The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-23 00:00:00

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INQUEST On LORD MOUNT SANDFORD.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—This morning, the adjourned
Inquest on the body of Henry Baron Mount Sandford, was
resumed.
Frederick Ranger saw a tall gentleman receive a blow on
the mouth. He fell on his back in the gutter. lie was
kicked by a short man when down (not the same person
who struck him) on the bask of the head. After the de-
ceased got the hick, he fell down immediately, and made
no attempt to rise.
Mr. Youras—The object of the last question put to you
is, that the jury may, (if such were, in your opinion, the
case) draw the conclusion, that the gentleman knocked
down would have got up but for the kick be received. Is
that your opinion?
Witness—As far as he could judge, that was his opinion.
Edward Wheeler stated, that ou the morning after the
accident, the witness William Fare, who was examined at
great length on Monday, met him and his brother, and the
conversation turning on this matter, Fare told him that he
knew alt about it, but would not say any thing unless a
reward were offered ! He said that Brinklett, whom he
called by the nick-name " Jerry," was a
he had knocked a gentleman down,' and jumped on hint
three times. He told witness he saw it done.
Fare was accordingly recalled, but nothing could be ex-
torted front hint of the conversation he had had with the
witness Wheeler. He was committed by his Worship the
Mayer fur prevaricating and refusing to give his testimony
fully on the Inquest.
Thomas Buckley Bond, Esq. of 61, Quadrant, and
Hookharn-place, ltyegate, stated that, on the morning in
question, as he was returning to his lodgings, his attention
was attracted to a crowd of common looking men following
some gentlemen, who were retreating towards the Castle
Inn. Witness was standing at some little distance from
them, and Lori Mount Sandford was also somewhat aloof.
The mob seeing his Lordship alone, took advantage of the
circumstance, attacked, hustled, and flung him. There
was no knock-down bluw given, but the deceased seemed
to be thrown in the general scuffle, and fell easily. He
was o❑ the point of rising when a rums, who appeared t
scuffle with the deceased more than the rest, kicked him on
the head, and then retreated three paces, running with
violensat at the deceased, and kicked him again. The se-
cond kick was ales on the heal ; they were both violent
ones, for the witness heard as well as saw them. The
witness had determined not to meddle in the affray, and
should net, had they been fighting in the fair and regular
way ; but feeling indignant at such brutal and violent con-
duct, he cried aloud, and ran, towards the man who gave
the kick, and such was the state of his feelings at the time,
that if he could have laid hold of him lie would have dashed
him to the ground. The others who were around him
seemed to enjoy it, and the man ran away towards the
Post-office.

The prisoners Hunt and Brinklett were brought in to
ascertain if the witness could identify them. Fie was not
able to swear to the former being the person who had
kicked his Lordship, but he was positive he was about
Lord Mount Sandford when he was hustled down, and
was active in the affray. He appeared either drunk or
mad with rage.
The prisoner Hunt (the elder) came in dressed diffe-
rently from the mode in which he had appeared before the
inquest on Monday. He then wore a black coat and
neckerchief of a similar colour ; he was now dressed in an
outside drab coat and yellow neckerchief. He was made
to change the outside coat with his brother, when Mr.
Goodard immediately recognized him. At the request of
the Jury the elder Hunt was dressed as on the former day,
but Mr. bond was unable to identify him.
Mr. Bond, in Answer to a question from one of the Jury,
said he was not able to identify the prisoner Brinklett as
the person who had kicked his Lordship; and he regretted
it ou this occasion very stanch indeed, fur such inhuman,
unmanly, brutal, and savage conduct, he had MM. wit-
nessed.

