The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, TELeSDAY MOANING, AtIdIJST 4, 046.

statuary of Gibson, paintings of the old and modern
masters, are placed in his galleries, and add to the beauties
of his garden palace. The taste-and munificence of the bene-
volent Hinder) are spoken of far and wide. - Truly may it be
said of him that such faults as he had were of his country's pre-
judices, but his virtues were his own: in the words of Cicero,.
" Tu frater, tu pater, tu amicus,tu bones ciris, tu were princeps."
His country has sustained a moral loss, which in some
generations may be retrieved; but in the opinion of those
who know India, it is considered doubtful if ever there "be
his like again."
It is said by those who know his affairs well, that the
landed property of the late Baboo is next in extent to the
dominions of the Rajah of Burdwar, and pay nearly ten lacy
of revenue to the East India Company yearly.
We understand that the mortal remains of the departed
Baboo will not be embalmed preparatory to being conveyed
for interment to India, but that a vault will be purchased in
the cemetery at Kensall green, where his remains are to
be deposited.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, August 3.
Tbe Housesat to-day:to-hear appeals. The Peers present
were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Leeds, and `the
Wiwi) Che6ter.

BOWEN V. EvAils.•
The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied
Leir Lordships the whole morning.

ASSIZE IN TEI4IGENcE.

Ii'OII7IIERN CIRCUIT.--Arfuthasile, Aug. 1.
PR IZ B-FiatlT AND MANSLAUGATI4:.,WiIIiam Gleglwrn,
a placid-looking young man, a blacksmith by trade, and
aged twenty years, and James Renwick, aged thirty-oue, who
acted as bottle-holder in a prize-fight between Gleghorn and
Michael Riley, were charged with having committed man-
slaughter upon Michael Riley,,on the 10th of March last., -.
The following witnesses were called :

John Balmbr;' a publican, and an apparently respectable
man, said he had been present at a prize-fight on the 10th
of March, at Blythe Links, between the prisoner Gleghorn
and Michael Riley, who is since dead. He never heard why
these men were to fight. A ring was made. The men
stripped and struck violently at each other, and they fought
for abaft two hours and a WI: The decea,ed appeared the
fresher man of the combatants till near the close. Roth-Merl
were distressed. Gleghorn was declared victor, and Riley
then appeared greatly punished and distressed; at last per-
fectly insensible. jle Was still put, to fight till unable to
stand. Renwick was there as bottle-holder inside-the ring.

Cro-s-examined—Gleghorn Was the taller and apparently
stronger man. The fight was fair. and the men shook hands
at setting to. The deceased appeared to have the best of the
tight till at the close, when- he received very heavy blows.
The combatants were cheered on by friends and the crowd,
which consisted of from three to four hundred persons. At-
tempts were made to induce the deceased to stop Lighting,
and he would n,,t deist. He said fie was able to fight three
hours longer. They attempted to make deceitsed shake
bands with the victor,. but he was" unable. The witness
took notes of the fight for the Belts Life newspaper.
Could not say how many rounds were fought. NVitness is a
publican.
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Ater some corroboratory evilence, R. Swith, surgeon
at Blythe, said he saw the deceased at the Ridley Arii.s, who
was labouring under severe contusions about the head,-nrid
very extensive injuries abOnt: the neck. lie shortly after-
wards died; no doubt from the effects of the plows. Saw
some blows given at the close of the Aght, *lnch appeared
to have great effect. ..
Verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. Gleghorn to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months,
and Renwick, who had already been in confinement since
March, to be imprisoned with hard labour for two months. .
IlEalt-rpEss Fottamot.—.7olin Thompson, aged 32 years
Altzander Henderson, aged 51, and John Smith, aged 3.3
were charged with feloniously uttering two forged orders for
payment of money, with intent to defraud Elizabeth Gran-
dam of 61. sterling, on the 16th of March, 1846, at the parish
of Tvnemouth.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grandum, a sailor's wife, about thirty-five
years old, keeping a lodging-house at South Shields, said she
had for some time known Smith, the prisoner, who came to
her apd introduced the other prisoners (Alexander Hender-.
son and John Thompson) to her as sailors engaged to go out
in a vessel from Newcastle to America, who were in want of
some 6/. to outfit them for the voyage. They said they, had
advance notes from their owners fOr 3/. each,- which they
asked her to cash; and she gave the two prisoners each
21. 155., reserving ss. on each note for the advance and the
accottimodation. Subsequently. she ascertained that the
notes were forgeries. The prisoners were, then apprehended.
Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence, twelve..moßtha' imprisonment
with hard labour.

