The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. NATIONAL CON YEN TION. (YESTERDAY.) J. P. SANKEY, A. 31., delegate from Edin burgh, in the chair. Letters were read from Bailie Craig, giving accounts of his great success at Paisley, Bank. head, Johnstown, and several other places. The meetings which he described were attended by vast numbers, and among the rest by a great many ladies, who seemed to take a great interest in the proceedings. In all those places the cler gymen were most polite and attentive and invariably gave the use of the churehes for the purpose of holding the meetings. The great bulk of the people are enrolling themselves in the associations which were being organised. From Mr. Lowrie, missionary to Cornwall, stating that he was very successful, and would hold a county meeting on Easter Monday. From Walsall and from Eccles, giving accounts of the increase of the Charter. From Mr. Richards of the Potteries, giving an account of his progress. In this letter he stated that the reports in the papers which made him say, in a former communication, that the potters had only ss. 6d. per week, was not true ; he said that the wages of the weavers was only ss. 6d., and not the persons employed in the Potteries. And also a letter from Edinburgh, stating that at a meeting held there a resolution was passed returning thanks to the people of England for their resistance to the New Poor-law. MESSRS. DOUGLAS, SALT, AND HADLEY. Mr. RICHARDSON moved that the resignations of the above gentlemen be received. Mr. SMART seconded the motion. 1 Mr. SKEVINGTON proposed as an amendment that the question be postponed until the result of the meeting, which was to he held thii day at Bir mingham, should b e known. Mr. CLEAVE said they, as the Convention, had no notice of any meeting to be held at Birming ham ; they, therefore, could not with propri e ty t a k e lily steps in this question. Mr. PITKETHLEY agreed with the observations of Mr. Cleave. Mr. SKEVINGTON would withdraw his amend men t. • Mr. RITHA RDSON pressed his resolution. He iaid that no notice should be taken of the resigna tion of those members, no more than Mr. Cobbett or Dr. Wade. He thought that they ought to re joice in the resignation.—(Hear, hear.) Yes, he d.d think that their resignation would be cause of .:joieng to the country, as the mass of the people would feel gratified that persons who could not be itu,ted were much better from them than with thein.---(Hear, hear.) Mr. CARPENTER thought no notice should be taken of the resignation of those gentlemen but i n the usual w a y. B ut h e thought also that the letter of those members should be taken into consideration on a future day, from the charges which it made against the Convention being of a very serious ,nature. The imputation which it made was very unfoonded, and was of a tendency to send forth wrong impressions among the people of the conduct of the Convention. It ought to be known that it wa s not to anything but to a feeling that they had 'o,t the confidence of their constituencies that the Birmingham delegates resigned. Thry felt th at t h e 100,000 people whom they r:presented were much in advance of tliem: , elves, and acting up to this knowledge, they thought frt to make a virtue of necessity, and gave up the situation to which they were electt7d.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. I\l iLi.s moved the previous question, which I :eing seconded, was put and carried by a majority of one. ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS. MES TAYLOR brought forward a motion v, hich the attendance of the Delegates in Con vention could be more strictly enforced that hereto fore. I-Ic said that the necessity of something being adopted to prevent the Members absenting themselves, during the sitting, was so obvious to every person, that he did not feel inclined to offer but a few remarks on the sub ject. It was not at all necessary t 3 re cal to their minds the great trust which had hen reposed in them, and therefore how u - web they were bound to a close attendance, in dscltarge o► the onerous duties which they had taken on themselves. He was of opinion with Sir Wm. Jones, who fifty years ago stated that unless there were two hundred thousand persons armed, there would be little chance of obtaining redress of wrongs. lle did not advise the people to arm, but he thought they had a right to have arms. This I. him to think that it was necessary for them to n,2 close in their attendance in their place, in case anything should occur which would require their speedy deliberation.—(Hear, hear ) Di-. FLETCHER seconded Mr. Taylor's resolu- 0 011 Mr. CA RDOE supported the resolution. Mr. Ito Gens hoped they would in future avoid an mention of the word physical 'orce. It was time enough to begin to think of this subject when the fate of 'he petition should be known. Mr. DEEGAN, as a Member of that Convention, 11.,ver in?ritioned the word physical force at any of the meetings,. although his constituepts would not think the better of him for not more often alluding t t' i his doctrine. The people of the north of Ens l'o:(1 had not th e l eas t f ear o f t h e consequences of physic , il force, on the contrary, they were deter ri.hied to have arms, and notwithstanding his (Mr. thegan's) knowledge of this feeling, he and the other Members from Lancashire never allowed any thing to escape from them which could show an in clination to press the doctrines of their own consti o...:.s on any other portion of the Convention. Mr. CARPENTER supported the right of the people to arm for constitutional purposes. Mr. J. TAILOR, in reply, was sorry that any thing he said with regard to physical force should draw out Mr. Rogers, who must recollect that the strongest speech which was made at the Crown and Anchor meeting was made by him (Mr. Rogers), and it is said that the speeches made at that meeting were the cause of the withdrawal of the Birmingham Delegates.—(Hear, and laughter.) Now that the discussion which had taken place would be before the public, it would answer all the purposes he had in view in bringing forward this motion. Ile would therefore beg leave to withdraw it. The subject dropped. TORY OPPOSITION. \lr. CA RDOE gave an account of his mission in part of Dorsetshire. The people shunt Tiverton and that neighbourhood were afraid to listen to him. At Sherborne they had a great meet ing, although it was reported otherwise in the local press. The Convention could not con ceive the means that were used to prevent the people from joining in the movement in that place. He, however, obtained the signatures of 700 persons to the petition. At Shaftesbury the Mayor went from house to house to prevent the people assembling. The town crier and the bill sticker were commanded not to lend their assistance in getting up the meeting. Notwithstanding all this he got tip a glorious meeting on the common. The authorities turned out beer and other refresh ments at another place, but he must say, to the honour of the people of Shaftesbury they were in dignantly refused. They then set up persons to fight, in order to get up a riot, upon which he (Mr. Canloe) dissolved the meeting, and then proceeded to enrol an Association, which he was happy to say had been formed. In the neighbour hood of Shaftesbury the poor agricultural labourers were in the most deplorable state.—(Hear.) No more than sixpence per day was offered to good labourers, and the food sold out to them by the farmers, at a dear rate, was of the very worst kind. —Were Mr. Cardoe produced a sample of the beead made limn what was sold as wheat, which appeared to be manufactured from a dark substance siind ir to asphalte.) He also Visited Blandford a:,l Salisbury, where the authorities gave him every opposition. He concluded by_saying that no ti_att::l- how they - houghs of physical force or moral force, .he people would of themselves very shortly be c.impelled to adopt some measures for their own raj, Mr. RICHARDSON said that Mr. Cardoe was not right in sayina that the people were refusing to be come special constables. He had that morning re(eived intellige nce that 1,400 Chartists had been B "thrn in special constables in Manchester, and the same workshops that were producing pikes were also manufacturing constables' truncheons.—(Hear, and loud cheers.) Arr. HARTIVZLL corroborated 'Mr. Cardoe's ~,(atinicnts with regard to the neighbourhood which ', t ; bad gone through.