The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, SATURDAY,
The Queen and Prince walked early this morning in
Osborne-park and grounds.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal
Family, took their accustomed walks and drives.
There was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner
party.
SUNDAY,

The Queen and Prince, accompanied by their illus-
trious visitors, and the younger branches of the Royal
Family, walked early this morning in the grounds and
park of Osborne.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa-
nied by his Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,and attended by the Baroness deSpeth
and Lord James Murray, arrived at Osborne yesterday
afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness,
The Queen and Prince, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, and the ladies and gentlemen of the
Royal Household, attended Divine servi6 this forenoon
et Osborne. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, domestic
chaplain to her Majesty, officiated.
Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne yesterday after-
noon, and returned to London this day.

Mr. Alderman Farebrother, as President of the Dis-
tressed Needlewomen's Society, attended on Saturday at
Cambridge-house to present the address of condolence of
the Ladies Patronesses to her Royal highness the
Duchess of Cambridge upon the lamented death of the
late Duke of Cambridge, and also attended at Glouces-
ter-house to present a similar address to her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, by whom he was
honoured with an interview.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester,
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the
Duke of Cambridge, and the hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, attended
Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal,
St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. G.
Repton, and the lessons by the Rev. 3—Haden. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Harvey. The an-
them, "In thee. 0 Lord" (Weldon), was Sung by Messrs.
Bradbury and Francis. Mr. Tarte presided at the organ.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday in the:Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers
were read by the Rev. J. C. Haden, and the sermon was
preached by the Rev. Mr. Harvey.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa-
nied by his Serene Highness Price Leopold of Saxe-Co-
burg-Gotha, and attended by the Baroness de Speth and
Lord James Murray, left her residence, Clarence-house,
Sc. James's, at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, for the
Waterloo-bridge terminus, and left town for Gosport by
the South-Western railway, ex route to Osborne.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of 'Cent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and her
Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Mecklenhurgh-Strelitz, on Friday, at Cambridge-house.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell, thu Marquis of
Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pelmerston,
Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis
Baring, Sir John Hohhouse. the Right Hon. Henry La-
bouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, Marquis of Clanricarde,
and the Right Hon. Fox Maule were present.
The Council sat two hours.

TUE APPROACHING HARVEST.—
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be general in a
gbealtoankgenthase alnineinodficaratilioun'aTthferowmheLaottldori harvestto
will begin in from eight to ten dap, and
fortnight to three weeks. On the whole the crop prose,
m. i
to be heavy. It is, in many places, laid to a considerable
extent, but not injuriously, unless the weather proves very
unpropitious. Barley is also a heavy crop, patches here and
there are ripening, but the bulk will require a fortnight
fully before being ripe. Oats are a light crop, and the most
forward of any. Near Stafford some small fields have been
reaped, and several more are quite ripe. A considerable
extent of this grain will be reaped in the present week.
Winter beans are fast ripening, but do not appear to be a
strong crop. Peas are a poor crop, and very foul. The
swede and turnip crops are exceedingly patchy and
backward, and the summer allows foul and ill cultivated.
Only three or four well-managed swede crops are to be seen
on the whole journey. Potatoes look strong and luxuriant,
and show in general no Outward sign of disease. Some of
the hay crop is still uncut, and a considerable extent is in
swathe, and yet Unsecured. Pas;ures are fresh, but some-
what hltre.

