The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-14 00:00:00

PA It I S.

(EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.)
TRIAL OF DR. CASTAING FOR POISONING TWO

BROTHERS.

PARTS, Nov. 10.—From an early hour this morning, the
doors of the Court of Assize were beset by a thronged andanxi-
ous multitude, a very small portion of which only could hope to
gain admittance.—Tickcts of admission had been applied for
by all tint Foreign Ambassadors and persons of the first distinc.
non, for whom arm-chairs were placed near the seats of the
Judges. Abtiee 200 places were reserved for the witnesses,
the Members of the liar, and persons who had procured tickets.
The space open t 9 ow public is not capable of containing much
more than 100 persons. Upon a table, in front of the Presi-
dent's bureau, several bottles and phials' containing chemical
preparations arc arranged. An air of intense anxiety is visiblei
upon every countenance, and the usual vivacity of the Pari-
sian ladies, who form a large portion of 'the audience, seems
sombred and hushed into a deep expectation. At half-past
ten o'clock a letriseicr called over the names of the witnesses
to the the number of ninety-one ; sixty-five of whom are for
the prosecution, and twenty-six for the prisoner. A few
moments after the prisoner Castaing was brought in b
two gendarmes. Instantly every eye was fixed upon him with
piercing intensity ; so much so, that he seemed to shrink under
the also palpable impression of the gaze,. He was fashionably
dressed in a.full suit of black, and even appeared to have paid
particular attention to his toilette. IN countenance is
neither harsh nor : diiagreeable ; on the contrary,. rather hand.
some. His deportment at first was timid, uncertain, and em-
barrassed, and a deep flush spread itself over his cheeks
and forehead on first encountering such a multitude of looks;
compressed, as it were, into one intense and searching glance.
From this almost fiery ordeal, he, however, soon recovered
himself, and the burning blush of his faCe gradually and imper.
ceptibly subsided into habitual paleness and that yellow sal.
lowness the result of anguish:.' feelings and close confine.
meet. At his side, and behind him, were placed eleven get).
d'annes. In a short time the
,nary Were introduced, and
took their places opposite the prisoner. At three.quarters past
ten the Judges entered the Court, and the president opened
the proceedings. He asked the prisoner the usual questions—
his name, age, profession, and last place of residence. The
answers were given in so low a tone of voice, that the Prod.
dent called' upon him to speak louder. He then declared Ide
name to be Cestaing, his age 27, his profession a physician,
and his last domicile to have been in the rue d'elifer
street). The President then read to the Jury the Tormula of
their oath, and each, as he was named, pronounced the word, " I
swear it !" The President now ordered thehuiesier to read the
indictment, oracle d'uccusation' recommending the prisoner to
listen attentively to its perusal. During the reading of this
voluminous document Castaing appeared almost constantly
pre-occupied and buried in deep reflection: (ruin time to time
lie took notes. On the reading of those passages relating to his
connexion with a young widow, and where extracts from her
letters expressive of tenderness.; and devotion to him were read,
lie seemed deeply affected, and evidently struggling to prevent
the tears starting to his eyes.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—This morning, about 11
o'clock, a dreadful accicknt happened in Smith.
field, occasioned by an infuriated bullock that
broke from its halter. The beast ran amongst
the others, foaming at the mouth and bellowing
in a most tersific manner, and the dogs belonging
to the drovers increased his fury. At length he
was driven into a corner for the purpose of,
securing him by ropes, when shocking to relate
a man, in attempting to throw a rope over his
horns, was tossed in the air a considerable height,
and fell to the ground with such violence that
One of his legs was dreadfully fractured, and his
right shoulder dislocated. He was carried on a
shutter to the hospital. The bullock made off
up St. John's Street, towards Islington.
Q tr EEN's-SQ u tit a.--List night a desperate fel-
low, who has had three narrow escapes at the Old Bailey,
named John Millard, was brought tiy a.putrOle for having m
his possesion implements of houee-breakit lg. The officer stated
that he saw the prisoner in Perkins' Rents—a notorious horde
for thieves, with a bundle in his possession. Knowing him to
be a bad character, he questioned him as to what it contained ;
—" Rags, you old b—," was the reply. The parole detain-
ed him, and upon searching be found the "rags" were two
ladies' Leghorn bonnets; and, concealed up the sleeve of his
coat, he found a well-constructed "Jemmy," (a small crow.
bar) fit to wrench open any place. lie instantly conveyed him
to the Office vend ,to the Magistrate he said he had brotight
them from Walworth to his master in Barton-street, West-
minster: and subsequently he said he found the bundle on.
Vauxhall-bridge.--lie was remanded.
the late E3lagdon Fair,
FORTUNATE Loss.—At
Mr. RICHARD Poos, butcher, of Culmatock, Devon, had his
pocket picked of a purse and its contents, and soon after re-
cognized the fellow who had committed the robbery, whom he
instantly seized, and threatened to knock him down, unless he
immediately restored the 'property. After a little demur, the
fellow averred that' be had not got the purse, but knew the man
(one.of his cornrunions) who had it, and engaged to find him,
and give up the booty on being liberated. TM To this r. Pook
objected, without having► some security for his return; upon
which the delinquent handed hint a M. note, and on gaining hit
liberty, -made such good use of it, that he wee not seen after.
wards. The „mans of the purse, of ;which Mr. Pook was
plundered, only amounted to a one pound note and a few
ehiietv, /

