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\ r f t' 44 ) 47 y 4,, Qinno.ya r - • o ff ,. 0 • 44 /3T ,,,0 • ‘‘"-ss UN. NUMBER 9i90. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1824. PRICE SEVENPENCS4 VERY FAST TRAVELLING, every Morning to the George Inn, Sunderland, at reduced Fares. TRIAL OF THURTELL AND HUNT. tence, to obtain., mercy and forgiveness of the Almighty, fort} e sins and transgressions Ihave committed. 'But i n pity to the feelings of an aged and respectable' mother, a virtuous and amiable wife, and my dearly beloved brother and &titer, I dc, feel most anxious to avoid an ignominious death; and it therefore for their sakes, mare than for my own, that I fer vently and earnestly entreat the performance of the solemn pledge made to me of sparing my life. • Thrive nothing further to add, but most humbly repose my fate on the justice and humanity' of your Lordship. When the reading of this document was finished, the pri soner Hunt said he wishod to add a few remarks to the Court. TO DOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY. --- Mountain's " Express, Umpire, and Tally Ho," to MAN CHESTER., Winslow, Congleton, Newcastle, Walsal, Wol verhampton, indEnutsford, new Four Inside Day and Night Coaches, three times a-day. (CONCLUSION OF YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.) ►FOUR INSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, By S. A. INIOUNTAIN and Co. , ARAcEN's HEAD INN, SKININEIt-STREET, SNOW- SHEFFIELD and Rotherham New Four inside Post Coaches every Morning, called " The Express," and also " The Rockingham," every Afternoon, at reduced Fares. The "Royal Express," New BIRMINGHAM Light .Fast Night Coach, in 15 hours, sets out every afternoon, carry ing Four Inside only; passes through Warwick, Leal - Al)7 - - ton, Sontham, Weedon, Daventry, Stoney Stratford; at ' td Towcester, to the Saracen's Head, Hull-street, bain, early the next ilorning. Driven • through with Two -Coachmen only. The " Express," a New Light. Post Coach, to HULL, Lin coluL, Nortlicave, Bowden, and.Doncaster, every Morning at Eigbt.o'Clock, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, Elms ; and also the " Rockingham" in the Afternoon at Two o'Clock, The HERTFORD, Ware, HO.ldesdon , and Chesil nt Coach. TOTTENHAM and Edmonton Coaches daily, at Eleven, Half-past Two, Five, and Eight o'clock. *** At Reduced Fares to Leeds, York, and Doncaster, Luggage and Packages at only id per pound. S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public, that they will not be accountable for any Parcels. Passenger's Luggage, Writings, Plate, :Ice. of more than Fire Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, unless entered as such, and the Insurance paid accord ingly, at the Sat acen's Head Inn, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, London. • - HERTFORD. Mr. Justice PARK, at the termination of Thurtell's address, called upon the prisoner Joseph Hunt to state any thing he might deem available for his defence. On an intimation being made, however, that Thurtell would pre fer to have his witnesses previously examined, the Lear►►ed Judge directed that Hunt should #ostpone whitever-he'm4,:ht think proper-to—s.ay until after the examination of Thurtell's wit nesses. HILL: LONDON. following LIGHT POST-COACHES, and MAILS, &c. set out from the above Inn:— The " Royal Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ramsgate, Mar- Tate; Broadstairs, Canterbury, Feversham,and Sandivich , new itperior fast Coach—every Morning at a quarter pot Seven ti Clovis. In conseluehce of the decided prderence giviai to . !hr Telegraph Coach, the Proprietors are 'determined no t-spence shall he spared to render it the first conveyance on . 4 he Kent Road. His Lordship asked him if he would 'not it resod by the officer of the Court ? The prisoner said he would read it himself. He then stated from A paper as follows :—The _greatest part of the evidence of I'robert utterly false, especially that which refers to a deck: , ration which be aftns wr.s made by me previous to the mur dor. For the inirpete of Screening 'life; he bath vented falsehoods to take away mine. His evidence of my ssy ing, " There is the spot where I am to be set down," is parti cularly false. I was never in that part of the country before ; how, therefore, could I know the spot, especially as the way was intricate, and the night extremely dark ? This prisonerrcalled no witnesses. Here his Lordship expressed a wish to put a question to th Coroner. BRONIP'rON, Chatham and Rochester, Gravesend,St rmid, Rainham, and Osi►ringe, Nlorning, Quist ter 7. Upon his being sworn, his Lordship asked if he knew the' spot where the body was foubd ?-1 do. Is that spot in the County of Hertford P---It is, my Lord. His Lordship said that was all he required to know.. THE JUDGE'S CHARGE. A rc ill icn in teal uo ck F. /0 u 14 ' The " Tally Ho," to BIRMINGHAM, in , 13 hours only, driven through with two Coachmen, fast Day Coach, Alorning at a quartet' before 7 o'Ciock, through Redburn, tklarket Street, Dunstable, Brickhill, Fenny Stratford, Stoney WI-at ford, Towcester, Weedon, Daventry, Duneb ureh, Co *entrY, and Stone Midge, to the Castle Hotel and St. George's Tavern, High-street, Birmingham, to.Siliffnall, Wellington, Bridgenorth, Shelton, Shrewsbury, Salop, Qswestry, Nant 241.Porlev, Bangor, Chester, and Holybead.