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I li ~~P I Nt 4 .4 11111 as I believed, to see me. I was brought to bell in November IBM. The defendant is the father of that child. The last convents non 1 had with hint was on the 4!h June, 1825. I told him that I found I was with child. Ile only said, " Well, I shall see you again ;" but I never have seen him from that day to this. 1 can't say at what time the intercourse took place which led to my prep- Limey. 1 isn't correctly say when my intimacy with the defendant commencer] ; but before l admitted he ptomised to marry me. After I returned to my father's, I always assisted my mother in the houeekeeping. • . Cross-examined by Sergeant WILDS—I was in business at St. Austel about two „sears. I was acquainted with the defendant for a sear or more before I matted St. Austel. My intimacy with him commenced a coneistereble thug before I left St. Austel. It begets in the fields, and I was in the habit of 'going. with him afterwards into the intik. My father's house is eight or nine miles bubo St. Austel. Defendant used to coma once a week, sometimes only once in a fortnight ; bat he seldom continued away so long as three weeks. He is a young man. Ile lived near me at St. Austel. Re-examined—l was attended by a surgeon, and had a nurse when I wax confined. Them was no other witness produeed. Mr. Sergeant Wieue then addressed the Jury for the defendant. He mold not conceive anything more different than the nue which had just been psoved, and that imaginary case which his Learned Friend had stated. If the Jury set there to witness an exhibition of talent, and not soberly to administer justice, he sheuld admit that the ease was excellently opened ; bat unless they could forget that •hey were once young men—that they had passions, which, in youth. were not controlled by reason and experience—unless they s h ou ld forget, any of them that were fathers, that they had sons who were liable to temptations of this kind—unless they were dee tertniaed to believe that every case where there was an illegi timate child was a case of gross seduction, and thai the woman was a paragon of perfection—unless they thought thus, they must feel that his Learned Friend's statement Wag monstrously exaggerated, and altogether unsupported by the facts of the case. lie did not appear as the•apologist of his client. lie would not say that blame was not to be imputed to every man who was the cause of bringing an illegitimate child into the world, lie was Counsel for a young man who had erred, but who was not for that reason to be ruined and pressed down to the earth. This young man had unfortunately and improperly become connected with this milliner, at St. Austel ; but it, was not a case In which be had brought a father's " grey main with morrow to the grave," and should expiate that crime by having his means of nubsisterce wholly destroyed. He could not conceive what the father's abject was in bringing forward such a case. It was said he had five other daughters ; but how could the publication of their sisters' shame serve them ? In no way, unless by his Learned Friend's poetical flight the Jury should award such damages to the father as would enable him to potion off his other daughters. He pitied the father, and would not utter a word to wound him ; but there was no necessity for his exposing his daughter's disgrace by such an action. The plaintiff; in this as in all similar actions, hsd a great advantage. 'the de fens' rot was not allowed to Come into the box add tell how this in tercourse commenced. and upon what tome it was continued : and who was to support the plaintiff's case? The witness who had the strongest interest in it. No one ever heard of a woman who had an illeeitimate child that did not wish to charge all the blame of the transaction on the father. The witness wished to make herself an honest woman ; she wished to excuse herself to lice father. She had the strongest interest in the case. and therefore her tes timony should be received with caution and jealousy. Yet, what had the evidence of this interested witness proved ? It proved that she was on a Iced with the moat degraded of her sex. What could the Jury think, when they found her going into fields. where there was • liability to exposure and detection ? By this the witness had evinced the total absence of every thing like delicacy. Did they wish to punish the seducer? Did they wish to show their intlignaticn towards him, when, as in the imaginary case described by his beamed Friend, he crept into • family, and wounded a lather's teenage, by robbing err innocent girl of her virtue? if they did, they should not confound such cases with the present— with a case which must constantly occur whilst there arc loose young men and loose young women. But let them not stain society tee supposing that a case like f i le was deserving of damages. It WAS not a case of seduction. If the qeestion was put to a woman of the witnees's age, she ought to resist. Ile admitted it was a utmost improper question to put. hut one very different from seduc tion. It should not be said, the defendant, who was a young man, ought to be ruined,- beceume the witness went with him into a field. It was true the witness said he promised to marry her. So every woman says ; but where were the witnesses to prove that he had ever treated the witness as a woman he meant to espouse. The t'uth appeared to be. that the defendant's addresses were accept able to the witness, and that she was indelicate enough to submit; out he hoped no young woman, who had so disgraced herself, wouhi be allowed to come forward, in the name of her father, and ruin the man who had connected himself with her. It was said that the defendant visited as a suitor ; but the Jury would observe, that none of the plaintiff's family were called on to corrobo rem the witness in this particular, although they might have heap. Taking a view of the whole of the circumstances—how the connexion began, and how it was prosectituel—no one could impute anything more to the defendant than the mere f in of his having an illegitimate child. Under such cir. eumstances, then, what damages ought to be given ? Would the Jury give the expenses which the plaintiff had been put to during his daughter's confinement, or would they give more ? They certainly would non give as much in this case , where the daughter's continet had evinced the absence of all decency and delicacy, as it' the plaintiff was tabbed of the services of a virtuous daughter. His Learned Friend had appealed to them as fathers, but if they had daughters, they had sons also, and they ought to protect the suns as well as the daughters. Let them fancy themselves at their sawn firesides, and what would they think of such a case?, lie knew they would feel as he did. They would pity the father who had the misfortune to have a daughter that misconducted herself hut he besought them not to let the young woman who had so dis graced herself, take away, perhaps, the very means of this young man'. existence. As to the father, he ought not to have published hes daughter's shame ; and if money was his object, the Jury were eaare that there was another mode by which the defendant could have been compelled to support the child. He contended that this would have been the fit