The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-14 00:00:00

111IDDLES EX SESSIONS.

the Nti.l.llr..•X Scssices opened yesterday at a few minutes
lifter tell "'clock, at Clechrusrell-green, before F. Conn,
req. the Chairman, and a Reuel, of Magistrates. Men
t4.e Gravid Jnry had been called veer and sworn (which sou-
p ed *bunt half-ambour, n number of sir names on the panel
out appearing. and several exenses ;wino offered for their sib-
'settee), they were addresot 4 briefly by the Chairman.
He had the pleasure, be said, to inform them, that the
*,donna task they were calkd upon to discharge, would
aye be Near so .severe skim. many reasons they might
I.4Ve erpeeted. From the slate of the calendar, it appear-
ed 'bat their duty would be lighter than usual; and that
the, amnia probably be occupied a much shorter portion
Of time than any Greed Jury hail for a long period. It
contained nu murder, but our manslaughter, no strodons
ofrruers, nothing out of the ordinary course of business,
t•rd the indictments for minor offences were not numerous.
'Ube Court wou;.l not trouble the Jury to return bills in the
'riddle of the day, which had been found attended with
aaeonyenience on both sides, but would send to them at
end of the day. Ile did not see it necessary to delay
them from entering on their duties by any further remarks.
The Grand Jnry then retired, sold the Court proceeded to
the t. Averse,. of which the !loather is fifty-mem
Some cases of assault of an immaterial description were
tried. . .

Joi!I Mott and Willio>rt Bronde were indicted fur as
anal ult on Cathirine, the wile aif - Moore.
The Prierrutor not appearing on being called, nor any
totlinr wittiest. the Prisoners were discharged.
Sarah Jetrerite was next indicted fur an ausult on
Darnel She:omen, a pariah officer.
Daniel Spearman being swllll, staled, that lie was a head.
hironcliorod had been called out on the 4th of May last to
Inky, the P. tanner into euttorly. llcloand her in her brother.
In-law'sl ttttt uoffiing a diaturledice,llll/1 attempting in
break thefarnitu,e. lit apprehended her, but on taking her
out of the house .she knocked him down tour to fire limes,
and use of very, bad languatte. noels as he had sever
be..d out of a woman's mouth btfure ; lie got another
utlicer to assist bins. _

Another witness was called for the prosecution, bat did
not appear.
Th.. Prisoner being called no for lier defetwa, amid, the
Pro.ectitor had COMP up to her in a vet v rough wanner and
roi.• the •inns I off lire shoulders %Minot au) provocation.
i thertne Kent curiolniratrd the last %131CMelli.
•ri... Prisoner M3ll found Guilty, mot sentenced to pay a
fncof 404.

?.'.try Manchester was indicted fur an assault on

-Cohen keeps a shop in High•street, Shadwell, and
velia Fists; on the day stated in the indictment, he was
stsiodieg behind his counter, and saw a Gentleman pay
woh whom be wished to have some cosvervaiiun; ran nut,
rros,erl the street, and stood opposite to where Mrs. Man-
chester lived, lisoking after the Gentleman. In shunt two
IPlb wee, received lo his Astonishment, the contents of a pail
water, out of Mrs. Manchester's shop, thrown by her;
Gehilcmen passing at the lime gut sonic of if ; but Mrs.
Alanchester called oat, Y Sir, I beg pardon, I summit it hot
that thieving rascal," pointing to slims.; witness asksd•
her, " Pray, Ma'am, why did you do that'" her reply was,
Ir.os thieving rascal, if you don't go, you iballget nmore
of it."
la his cress-clarniostioo by Mr. Ai.f.tv, witness

