The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-04 00:00:00

COURT VOURIAV V. 'MR DURSO/IP 1141111111315 T. The LORD CHANCI4I.O*, 011 . obereet Mr. Delwin+ in Court. desired to know if be etektijeu pepered to so on with. hi. rase? • Mr. tionatar replied that he wan, sad that he held in his hand a bundle of papera; which, with the permission of the Court he-would proceed to read; he feared, Antis so doing: however, he should occupy the attention of the Court for at least an hour and a half. The Loan CUANCRLI.OR desired Mr. Gourley to premed, and not to be in any degree ingaeor t sd by any mit conside ration, but at the same titan ..e &Owed him to selling ha observations to the fade of theca... o j . Mr. tioiti.ar then proceeded to r Mit weans deco clients, but thew rontened oe seeds extrema*, mattes• and his suit with the Duke of Semisweet erase, noineetely inter woven with the numerous incisions and occurrences of his past life and history, as to reader their separation quite hopeless. Suffice it to say, the the topics he mainly en forced were the alinements and fatality atteetiiolf aA Jilt projects dad undertakings, Chancery delays and corruption, venality of Chancery lawyers, and el' the transactions from their commencement with the Noble Duke. Mr. GOVRLAT having read through all his papers, which scrupled about two hours. The Loan CUANCILLOR, who had pot hitherto made any enervation, said that herthee were Certainly many objects introduced, over which had no jurisdiction ; ism would look further into die case, bat he thought tow wile he could gather, that the most advisable coarse for el parties would be a mutual accommodation out of Curet. Assfas., MAIDSTONE, Autsuir 11 • CIVIL SIDE—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MAR RIAOE. notrnwE r. FISHER. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for a breach or prop4se of marriage. 3!r. A D 0.1.1. li CS (with whom was Mr. Platt) stated the' plaintiff's case. Miss Mary Bourne, a sister of the plaintiff, &gond to • the defendant's hand-writing. The defendant eosameooed' his addresses to her sister about three years since. Wit ness saw the defendant Omni .a fortnight since, and heard. him risen say, that be had been then married touother woman for about ten months. The lady was then for ad vanced in pregnancy. The defendant's letters were then put in and read. They contained repeated promises of marriage, and spoke of the flourishing state of the defendant's business. John Bourne, a brother of the defendant proved that be had been shopinan to the defendant and his partner, Mr. Dixon, until within the last month. The shop at tlreenivich bad a goof deal of custom. The defendant and his partner employed three shopmen and two boys. Their receipts were from 251 to 3'J/. per day. Frederick Dixon deposed, that he had been in partner ship n ith the defendant from December, IS3I. until last Tuesday, when they dissolved partnership. The defend ant's family was large, and he himself was possessed of no property. Cross examined.--Onring the plaintiff's visit to the de fendant. she slept up one pair of stairs. Nobody else slept on the first floor. After the business of the day was over, the defendant used tovisit the plaintiff in her bed-room. He used to go into her room, and stop there for more than an hour. In one instance he stopped with her till break of day. ill'itness had visited at plaintiff's father's house, and after the family were gone to bed, the plaintiff a n d the defendant were situng together on the sofa. Witness was not aware of the defendant's intention of marrying the plaintiff, and though be observed the extraordinary circumstance of the defenhant's remaining for hours in the plaintiff's bed-room, he was too mei) engaged to attend to the matter. This was the plaintiff's case. 11 r. .I;I7RNEY (with whom was Mr. CHITTY) addressed the albrv,on behalf of the defendant. Mr. Karon liR lIIA3I charged the Jury that the plaintiff lens entitled to a verdict. The damages were peculiarly for the Jury to assess. Nothing like a vindictive feeling ought to enter into their minds. The plaintiff had no donbtedly sustained very serious injury ; and in his Lord ship's view of the case, the fact of the plaintiff having sub mitted to the influence which the defendant might havelsd over her affections and weakness in the manner alluded to. ought not to be received as a circumstance of mitiga tion. The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found their ver dirt.for the olaintiff—Damages e. 501., observing that if the efendant's eircutostawes had been better, the damages d ould have been 590!. 