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'TRIAL OF Mn. PATCIL Ox Saturday the adjourned Sessions fcrthe'Coun ty of Surrey were renewed befOre StrAscx, 111 A c Lord Chief Baron, of the Exchequer, for the purpose of trying Richard Patch, for the alledged . Murder of Mr. Blight. This trial excited a curiosity unparalleled in any similar case : at nine o'clock the Codit was crowded with. many of the first people of the County of Surrey) the Magistrates, and some of the principal Nobility.. Their Boyal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and Sitssex were present, accompanied by some of the. i!'rench Princes ; - and sat upon the Bench with the Judge. • About-twenty minates before ten Patch was brought into Court. The Jury were: now impannelled and sworn the C!erk of the Arraigns having first - read the Impeach ment to the Prisoner, to winch -he preaCled-=--/Vot Gul/iy.. As the .lury were swearing in, Mr. Patch chAlenged tivo Of the Jttrors;who were conseqiient- Iy'passed by. The names of the Jurors were as fol lows : (711 a. Smith, of Merton. .Inhn,Werlze, of Wandsworth. Ti4oinas Daly, of Barnes. , Thomas Bartlett, of Merton. lonn Layto!,, , of Putney; Georg: Moore, of Putney. John',Cape,"of Putney. George Smith, of Putney. !Union, Of Melton. Dan Langton, of Wandsworth. of Putney, Thomas Chairman, of Putney. Mr. PooL'EY opened the Prosecution on the part of the Crown. Mr.. GA It ROW then spoke nearly as fellows " Gentlemen of the Jury, ". I now appear before you in the_discharge of a duty which has been imposed upon me,—but there are circumstances in my prOfession which subject • in in to an unpleasant task, and scarcely, leave him an option. am now', therefore, before you as. Counsel for the Crown in prosecution of the Prisoner at the Bar. The crime with which he is charged is the highest in the catalogue of guilt, and if he shall appear to you innocent, I must be ready to confess him one of the most-Injured and suffering men in the world ; but shoUld he prove to'you guilty of this charge, and guilty I must think him beyond the pOssibility of a doubt, you will have no hesitation in agreeing with me, that he is one of the worst •of manli ilicL His crime, Gentlemen, would then ex tend a degree beyond murder ; it would be construed in the language of the law into Petty Tkason. • " I know well enough, Gentlemen, that I may be supposed to have imbibed some prejudice. against, the Priioner. I have indeed confirmed My opinion as to his, guilt; but I commenced my investigation with a mincLas unbiassed and unpolluted as yours. I inferred no guilt from public opinion and prejudie; from newspaper reports, or partial testimony ; I examined to the bottom a mass of evidence which ' shall submit to you; and I concluded the Prisoner guilty from ..this laborious scrutiny, this unwilling labour. My mind, therefore, is in a different state tram -what yours are, or - should be—l have satisfied myself. It remains for me. now to satisfy you; you, I am convinced, will approach to this painful task With nnbiassed minds, and feelings alive to huma nity, hilt which you will not suffer to divert you from the stri& course-of justice. I entreat you to tliink the Prisoner as.innocent.LA I once thought him, as it you had never heard of him before, or the charge preferred against him ; Hog your minds in an even and steady equipoise, ,and. permit truth alone to de cide the balance. An awful duty - is ,imposed upon you—The Prisoner expects life or death at your 'bands; and your Country expe&s justice. " I shall begin; Gentlemen, -by a kind. of , retro • Motive narrative, which is necessary to elucidate and sustain the harmony of the story I shall relate to, you'; I think I shall produce you such a body of circumstances, leading; by . such irrefragable and ne ceasary concatenatioa, ,to 7 the result which I intend .to bring home to the Prisoner, that you will plainly see the - finger of Providence in the detthion of this murder, and the . hand of Heaven itself, which has led us, through many bye paths and secret ways, till we hal, , e at length mastered the labyrinth, and burst upon the Prisoner with a convi&ion of guilt which stares as broadlyin our face as the light of day. will first detail .to you the relative situations of Mr. Blight and Mr:Patch.. Mr. Blight was a . ship breaker, at Greenland Dock, in the Parish - of St. Mary's, Rotherhithe. The sister of the Prisoner, Sarah Patch, was a menial- servant inhis•house : house-maid, a kind of maid of all work. In the spring, 1.803 2 Mr. Patch,_: then in circumstances of much distress, with rags on his shoulders, and'penury in his •face, first appeared at the house of Mr. Blight; on a visit to, his sister. • . -.