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corn bun. Witnegs did not afterwards stand to 10141 Nlr. Piit said. Soak (; , inch.—Witness recollects the prosecutor She omilirsl to him for a dvice in 18IS re•pectittle tier property in A rityle-poreet. Prteteetttor atlviled t. fitness to splily to Mr. Milne to appoint a reference as to the velar of her house. She accordingly went to 3lr. tltlur. soil asked kiln !tow she was to pro. reed to get her claim settled. Mr. Milne told her to elion.e rif •agr ; the wit's.** asked if Mr. :Vl•lise had soy el ### i # Mr. Alilne replied, not any. eiteept Mr. Pitt. Mr. J Hoeg Watkins.—Witness on the 34 Noe. 1613, appointed the Prosecutor his referee. In cinsversatinsi which the witness afterwards had with Slr. Mut", that trentletuan said. Mr. Montague would suit ousel Mr. Pitt. Wm. J inis. El. 1815 witness's tither rip tainted Mr. Pitt his surveyor. Mr. Thompson said 'ln witness he was very orrery to hear it, as his father 'enulil not have put it in worse hands, as Pitt had 'tendered himself my oboonioss to the Cassis. Mr. J rho Presslarell.—Mr. Brooks employed the ;Proseentor as witness's surveyor. at the desire of the witness. After Mr. Pitt was avainted, the , wit MIN had same conversation with Cornell. erre of ' the Defendants. Cornell said witness better .. L itave employed "area other person. sad witness be •)ieires he mentioned Mr. Mootogoe. Witness :humor Mr. Thompson the alder, who said Mr. Wash flirt oat like Mr. Pitt. Mr. /Jewry Rhodes was umpire between Mr. Wish and Mr. Pitt in twelve coestracts. Witness was • stranger to Mr. Pitt at the time he was so osp(tainted. Mr. Hargrave.—Witness's father employed Mr. Pitt as his agent end surveyor respecting his pro perty in the line of the new street ; but in cam einence of what was said by the Thompson', elder and younger, and Cornell, his father withdrew his employment from Mr. Pitt. W. Tooke, E.q. Deputy High Bailiff of West minster, recollects the questions of compensation hick c line before him relative to F. 11. Funche, on the Mils of September. 11116. Withers had no recollretson of insinuations being thrown out against Mr. Pitt, of his having coosistred with others to erect a Weser. for the purpose of defrinpling the I'omn•ni%i mers. Witness recollected the awe of •Alr. Mr. Pitt was not a nitrites on that ottoman ; he was alluded to. bat the Counsel eat .ployed withdrew his allusive. - trial of Vouch. was fur croutriematien for a house in Oxford-street. valued et 10.0001. in consequence of its having been let for seven years ass blower. at 9991. 104. a year.— It was titled spas a bazaar in 1816. long after the Act was pored. The preview' rent of the house was 75/. and the taxes about 351. Mr. Pitt wa ggled the house at 8.3001. It was • coalman shop Oxfordmttert. The claim before the July was 10.1401. The person to whom the lease at 9964 Ins. was granted, was named Scroeder, who vas previ.sn.ly clerk to Vouch,. The Jury gave ~ 400/. 111 x. Mayhew, another surveyor. valued it t S WO/. but he valuer) it. a a bazaar, at • renrof 9901. 104. The Commisoimsers offered 1.050%; the Jury gave 1.4001. Mr. Harmer, another star valor, mid that, considered as a bazaar, be should v slur the premises at 4 5001. The insinuation of the Coulisel, that Mr. Pitt was concerned itt the bazaar, wet withdrawn as unfounded. -- Walker proved the having employed Mr. l'itt as his agent. Cornell called ou witness, and said Mr. Pitt would lead him in the wrong. and Mr. Pitt bad better take care of himself, as they would have nothing to do with him. The Right Hort. G. Canning.