The National Register.
London, England, 1819-04-18 00:00:00

HAmrstiouE.

This indictment whirh had been removed from the limp.
shire Quarter Srviuus, ss as tried on Veld's,' last, at KllllOlOll,
horiire a Special Jury. The pleadings bus jug beet' lotaltd
h).NIr.,PIIIII, iliejtonior Counsel,

Mr. Sergeant Oaf'slow, iii a luminous and perspicuouti
speech, staled the rase at large, a hich was certainly of sin
e %Aram-dank) nature, am/ had ereaied VC:aNillerabte interests
The learned Sergeant detailed the circumstances •as fol-
lows! —ln ilk tistrinis of May ,1115,11.eilefendon•, giuOtara,
having failed in lois *milli-at' to the Court of
Beach, to set aside an eatTilliall that had been taken out
against him, and executed by the S'an ilf of Hampalike, at
the suit of his late anoraks, Nlessrs. Homer. and gm:kw,
for a sum of 1.16.11., and the She rid being ordered by the
Court immediately to satisfy the debt (though the ef-
recta of the defendant had nut been sold, the sale having
been su.prialed by the previous orders of the Court), another
of the defendants, Mr. Lewis, the delmidatit Bingliam's there
attorney, applied to Messrs. Warners, respectable brokers,
living in Fleet•market, for a loan of boot., which they
:tested to make, mid Mr. Hollis, the under sherilf, &drained
the remainder of the tttttt wy, to satisfy Bose( II and Buckle's
execution ; and a bill of sale of all the defendant Bing.. •
hunt's effects was made nom the sheriff to Messrs. W•rlters,
in trust to repay themselves the sum cif 5001. so advant ed by
them, and the eipences of the side of the ellects, which nas
undertaken and agreed by the defendant lireghisin should
lake place within two MUM It‘ fruai ;irat time; and In further
trust, to account for and pay over to the Sherid the balance
of such isle, to be applied to him in satisfaction of Mn,.ess
lhissi ell and Buckle's debt; and of such ocher debts to which
the lame was liable muter several writs of fieri facial. The
sale was accordingly bxed fur the 19th of June following,
when Messrs. IS:alters attended at tinsport to conduct the,
auction; but on the morning when the sale was to have
commenced, the defendant. Bingham and Lewis applied to,
and earnestly entreated Mr. 51 Miens Warners Hod Mr. .
Hollis, who was attending at Gosport, to postpone the Mir,
assuring them that a person who was earn at Gosport, having
accompanied Mr. Lew is from London, would advance tlke
money necessary to d,-charge Mr. Warners' claim, and the
vitreous executions.; and upJtt a pay meat of 1001. on account
to Warners, the postponensf ut o: the wale was agreed- '
to, and at Use repeated and earnest. en- eerily of Messrs.
Ilitigharn and Lewis was limn time to time prodpourd, to
give the defendant, liaigham, a,i °ppm tunny of rrising the
motley; and it-was nut until September, 1516, that Itre
whole of Messrs. •W ai !ter, demand was paid to thews, and
upwards of 15001. was still left due tu Mr Hollis, no accinaut
of the money advanced by him as Under Sherilf. blessrs.
Warners having bum wished in their demands, the conspi-
racy to get the man out of possession c ••iseed, and risme
the dates mid other circumstances become very material.— •
The commencement of the conspiracy aas as followa:—On
Sunday the 2Uth of October, 1016, unmediately after deli-
vering theevelliug lecture at tioripart Chapel, a yount; man
of the mune of Justus 7 will, who had at tad as grave-digger
under his father, who was the triton, happening to stay iu
the Chapel-yard with a youri,g woman after the service WWI
over, had his attention coiled by healing soak inquiries
made at the chapel door by Biughuin and Ha a kite, one of
the chapel-wardens, whether any person a as i ear enough to
hear them, went and stood close to the vestry-room-window,
and distinctly heard their cimetrsatiou, w hit h was of such
a nature, that he told it to his brother the next morning,
len committed it to writing; and which was nothing less
than a plan to postpone dhe payment of Mr. Hollis fur a
year and a half, and fur Illawkiiis to join gingham in the
occupation and management of a small feria at speedheld,
by ankh 1111),.:leaen insinuated that they were to clear 113/01.
per annum between them. Whilst this preparation was
making at Conpurt, on the Monday or the Tuesday following,
the `2lst or 22d, Lewis's clerk culled at Messrs. Warlters,
and told Mr. 'I Lamas IV mile's, the senior partner, that
" Lew is was gone 11l (;,.sport to meet lair. HoUia ;
and, finally, settle Jliu ham's businea, and discharge
the man out of possession; and that Mr. Len is requested
he (Mr. Warlters) would a rite a letter, direcied to
him at ltia tsuwS, authorizing him to discharge Percival,
the nails who was holding possession 'miler the bill °fids),
as lie expected lie would not quit st iiliont his (llr.. Wart- •
tees) order." Mr. Thos. Wm hers, confiding in this recite
sentation, inutiedia; cly wrote Lewis a short note, saying,
•• When Ale. Hollis is satisfied I win, and Pee rival may quit
the possession." On the of Oi•tolier, Hingham wrote
to Mr. Hollis's- clerk, Mr. Thresher, (tur Mr. Hollis hid
for saute lime berme refused to toertiiiinil with him, stet- -
log that lie load authorised Lew is to settle the/remit with .
111 r. Hollis, and to pay lam what be bad aileauccd as Ud-
der-Slim and that he would come to Winchester, me. •
companii d by line kits, as gingham's friend ; and the new _
roma vas •tat..(1,i11:‘,%%. vd, mill signed by 31r. Milts, aastk
by Mr. teen is, on behalf ut Hingham, apron a Welt there
haiance dole !tom 111114111. en of upwards of NDol
This balance was pool... Axed to be paid in the following ex.
kaordinary wanner: 3091. by gingham's bill at thorn
months, drawn VII and accepted by John Lcuisnau, the
turnpike gate-keeper, at Ilsuelthisrst, urea Gosporti ono;
it was !brocaded, had bought the crop at Speettlitrld ; 2uol
to be secured to Mle. Ilona, by au assignment of the lists •
and dead stock at Speeutield, hitt ss Web he was not to well .-
till the farm could be let (and which w ere included its the
hill of sale alroarly in possestion)s. .and the balance of 3001.
mad upwaids, was to be wild. by the resit uf the household-
goods and furniture at Sperolticld, which, if let, wnoW
have taken seven %earn to pay it in. .'Poise terms were of
course rejeried by Mr. Ifollis, anti Lewis and Haskins
wont away without interesting Mr. Hollis of Hie retetemt;,.
cation be t veil LeVlia and Mr. Themes Warners or bus. .
mating to Ismm any intention of disehargiog nivel
Ilona the ii•essiuti usider•the biil of bale. .(lath. aril
day, S lay the Nils, the plan 0r lb. conspiracy was
completed by ail she parties, ningiiasie, Lents, am!
Hawkins, ammodsling together at Billgilleitea
calling l'ascis al mw Ilse par;uar,. Wbuu Lc rill pretend.—