and proper mode to have taken. The de fendant's conduct was improper, but he had . used no arts to gain poesension of the witness. Ile could imagine no one more des gracedthan one who had acted, and long continued to act, as she hail done. In conclusion, he submitted that there was no case onsue out to warrant the Jury in giving any damages. After summing up, the Learned Juno tt said that the plaintiff must have some damages, because he was put to expense when his (laughter was confined. Ile had never seen a case, however, which was so bare of evidence calculated to increase the amount of demure , . Considering all the circumstanced, and eseecially the sisughter's conduct, it was for the duty to say whether the plaintiff was en bled to any cnumensation fur the violence done to his &d -oge. The verdict must be for the plaintiff but no very consieere able damages could he expected. Atter a short consultation the Jury found for the plaintiff— Damages Phi. Mr. Justice OASELEE (with evilent surprise)—Do you say 801. gentlemen ? Foreman—We do. my Lon!. The et edict was then recorded. HOBBS V. HILL. This was an action brought to recover 21. 13s. 3d. the value of 23 pane* of glass. Mr. Sergeant WILDE (with whom was Mr. CARTER) stated that the parties is this action were resident in the borough or Tamer, where a great many strange things had been lately enacted, but the defendant HiU, not thinking that there were enough of odd things going on there, had thought proper to mid to the number by pine and breaking almost every pane of glass in the niaintle's window. it seemed that Hobbs was a Blue, and his Learned Friend Mr. C. F. Williams, and his party, were Greys. (A Laugh) There were some quarrels between these parties, and rot wee estd that Mr. Hill took offence at something which he saw iti the plaintiff's window. Ile was instructed to state, however, that there was nothing in Hobbs's window at which the defendant r Add reasonably take offence ' • but if there had been, he was not 1 ..t.f,ed in taking the law intohis own hands. No doubt, however, N.. 11111 had got credit with his party for doing a bold thing, but ate bevel he would not enjoy that credit at the plaintiff's ex pense. He knew nothing of the defence : If Mr. Williams had wititessi et to 'trainee, let him call them ; if lie only wanted to make a speech, let loin have it; but, said the Learned Sergeant (Cl me, gentlemen, hate the 21. 13s. 3.1. John - Frown examined—Lives; it Fowey. Knows the plaintiff, who keeps a shoemaker's shop in the Iligh.street. On the 2.41 of 3lav lase saw Rib coming down the street, with s stick in his hand. He lnaked into Robbe's shop for some time, and then took up his stick leisurely way, and smashed the windows one by one, in the t e m nest manner possible. 'The witness here proceeded to give a pane enueimtc representation of the manner in which the defendant coo. f j...t.eft to ventilate the plaintiff shop, which excited much masse. Inent.l The defendant oniy left five panes of glass whole in tie nmedow. He contrived " to get through twenty-three panne."' When he finished his work he went away. (bauehter.) :roes-examined by Mr. WILLIAMMI—Did no t . see a caricature liohba's window. Does not know there was a caricature of kir. Hill James Whitford, glazier, proved that he had repaired the window, and was paid ?1. 13s. 3d. He knew nothing ut the cari cature, lr. C. F. NV t.I.IAMS said his client did not deny the damage weld; he was pnwed tub have committed ; but the tevet was, he had seen in Hobbs's window what had roused his Indignation, and he lamed to have been able to show the Jury that lie was justified in reeling such a degree ot indignation.lndeed no one could believe that 111211 cf Mr. Hill's respectability would break any . one's Winslow withput great provocation. However, upon looking into the plead. mope he found that his client had not a legal detence, and he had teerefore advised hies not to take up the time of the Court and the Jury, by offering any. He was sorry that his Learned Friend had letroduced the Bluets and the Geer; but, as they were mentioned, ne tweet say, that whenever the Greys appeared, their opponents 1 totted very blase indeed. (Luigi:Eery . teerdict bur the plaintiff—Damages, 21. 13s. 3,1. iVEDYE:DAT, AVG. CROWS COURT. :Awe Vorthose, a woman of very respectable appearseme, was charged with online venous articles of cotton tied hosiery, the property of Henry Molyneux, a linen-draper at l'enzance. It appeared that the prisoner had bees employed big Clue last four years as an assistant In the prreecutor'e shop, but a hurt time age bed notice to leave. Sonic suspicion hanng been excited by the praeuer'e appearance in a dress ursuitable :o her co:Mitten, before jesting the proeecutoel house, her boat, were !tanned ; tied the articles in question discovered. The property was fully identified . Nothing substantial was offered in the prisoner's defence, but seve. ral respectable witnessts were called, and stated that she always had borne an excellent character. She was stated to have been very respectably connected. After a short consultation, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner appeared to be deeply affected with the result of the trial. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months. CIVIL. SIDI:. Mr. Justice GaseLßE WAS occupied during the greater part of the day, in a case , nvolving the right to the ferry at I'adstow in this county. It appeared that the gr. atest negligence was evinced by the present owner or the ferry, and that the public suffered se riously by the manner in which it was attended to. It was proved that many of the passengers were detained for hours, before they were provided with a ferry. Under these circumstances another ferry-boat was engaged to ply, and the owner of the ferry, who claimed franchise under the Crown, in right of the Duchy of Corn wall, brought the present action. The beamed Junco: thought that the negligence did not amount to an abandonment of the right, though it was not so clear that an action would not lie against the proprietor for detaining the passengers. Verdict for the plaintiff—Dernagen, One Shilling. - - A'Uli TIIRRN CIRCUIT. CARLIaLe, AuO. 2. (Before Mr. Justice PancT Betty Son was indicted teethe murder of her bastard child, on the 3lst of May last. Alr. COURT NAT and Mr. Amt./mime conducted the prose cution. The prisoner had no Counsel; but at the suggestion of Mr. Justice PARK, Alr. Jones was sent for, and undertook her defence. Johr. Noble—l am an overseer of Illennerhasset. I know the prisoner, Betty Scott. I had occasion to take her before a 3lagis. trate in the first or second week of May last. I told the pristner, before I took her before the Magistrate, that she was suspected of being with child. She denied that she was. I then took her before the Alagistrates, and she repeated her denial. She was in conse quence dismissed. Ruth Graves—l have known the prisoner for three or four years. She is between 30 and 40 years of age. I have lived next door to her. t-he has had a child hefore. I remember going to call upon her after hearing a repot t about her. The prisoner said that she had had a very bad night, and had not expected to see morning. She said she was then better. Sh► said I should see a very great change in her appearance. The