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TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER

4SSIZE ELLIGENCE.
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SUSSEX.

froastram, M A Rot 26.—The rr,izes for this county
cn 1111 l tented here to,luy before the Lord Chief Baron
Richards, on the Croon Side, and Mr. Baron Wood on the
Civil Side. in the Crown Court the ealender contains tiS
prisoners 30 of whom ore cloaked with capital offeiices.—
On the prisoners;,
Ci,il Side there sire ri causes entered, tour of which
ureexcise provectitirow for u•saiiilts, &e. The assizes arc
not expected to finish before ‘Vediresdity evening.
CIVIL. SIDE.
PAUL. V. DIDDLE.

This was an action oil the case against the defendant, for
riding his horse against the plaintiff's wile, when in come-
quence of the injury she had sustained he was put to great
expense in her rare, and was if...prised of the comforts of
her society for the space of several months
The case wasla substance this :—The plaintiff was n cloth-
worker, in a large way of business, residing in Coleman-
street, London. The defendant was also n native of London.
and described rer ii gentleman m respectable circumstances.
In the month of July last, the plaintiff 's wife being afflicted
ith rheumatic gout in nice of her wrists, was sent to Brighton
by her husband, for the benefit of sea bathing,. She took
lodgings for a fortnight, in ireat Ritssell-street, in that
town. On the 25th of July, site was returning home in the
evening, about eight o'clock, in company with a young
lady, named Bevern, lifter a walk, and in crossiog the street,
near her own bodging,, herself and companion acre knocked
down by the defendant, who, riding on a gal low ay, at the
rate of between seven and tight miles un hour, rode against
and separated them, the horse's shoulder coming in contact
.with the left side of Mrs. Paul. Mks "Severn sustained nu
other ildury than a little friglr., but rs. Paul fell senseless
a ith her face on the ground, :Old when she was raised slit
was cart led to her lod,,ings in strong hysterics. Medical
assistance was Immediately procuredA but her disorder
turned to complete lunacy, and it was necessary to resort
to the straight waist real, and, in a complete suite of mental
derangeinent, she aas delivered of her first child, of a hieb
she was far advanced in pregnancy at the time of the acci-
dent. Six mouths had completely elapsed before she was
restored to saint y and health, during which period her hus-
band had been put to extra expenses of medical and surgical
advice, that and dry-nurses, &c. amounted to &l.—Various
histances of insanity were metitioned, such for instance, as
her desiring her batty snout after it was born to be Bums
on the tire, and jumping out of lied in her straight waistcoat
to effect that object. It alleged in age' avat ion of the
defendant conduct, that when the accident happened, be
still continued riding on at the same rate, until several spec-
tators excluived, " shame ! shame I" and that he ought to
be knocked oft his horse for riding at such a rate round a
corner; but it appeared that he stow its soon as the rapidity
of hi- horse's paces would admit, but there was IM evidence
that any solicitude fur the misfortune was afterwards ex-
pressed, The ph.intilf made out a clear claim to the amount
of 344. independeetly of the " quod consortium ami sit."
Mr. Marryatt addressed the Jury in mitigation oh damages,
and suggested that the lunacy under which the plaintiff's
wife laboured, was au het editat y complaint, hastened
by the natural alarms attendant ou pregnancy, and not to be
attributed to the accident %shalt was the supposed cause of
action. No witnesses were called for the defendant.

The Jury after deliberating. about a quarter of au hour,
found a verdict for the plaintiff for 3 01. only.

CROWN 6111E.-•-11ANC OF CNOIAND PROtiCCUTIONII.
Hannah SeWry and Margaret Rice pleaded Gildty in the
minor (offence of kimoingly having forged Bank of LEN/land
!LACS in their possefeinm
_

Chalks liarhow, a man of respectable appearance and
of cultivated mind, %%as indicted for a burglary in the do el-
ling-hour of Tirtn..s Harrison, at Rye, io the night of the
10th of January List, and bfraling silver plate and, other
urtielcs' above the value of 101.

