The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-14 00:00:00

THE KING V. BLACKBURN.

This was a prosecution under the 2d William IV., c. 45,
s. 53, the Reform Act, against the defendant, a school-
master, and editor of the Colchester Gazette, for having
given a false answer to a question put to him by the return-
ing officer at the late election for Colchester. The de-
fendant was asked whether he was still in possession of the
property attached to his name in the list of voters, to which
he replied " Yes." It was alleged that he was not so in
possession, and had therefore made himself liable under the
provisions of the before-mentioned statute.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—M4nur 12.

ARSON.—Thomas Garner was charged with wilfully
and maliciously setting fire to certain stables, barns, &c.,
the property of Mr. W. Purser, of Cople, on the lst of
October last.

Evidence was called, and the Jury returned a verdict of
Not Guilty.

The trial lasted seven hours.

James Sherwood and Philip ilshwell, two of the ring-
leaders in the Apshill riots in May last, were charged with
the capital offence of continuing, in company with more
than twelve persons, riotously assembled for more than one
hour after the Riot Act had been read.

Verdict—Guilty. Death recorded.
Ann Tinsley and Samuel Sharnzan were charged with
having, on the 30th of August last, at Ravensden, unlaw-
fully, maliciously, and feloniously caused to be administered
to and taken by Ephraim Cook, a quantity of a certain
deadly poison called sulphate of copper, with intent to mur-
der the said Ephraim Cook.
After the examination of many witnesses, the Judge
summed up at great length, and the Jury returned a verdict
of Not Guilty.
Henry Porter, Daniel Stapleton, Job Underwood, and
Joseph Richardson, were sentenced to twelve calendar
months' imprisonment and hard labour for poaching by night
in Chicksands Wood, the property of Lyme Stevens, Esq.,
being armed with guns.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—MAncIi 11.
GRIM CON.-(SPECIAL JURY CASE.)

MELLIN V. TAYLOR.

Mr. Sergeant Wilde was for the plaintiff ; Mr. Creswell
for thr defendant.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE addressed the Jury, in a speeoh
which lasted upwards of an hour.

The first witness called was

liffssfayfoi.:ladl;eenricquainted with Mrs. Mellin
sixteen years. She is a lady highly respectable, and of good
family. Witness lived on habits of intimacy with her.
Never witnessed anything but the most strict propriety in
her conduct. Recollects Mr. Taylor calling at Mr. Mel-
lin's, in June or July last, at a large party. Mrs. Mellin
always appeared to be happy and cheerful in company.
Mr. Joseph Barrett has known the plaintiff since 1824.
Visited him about two years since. The plaintiff and his
wife always appeared very happy.
Mr. Starkey, surgeon, Wakefield, knew Mr. and Mrs.
Mellin for about five years. Mr. Mellin was very affec-
tionate to his wife, she appearing to have the same affection
for him, up to 1834. Mr. Mellin, sen., died in 800, when
defendant was made joint trustee and guardian with the
plaintiff. Witness remembered Mr. Mellin being absent-in
1834, and during his absence heard some remarks made
which he communicated to the plaintiff. In consequence
of that an investigation took place at the White Hari,
when Mr. Taylor came in, and presented a written paper
to him, saying to witness, " Did you write this?" when he
said, if the questions were put to him properly, he would
answer them. No questions were however put to him, but
Mr. Mellin charged Mr. Taylor with taking Mrs. Mellin
out a walking to the farm. Mr. Taylor denied it,
professing very great friendship for Mr. Mullin and
his wife. Witness heard Mr. Taylor pledge him-
self, after the investigation at, the White Hart, that
he would not take her out again. Mr. Mellin then
discharged him from visiting his house, when Mr. Taylor
said " That it would not do to drop the acquaintance in
that manner, as the public would believe all that had been
stated." After the White -Hart meeting they went to the
house of a lady. After that Mr. Meth said he should not
be entirely driven from the house, but that he should not
go to his house except by special invitation, to which Mr.
Taylor pledged himself. This took place in 1834. Wit-
ness remembered Mr. Mellin's absence from home in 1835,
and in consequence of some reports he had some commu-
nication with him on the 18th or 19th of August of the
same year. Witness took an anonymous letter to Mr.
Taylor, stating that Mr. Mellin had received a letter which
had agonised him very much, concerning his (Mr. Taylor's)
conduct. Mr. Taylor said it was an unjust charge, and
said that that morning he was paying a visit to Mrs. Tootal,
and while he was there he saw Mrs. Mellin pass, and, his
visit ending, he followed Mrs. Mellin, and got up to her,
and spoke to her. They went on a short distance, and
when they got to the stile in the barley field they sat down
to rest and to view the scenery of the country, and he was
very sorry he had broken his pledge with Mr. Main not
to walk with his wife. Witness recollects the plaintiff
leaving Westgate to go to Belle Vuc. Latterly his children
were not so much attached to him as before, and he did not
800 M to have the same attachment fur them. Mr. Taylor
is a very opulent man, keeping very respectable company.
From witness's observation he thought . plaintiff had un-
limited confidence in his wife.
Maria Firth, the housemaid to Mr. Mellin, had been in
his service for many years. She had seen Mr. Taylor there
frequently. Her master went out in the morning about nine
o'clock. She usually saw Mr. Taylor there from eleven to
two. This was at.the time her master was away. She had
seen them walk out in the garden and plantation together
alone. She had hold of Mr. Taylor's arm. Witness had
known Mr. Taylor to be with her mistress in the evening.
Witness had seen Mr. Taylor come out of the dark closet
a little before dark. Mr. Main was always kind and at-
tentive to his wife and children.
William Craven was in the employ* of Mr. Mellin in
1832, and saw Mr. Taylor there several times during his
absence. ,He came- to an agreement with Thomas Hardy
to watch Mrs. Mellin's scullery when he went with the keys
of the warehouse, and then went into the kitchen. The
servants went to bed about ten o'clock. 'Whilst he was
watching he saw Mrs. Main go to the door four times and
look down, and the last time he saw Mr. Taylor come up
to the house with his boots in his hands, walking in his
stockings. He went in about a quarter past eleven, and
remained till half-past two, when he went away, and witness
heard the door fastened after him.

