The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-12 00:00:00

FOIL THE SUN. RUSSIA. MR, EntTon.—No country has risen so rapid ly as RUSSIA from comparative insigailicince, to the greatest possible political importance. It Is, indeed, scarcely more than one hundred years ago, that that country, enclosed by its ramparts, arid with no other port than Archangel, was hardly consideredasan European power. Plung ed in the grossest ignorance, the Russians des pised the rest of mankind ; and never ventured beyond the limits of their native country. San guinary contests with the Tartars, the most op pressive tyranny, and the most deplorable super stition, had, together with frequent intestine broils, tended to keep the nation hi a state of barbarism, little inferior to that of the uncivili/- ed Indians. Viewed under this light, the speedy eizililation of Russia could scarcely be reason ably anticipated, but the accession of the Re manov family, became the harbinger of mental improvement, and of political condequeuce. A rapid sketch of the rise and progress of this now powerful empire, may not prove wholly unin teresting. Although the Russians are no doubt an original people, they are now mingled with the slaves who began the throne in 'Europe in the fourth cen tury. Towards the middle of the fifth century, they built Novogorod, which long continued their capital, and wns in itself a powerful re public. Tired of the dissentions which dis tracted the State, the people surrendered their liberties to three brothers, of which Kurie, the eldest, became sole monarch, in the year 878. In the tenth century Olga, having visited Con stantinople, embraced Christianity, which she introduced into her dominions, whence the Russians have adopted the rites and creed of the G reek church. Civil and foreign wars, the latter chiefly against the Greeks, the Poles, or the barbarians, marked the reign of her successors, whose names are scarcely deserving of notice. In 100 a Waladimir i i. became master of the whole of Russia; but living like most of his predecessors, divided his dominions among his sons, civil dissentious recommenced, and even tually delivered up the country to the yoke of the Tartars ; thus adding the miseries of a foreign domination, to intestine and domestic wars. Though defeated and expelled by Deme trius Irvenowitz, who first assumed the title of Grand Duke of Russia, about the beginning of the fifteenth century, the Tartars again returned, nor was the country wholly freed from these ferocious iovaders, until the the reign of Iwan Ilasilowitz, in the year 1450. By his courage, his sound policy, aml his firmness, this Prince, eelarged his dominions, assumed the title of Czar, and deserves to be considered as the real founder of the. 'Russian .Emplre. Though okturigly taistlud IV list I,o3butity, 1 wan Basilowitz 11, still proved a great and a seccessful Monarch. He conquered Astracan and Siberia ; and being visited for the first time by 'carne English, he concluded a treaty of commerce with Queen Elizabeth in 1554. His son, Theodore and Demetrius, jointly as cended the throne ; but the latter having been assassinated by his brother, the country was long distracted by cis'il wars. Several/mpostors assum ed the name of Demetrius, and fell in their at tempts to ascend the throne. At length the 13:4 ards, or Nobles, aware that this state of con fa ion and anarchy, must prove eventually the runt of their country, placed upon the throne Michael Theodorowitz, son of Thornanof, pas trisrch of Russia, from whom the reigning family are descended. This event, which restored peace and tranquillity to the country, happened in the year 1613 ; and under the Ni ise direction of his father, Michael obtained the love of his subjects, and the friendship of the Monarchs who were his for ) poraries. His grandson, encouraged the civilization of ll' , subjects ; but his labours were improved by those of his son, Peter A lexicrowtz, justly sur named the Great. No sooner had he deputed the zelots of his sister Sophia, than Peter ex hihited to the world the novel spectacle of a mighty sovereign descending for a time from his lofty station, to render himself more worthy of the diadem. As an attendant upon his own Am hamster, he not only visited, incognito, Holland, France, and England, studying their laws, their etas, their sciences, their manufactures ; and en listing into his service artists and mechanic e, of every description ; but he, moreover, wor ked bitnielf in the clock-card of Search()) ; nod, after no absence of several years, returned to his na tive country rich in the stores of European know ledae, It was amidst a sanguinary contest with Sweden, and the disasters that long ;Mended his arms, that he undertook the herculean task of civilizing his subjects': and that, in 1705, he laid the foundation of St. Petersburg!). Success eventually ettended his arms. The battle of Pultawa, in 1709, proved decisive of the contest Stith Sweden, and ere he died he wrested from thst country, Estitonia,Carelia, Ingrid, and Li vonia, and left Russia an army and a navy. His plans were ably followed up by his Ern. press Catherine I. whom he had raised from an humble station. Ifer successorg,Peter 111. Anne, and Elizabeth, consolidated the empire, without extending its limits. But no sooner hail Cathe tine 11. dethroned her weak husband, Peter 111. than site turned her arms against. Poland ernd Turkey. Aiding in the spoliation of the former country, she seized upon some of its eastern pro vinces ; whilst the success that attended her se vend wars upon Turkey, put her successively in possession of the whole of Little Tartory,of 13es sarabia, part of Moldavia, &c. whilst a great por tion of Georgia and of Cireassia, became depend ent upon Russia. Paul, her ,son, reigned only a few :‘, ,, ars. Although the formidable attack of Buonaparte threatened to annihilate the power of the Czars, nature conspired in its favour, and Alexander not only saved his country, but has added to the ac quisitions of his predecessors, Finland ; and the provinces of Poland , to.the banks of the Vistula. 