The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-14 00:00:00

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a husband past sixty yoess of age, whose wife ebe hap heat
four years, if he had been a cruel and hard-hearted man.
"We had no letters by the twopenny post. Poor Suttees hes
been but poorly all day long, but hopes to be able to kts to-
morrow. Richard Squire called here this afternoon,, and
chatted a while, and Hannah and Dorcas are now with us
Darling Harry has been very merry all day, and looks ea
sweet. Sarah Chase called to invite Eliza to dine with her
off turkey. Some young men were to be present. She de-
clined the invitation. Oh, how I long to hear what the Syd-
ney papers say of the state of things there. My poor mind
rises and falls as I. see how these vicissitudes affect thee; and
I find it hard work to attain to that wise resignation which
becomes us under all the decrees of a wise Providence. I
think I could bear up better if the whole burden was on me
• ulone; but that is impossible. Ido hope, my dear husband,
vou will bear up. The year has opened with a lovely day.
1 hope it is an nmen of the future which await us. . . Fare-
well, under every circumstances thy beloved wife." The
Learned Counsel shed tears once or twice while reading this
letter, and then proceeded to say that no man could receive
such a letter as that and do an act which would make his
affectionate wife a widow ai.d his children fatherless.
What the circumstances were to which the letter alluded
he did not know, but it spoke volumes for his character
as to kindness. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded
to contend that the prisoner had supposed -the deceased
to be acting when he left, and that to alarm-- him she
might have pretended to put something in the stout, cam-
phor, for instance, of which one of the phials found in the
house smelt. But the covering of a bottle bad been pro-
duced which, instead of fitting the bottle of prussic acid ob-
tained by the prisoner from the chemist in Iliehopsgate-
street, was proved by that witness to be neither of the same
size nor substance as the coverings he was in the habit of
using. That was a great failure in the link of evidence
against the prisoner. The cover produced was calcined, and
who could tell that some bottle procured by the woman for
the purpose of acting might not have been thrown in the
fire by her and burnt ? Not that lie meant to imply that
the woman had poisoned herself; for he did not believe she
had died of poison at all, but from sae. one of the 'many
causes of sudden death. As to other circumstances, his run-
ning, for instance, why it was a cold night. His going to
Herschell-house was a circumstance of no consequence; and
though tracked about he was found to have gone to public
places only, and in a dress which could be easily
.recognised.
True, he evaded, and when he did not evade he told a direct
untruth. But was that evidence against him of having
committed murder? He had an affectionste wife at Berk-
hamstead, with whom and his children he was living
happily, when the police-officer challenged him, and-he for
the first time heard of the death of the woman, and it was
natural for him, coupling the recollection of his former life
with it, a life upon which he could not fall back, to deny any
knowledge of the deceased. In common justice, while they
could not justify his departure from truth, it would be un-
charitable to conclude on that account that he was guilty of
murder. True, he bought Scheele's acid. Why ? Ile suffered
from varicose veins in the leg, and it was prescribed for
him. Besides, he had been in the habit of purchasing it at
the same shop fur more than a year. There was no proof
that he had that prussic acid at Slough. He informed the
chemist that he lost the bottle. Was that false? The
prosecution had not proved it to be so. After commenting
upon the open manner in which the prisoner had gone about
from place to place, the Learned Counsel complained of a
previoue.i%ideet, the sickness of the deceased woman on the
30th of September last, having been brought against the
prisoner to his prejudice upon this occasion ; but the jury
would remember that a witness, while he swore that the symp-
toms were such as would be produced by prussic acid, admitted
that he had never seen such a case. But, had that been
the case, it was very unlikely that the prisoner would repeat
the same experiment of poisoning with prussic acid in porter
three months afterwards. As to the real cause of the death
of the woman, that, like many other things, might perhaps
ever remain a mystery. If the prisoner had evaded and de-
parted from the truth, he hoped the jury would not on that
ground conclude that he had committed murder. A man
might commit an offence in•early life and retrieve himself—
he might, under painful circumstances, be guilty of subter-
fuge; but he rested the defence of the prisoner mainly upon
these confident grounds, that there was neither motive nor
temptation to so horrible a crime, and that the jury would
not be the first to break through that great and blessed prin-
ciple of justice, that where there was a doubt the accused
should always have the benefit of it. The Learned Gentle-
man concluded by again urging upon the jury the considera-
tion of their responsibility if they erred, if upon subjects so
difficult to those accustomed to them, they did an act which
one day they might wish, almost to the cost of their own
lives, they had not committed. Looking to the mature of
the case, and the doubts and uncertaincies with which it was
surrounded, he did confidently expect a verdict of acquittal.
The prisoner seemed affected at several points of the
Learned Gentleman's appeal to the jury.
Mr. GUNNING called the following witnesses, who gave the
prisoner a good character for kindness and humanity :--
Henry Lane, of Berkhamstead, rector's churchwarden ;
Joseph Gomm, master builder ; John Tornkins, coal mer-
chant; and Joseph Baldwin, currier, all of the same place.
They had all known the prisoner about four years, being the
time he had resided at Berkhamstead. Also Henry Castle,
timber merchant, of London, who had known him abroad in
1832 and 1837 ; John Richardson, of Dover, cashier to his
brother, who had known him both at home and abroad sines
1827 ; Abel Salter Trew, who had known him in Sydney for
several years ; Captain Chevalier Dillon, who had known
him for 30 years ; and John Gover, of Great Dover-street,
London, retired from business, who had also known him many
years.

