The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

No. 16,694. lON DON, MONDAY EVEN N G S NI

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNMILL, LONDON.
• Capital 2Z500,000.
Ilnipowerefil by Act of Parliament.
This institution often =per-wilt and sahstantial advan-
tages with respect both t. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuitie,
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borryw, without CT,
pause •or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of hi. interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT:.
The success and increasing prosperity of tee ieocieiy sas enables
:he Directors, at the last annual investigation, W declare a thin:
Genus, varying from 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
sash Peke, effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLKS.

1 9. • -
el
6 Premium. it Bonus lionas in
...%6 0 os , 'l'
~,q
. -
Oa " g n 1• 2 5
• _...- • 4,,
--
1837 Xl9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 X 1317 1 £395 II 1
X 3
4
iOlOOO 74 X s. d. 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3
1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 29H 13 I
1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 j 6 0 0 241 4 5

Tne dwision of proliti is annual, and the next will be made in De-
em per of the preient year

F. FERGUSON C AMiZnrx,

LAW FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY.
(Completely Registered under the Act 7th and Bth Viet
cap. 110).

Offices, Wes. i and 6, Chancery-lane.
Subscribed Capital, Five Millions Sterling.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon
The Right Hen. Lord Cottenham
The fight lion. the Vice Chancellor of England
The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron
The Right lion. Sir I I erbert Jetmer Fust (Dean of the Arches, &c.)
William Wingteld, Esq. (Master in Chancery)
Richard Richards, Esq., M.P. (Master in Chancery.)

DIRECTORS.
(The * denotes a Director of the Law Life, and the t a Director of
the Legal and General Life Insurance Society.)
Bethell, Richard, Esq., Q.C.
t Bigg, Edward Smith, Esq., Southampton-buildings
Boodle, John, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley square
* Brown, Anthony, Esq. (Chamberlain of London)
Budd. Thomas William, Esq., Bedford-row
t Chichester. J. H. R., Esq., Lincoln's Din.
* Chishohne, William, Esq.. Lincoln's Inn-fields
* Clarke, Thomas, Esq. (Solicitor to the Ordnance)
Cox, ohn, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Jortin, Lee, Esq., Lincoln's lan-fields
Kinderley, George Herbert, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
Lee, Joins Benjamin, Esq., Dean's-yard, Westminster
t Lyon, James Wittit, Esq., Spring-gardens
t Rose, the Hon. Sir George (ono of the Judges of the Court of
Bankruptcy and Master in Chancery)
t Simpkinson, Sir Francis, Q C.
* Smeoley, Francis, Esq„ (High Bailiff of Westminster)
t Tatham Meaburn, Esq. Lincoln's Inn-fields
Tilso!,, Thomas, Esq , Coleman-street
* Tvviss, Horace, Esq., Q.C. (Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster)
Tyssen, John R. D., Esq., Manor Offices, Hackney
* Wizard, William, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
White, Edward, Esq. (Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall)
Wilde, Edward Archer, Esq., College-hill
t Wing, Thomas, Esq., Gray's Inn-square.
AUDITORS.
Bailey, Charles, Esq., Stratford-place
Bockett, Daniel Smith, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Broderip, Francis, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
Scadding, Edwin Ward, Esq., Gordon-street.
SECRETARY—Edward Blake Beal, Esq.
ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS.
Thomas Bell imy, Esq., Charlotte-street, Bedford-square
George Pownall, Esq., Bedford-row.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Edward and Charles Harrison, 19, Bedford-row.
liaNkEas—Messrs. Coutts and Company.
The terms are in general the samo as those of the other principal
insurance offices. The advantages to the insured consist in the
magnitude of the capital responsible for losses, and in the known
character of the Trustees, I)irectors, and Proprietary.

GENERAL CEMETERY, Kensal-green, Har-
row-road.

The new MONUMENTAL CHAMBERS are completely FIITISHED
for the reception of Statues and Monuments 41 value, under
cover, where they ►ill be as secure from , ceident and weather as if
erected in a Cathedral Church. His late Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex is interred in this cemetery, as ate also teeny deceased
members of the nobility. The Chambers eau, be viewed from Ten
fill dusk.

The charge for an interment in the public vault, oontigu
*us to the Monumental Chambers, is .• • . ...... £4 4 0
Private catacomb under solonnade • . • ..........• 10 l•
•
Common interment in the Cemetery ..... ............. 1 5 I
Private grave in perpetuity • . • • • • .. • • • • • 3 3 11
Any further informatiea may be obtained at 95, Great Russell-
street, irloonasbury ; er at tke Cemetery.
G. W. N. CROFT, Secretary.