—Witoess received • leiter from the Prosecutor. dated May 9th, 1817. Witness acknowledged the receipt of that letter on the 2241 of May, and stated in his reply, that he had transmitter' an extract of the Prosecutor', let. ter to Mr. Hinki.von. Witness hoed no recollection of having spoken to the Pmsecutor in the lobby of the House of. Commons, and reconiniesided him to petition the Lords of the Treasury ; but it was the answer he would naturally have made. awl proba bly diil make, if the Prosecutor applied to him. Sir F. &warm—Witness was Chairmau of the Committee of the House of Commas'►, to which th e !petitions of the inhabitants of Market-street, and Norrro•st►eet. in the Hay-inirket, were referred. L.rd ELLEPROROVOR Macre. d. he could nut bear what poised in the House of Commons. Prosecutor resumed his examination. Witness received serer:sl letters from the Prosecutor. (here one was handed up to the witness, and he was asked who wits the individual alluded to in that letter, as having mentioned his, the Prosecutor's name.) The witness said he could not recollect who that individual was. • Mr. Vlllitte employed Mr. Pitt as his referee. but not being able In get his besinese settled, he vent to Mr. Nlilue himself, and Mr. Whig' thew mid him the Commissioners would not treat with Mr. Pitt. This was in July last. The Prosecutor then proceeded to call several other witnesses. who stated that they employed him as their agent. bat in consequence of the delay which took place in having their business done, they ultimately took their paper out of his hands. Sir James Graham was writ ealled.—Sir James *tided, tlnit bir:Msiltews. au inhabitant of Al.siket-terrier, Vol applied to him to iutevest bowel( fur I . Si r Jinn-, did tai; sod q into . g the toll) prosstion offe red to Mr. Mathews, he considered it as most liberal, Dud strongly advised Mr. Mathews to accept it. Mr. M. saki he VIA% ready to accept it, but his papers weresiot Mr. l'ilt's hands i , sod he feared he airmail not be able to get them from him. Sir Jenny end' several other Members of Parliament, interested themselres fur the persons seektog compeonstioa; and, in mod instance'. their compensation Was moat liberal, lie recollected having seen the Pm &motor in the lobby of the [louse of Counties's; and, its mewer to some questions put by Mr. Pitt to loin. lot recollected having said that some very extol/staid demands had beets made by individuals. stud that it was reported. that Mr. Pitt advised the., exorbitant demands. Mr. Putt complained of injury he hail received, and asked witness to speak to Nlr../Inskistiou its his behalf. %Vilma* de. Clint!.]. Mt. Pitt then observed, that he knew se. ver.l of Mr. Hu.kispon'a coustitutents. Sir James replied, " You bad better apply to them." Mr. ^. • • ' Pitt afterwards threatened to injure Sir Jima with his courthouses. Mr. Pitt—G4 My Lord. IPm eon Se issues casinos recollect soustrebisor more; bet 1 "tettetet. force hint to readiest whet he has fargettatn Lord ELLausesstion.'... Sir Jaisis recollects. more than is far yoursilsententer The Hats. Mr. Illiiiittt.-Witness is Member for Shrewsbury; the family of the IVildings "7 well ; they ere tenants of the whom'', readier; reoelleetispristg le Mr. Huskiest on behalf of John Wilding. aud his claims of compensation; Mr. H. rapeseed a web speedily se decide Wild ing's claim, either by Waxen* or by e trial ; Mr. fileskisson said, thstegb he was most reedy to con tend toe refrionswe, there was • pees= to whom he abseil shires as • referee ; awl be. at the same time. sisigued a maws which carried conviction to his stied es t. lw propriety of that °birdies. Wit. nessanenraide meet Mr. Pitt in the street, and in • coseeneties with Wm. said he had found Mr. Hos kisses meet wallow to settle the claim of John Wilding; witensimel we recollection of leaving re ceived a limn from Mr. Pitt. requesting he would become referee between him and the Commis sieswes.—(lSere the letter of Mr. Bennett, in answer to the letter is quertion. was banded up to him.) — The Has; Asonixer teed his letter, end said the op libation 44 certainly been mode, bat be declined becoming referee for Mr. Init. Lord Lauderdale hail been is. the bench in at teatimes all day, subpatned by the Prosecutor; who, at this period of tbealai s . hi sax o'clock. said he should mot atomism his . p, or would he de tain him any looser. Mr. Phillips. • clerk in the new attest office. was neat, called. He knew Mr. Pitt, and bed seat him backwards and forwards at the office for two yeses. The office was open to the agents of all Claimants isidiscrintivately, with only one solitary instance— that instance was Mr. Pitt. The exception of Mr. Pitt arose