Aug. 3.
CROWN SIDE. •
(Before Mr. Justice
Henry. Rage, 40, *as indicted fer feloniously wounding
Stephen Ings, with intent to maim and disable him, and,
in other counts his intent was laid to be to prevent hi 3

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n'fol apprehension. . ..
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Locke defended the

,rhoner.

It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor is a
gameknew in the serVice of Mt.llitrvey Combe, of Cob-
PaEi, and on the 29th March "fed was in a wood
called Muggeridge wood, in the middle of the day, and
in consequence of seeing pheasants fly about, he was in-
duced to believe that some trespassers were in the wood,
and he waited for a short time, when he saw the prisoner
come out of the wood, and the moment he observed hini,
he ran off. The keeper pursued him, and as they' Were
running along the prisoner threw two live pheasants
from his coat pocket, and also a number of snares.
After running some distance, the prisoner asked the
keeper whether he meant to take him into custody, and on
his replying that -he did, he said be should swim
across the river, and the keeper said that if he did he
should' follow him. The prisoner then picked up two
flint stones, and &land that if the keeper followed him
he would smash his shins. It seemed th4t-they' then

closed with each other, and both fell to the ground, and
the prisoner struck the keeper repeatedly upon the head
with the flints he had in his hands, inflicting very se-
vere wounds, anti he was nearly covered with blood, and
in the course of the struggle the prisoner bit the nails
off three of the keeper's fingers. Having committed
this brutality, he asked the keeper whether he would
still persist in taking him into custody, and on his re-
plying that he would, he pulled a knife out of bis pocket,
and opened it, and attempted to hamstring the keeper as
he lv:s above him, but was fortunately prevented from
doing so by his having on thick trousers and overall►.
Notwithstanding these desperate proceedings on the
part of the prisoner, the keeper persisted in struggling
with him, and endeavouring to secure him, and it was
highly creditable to him that having a loaded pistol in his
pocket, although he had been so cruelly treated, he did
not make any use of the weapon, and at length the pri-
soner
finding he had a determined opponent to deal with,
confessed himself beaten, and the keeper than gave an
alarm, and assistance arriving, he was secured.
Mr. Locke, in behalf of the prisoner, urged that the
attempt to apprehend the prisoner was an unlawfull act,
inasmuch as the trespass having been committed in the
day time, the statute required that the party should be
called upon to give his name and address, and it was
only upon his refusing to do so that power was given to
apprehend him. No demand had becn made upon the
prisoner for his name or his address, but it appeared
that the keeper had at once endeavoured to apprehend
him, and this bring an unlawful act, the prisoner was

justified in resisting it.
Mr. CLABKSON admitted that there was a difficulty
in the respect pointed out; and the question was, whe-
ther the running away of the prisoner the moment he
saw the k?eper amounted to refusing to give his name
and address.

Mr. Justice COLTMAN expressed ant opinion that it
did not. He said the statute expressly required that a
demand should be made upon the party trespassing to
give his name and ad3re, before he could 'be appre-
h•_nded.,- He was,' therefore, of 'opinion that the. charge
of felony could not be entertained...
Theaury eventually found the prisoner Guilty of a
common assault, and he was condemned to be kept to
hard labour for six calendar months.
Julia Egan; 19, a pod-looking young woman, was
indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Charles
Wells, at the parish of Croydon, her husband, William
Egan,' being alive.
Mittbcke,defended the pcifione"rt.•
The_circurnstanees under which this charge was made
appeared to be of rather a singular character. From
the testimony adduced, it seemed that on the 14th
September in last rear the prisoner was married to a
man named Egan, at St. Sepulchre's Church, in:London,
and the ceremony was performed in the presence of a
man named SteVens, who said that he met the prisoner
and Egan by accident on that morning, and they asked
him to go with them to church, and give the bride away;
anti the sexton's daughter acted as bridesmaid. The
second marriage took place on the sth July. and to prove
the fact, Charles Wells, the second husband, who ap-
peared to be quite a lad, was called as a witness;
and he deposed that on that day ho was married to
the p7i otter at Norwtiod Church, hut could ;,not
state with certainty the name of the clergyman
who performed the ceremony, and would not speak
tothe fact that he really was a clergyman, and no eertifi-
cate of marriage was produced. The prisoner, it ap-
peared, had all along denied that she was the person
with whom the first ceremony of marriage had been
formed, and a good deal of amusement was caused by.
the cross-examination of the witnesses by Mr. Locke
i.p-on this point.
The Learned Judge, at the close of the evidence, ex-
presscd an opinion that the marriage had not been proved
with sufficient legal strictness, and under his direction,
therefore, the jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty."
The prisoner was immediately discharged, and she left
the court arm in arm. with her second husband, both of
them apparently very much delighted at the result of the
trial.

