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1.. the elder niss Timbre! tree always called Mrs. Timbre. The
letter was headed to her. It was opened, and read ! " The eat
was rert ail* bow t" the whole ileti;,m we.' blown, and poor 3lrs.
T. with all the little T.s, ha., to take a laity tittpannnt, upon a
rev, unceremonious hrthatalon, that " there was a hall door to the

boos-.
'Portion+, however, to thr ct of the trial expected this day.
ft wets all along understood that thie case was to come on positively
t that it would occupy the court two days. and that
Me Scarlett was corning from the Nerth. while Mr. Sergeant
Wit"r wee coming irons the West, each specially, to le el on oppo-
int- silts.
!Ir. SCantillTT arrived ramentally te his post yesterday, but
Sergeant Wit isr. Ohl rot come at all.
' This mdrnitiat the ('onrt was crowded to excess, though by far
the k-gest Civil Court on the whole Circeit.
Mr en 'wool), Mr. Irentow, and Mr. 31AULT, were for the
pler•ir.
M.. SCARLET?, Mr. TAUNTON-, and Mr. CAMPBELL were
(PT the defendant.
M.. Justice Dustmen ft took his s.at about a quarter of an
firm' viler nine, being unable ti get into Court earlier, from the im.
nwere erelenne.
'he arrival of Mr. Scitlett in Court, Mr. Cpnwoon ad-
deemed Mr. Justice Tinerough—llly Lord. myself anti my Learned
/time,* are in a very dlatresing situation. It is known to your
Loellablo that Mr. Sergeant Wilde was expected here this morn.
ing• ea well as my barbed Friend Mr. Scarlett. who is here.
Y".l white muse we know not, Alt. Sergeant AVilde has not
arrived. There is no mitten why he should not be here. tiniest
skimp inevitable accident lass befelien him ; and under these cir.
cumetanere (though I know very well how great an inconvenience
it would be to Mr. Scarlet), I have to eraveymw Lordship's
eenee, that the ease may stand over until to-mei-row morning. We
herr. and we believe that Mr. Sergeant Wilde will be hem in the
mum of this day. We yesterday received a letter from him, in
which he gave some advice and directions about the conduct of the
cause, and he promised to a special messenger, who was sent to him
at Exeter, that he would be here on Saturday. now last past ; and
in this situation I have only to throw myself on your Lordship's
indulgetare. I hope your Lordship, and I hope my Learned Friend
Mr. Scarlett, will condescend to wait one other day.
Mr. SCAILETT—MI Lord, if this application Wfa made to me
isltSPe, for the person) convenience of my learned Friend, Mr.
ierneant Wilde, no person would he more ready to listen to it, and
to secede to it, than myself; but whets your Lordship sees the
guevion is, which party is to have the assistance of Counsel who
come here specially and one alone can possess that advantage, if it
berme, your Lordship win hold even-handed justice between us.
This roe has been long specially appainted for toolay. All I can
say is. I cannot remain here until to-morrow. Whether my
Le mnel Friend chooses to conduct this ease to-day. which no doubt
he is perfectly capable of &tine, or whether he will take another
. nurse. is for him to decide; but I would venture, as this case was
arterially appointed for to-day, to exert all the means lam possessed
s'. to induce your Lordship not to depart from your appointment.
vatemmt is made on the other side about the absence of Mr.
:4.r.zeitnt Wilde ; but there is no reason given why he is not in
Olorreeter. I have come her• from a great distance, and I have to
travel hack tamormw part of that distance, I won't say to the
preutliee of my client—it would not become me to say that—but my
client strpposes it would be to his disadvantage.
Mr. Justice nennotran.—On Saturday evening the case
which had occupied the whole of that day was adjourned until
Wednesday, expecting we shnuhl take this case. which was fixed
apechtli; for this morning, and would take the whole of to-day and
.retreecrw. Now you want to put it off until to-morrow. It is
quire itnposlible. I cannot liilp it. You meat go on.
Mr.Cunwooti.—My Lied, then I have but one count left.
alsrat.—Perhaps your Lordship would take a Common
.:rury rause, and Mr. Sergeant WILDE may strive before it is
over.
Mr. Jestiee Butsouott.—No, no; you must go on.
M. CIIBIVOOD—Then. my Lord. there is hut one emote left
tar me to pursue. Though lam sure I would never. on any occe-
sloe, shrink from the discharge of a professional duty, I ought
now. at my time of life, to be able to do all I shall ever be able
;is do, and 1 really feel too ill (which Is not affected upon the pre-
sent occsaion) to conduct this case. I should physically break
down under the labour ot such a case; and therefore, my Lord, I
em constrained to withdraw the record.
Mr. Justice BVIIROVOH—You do very right.
Mr. CAN enra.r.—l hope when we ere acquainted with the cause
of ma friend (Mr. Sergeant Wildr'io absence, we shall find it has
occurred without any Inevitable accident haring happened to him.
Mr. Ceewoon--'Well, now, don't say that; we have every rea-
son to expect him herein the course of the day.
Mr. CAMPBELL—I am sure I spy it from my friendship and
rod-will towards that honourable man.
Mr. Luntow—He certainly told me he was coming.
Mr. SCAILLET—No other Judge will ever be troubled with
this cause again, my Lord.
Mr. Cu swoon-1 have no right to say that ; I pledge myself
that it shall be tried.
Mr. Justice BUB:LOUGH—WeII, you may go now, Mr. Scarlett.
This case will not be tried now. I wish you a pleasant journey to
the North:
Mr. Stem thank your Lordship. I bare just conic
from a Court which is built on the model of this, which I hope
your levoishits finds convenient.
Mr. Justice Buleouen—lt is very inconvenient.
Ur. letrutow—Then, if it is like this, you ought to use your
'Jest exertions to get it blown up !
The disappointment of the immense crowd in Court, on this
result of the ' great Sandiwell cause," as it has been continually
,iescribed throughout the county, was visibly manifested in the
....00gatirm of ail countenances present. and many a one long lin-
t;:re.l behind, in the vain hope of heating something, to beguile an
.ale day devoted to expected amusement.
HOLBORNE v. UNCLES.
Thh, was an action in trover, brought by two farmers, tin weave r
from the defendant a mare, which they alleged was their property,
ind which they averred he unlawfuily detained.
On the part of the plaintiff it was sworn, that the mare in goes-
con was bred by the plaintiffs, and was stolen, toizether with
another, from afield of theirs, on the 14th ofJune, ISM On the
Wit of April last, one ef the plaintiffs was with a friend at Clack
fair, in Wilts, and there saw the defendant, who was a highly re-
spectuli.e gentleman, riding the mare in litigation. Ile described
a Certain saddle-mark on the back-hone which she had, and several
triter witnesses swore positively that the mare in the defendant's
possession was the plaintiffs' property.
Fur the defence it was contended, that all these witnesses were
mistaken, and eleven or twelve witnesses were called, who proved
the pedigree of the mare.sll tae hands through which he had passed
:•003 her being foaled. and finally swore that she was bought about
eighteen month ago from a respectable home-dealer named Thos.
Itai.ks. residing at Castle Combe. in AVM:shire. From Mr. Banks
sae was traced beck to the original breeder.
Mr. Justice Bu a novian left it to the Jury to say on which side
the t. uth ley, in this co iflict of evidence ; rn I etit r:tiring for
:calf an hoar, they found Or the defendant.
When our atoms left Gloucester yesterday morning at two
"'clock, no public intimation had been given of the cause which
prevented the attendance of Mr. Sergeant Wilde. It was much
feared in the county. that same accident had befallen him, at his
"bemoans, reputation, and his universally honourable conduct,
preclude the supposition of any other cause existing.
DREADPIfL CATASTROPHE AT LIVERPOOL.

