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COLObEL SIBTHURP.

Colonel Sibthovp, we are happy to say, was on Tuesday
proosieneed by his 'medical attendants to be out of danger,
and they have sow every hope of bail perfect recovery. Mrs.
H. Sibthorp is ale, progressively recovering from her
revere bruises. Nothing bas transpired at present to
lead to a satisfactory elucidation of the unfortunate af.
fair. The man who found the finch-pin on the eight of
the misfortisse was examined before the Magisirstes on
Friday. He gave the pin into the bands of a meant
about half an hoer slier the accident, saying, " Here
is the lineli.pie ; it will do again, take care of ir!"—
*This at first was supposed to have been the identical linch-
piss lost out •f the wheel, but on examination it appeared
probable that this might be • spare linch-pin which was
shaken out of the how by thicarriage being upset. Although
some mystery yet rearming irpon the evidence, the man was
fully exonerated from any guilty participation iu the bashing.
Cul.Sibiliorp considers the whole affair as purely areidental ;
several circumstances,bowever, which had previously occurred,
prevent so desirable • conclusion in the meads of
mar is, that • leech-pin was certainly taken out about three
numbs ago; another, that the coachman not only examined
the carriage before be lift Cauwick, but actually put sin fas-
teners through the eye of every liitch•pis, and the distance
travelled to Lincoln did nut exceed three miles. A third
circumstance is, that on the preceding Thursday three
men were overheard threatening Colonel :Obi horp,
" Here comes the d—d carrisge," said one of them;
" there is nobody but ladies to it—let us wait till lie is
in it, and when we do it we will do it effectually!"—
This necessarily leaves an impression that there really are
persons so deprived as to be guilty of such an atrocious set.
On the aright of the overthrow, the coachman having art the
ladies down at Dr. Cookson's, went to the White Hart fur
the Colonel, oh t dressed there. It is probable, theref re,
that the offenders thought the Colonel was alone ; no; tish,
it could make any difference to their diabolical dispneltions

how massy were tojered, ass that the object of
wrist auffered.—(Slataford Mercury.)

Chiltlains.—Mustgrd. spread on a piece of cloth
and wrapped round the part affected, is found to
cure the most troublefonne chilblaiw. Of courre
this remedy must not be applied when they are
broken.

Very PN a gge rated rumours hove for Nome days
past brew current, reg..tiling the prr,r•lence of
typhus to town. We inititillasid that ;s. s meeting
of the Board of Health, Oft 'Tuesday, six medical
Gentlemen reported an agbregwe nu,ober, includ-
ing those in the hospital, of thirty cases. As the
District Conirnitteer of the Doom of Health are
again in active operation. the precise extent of the
milady sill be shortly eseer trined rod the
most efficactotir means adopted to check the progress
of the contagion. There is no troth iti the story of
its having bveu imported.—(Greenock Advertiser.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, t.tecoca's•lee,
assior. MARCH 43.
Tits DIRECTORS OF THE i.Ownow NATIONAL FIRS
isretissocit SOCIETY s. RIOSOLD.
Mr. %V rruzisi.t.-6 Whin your Lordship men-
tioned this case oit Saturday, were we to under-
stand that the injunction *AI dissolved or you did
not lapin mention It this day ?"
Tie LORD Calsecattoit —l, My opinion-
that before the Plaintilts (the Directors) caw e'dwv"
here to sustain an injunction, they mu regutikte
their Cosichiet according to the terms of their deed,
aunt nut hiving done so, the injunction Must go
for nothing. %Viten I say this it must he endcr-
stood that it is without prejudice to the merits of
the cause, whenever it comes before me fur hear-
ing. The Directors must act coisforanable io iii.
pri,visions of their deed, and when they hone it.nt"
5.5, they any came tiers, if aggrieved, for relief.—
The Court or Chancery will not interfere if parties
will nut act according to their ems rola and Will-
cipleo. The result of the application that they
are malting the Court of Chancery the Treasures.
the Steward, mid even the Surgeon of the Soctety.'
I,j unction dissolved.

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14 VIIIIION-TIOVit.
ROBBERY OF MESSRS. DOXAVS SILK-

WAREHvUSt.