—ln con- Syquence of the decided preference given to the Tally Ho Coach, the Proprietors are determined no expense shall he spared to render it the first conveyance on the Birmingham Road. The "Sovereign," New light fast Coach-to-FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, Bodmin, Penryn, Ashburton, Tot 'less, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Dorchester, and Salisbury,. every morning at Seven ; through' Honiton, Axminster, Bridport, Blapdford,Stockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Hart ford Bridge, Blackwater, and Bagshot. WOLVERHAMPTON, Dudley, and West-Bromwich, through Coientry, the only Day Coach, Morning, at a quar ter before Seven o'Clock. only Day Coach :to WEYMOUTH, (driven through with Two Coachmen only), through Bagshot, Biackwater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, tWoodyeats, Cashmore, Salisbury, Blandford, anti Dorchester, at a Quar ter past Five o'Clock in the Morning. Packets from Wey mouth to . Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Maine's, Sec. serery Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, at Two o'Clock. WARWICK and Leamington Day arid: • Night Coaches. 'The " Union," SOUTHAMPTON, Lymington, Lyndhurst, - Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water,and Bagshot, New F our Inside Coach, every Morning at.ti o'cl ock; arrives at the C o ach an d H orses an d Vine Inn, , Southampton, by Five o'clock. Thi s i s a mos t d e lightful Conve_kance to the Isle of'Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre de Grace, Cherbourgh, the ab ove 84c.—The 'Proprietors 'Coach hope to receive a c ontinuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commeticement of the " Union." • ches to DORCHE STER, in 14 hours New light Day Coaches unly, through Bagshot, Blackwater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salisbury, iVoodyeats, Cashmore, and • Blandford, at a Quarter past Five and Seven o'clock in the morning. BATH and BRISTOL Post-Coaches, through Chippen ham, Caine, Marlborough, Hungerfatd, Newbury, and Read ing, every Afternoon lit one; arrive at the Greyhound lon, Bath, the l ' uld° " Ta vern, ThOmas-street, and Swan, Bristol, early the next Mo rning. —Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth, at reduced Fares. The " Umpire," a.gew LIVEnpooL Light Coach, only one Night - on the' oad; 'carrying. Fouiliitde, setenut Daily at One; arrives at Li verpoo l next a f ternoon , thr o ugh Wo burn, Lathhury, Northampton, Welford, Lutterworth, Hinckley, At herstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, Kai uts ford, Warrington, and Prescot. KENDAL, Lanbaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton Chorley, Otniskirk, and Garstang Light Post Coaches, 1 - . very morning and afternoon. The " Royal Express," NoW Light Four Inside Post Coach, to LIVERPOOL, in 26 hours only, through Warrington, Prescot, Congletun, Lawton; Newcastle, Rudgly, K iluts f os a, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield, (only One Night on the :Road), every Afternoon ; arrives at the Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, next Afternoon. The advan tages to Travellers- who honour this Coach with their pre ference are far superior to any other on this Road, as t h e " Royal Express'! iiialtiven throughout with Four Coach men only (Two less than kris , other Coach to Liverpool), a saving to Passengers too evh,lent to require comment; besides the additional advantage, 'specially to Conimercial Interests, of performing the journey in less time I Ilan any other Coach ; . and, itotwithstanding its cheapness and expedition, the Pro prietors Pledge themselFes that for safety and accommodation 'it is equalled by few, and shall be surpassed by none. STAFFORDSHIRE voTTERIES, a new light very fast Coach, every afternoim, to Lanend, Stoke, Shelton, Butslem, ' .- _fitristall, Lawton, Hants and Holmes Chapel. This is the only 'Coach direct to the Potteries. WAKEFIELD Four inside Post-Coaches, every Morning and Afternoon, at reduced Fares. C liESTEß,Newaort , Whitechurch,Tarporl ey, Natnistwich, Northvrich, and Middlewich light Coaches, every morning , and afternoon. STAMFORD liht Post Coaches every morning and aft er nAnico,n, through B a ldock, Biggleswade, St. Neots, _Buckden, ir,urY, Stilton, and Waudsford. everyNDERLAND, Stockton, and Farm Light Post Coach Morning Y y wa of Newark, Retford, Doncester, Ferrybrid ge , Tadea ster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, ~.