11ORTHUN1 BERLAND, Tilt:Reims, JuLv 31. Ede—trd Carenor, aged 15, was convicted of stealing two iron doors, from the wreck of the ship . Pallas, then lying on the rocks near Tynetumth. The prisoner, it appeared, in company a itli same other boys, went to the wreck on the e% ening of the 9th of March last, and was taken into cos• tody a short distance from it, by a constable who had been let to watch, and the doors found upon him. Several wit ress•s were examined, who clearly proved the guilt of the prisoner, and the Jury, in gi4ing their verdict. recommend-. ed him t.t mercy on account of his youth, which the Learned, Judge said should be attended to. Sentence of Death was then recorded against the prisoner; and the Learned Judge,; in addressing him, expatiated upon the great enormity of '.be crime of which he had been tound guilty. He had lit tle doubt but the present prosecution had been instituted more for the sake of deterring others, and letting them know the severe penalties of the law, than for punishing t..e prisoner. lie loped it would have that elfect, other s, ise the Inr nouhi Rost assuredly be allowed to take its course. OXFORD cittet:T.—HaagroßD, Arc.l. THE KING O. RETAN—..FALSE IMPRISONMENT. This we a criminal information tiled by leave of the Court of King's Bench, Against --Bevan, one of the Justices of the Peace for this County, charging him with daring, on the g9th August last, unlawfully and oppres sively committed one Probate to custody, sutheieot bail wavinz been otLrett, and afterwards ordered him to be trointnitted to a loathsome and. unwholesome dungeon, where he seas detained for some time. Another count .barged, that on the 30th August he again confined him, and on the 3.1 September committed one John Bolton. Mr. TstNros said, that the Jury having heard the no lure of this proceeding, he was quite sure they bad heard enough to satisfy them it was one which demanded all the attention they could give it, both with respect to the indi vidual, the object et prosecution, and to the Public, to whom no one topic could be more interesting than the due odutinistration of justice, and a proper execution of the law. The defendant Bevan was a respectable person, who bad lived for many years in the town of Kington, car rtiog on the business of a,tanner, and : it was only in May, liP22, that by one of those vicissitudes and changes which sometimes astouished us in this world, be was transformed into a Justice of the Peace. Net three short months had elapsed, when he began to spew the world in what way he Intended 10 execute the important functions recently con r fretted *pro hius, and the two pier, Probute _and holton. were the first who had reason to lain uittba 'svelte pf his authority. la August last a Mr. Austin, a oenr.neighbour of Ur. limn. and a miller in ringion, Issal occasion to cleanse out the watettiourse by the stream below ,his which was necessary sometimes .to be pegforaind. both ter his oleo sad the cenreolenct ,of the ~. =The Wit was very noel c aVsloseg the defendant, aid . the arum ran close by Mr. Bevan's dwelling-house, mew vabielst a bridge was thrown OW On the town of Woston. On the 29th Aiagnet, vase baring Ups dower down the strewn time the preodem l of lb. Sweao, had adesseed to the pertopposite his lONIA on which be said to them they do nothing thane , . The men observed, " really, Sir, you are not in earnest, or you are joking." To which he made answer, "he should certainly be as good's his word." In the Werra% hewers their going to dinner end retureiog t 9 their job, Mr. Be van had provided himself wills a constable mimed Meredith and two assistants., 04 Probate. ony of the men, teking the pick-axe, he received a message from Mr. Bevan to rat his work, and