The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-13 00:00:00

CONSISTORYCOURT, DEC. 12.
BIGAMY.--LEIGH Y. CROSSLEY, CALLING HERSELF LEIGH.

This was a suit for a divorce on the potted of bigamy.
The circumstances of this ouse were fully detailed in our
report of the trial at the Old Bailey. It will ha recol-
lected thst Crossley was convicted of higaniy. She had
been pronounced in Dontetnpt in this Court, and the libel
was now admitted in pcanem.

A Mrs. Murphy was sworn to-day to give evidence ip
support of the allegations in the Libel.

fnliTif P. LOYEDAY.

Ica this ease, which has excited considerable interest, a
prayer was made by Mr. Carmichael Smith tagaimst a
Proctor of the Court. Mr. Smith to-day brought iu hiS
rejoinder to Mr. Loveday's reply, and prayed that Mr,
Leveday might he assigned to make seek answers as he
thought fit by the first day of neat Term.
LOVEDAY assured the Court that he WWI now quite
ready to put in his answer within 48 Lours, but he sub-
mitted to the Conit that charges of this nature, %villa.
there were no "affidavits to support, and resting ou the
mete allegations of the opposite party, should not be suf-
fered to stand over to the great injury of his oharacter.
Mr. SMITH supposed that the Court had seen the reply
of Mr. Luveday, in which he evaded the charges, instead of
answering them. In the rejoinder which he now put in
there were new charges against Mr. Lumley.
The JUDGE said that lie Lad not seen the reply, and that it
was not right in Mr. Smith to suppose that he bad. Intlecsl,-
Mr. Smith ought to refrain from all observations on the
can until it came on for hearing, when full jostiee would
be done between the parties. It was aired utely neeeseary,
in a case of this nature, that the judgment of all should be
suspended, that no opinion should he given on one side.or
the other, much less against the &sensed party.
Dr. ADANS submitted that there would be no end to
charges if they, Were allowed to be brought in one by one.
The reply of Mr. Leveday contained a general demurrer
to all the chargei ; but if Mr. :Smith were to introduce
freeh matter every day, the charges might go on ad i nfini •
tarn.

The JUDGE ultiaraately cctiored that Mr. Love+lay put in
his answer by Monday next, and Mr. Smith was directed
so reply by next Monday week.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION. HOUSE

Pasts! res.—Some of the inhabitants of the parish
of Hishopsgate were yesterday summoned before the Loon
sLavott, for having refused to pay. the parish rates. Their
motive for refusing was not the usual one of iGability—
they were all men in good circumstances ; but they with-
held the demand upon them upon the ground that there
was a disgraceful inequality in the mode of assessment.
The Vestry Clerk assorted that there was no truth in
he charge.
The Lour. Alairote said that it would be most advisable
in the defendants to appeal at the London sessions against
the rate. It was not in his power to alter it.
The h'r was then made, and the defendants stated that
they would appeal at the Sessions.
BO W.STREET.

Mr. Jesse, of West Moulsey, had a long interview yes-
terday with Sir IL Bramr, relative to the robbery and
outrage at the house of Mr. Warrington, a that place.
Notwithstanding the exertions of the police totring the
offenders to justice, no direct clue h;ts air yet been obtained
to lead to the detection of the guilty parties. A letter, sup-
posed to have been written by one of the gaup, directed to
Mr. Jesse, West Monkey, ivas received some time since by
that gentleman. It was put into the post-office at King-
ston ,on-Thames. A reward of 2M. has been offered to
any one giving- such information as shall lead to the de-
tcction and conviction of the persons concerned in the rob-
bery and outrage at the house of Mr. Warrington ; appli-
cation to be made to Mr. Jesse, West Moulsoy. Appended
1 to the printed bills, offering the above reward, appears the
following notice, which it will be seen refers to the letter
mentioned above ;—•‘ If the writer of a letter directed to
Mr. Jesse, West Monkey, and put iota the post-office at
Kingadn-on-Thames, will call upon Mr. Jesse, he may be
assured that every endeavour will be- used to obtlin for him
what he mentions, awl Mr. Jesse is confident that his en-
deavours will be attended with success." - As the above