from a transaction which took place iu July, 1816. It was as folows :—A claim was rent into the office at that period nn behalf of Mr. White, of the lisyntirket, by Mr. Pitt, of 4.000 guineas. as the ;ince of his business. &c. It afterwards turned out that Mr. Pitt w is in coo tract fur the business of Mr. White at that time, for a sum under 900 guineas, sod at that ram the purchase wan afterwards made of Mr. White. Upon this tran.action it was that the Coutiniimioners de. tided du►t they would at no future period Great with him so a referee. _ _ . Mr. T. Farquharson. in June, t 816. hod an in terview with Mr. Matte and Mr. Cornell relative to the purchase of Mr. White's house. Mr. Milne thou said that Mr. Pitt was called on to make the best explanation he could relative to this transaction. lie declared he had .nn ill will towards Mr. Pitt. who was flinch deceived if he thought be. Mr. Aldus. was his enemy. Witness shalom Mr. Hos kaftan on the mate *object. who declared he was ea personal euemy to Mr. Pitt ; ou the contrary, if Mr. Pitt could justify his conduct, he would du all in his power to forward his interest with the Bosrd. Here the Prosecutor closed his can. Lord ELLINIOROUGH asked the Attorney-Ge neml if he considered it necessary to address the JurT on this eti•lence 1 he ATronaaT-GENtax t. ntel he d d not. Mr. Pitt stood to.dmy as a P,nsvcutor, where he ought to have been upon his trial ; and who, having gone be fore a Grand Ju►y and given evidence to find a bill, then turned himself round, and taking the place of au advocate, availed himself of that situa tion to overturn all the I ins of evidence, and to calumniate the characters of pprooot so honourable as ever existed, and whose only fault was, that they had treated him with too much lenity. Lord ELLl.NsotouGii summed up, and the Jury immediately found the Defendants—A . o Glatt,. The cause occupied the Court from nine in the morning till seven iu the evening, the whole of which time, with the exception of a quieter of so hour, was occupied by the Prosecutor's speech and evidence. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Wirr seisms, S►TURD►T, FINISVARY 21. Wore Mr. Joistice PA 11111 and a Special Jitry. SMITH, Inv th DARTLEMAN. This was e cafe winch attracted a very numerous auditory, end excited a more than usual degree of interest among the cognoscenti in the musical world. It was brought to recover 'e compensation its damages for en iujury sustained by the Plaintiff, in laving been by violence turned out of the seat he bed taken at • place of public diversion. Mr. Sedeaut Bt ST. i.. his natal strain of elo quence, stated the case to the Jury. Several wit news were examined, including the following : Mr. Greatorex being called, stated that he had known the Hanover-iquare Concert Rooms ever since the Directors lied removed the concerts there. 11Vheo the Meetlore granted permission to the performer* to Inure bent tits, they throw open the whole of the lower floor fir the public; up stairs there was • boa celled the King's box, and a smaller box on side ; these were never irown open for the admission of the public on benefit nights; they were kept sacred fur the accom modation of the Directors and their friends; the performers whose benefits it might be, were sometimes allowed, as a favour, by the Directors, to put • few of their lierticular friends into the box on the right hand side of the King's box; but the box on the left bawl side wee inven ably reserved fur the Directors mud their The fervor to the performers was generally grunted with a view to oblige souse of their aged friends, who could mot intermix with the general crowd from in firmity; the King's box was occatioually used for the distant chews singers, but for Ira other purpose. lu erosweitainivatiou, witutss said he never saw soy pennon in the boxes to which he alluded but those who had the permission of the Directors, or who had improperly intruded. Mr. Vaughan had known the Concert-Rooms for fifteen years; be bad engaged it from Mr. Birchen fur a private benefit, when it was expressly stated, that the lower boxes suly were to be Omelets opea to the public : spots application to the Director. he had been allowed to offer some el his fnends ac commodation in the box on the right of the King'. box :—thos e were Laid Soduitiatli sod family. Lord and Lady Ihrluwe and family, Mrs. Midmost and r~ - • • - 09 ft . 