The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-05 00:00:00

I have dined frequently at Hornby Hall, and it I do not,
take a liberty (curtseying most gracefully to the Learned
Judge) I would state the reasons upon which I found j"/
opinion.
Mr. Baron GURNEY: Mrs. Bradley, certainly not. You
have (riven your evidence in the best mnnnor : you are!
therefore' at liberty to state any fact that brings to you-''
conviction that you should pronounce such an opinion. a
Mrs. Bradley : Upon the occasion alluded to-1 I"I
,
my first visit to Hornby Castle, when Mr. Marsden and
were in the hothouse together—while preceding the (tort
part of the party, in order to relieve the ennui of a
f
escort, I attempted a conversation about many subjects re'r
lative to which Mr. Marsden seemed coy. I then, not °0
information, asked him " had he ever been in London', d
He replied, in the tone of a diseased mind, that he had, and
he saw the King and Queen ; and he repeated it .several
times over. There was not the slightest intellect or row_`;
about him ; in the course of human collision, he would t
be able to discover the distinctive class to which her-.
longed. (This lady's evidence seemed to have crestea
deep impression.)
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The Rev. Robert Gibson, the rector of Bolton-le-Salof
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most reluctantly corroborated numerous witnesses ; aflu,
the reverend gentleman it is justice to say, that be it
more anxious to conceal the errors of humanity, than w;
gaily to expose them. It was with pain he corroborate°
the previous witnesses' testimony.
Several witnesses of the first character and respeeta"
ilitl
came forward ; amongst whom were East India Directors,
bankers, and merchants : the last witness was the celebrated
e;
Doctor Lingard, who stated that from the year 1811„
1816 he knew Mr. Marsden ; he lived in the neighbour'
_f
hood of Hornby Castle, and had frequent opportunities u.
seeing him ; he dined at Hornby Castle several time
there were some occasional large parties, but generallY sill 0
ones ; he also had Mr. Marsden to dinner at his oeir.
house, and sometimes met him at the houses of the ne4i,
homing gentlemen ; from his knowledge of him he eael'a
dered him a man of weak intellect ; weak in purpose, la
totally incapable of doing what the humblest capacity °elle
accomplish ; from a knowledge of his incapacity, and the
utter prostration of his mind, he discontinued his visits; .1
went abroad in 1817, and did not return for years after 10
death ; the charge of his being a Jesuit was utterly fa se
,„;
the letters which he heard read could not have been valt,',,,r7
by Mr. Marsden ; there was a glaring inconsistency in t'fn
composition ; the first letter particularly alluded to,
1805, 1805, was well written, with the exception of one gr'd
matical error ; the two subsequent ones were inelegant al/
full of grammatical errors.
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Mr. Mr. Lonsdale, the portrait-painter, took Mr. Afarteeed
picture at Heysham, and during his sittings he ealli°,:ni,
such a vacancy of mind that it was with the utmost is
culty he could arouse an excitement so as to develops "e.
character, without which it was quite impossible to re -
true picture.
The wills of Mrs. Cookson, Miss Tatham, and Vt.t
Bleasdale were then put in and read ; and it appeared tba
Mr. Wright was left legacies to the amount of 21001'
The case closed at half-past one o'clock.
Mr. POLLOCK rose to address the Jury in reply t the
Learned Gentleman rose evidently under feelings °'„r
greatest excitement. The Learned Gentleman, ;‘,
commenting on the evidence, left it to the Jury to'
whether the testimony of Baron Bolland and Colonel
Lushington, and the several other highly respectable gene
tlemen and clergymen, could be put in contrast witbt
centennary of witnesses examined on the other Sid
e i
" The repentant accomplice," Dr. Lingard, gave undonb,t.e
~,
evidence of " the weakness of purpose," and the infailit'i
of human opinion, when that erudite personage endeavuull,6
to classify society by his own scale of intellect : but "-
forgot his theory while he banqueted at Hornby Castle'
Mr. Baron GURNEY sums up the evidence to-in A;
and it is hoped the verdict will be announced by to-nlurr"
evening.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, AUGUST 4.

Francis Burton, a genteel-looking young man, was ra.
dicted for embezzling the sums of 781. and 51. Bd., the P.
perty of Margaret Canham, his mistress.
In this case, which was not concluded yesterday vible9
our reporter left, the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty
Roe, aged 30, a pretty-looking woman, wing I 0
dicted for feloniously marrying James Brown, her former
husband. Francis Roe, being still alive.
James Slark, parish cler of Croydon, stated that
prisoner was married in the name of Mary Doggett it,
Francis Roe, on the 2d of November, 1819. The w
ness put in a copy of the register, which was read. Aeti
Prisoner--I don't think the witness has any knowle"'
of my person.
James Brown, a sergeant of the 2d Regiment of th:
Coldstream Guards, was married to the prisoner on th
26th of December, 1825, at Brighton, and produced a cer,
tificate to that effect. The witness courted the prison;
ten weeks ; she represented herself to be a widow, and j
believed she was such when he married her. He lite
with her up to September, 1833, when he
parted with
she
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at the recommendation of his commanding officer, ej
having repeatedly robbed him, and otherwise misbehaved
herself. Since that he had discovered she was a mar'
woman.

, Edward Perry knew the prisoner's first husband ;he will
a soldier in the Royal Waggon Train, and a servsnt to
Lieutenant Smith. Witness was his comrade, and reel;
lected his being married to the prisoner ; they lived t t
gether in the barracks three or four years, until Roe Wel,
abroad. Witness saw Roe alive and well in Ord's orifiLe
ground, Camberwell, on the sth of August last,
lieved he was at present at the naval school there.
The prisoner, in her defence, was left by Roe nithr
child to support, and hearing nothing of him for four 11310
she made Inquiries after him, and was informed 621
ld
was dead. She told Brown everything, and he said he 10,0
marry her if she had 20 husbands ; they lived happily
gether, until his misconduct, instead of hers, induced her
separate.
The COURT recalled Brown, and asked him if:the Pdri;
soner expressed any doubt of her first husband's death. P
replied in the negative.
Prisoner—Did I not tell you I was awkwardly situa"tech
not knowing whether Roe was dead or alive ? ad.
Witness—She told me Roe went abroad and died abr—
n
Prisoner—lt is false, so help me ►He warq to
marry another woman, and that is the secret of the viu°
matter.
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The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recoula3o3-
her to mercy.