The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-17 00:00:00

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, Scd:

A2ril 10, John Calderwood, merchant and grocer, Irvine—
Creditors meet in Holm' Inn there, eoth April and sth May,
at one.
-- 1 t , Charles Household, •cooper, Glasgow—Creditors
meet in the Lyceum Rooms there, 21st 'April and sth May,
at one.

PXAMINITIONS, 14EETINGS, &e.

John Stevenson, and Co. dyers at Govan Croft, Glasgow,
to be examined hi the Sheriff Clerks Office there, 2.1t11 April
and Bth sky, at I 1.
Bole, wright and builder, Glasgow, to he
.exa-
. in:-leU in the Sheriff' Clerk's.Oflice there, 27th April and 16th
• Nay, at 11.-
Robert. kl•trnall, merchant and shipowner, Irvine, to he
exacnined in the Sheriff Clerk's Office, Ayr, 22d April and
611+ May, it la.
Creditor s 4 -Woodmas and Lookup, tanners, Dumfries,
meet itCNilltolson's Coff,?elionse there, sd May, at 12.
Creffie*4 of Thomas Harkness, of ilaSlim ore, wood and
'wool atcretiaist, Cowal, Argyllshire, meet in the New Inn,
.rtta A!irii, at 12..
~,fire,litoes Ja.wes Don'';:laS,• merchant, Stirling, meet in
in ii there, 1-it May, at 12.
."'Qrt&t.,:rs of Aoth.e.A.s4satrtic.s,ri, merchant, Terriff, meet in
Trustee's Office; Aberdeen, 2d May, at 12.
iii Credtiees of •yonn Nl..nitwits, some time ',Hitler, Glasgow,
meet by the TrOstce's (Mice .62re, i7th April.
Cre.l.i<irs •akt Arclti,iloAlif NVEwen, tocriAtoot, Glasgow,
meet i.,i the Office of Alexander Ure, writer there, 2d May,
lc'. 2. . . .

States nf she. affairs of Andrew Chriitie, late merchant
Leith, lie with the trwstec—Nu itividend.
3iz.i4gc• of 41.13 m, suar.
fur a d:scLarig,:.

ctiEsito ASSIZE, ArBIL 14.

CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO POISON CATTLE, &e.

THE. KING 7'HE REV. .1 511 L) A KING AND BRYAN

KIN(i, EsQ.

Mr. V. tt.LIAMs opened the proceedings.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in opening the case
to the Jury, seated the Defendants to be charged
in the fiat count of tie ittelictment, with placing
arsreie in certain pieces, with intent to poisou
divers of his Majeaty's liege subjects 5 in the se-
cond count, en intent •0 twister) cattle, the pro-
petty ot the Kirres subjects ; the third charged
an ietret to poison swine and cattle ; the tourth
charged an intent to poison cattle and swine, the
property of Henry and the fifth charg.
ed the laying of a deadly poison, called ersenic, in
certain closeK, to the evil example of. others. The
founds[ ion of the complaint which jie laid ;Against
the defendants waa of a very extraordinat y nature.
This would be seeee.from a letter which would be
produced, in whiCh the purpose of Mr. Joshua
King waselouhle hinted at. It appeared that the
Rev. Joabea King was in the habit of coining
down in the autumn to the Hundred of IVorrall,
to sisit his brother Bryan, and his father and
another brother, who were in that neighbour-
hood. Mr. King was fond of field sports, and
having no lands of his own, he had
.intruded on
the grounds of Sir 'lliomaa Stanley. That Mee.
Baronet, anxious to preserve his game, complained
of this reeeetcdly in a gentlemanly manner (those
who knew him knew that be would complaiu in no
other wny), but without t Get, and at length he
was obliged to tiling an action against the Rev. J.
King, under the game laws, and obtained a ver-
dict. This seemed to have rankled its the breast
of that Gentleman ever since, and it appeared that
he had taken up an idea that he might come down
there, and spread poison under the pretence of
doing it to destroy luxe's, or vermin, as they were
called in this country, and thus destroy the pro-
perty of another at his pleasure. Sit Thomas had
smile intimation of a design to injure his game,
and was on the lookout ; but a circumstance
beppened which tavoined him tuore then any
wetchfultiess on his part could be expected to do.
Mr. George King had-come down int, that part
of the country before his brother, and happened
that a little girl, the danAhter oh a cottager of the
mime of Davis, found a scrap of paper, which
up-
peared to be pert of a letter to Mr. G. King, and
weich her parents thought right to einamonieete
to Sir Thomas Stenlev. Part of one malt of the
sheet of paper which had beets found was lost, but
the mind and object of the Rev. Gentleman was
sefficiehtly explained-by what had been saved. The
letter, which he read, appeared to have been writ-
tee to Mr. G. King, and referred to certain legal
proceedings in which Sir'''. Stauley was concerned.
It 'vent on to point nut in what way all the foxes
of the Hon. 11a1 t. inight be destroyed, by means ot
poison, in the course of one fortnight—expreseed a
determieation, on ine part of the writer, to annoy
tee tyrant, and teach him that, proud as he was,
with all his despotiqn, he was as mete dependent,
for his pleasures ou the forbearance ot o: hers, as
they were ou his. The letter also contained some
hints on the way in which hares and other game
might be disposed of, and suggested, that each
fox des! roved should be sent to Sir T. Stanley,
with Mr King's compliments on a label affixed
to its neck ; and recommended, that the skittle
course should be pursued, if a few dead partridges
should be found on his grouoids. It would be
proved, that a man, who would be brought before
the Jury, was hired by Mr. King to earry into
effect the designs avowed in these letters. Mr.
King came down on a Saturday, the 11th of
September; and, on •he following day, Sunday,
he directed theltlon
ratan
s
nto proceed to a
andtake
favourites
optrnee-
serve of Sir l
traps for catching hares and vermin. On the
following Sunday he sent for this man again, and
gave him garbage and entrails, (which were
poisoned,) to put in the way of Sir Thomas Stan-
ley's game. Mr. Bryan King, who Was charged
as conspiring with his brother Joshua, went with
the man, and there was no doubt of their having
spread the poison on the ground. Now, it the
combination of these two Gentlemen went merely
to kill foxes, he shoold show his ignorance by
considering it an iudictable offence. lie admitted
that to kill foxes was tile primary object, but the
close being open to the farm of a person of the
name of Hancock, and some other animals being
likely to be destroyed hy the poison, it was to be
considered, that lie (Mr. King) intchded that
which was the probable consequence of what he
did. Supposing a bare had been poisoned—that
hare might have been eaten by the family, and,
they would have been poisoned by it ; and this
being the probable consequence of what had been
attempted, it was to be considered that the Rev.
Gentleman contemplated the poisoning of his Ma-
jesty's subjects, though his main object was to
destroy foxes. It would be for the Jury to con-
sider, whether, though his principal object was to
annoy his neighbour by destroying loxes, he
ought not to he answerable tor the mischief
which was likely to result from what .had been
done.