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dressed that Gentleness by the title of " My Good Sir r
which being resealed, be altered it into" Mr. Counsel."
Is answer to alpiestlee• by the Court, witness said Ilea.
Manchester bad givers bins very ill usage some mouths be-
fore; she bad always been the aggressor.
Mr. Lewis said, he was passing nt she time, and saw the
water was thrown by Mrs. 31aneltester; he did not rece4ve
any of it; observed nu provocation whatever given by the
Proseentor.
Elisabeth Adams lived as servant with Mrs. Manchester
at Ow time of the trnuracti 111 l ; she called to WilllP%* for •
pail of water, which +Woe., brought, and saw her throw it
on Mr. Cohen; ilid out see him du ally thing to olTvold her
mistress.
Cross examined.—Left Sirs. Manchester's service a fart.
night ego ; Mrs. Manchester keeps a hatter's shop.
Thomas Williame, who lived next door but one to
Mrs. Manchester, rorrobreateil the'preceding evidence.
file. At.r.v.w, the Prisoner's Counsel, said, in ming:llion,
that the Prosecutor was in the habit of going to his
client's shop and ties-toeing :!way her cost 1111 l ers to his own—
and that he had ore deeireil her son, a troy of nine
of age, to ask Ids mother who his father was, adding, that
she Ws• a w--e.
The following witnesses were then examined on the part of
the Prisoner :
Thimias Mill Herd opposite to the Prosecutor; email
hardly sneak to the transaction itself; butt saw 31r. Cohen
abusing Mrs. Manchester tit bee shop, and one of the wit-
nesses here assisting him.
Mr. Charles raw the transaction • saw Cohen attending
about five minntcs at Mrs. Manchester's door in a con-
temptible manure; Mrs. Maorbeati r threw a pail or stater
on another man, of which Mr. Cohan received a little.
Mr. Harris was not at borne the day at the transaction,
and knew nothing of it.

The CHAIRMAN addressed the Jury, remarking on the
material par la of Ihe evidence. Verdict—Guilty.
The Prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of st. which.
she did immediately, and was discharged.
Since the last &SIMONS rely consiihralde alterritiOns have
been made io the Court. The jury-box has been greatly
thrown forward :mil enlarged; the wituess's-box is placed
between it and the bench; the table Inv+ in consequence
tirell contracted in length, sod entailed in breadth, forming,
instead of a segment of a encl.., which it did before, or
nearly, a very irregular polygon. A pnrillion of wood has
also been introduced, inside and parallel to the great door,
with a small space In-tweet). Some change has also beer.
effected in the eoustructi of the gallery. The alterations
are not yet completed. tt !tether, generally s;reak.itg, they
shall be found Improvements, experience must decide ; but
to one class of persons th. it operation has been as yet the re-
verses-dlunse whose dote it is to report the iitng• or
the Comet. They were this day cm-tutted f; con the place whieb
they bad been formerly permitted to occupy, an.t N ills .1.111.
roily, and after renewed efforts, could procure any seat
where they might be free from interruption.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

CORONER'S IN MY EST.

Yesterday Ammo° an inspirit was held at the Aga of
Ike Unicorn, Covent-garden, before Anthony Gull, Esq. Co-
rimer, on the body of P. Mary Ann Bartell, sgerl3s, wife
to an officer in the army, who came by bcr death wader lb.
following melancholy circumstance:-
I'lw inquest excited considerable interest an over the
neighbourhood, and the Jnry room W3ll crowded to races.
by respectable prison., ellNl.qls to ascertain She native and
result of the case. (hie tit the Jortmen appealed In Mr.
Gen, the Coroner, to he informed, whether any preset!' what-
ever bad soy right there, alter the Jury and Coroner wets
orcomurodat col.

The Cloutier r certainly the Jiffy ought first
to be accommodated, mi.: other iwtsties ought to give way
to them. But tie y were there &Long justice—it was an
open Court—and every tierstoe, as lung u thew was suffi-
cient room, had as mods right there as themselves.