- " His story was, that he had left the West of England from circumstances which' it is needless to detail ; that he was 'without employment, and was willingtoengage in the service of Mr. Blight on any ter.as. Mr. Blight, benevolently enough' engaged him. He was to receive his v,ieinals and drink, and a salary of 301. per' annum. At this time he was greatly 'distressed, as I have,told you, and I wish you to keep this circumstance_ in your minds. Shortly after-wards, the terms of _ engorgement . were - coeltunted into a fixed salary of tool. per annum, which Mr. Patch was to receive and to board himself. Such, Gentlenietr, was the first introduction Of the Prisoner into th house of Mr. Blight. Some time after Mr. Blight becaMe ethbarrasSed, 'and called a meeting 'of his creditors . ; a' composition was entered in to,, and ,the Prisoner,ograS't 4 chief instru ment in this transa&ion. gne - -e'reditor, hoWever,. did not consent to accept the offered terms ; the consequence was, as We daily see' in the bankrUpt . cases, that the whole transaetion of 'Air. Blight with his other creditors was invalid. His property,, therefore, was in danger ; and in order to secure 'it, he does what cannot, indeed, be called honest, but which, I am sorry to say, is frequently the only r e fuge of embarrassed men against imprudent and_ obdurate creditors. Inorder , to proteet hiMself, and &feta their' claims, -be makes over to Patch, for a sunk of 20001. all his property without reserve.— ' This conveyantc was in the ordinary way, by a bill of parcelS,,receipts,: , &e. to whiCh Was added a letter, . in the. name 'of Blight, to the Solicitor of certain lands, holden of the City of London, requesting to have the lease renewed in Patch's name. The in tention of Blight by this conveyance was, as you may suppose, to protect his property ; and certainly not to convey it to Mr. Patch. Titus he argued,'" Re . -- lying on my bosom friend Mr. Patch, I know if toy . cre.iittos step forward to seize my property, that he y 11, ta. as my friend, and secure it to me; 6111; they not proceed harshly. against ate, those • :paper's are in the possession of my wife; and are zo much waste raper. - .f".L'hus- Mr: Blight may be supposed to have argued. Mr. Patch, as you may . iinagme, Gentlemen, never paid one 'shilling of this two thousand pound:;. I question - whether at that tinie he had as many pence. Thia, however, is foreign .from my present inquiry. You now, Gentlemen; see lue.v Mr: Patch' has grown in the'contidence of Mr. Bight.. Its two, years (fel- the trait - ,ifaion.of -- Whiehl - wa4 speaking was, in the year 1805) he has beets enabled to gain the friendship-of his mater, and to be - advanced to a degree of trust which is never repdsed in a man of whom, we do not think most 'highly. In July 1805, Blightand leis familyanade .a summer, trip to Margate. I am now" approaching the season in spick the guilt of the Prisoner will be seen to dawn most strongly upon us ; in which we shall trace his first tnotivea,. and se evi4ently deted every step pf his guilt, that if we fellow him with a - calm, ob 'serving, and dispassionate judgment, we shall tread in the very track he hit S taken.. Previoua to Mr. B's journey to Margate he thought it necessary to enter into new - engae - eMerits with Mr. Patch.- For himself,- therefore, he stipulates that he should - re tire ; the PriSoiter to condiud the bUsiness, and to . have oneAthird of its profits ;but for this share he, was to pair the sum of 12,301. Now, Gentlemen,' how was this money .to be obtained ? Could it be supposed that a man who, two years since, presented himself at the doer of - Blight in rags •• and penury,. And who had scarcely received a salary since his a& mission, there more than equal to his support, and Certainly net permitting any extraordinary savings, -1 how could a man of :this .description, I say,, specu lateppon being able to get sogether a sum of 12501.? . How could he undertake to do it ? What were his resources ? could 'have none but the intention of not paying at all ; and' that I think I shall most satisfadorily proVe to you., However, he contrived ' to pay 2501. Where he got it I know 'not. One thousand pounds, however, were still to be paid. Whence was this to come ? Blight required security • for it; Mr. Patch gaVe him a. draft for the Money on, a man *of the name of Goom. This draft was to be paid on the kith of September folloy,ing. Who was this Mr. Goom ? 