When Mr. excur-
sionSADLEß. from Derby, last week,
he passed over Selston, and was so
near that he spoke to the was on his aerial
people from his trumpet. A young
wumi,
and
Dui
at some i
man, of the name of Samuel Waterall, the son of a farmer of
that
entpolvacre, hi Its n awrheet:thebrideglTettl
returnh otheemiet,aintec'xpsed his
that he had not had his gun with him, that he might have
fetched that huge thins down, for he mightas well have had
it Al any body else ! and added, that he threw some_ stones, but
mild not hit it I—(..Vottingleam Review.)

THE MURDER OF Mlt. WEARE.

Yesterday, for Ow first time since the im-
prisonment of Thurtell, Probert and Hunt, in Hertford jail,
a professional Gentleman from ThurtelPs family was allowed
to open a communication with him, for the purpose of receir•
ing instructions for the defence on the approaching trial.
So extremely rigid are the regulations of the Magistrates
for preventing all access directly or indirectly to these prisoners,
that some difficulty was found in obtaining permission for the
professional Gentlemen who applied in behalf of Thurtell to
visit him in the jail. A respectable Solicitor from Norwich
arrived yesterday at Hertford, and had. an 'immediate coin-
munication with the Magistrates, in company with two other
professional Gentlemen ; his reception was, we understand,
polite; and the Magistrates expressed their readiness to admit
the. Solicitor appointed by Thurtell or his family for the defence;
but they positively refosed to allow admission to any second
person, or even to permit the gentleman who applied as solici-
tor, to have a preliminary' conversation with Thurtell, before he
undertook his case. The Magistrates said, that that gentle.
man, if once admitted, and no other, should have the conduct
of.Thurtell's defence, for to his alone did the professional ap-
plication of ,yesterday extend. An attempt was made by the
gentlemen who applied, in conjunction with the professional
friend of Thurtell 's family, to obtain an interview with him,
and particularly that the privilege of admission should extend
to Hunt; this, however, the Magistrates not only absolutely
denied, but referred to an order 'which was signed by Lord
Deere and fifteen other Magistrates of the county, positively
interdicting all communication with the prisoners, except by
their recognized professional advisers.
The gentleman who came from Norwich was allowed the pro.
per confidential communication with Thurtell : the three at-
tendants were removed frein the apartment, and he remained
nearly two hours with .the prisoner. ThurtelPs demeanour,
we are informed, was cool and collected: he persists in an
unqualified denial of this guilt, and, as has been already
stated, attempts to prove that he was not, and could not be,
on the spot at the time, Ile does not complain of harsh treat-
ment in the gaol; he has a good bed, and the irons-are not
the very heavy irons reserved fur felons—they are not more than
151 b. weight ; there etc flannels around the ancle-ring, and
that space enables the prisoner to undress at night, and busied)*
well. Ile expressed great solicitude about his family to the
gentleman who visited him yesterday, declared his perfect rea-
diness to meet his trial, and positively and repeatedly denied,
not only this particular murder, but that of the Polish officer at
St. Sebastitof's. He also peremptorily.denies the statement re-
specting a coral dealer, named Sparks, who was said to have
been invited, with his goods, to the house in Manchester.
buildings, as well as any present knowledge of a woman named
Dodson, who cohabited with him. He states that he never was
taken before a police-Magistrate, antecedent to the present
time, except for an assault, when in the vicinity of Covent-
'Garden he accosted, and sat down in the box of an eating.
house, with two females of loose character, whom he acci-
dentally met, and knocked down. a person who put his head
into the box, and made some offensive remark to the females.
For this assault +he was brought, as he asserts, for the first
time, before the police magistrates, and gave bail ; but the
charge was not further prosecuted.
The professional gentleman who came Irons Norwich was
merely commissioned by Thurtell's family to provide legal
assistance for Thurtell on his trial; but it is understood that
Mr. Fenton, who is the professional gentleman immediate,'
residing in the County, 'will conduct the defence.

