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the person was not afflicted with gout, rheumatism, or other
disorder affecting the vital organs, nor with any disease tending to
shorten life.

Mr. Thomas Edwards deposed-1 live at Kennington ; I know
Miss Jane Simpson. Her mother married my brother ; her daugh.
ter was the child of a second marriage. Miss Jane was the eldest
of eight children. Her mother lived lately at Plymouth. I knew
Miss Jane at a very early age. She came to join my family at
Christmas, 1827 ; she was then in a fair state of health. She had
been living at Wantage, in Berkshire. She died in Feb. 1829.
My family consists of my wife, my daughter, and myself. Miss
Jane had been in the house of her half brother when she was taken
She had sometimes complained of what we call a determination
of blood to the head. Mr. Edwards, her half-brother, lived in
Brunswick.square. When she came back she complained that she
could keep nothing on her stomach. She was attended by Mr. Ed-
wards and by Nlr. Handy, who resided on the Surrey aide of Water-
loo-bridge. She died in a week or ten days. In the Brat instance
her illness created no alarm in my mind. On the Friday I began
to be alarmed. I understood that Mr. Handy did not apprehend
the least danger. I did not know until after her death that any po-
licy had been efFected on her life. In September, 1828, she was in
general good health. She complained of nothing except occasionally
of the little pains in her head.
Cross-examined—When she came to my house she was under 20
years of age. I had not seen her for seven years before she mune to
my house. It was not until after her death that I became apprised
of the circumstance of her having had a child, not of her having I
miscarried. The child died soon after its birth, at least so I
understood.

Mrs. Catherine Edwards, the wife of the last witness, deposed
nearly to the same effect.
Mies Edwards was then examined, and gave her evidence to the
like effect.

Mr. J. Handy deposed—l am a surgeon ; I reside in Stamford.
stmt; I was introduced to Miss Simpson in June, 1826; 1
knew her from that time until her death, and saw her at various
times during that period ; 1 was introduced to her at Trowbridge ;1
I had often seen her during the year 1828; she was a person of
pale complexion, but rather of a full or plump habitof body; 1 had
no reason to suppose. from what I saw of her, that she was a very
healthy young woman ; I attended her on Monday, the 9th of Feb.
1 saw her then in Brunswick-square : she came into the room and
said, " What do you think of me, 1 have walked to Hampatead and
back ?" I afterwards saw her at Kennington ; there was great ner.
eons irritability and sickness of the stomach, and general excite.
ment ; I mean fever. The stomach was most affected; there was
sickness with pain and irritation. The witness here detailed the
particular manner in which he treated the deceased till her death.
I expressed the greatest surprise, and said I should wish for a post
snorter* examination, not being satisfied as to the cause of her death.
I obtained the consent of the family, and I called in Mr. Franks, and
he brought with him Dr. Wilmot ; the examination took place on
Tuesday morning; we found nothing particular in the stomach,
except bilious secretions, which were not unhealthy ; the head was
opened; there was nothing that we call unhealthy there; but there
was a great turgescence of the blood vessels, a fullness more than
usually met with ; we were at least an hour and a half in examining
the body; there was nothing to lead us to judge that she had been
affected with any latent disease tending to shorten life; this wasone
of those cases where we cannot tell the cause of the death; they
often occur ; Mr. Edwards first requested me to allow the office to
refer to me; this is his hand writing ; when I was first introduced
to Miss Simpson, I observed that for so young a person she was
very stout; I did not then know nor suspect her pregnancy ; Mr.
H. Edwards was with me taking a tour in the West of England
when I first saw her; he left the party, having been called up in
the middle of the night to go to Trowbridge, where she was staying,
and on his return he called me aside, and said a dreadful occurrence
had happened; he then told me of her pregnancy.
Dr. Byam Wilmot, a physician, residing at Kennington, deposed
to the circumstances attending the post 'aortae examination. There
was nothing to make him think the deceased had any disease to
shorten life. The fact of her having had a child was mentioned.
He should not otherwise have observed it. That would not, in his
opinion, have accelerated her death.