mother of the prisoner made the same re mark. I had seen the prisoner two or there days before, and I did now se a great change in her appearance. Two or three days after, ss I was going to the cow-house, I saw the primmer and her mother standing behind the house. about three or four yards from the ash midden. I had some suspicion, which I communicated to my hus. band. _ . . Croas-examined—There was no attempt on the part of the pri soner to conceal the change in her appearance. She was the that to draw my attention to it. Samuel Grace-1 am the husband of the last witnest. In conse quence of what nty wl!e told me, I spoke to William Moore, an overseer. Moore and I, and a constable named Fell, went to the house of the mother of the prisoner, on the 2d of June. We went to make a search. We saw some soil newly turned up, and we dug there. We came to a bas.l about two feet deep. I t.lok the board up, and there was something in a bag lying below. It turned out to be a female child. We gave the body to the prisoner's mother, and told her to take care of it. Cross-examined—This was two days after my wife had been at the prisoner's, and had been told about the change in her appear ance. . . John Poole—l am a surgeon. I first attended the prisoner in the latter end of November. I was called in to mellow certain obstructions which were supposed to exist. I administered medicine, but it produced no effect. I observed the prisoner's appearance, and suspected that her illness arose from a different cause to that which she attributed It. I was again called to exa mine the person of the prisoner on the 9d June: I was perfectly satisfied that she had given birth tb a Child within a few days. During that examination the prisoner trade a communication, which induced me to go to a field with the mother of the prisoner ; and there, slightly covered with ashes, I found the placenta. 1 examined the body of a child in the house of the prisoner's mother. The child was covered with a cap. 1 found a considerable de pression on the left side of the forehead. There was no other mark of external violence but that; 1 observed no external disco louration that arose from violence. On removing the scalp, I found two large extravasations of blood, one on each temple. There were four or six smaller extravasations on the hinder part of the head. The lung, were rather livid, and contained air. The child was larger titan the average of children, and in my opinion the mother must have gone her lull time. The violence which I observed on the left temple of the child must (if ailininistered during the life of the child) have caused Its death. lam more inclined to attribute it to the weight of the child lying on that side. I suppose the death of the child to have proceeded front a concussion of the brain produced by the blows on the temple and back of the had. Ex travasation of blood can only take place in a living subject. The blood must be in a 'state of circulation when extravasation tal!. place. The air which I found in the lungs must, I think, have been produced by respiration. One breath would have been suf &lent. Cross-examined—Supposing a woman to be thirty.five years of age, great pain and d roger to the child would exist. Ido not think that, if it is not the first child, a woman of that age expe riences greater pain or danger than a younger woman. This was the case fur the prosecution. Ilfr Justice PARK carefully summed up the evidence, and told the Jury that if they were of opinion the prisoner had not been guilty of murder, they would then consider whether she had been guilty of concealing the birth. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict acquit ting the prisoner of murder, but finding her guilty of concealing the birth. CIVIL. SIDE. [Before Air. Baron HuLLocu.l urx r. BANTER AND ANOTHER. Mr. RAMA:TT Staled the plaintiff's case. This woe an indict ment preferred by a person of the name of Mitchell against the defendant, for a riot end assault. It appeared, that on the 19th of November last, Mitchell had been desired by a Mrs. Capes, in whose employ he lived, to watch a rabbit warren, of which she was the proprietor. For sonic reason or other, the proceeding was viewed with dislike by a great number of persons who assembled to. ether in a tumultuous manner, and attacked Mitchell. The de fendants, it was believed, constituted a part of that assembly, and fortunately, It would not be difficult to identify them, as they had on a former occasion lived in the service of Mrs. Capes, together with Mitchell, who would prove the share which the defendants had taken in the assault. Alexander Mitchell stated that lie was in the service of Mr. Capes in November last, and used to assist the keeper of the warren, Henry Sandy. On the evening of the 19tli November, he was going towards the warren, aid observed a number of persons at a short distance. He knew the defendant Gibbon, but dal not know the rest, and him lie (witness) knew because he used to live at Mr. Capes. Witness called to the persons assembled, but they gave no answer. Witness saw Gibbon take up atones and throw them at him. Witness then ran away, until he met with Sandy, the keeper of the warren, and with him be returned. He then saw Baxter. the other defendant, hunting with other people in the field. Baxter mimicked Mc. Capes voice, and desired them to come on. They then followed witness, and struck him on the kit side of the head. Gibbon seized him, and struck him on the ribs. Whams received a blow on the head, which was not well fora month. Henry Sandy continued the account of the last witness. The care proceeded until Mr. Baron Hut.i.ocx suggested, that the defendants had better withdraw their plea at,d plead guilty, and enter into their own recog , nizances to keep th,t peace for two years. The suggestion was complied with on both tides. AIIIISTRONC: V. JORDAN. . . Mr. Baot:e.itA at stated the case—This was an action of slander. The plaintiff was an attorney now residing at Liverpool, hut had formerly lived at Carlisle. The defendant, on the other hand, was a grocer; and it appeared that, among other commodities, he ear. tied On a trade in the. snide of slander. It would be proved to them, that the defendant, in April last, came Into a hotel in Car lisle, where a Mr. Irving, with whom he was acquainted, happened to be sitting. The two friends entered into some conversation about the plaintiff leaving Leask.. and the defendant put some question to his companion, us to the manner in which the plaintiff was get. ling on at Liverpool. Mr. Irving replied, that the plaintiff was getting on well; upon which the defendant said, that the plaintif was a pettifogging attorney. and a blood-sucking designing vil lain. and that he lied rolbentalward Beaumont of the Pine-apple public-bouse, of 71. or bit . lie (Mr. Brougham) did not mean to assert that that slanderous attack upon the plaintiff' had been ruinous to his reputation, nor did he Ctlr. Brougham) claim, on that account, any particular damages; but still he agreed with the plaintiff in thinking that such an attack upon a respectable pram /done! man could not be submitted to without an appeal to a Court of Justice. By the present proceeding the defendant had an comae tunny of justifying his statement, and offering proof of its truth. The