The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-03 00:00:00

tEitKI-lAMSTgAD SCHOOL

We 'haVe received:the followito- Letter rc,,:ct-t-
-t,
ing. the above case,. which tve copied from tin:.
Morning. Chrunick. As Evening Papers nhuo3t
invariably' extract the Law Reports from Morning'
Prints, as wan done in this instance, -it must be
evident that there could be notailulonisrepresent-
anon on our pciits. As Mr. Duncombe has not
enabled us to contradict any specific point, t%c in-
sert his own Letter.

4" Stn--}liiving mid, in your Paper of Friday last, tinder the
head La* intelligtnee, a statement, therein, termed the Lord
Chancello's Jtulginent in the case c.V•purte Perkhainstcad
School, which contains an unwarrantahle attlicli oa. my clitt.
meter, I feel it a duty I Owe to myself, to call upon you Ira.;
mediately to correct it and, in the event of your nun-coiu.
pliance, I shall tate such Measures as i they he niiviied to oh•
tip redrew fur the calumny. The attach isthe more aiptra4
voted, and reflects the greater discredit upon you, froin its
being part of a fake report of the; proceedings of a Court of
Justice, the unfaithful detail of which oinit •be wilful.
" I and; Sir, yOurs,
" WILLIAM DUNCOMBE,
Receiver of the• Charity Rstates."

" Lincoln's Inn,
Aug. 4, 1813."

LATE MURDER OF EDW. CLIFFORD.

CONFESSION OF LEARY.

The remains of the late nnfortunate Fidward ,
Claord, after,the Coroner's inquest was held otx
the hOdy, were. reproved' on' the same evening
(Tuesday), from the sign of the Prince Regent. in
Sidmouth-street, where the inquest was held, to
the flare and Hounds, in Buckeridge-street,
Giles's,, for the convenience.of 'being Faked, ac-
cordingi-to the custom of his country, and several
hundred persons, during the time, came out of,
curiosity to se his murdered remains.—On Thum-
day morning last,. Jaines'Leary, the murderer,
was brought there from the. House of Correctioo,
Coll Bath Fields, in ,a hackney coach, heavily •
ironed and hand-cutfed, attended by eight pollee
officers,arch armed, in order that he might see
'the body. On 'entering the room where the de-
ceased lay in his cofitin, the lid was removed for
him to look at the body, and his motions were
well %rate:heti He took the hanil'of the deemed
in his, and, with a faultering voice, '(!relayed his
innocence of the crime, and said he did nut knOW
the man. The person of the deceased Was cer-
tainly much changed. , Leary' trembled exceed,
ingly ; but on his going down stair, he sil:med
to resume his womed courage, nod clrattk apint
of porter in the pnloof. He was then eturVeyed
to the Police Office in Hatton Oarden, where he.
und.erweut •an examination, 'the particulars, of
,•whiele•we havelaid
alreadybefore oar' reio!er.,
'flc unfortunete:Clifford was buried felt Frid4 ,
evening in St. George's burying-ground, followed
to the grave by a vast concourse .pt his eolint,'y
people,,, male' and female. The unfortonate V:i-
dow,.with her five orphans, who lodged in a toi-
sere& room in the next street, removed to the •
house of a Mts. Jakes, Allrket..)t veer, Fitzroy,
square, where she is expect to lie in, and where
those who would %visit to relieve real distress may
have an opportunity to exercise their benevolent
purpose.r--Ever since Leary beheld the mangled
remains of Clifford, he was seized with remorse,
'and laboured under great agitation of : dant
ni•ght he was troubled with frightful' dreams ; the
'following night be appeared horror-struck; he
did not wish to be shut' up alone, and with great'
reluctance, he parted from the turnkey. The fed-
lbwingday,(Saturday) he Wished to see the Go-
vernor, 'to whom he'declared the tortured state of
his mind, and coulesied his beiOg guilty' of the
Murder. The full particulars we have not yet
learned, but we understand he has confessed where
he concealed the Money and notes, that they Might
not be found on his person.

BilEAD.—There is no alteration in the price of
Breinl this week.
TVIADi:NE DE STAEL'S I:ONG,SUPPRESSEDWC.ITM•
NVe are happy in being able to announce with
certainty, that Madame LA 13/ttOtiNE DE STAEL'S
interesting work,' whose mysterious suppression'
has so long excited the curiosity of Europe,' will
shortly bts published in this country. 'the work
is entitled, simply, "De I.,'Alientague," ultd con-
sists of the result of Madame de .tad's Observa-
tions 00 the Manner*, the So,cieity, the Litenaui e,,
and the P/a/o*cphy of the Germans.' Alt ci,!;.t..iJr,,,
cintsisting of 10;000 copies, was actually printed
at Paris, in the year 1810; and although, in its
course through the press, it was submitted to the
Literary Police, the whole impression wv..3 sari-
dully destroyed, in consequence of the imineil'nve
mandate of lluonaparte. One copy, however,
escaped, and from that the present edition k
printing. it will' contain, we understand, all
the passages originally struck out by the censors
`of the press ; inui a copious, new prerk4eo, deve
i loping the CMI..-t,s of till!? curious and 4inprectqleut-
ed littE4ry persacation. h e work is, otberwiii:;
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LAW INTELLIC4ENCE.

