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OLD BAILEY, TUVILIIIIAT, SETT. 42. AI loos as Mr, Sergeant Akartix took his .seat on the bench, llipwseds of thirty , prisoners were brought op and discharged by prodamation ; .the ()rand Jury having broke up without finding, binpror them : most of them wets Omelet. led Jets BA:s, mother and daughter, both married Idlers, were indicted, the former for stealing, in the dwelling-house stertitosnaa Dale, sundry articles of table linth, shirts, &c. value Ift. ; ar.d the latter with receiving the mine, knowing them to be stoic,. The prisoner Wilkios, the daughter, had been the servant of Mr. Rile, the prosecutor, for two years, and trom time to time took :be various articles in question, and handed them over to the 'limner Bliss, her mother, who pawned them at three different pawnbrokers. The defence of Wilkins was, that she merely took the articles 111041 had them pawneti,imentling to redeem them. . Bites said she pawned them at her daughter's request, believing that they bad been gives her daughter. Mr. bargesart ARABI ir charged the Jury. that the capital part of the indictment could not be sustained, there not being any evidence, est property to the amount of ttrs. being stolen at any one and the time time, although the gross amount of property stolen far ex. seed that sum. It would be for the Jury to say whether the elder prisorrn received this property with the knowledge that her stadghter bad stolen it. 'Me Jury found both prisoners Cuing. Tt.e prosecutor recommended Wilkins to mercy. %Berme Mr. Justice LIT T L EDALg. Mr. Justice °ASK LI K, sod • London Joey.) TRIAL OF LADY LA Al BERT'S CQACH3IAN FOR MI7RDER. /sows Collins was put to the bar indicted foe the wilful murder of Nicholas Dawkins, by knocking him down on the 23d May last, and driving two horses anti a four-wheeled carriage over him ; whereby ooe of his legs was crushed, and s compound fracture oc casioned, of which he languished and died, after an interval of three mouths. The prisoner also stood charged on the Coroner's Inquisition for alike offence. Dlr. BRODERICK opened the pleadings. Mr. BOLLARD stated the case to the Jury as it aforwa . ds ap pareled in evidence, and called Lord Westmorland, who deposed as follows :—On the 23d May Imo I was at an entertainment given by Lord George Cavendish, at his house in Piccadilly. About halt past twelve 1 came out of the house, and went in the direction of the gate. I observed two Marriages which were jammed together, and several persons were *bout. 1 called on the police to put a stop to the disorder, and do theft duty. A police officer, whom I afterwards unders tood to be the deceased, came forward at my call. He spoke to the coachman rim was driving one of the carnage'. One coach then gave way, and the other rushed forward with very great velocity, but I can't say I saw the coachman who was driving whip the horses violently. However, I was so struck by the conduct of the driver, that I went up to him, followed the carriage, and inquired the name of the owner. Be told me ft was Lady Lamberts. and that he was her elliscbrnan. I went into the house, and spoke to Lady Lambert on toe subject, and on my return I found the police officer against the wall with his leg broken. I ant satisfied it was the same men whom I spoke to and called on to do his duty. I have no doubt on the subject, bat I did not observe him with sufficient accuracy to swear positively that it was the same person whom I afterwards 10a0d injured. 1 saw him in front of the carriage which was driven be the prisoner at the bar, but did not hear the expressions he made gat Of. by Mr. Law—T:ere were two carriages in the gateway at the dine, and that which advanced in the manner de scribed was on the left side, which was its roper situation on en. tering. I did not observe the person of the coachman who drove Lady Lambert's carriage particularly. I did not myself receive aelEnsjury, but I understand my servant was struck. $y the Cooler—The gateway was nearly sufficient fin two car rtages to have passed through it, but not quhe. • James Porter —I am servant to Lord Westmorland, and attended his Lordship on the eight of the 234 May last. When the police. than was called upon to interfere and do his duty, he took hold of Ms rains of one of the carriages. Immediately one of the coaches gave way, and the other passed on at a fast trot. I went back to the wall. The carriage passed forward, and struck the police Officer on the side, when he feU. I directly went to his assistance, 231/ . ollnd his leg had been broken. He was then placed en a door, sod takes in that manlier to the hospital. Cross-examined.—The side on which the carriage driven by the prisoner came in through the gate was the proper one for entering. 4: was the left side; but I can't tell which coach came in first. Samuel D. Dance—l was porter at Lord I;eorge Cavendish* on the 23d May. There were a great many carriages there on that octesuon, and I saw two coaches attempting to get in at the principal entrance. They were jammed together, and the coachmen were whipping their horses. I saw the police officer endeavouring, as I supposed, to restore outer, and persuade the coachmen to drive in in line. One of the coachmen drove on. and I observed the police. mart fall to the !ground. I afterwards saw him removed to the has er il s:examined—l can't say, I particularly observed whether the inashman could have checked his horses at the moment or not. The whole transaction was momentary, and appeared to me to be as aveldent. By the Cover —I don't know how it was caused, and did not am the officer forced toward before he fell to the ground. As the officer passed me, he was in tront of the horses, and at a Lode *mance farther on, he fell, and the wheels passed over his y. bad rile Rev. Dr. Godwin—On the 23d May last, I was passing through Piceadilly, about half-past 12 at night. Near Burlington House, I observod a number of carriages, which reached all the yto St. James'isateort. They were not formed in line or order. When 1 advanced to the west gateway of Burlington House, I oh. sieved two carriages furiously whipped along, in the direction of the gateway. They appeared to be striving fur priority of entrance. - There was not room sufficient for the two to enter, and seeing the comihmen continue to whip on their horses, I said in a loud tone of voice, " You ate you can't get in together." Seeing I was not at.. tended to, I exclaimed in a still louder tone, " You scoundrel', you, will spoilyour masters' hones and carriages too." I was still disregarded, or perhaps, not beard.by the driven. The by-standers dusseed slit, and cried out, Well done, Sir I—go on Sir !" I called out for an officer. One of the carriages drew back, and the driver of the other continued whipping his horses and drove furl. misty in. I :media tely afterwards, there was a cry " • man is run over I" The crowd then closed about the gateway, and further I depooe not. Crose-examined—l am • clergyman of the Church of England, mid • regular Doctor of Divinity. 1 had my degree from Oxford. Before the Coroner, I was.