more quarrelling, and the son say, " Oh, father, don't."
There was a blow and a fall. The prisoner then said to some
one, "G.) to be with you." All was still for about twenty
minutes, when the son came in and said his mother was
dead. The prisoner stated to one of the witnesses his wife
had fallen out of her chriir and never spoke since. It was
proved, however, that she was not a person , subject to fits.
The evidence of the tneLlical men went to show she had re-
ceived blows upon her be which might have caused a con-
cussion of the brain, cf \aid' she died. The prisoner ad-
mitted he had struck his wife. The jury returned a verdict
of Guilty.—Sentence defirred.
Augu,t 1 •
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PoisosiNG.—Elizabeth.Clarke, a respectable looking
woman, aged 48, was charged with having, on the 14th of
September last, caused to be taken by one Ann Richmond,
her husband and child; a quantity of arsenic, with intent to
kill and murder. It appeared from the evidence that pri-
soner and her husband lived in a lodge behoging to a Mr.
Holmes; that the prosecutrix, her husband and child, lived
under the same roof, but in different apartments; both men
were in the service of Mr. Holmes, as farm labourers. On
the Easter eve but one, Mrs. Richmond borrowed some oat•
meal of Mrs. Clarke to make gruel, her Jisband. and
herself were sick and ill after taking it ; that. in August
last the prisoner borrowed of the prosecutrix three quarters
of a basin of flour, and returned the game quantity with her
own hand on the 11th of September, and it was put in a jar
where flour was kept, there b•Ang a small portion therein at
the time. Mrs. Richmond noticed its dark colour, but took
no further notice, and, on the 14th, it was made into a pud-
ding, of which the three partook, and all were taken seriously
ill, exhibiting symptoms common to those who have taken
arsenic. The remains of the pudding was _analysed, and
arsenic found therein. No ascribable motive could be urged
for the commission of the deed,- save that Mrs. Clarke had
expressed herself dissatisfied with the Riehmonds coming
to live there, as she had to given!) an apartment On the other
hand, it was shown the two families lived very neighbourly
together, that the prisoner was very fond of Mrs. Richmond's
child, and was [rood of showing it to strangers. Several
witnesses of great respectability spoke of her in high terms
as being a most humane person. The jury returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty. .

