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when the thing wits eposett and adopted. I have never
been at the Swan *ince that right. I reins tuber we met a per-
rut nr two after we left thebwandlear Peckham-lane, butt we
did not speak to them."
Mr. Kinnard —" I shall now ask yon a question of the great-
est Importance. Was the night oat which the warder look
place dark or moonlight ?" TM time is an distant,
and C.t circumstances are so dreadful, I cannot charge my
nienuory with that Mel." Mr. Sionnit.n,, the t Idef clerk, here
sotrewved. that that tact had been aseertaiiicsl at the period
of the inquest.
Giddons then describc:l tic agreement between him and
his associates, to rob tlw person alums they heard coming be-
hind them; repeated the I menage of and said, Mete
was too liesitatiolo upon the plat of any of them to commit the
tobhery. " The place," said lir, " where we stopped Lieut.
Johnson, sva• at the left !mod aide of the road, near which was
a diet h : at the 'other side of the ditch Has a hedge, and inside
was a Bahl. I remembt ritws if I did. not see a gate to the
held, but there mielit iii c been tune ; and I believe there is a
etoeet near tile spot whole the murder Was committed. When
sees in the diteli, into a Melt I bad 'wen tuotked by Limit.
Johnson, I heard the rest 1111 l thit.k towards Depttiord.
ablollt a quarter of an ht,ur they returned ; I mean /faints
:Ind Hatton, and the other man whose naine I did not know.
The woman WAS net with them, awl I never saw her since;"
The pti.mier Hatton--" I don't think you ever saw her."
titchloac continued, " was lyiur in the ditch .alle:t they
Caine to tne, and could not tise, from the blows I had received.
Finding that I was helpless, they pulled me over the bank
lotto the tield, when they left me. It was past twelve o'clock,
think, and I mast have staid in the held about two hours.
When they left rue, wltleh Was soon after they polled nor into
site field, !heard tin person pass along the road; my wrist
was very had, but when I was at Al able to move, I made an
etfart, and got over the hedge down the bank into the road.
I then went straight home, but did not see the body of Lit nt.
johns/al iu fay Way. sly wife let me iii, she hail no light,
and I washed my eye at ith water, mid iny a rist with vinegar,
and went to bed. The only measly I gave to her question
Where I hail been?' Hits, that I haul been drinking.' When
I arose I told her I hail been in a row, and had hurt my wrist ;
guy wife procured some still' Coe my wrist from a druggist,
after which I went to the Lou cr Watergate, and sat on a
bench. The day before the murder I was not at any work,
tont I cannot say how long I hail been tinemployed. I worked
whom the time of Hhielt I speak lieellsiralailY coin tans
situ Hatton, but I cannot say while Raines worked. I
tootle a •ni:dake iu saying that I saw the two prisoners the
voiJit after the mitrdler, it was two nights, or perhaps three,
otlerwards. They cam. with nie, tis I said before, aorta's-
panied by the third man, and rave me the 21. saving they
were going to Nerthile et to look fur work. I repeatedly
asked liotton what money had been taken front Limit. John-
son, but the only answer I received was, that ' I had got my
'hare.'"

(iidttnns then tlegeribeil the pothlie-hon.e iu 1,e:olenhAll•
street,where they had been drinking, " It is not now
in exi.tenec "

Mr. Kinnard—" Hail vmt unv knives amongst you F'•
Anus—" I had no knife, and I cannot say whether asp of the
rest had any."
Mr. Kinnard.—" Had you Anthing to eat front the time
that you went to Leadmiliall-streeti" Nothing."
Mr. Kinnard —" Hasa you heard of a little silver instrument
amongst those concerned in the murder ?" Gidilons—" I did
hear of such a thing, but know nothing of it." Mr. Kin-
rurd —" Do you know whether any vnc of root assooLotou
was wounth el in the contlicti" Gishlons--'• Not one of those
concerued in tha murder was wounded but myself. " Mr.
Simmons—" How did you learn any thing respecting the silver
tulle?" Gidduns—" In a general conversation amongst 30
or 40 people I heard It spoken of; but I never heard either
of the prisoners say any thing about it."
In answer to several qnestions from Mr. Kinnard, niddons
said, that, to the best of his recollection, the day of the mur-
der was either Thursday or Friday. He was dressed in a
blue jacket and cauvass trowsers, at the time, being employed
as a rigger. His accomplices, Hutton, Raines, and the
strange matt, were dressed in the same manner.
At this period of the investigation Raines was removed
from the other, and the Magistrate asked Hatton whether
lie h any question to ask the witness. Hatton merely de-
nied that lie had beau concerned in the murder; said ler was
at work constantly at the time (lithiuns swore be was looking
for work, and that be (-mild prose his innocence. Mr. Kill-
mrd—" Can you prove where you were at the time tke mur-
der was committed?" Mr. Pries., solicitor to the prisoners,
objected to this question, observing, that Hatton was un igno-
rant man, and might ray sulnetlaing milt Mated to prejudice
his ruse. Mr. Kinnard said, he was as Anxious to pear all
the circumstances of this case as would adhere to the cause of
the prssouess„ as well as In that of the prosecution. His on
jest was to ti• upon the guilty persons, And on the that ge of
a murder, ceremony would not he very e•citsable.