Mr. Turttin conducted the prosecution. It appeared that
the prisoner, a ho lodged at No. VI, Bartietton reel, Lambeth,
Surrey, was seen at the house of the prosecutor. who keeps
an Inn, on the 10th ofJanuary. On the morning of the 11th
it was discovered that the house had been burglariously
entored in the night, and the property in question stolen.—
Next day, in consequence of suspit any, the prisoner's twig.
Was in Lambeth were searched, and almost all the articles
stolen found there, together with various implements of
house breaking.
The prisotier addressed the Jury at comidcrable length
with great Ingenuity, and in a Kt) le far sup.rior to persdits
usuzilly brou.dtt to the bar of JUliliC(.. lle said that the
articles in question had been given to him by a petsuo who
owed him money.
The prisoner's dialect ans rather exotic, but i.e was
stated to lie a native of Scotland.

The Jury, under the leurned J udgc% direction, found him
Guilty —Death ; but the pro.ecutor recommended hint to
mercy,

TL ESDAY, M %RC. 27.
CROWN SIDE.

swat OF-ENGLAND PROSECVTIONS.
John Crawte was indicted for knowingly having la his
possession three forged Batik of England notes for the
payment of 11, each, at Ditehling, iu this county, on the
Mb of December last. The facts proved against the
prisoner were these ;—ho was a person in Bee habit of
attending fairs. On the llth of December last he was at
East Grinsted fair ; a farmer hail had his pocket picked
nil that day of about 301. in Bank-notes, at the Swan
Inn t the mist-met had been one of the company in triad'
the robbery was effected, and suspicion failing on hint.
he was traced to the White. Lion public-house, where lu•
was found in company with another man, who was one of
the wituesse4 in support of this prosecution. The farmer
who had lost his money, and a friend who was with him
sent for a constable, and in the mean time remained in
the room to prevent the prisoner going away before the
constable arrived, deterining however not to disturb him,
unless he attempted to go away. Shortly afterwards the
prisoner ruse from his seat, as if intending to have the
house. when he was stow and told he was suspected of
the robbery. He cheerfully sat down again, and express-
ed his nil:iiigneAt to wait the at rival of the constable,—
There was something however in his maune•r that excited
suspicion, and a small bundle, tied tip in a handkerchief,
dropped on the dour from the seat where he sat, and from
the exact spot. The friend of the farmer who had lust
his money, immediately picked the handkerchief up, nod
supposing that it contained his notes, instantly seat elied
It, but found that h• was mistaken, The handkerchief,
however, was round to contain no less than en forged 11.
Bank of England notes, and two forged 31. notes of the
Andover Danl.. The note► were centupled together, RA
If they had been put into a Iwndkerchinf in a great
hurry. the wafflers swine, that the hauditett.hief

not on the seat when the prisoner rose to go away, and
that there was nobody in the room but himself from whom
it co old have fallen. The person uho appeared to have
been at the some table in company whir the prisoner,
swore that he knew nothing of the handkerchief or of the
notes, and there was nothing alleged in prejndice of his
character.
The Lord Chief Baron summed up the evidence in 11:o.
case for the Jury, and left it for them to consider whether
there could be any doubt that the charge was brought
home to the prisoner.
The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found the
prisoner not guilty.
CIVIL SIDE.

There were four Special Jury Excise prosecutions ap.
pointed for trial to-day, but when the patiliels were called
over it seas round that a full attendance of Special Juty.
men could hot be had, the Grand Jury, many of minim
had been summoned as Special Jut tots, not having finished
their business. In all the eases, however, seven or tight
gentlemen appealed, lint the counsel fur the crone,alter
consultation, declined praying a tales in any, and %ids.
thew the records nun: next assizes.
110/I,IIAM, AI Alt CII ((hr.—George England, it
Seall.nti, belonging, to his Majesty's ship Severn, employed
nu the stuagling prevent v. sets ice, was i.nlicted for the
us 1'..1 nittrilet iilJtim•pli Swain, :it Ilastiuga, on the !Silt of
Match inst. by shouting him thromi, the holly with a pe4"l,
loaded with ponder and bail. a.' primmer tl>n staud
eltar;,ed on the coronet', inqui,ition fur the like murder.
The interea ts Melt this sass has excited on the toast,
purvetelaily iiiiiungq the (WIN mei), is scarcely etc hible.
Mr. Adolphus, in tin impressive a.id temperate address to
he Jury, opened the cense fur Ow prosecution.