Mr. J. King, examined by Mr. Serjeani Ccoss.
—Was brother to the two teetendants. The
letter, which had been found, he believed to be
in the hand-writing of his brother. Ile con-
cluded that it had come to hint by the post.
Cross-examined by Mr. Joses—lt was a private
letter. Ile meant to give publicity to its con-
tents. It was written, so far DS he could recol-
lect, in consequence-of. a communication that he
had made to his brother, on the subject of the
plan adopted by a neighbour who had been very
much.annoyed by Sir Thomas Stanley in the same
way that his brother had been, who had hung the
foxes destroyed on a tree by which the hounds of
Sir Thomas passed, and had threatened to destroy
his'game. The letter related to nothing but foxes
and gaine. He had a strong belief that the letter
produced had been taken out of his house at Tran-
more. He had taken it there intending to stake
its contents public. Believed that he himself had
never torn it up. .
Re-examined by Mr. Sety.qlnt Caoss.—lle
meant to tell at2y body about the howe, th4ti•
Was his iffietawn to,vois(,o .he g „me.- Did 'tell
several persons in it.. lie took I:itle inteie,t
in
it, considering it a very trivia) my ter. lle 10151 a
Cubitt, of Liverpool p,op;e

in Cheshire, but did not recollect their names, nor
where he told them. Ile told them in the sum-
mer. Dared to say that he had read the letter.
Should not have thought it a trifling thing to
poison all the game, it it bad been really intend-
ed, but that it never was. He understood that
his brother intended to show that letter to Sir
Thomas Stanley. in order to spew that be (the
Rev. Joshua Icing) was in earnest in the busi-
ness. His brother, he conceived, meant the con-
tents of the letter to be communicated to Sir T.
Sosoley, but not the letter itself, which he be-
lieved had been stolen from his house at Tran-
more. He believed lie had suggested this plan to
his brother, intending it meralv as a threat. The
letter merely adored a proposal of the witness's.
The neighbour had been annoyed, like his bro-
ther, by actions commenced against bins by Sir
Thomas, hut nut for poaching, tie believed. His
brother had not been proiecuted for poaching, hut
for a trespass in pursuit of game. Believed his
' brother did tiro intend to poison the game, even
when he wrote the letter. Never heard from ei-
ther of his brothers, that they had spread poison,
or ordered poison to be sweat!. He had heard
from others that they had done so, but could nut
recollect that he had heard it front them in the
presence of his brothers.
Iticharo S:auilen, examine,: by Nit-. WILLIAMS.
Was one of :!iir T. Stan!, y's tenants. Was
watching on the 12th SepteMber, in a cover be-
longing to Sir Thotrzs. He saw Mr, Bryan King
and a shocm4cer of the :tame of Johnson come
there. They threw something ?root a bag ito
the midst of t;te in open places—in a
good many II WaS a: a good distahco.
On seeing witness they ran away. He cause up
with them, and :old Johnson that he was the
man L►P had been, lookioe for'a long time. LT, said
'his in presence of Mr. B. King, v.r,o said that
witness had no right to take the hag, if he took
Johnson, He (witness) then took Johnson and
the bag, which was found to caostain some entrails
of fowls, two young hares (dead), two cakes that
seemed mixed tip with cheese, and three steel
traps. He delivered some of die things to Davis,
the groom, who gave them and others to Isaac
Oakes, the druggist.
Cross-examined by Mr. Law.—The h,!rea were
two little ones, that had been cut coo of the mo-
ther's belly. The cover was.a goys cover. Smoo.b
pointers would hunt in it.. Lust sight of the men
when in the cover from the height of the Boss.
They were tolerably tall men. Took Johnson in
to Sir Thomas, who was dining with a party of
ft iends. Ile was then examined. He might ei-
ther go or stop. Fie preferred staying all night.
Ile was ex.smined twice that night, and once in
the n,rnii}g. Witness had met Mi. King. Was
(Fite sure that he hail never said to any one that
tie would hang or transport the parson. Sir Tho-
mas Stanley was not Lord of the Manor, and did
not own or hold a foot of land within two miles
of the cover. . _