llefore I can prom what )-(ni .14,1; for, I must send for
my landlord and my dub. CieWoos is a villain in grain, and it will
be seen." Mr. kmnarl—'• Were you am king at Depttiml about
the tittle of the murder ?" Ilattuu—'• I can't rreollect alivrt•
JAW latil how ninny pats it is ante the: murder took plaeu." Mr.
ISinnard—•• Next Februaly it will 1w tight yeArts." I I atton—•• That
man before your worshtp swears false, as sure as there is a Cod above,
aul I hope (Aid will reward him for it yet. I did not knotty where
ti,e East India-house wits at that time. I did not know Ciddonsut
that time." tsiddont--.. I can prove this moment that pat knew Me
well long before that time ; you worked with tit- for u gcntltn utn, now
in this &lice, ten }ran asu and upward?. ; ilr. llantrock, who sits
near %lb. C.lll ill whetlar this is the (Abr." Mr. Ilanimek. upon being
questioned by the :klao 'nate, confirmed this conuadiction Givtu by
Gicltlons. _

Hatton was then rernovtd into another mom, and Haines was
bronchi in. The Magimnite caked whether he bad any question to
put to Gidelona. Itaiiose thin, he lu.d nothing to %ay, but
that he was innocent, and that he trusted he could bring proot of an
alibi, if the time was peinted out to lnin. 111 r. Kinnard bisrmei told
i.n it was the tirst wmk of February, late 9, Haie.e s.sid he. Lettered
he wits at Chatham a.t that time.

!Tatum was again put to the bar. next to Raines. Tfr. Rot:rano
aid, •• Once more. litddons I ask you. it all this true ? Is there no
roscrvation ? It is not too late to retract, and the safety of your im-
mortal soul is conc.med." Catilons answered as before. The pri-
witos, both (Thal °tit, •• We at:: innocent; that villain will suitle."
.` Mrs.(iiddons received asimilor admonition tVorn the Ntagistrate.
S'AC Ikr:mal, that she nea..ll her :ntsh tna say, that a silver instilment.
itr which there was roue talk ;a the thin. of Ole inurde-, bail been
pledges', at a pisenbruksn's at tii:enisiali ; Ike husloand and Ibuton
A. ON' very :num: 'e; hail gone down to Portsmouth with Gough
and Zi:.aols, for the purpose of islannying it.dres. who she heard
was at ‘7 .ek there. The Instant she saw Lei. site knew him. She
rementiv_re her husband having told her thus he had bream his
artist, but could not say whether it was the dar alter, or tan days
oftitr the murder; she dstl not tanember that Raines had calkal awn
aft:r that, and aslt:tsl her Ibishand whether he had sty news, but hhil
a strong rwollecritm Hanoi. :1;t1 so; she had tot sits;ticinn tlito
they w:::e tioueszatal in etc murder, Lnt 494 Wiii6 w. !tad !ward