‘M ut Petb otid Berwick, an d arr i ves at York the next Morns ' l g , at reduced Pares. Driven through with Four Coach. rest Passe ngers finding thems e l ves fati g ued on the Jo.urneys may rest Wh a t ti me th e y pl e ase, and then proceed without any additional Fare. MARLBO R OUGH and Swindon, four-inside Day Coach, thropgh Aldbourn Reading, Latubourn, Porton, Lydingtua l' "vseYs Wootton Basset, Ramsbury, Huugerford, Newbury and Maidenhead. • Driven through with One Coachman only. The New Royal Patent.Maif,BOSTON and Louth, through ~,:Yat.oti! Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Petelboreugh, ' v lung, Spalding Spilsby, Alford, Giinteby, and Hull, ' t ‘ en ing, at 11 • b e f ore seve al past Seven o'Clock, Sunday, at a Quarter The E es CA a New Light Four-inside Post Coach to re-"esiii'itli, and Whitehaveu, with a Guard all b yasses through Appleby, Ilrough, Bowes, Greta- I:ge hichrhond, Catterick, Boroughbridge, Ferrybridge, .)oncaster, NeWark; Bawtry, Grantham, Stamford, Gree- Main, Stilton, Biggleswade, and Baldock. Sets out in the Morning, and•performa the journey with the greatest faci li!tY at reduced Fares. Passengers detained on the Road by "Uurss or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next Coach.—The only direst Coach toCarlisle• N ,The New Royal Patent Mail, CAMBRIDGE, .through are, Buntingford, Buckland , and Royston , Evening, at Bair past Seven - o'Cl ock, Sunday, at a Quarter before Seven. .c„,,_•SEIREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shitinal, Light Post '''lches, every morning and afternoon.---Guarded. .asestARNSTAPLE, Soutlimolton, and Crediton, New light 5 . Coach, every Monday, IVednesday, and Friday Morn- I ngs, at Seven o'clock. 11 " 1 " -In gham,” LEEDS light Post Coach, sets out gles.%,,fternoon at T.wcs; and passes through Baldock, Big- Q ree w t,lia •e! Eaton, Buckden, Status', tVansfora, Stamford, Rettoidli Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Markham Moor, Golde n L io a n w i l TY, but - waster, and Ferrybridge, arrives , at the in time f oe r r , Leeds, next Afternoon at Three o Clock, field Coaches le Bradford, Halifax, • Shipton, and Hudders , at Reduced Fares (driven through with Four Coachmen only),—Luggage and Packages only 2d per lb.— Not Withstandi ng th e uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be the most agiceable and complete Public Con veyance on the North Road, being 'unequalled by any other. ..HteARROWGATE and Ri pon new Li g h t P os t C oac h es , ever y airmi;no..en at Two, and Eight in the Morning. AS G OU T ; Longtown,Gretna-green, Annan, Dumfries, Brownhill, Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Cannsock Kingswell, and all Parts of Scotland, a - Befit Four inside Post Coach daily. The " it COVENTRY light fast Day Coach, every morning atlta"Y Ho," quarter before Seven o'clock, through Redhurn, nstaale,Stoney Stratford, Towcester, Weedon,.DaventrYs and Dunchurch, to Warwick and Leamington. , HOLYHEAD, Illideenorth, Walsal, Shrewsbury, and Sa ult!. New ew light fa s t Coaches, ever y morning and afternoon. h "Express-," to YORK, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, underland, Newcastle, and Edinbu rg h, a N e w light Four Inside Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; gets out . I LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS .MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHA LL STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.-Ready Money Only. rfillE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully intbrm the Public that they still continue the above Establishm e nt, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Farniles, by offering them Manufactured Articles in th&Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent. , there being no other profit required on the Goods but the hare house expences ; at the lame time will be sufficiently satisfied with having constant Employment for themselves and families. This Society was Established in June 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to 66 ; in June, 1819, five more were added to .the society; in June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of thra Establishment is 191. • The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda tions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31.155. -Full size tent Bedstead 11. 65.-Bordered hair Mattress to fit 11. ls.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 3L 35.-Feather Bed 21. 10s.-Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.- Six japanned Chairs of any description in oil 11. &a-Best do. Wash-hand-stand 16a..--Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Hearth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot mahogany Pembroke Table IL 18s.-Three-fbot ditto on pil lars and claws 31. 155..--Mahogany Dressing Table IL-Ditto Bidett, best 11. 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11.8x.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. -Ditto ditto 21. 2s -Ditto Box, Glass, 2 drawers, best British Plate 155.-Ditto ditto ls. 65.-Ditto ditto IL 18s.-Ditto Siring Glass, large size, commode 38. 7 -Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto ditto Bs.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. fid -Ditto ditto 65.