The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

iIURDUiR.

We.have a melancholy dUtY to perform, in re-
cording the commitment to our county gaol of
John 11:akvietd, of North with, -in this county. a
peron of great respectability, ane Carryinglon the
business of Salt PrOptietor, charged with the
Wilful murder of Richard Maddocks, a flat man,
employed on the canal in that neighbourhood, On
Nonday evening last. The circumstances of this
afflicting case, as they havecome to ourknowledge,
are in brief as follows :—lt appears that a woman
servant, living in the house of Mr. Wakefield,
was acquainted with the deceased, and as Mr. W.
bad frequent occasions to leave home, he uniform-
ly discovered on his return that a considerable
reduction had taken place in the contents of his
ale cellar and his larder. His saspiCion fell on
his female servant z; and on Monday last, being
Northwich Wake, she took the opportunity, with
Ler friends, of availing herself of the festivities of
the day. In the evening, Mr. Wakefield finding
that she hal nut returned, went on the look-out
for her, and soon found them both, loitering-about
the premises, althungh he had frequently insisted
on Maddocks discont!nuing his visits. Mr. IVake-
held tatt hint to go about his Imsiness., and in the
end a scuffle ensued, in which Haddocks was
knocked down. He got, up and- raft away. Mr.
NV. who had got a sword stick from the house,
speedily followed him, overtook hien, and in the
tencontr,, thawing the fatal , weapon from its
sheath, be passed it through the hotly of - Mad-
dock., who ran sonic di,ianc, before he tell.—
rit,i,tos to this, the girl had made the best of
her way home. Atiott, twelve o'clock the de-
ceased 'was found, some tifty or sixty yards from
the place n sic re he had received his wound ; he
Was not dead, but he was speechless life was
neatly extinct, and in a few minutes lie breathed
his last. rettamentable occurrence, even at that
late h or, soon became generally known--,t nu-
merous holy 01 flatmeo collected, -th-reatening a
dreadful ven,teance. itlr• Wakefield barricadoed
the
tower
pa,t, seized a double-bar-
relled.gon, anti stood.on the tlefunsi‘e. The po-
lice officers, ho:tever, art iving, Mr. Wakefield
quietly statendtven himself. A Coroner's Inquest
was held on Tuesday, when a - was' found
of Wiltul :Murder, and on Wednesday murniug
the weft lied Allan was lodged in our mail gaol,
charged with the oifertce. On examining, the
body of i,laddocks, it was ascertained, that the
dirt had pierced his heart—annther wound was
discovered also mortal I M ddocics was il good
looking man, aged about 21 years,—(Utester
Chronicle.)

CA§E.

TOWN-Unit, ttraGirrbs, SLIT. 14.

At iiiveti W.:lock Mr. Se'rieaut RUNNIN3TON,
Mr. 134 r s, and Mr.l-10tturis, the Magistrates,
took their 'seats oit the Bench. The Court was
soon crowded to excess by Gentlemen of the first
respectability, to beer the charge of conspiraey
re-argned against Mr. O'Mara, Mr. Chrke, Mr.,
PoNett, and Mr. Morley, for defrauding at -a
GA itNi-110

Mr. O'Mara appeared in Court, assisted by Mr.
Adolpluis, its his 'Counsel.
Mr. Sergeant RUNNINGTON briefly related the
nature of the evidence sworn to on Monday last
by Wright and Ford, respecting certain ga►nmbling
transactions, and the subseqttent proceedings of
the Magistrates upon the disclosures then ad-
vanced,

My. Anoidinus entered into a long examination
of IVright, one of the witnesses. His statement
materially differed from the bold and solemn de-
claration on the last 'examination. Mr. O'Mara
was no party concerned in engaging him as a pun-
ter to the table ; that when Mr. O'Mara played,
it was against the bank ; but he was told by
Clarke, Morley, and Pollen, who engaged him,
that Mr. O'Mara expressed a wish to win, and
therefore believed•that he was interes'ed in the
game. Upon being questioned about his cousin
Ford, who also gave information upon this trails- -
action, he confessed that was not his name; that
he had assumed the names of Ivyleaf,
Roberts, and -lastly Ford, and whose mother's
real name was Jones ; that he himself only en-
gaged to attend the gaming-table for the purpose
of knowing the nefarious 'practices carrying on,
and that be had never seen any of the parties
before.