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rron, her husbend long before mown and he- husband were appre-
hended for the inikeriesi; her linsbandshowed a wish to tell her more.
but she would nut ikon to it.
Mr. Jolinson, brother to the deceased. was then called upon by
Mr. Kinnard. and he stated. that the idea concerning the silver tube
was quite crmncous. The murder of his brother Look place on the
first Friday night in February. Ile weft down to the spot in which
the body lay on Sunday morning.
Pere a Gentlemen named NVillits. who retid4 in Brewer-street.
Golden-square, stepped Mrwani and said, that Lieutenant Johnson
had dined with him on that Friday. and left him at four n'eloek, with
the intention of going in the coach to Gravesend. The w4tnnis heard
nothing of the lieutenant iurtil he heard of his death. He supposed
that the lieutenant was too late for the coach, and that he walked to-
wards Woolwich, for the purpose of taking leave of rapt. Ellison.
who was his intimate friend. %Viten he left Mr. %Mats he was per -
hall) sober.
Mr..lohnson then resumed his statement. Ile heard from o hair-
dresser, whose bill was found in the pocket of the deceased, that his
brother had been murdered. !'pun going alserf the body lay, he
found it naked in an old ant-lionse. Thelma'', was greatly nianglocl.
upwards of half a dozen gashes in the throat ; the thumb of one hand
was nearly cut off: anti the other hand was almost cut to pieces.
Mr. Brown, Elder of the Eiot India Pepper warehouses, Black.
wall. that Baines was, about the time of the murder, a punctual
workman there. The hours of work were from eiiht to thee, and
the name of Raines was marked in attendance until three o'clock in
the afternoon on the day of the night of the nnirder.
Mr..lohnsoit, being a professional men. was regretted to examine
the wrist of Giddons. Ile did so, and reported that the joint ap.
{eared to have been much injured, but he did nut think the arm
had been broken. The Magistrate asked Gidilons (who was not pre.
rent when Mr. Brown gave his evidence) at what hour Haines and
Hatton went to him at the Lowder Water-gate, previously to their
1,-ering to London to look ter work at the India-house. Giddona sur
plied. thou it was after tints o'clock.
As soon as both the prisoners were sent back to prison. Mr. Kin
nand questioned Gidslons upon the subject of an extensive robbery in
Dartford ; but Gidtions es,ured the Magistrate that he bad no con-
cern in it. R tore Gidilons left the office, be solemnly repeated that
every score he bad said was true. Ile said that Ilatton's denial nt'
the Epsom robbery was like his denial of the murder; but an ac-
knowledgment of the former proved What credit shoilld he given to
his pvrseVerance in denying the Liner.. Hatton has already confessed
the particulars of thirty felonies in which he was a principal.
At tour o'clock the investigation was adjourned, and the prisoners
were sent back to the Ilmese of Correetioa.

S PORTING.
HuxYtxn.—The Hatfield Hounds meet on Monday. at the
Thrrit Ilforse Shoes. Langley Bottum ; Thursday. at Bower
Heath; Saturday, the 11th instant, at Tewi•t Green, at halt
past UAL
The Sanderstead Harriers meet eery day atii:entiel, at
half past nine.
3. Maberly, Esq.'s Fos hounds met yesterday. at Wick-
ham; Monday. at the !lair Moen, tiodsiene-road ; Thursday,
at Rntley•hill; Saturday, ;lan. 11. at Shirley.
11. Jollide, Es/ 's fox-hounds mil yesterday at Box-hill;
Monday, at Upper Gatton House; Wednesday, at Retell-
worth Castle; Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Windmill, Walton
Ilc4th.

Mr, conyer.. lionnd, meet Monday, at Itoydnn Birk;
Wednesday, at Copfuld Saturday, Jan. 11, at Alateinng

The Fast E.4WC Fnr-honndi met yeatertlay nt Sonth
Wood; Monday, art 31denti Ilan; Thursday, at Tuphogu
at try. . .

Lord 1)t rby tarried out (leer on fatorday sennight, at
Epsom Downs: hr• ran through Dettley,troun thence to Mick-
khan' Down, .11.1.1iver.11,111, Box-hill, and Iteteliworth-park,
there facing the deep county, he Vveitt over Home Wood
Cotonou', by lapel, leaving the Doke of Norfolk'• pond to
the right, for Norrert-hill ne:u• Horsehill4, u here he was
taLen, attar a rim of tln•ee hours and twent-five minute•.
Lord Manley and two of his son, wore among the very few
sportsmen present at the taking of the deer.