The witnesses for the mosecution were nine in number,
almost all of them being labourer?, fishermen, or mariners,
and they gave their evidence in a manner perfectly free from
pr'judice or bias. The case disclosed against the prisoner
by their respective testimony, was to the folios' rug eacct
On the morning of the 13th of March, between nine and ten
o'clock, the boat of the deceased, a fisherman of Ilastings,
had ju I conic in frum sea, after being out the preceding
night, and aas in the act of being hauled up by a a bulbous
to the beach above roll water mark. A partner or, assistant
of the deceased, named Tassall, had his back against
one of the sides of the boat, and steady ing it on its keel,
whilst the windlass was hauling it up, allot the prisoner,
one of the crew of the Severe, came up, and said he must
watch the heat. Tassel' said, "he so goad as to stop until
the boat is above full," meaning full tine mark. The pri.
tamer sa;4l, " no, I is ill search tem." Taesell rejoined,
" now do stop until the boat is above full ; for if you get on
board I can't hold her up." The prisoner said " no, bo
simile] search," told itumediately stepped into the bunt. At
tl • nt the deceased came round 1111111 the other side of
the boat, and asked Tassell w Ilia was the matter I The latter
told hint, that in consequence of the man getting into the
boat he could not hold her up; upon u hich the dr ecnsed
mimed out board the unit, ;eel a tenth, ensued b.lween him
and the prisoner. In the scudle they both tumbled out upon
the beach. Vi hen the prisoner recovered his feet, he des w
his cutlass and attempt, d to strike the deceased, who caught
the prisoner's hand as the blow was descending, wrenched
the cutlass from hint and threw it into the sea. The des
ceased was completely unarmed. After the cutlass was
thiown into the sea, the prisoner unbuttoned his jacket, and
drew rt pistol, and took held of the deceased ag sill. A fresh
scuffle ensued; Inc deceased se. zed the muzzle of the pistol
with his hand, and appeared to be trying to prevent the
contents from injuring hint, should it go off. In the midst o
this struggle, three or four more of the blockademen (lb e
Severn's crew) came dun it to the beach from the watch-
house, and two of them took hold of the deceased, one on
each side. The deceased exclaiming with a loud voice that
lie %mild go to the watch house with them, or any where
else they pleased. At this time the deceased still had ludd
of the muzzle of the pistol, and said to the bystanders,
" see, tie is going to shoot toe," meaning the prisoner. The
men who held the deceased said, " you must go along with
us to the watch-house." The deceased said he would go the
watch-house or any where else, The prisoner then extricated
the pistol from the deceased's hand, and wentlround two or
three of the persons is Ito cuclused the deceased, took
berate aim al the deceased, and idiot hint through the batty,
the muzzle of the pistol not being more than six incite, from
him. The deceased exclaimed, " 0 Lord, I'm shut, stag.
gered two or three paces, and instantly expired. The de.
ceased was a much taller and apparently n much stronger
inset than the prisoner. 'then ins co proof that there were
any smuggled goods on board the boat of the deceased.—
Indeed, it was mrt searched, for after lee was killed this
Severn's men retired amidst the todignaut acelamatious of
the populace. It was distiuctly proved that there was no
attempt to rescue the deceased after he was taken into cus.
Ludy. and that he himself did nut oiler resistance a hen seised
by the Severn's crew.
The prisoner, who appeared to labour under great anxiety
during the trial, put in a a :aka defence, in which lio es.
pressed his unfeigned sorrow for the melancholy eatastropito
which had happened.
Five of the Neeern'e crew were then severally examined,
and they deposed most seleinely, that the discharge of
the prisoner's pistol wets merely accidental; that, having
suddenly released hilost If front the deceased's hold, lie stag-
gered, and on the instant his pistol ant elf. There ss
several contradictions in the statemeet int each of the is it-
11C11%1N1. some of wlium coutradteteil earl: tither.