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•eil to read Mr. Workers's- better to him, but emitted to repostrestalley. II MA however. urea identified. and 011 Wind
r"d that part which sold, " when Mr. Hollis is satisfied I esamintel by prolonged too dreadful fractures
dam ;" and oponPereival's taking up the letter to read It, trn_thallben_ ! se.:llllll=Jetrhecas. head. either of which would have
Lewis sa4telwd it from him, saying, that "these
readwsae a11,..1111111111Wa...._ 10. .
..00twatZedinstanhis twditseres.otth. Mr.
st Ludlow having
.private dimities* ill it." and would scot let him read it : . didlnfol",tos,_onong•
the facts.
,they, however, artfially 'minced him to gait posaosston, and 1 1"707red7 then summed up the evidence with
*multi not let 'hint send for M . . Hinobin and Weddell, ! ...77s demon mag perspicuity, and the Jury, after a short con.
.whom he wished to consult on theoceosion; and stated the i 7,;11;‘,.. hand the prisoner ;tufty.
account with him, for his .keeping.possession. on ish icha 1 —Wl:earned Judge immediately proceeded to pus the awful
balance of .4..5L woes date to him, and which they wombed oesseeace of death, in the .nost impassive manner. He observed
to pay, hot have never yet don-, bat left it tole paid by , that the primmer had been found guilty. upon the clearest evi
Nexus. Warners. At the sante time that Percival quitted dence, of a crime hateful alike to Gad and man.. He had de •
possessioo, one 1P bill Hyde was put into posacssion prived an innocent fellow-creature of life for the sake of hist ow:
Ter
fraudulent hill of icile made to Hawkins and two pers..onalgratification, and und
' cintoctilisnultstsnaiddoter. For 16ties
other creditor. of his, and has continued there ever Since, wl!Will the sltrutere he.' could
could
make
offended God,
moire, the may atonement he
olio keeps the outer Junta tawnys locked, so that no one
..,..andto_his ot_ltras
ofged country was the sacrifice of his own life, the
can haverierei. to it without the permission of some one which could not be devoted with too much
of the defend-rut Hingham's family, who keeps all the '"eXur''""se'"repentamee and to prayers for that mere, hereafter.
hip.; and lila% the Sheriff and Mr. Hollib's claims bore which in this world he could not hope to receive. 'the prisoner
been defeated. was Gan ordered for eaecution on Thursday at one o'clock.
The hist witness called was Richard Percival. who The Court was crowded to excess, and all seamed to concur in
provid all that been stated by the learned heigcaitt, so the *tumor th
esentence.
i tr as.respenneil Itini. The abort span of life which was allotted to him was spent in
Mr. Julio G)lta, Cita ato Mr. Pearson, of Staple-ion, vain lamentanons for his untimely sed, rather than in preparing
the attesting ii Uncut to the bill of sale lion. the Sheriff to
themkisind for the reception of those consolations which at was an
Messrs. Wat beta, was noes called ; hut not being aisle to powe_roforecon. even ia thism
murderermeasured interval, to
.pr,ve a deputation to Mr. ilollis lions his brother, who 0
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Thursday,iconlad. t the was the
h. of fly , Ind_ 1114
the morn.ng of is execution, he was called
was the person appoioted under sheriff for that year, ali"• un
to go to chapel to receive the sacivnent. but he refused to leave
-though the office was conducted by Mr. Hollis, theinry.,
his cell, and it was found that he had secured the door on the
-under the directions of the trained Judge, were obliged inside by the means of the iron bedstead. No entreaties or rea-
to give a verdict of aapartat, to the great regret of a swing made any impression ; and it was not till the operation of
.crowded court, on whom the ste'ensent and ilia evidence, breaking through the wall of the adjoining cell was commenced
.as far as it went, had made a strong impression of their that he could be prevailed upon to open the door. He was then
guilt. conducted to the chapel, whence, about 12 o'clock, after. partak-
Mr. Hingham. who is at present confined within the rules MA of the last solemn offices oh' religion. he was led to the place
.of the Kitten Bench for debt, was brought down by lie- of execution, and in a few minutes was launched into eternity.
.10:45 Coirima to appeal at the trial. 'To the last moment. even on the fatal scaffold, he denied has
guilt. After homing the usual time, his body was cut down
. .----- aad delivered for dissection.