TARR V. BILLBORNE.
Mr.. Crowder and Mr. Maynard were counsel for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Collier for the defendant.
This was an action to recover compensation in da-
mages for a breach of promise of marriage. The plain-
tiff was the sister of an innkeeper at Lostwithiel, where
the defendant was a chemist and druggist: In 1848 the
plaintiff was on a visit to her brother, and the de-
fendant, being in the habit of_ coming there, had oppor-
tunities of seeing the plaintiff, and, after some time, he
would seem to have become violently in Dive with her,
made her, an offer, was accepted and admitted' by her
friends as the acknowledged lover. Miss Tabb left the
neighbourhood, and a long correspondence took
place, and during that time the defendant frequently
went to see the plaintiff, and made her presents of a gold
watch and chain, a writing-desk, and other articles.
The letters at first were exceedingly warm, but gradually
became cooler, until at length ho wrote one, regretting
his conduct, and stating that, in compliance with the
wishes of his family, he had determined to break off the
engagement; and Ilia very sheet time the, defendant
married another lady. The first lettee read itilhe case
was dated the 29th of October, 1,8413:
" My dear Caroline,—You cantiot conceive the plea-
_ sure I defies) on zweeiating a few litres from one:arise: has
my heart, not, my hand—who occupies my whole
thoughts; and ever will. Carry, dear Carry; whist
would I -not give, to be by your side when you receive
this, to have one kiss. I assure you I feel quite rcopish ;
although so short a time since we last saw each other,
it appears to me like so many months. Eight o'clock
now has no charms forme, neither will it until you re-
turn, which I trust will not be long. I am glad to bear
you enjoy yourself—trust the change will be beneficial
to your health. I only wish I could be with you. rye
no news of any moment to communicate; I hope to hear
from you soon. I've gummed up the edge of the en-
velope so that it cannot be opened without destroying it
altogether. Give my love to 3 our brother, and kind 're-
spects to Billy.
"Believe me to remain yours till death,
" EDYARD HILLBORNE."
"Lostw.thiel, Nov. 7, 1848.
" My dear Caroline,—Ever :slalom to correspond
with you, the beloved of my sou, it is with unfeigned
pleasure that I now inform you thst, wind and weather
permitting, I intend to drive sister ;the plaintiff's sister)
up on Sunday 'next, who for one is not afraid to trust
herself with MC. How long, dear Carry, the time will
appear to me from this till Sunday. I trust we shall have
fine weather; how great the disapfointment on my part
it not the case. lam happy to hest. you enjoy yourself,
and that your general health is betier. I fully expected
you would have been home by the 13th, but was informed
to the contrary. Everything goes cn with me agreeably
and prosperously, as I can reasonably expect. The only
trouble I have, is that of being absent from you, whose
charming society I always apprteiatcd, and nothing
when once we are united can render me willing to relin-
quish it even for one moment. No, dear Carry, believe
me each week which has elapsed since we last saw each
other has only contributed to render' me still more sensi-
ble of that treasure I shall one day possess, and what
will bo my own exquisite happiness in having one for
whom nothing can ever diminish the ardency of my love.
Give my kind love to your brother and Billy, and accept
a thousand kisses yourself.
"Your ever affectionate and faithful lover,
__

EDW/RD HILLBORNE."
" Lottwithiel, Nov. 14.

"My dear Caroline,—We reached home at twelve
o'clock. Sister Lizzy waitel:up in us. They wished
me very much to go in and have something to eat, but I
refused, being tired, and well knowing the dear, dear
creature—the one I love best in the world, was not there.
If she had, no refusal would have escaped my lips. Oh !
how I wish, deer Carry, we w?re one. Believe me,
dearest, that during your absent° I cannot partake of
any real enjoyment, because all I do is alloyed by the
knowledge that my heart's beloved is not near to me.
My whole employment now is t( look forward to that
happy hour when we shall be tithed, in doing which I
draw the most delightful scenes d futur3 bliss. Indeed
my affection for you I can never sufficiently express;
were Ito live an age, and etch moment of my life
(which shall always be) devoted to your service, it
would not suffice. Oh! I am sure we shall be happy.
The more I see of you the more I love you. The time
will come, I trust, when nothing shall detain me for one
moment from the society of,her I love, and whose
heaven is .the enjoyment of.yttur smiles._ Bendel jpy,
ith.lo3t. remembrance to- frinr ,trottWr. tu fa love to
William; and -preseirs the image of lixa who adores
you in your heart.
"Believe me, my dear Carry, ever yours,
" EDWARD BILLBORNE."
" Lostwithiel, Dec. 4.