'Vitus, in the course" , of scarCely one hundred years, has Russia become one of the most power,- ful of Europittp monarchies ; find this with a. ra pidity, almost unexampled in history. To what future grandeur it may yet attain, cannot be con lectured ; but if we may venture to judge from the past, we might almost dread that Europe was once more destined to become the prey of nor thern hordes. This surmise may appear ridlcu lous, hilt let those who ridicule it, say whether Peter the Great, even , in the full tide of his suc cess and in the hopes of his ambition, would have ventured to predict that in less than a century one of his descendants would enter Paris at the bead of a triumphant army I A. P. MR. BELZONI. [From the Cambridge Chronicle.] At length some intelligence has arrived of the intrepid and indefatigable traveller Mr. BELZONI. WP have been favoured with the following ex tracts of a letter which has been received from him. We regret to say, that neither place nor date are given in the letter, for reasons which Mr. BELZoNI subsequently states. — "It would be difficult for you, my dear friend, to believe to what an excess the revenge of petty men is carried. You will have seen, by my letters from Fez and Gibraltar, how far I had advanced in the good will of the Moorish people, and what were my hopes of success, when I was so cruelly disappointed. I must now tell you that my progress in that quarter was stop pede,nnt by the Moors, but by the intrigues of some persons in office, who avail themselves of the occasional authority given to them by their superiors to vent their spleen on an unpro tected individual, who refuses to stoop and pay court to them. Not satisfied with the disappointment they occasioned, I find (if the information which I received by the last packet to the Brazils, that touched at Teneriffe, be correct) that they have accused me of making an improper use of some letters of introduction, which had been given to me, and of endeavouring to pass myself offas an agent of the British (government. You well know that I distinctly stated to you, in my letter from Tangier, that I had nothing to do with the English Government, and that I relied entirely on my own re sources. This letter, I ant happy to see by an English paper now before me, you made public ' • and in further confirmation I shall enclose to you the copy of a letter I received from the Moorish Minister at Fez. I request of you to do me the favour, if you have seen or heard of any erroneous statements, to give publicity to this letter ' and also to wilco copy of the receipt in payment for one hundred and eighty dollars, which I gave to Mr. Douglas, the English Consul at Tangier, for some fine white cloth, to make presents of at Fez. I mention these things to shew you how little pretext there was for their accusations ; but they are wofully mistaken if they think to hinder me by such means—nothing but death itself shall deter me from pursuing my intentions. Mrs. Belzoni will furnish you with a copy of the receipt I allude toe ' I trust to your kindness and fnendsbipto refute the calumnies against me— be assured that all is going on well—but it is hard to consider, that instead of being supported I ant persecuted; but I must have patience, and if I succeed, why the mortification will then be with my adversaries. I am now in the latitude of 21 deg. north; that is all I cats tell you for the present, for fear my enemies should come to the knowledge of where I am. Ex cuse my hasty scrawl." Thu following is the copy of the letter to which Mr. I.lEr.zoxt refers, and the original of which in Arabic is in his possession:— " now, that his Imperial Majesty has ordered this com munication from me, Sidi Benzelul, to the friend and gentle man Belzoni. We lave received your letter, by which we ob serve your arrival at Tangier, and that you wish to come to the Royal Presence. You will come, and every thing you want shall be granted Agreeable to your wish, with the I..ty ..r clod. Judah Don:dish, our agent at Gibraltar, has written to us on the subject, and he requested me to pay you every attention and to facilitate every thing you wish — there was no necessity of it, as I ant well aware of your situation more than what he has explained ;—it is quite sufficient what you say that you are the man I knew at Egypt. My master, whom God preserve, has already ordered that you proceed to Fez with due honour and attention, and you shall be before his high Majesty. I will get you the order to pass 'and repass to the cities you may please, with respect and ho nour." We have great pleasure in laying before our realm a long list of subscribers in aid of Mr. Ilelzoni's undertaking; but we regret to learn, frem Mr. repot's own statement, that the ex penses of his journey to and from Fez, and residence there, together with the necessary presents and other articles, nm uounted to the suns of one thousand pounds defrayed by himself. We understand that through the interest of the Moorish minister at Fez, .an express dromedary has been sent from l'ez to TimbuctoO, with money and letters for Belzoni, in case the caravan should already have departed for Thnbuctoo. NO European, on whose veracity we can depend, has hitherto reached this extraordinary city—it will be a fine field for Bel zoni's enterprise, and lie deserves the patronage and the good wishes of the liberal and enlightened of all countries. ( Thc List to-morrow.) PUNISHMENT OF THE STocKs.