THE
CAMPAIGN on the SUTLEJ creating
immense interest at the present moment, there is exhibiting
at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the
most Distinguished Men both ht the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN-
MENT of LAHORE, taken by a lady of rack, distieguisheci in the
Fine Arts, during her residence in India. Also, Portraits of Sir Henry
Hardinge, Sir Robert and Laiy Sale, Ste. By meals of the OPAQUE
MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are ma a magnificent
seals. Mornings, at Half-past Four s'oiock ; Evenings at a (leaflet'
to Ten. The LECTURES include those ea ASTRONOMY, during
Lent on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAN'S WORK-
NG MODEL a.seendirg and descending Inclined Places, Sca. k.

Admisliion, Is. ; Schools, kiklf-pries

WATCHES ai.ci CLOCKS.—A PAMPHLET,
explaining the various constructions and the advantages
of each, with a list of prices, will be forwarded, gratis, by post, if
applied for by a post-paid letter.
T. COX SAVORY and CO., goldsmiths, watchmakers, &c., 47,
Corniiill (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London.

On the Ist of March was published, price 55.,
THE CYCLOPEDIA OF ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY, Part XXVII., Edited by ROBERT B. TODD,
M.D , F.R.S.

Containing :
Nervous Centres (continued), by ; Osseous Tissue, J. Tomes, Esq
Dr. Todd. Pachydermata, Prof R. Jones.

Organic Analysis (concluded), Dr.
Miller.
Osseous System, Prof, R. Jones.
Part XXVIII. will be published
lowing
Par 'Vagum (continued), by Dr.
J. Reid.
Parotid Region, Dr. G. Johnson
Parturition, Dr. Rigby. '
Pelvis, J. Simon, Esq.
Penis, E. Wilson, Esq.
Perineum, J. Simon, Esq.
London : Sherwood, Gilbert,

Pacinian Bodies, W. Bowman,
Esq.
Par Vagum, Dr. J. Reid.
In May, and will contain the fol-
krticlem :
Pharynx, W. Trew, Esq.
Pisces, T. Itymcyjanas, Esq.
Polygastrlcapaimttretrillfera,
Goodsir, Esq. -
P.pliteal Region, IV. Trees, Esq.
Porifera, J. Goodsir, Esq.
Products, Morbid, Dr. Walshe.
and Piper, Paternoster-row.

-fr
VORKS B Y GEORGE COMBE.
v A SYSTEM OF PHRENOLOGY. sth Edition. 4 Plates,
and above 70 Woodcuts. 2 vols. Svo., pp. 1,037. 11. Is, boards.
This work has been translated into the French and German
Languages.
ELEMENTS OF PHRENOLOGY. 4th Edition, improved, with
numerous Illustrations. 12m0., pp. 196. 3s. 6d. hoards. A New
Chapter has been added to this Edition, " On the Relations between
the Structure and the Functions of the Brain." This work has
been translated into French.

0(11 LINES OF PHRENOLOGY, Bth Edition. Sro., pp. 33,
s. sewed.

THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN. 7th Edition. 12mo. 4s.
Ms. " The People's Edition." Royal Svo. ls. 6d. sewed. This
work has been translated into French, German, and Swedish ; and
65,000 copies have been sold in the United Kingdom.
MORAL PHILO,,OPHY ; or the Duties of Man: Individual,
Domestic, and Social. 21 Edition. 12in0., pp. 440. Is. 6d. bds.
POPULAR EDUCATION ; its Objects and Principles Elucidated.
avo. Is. 6d. sewed.
SELECTIONS FROM THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL.
Chiefly by George Combo, James Simpson, and Dr. Andrew Cornbe.
12m0., pp. 360. ss. 6d. bds.
THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, in Quarterly Numbers.
Svo. 2e. 6d.

PHRENOLOGY IN THE FAMILY. By the Rev. Joseph A.
Warne, an American Evangelical Clergyman. With a Preface by a
Christian Mother. Royal Bvo. is.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; Longman and Co.; and
W. S. Orr and Co. ; I[aclachlan, Stewart, and Co.

Elegant Pocket Eolltion„priee Is:, by post 18,6 d,

11R.

CU ENE R EEL 0N- MARRIAGE,
its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS.