Zirtbg.
The lady of Wm. I%latlsie. e‘y. of Friday-street, of a
danghter—At 'Fain. Rouahire, N.B. the lady of Captain
Grant, 78th Highland reg. •set. of a daughter—At the
Cottage, Castle Brar-hill, near Acton, Middloses, Mrs.
Hartman, wife of Capt. Hartman, half-pay 28th regiment,
of a daughter—ln Hackney-road, Mrs. I. H. Dettmar, of
hriu 1,01111.
Martin*
At Islington, Crisstavos, AOll of G. A. Smith. esq. of
Highbury-grove, to Jane, third slaughter of J. Travers,
esq of Highbury-grove—At Ilse New Church, hlarylebane,
Y Burgess, esq. of Wellserk-steeet, and of Reigate, in the
county of Sot t ey, to Anna Eliza, eldest daughter ofJoseph
Mee, e.g. Upper Berkeley street, Portman.squas e —At St.
Pancras., Mr. J Know, of Judd-strut, to Susan, only
daughter of W. Won, esq. of the 1.-lastill of Jamaica—At
St. Gcorge's„Southwark, R. Hedger, esq. of West-square,
to Isabella Rebecca, seventh slaughter of the late T. Oasis,
esq.—Mr. J. Benham, of F.slwarst.street, Portman-square,
to Jane,second daughter of J. Kirkpatsick, eq. of New-
port, Isle of Wight—At St. Pauerat, H. Fowles, esq. of
Comptots.street, Brunel* irk-square, to Mary, daughter of
the late W. Long, esq. of Trinity-lane.