The Lord Chief Harm) summed up the caw, lie elmicrd
that t.. ton... Chute mmdcr, it be an art of iieL.
Altalice could out ho virotmed, tit:cl with uut
maim': there was 110 murder.

Tie Jury rctirod fur about half an hour, arid found the
Pri'uner Guilty of Wilful Murder, both on the indictment
and I Ite cornorr's
The prisoner we: greatly agitated on hearing the verdicts
:mil burst into violent grief,
The Lord Chief Hamm then addremeil I.itn—" George Eng.
laud, a verdict of Guilty has been passed nzainst you, nod it
ji my deity to prolll/1111Ce the centence of the law, which I
causuit avoid. Hat I have JUG dilliculty, in the face of the
country', in saying, that I should 'mime lo ea ghrl trtliz verdict
had been the other way. "At present, however, I most
pass the genICUCe of than (Prisoner—" My hod, hove
mercy upon me!'') " which k,. That you hr taken from
lit n-2e—(Prisuner—" Comide!.. I was in the execution of my
duty.") to the place from whence you came, (Prisoner--
Gentlemen of the Jury, prit °torsi& r your vui dint gain-"
mail from thence to the place of execution on Friday next,
where you are to be hanged moil you use deed—cud way
the lord have mercy on sour soal."
Pukober--,, 01 Gentletnem of the Jury., pray euns;d;r
your verdici again."