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 14a.-Japanned Book Shelf 75.- . --Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta ble Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.-Music Chthrs any pattern 85.6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with horse, hair, brass nailed CA. 65.-8 ditto ditto 61. 155.--8 ditto ditto 71. 75.-8 Trafalgar ditto 91. 95.-Mahogany Sofa to match 71. 10s.-Ditto Couch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 81.105.-Ditto, with Bedstead 71. 10s.- Set of Mahogany Card and 'Sofa Tables, on turned legs, banded in rose-wood 81. 155.-Set of ,Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 125.- Ditto, the beat that can be made-to order or pattern 161. 10s. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved back, 171.-Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151-Set of Dining Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 10 foot 61 11.- Ditto.-4 foot 2by 11 foin 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6by 12 foot 6, 161. 165.-If Spanish, an advance of 31.10x.-Straw Palliasse 19. Is.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31. 15.-Bamboo Bed stead and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10s. -Five-foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with French draperies, lined all through, complete, 151. 10s.- Five-foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a superior make, 181. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele gant drapery 201.-Drawing-rooni Curtains, of the best Do nne and Chintz, fitted for window, 61. 6d.-Ditto ditto 71. 7s. -Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- Drawing-room rose-wood-Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, inlaid with buhl. 201.-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 181. 18a.-Ditto 11. ls.-Drawing-room Sofa 61. 65.-Ditto, 71. 7s. -Ditto 81. 84.-Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Covered ditto 41. W. THURNELL, Agent. COUNTRY DEALERS SUPPLIED. Goods packed free of expence, except the materials, and sent to all part" o f 'G rea t Britain, and t o th e E ast an d West In dies--Captaini fitted, out, and merchants supplied with Ca binet GoodrforExporlation. 11 * e Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and liousft- two or four days. The first witness called for the defence was Samuel \Vadeson; examined by Mr. ANDREWS. —1 VD a solicitor. In July, 1819, I became ac quainted with Probert. I was the solicitor who sued a commission of bankruptcy against him.— He was committed severally on seven or eight examinations, for prevarication and not answer ing questions. I would not believe him on his oath, unless the evidence which he gave was sub stantiated by other testimony. Langdon llttydon examined by Mr. PLATT.--- I am a land-surveyor. I have known John Thurtell for several years. I never heard any thing, of him contrary to humanity and good con duct until the present time. I thought him a liberal, open-hearted, humane man. By the Coun:T.-3/1y acquaintance with him continued uninterrupted. I never lost sight of him since the period of our first acquaintance. Capt. M‘Kinlay examined by Mr. PLATT.—I am a Captain in the Navy. John Thurtell was under my command, as officer of Marines, for two years, from 1812 to 1814, in the Bellona frigate, which I then commanded ; his character appear ed to me to he that of a humane and kind man. By the COURT.---I hay. known nothing of him since the year 1814. Mr. Walmeslel examined by IVIr ANDacws. —I am an ()Meer of the Sheriff of Middlesex. I always found joint Thurtell, whom 1 know, to he a humane man. The evidence for the defence of Thnrtell here closed. HUNT'S DEFENCE. Mr. Justice PARK then called upon the pri soner, Hunt, to state whatever he might wish to offer in his vindication. • Hunt, in a weak and trembling voice, whi c h tiespoke deep inward agitation of mind, said--I have a defence, irly , ,Lord ;.:but, from -411*.—ex ttlithe anxiety I feel, I fear ' I could not read it with satisfaction. Hunt accordingly gave a paper to one of the Sheriff's Officers, who put it into the hands of Mr. Knapp, the Clirrk of the Arraigns. That Gentleman proceeded immediately to read it. It waS as follows : My Lord—flaying, under a positive assurance that I should be admitted a witness for the Crown., made a full and true con fession of all the facts within my :knowledge respecting this horrible and melancholy event, and having implicitly relied on the good faith of the Magistrates, for the due performance pf their solemn disclosure,solem n Made previously and subsequently to m y defence ; I forbore to m a k e the slightest preparation for drawn from m e , y our arid 'aftq your Lordship shall be made acquaint ed with all the c ie ctirqiiances under which that confession w as Lordship's fading and compassionate heart will be a bl e to appreciate, although I am unable to de scribe, the painful emotions of surprise and disappointment by which I was o verw