GLOUCES7IR ASSIZES.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
'The following trial. which took place last Tuesday at Glow-
,etater. excited an uncommon degree of interest. The prisoner
• was to have been tried on the Friday preceding, but in conse-
quence ache absence of the Hight Hon. Charles Bathurst. who
Nal, detained in town by public business. it was postponed. Mr.
Bathurst was the Magistrate before whom the prisoner was first
taken, and to his unremitting perseverance may be attributed the
dultimate discovery of the foul offence with which he stood
Charged.
William Burton, aged 33. stood capitally indicted for the wilfid
aniorder of W-m. Syma, in the month of November last.
Mr. Ludlow. in detailing the facts of the case to the Juey,
e their serious and path:lt attention. The crime imputed
eti:aeprisoner, he said, was one of the deepest malignancy—ie
was that of the cool and deliberate murder of a fellow creature, of
.which, if be were found guilty. his own life would be the deserved
forfeit. The awful con..cipienees to the prisoner, and the due
admir.ietration of theirown important but painfulduty. demanded
tlta&the Joey, upon the present occasion, should come to the
consideration of the evidence which he should submit to them.
with minds unprejudiced by the natural feelings arising upon the
contemplation of such an offence, and with a determination to
form their judgment soiely upon the proofs which would be ad.
deced. These ;goofs were entirely circumstancial; but they were
ao interwoven toe one with the other, and the chain of facts was
altogether eer unbroken. that he was apprehensive there could not
patient a shadow of doubt in their minds that the prisoner had
'DWI justly accused. The Ler coed Counsel then proceeded
e",:smrtly to state the facts of the case. They were these :—On the
Id of November, the prisoner and the deceased,W. Syms, set out
tagetlize in a boat belonging to • Mr. Hurd, from Woollaston
to Bristol. .Having transacted some business, in consequence of
stress of weather they put into a place called Pyle. where they
Were seen in company at a puhlic-bouse. On this occasion the
deceased proton:ad several Bank notes. On the 7th. they again
betook themselves to the boat, to return to Woollaston. In their
stay down the &on to the Severn, they were seen by several
pople. The prisoner arrived at Woollaston, but deceased did
rat. This excited surprise, and enquiries were made of the pri-
.pan as to what had become of his companhin ; to these alembics
he gave contradictory answers; at one time taying that he had
staid at Pyle, and at another, that he had put hint on shore by
his own desire, at a place called the Eastern Point, and that he
had expressed an intention of sailing for America. At first no
:spicion, of foul play were entertained, hut subsequent citcum.
-s.ances led to a discovery of the dreadful deed. The boat was
esaminerl. and on the gunwale and after-bench stains of blood
were distinctly discovered, although it appeared that every at-
e mint had been made by means of a mop and water to eradicate
,them. This prodoced further enquiry, and it was ascertained that
the prisoner had set out for Bristol in a state of extreme penury;
that at the time he lett l'yle, on his Tema home with the de.
,coased, he was equally distressed; but that immediately after he
landed at tVuolleetom he seemed to have become suddenly rich.
:.Lie commenced by changing two Sf. notes of the Chepstow Bank,
am; in payment of a small sum, and the other merely for the sake
,of the almange. He also began to live in a style of extravagance,
'cult* o: vattenee with his former state of ).nverty. It was next
found that the deceased, on the day of Ins leaving Pyle, was in
.psteession of three 51. Chepstow Bank notes. together with
'same smaller ones of the same Bank. Those lie was oheerved.
previous to his embarkation. to put into his left hand breoches
racket, which. when his body was subserviently picked up. Was
!eland torned inside out. To them werre added other facts
eaoally stwAietous. On the morning of the supposed le',
a handkerchief was seen in the hand of the &erased; it was
'marked W. S., and this handkerchief was in to the posere-
eian in the prisoner. Upon an alarm being raised, he had lent
it to a man of the name of Davies, who wouln be called as •
witnses. Is farther turned out, that the prisoner, shortly ante-
cedent to the disappearance of Syne, Irtal been repeatedly stp-
• Flying to Hord to lend him a trw shillings. His shoes had ac-
cidentally hurl, awl he then declared " that he Was linable to
refit himself, and that lie must box hart to raise the wind
to buy himself a pair of slates, though he should go ,the devil
for it." Upon being called upon in account for his increase of
wealth, he butted. that he had borrowed from an old shipmate
of the name 01.1011L.5, while he was at Bristol. 81.; but unfortu-
nately for him, and happily for the ends of justice, this statement
eras discovered to be utterly without foundation, for, inde-
pendent of the faze that, at the moment he was leavieg Betool
I.e had not the attrane of paying for his breakfast, It would he
psovevi hy the wife of Jones, the man himself being at sea,
:that at the time in qtmeetioo Jones had been eery notch dis-
teased ter Money, and could not have made any such advance—
*tided to wldeh. his intimacy with the prisoner was Of so caste!
earnire ae to forbid such an :ao of friendship, even if be had it
`.tit power. All 'lee diselresures lewled the more strongly to
• caftan ;be guElt ct the miremer. which iteeerne still mare apps.
t ;et rat, the roan.: gof ..e7th of N.AstIVIIWT Wt.ll, the body of
to uaittetee;ate 75,...as floatmg oil the Seim) mu sa nazi