—(l-lear.) At Dorking, he (Mr. Hartwell), together with Mr. Bruis, got up a meeting, although all the gentry in the neighbour hood of the town did use every exertion to prevent an. assemblage, going to the shop keepers and tradesmen commanding them to absent themselves from the meeting. The Tories hired persons to give them every an noyance. The landlord of the house where they had formed an Association, was warned to refuse them the use of hi s rooms , an d t h rea t ene d with the withdrawal of hi s li cence . U pon thi s being made known at the m eet i n g, th ere were l ou d cries of " Shame, shame." Mr. Crawford, the IVlember for London, who was present at the meeting, as also was Lord Beresford, Mr. Hope, M.P., and others of the gentry, went down to the Ram Inn, and told the landlord that he, as Chairman of the Board of Magistrates, would be answerable for his licence; which declaration satisfied that person, and he gave the great room for the evening meeting, which was attended by vast numbers, among whom were a great many of the middle classes and their wives. The meeting passed off with the greatest unanimity ; and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Crawford, for his willingness to show fair play. Messrs.SKEviNGToN and DEEGA N gave similar accounts of the many obstructions which had been placed in their way b 7 the Tories of Debenham, Ipswich, and Hyde, where, however, the labouring classes were willing to come forward for the purpose of maintaining the principles of the Charter. A vote of thanks was passed to those Members. RENT RECEIVED. ✓ From Walsall five pounds, and from Barnly Castle Workingmen's Association, one pound six shillings. A vote of thanks to the Chairman having been passed with acclamation, the meeting dissolved. On Tuesday, the first number of the Police Gazette, under the new regulation, was circulated at the various police offices. Hitherto it has been customary to publish daily an abstract account of all persons charged at the different metropolitan police-offices, as well as infor mation received of offences, &c. committed, in a sheet called the Daily Police Report, and which has always been, to official persons, of the greatest utility. For the future, however, such information is to be published only three times a week in the Polici Gazette. DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT CHAPEL AT CuEsTEß.—Some years ago Messrs. Powell and Edwards, cutlers, of this city, discovered at the back of their pre mises some traces of Gothic architecture, and to a certain extent they removed the rubbish which had hitherto -con cealed the archwork. However, conceiving it was merely a cellar which had in the course of time got filled with rubbish, they did not proceed in clearing it until a few weeks back. To their credit they have carried upwards of 100 loads of rubbish out of the place, and now is exposed to view to the lovers of antiquity a chapel upwards of 15 yards long, 151 feet broad, and 14 feet in height. The arches aare Gothic, beautifully grained, resting on pi lasters, about half way down the wall, very much resembling those at the entrance into the cloisters of our Cathedral near Little Abbey-square ; the whole is in an admirable state of preservation. At the west end are two niches in which the baptismal or sprinkling fonts (for holy water), have been kept, one of which was found in the rubbish, and is now placed in the situation it ori ginally occupied ; the other was broken by the workmen. At the cast end of the chapel are steps which have led up to the altar ; and on the south side of the chapel are a flight of steps leading into a subterraneous passage, now choaked up. It is plain that this was anciently a place of worship for the monks belonging to the monastery of Grey Friars, which was situated near w here the St. Bride's new Church, opposite the Castle, now stands. Many conjec tures have arisen as to the date of the foundation of this place of worship, but all is mere conjecture, as nothing has been discovered which could lead to fixing the point of time. Antiquaries n ill enjoy a rich treat in surveying this relic of the ancient devotional scenes of our fore fathers; and we have no doubt vast numbers will avail themselves of the kindness and civility of Messrs. Powell and Edwards, and visit it.—Chester Gazette. THE COMMON INFORNIER.—The Common In former, instructed by the wisdom of the Legislature, pro tects the morals of the gin and porter-drinking classes, and visits with a fine the sinful hosts of " The Jolly Cocks." 41'his, therefore, is clear—it is the place that dignifies the fiddle, not the fiddle the place. Apollo, with his pipe of virgin gold, at " The Jolly Cocks," would be a law breaker; St. Cecilia, with her a baggage for the police. If the reader doubt this, we beg his particular at tention to the next meeting of the Aliddlesex magistrates onli censing day; when, unless the county sages shall have been miraculously enlightened, the reader may listen to grave and eloquent discourse on the iniquity of public house music ; the social danger of a fiddle in a tea-garden, the revolutionary principles latent in a country-dance at Bagnigge- Wells. We well remember the patriotic indig nation of a Middlesex Rhadamanthus last tutumn :—An impudent varlet, landlord of a Pimlico inn, applied for a license for a fiddle. " What 1" exclaimed the justice, and his ears seemed to shoot up higher than the ears of magis terial man with wonder ' - " What, m us i c at Pi m li co 1 under the very nose o f t h e palace 1" A shudder ran along the bench, and the license was refused. Now, is not the Common Informer the especial favourite, the hireling poi of such wise Worships ?—Jerrold in Heads of the People. PROBABLE EFFECT OF STEAM.--Steam will half ruin England yet if they don't mind. It will drain it of its money, drain it of its population, and, what is more than all, what it can spare least of all, and what it will feel more nor all, its artisans, its skilful workmen, and its honest, intelligent, and respectable middle classes. It will leave yon nothin' in time but your aristocracy and your poor. A trip to America is pin' to be nothin' more than a trip to France, and folks will go where land is cheap and labour high. It will build the new world up, but it will drain the old one out in a way no one thinks on. Turn this tide of emigration to your own provinces, or, as sure as eggs is eggs, we will get it all. You han't no notion what steam is destined to do for America. It will make it look as bright as a pewter button yet, I know.—Sam Slick. EMIGRATION OF MECHANICS.—We under stand that is February last a hand of nineteen mechanics left Manchester per railway for Amiens. On Tuesday morning, at half-past eight, another band of fifteen, all mechanics, took their departure from Manchester for the same destination. From particular inquiries made respect ing the latter deportation, it appears that they are all of them machine makers, and several of them from the emi nt machine-making establishment of Messrs. Cocker and Higgins, of Salford. It is quite impossible for any but those who pay great attention to the matter (and who have at the same time ready access to the parties commissioned by the Continental manufacturers and spinners to enter into engagements on their behalf), to form the least idea of the extent to which this sort of emigration is now con ducted. But our readers will be still more surprised, perhaps, to learn that even women and young girls who have been brought up as spinners and piecers, &c. are now also regularly going to the Continent, to be employed in cotton mills. When it is considered, too, that such parties can now reach Ostend, or even Ghent, in less time, and at as little expense, as it took but only twenty years ago to reach London, there is little to be wondered at that the labouring classes should thus endeavour to dis pose of their only merchandise (labour) to the best ad vantage.—Manchester Times. SEIZURE AT STORNOIVAY.— We understand that, some weeks ago, a schooner belonging to Leith, while on her passage to Galway, in Ireland, lost her jib-boom, and, in distress, put into the harbour of Stornoway. The master of the schooner, not being able to get another jib boom ashore, applied to the captain of a Swedish vessel, lying at anchor, who furnished him with a spar to make one; but, in fetching it alongside in open day, Mr. Bell, second mate of the revenue cutter Prince of Wales, with a boat's crew, forcibly took it away, and, in the course of the evening, at 11 o'clock, carried off the boat belonging to the vessel, as penalty, he said, for not reporting the circum stance at the Custom-house. The captain of the cutter, Mr. Oliver, much to his praise, afterwards expressed re gret that such a proceeding should have taken place in a matter so trivial, yet otherwise necessitous; but the collec tor of customs displayed very different feelings, and re mained inexorable. Under these circumstances, the mas ter of the vessel was obliged to get another boat, of inferior description, and put to sea in a stormy season of the year, with a temporary jib-boom. —Edinburgh Observer.