Crosi.examined—l did not examine the uterus. If I had, it
would perhaps have assisted me in forming my opinion. I should
judge more from the present state of the person. I do not think
it an important question ,in insuring the life of a married woman,
to know if she has ever had children ; but I have never considered
that question. If a woman has had a very bad delivery the first,
that is likely to influence her health in future life. I should con.
skier it somewhat material to tell that fact to persons who applied
tome on the subject.
Mr. Gee. Franks, apothecary to the South Lambeth Dispensary,
gave similar evidence.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE, on behalf of the defendants, said the de.l
fence of the Globe Insurance Company was, that the whole transac-
tion on the part of Mr. H. Edwards, of whom the Jury had heard
so much, was one of fraud and conspiracy. The Learned Sergeant
then detailed the circumstances which, he said, he should prove in
evidence. Among other facts, he said, he should produce the let.
ten of Miss Simpson to a yogng school-fellow, written both before
and after the date of the polid. These would show that, at that
moment, she believed her constitution to be quite undermined, and
that she would not live long. It would be proved that not only
Mr. H. Edwards must have known of the bad state of her health,
but that in disposing of this and other policies among his own cre-
ditors, and for his own benefit, as he did immediately after effecting
them, he actually told them that the policies were valuable, for that
the life would not last

The Ctitzr JUSTICE stopped the Learned Sergeant, and said
that, if these letters contained what was now stated, he should
consider that those expressions of Miss Simpson's opinions, with
respect to her own health, as quite decisive of the cause. He was
also of opinion, that the concealment of the fact of the pregnancy,
especially when one of the plaintiff's own witnesses had stated the
necessity of mentioning that circumstance to the insurers, was of
itself sufficient to vitiate the policy.
Mr. Sergeant TADUT, for the plaintiff, submitted to a nonsuit
under these circumstances.

A crowd of witnesses were in Court, ready to be examined for
the defence.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

The persons who were apprehended inHyde-park, by the police-
men in duise, for certain practices, were on Saturday placed at the
bar for trial.

Williams Benton, the first defendant, was found Guilty, the pa I,
licemen swearing positively against the prisoner.
The evidence against the next ddendant, Joseph Clare, was
equally positive ; but the Jury Acquitted him.
Edward Butler, the next defendant, was also Acquitted.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS, and all the other gentlemen of the bar present,
expressed the utmost indignation against the demoralising system of
policemen disguising themselves to ensnare to crime. Mr. C. Phil-
lips remarked that, instead of a preventive police, such persons as the
prosecutors deserved the designation of an accessorial police.
Riehard Milan, the next defendant, was found Guilty.
than Barry, the next defendant, was Acquitted for want of est-
deuce. A number of his friends, maleand female, attended to speak
to his character.

Upon this the Jury rose up as one man, and requested that none
of the prosecutors in these uses should be allowed their expenses.
The Chairman and Bench of Magistrates assented most cheerfully.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS observed that there would be no more disguises
when it was found that nothing was made by it.
Benton and Milan were then brought up for judgment. The
former pleaded his innocence in the strongest language. They were
sentenced to six months' imptisonment.
As a proof that His Majesty's Ministers are in ear-
nest to retrench in every possible quarter, the allowance
of 13s. per diem, which has hitherto been granted to the
collector of the excise and his clerk each, when on their
circuit, is reduced to 10s. ; and the allowance of a break -
fast, dinner, &c., given to the officers stationed in the
country, and who attend on the collector, is to be dis-
continued.—Plymouth Journal.

HORSE-ST EA LI NO.—On Monday evening last two
young men, of shabby-genteel appearance, arrived, in a
single-horse chaise, at the White Horse Hotel, Brighton.
Having put up their horse, they proceeded to Mrs.
Dring's boarding-house, in Ship-street, where they re-
mained that night ; and, having breakfasted in the
morning, went out, saying that they should return in
half an hour. They proceeded to the White Horse, and,
asking for two saddle horses, they were referred to Mr.
Hayllar, but he refused to let his horses go out without
a reference. They then found out Mr.Weatherall, in
Russell-street, who devatched aman with two horses to
the White Horse, instfucting him not to let the horses
go without a reference to some person of respectability :
the groom delivered his message, when the sharpers
showed hint their horse and gig; and, blinded by ap-
pearances, the man suffered them to mount and depart.
From that time to the present neither horses nor men
have been heard of, notwithstenchng notices have been
distributed throughout the country. The horse and gig
were claimed, on Thursday evening, by a person from
Streatham. Both the stolen horses were geldings ; one
a bay, the other a dirty chaenut.