h e l med, when, only a few days before the Assizes, it was notifi e d to me, for the first time, that I was to be placed in m y pr esent perilous and awful situation. Your Lord :o bip will which saf f ety w , as h a told would alone e p dn e dp r e c r . e ro ei c d v u e r , me et me a ea t o t e h rng e ai by e I , e e en r e y ts os trahenuedm. laws-- circumstance my namely, m y own disclosure and declarations; for, although the przlecutOrs may hot offer my confession in evidence, yet, as that confession has been published in every newspaper in the kingdom, and has been circulated in many thousand pamphlets and been the subject of universal conversation, is it probable, or even possible, that any of the gentlemen who are now sitting in judgment on my case, can be ignorant that such a confession has been made ? How futile, then and unavail ing, would be any observations or arguments to raise a presumption of the 'innocenc e of a man, who already, to a certain extent, stands self-condemned. Feeling myself In this dilemma, I shall abstain from troubling your Lordship with any detail of facts or observations upon the main question in volved in the indictment, but merely assert, that l was not present when the unfortunate deceased lost his life, and that I was ignorant of any premeditated plan or intention to de stroy him ; I never knew of the murder until after it was com mitted ; my crime consists solely in concealment ; and my die. covery could not bring the dead tolife ; my error arises, not from any guilt of my own, but from my concealment of the guilt of others. I am now on my trial for having been privy to the previous design—l never was; I certainly concealed it after wards, sooner than betray'-the misfortune which had been con fided to me. Your Lordship, however, will, I am sure, tell the gentlemen .of the Jury that no concealment or conduct of mine after the death will make out the present charge; and I hope both your Lordship and theSe Gentlemen are too just and merciful to convict me from:prejudice and not from . proof. I now, my Lord, most respectfully solicit your humane at tention to the following statement : On the morning of Wednesday, the 29th of October, I was apprehended in London, and directly conveyed to Watford, where an investigation was going on respecting the then sup_ supposed murder of Mr. Weare. On my arrival I found se veral Magistrates assembled, and Mr. Noel, who was apparent ly conducting the prosecution, addressed me as follows : :Mr. Hunt, for God's sake tell the Magistrates whatever , you know of this murder, and in all probability you will be Parnit tep as an evidence. It is clear that Mr. Weare has been' mur dered,'and we only want to find where the body is, and if yOu know, for God's sake tell us.' I repeatedly denied all know ledge of the circumstance, and Mr. Noel as frequently impor tuned and urged me to confess. At last the Magistrates said, Mr. Hunt, you had better retire, and consider the offer made to you, and reCollect your perilous situation.' I was then conveyed into 'another room, and was presently followed by. Mr. Noel, who, in the presence of Ruthven and Upson, re peatedly told me that if I would tell where the body wax (pro vided I did not actually commit the murder), that I should be admitted as an evidence, and my life would be spared; and added, that the Magistrates had „authorized him to make a pledge to this effect. Still, however, I was firm in my de nial, and continued so until Lryson the officer tortured my feel ings by the mention of my family. He said to me, Hunt, you have a mother ?' I answered, Yes, I have And a wife also ?' I said Yes.' And yoU love them dearly ?' I answered Yes, very dearly.' Chen said he, foe their sakes, do not risk suffering an ignominions death, but tell where the body is, and give your evidence immediately, or you may be too late ; for Probers or the other will disclose, and then nothing can save you.' This address had a great effect upon use, and Noel perceiv ing it,, again pressed me, saying, . Do not hesitate, for you have now a chance; consider the , situation you are in, and avail yourself of the offer now made to, yon, for I aim author ized by the Magistrates to say, that you will be admitted as an evidence for the Crown, and pot treated as the others. You will merely lie confined e mekl ? the trial ? to give your evidence, and then be discharged.' Ott•ieceiving this assurance, I con sented to become a witness, and Mr. Noel then asked me if I knew where the body was? i told him yes, , thatl could not describe the place by name, but I could point it out ; on which Mr. -Noel - struck' his hand on the table, and exclaimed-- ` That's all we want,' and, shaking me - by 'the hand, attic', Hunt s . I am very glad you have saved your own life.' We now returned into the room where the Magistrates were, and Mr. Noel told them I was ready to make a disclosure, and said, I-have made known to him, by your orders, that if he dis covers where the body is, he is to be admitted as an evidence; but