1 . mid sa me ollll/ particular tienris. The Director* issariattly reserved the front box to them selves...id their friends : the Directors took tickets on benefit nights. In cress-examination. witness said be had never seen persons in the box in qnestion. except thole whom he supposed to have been admitted with the permission of the Directors. Ile knew Mr. Smith, t never told him the box was open to him. General Bligh was lastly examined. • lie is brother to Lord Darnley. who is one of the di rectors of the 114iniver-.quare Concert-Item= ; he was at Mr. Bartlemati s benefit. in May last; he went into the first box, next the King's box, with Mrs. Bligh sud her family; Lady Thendosia Bligh, and Lord Siimerville were there ; he did not recollect seeing the Emily of any other Director there. The Archbishop of York was one of the Directors. He had seen Mr.finsitb two or three times before the evening in question. He recollected seeing him in the Director. tax—he was in advance of his .inter, Lady Theodmis Bligb, and he (witness) said, loud enough fur him to hair, that he was iu an improper place. He always understood that that box was reserved for the Directors and their fami lies, when they went, there oo •lieuelit nights. In cram-examination he said he did - not see a single Director there on the night alluded tn. After en absence of two hours, the Jury returned with • verdict fur the Defeudint. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SMITH V. WALKS.. This was an action f.; a - breach of promise of marriage. The parties were highly respectable ; but to preveut unnecessary exposure, a verdict was taken by consent for the Plaintiff. of 3301. OLD BAILEY. SATURDAY, FRII. 21. Aka Ward was indicted for forging o Si• with intent to dtfraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. J. Marcbent, @harm m to Mr. Francis, a linen draper. in Iligh Holborn, proved that the Prisoner came to his master's shop about half past seven o'clock in the evening of the . 17th of January, where he purchased seven yards of Irish linen, and two pocket handkerchiefs, which came to 19.. Ind. hot paynitut of which he tendered a 51 note, and on being asked for his address, he said it was " Mr. Haddock, Lisson Grove, Paddiugton." Mr. Francis wrote that address on the note, but suspecting it was a forgery, Mr. F. sent witness for a eonstable, who took the Prisoner into custody. But before the constable came, Mr. Francis told the Prisoner the 'tote was a forgery, and he must give an ac vomit how be came by it ; to which he answered, he could very easily do that, if Mr. F. would scud to Mr. Humphries, his solicitor, in Staples lien. J. Baldock, a baker, at 23, Limon Grove, r o d.. diugton, proved, that lie once bought les. worth of biscuits of the Prisoner, but never gave hits a si. note, nor ever authorised him to make use of his name in any way. Crass exartined.—.ile did not believe that the Prisoner ever came to bii shop accompanied by another per.on. IVlien lie bought the biscuits of the Prisoner, it was a twelvehrotith ago, end he paid fur them its lialfpetice. The forged note he itig &hewn to him, he swore that it hod never been in his possession. because he always marked his notes as soon as lie took them.* George Beldisck, brother to last witness, proved that he had known the Prisoner tire or six years, but he never gave him • 5 node that lie reniesuber ed. The note its questi.in had never been in his possession. Ward, when he knew Isiah was • re spectable master-baker. Ile bad not seen him since April, 1816. A grocer in Gulden-lane proved that the Pri soner Cattle to lii. shop on the sth January., and gave him a it. forged note in payment of two ounces of tea and a pound of moist sugar; and when asked to give his address, the Prisoner wrote on the note, " John North, ‘Varwick-court, Whitecroes-street but uo such person lived there. Sarah Hearne