"My dear Caroline,—l duly received yours of the
29th. lam now going to give you a scolding myself for
writing in your letter to me that if I had male any com-
ment on the subject it would only have shown the anx-
iety that I was ever ready to hear from you. You
know, dear Carry, I've already told you that to receive
a line from the one I love best on this side of heaven
over omveyed the purest feelings of unaffected happiness
to my bosom. Do you suppose, dear Caroline, that it is
only on the receipt of a letter from you I think on you.
Believe me, dearest, my heart and thoughts are ever with
you, and nothing but death will deprive you of them, fur
I think no one

" Should for more love pretend
Than they have hearts in store,
True love begun should never end,
Love one and love no more.
" You may trust me and believe me, for those, dear
Carry, are my Sentiments,
" Believe me, dear Carry, to remain ever yours,
• " EDWARD."
'` Feb. 2, 1849.
My dear, dear Carry,—Notwithstanding Mrs. T.
Tabb's unkind remarks, dear Carry, we shall be happy
yet. I often, very often, think of yeu, dear Carry, and
the more I do so the more I love you, and long for the
time to come when we shall enjoy each other's society
uninterrupted. Then shall I be truly happy. I am
much obliged to you for correcting me when wrong in
anything; you will confer a favour by doing so. There
is little excuse for me, dear Caroline; you must know I
am in love.
" Believe me to remain, dear, dear Carry, ever yours,
" EDWARD lIILLBORNF."
"Feb. 12.
"My dear Caroline,— You say if you were a better
correspondent I shotild have a greater portion of your
time. I trust you will never after this, dear Carry, let
that for one moment be an hindrance, for dear, dear
Carry, I would rather, believe me, read a few lines from
you than any one living. I would say more on this sub-
jec, but feel assured dear Carry must know my feelings
long before this. Lizzy and me have had some fine fun
with a ' commercial' of the name of Taylor, who travels
for a London drug house. You must know him. He
mistook Lizzyitor you, told her he wished us everyhappi-
ness, and hoped h would be allowed to stand godfather.
I immediately said, that if agreeable to the lady, I had
not the slightest objection. He should present it with a
3
silver clip aid a guinea at the bottom. I assure you we
carried on the subject in fine style, Mrs. and Tom being
gone to bed. I generally kiss sister Lizzy for you every
night, but she always threatens to tell you of it. I told
her I was sure Carry would not take the least notice of
my kissing a sister. Carry knows (if not, I do) which
I would rather kiss. How are your lips? for I shan't
know when to stop when I come down. With a thou-
sand kisses for yourself,
" Believe me, dear. dear Carryrever yours,
" EDWARD HILLRORNE."

There were several other letters, in which the defen-
dant, said, " Where the treasure is, there will the heart
be also." " That he loved. her as his own life, and
longed for that happy period to arrive when they
should part to meet no more." " What would I not
give to be with you tonight to have one kiss—one I no
fifty !"
At length the letters concluded with "Yours, truly,"
but still they were couched in terms of the greatest
affection,unehe
wervoetne
theen
following
thel a
of
letterJ ne but on the 19th of
June
" Madam,—From several circumstances which
„have
taken place, I very much regret the course I've puaued,
and feel assured that our union would be productive of
mutual misery ' and having seen my father here on
the 14th, I find tlnt my friends are entirely averse to it;
and as I am wholly dependent ou him, it would be im-
politic on my part to run counter to his views. Conse-
quently, I must decline any further correspondence with
you.