Anotstztls cross-examined Ford.—ln your
deposition. on Monday rust, you stated that yoi4r
name was James Robert Ford ?—Yes. Did you
always go by. that name ?—No. What is yoi:r
real name ?—James lvyleaf : be also went by
the names of Roberts and Williams; that he I,ulg-
ed at 4, Great New-street, Fetter-lane, and his
mother's name was Jones. After the examina-
tion on Monday last, he called on Mr. Carr, in
Bow-street, told him not to let Mr O'Mara's so-
licitor know his right name, U 3 he did not wish
his friends to know.

11r. Enscoe, a lodger, at 4, Great New-street,

for sixteen years, swore that he neVer'saw the
witness iu that house, nor did he vier rent rooms
there,
John Carr wits next sworn and examinea.—He
lived at No 2, Lumley-court, Strand ; had known
Ford five or six years ago at Bristol by the-name
of Ivyleaf, and had gone to Paris with hint. last
year, when he assumed the name of Williains. On
Tuesday evening last, Ford called on hint at the
Blown Bear, -in Bow-street, and told him, that
l►e wished hi►n (the witness) to join in a,con-
spiraey against O'Mara, Follett, awl others, all
of whOtu were monied men, by which they could

get 2001. or 3001. 1-le added at the same tints,
that lie did not wish to htirt Mr. Walker. This
conversation took l►lace after witness had seen the
London Newspapers about the transaction. Ford
particularly entreated witness not to give up Ills
name, as it would ruin him. _

[Ford here recriminated, and solemnly asserted
that he never expected any reward for making the
disclosure : that Carr asked him who was Mr.

Walker's solicitor, and he told hint Mr. Bellyse,
When Carr, with a dreadful oath, declared tfwat
Betlyse had 'robbed him of every shilling.
warmly.charged Carr with having been,briled by
O'Mara to say what he knew to be'false.3
Carr continue(' his evidence, and described him-
self as gaining an honest livelihood as a billiard-
marker, and -stated himself at present to be in the
employ of. Mr. Kendall, at Newington.
Mr. Sedeant RUNNINpTON sincerely lamented
to hear the disclosure of another conspiracy,
formed by these two young men against Mr.
O'Mara, by , their impure testimony : be was
happy to exonerate Mr. O'Mara, and discharge
him from his recognizances. Front the admis-
sions the two witnesses had made upon oath, it
was his duty to commit them to the House of
Correction at .Lewes, .until the Sessions, to an-
swer to any future charge which may be btougta
forward.
'The informers were conveyed out of the ball
with every indignant expression.
As soon as the issue of this affair was known,

the eheerings of the victorious party were similar
to those at .an election contest. The town is di-
vided into parties, but there are some who cannot
reconcile the decision of the Magistrates with
the tincontroverted facts detailed in the evidence
of %Villiam Wright, and the gentleman who lost
1251. at the Louse of %Valker, proprietor of the
Marine Library.
Mr. Walker's case was afterwards privately dis-
posed of, but he entered into recognizances not to
suffer any more unlawful gaming in his library.
On Friday night,. however, Mr. Waiker'prt-
sided at his lootable, but the Magistrates- istued
another warrant against hint.
Saturday ntornint. Mr. Walker was brought
again to the
Mr. Sergeant RUNNINGTON severely reproved
Mr. C. Walker, and charged Walker with keeping
a cou►n►on ganibling-bouse. The Learned Ser-
geant held him in sureties, and two bands of 501.
each, that he would not suffer any sort of gaming
in his library. .

ROWING-MATCH OF 1000 MILES IN 20 DAYS
AT MILL-WALL, POPLAR.—Gyngell, the Water-
man, completed 49 miles on Saturday evening ; he
commenced again at five o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, anti at tour in the afternoon (resting dur-
ing divine service) he had performed 30 miles.

The following painful circumstance happened
at Dover on'Saturday week :—A smuggling cut-
ter was landing leer goods in the night, near the
South Foreland light-house. The cliff at that
spot being about 200 feet high, the smugglers
were running their tubs up by a tackle, when one
of-them, who was fastening the tubs to the tackle,
got his kg entangled in the rope, and .was rapidly
dragged to the top of the cliff. His leg was
dreadfully broken and, shattered, and be is not ex-
pected to survive.