lives at the Servants' Register Of 6ce its Fetter-lane. She knew the Prisoner, whose 'tante was John %Yard, and be lived in Lee-street. lied Lion-square. About 'a fortnight or three weeks before Christina. lie Came to leer, and gave her • one pound note to get !self a pint of gin. This note also turned out to Ise a bad one. Mary Winter keeps the Elephant and Castle, Great Peter-street, Westminster, and has known die:Prisoner eight years. On the 28th of Decem ber the Prinoiwr came to her house, at ten o'clock et night, with Mrs. Skelton , and ha d: half a pint of brandy ; for that also be tendered a one pound note, which was discovered to be a forgery. blr. MilNw, sir inspector of notes at the Bank, proved, that all the notes produced were forgeries in every respect—iu the plate, paper, ink, and sir natures. Several , most respectable witnesses gave the Pri soner an eacelleut character. The Prisoner. isalsis defence, said lie had receiv ed the 5/. note from his master ; lie never passed any of the other sautes. Mr. Justice llot.aotrn summed up the evidence, and the Jury, having retired for a quarter of an hour. returned a verdict, pronouncing the Prisoner Grilty—Destlt. At half-past two o'clock the City Grand Jury entered the Court, and made the following pre seutsmut " &Mous Home, Old Ilsik7, Feb.2l. 11112. " To Bee Right Hos. the Lord Mayor. and other has Ma =Justices presidia% at the Greet of nessiwas now at the Old Bailey. " The Grand Jury of the City of Lowden having ammo bled for the perfoemance of the duties nasally Intrusted to throe, awl having exassiard mid reported the various hills mus s e d. ri ved permission. whilst receiving their Ms. clone. to Mew this their report. " They have vast pleasure is statiese, that the bills per, meted have ham lees amsseroos thaw meal, and that there is WS COOS of the crime of murder assommt them. " The very tinplsosant report circulated respect*: the eneestion of the nalhelanate criminal* ow Triesslay test, sp. reared to the Greed Jury to call fur invostigition, noel ihe resell of their inquiries has been luta as to satisfy them that • Whew as elal *Meer of ties Coen was about to adwiiiii- Mei the oath to Mr. J Seldom* (vrbo is very deaf) to give his evideoce oat the trial of Wan!. fur &Mtn,* he 'woke! has Mr. IdMet'• ear, is a tune of the greatest selt.oooll - a 1 you dorif hoar what 1 say, tell me so. " This west speciosa of the ligwre of speech, cal( 41 the Risk it may be easily rimeeived, ball a seusible effcci on the muscles of every use peacoat. • v them was not say wilful atgligeice on diet hot that what atoned was priacipally the effect of fit; still, however, they amerive it a duty to stall thelPogkillen, That the arisagements for these awful OCCaSiCHNI ata etttpile of hoproveneast. " A catenates= which unhappily look place at the tool of Newgate, dodo' the time the Graad Joey were satin, also prompted s farther iagaity, assay, a Midis coin• twitted by the asheppy wretch, Woo. Hatch, charged with murder. The Gravid Jury heat hero lufurasd (sod they have no reams to doubt She troth of the Ittiteesalet) that aotwithetaadiog his peruse had beets searched, he was ess. bled to sedate ea lestroment of deettoctioa, with Thiele he ellattal Ike fatal porpoise immedialidy previous to his being hareght out for trial. The Greed Jury therefore submit it as their *pinkie, that in (store a more rigorous search should be adopted. visiting Relegate, the firma Jury were happy le per ceive that clesatiosess sod pea order very generally prevail ed, sad slat the state of the loarsteary was highly salisfse• eery, there hriug only Iwo cases of iodispositiono— The iodiscrintioste matiore of prhioners, bath me the nude sod female side, is as evil still greatly to be deplored; sod whilst the Jury are strongly of 'pilaus that • distinct claa 'Niceties us their Gra masses would be of mental hew it is proemial their health sod Moral inoproversest, they regret to stew, that the limited eldest of the prima, com pared with the member of persons ',refined, realm such an ineprovemeat at premed impracticable; which became. mimeos are such iseressed by the want of au earlier