[Timm oua CORRESPONDP:NT.)
I,IVERPOOL. MONDAY, Al-G. 7.
A dettedAll catastrophe has This day occurred in Suffolk-
street. A sew warehouse, bonded, and full of goods of
various descriptions, being six stories high above ground,
with two tiers of vaults, fell in with a tremendous crash,
about owe o'clock. On man has been got out of the ruins,
so much bruised that his recovery is very doubtful. He
:tates that another man, a woman, and a child were also
near him, and yet remain under the ruins. They were
Jigging a foundation adjoining far two vaults, and it is
.upposed that the weight un the arches of the warehouse
pressed the wall outwards, and thus the whole came down,
and caused a los; of life, as wen as property
.ta a great
amount. The number of persons who may -have been thus
plunged into eternity is quite uncertain, as many way
have been buried at es moment of passing along the
sirset.

A Tat rLtNoDt FF E szc a.—The following sums were
lately delivered to the pariah officers, h' four individuals,
who were willing to contract for repairing, with Parker's
(=tent, one side of a church in Vie county of Herta, not
including the steeple, which had been previously repaired,
vis. 1150/., 630 f., 330 f. A contract teas entered
into at the lowest offer, and the pariah officers appear
&aided with the manner iu which the work is now in

progress.
An inquisition was held on Saturday last, in the gaol
of Cilielmsford, upon the body of William Balls, a young
CUM of respectable connexions, in the '27th scar of his age,
convicted of horse-mealitig at the Winter Assizes for 1825,
teat on account of ill-health, his sentence, which was
wansportation for life, had not been carried into effect.
'this young man was at the time he committed the offence,
in business at Stock, as a collar-maker.
A Coroner's Inquest was held at the Rose and Crown
public-house, in Colchester, on the body of a workingman,
who had slept there the preceding night, and in the morn-
ing was found dead in his bed ; he had complained of be-
ing unwell on retiring to rest, but did not appear to he se-
riously indisposed. From papers found on him, his name
is ise, risked to be James Burt, of Sawn ndliam. He had
boo lou-Neing at Southminater, and was on his way
Loom Tim Jury returned a verdict of—" Died by the
if God.
('.mono:. was backed against Jem Burn, at Belcber's, on
)dooday
of
to light fur 200 sovereigns aside, on the
loot day September; ten/. a-aide was deposited, to be
made too the sweet before fighting.