'Why a friend of Mr. Patch'; such indeed the Prisoner represented him. He told Mr. Blight that he had lent a sum exceeding 10001. to Mr. Gown, upon the sale of an estate ; and that Mr. Goons had given him a draft for the money, , which would be due at the time stipulated by' Patch to conclude his bargain' with Mr. Blight. The due.tiMe elapsed, and Gown's note became a. What shift has Mr. Patch at this jun ? He goes to his Bankers, and tells them that the draft which lie paid in upon Goom would not be honoured.; that Goom,. though. a substantial man,'was 'somewhat irregular, and could, not flee his, draft; he withdrew, there fore, the, check uporfGoom, and gave his Banker a check of the 20th of the same month upon himself. " On Thursday the 1 sth Sept. Mr. Blight prepar ed to visit his wife at Margate, where he proposed to make a .stay, and expeding that Goona's draft would be honoured. The Prisoner accompanied Mr. Blight . to Deptford,• and took an affedionate leave of him. From Deptford he proceeds to the Banker, and tells them, what I have related above, that Geom. could not face the draft, and desiring 'them not to present it. Now, Gentlemen, you have a new view of the case, and we are apprOaching by degrees to the awful scene of the catastrophe, -The apparatus is now preparing ; the machinery is in motion ; and the first act of this eventful drama will be quickly submitted to You. I must here recapitulate : Mr. Blight and his family are at Margate ; *Mr. Patch has 10001. to pay on the day after the-departure of Mr. Blight ; for this sum he had given a draft, which he had Withdrawn, and substituted one on himself; on his faithful pay tent of this 'money he well kneW that his tonnes tion with. Blight stibaisted. If lie laid i it, one-third of, the bu ' siness was his ; if he failed to pay it, the artifice of delay and expedients would not avail him long 7 ---and he must surrender all chance of . a partnership with- Mr. Blight. ti " As to Mr. Goons—aye, Gentlemen, let us stop here a moment and inquire who was Mr. Goons ? Mr. Goons owed Mr. Patch no money—Mr. Patch • was never in* condition to lend him any money.— If this were Material to' prove 1,, could prove it; but it is not ; for Mr. Patch retraced his. demand upon Mr.. Goom upon his examination before the Magi strates. Mr. Goons knew the person of Mr. Patch, but that was all that heinew of him ;' and as tO any pecuoiary transadions, he never had any with him in his : life., In a word, Gentle - men, Mr: Goons had not.seen Mr. Patch for many yearn. Well, then; Mr. Patch was' now 'laying his . train. The trick of Mr., Gootn's draft and the money could not be supposed to. last long ; something of a more graduate and bolder villainy was required, or the ends of Mr. Patch, could not be answered. Now, Gentlemen, let i ine summon your earnest attention to the circum stances which I shall presently state. You will-per ceive cunning I grant you; and you will find like wise some mysteriousness. An a of this kind, as' it required a:beld guilty,mind, demanded like Wise a . subtle head : you will meet therefore with something of contrivance which may at first perplex you ; but I am positive you will soon unravel it. On Monday, Sept. Ig, Mr. Blight having left his house, Mr: Patch, with a single maid-servant, re ..mained in it. :Mr. Blight's family usually spent their evening in a front' parlour facing the Thames. Mr. Patch was sitting in this parlour about eight in the --evenieg, when he desired Esther Kitchener, the ser vant of Blight, a most material' witness in this case, to get him siX-penny worth of oysters for his supper. During the absense Of Kitchener a gun or pistol was fired through the shutter of the front parlour, in which Mr. Patch had been just sitting. On Kitche- , . ner's return she finds Mr. Patch in conversation with a man and his wife, at the gate of Mr. Blight's house relating this circumstance..----iiamely, that he had been shot at. The husband and wife are witnesses in this case. The Prisoner, I have told you - , was conversing with the man and hi's wife at Mr. Blight's gate. He asked them whether they had. heard the pistol ? They had.—Had they seen any body ? No.