—Lord CAMDEN, when Chief Justice, was upon a visit to his bro ther-in-law, Lord Dacre, at Alveley in Essex, and bad walked out with a Gentleman, a very absent man, to a bill, at no great distance from the house, upon the top of which stood the stocks of the village ; he sat down upon them, and after a while, having a mind to know what the pu nishment was, he asked his companion to open them and put. him in, which being done, his friend took a book from his pocket, sauntered on, and so completely forget,the Judge and his situation, that he returned to Lord D.'s. When the. Judge was tired, he tried, but tried in vain to remove out of the stocks ; and asked a countryman who passed by to release him, who said, 64 No, no, old Gentleman, you wag, not set there for no thing," and left him until he was seen, and re leased by some servant of the house dispatched in quest of him. Some time after he presided at a trial in which a charge was brought, against a Magistrate for false impr•isonment,and for setting in the stocks. The Counsel for the Magistrate, in his reply, made light of the whole charge, and more especially setting in the stocks, which he said every body knew was no punishment at all. The Chief Justice rose, and leaning over the Bench, said, in a half whisper, 44 Brother, were you ever in the stocks ?"—" Really, my Lord, never."—" The 4) I have," said the Judge, 46 and I assure you, brother, it is no such trifle as you represent." Ica MOUNTAIN.—AII ice mountain, covered wish moss and grass, has been discovered by Lieutenant KOTZEBUE in Behring's straits. On arriving at the shore he found the face of the mountain upwards of 100 feet perpendicular, and composed of solid ice, perfectly transparent, though its surface was covered with vegetation. The portion of the bare rock exposed to the sun was melting slowly, and sending off small rivu lets into the sou. An undoubted proof of this ice mountain being of very remote formation is, that bones and teeth of quadrupeds were found in considerable numbers, in such portions of the ice as had been melted by We annual influence of the sun.—(American Paper.) SHIP-OWNERS' SOCIETY. Yesterday'tho general Annual Meeting of the Society of Ship-Owners was held at the City of London 'Tavern. At one o'cloelc,Mr..LYALl. was called to the Chair. The CZIAIR IfADT, on taking his seat, stated that the 6ect., ing was called in conformity with the constitution of the Society , for the purpose of filling up the vacancies which had occurred by rotation in the Committee during the last year, and generally to regulate, direct, and controul all the affairs of the Society. The . Scc lIETARY then read the Report of the Committee, (which we shall insert at full.length to.morrow.) The CHAIRMAN said it must be gratifying to the society to abserve that so many of the important objects to which their attention had been directed were accomplished ; he was sorry to add that an equally satisfactory result had not attended all their endeavours. He spoke particularly of the rates of pilotage and boarding-money, the London port duty, and the quarantine charges. He had thought it expedient to wait upon the Chair man of the Select Committee of Foreign Trade. Yesterday morning he had had an interview with the Chairman, who had informed him, that with respect to the rates of pi.. lotage there had been much evidence heard before the Com. mittee, and that, in fact, the evidence was closed, and a report would have been made last session, if it had been so far advanced. As soon, however; as the Committee was revived next session, the Report would be made. With respect to the London post-duty, he (Mr. 14.) had also learned that great progress had been made last Session in preparing the mate rials of a Report, which would be made at an early period after the revival of the Committee. With regard to the ree gulations of quarantine, nothing had yet been clone by the Committee; but it would be the first object to which they would direct their attention, after the rates of pilotage and the London Port Bill were disposed of. On the subject of the I fees and char g es of consuls, he had hail a conversation with Mr. Lack, or Mr.litiskisson, he forgot which, at the Board of Trade, and it was the impression on his mind, that those Gentlemen hail stated that some essential alterations and material improve ments were in contemplation. Nothing had been done as to the question of the stamp-duty on the transfers of property in shipping ; but it was proposed to address a memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and pray for that relief to which the shipping interest was most justly entitled. On the subject of the classification of ships, a letter would be read in the course of the day, front a respectable member of the society. The attention of tie Committee had been directed to this hue 'portent question, particularly during the hest and