" To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shalineare.

Contents :--On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws
Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On .Maternal Influenee—Or
imfelicitous and unproductive Voleas--Curiosities of Medical Experi-
ence, Cases, &c. &c.

FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 35.6 d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
the latrmities of the Systenti n both sexes ; and on the loss
of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful
effects of indulge- ce, &c., are Billy pointed out. Illustrated by En-
gravings; followed by observations on Marriage.
By It. and L. PERRY and Co. Consulting Sarceens, London.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence
19, RERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.
Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox-
tord-street ; Olordon, 146, Leadenitall-street ; Purkiss, Compton-
street, Soho ; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street ; and all Booksellers.
We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Frimid,' as a work
embracing most clear and practical views of a Krieg of complaint,
hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me-
dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We mint
however confess that a perusal of this work has left seek a favourable
Impression on stir minds, that we net only reemmmud, but cordially
nisi every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis
cretien, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed
to the sure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap-
petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
excess, &c. In bottles, price 11s., or the quantity of four in one
bottle tor 335., whisk 1 Is. are saved. The lve-peend cases may
be bad as usual.

Tne CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy
for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches
~n the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those pahstul
affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury,
removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price
lle. and 235. per bottle.

TERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.,
and 1 Is. per boa, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflame.
oration, &c., without hindrance to business.
Consultation fee, if by letter, IL Minute detail of cases necessary.
Messrs. E. and L. Perry and Co., surgeons, may i• consulted, as
usual, at 19, lierners-street, Oxford-street, London, daily, and at
106, thrice-area, Liye*pool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ;
and at 10, St. J. n-street, Deansgate, Manche iter, on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRATINGS.
Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
28. 6d., or post paid, to any address, for Ss. 6d. in Postage Stamps

•---r PoSt-office Order.
ELF-PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise
on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
Illustrates with Twenty-tire Coloured Plates on the Anatomy,
Physiol gy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the Injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the Urethra.
By AMUEL LAWERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London ;
_ _

Matrionlatei Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Mospit l Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Mall, London, Sze., &c.

IRISH GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD:.3

SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, IN PARMA.-

MENT ASSEMBLED.
The Petition of the undersigned Subscribers to the Irish
Great Western Railway.
Humbly showeth,
That a Bill has been brought into your Right Honour-
able House, called the "'Midland Great Western Rail-
way of Ireland ;Mullingar and Galway) Bill, for making
a railway from Mullingar to Galway.
That a certain other Bill has been brought into your
Right Honourable House, called the " Irish Great
Western Railway," for making a railway from Port-
arlington to Galway.
That an attempt was made during the last session of
Parliament, by the Midland Great Western Railway
Company, to obtain the consent of Parliament to qle
project for the construction of a railway to Athlone anal
Galway, when the said Company presented a Bill in the
House of Commons to enable them to carry into effect
that portion of the scheme between Dublin and Athlone.
That the said last-mentioned Bill, together with a Bill
to enable the Irish Great Western Railway Company
to construct a railway from a point on the Great
Southern and Western Railway to Galway, were brought
at the commencement of the last session of Parliament,
under the consideration of the Board of Trade, which
tribunal reported strongly in favour of the Irish Great
Western Railway, and against the said competing
project.
That an agreement was subsequently entered into be-
tween the two Companies, to the effect, that the Irish
Great Western Railway Company should construct their
line to Galway, and that the Midland Great Western
should abandon that portion of their scheme between
Mullingar and At longs and confine:their, operations to
the trwth westefir pkrts Tieleizd; by (Mending their
line to Longford and 'Sligo.
That the said report of the Board of Trade was
brought under the consideration of the Select Com,
mittee of the House of Commons, to which the said Bills
were referred in the last session of Parliament, whose
decision was in accordance with the recommendation of
the Board cf Trade, and the said committee sanctioned
the said agreement entered icto between the said com-
panies, having added to the Dublin and Mullingar Bill
the title of " Midland," and struck out of the said Bill
all the clauses enabling the said Midland Great Western
Company to construct the branch from Mullingar to
Athlone.

That the said agreement was faithfully observed by
the Irish Great Western Railway Company, who with-
drew oil opposition against the Mullingar Bill, which
consequently obtained the sanction of Parliament, hav-
ing passed into a law under the title of "An Act for
making a railway from Dublin to Mullingar and Long-
ford," to be called The Midland Great Western Rail-
way of Ireland."
That the following is a copy of the said agreement:—
(No. I.)