The prisoners called so witne.saes, and the entire evi-
dence being gone through, the Mayor adjourned the In-
quisitior, until eight o'clock, when his Worship was to sum
up the evidence.
The Coroner and Jury re-assembled at eight o'clock;
and after some further evidence, at half-past twelve deli-
vered the following unanimous verdict, " Wilful Murder
against Samuel Brinklett, as principal, and George and
Thomas Hunt, as aiders and abettors therein. And the
Jury are unanimously of opinion that the treatment received
by the deceased, and which caused his death, was entirely
unprovoked ou his part. The Jury cannot close their du-
ties without animadverting, in the strongest manner, upon
the disgraceful conduct exhibited by the Nightly Watch on
this occasion." . _

A SUPERIOR STRAWBERRY.-About eight
years ago, Mr. KEEN, a distinguished horticulturist, who
resides in the vicinity of London, raised a very superior
strawberry, now known by the na►ne of " KEEN'S seed-
ling." Beides being a fair bearer, early, and well flavoured,
it is fully double the size of the general favourite, the scarlet.
It soon got into such high estimation, that, in 1823, the
plants sold readily at a guinea each. By 1825 they were
sold in this town at 501. a hundred. The horticulturists
in this quarter are pushing hard after their brethren in the
south, and less or:more of this admired strawberry is to be
found in the possession of every spirited gardener. Those
who are partial to strawberries will be gratified to learn,
that there is a fair prospect that they will this season be
very abundant. On the other band, the admirers of plumbs
will hear with regret, that the blossoms have suffered
severely from the frosty winds, and they will be a very limited
crop.—Scotsman.

LATE ACCIDENT AT KIRKALDY.—Mr.
CHAL3IRRS, surgeon, Kirkaldy, anti brother of the
celebrated Dr. CHALMERS, was in the body of the
church when the gallery fell ; but his family and his sister-
in-law, Mrs. Dr. CMALIIIRS, were in the gallery at the
moment of the crash, and for a time literally buried in the
ruins ; yet most fat tunately they escaped unharmed from
their perilous situation. On Tuesday we witnessed no less
than ten funerals in Kirkaldy ; and in one of these four
bodies, being those of the MATHEWSONS and their cousin
ANN SMITH, were at -once conveyed to the church-yard,
and deposited in the same grave. One uninformed of the
cause might have taken this town for a " city of the plague,"
and supposed that the frequent sombre processions which
met him at every turn, were escorting the victims of an
unsparing pestilence to their last resting-place. All these
funerals, though of persona in the lower ranks of life,
were attended spontaneously and uninvited by the venerable
Provost and all the respectable peopleof the place ; but
we regret to say that we neither observed the clergyman
of the parish, nor his son-in-law, Mr. Inviric, at any
one of them, and that their absence was remarked upon
in a way we do not think it necessary to describe, parti-
cularly by all the gentlemen with whom we happened to
converse. (It is right to state, however, that the Rer.
SAMUEL MARTIN, of Bathgate, the Minister's son, at-
tended several of these funerals.) While standing in the
church-yard, looking at the interment of one of the corpses,
we were much affected with the simple appeal made by an old
man to the persons who had escorted it to the burying
ground :--" Any of you, gentlemen, who are disen-
gaged will be so good as go down and help to bring up
TIIO3IAB WATSON'S wife." Much about the same time
another incident occurred, which, however painful it may
be, we think it our duty to record. While the boy Thos.
MILLER was in the act of being interred, an individual,
whom we wnderstood to he the Session Clerk, made
his appearance, and calling away two of the persons
who surrounded the grave, to officiate as witnesses, .
proceeded along with them, to the four doors of the
church, and there published the banns of proclama-
tion betwixt Miss MARTIN, the Clergyman's daugh-
ter, and THOMAS HAIIILTON, Esq., of London, mer-
chant. The impression produced by this occurrence
was indescribable, and it formed almost the only topic
of conversation during the day. Every body seemed
surprised, not a few deplored it, and sonic give expres-
sion to feelings of a stronger and mere marked character.
The time for this ceremony was indeed singularly chosen ;
sad the contrast it afforded with the melancholy scenes that
were taking place around, had at least much of the pic-
turesque to recommend it. But the novelty of the thing
did not, it seems, stop here. The marriage of these parties
was, we understand, celebrated in the course of yesterday
and immediately after the ceremony, the happy couple,
;
thus united, set out for Perth, accompanied by the e •
Enwa RD IRVING.— Caledorsian Mercury.

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