The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-12 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.—(Tuis DAT.)

ABSENCE OF WITNESSES.—The business of the
Court was delayed this morning nearly an houi-,
iu consequence of the absence of the prosecutors
and witnesses. Mr. Serjeant Attkuiri said, he
would mention the circumstance to the Learned

Judge who succeeded him on the Bench, and
tiolle of the absentees should be allowed tbeir
expences.

There are only thirteen cases remaining. fott
trial, most of which are of a capital nature ; bailee
the 'necessity of one'of,itlie twelw JuAlges, being
present in this court—t case wlsicic seldom
occurs on, the first day of a term:
( Before Mr. Justice ii.iva dud celliiirtlesex Jury.) , •

cIiAttUE:QP,SIVIWyt. . .
William 1.1 b tiart a get) was indicted foe
wilfully and maliciously forcing the wheel ea Certain :vehicle
to pass over:the body WA lirelian),GeMett on the 4th of And'
last, and cause thereby divers inortal'wolinds and fraettoei, of
which he then and there died... ,
Francis Groom stated, that on, ihe 4th of April; about tbisr
o'clock, he was on 'the Kensitigten-road, end saw 4:Cart, be-
longing to .31r. Gurnett, driven by Garrett, the deceased; the
prisoner also was driving a cart, and each had one, horse,;
there was also an errand
.cart passing at the time, behind
which the deceased drove in, and then turned on the right aide
in order to pass; he went. ,on about fifteen yards„ when the
prisoner jumped from his own cart and went to Garratt's Cot,
spoke to him, but does not know what he said; he chen re.
turned to his own cart, and got a whip and returned beam
Garrett, and struck him four or five Ames, first
,on his back
and shoulders: the deceased did not return the blows until be
had been struck four or five times by the prisoner. -At length
he made a hit at him ; Ito got out of the cart, and stood on the
off shaft, and hooked his reins, and struck several times the
interchange of blows now became muturd with their whips,
which at length became entangled. The deceitied's cart was
going on all the time, but the prisoner's cart remained stationary;
the entanglement of .the whips appeared to have the effect of
pulling the deceased off the cart ; he fell down heal fbremOlit;
lie fell first on the reins, which broke ; did not see the prisoner
touch him with his hands; the off-wheel went over. the short
ribs of the deceased; the prisoner stood and took no notice of
what had happened; the prisoner did not offer to assist in re.
moving the deceased, until he was remonstrated with for his in-
attention; the.decessed only said, " I'm a dead man lay me
down ;" the prisoner thin untied. the handkerchief of the
ceased, and opened his collar; titter which lie drove away In a
trot, and left the deceased .there. Witness saw the deceased
taken to the aospitel.
By the Co u we.—The deCeased was by no means a quarrel.
some tram. - • - , ,
Ann ‘Vhitehead was passing on the footpath near where this
accident happened, and saw both 'the deceased 'and prisoneraoa
their. own carts, talking together, but don't knoW upon whit
subject ; shortly atter the prisoner made a hate how lime, and
said, " You said you'd give nie a punch on the head. The
witness then gave an account of the *hipping nearly similar to
that detailed by the one that )?receded her.
William Connel described the scuffle in ' a similar manner
with the other witnestest. tbe..piiionet , teolkell away; witness
was in his own chaise, and trotted to, overtake him, because the
prisoner started first:
The, prisoner made no defence, . but 'Called several witnesses
to speak on hia behalf. •. •
One of them suited that he was present at " the'scuffling
match ;" the deceased was on the wrong side of the s'oad In the
first instance. ' •
There was no witness in Court who knew the Christian name
of the deceased. •
Justice Pwritc told the Jury that they were bound 'to
ecßtiit the'prisoner. ' lie had let the' inquiry proceed, because
snis.statementi bad gone forth relative to what pissed ut the
Coroner's Inquest. Ile was of oniLion that the indictment was
atalLeVents, that the case had net been proved accord-
to_its tenor. At any rate, the prisoner could not have been
cortvitted ofinuider. . •
.The,,uty acquitted the prisoner.
J notice- PARK admonished him as to his future, eunduct ;
been found guilty of the minor offence, he would in ell
probability have been transported for life.

0111,1 EXCHANGE, APRIL 1e.1.--Th4,' ,Atuppiies
of all sorts of grain this week are small. ..Thn Wheat Alma*
ternain as repornid on Monday. Barley, Beans, and Pease,
hay eno alteration. Oats Lind buyers at terms fully equal to
the quotations of Monday last. Arrivals—Wheat, 2,500;
1 Barley, 2,000 ; Oats, 1,200 ; Flour, 3,700.

The steam packet Enterprise, the first which
undertaken the voyage to India, arrived in
Snugor Roads, Bengal, on the Bth of, December,
after a .passage of 47 days from the Cape, haying
expended all her •coals. The whole voyage,
ItiOetori), has nut been performed with
,greater
exiiedition than is occasionally done with sailing
Vessels. .
The Captain-General of the Philippines, .Don
JUAN ANTONIO MARTIN* denies, in, a procia.
nation, that there was any :revolution :in his Go.
vernment, or that any attempt was made to throw
off the yoke of Spain, es stated in some Euro.
pean papers about the beginning of limb. The
General calls ,this dependency, of tho.,spanish
crown.a model of : fidelity to Ferdinand:
TILE cpuwyr.ss or GLENGALL.—A most afflict-
ing accident beret thisiscellent lady, a few days
ago, aCt"J'intstown, in the county of Kilkenny.
She:11101 just alighted from her carriage, and was
rating the inhabitants in her usual fascinating
manner for the filthy and neglected state. of their
town, When an unmannerly store-pig. conceiving
himitelf personally insulted, run a-muck against
the, Countess's legs, and fairly upset her into the
mud. We are happy to learn that no Material
,injury was sustained by the Noble .Lady ; and
' the Police luckily coming up, apprehended the
author of the outrage, and committed him to the
pound.--(Miblin

1' IttE AT COlillAM.—About nine o'clock on
Monday evening a fire broke out in the stables
belonging to Admiral Sir GRAIL6t Moons,
which for some time threatened destruction to
the whole of that valuable and elegant mansion,
for, so many years in the occupation of the
fatnily, at Bruok4-place, Cobham, After
considerable exertions on the part of the
inhabitants and neighbouring parishioners, tLee
fire was most fortunately prevented from
spreading beyond those buildings where it
at first commenced, which we understand were eompletely razed
to the ground. Three very valuable ettrt.horses were burnt to
death, it being fOund impracticable to release them from their
perilously thud situation before the roof had fallen in. It is
supposed that the fire was occasioned through some sparks from
a candle falling upon a truss of straw placed near the stable-
door.