MEMORANDUM OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
DUBLIN AND GALWAY COMPANY AND THE DUBLIN
AND MULLINGAR AND LONGFORD COMPANY.

" That both parties waive all opposition on the
standing orclers, in consideration of the several matters
hereinaftPr mention,A, viz.:—

" Ist. The Mullingar Company giving up their line
from Mußinger to Athlone.
"2d. Mr. French undertakes for himself and the other
petitioners against the Mullingar line, to withdraw all
opposition to the said Mullingar and Longford line, and
to give this latter undertaking, and the branches to the
north connected with it, all the support in their power.
" 3d. Mr. Perry undertakes for himself and the others
concerned, to withdraw all opposition to the Galway
line, and to give it and its branches, to the s )uthward, all
the support in their power."
Dated this 4th April, 1815, and signed,
- FITZN. FRENCH..
JAMES PERRY.

"If Mr. Perry shall be unable to prevail on the Grand
Canal Company to withdraw their opposition, and that
they shall not succeed in throwing out the Galway Com-
pany, this agreement shall exist the same as if the op
position had been withdrawn."
(Signed)

F. FRENCH.
J. PERRY.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. •
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.— Derby, March 18, 19, and 20.

nd
r.
ihnugi
‘r
ortn:
plaintiff,C/I C
trade• F atni
Sores;wlCri
treont.nnhaehstllaetu%idee7dbireirlel
efstreTosti
defendantamn7itlbandiiaeol ceendrernn,s,
This action was brought to recover possession of what is
called the 011erenshaw estate, situated near Chapel-en-le-
THORNHILL r.THORNIIILL.
Frith, claimed under the will of the late W. Thornhill, Esq.
The counsel for the lessor of the plaintiff were Mr. Hum-
frev, Q.C., Mr. Waddington, and Mr. Haynes; for the de-
fendant, Mr. Cockburn, Q.C. (specially retained), Mr. White-
is
o L London,
The:itheirn
dt
fuhc
o,e nmtiarol
nl statedtdovrehi
‘fnetaael
osromrri
familiestsd.
ndtholijeeo)anseouwnie nitcrccaseJonathan
tnt:obcoaay rnltlensreiehdepeaiuncle's
w Thornhill,elbusinesst follows:--
eeaon.csugsa enraioprtyhna also
ee
an uncle at Stockport, as a currier,
Ttrtt
they
JosephrbrotherhsteeteeyadotolsaadrdaTne wlrdhs
saoobaks
ultimatelyrrvtonnaDahfeephn dOewtpci El
pi thsrl
aeren:Dnezteisucceeded.
apprenticed
goinge eddtdtestator,
The testator was a penurious man
aundwah
an eccentric man. In 1823, he purchased the 011erenshaw
.state, consisting of 170 acre., for which he paid 8,000/. In
ISJO, he retired from business, and went to reside on the
pronerty, and continued so to do until his death. The mind
of the I.,estator was swayed by two motives, penury and os-
tentation. He was at the same time kind to the poor, but
here his loose of money showed itself, for though engaging
large number..= of them when out of employ, he would, ne-
vertheless, give them the smallest wages he could. The tes-
tator was in the habit of corresponding with his relatives in
London, that is, with the father of the present plaintiff; and
his family, and ott one occasion he went with them to see the
" Lions," such as the Parliament Houses, the Opera House,
&c. It would appear that, having risen from a humble sta•
tion, his chief object \vas to found a family name, and not
being, in the year 183 g, married, and his brother, the
defendant, having only three daughters, whilst the
plaintiff, young Mr. Thornhill, had two or three sons,
he became attentive to him, and in a letter to the
father of the plaintiff, he speaks of Mr. Walter as " his
good son Walter ;" he also mentions that his brother
has only dankhters, and it he (the testator) did not
marry, he should' like to show some respect to the name
of Thornhill. The testator belonged to a religious sect called
" The New Methodist Connection, who have some peculiar
not ioanns
da sctoov
et
nh
ae
nwo t
errl b
s infe,
former
er tt
ihme
es ,
argrave,e
vaenrdy like t
ri
ctthien Puri-
tans
their
religious notions. In 1839 the testator married a Miss Bar-
low, the daughter of a widow lady, at whose death she would
inherit near 10,000/. Quarrels arose between them ; while
just a year after the marriage a• charge was made by one of
the female domestics against her master of an attempt
at rape. The deceased always protested his innocence,
and attributed the making of the charge to a con-
spiracy between his wife and the girl. It would appear no
settlement was made at the marriage, and all the testator
got was a bad debt, in the shape of an old note for 300/.,
which Mrs. Barlow, knowing his penurious habits, and that
if any body could get the money he would, handed to him,
and he did squeeze out of the party 1001. On one occasion
the lady having a legacy of 2501. left to her, she, accom-
panied by her husband, went to receive it. She signed her
name to the receipt paper, but the husband refused to sign
his own until he had got the money. She contended it was
hers, he took the contrary side of the question, and a scene
of recrimination took place, which ended in her scratching
her name through, and they left without the money. In
consequence of these disagreements, the wife, on two
occasions, left ber husband's home, and only re-
turned shortly before his death, which took place on the
7th of May, 1845. On the 25th of March, 1845, he made
his will, giving the estate in question to the lessor of the
plaintiff. He also left a large sum for the building of a
chapel, and made his brother, the defendant, a residuary
legatee, which in effect was giving him the bulk of his pro-
perty, but cutting off his wife with 5/. ; alleging in his will
her misconduct towards him as the reason why he had done
so. The intention of doing something for the plaintiff was
shown to have been in the testator's mind long before
making his will, for in a letter written shortly aft.er his
marriage he says, he has not "much hopes of a family, and
in failure of one I do intend to think well of you." In
that letter his love of ostenrion broke out, for he states his
house is forty-two yards long, and in order to give it an im-
posiso appearance the stables were in the middle, and to
save in taxes no room had more than one window. Mr.