Juryman—Oh, vary well!
Mr. Edward Sprat:g, printer, of 27, Ilow•street, Wag
sworn, stated, that he never before SAW the deceased to his
knowledge, until yesterday morning. about six eciock,
when be was called out of his bed by some persons tea g
in Martlett's.cottrt, Bow•street. They informed him that
• female was at the to of his prioting-olEce, apparently
deranged; he went out and saw that she was then in • illy
perilous situation, she only had on her Bight-gown and a
petticoat, and was kneeling on the pan.ti!es. She hail en-
deavoured to get through a window of the Garrick's Hew'
Tavern, Bow.street, prior to arriving there. He scut for
the Gat rick's Head servant, who time, and getting into the
loft, endeavonreil to persuade her to corn down. She
immediately answered " No, no, 1 will not ; 1 am here
under the protection of God, and 1 am happy 1 base
made my escape." She was in such a dangerous situ•
ation, that no person could possibly render her any as-
sistance. At about seven o'clock Mr. Ilinhon, a performer
newly engaged at Drury-lane Theatre, who was intimately
acquainted with the deceased, came not being sent for, awl
persuaded her to come down ; on which she said, nothing
should ever make her; and ulthou;lt he was a friend, ale
threw the tiles at him. Soon after she consented to come
down, with much persuasion, on an usi.l-rink in: that she
should not he confined. She came dos', rely carefully, and
was taken into the printing-office, where a Loge chop knife
was laying on a piece aims plate; she seized it, and thri rt-
rued to murder any hods who jct.-Kered with her, and bran-
dished it over her bend. She got to the door, and Mr.Nprrzc
laid hold of her hand, to 'invent her going out, but she
made a rush and went into the court. She ran along Mart.
leit's.court, down Drury-lame, through Marquis-court ulnae
she ran into Mr. Roaches, the theatrical bookseller, and
from thence she proceeded to Arydgm-strcet, followed by
about 30 persons. On arriving soar Exeter street she stab.
bed herself two or three times in the side. She was take&
into Mr. Greaves's, a surgeon. IVitness followed; she was
Weeding profusely. A Yount man, who had lake', the kosife
from the deceased's side, gave it to witness. She dm! t-
ly after. While the surgeon was examining tt,r wound, site
told him it was of no use to attempt to restore Is. r, and
made use of other words.

Jobu Turner, of Duke's-court. Ilow•strert, deposed to
having seen the deceased on the top of the house of 31r.
Spragg, and he assisted in retting her down. Ile followed
her into Bryily,es-swet. In Drury-lane she waved the knife,
and said to the people—" If you attempt to tone!' toe, I
will stab you through the body." At this time she was
nearly in a state of nudity, and in Bork's-street she slabbed
herself under bar breast. She W3O about a yard from witness
at tin ties*, and on °bat twine the act be ran towards her sod
pita the instrument from her aide. She t xclaiineil—" I
Pahl I would do it, anti nose I have dune it." Witness as-
sisted her to a Surretnee. _ _

Me. Charles Auresins Hudson, of Drury-lone Theatre,
deposed, that he knew the deceased about six years—she was
a worried lad), her burbatiri is an officer in the army ;
they lived together ; there was now and then n trifling dlr.
Terence between theist, but not of au) *relines kind: he be-
lieved it chiefly arose in consequence of difference of per.
sita,h,m, the deceased being a strict Roman Catholic, and her
husband a Protestant. The deceased had latterly Leen an
actress, and she performed at the Brighton Theatre ander
the nisem,enient of Mr. Brunton, and went by the asstinr d
name of Beifiebt. He always eilm, reed a flight:liras and in-
consistency of lurt about her, especially within the last
three weeks. She spent the day with him on Tuesday, when
she came to town. She slept at the Garrick's Head, bat due-
lag her stay in town, she principally boarded with his fa-
; she was not in want of money ; her family was of
the highest relseetability. On 'Thursday night she went in
a coach to Mr. Mania's, of the Haymarket 'I heatre, to re-
quest an order for Mtn, les it• it, but ne was engaged, and could
not be seen; she then oi direst the coachman to drier ier
Greenwich, without lbsenic any business whatever theic—
she afterwards said she had walked aloha all night.
The Jury returnee' a Verdict—" not Site deregaed nni ar
end to her oleo exulence, being at the time in a stole of
imartity.”
The deceased was a fine-looking woman.

Last week • ultoe swallow wa. %hot from the
Wert Chtf, at Whitby, by EDN *BD CLEAVEIt,
liwp of Nuoniugtoo.