The Lind Cblef Barge—" hiseees,lll de all la rn
power to save your life."
I isoner—" Do if you please, my Lord."
The prisoner was then taken from the bar. Several per-
sons it the crowd muttered " What, is not he to be hanged
then ?"
STAFFORDSHIRE.
THE VINO v. JOHN WRIGHT.
This was a very affecting case. The prisoner was in-
dicted fur the murder of his own son, au infant only five
years of age, by throwing hint into the Birmingham canal,
nu the sth of September last, whereby the unhappy child
was drowned.
Sarah Lies.-1 live at Wolverhampton—know the pri-
soner. Is the month of September last lie lodged at my
Louise. He had a wife, but she did not live with him,
and a little boy five years ui age. His wife was in service
—she came home with her husband on a Sunday, the ad
of September. They all thought she intended to stop.—
i canoe about 7 o'clock, and found her in the house. She
zernained that night, and she and the prisoner appeared
to be very comfortable ; they slept together. In the morn-
ing the prisoner got up before his wife, and went to fetch
what was necessary for breakfast ; lie then called his wife,
and they hrcakfusted together. After breakfast the pri-
soner's wife asked hint it lie was going to work ; he said
lie was, and added, Well, wench, you'll get my dinner
ready," and she said she would. Thu prisoner was ex-
tremely cheerful and happy. Hid wile went away as
soon as lie was gone, and never returned since. The pri-
soner came home to dinner about one; lie said, " What,
hasn't my wife got me any dinner?" I said, " No; she's
gone out." He stamped his foot, and said, " I sin sure
she's gone off again." He remained at home some little
time, and looked very wild. He went out in an uncom-
mon way; and I sail, " Where are you going Wright, or
what are you going to do r' He said lie was going to
look for her. I was afraid that lie would make away with
himself from his agitated and wild appearance, I had
felt alarms of that sort before. I tried to persuade him
to come back, but he would not. When lie came home
his clothes were very wet,tand I accused him with havine,
attempted to drown himself; lie looked very stern at me,
and denied it, and begged me to say nothing at all to him
about it. He remained in his clothes as they were, and
would not have them dried. In the afternoon the prisoner
went to ,etch his little boy from school; this was not his
habit. He pressed the little boy to his bosom and said,
" AL ! thy naughty mother has left us again ; and when he
looked at the child seemed to become more tenders althongh
very good at all times; was particularly kind to the
chill the whole of the evening. The prisoner lived
very poor in general, his earnings being very small : at
times, when there would be but little bread in the house,
I'd say, " Wright, have a pint of beer, and a bit of bleed,
it wiil be better than nothing; and lie said, " No, I will
keep it for little Jem—he can't do without." This oc-
curred frequently during the time he was with me. If
they were short of food, he always kept some for the
child, and was particular in having the child washed, and
hearing it say its prayers. I have offered him money, and
lie said "Keep it to buy milk for Jem." On the Monday
in question, lie asked me to put the child to bed, which I
did. The prisoner and the child always slept together;
they slept together that night. After the prisoner went
to bed, I fetched his clothes down to dry; lie wonld keep
his wet shirt on. The prisoner had nothing to eat that
night, but had two half pints of ale which I and a neigh-
boor gave him. He got up the next morning a little
afier seven, and called the child. Hearing hint call the
child, I got up also. When I came down stairs lie was
smoking; very soon afterwards lie went out with the
child ; neither of them had any food. I thought the poi-
soner was rather calmer than the evening hefure. I asked
hint where lie was going to take the boy; and he said, "to
the workhouse.'' Nothing more passed. He returned
about half past ten; he was alone. I asked biro it' lie had
left the boy at the workhouse? lie said lie had. I ob-
served that I thought it was a very good job that lie an,
taken into the workhouse. I added, " Now, Wright, you
must pluck up your spirits, and endeavour to forget her,
for she has forgotten you." He cried, and shook his head,
and said, " Alt, mistress!" and trembled very badly. lie
asked me if I would go and fetch his uncle Jem, and I
said, " 1 will just now." He left the lionse, saying lie
would go limself. When he came from the workhouse,
as I thought, lie looked very ill indeed, and trembled. I
thought his feelings were hurt at being obliged to leave
the child in the workhouse. I did not observe his
clothes. Alter the prisoner had left the house I went to
the workhouse, in consequence of something I heard from
his uncle's wife. 1 did not find the child there. I then
returned home. Some time after the prisoner came in
with his uncle, Samuel Wright. When lie came in, I said,
" Wright, what have you done with the child—where is
poor Jem ?" He replied, "He is dead, mistress." When
lie said this lie was crying sadly. I said nothing more;
Litt the prisoner's uncle said, " He has drowned the child
in the lock.'"f lie prisoner said nothing.
The prisoner, 011 being asked by Mr. Baron Garrow
' whether lie had any question to put to the witness, said,
" None at all."
Mary Anderson.—l live in the Hainptiin Lock. On the
morning of the 1 1i of September l had beat for some milk`
and aas returning I had gut to get over a gate. lit geiliu
over I saw a man standing in n held, with his hack 111 Me
/111 d facing the bOll. A child lay on the grass by the side of
the man. I made up to him and asked 111111 10111 lif he had
he child in the cut. The child ails, dressed, nod wet. He
said " Ay." I said it was a good jolt that he had gill it out
again. The prisoner was that man. I afterwards saw the
. child carried by me house dead on the saute day about one
o'clock.
Other witnesses deposed that they had seen the prisoner
with the boy in a similar manner.
James Wright—l live at Wolverhampton. lam uncle
to the prisoner. On the sth of September last the prisoner
came to me about half.past ten, and said he wonted to speak
to me. I went out with him, and on going towards the
Welnall-road lie said to me, " Uncle, I have drowned the
lad." I said, " I hoped it was lint true." lie said, " It
was too tine," mid added," I wish 10 see my mole Samuel."
I neat a ith the prisoner to look for his undo. We met him
close by the Ited Lion-ion. When we met him,
sAid, 0 John, w bat is the matter with you/ I see something
very horrible is your countemtoce." I told my brother
what had passed. The prisoner looked .very wretched;
he was all of a tremble. My brother said, " eVhat shall I
de now 2" I did not hear the primmer make auy reply.
told my brother I would take him doss n to the George-inn
and give him a drop of drink to revive him. I did so. I
took part of title eiut of ale tt lib him, sad my brother sent