Crowds of persons continue to visit Gill's+hill.larie and Pro.
beet's cottage. The Marchioness of Salisbury looked over the
cottage and grotinde yesterday. She was accompanied by Mr.
Phillimore, near. whose lodge Hunt alighted from Probert's
chaise, to wait for. John Thurtell, on the night of the murder.
Probert stated betime the Corker, that he set Hunt doWn
near Mr. Phillimore's lodge, and drove on to the cottage.--
When he had nearly arrived there, he met John Thurtell, who
told him to go back fur Hunt, adding that he had dune the
" trick without him." That part of the hedge in the lane
through • which Wearc's body was dragged after the murder,
no longer remains ; having been cut away piecemeal by the
persons who haVe visited the spot, There is now an open
space, about two yards in length.
Within these few days an offensive smell has been perceived
about the cottage. The men who have the care pf the house
state that when they enter the parlour in the morning, after it
has been shut all. night, the smell is extremely disgusting, and
resembles that which proceeds from a corpse in a state of de.
composition. No researches have yet been made to ascertain
whether that is the 'dote in the present instance. There are
many who state their suspicions that a dead body has been con.
pealed in or near the house. The cottage, however, is soon
to be pulled down, and then all doubt on the subject will be
removed.
The sale of the furniture of the cottage, Ste., will certainly
take place this day. It is not likely that the produce of the
sale will be great, for the articles are of the most humble 4e.
scription. John Thurtell'e deuble.barrelled gun is, perhaps,
the most valuable lot in: the catalogue. • Thurtell'a fondness for,'
and success in shooting, and his habit of poaching, have al-
ready been mentioned : the following are further particulars of
his operations in this way gentleman who live-, in the
neighbourhood of Probert's cottage and had occasion' met
Thurtell, invited him to shoot on hi occasion's, met
grounds when the shoot.
ing ahould commence, on the 14th of September. On the Ist of
Sept., however, Thurtell, who was perfectly aware of the under.
standing which existed, that there should be no shooting till the
14th, sallied forth with his gun, and shot over the grounds of the
gentleman who had thus civilly invited him and, not content
with killing partridges, bagged a brace of pheasants, which are
never shot until the Ist of October, The gentleman, when he
became acquainted with Thurtell's conduct, forbade him to
shoot on his grounds any more. It was in consequence of the
express solicitation of ?Wien, that permission was granted to
him anti Thurtell to shoot over the grounds of Major IlTood, a
gentleman Who possesses considerable property in the neighbour..
hood of Bushy-mill. Thurtell, as has before been stated, again
transgressed the rules of sporting on this gentleman's property,
and killed three brace end a half of pheasants on the 14th Sept.
When Thurtell produced the birds on calling, as he passed, at
the house of Major 'Wood, that gentleman was so incensed at
the depredator's impudence, that he threw the pheasants out of
the door, and desired Probert and Thurtell instantly to quit his
premises, and never to return.
No examination took place at Watford yesterday, relative to
Wesre's murder.
Thomas Noyes and his sister fully expected to have been
discharged after the examination on Tuesday lash; and' when
they were informed that they were to go back to prison, they
expressed much surprise and anger.