held forth on direct promise, it is supposed that the party
willing to afford information was afraid to come forward.
A proclamation from .he Home-office, offering a reward
for such evidence as might lead to the detection of the

guilty parties, and an offer of free pardon to any one who
should afford the necessary information, we believe was in-
tended to he issued soon after the burglary had taken place ;
but we r:ndcrstand that the measure was abandoned from a
fear that the exerapiop might be claimed to the man who
knocked down and ill-treated Mr. Warrington. We are
authorized in stating that, with the exception of the per-
son guilty of the violence described, any one of the other
parties who may give the necessary information might be
certain of receiving a free pardon.
Yesterday Joky Page was examined at this office,
charged with being concerned with three other men in
committing a burglary in the house of Mrs. Mountain, the
widow of the late well-known stage-coach proprietor.
The burglary was committed in October last, and some
particulars of the circumstance were given in the Tire
Sun thorey afterwards. It appears that four men broke
into the Loiria, Gl-)i;;4 ;s situate at Whetstone ; and a ser-
• •
vara-girl hearing them, gaffe n.yrormation to a man servant,
name'l George Lawrence, whose conchic% op the occasion
was brave and intrepid in a high degree. Ile took a gun,
and having slung it to his body, he let himself down from
a hack,ioppi. window, and there he encounte:cd four rob-
bers. They -fan, cpi,l ie pursued them ; and he attempted

o shoot, but the gun rp. He overook one of the

robbers, and struck him with his gin, cnd broke his
arm. The robber exclaimed, " Oh, my God, my
ii broken !" and fell into a ditch. The coura-
geous pursued the other duce thieves, and
stri;;;k one nth th«l pa the shoulder, but they
escaped. On returning to the ditch, be found the robber
ariboa,:e aral hp had iirttiten it; a
,dreadfnl state of agony.
The fellow w4;l ges,yre4, 111.4 i* tried aft the late Old
Bailey Sessions, and ciinYLINI of being pnceped in the
robbery.
George Lawrence, the servant of Mrs. Mountain, on
king sworn, said, that he saw the prisoner on Wednesday
last at t:4 pvan with Two Necks public-howe, at Finch-
ley, and he lust-at-04y recognised him as one of the four
robbers. He was positive ire wa?. the man whom he struck
on the shoulder with his bun • it wad a I.Loonli.ht night,
and he am his features distinctly.
'lllfro. Hickson, keeps the public-house above named,
which is within a short dista4o of Whetstone, said that
14i,e had seen the prisoner rage, and severe.), other men, at
Sher iljTikse p three
_several occasions.
s§he react rnbe7pl
.bsting F,t hsr )-io:;:ise On. the riredneallay after Lord
Siapes

Mr. Waolir iypeare4 pn i.,kehatief pf ;the prnner, and said
that he had several witses.se2, who wP;)i'd rove YY,9?l4a
doubt that he was at home the whole of the eremng pr.e-
ceding, and on the night of the robbery.--Ile waa re-
manded. -

that the simple question for their consideration ;Vali, whe-
ther Vincent had taken up the bill far the protection of
Cooke; or siiietirtr; as lie alleged, he had taken it up for
the accommodation of Davies and Northwood. If the
jury were of opinion that-he had really taken it up for the
latter purpose, they would return their verdict for the
plaintiff; but if tney should be of the former opinion, their
verdict must be for the defendants. His Lordship then
remarked upon the evidence of the witnesses on both sides,
and observed that, in his opinion, Cooke certainly was not
a witness of truth ; but that was a question for the consi-
deratiOn of the jury, and they would say whether they
could believe his evidence, when it was flatly contradicted
by a great many respectable witnesses on the part of the
defendants.

The Jury deliberated for some time in the box ; but being
unable to come to a decision, • his Lordship read over the
whole of his notes of the evidence, repeating his opinion
that the testimony of the defendants' witnesses appeared to
him most worthy of credit.
The Jury, however, retired at half-past nine o'clock
(the case having been on just twelve hours), and did not
return until a quarter past twelve, when they gave a ver-
dict for the plaintiff.