flumfrey then read several letters from the testator to his
relation in town. We insert the following as shdwing his
political opinions :—" As respects politics, we in this country
bel eve that Peel has been called to the head of the National
Assembly to rescue it from total destruction, which ten
years of bad policy and misgovernment have well nigh
effected. As for Cobden, I was on the hustings at Stock-
port when he first offered himself a candidate for the bo-
rough, but lost his election, my brother being returning-
officer, as mayor. He (Cobden) is very malicious, and of
fiend-like passions, and therefore if he should do any good it
will be by misadventure.—(Loud laughter.) You ask if there
is not a deal of distress ? I answer in the affirmative. How
must is be otherwise when neither our home or foreign trade
are protected. Look at the home trade of lace, silk, and
gloves. By the admission of French articles of this descrip-
tion, those mechanics who used to earn 20s. now get but 65.,
and not employment for them at that. Woodstock, in Ox-
fordshire, for gloves, is quite ruined ; Coventry for ribbon;
Nottingham for lace ; and look at Spitalfields and other places
for silk ; and in Sheffield, Russiln cutlery and German saws are
sold at 30s. per cwt. under English. Now trade is bank-
rupted agriculture must he so too—American cheese at sd.
equal to English at 7d. Consider all foreign nations under
the idea of single men in lodgings, and English tradesmen as
householders who have rent and taxes to pay. Would it he
right to have all householders out of home to live in caves
and under hedges? Need we ask how a river is dried up
when its sources are dried away ?" The Learned Counsel then
went on to detail the circumstances under which the will was
witnessed, and to remark upon the insanity that was intended
to be set up, citing cases to show, however eccentric or even
insane a man might he on any particular point, yet, if he was
sane with reference to the disposition he was making of his
property, the will would stand good.
The great body of evidence adduced on the part of the
plaintiff went to show that, however eccentric the testator
might be in some matters, such as believing in dreams and
the interpretation thereof, the re-appearing on earth of the
spirits of the departed, &c., yet, in the main, he was a
shrewd, sensible, keen man.
Mr. COCKBURN then proceeded to open the case for the
defendant, with a view to prove the insanity of the testator,
and certainly a more extraordinary case we never remember
to have heard ; but the principal delusion under which the
testator appeared to have suffered was, that no woman could
be chaste, and that his wife in particular was abominable ;
and all this, so far as the evidence want, was utterly without
foundation—one moment accusing her of conspiracy, incest,
and adultery, and in the next writing of her in the most
affectionate and endearing terms. He was exceedingly
jealous of his female servants being contaminated, and would
discharge a labourer if he even looked towards the house.
The girls would take advantage of this delusion under which
he suffered, and would, when he was about the premises, set
up a scream, upon which he would immediately take off his
shoes and run round to the door to save them. He was
curious, also, in his way of dealing with his labourers ; he
would make them all work in a line, and would call them to
work or to rest by the sound of a horn. As to his conduct
in the house, he would get up, light the fires, and make his
servants' breakfast, and if a fire wanted blowing he would
have all the fires in the house blown at the same time ; and
so with warming the beds, and when the pan was brought
down he would feel the bottom of it, and if he thought it
felt too warm he would send the servant up again to renew
her work, saying, he would not have his coals wasted. On
one occasion he made his wife sit with him all night long in
the coal-cellar ; on another he mistook a log of wood for a
devil. and would have it shot at. At another time he said
he was beset with twelve devils, he accordingly went out,
and having fired a pistol twelve times, he came back paci-
fied, saying he had killed all the devils. Mr. Cockburn, in
his address, read an immense number of letters, showing his
opinion of women and of his wife, but the details were
too disgusting and horrible to be given, and
could only be ascribed to the mental delusion under
which he was suffering. At the conclusion of Mr.
Cockburn's address he proceeded to call his witnesses,
and shortly afterwards Mr. Humfrey informed the Court
and jury he should trouble them no further. He could not
conceal from himself that the case opened by his friend, and
proved by the documents he had been permitted to see,
would lead the jury to believe there was general insanity ;
therefore, considering the proper attestation of the will might
also be doubtful, he was content not to ask a verdict at their
hands. Before he did that he begged to make an observa-
tion as to Mrs. Thornhill; he wished to say, from the evi-
dence and all he had heard, that the testator's conduct with
regard to her was a perfect delusion, and he trusted that in
the mind of every honourable man who might read or hear
of this case no ground of reproach would remain as to her
conduct; it was his duty so to say, and he hoped it would be
a satisfaction to her feelings that he made that apology for
speaking of her before in a manner which only arose from
his not hearing the case.
The CRIB JUSTICE said he thought the Learned Counsel
took a very proper view of the case, whilst the observations
he had made were handsome and honourable to his feelings.
A verdict was then taken for the defendant.