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
MANCHEtITEIt, 'AUGUST 1.
STOCK 'ExcitANGE.--The sales are-.Ambergette, Nottingham, &c.,
11 dis.—Blackburn and Preston, 9p. —Clitheroe Junetionj3s. 6d.
dis. —Direct Northern, 9-16 dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension,
1 p.—East Lancashire, 831„ p.—East Lincolnshire, it dis.—Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, Halves, 814 p.—Exeter and Exmouth, % dis.
—Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 1% dis.—Huddersfield, Hali-
fax, and Bradford, 2 9-16 p.— Ditto, Extension, 9-16 p.—Lancashire
and North Yorkshire, ifs. 6d. dis.—Liverpool and Bury, New, 2%
Orniskirk, :nal Preston, 2% p.—London rnd Man-
chester (Rein.), 2% dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and Midland, 1 p.--
MAichester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), tli p.—Manchester
and Leeds Extension, 3 1-16 p.—North . Staffordshire, 4—North
Union (B), 154—Okiham, Birkenhead, &c., 1-16 Ms. —Preston and
Wyre, Halves (11), %p. —Shettield and Lincolnshire Junction, p.—
snenield and nmehester, Quarters, N0..3. .p:—Shrewsbury and
BirMineham, 9-16 p.—South-Eastern nod Dover, Halves, No. 4, 1 p.
—4(lllth Midland, p.- South ,tatrurt:shire Junction, 34 dis ---
west !tiding Union, 274 p.
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• LEEDS, AUGUST 1.
STOCK ExcuAstne.-On reference to the Share List sent here-
with it will be observed that the Most material advances have taken
place in the valve of shares, with attexceeaingly it .creased extent of
im>in-s4 "i he (-cuss of this iniPros•ement is to he traced in some
incasure to a renewal of that spirit of speculation which proved so
disastrous last year, although no qctot the plenitude of muney, the
thvouratile appearances of all foreigh relations, Bic settlement of
strong party political questions, and the prospect of an abundant
harvest and a good trade, exercise most material influences on the
ii,dings of capitalists, and render railway investments more earnestly
sought after. The advances at an early period of the account
strengthen the Opinion that further improveinett will take place.
North British, East Lancashires, Dewaburys, and Huddersfield
end Sh,•tlleos, continue favourite stocks in Leeds. The character
and tone of the London market yesterday is reported as continuing
very good. Direct Portsmtiths, Manchester and Leeds of all kinds
London and Yolks, Birmingham and Oxfords, and Caledonians
being perhaps most earnestly sought after. Foreign Shares are
steady and firmer than of late. The sales are-Eastern Counties,
York Extensions, 365. p.-Ettst Lancashire, 9 p.-Huddersfield and
Manchester, 2% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 75.:6d. p.-Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 9 p.-Leeds and Bradford, 463{ c. p.-Leeds and Dews-
bury, 7% p.-Ditto, Branches, 21% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 4s. 6d. p.-
Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Ditto, New, 1% dis.-Manchester and
Leeds, 35 p.- Ditto, Fifths, 914 p.-Ditto, Extensions, '2% p.-Man-
cheater and Birmingham' Quarter Shares (C), 10% p.-Newcastle
and Berwick, 14% p.-Ditto. NeWeastle and Darlington Junction
Extensions, 10% p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 2% p.-Amber-
gate,
Nottingham, and Boston, 235. 6d. dis.-Buckinghamshire, 10s.
dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 17s. dis.-East and West Yorkshire, 245.
dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 13s. 6d. dis.-Lancashire and North
Yorkshire, 21s. (Its.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern,
335. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, I3s. dis.-Liverpool, Manches-
ter, and Newcastle Junction, 1 dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton, 23a p.-Loudon and York, % dis.-Manchester; Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, 21s. p. -North Staffordshire, 41. is. 6d. r.--North
Western, % p. -South Midland, 13s. 6d. p.-West Riding Union, 5.
HULL, AUGUST 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--North British, 384-Ditto,
Carlisle Branch. 4-York and North Midland, East and West Riding,
la Darwen, and Bolton, 7 k-Hudtierslield amef itlan.
chester Railway and Canal, 131. ls.-Lecds and Dewsbury, 243¢ -
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 255. 9d.-Buckinghamshire,
as. dis.-Dewsbury Extensions, 3s. 6d. p.-Leicester and Bedford,
Bs. 3d.-Leicester and Tamworth,.273,-Lontlon and York, 425.-
Manchester, Buxton. Matloek, and Midland, 34-North Western,
7s. p.-North Staffordshire, 61. 45.-South 111161 and, 16s. 6d. p.-
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Si 65.-West Riding Union, 4%.
SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield, 2%
dis.-Ditto, Extension, 21s. dis.-Ditto, Rail Way and Dock, 1% dis.
-Huddersfield and anchester, 11. 19s. bd. p.-East Lincolnshire,
16s. 6d. ilis.-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 14s. 6d. dis.-
North Western, 2s. 6d. p.-Sheflield and Lincolnshire, ss. dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 1.
STOCK Excliastoc.-The sales are-Caledonian Extension, 19s.
6d. dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 114 dis.-Manchester and
Leeds Extension, 234 p,--Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, p.-
North Lritish, Halves, Hawick, 5% p. -Newcastle and Berwick
North Shields, 12% p.-SOUtit Midland, it p.-York and Glasgow
Union, 1% dis.

