The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-28 00:00:00

DEATH OF MR. RUTHVEN 7 THE OLD BOW -STREET OFFIcER.—On Tuesday, at a quarter to eleven o'clock, Mr. George Ruthven, one of the old Bow-street officers, expired at his residence, the One Tun Tavern, Chandos-street, Covent-garden, aged fifty-two years. He was the oldest and most notorious of the few remaining Bow -street runners, among whom death has latt er l y made such ravages, and was (considered as the most efficient police officer that existed ituring his long career of usefulness. He was for thirty years attached to the police force, having enter e d i t at the age of seventeen, but in 1839 he retired with a pension of 2201. per annum from the British Government, and pensions likewise from the Russian and Prussian Governments, for his services in discovering forgeries to an immense extent, connected with those countries. Since 1839, he has been landlord of the One Tun Tavern, Chandos-street, Covent-garden, and has visited most frequently the spot of his former active associations. lie was taken ill on Thursday morning, and did not rally from a paralytic fit except a little on Saturday evening. Among his many notorious captares may be reckoned those of Thistlewood, for the Cato street con „piracy, in which daring enterprise Smithers was killed, ;the taking of Thurtell, the murderer of Mr. Weare, and the :discovery of bank robberies and forgeries on Government to an enormous amount. lie was a most eccentric character, and had written a history of his life, but would on no account allow it to meet the public eye. During the last three months no less than three of the old Bow -street officers, namely, Goodson Salmon, and Ruthven, have paid the debt of nature. AN EARLY BROOD.—The following fact goes to • show the extreme mildness of the past winter :—For several months past a Mr. Curtis has been confined by illness, at the /Albion, in Horsemonger-lane, and occupies an upper room with a southern aspect. During the winter he was visited IV a brace ofsparrows, who perched on the sill of the window n mar hia bed, and id the severe weather they were supplied h food. About the middle of February they began to b u il t I their nest on a ledge under the chamber window, and suc h , , has been their industry and care that they have four young ones, able to leave their nest and nearly fledged ; and as the 'arent birds are well supplied with food, their chirping offspring ' thrive fast. The circumstance is remarkable, as this domestic bird seldom prepares for the work of incubation till . the end of 'March. These appear to have forstalled St. Va lentine's day. RO'BBEBY AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Tuos day information was received by the police that on the pre vious night it gentleman belonging to the firm of Messrs. Hodge, Horne,' and Co., wholesale druggists, Nos. 102 and 103, Blackman-istreet, Southwark, was robbed in the pit of the Haymarket Theatre, between ten and half-past ten s 'clock, of a brown silk purse, containing ten sovereigns and ,some silver, and taank receipt for the stun of 451. and 404 in ntVes• League—they should rely upon the League, and make speedy terms with the League.—(Hear, hear.) The only terms that were to be made being, that they would serve the League, and in the end serve them selves, by the total abolition of that infamous mono poly.—(Cheers.) He contended it was a warfare against civilisation this wanton abuse by the land owners of their legislatorial powers ; for when and where in the world's history had civilisation advanced hut in connection with the harmonious and harmonising influences of commercial intercourse. To whom did the world owe its first alphabet but to those adven turous merchants, the Phoenicians ? There was a sort ofcant abroad about the instability of commerce. Why, the empire of the Phoenicians lasted 700 years. 'What was it but their commercial intercourse that gave the elegant and polished Athenian his superiority over the rude Spartan ? In the Middle Ages the republics of Italy, while they kept alive some notion of political freedom, did it in connection with their commercial greatness. Their princely mer chants were the sources of wealth and civilisation to . many succeeding ages. In that great start which Europe took at the period of the Reformation, they continually found the burgesses, the tradesmen, and merchants, making good their position in society, and by that advance raising the feudal. lords themselves ; for what were they then, and what would they be now, but for the benignant influence of commerce ? But for that those very persons who denied to the labourer the food which his labour had earned, while they surrounded themselves with all the luxuries they could accumulate from every fo reign., region—these men would have been, instead of living in richly carpeted rooms, dwelling in rush strewn floors; sin cold and stony residences, more like dungeons than anything else, with unglazed windows, which:let in the sleet and snow, as well as the air of (leaven. They would still, if sanctioning the char ter of some mercantile guild, affix to it their marks instead of writing their names ; and would have been as well informed of those distant countries, over the destinies of which they exercised so large an in fluence as those feudal barons, who, when they set out on the crusade to Palestine, expected in that country to encounter giants riding on unicorns, to find black magicians, who for breakfast sucked phoenix's eggs, and who expected to find griffins and dragons as plenty as barn-door fowls.—(Laughter.) Why, it was commerce had made men of them. Poor and beggarly was the boon that was asked of them in return, to allow the very humblest of the labourers the reward of his labour which Providence had allotted him. Laws for the restriction of com merce were an absurdity under any circumstances, and a wickedness as well as an absurdity—much more were they both in such a country as this. Why, this land was made for commerce—it was marked out for commerce by the hand of Heaven itself. Creative power had stamped that as its des tiny. Their long lines of coast—their beautiful rivers—their safe harbours—all indicated that every wind that blew ought to waft from their shores some freight of wealth or knowledge or charity to every region of the world. It was marked out for com merce by its coal-beds and mineral treasures, by ma terials which nature itself had put into their hands to enable them to minister to the subsistence of their own millions, and feeding and clothing millions and millions more. The industry, the unwearied toil, the accumulated capital, and the persevering skill and science of this land—the means by which it had already attained all they could show— these were the conquests they had to make, this was their mission from Heaven for the universal benefit of mankind. Then who or what was this Finded class, that they should stand up and say that this shall not be done, because it would deteriorate their property and lower their rents ? 'Why, sup pose it should do so, was there anything in that class, which had for ages such immense advantages over all the rest of society, supposing they were to suffer a temporary privation, that they should allow it to stand in the way of accomplishing all that humanity had a right to claim, and which charity and justice alike awarded their sacred sanction to? Could they permanently divert this island from its proper work—could they succeed in permanently upholding laws which must cripple the manufac Curers and commerce, by which they had been en riched, which had 'made them a great and strong nation—could they go on in suppressing these ? Could they keep down the ebullition of misery and sup press all indications of discontent—could they, through the coming years, to the fullest extent carry out, which they were far from being able to do, the purpose for which the monopolist laws were enacted, what dis astrous results would take place from end to end of this country ? With a growing population, and a declining trade—with ports barred against the foreigner by duties—disease and famine would continually stalk abroad—frightful demoralisation would ensue— the iron arm of power must be put forth to keep down the millions ; they must " Make a solitude and call it peace ;" such peace as would he the peace of a churchyard, where every man was nerveless, every heart was cold, and all were mouldering fast into one mass of corruption. The land would be portioned out into little squirearchies, and each rural tyrant would stalk, in all the solitary majesty of self-as sumption, over his own petty domain. The peasant would think it a great prize when he got a good sound potatoe. Intellect, the arts, all that civilised and softened life, would leave the country, which, de graded and abandoned, would become so fearful a spec tacle, that we should say, "God of heaven ! let this island he whelmed again beneath the ocean from which it rose. Let it find a worthier grave there, rather than that the long annals of its glory should end in any thing so infamous and so disgusting!"—(Loud cheers.) 'They were not then advocating any mere manufac turers' question ; they were not pleading for any mere , charity to the poor; they were asserting one common and great right of humanity, and one interest, which was not merely a pecuniary interest of the passing day, but the interest of human nature in all countries and for all ages—a cause which was the cause of ci vilisation itself. That for which they strove was, that the world's progress should not be turned back under the effect of this mischief and wrong. It was a cause that would call forth the warmest feelings of their hearts and the intensest devotion of their souls ; a cause that would be before them from slay to- day, and from nigjit to night, and from year to year, till the result they contemplated was obtained ; and that it was regarded, in all its importance, by :those whose station gave them ampler means of %ringing on that result. For should the Sovereign of these realms have her moments of perplexity and anxiousness ' distracted by conflicting counc il s, an d should she look wistfully at the battles of warring statesmen ; should she, in such a moment, desire to know what it was which would make her reign Messed. as to wipe away the tears of the distressed, Id clothe the naked, to feed the hungry, and raise those who were trampled down ; should she desire to know what it was that would render her reign illustrious, not only by averting misery and recovering her people from wrong, but by giving a higher splendour, one before which the glories of conquest and of legislation, insti tutions and of revolutions in former times should all wax pale in comparison ;—should she desire to know what was that magic which should render her reign an ,era in the world's history, and the best and :brightest in the annals of Great Britain ; when she -desired this, oh that some good angel would whisper in her ear that the talismanic words that would do all .this were " Commercial Freedom !"