preceding year, but not meeting with a cordial concurrence at Lloyd's, they were not able to carry that point. During the next year, the subjects lie had mentioned would fully undergo the atten tion of the Committee. Mr.' CIIAP3tAN then moved that the Report of the Commit tee be Agreed to. Mr. URQUHART said, before that motion was passed he hail some observations which he was desirous of addressing to the society. He approved thoroimghly of the alteration and con solidation of the registry laws ; but he disapproved wholly of the Act regulating the proportion of apprentices to be taken by vessels in the Wrest India trade. It would afford no relief to that trade. lie contended, that ships of HO tons ought not to be compelled to take out an apprentice, though looking at the Act altogether, he objected not to the number apprenticed to the admeasurement of the vessels; but to the principal on which the Act was founded. The Report stated, that the first and second mates were to be protected from impressment; but how were they to be protected ? The nature of the protection was such, that if the mete stepped over the side of the vessel he lost it. It was a protection solely for the benefit of the ship owner, attaching not 'to the man but to the ship. It was a selfish measure which redounded to the discredit of the Ship Owners. There ought to be no litw to authorise the im pressment of seamen out of merchant ships in time of peace. The consequence was, that ships came home un manned. It was the duty of Government to take care to eend out seamen' for their own service, and not take away those belonging to the Merchants. As to the Seamen's Hospital, he objected to its being dependent on charity. It should be established on solid foundations, as at Jamaica, and supported by . a rate on the shipping. The next subject on which he should animadvert was the Trinity House. In no instance was the power of truth and reason more apparent than in the exposure of the abuses of this Corporation. Last , Session it had been brought before the house of Commons, in a re port, in such a shape as would have subjected any individual to a prosecution for libel who should previously have said that such was the state of the Corporation. It had been made manifest that 11,0001 ea-year was divided among the Elder', Brethren, in violation of the charter. Formerly the office Was purely honourary. Formerly, too, the Elder Brethren were elect ed every year by the Younger Brethren ; but now they were self-elected for life. Every . Younger Brother bad a power to vote in electing a master. If they were, on the next occasion to assemble and exercise this right, it would probably sur prise Lord Liverpool not a little, to find himself displaced in favour of a fitter substitute. When the Trinity House Cor poration existed under its present management, the Society of Ship-owners would never attain the consequence which it ought to possess. As to the rates of pilotage, be was surpriSed that the Committee had not directed their attention to the necessity of code of maritime laws. Time most trivial things were continually giving rise to law-suits, and an entire state of ignorance prevailed among the parties concerned, as to their respective legal obli gations. In fact, there was no law between master and man on ship board. This subject ought to be pressed upon the attention of Parliament. The code might be compiled in the most simple manner. To begin with, 50 regulations might be made, and the number gradually increased, until all the cases were met. This, the first maritime country in the world, was without any regular system of maritime law. He hoped the Committee would turn these subjects over on their attention during the ensuing year. The motion fur agreeing to the Report was then carried una nimously. Th e er fA u t mAH, then called the attention of the Society to the election of eight members of the Committee, instead of those who went out by rotation. Lists were lying on the table, on which each member, before he retired, would mark eight names. _ - _ l'ilr. MAP SHALL MOVed Iwo Resolutions, the first of which was declaratory of the evils of the present system of classifica tion of ships at Lloyds, - and the urgent necessity of a remedy. The second proposed a General Meeting of the Ship Owners on Tuesday, the 20th of January, to appoint a Committee for the purpose of carrying an amended system into execution. 111 i. UnQu TWIT cited several instances within his own know. ledge to prove the inadequacy and incorrectness of the present system of classification. A ship which be had sold as not being sea-worthy, he had found afterwards marked A. 1. She was, on his remonstrance, reduced to 1 2, but by some means con trived to mount again as high as E L In his opinion the sur veyor should give a description of the vessel to the Cqmmittee, and they should, on his report, fix the rank of the vessel. The classification ought not to rest on any individual. In all sur veys the builder's name should be attached. The first resolution was carried unanimously. The second resolution passed in a similar way, an amend ment having been suggested by Mr. Wilson, M.P., thet the meeting should be held on Thursday, the 22d of January, in stead of Tuesday the 20th. „A third resolution was also moved by Mr. Marshall, and carried unanimously. The Cuatitstior then explained why the dinner, which usuallyy followed the annual meeting, was this year postponed. ;4; r. Wilson, who was to do them the