defendant, however, appeared to have been satisfied with uttering the slander, for he had not in his pleaSentured upon a jus tification. Doubtless he had adapted that course, because he felt that a justification was impossible, and was conscious that the slan derous words had been uttered merely to gratify a feeling of malice and revenge. Joeeph. Irving sworn—l live at Liverpool, and know the plain tiff., who is an attorney, practising at Liverpool. Sometime in A pril last I was at the liing's Arms id this town, where I saw the rlitentlant. Ile inquired how Mr. Armstrong was getting on at Liverpool ? I said he had a good business. Plaintiff disputed that fact. Ile awn said, •• Julie Armstrong isa pettifogging attorney, and a blued-sucking designing villain ; he robbed Edw. Beaumont, of the Pine apple publie-house, of 7/. or Ill." Cruet.examined—l lived in Carlisle tour Years ego. The land • lord of the public-house was present when the defendant made this statement. We conversed about ocher subjects. The name of Mr. Armstrong was first mentioned by the defendant. The defen. dint said that the pinintilf had robbed the defendant by bringing an action against him. The other language used by the defendant warin reference to that action. I did not write the words down ; I told them to 4r. Armstrong a few days after I got to Liverpool. Armstrong sometimes comes to my house. We are good friends. We came together by the coach to Carlisle. I never promised the defendant nut to disclose what I had heard. Mr. Armstrong has not lost his appetite. I believe he eats as well as he ever did. hCAIILLTT, for the defence, observed that it was ev tactic THE BRITISH PRESS• from the testimony of the only witness called in the cause, that when the defendant uttered the words In question, he had accom panied them wiih reference to a law suit, on the conduct of the defendant, in which he had formed his opinion. The malice thare fore which his Learned Friend imputed entirely fell to the ground. The term blood-sucker on which so much had been said, had merely intimated that the plaintif f had been successful in his action, and consequently successful in drawing money. It was not pre tended that the plaintiff hsd suffered a substantial injury. He was in as good spirits as ever, and according to the statement of his witness, was still in possession of a comfortable appetite. Under all the circumstances he (Mr. Scarlett) shought that the justice of the case would be satisfied by nominal damages. verdict Bt fur aro th nH e plaintiff—Damages pa ra.oticfre_sumamagede: one pt shilling. herase,and the Jury found a POLICE. GROSS° INGRATITUDE. HATTOR-GARD,EN.—Yesterday a well-looking young woman, about 17, named Jcinima Phillips, was brought before W. L. ROGERS, Esq. for re-examination, charged with robbing John Wyman, Esq. of Coldicote Bury, near Hertford, of 60/. in notes of the Hertford Bank. illr.Wyman stated that the prisoner had been brought up by him from a state of infancy, her mother having died in giving her birth. For the last four years she had acted in the capacity of housemaid in his family, and he had no reason to complain of her conduct dur ing that period. On the 14th of July she absconded from his house, and could not be heard of. Shortly Alec her absence several articles of wearing apparel were missed, and on ex amining a desk the key of which had been lost for some days, 6411. in notes was discovered to have been extracted therefrom. He caused bills to be circulated, offering a reward for her apprehension, but was unsuccessful, until a letter was brought to him by the post-master, addreaecd to her aunt, and he, knowing the prisoner's handwriting, opened it. In it she stated that she lived cat a tobac conist's in Chester-place, London, to which place he immediately mot his son to search focr. Colson, a constable, of Battle-bridge, said that Mr. Wyman, jun. called on him on the 211th July, and after stating his business, I liked if he knew Chester-place. Witness said he did not, and asked to see the letter. On Inspection he saw the post-mark was ":Battle-bridge," and instantly suspected it was Chichester-place, Elsay's•-inn-road, there being a respectable tobacconist's in that Wee. He mentioned this to Mr. It . and they proceeded thither, and on coming within sight of the house, saw the prisoner stand ing at the doer. Ile, Colson, went over to her, and in answer to his questions she denied her name, or having come from Hatton', but on sight of her young master she burst into tears and acknow ledged herself to be guil.y. Iler master, Mr. Iluddiestone, came from the parlour, and on hearing . the circumstance, said that he had AN. of hers in his possession. in country notes. She was im mediately taken into custody, and in her apartment was found the whole of the other property stolen from Mr. Wyman, and a pair of gold ear-rings which she hail already purloined from her new mis tress. On her way to the watch-house she told witness that she stolsthe key of the desk front her master's pocket, and after taking out the notes, threw it away. Mr. fluddleatone, of 43, Chichester-place, Gray's Inn Jane-road, stated that on the 16th of July the prisoner came to his house, ac companied by Mr. Pettit?, a friend of his, living in Lower Ed mund-street, who told him that the young person with him wanted a situation, and desired her to repeat what she had told him to witness. She then stated that she had been born and bred near Weller' in Hertfordshire, but had been left an orphan about three weeks since, by the death of her mother, and had on that occasion received a little property, which she had brought with her. She said ete had never been out at service, b u t was willing to make herself useful. A motive of compassion for her forlorn situation induced him so engage her in his own family, but on inquiry as to whererto apply for eitaracter, she said that if he would welt a week or two, and found she aided him, she would refer him to her friends in HertfOrdshire. To this be agreed, and on the evoking of the same day she produced six 10/. notes - of the Her:lotd Welk, which she said was the legacy bequeathed her on the death of her mother, and requested him to take care of them for her for the present. He took them, but not being quite satisfied with her story, by the ad vice of a neighbourhe went the next morning to the banking-house of Mastennan anal Co., and finding them genuine, received Bank of England notes in exchange, of which he gave her fi ve pounds for the purchase of necessaries, and retained in his possession 541., which he now produced. Mr. Pettit said that the girl called at his shop and told him the same tale; and knowing Mr. Huddleatone to be in want of a ser vant, he took her to his house. Mr. ROGERS said that he never heard a case more replete with the basest ingratitude. The artful stories told by her to Mr. Ilud dlestone were really surprising in one so young, and considering the way in which she had been brought up. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute. BENEFIT SOCIETIES. MARLBOR01:011-STAEET.