before he says any thing, I wish him to have that assurance in your presence, that he may be satisfied from yourselves that I was authorized to make the promise.' The Magistrates—Mr. Clutterbuck and Mr. Mason, replied, that Mr. Noel had their authority for what he had done; and then Mr. Noel said, •Now, Mr..klun having heard the Magistrates' decision as to your being a Willie* I bdTie you are satisfied, and 1 - beg you will take a seat, and tell us all you know-' I then detailed every thing that occurred to my recollection, but having: been appre hended early on the preceding day —conveyed into the country, —and harrassed and importuned throughout the night, it could hardly be expected that I should, at four' or five o'clock, in the morning, in making a long statement, recollect every cir cumstance; indeed, the Magistrates were aware that such could not be the case, and they told me, that as in the very hurry and confusion of the moment, I bad no doubt omitted many.facta that I should afterwards on reflection recollect, and if such should be the case, I had only to address a letter to the Ma gistrates, and they would immediately attend to it. Shortly after quitting the room, several particulars came to my recol lection which I had not named, and I directly sent fir Mr. Noel, and mentioned them to him. At 9 o'clock in the morn ing I went with die officers and pointed out the spot where the body had been deposited; I was then taken back to the Ma gistrates to sign my statement, and previou s to m y b e i ng t a k en to prison, Mr. elutt e rb uck desired that I should be treated with kindness, and not put under any unnecessary restraint.— I was accordingly conveyed to St. Alban's without being ironed or handcuffed, and was there treated with every possible in dulgence. On being taken before the Coroner, I experienced very dif ferent treatment; but still I had no intimation given tae that I was not to be admitted as a witness for the Crown, until just before the present indictment was found. It is perfectly true, that when before the Coroner I was ad mitted to make no further confession ; but the admonition was a mockery. I had already, under a solemn promise, confessed every thing material ; and th e C oroner himself, when he thus affected to forewarn me, well knew that he and his Jury were that instant sitting in inquest on the body, solely in consequence of my disclosure; no jury could have sat—no death could have been proved —no body could have been found—no trial could have been had—but for my instrument a lity. I was t re panned into a conf ess i o n by the ploglited faith o f t h e M ag i stracy o f thi s country. If they break it now, they will not mere l y ma k e m e the victim of its violation, but they will be answerable to society for every future crime, against the discovery of which their con duct will he an eternal admonition. Who can confide in pro mises hereafter? Who can rest his life on Magisterial assur ances ? Tono human being can they ever pledge themselves more sacredly than to me, yet here I stand to-day a proof of their in sincerity; nay, more than this —not only hive they broken faith and violated honour, but while the press was unceasing in the excitement of prejudice—while the theatre and the painter were employed in poisoning the public mind—while every engine was at work to deminish the chances of an impartial trial— these very men, who had thus ensnared me by perfidious de. clarations, closed their prison door against friends and legal ad visers, and opened them only to the mandate of the King's Bench. Thu. was I first ensnared, and afterwards sought to be sacrificede Seduced into a confession, which was trumpeted throne the work!, and , then cruelly secluded until th e ti me *ben rWtto'sittl.tr—not for my crime, but my credu lity—not because I erred, but because I trusted--not because I violated the law, but because I confided in the conscience of it s ministers, It is in vain to say that my confession was not was as ample as could h a ve b een ex p ec t e d at t h e ; t from an exhausted frame and an agitated mind. It w uently amended, where it was at first deficient ; an d nriOlons s n''Peillcomplete sophistry see , q can evade the fact, that th r o u gh th a t con f ess i on alone the "My was discovered. Thus, then, the main circum etAnce—that on which every thing turned, was disclosed at once; and it is absurd to attribute to aught but momentary confusion, any minor concealment, when the great, essential, and in al sPensable development had taken place. As a Proof that even the Coroner himself considered my cone tendon so ample as to insure my pardon, and that in his mind, notwithstanding his admonition, the promise of the Magistracy ought to be held inviolate, hear his own words to Mr. Nicholls, ope of the witnesses—`c 'The consequence of your delay has been , the escape of Hunt from justice; for he has been ad mitted a witness for the Crown, by the Magistrates, as they were afraid the body was disposed of." Now,. what did these words mean, if the