honour of presiding, was engaged on that day. It was intended to have the dinner in the first week of January, or at least early in that month; due notice would, however,. be given to the Members. Mr. SPENCER moved, that the thanks of the Society be given to the Committee, which was agreed to unanimeusly. Mr. BUCKLE moved that the cordial thanks of the Sodety be given to Thomas Esq., M.P., for his general atten tion to the interests of the Society, and for his zeal on all occa sions in promoting them. The motion was carried by acclamation. Mr. WILSON said the honour was perfectly unexpected; he was afraid he had had but few opportunities of shelving his zeal in their cause, and that he was altogether indebted to the kind ness and friendship of the Committee for his supposed merits. He pledged himself, however, to be ready at all times to exert himself to the beat of his ability to serve them.—(Applause.) Mr. 0 TIlltIE told they had yet another agreeable duty to discharge, and that was, to return their thanks for the services rendered to them, both that day, and on other occasions, by their worthy Chairman, whose zeal, ability, and unremitting attention, entitled him to every recommendation. The motion was put by Mr. Wilson, and carried with ap. pla use. The Members then proceeded to ballot for the supply o the vacant places in the Committee ; after which the Society separated. 3 1 generally Mrzzou t not, perhap known that we are indebted to Prince Rupert for this mode of engraving, of which the idea struck him while seeing a soldier scrape the rust from his fusil. MURDER IN ESSEX. The prisoner Pallet, or Parrot, underwent an examination on Tut"lay, at Walden, and was remanded untihhe result of the Coroner's In quest wls made known. At half-past eleven o:eloct, a crowd of persons were seen approaching Widdington from New port, and in a few minutes two taxed carts drove 'up to Me flower-de-luce : the first contained, besides the driver and the prisoner, Mr. Mead, the gaoler, and an officer ; they alighted at the door of the public-house, and the prisoner was conducted into a private room, being properly guarded. He was handcuffed, and heavily ironed by both legs; he seemed very much depressed, and his countenance betrayed an inanimate ex pression that would scarcely lead a person to conclude he was possessed of the courage neces sary to perpetrate such a dreadful crime. THE CORONER'S INQUEST. Early yesterday morning WILLIAM Ornsom, Esq., the Coroner, arrived at the sign of the Flower-de•luce, keptby Mr. Whisken, in the village of Waddington, and at 12 o'clock the Jury were sworn. The Coroner and Jury then retired to view the body lying at the deceased's father's house, a short distance from the public house. It was in a dreadfully mutilated state ; indeed, so much so, that it was impossible to recognize a single feature, the head being completely beaten flat. It remained in the same state as when it was found. Robert Smith, of Burchanger, in this county, publican, was sworn, and deposed as follows :—On Monday night last, about half-past 0 o'clock, I left this house (the Flower-de-lace) to go home, and in my way I saw a body lying on the road from my horse having shied on reaching' he spot. I got off my horse, and heard a groan proceed from the body. The clothes were much disordered; his shirt sleeves were torn, and he laid on his back with his cost nearly offhis arms ; I believe it was quite off one arm; his hat ryas off; I perceived no blood then, but I - supposed that some dreadful act had been committed, and hay ing removed the body to the side of the road I rode directly back to the Flower-de-Ince at Viriddington, and alarmed the inhabitants; the Flower.de-luce is nearly half a mile from where the body lay. He was alive when I left him ; I sent some people on towards the body with a lantern, and ordered a cart to be dispatched after them with all possible haste, as I told them a murder had been committed. I then rode to Mr.. Haines's, the overseer, but he was not at home, and I then rode towards the body, which was then in the care of the persons I had sent, and was about 30 rods nearer Widdington than when I left him ; there were several persons with the body, but they were strangers to me. The cart having arrived, the body was put into it ; it was brought up to this house, and it seemedco vered with blood; and the head appeared to be much beaten; a cut was also observable under his chin ; the deceased appear.. ed to be quite dead when: he was put into the cart. I knew the deceased when alive, but I could not recognize him when dead, in consequence of his mutilated appearance. From the time of first leaving the body until I saw it the second time, not more than ten minutes had elapsed. The road where • I found the body was the one leading from Widdington into the high road to London. A Juryman.—Did you see the prisoner at that time ? Witness.—No; not until afterwards. I assisted in hand cuffing him when he was taken, and he made a great deal of resistance. John Reid, of Widdington, carpenter, sworn.--T was in this house whelp die last witness eILITIO in, aliniu. a quarter to nine o'clock on Monday night, and said, that some person was mur dered in the road, and he seemed much frightened, the left sleeve and side of Smith's great coat were bloody ; he also said he thought the man wits not quite dead, for he had heard him groan; the man, he said, was lying on the fiat on the top of the second hill, on the road to Quendon. - My son, my brother, another labouring man, Matthew Dillow, and I set off' imme diately u we went to Mr. Mumford's old farm for a lantern, which I hid under my coat, and then proceeded towards the place Smith had directed us; when we got to • the top of the first hill, we stopped and listened, but could hear nothing ; they then went down the hill very gently, and I heard some person say, " Hoy !" the person wt.