% volunteer evidence in the present case. There was a great number of carriages, and I was returning from dinner at the time. I should suppose there were not less than one ut two hundred eirriages present. There was no regular line of arrives near the gate. There were carriages so close behind those which were in the gateway, that I could not pass between; but they were not exactly in contact. Prom the gateway to St. James's. Street there was • continued line of carriages, but no regular line. 1 could not observe which of the two carriages had advanced first foon the others. They both appeared to drive up together. lly the Comet—Neither of the carriages could have backed muds without predating confusion among those behind. If they the both backed out together, they must have produced much mere confusion. I could not say which of the two coachmen was the dis. orderly person. According to my judgment, then one coach gave ray, the other ought to have driven on. Samuel Plank—l am chicf.coustable of Marlborough-street. I 1,11% with Deakins, the deceased, at Lord George Cavendish's--I beard an alarm at the gateway, and on going there I found Dawkins 'big on the inner side of the gate, on the ground, with his leg broken, and his back to the wall. He was taken to St. George's Hospital. Next morning I went to Lady Lambert's stable, and apprehended the prisoner, He said, ' That he did recollect driv ing *gluon the man, but did not know that the wheel bed gone ores him, and that he was very sorry for it." The carriages came in at the centre gate, and went out at the eastern gate. They were to come in when call* but not otherwise. Thomas Dawkins—l am an officer of his Majesty's. The de ceased was my brother, and was fifty-tive years of age. 1 visited dy brother at St, George's 'Hospital every day for two months, aid was * roar:. or his danger. fie said to me about the accident, dist be must go, and on that same night he died. It was about hhtt.past eight he said, " 1 mast go, Tam, it is all Dicky with me; lam a murdered man." He said that if tire coachman bail dlillen properly, he should not have been run over. A fortnight betoie his death he said that he was dying. He said that he went loon by Lord Westmorland's orders, and kept the coaches back a little, but that Lady Lambert's coachman whipped his horses, aid knocked him down—the wheels went over his leg, and bake it. _ _ bross.examined--He was twelve weeks ill, and wu pronounced ' oat of danger ; but he took a fever, and died. I heard him say diet he bed hopes of getting on. ff'kinntr, the butler to Lady Lambert, said, that the pri soner was a ktimane, careful, and excellent servant, and gave great salisfr.ctiop to his mistress. Ifr. Pittman, House.Sargeon to St. George's Hospital, said that lair. injury on the deceased's right leg went on favourably till the Sd of done, when be was attacked by erysipelas, in consequence of the fre•Aure, which terminated In an 'abscess in the upper part of the girth, from which there wet a treat dischartp, and he died on the Ittit of August. He yes considered out of danger on the llth of Jay. The compound fracture was the mien of his death. Mr. Jeffreya. another torpor, deposed to the same effect, %item. the butler, reviled.—Ha said that the prisoner akeitstein when he saw the situation in which the deceased was, and expressed great regret. This dosed the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner being called on for his defence, said, that he was heartily sorry that the' •ole:tuoate circumstance had happened, but he was not aware of it sale time. fie had nothing further to say. The foliating witnesses were called for the defence R. Pennell, footman fo Lady Lambert, said that he had gone to dominnan by Lady Lambert's orders,, and told him to drive up to the gateway.. He found him in ths street. He went a second • • in '' - there all the time. I saw the two carriages when jammed togetter. I saw one of them advance, and I then moved out of the way. 1 , saw no man all 1 perceived the mot who was injured lying on the ; igrotind. . I ll o ady Lambert gave her evidence from the Sheriff's box as fol. lows —The prisoner was in my service in May last; he bore a good character for humanity and care. He previously Itved with Mr. Oapp, from whom I received a character of him. I was kept wait. ing a considerable time, about half an hour, for my carriage, on the night in .;tiestion. I was anxious to get to my carriage, and spoke to the footman a second time to bring it up. Mr. John Oapp—l am a proprietor u f job 'tutees. I have known the prisoner two years last March. ills character for care and hu manity was excellent. Mr. W. Martin—l am a hartney.man at Cumberland-mews, and have known prisonta about three years. Ile bore the character of a steady humane man. Mr. R. Partridge—l an. a saddler, and have known the prisoner between two and three ycers. I have always considered him a steady humane coachman. I never heard anything to the contrary. Mr. J. blertin—l have known the prisoner about three years. He lived in my service. lie was a humane steady servant. The defence being closed, Mr. Justice IA TT LEI/ALE charged the Jury, anti !alit to them I to decide on the evident; which had been adduced in support of the charge, whether they could convict the prisoner at the bar of murder, manslaughter, or else acquit him altogether, on the ! ground of the transaction coming within the description of homi cide by misadventure. With respect to the charge of murder' brought against the prisoner, it did not appear to hinvon a review of the evidence that it could be sustained; for, in order to conati. tote ;he commission of that offence, it was necessary that a mali cious motive should be proved, or fairly inferrable, from the facts of the case. Now it did not appear that any malice existed in the mind of the prisonef against the unhappy subject of this inquiry. With regard to what wouil remain for the Jury to determine, a careful review of the evidence was necessary, in order to enable them to any whether the fatal occurrence took place in consequence of rashness and want of the necessary care on the part of the prisoner, or through unavoidable and unforeseen accident. If the Jury• should he etf opinion that the! prisoner's conduct came under the former description, it war, their duty to find him guilty of manslaughter; but if, on the' . other hand, they were disposed to consider the whole transaction as unintentional, and purely accidental, it would then become ne cessary for them to acquit the prisoner altogether. A good deal of 131illt1011 existed in the evidence. They would consider whether! undue violence had been exercised at the time of going in; and that the deceased had fallen in consequence; or whether the acci dent had not been unintentional, in which case they would acquit the prisoner. There was no doubt that the prisoner was just'. tied In going In first, according to the regulation agreed. There, was only one witness, Dr. Goodwin, who said the coachman had used his whip furiously. He also said that on his reumm. strating with them on the circumstance, they either did