—[We thought the business of her Majesty's servants had been to aid and help, not harass her Majesty's subjects.] THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER AT HAYES. —Since the removal of the prisoner, Francis Hastings Medhurst, who stands charged upon the Coroners' war rant with the wilful murder of Mr. Joseph Alsop, great exertions have been manifested by the friends, both of the accused and the deceased, to put the trial off until the May Session of the Central Criminal Court. On the part of the prosecution, however, Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Bodkin, have been retained, at a very extraordinary fee. The Attorney- General, Mr. Stammers, and another Counsel, have been engaged for the defence. The former, it is alleged at the enormous sum of three hundred guineas. ' THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Since the foundation stone of the river wall, for the New Houses of Parliament was laid (early in March), and upon which the main front will stand, the walls in that part have made considerable progress; nearly the who!e of the wall is finished. At the north end, nearest Westminster-bridge, several heights of finely wrought Scotch granite have been laid. The other end appears to have been delayed, owing to an additional depth being taken out for the removal of decayed wood, shells, and soft ground, which was after wards filled in with concrete. The wall is apparently of great strength. A material, called Pozzoluno, has been imported from Italy to strengthen the mortar. The walls arc done within a cofferdam, which is nearly four hundred yards in length, and has so effectually resisted the highest tides, that the workmen seem quite unconscious of any danger, although the foundation of the walls is many feet below the bed of the rive. The above are chiefly what are considered engineering works, but we understand that Mr. Barry, the architect, has also the superintendence of them, jointly with Messrs. Walker and Burgess, the engi neers of all the work which the Messrs. Lee have con tracted for, and which include part of the main walls of the future Houses of Parliament, besides the river wall and em bankment. IYesterday morning Henry Burrows, a journeyman baker, 23 years of age, residing in Mary-street, Hamp stead-road, cut his throat in a shocking manner with a razor. The unfortunate man had gambled the whole of his money away on Tuesday at Greenwich Fair, and was also excited by liqour. No hopes are entertained of his recovery. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1839 el welling-house. I know Mr. Hamilton very well, from his becoming an articled clerk to Mr. Pemberton ; his articles expired about two years ago ; he left a few months before I did, for the purpose of becoming a pupil of Mr. Christie, to complete himself in conveyancing. He is a person of gentlemanly manners. He frequently visited the plaintiff, and his acquaintance was not at all lessened by his leaving Mr. Pemberton's office. I re member the defendant coming to me in Bedford-row to consult upon a partnership he was about entering into. I recommended him to advise with Mr. Pemberton, who was more experienced than myself in such matters, and told him, that I knew Mr. Pemberton would be delighted to do either him or me a kindness. He spoke in high terms of Mr. Pemberton, and, as I consider, de servedly so, as it is impossible to feel too high a respect for that gentlemen. Cross-examined--I think that when defendant came to plaintiff's he was barely eighteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton received a good deal of company, and mixed a great deal in society. lam not aware that the defendant and Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton were much in company away from Mr. Pemberton's house. I am not aware that he went to the theatres fre quently wirlt them, but I have heard him say that he has taken the children to the play. Mr. Hamilton is not a young man of diffident and retiring- manners in my opinion. He was not obt rus i ve, at all, but Ido not consider that be was shy. Mrs. Margaret Pemberton, of Spring-gardens, exa mined—l am the mother of the plaintiff, who is forty-six years of age. I was present at their mar riage, and have observed that they have always been on the most affectionate terms. I have been intimate with my daughter-in-law since her marriage, and I loved her as my own child. I think my son was the most de voted and affectionate husband that any woman could wish to have, and she was the most perfect woman that could be. They were both doatingly fond of their children. During the whole time I have known them I have had no reason to doubt the feelings of Mrs. Pem berton to her husband. Cross-exemined--I was with them at Tonbridge Wells. Their attachment, I considered, was extrava gant to the last. Nobody was staying at Tunbridge Wells but Mr. Pemberton's family and myself. Mr. Hamilton had been visiting the family there occasion ally, I believe, but not during the time I was there. I was:with her the greater part of the time Mrs. Pember ton was at Tonbridge Wells. Her children were always with her. I have frequently seen Mr. Hamilton ; his manners are perfectly unobtrusive and gentlemanly, and her manners were free, and she did not appear at all embarrassed when in his company. Mrs. L. Cook, of Cavendish-square, gave similar tes timony. Cross-examined—Said Mrs. Pemberton is a talented and fascinating lady. I thought her rather extrava gantly fond of admiration, but engaging and phasing in her manners. George Saunders, footman to Colonel Le Blanc, of Chelsea, examined—l formerly lived in the plaintiff's service, and remi.mber Mr. Hamilton's coming to Mr. Pemberton's in the middle of the day, when my master was out. He paid such visits during the whole time I was there, which was three years and two months. Cross -examined—The visits were sometimes of two hours' duration. I was in the habit of opening the door when the defendant called. He was a frequent guest at my master's table. He occasionally went to the play and to parties with Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton. There was nothing secret about his visits. I believe that it was perfectly known to the family that he was in the habit of calling in Russell-square. Mrs. Pemberton went out walking alone in the morning. Harriet Nicholls, needlewoman in the nursery of the plaintiff, examined. I was with the family at Tonbridge wells after Mr. Pemberton left to come to town. When Mr. Hamilton came he was shown into the drawing room, and I was desired by my mistress to take the children up stairs. I saw Mr. Hamilton kiss Mrs. Pemberton near the drawing-room door. I remem ber, after my master left Tonbridge-wells, Mrs. Pemberton examined the lock of the street door to see how it fastened, and opened, and shut. I slept that night in a room over Mrs. Pemberton's. She desired the servants to go to bed at 10 o'clock, which was earlier than usual. In the course of the night I heard the window of Mrs. Pemberton's room opened. Cross -examined—When Mr. Hamilton was on a week's visit at Tonbridge Wells, he slept in the room adjoining Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton's. There was a door by which the two rooms communicated. I don't know who had the key of that door. I was at Brighton with Mrs. Pemberton. I do not remember trying a large key in a cupboard there, nor do I recollect making use of the expression, " this is a bold stroke for a wife." I do not remember that my fellow-servant said anything to that effect. Emma Last examined—l was formerly in the plain tiff's service. I entered it on the 80th January, 1835, and remained in it four years as housemaid. During that time I frequently received letters from Mrs. Pem berton to take to Mr. Hamilton, in Southampton street. Sometimes I was sent with them before break fast, and sometimes late in the evening. Mr. Pem berton was in the habit of taking a ride before breakfast. I frequently received answers from the defendant to take back to Mrs. Pemberton. I remember Mr. Ha milton coming down to Tonbridge Wells the same day as Mr. Pemberton left. General John Hodgson, Colonel of the 4th Regiment, John Teasdale, and Robert Archibald Douglas Gres ley, Esqs., bore testimony to the affectionate terms upon which Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton lived, which closed the plaintiff's case. The Hon. Mr. LAW then addressed the Jury for the defendant in a feeling and eloquent speech. The UNDER•SHERIFF summed up, and the Jury after a brief consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 5001. LAW INTELLIGENCE SHERIPPS COURT—Arrat 3, PEMBERTON v. HAMILTON. Cant. Core—ln this case Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Austin appeared for the plaintiff, and the Hon. Charles Ewan Law and Mr. Gurney for the defendant. Mr. AUSTIN stateethat the action was brought for criminal conversation, and the defendant had suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. THESIGER observed that he rose to address the Jury with feelings of the greatest pain and reluctance— his duty pressed upon him with double weight as he happened to be acquainted with some of the parties who were connected with these proceedings, and were await ing the result with that pain and sorrow which must always be felt by persons so unhappily situated. As the defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, many revolting circumstances would be withheld from the Jury. Mr. Pemberton, the plaintiff is a highly respectable member of the legal profession, and a partner in the firm of Pemberton, Crawley, and Gardiner, of White hall-place, his brother is a barrister at the Chancery bar, and one of the brightest ornaments of the profes sion ; his wife is the daughter of Mr. Cox, a Master in Chancery, and a trustee of the Foundling Hospital, upon whom the grave closed but yesterday, and