I Three netei, J. Pori, ti.lVitife, sad a man named While,
a carman, were brooght before the Lord Mayor, and under-
went an examination on • charge of having robbed the silt-
warehouse of Meares. Dotal mid Co. Riskopsgatestemt, or
silk to the amoveut d beoweets aric and seven hundred pentode.
Mr. Alley and Mr. thapireis conducted the prosecution. and
Mr. Hardier sad Mr. Humphries attended es behalf of the
Prisoners.
It. I'. Wiseman was called to prove the robbery, which 11,
said hid taken place on the 20th of September last, s ben the
warelomme was broke" epee. and bflolloo. of silk, the valise of
'Dearly 7001. was stolen. Part of the property bad since Iwo
traced law the beads of a respectable tradesman, wee
Coventry, *tamed Palmer, who Lad bought it of a person
named Thorpe.
Nlr. Alley mid he had to offer this Thorpe, who had heel
charged as an Decessary to the robbery, but who had unt.l
this period borne a tenet respectable Character, as an di -
deuce for the King, if the Lord Mayor were disposed to
accept hint as such.
Thorpe stated, that he hail bought the silk in question
from the Prisoner Ford, under the idea that it had bees
smuggled, aged bad been induced by the latter to keep himself
out of the esy, soder the Roe of being pow lobed for having
dealt iu smuggled 'Mods. Me iiraa, however, discovered at the
lodgings of Ford's cos tea Monday, and taken halo custody.
The Lord Mayor accepted Thorpe as King's evidence sot
he was swore, when he deposed to the erect already ',latest.
He lived at Stoke, star Covemtry, and was • coachman ;
in September last, the Prieuner Ford, whom he hoi
known fur matt' years, came S. him and said be had it
large quantity of silk to dispose of se a bargain. The
witness cams dp to town with Ford, who, snot' after their
arrival, took him to a poblie-house sear the City-road, where
he was introdmeed w Ave other Men, simonise whom was the
Prisoner White, Them den, be was told by the Priennee
Fool, were to have a than in the produce of she silk. 1 •
witness was taken to me the silk, which hid beets lodged' too
a low obscure rot stone Renton. There were seven begot
of it, Go whit% Ike *Mums gave 2501. which he paid Is five
SIM nodes. He believed that ibis took plat* about the
fiTill of Scrimshaw. He at hem, from the how and suspicioue
appearance of the place where the silk was lodged, suspected
that lee had born, as be termed it, "door." After it
his possession, be was pressing in his iimptiries of Ford'. son
as to the manner in which his father came by it, when he air-
Loot Irolged to him (the willies') that it had been " twigged,"
The online imbeteree•lly sold it to Mr. Palmer.
Several witnesses were called to comber/no the evideume
of Thorpe, and to prove that be had been seem wish Ford at
the lime slated. Witmessws were called to prove that the
501. notes, paid by Thorpe to Ford, hail beer changed at the
Rank on the fullowiag monde' by Fund and White, whore
signatures were spew the back of them.
Harrison, the Marobahman, in company with Forrester, the
younger, slated, that they took White isito enstudy, suit on
ecerchiiii his house is John fliers, lawehowee, they fumed a
most extensive assortment of burglarious apparatus, mongol-
ing of between two and three hundred okeleton key., calcu-
lated to disentangle the most intricate locks, together with
files, true-crows, dark Willem% sod phosphorus bottles, 114
short, it was a complete depot.
'They also fossil • quantity of plate, with the crests, &r.
carefully filed off; 'leveret vidmilde articles, with gull clasioro,
wok, Ice. and a variety of other property, all of which
White said was his own, and defied any one to prove so the
contrary. He applied to have it restored to him.
Wells, the enrsnao, was cleaned with hewing *misled in car-
ing away the silk at the time of the robbery beteg committed.
The Lord Mayer said, be thought there was sufficiesit eei-
dime. to seed the matter for the consideration of • Jury.
The three prisoisers were folly committed fur trial, and
Thorpe held to hail, himself in 6001. and two others is %W.
each, to give evidence. His Lordship ordered that Illogeo.
perty fumed in the posseesio• of While should be admellisaL
sow-STILIVT.
Michael Tavernes was benutht up for exanduatioir before
Richard Biroie, E.g. the Stiller Nlegielrate, charged wish
stealing a large quantity of beam and blew, the property of
Edward Kees, of St. Job...tract, Smithfielol, brass-founder.
Richard W , aged 14, eirsnit boy to Mr. Keat,
stated, that about nine sssss nibs ego, be went to the shop of
the Poisoner in Seffrolibill and *old • small quantity of
beam to him; the Primmer asked witness how he came by it,
and who he was; Sall rn wailers 's Wiling him that he was
errand buy to Mr. Kent, the brass•frsooder, Oa St.
Juhn-
street, the Prisoner told him that h• might bring •nynuantity
of his master's property, and he would buy it sad say toot hist
about It. Wituess frespeently took mummifies of brass sod
file* to the Prisocier, who bought these of Lien at a Vet♦
low price. WItIItIS also stated that the Prisoner used to
pax three or four times a week to his master's shop, awl
he (witness) used to deliver to bins large quantities of brow,
the properly of Mr. Kent.
This practice had continerd for nearly nine montlop, when
Mr. Keat fortunately missed some of the articles, end un
his examining hie stock, he foiled a do ficierey of property
to the •mount of 1001. A circumstance transpired which
cooed the boy Warner to be suspected, and he watched hint
him to the sloop of the Prisoner, • marine store-.hop; a
eearch warrant was immediately obtained by Mr. Kest, sail
upon she execution of whir h Iwo large rolls of (Hass, of a •
twin-Oar sort, writ/loot between 2 aril 300 weigh, each,
were found end ids siiified by Mr. K. at se being Isle propeo.y.
The Prisoner used to give the boy Wareer 4d per pussoil
for the hrs.., which is worth at beset 11d., and used then to
oblige him to toss up for gin, and generally won all the
money bark again. He was fully committed fur fatalist-
the two rolls of brass identified by Mr Keat.
Oot Friday lest info' matoon was received this c%ce of a
geoltlemais of the none of Kopf having left Leopete impro-
perly, with the soon sof 30.0410/..ii cold; he was sewed by inn
permois (root thst plate In knglasid, but they cuft,4l
covet at what wort he lauded An eppliention ram sa,ble
Yeloriiay to the 11.14111 e Magistrate, for an others .0 tw
sent to Gram wipe, it bring suspected that he erns so tb. t
place, and Lavender was immediately rent there, u (,00.
intelligence lie griord rellitord to London, and early on Set,
day morning progeorle.l with all possible dispatch to Liver-
pool, where lie •occeeilsd so taking Mr. Kgtof leto cus-
tody, and also too travelling poortinenteans. which contained
upwards of 30,01101. to gold, and trey arrayed. at this oak,-
•Mitot seven occur It )estrri.lay etenioig Mr. Kopf was thee,
taken to the Marquis of Auglesey puhlic-hions,e, where he
was to remain in custody uatsl his exatutuation, which was
fixed for this day.

