The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

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evident the had Natiportea ind that he hied
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'been living with Inslegiinent in the style of a Gt ri-
fleman, and COiiie'titienilys at no small expence. He
had no resources tint' [his Lady's purse, and his pay
a's:a 'Cornet. Under-these circumstances, it would

be for the Jury to assess the da4nages they had not
the usual means.of eitimating the damages'; -but with
such as they had, be was,persuaded they would not

spare this base, ungrateful man.
Mr. Baron WooD observed, that this was not an
action for damages, but for a demand, which the
Plaintiff would have a great deal of difficulty in prov-
ing, withouts a bill in equity. His• Lordship-ther-
efore Tecommended.as the beSt mode, that the whole

Matter should be referred to a 'Gentleman of the Bar,

who might .examine both parties on oath.
After some conversation, this was agreed to ;. and
the Plaintitl's. demand, the breach
~of promise of
marriage, aiid all matters in difference, were referred
to arbitration, upon condition that the letters should
be deliered up to the Plaintiff as soon as the arbi-
trator should have made his award.

MiSS HULME was in Court during the whole
trial, and shed tears abundantly, while the Learned

Serjeant was reading the letters.

The following most remarkable trial came on at
.the Lancaster Assizes, on the P-ist inst. attended

with some very extraordinary circurustances, :parti,
cularly interesting to those who may have deranged.

persons belonging to them.
William 81l was charged with the'wilful murder
of William Brown, by violence and. ill-treatment,
while under his care, as Keeper of the Asylum at
Manchester for the reception of lunatics.
Robert Brown (the brother of the lunatic), 'de-
posed, that the deceased was so much deranged in
his mind, Omit was agreed, by his family, to send
him ,to the Asylum for Lunatics, where he and se-
veral of his relatives accompanied him-in the Month
of March last ; that he went to see him-- shortly.af-
terwards : when he saw him he war very bad; and
Dr. Winstaeley, --,
who attends the patients, inforMed
him -there was 11Q hope of, his getting better. He
remained eighteen. days - ip the Asylum, and then
was fetched away. The deceased was very - much
deranged, but. he knew the witness. As be was
getting into the coach, he complained several times
of his back paining him very much. He was taken
from Manchester to Hendon, where, on his pro-
mise to be very •quiet, his straight waistcoat was
taken off. He appeared sensible for several days, so
much so, that he was permitted to sleep with his
wife. On the Monday aftei the Friday on which
he was taken away, Mr. Sanderson, the Governor
of the Asylum, called to see .him. Atter he was
gone, the deceased was put te bed, and, when ly-
ing on his back, he appeared to be very uneasy, and
in consequence the witness put his hand. under his
back to alter his position, when he called out, ap-
-parently in great agony, " Brother; My breast-bone
is broken." The , witness asked' him who did it,
when he replied; "Bell did it .I'. and he appeared
quite sensible he was dying. He said Isis prayers
that afternoon, and every day afterwards, till the
time of his death. The deceased also told the wit-
ness, on the Friday, when he was taking him from
the Asylum to his house, that all his ribs were bro-
ken from his back-bone, except two; and the wit-
ness conceived him to be in a dying state.
'The witness, on his cross-examination, said, that
at the time the deceased first mentioned his ribs
were broken, he imagined it only proceeded from
his rambling mind. On the evening after Mr. San-
derson's visit, the deceased ,complained so much of
his ribs being broken, that the witness was induced
to feel them, and he was then convinced of the truth
of his assertion. The deceased complained- very
much of the prisoner, and said, it was he that had
broken his ribs and breast-bone; and the witness
being convinced his ribs were broken, sent for Dr.
Agnew to attend him. The deceased lived-two days
atter this ; and after his death, witness .went to the
Asylum, and said "' they had murdered his bro-
ther," and made several threats against the prisoner.
The testimony was also corroborated by the wife
of the deceased, who said the deceased was conti-
nually complaining of his ribs, and attributed it to
the prisoner ; and that he fervently- prayed to God
to release him from his _misery. -
'Here Judge CHAMBRE stopped the evidence. He
observed, that although the deceased' had hicid in-.
tervals, yet, no doubt, lunatics in general had a
great dislike to their' keepers. With` resped to the
declarations of the deceased against the Prisooer, he
did not think they came up to the principle recog-
nised by law, of a person being in a -dying state;
for the only expression that could be attributed to
his being sensible of 'his death, was his saying his
prayers, and that his unsupported declaration-against
the Prisoner could not therefore be received.
Previous to the decision of the Jury,. at the re-
quest of Mr. CROSS, the Prisoner's Counsel, Mr.
Sanderson was called, who gave-the Prisoner a good
charader for humanity, (luting the five years he- was
employed by him as keeper.
Dr. WINSTANLEY, the physician to the Asylum,
said, that he had attended the deCeased, twice a
week ; and, on the day before he was taken away
by his relatives, he was script before him, and stood
upright, which he thought was impossible if his ribs
had been broken ; nor did he think it, possible the
deceased could have lived four or five days in the
state he was described to be. He had attended, with
several surgeons, the opening of the body, and found
the upper and lower part of the breast-bone com-
pletely separated ; and had no doubt but that his
death was occasioned by the injury he had received
on his chest. Five ribs on each side were found
broken ; but how the deceased. came in that Fe ock-
ing state, could not be ascertained. The keeper .had
a good character for his humanity. The Jury found
the Prisoner Not Guilty.

Another instance of the danger of leaving chil-
dren alone was witnessed at Moulton, in Lincoln-
shire a few days since.—Mary Cumberwortb, a child
about t 0 years old, being sett at home to prepare tea
for her parents, on their return from their daily la•
bour, in kindling the fire by some means set fire
to her clothes, and was so shockingly burnt before
any persons could get to her assistance, that she died
a few hours after the accident. On the following
day an inquest was held on the body, before Samuel
Edwards, Gent. one of the Coroners for this.couuty.
Verdict—Accidentally bornt.