happily he ended his earthly career, unconscious of his daugh ter's misconduct. The fathers of Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton were contemporaries at the Chan cery bar, and they had been acquainted with each other from their childhood, which grew into an attachment, and unfolded itself, as they ripened in years, into a warm and ardent affection, which was ap proved of by the parents of both. In the year 1820 they were married, and the ceremony was performed by that excellent man Archdeacon Pott, the maternal uncle of Mrs. Pemberton. Mr. Pemberton, at the time of his marriage, was 26 years of age, and his wife was three years younger. He was a man of the kindest character—of the most amiable and generous disposition, and thoroughly domestic in his conduct. She was of a lively disposition, but without levity, and had an artlessness of manner which seemed to bespeak her kindness and candour to every person who ap proached her. Their union was blessed with nine children, and every succeeding year appeared to bring them an additional tie to the affection that seemed deeply rooted between them. The eldest daughter was between seventeen and eighteen years of age—old enough to feel the shame of her mother—and the youngest was between three and four. For the whole period of their union, he (Mr. Thesiger) could refer with the utmost unshaken confidence to the conduct of Mr. Pemberton, from the beginning to the end. He was devoted to his wife, was kind and affectionate to his children. There was apparently corresponding behaviour on the part of his wife, which latterly, how ever, was most treacherous and deceitful. He could refer to every servant, and to every inmate of the house, to satisfy the Jury that it was impossible for a man to discharge the duties of a husband and father more scru pulously than Mr. Pemberton did ; and his happiness was undisturbed, until in an evil hour he became ac quainted with the party who is the defendant in this cause. The persons who were received as articled clerks in the office of the firm to which Mr. Pemberton belonged, were usually above the common order. Mr. Hamilton, the defendant, is the son of a gentleman who for many years was Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and subsequently an Ambassador at the Court of Naples. In the month of November 1832, when the defendant was 18 years of age, lie was articled to Mr. Pemberton ; he was a gentleman of good education and agreeable manners, and was introduced and received into Mr. Pemberton's private establishment, and up to the latest moment previous to the dis covery, Mr. Pemberton was most kind and in dulgent to him, and assisted him in every way he could by his advice and experience. In the Spring of 1838, Mr. Hamilton, entered as student to Mr. Christie, of Lincoln's Inn, and afterwards entered into partnership with a gentleman whose name it was unnecessary to mention, which partnership was, of course, abruptly dis solved. Persons were not generally apt to be suspicious during the advent of such base acts as the defendant had been guilty of ; not the slightest grounds had the plaintiff to be jealous, and, therefore, no person had a right to say that he had not been sufficiently cautious. On the one hand, he had a wife, with nine children, who appeared as so many ties to bind her to her duty, and she exhibited every fondness towards him. On the other hand, Mr. Hamilton was a gentleman of good education, and apparently of re fined feelings, and possessing a nice sense of honour, and bound to him by every tie of kindness, friendship, and gratitude. If under such circumstances any per son was to be taunted with not exercising proper caution—if they were to live a life of suspicion and jealousy, tbey had better shut up their doors and their houses. They had better at once close their hearts and denude themselves at once from society. No suspicious circumstance transpired that led Mr. Pemberton to distrust the defendant until the 28th of February last, when the fatal secret was disclosed, At the period be had stated Mrs. Pemberton's writing desk was seen open by the plaintiff, and he discovered a letter from the defendant to Mrs. Pemberton. He (Mr. Thesiger) would leave the Jury to imagine the agony which followed such a discovery. He could not describe it, and therefore would not attempt. Mr. Pemberton saw that all his hopes—all his prospects were annihilated at once, and with the dawn of the morning the unhappy lady was removed to her friends. It would not be necessary for him to lay before them all the correspondence that had passed be tween the parties, but he would read to them a few extracts from one letter, as a specimen. The letter had evidently been written before criminal intercourse had taken place, and as many were in a similar strain the offence could not be said to hare been committed in a rash and unthinking moment. In the month of September last the plaintiff took his family to Tonbridge Wells, and the very day he returned to town Mr. Hamilton went down there. The Learned Coun sel here drew the attention of the jury to a letter ad dressed to Mrs. Arthur Richards (the assumed name under which Mrs. Pemberton corresponded with the defendant), Post Office, Tunbridge Wells. It com menced, " My dear Charlotte," and the writing occu pied three pages closely written. The extracts read by Mr. Thessiger, were to the effect that he (Mr. Hamilton) had just returned from his cousin's, where he had been dancing, and that he had received a previous letter from Mrs. Pemberten, which he complained of being written in a cold strain, and afterwards continued, " Oh! might thy long -treasured letter have told me to fly to thee.—Oh, what bliss, what joys, might then be ours !" He then requested her to direct an answer for him to "‘ Arthur Richards, Esq., at the George," which he would receive on his arrival at Tonbridge Wells, and the conclusion of his letter proceeds :—" Tomorrow night I sleep with thee. God bless thee, my own beloved. Never. never was thee so dear to thine own husband." It appeared (continued Mr. Thesiger) that on the night as arranged, Mr. Hamilton went down to Tonbridg e Wells, but he was not seen at the house by the servants, as he retired from it before the morning's dawn, but the next day Mrs. Pemberton's bed and room was discovered to be in such a condition as to leave no doubt of the guilt of the parties. He would not trouble the jury with painful details as the defendant had admitted his guilt. It was under these circumstances Mr. Petnberton sought the miserable and paltry reparation of pecuniary damages at their hands, although the defendant was in America, and was far removed from the consequences of their ver dict. The plaintiff did not ask for heavy damages, and be had only laid them in the declaration at 1,000/. and be (Mr. Thesiger) was only anxiousthat the charac ter of the plaintiff should stand clear, and unaffected by their decision. Archdeacon Joseph Holding Pott examined—l am the maternal uncle of Mrs. Pemberton, and I performed the marriage ceremony between her and Mr. Pember ton, in 1820. Her father was a Master in Chancery. He died lately, and I attended his funeral yesterday. I have been on intimate terms with her since her mar riage. I believe she has eight or nine children. I bap tized them all, but don't at this moment recollect the exact number. I have had every assurance which any man could have or desire to have of the mutual affection of Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton. I apply that remark to the whole of the time up to the bitter moment when I was acquainted with the circumstances which led to this action, which was in the beginning of this year. I also observed that both were most affectionate towards their children. Cross-examined—l never observed any change in the conduct of the lady. Mr. Robert Pennington, Surgeon, examined. ---I have attended Mr. Cox's family medically for the last fifty-three years. I have known Mrs. Pemberton ever since she was born, as I brought her into the world. I was at the birth of most of Mrs. Pemberton's chil dren ; I have on all those occasions observed that the most perfect affection existed between her and the plaintiff. That affection continued up to the last time I saw her at her house, which was in December, 1838. Cross-examined.—l think Mrs, Pemberton is about forty-two years of age. Mr. Robert Jackson examined—l am a partner in the house of Taylor, Sharp, and Field, of Bedford-row. I have been acquainted with the plaintiff for the last 14 years. I was introduced into his office as managing clerk, in the latter part of 1824. I remained there un til the Ist of January, 1838, when I joined my present firm. Soon after entering the office I was introduced to the plaintiff's family, and in the. course of a year or two I became very intimate with them. They lived upon the most harmonious and affectionate terms that I bad ever seen. I should say that it was the most happy family that could be met with. Mr. Pemberton appeared to be proud of his wife. The eldest child is between 17 and . _ ... ................ 