[PROM BOW-ST R EET.]
Yesterday morning, Mr. CLUTTERBucx, the Magistrate of
Watford, who has taken so active a part in the investigations
respecting the murder of Weare, waited upon the Magistrates
at Row-strect, (Sir R. Birnie and Mr. Minsliiill), for the pur.
pose of consulting them as to the propriety of admitting Mrs.
Probert and Miss Noyes ,to ,ball. These two persons (Mr.
Clutterbuck said), Mrs. Probert especially, had given moat
material evidence, and it was of course important for the ends
of justice that they should be forthcoming at the trial of the
accused. Application had been made to him to admit them to
bail ; and being in a great measure unaccustomed to proceed-
ings of so important a nature, he wished to have the opinion of
Gentlemen of greater experience than himself, as to the best
mode of acting.
Sir R. lit nti ix said his opinion was, that in a case no serious
as that of murder, a Magistrate would' be justified in adopting
rather strong measures for securing the attendance of a wham
whose evidence he considered material. Did Mr. Clutterbuck
deem the testimony of Mrs. Prebert to be important in the ease ?
Mr. CLVTTERBUCK said, he considered It indispensably
necessary.
Sir It. Btustx.—Then, Sir, I think you will do right to
detain her.
Mr. Mirtsitur.r. suggested, that bail to the amount of NW
would be sufficient to secure theattendanceof the witnesses.
Sir R. litnxi*, observed, that with great deference to his
worthy colleague, he did not think any arnount of bail would
be sufficient to secure, with certainty, their attendance in such
as the one in question. The great probability, whatever the
amount of bail might be, was, that the witnesses would be
tampered with to keep -away from the trial ; and as the inter.
ventng period was so short, lie thought Mr. Clutterbuck would
do right to detain them. " 'Keep them," added Sir Richard ;
" but of course treat them kindly. Let them experience as
little inconvenience as possible ; but do not set theni at liberty."
Mr. CLUTTERBUCK said that he should act upon the advice
of Sir R. Birnie.
Sir Rictiattn asked if the examinations of the two wit.
nesses were closed, and if ail that was considered necessary for
the ends of justice had been elicited from them.
Mr. CLUT TERBUCK skid he thought he might answer in the
affirmative.
Sir R. BlRNlE.asked if the affidavits which had been made
at this (Bow street) office, and sent down to Watford, were
found to elove.tail with tbr rest of the evidence?
Mr. Cl.l7TTFitUucx said they did exactly.
Ilere the conversation ended. We are not aware of the na.
tore of the affidavits here alluded to.

(FROM Al A Et r.. 80 ROUGII-SVIEET.)
Johnstone, the itleagenger acting under the commission of
bankruptcy issued against Thomas 'rhurtell, yesterday renewed
before Mr. CONANT, the application which be had made un.