come to him is lids house- Probate home Waged, Mr. Bevan himself tame one of the boom, and gave orders to Meredith to lay bold of Probate, and early him forthwith to the round-benee. It woe not to be iota ' -.41 any Englishman, possessed of any thing like cousume *hoed tamely resign liimselY a victim on sock an on, Ood Probates, therefore, resisted by clinging to a; hatless removed by giolents and main force, end cro p ermod-hottse,itat not before Mr. Asatio.his Niger, nom he bad been employed, had offered bail for the sap aed offender. Bail was refused upon the most rldioubsos, „Amoy. sod unfounded pretence, for although Mr. Anglo bad been his next door neigitheer for four years, tbe mas ter of the mill and other considerable piernmes, had inter married with a family well known in the county, had trans actions with Mr. Bevan, and lived long in Kingtoo, Mr. Bevan refused the bail on the pretext be did not know Mo. The poor man was taken to the deageon in his workiag' clothes, and confined there 5 or 6 hours. The duagiviss was an empty building, 3 ft, broad, about 6 long, 'ma If high, with no window , only a light at the top. Bread andi cheese cut into /dices, was convoyed to the prisoner through a small hole over the door, and be sucked tome iris and cyder through a straw inserted in a lower aperture. Mr. Justice Paag said, that whatever became of this cause, he hoped if there was such a place it would be seen to. What happened subsequently is but described in the wit ness's Probate's own words. When 1 got there, 1 found the place very dewy, and I was very cold and chilly. 1 promised Charles Vaugbao one of the constables, to go next day before the justices, and west a little after 12, with Mr, Austin; Mr. Ifissel. and Mr. Cook, clergyman, and Mr. Bevan were present. I was there some time, and there was no thugs laid ageinst ,ute. Mr. Austin said, he came there to knew what charge A/r. Berau bad aeainet me, for which he put we in the round homier Mr. ilissel looked at *book, end said, Mr. Bevan had done wrong and had given me false imprisonment, and acted as judge in his owe cause, it was not a Magistrate's business, and they did not think it worth their while to take any notice of it. Mr. Austin then asked if I was at liberty to leave the room, Mr. Bisset said 1 was. Mr. Ilevan said, take can of that man. The constable Meredith, pushed me up to a corner of the room and asked me to sit down, I told him I would not and stood. Some time after Mr. Ilissel and Mr. Cook left the room. Mr. Austin then asked Mr. Uwalter if be would give bail with him for me. Meredith said be would take no man, unless a householder. Mr. Austin offered his bail to Mr. Bevan ; he told him be would not take his bail, he did not know him. he was a stranger in the country, and ordered the constable to taro him out. The .constable was about to lay hold of him, and lie said, let me: alone, I will go. Mr. Bevan time asked if Morgan Davis would give bail that I should give no interruption nor abuse for a week, he said lie would, and Mr. Bevan took his hail. . On the following Monday, between six and seven in the morning, I was employed again, together with Bolton, to, clear out the watercourses, Mr. Boron came out of his : house, with a cup of tea and bit of toast in his hand, and says, " Bolton, who gave you authority to use a pick rite against my house?" Bolton answered, " this gentleman,. here;" meaning Mr. Austin. air. Bevan said, "if be did' not leave off,he would send him to the tound.bense." ,801-: ton said, " indeed, Sir, 1 am sorry to offend you, but I must, go on with my master's work," and laid down the pick axe, and took bold of a shovel. Meredith and Pritchard came, and Mr. Bevan ordered them to carry. Bolton to the roundr house. He put on his jacket, and forked the constable try show him the warrant, or the copy of the warrant, and ten. dered him a shilling. Mr. Bean said, " Dever mind,Bol tun, you shall hare a copy of the warrant, by and by." Bolton said, " mind, I go against my will," and they went Wrenn in arm. Cross-examined.—l saw him afterwards at the constable's,. where I took him a (limner from Mr. Austin's. Rev. John Bissel.