The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-09 00:00:00

MITTLPEIMIS of MR. IroRsEAT,L.

YORK, JAN,. ,(3.--Georse IteikYr, of • Lt)! groy
-bridge, clOth,dre3scr, ; hoep
of Hundo'stield; 23; and Thomas Eli !-
dersfidf),:,:2 ; judietezl for wilful in. cd#..r
of Alr..Willnun llorsfall, of 17‘11n-N;L:i, a, r• ::.t

and manufacturer; at Lockwood, tlie
Riding of the county of York, 'on:Tuesday,' the
28th of April, i • - - •
It appeared from the evidence of John Armitage,
who lives att Crossland Moor, and keeps u punk-,
house there, called the Warren House; that Mr. •
Ilorsfall had; on the 28th April, been,. at Ilinfi:erss.
field market, and °kith' return eaPetl at witness's
house about a quarter past six in the even' ag. lie
stopped at the dotir, got aglas's of rinn'und ati rite t,
treated 2persous Who werif.'.the'rei paid his reekii:-
ingiand rode away did not stop 2,) minute's at. wit-
nes.s's,' nor did It e t.et off his. hots(); ..3ietwee4 wt •••;'
nesS's house and Marsden; there is :a plantation
belonging to Mr.B.:;ielilfe, and abo t a quarter of
a mil'e from. the Warren Muse. Aboat ii cite tier
past seven o'clock, .wituess heard some children
say, that Mr. Iforsfall had been shot. '''Witileqs
and the ttvo persorneWhom the deCealed had been '
treating ; went out together, and found Mr„ 110P6-
fall about 20.0 r below We 'phintrition,
sitting on the road sid, •bleeding very lunch.— •
They got him down to the Warren-house as soon
os they could. ,Mr. hot stilt died there:

. . .
Henry Pdrri another witness, said he waS at '
Huddersfield on. 2sth of April last.; was Upon
the road between 11;niderfield and Marsden,. ;md
after he had passed the ‘Varren-house, heard the
report of, fire-arms ;. saw a person .riding before •
bit„ ; report seemed to come from Mr.'liadollife!s
plantation ; saw sMoke,arising at the same time/
and four persOns were in the plantation in &irk-
coloured 'clothes -;' the -person who was-before wit-
ness harsebatk, after the report, fell
the horse's
.cbine, and the horse turned rownd a$
enick as.possible this person, who it appears was
Mr. HorsialL raised himself by the hOrse's main, •
and ealled out = innider. As soon as 'he called
out murder, one of the four men got on the •
wall with one Wand and two feet, and celled out
" Haveyou got enough yet r and (Pat;) set
off to Mr. :at full gallop. Mr:' iI. said
". good, man yon are a,Stranger to me, l'lti Apt,"
anti Wasithen going to fall oil his horse. Mr..ll;ors--
fall grew sick ; witness took hold :a his ;
blood began to • flow from his side. . Mr. 11. de-
sired witness to' go' to Mrs. Horsfall's.:
Ilannister, a clothier, met Parr on thi! road
galloping, who told witness that Mr. Horsfall was
shot.: 'Witness found .Mr. on the road side
very bloody.
.Mr. Horton, surgeon, gave his testimony.pro-
fesiOnailY-4e extracted a ball from the deceased,
andfotind SCVCrilt wonads in the deceaSed's .body,
and had no doubt they !,yere the cause of air. Hors-
fall's.death. .
lienjamin Walker, an accomplice, stated, that
the prisoners, George. Mellor and Thomas Smith,'
worked with him at"-Wood's ; and in ;Leo aversatiOn.
about. the attaelvon Mr. Cartwright's maill, Mel-
lot said there was no way to break the shears—
but shoot the master. 'Mellor, on the 'day Mr. •
Horshlll was shot, brought a loaded pistol, and
gave it to. witness.: and said he must go with him
vi.shoot Hursfall. The. piStot was double
loaded. Witness abet the three'prisoners went to •
the planthtiou. Smith, had a' pistol, which he
shoved to the witness.. Smith and Walker Went
together, and got to the plantation first. Th-orpe
and Melloreameafterwards. Mellor orderedwit,
ness and Smith tOfire, if they(Mellor and Thorpe) .
missed Mr. Horitall; witness did not fire, but heard
Mellor .say Alr Horifall '.was : coming, and soon
after heard,tite:report of :a , pistol ; witness .was
about 20 yards off; they Avatted at this; distance
till the job was done; Witness and several others •
who were examined upon the .trial, proved that
the murder was well known amongst those
twi.vted-in, and an oath was taken not to reveal it.
The prisoners attempted to prove an alibi. The .
Jury withdrew for about twenty-five minutes, and
returned a verdict of Guilty against all'the pri-
soners. The trial commented abont nine o'clock,
and lasted till eight in the evening. The Court
was excessively crowded; The 'Culla was exces-
sively crowded.' The prisoners were ordered to be
hanged on Friday. • .

TliE Tag.yray...--Mr..ltaE,' Who has' made, at
least, a respectable impression on.the public, atp
peared hest night at Drury-lane Thetttre, in the.
part lord Hastens.- 'it is a'part, of no.great .
importance iu itself,, und, therefOre, requires the,.
efforts of powerfof talents to exalt it into conse,
toenco. Mr. ItAn can Only be said to have ills-
:played decent Mediocrity.' Hisperformance want-
ed animation, and was too gloomy throughout.
There is n softness and siMplicity in the part of
June ,
Shore, notwithstanding her supposed life, to
which. the.qualitieS tof Miss SUITH are not pre.„
cisely adapted. In the 'manner with which she'
applauded Hastings, for protecting the Royal'
Childrea, and ht expression. of ieal for their
rights, she was most successful. Mrs. GLOwca
tank great pains 'with 'AliCia, but her.foi-te is co.-
fainly Mittriigedy. As a comic actress, she de-
servedly holds :the :first raidc.--ItAvlstoNti and
WiioyPIITON, in Gloucester and pentolit, ably ex
erted theinSelvei. The scenery Was. quite in the
old .firitish costume, and we' under Stand, that the
representation of a ehamber in Crosby-House is
exact. The Managers, indeed, deserve credit for
having' bronglit foilvard' a series' :of sceues iin the
aticient stwle, and the Merit of the execution, we
find,' is 0%-ing to the' researches and the shill of
eArOl4.
new play forthcoming at Covent-Gard
Thelitre,. of which report 'speaks sri fiwouraidr,
ie to be named The s4iitient' of Saltmpicit,
iictme of -action,will muter it particularly iiitaest-
fitg as it has beendig,nitied by time achievements
of British valour.

A few days ago, at a very reqpeeralde meeting
of merchants, m;mufaetnrers, titni others, held at
the Cutler's Hall, in Sheffield, resolutions were
entered into on the subject of the East India mo-
nopoly. A petition to Parliament gmu t the re-
newal of the Company's charter. wa alsO agreed
upon, and Mr. I. A. Ward and Mr. Leader, were
appointed deputies, to—attend the Committee in
London. Upwards of 2G(} guineas Nreletubscrib,
of at the wetting towards ibe expPlicla•