--Sarnuel Smallhorn, the late SeCle tary to the Providing Brothers - Benefit Society, held at the Horse and Groom public•honse in King-street, Seven-dials, appeared to r. summons, calling on Wm to show cause why the Society refused a certain sum to a sicfl member. Smalihorn stated that the society was dissolved all but one mein. bee; that formerly there were !:410, who, on his summon to attend a quarterly meeting to pay op their arrears, had neglected so to do, and had suffered themselves to b;: scratched out of the books or the Society, thereby disentitling themselves to any benefits as members; that in fact there was no society, nor was he secretary ; there were no stewards ; that he had given up the books, and was himself no longer a member. Mr. Butler, the clerk of Mr. Harmer, the solicitor, attended on the part of the applicant member. On cross-examining the de fendant, he elicited from him that the society had possessed 9001., which sonic of the members had induced the Master of the Rolls to transfer from the original trustees, Messrs. Jackson, Ilealey, Storr, anti Goodwin, to four other persons; that Mr. Lovell, one of the members of the society, bad petitioned the Master of the Rolls to have the money reinstated, hut which could not be done, therefore the petition was dismissed ; that he had sum moned the members with two days' notice instead of six, which of itself subjected him to a penalty of 201., as expressed in one of the articles; that on the summoning the members, one of them (Mr. Pope) asked him what tight he had to be summoned if the club was broke rip ? when Smallhorn replied, " I tell you on no account to pay, it is only to drive the old members out ;" that he had given the books up to Mr. Field, a member, who called on Thursday evening for them; he did not know where they were now; he had one address of Mr. Field, if it was correct ; he sent notice to Mr. Field a ft er the summons was issued. He did not know what had become of the 200/.; the money was delivered to Mr. West. Himself and three others were appointed the new trustees ; since which the Society had been dissolved. There had not been a new society formed on the ruins of the old one. By the 45th article of the rules, the old society could not he dissolved without the consent of live-sixths of the members. The reason of dissolving the society was, that they all refused to pay their arrears but one member. He was advised not to pay the sick-money, because there was but one member left. Mr. West acknowledged receiving 15/. of Batcliellor, a new trustee, to pay the sick ; that he had been a member but wa not now. The society does not now exist. Sir GEORGE /ARRANT told Shitallhom he wand tentliti !d to know what had become of the 200/. It appeared to hint ttry ,Cain that the Master of the Rolls had been deceived into the transfer; and he said that he would have the books produced, to thow the appropriation of the money. One of the members asked what had beeomebf the box be! tng tog to the Society, and a pair of colour., which lost 4111. Su •ely they would sell for something, end ought to be accoun ed for. Mr. Butler told the member to make himself easy se to he colours • he would first know where the 2001. was, and ti en make them produce the colours. It was clearly a trick. Smallhoio had, by a shorter notice than was legally correct, kept some of the mem bers sway, and the others who did attend he had induced not to pay, that they might be excluded for the benefit of a few. A member hinted, that unless the books were taken into posses sion directly, they might be altered, or not forthcoming at all. Sir GEORGE FAR RANT desired Ballard, the officer, to go then with Snislihorn to Mr. Field's, and obtain the books directly, and I to impound thews in the office till Friday next, on which day the parties woes desired to attend. Mr7UNIII returned into tile - 0111e - e, to TeTtffie lifigistilie that &Wilson said in the passage he had not given up the books. Sir GEORGE—We shall soon know that. If he has not. Small horn has perjured himself; he snore to-day that he had given the books to Field last night. STEALING IN A SHOP. Thema., Leather, a young man, about 18 or 20 years old, well known to the police, wan brought from St. Alai's watch-house, charged with stealing a watch front a shopkeeper in Grafton street. _ _ _ A smart.spoken litile boy, the brother of the prosecutor, stated that the prisoner and another young man came into the shop on Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, and asked for a quarter of an ounce of tobacco; while he was being served with which the prisoner asked to look at some Dutch pipes, and said to his companion. " Dick, we shall want two." The prisoner instantly threw himself on the counter, snatched the watch out of the win dow, and ran away. He was pursued, and taken to the watch. house. The prisoner's companion escaped. Witness is sure of the identity of the prisoner's person. Leather is rernantled, to afford time to get his companion, and to trace the watch. ASSA I r LT. Mr. Dintdale, the owner of the St. Ann's Coffee-house, in Dean- Street, Soho, was brought up on a warrant, for striking a Mr. Clif ton on the temple. Mr. Clifton stated that last Tuesday evening, between ten and eleven o'clock, the detendant came up 10 him in Frith-street, with out his coat, likes bravo, and struck him a severe blow on the temple. Defendant—This gentleman, if he GIN himself a gentleman, sent an impudem message to me. I was passing down Frith-street with a pot of porter ter a customer, when I met hint. his wife, or .Ibme woman he heat with, told me lie should knock my chuckled head about. I was'in my shirt sleeves, and told him, as he had con descended to send me such a message. I would give him the oppor tunity to do it then, or at any other time, and that if he intended to execute his threat he might as well do it then. lam not aware of striking him. Clifton—Why, here's my hat ; sec where you broke it. If it had not slipped over my temple, the blow was so violent it might' have taken my life away. Pirulale—Bless me, soul end body 1 . Clifton—Oh yes, a powerful wan lt‘e you might ban killcd. 111 r. Dint/dale was ordered to find bail. Mr. Clifton would stand no chance in a pugilistic rencontre with the defendant. BRUTAL ASSAULT.. Uxitow-HALL.—Yesterday a man named Johnson was brought to this office, on a warrant charging him with violently assault ing a little girl, named Shuttle worth, under the following circurn stances:— The complainant, an Intelligent little girl about twelve years of age, stated, that she resided in tile same neighbourhood with the defendant; that on the preceding day, for a slight insult, Johnson beat her violently with his fist, and afterwards took her up in his arms, and wirrial her to the Surrey Canal, in the vicinity of which she heed, and having waded into the water himself up as high as his middle, he dipped her down, and kept her under the surface until she was nearly suffocated. Ile then brought :ler on the bank, threw her down, and left her there. The child was carried home in a state of insensibility. The defendant acknowledged that he had dipped the girl in the Canal, and said that she deservid it, in consequence of the manner shew as always annoying him, by calling him names and flinging stones after. him as lie passed along. He had, he said, threatened to duck keit In the canal, and he put his threat into execution at last. The Magistrate said that the defendant hell inflicted too heavy a punishment on a female child. Had lie corrected