The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-30 00:00:00

CASTER

THE KING V. BARROWCLOUHH.
The defendant, a Sheriff's officer, was ilidia6‘i
'for' manslaughter, in killing and slaying Thomas
Scott. It was a case which excited no ordinary de-
' gree of general curiosity. The deceased had for-,
inerly commanded. a'-regiment in Ireland, but
retired from the army, and become a merchant 4)
MdOchester. His circumstances having become
greatly embarrassed, a writ was put into the hands
of Barrowclough for 101. for the purpose of
exectried against him, Barrowclough, with leis
assistant,' proceeded,. at an early hour in tl,e mow'.
ing, to the house of the deceased, and having 013
.tained admittance, inquired for him. The
-servant denied his being. at home; but the ansNve.
not being -satisLictory, the assistant or follower
went up stairs to search the house,. and Barrow":
dough remained' below. The maid ran up stair 6
first, and called out to her mistress that strange
men had got into the house, and .were searching
The assistant knocked at the chamber door, and
Mrs. Scott said she would' admit him as soon as she
had dressed herself. In the mean time, Mr. St:oU'
who was up'aud dressed,. formed the desperate re-
solution of escaping out -of the window of a rourn
adjoining the bed-chamber,- which looked into Ibe
yard. MrS. Scott assisted him in his descent. 111
his fall his knees broke several of the kitchen
dows, which alarmed B.irrowdough, who ex.claini•
ed to his man above, ‘‘ He is here ! he is hese t •
Upon running into the back-yard, Mr. Scott 1134
discovered lying on his lift side, upon the rive;
stones, senseless, and apparently dead ; he bit
receiVed.tWo violent contusions or fradures in the
back part of head, which in a few hours terull-
nated-his existence ; he was lying with his feet le'
wards the kitchen window, and his head towards 35
opposite wall, which divided the yard from an ad'
joining one. kmodel of the house and premis's
was exhibited to the Jury, and it evidently appe3r-
ed that the deceased had struck his.feet against the
sill of the kitchen window, by which he had been
thrown backward in the position he lay. Mrs. Scott
and two of her daughters, however, swore that they
saw the deceased sate on his legs;' that he had his'
hands on Um wall, and was endeavouring to' ese3Pci:
Barrowcloughbut that Caine behind him, and strocr•
him with a stick, which occasioned 'his fall 'and con-
sequent death.

The Surgeon who examined the deceased being
called, expressed his convi6tion, that the fratiure
that the unfortunate man had received must bay
bead
been from the effect of a Concussion, by the be 3".
being violently propelled against a hard fiat SUt7:,
stance, and could neither have been produced by 's
blow from a stick, nor' by a fall backwards. froio,4
-wall low enough 'tor a man to reach his hands oler
and he was also confident, that bad he_ fallen
the wall, "his position must have been the revercui.
what it was.—}its Lordship.was of, opinion,
there was not the sbghest foundation for the prose-
cution, and the Jury pronounced a vordiet of ac.
cquittal.

The second Royal Easter Hunt took place 03
Thursday. A, remarkable tine Hendon deer w'r
turned-odt of the cart for the day's diversion; "which
a particular grand sight. At starting, the we 3"
then being remarkably rine, the deer set off with
grand swittnejs across the .common, towards nu'
strode-park, taking to the left
,thl'otigh the woods by
Beaconsfield, wile; e the huntsmen "lost him for.-soille
time, and many of the sports'mrn were Much dinar
pointed, having waited, a considerable time for, 1115
coming out at a particular spot, he came out °Pt
the opposite side of the wood, and ran wkil
• swiftness accro,ss the inclosures, ,by Mr. D01)1°,1
park, taking his course to-the left of Amershan]
811'
Great MiSsenden, where he was lost, after a lot
cher, although not very hard running all the tit";
The Duke of Cumberland there left the chace,7Neitil
to High Wycombe, hired a post-chaise, and set.°
•
for Windsor:
At six o'clock on Friday morning, the hunstinalT'
horn sounded, and the etiace-re commenced tie
first tidings they heard of the deer was his
near Stoken church, in Oxfordshire;; they tiled lid
vain near that spot tor a considerable time 10
him; they learnt that he had been seen feedilig
few miles from thence in a clover field, on his o°l
back between _ Great Missenden and High NV ),.:t
combe; they went there, but with Out success
length the horses and dogs being completely
ed up, they gave up the pursuit of that day.
deer is supposed to be astray
.in Oxlordshire °
Buckinghamshire.
`Lord Sefton and family, after leaving the liontir-
went to Hattieldi upon a visit to the Marquis ')
Salisbury.