The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1850.

deem Si, Gregory never in any manner, amidentally
or otherwise, annoyed witness.
figezamined by Mr. Chambers—Whets witness saw Sir
Gregory in the Alphs•road, he conversed quite rationally.
Mice Mary DIST rfti examined by Mr. the
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verness in the family of Lady
Wlnstou B irroo, who was Sir G. P. Turner's sister. Wit-
ness remained five years in the family of Lady Barton.
After witness left the intercourse was kept uo with the fa-
mily of Lady Barton. Witness visited Sir Gregory Page
Turner with Lady Barron, and also after she left. Thom
visits oratlined up to his dna. When witness saw SW
GTIIOII his imaversatioa was rational. Witness need to
take Lady Barron's stains to see him, and tie was glad to
see them. Witness visited Sir Gregory in the Alpha-road,
Montagu-maw, and Gloucester place. Witness always
found his convenation rational.
By the Joey—Witness played with S;r Gregory on Twelfth
Night in Gloweester. place, at threskanded whist. Sir
Gregory played very well, and gained twice, and witness lost
2a. (Laughter. Witness
)
Mr. Bert Hare examined by Mr. Chamben—
bad been SO years a clerk at Messrs. Coutte's bank. Witness
saw Sir G. P. Turner. Witness saw him ono die at the
banking house in the autumn of 1841. Hs ease to return a
visit witness had paid hint in the Alphs-road. He Ma
a few salaam and conversed rationally. Is the latter part
0f Juno, 1841, witness had seen Sir Gregory in the Alpha.
road. Witness's wile had been invited to dine, sad witness
joined Sir Gregory and Lady Turner at dessert. Winkel'
was with Sir Gregory on that omega' for throe or
four hours. Be then convened rationally, and behaved es

igentlemsn.
Mrs. Hers examined by Mr. Chambers.—Went to see Sir
Gregory in June, 1841, being an old friend of Lady Turner's,
WitOOOB saw Sir Gregory four times. On the first occasion, 1
when witness saw Lim, he conversed very rationally and in
a gentlemanly manor. Oa the other three occuions Sr Gre-
gory conducted himseU as a rational man would do.
Mile Dryden 'atomised by Kr. Peacock—Witness wu the
daughter of the late Sir Henry Dryden. Witness want
Mu. Fer se see Sir G. P. 'Turner. Witness went t
bathOa omeloss wither stayed for about four hours,w end
Sir Gregory discoursed satiouilly
The See. Limpets! Dryden examined by Mr Rickards—
Witness wee the °coin of the late Sir 0. P. Tuvon, and
visited him in the Alpha-road twice in Muth, 1841, Wit-
sew, as the second occasion, spent the whets evening with
Sir Gregory. who was in a Rood state of mind. He conversed
mat rationally. His manner was coins like that of an ordi-
nary penes. Witness thought that at that time Sir Gregory
was competent to transact any business of life.
Crum-ermined by the Solicitor•Cieseral—Wits ess only
sow Sir Gregory two or three times in 20 years, and had
been one of the committees of his wen. Witnem,however.
left the whole business to Lady Turner and Mr. Maberly.
We should state that this witness was the plaintiff in the
erase, but he was authorieed to be made • witness by the
direction of the Coin of Chancery.
With this witness's evidence the case for the plaintiff

closed.
The SolieitorGenerel then proceeded to address the
jury. He said the present ease was certainly one of the
meat extraordinary that bad ever come into a court of justice,
for in this COW here was the extraordinary fact of a gentle-
manead who had a commission of lunacy hanging ever his
h, going to the solicitor to the oommiesion, and exe-
cuting • will prepared by him, and unknown to any one but
Mr. Maberly and his clerk. (The learned Solicitor-General
here read the judgment of the late Vtoo•Chancellor of Eng-
land, in which he said that the story with regard to the will
was one which required invectigation.) Is that opinion he
(Cie Solicitor. General) agreed. It was admitted by Mr
Alabtely and Lady Turner that Sir Oregoey Pegs T r
had been Insane up to 1640, whilst some of the plain-
tiff's witnesses said that he was a rational man at
all times. There was, heweeer,
_a fact which proved
that Lady Turner and Mr. Motherly thought Sir
Gregory was insane before 1840, for when in the
I year 1838 his daughter was about to be married, no intima-
tion of that fact was given to the poor lunatic. Stately if he
bad not been insane, would not so interesting a fact to a
lather ea his daughter's marriage have been communicated
to him ? His learned friend (Mr. Cumbers) admitted that
Sir G. P. Turner had been ono* insane, but said as bodily
lievilth declined his mental state improved. He (the Soh-
citer-Oeneral) expected that some curious medical evidence
would hue been offered to prove such • !Angular theory,
but it had not. With velvet to Leidy Turner's evidence,
it must be received with real caution ; betimes if the will
were established, the got Bettleedea House for life 3001.