COURT or CHANCERY, AVG. 2.

graTALP V. PULVERTOFT.—DEMITHRER.
This was a demurrer to a bill, for, a speciffc per-
formitnee, under the following eircumstances)—
A bill bad been filed by a wife, who had an
equitable interest in an estate, to restrain the
husband from selliug. ' The injunction was grant-
rd, and afterwards diisolved upon motion. Pend-
", ing the suite, the hitshnrul sold to the present plairi-
till, who filed his bill for. performance ; and to
this bill there was a demurer. • •
Mr. HASLEWOtin, for the defendant, afgued in
support of the demurrer,, upon the ground 'that a
purchase and sale pendente lite, was an absolute
nullity; and that as the plaintiff had purchased
pending the' other suit relative to the sante mat-
ter, the Court coeld not take notice of it, nor act
upon any bill respecting it. It was stated, also,
that the plaintiff had express notice of the pen-
dency of the former •suit hut this, it was ad-
mitted, made no difference, as the pendency of a
suit was in itself, by construction of law, notice
tti all the world. The maxim podente lite nihil
innovetur, and a considerable number of audioities, were cited in favour of tire demurrer.
Mr. LEACH, contra. The whole of the disad-
vantage of a purchase, pendente We was, that the
vendee could be in no better situation than the
vender. The agreement was note a nullity, but
niight be acted upon, and carried into execution.
The authorities, if examined, would be found to
have gone no further than he had stated. The
point Itild in reality been decided in this very case,
tal the Lord Chancellor had in this suit appointed
u receiver, so that he could nut have considered
the whole as a nullity.
The VICE-CuANcEt..Lort was rather inclined to
• be of this latter opinion, especially as the point ap-
pear to have been decided by the Cliavellor.--
liis present view of the question was, that the
demurer ought to be over-rnled ; but he would
reserve his final decision till he had examined the
authorities, and fully.considered the subject.

WINCIIESTE'It ASSIZES.

nAvra V. nmEs.

Mr. 3E'KYLL stated this to be an action of de-
f »nation, which the plaintiff, a surgeon, at An-
dover, found it necessary to bring against to bring
against the defendant, who is a woodman at Tyther-
ley; to clear his professional character from asper-
sions, which defendant had cast on it. The plain-
tiff was called in by,defendant, to attend the wife
of the' latter, who had received some wounds by
nicanl of a fall from a staircase. The wounds
were on the head and temple, and Mr. Davis found
it necessary that an incision should be made,
which seemed to have a beneficial effect. This
was done in the presence of another surgeon and
his son, the former, of whom, in his evidence of
the cause, looked upon the operation as a skilful
and proper one. 'le defendant, notwithstand-
ing, expressed himself .11ighly, aissatisfied with
the eondutt of the plaintiff and the other surgeon,
saying that they bad caused their patient unneces-
sary pain, for the purpose otingructing the son of
the surgeon who assisted in the operation, that
they were d—d Murderers ; •and that if his wife
„died, he would impute it to them.
' The defendant's Counsel spoke in high terms of
.the ability and ,integrity-of Mr. Davis ; and the
hitter, having thus proved himself free from 'all'
blame on this occasion, hgreed to take' a verdict
of ,101. which was readily consented to on the part
f the defendant ; and a verdict was given ac-
cordingly.

KrNO V. DING MAN.

. This was a
,Speeial Jury cause, and formed, in
many respects the moSt interesting trial at these
Assizes— The defendant, who is a Clergyman end
Magistrate at Gosport; was charged with illegally
obtaining a license for a public-house, no such
public-house heing,in existence, and with stating
in the conveyance of such house is false conside-
ration for the same, with intent to defraud the re-
venue, by evading the additional stamp daty of 101.
The ease made. Out by. the-proseeutiOn was to this
effect 1.--A Mr. W. Cooley, SWeet, of Gosport, be-
ing desirous of,selling two houses lidonging to him
afGesport, fotr7oot. which a Mr. james Cooper was
willing to pnrelntse; INlr. Cooper had consulted
Mr. Bingham as` 'a friend, whether be should 'give
such price, and he. requested of Mr. BinghaM
that,if he shoiddpaahase them, he -Would obtain
for hint a license for one of them as an alehouse.
Ili gita ntii diSsnaded him from so doing ; but
afterwards, without the.knoWledge of Mr. Cooper,
in the name of Mr. Peter Watts, of Gosport,
(who was the agent of Mr, Bingham), Mr. B.
p,,tihased those tnesSuages of Mr. Sweet, and the
tut. were thereupon conveyed to Mr. Watts.—'
Knigham hying that time indebteil to Mr..:
tooper 1..)001. did a.grey to get hitn an ale.;
licen,,e, ;Ind to seH the proretty with such license
to hunt for 2,2001: Micreot 12,050/- should be the
consider4ion for the bowies, cited 1401. for the li-
ceow trail thin the &lit of Mr. Cooper should
be in part nt the pnrcle-ntoney ; that 19001,
only, a 3 the purchase.money, should be
iit-
scrted in the conveyance deed, with intent to' de-
riud the revenue of a part of the stamp-doty;
that Air. Bingham, ior carrying, such purpose
into effect, caused' the conveyance deeds to he:
prepared and excuted, and; 19001. only to 'he jill•
sated As the consideration money--that Mr.
'Bingham did get a license fur Mr. Cooper; in the
Itisue of Elizabeth Breach, to .keep an ale-honse
I,v the sign of the ..40dacious and Revolutiolinaire,
ond which was stied as these houses fly Mr.
e.ooper„ when they wen! Converted into one
mid that. Mr. Bingham did afterwards
0,4 oeht,-wiserein lie %VMS SO Indebted to Mr.
( !yet, 10 git, atul to "otter in part sit-
ti-v.1.1-I,47,:.:!:tntfi:fetil:iliiil:ilitt-4;tni-tf".'ltleY' ''1111.1(1 aft6l4A-2/' rfle
.thei
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.11%; f;noper, hoe
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ntente its Ni4rions-i%
J. 4,1 GH A if 41.1,toillinitii up 11,t Wah,',tO
1r;
and the Jury,
pounced a veriiklrgi:•Giatiii. "in.'
Ceto”el for the prosecutiou
' they wuuld'uoly taiie the verdict on t h
- trn