some
Fro u

tween Lewisliam-bridge and Lee-bridge was so effectually
under water that it was with some difficulty horses could ford
it,.particularlY if attached to carriages. The market gardens
at Lewisham, Lee, Deptford, and Woolwich road, have suf-
fered immensely, not only from the hell, which at Lewisham
fell in flakes an inch long, but from the flooding of
the growing crops. Throughout the whole district of Bleck-
heath the hailstones fully averaged the size of large hazel
nuts. .The gardeners wee have suffered most are Mr. Tyler,
near the Greenwich Union; Mr. Shepherd, Lewisham; Mr.
Palmer, Lewisham ; and Mr. Loft, Greenwich. Tile quan-
ti! ies efesand and gravel which have been washed from the
rubbish-hills into Greenwich and vicinity is astonishing,
leaving the hieh roads bare, and presenting nothing but a
surface of lerielit and broken granite. On the Eliham road,
a mar. with a scythe in his hand was struck by the electric
fluid, and fell insensibly to the ground. The poor fellow
however, luckily recovered so as to be able to proceed home.
Peusigreen.—ln the midst of the storm the electric fluid
struck one of the chimneys belonging to a house in the oc-
cupation of Mr. George Kimber, stone-mason and marble-
cutter, next door to the Plume of Featherseoppoeite.to the
church, at the village of Plurnstead. From a conversation
held yesterday with Mr. Kimber's son, by the reporter, it
appears that at the moment he, with his father, was en-
gaged in preparing for polishing a marble tablet, and that,
whilst thus engaged, a stream of fire passed through the
shop, which is in the first floor on the back of the house, en-
tering at the ceiling, which it tore down with great violence,
as it also did the plaster of the side walls. Thence it passed
through the floor to the cupboards below, the woodwork of
which was demolished, and the crockery and. miscellaneous.
contents therein destroyed. It then appeared to pass
through a chink in the wall to a butt in the yard, which
was broken up, and after playing in sportive fury for
time in the roadway it appeared to pass into the
de rising out again at a distance from the house. Full
__ _he chimney was torn down, and the bricks fell into
.e yard among several gravestones, in a course of prepare-
Two large holes were made in the tiles, which pene.
~rated the roof from the rafters through the ceiling. Mr.
Bingham, the landlord of the Plume of Feathers, states that
he was standing in front of his bar, serving customers, at the
time when the flash of lightning—or, rather, the stream of
fire—appeared. So fierce was the flame, and so appalling the
report arising from it, that he was for a few minutes uncon-
scious where in was, or what he did. The next moment he
heare the crash of the falling brickwork, and, upon looking
out et the window, after his stupor was in :some measure sub-
sided, lie saw a volume of dust proceeding from the roof of
the premises in Mr. Kimber's occupation.
At Erith, Crayford, and Dartford, the storm Was. very
severe, and at Chatham it is said to have been excessively
violrnt. In the midst of this visitation and loss of pro-
perty, it is gratify ing to state that the hop bine has much
improved since the storm, one of the largest growers in
the west of the country having discovered, upon an exami-
net ion of his crreis that, Although on Friday last they were
covered with fly and lice, the thunder and lightning had
cleared the majority of the arms from these destructive
vermin.

