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CURRENCE AT HAYES, IN MIDDLESEX.

ADJOURNED INQUEST. —Yesterday forenoon, at ten
,'clock, the adjourned inquiry relative to the death of Mr.
Joseph Allsop, aged 18, was resumed before Mr. Wakley,
M P., at the Adam and Eve Tavern, at Hayes.
The excitement occasioned by this shocking and
.nentable occurrence continues to increase, and some time
before the arrival of the Coroner the inquest-room was
crowded to excess.
Mr. Stammers, a barrister, and Mr. Ludlow, a solicitor,
attended to watch the proceedings on the part of Med-
burst, the accused party, who is in custody at Brantford.
On the Jury re-assembling Mr. Sturmer submitted to
.hem a plan of the room in which the fatal fracas took
?lace, which was minutely examined by the gentlemen as
well as the Coroner.
The Coroner inquired of Godfrey, the summoning
Meer, if be had in his possession the stick with which
Medhurst struck the deceased.

Godfrey said he had not.
The following additional evidence was then brought
forward:—
Mr. Edward William Bunney was examined at conside-
rable length—The stick with which Medhurst struck the
Incased is a very formidable weapon ; it is about three
inches and a-half in thickness, and a knot at the handle
nearly as large as an egg. Medhurst has had the stick in
his possession for a considerable length of time. When
the affray took place Medhurst was in his dressing-gown.
Deceased immediately called Medhurst a liar. They
were about four feet from each other. Medhurst then
struck the deceased two or three blows with his stick, wlien
they both cicsed with each other, and the deceased
wrenched the stick from Medhurst. The deceased went
towards Medhurst with the intention of striking him with
the stick, when the latter drew out a knife out of his left
hand trousers pocket, and making a stride towards the de-
ceas,d, in a stooping position, stabbed him in the abdomen.
He (Medhurst) then went round the table, and left the
room.

Juror—What character has Medhurst borne amongst his
fellow pupils ?

Witness—l cannot say correctly. Hs) is of a very irrit-
able, quarrelsome temper. Tile deceased and he had
frequently quarrelled.
'line Rev. Frederick Sturmcr was next examined, but
previous to which, the Coroner addressing him, said, that
as it had come out in evidence that he was present at thb
time the fatal fracas took place, and did not interfere to
prevent it, he was not bound to state anything, or answer
answer any questions unless he thought proper. His evi-
dence was to the following effect :—I am Curate of Hayes
parish. The deceased and Mr. Medhurst were pupils of
mine, and resided in the house with my family. The
latter is twenty-one years of age. He has been with me
two years and two months; he (Medhurst) was shortly
going to have me, having finished his studies. I believe
he was going a tour on the Continent. Between
nine and ten o'clock on tho morning of last Satur-
day se'nnight I was in the dining-room. The de-
ceased and Mr. Bunney were present. Medhurst
soon afterwards entered the room, and addressing me said,
What a blackguard that is that has just left your house"
(alluding to Dalison). Oa Medhurst making the obser-
vation above stated, the deceased said to him—" You are a
blackguard and a liar rex saying so." Medhurst then raised
his stick in both hands, and it descended, I believe, on the
deceased's head or shoulders; a scuffle then ensued.
CORONER—Do you know what occasioned the bruises on
the deceased's head, arm, and elbow? Witness—l do not.
Examination continued—l now left the room, at which
time the deceased and Medhurst were struggling together.
I did not interfere in the quarrel. I did not observe whe-
ther the deceased or Medhurst had the stick when I left
the room.

By the CORONER—There had been no quarrel between
the deceased and Medhurst at breakfast that morning ; but
a disagreement took place between them on the Sunday
respecting the possession of a hassock.
Examination continued—The conduct of the deceased
at the dinner-table on the Sunday was of that description
that I told him that if he could not behave himself with
more decorum at my table, he Had better leave the room.
About a month since I saw a large knife called a " Life
Preserver," in the possession of Medhurst, who said he
had purchased it for carpenters' work and other purposes.
No complaint had been made by the fellow-pupils of Med-
hurst, on account of the latter carrying such a weapon.
CORONER-What caused you to leave the room at the
commencement of the affray? Mr. Sturmer—l had not
the slightest idea that so fetal a result would ensue. The
deceased had been a pupil of mine three months. On my
return to the room after the fatal affair I heard Medhurst
exclaim, " Oh, good God 1" The deceased said in my
presence that they were both in fault, and that he forgale
Medhurst, with whom he shook hands.

Mr. Maximilian Hammond Dalison—l was lately a
pupil in Mr. Stunner's establishment. I have had fre-
quent quarrels with Medhurst ; on one occasion I offered
to fight him, which he refused, and at the same time made
an observation to the eff:Ect that there was a way of set-
tling differences by giving a stab.
Mr. Bunney was recalld, and in the course of bis cross-
examination by the Jury, said that when Medhurst accused
Dalison" of breaking his watch glass, Mr. Sturmer, whir
was present, said, " I wonder you have not knocked him
(Dalison) down before." Medhurst replied, "I should
have done so, but I did not wish to soil my hands."
The CORONER observed, that it was very singular that
the witness on his two first examinations, did not mention
such a circumstance. It was a serious imputation against
Mr. Sturmer, and placed him in a very awful situation.
Mr. Stunner was sent for inta the Court, and on bearing
that such an observation was imputed to him, manifested
great indignation, and positively denied ever having used
such an exprozsion.
Mr. Rose, landlord of the Adam and Eve, said, I bad a
conversation with Mr. Sturmer after the melancholy affair,
when he (Mr. Sturmer) said that after the first blow was
struck between the deceased and Medhurst, he left the
room thinking it served the deceased right.
Mr. Sturmer was re-called, and, after the deposition of
the landlord of the Adam and Eve was read over to him,
he stated that he did say, that had the deceased only re-
ceived a blow, and no fatal consequences bad taken place,
it would have served him (deceased) right.
_ _ _