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TIIE ON.

w di' • .• 1—,41110111w.--
On Monday se'unight his Grace the Duke of
Wellington, as stated in a former paper, accom-
panied by the Martpris of Buckingham, arrived at
the Guildhall, 11'iuchester, where the Mayor, Al-
slernieq, and Members of the Corporation, and
others, had previously assembled, to testify their
respect and admiration of an individual who has
achieved so mach for his (notary, by presetitmg
him with the freedoms of the city. hi the Hall we
-octired the Narchioness of Buckingham, I,sdy
Miss Milelmay, and several other Ladies
of..eault and respectability. Tly noble persouages
Ivens-weed on their eiltiprof‘ 'Ay the whole as-
aembh, and took their seats oo the Bench amidst
general acclamations.
*lite ttecorder (J. P. WILLIAMS. Esq.) then de- ,
livered an appropriate liallte.s to his Grace.
The Duke of WELLINGTON returned thanks to
the Corporation, fur the honour which they had
-conferred upou him in admitting him to the free-
.tom of their city. The services which the lion.
(lentlemou had been pleased to notice, were hot to
uttriboted to him, hut to the characteristic spirit
an& valour of this great mono ). lie, however, could
nut emit his acknowledgments for the hotiourable
mention joist made of his endeavours to serve his
couidry, soil pat tictilai ly to express his gratitude
for 4lst early ..prori unity alsich which had been
taken to convey to -loon this distinguished mask of
their opprobatiou ; that •pprobatiou he hoped W.-
ways to merit, by doing every thing in his plower to
limit-tote the happinesti and prosperity of the city of
Wiiichester..
The ceirmotties of wilmissistering the usuol oaths
and other formalities basing been gone through, Isis
Grace, with the Noble Marquis, quilted the Hall,
loudly cheered by the whole company.
111. Grace shortly after proceeded to St. John's
410iise, where he was received by upwards of vOO
Noblemen and Gentlemen of distinguished rook
and property in the county, from a bum lie had
accepted an invitation to • public dinner. On
advancing to Isis scat. " See de conquering Hero
comes," was sung by the gentlemen and i
belonging to IsViuchester Cathedral (under the di-
PECiiOll of Dr. Chard), accompanied by slit. excel.
hilt baud of the 51,t regiment of light infistory,
which was stationed at the bottom of the r
The Marquis of Buckingham, who presided, tbs.
charged the duties of his office with the greatest
affability ; and the entertainment, which was one of
tine most *pendi] ever witnessed in the county of
Hants, was worthy of the great occasion. " Non
tiobis Dontine" having been sung by the Gentle.
men before alluded to, the cloth was removed.
The lino toast proposed by the Noble Chairman
was God bless the King," which wu' drank with
enthusiasm by the whole company. The natiocal
onthem, " God sure the King," was then rung,
accompauted by the trout', au& produced a fiue
effect. •
The next toast was, " The Royal Family,"
which received the highest applatise. This was Int-
lowed by a grand military piece (we believe the
overture to Alosart's Licaterrsa di Tito"), most
admirably performed by the baud.
The Noble CHAIRMAN then gave, " The Duke
of York aril the dtmy," which was received in a
somilar manner to the preceding. This was follow-
ed by the baud " The Duke of York's
March."
The next toast was, " 'l4l4o2lplke of Clarence
sad the Not which was drink with cheers, sue.
c. eiled by " Bale Britannia."