—l have been one of the Magistrates for eighteen or nineteen years. I was present at the Petty Ses-! lions, on the 30th of August last, where I saw Mr. Bevan end Mr. Cook. On that occasion he brought a men before me, who had been lowering the bed of the mew-course near his house, said if the man was not stepped, his house would be' down. I replied, that Mr. Austin had informed me. he had' employed the man to clear out the water-course, and had given him directions what to do, and it appeared to me, from Mr. Austin's statement, that he had given those directions under so Idea he was exercising a right. If, however, that right is dis puted by you, it can be decided by an action at law, but it cer tainly Is not within the jurisdiction of Magistrates. Mr. Be van said, " why, I have had the man in the round-house." — I said, " then Sir, you have done wrong, you should Pot have acted in your own cause." Mr. Benin said. " You always teams° what Ido is wrong." I said lem very sorry for it. but you are certainly wrong in this instance. He then handed the Trespass Act and pointed to a section which he seemed to think justified his proceeding. I said I was perfectly well ac quainted with that Act, and was afraid he had misconstrued it. referring Mm to the 6th section, by which it appears a Magis trate has no power whatever in eases whether trespass is com mitted under a reasonable suposition of right ; and I read•it in him. At this time Mr. Cook came into the room, and I re capitulated the substance of what I have now deposed. lie said lam quite of your opinion. I said then pray be so good as to say to Mr. BEM, for I cannot convince him be is In •the wrong. Mr. Cook sat down and told Mr. Bevan he was of my opinion, you have certainly done wrong in acting in year own cause, especially, as another Magistrate was near ethos& Mr. Cook then left the room. After he was gone, Mr.:llllleins applied to me again for redress. I said, I really have no es thority whatever in this ease. He then called Vaughan to go , and look for Mr. Cook again, and beg him to return.. Mr. Bevan addressed me again In nearly these words:l--" Mr. Bissel, will you do nothing to thiamin 1" I said I have teld you several times I cannot, neither can any Magistrate la the kingdom. Mr. Austin then said, . 1 suppose Probate Is at li berty to go home. I said certainly I have no right to detain him ; If Mr. Bevan thinks proper to do so, he mast act on his own responsibility. Mr. Bevan used some words, • ;he mesnleg of which was, he would detain him, end looking at• Meredith, the constable, said, "Joe, take thatiasn into custody." The constable complied, and I left the room. During the time I was in the room, Probate was very quiet...ad don:t reseal her Mr. Austin said any thing, except applying for the main's release. Neither of them used soy disrespestlnl language. — Mr. Austin is a very respectable man, and it is impossible Mr. Bevan should not know him. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. J ERVIS for the defendant, said that whatever topics be had to offer were topics of mitigation, which would more pro perly he addressed to another tribunal, and be declined, there fore. making any defence. The Jury accordingly found the defendant Guilty. 1, NORFOLK CIRCU.INORRICH, AUGUST 1. HORNS V. VIIILLIM. # Thif, was an action for a ,breach of .propoise of I: ge, Mr. Srquq. Nigh whom.waellAr..l.letoents tin t - tiir, snid titatt this , tens an actiga jwaßg4l,Py.Alik, z tionse upiwit 4igos,taillar 'tot *se iajary.do*". a l!smssill 0 a Pr.**li!e 4f.lbartillX,l, frhiglt Ili .W". ;Ts] bet *bleb lie did not ftitfil,OntOsertrod alsot*orfdan . 'he ' plaitsji(tras the staggitter ot.a rewentahle irrdoer. . • '1 . 1'44 : mescal children, and 4r 4 peuelit'theese.Al np 1 . 