" I am, Madan'', your very obedient servant,
" EDWARD lIILLBORNE.
" N.B.—With respect to the presents that have been
exchanged between us, I should not wish them to be re-
turned. Your letters I will either send to you or destroy,
as you may deem fit."
Tbe following evidence was also adduced:—
Miss Elizabeth Tabb—l am the sister of the plaintiff.
I have lost my father and mother. I have three sisters.
The plaintiff is 25. My father was an innkeeper, and my
brother keeps the Talbot Hotel at Lostwithiel. In 1847
itnheApplariiln,trB4vBilitesdhrystb4octi several months. The her at Lostwithiel, and again
de-
fendant came, and saw my sister. He became very at-
tentive to her. He is about 26 years of age. My sister
was again at Lostwithiel on the Ist of January, 1849.
I was not there till the latter part of January, and I
remained there till April. The defendant frequently
came; he spoke of my sister with the warmest regard;
he said ho had corresponded with her; he said if she
deceived him he would shoot himself; he said I was to
visit him and my sister, in the following winter, at
his house. About the 11th of March, he said he should
marry Carry before the ,year was out. He treated me
very kindly, and called me " sister L'zzy. " He gave her
a writing-desk, and a watch, and a bottle of hair-oil, on
which he had written "Mrs. E. IJiliborne, jun."

Cress-examined—lt it, no matter whether my sister
was engaged or riot. She was engaged before, and' she
broke, it off. It was to Mr. Atkins. I decline to answer
Whether be used to kiss me.
Re-examined—She has always conducted herself as a
perfectly modest person. She broke off with Mr. Atkins
five or six years ago. "
Philip Blarney—l AM a woolatapler, and -acquainted,
with the plaintiff and defendant., He has told 'me that
there was an engag('ment between him and Miss Care-_
line Tubb. He spoke of her in die higbest terms. I
congratulated him on it. His conduct towards her was
that of a lever. The defendant has a very respectable
house and shop.
Mr. COLLIER addressed the jury in mitigation of da-
mages, and _ _

The Learned JUDGE having summed up,
The jury returned • a verdict for the plaintiff—Ds,
mages, 40/.

(Before Mr. GURNEY, Q.C., and a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. SIR sAIqUEL SPRY, KNT.
Mr. Collier and Mr. Kerslake were counsel for the
prosecution, and Mr. Crowder and Mr. M. Smith for the
lefendant.