The Noble CHAIRMAN then said, he was about
to propose the Isiah!) of one whose name was en-
rolled on the annals of victory—(Cheers)—and coin-
mantled the admiration of his country—a name
which needled no introduction from any man-
4Applarse ) He would therefore, without any fur-
ther preface, give as The health of our illustrious
L• rd Lieutenant of the county, his Grace the
Duke of Welliogion."—lLoold and repeated
cheers, which cons rued for sererul Ininates)—and
Duty the Lord grant hnu a long and prosperous
1 fe—(eheersl—not for his own take only, but for
that of his country, although, perhaps, for that
..outitry he had already done enough ; hut lie still
trusted lie would hie to fill the future page of Lug-
-glory.—(General cheering.)
The Puke of WELLINGTON sheds rose and said,
1 beg leave to return you illy sincere Ilsonks fur the
honour _which you have done me. by drinking my
.health, and pairticulaily- fur the very d dtering t»an-
a►er io which it has been received. It was not I
who saved the country—it was the country which
saved hielf by its unanimity,—(eippl-duse)—
Amil its sobrutiou is to be athibuted In the spirit and
gallantry of its soldiers and sailors, and particularly
so my gallant friends whom I now have the pleasure
of ' 'rejig in this cumpuoy—(Lord cheers.)—
This thsracteristic spirit of br very is pre-eminently
'conspicuous in the county of Southampton, which
has produced so many officers who have distinguished
themselves in the army sod navy. His Grace thin
.paid a merited compliment to the Marquis of
Backiegldam, whose comfort, he observed ought
• never to be forgotten ; who, sacrificing every emit-
just, had stepped! forward to odd his country in her
hour of Isere, and by his example had ►timula•eJ

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4 them to the same laudalile exertion.—[Tire Noble
Duke alluded to. the petted alien the militia
r.ginient• volunteered the rxtreirion of their tier-
jeeti. The Noble 141uiquis commands the Bock-
inghamoliire milititt.]—llia Griii e in eonelni,imi said
" I return you my moat sierere thanks for the very
I,otiourable reception I hare met with on my brit
(seining among you ; I CM) ai,stare you that it hus
nude an indel.hle impressiou on iny mind, und I
. align always fret hippy iii 4.0-oprratsag with you in
any i thin hicb•con m tend to ',re mote the prospe-
rity a
iiir
. of the evn.iry." The Noble
.Thake; iiht. the loudert (ima of the
whore ei .
• A f'er the glee —" Glorious //polio," had been
luny. tie Duke of 11'.1111%1011 ,4 ire—
" Pros; way to the County of Suuthanipton ;"—" The
"faro mad Curpurat ion of trinebt,ter, and thank; I 4 them
fur the acenumodataco minds they Lave atihrded WI in the
lI3C of the room"
The Mayor (J. N. SILVER, fileg ) returned thanks
in Inv appropriate speech. Glee—" Wilk ujollyfull
bottle."
"The health of the gallant armies that fought under the
Duke of %Methuen's," being proposed by the Chairman, sod
drank with great applause,
The Duke of WaLLINGToN lose to return