re moval of the coevals under seoteoce of tronsportatioo, nod she practice of sendiag personas to this gaol, charged with to&nees committed in the county of Middlesex, many der, and sometimes weeks, before their presence is accewary at the &WOOS Heave. " They canoe( conclude the Report without 'mortising is se especial maser the pecaliargratillestrea they rep/viewed in observing the important services rendered by Mrs Pry 's& her friends, and the habits of relogisee, order, iadostry, aid eleasliness, which her homage, beoevolest, soul praise-wor thy atertioas have intitral aineog the female prisoners; and that if the principles which govern her regulations were aitopted woad' the males as well as the females, it would be the means of cuovertiog • ;winos into a school of reliant, and instead of seeding criminals bark into the world (as is sow too ermerally the use), hardened is vice sod depravity, they would he restored to it repeataot, sad probably become loafed members of society." Signed by Jona Gt.ovas, Foreman, and the rest of his fellow Jurors. Upon the Report being read. Mr. Baron GaA HAN said to the Gentlemen of the Grand Inquest, that they must be aware they (die Judges) had very little or nothing to do with forwanling the impor tant regulations and improvements which they had very properly pointed out in their presentment ; but as lir as their co-operation and good wishes could go towards perfecting their laudable objects, they might depend upon both. The Foreman then intimated, that they had gone through all the 'osiness before them. Mr. Baron GRAHAM-.." Gentlemen. you are now discharged. with the thanks of your country." The Jury then bowed and retired. /'(!LICE. -.0.- SOW-STRECT. G %%IDLING. M Friday 'meting lead, the landlord of the Kiang diem public house, the comer of Little Suffolk-street, Ciamieganoss, appeared to • WHIWIWOOS Iwl u re MICHAS. Fmq. the Sitting Magistrate, in conserinnace of as iefonnation belay laid against him, charging him with suf. feria' gunshot is hialmouse. The Defendant, upon being called upon to plead to the charge, after some hesitation, pleaded Guilty. However, that the stature of the ease alight be fatly understood by the Magistrate, the evidence was gone into, the charge of gam- Win to a large amount la a lie/tried public horse betty of a novel *Mere, and is which the landlord was one of the principal players. Robert Muss, a gemtleinau'i servant out of employ, stated That ea Tuesday, the 13th .1 y last, he was at the De feedamt's beam. amid was sitting in the parlour taking some refreshmeet, when playing et cards ass proposed by slime perms in the room, in a bids he agreed to take a hand, and funr-banded et ibbage was the game agreed epos to be played at. The Defendant, Isaac Bateman, sad a man of the manse of Morgan, iscluding himself, were the four who played. Batman was his partner, and Morgan was the Defendant's. They played fur uue guinea, two guineas, and three guineas a game. Ile left off playing with time loss of tbl. ; he had bet 111. about bins, which he paid in part of his loss, and gave a promissory mite fur the rensaittiugl4l. upon which be had been arrested fur the amount; be bad paid is, and taken a receipt far the said sum. The worthy Magistrate needled that the complaint bad sot hens exhibited against the Defendant withlm six clays An the transaction had takes place, as be would time have bees subject to certain severe penalties; however, at any rate, be bad forfeited his recognisamce, which he es tend bolo cm a license being vented to him to keep a pub. lic-busse„ which prohibited the use of cards in say shape or seeder say pretence, and which would disqualify him from keeping a public-horse for three years to come. The seine reargeMptece upon similar COMM was, was entered into by every licensed publican amid innkeeper throughout the country. The whole of the case was refired to the Sessions, when it is expected all the parties commented in the transaction will be indicted by the Promeutur. Saturday Billion vuot was brought up by Smith, the Comdectur of the Petroleum the Hanspatearl-rued, charged with robbing a 'member of public-houses of pots sad other property—three is Cametleis-Tows and three it St. Pagers.