in money, and other property. Mr. Mtherly had life, 3001.
an
interest in establishing the will, far if it should not be esta-
blished, this management of some of the estates would pass
into the bends of M . Fryer, and Mr. Maberly would *ease
to be employed es the solicitor to the Maws. If Sir G. P
Turner had not been insane in Ib4l and 1842, would
he who had estates in Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, and
Kent hove been treated in such a manner as only to be
all.wed a little pocket money ? With regard to the will,
he (the Solicitor. General) asked the jury to look at
the will, an
by d to s whether those alterations mid to
have bi en made by Sir G. P. Turner, had not been
actually made by Mr. Maberly himself It wee not
likely that Sir Gregory would have made a will such
as he had done, depriving Mr. Charles 0. Fryer of his just
rights, it he had been in a sound state of mind. In the
course of the cause the name of William Paxton had been
mantis fled as having had the greatest isfitience over the
mind of Sir G. P. Turner, and who would therefore have been
a must favourable witness for the plaintiff; yet he had not
dared to do so. It was not to be believed that Sir Gregory
Pue T would hare put a clause in his will by which,
if his daughtudiaputed the will, he would reduce the :1,0001.
a year to 3001. a year. This argument derived strength
from the fact that every witness for the plaintiff had repre-
sented Sir G. P. Turner as being very fond of hie daugh-
ter. With regard to Sir G:escory being rational in his
conversation, that was no proof that he WIG not insane,
because there were trimly people who had the germs of in-
sanity in their minds who were side to converse in a per-
fectly rational manner. He (the Solicitor-General) would
prove that it ever a man was mad Sir 0. P. Turner was at
the time he mode the will. He would prove that Sir
Gregory could not be got to change his linen when Rook left
him. It would be proved that the Brat night after the restraint
was withdrawn from him he came home at ten o'clock epic/
drunk. He (the Solicitor-General) would prove that Sir
Gregory went for a month without having a clean shirt, and
then the Clean one was put on over the dirty one. lie
would show that he cut holes in his sheets and went to
bed is his clothe.. He (the Salicitor•Gencral) would prove
that Lady Turner used to bold out so a threat, to induce Sir
Gregory to do anything, that if he did not do it, the C3Ol-
- could not be superseded. He would prove that
, Lady Turner and Mr.. Neale schooled Sir 0. P. Turner
' about has peculiarities--auch as his fear of Infection by
shaking hands with his naked haul, his dislike to dogs and
eats. They used to tell him if he did aot I eve them off, the
commission could not be superseded. The landlady of the
hotel at Luton, to which Sir Gregory went, would prate
that be wee quite childish. There would be evidence
given as to strange proceedings which took place whilst
Sir Gregory was at Brighton. One eight he got up in the
middle of the night, and, with John, his page, both parties
being is their night shirts, went loco the bedroom of Mrs.
Graves, who had gone to Brighton with him in place of
Lady Toner. Sir Gregory then compelled Mrs. Graves to
sit ap in bed, and to reed a letter which lad been sent him
from Lady Turner three times over. The learned &lichen-
General then concluded a speech of two hours' length by
calling on the jury to uphold the commission of lunacy
which tout been issued in 1613, union they saw good ground
for setting it aside.
It being now sit o'clock, the ease was adjourned until to-
e. I seerrow morning, at half-past nine o'clock.
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.—YErrnaDAT.
Bayou ran Itarcausa.
The following prisoners spots whom judgment was reit
pited, were brought up for sentence :
AN INFANT TRIM
AIM AldsiOn, alias Coaxer whose age was stated in the
eskreder to be nine years, who'ked bean convicted of stealing
a peas sad mousy from the person of • female named
Tneek, mss the first placed at the bar.
the Pmerein said It was a very painful this for his to
pme the lemtenee he was about to do upon a child like the
larleswer bat the circumstances of the we. left him no
, having regard to the protection of the public and
Übe peleemer's own interest He had been convicted of •
11117 daring robbery, and it appeared that he bad only
hem use of prison four days, having been confined
fie another felony, when he committed the offenoe
tar which he was now to receive sentence In addition
In these feats it appeared that he had a brother who
mawn convicted of felony at the present aresione and
ery reason so fear that his father instead of pro.