—(Loud cheers, 'followed the conclusion of the Hon. Gentleman's speech.) The CHAIRMAN then announced that these meet ings would be re-commenced after Easter, and that due notice of the day of meeting would be given. 'The assembly then dispersed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Kingston, March 27. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) THE MURDER OF LORD GRANTLEY'S GAMEKEEPER. —James Elsley, 38, was indicted for the wilful murder of James Edwards. There were four counts in the indictment. The first charged the prisoner with shooting the deceased ; the second with shooting him, andalso beating him to death; the third with beating him only ; and the fourth charged the murder to have been committed by casting the de ceased into the water, and thereby suffocating and drowning him. Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Locke, conducted the prose cution ; and Mr. Charnock appeared for the prisoner. The case seemed to create a good deal of interest, and the Court was crowded during the trial, which lasted some hours. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case for the prosecution, which he said was instituted by Lord Grantley, in whose service the deceased was employed as gamekeeper. He observed that although his Lordship had felt it his duty to prosecute the present indictment against the pri soner for the murder of an old and faithful servant, yet, of course, he had no desire but that the case should be fully and fairly investigated, and if in the result the jury should be satisfied that the more serious charge had not been made out against the prisoner, such a result coming from a conscientious conviction in the minds of the jury, upon the evidence, would be quite satisfactory to his Lordship and to all concerned in the prosecution. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case as they afterwards appeared in evidence, and also the law upon the subject, concluding by calling the following witnesses : Joseph Head, examined by Mr. LoCKE—I am bailiff to Lord Grantley, and live at Bromley. I knew the de ceased, James Edwards. He acted as gamekeeper to Lord Grantley. I recollect the 6th of January, and on that day I went along the Wey and Avon Canal, to wards Wonersh. I knew the lock which separates the canal from the Lynarsh-field. (A plan of the neigh bourhood was here produced and proved to be correct). Examination continued—l was on horseback by the side of the canal about nine o'clock in the morning, when I saw something on the water, which, at first, I thought was a piece of sack or tarpauling. I dismounted, and threw in stones for my dog to go into the water, but he would not do so. I made some inquiries, and ob tained assistance and returned to the spot. At this time the body was out of the water, and I recognised it to be that of the deceased, who was in his usual dress. The body appeared very much beaten. The head was wounded in several places. I examined the round near the canal, particularly on the Lynarsh side; and on that side it rises up to the edge of the canal, for a distance of two feet. I observed a large pool of blood, and from that spot it is five or six yards to the edge of the canal. There is some furze about two yards from the canal, which is used as a preserve for game. I examined these furze bushes, and saw some small portions of human flesh on parts of them, and the pool of blood lay on the ground below the furze. I also saw the marks of heels and toes of shoes near the bank of the canal, and a few years nearer to the lock of the canal, I saw other marks of the same size and description, and I there found the hat and stick of the deceased, which I now produce.— (The hat bore an indentation on one side evidently oc casioned by a very violent blow. The stick was a very slight one.) Cross-examined—lt is dead water in the canal except when the lock is let off. At the place where the body was found there are about three or four feet of water. The furze may be about two or three yards from the bank of the canal. At the open part of the furze a per son might very easily get into the canal. There is a good deal of traffic at times on the canal. Re-examined—The land on the opposite side of the lock is not preserved. The land, all along, retires to wards the Lynar s h-fi e ld, an d if th e b o dy had rolled at all, it must have rolled up a hill. I have seen the de ceased wear the hat I produce, and also know the stick to have been his. Mr. Duncombe, a surveyor, who had been previously called to prove the correctness of the plan, was again placed in the box, and he described the details and the position of the different localities, with a view to show that it was impossible for the deceased to have rolled into the river, as represented by the prisoner in his state ment. William Stanton, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—My father has a wharf on the canal, near Lord Grantley's preserve. On the morning the body was found, in con sequence of something Mr. Head said to me, I went to the canal and saw an object floating in the water. I as sisted to bring it to the bank, and it turned out to ba the body of the deceased. I knew him directly, and I re marked that one of his ears was very much lacerated, and on the opposite side the skull seemed to be beaten in. The wounds appeared to have bled a good deal, and they were bleeding at the time the body was taken out of the water. Humphreys Durrant confirmed the testimony of the last witness, relative to the finding of the body. He also said he observed that the ear was jammed all to pieces. —(This corresponded with the marks on the hat.) The ear was cut in every direction. Charles Jenkins, inspector of police, produced a broken gun-stock, which was found near the canal, also the broken lock of a gun. Henry Day, examined by Mr. LocßE—On Saturday, the 6th of January, I was close to the canal in the Ly narsh-field, and I picked up the broken gun-stock. It was in the furze. There was blood upon it, and also a small quantity of human hair. The brass upon the butt of the gun-stock was bent up, and upon that I saw the hair. Henry Green deposed that on the same day the water was drawn off the canal, and he found in the bed of the canal the remaining portion of the broken gun-stock. Edmund Walker, examined by Mr. LoCKE—I am gamekeeper to Mr. John Sparkes. I knew the deceased well, and was with him at the Jolly Farmer public-house at Bromley, on the evening of the sth January. There was a raffle going on, and a good many people were in the house. The deceased came in about half-past seven o'clock in the evening, and we drank together. He was quite sober when he went away, which was about eight o'clock in the evening. When Edwards went away he had such a stick in his hand as the one that has been produced, and I have no doubt it is the same. Cross-examined—l cannot undertake to swear posi tively that it is the same stick. We had only two pints of beer together, but I don't know what the deceased had drank before. I stayed an hour, expecting the de ceased would return as he •had promised, hut as he did not come I went away. Alexander Lambert examined by Mr. CLARKSON— I was at the Jolly Farmer public-house on Friday, the sth of January, and I remember the prisoner coming into the house in question about seven o'clock. His legs appeared to be vet, and he asked me to let him dry his clothes by the fire. I did so, and went into the bar, where I saw the deceased, and drank some beer with him. He was quite sober. He left the room for a short time, and asked me to hold his stick while he was gone. I did so, and I have no doubt the stick that has been produced is the same.—(The portions of the broken gun were here handed to the witness, and he identified them as having originally formed a gun which he had seen in the possession of the prisoner. By Mr. CHARNOCK—I was not examined before the Coroner. The prisoner is a married man, with a family of six or seven children. It is a very old stock indeed, and appears to be worm- eaten. Ido not swear positively to the stick, but to the best of my belief it is the same. Re-examined—The prisoner had been working for a person named Tickner. George Lucas, pot-boy at the Jolly Farmer, proved that he saw the prisoner leave the house about eight o'clock. Charlotte Brown examined by Mr. CLLRICSON—I lire at Bromley, and about eight o'clock in the evening of the sth January I. heard the report of a gun come - directly from the Lynarsh field, and shortly afterwards I heard a second report in the same direction. Ten minutes might have elapsed between the two reports. John Turrell proved that he also heard the report of a gun, and likewise heard some person cry out very much. The cries were repeated several times, and at last he went out, and then heard some one call out " Oh dear!" The sound came in a direction from the lock. He heard no other sound after the person called out " Oh dear!" Thomas Champion, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—On the night of the sth January I heard the report of a gun, and about five minutes afterwards thcre was a cry of " Come on." Immediately afterwards I heard a second report. Joseph Head re-called—The deceased had persons under him called watchers, whose duty it was at night to watch these preserves. By Mr. CHARNOCK—The deceased was taller and stouter than the prisoner, but I cannot say whether he was a stronger man. John Burl, examined by Mr. LOCKE—I know the pri soner, and have frequently had conversations with him. About a twelvemonth ago he told me that he would never be taken by any one man. Cross-examined—I don't know what we were talking about which led to the observation, nor whether it was a 3 ear and half or two years ago. Charles Jenkins re-called—l am the inspector of po lice stationed at Shere, near Guildford. On Saturday, the 6th January, in consequence of what I had heard I went to Bromley, and from thence to a place called Run Common, where I found the prisoner working for a per son named Tickner, and took him into custody. I con veyed him to the Jolly Farmer at Bromley, and left him in charge of a parish constable while I searched the pri soner's house. I found in his house a short smock frock with spots of blood upon it, and which appeared to have been partly washed and hung to the fire to dry. The blood was upon the breast and upon both