001.4914race* and kittdocse, sad taught them to tread in the kith. .or , ~ti~Ati~. • ► *t Sieihuul id this elm:oy, white tile defendant also resided. He was the eon of a respectable 'am) opuleat firmer who was lately dead. mei he tlefandeot wee soy in possession of the farm. The ronvonerice of this oeighimarhoed end n( the (reticent 4411'001qm of the ponies. was a mutual attachment, which teritieMef in promise of marriage. bleating often under these circus'• stances the defendant in an ill-fated moment, took advan cer of her weakness arising from her love for him. The result of this unfortunate 09, on which fail would not dwell, was the birth of q,* offspring, which certainly be longed tp the defendant. Yroos that moment he began to show a coolness for the plaintiff, with wham he bad so long kept company, and if Writ Wooed to fulfil his Otoiltile. The young woman was sunk in the estimation of all who knew ber. She vas Oa skint of scorn acid contempt by means of the defendant's conduct, and sow no person conW he found to raise bet to the comforts mid respectabilit that belonged to else mart led 800. She was depressed below the scale of her former associates in society, red tbougli mo ney ;mild be no compensation for the hijury done Ea, rt it was the only reparation that could now be made. Mrs. Susannah Horne sworn—l live at illethuol; sup * widow sixteen years. Miss Susan Horne is my daughter. hare half a dozen childreo. Mr. Miller began to visit my deueiter six dears ago, and to court her. She was companion to Mrs. Waybe, as d used to sew there. Mrs. Maybe tried to get into a house of Mr. W;kybot's. Mr. and Mrs. Waybe lived separatelf. :oily Minister was to ken up fur the auenapt to get ioto Wr. Wayhe's house.,- My daughter was diocovered to he pretreeN, wheitabo Was taken before the Magistrates. The defeudaat said if he had emirried her two years ego she would sot have bees in ' that trouble. Thu was before Mr. Miller married another oromao. Cross-examined—My daughter had the mjsfortone to Is. intimate with Mrs. Ws be. Mrs. Waybe is a 'Ma'am of bed character. Be l eestained—My daughter sased to go to Iles. Mayisn's before she separated (rose her husband. Siio was afterwards hired by her. MiUer visited her at my how, owl never oh jected to her going to Sirs Wayhe's. John Sparrow Springfield swore—l lice near Motantol, sad know the plaintiff and her family. I was asked to he bpil for Susan Horne en one occasion ; esy brother and 1 went with her, is a chaise, to give bail for her. When we returned to Um Horne's we saw the defendant aro. lie same to the chaise, aceompaoled her to her anther's, took her by the %mod, mod kissed herrsayiog he was gla d she was returned. We all went there in the anise together, to go to Stoke Feuy. After we got a tenet* of a mile from Method, he paid " Susan, if ;ou this* proper we'll marry, we have kept company for a considerable lime. 'tis now time to marry.' Susan Horne paid she had co objec tion. I was to be a da4siv "to give her away. When oe reached the Crown at Stok e i Ferry. he mentioned frequent. ly he was going to marry her. He wished to know what the license would cost, and where we could get it. This.was in 0ct.141. The young woman and her family ewe excel leet good characters. Crossexamieed—filisa Moms came to me early in the morning to Stoke Ferry. to be her bail. We took pahaise, for want of a cart. We had something to drink 'before we went out. Five miles on our way we coiled toe tricot, at Norwich Bottles. At the sign of the Bottles we had souse thing more to drink. We had nothing at the Croon, at Northpool. When we came to 31ountford we lad some more refreshment. At llockwookson.Wilton we had oar dinner and some beer. We then went to Felton, w here I had several Wends-to meet. We arrived at hire. Morne's in the afterooon. The defendant was there. Miss Hums was quite sober in the chaise. It was not the first mention ed marriage. Miller first brought it up. 'fill then 1 slid not know they kept costs's ., ny. She did not tali alto to be a witness to what passed were. Lost llseobald sworn.—l am a miller and baker, And publican, pt Metbuol. I know the plaiatiff sod her fa mily. They are respectable. I Dave seen Mr. Miller in the room, 1 titling with Bliss Horne, two or three times that I waist there on business. 