not hear, or had disregarded him. It was very possible that in such con. fusion neither of the •toachmen had heard him. But the same witness said, that when they heard some one inside call nut, " put back ! stand back!" they both obeyed. The declaration of the deceased that he was a murdered man must be under. stood in a general sense, and not as imputing murder to the prisoner. On the whole, they would say whether the prisoner was guilty of manslaughter, or whether this was one of those accidents which arc inseparable from transactions of this nature. The Jury considered about ten minutes; when they found a verdict of Not Guilt if, both on the indictment and on the Coroner's Inquisition. The prisoner, who is a remarkably mild looking man, then with. drew from the bar. The Court was much crowded during the trial, which Appcared to excite a great deal of interest. Lord' NVestmorland sat on the bench till the conclusion. William Leadlcy, aged Si, was put to the bar, charged with kill. sng and slaying his wife, Jana Leadley, by giving her sundry blows and bruises with a stick. Anne Major—l live in Spring-street, Shadwell, which is in the parish of St. Paul. The deceased and prisoner also lived there. I recollect seeing prisoner and his wilb (the deceased) together in the month of July last. It wan on a Sunday morning; but I can't tell the day of the month. Prisoner mote in, and I heard sonic words between him and the deceased. I afterwards heard blows. I went into the room, and saw the prisoner beating his wife with a *tick. The blows were inflicted on her left amt. Ile told me, "if I did'nt quit he'd serve me the same." I did not see prisoner do any thing but beat the deceased. 1 did not see her kicked, but she complained of being so. Prisoner left off, and dressed himself, end went about his business. Deceased appeared " fresh" (in liquor). This is the stick with which he beat Lis wife. (The stick was here produced; it was thicker than that allowed by Mr. Justice Buller, and appeared partly broken, and split down the middle.) I know that the prisoner was ordinarily a good husband, and affectionote father when his wife was "comfortable" (sober). Deceased died on the Friday following this ill-treatment, lu her own house. Cross-examined by Mr. PittrAirs—Deceased was often in the habit of being " fresh ;" she took refreshment the day before she died. What do you mean by refreshment ?—Gin ! (Great laughter, in which the prisoner joined.) Mr. Justice GASELEE—This is no laughing matter. Witness resumed—Deceased often tonic refreshment between the beating and the day of her death. She was often fresh, and in the habit of drinking raw gin. When his wife was sober, the prisoner was affectionate and quiet. Mr. R. Blake-1 am a surgeon, and on the 12th July 1 attended the deceased, whom 1 found in a state of intoxication. She was also in the first stage of a typhus fever. 1 observed some inflan.. mation on the muscles of the fore arm. I desired that she should get no more spirits. The inflammation of her left arm was like an erysipelas. It extended upwards. The deceased appeared in a state of considerable danger. Thai was on the 12th. On the fol lowing morning the intoxication had cemed. A dioictarge of , emus matter came from the fore arm. In the evening she ap peared somewhat better. Site afterwards grew worse, and I re commended her to be taken to the hospital, as it was impossible to prevent het from getting liquor while at home. The prisoner wished every attention to be paid to her. On the 14th there were spots or pustules on the arm, and on the following 'mating she died. I am of opinion, that the extreme heat of the weather, combined with the quantity of spiritous liquors the deceased drank, brought on an attack of fever. I attribute the woman's death to this cause, and not to the beating. Mr. Justice GaseLEE—Then there is an end of the case against the prisoner, and of coarse, Gentlemen, you will acquit him ; but I have to complain of the variations which take place between the, depositions of witnesses at the Police.offices and their evidence when they come here. The female witness in this case had sworn very differently before the Magistrates and on the present occasion.. He was glad that the prisoner did not appear to be guilty of the unmanly conduct. attributed to him on that occasion by the wit. nesses. It had been stated that the prisoner kicked the deceased, and made use of other violence beside that of striking his wife with a stick ; but that statement was not borne out by the testimony of the witness at present. These variations, which frequently occurred, were to be deprecated, inasmuch, as by their means, guilty persons escaped, or innocent individuals were unnecessarily dragged into a court of justice. Witnesses, when examined before a Police :Ha gistrate, should be aware they were as much on their oaths as if they had been in a court of justice. Proper care ought to be used to apprise the witnesses of this circumstance, and to guard them against exaggerating facts in the first instance, or retracting their statements, supposing them to be correct in the first instance. A ease had occurred the odier day to which this remark particularly I applied. He trusted the subject of complaint would be removed, and that he sh,initi not again have occasion to advert to it. %Vial' regard to the present case, there was no evidence to substantiate the charge against the prisoner, and the Jury would therefore acquit him. The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner then withdrew from the bar. lie was genteelly dressed in black, and appeared more indifferent in his manner than might have been expected. Mary Coggin was indicted for assaulting! Catherine Bweney, near the Hing's highway, and stealing from her penmen a ring, a shawl, and two sovereigns, the property of her husband, John Sweney. The prisoner, who appeared about twenty-four years of age, was meanly dressed, and held an infant in her arms while standing at the bar. The prosecutrix (a voluble Irishirotnon) derosed, that the prisoner prevailed on her to go through some fields, under pre tence of showing her a short way home, and in that place, etiolated by two men, committed the robbery as alleged in the indictment. A cloud of witnesses of the same description, most of them wo men with children in their arms, were quite willing to prove the' sad lamentations and descriptions given by the prosecutrix of the misfortunes that befel her ; but u they could add nothing to the facts already stated, it is unnecessary to record their several hearsay declarations. The prosecutris being recalled, admitted that there might have been something of love u well as liquor in the case. The prisoner during the robbery had the infant site now holds in her arms, and the Magistrates at Lambeth street had dismissed the case, refusing to issue a warrant for the apprehension of " man, woman, or child," though all, se:wiling to the prosecutrix's story, were act and part in the demolition of her purse and person. She had therefore nothing left for it but to indict Mary Goggen at Hicks' Hall. The Learned Judge was proiseedir.g to sum up, when the Jury intimated that it was unnecessary. and found tho prisoner Not Guilty, to the great dissatisfaction of Mrs. John Sweney. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERCIZANT and the Middlesex Jury.) William Riirreil was indicted for stealing, on the 19th August, sixteen pieces of deal boards, the property of Air. Trott. Lu Jury. Mr. Anoe ng stated the case to the Mr. Trott. the prosecutor, is a builder ; employed the prisoner' in August last as a carpenter, at the New North-road, linatnn, Prosecutor gave charge el the materials to the prisoner, as a con fidential servant: told him not, on any account, to let any thing go of the premises, as he had been such it loser. Summoned the prisoner before a Justice for leering his service, after wilt zn circum stances occurred to induce suspicion concerning his honesty. Cross.examined by Mr. C. Pm ettre—The prisoner employed a person under him ; this person left the employment of Russel. Does not know whether he went away of his own &mord, or Russel turned him away. On bringing up Russel to the police.o(ffee, prosecutor charged him with leasing his work. Does sot recollect whether Mr. Twyford, the magistrate, said he would thinnest the charge. Will swear that he did not hear the magistrate say that " be did not like our conduct in bringing one charge and then turning round and preferring another." %V hen prosecutor preferred his first charge for Hussel's leaving his service, did not know any thing about the second charge. Did not know it the day after he left him. Did not bay. at the office that he bad been told Chet Russel bad robbed bou. Could not have said so, fbr co 'one had told him ;it had been hinted to him. Russel cortirmed in his service three weeks after this was hinted. It was said that I there was streeneWboat Min whd was robbing hint, and he sus-! pevted that it was Routh Re-examined by Mr. Aromeltos—After this was hinted, pro ' Stall°, set some ore to smelt the prisoner.' Climpson—Was employed in the buildings carried on about Hutton ; irasZnit engaged , by Russel on teak work ; after Russel l.ft Mr. Trott, Trott set him to work. In August saw Russell !and his apprentices tate away the pieces cut out of the mitre : stump of the staircase; cannot swear what day this occurred— ] about, breakfast tine; took no particular notice of it, for he thought it was only fire-awl Went the day after-to work at Aldermarbuty, by order of Mr. Trott ; did not tell it to Mr. Trott. By a Juryman—Are you a carpenter ?—Yes. Did you ever know an instance in which n carpenter was prevented taking these away as chips P—l have taken them away myself. liy Mr. ADOLPHUS—Did you ever take them away when you had orders not to thlt so P—No. Mr. Trott re-examintd by Mr. COMMON SEDOTANT —Know ing that these little triangular chips are usually taken away, did you tell Mr. Russel not to take away these little pieces in parti cular told him to let nothing go. Mr. Climpson cross.examined again by Mr. Punt-um—l would not give a half-penny for three of these pieces. Russel took them from under the bench where I was eitting. By a Juryman—ls it invariably the custom for journeymen to take these pieces away P—lt is. Edward Cosney examinett- r Had orders to watch the premises. By Mr. C. PHILLIPS—I suppose you would not have lighted your pipe with a chip P—The witness seemed to be puzzled by this question. Mr. C. PHILLIPS then called the witnesses to character. Mr. Arm-Puns was beginning to cross-examine one cf them, when Mr. C. PHILLIPS rose with great indignation, and said, I be lieve it has been the universal practice of this Court, when a pri soner has been merely examined as to character, not to cross-ca- I amine him without ns,tice. _ . ADOLPHUS denied that this was the practice of the Court, and said that it we* a niece matter of courtesy. Mr. C. Pucci-ire—l say that this is the practice, in the face of the country. Mr. ADOLPHUS-4 deny it, in the face of the country. Mr. C. Putieres—Let the country judge between us. 31r. COMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence. Be ob served that these chips were of very trifling value ; the only ques tion was; whether they were taken away feloniously ? It appeared, hie Lordship said, that it was the usual practice to take these chips away, and therefore it would require very distinct notice to be . given to any person to constitute his taking a felony. Thy Jury, after consulting • short time, acquitted the pri soacr. • Thlettiliig the last sliddlesex case set down for trial, Mr. Con mow titscicA,:x dismissed the Middlesex Jury. ' J. Sullivan, Je're Kemp, and R. Butler, were indicted for stealing nine pair of stocktugs From the shop window of Mr. Kip. ling, a hosier residing in Cheapside. It appeared that the two first-named prisoners went into the shop and engaged the attention of the abopman, whilst theother prisoner made off with the stockings. All the prisoners were found ATROCIOUS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. James Sian - t was indicted for feloniously killing two mares, va lue 311 guineas, the property of Mr. Shirtuau, the proprietor of the Bull and Mouth Inn. Mr. BRODERICK stated the case for the prosecution. In the course of his long experience he had never met with a ease accom panied with such circumstances of atrocity as the present. Till lately, to destroy a horse from malicious motives had been consi. doted os a capital offence ; but by the last Act it had ceased 'to be considered so, and made liable to transportation for life or a leaser period, whatever might be the motives that caused the deed. The prosecutor. Mr. Shirman, was the proprietor of the Bull and Mouth Inn, the prisoner was a butler in his service ; the duty imposed upon hint was the care of a stable, belonging to the prosecutor, called the Oxonian Stable, on account of the horses that drew the Oxonian coach being kept there. This stable was undo( ground, and was lighted by gratings in different places; through one of those gratings two boys, in July last, saw the pri. scoot put the handle of a pitchfork into the body of two mares, anti work it about. One of the boys went and told his father, who was working In the yard, being also a servant of the prosecutor's. The Man paid no attention to the information given him, nut believing it possible. A farrier, who had occasion to go into the stable about half an hour afterwards, discovered that ~ ere of the horses was dead, and the other in a dying state, and which also died in half sn hour afterwards. When the officer took the prisoner into custody one of Ids shoes was bloody, as was also the handle of the pitchfork. These were the facts of the case; he should substan tiate them by the evidence of the boys, who saw the deed, and by the farrier who afterwards dissected the bodies, who would tell them that the appearar.cea he found were such as would be pro.' duced by such a deed as lie had mentioned. It was a fortunate circumstance for the prisoner that it was uo longer a capital offence, for had it been so, and should he now be found guilty, be must have suffered the sentence of the law, for such atrocious and dis gusting conduct he had never heard of. The following evidence was then called : J. Windsor having been examined as to his catechism. Ice. was sworn.