sleeves. I took the frock back to the prisoner, and he told me, in answer to a question I put to him, that it was his own frock. I then told the prisoner I should take him o n suspicion of the murder of the keeper, and he replied " Thank God, I am innocent." Shortly after this I searched the prisoner. and found a powder-horn and a clasp knife in his pockets. I next examined the pri soner's person, but could not discover any bruises or other marks of violence. I made a further search at the house of the prisoner the next day, and found a large quantity of c hi se l s,planes, and tools of every description. William Biddlecomb, examined by Mr. LocKE—I am chief constable of Godalming, and accompanied the last witness, when he searched the prisoner's house. I examined the prisoner's arms, chest, legs, and head, and found no mark of violence on any part of his per son. I subsequently searched the prisoner's cottage, and in the grate in the bed-room I found a shirt covered over with old rags. The shirt was torn in the breast, and there were marks of blood on that part, and also on the left wristband. The right wristband appeared as though it had been in dirty water and afterwards dried. I searched the prisoner's wood-house, and found the coat which I now produce. It was wet, and in the pocket there - were some pheasant's feathers. I also found two gum In the prison er ' s h ouse guns, and part of another THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1844. I also found the greater part of a leg of mutton, a piece of pork in salt, and also some butter. Cross-examined—The right cuff of the jacket appears to be very much torn. It is also torn under the arm. Charles Hollington, examined byDlr. CLARKSON—I am inspector of the police at Guildford, The prisoner was given into my custody about 10 o'clock at night, on Saturday the 6th, and the next day, in consequence of a communication I received, I went to the police station to see the prisoner. He told me he wanted to ask a favour. I said if it related to the charge against him, I must caution him that what he said must be taken down, and would be used against him at a future time. He told me that it did not relate to the charge, but that he de sired to see Mr. Pitman, the clergyman of Stratford parish, and I promised to endeavour to do what he wished. On the Monday morning I again saw the pri soner, and he told me he wished to say something. I said he had better wait till the inspector who took him in charge came. He said that he could not wait, adding that he wished to relieve his mind. At this time he ap peared very feeble and dejected, and scarcely able to support himself. I then took down in writing the following statement from the prisoner's mouth:— " On Friday evening I went home and took supper, but on entering the door I saw my son eating some victuals. I said to him, Where are you going to Bill?' He said, lam going to the raffle.' I said, ' What is the use of your going to the raffle?' He replied, James Shurlock is going to give me a pint of beer, father; will you come down and take a part of it?' I told him that I would as soon as I had eat my supper. I went down as soon as I had eat my supper, and took part of a pint of beer, and called for another; and after that me and my son went home together, and my son had something to eat and went to bed. When he was gone I said to my wife, 'Oh, how hard it is for us to be in such distress ; we have neither butter, nor cheese, nor sugar,' and whether she had any tea I am not certain, for when we were at supper we had but a piece of bread each of us, with a little tea without sugar or milk, aid as I had spent the twopence for the beer, we were quite destitute. It hurt my feelings; so I said to my wife, 'I will go and get a bird or two if I possibly can, for I cannot bea r t o see us in such distress.' And I took the gun and went and shot a brace of birds, and I thought if I could get sale for them it would get a little tea and sugar. I came away from the preserves directly, hoping that I should return safe, but when I got to the river side I saw the keeper coming towards me. I stood on one side behind a furze bush ; but he saw me and said, ' you, I've got you now.' He appeared to me to be a little the worse for drink. He put up his stick and tried to strike me, saying your eyes, I'll kill you.' I replied, Don't do that, good man ;' and as he was going to strike me, I jumped in and threw him down. He got up again and used the same expressions. I threw him down again, and he held me and repeated the third time, I will kill you.' I then said to him, 'We will fight. life for life.' He replied, ' I will,' and directly he got i up, he struck at me with his stick and I warded off the blow with my gun. I then struck him with the butt end of the gun ; and as near as I can tell, it was near the side of the temple. He rose again, and I saw the blood running down his face. He seemed fully bent to come at me again ; and I struck him again with the butt end of the gun, and he fell down. Whether I struck him once or twice afterwards I am not certain ; but the last time I struck him on the ground, he rolled into the river. I then went away and left him, and saw him no more. I then went home, and m y w if e said to me, Have you got any thing ?' I showed her what I had got, and she said, Whatever shall we do with th em . ' I said, I don't know,' I could not say anything more to her then, but went to bed. She hung my wet clothes to dry by the fire, and got up the next morning and , brought them to me. (Signed) " JAMES ELSLEY." Examination continued—ln consequence of what the prisoner said, I went, on the Monday evening, to hls cottage, at Bromley, and saw a bee-hive that was in his garden, and I there' found two hen pheasants. The prisoner had told me where to find them. They ap peared to have been shot. Cross-examined—l asked the prisoner to sign the statement, and he did so very readily. Mr. C. J. Woods examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am one of the Coroners for this county, and I remember upon the occasion of the inquest being held on the body of the deceased, that the witness Hollington tendered his statement, and when it was read over he said he wished to abide by it in every respect. Thomas Punter examined by Mr. LOCKE—I remem ber last winter hearing the prisoner say he would do for Edwards some day or other if he had a chance. Cross-examined—Did not know what he meant by it, or who else was present when it was said. Could not say when he first mentioned the conversation having taken place. James Douglas examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am a labourer, but I am not in any regular service. I was placed to watch the prisoner in the station-house at Guildford; and on the Sunday morning the prisoner made a statement to me. I did not mention that state ment to any one until last Tuesday night, when I dis closed it to inspector Hollington. The prisoner said to me, lam so full I cannot bear it any longer. He then knelt down on his knees, and said he hoped the Lord would forgive him, and protect his wife and family. The prisoner then said, that he saw a man coming over the lock, but did not know who it was at the time, and that he ran back into the furze bushes, and as he was doing so, he looked back and saw it was the keeper, and if he had kept on running he would have just got into the cover out of his way ; but as it was he got into the furze thinking he would pass him. Edwards, however, he said saw him and said " - you, I've got you, I will kill you;" and he replied, "don't do that good man." Ed wards again said that he would, and as soon as he said so, he (prisoner) paid into him, took him round the waist, and threw him on his back. Edwards got up, and they struggled, and both fell to the ground, and were struggling together for a minute or two, when Edwards again said, " you, I'll kill you." He then said to him, "If that's what you mean, Jem, we will fight life for life." Edwards then asked him to let him get up, and, as soon as he had done so, he came at him with a stick, and he bit him down with the butt-end of the gun, and he laid on the ground for several minutes. I (the witness) told him that he might then have ran away, but he said that he could not go away from the spot, and he felt deter mined to finish him. The prisoner went on to say that, after a little time, the deceased came at him again, and they continued to fight nearer and nearer to the canal, and the deceased fell down near the canal, and he (pri soner) put up his foot and poked him in, and went away and left him. Cross-examined--Believes this was all that took place. Did not put it down in writing, and should not have mentioned it when he did, if he had not been asked the question. He sometimes acted as assistant to the police, sometimes as a gaoler, and did any job in a fair way. He was formerly a publican, and then took to being an assistant to the police. He was not whitewashed. By the CouRT—I did not at first think there was any material difference between the prisoner's statement to me, and the one he made to the inspector. • Mr. John Ray examined by Mr. LocKE—I am a sur geon, and reside at Bromley. By the direction of the coroner, I made a post mortem examination of the de ceased. I observed many lacerated wounds upon the head and face, and no less than twelve on the right side. There were also the same number on the left side. There Was a wound upon the nose which exposed the bone. The principal wound was over the right ear, and this was three inches long, and three broad. The temporal pone and the jaw bone were both fractured, and pro bably at one time by the blow of some heavy instrument. At first I thought there were traces of a gnn-shot wound, but I did not discover any shot. The skull was fractured, and laid bare jn several places. The deceased died of aneurism of the brain, which would have caused instant insensibility, and almost immediate death. The jugular vein was severed, as was also the carotid artery. Witness was shown some blood upon the ground, which he had no doubt flowed from the jugular vein. It would be totally impossible for a person who had lost such a quantity of blood as must have been lost in this case, to have risen from the ground. By. Mr. CHARNOCK—AII these injuries were such as might be produced by two men fighting with a gun and a stick. By Mr. CLARKSON—There could have been no fighting after the deceased received the blow on the side of his head, which fractured the skull and severed the jugular vein. The skull was completely smashed, and there must have been a number of blows struck upon both sides of the head. Mr. John Chandler, surgeon, of Guildford, confirmed the testimony given by Mr. Ray. By the Cotarr—Did not think that suffocation had anything to do with causing the death of the deceased. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. CHARNOCY then addressed the jury for the pri soner, and he commenced by observing that he felt deeply the responsibility that was thrown upon him in having to defend the prisoner upon such a dreadful charge as the one now made against him ; but he trusted he should be able to satisfy the jury that the offence did not amount to murder. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon the circum stances of the case, and said that it was a melancholy thing that, in order to enable persons in the position of Lord Grantley to enjoy their pleasures, and preserve their game, the lives of the poorer classes were to be sacrificed, and he expressed his opinion that it would be much better if there were no game, and that such lordly pleasures should be altogether abolished, than that such dreadful cases as the present, and similar ones all over the country, during the present assizes, should have taken place. He then went on t o con t en d t h at t h e state- ment Of the prisoner was the real truth of the transac tion, and that the violence had been done upon the un fortunate deceased under the impression entertained by the prisoner that his own life was in danger, and, under such circumstances, the offence would only amount to manslaughter. Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up, and went minutely through every portion of the evidence, commenting, in his usual clear and admirable manner, upon the more important points, as he proceeded, concluding byleaving the case in the hands of the jury. The jury retired, and, after being absent about twenty minutes, returned into Court, and delivered their verdict, finding the prisoner guilty of Manslaughter. The prisoner was immediately called up for judgment, and the Learned Judge, after observing that the prisoner had reason to be extremely grateful for the lenient view the jury had taken of the case against him, sentenced him to be transported for life. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord Chi e f Justice DENMAN and a Common Jury.) SKINNER V. SALE.—TRESPASS. This was an action for an alleged trespass and seizure of the goods of the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty as to the trespass, and that the entry into the house was by the leave and license of the plaintiff. Mr. PLATT, who appeared for the plaintiff, stated that the plaintiff was now a pauper, but that he had been a tenant of the defendant. The plaintiff occupied a cot of tage at Pain's-hill, which the defendant was the land- lord. The Learned Counsel remarked that the law gave to landlords very great privileges, and it was most im portant that these privileges should not, as in this in stance, be strained too far. Yet here the defendant had taken the opportunity of distraining for rent, on the 4th of.) anuary last, in the absence of the plaintiff. Mr. PLATT called the plaintiff's wife's sister, and other witnesses, from whose evidence it appeared, that on the day in question the defendant came to the cottage, took an inventory of the goods, and, although it was a wet, snowy day, turned the woman and her two children out of doors. A distraint was made upon the goods, and a quantity of tools belonging to the plaintiff were also taken away. Mr. THESIGER, for the defendant, suggested that the remark about the privileges of landlords was only meant to influence the minds of the jury. The defen dant, he said, was justified in distraining for the rent due to him, and with respect to t urn i ng t h e p l a i nt iff' s wife out oidoors, she had stated to a witness that she intended to give up possession the next morning after breakfast. The Learned Counsel called witnesses in support of his statement, but did not prove that any rent was due on the part of the plaintiff. Mr. I'LATT, in reply, contended that no answer had been given to the case. All the goods of these poor people had been seized, and the defendant had even made a merit of allowing the poor woman to take her clothes. The Learned Counsel, after again adverting to the inclemency of the season when the plaintiff's wife and her young children were turned out of doors, re marked also upon the fact that the distress had been put in at the time when the plaintiff was absent; and not only had he been expelled from his home, but his in dustry had been paralysed, in consequence of his tools having been taken from him. Thus he was ruined, and was compelled to sue in forma pauperis. In this coun try, happily, however, a poor man could recover damages for any injustice practised towards him, even by the highest dignitary in the land. Lord DENMAN, in summing up the case, said there was no doubt the house had been entered and the plain tiff's family turned out of doors. This might have been justified if rent had been due, but he did not find any evidence that such was the case. Mr. THESIGER said the plaintiff in his declaration charged that he was a tenant of the defendant. - Lord DENMAN said they could not assume that rent was due because there was a possession. As to the al leged leave and license to enter the premises, tae wife had no right to give .appossession without her hushand's authority. There,was no justification for the trespass. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 151. MIDLAND ClRCUlT—Leicester, March 25. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.) Joseph Lakin, aged 16, was indicted for having maliciously and feloniously, on the 21st of February last, at Sheepshead, in this county, set fire to a stack of wheat straw, the pro perty of John Harriman. It appeared that a very few minutes before the stack was, by several persons, seen to be in a blaze, three witnesses saw a boy whom they believed to be the prisoner go to the gate of the stable-yard, and open it and walk through, and then proceed in a cautious and fearful manner to open an inch or so at a time the door which led immediately to where the stack was, and go through. They presently saw the blaze above all the houses, and hastened to the spot, and saw the same boy running away. The defence was, that the prisoner had never been in the yard at all, and the only question was, whether or not the witnesses might be mistaken in the iden tity. None of them spoke with any very great degree of positiveness or certainty, though they appeared to be them selves convinced. The jury gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt to which he had referred, and returned a verdict of Not Guilty. His LORDSHIP then-told him that he had had a very nar row escape. He would not allow the belief that he was guilty, when the jury had said that he was not, but they had taken a very merciful view of the evidence, and he advised the prisoner to be very careful for the future not to be again placed in such imminent danger. Had the jury found a dif ferent verdict, which he thought the evidence would well have justified them in doing, he should have felt it his duty to have transported him for very many years. - (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) William Beckworth, aged 28. and Reuben Waldrom, aged 20, were charged with being out on the 29th of February, ibout the hour of eleven at night, entering with divers persons un known into a close in the occupation of Benjamin Hill, to take game. Richard May, a gamekeeper to Mr. Flood, of Bardon park, proved he was on duty on the morning of the Ist of March. Observed some men go by his house late at night and, suspecting they were poachers, he got up, calling o th er men to his ass.. stance. Got into a field, called the Town close, when they saw six men, who appeared to be about to set nets. As he advanced, the poachers began to throw stones.. The prisoner Beckworth:threw one that hit the prosecutor on the breast. He had a stick also, with which he struck May a fearful blow on the head. Another witness identified Wal drom as being one of the party who assisted in beating the prosecutor. Beckworth was taken on the spot. Waldrom escaped, but was afterwards taken. A previous summary conviction by the magistrates was proved against Beekworth, will was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment and hard labour, and Waldrom was sentenced to twelve month's im prisonment and hard labour. Thomas Kirby, aged 35 ; Thomas Roclevdl, aged 23 ; Joseph Rodwell, aged 22 ; and John Porter, aged 33, were charged with having, on the 25th of November last, assaulted John Laxton and James Farley, with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. Mr. Macaulay prosecuted, and Mr. White defended. Laxton, one of the watchers on Mr. Hartolfe's estate, at Burton Lazors, proved being out with Jomes Farley on the morning in question, between six and seven. They saw five men and two dogs, one being a very light one, and what they call a snap d og . O ne o f th e men h a d a bag on his shoulder, which Laxton touched, thinking it coutained game or nets. An assault was immediately commenced upon him, and he was beaten about the head until he became insen sible, and was smothered with blood from the head to the feet. Two of the prisoners were positively sworn to as being of the party of five on the morning in question. The other two men were seen, in company with Kirby and one of the Rodwells, coming in a direction from the spot in question. Mr. WarrE admitted their identity, but contended the as sault would not have taken place had not Laxton, in the first instance, touched the bag on Kirby's shoulders. They were found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' mprisonment each, and hard labour. IRISH ASSIZE S. TIPPERARY (NORTH).--Nenagh, March 22. ' WILFUL MURDER.