18 years of age—the youngest was three years old last February. I last saw Mrs. Pemberton about Christ- mas, and up to that period not the slightest thing had occurred to alter my opinion of the happy terms on which Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton were living. Mr. Pemberton's offices are in Whitehall-place, and his resi dence in Russell-square. His offices were never at his SPRING ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT—GLoricEsTER, ArarL 1. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) HARPER V. BOODLE. Mr. Sergeant TALrOURD said that this was an action for a libel. The plaintiff was a bookseller and printer at Cheltenam, and also the editor of the Cheltenham Free Press—the defendant being the honorary secretary of the Rt.form Association. It would appear that the town of Cheltenham had certain commissioners who re gulated the paving and lighting, and also the police es ' tablishment of the town. These commissioners acted under a local act of Parliament, and it was wished by some parties, who were some of them commissioners themselves, that some alterations should be made in the local act, to give the commissioners more extended powers ; and after this a vestry meeting was held on the subject : but before this meeting was held, Mr. Pack wood, a solicitor, who was the clerk of the commission ers, met the plaintiff, and wished to impress the plaintiff with the idea that the change was for the better, and he wished the plaintiff to moderate or withdraw any opposition that he had intended to make to the proposed changes. The plaintiff at tended the vestry meeting and proposed a resolution to which an amendment was proposed, and, after a very storniy discussion, the amendment was carried. The ' matter, however, did not rest there, and various hand. bi.ls were published, some in favour of no change at all, some in favour of a modified change, and some for the abrogation of the commissioners' authority altogether. In the month of February, Mr. Harper, being em ployed as a printer, printed a handbill, signed " A Radical Reformer."—( The Learned Sergeant read the handbill. It was very long, and related entirely to local petitions and to the vestry meeting, and con tained the following passage as to the vestry meeting, relating to the defendant :—" I found our Secretary perched up with a white stick in his hand, like a bum bailiff, at Gloucester.")—Now, if the plaintiff had known the contents of this handbill, he certainly would not have allowed this pictorial representation of the de fendant to have appeared, because it was printed with out his knowledge, and, a short time after, the defendant published in the Cheltenham Journal an advertisement signed with his name, and addressed to the plaintiff by mime, which was the libel now complained of. The Learned Sergeant read the libel. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages one shilling. MIDLAND ClRCUlT—Wanwicr, MONDdr. (Before Mr. Justice BOSANQUET.) ll'illiam Read, 20, was indicted for having, between nine and ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, the 10th of March last, at the hamlet of Counden, in this county, feloniously discharged a loaded pistol at Mr. Thomas Wilmot, with intent to murder him. The indictment contained several counts varying the nature of the offence. Mr. Wilmot, the prosecutor, was an attorney at Coventry, in which business he is now succeeded by his son, and he himself lives at Counden. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET summed up the evidence to the jury, who, after some time, delivered a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life. WESTERN CIRCUIT—I3oDmiN , THuRsDA r. Yesterday morning both the Learned Judges at tended Divine service, and about one o'cock business commenced. Mr. Baron GURNEY, presiding in the Crown Bourt, and Mr. Baron MAULE sitting in the Nisi Prius. Edzvard Rowc was indicted for stealing two heifers in the parish of Wendron, the property of Walter Jeffery. After hearing evidence the jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for 15 years. In a case of petty larceny, Mr. Baron GURNEY con sidered it right to state that he had some depositio ns returned to him, which it was utterly impossible for any one to read. He must request magistrates to employ persons as clerks who could write a legible hand. I n the present instance a professional man was the clerk, but he could not write so well as a boy who had been educated at a penny school. FRIDA Y.—This being Good Friday, the Judges at tended divine service, and business was not commenced in the Courts till one o'clock. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) John Williams was indicted for assaulting and robbin Elizabeth Ann Gregor of a large sum of money, the property of her father, on the 19th of January-. Mr. - Baron GURNEY summed up the case, and the jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LirERPooL, MONDAY. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) Charles Miller was charged with the manslaughter of his own son, William Miller, at Heaton Norris, on the Gth of October last. The first witness, Abraham Longson, was a police. officer in Stockport, and on the Gth of October, he was near to the house of the prisoner, and on hearing a noise like screaming, he entered and proceeded up stairs. In an upper room he saw the prisoner's son lying on his back dead, with his head near the windows He saw the prisoner, and from what appeared he charged him with having killed his son. He replied that he had, and said " You'd ha done the same if he'd done as much to you. He came to my bedside and struck me two or three times, and you would not have liked it if he had done as much to you." On asking him where the instrument was he had done it with, he told witness that it was somewhere in the room and that he must find it. The prisoner was then handcuffed to another man, and the knife searched for. It was found by a woman named Gaskill, and was bloody. The knife, which was a shoemaker's knife, was here produced, and also another one of a similar kind, which was found in the same room by the surgeon. Mr. Baron PARKE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Baron PARKS then addressed the prisoner in a very feeling manner on the atrocity of the offence,, and concluded by passing sentence of fifteen years' transportation. TUESDAY. _ THE MURDER ON HORWICH MOOR.—At the open ing of the Court this morning at nine o'clock, thi, case, which Mr. Baron Parke id his charge to the Grand Jury had characterised as one requiring great attention, on the ground of its being one of circumstantial evidence merely, was called on. The Court was crowded ; and both on the bench and elsewhere we noticed parties of ladies. James Whittle, aged 22, was indicted for the wilfu murder of George Henderson, at Horwich, near Bolton. le-Moors, on the 9th November last, by shooting him on the right side of the head with a gun, charged with gun powder and 5 oz. of lead. The prisoner was placed at the bar attired in tin holiday clothes he wore on the day of the murder ; viz. a blue surtout of coarse " pilot cloth," a blue push waist coat with yellow spots, and blue trowscrs. He is about five feet eleven inches in height, with a heavy, stolid aspect, and what the phrenologists would call a large development of firmness. He maintained silence during the whole proceedings, and did not manifest any strong feeling or emotion at any portion of the evidence. Mr. Dundas. Mr. L. Peel, and Mr. Cross appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Wilkins for the defence. Mr. DUNDAS stated the case. The deceased, he said, was a young man twenty-one years of age, a native of Scotland, and in the service of Mr. Jardine, of Blackburn, it being his duty to go a certain round to sell his master's goods, and receive payment for them. The circuit occupied him a fortnight, but he was in ths. habit of returninc , home every F r id ay , an d i n hi s route to Blackburn he had' to cross Horwich Moor, a bleak wild spot, upon which were some houses, called " The Five Houses," in one of which lived a coal-agent, named Garbutt, and in another the prisoner's father. The deceased was in the habit of calling at Garbutt's, for the purpose of procuring gold and notes for his silver and copper, this being a mutual accommodation to Gar butt and himself. On the day in question another young Scotchman, named Burrell, in the employ of another tradesman, was to have met the deceased at Garbutt's ; but Burrell, after calling there, had gone forward over the moor when the deceased reached Gar butt's. About twelve o'clock a boy named Whewell, who was going in a direction from the Five Houses to some coal-pits higher up the moor, heard a low moaning noise, and on searching about the spot, he found deceased lying in a ditch, bleeding, having been shot through the head. His pockets were torn out, and he had evi dently been robbed. Assistance was procured and the deceased was conveyed to Garbutt's, where he died two hours after he was found. The Learned Counsel then stated the nature of the evidence generally for the pro secution, pointing out the circumstances affecting the prisoner. It