The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-10 00:00:00

THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
AGAINST THE MARYLEBONE VESTRY.

Yesterday afternoon an unusual number of the members
of St. Pancras Vestry met at the Vestry-room, Gordon-
square, for the purpose of receiving the report of a Com-
mittee appointed to inquire into the circumstances con-
nected with the apprehension of two of the vestrymen of
St. Marylebone, on a charge of conspiracy. Mr. Church-
warden Cook took the Chair.

On the motion being carried, that the business of the
day be proceeded with, the Vestry-clerk read the report
of the Chairman of the Committee.

" To the Worshipful his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the county of Middlesex, in their General Sessions of

the Peace assembled.
" The Memorial of the Vestry of the Parish of Saint
Pancras, in the same County,

" Sheweth,

" That, in the opinion of your memorialists, James
Bradshaw, the High Constable of the Hundred of Ossul-
ston, in this county, has been guilty of gross oppression in
the execution of certain warrants entrusted to him, as yvill
appear from the following facts :
" A true bill was found by the Grand Jury, at three
o clock on the 23d ult., against Messrs. Kensett, Davy,
and others, for a conspiracy in reference to the insertion
of certain names on a list of claimants as voters for the
county, prepared by the Overseers of Mary-le-bone. A
Judge's warrant was immediately , obtained, and at five
o'clock on the same' day Mr, Bradshaw, in company with
a clerk of Mr. Scadding, the Attorney, called at the house
of Mr. Kensett, of Mortimer-street, and in a harsh manner
took him into custody. Mr. Kensett was forthwith taken
before a magistrate, at High-street, Marylcbone, who, when
pressed to require 48 hours' notice Of bait, refused to ac-
quiesce in such demand as vexations and unnecessary, and
remonstrated with the officer on the mode of executing the
warrant, cautioning him against similar conduct in appre-
hending the other parties.
" Notwithstandinc, such caution, it appears that on the
same night, at ten o'clock,t' some one called at the house of
Mr. Davy, in Gilbert-street, and told him that he was
wanted on pressing business at the Court-house in Maryle-
bone. It must be observed, that • Mr. Davy was about
going to bed, and not in a good state of health. On his
arrival at the Court-house, Bradshaw took him into cus-
tody, and delivered him over to the Inspector on duty at the
police station-house, which adjoins the Court-house, giving,
strict injunction to take special care of him, as he was ap-
prehended on a Judge's warrant, and on a most serious
charge. He was consequently locked up in one of the dark
and filthy cells appropriated to the abandoned felons, and
there kept until the next morning at eleven o'clock. None
of his family in the mean time being allowed to hold any
communication with him. He was then taken before the
Magistrates at High-street, who admitted him forthwith to
bail, and again remonstrated with Bradshaw for his con-
duct, more particularly after the warning he had given him
the previous morning. Bradshaw's only answer to such re-
monstrance was, that he acted under the special instruc-
tions of his employers, whom he refused to name.
" It must be observed that Mr. Kensett has been for
many years a respectable housekeeper in Mortimer-street,
and is a Vestryman and Guardian of the Poor of St. Mary-
le-bone parish ; that Mr. Davy has been many years a re-
spectable housekeeper in Gilbert-street, Oxford-street ; and
that the latter gentleman was only implicated in the way
of his business, he being employed by the Vestry of St.
Mary-le-bone to print the li§t ; that both gentlemen stood
so high in the opinions of their neighbours that they had no
difficulty, when the opportunity occurred, of procuring the
most responsible bail for their appearances.
Your memorialists therefore urgently request that your
Worships will be pleased to institute an immediate investi-
gation into the conduct of the said James Bradshaw, the
High Constable appointed by your Worships ; and should
the facts be proved to your satisfaction, that you will take
the necessary steps to remove from all authority a man
capable of being influenced in the performance of his duty
by party spirit, and place in his situation some one more
capable of appreciating the value of humanity and justice.
"And your memorialists, &c.”

Mr. MURPHY now moved that the memorial be signed
by the Chairman and the Vestry Clerk on behalf of the
Vestry, and that it be forwarded to the proper authorities.
The motion having been seconded, was ultimately carried

COURT OF ASSIZE, LOWER ALPS

MURDER OF A MAN BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
—A crime of the most horrible nature was lately com-
mitted in the arrondissement of Forcalquier, namely, the
murder of a man by his own children with the sanction
of their mother. They were all brought up to take their
trial at this Court,, and were placed in the dock all in a
row. They appeared greatly dejected, and their coun-
tenances much fallen.

