The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-13 00:00:00

TuE,gurcDgfip.F Ny.!;4.RE. ICOURT,Acy.I.N9I. BENCll.—(Turs D4.sr.)

The situation of Thar-tell; Hunt,
,and Probert,
. . •Il• •
in Hertfordjaii, cpptirwes undo he satire rigorous tu,recillance
and restraint. Two yrisoners remain.in thp room of each, to act,
not as attendants,..butotra guards ; and owing to some impro.
babie notion thaut rescue was intended, additional watchmen have
been provided within and without the walls of the prison. These
precautions display the laudable desire of the Magistrates to se-
cure the guilty culprits ; although common experience shews,
that no band (or rather banditti) coald fie Nailed for the escape
'of such prisoners; they appear to belong to a class which is
not only excluded from common sympathy by the honest in-
' dignation of mankind, but which has in itself no coherent
bond of action. The individuals of this class have daring
impulsei it is true; bat .in principle, or-rather motive, they
are cowardly ;—assassination and suicide are their only
exploits. To provide against the possible efforts of such a set,
was only a reasonable precaution under existing circumstances.
The Magistates take all possible means to prevent the publics.
tion of the evidence already given, as well as to enforce the
gaol.regulations. for keeping these prisoners in a state of abso.
lute exclusion from each other, and their associates out of
doors. The persons who have access to them for personal ar-
nmgements arc rigidly interdicted_ ;from any topic of general,
conversation.
.The, provisions for the table are supplied with
the utmost „circuTspection, and even a common dumpling has
been cutppen;.4ttie turnkey, to.obviate the possibility of any
clandestine .communication in thealelivery of food. .
Thurtell evinces. AO desire to be communicative with any-
body. ..When apoyen to respecting the murder, he continttes
,irritable; !anti...wisbin the last day or two rather coarse in
his
abruptness, wishing not to be talked to "about such eV:"
He regularly pays, for Ilia- own fare,and Probert's; but cannot
bear to hear Hunt'a name, mentioned without imprecations.
He hopes that that " villain will starve upon the gaol allow.
ance,"—a diet that, in allusion to his profligate habits, he
thinks Hunt, must; find intolerable. Thurtell appears to have
in cash, about seven pounds remaining in his pocket. Probert
has not a shilling, and Thurtell expresses his willingness to pay
for him as long as he has sixpence in his own pocket. Hunt
has about two sovereigns remaining of the money, which be,
says he received for." singing p.rofessionally" at Probert's cot.
tage on the night of the murder. Thurtell wrote several days
ago requesting the aid of a particular solicitor, but.as yet there
has been no official communication to the Magistrates on the
'Pan of tiny legal adviser; Probert,it is said, yesterday applied
to Mr. IVilkinson,. the Under.sheriff for .the county of .Hert.
ford, who had an interview with him in the gaol, for his pit).
fessional

The personal demeanour of the prisoners Thurtell and Probert
continues the same..:.the former being coarse and insensible, dis.
gusting even to those who are In attendance upon him, by his
allusions to his general dissolute propensities , while the latter
desponds in a state of severe nervous debility. Hunt's manner.,
has at length become changed. Instead of being a fellow re. ,
yelling in the hope of inipunity, upon the faith of his confession
to the Magigtrates, he begins within the last day or two to be
seriously apprehensive, .from the apparent oblivion of the Ma.
gistrates of either himself or his confession since he gave it,
that he has nut sufficiently influenced them by his first offer, to
be insensible to the necessity of including him in the capital
charge of murder; which is soon to be tried. -Thurtell complains,
but with an air of impudent indifference, of being shut out from
&next ernal communication ; not knowing that since his imprisOn-
ment his family or friends haVe sought no correspondence with
hint. Ile complains loudly. that a glance at a newspaper is tie.
flied him : no doubt his curiosity is excited to hear the further
particulars which have been developed against hint.
No solicitor-is yet appointed either for the prosecutor or the
defence.

FROM BOW-STREET.
During the last two or three days, several anonymous
tern • and other conimunications have been sent to the Ma.
gistrates:. at Bow-Street, pointing out different individuals As
having been concerned in the murder of Mr. Wean!, or. as
knowing something of that dreadful deed, The Magistrates,
although unable to give implicit credit to such vague in-
formation, have nevertheless telt it their duty to cause some
of the individuals thus brought under their notice,
,to whom
a certain degree of suspicion attached, to be taken .iato cus.
tody, and-brought to the office, where they underwent a pri.
vete examioation. We believe we are perfectly warranted
in stating that nothing of importance was elicited by the
inquiry. Bishop, the officer, is still keeping an active look-
out for Lemon, but that individual has hitherto contrived
to evade his pursuit. There is reason to believe that
the shop is discovered, at which Hunt bought the.spatle, which
was carried to Probcrt's cottage for the purpose it is supposed,
of digging hole in which thehody of *eare was to be
placed. Mr. Slack, an ironmonger in Long.acre, remembered,
that on the same day, about the period at which the murder was
committed, a man, who in every respect answers the description
which Is given of Hunt, tame into his shop and asked for a
shovel. Mr. Slack took one from a 'number which were
standing in the shop, and showedit to the man, who took it in
his hand, said it would do, and paid the money demanded for
it, namely three shillings. The spade which was found at
Probert's cottage has been described to Mr. Slack, who states
'that he has no doubt that it is the same which he sold' to. the
man whom he supposes to be Hunt. The spade is to be brought
from Watford, in order that Mr. Slack may identify it. •