would appear, that about an hour previous to Henderson being found, Burrell, while crossing the moor, on his way to Blackburn, met with the prisoner. The day was misty ; and the prisoner had a gun in his hand, and had been shooting game on the moor. The prisoner walked behind Burrell, who, happening to turn round, saw the prisoner in the act of pointing his gun at him ; but, upon noticing Burrell turn, he dropped the muzzle of the gun, and asked if Burreli had not seen some birds fly over. The Learned Gentle man, after stating a variety of circumstances to be proved in the evidence called Mr. Jonathan Hardman, surveyor, who produced plans on paper of the country in the neighbourhood of Norwich. Thomas Whewell was on horseback before the deceased, on the moor, and his horse being unruly he swore at it, when the Scotchman told him he should not swear. Having carried his brother's dinner to a c ml-pit, about 400 yards from Garbutt's, not more than ten minues afterwards, he was returning, when he heard moans as if from the ditch. He saw spots of blood, and being frightened, went to the tunnel, where he saw a man named Fletcher and his daughter, Mrs. En twisle ; they returned with him and foulid the deceased in the ditch, moaning and struggling dreadfully. The day was very misty, and the ground was wet. Witness did not see any gun or pistols lying near ; there was a a good deal of ling on the side of the ditch, and a bundle was lying in the ditch. James Fletcher, banksman at the coal-pit, heard the report of a gun about half-past twelve o'clock, which appeared to come from the direction of the Five Houses. It was raining, and he went into the cabin with his daughter, and soon afterwards Whewell came, and they went back with him. The deceased was lying on his back in the ditch, and witness raised his head upon his knee. Deceased was alive ; he clasped his head and gave a sob. One of his eyes was blown out, and the blood lay on his cheek. Witness and Thos. Radcliffe raised him, and carried him to Garbutt's, where he died about half-past two on the same after noon. There was a mark of gunpowder on the right ear ; and blood was on the road for 2i yards near the spot. Witness only heard one report of a gun. The deceased's pack, umbrella, and stick, were lying in the ditch. It was so foggy, witness could not have recognized a person a dozen yards off. When witness got to the tunnel, there was a strange man, like a navi gator (excavator) lying on the floor of the cabin. Wit ness touched him with his foot and awoke him ; the man rubbed his knees, and got up instantly. Witness had not seen him since. He was about 40 years of age ; had no coat, but a blue plush waistcoat with sleeves, and ribbed trowsers. It was impossible for any one to have fired the gun from the direction spoken of and then reached the cabin without witness seeing him. Thomas Radcliffe, who assisted in taking the de ceased to Garbutt's, stated that Henderson was then in great pain and almost dying. Witness had seen the other Scotchman (Burrell) that morning. Witness had seen the prisoner shooting with Mr. Lambert. The deceased was a quiet young man. Mary Entwisle corroborated her father's evidence, as to seeing the man in the cabin, and the deceased in the ditch. William Garbutt was at the door of his house when Mary Entwisle came from the coal pits, to say the Scotchman was shot. The prisoner, who had been speak ing to one of witness's carters, was then (witness be lieved) close at his right hand. He had then no gun with him, but witness had seen him with one at eight o'clock that morning ; he did see hint fire ; he saw some one on the moor about. his size fire thrice as if at game, but at the distance could not. distinguish the person. Witness again saw the prisoner at ten o'clock without a gun. When he came a little before one o'clock he asked one of witness's men about a horse that was ill. When Burrell came, he described to witness some man whom he had seen on the moor. There was no building ex cept the cabin between witness's house and Belmont. While the deceased was lying in the house, a man on a gray horse stopped at the door, and had a glass of ale, but witness only saw his back. Four or five other men were apprehended on this charge, one of them, named Corlass, was a keeper of Mr. Ainsworth's (M.P.) Mr. George Wolste n h o l me , surgeon, Bolton, on exa mining the ceased, found a gun shot wound through the right temple, and the charge had forced out the left eye. The gun must have been close to the head when it was dizcharged. The head was discoloured with gunpowder. There were six shots or pieces of lead in the brain, which from weighing them witness believed to be No. 3 shot, as the six weighed eighteen grains. They were uniform in weight ; by striking against the frontal bone, shot would be slightly altered in shape. Wm. Simms, a collier, called at Garbutt's about ten o'clock in the morning, and as he left the house he saw a Scotchman enter it. Witness went past the cabin, where he met the prisoner (about half-past ten o'clock), between the cabin and the stumps. Ile had a gun in his hand, and was leaning on it. Witness spoke to him and then went into the cabin, and had not been there many minutes before an old tramp came there. Ten minutes afterwards the prisoner came in without his gun. He went out in a few minutes and walked to wards the stumps, but returned again in five minutes, again without his gun, He was dressed as now, and had a shirt or something tied in a handkerchief. Win. Stott, a lad of 13, at work in the tunnel, saw the prisoner, Simms, and an old tramp in the cabin. Ten minutes afterwards witness saw there only the tramp and the prisoner. At twelve o'clock, when witness got his dinner, the prisoner was not in the cabin. When wit ness first saw him witness asked what o'clock it was, and the prisoner said about eleven. Benjamin Burrell, a travelling Seotchman in the ser vice of Mr. John Foster, of Blackburn, said he, i knew the deceased, who was about twenty years of age; On the 26th October, they had appointed to meet on tire 9th November at Garbutt's. Witness reached there that day, a little after ten o'clock, arid stayed till , lcven, and as Henderson cid not come, he their west away across the moor, leaving word that he was going to Belmont. Witness had to pass the place where the deceased was found, but before he reached that spot he saw Radcliffe 3t the pit, who asked him if he were going up. Witness afterwards saw a man on the moor, about fifty yards off, with a gun ; the man e ;me too/aids crossed the ditch, came on the road, and asked witaess if he had seen two men, s43ini he expeetcd t 40 to come off the moor. Witness said lie had not seen them, and pursued his way. He saw that tire man was tall, dressed in dark clothes, and that his gun was single barrelled. Witness walked up the hill, and the man walked behind him, and they had not gone far before witness accidently looked back, and saw the gun pointed towards him, the man bring then about ten cards off, and in the act of raising it. He rut the gun to his side, and :liked witness if he had not seen some birds. Witness said he had not ; nor could he then either see or hear any.. The man then c ,me a little nearer, and witness asked if he could shoot birds flying. He said he could, and if witness would go on the moor, he would give him a bird, and show him a footpath to Belmont. The man had previously asked witness where he was going. Witness was walking very fast. He did riot particularly notice the man, except his clothes. He had on dark blue trousers, patched, a blue coat, with " tails ;" his trousers were very short, and he had a dark waistcoat, and wore his hat very much over his eyes. Witness saw that the gun had a percussion lock. He could not swear to the prisoner ; but his general appearance was the same. Witness was with the prisoner at the public-house where the inquest was held, on the Tuesday and Friday following, and the prisoner's voice appeared like the same. When the man asked witness to go on the moor, witness went a few steps, but not seeing any appearance of a footpath, he returned to the road, and told the man that he had business to attend to ; and he then went to Belmont, and 200 yards on the Bel mont side of the tunnel he met some carters with their carts and horses. As witness was going down the hill, a little after eleven o'clock, he heard the report of a gun from the direction in which he had left the man. William Fletcher who had been working in Garbutt's coal-pit, saw the prisoner standing in a turf cess, about eleven o'clock, with a gun in his hand. The place where the deceased was found is above half a mile from the turf cess. Sarah Lomas, who lives between by little's and Garbutt's houses, saw the prisoner about half -past 12 coming from the direction of the place where the deceased was found, walking at a mode rate pace. When Mary Entwisle shouted that the Scotchman was killed, he was standing in the cart road, and must have heard her. Witness saw a man on a gray horse, at Garbutt's, when the deceased was dying; his name she believed was Halliwell. Mrs. Garbutt stated that at ten minutes