Coroner was not fully convinced that I had wanted and insured my pardon ? The prosecutors, my Lord, may affect to say, that as they refuse to grant the boon promised for the disclosure, they will decline using, or taking any advantage of tho.confession ; and I humbly submit that such a line of conduct would be alone consistent with justice and fair dealing; for if they retract their engagement, they ought not to place me in a worse situa tion than I was in at the moment when, confiding in their inte grity, I unbosomed the secret. If the prosecutors act with li berality, and forbear to offer a tittle of evidence respecting the body, and, in conducting the case, consider it as still undis. covered, I can have no cause to complain of plighted faith and broken promises, because your Lordship need not be reminded that it has been laid down as a principle, that no death can be considered as proved unless the body be found, and conse quently in this case no conviction can take place. But if wit nesses are produced to prove the finding of the body, can it be said that my conf ess i on i s no t t a k en a d vantage of ? and will not the prosecutors be taunting me by an affectation of candour., if they take credit for not giving in evidence any declaration made by me, while they avail themselves of the very essence and substance of the communication ? The confirmation of the promises made to me by the Magis trates and Mr. Noel, I beg to refer to a statement which the latter Gentleman has published in the Newspapers ; wherein he says—' It is now incumbent on me to state the reasons for the offer of mercy held out to Hunt ;' and then he thus pro ceeds t--- 4 Notwithstanding the most diligent searches for the body, no discovery had been made of it as late as four o'clock put midnight of Thursday morning, the ff•Oth of October, the sixth day after the murder, and at that hour the informations and investigations had terminated with no clue whatever to the real person murdered.' Mr. Noel next describes his invita tions to me to make a disclosure, with a view to my being ad mitted as an approver; his desiring me to retire to consider of his proposal; and after I had left the room, he says he ad dressed the Magistrates as follows:—' Gentlemen, if you do not approve of the offer of mercy now held out to Hunt, say so, and I will go to him. Recollect, without the body is found, notwithstanding the strong evidence Against one of the parties, we shall do nothing ; and Mr. Clutterbuck and Mr. Mason both gave unqualified approbation to my mode of examination,. and of the offer of mercy held out to Hunt.' And in another part of Mr. Noel's statement he says, • Not only at Watford but at the Inquest, it was the general opinion of Mr. Mason and the Magistrates, that the body might have remained concealed in Hill's slough, the place where it was found,, (a distance of three miles and a half from the spot where the murder was committed) until it had been decom posed, and beyond the possibility of identifying; and such was the insignificance of the slough, that persons employed to drag all pits, ponds, &c., would have passed by it, and therefore they were confirmed in their opinion as. to the policy and propriety of sanctioning my offer of mercy to Hunt ; and previous to the' offer being made, it was our united opinion that the corpse had been removed to London, and probably thrown into the Thames, either entire or piecemeal.' In addition to this statement, Mr. Noel inserts a letter from Mr. Clutterbuck to himself, in which the Magistrate observes, that as my case was then gone out of the hands of the Magis trates, all that could be done for me was to ask of the Court whether they would allow me to be evidence for the Crown. Having now, my Lord, faithfully stated the inducements by which I was fed to make that disclosure which alone rendered myself and my fellow-prisoners amenable to justice, I respect fully submit to your Lordship, whether, in being now put upon my trial, and made the victim of my own credulity, I have been fairly and candidly dealt with ? I will not, my .Lord, attempt to point out or discuss the mischiets likely to arise if such en gagements as wire entered into with me are to be cancelled at pleasure, because they will occur much more forcibly to your Lordship's enlightened mind. Indeed, so far as lam indivi dually concerned, my fate is a subject of trifling importance. I have no' desire to prolong a wret c h e d exi s t ence , un l ess i t b e to area t h e. bpportunity, of endeavouring, by prayer and. peni- Mr. Justice PARK then addressed the Jury to the following: effect : Gentlemen of the Jury—This important case had occupied and very justly, a great potion of their time. The prisoners had properly been indicted, charged in different ways, Thor tell as the princinal felon, who had committed the murder, and Hunt as the person who had aided, stirred up, counselled, di.