CRUELTY TO AKIRIALC—A groom of the Prince of Son-
dershatown, in Germany, who had been sent to England to
purchase hones, arrived on the evening of the 15th of No-
veiniter, at Lielitenan, near Paderborn, with four valuable
horses for his ruaa‘er. The next nioniina, when the stable
was opened, tw I) e.f tbeoe horse+ were found dead, and the
other two dying ; their bellies had been ripped lip co that the
bowel, came out : a fifth horst., of small value, was untotiched.
The author of this act of unparullelled barbarity has just
been ali.eovei ell : he is a rich Jea, who usually supplied the
Prince with looses, and who, by RW4II, of a large brabe,ll4,l
engaged a lianginaiVa servant to put this crime into raven.
!ion. Tit- Jew haw been /wrested, and thrown tutu the prison
of t :nnLerthattaeu.

At her 6ttliefsi house, the Grove, Y;itcharn, the Lady of Sir T.
Acland, Bart. of a daughter.

IIAIIIIIED.
Mr. Henry Demumint. of the Commissary Department. to Mks
Lucy Smitli.—J. T. Woodhouse. Esq. to Clare. ilau. of G. Oppen-
heimer, Esq.-11r. P. N. Johnson to Eliz. Lydia, that. of late T.
Smith, Esq.—William, son of C. 11. Curzon. Esq. of Melton, to
dim. of cot. I uolock.—At Coventry, the Her. S. Parr, LL.D. of
Hatton. near Warwick, b Miss Eyte. skier of 1/r. Eyet.—Captain
Grey, of tntli 1it1•541*,. to din. of late 11. Gnmilall, Esq.—At Gal-
way. Bonne, b.sq. of Lvnnherry (Westmeath), to Louisa lidera
Hlake, sister of the late lord Walls court.—.l2. Thurtle. Esq. of
Hinton Crescent, to Mrs. Catherine Page, of Ciniliiio.—The Rev.
I),. Augher, D. 1). Principal of JLI.ItS College, Oxtind, to Miss
Vaughan. only dam. of late Dr. Vaughan, physician. at Leicewer.—
At Bisliorthorpe, by his Grace the Archbishop of York. V(uliwn
John Law. lisq. to Charlotte Mar), &lest daughter wcf Robert'
ti)mpson, bisq.—At Calcutta. Jolin Frol••tick Elkton). Eao. of the
Company's Civil Cen i, e. to Mims Blount !kith, eldest 41:111. et Capt.
Sir George Mount Keith, Batt. R. N.

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At 1.3 n.in.;tr.r, the or Richard rreventt, Esn.—At Nice,
Mary. wife re lit at-A clitoral Fisne.—in slab year,
Esti. of aVi4.4-nlits.. n.rtr otiltilnittons!tire.—ln France.
Sir Ilit.ry Dr.uitiad. Kr,ight. Ar.,tithe Ilia).— at Utenraster. 3l'.'
C. W. Spencer, 2(1 dem of Lion. Gm. Spear v.—Aged 7a. r;cori,te
Earl. of Iletton I.calge, Iltuitiorolonshite.—lit his blot
year. Etta% Svrann, Fart. Itlagi‘trate of Nottingham —ln Ina 71st
year,:it near lnuate,:torie. F..isex, the It rt...folsn l'iseey. /.1).
parka, Karp ity.ti..e a Pater for Nlitlilltir's Roil
AwltimL—
(:rn. Forster. Esq. of the Navy ray I Mice —Suddenly, at the lion,c
of her gon-in• law, Mr. Raker. in A rg)letstreet. fir,. tndrew.., wife
Of the vet-- Rev. D, ,n of ear.ter!‘nr....—At near
Pavrr.oty. in her 'lath year. Mrs. ('la-ke. reiiet of John Clarke. Ere!.
of Welton-place, in tie county of NinCiainoton.—At Whirtelsry,
in lair ri.V p.ar, widow of Mr. Stanrs, surz-on, of t....
Inier nlarr.—.lt C. FC,II.X. agttl Si years.%Vol. Sreee.
on of the Sdci ty of Fricods.—Aztrl s 3, Nlrs..o.trah Towni.end,
relict of the I.!tr %lajor Cilbert l'ownscral. of the Royal F.ntrineers.
S.ablenly. in Nettiortnn 'Iwo; Church, during Divine Service, aged
fa% Mr..l. llortington.—suiltlerly, of a wa.s•ure tot the brain, rg .1
the,Y. Rev. I. F.'.a .1 iiitra. V tar of No rim St. !lithe, anti on
Httelrland Sotuuset,hirc.—At Stourbridge,
A. Wood.