her without plunging her into the canal, then there would have been some excuse. A person who witnessed the conduct of the defendant, spoke of It 1 , as most unmanly ; he kept her head under water for the space of nearly half-a-minute each time he ducked her, and after the punish ment, he &mg her on the bank like a dog. Mr. CMADIRERs severely censured the defendant's conduct, and held Marto bail, to answer the charge at the Sessions. CONJUGAL INFIDELITY. A man of the name of Shepherd was charged with deserting his wife, and leaving her chargeable to the parish. From the unfortunate wife's account, it appeared that the defen ' dant had deserted her shortly after their marriage, although he got a considerable sum of money with her as her portion, leaving her entirely destitute of the means of' supporting herself. One of the parish officers of Lambeth (Mr. Paice) observed, that the defendant was at present keeping a woman, whom he had taken• ' up with after deserting his wife. Mr. CHAMBERS (to the defendant)—You shall go for three months to Brixton. ' The defendant supplicated his wife to intercede for him ; but se veral persons, knowing his character, declared that there was no de pendence to be placed in his promise. lie was accordingly committed for the full term. SHOCKING SUICIDE. Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a Coroner's inquest was held at the John o' Groat's Hotel and Tavern, in Rupert-street, , Haymarket, before Mr. Higgs, lone of the Coroners for the city of Westminster, and a very respectable Jury, on the body of Mr. Thomas Robert Sinai t, who put a period to his own existence the day before, at the above Hotel, in the dreadful manner detailed as follows : Mr. Samuel Faxon, surgeon, No. 3, Piccadilly, deposed, that on Thursday afternoon, about five o'clock, he was sent for to see the deceased. He found him lying on his left side in bed, and un dressed. Ile was not then quite dead, but seemed to be in a con vulsive state. On exantiring his person, witness found a deep gash, five inches in length. on his throat, which completely divided the wind-pipe, and cut off the small valve which prevents the trod from entering the wind-pipe; there was also a wound on the left side of the breast between the sixth and seventh rib, about two inches long, and which he found, by the use of a probe, to be four inches in depth, reaching into the cavity of the chest, and wounding the lungs, and perhaps the heart ; but this the witness could not positively say, not having opened the body ; there was a third wounu on the left wrist of the deceased, which divided the radial artery and other vessels; all these wounds bad bled pro fusely, to the quaniity of several quarts ; the bell and bed clothes clothes were literally saturated with blood. The deceased held clenched in his right hand a razor, with which, no doubt, he had inflicted all the wounds, although, had there been any other instru ment in the room, witness would not have conceived that the wound in the breast could have been inflicted with a razor. There were on the table in the room four phial bottles, three empty, which appeared to have contained laudanum, and the fourth full of the same opiate. I There was alsounother bottle which contained an anodyne tincture, which witness has since learned the deceased had purchase' for the tooth-ache, having first asked the chemist for laudanum, which was refused him, and the anodyne recommended instead. Witness can not say if the deceased had drank the contents of the three empty phials, as the deceased could not breath through his mouth, although alive, when he taw him, and witness could not therefore detect the smell of the laudanum. In answer I to a question, witness said that he was not aware that taking laudanum would in this hot weather cause any particular de composition of the Wily. The deceased heed about half an hou after the witness first saw him, and died in his presence ; there was no doubt he died of exhaustion from the lose of blood. The wound in the throat, most likely, was the immediate cantle of his death, but either of the three wounds was sufficient to cause it through a loss of blood. There were several letters and other papers, and a bill of exchange, found its the pockets of the deceased, which led to a knowledge of his name and address, and which were tacit pos session of by a friend of the deceased. The next witness was George Gregory, the landlord of the John o'Groat's Hotel. Who deposed that the deceased was in the habit of occasionally dining at the how , ; and on Wednesday last, about ten o'clock at night, he came to the house, and asked if he could have a bed. Witmas replied that he could, and inquired how many nights he wanted it for ; deceased answered, " Oh T. Gregory, I dare say one night will be quite sufficient for me." The deceased then went into the coffee-room, and had his boots taken off; and having put on a pair of slippers, he was then shewn up to his bed-room. by the chambermaid. He asked the girl if there was a bolt to the room door, as he always made it a rule to fasten his door at night. The girl told hint he need not be afraid, but if he wished to fasten his door, there was a bolt at top. The deceased appeared all this time perfectly enlist and col lected, and betrayed no signs of irritation or uneasiness. The girl then left him with a rushlight in his room, and he requested not to be disturbed in the morning, as he was tired and wanted rest. lie had a ease offerors, n tooth-brush and a night-cap, with him of his own. Witness thought nothing more about the deceased until about four o'clock in the afternoon of 'fbursday,when not seeing him dawn stairs witness asked the chambermaid if the deceased, naming the number of the room he slept in, was up ? She replied, that she had knocked once at his door, but got no answer. Witness then feeling rather alarmed, ran up stairs, and knocked loudly at the room door, but watt not answered, but heard a moan. He then jumped upon the stair balustrade, and reaching to a ventilator which looked into the room, and which the deceased must have also fastened as well as the room door, he forced it open, and saw the deceased in an awk ward position on the bed, but did not sec what hail happened to biol. %fitness then put his arm through the ventilator, and con trived to draw the bolt of the door, which, by this means, lie opened ; and, on entering, .he witnessed the most horrid sight he ever beheld. The deceased lac on his face, with .bis throat cut from ear to ear, and enveloped i t blood ; he was still alive, and turning round his head ; when the witness entered he looked at him, and attempted to speak, but could not ; a razor was then in his hand. Witness was so much alarmed lie knew not what he did, and ran down stairs like a mad man, into the coffee room, and informed Mr. Gomm, of Regent-street, who happened to be there at the time. Mr. Gomm immediately ran off for Mr. Faxon, the surgeon, who arrived in a few minutes. When the de ceased made the effort to speak, witness could plainly see his eyes, tongue, and mouth move, and he seemed to be sensible of the wit ness's presence. Witness has no doubt but the deceased had slept all the previous night, and had taken the three bottles of laudanum, which, perhaps being accustomed to, did not take