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*RAKING, MARCH S.
The Assizes for the county commenced this
morning with- the usual ceremonies. About one
o'clock the Judges entered the Hall for the pur-
pose of proceding to business.
Mr. Justice PARK presided in the Civil, and
Mr. Baron GARROW iu the Criminal Court. There
were only eight causes set down for trial at Nisi
Prins, none of which' IiNIAA •f much general
interest.
TuEsisktr
The Judges entered their respective Covina at
nine o'clock.
About one o'clock the whole of the civil csuses
having been gone through, Mr. Justice PARK took
part of the remaining criminal cases ; and before
him came on the trial of
THE POACHERS.
This trial excited great interest. One of these
men, named Neighbour, offered to turn King's
evidence, upon the usual condition of a 'otion be-
ing granted to hies ; to which the Cotuniel fur the
prosecution consented. A considerable time was
occupied by the Grand Jury in examining the caiw,
and the assistance of one of the Judges wes solici'cd,
upon a technical difficulty, before a true bill was
returiied against the Prisoners. In the course of
the proceedings. however, Mr. Justice PARK ex-
pressed his regret that an arrangement had been
made by which one of the participators on the crime
they were trying had been permitted to assume the
character of. witiles., as it perplexed the proceed-
ing., and increased the chances of escape, as no part
of 'lva perimil'a testimony could be allowed to weigh
with the ury, unless it was strongly corroborated
by oilier and respectable witnesses ; and he was sure,
had the Learned Gentlemen foreseen the difficul-
ties which had then arisen, they would have acted
dart-win ly.
The indictment connoted of eleven counts :
The tint charged ell the prisoners **oh shooting at
Wm. Page, wuh intent to murder him; the second
charged them with intent to maim. disable, or do
him seine bodily harm ; the other counts charged
the shooting, hest upon o.horne, then upon Julio
Weston (ttot in cutody), then upon some person or
persons unknown; and the last count charged the
offence under the Black Act, which the Counsel
said they should not rely upon.
Before the first witness was called,
Mr. CROSS called upon his Learned Friend, Mr.
Jervis, who stated the case, to make Iris election
of the count upon which the prisoners should be
tried As the offence was laid in so many different
contended that they bad a right to know
ul which particular charge they were to be tried,
to enable them to conduct their defence.

Mr. EY KY N followed sin the same side; but the
Judge rifted that the p►osecutors were nut required
by the law to practice of the Courts to restrict
!Mutative's iu the way proposed.—The trial limit
proceeded.