Mr. COLLIER, in stating the case fur the prosecution,
said it was with deep and unfeigned regret that he was '
called upon to open a charge against the defendant, a
gentleman of high station, who a year or two since as-
sistcd her Majesty's judges as high sheriff of the county,
and was late M.P. for this borough, of having assaulted
the prosecutor, John Taylor Browne, who was the editor
of the West Briton newspaper, which was published in
this county. Mr. Browne, instead of pursuing the course
of suing Sir Samuel Spry for damages, had thought it
more becoming his position to adopt this mode of pro-
ceeding. The circumstances of the actual assault, which
the jury would have to consider, were few and simple,
hut it might be well for him to explain briefly, before
going into the particular fact of the assault, what
had taken place prior to its committal. Oa the 12th
of February, in thi3 year, there had been a
Protection meeting called in this county, at which
Sir Samuel Spry, as the high sheriff, had
presided. Mr. Pendarves, one of the Members of the
county, being unable to attend that meeting, wrote a
letter to Sir Samuel Spry explaining the reason of his
absence, and explaining his sentiments at some length
upon the subject for which the meeting had been
called. A portion only of the letter was read at the meet-
ing, and on the 18th February Mr. Pendarves wrote a
letter to Mr. Browne, the editor of the West Briton,
complaining that a portion only of that letter had been
read, and that the portion read unfairly represented his.
sentiments. Mr. Pendarves considered himself aggrieved.
Upon this Sir S. Spry wrote a letter to the editor of the
Cornwall Gazette, stating that as Mr. Pendarves charged
him with having acted improperly in not reading the
whole of his letter, he considered it would have been
but right in Mr. Pendarves to have addressed him,
but, in answer, he had to say that some of the lettters
which had been addressed to him had not been reed
at all, and that others had been much curtailed—that if
there was any blame at all it rested with the under
sheriff, who, from the number of letters received,
and from the evident impatience of the meeting,
bad curtailed some and omitted others—that if
the Hon. Member had been so desirous his constituents
should know his sentiments he should have attended the
meeting himself. This letter was sent to the Cornwall
Gazette, and afterwards that paper had sent a printed
slip of it to the {Vest Briton, without any message or
anything to designate a wish on the part of Sir S. Spry
that it should be inserted in the West Briton. Tha editor
of the West Briton inserted in its notice to correspondents
a paragraph that—
' A strange piece of impertinence, with the name of
Sir Samuel
_Spry attackted_to it. htql-fostml-its 45m.y-into
it proferSaod to be a reply to a letter of Mr.
Pent:lamas, whieh'itppeared in their columns, complain-
ing with so much justice of the omission of those con-
cerned in getting up the meeting in reading a portion
only of the letter. The communication was written
with such an absence of gentlemanly feeling, and dis-
played so much the spirit of a partisan, that it was diffi-
cult to believe it the production of a man tilling the office
of high sheriff. The meanness' and paltry spirit of the
writer might be judged of from the fact that he attempted
to throw the omission on the under-sheriff, and as if
that was not explicit enough he said he thought the right
to decline any letter was given to the under-sheriff."
Now they would hear that in the afternoon after
this notice was published in the West Briton,
Sir *Samuel Spry came to the printing-office of the
West Briton, accompanied by Mr. Stokes, his solicitor.
Ho was in a very excited state, and had a horsewhip in
his pocket, and inquired for the editor. That gentle-
man was not there at the time, but the clerk offered to
send for him, and he did so; and Sir Samuel Spry said
he would call again in a short time. Before the mes-
sage could reach Mr. Browne's Sir Samuel and Mr.
Stokes had arrived there. They went into his apart-
ments, and Sir Samuel Spry laid a horsewhip on the
table. Mr. Browne came into the room, and Sir
Samuel required Mr. Browne to retract what he had
written. An altercation ensued, which ended in Sir
Samuel seizing the editor by the collar and laying the
horsewhip obout him. The editor struggled and got
the whip awe), and he might have struck Sir Samuel
Spry, but it ended in Sir Samuel Spry getting the best
of the struggle. That was the transaction which it was
his painful duty to have to call their attention to. lle
hardly knew what his Learned Friend would contend—
he could not contend that any provocation, real or sup-
posed, was enough to justify an assault. He did not
know whether it would be attempted to be contended
that Sir Samuel Spry committed no assault, or that the
editor commenced the assault. Upon this they would
hear Mr. Browne's statement,' and the only simple
question would be, whether Sir Samuel Spry did or did
not commit an assault. They would hear the'evidence,
and upon that evidence they would return their verdict.
Mr. B. Morris—l am in Mr. Heard's employ, who is
manager of the West Briton. In March the defendant
and Mr. Stokes, a solicitor, came to the office. The de-
fendant asked for Mr. Heard. I took Sir Samuel up to
where he was, and he asked who was the author of sole
remarks that had appeared in the paper. Mr. Heard
told him it was under the management of the editor, and
he would send for him. Tho defendant said he would
call again in twenty minutes, and I sent some one 'for
Mr. Browne, the editor. Sir Samuel was greatly excited
and had a horsewhip in his pocket. He had no horse
with him.

Cross•examined—His hand was, with the whip, in his
jacket pocket. Ido not know anything about the paper.
Thomas Vincent—l am emp'ord at the printing-
office. I saw Sir Samuel Spry, on the Bth of March, in
my garden with Mr. Stokes, who inquired f)r Mr.
Browne. Sir Samuel had a whip with him: He ap-
peared in a very excited state, flourishing the whip. I
pointed out where Mr. Browne lived.
Cross-examined—He appeared much agitated. He did
not say anything. It is usual for the Cornwall Gazette
and the West Briton to exchange printed slips. Ido
not recollect the slip of this letter being sent. The
printed slips are generally sent to Mr. Heard, who hands
them over to Mr. Browne.