—Jeremiah Leary and John Cooke, two very young men,were indicted f or th e w il ful murder oiJohn Nowlan, on the 9th 'of June last, by a person named Mi chael Moylan giving the fatal blow, and that the prisoners were aiding. Mr. BIREWSTBIt, Q.C., stated the ease—The unfortunate deceased was the servant of a Mr. Burrower, a salesmaster in Dublin, who was in the habit of sending up stock from a farm he had in the country. Nowlan had been in his em ployment for more than twenty years ; to him was entrusted the duty of coming to Dublin with stock, and it was his habit to arrive in town on Thursday, returning home again on Friday. In June last the deceased went up to Dublin with a number of sheep, and it would appear that on Friday, the 9th of June, he was on his return from Dublin. When he arrived at Roscrea, about six in the evening, he went ante the house of a woman named Jenkins, to procure some refresh ment. After some delay he left her place, and eventually took his departure from Roscrea, on his way to Dunkerrin. On his way he was seen on the road by a witness who would be produced; and about the same time, or shortly before, a man named John Ford, who had been dre ss i ng a li me - ki ln, saw a person lying inside a ditch v er y near the place where the murder was subsequently committed. There were on the left-hand side of the road, proceeding from Roscrea to Dun kerrin, two stiles leading up to a townland called Rathna vogue, an old one and a new one ; and on the evening of the murder a girl called Bridget Maher, who had been in Roscrea, left it about eight in the evening, going towards Dunkerrin. She had to pass the two stiles which led to Rathnavogue, and as she came up she saw two men inside one of the stiles. It would also appear that a female named Jane Hodgens met one of the prisoners (Cooke) coming from Dunkerrin towards the place a short time before the commission of the deed ; and much about the same period a woman, named Mary Claven, passing in an opposite direction from Dunkerrin towards Roscrea, saw the same party who had been seen by Jane Hodgens ; as, she came along before him to the stile, the new one, she was passed by John Cooke, and he had then a ca p on his head, and trailed a white stick on the ground. When this woman arrived at the stile, she observed two men standing inside of it, as-if on the watch for some person, and one of them was John Cooke. After she had passed the stile, Mary Claven met Michael Moylan, the person tried at the last assizes. She was well acquainted with him at the time. It would further appear that, upon the evening of the day in question, a man named Thomas Cahill, who had been for upwards of a year before residing in Rath navogue with his mother-in-law, left that place with his wife, intending to take up his residence at Roscrea with his father, and while he sent off his furniture on an ass and cart, driven by his brothers, he and his wife proceeded a little after eight o'clock in the evening across the fields by the path which led to the stiles, close to which the deceased was murdered. They had reached within about five perches of the new stile, and it was then nearly as light as day, when they heard a sound like the rapping of the stones along the road, a little towards their right, in the direction of Roscrea. Cahill ran up to the stile, in consequence of the noise, and looking down into the road he saw three men at the distance of five perches % standing over another, who had been brought to the ground. On looking towards them, they had their at tention attracted to Cahill, and they then ran away. Two of those men he had known before, and he would positively prove their being Moylan (who was tried at the last assizes), and the prisoner Leary, but as to the third he could not swear positively, he being stooping over the body. Several witnesses were examined for the prosecution, whose testimony directly implicated the prisoner Cooke ; the only material evidence against the other prisoner was that of the witness named Cahill. Judge BALL charged the jury in an able and very feeling address. The jury, having been locked up for some time, came out, and the foreman intimated that one gentleman wished to ask Cahill's wife a question. Mr. Hassard objected, in a case of so much importance, to giving any consent to have a witness recalled, and Judge BALL intimated that , the gentlemen must come to a conclusion on the case as it was then before them. At the adjournment. of the Court, the jury, not having agreed, were locked up. At ten o'clock at night the jury again came out, and the foreman said there was not tle least hope of their coming to an agreement if they remained' in for a month. Judge BALL---It is not in my power to discharge you. Foreman—l am sure your Lordship would not wish us to be coerced into finding a verdict. Judge BALL—I do not wish any such thing, but the law coerces me. Foreman—At previous assizes I have known the judges to discharge a jury after they had been locked up for a night. Judge BALL—WeII, gentlemen, I am now obliged to tell you what I was not anxious to mention sooner, that just before the circuit th e J udges met, and came to the determi nation that whatever the practice may have been in parti cular instances hitherto, they were not warranted in dis charging a jury, merely because that, after being in for a considerable time, they were not then enabled to agree. Upon looking . more accurately into the law, they have come to the determination that it was not within the power of the Judges, merely because for a considerable time there is no apparent prospect of a jury agreeing, that they may be dis charged. That decision having been come to, and acting upon the rule so laid down, it is not within the compass of my power to transgress the law. lam sorry to subject you to any inconvenience, but I am bound to administer the law under the solemn sanction of an oath. Mr. Young, one of the jurors, stated that he was very ill during the day, and further confinement would be dangerous. Judge BALL—That is quite a different matter, and I shall send in a medical gentleman to examine you. Dr. Quin then retired into the room with Mr.roung, and on • his returning, having been sworn, deposed that to keep Mr. Young until Monday morning would be attended, most probably, with dangerous consequences to his health. March 23. The jury were called out after Judge Ball had taken his seat, and his Lordship inquired if they had agreed ? The foreman intimated that they had not, nor was there the least hope of their doing so. Judge BALL observed, that very often those who were quite as clear as to their not being able to agree, after deliberation, were enabled to return a verdict. The foreman—There is not the least hope here. Judge BALL—Then, I have only to request of you to return to your jury-box. The foreman said, he was treasurer of the Savings' Bank, and the public would be very seriously inconvenienced if he had to remain in all day. Judge BALL—I am very sorry for it ; but you have here a more paramount duty to discharge, and I regret to say it is not in my power to discharge you. The jury intimated that they had long since agreed as to the verdict to be given with respect to one of the prisoners. Judge BALL said he did not see any objection to taking their finding in the case in which they had agreed, and dis charging them as to the other. Mr. Sausse remarked there could be none. Mr. Hassard, who was present, made no observation. The jury gave no finding as to Jeremiah Leary, but returned a verdict of guilty against John Cooke. The scene at this moment was very impressive, and, amid the utmost stillness, the Clerk of the Crown asked the pri soner what he had to say why sentence of death and execu tion should not be passed against him. The young man bent over the bar for a moment, as if con vulsed with grief, but then became quiet, and merely said, " I am not guilty." Judge BALL, addressing the prisoner, said he had been found guilty of an offence of the deepest dye, after a long and anxious deliberation by the jury. He had been found guilty of the barbarous murder of an innocent and unoffend ing man, and upon evidence which showed that he had ex ercised a degree of savage ferocity at which human nature shuddered. Under all the circumstances no hope could be held out to him of a remiss ion of the penalty which the law awarded to his offence. Hi s companion in guilt had already expiated his crime by an ignominious death, and for the short time the prisoner had to live, he ought to pass it in such a manner as to appear in the presence of his Maker, im ploring that pardon which the law denied him here. His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on a future day to be named. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY,) MANSION-HOUSE. David Hearn, who has been known as a coffee-stand keeper on London-bridge, was brought before Sir Peter Laurie, charged with having committed a robbery upon a sailor. Ford, the prosecutor, stated that he belonged to the ship Brilliant, now lying in the London Docks, and that, as he was passing over London-bridge, at a very early hour in the morning, he saw the prisoner, and in vited him to have something to drink, a compliment which was at once accepted ; that they walked to a public house in Darkhouse-lane, and there enjoyed some liquor, and that the prosecutor laid his head upon the table at about half-past three o'clock, and fell asleep ; that, while he was reposing, the landlady saw the pri soner's hand slip into the prosecutor's pocket, and that she seized him in a vigorous manner, and with the as sistance of a person whom she called, she opened the clenched fist, and took two half-crowns and some small silver out of it, after which she deposited the thief in the custody of a policeman. In the prisoner's posses sion were also found two books, which were the prose cutor's property. A boy named Plummer stated that he saw the prisoner draw a watch from the prosecutor's pocket, but as there was a guard chain to it, the fellow failed in disengaging it. The witness said he had himself something more to make complaint of against the prisoner. A few nights ago he had gone to the theatre, and having been de• tamed till a late hour, he asked the prisoner, who was on London Bridge, to accommodate him by letting him know where he could get a bed. The prisoner offered to take him home to his own house ; and thither they went, and the prosecutor, after having treated his host, retired to bed. At six in the morning, however, the prosecutor was surprised at th e en t rance o f the prisoner, who threatened to hand him over to the custody of a police man who was waiting below, if he did not consent to fork out two shillings. Sir PETER LAURIE said he was astonished that the police should allow a man who must, as was apparent from the statements just made, be known to be a bad character to have the privilege of standing on London Bridge. The prisoner was then remanded. Two common girls of the town, named Elizabeth Boswell and Mary Reid, were brought up, charged with having been concerned with another girl in robbing a young female, aged about fourteen years, named Susan Furr. In the course of the examination Sir Peter Laurie found that there was ground for supposing that a plan had been made to entice the little girl into a house of ill-fame in the notorious vicinity of Wentworth -street, and that, if it had not been for the interposition of a &cent and humane woman named Ann Kean, the poor child would, in all probability, have been ruined. Susan Furr had, it appeared, from a long statement made in an unmethodical manner, been living with a young lady at a house in Clerkenwell, and was employed