effect, and de. ceased finding that., got up in the bed and indicted all the wounds described, and fell on his face. The chambermaid and waiter corroborated Mr. Gregory's evi dence, as far as they saw of the deceased ; but the waiter added, that while taking o.i* Ms boots in the coffee-room, the deceased seemed to be in an uneasy state of mind, or rather in pain, as the held his hand to his head. _ _ The Jury now proceeded to ViCW the body of the unfortunate gentleman. It lay on the bed, which was saturated with blond. He was on his back, and had on his shirt and flannel waistcoat only. One of his eyes was partly open, and, altogether, a more appalling sight perhaps never was witnessed of the sort. The fatal razor had been removed from his hand, and lay, covered with blood, upon the table near him. On the Jury returning to the Jury-room, 3lr. Charles Morris Heller, of No. 26, Bear-street, Aldgate, was sworn, and deposed, that he had known the deceased for twenty years, and was always, as was every person who knew him, de lighted with his society. He was a stationer and bookseller, resid ing at Hammersmith, and was the brother of Sir George Srr.art. The deceased was married about a month ago, and witness went down to Worthing to pass a few days with the new-married couple. He never saw the deceased in such high spirits as lie was all that time. Indeed he possessed a most extrsordinary and unusual exu berence of spirits; so much so that witness often said he envied him. Since his return to his house, however, a few days ago, the deceased has appeared quite changed, iind rather in a desponding state, although there was no cause whatever to all appearance, fur the change ; he was very comfortable in hie circumstances—not at all embarrassed, and often said himself he was as happy in every way as lie could desire. His recent marriage was (mite with the wisher of his friends; the lady was an old friend of the family, and is about 30 years of age ; the deceased was about 10. Deceased was married once before, and lost his wife about seven years ago, who left him two children. About five years ago, the deceased very strangely took it into his head that his affairs were all going to ruin, but on an investigation of his books at the time, by the witness's father, th ere a pp eare d not t h e l east ground for his fears. The deceased was not a man who ever drank much ; indeed, lie could not, for he was subject to a pulmonary complaint, which occasionally made him very nervous. VI itness dined with him on Sunday last, at Hammersmith, and then ob. served a great depression of spirits in him, from what he had exhibited at NVorthing.—Mr. Duerall, the medical gentleman who generally attended the deceased at Hammersmith. attributed the sudden change to over-excitement of some kind. The deceased left home on Wednesday last, about ten o'clock in the mooring, saying he was going to dine with his b ro th er — not Si r li en . Smart, but another brother, and his wife expected him home the same night ; he did not, however, either go to his brother's, or return home. This being the whole of the evidence, the Jury, in a few mi nutes, returned a verd.ct " that the deceased died in consequence of a wound Inflicted by himself en his throat, with a razor, being at the tine i n a state of temporary tnental deraegement." HORRID MURDER IN PULILLIf FIELDS On Thursday evening a Coroner'. Inquest was held te a ., Thomas Higgs, Esq. the Deputy Coroner toe Westmirster. a t e, Triumphant Chariot, in Pembroke Mews, Unger firoat aam. place, un the body of Sarah Bateman, aged ghost 40 ya, who was killed be her husband, Isaac Bateman, in Fulham fields, After the Juty were sworn, amounting to fifteen in nnrolae ro a m proceeded to St. Genrge's Hospital to view the body, whe re i t hi tor inspection. Both the deceased's eyes were Mack, the Cot ere in particular: the same side of her neck was completely dug - ante d ; a dreadful wound bad been infileted on her head b e hi n d nit te, and her face and arms bore evident marks of violent bruise,. Ta o J pr u e r s y m s t l ed nid , d at ere d d o o n n t e h a e ld realtluartnthteohtrierriitail spueeesttacßloegitshheiftioenowoop4 1 evidence was adduced 31ary Hughes. the wife of John Hughes, of Fulh am fi ekii, sear Hammersmith, sworn—Witness stated, that the deceased sett her husband resided at the Old Greyhound, once a pohlie.h aaa, in Fulham-fields ; they alone occupied the house ; she had holm them for the last three years. The deceased was oseraionally .4. dieted to drink, and her husband also got tipsy. Indeed, it was the practice between them to drink freely on every Sunday soul Monday, and then they would quatn I together. The deceased*, hnsfrand would wrangle with her at those times; he was a l a b el .. ing man in the gardening line. and his wife also went out to week ' at the same place that he did. On Monday obaut twelve o'clock, witness heard a nose in the deceased's lin, Sc; it „u Et . the breaking of crockery-ware; upss which she appredrhed the place, and on going towards the dear, she law Isaac p. atemata. standing there ; he was devised. Witness staid to MIN you r thief, you have killed year wife." She thought it was se, in ma . sequence of hearing her roan. 4Je replied, '• No, I have n or butt her; sheds not hureyet ; she wants nothing but gin, sad E a % and water, and water 1 shall give her." Bateman then tai can in his hand, and went to due pump ; he took no water frau it, but threw the can down and van away. lie was in the habit d throwing water over the deceased when she got tipsy. Witte, went inside the house, and about three yards in the plat sit; N a . t the deceased lying on the tiles of the gmund.floor ; she bad all ba r clothes on except her cap; there was a great quantity of blood and round about her ; blood was also flowing f r om h er he3l, neck, and temple*; the deceased um quite senseless, and every snide tit crockery-ware was broken . * the house. Thete was no ligh t except what the neighbours bsought, in consequence of the noose which alarmed the village. The deceased's husband did ant return again during the time that witness remained there, which aas till halt. past one o'clock. The man dW appear to be tips,. Several of the neighbours went and washed the blood off the deceased, and slue said there was life in her. A medical gentleman, an assistant to 51r. Bowling, was called in, who said there was life still re. °seining. Coroner—Did the man say that some person bad taken liberties whit her? Witness--Not to my knowledge; but a report had been spread about that she was observed with a man is a stable. This was all report. Juror—Did you see'any weapon ? Witness—Yes. I sow the hacele of a rake, width was foucd in the cupboard, broken in three pieces, but did not otaintaaur !nuke of blood on it. Mr. Mathew Giusepsi, assistant to Mr. Bowling, of Hammer. smith, surgeon, stated, that about twelve o'clock on Monday nighr, he was sent tar to attend the deceased by the former witness's bro: ther, saying, that a woman was half killed, and requesting him to go immediately ; lie did so, and found her on the &or extended ; she was in a state of insensibility and great exhaustion. He or. dercd her to be carried up stairs, and assisted in putting her to bed. To sonic questions witness put to the deceased, she muttered seve ral words, which he did net understand. The decemed did not smell of liquor. Ou examination, he discovered several contu sions and cuts about: her face and head. He ordered her Into. retires. 