of his own in the hauds of the concern ; whose income and prospects placed him above a temptation of this kiwi ; and whose conduct, in regard to money-matters, had been invariably correct. Under this unmerited stigma, the feelings of on Woo ; cent person hare been wounded, and his pace of mind -~ - sod'eharacter have been suffering for upwards of fooa tenrumntlit, when at last, the individuals, who commit ted ibirrobiery, were discovered in the following acci dental and ektraortlinsry I/UMW : Chaets Widdicombe, (son of Mr. John Widdicombe, who has been upwards of 30 years with Lucas and Co.) is a ralior ; and, in November last, happened to be in London, whence he legs bound to one of the West India Islands. While in Landon; ss he was pasting through one of the stteets in the neje libourhood of the Old Bei. ley Prison, he met a female (Fanny Biggs) whom he had before been acquainted with In Bristol. tie add this fe male entered into conversation, during which she told him that she was going to the Ohl Bailey, to she a mad (tV. Hulland) who had been convicted of buegldry, and wise was then under sentence of death ; and that it we. this very loan, In conjunction with another (Jamey Maher, 'then in the Newgate of Bristol), who bad rob bed s h e ersetine-house of Lucas, Coathupe and co. ! IVben C. Withlicombe obtained this information, he did not snake it known to the Company, as he outht to have done; but, shortly afterwards, proceeded en his voyage for the West Indies. In consequence however, of had weather, the vessel had not proceeded far before she spruce a leak, and it gained so fast upon the crew, that they were , obliged to run her on shore some where off Poole, and she as he relates it, a complete wreck? After this ill-fire, Widdicombe retnrned to Bristol, when he related the tirsinni,tance of baying met the fe male in London, as well as the converwion which nose out of that meeting. ' Shortly after this communication, the Sheriff's Officers, Messrs. David Morgan and John Smith, were applied to. and requested to write milli.. J. J. Smith,Oilicer of Bow street, who. bail been sent for, and abs cause down to Bristol immediately after the robbery had been perpe trated. Mr. Smith was written to accordingly. 'He wept terNetegat., wlsere he saw Holland ; and, in the pre sence.of Mr. Wontiter, the Keeper, the following confes sion was made, viz.— " That they were told in London, that 1,400 f. were ge nerally to be fasted in the premises." "'Mt they went thence to Bristol, on purpose to commit The rob bery.Y. That they entered at the wicket, and gave the dog some liver to quiet him." That they then went ep stairs . (meaning if'. counting house). " That they tried to find out the sends of the locks, •in order to get keys made, which they girt, and came another night and committed the robbery : anti that his tamer of the booty amounted to :shoat 2201." " That he does not know what because of the watch, be cause it formed a part of Maher's share, who took it to London with him." " That be (Holland) went to Bir mingham aeon after the robbery was ennitilitted, but re turned to Bristol in about a month, where he remained till after March /air, when he returned to Leuilon."— " That all the each-notes taken away were circulated in London; and that they (Maher and himself) were in Bristol aboutvight days before the robbery, making pre parations." James Maher was taken iota custody for breaking into the house of Mr. Allies, 21, Prieha'rd t.treet, on Tiles aq night, the 17th of December laid ; was tried for that offence on Monday, the 7th instant, was convicted, aid ow Tuesday the Bth, was sentenced to suffer death.— ( Bristol Mercury.) At the Great Sections of Cardiff, held on Saturday last, a cause of great importance, respecting the title to large estates in Glamorgan.Lire, cope on. The question was, who was the heir at law of William Wes, Req.', late of Court Colman, a gentleman who is stro ppier, taboo died worth nearly 100,0(gi1. i a , rea l an d persoentproperty. ?Jr. Taunton, the King's Counsel. came dowr under a special retainer for the lessor of the . ptaintiffs, 'who was itestarbet by Mr. Knight and Mr.. Malkin. The defendants' Gemmel state, Mr. Moysey, (who cause down on purpose. as .he is abort to retire from the bar) Mr. Croft, and Mr. Maul, on the part of OS plaintiffs. A great number of old witnesses were examined. and two old Bibles were produced to prove thgepedigreet and on the behalf of the defendant, a variety of instruments, such as marriage settlements, surrenders, wills, receipts. &-.s. were produced, and • a great many old witnesses were exsinined to prove their case. Mr. Taunton was an hour and a half opening the case of the plaintiffs, and Mr. Moysey three hours and 20 minutes stating that of - the defendants. Mr. Taunton was three hours in replying. Both the defendants._. Mr. supported their respective clients' cases in the most able manner, Mr. Justice Wingfield was between four and five hours summing ny the evidence. The Jury re tired for about fifteen minutes, and returned, finding a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiffs are labour ing men, and the defendants small farmers. Mr. Evan Griffiths, of Bridgend, was the attorney for plaintiffs, and Messrs. Deere and Cooke, of (Ambridge, fur the defendants. The cause commenced on Saturday morn ing, at nine o'clock, and was not finished until too o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, although the Court ea s t until eleven or twelve o'clock every night. There were upwards of 100 witnesses on both sides. On Saturday night, an attempt was made by a highway man tomb Mr. Edward Dearden, of Welty Mills, on the highway between Rochdale and Todmorden. This gentle man, who was returning from Manchester market, was met. alter he had passed Calder Moor, by a man riding at full speed, who, when he was within fifteen yards called upon I'Mr. Maiden to stop, adding that he must have his money or his life : instead of obeying this command, Mr. Deaden pushed his horse forward, and gave the robber's horse a full stroke on the breast with the shaft of the gig. When the Irma bad reeovrrod from this stroke, be attempted to seize the bridle, but was repulsed with some severe strokes from the gig-whlp ; he then took out a pistol, but before he could' ' fire it, received. so heavy a blow on the arm that he was ebligelto drop it; and, finding a resistance so determined and unexpected, hewaltopesl off without making any further attempt to effect his purpose, bearing in his face visible proofs of the good-will with which Mr. l)earden had made use of his whip. This marauder was somewhat above the middle size, had a dark great wide cost or cloak on, and was masked ; he rods a blood horse, one of the hind shoes of which was rather turned up, Red simmered ao have been recently set on ; the ether shoes hating the appearance of being tar worn. l ie galloped off in the direction of Little borough.—(Hull Parket.) AWFUL INSTANCE S or SUDDEN Drava.—Yesterslay, as Mr. Crow, of No. 3, Westminster Road, was taking some refreshment in Bell-yard, be complained of cold, and instantly dropped down dead. Mrs. Hitchcock, Wife of Mr. Hitchcock, coach-builder, of the same place, a few days since, and in a state of good health, fell to the ground a 'corpse Without a previous warning.—Francis, the beadle of St. Mary-le-Strand, (formerly landlord of the Edinburgh Castle Tavern. its that parish) was seized with a fiton Friday morning, and died that afternoon.—Charles Warren, Big. of Constits lion Row, Gray's Inn Road, thy eminent engraver, was on Monday, conversing cheerfully at tbe house of Mrs. livatt, on the East Hill. Wandsworth, when he fell sal instantly expired ; and on Tuesday, as Mr:Jones, of Cot tle street, Long-acre, was passing along Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-lields, be fell down, and died DIED.—On the 14th lest. at, his house in Besners-street• the Wits of Dr. Faithhorn. On the 15th lest. Miss Tilt, of Tavistoqesquare. On the 17th lost. at his daughter's house. Holton. aged 69, Mr. W. Swap, Vol welly of Donde', 37 yoars resident in London. 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