Exp.—The damage that his been unstained by the
had-storm which fell on Saturday is tremendous. The direc-
tion the storm took being from south to north, the hot-houses
and green-houses presented a fair mark for its fury, and the
destruction that fbllowed it is most extensive. Mr. Samuel
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Forster, of Southend, " has his-beautiful hot-houses- com-
pletely riddled, there not having been lett more than one-
tenth of the panes whole. The number of broken squares
amounts, in this place. it is said, to over 4,000. Mr. Hill, of
the same place, has had the front of his house completely
disfigured, nearly all the beautiful plate-glass windows having
been broken.
The violence 'of the storm extended itself to the neigh-
bouring counties :—ln the neighbourhood of Reading, Ox-
ford, Newbury, Forringdon, Cirencester, \Vantage, &c., the
storm was of a most awful description, and the damage
sustained to vegetation generally is incalculable. At Ciren-
cester two sheep and an ox were killed by the electric
fluid ; and at \Vantage two sheep and a valuable horse were
struck dead by the same powerful agency. At Oxford the
electric fluid did great damage to building property, hot-
houses, and gardens. The roof of the house of Mr. Dudley,
situate near the river, was struck by the lightning. At Letcomb,
near Vantage, the lightning entered the roof of a cottage,
shattered a bedstead, and threw a child that the mother had
just laid in bed on the floor, but unhurt. At Highworth,
the servant of a Mr. Boyne got under a tree, with his horse,
for shelter; the horse was killed, but the man miraculously
escaped with a slight scorching of the forehead. At Henley-
on:-Thames the flashes were awfully vivid and forked. The
house of Mr. Musgrove was struck by lightning. Mr. Mus-
grove and a portion of his family were at the moment stand-
ing in a passage, through which the bell-wires passed, and
were all struck to the ground, but happily without serious
injury; the damage to his outhouses, plants, &c., contigu-
ous to the dwelling-house, is very considerable. Some parts
of Hampshire, &c., were also visited by the above storm, and('
serious damage was sustained by the electric fluid. At the
Swan Inn, Inkpen, a small village about three :miles from:
Hungerferd, the paper on the walls was in many places com-
pletely stripped (iff. The 'lightning then followed the bell-
wire to the kitchen, where the maid-servant was at work;
her clothes caught tire, but her screams speedily brought as-
sistance, and the flames were happily extinguished withput
her receiving much injury; and a boy, who was itanaing
in a barn near the house, was knocked down by the light-
ning, but escaped with a few slight scars on the cheek; a
great portion of the barn, however, was destroyed by the
electric fluid.
THE STORM IN BIRMINGHAM.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.
—This afternoon Birmingham and its neighbourhood were
visited by a dr4dful thunder-storm which lasted upwards of
two hours. The wind blew gently from the south-west, from
which direction the tempest came. The rain descended in
torrents, and in some parts of the neighbourhood the flood
rendered the roads impassable. Fortunately, although at
one period the storm was of the most fearful description, no
serious damage was done in the neighbourhood.
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ALLEGED DEATH by MILATARAt
FLOGGING, AT HOUNSLOW.
The inquiry into the cause of the death of Frederick John
White, a private in the 7th Hussars, or " Queen's Own,''
whose death is alleged to have been caused by severe mili-
tary punishment, was resumed yesterday morning, by Mr.
Wakley, M.P., at the George the Fourth, Hounslow-heath.
The interest in the death of the unfortunate man hactin no
degree subsided, for, notwithstanding the inauspicious state
of the morning, the inquest-room was crowded, and several
.persons had' gathered about the doors of the inn.
Mr. Clark attended, as en last Monday, on behalf of the
officers of the regiment. Mr. Mills, the Deputy...coroner,
assisted Mr. Wakley.
Mr. WAICLICY asked Mr. Clark if he had any witnesses to
call?

