The National Register.
London, England, 1813-06-06 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

The Sessions commenced on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice Gnosis
Baron GRAHAM, and the City Officers.

MARCHIONESS OF DOWNSHIRE'S ROBBERY.
Yesterday Joseph Richardson and' Nathan Symmons were capi-
tally indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of the Mar-
chioness of Downahire, in Hanover-square, and stealing thereout a
large quantity of plate, diamonds, and jewellery, to the value of
40001. and James Symmons and Sarah Symmons (the fattier and
mother of Nathan Symmons) and James Frankel, were also indicted
for feloniously receiving the same, knowing them to have been
stolen.

The trial excited the greatest public interest, and occupied the Court '
front nine o'clock in the morning until near the same hour at night.—
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cambridge, Sussex, and Glouce.-
ter, sat ou the Ilt-tich with the Learned Judges, besides several of the
Nobility. The Marchioness of Domishire eat in the Sheriffs Box, at-
tended by a number of Ladies of distinction.
Mr. GURNEY stated the case on the part of the prosecution, the par-
&ciders of which have been so fully and recently hef ire the public, we
see I it unnecessary to enter at large into a detail of the evidence.
The prisoners being called on tbr their defence, Richardson con-
fes-ed his guilt, but attributed all hi.s evil doings to the encourage-
ment he received from James Symmons and his wife, who used to
luau the vat ions robberies he bad committed—they used to receive
the stolen property, for which they never gave Min the 1-16th part
et the value, and also robbed him when opportunity permitted. Na-
than Sputum's stated, he had received the property found in his pos-
session from his father.—James Symmons who pleaded his inn°.
cence—Sarah Symmons said she acted entirely under the direction
and contronl of her husband ; and James Frankil denied any know-
ledge whatever of the transaction.
The Learned Judge (Mr. Baron Graham) having summed up the
evidence, the Jury retired for about two hours and then brought in
the verdict—Joseph Richardson, Guilty, Death —N athan• Symmons,
Guilty, Death, but recommended to mercy on account of his youth
(16 years old) and the bad example of his parents—James Symmons,
Guilty—Aarah Symmons, Not Guilty, tinder dm direction of the
Learned Judge—and James Frankil, Not Guilty.

Monday afternoon, an inquest w;s held before George Hodgson►
an view of the body of the Hon. Mrs. Catl►erine
Gordon, woo came by Iser dedib by iiillavg oat ut a f,l oat garret

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window into the street, about ten O'clock in" the morning, im Sa-
tutdy sennight, of which fall she diet! in a few minutes afterwards.
it appeared in evidence, that the deceased livid with her daughter,
and was nearly seventy years of age ; that her servant maid being
ill in bed, the deceased Went up stairs to her room, to impure how
she was and fonud her rather fevered'. The room being close, and
the weather sultry, the deceased asked the maid if she would wish
to have the window raised to admit the freth air ; she said she
would, and the deceased went to perform that humane act, and
standing on a box that was just by the window, one of the pully
cords of which was broke, she had to use all her strength in raising
it. At length the window went up all of a sudden, and the good
old was precipated into the street, and was killed on the spot.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Accidental Death. At the time
the accident happened, a publican was standing on the steps of the
hall door, with a couple of pints of porter in his hand, when she
fell on him and threw him down, and both rolled off the steps into
the street, and he was so much stunned that he was unabte to rise
for a few minutes, until a soldier of the guards, who saw the aeci-
, dent, helped him up, and then the body of Mrs. Gordon was carried
into the house, having breathed her last in being carried in. Nearly
all the blood In her body ran down the pavement.

MARRIED.
In Hill-street, the Right lion. W. Dunias, to Miss Stuart Wort•
ley Mackenzie.
The Rev. T. Randolph, eldest son of the Lord Bialu►p of London,
to Miss C. D. Macdonald, youngeA daughter of the Lord Chief
Baron.