% in the road, and within three or four rods of us; I knew the voice to be John Pallet's; ' besides " Hoy," he said here is Jem Mumford ; he added " I picked him up in the road ;" the body was across Pallett's back. I put the lantern close to the deceased's face, and said " I am sure ii is not James Mumford ;" my brother also said the same ; I bad known the deceased for many years ; I took the body off'Pallett's back and set it on my son's knee, until the cart came up; Pallett remained, and assisted in putting the body into the cart ; Pallet walked voluntarily towards this house, and insisted that the body was that of Mr. Mumford, hut I thought not ; when he was brought to this house and put into a chair, I examined his cheek for a mole, which I found, and' then believed it was Mr. Mumford; his shirt was marked " J. M." which confirmed it ; his head was knocked to pieces, a large piece being cut out froM his head ; Pallett then sat down, and commenced drinking in the tap-room ! The consta ble arrived in about half an hoer, and I told him.the circum stance of finding the body on Pallet's back ' • the constable then took him into custody ; he was asked by Mr. Campbell how he came by the body ? Pallett 'answered, he had found him On the road, and intended to take bins to Prior's-hall, where he lived. Pallett made a violent resistance, swore he would not be taken, and it required seven or eight men to p u t th e hand cuffs on ; - when that was effected, lie declared heb breechesavyw o.sdutin;lrgdresputtntazicaepsewls.i them all; he was kept in this house all night, and next day was taken before a Magistrate. Pallett was smothered with blood • his shirt-collar was bloody all round, but there-ap peared'uo bruises on him ; 'when I met'Pallet he was alone. I asked Pallet how he knew the deeeased, and he then replied, be thought it was him ; ?allett had no light with him; it was rather a dark night ; we could not recognize the deceased, al. though Pallet at first said it was Mr. Rumford. The head was knocked all to 'pieces ; the face was much swelled and very disfigured. When I asked hhn how he knew the body was that of M. Mumford he appeared much confused. By a Juryman.—Subsequent to Pallett's being in custody while you were assisting in keeping guard over him,did he make any observations ? Witness.—On the Tuesday morning, the constable, George Knight, took off Pallet's high shoes ; he said nothing about that; some time afterwards, Mr. John Mumford went past the window of the room ; Pallett asked whine they were going; I said, " They are going to try your shoes in the track on tale ground ;" Pallett then replied, " Then I shall be sure to be - done; it is a hard thing to be born to be hung ; I shall be sure to be bung; if I could get Why transportation, 1 should not care." All the way to the House of Correction at Newport, on Tuesday afternoon, he repeatedly said he we.s sure he should be hung, and cried out bitterly all the way. I asked hint why i w l e a s w t a a s k s e u n r i e n o t o f custody it, a fltl he e n then lNlon r d e a m y a c i v il e e n l i n g silent.he was l r searched by ebit,t ttAPhortseul haveli Georgele constable, i t .or in L to ep Knight,u a G s t l e o e ° d t r t y to ag s e o c tei n::::ll l aa ti l a tn ! i n it ll r t t e d l ' s a tr a y Iti:k:li.lgN'Tlit:lltr(yi refusedbi n y w g t e l t i e i s l I : ,; t e i s o w o al f:ml3nhli willing C I . tool:Camp bell, ta and gi b loe e 1 said with ii at a h t h ye t o li wu i so. somethinglii nibs tonicee, d o_n h it : m u i s suspicion intoi helco anothern w o u t . lt i i n u rno r oo t t l l e ! I i n g M r . Cain z s jumping oithluaei::: : iyga b Itieddaes sos n cii Irs p i ic, :::: it.te: . but knock; ;r 1. t . I fl i oa c t i n tried lml(eli t inti I t oillilef handcufforright gd h, over uged the t o table eaii s e a v n e d n a b i t r a o tn t: de e i si t e al the n i e o we l i ;l t ss -hi i i i e : de t. In°l:dob me. About an hour afterwardi I search t ed tilaen h dd i t e m c , ea se the knife, a comb, and 2s. 4d. in a canvas purse; in pocket hi pu nit ; " it from AIL - Muniford's havinq , shown s it me hand pocket was a buck_horn handle knife, which I knew to Mum ford's possession, and am sun. the one I fo l ' im° lt ir e in o g ft'en seen the knife in Mr. Mum s:l:u t i n fiv i e ,n o u i t s t i , x 6 t w e e n e d ks to ag k4 n il pocket was his. I afterwards 'putlleldli a r n al i l e e e tt ie tl itt S i h e o:O f tr e' ; I th in i: was by the desire of 111 r. deceased's broters when T I 'Thomas Il i l n u g m p f ai ord iet , tjtuonp.,risoonnehofe said o l i , e ci s oo li o lkn u l bed ioina y hang. Hayden, lod fa 1 Townsend, jun., antr Thein in o ig s t L ° ' V n id ig d ht in and a little boy, Richard the body was first seen by Air , farmer, • worm—About 12 the place Mr. Smith described-Eaton, went to the spot where • Smith, about forty reds front to me. I saw by the candle I had with me a mark of blood at the side of a c lay p it ; the Pit was about three feet deep, and four yards long; t h e blood! e about the size of my hat this was about two ya rds from the cart track in the road; I then went on the same road en fifty rods farther, and saw a pair of gloves and a stick, *ll9 were taken by Mr.i Townsend ; there was a grea t deal of on the road near where the gloves and sack w ere found; ri blood had run down the cart-track. The next wonting 1 went to the spot again, And found a stick about six rods from the spot, among some turnips.