in making artificial flowers. The lady had oceasion to leave town, and the little girl, having obtained an ad mission for two to the City of London Theatre, was ob served in conversation with the prisoners, to whom she offered the orders. It afterwards appeared that she went home, made up all her clothes in two bundles, and put them into the possession of a girl who was known to be the companion of the prisoners, but who decamped with the property. The prisoners, who had taken a room in Wentworth-street for the accommodation of Susan Furr and themselves, were, after the disappear ance of the thief, taken into custody, and they stated that the little girl had applied to them to help her to a lodging, and ageed to pay the expenses arising from the accommodation which they provided in the above-men tioned street. Sir PETER LAURIE said that the robbery was nothing in comparison with the awful danger into which the child was near falling. He knew that girls of the town were regularly employed in decoying the innocent and inexperienced of their sex, and such emissaries were in finitely more to be dreaded than even the person to whom the victims were betrayed. There was no offence which he was disposed to punish more severely than the diabolical one of being in any way instrumental in the ruin of female i nnocence , an d he wished to impress upon the police the obligation they were under to give all the protection they could afford to poor young females who were exposed to the industrious villainy of the women he alluded to. The escape of Susan Furr was, in Sir Peter Laurie's view, attributable to Ann Kean, who gave the alarm to the police, and acted in such a manner as entitled her to very high commendation. The little girl, whose father is dead, and whose mother's intellect has been affected by the calamities of her family, became an object of much interest, and Sir Peter Laurie stated to her aunt, who was in attendance at the police-room, that he should use his influence to gain admission for her into one of Ike great institutions of the metropolis. The two prisoners, as there was no evidence against them calculated to show that they had done any mis chief to the child, were discharged, upon their promise to appear, if required to be present, upon the apprehen lion of the female who stole the bundles. WORSHIP-STREET. THE FIRM OF WIGRAM AND Co.— William Spurrell, alias Wigram, Mary Elizabeth Spurrell, his daughter, and James Martin, a well-dressed man, described as a law writer, were finally brought up, charged on sus picion of having fraudulently obtained possession of a large quantity of haberdashery goods, of the estimated value of 250 L The Court was crowded during the investigation by tradsmen and other persons, who manifested the most lively interest in the proceedings. It will be recollected that the greater part of the pro perty in question was found at the house of the prisoner Spurrell; the police also discovered nearly a ream of printed circulars, offering aid in the shape of accommodation bills to persons in embarrassed circumstances, together with numerous letters from country tradesmen, accepting of the proffered assistance, and referring to inclosed re mittances, as being the commission charged by " Messrs. Wigram" for their invaluable services. An invoice for goods consigned to the imaginary firm, from Mr. Lea royd, a draper, at Pontefract, was also found on the pri soner Martin, at whose house a further quantity of haberdashery goods was afterwards discovered. At the former examination the elder Spurrell avowed himself to be the head and sole representative of the firm in question, and said that, being a natural son, he had assumed the name of Wigram, which was that of his mother. Sergeant Lambert now stated, that the letter carrier of the district had been desired to attend to give some explanation as to the extraordinary circumstance of his having been in the daily habit of delivering to the elder Spurrell, at his house in Goring-street, letters which bore the superscription of " Messrs. Wigrana, Brothers, and Co., Barclay-place, Hackney." He had also written to Mr. Learoyd, the draper at Pontefract, who was now in attendance to give ev i dence. Mr. David Graham Learoyd was then called, who stated that he first became acquainted with the firm of " Wigram and Co." in the month of November last, when he received one of their circulars by post ; and being in temporary want of money, he wrote to them requesting to be accommodated with two bills of 1001. each, and enclosed the amount of their commission. The bills which purported to be accepted by " William Brading, commission agent, Commercial-road, London," were transmitted to him in due course, and had since been negotiated. From subsequent inquiries which he had made he had reason to believe that no such person as William Brading, the ostensible acceptor, was in ex istence. The several articles of haberdashery now pro duced were his property, and were consigned by him to Messrs. Wigram for the purpose of being sold by commission on the 9th inst. An invoice was sent ...... - - with the goods, which amounted to 1731 lls. ; and he had received a bill a t three months accepted _ _ by Messrs. Wigram for 1721:65., which he had paid over to his bankers. He was induced to make the con- signment in consequence of a statement in Messrs. Wigram's circular, to the effect " that if he had any goods on hand, and found the sale dull or difficult, they would use their endeavours to turn them into money to the best advantage;" and he distinctly treated with them in the character of commission agents, and not as purchasers of the property. Mr. Hentage, who attended on behalf of the prisoners, submitted that no case whatever had been made out to justify their further detention. To constitute a breach • of trust on the part of an agent, it was essential that ex press written instructions should be sent with regard to the disposal of any property with which he might be entrusted. but so far from that course having been pur- sued in the present instance, the prosecutor had made out the invoice in the name of Messrs. Wigram, and had received their bill in liquidation of the amount. The transaction, therefore, amounted to an absolute sale of Mr. COMBS observed, that such a strong able fellow ought to engage in some useful employment, and not be wandering about the streets. The fellow, in a very artful manner, referred to the de pressed state of the shipping service, and said there were 400 able-bodied seamen out of employment in the neighbourhood of London. From the evidence of Waddington, the gaoler, a very shrewd officer, aisd the evidence of other constables, it appeared that the prisoner is nothing more nor less than a common im poster, and derives a livelihood from " cadging." He is a very sturdy beggar, and if he meets females alone, generally succeeds in extorting money, from their fears. He was never at sea, and, when questioned by the Magistrate, showed his utter ignorance of nautical affairs. Mr. COMBE sent him to prison for seven days. UNION-HALL. Edwin Brown, a decent. looking man, was charged with stealing a piece of cotton goods from the shop-door of Mr. Gelks, linen-draper, High-street, Southwark. The prisoner was observed to go up to the shop door and take the piece of cotton, with which he ran off, and being pursued was taken. - Mr. Corrr.•rGlum made some strong observations on the practice of tradesmen placing their goods in such exposed situations outside their shop doors as to be a very great temptation to distressed persons. The complainant said that tradesmen must shut up if thif? were not permitted to expose their goods, and he added that the article in question was fastened in such a way as to render it difficult for a person to take it down. The prisoner said that he was a sailor, but that having met with a serious accident in falling down the hatchway-of his ship he was unable to go to sea again. The MAGISTRATE committed him for one month. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A person in male attire, about twenty-five years of age, of feminine appearance and voice, and wearing the hair long, curled, and turned back in female style, who gave the name of Timothy Bowen, was charged with begging on the previous night in Oxford-street, and on being taken into custody assaulting police-constable No. 109 of the C division. It appears that her practice was to enter public-houses and solicit alms, stating that she was a female, who, to escape the persecutions of some of her relations, had been obliged to disguise herself as a man. inspector Fro n d, o f the C division, said that on the girl being brought to the station-house . he was so much under the impression that the sex of the offender was of the feminine gender, that the party was purposely locked in a separate cell for the night. The prisoner indignantly declared that she was net a woman. She was committed to Westminster Bridewell to hard labour for a month, where, of course, his or her sex will be ascertained. SHERIFF'S COURT, GREENWICH. Yesterday, Mr. Frances, the Under-sheriff for Kent, held a Court at the. Greyhound Tavern, Greenwich. MARTLN V. BONE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a re spectable tradesman in Gravesend, against the defendant, who is a person of independent property, to recover damages for defamation of character. The damages were laid at 1,0001., and judgment had been allowed to go by default. Mr. Home, for the plaintiff, in a very forcible address to the jury, stated the facts of the case, from which it appeared that the defendant had accused the plaintiff of being in the habit of committing the most foul and unnatural crimes. After hearing the evidence, which is unfit for publication, the address of the defendant's solicitor, and the summing up of the Learned Under-Sheriff; The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2001. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of 151., sent to him by some person unknown, to be added to the funds of the Exchequer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of two sovereigns, to be applied "to the use of the nation," and forwarded to him by some person unknown. THE LATE MR. WAREING, BIRMINGHAM.