Joseph Beaumont was a butcher at Wakefield. When
he was going to his fields, about three years since, he passed
Mrs. Mellin in Love-lane, and Mr. Taylor met her in Mr.
Carr's fields. He observed where they went to. Having
beard some remarks, he determined to watch them. They
walked arm-in-arm till he saw them go into a stable i went
field, when, they remained half an hour, when they

the hill; his master made an observation to him which
caused him to observe them. He saw Mr. Taylor and
Mrs. Mcllin go over a barley field,. and remain at the stile.
Witness went into the barley field, and crept upon his hands
and knee§ fill he got within sight of Mrs. Mellin and Mr.
Taylor. (Witness then described what he saw, leavirg no
doubt that a criminal intercourse took place.)
Sarah 'Cooper had been in Mr, Mellin's service three
Sears. Mr. Taylor often came to the !louse, and more fre-
quently when her master was away. Mr. Taylor was there
many times a week. He and Mrs. M.dlin were generally
in VI erreakfast-roorn. They had a room called the library,
and witness recollected going into the library when they
lived in Westgate. It was about nine o'clock in. the even-
ing. it was dark. Cannot speak to the month. She had
a message for her mistress, who was near the book-case.
Mr. Taylor was there beside her. (Witness described what
she saw in the room, which left no doubt that a criminal
connection had taken place.)
Henry Land knew Mr. Taylor, who had been concerned
in some law proceedings winst him, but they had been on
good terms ever since. Ifo remembered seeing Mr. Tay-
lor on the Bth of August last. He was going with his
wife and child. (He then -described what
position he saw
Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Mellin in, which left no doubt as to
the criminal connection. )
This concluded the plaintiff's case.
At nine o'clock Mr. CRESIWELL rose to reply, in a
speech which occupied two hours in the delivery. Ile de-
nied the offence imputed to the defendant.
William Spencer—l was in Mr. Taylor's service in 1825,
but left in 1831 ; I remember the Queen's drawing-room ;
I called at a coffee-house at Ludgate-hill to borrow an um-
brella, and saw Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Mellin there. I re-
turned into Mr. Taylor's service in 1832. I know Isaac
Spencer. He told me Mr. Taylor had been with Mrs.
Mellin all night. I said, " It's a lie John ; Mr. Taylor
was at home." He was at home that night.
Cross-examined—The rooms in the London Coffee-house
were sitting-rooms. I remember Mr. Taylor having a party
at his house. Mr. Mellin and Mr. Tindal were there.
There was an occasional waiter of the name of Walsh. It
was talked at the time that Mrs. Main bad gone up
stairs with Mr. Taylor. I heard it remarked the same
night. Walsh told me that Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Mellin
had gone up stairs together. This was not true. I saw
him in the passage at the time.
Archibald Robertson—l live at Edinburgh. I was in
London in 1831. I called at the London Coffee-house. I
saw Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Mellin there. In a week after I
saw them again, and Mr. Mellin too. I heard several re-
ports at Wakefield, but I never observed anything improper
on the part of Mr. Taylor. His behaviour was always such
as a well-bred man would use to a well-bred woman. Mr.
and and Mrs. Taylor always appeared to be very happy
and comfortable.
Rev. Thomas Kelly—Myself and Mrs. Kelly have vi-
sited at Mr. Taylor's and Mrs. Mellin's, and on no occa-
sion have I witnessed anything between Mr. Taylor and
Mrs. Mellin at all verging upon impropriety.
Martha Lee—l was formerly in Mr. Mellin's service. I
have seen Mr. Taylor walking in the plantation with Mrs.
Mellin and the Misses Mellin. I never saw any particular
attention from Mr. Taylor to Mrs. Mellin more than from
any other gentleman.
Richard Nichols—l am porter at the George Hotel,
Wakefield. I accompanied Joseph Beaumont to a stable.
He came to me eight or nine weeks ago, and asked me if I
did not remember seeing Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Mellin go
into the stable. I replied that I did not. He said," Thou
must say so, it will be a pound or two in our pockets, for
we shall have to go to London.'
His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence, and the jury,
after deliberating about an hour and a half, returned a ver-
dict for the defendant.