past twelve she saw the prisoner pass the window of her husband's house, alone, and she did not see that he carried any thing. Henderson had then been in the house about five minutes, having asked her what time the other Scotchman had gone. Witness recollected a man named Halliwell, on a gray horse, calling at the door that day. Joseph Halliwell, cattle dealer at Skipton, said that on the day in question, being then in the service of Mr. Gerrard, of Bolton, he had occasion to call at Gilli gan's farm, and there saw Mrs. Hood, and noticed that her clock was twenty minutes past twelve, but she said it was twenty-five minutes before those at Mr. Ainsworth's works. He stayed there only about ten minutes ; and, having asked Mrs. Hood the way to Belmont, be went the way she directed him ; and while on the moor he heard the report of a gun. He was quite sober, having only three glasses of beer that day. He went towards the place whence the report pro ceeded, it being then very thick and foggy ; and in about a quarter of an hour he met the prisoner, who was about 30 yards off when witness first saw him. He was running and had a gun in his right band. Witness asked him the way to Belmont (having then lost his way) but the prisoner gave no answer. He had then a blue surtout coat on ; a blue plush waistcoat, with a yellow spot in it ; the prisoner was the man, so help him God. He was running in the direction from which the sound proceeded. Witness came to a road, about 320 yards from the place where he met the prisoner. 'There was a ditch there between witness and the road, and when he got to the ditch he saw a man lying on his back in the ditch, apparently dead. Witness attempted to get over the ditch into the road, but could not get his pony over. It would not go, though ife made two or three attempts to get it over. He then mounted it, and tried his best to go back on the moor, but Ire could not tell in what direction he was going, and when the fog cleared away he found himself close to Holden's farm again. He inquired his way to Belmont, and they told him. About half-past two o'clock that day witness called at Garbutt's and had a glass of ale. He did not say anything about the body; he was very ill and frightened at the time. He did not know that the body was then at Garbutt's. Witness had then 304/. 16s. 6d. in his possession ofhis own money. After he went on tire road about twenty yards from where the body was found, he saw a man and his wife. John Proctor, of the Duckworth's Arms Inn, Over- Darwen, remembered Halliwell coming there with some beasts from Gerrard's, on a Friday in November ; he rode a grey pony. Mary Lambert, wife of Matthew Lambert, said, that about half-past one o'clock on the day in question, the prisoner came to the house, and she asked him about a gun of Mr. Lambert's that had been stolen, and said she would make him pay for it. The prisoner said he was very unhappy about it. About three o'clock the report of the murder reached the house, and witness said she should think no Scotchman went that way. The prisoner said that a great many went that way every Friday, and if he was not mistaken there was one in Mr. Garbutt's when he came away. Matthew Lambert, who keeps the Horwich Moor Gate public-house, remembered lending the prisoner a gun on the Bth of November ; it was a single-barrelled fowling-piece, with a percussion lock. He had had a powder flask and shot-bag belonging to witness in his possession for a few years. Prisoner and witness had appointed to meet next day to shoot at Brownlow's Close, which was nearly a mile and a half from the gate. Witness saw the prisoner at. half past one ; he had then been in the house a short time, having brought a brace of birds, which he said he had killed at Brownlow's Close. The prisoner told witness he had brought the gun and all belonging to it home, as Mr. Orrell was continually grumbling, and there was nothing but unplea santness about it, and Ire would drop shooting. Witness asked him to go to the Hey Cop, and they went out with the dogs and guns to kill a hare. They heard of the death of the Scotchman about three o'clock, and witness said," I wonder whether it was an accident or wilful." 'The prisoner said, if anybody had done it they deserved to suffer for it. The shot in the bag were of No. 2, and the 'gun was charged both when the prisoner took it away and when he returned. Peter Heron received the gun from the last witness, and drew the charge, and should imagine that the shot were not No. 2. Mr. Wolstenholme, being recalled, said he had weighed each piece of lead separately, and found all nearly of the same weight. The greater part of the charge had passed out through deceased's eye. There were very few small shot in the charge drawn from the gun. Daniel Crook, constable of Sharpies, on the Saturday after the murder, apprehended tire prisoner in one of Mr. Ainsworth's coal pits. He said he supposed they were taking him on account of that person who had been killed ; he also said " We've not hind a gun in our house since the night before the sth of November, when we had two guns stolen from our house." Mr. Ains worth, who is a Magistrate, cautioned him, and Mr. Wright asked him whether he had not been shooting on the moors the day before (on the 9th.) At first the prisoner said " No," but afterwards he said he had shot a " blue-back," in company with Matthew Lam bert. As witness was taking him to the lock-up wit ness asked him if he had not had a gun in his hand the morning before, and the prisoner said he had not. Robert Makent, constable of Halliwell, said that when taken into custody the prisoner said he bad seen the Scotchman near Garbutt's, and it was the second Scotchman who was shot. John Proctor, publican, of Over-Darwen, being re called, recollected that Halliwell called at his house on a ~Friday in November, and said that there had been a man shot, and that he had met a man run ning away, of whose person he gave a description ; and he showed a small piece of bone, which he said was part of the skull of the man that had been shot: Ann Hood, of Gilligan's farm, confirmed Halli• well's statement as to his being there at the time stated by him ; and stated that he was then quite sober. This was the case for the prosecution. The Court then adjourned for an hour, the evidence for the prosecution having occupied nearly nine hours ; and on the Learned Judge resuming his seat, at seven o'clock, Mr. WILKINS addressed the Jury for the defence. Mr. Baron PARKE summed up at considerable length. As to the first question, whether the deceased had been murdered at all, he thought there could be no doubt ; for if the death of Henderson had been caused by acci dent, the party causing it would most probably have come forward and accounted fort he way in which it had hap pened. The circumstances detailed in the evidence tended to show that the prisoner might have committed the murder, but the Jury must be satisfied that no ona else could have committed it. His Lordship discoun tenanced the idea that any witness for the prosecution committed the murder, and said that aithough Halliwell had shown a little flippancy, he had manifested much deci sion. The circumstance of the shots found in the head of the deceased being nearly of one size, and tortes= ponding with the smaller of the two sizes of shot found in the gun used by the prisoner, formed (in his Lordship's opinion) the strongest ground for sup- fa posing that the shot found in the head of the deceased could not hey, , b strand, at The Sea Office. No . No. 112, London : Prited and Published by 3IOi 12: obtained the county of Middles:ex.—Thursday,' April 4, iou ''Strited, EVEN ING EDITION, from t shot-h,t of Mr. I.,,mtbert, which contained two size, of shot. The Learned Judge occupied nearly or' hour and a (part r in his recapitulation. The jury rear e d, and after an absence of an h our and a quarter, returned into court and their. foreman " From the imperfection in the evidence of Joseph Halliwell, we find the prisoner —Not Guilty." The prisone r was i mme di ate l y or d ere d t o be dir charged. POLICP, INTELLIGENCE. After some further di scuss i on t h e d e f en d an t Was so • victed in a mitigated penalty of 51., with power to sr peal. The defend an t, un d erstan di ng t h at t h e informer ass to apply f or 24 s i m il ar i n f ormat i ons, ca used e 4 equal number to be laid by a gentleman na °l o M'Casky, as the Magistrates could convict only cases on the same day, and after the evidence was talt e Mr. Frazer hoped that one conviction would sa tis r the ends of justice, as the person who laid the inib i lli no t tions bad rece i ve d t h e prospectuses i n a mass , a nd singly. Mr. TWYFORD said the Act mentioned that a c envi t i c ;,i tion should b e h a d f or every copy, and conse que° ' evidence should be gone into for each case. Stowell contended that the convictions which the taken place w ere ill ega l, as t h e person who had lar d be informations had given evidence in each case, wb ich gy was not competent to do, and he called upon the he r gistratcs to grant him informations in twenty-four Ot cases. Mr. Frazer said he could not attend again for a 11 fr Stowell was willing to grant any time that we s t b e quire(', provided no informations would be laid 10 meantime by the Company. r Mr. TWYFFO RD sa id h e wou ld rece i ve t h e in''', t n 0 tions of St owe ll, b ut h e wou ld not s i gn the con vie' e which had t a k en pl ace , as t h e person w h o gave e vid o was not a fit witness. 