—Witness was in the Bull and Mouth-yard in Jul last ; knew the Oxonian stables, which were under the care of James Short. The stables are under ground, and are entered by a slope. He was in that slope in July last, at a quarter to four. Whilst there he saw the prisoner ill-treat the mare that was second to the window with the handle of the pitchfork, and afterwards the one that was near the window.--(The witness here gave the necessary legal evidence to substantiate the charge.)—Whilst the man was aping it witness called the boy Regg, who was afterwards called away. R'itness afterwards saw the prisoner come out of the stables, went to the privy, and then went home. After the farrier came he (witness) went to the stable with the farrier. He there saw the mare that the prisoner first poked lying dead, and the other sweat. ing very much. Cross-examined.—Has been forbidden to go into the stables, and has been scolded for being there. Oa the Sunday before he and some other boys were in the stables, and were whipptal out by the prisoner. The whip did not teach him. The prisoner held the fork by the Iron ; the stable was dark, and he was standing up wards of three yards from the prisoner; has never seen candles used in the stable in the day-time. He did not mention it to any of the people that were passing. He went to T. Davis and told him whilst tile prisoner was doing it ; he afterwards went and looked again ; he was not near enough to see whether blood came from the horse. Ire merely told T. Davis that James Short was doing something to the horses. Witness was turned nice years ofage. /lie father has ' nothing to do In the stables. Re.examined.-IVitness could not, where he was standing, see people go by in the street. Examined by the COMMON SERGEANT.—Before he told T. Davis that Short was doing something to the horses, Regg went to him. Charles Regg was next examined.—His father Is a watchmaker. On the day lii question he went to the cistern that stood in the sta ble-yard. Whilst there the boy Windsor called him. The wimess then corroborated the testimony of the lost witness. John Davis lumber corrobouded the above testimony. T. Davis was at work near the Oxonian Stable on the day in etuesflon. His own son, the preceding witness, came and told him something. He afterwards sent down into the stable and saw one thee lying dead, and another in a dangerous state. Ile took it to the farrierlanuallately. It was light enough in the stable to see into it. - • Cross.examined.—Witlsor told him nothing. Regg told him how Short the prisoner was using the hones, but did not believe - henry Sermon, a veterinary surgeon, was then called.—Ho had dissected both the mares. The treatment that had been described would occasion the appearances be found. George Thompson, a constable who took the prisoner into cos. tody, proved that one of his shoes was covered with blood, as was also the handle of the fork. It had the appearance of having been wiped. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, declared his innocence of the charge, protesting that the blood came on his shoe front a kick he gave one of the dead horses, iu order to rouse him, as he thought. Sereridr witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good cha racter for humanity. The Comstox throoriater. in sotraning up, observed, that he Lft It entirely to the Jury, as it was a question of fact. Tue Jury found him Guilty, without hesitation. title ' and found him jammed up in the gateway. H e told im tin her ladyship had been waiting half-an-hour, and told him to leaks all the haste he could. The carriage. of up about a quarter us so bout after being jammed. Her Ladyship did not hear of the wooldent till nest morning. The coach lamps were not lighted. Moses Holland—l was at Lord George Cavendish's on the night =bon, and was standirg near the gateway. I observed two es there. I wee on font, within the gate. At the time one of the carriages was jammed to I saw no whip used, and must have man it if it had been seed. I don't know whether a great many eserhos were outside, Not being there. I saw Lad Weatsnora- Mal near the gateway, but did not see Itjm' gettiut bf the way. I &And no diffieulty la getting ont of the Way. If the *hipping bad . token place while I is there Intuit have east I. Oresaaaamiaa4-1 Lot swear there was " sm. I was not ROBBERY AT THE AUCTION MART. It will be remembered by the readers of our police reports, that a Mr. Patin was some few months back brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing banknotes to a considerable amount. The trial was appointed for this day, at live o'clock precisely. indicttneut charged the prisoner with steeling, in the parish of St. Mary-lc-Row, on the 18th November, 1824, four Bank of England notes, for the payment of 10001. each, the property of Mr. Francis Robinson. Mr. BRODTRICI, for the prosecution, rose anti said that he had to make an application to have the trial postponed. His applica tion was founded on an affidavit made by Mr. Hobler, the solicitor for the prosecution. The Learned Counsel then read the affidavit. It stated that three witnesses, who were residing in Paris, were ne cessary, and very material to the case. An application had been made to the Secretary for Ftweign Affairs, who had in consequence written to Lord Granville our Ambassador at Patio, begging him to make such representation to the French Government as might have the eftict of bringing over the three persons in question. The deponent 4:11r. nobler) bad received an intimation from Mr. Gatemen, the Under• Secretary of State, that Lord Granville had applied to the French Government, but had yet received no answer. ender them considerations, he hoped the (.ours would grant per mission to have the trial postponed till the next Sessions. Mr. Law argued on the same side. Mr. Anor.ettus, for the prisoner, contended at OM length, that the affidavit did not sufficiently express the absolute necessity of these witnesses. It ought to have been expressly stated In the affidavit that the trial mold not proceed without them. He sub inhted, therefore, that tke trial ought to proceed. The COURT decided that the expressions used in the affidavit ' sufficiently imileated that the prsence of the witnesses at present in Paris Was necessary. The trial must. theeefore, be postponed till next Sessions, and the prisoner's recognisances till then respited. PICCADILLY ENTRANCE TO LONDON.—There are two small hot handsome lodges, with an intermedigc toll-bar, .noW erecting near the Cannon Brewhouse, intended to 'supply the place of the old oue that is to be removed from Hyde Park-corner. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SF.PT. 12. PRAUDS• ON PARISHES. tatkedne Sk•te2rd was indicted for a scrim of frauds on the parish of St. Giles.in-the-fields. Mr. AWD/tEsys staled the ease as one of a very angravnted na. tune, the frauds having been commenced in the year 1820, and per. severed in up to the tune of their detection—about six weeks ago. The following witnesses were called to prove the cue. Mr. Biggs, assistant oversetr, proved that the prisoner, who is an unmarred woman, had two children born to her some years since, in that parish, to which both of them became chargeable, and she wan allowed its. per week towards their support. This al ; low arse had been regularly . paid to her till about lilt weeks back, at which time, on her presenting herself with two children, which she pyoduced us those in question. witness basing some suspicion thst all was not right, interrogated the children, and thus learnt that they belonged to a woman of the name of Smith, by whom they had been lent to the prisoner for the occasion. The pismire was in consequence apprehended. Mary Smith, the moder of the children produced by the pri soner, confirmed the last part of Mr. Biggs 'a testimon The Sxrciary and matron of a charity school at Is lmgton proved that the two children belonging to the prisoner had been boarded, clothed, and educated in that lustitution ever since the year 1820, so that the prisoner must beech' all fraudulently obtained from the parish a sum arnountinu to neatly 601. The prisoner had nothing to say in her defence. Verdict—Cr/My. The CHAIRMAX, after dwelling on the turpitude of her conduct, sentenced her to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. Jbhn Cox was indicted for an outrageous assault on Thomas Major. It appeared that the prisoner was of a very violent temper, and his mother having thwarted him in some trifling matte y, he snatched tip a case.knife, and attempted to cut her throat. Th e prosecutor, hearing her screams, rushed in, and seeing the imminent danger she was in, sprung upon the prisoner, and attempted to take the knife from him, when the latter turned his rage upon the prose cuter, and cut him severely over the back of his right hand, and also wounded him in the thrust, but fortunately without touching any vital part. prisoner said in defence that the wounds were inflicted by pure accident. Verdict—Guilry. The CHAIRMAN told the prisoner he might consider himself for tunate in not having been capitally indicted for maliciously cutting and maiming. The offence was of a most atrocious kind, aril he should therefore sentence hint to one year's imprisonment and hard labour. ]Rory 11PLnehlin and John Stanford were indicted for an un provoked assault in having knocked down Henry Potter, and ar.othet young man, in the neighbourhood of Hanover-square. The prisoners are Irishmen, and, in conjunction with some more of their countrymen, were amusing themselves by kicking up a row in the streets about eleven o'clock at night, when the prosecu tors happening to pass by, were 0r,,: cesemonie knocked down. The prisoners were immediately taken in charge by the watchmen. Verdict—Gni/ty. The CHAIRMAN, after remarking on the necessity of checking the propensity to outrages of Ibis kind, sentenced them both to four months' imprisonment. POLICE. MANSION ROUSE, SEPT. 22.—A gentleman applied to the Lord Mayor for a summons against a waterman, whom be con ceived had practised a grout imposition upon him. The gentleman said, he took a boat to convey two ladies to a steam-packet off the Custom-house-stairs, and having detained It four or five minutes, returned in it. Upon asking the fare, the wa terman demanded 24. 61. The gentleman remonstrated at the ex-t orbiting charge. and then the man said be would not take less than 214., conteuding that he was entitled to it on account of the luggage, .which thd not weigh more than 301bs. or *Abs. The ap phcant thought, diet if watermen were allowed to make use ef such a plea as this, they would avail themselves of it to practise the most extensive impositions on the public. I The LORD Al AYOR said, he had looked over the regulations, and found that there was not a word mentioned about luggage. The wwermen were, in this respect, wholly out of his jurisdiction. He regretted this much, but there was at present no remedy. The subject was, however, one which was swelling into importance, and he should state the facts mentioned by Mr. Spooner to the Court of Aldermen. He knew that a set of new regulations was now in progress, and he was convinced that one would be iatrodueed upon this very proper suggestion, calculated to cheat the gross frauds so frequently occurring. II smartly dressed young man applied to the Lord Mayor for a summons or a warrant against a gentleman for an assault. The LORD MATOR—TeII me the particulars of the assault, and whether you gave this gentleman any provocation. Applicant—l gave him none. I went to him to be hired as his footman, and I gave hist the address of my former master, but he promised not to wait upon hint to ask any quastions ►bout me un til I should see hint again. When Iv went to him again, he told me my terms were too high, acd that I was too good a servant for him. 1 judged from this, that he must have been to my old mas ter, and I charged him with it, and he pushed me violently and rudely out of ills house. The Ltno MAYOR —Why, you won't pretend that he had no right to make an inquiry into your character? Bat tell me, if you please, in what manner you charged him with the breach of his en gagement, as you seem to think 1., with you ? The Applicant—l merely told him he acted in a very ungentle manly manner in going to my master to ask about me, after 1 kad required him not to do anything of the kind until I should see him again. I knew he must have broken bis engagement to me, and I said he had not acted like a gentleman, upon which he had the impudence to seize me by the collar, call me a d--d rascal, threaten to kick me out, and actually shoved me violently out at the street door into the street, and shut the door upon me. The LORD give you no summons. Von may seek satisfaction at the Sessions if you please. So you wanted to be hired without a character, did you? You may depend upon it that you will never get a place without some much stronger recommend ation than your civility. The Applicant—He should not have told me he would not do what he afterwards did, and it was very ungentlemanly con duct. Theloup Marot—Very well. Take the case to the Sessions. I shall not trouble the gentleman. The applicant mutt; . red something in condemnation of the re fusal of the Lord Mayor, and seemed disposed to be imperti nent. Mr. HOHLER—My good fellow, you had better walk out of this as quickly as possible, or you may have to tell somebody that you were shoved in an ungentlemanly manner out of the Manstun hoase. The fellow looked u terrible u he could, and would have put on his fiat in contempt of the Lord Mayor, had not one the officen prevented hint.. . . , The LORD MAYOR said the conduct of this very gentlemanly servant put him in mind of what took place between a friend of his and a fellow who was making his terms as footman. " What wine do you give, sir ?" said the applicant for the place. " None," said the other. " None! God bless me! And pray who is to clean my boots a:id shoes ?" cried the servant. •' Oh !" re plied the gentleman, '• I'U do that myself," and