—[The stick was 26 inches tong and about an inch thick ; it was very much stained with bin and split in several places, apparently as if it had been used r t the inurderer.l—About 15 rods further, just as the stick vitt found, another person called to me andshowed me the hat,S . t coat. 1 could not recollect the hat, but I knew the coat to 07 been the deceased's. A little further I found two kevs)sk ni te i a new steel pencil-case and a new pair of spectacles in 0 morocco case. [The deceased was very shortssighted.l . to a [The articles mentioned were all produced. A knife t ee, d m ece itt ris l e a d i? on the prisoner, and belonging to him, was much knelt r, and the stick with which it was supposed the morder was eg , 8 croin as if from a b ) s p i ea la r t e l d va t s o l have been cut by a knotched knife.] ;i d Ira Mr. John Muntfonl, of Henham, farmer, sworn.— ~ brother to the deceased. About nine o'clock on TuesdeseSA took the prisoner's shoes from the constable, and roe tieu , bloody in the inside, and was cut on towards the spot where my brother was found, when I. Wheat deal of blood. I was shown some feet marks on apiece of t land, about three or four rods near where the blood lay; ar t many petsons had been to that spot, and the marks of tb feet were obliterated ; but about twelve rods or more from t d a %' place, there was a place on a ridge of wheat, which 3 PP ear it e ,tecle if some person had sat down : there was a hole close tort, . svg , seemed as if a stick had been stuck there. There were, two marks in the bole, as if it was a spit stick which had been tne ~ front as e:tine cetetlitotoefplaliaaancvdee sown a g i o h n e e r e two t iw l t t ha e rwbdilsloe routeo blood t i b va etl s uo t rnng t i l ii i n, e s: f t o foot i‘ t I followed a foot track which began about three or four r ro oes it appeared evident that the person had run ; froni the Pi! where a person appeared to have sat down, the same footsie and some other articles mentioned by Mr. Heyden , hi re! to found; the knife found there by Mr. Hayden I c an stye— of as my brother's prpp.erty bond I gave him the haedle, and he a t where the 1'134 bin been perpetrated. I compared the Ingloshoes new blades pot to it in on; the footstep went further up ° the side of the turnips; and then slanted off towards the tool lane, leading back again towards the spot where the m oiler I n nt e t i i . to the marks of feet ia the a:round, beginning with these ner par to where the blood was, and from thence to the na rk Les spond ; in two particular instances, the person of scat on the ground, and to where the things were lotion; " - n a„ - in the direction towards the blood, ace the lane; 1 c',:e ros ed r them I t r r . a sk i li r ra n n a , c ec a t ! in crossinai_ 011 turnip-field trod with his toe on sonic turnips, and the at o ; s „ , one of the shoes exactly agreed with the bruises on &tan*: the split stick which appeared to have been used by th e W a ur i deter, exactly fitted the hole befor mentioned; I noticed in?, the stick had been cut with a knife that had a gap or two th, 1 , 1 and a knife in the constable's poasession a peered, Irmo it, , , -..-: ing notched, to have been used for thatt p purposc ; th is " nit( was found on the prisoner. I employed a Man to exeminetle hedges in the neighbourhood, and a place was found where ti° stick fitted a tree, and seemed to have been recently cet i tl: ( stick fitted the part in the hedge exactly [the eo rrespo a ar in e l piece was . produced] ; the knife found in prisoner'eP e r; which belonged to the deceased the prisoner said, when b e e''' . the priso n , the Magistrate, he found a fortnight ago in a field called 1,6 , gott, but another brother residing in London, recollects see'," that knife in the deceased's possession on Monday while he v'' in London. . Mr. George Mumford, apprentice to Mr. Burbridge, iron monger, 127, St—John-street, Smithfield, London, 0 ' m — am brother to the deceased, who went to London on Wet: day. fortnight; he sometimes slept . with me, and lion et „' o l e . , with another brother at Chelsea; lie booked his place to ..,,,, by Lowe's Saffron Walden coach, and he left me ith° l ; t i 'd e o'clock on Monday last ; _I was with him when be ir t u ' t i le c j spectacles (those now produced) ; the buckhorn ite t nui re e as ed. also recollect to have seen in his possession ; the ki th ' P — ien or as found on the prisoner, I saw in my brother's )ool° Monday last. . I was wit! Wm. Reed, a labourer of Widdington, s worn.— , ) i niet Mr. Hayden when the coat, hat, &c. were found- lewd/ out the places to Mr. John Mumford. (This witness corroborated some parte of the former evidence.) Thomas Kidinan, of Newport, sell oysters and other fish ; I was in compsnY w ith , e ee enitt lett at the Coach and Horses, at Quendon, on 31 ° n "' "aer lir and I drank with him. When I came out, about a quarter fore eight o'clock, I missed my donkyiandiPallet hatanb„ kg it, got on it; we came down the lane together towarusacti, tViddington-roadi, where Pallett j umped di the donkh4°A. the the; 1 ran behind die donky. 