The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

serer
in the morning, saw the prisoner ()shorn in the gar-
den; Osborn's cottage is about 50 yards from Crockenharn.
corner; cannot tell at what tine he left home on Sunday.
Saunders is servant to air. Northey, for whom the prisoner
Osborn works; has arch him use a knife somewhat resem-
bling the bloody knife found at Crockeultain corner, but
sas positively that the knife produced is the same;
within a few days he has been in the habit of using a garden
knife, and on Monday saw him cut strawberries with a ease
knife ; has observed the bruises nu Osborn's forehead;
they were not there ou Friday or Saturday; lie Caine to
woik as usual (.11 Monday, but thought there was a sort of
shyness about him; he scented to avoid witness.
?dr. W. Butcher, cutler, at Epsom, remembers selling
a knife similar to the garden knife used by Osborn, but has
no recollection of the clasp knife found near the deceased.
Mary Hoare, sister in law to the prisoner Osborn, thonght
she had seen a knife resembling the bloody clasp knife in
the prisoner's possession, bin could not say that the knife
produced was the same. The bruises on his forehead she
never observed till within a few days.
The prisoner °shoe., then stated that lie could answer
every thing that had keen alleged in evidence against him
in the mast satisfae!ory manner. He slept at home on
Saturday night, and was roused in the morning, as was also
his wife, by the report of a gull or pistol, about five o'clock.
The circumstance of the report was not much noticed either
by himself or his wife, being in the habit of hearing many
guns fired off by persons shooting. When lie was observed
at the door of his cottage at six o'clock lie bad just come
down stairs, and had aever kft the cottage. The gun found
in his house was the property of a gentleman of the neigh-
bourhood (Mr. Dorety) who was at present from home, and
who had placed a laige quantity of linen under his care
during his absence, and had lent him the gnu to protect
the property if' occasion required. As to the bruises on his
forehead, they were ovcasioned by a fall from an apple-tree,
in his own garden ; lie was willing to strip and show his
person, and if the braises were occasioned by a scuffle or light,
there would assuredly be some marks of violence found upon
him besides the bruises alluded to. lie then snipped, and
was examined by Mr. Mayde, the surgeon, whir stated, that
no marks were apparent on his body that indicated he had
been engaged in a scuttle ; the marks on his forehead he
thought had, from their appearance, been OCCibiollrd us de.
scribed by the prisoner.
Bridges stated that lie was absent from Epsom only a few
hours; he had no idea that lie was suspected of the minder,
but thought the Magistrates wanted to punish him for haviug
got drunk on f,unday.
The prisoner Thomas Arnold was required by the 31agis.
(rates to state where lie slept on Friday night, but refused
to answer the question, stating that wherever he might have
slept on Friday could not in any way be connected with the
inquiry about the murder; lie was willing to give an account
of himself from Saturday night till Sunday night, and beyond
that lie did not conceive lie had a right to he questione.J.
The evainivatian lasted 5 hours, when the Magistrates,
after a long and deliberate consideration, discharged all the
prisoners.
The Magithates commended the zeal and activity of the
officers, and strongly urged a contintirtice of their exertions,
stating at the same time that it was the determination of
all tLe magistrates and gentry oJ the country to spare no
expense in bringing the murderers to justice. The bloody
knife and the stick used hi the strangulation of Co. ma.
fortunate gamekeeper were then delivered to the officers,
and they immediately recommenced their search for the
delinquents.
The Magistrates anti Gentry then formed themselves into
a committee for the purpose of cousidembig what further
measures could be adopted ; the Chairman, Jam, s'l'notter,
Esq. expressed himself as favourable to the tale ing of a
handsome reward. The suggestion was 1111301111011siy ap-
proved, and it was resolved that a reward of Two Hundred
Pounds should be immediately offered, payable ou the Con.
viction of the offenders.

THE HARVEST.—We are favoured with the follow-
ing view of the state of the current crops, from an in-
telligent correspondent in Kent :—Wheat harvest began
very abundant and fine, and straw quite as long as it is
usually. Oats, straw very short, ear full of seed, and
as good as most years. Beaus failed almost every
where. Pease very bad and not many. Hops very
fine, and spew well ; should the line showers continue,
will in most places he plenty. Barley, a very scanty
crop every where. Apples abundant. The general
state of the country is much greener than nearer Lon-
don. The springs are all as high and running as ever.
It is now beginning to rain, and we hope it will con-
tinue.

The Marquis of Hertford's gardener, at fleecy, cut
early in the last month, in his lordship's pinery, a pine,
which weighed 10 pounds 10 ounces avoirdupois.
The supply of grain is excessively abundant ; no less
than 100 rail reached the River on Monday, with car-
goes of wheat, barley, Ike. Although the decline in
price has already been considerable, a further reduction
must be the consequence.
The Duke of Roxburgh, who has, for the first time,
been elected one of the Sixteen Representatives of the
Scottish Peerage, is the only Scots Dukc who is not
also a Peer of tireat Britain. His Grace is now in the
eighty first year of his age, and his son, the Marquis of
Beaumont, has just entered into his second.
The present summer has been the warmest since that
of 1779. The previous winter and spring were then
so mild, that green pease w..:re sold in Nlay ut Is. the
peck measure. The thermometer was at 78 on the
;sth of April, and the hawthorns were in blossom
three or four days after that period.
Letters from Preston state, that a deputation from
the spinners there had waited upon Mr. Horrocks, (the
member) intimating their wish for increased miges.—
A meeting of the principal master spinners had been
held iu consequence. They determined wit to raise
their wager. This will he announced to them on
Saturday next, when it is apprehended they will all
turn out.

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