turned him out of doors. DISSENSIONS IN THE NEW GENERAL STAGE COACH COMPANY. GUILDHALL, SICPiTii:Li/TT:ki.LJ Main was charged with assaulting Mr. Alcock, of Foxton, who described himself as the original projector and concoctor of the New General Stage Coach Com Mr.p an. Al y ooek stated that be was on his duty as a servant of the company, watching the return of their coach to the Axe Inn-yard, Aldermanbury, last night, and on its arrival learnt from the guard, that he had been much abused by an Irish gentleman (the prisoner), and he was determined to have his quarrel out with him. lie (Alcock) told hint to leave the gentleman to him, and went into the coach-office to inspect the way-bill, where he found the said Irish gentleman, and asked him what he did there. The prisoner replied, " You are not drunk," and upon his saying he was not, Main struck him a violent blow on the breast. He of course de fended himself, and gave him into custody. Main was a sort of self-elected inspector, a friend of Mr. Flannigan, and some other of the directors. lie had two witnesses to corroborate what he had stated. instead of these witnesses, however, one, in favour of the prisone-, tame forward and said the affray began from Mr. Alcock 's rudely calling to the defendant,—"What have you to do with looking over the bills ?" and, at the same instant, squaring up to, and strik ing him, when a tremendous row ensued. As to Mr. Alcock, he bad no business whatever in their office. Mr. Alcock.—No business in the °Rice ! Why, I hare as much right in it as Mr. Holt himself. Lengaged it on behalf of Mr. Washinton Shirley and myself. Mr. 'l '. Gilbert said Main struck the first blow. Another gentleman said the conversation was nearly as follows t Mr. Alcock asked Main what business he had there? Main replied, Give me none of your impudence. Alcock said—lf you have any business, do it, and get out of the way ; and Main replied, None of your impudence, sir; you are not drunk now, and forthwith hit him up into a corner. A fight ensued. Mr. A Ictick.--I was the sole projector of the establishrnent, and we are paying four guineas a month for the use of that office. Mr. Alderman Mau WAY said he had heard quite enough to satisfy him that the General Stage Coach Company was not a well. organised one. It appeared to him the complainant had had a fair share in the fight, and he should therefore leave then to their re. mealy, by going before a Grand Jury. i d l a o y7 (fel on m ea tzt:tfrom public office this morning, with hi s a ffid av i t , o f w hi ch we give a ter - 11 8 i T r a . 11 E 1 E a T ttil i t P tli T e . 2. h 2 l . e — tu P be u r tm lo a r n copy below. He had no hesitation i n swearing, lie said, that the u f pto y t ell he proprietor and editor of the Northing Chronicle, In the attacks the' had made upon Trim in their newspaper, actually, in his belief, designed to stir up the Smithfield drovers and others to murder him, or do hint some grievous bodily harm. rite Honourable Member, after swearing the af f idavit, antmad ruled in terms of pointed indignation upon the remark. upon him contained in the Chronicle of this day. These men, he observed, promised themselves more fun With him, and that was the only reason they gave for not wishing him to he killed. All he begged them both to understand was, that it should not be his fault if they did not have an opportunity for more fun. He would place them in the fanny situation of men who hive to listen to the decision of a Jury upon their conduct. Some people might laugh at him, but more laughedf with him. He considered that by his Hill he had obtained the ti flbetions of the metropolis ; and Mears. Clement anti Black bad better take his *civic*, and mend their mammy, before they excited the execrations of the whole people against them. Mr. Mtxet3ZlLL 118.31.1tca Mr. Martin that he would take th e accessary steps to secure the attendance of Mr. Clem ent n; office to.morrow morning. Mr. Martin then bowed and departed. The following is a copy of the affidavit, on Which Mr_gg emin obtained the warrant against Mr. Cletnent:— Middlesex to Wit.—Richard Martini of 16, Manchester bade. ings, in the city and liberty of Westminster, Esq. makes sat. and saith, that William Innen Clement, being a person of an etc,' and malicious mind and disposition, and unlawfully and rnallcio tie l e contriving to vilify and injure and disgrace the deponent, and provoke him to a breach of the peace, and as this deponent vet believes, to incite the drovers of cattle and others, the subjects , 4 our Lord the Ring, to commit end outrage upon and murder di:, deponent, did on the tith day of Septembef Instant, with force et arms, within the sold city and liberty of Westminsteond nounl of Middlesex and elsewhere, pub lis h or cause to be publi s h e d in a Certain public nqwspaper. called the Morning Chronicle, a ' ,i dea, scandalous, andlllifiChlCVOUK libel, avid concerning this depa tiou, containing, amongst other things, the scandalous, malicious, a i l, cbievous and libellous matter following, of and concernin g tin ed .. patent (that is to say) " Our hair absolutely stood on end wh en we read the following attack in the last number :—" That /ne t Jack-ass Martin (moaning this deponent) throws au air of ridicai e I over the whole matter by his (meaning this deponent) insufferable idiotism. I hope to see his (meaning this deponent) skull, thick e a it Is, cracked one of these days ; for that vulgar and angry g a b* with which he weekly infests the Police o ffi ces of the metropolis, i s a greater outrage to humanity than any teal blows ever inflicted o ft the snout of a pig or the tat buttocks of a beevo; blows which in one and the same breath the blustering and blundering blockhead (meaning this deponent) would fain prosecute, punish, and per, don." " Pray, Mr. Richard Martin, did you ever try to drive tkpig, at to keep a flock of sheep or a drove of cattle together, in the midst of the riot, tumult, and confusion of Smithh o ld ? I t i s no such easy job, I can tell you, and nothing short of a most inapesth am and provoking puppy must that person be, who stops shore drover in all his agonies of exasperation, for merely bangi ng t h e sides of an over-fed ox about to join the colours of anotner refl. ntent." " We dare not quote what follows about murdering e. to the great damage, scandal, and injury of this deponent, to the era n . ample of all others, and against the peace of our Lord the gin g, his crown and dignity. (Si gne d ) R. lil aaTrx - Sworn betbre me, this 22d day of September, 1826, U. R. 1111N91IULL. ARBITRARY CONDUCT OF WATCHMEN. RATTOI-GAIIDEN, SEPT. 22.