Mr. Clark said he had not ; at any rate he was not aware
at that moment that it would be necessary to du so. •
Mr. WA N.LEY said he had received a letter from a person liv-
ing- at Oid Brentford, giving some information en the sub-
ject, and as lie gave his name, he -thought, in justice, that the
jury should hear it.
Mr, Mills then, at the 'request of the coroner, read the
following letter
Sir,—With a view to the furtherance of-the ends of
justice, by a searching investigation, I submit the following
circumstances to your consideratien, knowing that I cannot
place them in- betser hands.. On Monday morning last, at
eight o'clock, 27th instant, the son of Mr. Gobfn, a newsman
of Brentfiwd, was in Fleet-street with his papers in his cart,
coming towards Brentford, when a soldier of the 7th
Hussars, or Queen's Own, asked him to give him a lift, as he
wanted to get to Hounslow in time for the inquest. The
bay told him to get into the cart, and hastened his speed,
seeing the soldier was afraid he should be too late. On the
road the soldier told young Goom that about the com-
mencement of the inquest he was told he might have a
furlough of five weeks, if he liked, to go and see his
friends, which he accepted. When he arrived in Kent
among his friends, and told them what he knew about
the flogging of White, his friends told him he
ought to be at the inquest to state what he knew to the jury,
and they made a subscriptions to turnish him with money
to defray his expenses, and he came to London from Kent on
Sunday by a van. During this conversation they had got
to Kensington Barracks; a soldier seeing the other soldier
in the cart called out, saying, ' Well, how are you getting
on ?' The answer was, lam going to the inquest. But
as they were coming into Hammersmith, a sergeant from
Kensington Barracks, on horseback, cane after them at full
speed, and called out to young Goom to stop, I command
you to stop, or 1 will immediately give you both into cus-
tody. The sergeant then, after he had stopped the cart,
inqaired ef persons passingby where the station-house was, and
was informed up the lane He then ordered young Goom to
turn out of the road and drive up to the station-house, which
the boy did, but•when they had got near it, the sergeant told
the soldier, if he would go quietly back to the barracks
he would not give him in charge to the police, butlf he at-
tempted to run away, he (the sergeant) would gallop over
him.' The boy was then permitted to come home with the
cart and papers. The sergeant and soldier, lie supposeF, re-
turned back to Kensington Barracks, and I have not heard
anything further v hat became of the soldier, whetherhe is in
prison or at large, and 1 have just heard the scidier at the
barracks call him by the name of Simmons.'—Yonrs, &sc.
" Old Brentford, Aug. 1,1846. T. NOI:3IANTON."
James How, the private of the 7th Hussars referred to,
said, he went away without leave to see his mother in Kent ;
he had a ride in the cart, as stated in the letter, but he said
nothing to the boy about the flogging. He got up at St.
James's-park and rode to Hammersmith, where the sergeant
stopped him. lie was not present at the flogging, because
he had not received his clothes.
By a juror—Was punished fourteen days by solitary con-
finement for deserting.
Witness—Had only been seven weeks in the regiment.
Saw White go into the hospital after receiving punishment
from one of the windows of the barracks ; he saw him also
in the hospital, but he did not hear White speak, neither
did he see his back.
Mr. Normanton, who was in the room, said he received
the statement from the boy's father, and that a part of the
statement which the letter contained had been corroborated
by the evidence of the witness himself.
Colonel Whyte here entered the inquest room, and the
,letter was handed to him.
John Goom, the boy alluded to in the letter, was then
•called—lle said; on Monday last; as he was getting his
papers in Fleet-street, he was asked by a soldier to give him
a lift to Hammersmith, which he did. On the way the
soldier stated that he had been present at the flogging of
White. • .On passing through Hammersmith, a sergeant came
galloping after them, and asked the soldier to go back with
him, or if he refused he woulcrgive him in charge, but he would
not do so if he went with him. The soldier accordingly left
him, and went with the sergeant. (The witness here iden-
tified the soldier How as the person who came in the cart
with him.) How stated that he was going to the George
the Fourth, at Hunslow, to give evidence.
Colonel Whyte said How was not attested until IN bite
had been punished.
Sergeant John Parley was then called and examined—
He stated that he was a lance sergeant in the 7th
Hussars. He did not make any complaint against the de-
ceased until he was confined. He complained of him on the
let of June to the orderly officer, Mr. Russell, for being
struck across the breast with a poker. He (White) struck
him on the evening of the Ist of June, about a quarter past
nine, in the barrack-room at Hampton Court. Was orderly
sergeant at the time he struck him. Went into the room at
eight o'clock. On going round the room, calling the roll
the first time, White answered to his name, and he saw him
on going round a second time, on account of some of the men
being absent, and observed White standing near the bed,
partly dressed, with a poker in his hand. His hand was be-
hind him—the one which held the poker. I ordered him to
put it down, but he did not do so. I ordered him a second
and third time, bat he did not obey. I ordered the orderly
corporal of the troop to take a file of men and confine him.
As soon as I had given the order he knocked me down with
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the poker; the blow struck across the chest. I recovered
myself, and ran out of the room, and I saw no mere of the