comas the trial lasted
hours.

CROWN
Airtotrie Tardit, aged 44, for the wilful murder
of Jean Leguey, at Portehester.
Peter Gasgent deposed, . that he was a prisoner
of war at Porchestvr, on the Ist of March last.
The prisoner at the bar wa4 also confined With
him, as was. Jean Legney; Saw Legney Come
from the privy, who said he was murdered. The
pyisoner was
,near. him. . Witness, with others,
laid hold of the prisoner, to prevent him from
striking him ;wain. He saw two blows struck,
but tines not know with what instrument. .A 3
the deceased was carrying away; the prisoner said,
'' bet me. %cc my vietim.". The deceased cried
. out, '' lam a murdered, man." After that Tardit
:did not strike him aain. r'Witness said, some
time before, the prisoner was in a coffee-roomn
drinking tea with, a friend of his, anti playing at
piquet. Prisoner
.was observed to he agitated in
his mind, and was questioned what Was the matter
with him ; said' nothing. This was ahOut
seven.O'cloek ; .at eight the candles are put out.
It as usual with the prisoners to go to the privy
before 'the bell rings. Witness saw two blows
given:with a list, after the deceased had exclaimed
that he was a dead man. In about two minutes
. after the deceased, fell down. After he had seen
the prisoner strike the deceased, be held up a knife
on which, were some marks of blood ; he asked
prisoner what had induced him to do this ? The
prisoner replied; the deceased had dishonoured
him. , Witness said, if he has, I am your .friend,
and a non olhonour,
~and will see you righted.—
The principal motive for this rash action wits in
consequence or the loss of- a piece of paper, on
which was written the' whole of the 'prisoner's
condnct, and which the deceased had obtained;
but refused to return to him. ,He bad -conctived
this design for a fortnight,
Joseph Borne and Itono,re Henry corroborated
the testimony of the preceding witness.
The Surgeon of the Castle saw the, &Ceased
lying on the ground. He found him with a dan-
gerous wound on the belly, the intestines nearly
coming out. They found
,two other wounds on
his back, one was of little consequence, but the
other had divided. the fifth rib in two. lie was
called about eight o'clock ; the deceased died.
before ten the saute night.
The prisoner in his defence said, thatibe
dc-
ceased had dishonoured hint by producing a kind-
Of play against hint, which had reduced him to
Wiliicon Pounds, a boy of twelve years of age,
Was tried for - the murder .iof George Smith, his
playfellow, in Point-street, Portsmouth.—Found
Guilty of sentenced to he imprison-
ed twelve months, and fined one.shilling.
Peter °hurdler anti James
.Frieker weretindicted,
that they, 'being employed to remove the body of
a drowned waterman, from Sroke's Bay le a place
of internment, turned the pockets of the OCIpSe 01.
041: out, and divided the contents (some silver),
between them ; whereas, it was the property of
the Bishop of Winchester, the widow of the de-
ceased not having administered to his ;effects.—
They were sentenced to.otte week's imprisonment.

CORK, Jove 9,7.
The King at the Prosecution of Ellen Mara, versus

him Ellis

This case, which had excited considerable in-
terest in our city, 'came on for trial yesterday iii
the Sessions 'Court. The Traverser was charged
'with an assault, with intent to commit a rape,
and also a common assault. The case occupied 'a
considerable portion of time and in the course
of the trial the' •proseentrixfxhibited such a fla-
grant instance of self-convicted infmy, that the
Jury immediately acquitted Mr. Ellis of all the
charges against him, to the entire satisfaction of
the Bench, and a very eiowded Court.