CROWN COURT.-PARRICIDE.
On Saturday, Juftn Drury was charged with wilful mur-
der, in administering arsenic to William Drury, his father,
and thereby occasioning his death.
After hearing evidence, the Jury found a verdict of Not
Guilty.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS-

TOM-HOUSE, MARcn 12.
The William Joliffe, Downie, from Antwerp ; Albion,
Castle, Amsterdam.

ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, MARcU 12.
Th• Royal Tar, Symonds, for Santander ; Tyne, Martin,
Antwerp; Corsair, Tarvin, Barbadoes; Harriett, Thompson,
Trinidad; Belfast, Middleton, Calais; Union, Condere,
Calais.

CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, MARCH 12.
The
.Batavier, Dun for Rotterdam ; Harrier, Pepper,
Stettin; Jane, Champion, St. Thomas's and Nassau; Con-
cord, Martin, Naples arid Palermo ; Calipe, King, Gibraltar,
Lisbon, and Cadiz ; Providentia, Houre, Newfoundland;
Isabel, Chesser, St. Michael's; Augusta, Blaesdale, Balti-
more; Somersetshire, Ross, Jamaica; Harriott, Page, Osr.
tend; King George, Garner, O.tend, Bruges, and Ghent;
Pink, Whitnall, Dunkirk; Greenend, Earles, Guernsey and
Jersey; Nercide, Faillant, Calais; Belfast, Middleton, Calais,
Hope, Boxer, Rotterdam; Adelaide, Guthrie, Hsbart Town
and Sydney.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, MARCH 12.
The Britannia, fir Cadiz ; Malcolm Brown, Cook, Cadiz •
Tyne, Whit,, Honduras ; Zephyr, Faillant, Jersey ; Ralph
I3ernal, Peire, Jamaica • Orator, Terry, Mauritius and Bor-
deaux ; Orion, Stela, Altona; Affleck, Ford, Newcastle and
Demerara.

ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12.

The Ridgway, from Valparaiso ; Noble, Mustard, Mobile ;
Mercurius, Smit, Antwerp ; Duke of Athol, Dawson, Cha-
rente ; Syria, Bonyman, Bombay; Dit On, Alexander, Jersey;
Winwick, Barlett, Apalachicola; Oglethorp, Miller, Savan-
nah ; Jane, Clark, Amsterdam ; Regulus, Vasmer, New
York.

ENTERED FOR LOADING, 111.tricil 12.
The China, Larmond, for Charleston ; Five Brothers,
Hayti ; Diadem, Ilardie, ditto; Sceptre, Barclay, ditto; Atm
Paley, Rolstonc, Lisbon; Lanark, Pennington, New York;
Tremont, Cunningham, ditto ; Archimedes, Winsor, New
Orleans; Pauline, Van Perre, Ostend; Union, Vander Stein,
ditto.

CLEARED OUTWARDS, MARCH 12.
The Rebecca, Sayer, for Newfoundland ; Mary Hamilton,
for Elsineur ; Buoyant, Bail. Hamburgh; Swallow, M'Kcay•
St. John's, N. B. ; Dalmarnock, Farlane, New York ; Sarah,
Warren, Lisbon ; Amanda, Raasch, Rotterdam ; Agaphea,
Greggs, Philadelphia; Reliance, Adams. Pernambuco; Asia,
Moss, Rio Janeiro ; Fortfield, Sly, Calcutta ; Edmond, Strong,
St. John's, N.B. ; Isabella, Smith, Buenos Ayres; Charlotte,
Africa ; Abbotsfor3, Mitchell, New Orleans ; Agnes, Foster,
Barbadocs ; Laboreuz, Wiand, Nantes ; John Craig, Reay,
Savannah; Bazaar, Homan, Baston; Granville, Taylor, for
ditto.