1 sow him the day she went to the Ma. gistrates to swear the child. He wore a long white slop, which he usually wore on working slays. He is A farmer, ' and married in January last. This wps the plaintiff's case. Mr. ROBINSON. with whom was Mr. Retest, for the de. fence, said this case, like most others, involved questions of law as well as of fact. On the former he would make no observation, satisfied that his Lordship would explain fully the law of the case, without any sisg;estion Irons him. He would merely say on that brad, that a premise to marry must be a serious and deliberate engagement, and not an idle or rash expression, uttered without consideration. A legal promise was such, that the Jury should be satisfied it was seriously made, and binding on the giver as well as the receiver. It was fo r the Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, to consider whether this conversation in the chaise amounted to such a promise. Even supposing that to he a good promise of marriage, yet there seat ano ther consideration, namely, whether this plaintiff's sub sequent conduct was suck as deserved the performance of that promise, if such was ever made. His .Lordship would' tell them, that if a promise of marriage was made to a wo man, impropriety of conduct afterwards in her, and the permitting others to take liberties with her, vould avoid' that engagement, and amount to a waiver of it. The Jnry would decide, after hearing his witnesses, .whether this plaintiff so conducted herself as to waive this promise. He would prove that this woman endeavoured to father this 'child on other young men besides the plaintiff. It was not to be presumed he was the father, merely because he used to visit her. No proof was given that the child was his. If the Jury were against him, in the validity of the promise of marriage, yet he was sure after hearing from the wit nesses the history of this young woman, they would think one farthing damages sufficient for the justice of the case. With all her respectability, site was for an offence, which he need not mention (the entering Waybe's house), in Swaffhqm .Bridewell, for three months, for want of bail. There she viola'ted the prison regulations, by introducing a person named William Bticklin, who she said was her sweetheart, and to whom she was to he married. She was teen to embrace and kiss him. On these grounds of sub sequent improper conduct, be hoped the Jury would, if they gave a verdict for the plaintiff, at all, give the least poi Bible damages. John Bullivant sworn, said, " I live at Methuol, sod know the plaintiff, and saw her write. She was at Swaff. ham Bridewell in 1821. She was in custody last year also, ip Norwich Castle, in the month of August. I saw a letter written by her to my brother. 1 hung it after reading it. The 'purport wastbss:—' Dear brother, .1 write to inform you thati am with child, and the Magistrates insist . en my "I w sl ea sa r l i i n le i. oblig al e s d " to l . 4 e 4 ; vl "ille se thelrlaPlZarld tea 4 w au as g 4 i se smbetasee of.the.letter. ' lt etated i thit elm:Noel/1 he ; phliged to expose the father, my brother. I answered the letter. 1 went with Whistler, the sonstable,in April, 1822, tourist, the plaintiff for entering-Waybe's house. I apprehended :her. She was standing it the door with a person named Briclclip. who was in ales. We took her to a blie house, selson )lricklin .said he *mid give any.bill that *mild be required for her. Ws,kept her et a public hope for pipe 44., iil4, Ono • Whistler,took, her bmite. , . Williaoilirloleder sOolirtaidi 1 limstalittellieeel Wilttos, and went with Bullivant to apprehend Soma Herue..Wlo o mos-at heriakfast with-moodier. A young stamteta stoOd• log Apt).* door. She said. o ,, Wlllima,the constalok is come tolia.6 WM." . 1 ,4 1 44t0kk0W IliiimpithuoL . ne,ated Was -mbawyees -clerk. -I -teohlhor -to frwiAwasr. :fide rsiloall .0140 1 StIet.10 4 -kW be.) 14 4 1 4 0 70. 1 1 1 Mt• for Susia• i:elibwia a aad-thisy ; reveslood- toseSpitkiac4il9tomMiiit 'for . tit* itl i d sio ,She .sfede her staioOfroos me ; that eig t hj r el sooess. - -oreas sir h i S l t:l sai d . j l i t l i t i f4.l.Aurpo — t. tillata raft' 11 aeon *IWO Tonnage." else said, 11l wvtiii :hats '6irst d before :.1 Wight's." William was the person shy said she would merry. This William was not the defendant. Ew.. Amend Johnson sworn am the keeper of *waffham Bridewell, and remember Susannah Horne being kr_onght to me In custody in April last year. I remember Win:Bricklin corning to see her the day after she came.