Man him from mischief, was rather on the contrary in-
stilled to teed him into it, and it wee tin herefore hopeless to d
repeat that he could come to any good this country, an
the court therefore felt it to
be its duty to send hint to
another where risibly he might become a good member of
society.
rted for
The prisoner was then sentenced to be transpo
seven years.
ROBBING CHILDREN.
Joke Clark,l6, Was then placed at the bar. It will be
remembered that this prisoner had carried one mom artful
am. ezemesive system of robbery apart poor children who wen
tenet eat with property of any descriptioe. Hie plan was
ohm he suet a lad younger than himself, carrying a
Mays to enter into conversation with him, and undo
of giving him a rabbit, induce h m to leers his
rutrlirat • shop or other place, while he pretended to bosh
the rabbit, and he then took the opportunity to make of
with the property. He was convicted upon two bullet-
ments, and there were six others of • similar character pre-
ferred against him, and is addition to there cases it wee
stated by the police at the trial that there were 60 or 80
other instances he which the prironer had robbed poor little
children of the property entrusted to them ender the same

retina/noes.
The prisoner wee senteneed to be transported for sere

THIRD COURT.—TrsnEDAT.
Hums Ma. Itcasinin OvsisT.
WILL CAVOILT THIIIII4.
Two men, named IVilion and Rivers, whose names were '
not entered in the calendar. were indicted for breaking and
entering the house or Dr. Mayo with intent to steal.
Mr. Thompson proseeuted, and Mr.Bodkia and Mr. Parry
were for the defence of Rivers.
It appeared that the prosecutor lives in Wimpole-street,
Cavendish-square, sad on the evening of the 20th the doctor
bad a dinner party. On that evening a young woman named
Elisabeth Allen, In the yrvice of a gentleman nearly °pm
sits, saw the two prisoners hanging about the door of the
doetor's house, and she, suspecting all was not right, commu-
nicated her suspicions to some one who was passing along,
and the two primmer@ wero also seen by the polies to be in
company together, and were ultimately observed to watch
the police out of sight, and then both to go up to the door of
the hoses. Wilson went in, and Rivers walked away down
the street. Shortly afterwards Wilson came out sad joined
Rivers, and the police constable came up sad took them.
When Rivers was searched some keys, two of which fitted
Dr. Mayo's door, were found in his outside pocket. He said
to the officer who searched him, " Now you have got all you
went (session the keys), I have nothing else about me."
and when before the magistrate he said he hoped they would
be merciful to him that tuna.
For the defence it was set up that Rivers had met Wilson
casually; that he had only jest come up to list when they
were taken, and that he bad been during the day with
Rivers' uncle, and wu searching for • coffee business, which
the prisoner. who was a reepeetable young man, was about
to take.
The jury found them both Guilty.
It was then proved that Wilson had been imprisoned for
12 months, and Rivers had been transported for seven years,
end had since then had two years' imprisonment for cut-
Rog and wounding a constable with a life preserve'', and
had only been out about a month preceding this occurrence.
The present conviction being only a misdemeanour they
were unfenced to two years' imprisonment.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YUTUDAT.
Barnes Na. Sausarr ADAK% Alaurrawr lease.
The December general sessions of the peace fer the county
of Middlesex, commenced this morning at the &Wong-
house, Clerkenwell•green. The calendar oontained the
names of 64 prisoners for trial, of whom 58 stand charged
with felony, and sic for assaults and other offences.
The learned Assistant-Judge, in addressing the grand
jury, called their attention to the state of the calendar,
which showed that recently there had been more committals
of boys, than there had been at esveral precedieg sessions.
This was to be attributed, no doubt, to a remit act of parlia-
ment, which extended the power of police magistrates over
javentle offenders—the full di, ct of which was not yet fully
developed. He had, however, no doubt, bat that in the
course of time it would be found that that act of parliament
would have the effect of still further increasing the num-

bee of juvenile aiminak
To Z CABS 07 COLONEL 1311CYMOND.
Mr. Renton moved the eout to remove the 'strut off •
Mr. White, a witness in the prosecution el Colonel Drum-
mond, for an indolent assault. The grounds on which
White sought to be relieved were set forth in an affidavit
which he (enamel) was instructed to put in, from which it
appeared that he wu in attendance an the Bret two days on
which the trial was to h►vo taken place, but on theelay it was
stetully celled on for trial he was in the country of business,
and did not arrive at the smarm house until t►e court had
adjourned, and farther he averred that the other witnesses
were hie own children w►o, being of tender years. be could
not think of allowing them to appeu in a public court
unprotected. Re denied that he had in any way compro-
mised the prosecution, or that any one had done so in his
behalf.