The whole of the evidence being concluded, the Clerk
read it over, after which the Curoner addressed the Jury at
considerable length, pointing out the law as applicable to
ti c crimes of murder and manslaughter.
The Jury retired at six o'clock, and at a quarter pat
seven o'clock returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against
Francis Hastings Medhurst: and they were unanimously
of opinion, that the conduct of Mr. Sturmer was highly re-
prehensible in not interfering in preventing the altercation
between the parties, as such interference might have pre-
vented the unhappy consequences which have ensued."
Tho prisoner will be committed to Ncwgate on the Co-
roner's warrant, the whole of the witnesses being bound
over to prosecute. The inquiry lasted nine hours.

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DINNER TO MR. FROST, AT THE

WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE.

The Working Men's Association of London gave a
dinner yesterday to Mr. Frost, the Magistrate of New-
port, and a Delegate to the Convention, to testify
their sense of his conduct and firmness, in meeting Lord
John Russell's attempt to interfere with his politicri
opinions.
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W. CARPENTER, Esq., in the Chair.
The Chair was taken at about half-past six o'clock,
when about 200 sat down to dinner, the Chairman being
supported on his right by Mr. Frost, and on his left by Mr.
Feargus O'Connor. There were a few. ladies, who sat
down to dinner with the company.
On the cloth being removed,
The CHAIRMAN rose and said, that " The People, the
only source of legitimate Power," was formerly a favourite
toast at all Whig festivals, but of late a change had come
over the spirit of the Whigs—the people now rere by
them forgotten altogether, or only remembered for evil;
formerly the favour of the people was as the breath of
their nostrils, but now the people were discontented, tur-
bulent, and rebellious ; yet he considered the toast he was
about to propose was never drunk under circumstances
so encouraging as it was about to be this day,
because the humbug was at an end, and the people
now knew that they ',must rely upon themselves alone,
because, also, every class in the country was beginning to
express its want of confidence in the Government and the
Legislature ; the Agricultural Association, composed of
landholders, had expressed their want of confidence, and
now the representatives of the manufacturers had done
the same thing; the money Aristocracy of the country
had also discovered, in reference to the Corn-laws, that
nothing sati,factory could be anticipated until there was a
full, fair, and free representation of the people in the Com-
mons House of Parliament. The City of London, too.
had come forward to oppose the measure, which, pretend-
ing to be for the regulation of the police of the Metropolis,
was in fact an attempt to introduce into seven out of the
forty counties of England a system of rural police. This
measure had caused many to join the Radicals and
Chartists—this was a measure which the Tories, in their
worst days, had not dared to attempt; the Chartists had
been attacked by those who ought to feel under the greatest
obligations to it, for when the people were goaded to
desperation it was they who pointed out to the people the
source of their wrongs, restrained them, bnd showed them
how to acquire their rights—they were determined
steadily and fixedly, to realize their rights—(Clicers)—
by moral means, if possible—( Cheers)—but, at all hazards,
they were determined to realize them, and speedily. The
Chairman then gave—" The people • may they perceive
that freedom is the only certain basis Of happiness, and the
principles of the Charter the surest guarantee of freedom."
This toast was drank with three times three.

The CHAIRMAN said that Magistrates were originally in-
stituted to be terrors to evil doers, and for the support of
them that do well—he would ask if such was the case in
general in this country, of which Christianity had been
declared to be part and parcel of the law of the land, in
general the converse of the proposition was true. Such,
however, was not the case with their guest, Mr. Frost.—
( Tremendous cheers.) They were all aware how nobly
he had repelled the attempt of the Home Secretary to
interfere with his political opinions; his conduct appeared
the more extraordinary, because the unpaid Magistracy
were in general the submissive and passive tools of the Go-
vernment. Mr. Frost executed the functions of the Ma-
gistracy, not for his own aggrandizement, or for the grati-
fication of his personal vanity, but for the good of his fel-
low. citizens. They all knew the circumstances of his
correspondence with the Home Secretary, and not with
the Home Secretary alone, had he been in correspondence
on the subject, but also with the Lord Chancellor, and he
had put them both hors de combat. They had been—
" Willing to wound, but yet afraid to strike"—( Cheers)—
but they had not dared to carry their intentions into effect.
Mr. Frost was still a Magistrate of the Borou;h of New-
port—( Loud cheers)—had he ceased to be a Magistrate,
they would not have received him less enthusiastically, but it
was gratifying to know that he was still a Magi&trato, be-
cause it sbewcd that the Government was afraid of what it
saw darkly shadowed forth in the back ground. He then
proposed as a toast—" Our invited guest, John Frost, Esq.
Member of the People's Parliament, may men in office
profit from his independent example, and men in power be
taught prudence from the lesson ho has given them"—
Drank with three times three.