—Yet, Gentlemen, had any one escaped by this way they , must have seen him, and they •will prove to 'you they must: But no ; this invisible assassin had es caped perhaps by"water. • . Gentlemen, I shall ,soon exhibit to you a cor rea model 'of Mr. Blight's house; I shall now only' observe, that if an assassin had fired this pistol (sup posing it any body but NIT. Patch) he could not possibly have escaped by water. It x as at this time lo'w welter ; and had the man attempted to leap from the whAkf, he.must either have broken his neat or been smothered fin mud ; had be rushed out at the gate the man and the woman must have seen him ; had be ;endeavoured to escape over the palisadoes, they must:from the very slight manner in which they are constructed, have given , way ; in short, Gentlemen, when I exhibit the model,- ybu' will be convinced that it was impossible for any nun who fired thiS pistol or gun to have escaped/without ob-. servation, or at least without some index of his hay-. ing been there. In short, Providence seems so to'have ordained it, that whatever might have been the contrivance of Mr. Patch, there should yet. be a more artful and un expeeled complication ofcircumstenees which should entirely ck, , feat it ; • lin' a' word, ,the band of Heaven seems here to have ordained that chance should over-rule -and'be Mope than a match for canning.— But, • independent: of this, Gentlemen, •I am per suaded that teat convince you, from the'position iu which- the ball entered; that it must have_been,fired by a man close to the shutter ; for had it -been fired froM below the wharf, the lxll must have sprung upwards ; it. could not have entered in the way in which it a6tually did enter. Again, had this pistol been fired from that only _situation in the;yard in which an assassin could have lurked, I will maintain it would nothave struck the shutter at all. There was a crane between the shutter and this corner of the yard, which must have received, l'ind 'kept off the7ball. Well then, Gentle Men, it in neither of these positions it could •have been tired, whore, and by whoM was it fired ? Unquestionably by no man 'but• by lyir. Patch ; it was fired by him a) preliminary to his guilty purpose. " But let us see how he condn&s hiMself upon it: when he gives the alarm, the first man that comes to him is' a publican, of the naine' of El - Jost, a wit-. ness in this case. What was the meaning of this shot ? This was the common and natural inquiry ;- nobody knew ; though every body naturally enough conje6tured that a 'design was entertained against the. life either•of Mr. Patch or Mr. Blight; Frost, neigh.; hourly enough, offers to continue With him all night. " No,;" said Mr. Patch, " they'll not conic again to-night." —" Shall I stay with you," said Frost.-=,- " No."—" Have, you any fire-arms ?"—", Yes, but I have:no ammunition f ; I shall KO home to bed."• . some conversation passed here, likewise, about the steps to be taken either' to discover the author of. .the misehief, .or to prevent it in future. Frost pro- ' posed that Mr.. Patch - should offer ,a reward of 501. 'He said he would.' Frost proposed that the Police - should be' alarmed, and inquiry made. • Patch as srute:.-1.--But did he make inquiry? did he alarm the Police, or put..curiosity in motion . ?--No; Gentle men'; this was not his objet. 4 .`• Oh the next day, the•2oth September, the day' of the fatal draft becoming due, he, writes to,Blight, then at Margate, recounts the adventure of the pis ; asks ißlight'S advice, and concludes his letter with saying, I should be glad to haVe aline from you ; glad to see ydu, as you are My only friend.7,-,- Why not go to .the Police in . the first instance ? s : Why Call Blight to town ? and, what is Most mate rial of all, why not mention Goon), and the money ei that.' ery day ? Mt% Patch keeps back all this, and. Mr. Blight comes to town on M(.)uday, SePtem-.- 14 - sr 23. He enquires- first respetTng the -adventure of the pistol. He ttears the 'story which Patch origi- , pally circulated. 'He next inquires "about. the pay.; went of the 10001 1 Patch tells him nothing of the, snbstitutioh of the draft. Mr. BHA( may :be sup ' posed, naturally enough, to' have betrayed some un eaSines.s for on Patch's going to town, he telishim. peremptorily not to return Without the money. Patch returned from . London in the evening : whether 4-)e sitisfied Mr. Blight or not about the money we have - up opportunity of knowing, as the unfortunate Gentleman was murdered that very night. They drank tea together, apparently ,on friendly terms ; they drank grog likewise till eight o'clock. For-the . ,fidt Gentleinen,. and I beg you to observe this, as it is a most important point, indeed one of the -strongest corroboratory circumstances of the guilt of .tire Pritoner—for the first time, I say, thiS Monday. evening, they took. their refreshment iu the back parlour in which Mr. Blight was shot.' NOw, Gentlemen, let us- suppose that an assassin, be he' who he will, had fired off the pistol on Thurs day,.when Mr. Patch represents himself as shot at -Where would this assassin have gone on the Mon day night ? Why, if any where, that. is, if he Meant to shoot Mr. Blight in his own house, to the front parlour.