deceased until he was in the custody of the guard. I con-
sidered the deceased drunk. I was hurt by the blow, and
was in bed two days under medical treatment in consequence
of it. He did not say anything to me before he struck me
with the poker. I had had no previous quarrel with him,
and I was on friendly terms with him, nor had there
been any previous dissension. I never spoke six words
to him except as matter of duty. I bad not been long in the
troop with him. In fact, thee was no ill will between us. He
never got into that state without knowing what he was
about. He was often the worse for liquor, and was, I under-
stand, a quarrelsome man. I considered him a respectable
man lam not acquainted with his writing. I did not
raise my hand to strike him before he struck me. I gave
evidence before the court-martial. White pleaded guilty
to the charge.
-Alex. Wright, a sergeant in the 7th hussars, said he knew
the handwriting of the deceased, and had seen him write.
Had a letter in his hand (a letter was handed to the witness)
which was in his (the deceased's) handwriting. Ir was dated
the 25th of June. and bore the Iloun,low post mark, and was
addressed " 31r. W. K. White, Poct office, Leeds, Yorkshire."
The following is a cm' of the letter:—
Barracks, Hounslow, June 25, 1846.
Dear. Brother,—l am really. ashamed to write after so long
a silence, , hut conscience pricks me for neglect to you and
mothes, and tells me to..say something, adding to the case of
necessity of sending to you a letter to Tom, who wrote to me,
.and of course requires an answer, and how to send it bothers
me confoundedly. Be kind enough to dispatch it when the
• mail leaves. He states to me that you received a letter
for me, and I think you - might hare sent in.,
more, but I suppos' you thought to punish in
for not ..writing. If the , direction is not rigSo,
please alter it for me. lam unwell, aid have gone through
a great d al of trouble since you heard from me last, and
feel disgusted with the service, but you need not tell mo-
ther so, for she would only fret. I hope you are
well by this time. Give my best love to sister and
mother. I had formed a resolution to commit mis-
chief; but, thank God, I have for the present al-
tered my mind. I have not that confidence in myselt
that I used 'to, have. My star of destiny frowns at me
and everything goes- wrong. Your letters give me a conso-
hewn generally, but I have not resolution to read then,
always, for I am very near approaching lunacy at times.
am an old man now to what I was, and what a taw more
years will make me I am afraid to, guess at: Write to me
soon, and give me word how matters are in Leeds, for you
are the only parsons I correspond with now. I have not seen
London yet, nor shall I unless I change my mind. Every
one of them is lost to me now. Again I hope you will keep
quiet to mother that lam ill, for her sake. Give my respects
to Machin,,and Whitfield, and Keppell. You must excuse
my faults and forrev'e my feelingl." I cannot help their fate
in the proceedittge;ihd 'I, must go frith the will. My paper
is short, and I must cut short my letterof woe, and resume my
most hard and wretched duty of a soldier. God be with you
and prosper you, and in your prayers remember
Your affectionate brother,
FREDERICK JOHN WHITE.
Mr. Waxmir, addressing the jury, said there could be m,
doubt that White received 150 lashes. It was Lis duty to
deal with the law on the subject, and his opinion was (In
did not know whether they were of the same opinion), that
according to the Act of Parliament and the article
of war, White rendered himself liable to receive let)
lashes for striking his superior officer. There cc uld be
no doubt of this; therefoie, he considered they bat
arrived arthat stage of the inquiry when they might hear
the depositions read over in older to determine the cause of
the deceased's death.
A juror desired to be informed how the ladder was fixed
on which White received punishment.
Mr. WatiLav said his wishes should be gratified.
Sergeant Potter was called by Mr. Clark, and deposed
that White came into the hospital on the 15th and left his
bed on the 20th, six days after the italic, ion (4' the punish
ment. He got up on Saturday, the punishment having been
inflicted on the preceding Monday. Atter he could wear his
shirt he was allowed to get up and walk about the ward and
assist in cleaning it. Ile appeared then quite well, with the
exception of his back. White assisted in . cleaning
the ward on Saturday, the 4th ef July. He was
not asked to clean it, but he volunteered to do so. He went
out every day after the 20th.
Mr. WAXLZY inquired how the evidence of the witness
to-day contradicted that given by him on the last occasion.
when he stated.that White was in bad fourteen days? lied
any one complained of the evidence he had given?
Witness said no one had; no pne had reprimanded him; lie
bad considered the evidence he gave on the last occasion, and
he was now more positive. The surgeon did not tell him
that it would be dangerous if White should go out. White
made no complaint up to the sth of July. The entries in the
medical book were made on the days they bore date, and
generally in his presence.
Sergeant Hooper, of the 7th Hussars, saw White in the
hospital. Went there the same day, an to the same ward.
Only came out of the hospital today.sites was removes
from the ward into another. The rest of the evidence Can=
prised that of Potter. Some men take longer to get yell
than others, and Witch depend' upon theirfleah.
. Mr. Clark said it was right that he should inform the Co-
roner that he had had no coranninication with any 'Soldier on
the subject.of.the.inquiry.
In reply to the CORONER, Mr. Clark stated that he had
been unable to obtain. a -copy of the court-martial froth the
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