— He eame in a gaff with his sister, and f m i x him in tears..— He tolsi nte be ppm to gel Summit's Mono balled put. He bed es prrier from the 41;giOrstes fur admittisg him. Ile appeared !ouch attached to bey, nod ,t parting Ise kismd her. He often canoe mid always belayed in the sawe way. I understood from both that they were lung keeping Co 111.• pane, and were on the point of being married. This was the case for the defendant. After a reply from the plaintiff's Gonneel, the Lord Chief Justice having explained the.nature of the action, told the Jury the first qnestion for their roosideralion was, whether they believed the testimony of the witurse, Oho spok e u. the conversation in the chabe, which, if true, no doubt, amounted to a promise of marriage; another question for the consideration of the Jury was, whether that promise was afterwards made void by the improper conduct of plaintiff, if the witnesses who Spoke to that conduct, were to be be haved. Where arts no doubt but a woman, if she surren. demi Isee-bodrufter a promise of suarriagefroatanother, re . leased this latter from all ohligatiow by mob conduct, for no man was oblirrd to take a harlot to his wife. his Lord. ship then recapitulated the erideace and commented on i t . The Jury, after a few minutes, returned a verdict for tis e plaintiff—Liatuages4os. (which carries costs.) • 4iworio .~. ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. HORROCKS.—The following - , are the particulars of this horrid transaction , which w'e mentioned on Saturday :—Tbe assassin is a spinner, bet has not lately had any regular employment. When apprehend ed, he expressed regret that he had not effectually destroyed his victlm--sald he was not sorry for what he had dime. het plaited he had done it sooner and /pore effectually. Ile said further, that two years since he had formed the resolution to }else the lives of both Mr. florrecks pee Mr. Miller, his part ner,--net from any personal enmity to these petulance. but from •desire to 'tome the ovrate spinners, for the ill-treat ment he imagined they had experienced at the tarn-out twq years ago ; that when lie leftliorne on Sunday, it was with the intention of destroying the latter kentlemao. thinking that Mr. flotroets would not he well enoc,gh to atend church that tiny ; but that meeting with Mr. Ilorrocks, lie made the attack on hip, which ;was meditated fa his partner. On Mattlay morn ing, Riding underwent a long examination before the Magis trates, and again In the afternoon, when it was considered ne cessary that he should be seen by Ids victim ; he was accord ingly taken Into his bed-roam. The prisoner continued per fectly hardened, and in the presence of Mr. It. said he wag 'pay to see him alive, and that if it Pere in his pewehe would murder him. Ile was finally examined on Tees lay, and cora -1 twitted to Lancaster Castle to take his trial at the ensuing As sizes. It appears that he gave Mr. 11. five bows with the cleaver ; the first, which was near the shoulder. did not pro deers much effect ; one on the heed, which slightly injured the bbull,.sod raised a greet effusion of Wood ; two between the elbow And the hand, cutting the coat. shirt. and the arm ; and one shove the elbow. It is feared thet * Wiling did. not act 'lupe. le this dreadful attempt at usurter, bet that he hal ac complices. Great pains are now bang taken to probe the affair to the bottom ; and on Tuesday a man was apprOwn led on suspicion, but li • rated next day for the want cf sufficient evidence. Riding is only et years of age, and has neither wife nor family. DREADFUL ACCIDENT FROM TUB MISCONDUCT OF A COACHMAN.