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tfor me. I left the prisoner at the George, while I went to
my brother. My brother afterwards went fir the prisoner
to the Gear.4e, sod are went in search of the boy by desire
of the prisoner, nho said, " go and show you what lock
I put him iii." Tne prisoner seemed very much coufte‘ed
before he could tied the lock out. He went to two locks
before he found the right ;he was very melancholy. The
third lock be came to be went and looked at a particular
place and said, " This is the hick I put the child
This lock was in Bushbury parish, in this asked
hint if he was sure; he told me it was. I stripped rriself
and went in in search of the boy. I foam) the boy :Mont 12
or 14 yards below the lock gate, in the pound. After I mak
the belly from the water. I laid it on the bank side: the
prisoner sat beside my brother. I afteriiiirds asked leave to
Pot it on the cabin of a boat goin..; towards Wolverhampton.
As the bov lay on the cabin, the prisoner jumped to him,
threw himself on the body, kissed it,and said " Poor Jem!"
The prisoner was very melancholy, and hardly knew what
to do with himself.
Samuel Wright, the brother of the last witness, stated •
that his brother had informed him of the drowning of the
boy. The prisoner proposed to deliver himself up to
justice. lie said his wile leaving him and his extreme
poverty hail driven him to madness. He said, " I made
for the Wednesfield Canal, and I there threw the child
into the water; seeing the child struggling, I relented,—
jumped in, aud took the child out of the water." (Here
the witness was greatly affected.) I then said, " Where '
did you go after this?" and he said, " I made to a cottage
in order to thy the child's clothes, and take it home. The
woman of the house refused my request, and I. was
ashamed to take it home in that condition, and resolved
again to (fleet my purpose of throwing it into the water."
I now said to him, " It it be tine that you have been in
the water this morning, your clothes must be wet." I felt
them, and they were so. I then said, " What did the
child say to you after it had recovered ham its first throw-
ing into the water ?" and he said the child said to me—
" Father, what di a you throw time ill far ? do not throw me
in again, and I will not cry any more." I could say no
more at that time; but at length asked him, " By what
way he castle from the Wednesfield Canal to where we
then were." The witness corroborated what was staled
by his brother about finding the child.
Wihtesses were called to prove the disordered state of
mind on the part of the prisoner ; anti the evidence of a
Mr. Blakewell, a medical gentleman, who was present on
the trial, was admitted. He gave his opinion that the
drowning of the toy was a complete art of insanity.
Mi. Baron Barrow' delivered a very feeling and discri•
]] i]] ating charge ; and the jury, alter a few minutes
consideration, returned a verdict "That the prisoner was
Not because he had committed the act imputed to
him when in a state of insanity."
YORK.