--To that parlour into which he had bred. the shot on the previous' Thursday, and which he must have supposed Mr. Blight to have iinhabited. Surely he would not have "gone to the back parlour; a roam in which the :deceased .seldom or never -sat,. and in which, Upon this night, he sat only by acct- - dent. This, Gentlemen, is a very strong &sump-, tion, that.the assassin, whoever he was, knew that which no one but Who was intimately acquainted with Mr. Blight's family could know, and which perhaps, three hours before, Mr. Blight did .not knuw himself—namely, that_ he should, pass the , • evening in the back parlour, • a room that he seldom or never inhabited ! " Well then, Gentlemen,.it is now eight o'clock.. Blight, after the fatigiies of the-day, falls into, a dose---Mr. Patch now quits' the parlour and goes into the kitchen.— f' He:askS the maid for.the key o the privy and the counting-house, as he had a pain" in his bowels. He goes out of the kitchen, passes the door of the back parlour, vhich was left open; and. in which Mr. "Blight was still dosing; oPens the. street door, and the gate, then opens the Countiii house door, and' the privy door; When instantly,i . 'and at the same time in_whieh the maid., Kitchener, : hears the priVy door slap, she hears the report of the pistol. Upon the moment, Blight - gtaggers . into _t be kitchen s and befOreAhe Maid could reach the dresser, her master approaChes her ; she y . as near: enough to clap too the street door ; she does So,* but. in the very act of shutting it, Patch is heard knock ing violently at the door, demanding admittance."' _ _ Mr. G „ Annol.v here entered into a lengthened,de- - tail as to the impossibility of -any body's escaping; who had perpetrated the, deed. He then deScribed. the house, and prodUced a corre& model in wood. —" My position (he continued) is, that this murder could have been perpetrated by no man but Patch, and to confirm this, Gentlemen, I submit this model to you, by which you will see the impossibility of any one escaping from the house. It.was high wa ter:at the Thames, which fronts the house, so that tio one could escape by the water ;' the gate door .;,,~„r..r - -~ I, ~. - . I -t wa's nailed np ; the pallisadnes, if leaped upon, must have broken down, and at every avenue . At which an assassin could escape . were persons (all of whom will be brought to you) who mus ( t have seen any one who issued from the house'; one of these _persons had a link in his hand, atld another was the watch man of the parish." Mr. GARR ow then proceeded to shew how easily the Prisoner . have. might comtnittyd murder._ • He' theu....paS.sed to the demeanour of Patch upon Mr. blight's, _death bed.--." Mr. Ashley Cooper, .a most eminent Sur geon, was called In the presence of Mr., Patch, he. asks Mr. Blight Whom, he suspeeted ? Blight replied, Mr. Patch tells meT tboye,is reason to suspect one Webster." *. The next questiou.•.was, Upon, what grouncs do, you suspeet him ? Who is Webster ?' " 4 man, says Patch, whd has stole Mr.. Blight's planks, and whose - son has absconded : " Upop this one would think the Police would be alarmed, and Webster apprehended ; but no.such thing; - ,Mr. Patch , still proceeds siqpeßing. Ha - next,:suspects a man. 'of the•nanre of Clark.-::.But what were-his grounds !It is neeJlk..Ss to trouble you with confuting them z for both theSe men,iGentle men, will prove a positive Therewas no pas .sible' reason for suspeaing them; it was merely an. artifice .of the Pfisoner, to d: -set suspicion from hi; , Own head. • " Let us now look to the subaluent cantina .xi the Prisoner. After Mr. 13.'sdeakh his wife comes to town,, and asks if Gown !tad, !raid his draft ? Mr. Patch . said Goom bad • paid it ; and added that the whole of Mr. Blight's property: was DON his, not the third only,,but the whole. ' 4 :Gentlemen, I told you of the conveyance, &c, These 'papers were lodged. With Mrs. Blight ; Patch contrives to get them from her ; and asserts his right Upon this instrument ; tho' he well knew the purpose for which it had been executed. "It is unneCessary, Gentlemen, here to enter jilt.