—We have often felt ourselves called upon Ili reprobate the scandalous conduct of the drivers of stage. couches, and to deplore the accidents which have origi nated In their shameful negligence, but a more flatten% instance than the one we are about to relate, has seldom come before us. On Monday stag, as the 1141ifrr. and Sheffield coach (the Fleece) was on its 'ray to the latter place, it was overturne I near Slisp!ee (about six miles from Peatistotte) not by env onJ of those casual accidents which occasionally befall a careful driver, but in consequence of the wanton he- Isaviortr and shameful perversity of the coachman, nho had been admonished twice Lefore the accident hal. pencil, of the peril to which his furious driving sub jeered his passengers. in spite, however, of this advice, he persevered, and not only galloped at full speed down all the hills in his way, but did co with out taking the precaution of locking the whebl. The coach was heavily laden with fifteen passengers (in side and oat), eight of whom were Methodist ftlinis tea proceeding to the Conference now holding at Shef field. Of these gentlemen only one escaped unhurt.— The Rev. tilt. Serjeant, of Scarborough was, we lenient to state, so dreadfully injured as to cause his death on Wednesday; and the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, of Halifax, was so seriously host, that very little hope is enter tained of his recovery. The Reverend Messrs. Yew da!, of Halifax, and Heap, of Todmorden, mare rect iced severe contusions on the besd ;—The Rev. Mr. James, of Halifax. had his ancle crushed ;—The Rev. Mr. Fearn , sides, of Todmorden, was slightly braised; and the Bev. Mr. Jagger, of the same place, bad his collar-hone brok en, and his shoulder, ,dislocated. The coachman's leg was cut, but not fractured; nearly all the passengers were more or less injured. Accidents of t; is kind are now becoming so very frequent, through the carelesoless or wantonness of drivers, as to call fur the seriona atten tion of the public. We sincerely trust that the conduct of the coachman, in the present i nstance, may he made the subject of a strict judical inquiry. /to inquest will be held on the body of Mr. Serjeant this day.—(lVelce field JoNTIPII.) DREADFUL Accinawr..--Ye,terday morning a dreadful accident occurred in the High-street, Islington. A res?ect able watch fi nisher, named Swindell, of -Brackley-street' Holden-lane, was passing along the carriage road toward the turnpike as a groom on horseback, with two horses fols lowing, haltered one behind the other, came up, when the hinder horse suddenly turned round and flung at Mr. S.; both the hind feet coming between the unfortunate man's shoulders, the force of the kick dashed him on his face against the kirb-atone, with such violence as to crush in both his jaws and carry away his teeth; in this deplorable 1 condition he was carried away to St. Bartholomew's Hos- OA MAKKIED.—bti Watttrday, ituatust 2, it the Churcit of St. Mary Magdalen and St. Gregory, Edward Trencher, of Bur ton-mutant. Esq.. to Anne Sarah, eldest daughter of H. C. :Bowls'. of Myddleton-house, Enfield, Esq. F-St‘• On Tuesday, the iSth of July, at St. George's, Ganover square. by the Key. Moss King, John James King. eldest ,aa °I 08.• Kites. Y 44.. or Gfcmenor-pittee, to Charlotte Wyndham, youngest daughter of the Earl of Egremont. - • • •- DlED.—Aloaday lest, at the great age of 110 years, Mr. J. •Lock. of Lading, leaving bihind him 130 children and grand children. ifeige day, of, an atrophy, having just attained his 21st .year. William lieauchamp 4 4 int ;oho, second son Of 11. S. Saint John, Esq., of honey, and cousin of Lord Saint John, of 13letsoe. Sunday se'nnight. at Medford House, the wife of Meier Plunkett, of liionard. ie the Conntyof Roscommon, Ireland. only child of the late General Gunning. Monday sa'naight. tin St. lielin`a ALsaldermarket. at the e d ; Sanceskage .of 93„ Helen, relict of Mr. John Andrews, es Nor N lab. Attiie_ Island of Arewnsion, y(iillset Toplis Callow. In the latit year of braise. son of the late Ifer. S. Catiow, of Uses- Seld. ;Dia .promising ' , pugs was. landed • upon the above iilaikl, wlth.ptany of the s oketri . and crew of his blajesty's Alp the 11ityn In Which a violent and contagious fever had twelts eat.' lb hopes some beiseit world result' to the ellicted. bat witamit sent. es most, • ifses all that were infected, fell lied.. Amalie &mate. hierry•Dyer. egad 67 years. She was Wfasiariffe. elfenarde Ie teal, tor wa 46 p fish-wpavio tihs had iseist*A l kTsf , lf fellow* etiltatY s. YAW days Lisdeb t• Mated liael•lPOlONl6k — st the 01111.*IViritn, Strand, 4if ItoWARDIRLL, Proprietor. ;061 P OlO l flail 1 by wl