—Thomas Catqp, a wairhttea of Clerkenwell, was brought before Mr. Sergeant SELLox, charg t et with grossly assaulting a - highly-respectable gentleman, residing st Colebook-terraee, Islington, on Monday ni,oht last. The complainant, William Fit!ford, Lag. stated, that he was returning home from a friend's house, at Pentonville, between ten and eleven o'clock on Monday night. when he saw two persos, one of whom he was personally acquainted with, in a very helpless state of intoxication ; tearful lest any mishap should befill than, be thought it the most prudent way to put them into a coach and send them home. IS'ililst in the act of assisting the coaciiman to get the young men up, the watchman same up, and in an autherds. tire manner told complainant that he would not suffer him nor ar y other man to interfere with his duty. Complainant then merely said, that he was actuated only by a motive of humanity in what he had done, as the young men stood a chance of being rubbed :f suffered to wander about the streets all night. The prisotar area went into a violent passion, and said, " D—n you, do you think that I want to rob them ? but I'll let you see how you dare to make such a charge upon me, or upon any watchman;" and suiting dui action to the word, he seized complainant by the collar, and drag ged him away to the watehhouse. Wh en b roug h t b e f ore the night constable, complainant inquired what charge w a s to b e l a id against him ? The prisoner said he would make no charge, but holding up a large bludgeon, he said, " D—n you, I'll make no charge, but if you insult me again, I'll beat you while you have • leg to stand on." This threat was repeated outside the watchboust. The defendant admitted, the use of the threat, but said he was provoked by the insulting allusions of Mr. Fulford, who insinuated that he, us a watchman, wished to pt the drunken men into Lis own care, for the purpose of plundering him. Mr. Sergeant SEI.I.ON said, that his tine feelings, however wounded they might be, did not warrant so gross a violation of tts peace. If lie felt really aggrieved, lie should bare , the gentle man In charge to the night constable, and allow a Magistrate to de cide the matter in the usual way. Not having done so, lie shoul.l now find bail for the assault. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Strr. 49. Yesterday Thomas Martin was opposed by Mr. HEATH on bc. half of Mr. George Bevan, a schoolmaster, residing at Little Stan. more, Middlesex, who had recovered 251. in an action of assault which had been committed on him by the insolvent. The COURT doubted whether they could admit this as good ground of opposition. Mr. Mnxwa cited the case of Captain Finney as one In roint. The Comm considered the case was not conclusive ; for in order to bring an insolvent under die lath section of the Act, there should be a malicious injury done. Now this was a ease of assault only, ■nd the Court doubted its power to award punishment In such cases ; but they would hear the evidence. Mr. HEATH then caned the opposing creditor, who stated that at the time the assault took place he was a churchwarden at Little Stanmore, where the insolvent held a farm. In November last he called on the insolvent for the church rate, when the in solvent addressed him in !ow and scurrilous language, and asked him what right he had to demand what was not due to him Y Tl'e insolvent was afterwards summoned before the Maght ate, and compelled to pay the rate. In revenge, he called upon the wit. ness, and threatened to shake hint into w.ttch-ribands ; and then commenced the assault for which the judgment had been te. covered. 111 r. PoLLecx, on behalf of the insolvent, referred to a cam where an action had been brought against a person for dila pidations, in which the party had recovered 5011/. damages ; yet Sergeant Runnington tevertheless discharged the insolvent when he came up to be heard before him, on his petition.. The enrEr C03113119:110NER said, in the absence of his Learned Brother*, he would take time to consider of the case. It was certainly an important question, and he would not give a pr.• mature judgment upon it —Adjourned accordingly. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. AT TEE COURT or COMMU , SIONEII9 or BAstawrza, BASINGIIAI.I.-STIIEET. TO-MORROW. TRIAD MEETINGS. X, Bamford, J. Egham, Surrey, baker . . 12 Dania, 0. Pook, J. and Seedy, T. Colonnade, Haymarket, tavern-keepers - - . li) Jackson, L. Gerrard-street, Soho, picture-dcaler . . 14 Rossi, R. Harp-lane, Tower-street, wine-merchant . - 12 Rudd, J. E. Illitcham, Surrey, schoolmaster . - 11 - - SECOND MEETINGS. Every, T. Fore -street, Limehouse, anchorsmith - - Lawson, R. R. Ileslinden, Lancaster, currier Parry. 11. and Underwood, J. 'Change-alley, Cornbiil, bia broker - Robson, R. Seymour-place, II carpenter FIRST ILIELTINGS. Boosey, W. Colchester, Essex, grocer . Ferry, S. High-street. Shoreditch, tripeman Low, W. ood.street, Cheapside, habcrtlasher Manning, T. B. Portsea, music.seller . O'Reilly, E. Exmouth-street. agent . DIVIDENDS. Brown, W. Wood-street, Cheapside, silk.manul Miles, R. London, merchant . II - 12 . 13 . 11 In the Welsh Papers an account has made its appen ance of a camp of Ranters having established themsAves at Men-dip. It would be a bceter station, one would think, for the Baptists. Pnick or WHEAT. — Agriculturists will probably think the following comparative statement of the prices of gran in Dantzic and England, worthy their attention : nAnzzle. ENGLAVD. Price of the finest wheat par- The same wheat in Eng lad. chased in Dantair, put tree on after being here two years, h board and Sound dues paid, 265. I sold for 565. to M. 6d : to 27a. ad. Barley, free on board and Sound dues paid, 111. bd. Oats, free on board and Sound dues paid, Bs. 9d. Pease, free on board and Sound dues paid, 15s. 6d. The game Barley, 31i. tolls. The same Oats. 265. to 3• The same Pease, 60s. w OP. BIRTHS. At Cestlehead, on the 17th inst. the lady of Wm. a eon and heir. On the lUth inst. the lady of O. T.Williams, tsq. of GrosT.:r• :• place, Bath. of a son. On the 20th inst. in Burton-crescent, 3lrs. S. F. Stallanl, 3 daughter. !HARRIED. On the 17th inst. at Greenwich, Ale. 111enander Graham, of Nor Bridge -street. to Miss Elisabeth Slum, of Blackheath. Lately, at Birmingham , Mr. James Barnett Lilli ng ton, of that place, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late John Adktns. EMI.. of Id ilcote, Warwickshire. On the 20th inst., at Hackney, Mr. Wm. Do ver , sen., of 84/. , monton, to Miss Adamson, of Hackney. DIED. At Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, • on the 29th hot of cholera murbus. Sarah, the wife of %V. S. Jones, Esq. of the Clown Offico4 and of Carolineplace. tlutldford..strect. (in the 13th inst., Mr. Henry Taylor, of Tyerul , near Bradford io the county of York, aged 37. On the 13th inst., at Seveaoaks, Benjamin Name, Erg,s gistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Kent. , On the 14th mat., at Clapham, Mrs. Hughes, aged 81, re lict o f Wm. Hughes, Esq., whom the surtived only four months. On the 19th last., Mrs. Mary Lewen, widow, of Croydon, S+* - I ft lt %Ted 71 MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. llormlng IV Anil. after IL Evening 47 olio. atm II• Ptintol at THE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J.W.Clipegeir 181,1P:toad sad published by R. CSAIIIISVISV ti!" - t T toh li e: for eta cord ez 2 will Ina (wit with • ens. Eng that at th to c gnee Zatell tiista T , tia for 1 40 Wm for h r e it lA 4 " or in 1 ha -3 113 a t it a dl to 1 hen hall the refc Inv eve at ol met AL! lion