° hls.numerous falsities and prevarications." • Mr. GAaßow then proceeded to. spew the grounds 61Suspicio'n which led to the apprehension of Patch; his conversation with Kitchener, on her goingbefore the Coroner's Jury ; his conversation with his sister.. " And now I will bring the guilt more strongly hoMe to the Prisoner :••• I• will prove that he said, have, been as near hanging as e'ver man vas, and if J had I should have been'ts happy - as I lain now." Mr. GARAO w theti:sfated the circumstance of,Ahe stockings, whiCh were folind piaistered with mud at the• feet, and affirmed that patch,, on ,that, day, could be proved, contrary to- his alMost contat. custom, to have worn shoes and stockings, and not baits. He then aaverfcd to his denial df these stockings, and the evidenee of the washerwoman... 'He then passed to the .circuMstance of the ramrod, c h was found in the tunn•A of the privy, which could be - proved to have been there but a short time. He then finished With a 'general recapitulaticn of all tbe.cirOmstances, and most strongry insisted upon the guilt 'of Old Prisoner; EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN. ' Richard Frost said,. he kept the - Dog and Duck, near the premises where Mr. Blight . lived. On t. the evening at the 234 of Sept. between eight and nine, he recened an alarm from HeSter Kitchener ;. Ite went diredly tb. Mr. Blight's premises ; he saw Mr. Blight-sit in the anti-chair on the left hand side of the tire-place ; it:wazi the back parlour. Jr. retch was standing in the room Mr. Blight was sitting ',in the chair, supporting himself With his tWo hands. .Mr. - AshleyCooper, Surgeon; • " I was called in _about 3 hours after Mr. Blight received his wound; • I finunt him lying on the flOer of a room which is called the. back parlour ; I desired he might be ried up to bed, Which was done, and I ordered every personfrom the room, except the Surgeons, the YrisOner, and. a Mr. Ferguson. I then examined the wound, found 'it abotit two inches from the na val on the right side, anothe'r in the loin on the same side, the anterior One near the naval having the ap pearance of a gun-shot wound. On examining the Wounds I saw the contents of the bowels from each .of them, and as-the body was inflated I pronounced the wounds mortal, recommended a Slight dressing, and that - the patient be kept free from disturbince: staid tillnext morning at 7. As soon as I saw it was.mortal, I thought it my duty to make some in quiry respecting who had done it. I said to Mr_ Blight, is there any peron whom you. suspect to have committed this-Set?' His.answer was, God knows I never dkt any man an injury that could lead him to take my life ; but Patch has mentioned to rue a man of the name of Webster,' I then turned to Patch - and said who is this- Webster;' He an swered, he is a man ; who. wa suspe&ed of having robbed thee-preMises, against whom a search-war 'rant was granted—his house-was searched, his son bas since bsconded; I said, surely you should send forthe Bow-street Officers; • his premises, should be again .searched; Patch answered, No ; for nothing would be found ; . and if nothing was found, he should certainly be-shot.' After . a tiMe it was suggested that Mr. Blight's affairs were,not settled. I went to• his bed-side, and in a tender way told him he Wag not without danger ; and that- his 'aff.iirsSricTilild b r e . settled. He, said he had tt draft of a Will which was not• signed. Patch went for the will. I'said, `'rWliat alteration do you wish He said, I wi s h Mr. Patch and Mr. Ferguson . to be added as execu tors.' .1 made the alteration, and Mr. Blight,. with considerable difilcUltY, signed the will.. I.then went' .tO7 bed; curl about hall: pa.t the next- morning Patch Came and said, Blight 'is-in great pain, and is anxious to know whether ,you can do any thing to ,save him. I ailswered, I amatraid it is impossible; but I will rise immedi'aiely., I :went to him, found him in much pain, and his belly swdln.' He told me he had ,slept. an hour and a half. I. went to London, and promised to return with a physician. About four Dr. Barrington and myself went doWn, and „fontid he had:leen de:id three quarters of an . hour.. I opened - his body the wounds he received wete'the cause of his death his, bowels were cut in ,three different places. As I left the house, I said to Itch, it is right the-will should be left in.safe cos to4, therefore give it me. Patch- pulled it out of his perket_iit was sealed, and depeSited with a per son of the, name of Brent." •. Atm Louisa Davis.—" On. the, igth of Septem ber last 1 was, coming by Mr. Blight's premises be tWeefi eight ;Ind nine.; it was Mari;. After I got by the gates towards the Dog and Duck, I could joist see the gates. .My sistei,. a L idy, and a servant, were with e. I saw the flash of a pistol, .aue _beard t report ;. itrappeared on my right Land, oh the wha, stopt about two muutes. I did not observe r i `~