01/ Mr. Wilton, solicitor f o r th e d e f en d an t, sa id a remained for him to advise his clients to plead g uilty' he had not as yet signed bis depositions. 00 1 Stowell objected, as he had already pleaded guilty" on being sworn. etl r f 'Mr. TwvroaD said all th e cases s h ou ld b e disulis g te as such convi c ti ons wou ld b e set as id e at the Quar t Sessions. Mr. Wilton w i s h e d th e conv i ct i ons wou ld b e re turn ed, as an adjudication had taken place. eons' Mr. TWYFORD sa id h e h a d not s i gne d t h e conv.c-ii,sl nor would he do so , as h e k new t h ey wou ld be - for the evidence was such as could not be received. MA RYLEB ONE. , t wit A REGULAR RUNNING DUSTMAN.—SantueI a member of the fast-fading fraternity of running 1 5 fr, men, was charging with p oac hi ng on t h e mano r of Gore, the regular contractor for dust. William Gardner, in the employ of the contrato observed the prisoner, after looking cautiouslY, ll ,7o him, creep softly d own th e area steps o f N o. UP,, Wimpole-street, with a sack under his arm. "%3eJ having pr o c ure d p o li ce - consta bl e 43 D , they vi—re, until the prisoner was makinc , hls egress from the P ior , mises with th e sac k well filled and they then cea l . e del ward. The pri soner on see i ng t h em instantly cbgevnie divested hims e lf o f hi s l oa d an d hi s s h oes at the sbl time, and darted away at a railroad speed, follow o witness and the constable. After chasing him th r° ,,,llB, various streets and avenues for a distance of half rob sometimes in view and sometimes not, they at %el hunted him into a stable situated in a mews, whe re - Oh lost scent of him for some time, but on beating the ,c ( . / n . they at length found him comfortably ensconce d ivv r a, corn bin, and covered nearly all over with the c° e re We r Having dragged out the " rogue in grain," they A ie conducting him to the station-house, when be sgs broke loose, and afforded another good run, an d with difficulty secured. yOti „ Mr. RAWLI NSON (to th e pr i soner )—Wh a t ' O ll 0 to say ? P r i soner ( w i p i ng hi s mouth ) — N ot hi n g, 0 0 I hopes yo u 'll d raw i t m ild , f or the sake o f the - woman and the kids. Mr. RAWLINSON—You are fined 40s: Prisoner—Forty bob for a little common ashes ; 1 0 t crikey ! Vy any tin would suppose I bad prigged 1 of gold du s t. V e ll you 'll l et me off with paying, °IIa had better do that than go to quod. The money was accordingly paid, and ha Wa s charged forthwith. • to" A CUN NING MlND.—There is nothing 01 0 , world so curious to look at as the mind of a cunning n l lO not a conjuror, but a man who thinks he is carrying ° i n t , is g schemes, a n d manceuver i ng and keeping ever ybody Owl the dark as to hi s d es i gns and intentions. Addison 0 - s 1 that " cu nn i ng i s on l y the mimic of discretion, ""itiis pass up o n wea k men, i n the same manneras liva „ isrbeg often mi s t a k en f or w i t, and gravity for wisdom." bito Batley heard of the headache, his cunning ton u A e certain of his p o i n t, an d h e sm i r k e d and simpore'l i ees portionably ; although, in fact, whatever might hav e t he Miss Thurst o n' s o pi n i on o f; an d f eel i ngs towards bun'ooo poor thing had a real bona fide headache. BatleY's lfs e constant practice of the art in which he thought bin' s ? gol adept, and i n t h e exerc i se of wh i ch he preferred gettol ve t an easily attain e d o bj ect b y a c i rcu i tous road than bi li . s r t of one, convinc e d hi m t h at t hi s was a plan, that t h e be Of the lady w a s more a ff ecte d t h an the head, and tha;„,selt day was to be th e d ay , " bi g w i th the fate " of "'-eitta and Laura. —Theodore Hooks " Births, Deaths' Marriages." f)s sl ADJOURNED CORONER'S I NQUES T. ^ - 7 0 0- , night, at ei g ht o ' c l oc k, an a dj ourned Coroner's inles• was held at the Feathers, High Timber-street, 05 ;4 0 street, before Mr. PA If NE and a respectable jury, ( teir of the body of Mr. G eorge G reen, w h o i t w i l l b e rn" o 0 bered was found lying in the mud, off Broken Win ° blob Friday morning last. In consequence of the r eport ° o r appeared in the Papers of Sunday last, that it O s i o ttor posed the deceased was the person who wrote the 4 ,ler to the Magistrates a t U n i on H a ll, respect i ng t he 19 " s sd of Eliza Cirimwood, the room was densely crovvdedsitfter Hubbard was amongst the persons present. , ;e adi evidence had been taken from th e f at h er an d seve ral "' e t° of the deceased, and als o f rom ot h er w i tnesses , rela,ta' t be his hand-writing, and that in the letter published 10 , 9 0 1 Papers, the Jury ret urne d a ver di ct, " T hat t h e deco! was found dead in the mud, off Broken Wharf, but schf e w or by what means he c ame t o hi s d eat h, t h ere w as 11 " Co• dente." The Foreman then rose and informed t n he ro tho r roner, that it was his, a n d th e fi rm op i n i on o f his 'T e the Jurors, that the deceased was not t h e person w h o wrtol letter to the Magistr a t es ." I t i s b ut j ust i ce to Hui,r(lgito state, teat during th e i nqu i ry h e con d ucte d himself the greatest decorum, and paid great attention to th e deuce. ELIZABETH ANN CLARKE.---The 1 , 1 "100 into this cas e was resume d yester d ay at (Hatton'Pere Office, but nothing new transpired. The Absolonici the fully committed to take their trial at Newgate, uetbe prisoner Elli s was reman d e d unt il F r id ay nex t, w whole of the prisoners w ill b e aga i n b roug h t u p. c i f Of A young lady at school, engaged in the st n / o per grammar, was asked if " kiss " was a common ooP b otb noun. After some hesitation, she replied, "It is common and proper." LADIES' GOLD WATCHP A variety of excelle n t an d care f u ll y fi n i s h e d Ladies' '7 ht th e hand Gold Watches, many of them in accordance ," 6 1 . 01 0 1, latest taste, with Gold Di a l s , J ewe ll e d, & c ., are offerec"t°,l o°'" tion, price, with Enamel Dial, Seven Guineas, or Dial, Eight Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 1,01 111.3° Watcbmaker, Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhillt (Seven Doers from Gracechurch-street). e , N.B.—Second-band W a t c h es p urc h ase d i n exchaff.oo.o. BIRTHS. R e y , PO On the let inst., at Leyton, the l a dy of the _., Pardoc, of a son. of 06" On the 2d inst., at Hampst e ad-h ea th, the lady gre, . Gribble, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Ding es t ow - cour t, Ilionmoutlis h ß ir ti e clal e° Harcourt, the lady of G. S. Harcourt, Esq., M.P. , a daughter, stillborn. of Csr On the 2d inst., at Lower Grosvenor-street, the la dy tain Sotheby, R.N., of a daughter. 11, 54.' On the 3d., in Y or k- terrace, the lady of H . P. Busse _..„.., Bengal Civil Service, of a daughter. MARRIED. ; wsite r o On the 24 inst., a t St. Marylebone Church, Ca p v ice, William Ross, of th e Hon. East India Company' s Lucretia, fourth daughter of the late Robert Clerk, rAivolis° On the 24 inst., at C ambewe Old Church, M t -b 5 e Davis, of Peckham, t o Miss r Ma ll ry Ann Prout, 0 f place. hto er walt On the 24 inst., at the Irish church Brig n, thick, E sq ., t o Adelaide Eliza, daughte;of J. H. Stracei; vsq., of of Bognor, Sussex. _ t $O.- On the 3d inst at St. 'Fp lit's Heris Robert, eldes.t_rio, John Smallwood:Esq., of CPrOokd'ale, Cit'mberlancl,itsVrolesshore younger (laughter of the late Rev. W. Lax, Lc'v vn s e we r to t of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge, and Hon. Mrs. Amos, of Calcutta. DIED. P b On the 28th ult., at Plymouth, Comman der Henr I °s y -cl3e. Puget, third son of the late Rear-Admiral Peter nig!' ley, On the 31st ult., at flarbledown Kent, John Wr° aged 79. On the ht. init., at Sloane-street, Miss Amelia Elkins. BOW STREET. Mr. George Eden, Secretary to the British and 10 reign Patent Invention Company, 418, West Strand, appeared yesterday before Mr. Twyford, to a nswer a complaint preferred against him by Stowell,the informer' for having on the:27th of March, caused to be distribute" certain printed papers, setting forth the objects of the Company, witho u t h am i ng t h e pr i nter ' s name on the fits" or labt page. The informations were laid under th d e 39ih of GeGrge 111., chap 79, and the penalty :201., not less than 51. upon conviction. After Birch, the informer's witness, had proved the case. Mr. Frazer, the barrister, on the part of the de reP t ant, argued at grea t l engt h t h at t h e case did not c oal ' within the meaning of the Act. Mr. TWYFORD considered that the objections were of no avail, as the Company invited the public to purchase shares. Stowell said that the prospectus did not sufficie nt it lY t describe th e b us i ness o f t h e C ompany, t h e only °l3-le:, of which was t o i n d uce persons to invest t h e i r os° ll ' in it. Ilse n►o !rnl dr a , ofie hea Um two