The learned assistant judge said that it was too serious a
case to pass over. If it had been the absence of one solitary
witness he might make allowance for it, but he found on
looking over the list of witnesses that they were all *bunt
Re could not, therefore, take off the estreat. It would be a
question for the Court of Exchequer to determine, but at
the same tints he did net think it would ever get there.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION.HOUSE.
TIE Flatten Elltaakture.—The Lord Mayor said he
bad the gratification to state that he had named a letter
from Mr. Balfour, of the firm of Baffler, Leaking, aid Co ,
the ebipbreken, containing information relative to the 65
French emigrants to Calif.:lsis, who had some days ago oom-
ed ;against Mr. Urbain, with whom they had entered
into engagements for their voyage to California, for not
having performed his contract by conveying them to that
dee ination.
The following L a copy of the oommunication, which his
lordship considered highly honourable to the firm
"167, Fenchurckstreet.
" My Lerd,—l feel certain that you will be pleased to lean
that the matter of the Abyssinia is arranged, but I conceive
it to be due to your lordship, who Wu only heard one side of
the question, to my firm, as one of some standing in the
City, and to the public at large, to ezplein the whole circum-
stances of the case, thereby enabling you to arrive at a
fair coaclusion on its merits. On the 26th of September last
Mr. Urbain brought a letter of introduction to our house
from our correspoadent at Paris, and requested us to load
for California the ship Abyssinia, which he had then pur-
chased from Mr. Akuander, the agent of the owners, for a
sum of 3,1001, stating at the same time that he had engaged
his passengers at Paris, and that he only required our anis.
non in loading the ship. Being most respectably intro
duced we at once acceded to the request, and Mr. Alexander
confirmed to us the next day the arrangemiint that had been
made. A deposit having been duly paid the ship was laid
on the berth for goods, and au amount of freight between
8001. and 9001. engaged by us. During the leadirg
Mr. Urbain paid over to us various sums, amonat-
lag hi all to upwards of 1,000/, which we paid over, as
requested by him, to the late owners of the ship.
About the Mt October, Mr. Urbain finding that it would
east a large sum of money to procure French papery. made
°vertu-es to us to allow,ther register to be put in oar aline,
an idea which we at once repudiated, as we could not bind
our names to such a transaction. At the same time hollag
for the position of the man, we made a liberal am tat the
parchaso of the vessel outright. This he rejected,lahr
us the day after that he had found a party who boilossit2
to his terms, and that the belanos of the pureema money
would at once be paid. Tat was never done, and the us-
tenger, becoming impatient the man was throws into
;kenos. Since that time proceedings have bets taken
against my firm, end although we derived no limit teem
the transaction, nor eve we to any way legally reepandlib he
the acts of Captain Urbain, yet deeply comaelaLmileg like
condition of the poor emigrants, we have passimml theships
and eke will proceed to sea on Saturday. A amber loft
these unkotanate emigrants being entirely witkeeit wise,
and almost without neomeary clothing, netwithalmillas 'be
heavy sacrifice we have already made—and those oak who
know what it le to fit out an emigrant ship for a els =bathe
voyage can appreciate that sacrifice—we have *red to
contribute a further sum of 80 guineas, and we vesture to
appeal on their behalf to an English public—an appeal
which is never made In vain. I can only adl, that with one
or two exceptions, the conduct of these men reflects upon
them the greatest bays the honour to be, my
teed. your lordship's very obedient servant, Broautax
Bairoun, of the firm of Balfour, Liming, and Co.—To the
Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor of London."
Lieutenant Lean, R.N., government agent foe the port of
London, said be had seen the vessel since Moen. Balfour
,
Laming, and Co., had fitted her out, and the provides. laid
In, and the accommodations made by the firm for the
paw's' were most unexceptionable. The poor forarzes
bad expressed in the most grateful manner their
towards the chief magistrate of Loarl,n for Surdas so
promptly aid strenuously undertaken their eau% god begat
thee his lordship would in the ensuing year, when se Emmy
people from all nation would be assembled he ea sasiremo
lie, be hailed by the approbation of all who breed a jest
estimate of the value of charitable national tatenewam,
Tee Lard Mayor said he was sincerely Fended at the
libleal souse puma by Muss Balfour aa3 Co., who lag
time steed, es It we, between the poor foreigner and their
rata t bet he seal OM at the same time conclude his ewer
I dem eit melhedos without returning thanks to uantanans
Fiala tir the imaillitit Reiss that gutless. bad taken in
' the aian.