—An inquest was held on Monday evening, at the house of Mr. Joshua Stinton, Grand Turk, Land ate-hill, Birmingham, o n the body of the late Mr. George Wareing, whose death oc curred in the Catholic Cathedral of that town. The first witness called was Mr. George Payne, who deposed that he was an assistant to deceased, and had been in the habit of seeing him daily. He seemed in pretty good health gene rally, and was a man of very active and temperate habits. He saw him about eight o'clock on Sunday morning in his own yard, and afterwards i n th e cathedral. Witness went into the church first, and deceased came in at about twenty minutes to eleven o'clock. Deceased went to the upper end of the pew (or seat) and knelt down beside witness on his left hand. Deceased joined in the service the same as others. and read from his book, and he (witness) perceived nothing the matter with him until a few minutes before twelve o'clock he saw deceased kneel down with others, and put his hand to his face, and presently he fell back and th en on his side on to the ground. Deceased put his hands to his face suddenly, as if from pain, and then fell back. Th ere was a rush of per sons to assist him, and his body was taken to the Palace, and attended by Mr, Benlsow, surgeon, who bled deceased at the back, but he expired. Mr. Jame s W are i ng, son of deceased, stated that he complained of being a li tt l e d eaf during the previous fortnight, and somet i mes of a tightness over his nose. juryimmediately returned a ver di ct o f "D ied by the visitation of God by apoplexy." :MERCHANT SEAMEN' S S OCIETY. --O n Tuesday, a meeting of the Governors of' this Charity, which is estab lished for the relief and support of sick, maimed, and dis abled seamen, their w id ows an d orp h ans, was held at the Society's rooms, Bi rc hi n -l ane. F rom the report read by Mr. 'Watson, it appeared that the receipts amounted to 21,7311. 3s. 9d. ; and the disbursements, including 17,638/. paid to pensioners, figured 20,330/. 17s. 2d. The following are the pensioners on the Society's funds, viz., 1,646 men, 2,519 women, and 2,785 children. METROPOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Islington District Branch of "the above Asso ciation was held at the Parochial School-room, the Rev. D. Wilson, Vicar, in the chair. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Auriol, Rev. Mr Hughes, and the Rev. Mr. Venn, Messrs. Owen, Foskey, and other gentlemen, and re solutions were unanimously agreed to condemnatory of the present late-hour system, and calling on the public to assist in removing the evil by abstaining from making purchases at late hours of an evening. The several speakers pointed out in forcible terms the evils arising from the present system, and gave a very satisfactory account of the progress of the Association. Thanks were given to the Chairman, and the meeting dispersed soon after ten o'clock. the goods, and the prisoners were entitled to an imme diate discharge. Mr. BROUGHTON said that after giving the matter the most mature consideration, he was of opinion that the case had not been sufficiently made out to support an indictment, and although the whole conduct of the parties was marked with every appearance of fraud ; he was bound to act st r i c tly on t h e l aw o f the case and the evidence bearing upon it, and he must, therefore, order them to be discharged. Sergeant Lambert then applied for instructions respect ing the disposal of the property, and after a short con ference with the prisoners, Mr. Hentage stated that they offered no objection to its being restored to the pro secutor. Mr. Baoucwrox said that the prisoners were acting very discreetly in adopting that course, for if the bill which the prosecutor had so incautiously received was not paid when it became due, there could be no doubt that they would be liable to an indictment for conspiracy. The prisoners, to their manifest surprise and satisfac tion, were then discharged. CLEAUCENWELL. A young man, named John Smith, rather genteelly attired, was charged with attempting to commit nume rous frauds on housekeepers. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner has been for some time in the habit of visiting h ouses w hi c h have lodging bill s i n the windows, on pretence of taking apartments. The rooms shown to him invariably suited his taste, and so anxious was he to conclude the bargain that he always insisted ;on leaving a deposit. For this purpose he drew forth a sovereign or half a sovereign (he never had any small change), expressed a wish to leave five shillings as a guarantee for his return, and having obtained the change, walked away, leaving the landlady quite pleased with the punctuality of her new lodger. Failing to come, however, on the day ap • pointed, the lodger was suspected, and the deposit, on examination, turned out to be a counterfeit. On the pre vious evening he went into the coffee-shop of Mr. Hitchin, 15, Colonnade, Russell-square, and asked for a pork pie, which was supplied him. In payment he threw down half-a-crown, a genuine one ; the change was laid on the counter, but whilst the landlord was engaged in other matters, the prisoner p u t one o f t h e two : s hilli ngs i n his pocket, and left a bad one in its place. He then re membered that he had a penny, which he wished to pay for the pie and get back his half-crown. The landlord, however, discovered the fraud, and upon charging the prisoner with it, he instantly swallowed the base shil ling, and then in a daring manner set the landlord and police at defiance.—The prisoner was remanded. DARING ROBBERY.—Two women of the town, named Reeves and Holland, were charged with robbing Mr. Briggs, an artist, residing in Moorgate-street, of a gold watch. The prosecutor was returning from a dinner party last night along Holborn, between 12 and 1 o'clock, when he was accosted by the prisoners. They asked him to treat them, which he refused. When he entered Gray's inn -lane, one of them pushed him into Fox-court, the other threw her arms round his breast ; he shouted po lice, and a constable, 35 G, came up. They were secured, and Mr. Briggs then found that his watch had been removed, and that his gold chain had been cut or broken. Every search was made for the watch, but it could not be found, and it is believed that the prisoners threw it away when they saw the officers coming up. Mr. Briggs was perfectly sober. The prisoners, who did not deny the charge, were re manded. Sixty postage stamps have been received by Mr. Combo, the sitting Magistrate at this Court, for the re lief of Mary Anne Hartwell, whose case appeared in The Sun about a week ago. The benevolent donor re quested that the receipt of the stamps might be ac knowledged in The Sun, as from H. C. E. S. Our Reporter has been requested to state, that when the period of her imprisonment had transpired, Baylis, the messenger of this Court, by direction of the Magis trate, conveyed her to an asylum, in accordance with the wish she expressed on her trial. She, however, re fused to enter the asylum; and there is too much reason to believe that she has again resumed the same profli gate course of life which, on her examination, she seemed so determined to abandon. The stamps lie at the Police-court, and will be re turned to the donor, if he wish, or applied to the gene ral purposes of the poor-box. A ruffianly-looking fellow, named Thompson, without jacket or vest, and with other garments indecently ragged, was charged with violently assaulting the potman at the Sun public-house, Islington, and police-constable 90 N. The prisoner went into the Sun last night and asked for some drink, on which the landlady, seeinghe was already con siderably under the influence of liquor, very properly refused to serve him. He then tossed down sixpence on the bar and asked for " six-pennorth of brandy and water." This, too, was refused, and becoming insolent he was desired to leave the house. The prisoner refused, and when the potman at tempted to expel him he attacked him with great violence. The policeman was then called in but the prisoner "pitched into" him too, and strove to throw him on the flags ; he was at length with much difficulty secured and removed to the station, using the most obscene and blasphemous language all the way thither. The prisoner said he had been four years on board the Phoenix man-of-war, Captain Richardson, master ; he was subse9uently ayear on board a collier, plying between London and 1\ ewcastle. IRELAND. THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SCHbf.: ; a of DUBLIN, Mulct' 25.—Notwithstanding faint ar7,. the one hand, and very emphatic contradictions on ''''„,ctiog the Evening Mail resolutely reasserts its statement reef Vie, the receipt by Earl De Grey of the communication from Prime Minister, prescribing to his Excellency certi h il l tio of upon which he is to be uided in his future distri qua non being, that the sluuu port Church patronage ; the sine abil of the present system of national education is an indierm— qualification for ecclesiastical preferment. 4, tiC 0 06 " We repeat," says the Mail, "in the most empul- d on of which language is capable, that such a cowl:nun' as . tow -- has been made within the last month; and that - n oir nation of acting upon that despotic declaration has b e : d a i : , sequently announced." And f ur th er , the Mail iota " Every word of ou r s t a t ement is strictly b and itel y the true." If the questi on h as not b een a l rea dy decide' : ro per negation or confirmation of its correctness in the E h c e ct quarter, it is one far t oo important to remain long 701 of deep and anxio us d ou bt , an d by many d egr ees a topic to form the ground of.a newspaper controvemY • REPEAL ASSOCIATION. bell The usual weekly meeting of the Association ife io .