1 (to o t t rrer rece irt n ti an NValden coach ; I was intoxicated; but 1 reel:Meet r a l r; - ,fi I left the Coach and Horses together • I am sure rsb e k' s up the Widdington-road, and 1 went together; the taretn'asi mota Juryruan.—l paid lid. at the turnpike, been"' 6- w 0 no e halfpence; yet I cannot recollect whether 1: 1 , s Walden coach or not. I lent Palled IL in the in moneli Horses to:pay for some ale, as Pallett slid he 11 1 ,11. 1 ( i . ? Coroner.—Recollect, you are on BW y t o )rn it ' t . • A Juryinan.--Recollect. Did not yOU g i" Ihra If CAM 1 Witneas.—No ; it was three penny.worth. of ha P. Witness.— tel. owed him no money whatever. lam sure it was not hi Palled cee I ain speaking the truth. I so-- pennyworth of oysters, for which he paid me. t et ail The whole of the Jury expressed theiv astonishmen witness's apparent prevarication. . , a ilorsel. Win. Dellow, of Quendon, hostler to the Coal, and late swot - m-1 saw Mr. Mumford (the cleansed) come ', 1 ,!;„ do don by the Walden coach, . on Monday evening, lash do at coach reached Quendon about hall-past seven eneoest requested his luggage to be lsft at the Cilia and lion and said he should get down a the Quentiotheoto slits about three quarters of a mile further on the tea turn- Widdington road leads front the high road, WI neil,scos soon piken John Pallett started from the Coach anil II ~ ,,t ef otilo as the coach stopped, anti directly' he ,heard lldef r i, at Yr; name mentioned, Pallett seemed to look pettic i a l lletes.A Muinford ; he had been drinking in the Coscliiisnaal e a sts ~, was standing outside when the coach arrived. i' o ' n it, il ch before the coach. When the coach started, I wil e d t be eo i `j:i passed Pallet and Kleiman ; and they then followe_t i t on, to a trifling distance; one of them on a ,donkeys t el, s ed , not say, which. On turning a road, the coach len trli a ee lf ° . saw neither of them again. From the Cosch: an Li e sPP L Quendon to Widdington is about two miles. Kid ° saidD e K i l 1 ohdwe mcoulda had n— Indo ed to be sober when I saw him in the 'house. aserw e l l Kidman was recalled, and the Coroner esker.] Tao be sworno t recollect n o o f tr i e l cisoirloelclrecollect seeing, w s i e n t i g i h i the g e t, coat;couch,l he CO a w c it te . iebt it:: passed, but I cannot recollect, it. she° l4 rt tO ConowErt—lt is a very strange thing that nu..l test lect trifling circumstances, and yet not react"' teat coach. Quendon . the Walden coach arrived et the g n a t! air- 3 1 ' ec minutes before 0 o'clock on Monday.evening's then l'n.`ieiegi. ford got off; he borrowed a stick of me an" i d s tilii h t he George Say sworn.—My father keeps the turnteritees.‘"; " Good night," and walked down the road t ent t erooti li er - ton. I did not see Pallett that evening, e t ie IV", fa gate with a donkey towards Newport, about five ° far iSieg ac after the coach; he was quite alone; he paid t i ni ve lt i f elet i '' the turnpike, and said lie would pay ttIL ' c oos, eief e morning; he was walking, and seemed Tote, ' kne w ail' atop' ford Cook, a weaver of Debden, sworn--1 bblot a Oralee ford and also John Pallett. On a Saturday hearilimffel, talk there of little 'Tent Mumford's havitql. ago I was at the Queen's Head, Wahlens r ir sti him ifFe!', up . for getting drunk, and making some 0 r her, 0 doing. Ile added, " I wish I had . the little hea c e Wee,' smash him ; but I will be d--d if' 1 will no;l,tilesolowiet Susan Reed, wife of one ef the predcedi n g ', al it th le )l'j' e —I knew the deceased and John Pallett. , A , ! kite nliti fl j lo t ago I heard Pallett say he would not mind 1 1 :; 111 ;it, 11 , 0 0' ford's whistle. He seemed to be talking to ''' i toed e t i.,o llls then standing at his own door near my hou se- y e then servation to what Pallett Raid, but I noPllo.sl,_ threst.iatial words " hacking his whistle" meant cutiiiigistlareeie !,,, sa Min George Eachus, of Saffron.Wahletd th r t tas s e se; p ir i, On Tuesday last I inspected the robot °t e il',, c sat s ,, found a lacerated wound of three incnes ° erne clettvoo,l,o, the left side of the lower jaw, which I hay. the 0 el , of, i.. Meted by the stick produced; both edges ( . ' ,lio e, ti 014 , 0,.,,, lacerated, not cut XS if with a knife ; tn;',', o es; ' 'wee cranium, were fractured, except the frentat ! T esta e , tee size of my hand was loose, and I took it nu m_i_t a ti ,,,e_ii,i - or i i, a quantity of extravasated blood ; n th theirs 1 1 1) a 1: 1 ? r 0 0 then' Pilool,' , the bones on one side of the head were sr ry `;` — e nel f ese l T o o they would dismiss from their minds alt , _„i e to _ e s John Pallet."4' wimp &V _he " ev en* ar sio C 1 0 m ilted ° de *ea t " i 0 • ' to . 0 , et The prisoner was immediately w ei, ee be l lO ~ 0 ltelmsford Pt" aieesogi: Bey' warrant, and sent off to C , o f awl . a o- 1 o present Assizes. During the whole t , tilne s fel fret I confined in an ante-room, and seven I iot a tares titan the deceased had received wss nii e ted * J a g se iAnintruthtenent, woundse atPlilecabrletowl s ti l ) ni i i l s a t v l e tal b '; e W e lel n e%t t r o cii rr j e oto lef. re : The ConowEn then addressed the •,": 11 41 their " da dl i e they were sworn as jurymen, and Pt e trea t oil as it had appeared before them. % The Jury returned a verdict of ' I s 4 , Wed substantially the testimony ed very much depressed. The iiiqueto ' till half-past five. 4)f thleldiii'ilial Mori 010, oath.i aI -a a ilucicosiitenr,e,