FROM MA R LBOROUGH•STR EET.
A messenger under the commission of' bankruptcy lately
issued against Thome* Thurtell, of the Cock in the aytharket,
applied yesterday, in consequence of what appeared in the
papers of that morning, to Mr. Dyer, the sitting Magistrate,
to request he would rescind an order which had been given by
the magistrates of this office, to prevent, ter the present, the
removal by any person of a certain quantity of furniture, sup-
posed 'to have been deposited by John ;Mittel! and Joseph
Hunt at the house of No. 4, cumberlandotnet,r New-road,
and to enable him, the messenger, tit takeposession of the said
property, belonging, as he has 710 doubt it doen, to the bankrupt
L'homas Thurtell, and removed for the purpose of,concealment
from the Cock, in the Haymarket.
Air. DYER asked hirre---suPposing the order to be taken off;
how could htsideetify, or prove it to belong to Thos. Thurtell ?
'The Messenger maul, that if thy, .ittamatratrs would enly,
remove their prohibition agaiwt touching the property, he
would take upon him to seize it, and would be able to prove
by the carrier wife removed it, that it belonged to the bank-
rupt. He had already seized property which lie had traced from
the Cock to Kensington Oravel-pita, and to the house. in Man-
chester-buildings.
Mr. DYER said that he should certainly not interfere in the
transaction ; the business was in the hands of another Magi-
watt (Alr. Conant,) who would be present this day, and to'.
whom he advised him to renew his application.
Mr. Daffbrin, the carrier, of Old Compton-street, Soho, was
present, and was served by the messenger with an order to at_.
tend the Commissioners this day. Itappears that Mr. Daffinin,
who is a very respectable man, feels much regret at having
had a " job" at all on the occasion. Ile was not brought to
this office on Saturday night on any warrant, but attended by
the desire of the Magistrate, and fairly and openly told all he
knew about the removal of the goods from Proberes cottage,
which were seized by this very messenger at Mr. Dafferin's
house.

Bow-STREET—(/7dg Morning.)-- A poor coun.
tryman entered the office in a breathless state, to give informs-
. don of a fraud that had been practised on him just befine. lie
stated that he had only that morning arrived froM Bucking-
hamshire, and in passing down Holborn he was accosted by a
man dressed as a sailor, who complained of having been robbed
of all his money the preciding night by some lead women, and
that all he possessed then was his watch, *hi& he produced,
saying he'must be under the.ueressityof disposing of it, which
he would do for 3/. - At this moment a Jim, with _a bag under
Ins arm, tapped. the sailor on the shoulder, °flitting txtoney, for
it. The sailor 'appeared indignant at the titter of the Jew, and
said he would sooner let the countryman" have it for a pound
less. Subsequently me sailor succeeded in cheating him out
of his watch, worth 31., and a sovereign, for the one he had,
which was intrinsiely worth no more than 15s. The poor
countryman was told to leave his address, and the descriptton
of the fellows, who are well known, and will doubtless be soon
in custody.

EX-PARTE 'STATEMENTS.
On the Grand Jury for the County of Middle-
sex being sworn in this Court,
Mr: Justice 'BATLEY 'addressed thein, • Point-
log out-the ..mature of the duties • they :had
.to
.perform, and in the course of his charge
called upon them to perform such duties in
'eriCh. case ivlthOut hoing- 'reference 'to any
statements. which. may' have appeareki in ,tbn
public, prints. It is said- the Learned, J Like
declared it a misdemeanour to publish reports
of.any.eitardinatioti's before Magistrates previous
to the trial of the defendants; who must be serious-
lvinjured by
,such publiiations, and cannot
eirpect have justice done them, such ex-liarto
statements excite prejudice, and 'are detrimental,
to, the true meaning of the Constitution or this
country. They are calculated to prevent the
due administration of justice,' inasmuch as they
confuse the Jury and the Judge, and have fre-
quently been forbidden and condemned by the
highest authorities. Indeed,'reports oftransacitions
and statements of private examinations have lat.
terly been sent forth in such a way, with.the
editor's comments upon them, that they are cal-
culated.tOtally to deprive the accused of an"bit-
prejudiced Jury; and, as the Court had'iren.
tioned the very gross impropriety, of such pub-
lications,' he hoped their cebSure'weeld have the
desired effect,and in future in some degree check
this most hnalculabla evil, , withotit its. being
at length necessary to resort to :harsher mea-
sures. The. Learned Judge again cautioned.th e
Jury on the, subject, and again alluded,gene-
rally to the late horrible transaction,, and
directed them to retire. It was conOdently
stated in Court, that a Special Commission wail
be issued immediately for the trial of the persona
accused of the murder of Weare.

THE KING V. THE MAGISTRATES OF YORICSIII,RE.
Mr. SCA HIATT applied to the Court on behalf
of Colonel Stephenson, one of the Magistrates of
Yorkshire, for a Illandamns,iunder the followittir
circumstances
• Colonel Stephenson beingone of the 'Visiting Magistrates of
the House of Correction at Beverley, in the course of/As
tation, discovered that prisoners who were remaining' for trial
were placed at the Tread Mill, and'obliged to work rn-a simHar
manner to those convicted : 110 represented the eireulnstatice to
the lieneh of Magistrates, and at length sent in. proteat,
urging that it might he taken into Consideration. The Magi.
strates, however, refused tieing se, and' to compel thenan ap...
plication was made for a mandana.
• The Learned Judges observed, that where a prisoner is placed
in prison, he must partake of the prison allowance, or work there
to obtain better; but where the Magistrates saw a man Aso-
lutely idle, and able to work, it was their duty to make him,
and they therefore saw no ground `for granting the application.
—Mandamus Refund.