-- all within a abort distance of cads uther,amd about the same time. The charges being satisfactorily proved, the Prisoner was fully committed for trial. Ake Mak, was charged with stealing a large copper measere, of the value of two goisteas, from the waggon of Messes. Hodges, the gin -distillers, in Comptoe-street, Soho. The Primmer was arms lurking about the waggon by a constable, who saw him take the measure out of the waggon. He pursued and took him with the meaner, euecreled under his spree.—He was committed fur further exami nation. A few days slime, Mr. Pomona, • partner in the humor of Croft and Panetta, paperbaagers, in the !Woad, proceeded on • journey of hashiess to CMRealism A young laity, to whom he was shoot to be married, living in the neighbour hood, he bind a hoor, with the iateatian of paying hei a visit. He hod sot proceeded more than two mites fnim Cheltenham, when Ilse animal took fright, ran away, sad 48611 y threw hint off. He fell Da his bead, and almost int tesediately expired. His corpse was conveyed to the boom is which Ms internam! resided. Ilex feelings may he ware easily coaceival than described. The deceased um one of Matters children by the mass parents, and had he lived, would have enjoyed a very handsome property. Ha .as universally respected. A most distressing accident happened on Sunday week. at W6itnrll. near Clorlry. lancrishire. Five girls having gone spun a pit in that solace about four o'clock iu the afternoon were precipita t ed into the osier by the breaking of the ice, and were all drowned. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Wed when the Jury brought in a verdict of Ac ademie/ Death. PRICE OF STOCKS UN SATURDAY. 3 per Ct. KW... 801 1 lottlis Bonds ..99 95 pr. 3 per Ct. Cwua...79 i E. Hills, 18 go pr. 4 prr Ceuta. I Dian, 2 .... et es pr. 5 per Ct. N. Arno. ititilt l Cu.A. fur Air.... 79f if ii. L.Auu... Sloi 15-16 I MURDER of s WIFE by Aft HUSBAND. and his SUBSEQUEN7' SUICIDE. Friday morning a discovery of a most &radiol description took place at Tottenham. A man named John Knighton, sped about twenty-eight, *years, who resided in d new-built house steer Tot tenham chapel, and was Married ou Saturday mouth to a young woolen *hb lived servant to a gentleman named Wild. who was about the same age, were found in their house with their throats cut in a most effectual :manure. The house, it appears, has beets shut up ever since Friday week, and it was sup. posed by the inhabitants. as tit y were a tit W monied couple, that they had gone from Totten ham to spout! • few days. Several of the inha bitants called at the house as Monday last, and on every subsequent day in the week, and still found it shot up; but they had not the most remo te idea of what had taken place. The young mass was always remarkable for his sobriety and good conduct ; his wife bore a good character, and hail for some years lived in a family at Tottenham. Some years ago she had a child by a Gentletuati. Whether her husband was sequsinted wills that circumstance until after he married, we have riot been able to learn. The father of the young muss deceased lives at Mulish, in Devonshire, steer Eater. Knighton had been in a melancholy state of mind for near a fortnight before the dreadful ca tastrophe took place, and his mental faculties were very much impaired; he talked incoherently. All4l could not attend to his business. Ile was foreman to a master cabinet-maker and carpenter at Tottenham, and his employer wondered that he did not come to his work as usual ; but front his being so recently married, he supposed that he had taken his wife during the remai n der of the honeymoon to relations whom be had spoken of, and of whom lie said he expected to have a considerable sum of money, for the purpose of setting him up in business, and no suspicion entered his head, of any thing h a vi ng 04.. carted of so serious a nature. On Friday, about one o'clock in the day, the proprietor of the next boom to that in which the deceased resided, was on the roof, giving instructions to a workman below to