Leicester, March 21.

The commission for this town and the county were opened
on Friday by Mr. Justice Coltman. There are twelve pri-
soners for the town, and nineteen for the county. Among the
former is one for murder, a report of which case appears be-
low. In the county calendar the offences charged are com-
paratively trifling.
MunnEn.— Wm. Hubbard was charged with the murder
of his wife on the 11th of August last.
Mr. Ilildyard conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Macauley
the defence.
The prisoner and his wife lived in the borough of Leices-
ter, and had been married three years, and some time befote
her death had been lodging at the house of Elizabeth Hub-
bard, the prisoner's sister-in-law. The prisoner had been ill
for some time, and in consequence was reduced to a great
state of poverty. On the Thursday previous to her death,
the wife, who had expressed an intention of going to Bir-
mingham to her friends for some time, called in a broker to
sell some furniture, and goods were sold to the amount of
one pound. The prisoner took a bedstead and bed away
with him to his father's, where he slept from the Thursday
previous to the 'murder. It would appear the prisoner
seamed uneasy at the prospect of his wife going away. On
the night before the transaction in question, the prisoner and
his wifo were talking together in the entry leading to his
brother's house for three-quarters of an hour. They then
came in together ; they appeared to have been quarrelling.
The prisoner bade them good night and went away. Eliza-
beth Hubbard slept with her husband in the front room, the
deceased occupied the back, I:a:mg with her a child of her
sister-in-law and her own. In the morning she got up at an
early hour, went down stairs, and proceeded to light and
blow the fire. Elizabeth Hubbard heard the voice of some
one talking with her; it was a man's voice. Shortly after-
wards the foot of a man was heard coming up stairs, and to
go down again. The child had been crying previously, but
had ceased, when the same voice, which seemed the pri-
soner's, s.,id, " It's asleep." There was a scuffling took place,
and the bellows used in blowing the fire was heard to fall, as
if hit down. Prisoner's brother and brother's wife got up
and came down in their night-clothes, when they found the
deceased leaning forwards with her hands stretched out, and
blood flowing from her throat copiously. The prisoner was
standing in a corner of the room. His sister-in•law said,
"Oh, Bill, what have you clone?" He replied, " I intended
to do it if I got hung for it." The prisoner shortly afterwards
left the spot, and was ultimately arrested in a field, ut a short
distance off, near the canal. A surgeon was called in, but
the woman died shortly after the wound had been inflicted.