31r.,foliu Bowling, surgeon, deposed, that about ten o'clock on Tuesday morning be visited the deceased, her face was a good deal contused ; there was a cut over the right eye, which was bled", stil another cut on the scalp, behind the right ear; they seamed w have been dene by some obtuse instrument ; the wounds were net of a dangerous nature. The deceased was then sensible, and com plained of great pain at the lower part of her body. Witness in. (mired of her how she came in that state, when some of the neigh. bouts observed, that her husband had said she was seen with same person in the stable, upon which the deceased said it was false,and the neighbours knew that her husband would say any thing teem drunk. At this time she was aware of her danger. Witness sus. petted that the deceased's bladder was ruptured. and she described It as having been done when he (meaning her husband) was kneel. lug on her. Witness prescribed for her, but eoneeivirg she would not get proper attendance, advised her bring brought into et. George's hospital. The rupture of the bladder, being an intents! injury, was the occasion of death. Mr. Henry Hostel!, house surgeon of St. George's Hospital, stated, that about seven o'ckck on Tuesday evening the deceased was brought. there. • Site then said she had been ktuicked down and ill-treated by her husband. On being put to bed. he attended her she was perfectly tensible, but complained ()Egret' pain in the 'own part or the belly, though she did not seem in a dangerous state. On pressing the particular part, lie found the pain increased, and during the night dangerous symptoms crime on. In the morning the deceased declared she could not survive, and she accordingly di;d about three o'clock on I% . ednesitay afternoon. Witness tad examined the body since, and the bladder bring ruptured was quite sufficient to cause death, which must have been none by outward violence, in consequence of her husband's kneeling on her. Then was no external appearance °fa kick. John Chapman, who resides in Fulham-fields, deposed that he was a Eage-coachman. Last Tuesday morning, a little after mid. night, he was within twenty yards of the deceased's house, going home, when he w-.a alarmed by a sudden crash, as of glass or crockery ware. On seeing a light brought by Krim one of the neighbours, he instantly went on to the deceased's deer, but did not go in, being afraid. Witness saw the husband of the deees'ed walkiog about the room, who stated that the wanted gin and Water, and he would give bee water only. The place was Lite a slaughter-house at the time. ilia appasod sober, lighted ills and went towards the pump, saying he stlpld g.vc her water, and took a can for the purpose, but trait of doing so, he turned off, and went away. He had neitherletolituot, t;eir stockos. on. IVitnetes went for a doctor while tiIItIONNIS waslial her. On his return he went into the house, and isie as much broken crockery and glass as would fill a bushel bask*. flare were some of the articles lying near the deceased. One of the deceased's eyes was quite black, and the other bruised. Her face was covered with blood, which flowed also from her nostrils. During the time he re mained there the deceased did not open her eyes. Witness, with some of the women, staid afterwards outside the door, to protest her from further violence. About half-pait three o'clock the same morning he saw the deceased's husband rise from a potato-bed fronting the house. NVitness called to him, saying, " Bateman. I want you : what have you been about ?" Ile then came over the gate, and gave himself up, saying, to a question which he (witness) Put, that he had made up Ins mind to die for the b—.-- b--. Witness told him he had killed his wife. Ile kept him in custody. and soon after gave hint in charge of a peace-officer at Hammer smith. He seemed sober at this time. Jane Couzens sworn—Resided next door to the deceased in Fu!- ham-fields. She deposed that, about nine o'clock on Monda) morning, she saw Bateman go out, but did not ice him afterwards. His wife (now deceased) made a ludiday that day, and went to the house of 31r. Hawkins, near the spot; it was a kind of merry making. The deceased and her husband were addicted to drinking on Sundays and Mondays. On those occasions they would quirrd together, and he used to throw water generally over her. On Sun day evening last he brought the deceased out of Mrs. :llama's house, and kicked her in the aide. Mrs. Alason was not given to drink herself. Two other witnesses were et emiosels whose evidtve, however, merely went to state what had heard front report of others. The Coroner now addrestuM the ivy, who ems:llod for a few minutes and divided, when there appeared thirteen tor a verdict of " Wilful Murder," and two for " 3latutlaughter." Coroner—Gentlemen of the Jury, this is en important inquisi tion, on which we ; have had the opinions of medical men ; but need not inform you that twelve of yourselves are sufficient to de cide the point. We have already bad that number from among yourselves, besides the Foreman ; and, therefore, there can he no difficulty in coming to an unanimous. though melancholy verdict, but which, I conceive, you feel bound in conscience to give. The Jury then returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against 'frac Bateman," and he was ordered, on the Coroner's warrant, to be forthwith committed to Newgate for triaL BIRTHS. On Wednesday. the '2d inst., in Itlortimer.street, of a son, the Lady of Henry Haynes Ward, Esq. On the 29th ult.: at IMwnton House, near Kingtor. Herefor.!. shire, the lady of W. S. It. Cockburn, Esq. of a dAughter On the 2d inst., at Illareidield, the lady of William Day, Esq. of a SOD. MARRIED. On Thursday last, at Clifton church., by the Rey. Robert Wat son, George Henry Ames, Esq. or Clifton Wood, to Anna, second daughter of the late Gideon Aland, Esq.. of Canibersrell, Surrey. On the 9:h inst., at St. Onsi's, James Heywood, late of the 2lbt Light Dragoons, to Amelia Lucy, daughter of John Brettell, of Caroline-street, Bedford-square. On Thursday last, at St. Giles's in the Fields. Charles Froac rick Cock, to Jane Harriet. eldest daughter of the late R. W. Whitchurch, of Silchester. Hampshire. On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, Colchester, the Rev..lime 3 Worsham Hitch, B.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge. to Eli zabeth Dresdena, eldest daughter of George Henry Ellington, Esq., of the Casino, near Coletester. On the 2d inst., at Motttake, Surrey, John Burton rinliPt , eldest son of John Philips, Esq., of Bevil House, stall4dshirs , to Joanna Freeman Cure, daughter of the late Capri Cute, Eul.• of Blake Hall, Essex. On the l stinst., at St. Lute's, Chelsea, Thomas, son of P. } Esq., of Crompron-house, Axhridgc, Semetset, to Emma, young est daughter of the late F. Sprott, Esq., of the fountz place. 111611 WATER THIS DAY Morning .... .. 12 min. after 3 1 IT LONDON DRIDGF. .• •... 20 min, eftel 3. Printed at THE BRITtSH PRESS Office, by J. W. CARLTON, No. Strand, and nublirbed by R. CANNON, earns place. oo iti 1 • 1 tea sit!