sticiessitilly the previous day to Mr. DY gn, the 3lagistrate at
Mb office.
It was, as before stated, that the Magistrates might remnve
a prohibition which they had given against the removal, or in
any way disposing of certain property from the house, No. 4,
Clabberland-street, New:road, supposed to have been deposited
there by John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt, who are accused as
principals in the murder of the late Mr. Weare ; and that he,
the messenger, should be left at liberty to act at his own discre-
lion with respect to seizing thia property its belonging to the
bankrupt Thomas Thurtell.
Mr. CONANT said that the proceeding he had adapted with
respect to the property alluded to, arose out of a strong suspi-
cion, amounting, indeed, almost to a certainty, that the pea-
'party was placed in the house in question by two persons who
stand accused of the murder of Mr. %Yew ; and conceiving tt
not impossible, or perhaps improbable, but SOON! of the article:
might hereafter be identified or known to have belonged to th
deceased, he (M:. Conant) thought it his duty to lay a prohi-
bition against removing or touching any part of that property,
until such time as the Magistrates who had the whole casein their
hands should be. made fully acqusinted with all the parricultsa
that came to his knowledge, and have an opportunity of sending
to inspect the property so 'deposited in this house. That op-
portunity he (Mr. Conant) had given them several days ago,
by communicating to theM all the particular,: of the transaction,
and whether they had availed themselves of it or not he could
not tell, as he had not been favoured with any reply.on the
subject. tinder these circumstances. he (Air. Conant) had no-
thing further whatever to do with this property, nor should he
in any way interfere, and the case therefore stood between the
commissioners and the persons in whose charge the property is,
precisely as it did before any prohibition was laid on, or the
Magistrates interfered.
The Messenger here handed to the Megiatrate his warrrin:l,
under the great seal, authorising hint to seize any property be.
tongingto the, bankrupt, Thomas Thurtell, wherever he may
find it ; and said, that all he wialitd the Magistrates or this
office to do wasr-not to give him any order to take possession
of the property, for that be should do without their order--
but fortnaily to remove the order they had made against touch-
ing the goods.
Mr. Coreasra, asked Id* if he was aware that the whole cf
this property was given in charge to the proprietor of the housa•
by a person in the name of Mr. Brown.
The Messenger replied, that he.was quite aware of it, but
the Commissioners had sufficient evidence belbre them- to
prove that it belonged to The bankrupt; and they could even
bring forward the very carrier who haul removed them to•Cuta.
berlantl-street, in theNew,rotul, from the Cock, in the Hay-
market. The.hrinkrupt, be said, had also a house et Kensing-
ton tlravel-pits, where he endeavoured to conceal, a great drat
of property, but It was traced there and' seized, RR well as at
the house in Mancliester-huildings, and they only wanted an
opportunity of acting in a t,itnilar ir,atiraz by this property,
which they well kitew belonged also to the bankrupt.
Mr. Cosrarep said that he certainly should not many muter
interfere timber in the business. Ballard, the °Meer, who Ilvett
in that neighbourhood, might inform the proprietor of tle;
house in Cumberland:street that the Itlagistrates of that ofs..ta
wrossed to ha n
ve o fer controul over the property, andthomfeen might act es she} thought proper with re.spoct to suffere-
ing it to be seized or not.
The
because in m Messenger said thet this was exactly all he required,,
snaking the seizure he might perhaps have octillion to use force, and oldie the Magistrate's order was over the goods, he Should not wish to do an, as it might lead to a breach
of the peace.
The Magistrate asked, if there was any partnerahip between
John and Thos. Thurtell. The Messenger said none whatever.
Here the subject ended, and the Mesaerigur left the office, de.
termined to execute under his warrant a seizure of the goods.
---- •

correspondent informs us, it is almost certain Weare was
a native of Goodrich, in this county, and N err ed his appreritici-
ship, to an ironmonger in this city. When his apprenticeship
expired, he received about 1,000/. or 1,72004 under his father's
will, and went to London, where he spent the money ; was 4
waiter in a coffee-house afterwards, and Subsequently a pro-
fessed gambler. Probers formerly resided at 141tibrock, Glo-
cestershire, which place he left some yearsaoo, and became ti wine•merchant in London; and failed for consid ci able aunt.—
( Hereford Journal.)