„ this day at the Conciliation Hall ; E. W. Costello, I ' l4 the chair. Among the correspondence was the following letter fr tre Mr. O'Connell, w hi c h was ordered to be i nse rted on minutes : " London, March 23, 104: „ ai r "My dear Ray,—l w i s h you to announce to the oS t i ti p tion that it is my intention to attend at their next 11 1 r iot sii I mean to wait here for Thursday evening, as eieort l ''' j 11 0 that day brings in hi s ' F ranc hi se E xt i nct i o n Bill an Corporate Franchise Bill. lam to attend a public theo' tio g for justice to Ireland, at Liverpool, on Friday. ,If, to ing be over before the packet sails that evening, i uk' t • ' over in her; if not, then on Saturday (weather perms A I will be in Dublin. You can announce my attendance Association on Monday in Holy Week. isoci4.4 " You know how unwilli ng I was to come to Eng 01, that, in fact, I was overruled by the opinions of other.' • as it were, compelled to come. . ma ' " Those who so ad v i se d me were per f ect l y right, was very wrong. WO "My appearance in England at this juncture had salutary and cheering results. Its consequences ere"; t ok " First,—That a great proportion of the sound e nu „, see ing part of the En g li s h nation h ave s h own t h e ir 5007 0 die judicious convictio n , th a t j ust i ce h as not b een done It t ` • recent trials. patios slo " Secondly,—That such portion of the English 010( tb' convinced we are victims o f a monstrous perversion to the law, and of the most undue practices with respect , arrangement of the ju r y. , mop! "Thirdly,—There is a similar conviction gainb l ,e,r t it P that Ireland is mi sg overned and oppressed, and r" - justic° necessary, for the honou r an d sa f ety o f t h e S tate , that) should be done to her. „a ci (raw " Fourthly, My visit to this country has mood s-, . ni g ie° inquiry, and a kindly disposition to sympathy one— igar masses of the English people, who have been hitherto rant and careless of the fate and fortunes of Irelauci, nt " Fifthly,—lt is demonstrated by recent events I ,'L e j people of England—by, at least, all the valuable c l ot, society —are not partakers in the iniquities of Grev, w lT 4A but, on the contrary, are anxious that Ireland shout' • ministered for in the spirit of justice and impartiality' 8' " Sixthly,—lt is d emons t rate d t h at mu l t i tu d e s of I and the good in E ng l an d are anx i ous to ma k e the t n. ob reality, by giving a perfect equality of right to Irebt ll ;;;_d those that are possessed by the English'; whilst otbe,j e tate,' they are not a few—h ave di scovere d t h at a l oc al leg gy lo ol o , in Ireland, legislating for Irish purposes exclusiveL_,,,l' tend to consolidate the connexion between the two 0 0 7 and render a separation impossible. bser lia " I write in ha s t e , b u t I cannot conc l ude w i t h o ut e u e ne . that, on the one h an d, it i s i mposs ibl e f or the Ilie'i g eith ever again to confound the English nation with th e o° o Government. The first, the English nation, bal re m e themselves worthy of our confiden ce an d gra titude; * - 0 , of; vernment deserves our most unmitigated resentmen t ' o ut the other hand, th e p owers o f l eg i s l at i on are in the ere of our enemies, whilst good wishes and kind words that remains to our friend s . —F a ithf u ll y yours , "T. M. Ray, E sq ." " DANIEL O'CO' n r ‘ 9— The rent for the week will amount to about 38 01 . e stiet The Mayor of Kilkenny presided over a numerotter•c e ftbe in that city, on S un d a y l as t, t o pet i t i on f or t h e re!"" Union. hel d 1). On Tuesday a meeting t o p e titi on f or R epea l . 411 in the People's Hall, Cork. ni s In ed let In Limerick county near ly a ll th e guar di ans ret the poor-law electorin divisions are Repealers. t ete' Dundalk and Newry th e Repeal pledge has bee n and taken by nearly all the poor-law candidates. • - - - D MARKET NE WS.-(YE S TER-AY') _, t CORN-EZCZANGII. btu, The supply of English Wh ea t was t o l era bly goo d s very middling quality. F or a ll d escr i pt i ons the-detg do ja inactive, at barely Monday' s p r i ces . S o little was Foreign Wheat, both free and in bond, that the ra'a ro opilms almost nominal. Barley and Malt were heavy, at currencies. All other Grain as on Monday. ARRIVALS. I fl. gr o gib Wheat. Barley. Oats. 00 .1360 qrs. J 280 qrs. 830 qrs. I :440 I 1,2010 • Malt, 1.680 qrs. NITEITECIIAPEL. W it" We had a full average s u pply o f eac h kind Ineasoneit. the demand was in a very s l ugg i s h state, a t, in, gg' stances, drooping prices :—Beef from 2s 4d to 3 3 4 4 1 ton, 2s 6d to 3s 84; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; Ye T,ess& to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2 s 4d t o 4 s 2d per Sib s. , by the Eng1i5h.......... Irish. ..... - F0reign.......... j 1,440 STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) ... SII , MANCNESTEa.—Our spinners and manufacturT o i i r now reaping the bitter f ru it s o f th e un f ou nded an d . chievous speculations i n th e raw ma t er i a l, at Lil. e e . i 4 and in the United State s , o f w hi c h th e public , i 4lO. heard so much during th e l as t t wo or three do By By those speculations, the price of the' tip: material was forced up ' • and prices in d e etli market gradually followed, to an extent, i ll ii; which caused the more prudent buyers to ...110 1 or entirely suspend their pur c h ases , th ere by catio 1„ 01 accumulation of stocks in the hands of the W 50.. and manufacturers. In thi s cr iti ca l s t a t e o f the niaille, intelligence arrived of the c om pl e t e b rea ki n g down lose* speculation in the Unit e d St a t es ; an d th e c onseq $ OO, as may be readily imagined, has been a great etig: t iog of business on our E xc h ange, f o ll owe d b y a ve17,11. reduction of price s . Y es t er d ay was one o f the gw eo cell and most depressed markets that have been exP etz si l for some months p as t. G oo d s of all descriptions* eo f good 49-inch shirtings (for which there has been ; sef l demand) have declined in price since last we e ''ogie, some descripticins- yarn are selling at a Mer w every above .iheluvveat. ' sof last year. We learn, l'?„, r ess f 0 1 :tliatfiliei'e' - rektita,fati of price have caused smit e l k - e y ,bf: iii thedemantl-; aW as soon as the cotton Ina j,.,, .. We. comes sieidy, it seems not improbable that a D"' ness will be done. - 5 5 ' ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, 31 * l ll l l4°- -We hay' had a. - laft* market to-day, somewila .. . i t 0 0 0 _, to, t;. . Jaititeljay. There has been * ° , ll- OIP P • . t• ", ' , I r '' ‘"..P4iViirsci and goods have sold freely P iyge - - ,:tjikteCiiiike wool market there is no ebb ‘ , , fs repoit. ". '"¢ i roo f Mr. Mitchell paired o ff w ith M r. Crippe -n ' of Mr. Hutt's motion on Tuesday night. PA' 'b e v A .' DEPRECIATION OF MINING PROPERTT,„ O W, ( °" ! Celyn and Blaine Iron Works, Monmouthshire, l'i,e'..."brOlf d nesday last brought to the hammer by Messrs: -r;;; r tf c";s and Co., at Garraway's. The above valuable Pr n t - „ n ced. c i . the Company above 400,0001. ; the biddings oeintiedo 40,000 guineas, and the property was, after some *qv o° - . .,, dings, ultimately knocked down at 59,000 guineas- , fi joesr r , hold land, situated at Cwm Celyn, abounding with - P r- - erss ' . coising 101 a. lr. 3p., with the coals and win ...:t f 14agr. 9 p. -7,0001.--Bath Journal. LADIES,--The high and universal ce .. /8 0 c l'I tl,t, which Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintain, a :9 "„ToiL. yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impari,“_, - e via';i. , skin, is, during the period of Spring, most pleasing%,4 O a r This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative , '. 41 ,0 3 '". , gorating, is equally celebrated for safety in applies t Si e el, unfailing efficacy in removing all impurities alluitte, , tion • and imparting a healthy freshness and tr iu r e jiir o . to the Skin and Complexion. Its universally mss, Vol excites the cupidity of unp r i nc ipl e d shopkeeper*, then the title of " Genuine" K a l y d or to compounds °I . fi rsin7. manufacture, of th e mos t d e l eter i ous character , Or o iht mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the Comet thy;by their repellant action endan ger i ng h ea lth. It _ u - '0 PL.' fore, imperati ve on purc h asers to see that the viol" - foe"" .. land's Kalydor" are on the wrapper.--All others are lent Counterfeits. fri , k ,0 ,0 [ADVERTISEMEN T .]—C URE OF A DRE ADr- A ~- 4 , ,• DISEASE BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT A ND PILIA - ; 1 4 ,..„°' 0) .: aged five years, named Jones, whose parents liv e • ivi s, P'' $ Horseshoe-alley, Wilson-street, Finsbury, London , „ff, si l , the age of sixteen months, fearfully swollen in the I ".7,ls_lgr i : covered with large, black sores. This child had be !,• 0 :71 to all the hospitals in London, but got no relief ; v ; 0 , however, been radically cured by means of these y o f til i a, medicines, which will cure any skin disease, even 1 vstaeT a ii years' standing.—Sold a t P ro f essor Holloway'nI); A i meet, 244, Strand ( w h ere a d v i ce may b e h a d SI" bout r by almost all respectable medicine vendors throng _ dor civilised world. .................... ___..,.,.., • 041° BIRTHS, Fran cis ' On the 21st inst., i n Til ney - street, t h e l a dy of a. Dyke, Esq., of a daughter. 110 le af d On the 21st inst., a t P r i nces -street, Ed i n b ur gh • t ger ideet • W. P. Andrew, E sq ., H on. E ast India CompanP- ~,' o p a son. 1i f the `' On the 23d inst., the wife of Thomas Cansdeie - dieot o f and Horse-shoe Tavern, Queen-street, Tower-hi ll,- e 1 1 .IAJ ' . On the 24th inst., at South-street, Park-lane , th ei Robert Remmett, Esq Rom of a dau hter. - , c y Raleu — ; On the 24th inst , at.ford,gEssex, Mrs. B. ,' ' ' 5 01 of a son. • • ~,,,,.. Art On the 24th inst., at N or b uty, C roy d on , Au.- DU °. Barclay, of a daughter. rlie ll ' On the 25th inst. at Champion-park, Canabe , Henry S. Law, of a son, still-born. MARRIED. Ro bs to r t Se Dt4 On the 14th inst., at Edradynate, Captain , cer yicel r , of the Hon. East India Company's late Nav al ' of .I * -° Margaret, eldest daughter of J. S. Robertson, E ms'' dynate, Perthshire. A _ 01 1 O f 11 °4 On the 22d inst., at Moncreiffe House, Edmullw, .„r of E. Wright, Esq., of Maldeth Hall, Lancashire, T or t, "" eldest daughter of the late Sir David Moncreiffe, ----' Moncreiffe DIE. On the 18th inst., at Hall p la ce, West Mee° , Sibley, Esq., aged 91. 0144 On the 20th inst., William Cavanagh kfurPl°- undergraduate of Cambridge. veil M r°. On the 22d inst., at Shepperton Cottages , - road, Islington, Mr. Charles Beton. On the 23d inst., at Frederick-street, Gray a ged °' Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson, relict of Mr. T. Thom son, On the 23d inst., at Canterbury, Bentley Ar Le c4l :il o s On the 23d inst., in au ßaquet-court, Fleet-stree t, Hollier Button, youest dghter of Mr. S. J. Bu t e t he On the 24th inst. n , g Jessie Ellen i n f an t daughter o r J. Tillard, Rector of Conington, Cambridgeshire. Jon On the 24th inst., Ha n nah Selina, wife et im an d o Samuel Hall, of :Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a ged t a 00 4 the same morning, John Sprado, the infant son of • Mr. Hall, ag e d 3 wee k s . Wor d ' uj On the 24th inst., at Brixton, Frederick Charles the Bank of Egland. of F' hter ° n the 24th n inst., Ellen Annie, the infant daug hter Hart Dyke, Esq., of Tilney-street London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUI47X No 112, .Strand, Printer , at Ths Sun Oilicet,_• l4l : 4 ,, ° ' ty o Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the LA" ..--- Illiddieoex, Thareclay, March 28, 1844. gLEDi 4.„ t4 1 :11 , 4 . 0 61tri t Co Cam k eini. P. sr 1 The Lang ~ Corn o Roy. '.; Com tv` oB The Ktlises PartL ‘1 14 :41:i wait 'Se and 14,14-Ru oliph It4p.Forsytt I % l ' anch. ALE DI 11. 4. 0 NIDUcati 10 as to 16yt ee esai b 4 Ite 74ti kt e o a r t i: : 41171. tli t td ' Its )31 tlal t/4 1: 4°4 1,, I 4114/ Ye %I ht %l tl to .t , 'ftr'tioa e i 4, 4 %14, 4e , to's t y 41 % EYYe s At. A , ri ,r d -464 Itte