Thomas Neighbour wive the first witness called;
his evidence wits as follows:-1 came here from the
County Prison ; in Janus'', last I lived at Old
Wirideor; 1 recollect tier ptisoner, come
tug to my house, the day before I was uppre-
hended ; he called out, " 'Tom;" I looked out of
the window, and he asked me to take a walk; it
was about six o'clock at night ; I had been at his
house five or six night before, when lie called me
out, and asked me if I would iniud going a poach-
ing; I said, I don't mind if I do, los I have no
work. He replied, he would give toe a call some
night ; he did so five or six nights afterwards, when
he asked me to take u walk, and I consented; we
went along, and ! then saw he had a gun under his
coat ; we went towards Bishopsgate, the road to
Engle field-greet); be told me be had called be-
cause George Osborne desired him to call, us they
had turned Thomas --- out of the gang. We
proceeded to Osborne's house, whom we found at
home ; John Weston and Charles Smith came in
afterward., and then Joseph Chase; Weston and
Smith brought guns with them ; Chase's gun was
already there ; I received a gun front George Os.
borne, and all of theta were then loaded ; each
bed his own powder and shot, except myself; my
gun was charged by George Osborne; I think two
of our party had lianitlttrchitis about their hats
It was proposed to go to Hear's Hails, near Old
Windsor; however, they at lust agreed to go iniu
,the Park, toward* Round IVuod ; for which pair-
rise we got over the pales, between liiehupsgate
and Virginia %Voter, and went along the ride ;
we found four phissaids, and shut them; we
then went to another little hill, and a little fur-
ther ou another bird was killed. After tl is, we
met a man und boy, who acid, " good night,"
to which we made the same reply, and soon
after slant another bird. We then proceeded
towards the mill, shot another bird, and got down
to the mill-clump, where atiother gun was tired ;
here and myself stopped in the toed
whsle the other four went into the clump; Jost as
tliey returned to us, 1 !teepee coining ;
they cried out, us they came•near as, 4. Lit ! hi
you are the chaps we have been looking tater."
—liillick rind I were almost to depart, but one
of our party said " Stand," and we did so, sad
faced the keepers. As they drew near we cloyed
together with our backs to the w I, and preseiltril
our guns at them, bidding them to" stand back;"
I at the some instant heard some oldie guns cocked,
but of which party I cannot tell. 11 e were then
within guts length of each other, and we said,
" You go about your banters, and we will go
shout ours;" to which the keepers replied, 4. We
are about our business, we are determineal to take
you, and you hail better surrender ;" to
we answered, •• We would not Ise took." The keep-
ers then said, 4' Do you metro to lire ? if you do
we do not ;" we answered that we would. Os-
borne then jumped over at my left hand into the
wood ; upon which the keepers called out, " There
is one run away; let's pile!' into them." They
came upon us accordingly, and Mantel) knocked
ore down ; I gut up again, and a general struggle
ensued, during which I heard two guns go off.
Weston and Smith were then missing; I (lid not
see which way they went ; I was taken to the fetus,
where three whole guns and parts of two where,
broken in the contest, were brought, and also a
bag containing nine pheasants. One of the guns was
Kitlick's, one belonged to Chase, and the other
was the one 1 had ; Chase's and untie were loaded ;

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kl; bad been just beture Led of at a bird in
epee.
Cross-cranked by Mr. Cnoss.—The night was
very foggy, with drizzling rain though the moon
was up. The shot used was adapted for pheasant
shooting. I saw no more of Osborne after he
leaped the fence. There were seven keepers.
Chase was severely wounded in the leg. We found
that the keepers were armed with poles with bayonets
at the end of them. and tenter-hooky fixed for sere.
ral inches down them. Chute aus taken to Wind-
sor ist • cart. being unable to walk. My eyed were
full of blood from a tut in the head ; and Killick
was alto much wounded.

By Mr. Coantri.-1 can't say who flied the gime.
Timothy Turner, examined by Mr. SIMPHERD.
am gamekeeper for Windsor Greta Park. On
the iOth of Jemmy last I was out with Wm. Man-
tell, Win. Page, Parry, ‘Veedon, Parr, and my
son Thomas. We got into the Task about scene
in the evening. We had been very much troub-
led with poachers, and I wished to take them.
We belied a number of guess in succession at in-
terval., by tracing which we were at last led to
the bridge near the Norfolk-larm, where kneel-
ing down I discerned two men by the side of
the plantation, and others int the act of joining
them. Ile then related all the circumstances of
the conflict in nearly the same terms us the pre-
ceding witness. During the parley he had two
guns pointed so mar to his breast that they almost
touched bite, but upon oue of them bring drawn
nth by a movement of one of his Mtn, he put
aside the other with his howl, and twilled in upon
the poachers. The man opposed directly to him
was Killick, and the scuffle was tiolent; he
also subdued ••other or the gang. Dis pistol
was knocked out of his hand and the pike wrench-
ed from him ; he then endeavouied to draw the
other pistol from his pocket, •i id at the some
moment he heard Page calling fur assistance ; at
the sante Iliac turning round lie saw him knocked
down with what appeared to be the initt-rod of a
gu►►. A shot was then fired from the plantation,
and by the flash be could perceive it was levelled
at Page, who was at that in■taut in the act of
falling. By this time lie had got his pistol from
his pocket; Killick retreated eight or ten paces;
he followed, and the poacher surrendered. On
looking round he 6.1%1 that Mamell had subdued
Neighbour. Mantel! called out, " Fur God's take
send me fire arms, or some assistance, for here is a
man in the plautation loading his gun, I suppose
to shoot at me." Turner told hint he had
none, and desired him to bring his man to the
farm-house. On the road they found Parry and
tVsedoi► with Chase in custody. In about Latf
an hour he returned to the spot with a light, and
found a hat with II handkerchief round it, the bag
of pheasants, and the gun. mot fragments, which
lie then produced in Court. One was • loaded
barrel, broken from the stock ; and them was also
stock, broken iii two parts acioss the butt-cud
of it.