NV. Thompson was indicted for maliciously killing
his wile. Several witnesses were called, to whom the
prisoner had given different accounts of his wife's death.
To one he had stated that she cut her throat herself.—
The most remarkable was the following:—
F: 111091 e, a labourer at Appleton, about 8 o'clock on
Monday morning, was summoned to G. Dobsou's,
where he found the prisoner on his knees on the bed,
praying for God to have mercy on him, as he was a great
sinner. Witness was left alone about two hours; dur-
ing the whole of the time, he kept praying for mercy.
He asked the witness if he recollected a passage of the
Scripture which said, there was no mercy for a mur-
derer? witness replied, No. About five o'clock the
prisoner fell asleep; at eight he fell out of the bed on
the floor; he would not go to bed again, but walked
backward and forward in his shirt; he soon after left
him with G. Dobson. Next night, at to o'clock, he
was sent for to T. Field's house ; continued all the
night with him, and the prisoner called him from the
the other two to go up to him. He said, " 1 murdered
my wife with a razor." Witness not wishing to hear
more left him, and sent one of the other men to him.—
The prisoner again called the witness. He repeated
his assertions, and witness said some people thought he
had done it when she was asleep, arid some thought
when she was awake; lie immediately replied she was
awake; that thete was a little difference between them
about a lost parcel. She said she had something to
communicate to him, which he would not be surprised
at—that she was far gone with child. He turned upon
her, and said it was not by him ; she declared it was.—
At that time she was cleaning the house, and had oc-
casion to clean down a delft rack, on which was an old
razor; she took it in her hand. It then struck his mind
to take his new razor, which he did from a drawer, and
hid it in his breeches pocket. lie took it to bed with
him. When they had got to bed the diffarence kept up
kaween them. 11e used her roughly with both hands,
she said, " Oh William I how am I to get this night
over with you ; ill get this over, how shall I get another?
I have been with you all this time to bear every burden,
and will bear this it you will cast it upon me.:' He then
took hold of her and pulled her to him She came into
his arms as loving as ever she did in her life, and threw
her head kick bpon his shoulders. Having lair oppor-
tunity, he took the razor which he had hid, and pressed
it into her throat. He said it was true; it was a pity he
hail not inure governmeut river himself.
It Harrison, a surgeon examined the body of die de-
ceased, and found a wound m the throat ‘.21 inches 10.12,
and 14 deep; the windpipe was severed through; the
edges of the wound were clearly cut, and diffcrent
from all cases of sit:cide lie had ever heard of. After
receiving this wound, he should think she could not
move herself a yard.
The prisoner in his defence, said it was quite a mys-
tery to hint; he was not his own man; he could give
no account of it. After a minute consllhalioll, the
.bury prommoced a verdict
His Lordship to the most impress;ve manner, imme-
diately sentenced him to be executed on Minhlay, and
ilk body given to the surgeons for desection.

Miss Radford, the young lady who accidentally
received a pistol ball in the eye, as we have already
mentioned, is expected to recover; the eye behind
wh;ch the ball lodges is entirely to t, and the ball
ca►t ucver be Cltrata•

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BOXING.

A very brave battle was fou4ht on Wednesday in Shep.
hi,rd's marshes, harrow•road, between Isaac Haskell, a
tailor, who proved himself a man, anti Aaron Wren, a
gilder. It was a bit al...jealousy which brought tbens to•
geth..r, us Wren had good reason to suppose that the tailor
was fond of his wife, and wore the yellow. They had a turn
up the night before, when Wren, why is the tailor', lodger,
fated bin in his apartment, and the plea wt.. for rent.—
They pid down 31. each for the merry fight, which followed
on Wednesday morning.
The first round, which lasted nine minutes, was u very gal.
lam one. The tailor had benefited formerly by a few less.
SOUS from Riles, and he was flash to the pink and breaking
gr:.und. Ilia adversary met him heavily, and it was a Inc
display of courage. Three distinct rallies smirked the
round, and both fought themselves tired, and covered with
blood and glory.
Muskell had the best of the 2d and 3J rounds, but there
was no mischief done.
4th was another most determined milling round, and
Wren's heavy hitting gave him rather best.—After hitting
away fur seven minutes the tailor was dropped by a doable.
up in the wind, and it spoiled hint.
Six other rounds were fongitt to the advantage of Wren,
as staikell never recovered the blow. In the 10th round
there was scarcely soy day light before them, and a harry),
hit won Wren the fidtt, in 55 minutes of nothing but real
milling. Butterfield secouded the winner, and T. Abbott the.
loser.