• rected, and concealed the murder; in legal language, charged as being the accessary before the fact. The prisoner Hunt had properly stated, in the paper which had been read to them as his defence, that if he had been only guilty of concealment after the murder, though he,might be a most vicious and despicable character, yet being no more than an accessary after the fact, he could not be convicted under the present indictment. This question, like every one where the death of man was concerned, was of great importance. So highly did the Law of England prize the life of man, that in every instance it held killing to be a murder, and left it for the party charged with the killing to prove that the offence committed was not a murder; to skew that there had been no killing, or none but that which the law would excuse. The question here was, who committed the act ? For it was not pretended that there were any circum stances which justified it. The defence of the principal pria Boner was, that he did not commit the act, and if the Jury should believe this no further inquiry was necessary. There was a difference between the cases of the two prisoners, though there would be, none in the legal consequences which would follow conviction, as the Law punish.. ed, and jingly 30, the accessary in a ease of murder the same as it punished the murderer himself. But if they should think the evidence given before them did not' affect Thurtell as the party who committed. the murder, then they' need make no further inquiry about Hunt. Hunt being charged with aiding, counselling, and abating Thurtell in the murder ; if Thurtell were not guilty of the murder, of course it followed that he could not have been aided and assisted in it by Hunt. If, however, they thought Thurtell guilty, it did not follow that Hunt was guilty also, as the two cases stood on different grounds. He hoped they understood the distinction he had drawn between the eases of the two prisoners. - They had heard the defence of Thurtell; and part of it, towards the close of his Address, if it realty were his, did him great credit. It was manly, energetic, and proper. This praise appeared justly due to that part of it. He (Mr. Justice Park) was, as every one was aware who knew him, not disposed to go out. of his way to say harsh and severe things of any one. 'But he could not approve of the middle part of the defence. It con tained a collection of Tales, mere Romances for aught he knew, from the " Percy Anecdotes," from jest books possibly, oa from the Newgate Calendar. Who.knew any thing of these ? and what weight could they have as authorities ? The opinion of Lord Hale had been referred to as to the impropriety of convicting of murder or manslaughter where the perpetration of the deed had not been proved by the finding of the dead body. This opinion, though not bearing on the present case, was one of great value ; but whatever weight it had, as here introduced, it had been greatly weakened by the effect of that, farrago with which it had been, to say the least of it, most injudiciously connected. The prisoner had argued en the ground that if circumstantial evidence were acted upon in a case of murder the innocent might sometimes suffer. If this doctrine were carried as far as the prisoner seemed disposed. to carry it there would be an end of human judicature. If we were gifted with omniscience ; to see every thing, in that case circumstantial evidence would be out of the question. But now, while we are as we are, could justice be administered if circumstantial evidence were rejected ? Though in human ju: dicature, as in all which concerned men, in the course of some hundreds of years, a few instances might be found to occur where the innocent had been, punished as guilty; yet the wisest and most enlightened Judges, .and the most eminem, men was had filled the respectable situations of the Gen tlemen near lien, as they well knew, had been of opinion that nothing, could bring such satisfactory conviction to the mind as circumstantial evidence generally afforded. For the witness Probert in this case, he would admit that a more in famous character had never presented" himself in a Court of Justice. The respectable Solicitor who had been examined fi . the defence had said he would not believe him on , his• oath but very properly added, unless that oath should be sup ported by other testimony. And why not? Because he be lieved him to have perjured himself before the Bankrupt Commissioners. But was it worse for a man to prejudge him self before Commissioners than to conceal a murder ! Cer tainly not, And when it was presumed that Probert might swear falsely, being. engaged in a conspiracy with others against the prisoner at the bar, it was proper that they should remember where they were. They were, then in a Court of Justice, where 0 witnesses had been examined in support or the prosecution ; they must suppose all those persons to be con. spirators, if all that Probert hati stated was false. Where then. he would ask, was there a case in which circumstantial evident could be more useful than in this? 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