TEAS MUCH BETTER AT THE PRICE.
LONDON GENUINE TEA WAREHOUSE,
No. 6,LUDGATE.HII.I..

Established for the SALE of TEAS. pure and unadolterah
As they are imported from China.

FREDERICK SPAii.ROW and CO. ;n return-
ing thanks for the decided pieferenee which continues to he given
to their Teas. inform their Friends and the Public. that they have
just cleared a general rvi-ortrnent from the EAST INDIA
COM PA NY'S LAST SA I.L, which will be found to be some
of the STRONGh.ST AND BEST FULL-FLAVOURED
TEAS that have been imported for some years; at the same time
they request their Friends to notice. that their only Establish-
ments in the Metropolis are die three following. viz.
The original and principal Warehouse, No. 6. near the bottom of
IXDGATE-1111.1.-;
No. 158, OXFORD-STREET. between llollesztreet and Old
Cavendi,h-strect, and
No. 2. CII.IIIING-CROSS. two doors from Northumberland-
bombe, nearly opposite the Golden Cro.s.
I country Agents. Dealers, Families. ke. by forwarding good
I remittances, supplied upon thinnest advautagvotia terms.

11IIPTLTRES speediTY end perfectly cured, with-
ant any surgical oprration....Mr. DUFOUR. Surgeon to the
flaraman Dirpensary tisr the cure of Strictures. and sole Pro-
prietor of Duran s Medicated Rougies, having, during a course of
upwards d 26 yang of oatemive practice in ease's of Stricture, ob-
served numberless distressing instances of Rupture. he ha. ar-
dently applied himself to discover a remedy for so prevalent a rasa-
lady. sad which halms happily accomplished, being mild, safe,
radical and effectual. me:throning r.n pain or inconvenience to. or
in any way restraining the ordinary habits of the patient ; and
also very rhortly entirely precluding the necessity of the use of
rit.y triter or handay•e whatever.—Shortly will be published. by
Mr. Dufour, a Treatise on Rupture. tontuitung attestations Of
Cores. from public bodies and private individuals. incontesdbly
voting the above facts. Applications to be wade at 4s, Rerner's •
street. O, ford street. flours of atte47d/Anee from l'en till Four,
land horn Seven till Nine.
N. D. Mr. Dufour keeps a regular 3ssortrae.ni of Inman for
4 sale. wbscli he fits on 'Pie., V.Y.116Y ;Arc, as it is material to the
i patient to have a v cf.-adapted Fru"