repair i . He observed also, that the house the deceased lived in was in is bad condition; there was a hole through the tiler, and the water bad run through the roof ; he looked through the cavity, and observed some blood on the top of the staircase; lie immediately thought of the premises lowing been locked tip in so extraordinary a tnanner for a week, and he felt convinced that something of an unusual nature had occurred. Ou looking again through another part of the roof be thought he discerned a human form on the floor, and a quantity of blood on the ground. Hs went immediately and communicated his suspicions to some persons in the neighbourhood ; the consta bles were sent fur, and Mr. Roberts. the Magistrate end Vicar of Tottenham, wets informed of what had beets discovered : they went in a body to Knighton's house and broke open the door, and went up stairs into the chamber, where they found Knighton an d Isis wife with their throats dreadfully cut, his head nearly severed from his bad,. and besides the cut on her throat, she had is deep one on her face and chin. She lay on the bed covered with gore ; she had only her night doilies on. He was in a sitting posture, his head leaniug against the bedstead, A bloody razor lay between hien and Isis wife. It appeared that he had Aired some violence to wards his wife; she bud resisted. and Modeled of his cutting her throat, as he appose-est to have attempted in the first instance, he cut her wills a razor across the face. and when he had over powered her. effected his purpose and uut her throat ; after be had perpetrated that horrid cm i 000 r, he laid violent bands ott himself. and by cue stroke divided the main arteries of the neck and windpipe. The blood had flowed from the wife all over the bed on to the ground. and from his neck the blood had ruts along the floor to the staircase. and down the stairs. The sight of the man was truly terrific: his eyes were wide open; and one of the constables was so shocked at Ilse sight, lie Wilily faitited,and was taken touted' the house very unwell. and has continued so ever since. The officers of Tottenham sent information itansedietely to the Coroner. to summon a Jury to hold an loguest on the bodies. INQUEST ON JOHN AND JANE KNIGHTON. Saturday evening au inquisition Watt taken at the Plough, 'flittenhant, before J. W. (Junin; FA+ Coroner, on the bodies of John and Jane Kuighlon, who were found with their throats cut ou Friday hest. Tie case, as above stated, was proved in evv deuce. The Jnry then took a view of the bodies. They still remained in the situation they were found, fur their inspection ; a more horrid sight could scarcely be pictured. The room resembled a butcher's slaughter-house more than any thing else. The Jury subsequently returned to the George and Vulture, and when the Coroner had summed up the evidence they consulted for a very considerable time, and could not agree in their verdict. Si* t f .them_ were of opinion that the deceased, John Knighton, murdered his wife, 'Jane Knighton, nod then committed suicide, being at the time in a mute of complete sanity ; the other six Jurymen were of opinion—" That the deceased cut his wife's throat with a razor, which produced her death, and then cut his own with the were instrument, which WAr the rause of his own death, and that he was nu t of round mind at the time, but that he laboured under a temporary fit of itiAtivity."—The Conner gave the coating vote for the latter verdict, and that was accordingly recorded. 1 CP ! 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His sister, Lady Northwiek, is the only wet. r who services hiss The corpse of the *ceased was attei ilea to the trace hy his nephews, Lord Northwiek, and the Russ and Rev. Mr. Grate, Rashest, of harford, near Teubiery, its 11foreesterehire, nod his mete, the Moo. ResLut. lIIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ileraiug $0 after S. Eveniej 5 after 4. LONDON related aaw hinloanael at the lilies, Nu. 127, humid ; W !WI Advetilee 'neut. me reeerea. and Latina (!net paid) mass he •iitlernori—C. SMITH. N•. I. Clemenra Inn, I'votre—J WHITE. No 127. Ilivisd s 41sei ;