On hie cross-eternisation be stated, that Chase
was wounded with a gun-shot, which might have
been fired by one of the keepers. Sevrtal of his
potties weer much hart ; Page was so much cover-
ed with blood that lee did not know hi at. At the
close of the engagement, as he coiold see none be-
sides Mantel! and Neighbour, he concluded all the
rest were dead, except the one who retreated to the
plantation, whom he believed to be Osborne, but
he would not swear it was. •
John Ithintell, James Perry. Thomas Farr,
George Turner, and John Weeds's', currubotated
the shove tratiniony.
William Page, under-keeper. examined—We
waited liar a moment or two in parley, when I said,
" It's best to have at 'em." The man in the plan-
tation said, " Ifyou do I'll fire at you." 1 at
the same moment ►eized hold of the man that pre-
sented his gun at me, sod them the own in the
plantation fired at me, and the-shots hit me about
the head. 1. was then knocked down, and in falling
pulled my man with sue; we lay on the toad
together. After 1 was down, I heard too ere three
other guns fired.
The Poieoners were then called upon for their de-
fence. They all answered that they wished to leave
themselves in the halide of their Connsel. The fol-
lowing persons were then called as evidence to the
character of lidlick :—John Clark, victurlkr, of
Old Windsor, George Lawrence and John Bailey,
of the same place; they all concurred to speaking
well of hint, having known him for three°, four
years, in which time they had never seen or !lewd
any MIT ill of him.
Mr. CRO43 now submitted to his Lordship that
there was no evidence to go to a Jury. hie prevent-
el it wu• on the seventh count of she indictment
that the Prisoness were tried, which charged the
shooting upon some persaii or premiers unknown ;
and if en, there had been nu connexion proved be-
tween the Presoiterro and such pets on or persons.
Even if it were supposed that O•borne had fiord vii
the gull, the case would stand in the suave situation,
as he had :ant Loren ideotified Icy soy of the wit-
ile•ses, and there was nothing which affected him
but the uncorroborated testimony of Neighbour,
and, as his •Lordship had &dimly iiitimaterl, that
was not sufficient to produce • conviction.
Mr. EYKYN said a few words to a similar effect.
Mr. Justice PARK repealed, that the Jury might
I find their verdict upon any of the comfits; and it
was not necessary to connect the Prisoners with
he parson who fired the shot, further than that
they were aiding and abetting in the same unlawful
design. Ilis Lords!iip then proceeded to charge
the Jetty, during which he read over the whole of
the ...violence, with the exception of Neighbous'o,
making suitable comments us lie proceeded, and
concluded about eleven o'clock.

Thr July almost iiiiinetinitely returned a verdict
of Guilty %amid Killick and Chore, and Acquitted
Osborne.

This trial lasted till eleven o'clock at night.
WRIONESDAY.
This morning.at ten o'clock. Mr. Baron Darrow
took his seat on the Bench, for the purpose of link..
h•ticing the prisoners whose punisknesits had not
been determined at the time of their conviction.
When they were placed at the bar his Lordship ad-
dressed them in a wain of eloquence which deeply
affected the whole Court.,
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James Fletcher is a tall stout-looking man, and
had lost • leg at the battle of Waterloo, for which
he enloys a pension, and had the honorary medal

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hanging at his breast, which Lordship did not
fdil to notice, when he diiteicd his attention laatil- .
filially to him. Killick was in tears, slid seemed
deeply affected ; wir dud 11:e promise that his Itii
would he spored appear to give hint much constr.
lotion, as it was accompanied with the declaration
that he must be transported fur ever from Lis
country.
A similar announcement, that their lives would he
spared, was made to all on whom lenience of death
was passed excepting ‘V. Wmpshot, to whom his
Lordship would give no hope of merry, as he was •
an old offender, having an a Comer conviction
suffered a long ilupri%o ttttt root in Heading %awl,
where lie conducted himself in a manner which Ivo.,
the esteem of Mr. EdsiatutY, the very'redpectitb!
keeper, who recommended him to los former em-
ployer, and ()tiered to become security for his good
behaviour fora certain period ; but before it hal
expired hr rrtooroord to his lousier courses, aod was
again apprehended.