John Taylor Browne—l am the editor of the West
Briton. On Friday, the Bth of March, Sir Samuel Spry
called at my lodgings. He asked if I intended to con-
tradict a paragraph which had appeared, and he wiihei
to know who the author was. I said I had no intention
of contradicting it, and I was the author. He then
complained of my not having inserted his letter. I said
if he wished the letter inserted ho ought to have sent a
letter to that effect. I explained to him that the letter
had come from the Cornwall Gazette as a printed slip,
without any message, and that I considered his letter
impertinent; and that, as it appeared in the Cornwall
Gazette, any remarks I had made the public might judge
between us, and I did not think any injustice had been
made, because he complained that injustice had been
done. Both papers were published the same day. There
was a good deal of conversation. Sir Samuel became
angry, talking loud, in a bullying style. He said, "You
have called me mean; won't you retract that?" I said
I would not. There was a jockey-whip lying on the'
table. He lifced the whip from the table, took hold of
me by the collar, and the whip came down on the collar
of my coat. I immediately seized the whip and got it
from him. He then got my head " in chancery," and
struck me several times on the head. Mr. Stokes ulti-
mately came between us and separated us. I was
slightly scratched on the forehead. They left the room.
Cross-examined—l saw the scratch in the glass. I
struck too. I got out of " chancery " pretty cheaply.
Mr. Heard told me there was no message sent with the
slip. I had no doubt ale letter came from Sir S. Spry.
I would not have inserted it in consequence of its im-
pertinence. Sir Samuel did nut at this interview re-
quest me to insert this letter. I thought it quite just to
make remarks upon a letter appearing in another paper
us I might upon articles appearing in the Times. If
a controversy tikes place, aid a later is sent, the
tone of which I dislike, I decline inserting it, but make
nay comments. That is the practice of all newspapers.
lie talked so loudly that I could not get in a word, but
I did use the word impertinent. He stood that, but net
quietly; but when I said I could not retract he raised
his whip. Mr. Stokes did not Appear to be excited.
His politics agree with those of the Mat Briton,

r There was a consider abler struggle La fore 2lr. Stokes
interfere'?. He looked on for two or three minutes.
,After the whip \A as raised ,and had fslien I raised my
hand. I clenched
..my hand upon the whip. There
mieht have been a psir of blows on each side.
Th-exatnined—l' have no doubt as to which party
struck the first blow. The chairs and tables were upset.
Mr. Stokes said, " Sir Samuel, you are very wrong." I
exercise my discretion' in rejecting letters. I had a full
report of the county meeting. We had a reporter there.
I was.not at the meeting. A vote of thanks was passed
to Sir Samuel Spry. The name of a person writing a
letter must be sent in confidence. I told him I did not
even know that he wished the letter to be inserted.
Joseph Harvey—l was at the shop on the 8:11 of
Marchs-when Sir Samuel Spry came. He had a whip
with hire. I was sent for Mr. Browne. When I got to
his lodgings I knocked at ,the door, and was told that
Sir Samuerwas there. I looked in at the window, and
heard Mr. Stokes say, "l'ors God's sake do not, Sir
Samuel." Sir Samuel was cutting away at Mr. Browne
with a whip.
Mary Lowry—Mr. Browne lives in my house. I re-
collect Sir Samuel Spry coming there. I heard him
talking very loud, and then a scuffle, and the furniture
knocking about. I felt much alarmed. It continued
from four tee five minutes. I afterwards saw Mr. Browne's
forehead'" seourged." After that Sir Samuel and Mr.
;Stokes left the room. Mr. Stokes said to Sir Samuel,
" I wish you had not done that,"
John M'Farlane Heard—l am the manager of the
West Briton. Messages or 'Orders are required with
any letters that are sent in exchange. This slip was not
accompanied by any message.
Cross-examined—The slip was delivered to one of our
young men.
Mr. CROWDER then t,ddressed the jury on the part of
the defendant.. Ht -vcs7 much regretted that this mat-
ter should be brought hetote twelve special jurymen tb
try. His friend had expressed regret that he should
have the painful duty of laying the case before them,:
but he (Mr. Crowder) regretted that such a trumpery
case should be brougt there. His friend had
taken great credit for his client because he had
not brought an action for damages. He should like to
know how many farthings the editor would have ob-
tained. Let them look at the insult. If-a man indicted
another for an assault, who had merelylaid a finger upon
him, that would be sufficient to carry a verdict of guilty.
ITo language, however strong, and'no provocation, was a
sufficient justification for laying a single finger upon a
man. The object was to bring Sir Samuel Spry before
the county, and Mr.,Browne had had his revenge. At the
last assizes an indictment had been found for an assault,
and now all the county was here to hear a trial against
Sir Samuel Spry for a breach of the peace. But it would
not be right that he should stop there; he thought it
right that the whole should be before them. All Sir
Samuel Spry wished was, that the matter should be pro-
perly understood. If Sir Samuel Spry should be found
guilty, it would then be necessaryAhat the Court of
Queen's Bench should take the matter into solemn consi-
deration. Sir Samuel Spry had presided at a county
meeting, and a vote of thanks to him for his impartiality
had been passed. At all such meetings letters were read
from noblemen and gentlemen who could not attend.
Upon this occasion there were a great many of these let-
ters, and among them one from Mr. Pendarves. He
(Mr. Crowder) had no right to find fault that Mr. Pen-
darves complained that his latter was not read in full, but
when Sir Samuel Spry had been accused of partiality in
his conduct as chairman, he had written a' letter in ex-
planation, which he wished published as widely as pos-
sible, and he had therefore sent it to the Cornwall
Gazette, with directions that it should be sent also to
the Rest Briton. The letter was to this effect:—