TELEGRAPHED.
Off Holy inward-bound, the Jane, from New Orleans.
Off Point Lynas, inward bouod, the-Oglethorpe, from Savan-
nah. Off the east of the Float;.iy- Light, inward bound, the
Winwick, from Apalachicola; .the Ann, from the South of
England. Wind at Holyhead; morning- and noon, NV.,
blowing- fresh; night, \V. S. NV., blowing fresh.

POPULAR NEW NOVELS.—The present season
has been distinguished by the publication of a number of new
works of fiction, from the pens of our most popular writers.
Mr. Bulwer has put forth his greatest work " Rienzi, the Last
of the Tribunes ;" Captain Marryat's "Japhet in Search of
a Father," and his humorous " Tales of a Pacha ;" Grattan
a new historical novel, " Agnes de Mar,sfcldt ;" and an anonv-
mouS author has been eminently successful in " My Aunt
Pontypool," which, for portraiture of character, is unrivalled.
The forthcoming novelties arc—" Tales of the Woods and
Fields," b) the autlibr of " Two Old Men's Tales ;" and Mr.
Willis's " Inklings of Adventure," which will probably be even
more popular than his " Pencillings."
ALLEGED MURDER. OF A WOMAN BY HER
HUSBAND.—Great excitement was created amongst the inha-
bitants of Drury-lane and its neighbourhood yesterday after-
noon, in consequence of the savage murder, as it is alleged, of
a young woman by her husband. The name of the unfortu-
nate woman was Anne Davis, and her husband is a dog-
fancier. They occupied lodgings at No. 31,
King-street,
Drury-lane, and yesterday morning some persons called to see
them, and sent out for pint after pint of rum and gin, until they
all got drunk. About three o'clock Davis and the deceased
quarrelled, and he set a bull-dog upon her, and after the animal
had torn her clothes to pieces, he knocked her down, and gave
her three heavy blows on the head with his clenched fist,
while
she was lying on the ground. She was stunned for a time, but
recovered, and, by the interference of the visitors, they were
el
apparently reconciled: In a short time, however, the quarr
broke out afresh, and the husband dragged her from the room
and threw her down stairs. She fell upon her head, and roll-
ing over at the foot of the stairs upon her back, she exclaimed,
"0, God ! lam killed," arid almost instantly expired. The
husband, before lie seized her to throw her down stairs, was
heard to say, " Now I'll muzzle you." Mr. Thornton, a sur
geho: husband fsAaitsiern;sedtriecaetly
twaasftseern;tibfsocro,nbduct,tunirdifohremr
aqtuioitn being
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given at the station-house in Bow-street of the transaction,
Mr. Hartley, the superintendent, directed Kirkman and
Soler,Soer,
and other active officers, to go immediately in pursuit
miscreant, but at the time that our report waspowo-rrittle‘n,a,nhdeerhinada
not been taken.
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lo oking out for a night's quarters in the but or lodge at the
pil:head. The poor wanderer was known by the name of Poet
DI vie. On the following morning, when the pitmen the
scot to their employment, they found the dead body of the
pat)` unfortunate lying across the bottom of the pit.

Gustavus the Third, Mr. Cooper ; Colonel LillienhOrn, Mr. Tem.
pletnn ; Captain Ankarstrom, Mr. H. Phillips; Christian Engleheart
Mr. Bedford ; Oscar, Miss Shirreff.
Madame Ankarstrom, Miss Foide ; Arvedson, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
After which, MR. AND MRS. PRINGLE.
Peter Pringle, Mr. W. Farren. Mrs. Pringle, Mrs. Glover.
To conclude with—CHEVY CHASE.

Henry Percy, Mr. Cooper ; Hermit of Warkworth, Mr. Warde
Simon Wardlaw, Mr. Harley.

Lady Neville, Miss Forde ; Lady Douglas, Mrs. Vining; Maud, Mrs.
Humby ; Alice, Miss Lee.
Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates.

The Box .office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of
whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained.
Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Second Price, 2s.
Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, Is.—Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second Price 6d.

HAMBURG, FEBRUARY 24, 1836.
THIS DAY, being the FOURTH DAY of
DRAWING of the SIXTY-SEVENTH HAMBURG
GREAT LOTTERY, No. 1,126, say One Thousand One
Hundred and Twenty-six, obtlined the First drawn Prize of
Baneomarks One Thousand, and the Premium of Baneomarks
100,000 net.

The publication of THE ►SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 5 minutes past Three o' Clock.

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