Early in the mottling of Sunday last a daring attempt
was made to rob the dwelling-house of Lady Peat, in
Villers•street, Bishopwearmouth. An entry had been
effected by displacing one of the squares in the back par-
lour window, and after securing the servant girl's lodging
room door, and regaling themselves with some bread
and wine which they found in the pantry, the robbers
proceeded up stairs to the bed room of her ladyship,
who was fast asleep, and had left the door open. When
awaked by the noise, she observed two men picking the
lock of her desk, and she vociferated " Thieves!"--
" Murder!"—with all her might. Oise of them at-
tempted to silence her by heating her most severely upon
the face and head with his fist, and stuffing the bed-
clothes into her mouth, while the other was vary deli-
berately examining the identical drawer that contained
her treasure. The sight of this stimulated her ladyship
to fresh exertions, and her cries reached the mistress of
the adjoining house, who called up her servants to see
what was the matter. The thieves finding that the
alarm was given, hastily decamped, after violently tear-
ing away her ladyship's ear ring, hut without securing
any other of her valuables, which were lodged in a secret
drawer at the end of that which had beets rifled. Her
ladyship followed in her chemise, and was in the street
almost as soon as her unwelcome visiters ; but before
she could get her neighbours on the alert, they had es-
caped. As there was another desk its the room quite as
likely as that which was attempted, it seems probable
that they had some previous intimation where the booty
was. A chissel was left on the parlour table below
stairs, but it does not appear they had any offensive
weapons. They were both young men ; and though
her ladyship declaress that one of them is well known
to her, we do not hear that any steps have beets taken to
apprehend him.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Friday an inquest was
held at the Marquis of Granby, in Richmond, before 'l'.
Jemmett, Esq. Coroner for the county of Surrey, on the
body of Robert Knight, who was shot by a watchman,
on the morning of the 28th inst. near Petersham. The
deceased was house carpenter to Lord Derby,. and on •
Wednesday night last was accompanying a young wo-
man from London to Richmond, for the purpose of
visiting her friends in that quarter ; when proceeding
along the road, they met a man in a cart driving in that
direction, and he offered them a conveyance, which they
accepted of ; he drove on at a qdck pace till their arr.val
at Petersham-hill, about one mile from Richmond,
When they were challenged by the watchman on that
beat, and ordered to stop, which the driver refined,
swearing at the same tonne, that he would be if he
would. The watchman followed them, repeating his
orders, and finding that no attention was paid to hint,
he discharged his blunderbuss at the .can. The piece
was crammed with balls and slugs, and every inilividnal
in the cart was struck by one of them. '1 he deceased
' fell in the cart after the shot. The driver drove on, how-
ever, till their arrival in Richmond, where they inane
the circumstance known to the officers, who proceeded
immediately to apprehend the watchman, whose name
is Wigley, and who, without hesitsition acknowledged
the circumstance of his having fired at the peisons in the
cart, but not with an intention to them any injury, his
object being merely to alarm them. lie refused to be
conveyed to the watehonse, and Mk ed some resistance
to the officers, who were obliged to use force, and sake
him there against his will. Tile owner of the cart was
struck by a sluz in the shoulder, and the voting woman
was also wounded, but no► seriously. On their arrival
at Richmond surgical assistance was procured, and every
edint made use of to recover deceased, but he was dead.
The watchman attempted to justify his conduct, on the
ground that he was obeying instructions which he had
received, to stop all persons of suspicious appearance
travelling at unseasonable hours. The Jury sat from
tell o'clock its the morning until four in the afternoon ;
and after a lung investigation, and the stunt mature de-
liberation, returned saverthet of" Wilful murder nisi list
Richard Wittig," who st as immediately conmetted :Ur
trial at the Kingston Assizes.
Fiat.—An alarming fire broke out at Potter's
firm, near Nettlebed. Oxon, the residence of Mr.
Billinghurst, on Sunday afternooon, which con-
sumed the house, a barn, containing corn of much
value, and the stable. It originated in the brewery,
but from what cause is not known. In less than an
hour the house was a pile of ruins. A poor boy. of
the name of Bedminster, was so much burnt in
releasing the horses in the stable, that his life is
despaired of. The premises were uninsured.