At the conclusion of the evidence to character,
Mr. Baron PARKE glanced over the Court, and said that
the question then was, should they go on in the darkness
which, despite the aid of the candles, he feared was still too
great in the Court, or adjourn till to-morrow. The case was
a very heavy one, and it would probably be better to adjourn.
A juror cried out—" Oh Igo on, my Lord, go on. We
have no objection to finish ; we will sit. until we finish.
Mr. Baron PARKE—In so important a case, gentlemen, I
fear that I cannot fairly undertake to wind it up to-night.
I think we had better adjourn.
A juror—My Lord, shall we have beds?
Baron PARKE—Certainly, gentlemen. Beds! of course.
Several jurors—Why, my Lord, we could get no beds last
night.

—Mr. Baron PARKE turnectto the sheriff, and requested that
beds should be provided for the jury. lie received some ex-
planation regarding the inconvenience of the preceding night,
which was not audible.

The jury—We would rather sit to• night, my Lord, and
finish.

Baron PARKS—This case, gentlemen, is too important to
be pressed to a termination, and 1 tear I could not see
suffiCiently well to read my notes with the attention requisite.
The Court was then adjourned to eight o'clock on Friday
(this) morning.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA.TTERSAtt;,&-YmTERDAT.

TIrE CITESTEIt Cup.—Business was unusually dull, aiil
beyond advancing Obscurity a point on Monday's quota-
tions, was utterly void of interest. On the Derby it was a
shade better, and from the spirit with which Clear-the-way
and Old England were backed, and the repeated and unsuc-
cessful attempts to back Idas, was not altogether unimportant,
taking it as a whole, however, it was flat, and, except in
two or three instances in which the " market prices" were set
at nought, unprofitable. We give the average odds at the
close, of the few horses noticed iu the course of the day :

CHESTER CUP.
8 to 1 agst The Irish lot—taken
8 to 1 ngst the three yrs ohl—taken
15 to 1 agst 11r. A. Johnson's Obscurity—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour
33 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy—talcen
33 to 1 agst Mr. Davics's Yheonnto-ac-Knuck—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken

10J0 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's AIII bition—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Araistong's Advice
9 to 1 agst Obscurity and Winesour
DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—t. to 200'. and aft. off.
13 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's ldas
16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken and aft. off.
18 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip e—t. and aft. oft.
30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken
30 to 1 agst A. Irorarraster—All in; taken
40 to 1 agst„Mr. o.l(lEngland—taken to 1501.
40 to 1 agSt Mr. A. Johnsoii4s Annandale—taken
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen—t.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy
50 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken
1000 to 20 agst Colonel Craddock's Jinglepot—taken, and
afterwards offered
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
Mr. Sc.ott, a member of the Subscription-room, was thrown
by a run-away horse on Tuesday last, and taken up with
concussion of the brain and other serious injuries. Ile lies at
St. George's Hospital, in a very precarious state.
WARWICK RACE-COURSE.—WARWICK RACES.

THEILSDAY AFTERNOON, IiALF-PAWT Two.
The ground being covered with snow, six inches deep, and
the jockeys objecting to the parts of the course which have
been swept as very dangerous, the Steward has just decided
that the races shall be postponed until to-morrow (Friday).