The name of the murdered man was Joseph Rizou, and
the names of the prisoners—Jean Baptiste Paul Rizou, 28 ;
Joseph Rizou, 23 ; Francoise Madeline Rizou, 31 ; Law-
rence Victoire Rizou, 26 ; and Maria Madeline Rizou, 28 ;
and Vial Virginie—the last-mentioned prisoner was the wife
of the deceased. •

The following are the facts of the case :—Joseph Rizou,
with his family, consisting of the before-mentioned indivi-
duals, was a farmar residing in the commune of Revest-
de-Bion, arrondissement de Forcaiquier. Everything like
good harmony had long ceased to „exist in this unhappy
family. Under the pretext that their father did not
manage the farm well, his children had shown a desire
to take it into their own hands. But this he resisted,
and each next claimed a share of the stock ; but the
unfortunate man, who at length fell a victim to the cu-
pidity of his children, maintained his right either to keep
or dispose of the whole, as he might think proper. From
these differences arose daily quarrels, and Rizou had often
been heard by his neighbours to complain of the heartless-
ness of his children, whom he described as " tigers," de-
claring it to be his belief that they would one day take his
life. " You will hear one of these days," said he on one
occasion, " that they have cut off my head." The fears
of the unfortunate Rizou were unhappily but too well
founded. On the 28th of June last, he having refused to
make a division of the property among his family, in the
presence of a notary, as they wished him, they resolved,
amongst themselves, to make away with him ; and the
execution of their horrible project, was fixed for the ensu-
ing day.
On the 29th of June, between seven and eight o'clock in
the morning, the unhappy man was suddenly alarmed by
their entering his bed-room, and seizing upon his person for
the purpose of putting into execution the horrible deed
which they had the day before planned. The eldest son
took his arms and tied them behind him. His wife then
held his hands, to prevent his making any effort to disen-
gage himself ; and his daughter held his legs, whilst the
eldest son put a rope, with a noose to it, round his neck,
which, having drawn tight, he gave him a heavy blow on
the back of his head, and then drew him up by the rope.
In about two minutes the poor man was lifeless. The 'body
was next carried into another apartment, his night-clothes
taken off, and he was dressed in clothes in which it was in-
tended to bury him. A cravat was put round his neck, in
order to conceal the marks of the rope, and the neighbours
were then called in, and told that Rizou had been found dead
in his bed. The family of murderers supposed that they had
fixed on a very favourable time for the destruction of their
parent ; that no eye had seen them, and that they should
now escape with impunity. In this, however, they were
deceived ; a girl named Therese Blanc, employed on the
farm as a shepherdess, was tending her flock in the neigh-
bourhood just before the murder was committed, and being
thirsty went to the house to get something to drink. When
she entered she heard a great noise and confusion up stars,
and not being able to conceive what could be the caus of
the unusual occurrence at so early an hour, went up there
and beheld the wretched children in the very act of
strangling the author of their being, at the instigation and
in the presence of their mother ! Their consternation was
very great at being thus discovered ; but, in order to secure
the silence of the young girl, a promise of marriage was
instantly made to her by one of the sons ; and the other
declared that if his brother should fail in his promise, he
would marry her himself. Whether they showed a disposi-
tion to break their promise, or whether Theresa determined
not to have any participation in their guilt, is not exactly
known ; but she afterwards gave information of the murder
to the Mayor, and is the principal witness against the pri-
soners at the trial.

The defence is that the deceasedhanged himself, and that
he was cut down by his family, but not until it was too late
to save his life. The trial, which has excited a most lively
sensation, has not yet terminated, but there is little doubt
as to what will be its result.

ROMAN REMAINS.---It is stated that the remains
of three columns have been recently discovered on the
north side of Westgate-street, Gloucester, the architecture
of which seems'to indicate that this might be the site of
the pretorium of that Roman station.

TITHES AND RENTS.—Colonel Conolly, one of
the redoubtable champions of the tithe-fed establishment,
and heroes of, Orangeland, who would sacrifice his life in
defence of the Church, has been paying the penalty of his
fatuity and intolerance. He and his newspaper puffers
cried out " wolf," when there was no danger, and now the
wolf has come to their great consternation. When rents
were well paid, the Orange faction raised an infamous cry
that in Ireland there was a resistance made to the claims of
the landlord as well as of the parson. This was, of itself,
enough to realise the Orange fiction. But Stanley's pN-
cious bill went farther. It blended the accursed tax which
Ireland abhors, with rents which the people were willing to
pay—and now we behold the necessary consequence.—
Dublin Freeman.