" I observe in your paper a litter of Mr. Pendarves,
charging me with want of courtesy and injustice, because
I did not read his letter in full. Permit me to remind
the Hon. Member, that when he brings charges of im-
propar conduct, he should be guarded himself. If Mr.
Pendarves had written to me, I should most cordially
have complied with his request, by giving it all the pub-
licity in my power. I beg to state, that if there bo bla►me
it rests with the Under-Sheriff."

Now, it was a grave imputation to make, that the High
Sheriff had acted with• partiality, and therefore it was
that Sir S. Spry wished to have his letter containing the
explanation circulated. It was not published in the West
Briton, but in lieu of it the editor had indulged in his
own remarks, and had accused Sir S. Spry of imperti-
nence and meanness, and he would ask whether those
observations were not calculated to wound the feelings
of any man in the station of Sir S. Spry? He thought
he had been ill-treated by the editor, and he went, ac-
companied by his solicitor, Mr. Stakes, to ask for an ex-
planation, and certainly if a man intended to commit an
assault he would not take his solicitor with him, like a
surgeon, to let him know how much flogging a man
would bear, hut he had gone to have an explanation.
The editor would not give him any, nor would he con-
sent to retract what he had written, and Sir S. Spry,
feeling that he bek betujruatatt with great prOvocation,
the heat of the moment, Inflicted a slight
scratch on Mr. Brown's forehead. Now, that was the
whole affair for which it had been thought important for
the ends of justice that twelve special jurymen should
impannelled, and the late high sheriff should be in-
dicted. As to their verdict, ho would admit that it
must be one of guilty.
The Learned JUDGE said that no provocation would
justify an assault. The simple question was, whether
en assault had been committed by the defendant? The
evidence seemed to be conclusive.

The jury fuund the defendant Guilty, and he will be
brought up next term for judgment.

DOE, DE3I. PADWICK, V. ROGERS.
In this case, which was tried at Winchester, we
omitted to give the verdict, which was retarned for the
defendant.

BREACH OF THE PEACE.
Upon looking the calendar we find the following
persons on orders:—

- Elizabeth Moma, Mary Ann Thomas, and Richard
Williams, for breach of peace.
Sentence, 12 months' imprisonment, if they do not
find sureties for their good behaviour.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Shiford, Jidy 26.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justjeo WILLIAMS.)
MURDER.— William Chadwick, aged 23, was indicted
for the wilful murder of Samuel Tunniclitre on the 10th
of February last, at the parish of Bloor, by administering
arsenic.

Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. H. Kettle conducted the
prosecution, and Mr. Huddleston the defence.
The court was crowded all day on account of this case,
which created great local interest. The prisoner is a
very tall man, measuring 6 feet 5 inches, and stout in
proportion. He is by trade a potter, and his hand was
one of the largest we ever saw. His appearance was
sluggish, but nut forbidding or repulsive; indeed, that of
an inoffensive, heavy man. Throughout the trial, which
lasted 12 hours, he maintained perfect self-possession,
and see:red the most unconcerned person in court;
but ho was overpowered by the feeling of suspense
when the jury had been out for some hours delibe-
rating on his fate, end fainted twice in the dock. The
case was curious, as affording a proof of the scientific
manner in which plain and apparently ignorant people
can now poison each other in those parts. The poison
was administered in such minute doses and in such pro-
portions of croton oil and arsenic alternately as to pro-
duce symptoms which led a country medical practitioners
who was called in by the prisoner and his wife, to pro-
nounce that the deceased was suffering from debility and
old age, and to prescribe accordingly, end to certify
afterwards that these were the causes of death. Indeed,
it was said that the prisoner and his abettors must have
acted according to the formula of some medical hand-
book in carrying out their horrid scheme. From the
evidence it appeared that the prisoner married, in
April, Is4B, the grandniece of Tunnicliffe, who was a
hale old man of 70, living at Ballerton, and possessed of
some little freehold and other property. In January
they persuaded him to go to,,Brinscome to live with
them. He went on the 10th of January, taking a cow
and some other property with him, but leaving the
key of his house to an old friend named John
Byrne, and begging Byrne on no account to give up
the key to any one till he himself should ask fur it, and
leaving some more of his property in the hands of a Mr.
Harnbleton. The fidelity of these parties to their trust
seems to have been the means of bringing the transaction
to light. Two days after the old man's removal to Brins-
combo the prisoner called on an attorrey at Ashbourne,
and employed him to prepare a decd of gift of the old
man's property in favour of him and his wife; on the
24th of January the prisoner was in Ashbourne, endea-
vouring to purchase arsenic. It did not clearly appear
that he succeeded. Ile bought, however, some sugar of
lead, stating it was to cure his mother's bad leg, but he
had no mother. He subsequently bought arsenic, and a
woman with whom ho was in concert, and who was
believed to be his wife, was proved to have gone into
a shop and obtained sixty drops of croton oil and
some ounces of linseed oil. The old man became ill,
and took to his bed. The prisoner, with great kind-
ness and solicitude, went to a neighbouring surgeon,
and begged him to come and see him. That gentleman
would not come at once, but, on inquiring what was the
matter, was told that the old man was suffering from
cold and diarrhoea, and accordingly sent him some Colo-
cynth and aromatic confection pills, and on visiting him
the next day found him complaining of a cough, debi-
lity, and swelling of the legs. He did not think the
old man would recover, and was not surprised when ho
heard of his death, and when the prisoner asked hitn
for a certificate of the cause of death, did not sus-
pect foul play. On the 9th of February a neighbour
was summoned to the bedside of the deceased; he
found him dead, but with a pen in his hand, and the deed
of gift before him. The next day the prisoner went to
take possession of the property, but the persons who had
the custody of it refused to give it up, and, in con-a.-
quence of suspicions created by the haste of the pri-
soner to get the property, the body was exhumed on
the 25th of February, anal).zed, and found to contain
from eight to ten grains of arsenic. An inquest was
held, at which the prisoner was voluntarily present; he
was then taken into custody, and made a long statement
before the magistrate, on which the case mainly turned.
According to his statement his wife prevailed upon him
to allow the old man to live with them, saying that he
had told her they should have hie property if they kept,
him while he lived. His wife then added that the mother
of the deceased had lived to the age of 104 years. The
prisoner answered, " If he lives so long we shall be