Mary Davis, examined by the ATTORNRY-GE-
NFRAL.—Mr. G. King's house, at Tranmore, was
about twrlve yards Irons her father's. Mr• King's
family, she thought, came to Tranmore in May.—
She saw the servant throw some rubbish in the
lane ; she thought she might find some play-
thing, but found nothing but part of a letter and
the half of a knife. The letter produced, she
thought, was the) same that she had found, but
her mother knew, for she could read.
_ .

MlHim Johnson, examined by Mr. Serjeant
Cnoss—He knew the defendants, He was found
in a cover one Sunday. He was scot by Mr. Jo-
shua King, anti was accompanied by Mr. B. King.
Might have seen Mr. Joshua King about a fort-
night before. Mr. Joshua King went to his
house, and said be wanted hint to catch foxes.
He did nothing but set traps to catch them the
first time. On the next Sunday he was provided.
with a bag, and front Mr. King's scullery
those things Were furnished, which were after-
wards found in it. He went with Mr. B. King
to the cover, where he was found by the keeper,
Standen. He saw the two defendants together
in the scullery, and it was there settled that he
was to go to tie cover.
Edward Davies, examined by Mr. WILLIAMS—
Received a bag from Standen, which he delivered
to Isaac Oakes.

Isaac Oakes, examined by Mr. WILLIAMS-Was
assistant to a druggist. He examined a substance
somewhat resembling cheese that was in the bag,
and on anllyzing it, discovered the presence of
arsenic, sufficient probably to dcstroy many ani-
mals or men. . _ _

Henry Hancock, examined by the ATTORNEY-
GE MERAL—Had found in the cover sortie cakes of
white stuff, and some entrails of fowle, scattered
in different parts of the cover. His pigs used to
go ipto this cover. He thought that pigs would
have eaten suzli Mill as had been left there. Cattle
could go into that cover. In consequence of the
discovery, he was a little alarmed fot fear the cat-
tle and pigs should be poisoned, and ,in conse-
quence prevrnted them from going into the stub-
ble, from which they might get into the cover.
Cross-examined by Mr. JoNas—Never turned
pigs orcattle into the cover ; never knew any use
made of that cover but for the encouragement of
the hreed of foxes.
Re-examined by the ATTORNEY -GRNERAL—Bad
often seen pigs and cattle pass through the cover
of the adjoining field.
Mr. JON as rose to address the Jury in behalf
of the two defendants under considerable embar-
rassment, from the manner in which it had been
attempted to attract public curiosity to their case-,
but not from any apprehension as to the result of
the trial, depending, as that did, ott the evidence
which had been given. These Gentlemen were
not only hitherto men of irreproachable character,
but Gentlemen whose characters stood eruinently
high, and they had given a proof_of conscious in-
lioCerlCe by the course they had `pUrstsed this day.
The Attorney-General, finding that but three or
tour Special Jurors were present, was willing to
put off !Tie trial, and had not prayed a tales; but
he (Mr. Jones) had called it on, that the defend;
ants might nut .ba%e this charge kept hatip,ing
over them, a at they might -at once fairly
,nret the tux-hurving-party, with whom it ori-
ginated. Mr. Joshua King was Rector of the
rop6lon, p!itiAl of St. Matthew, Bethnal green,
near -Lowdlin. At (PA: period of the year he
atl Mott in the of vt ititjg his lather

in the hundred of Worrall, on whose freehold
Aft-. King bad thought be might be allowed
to sport on an odd day or two, with a gun in
his hand. This was, however, opposed, not by
the law of the land, but by those who wished to
get into their bands the comrtiand of all the game
in the Hundred of Worrall. The last count, he
contended, imputed no act at all, and could not
be maintained. But the great question which the
Jury bad to try was, whether the defendants had
seriously intended to poison men or cattle. 11
they had been charged with intending to destroy
Sir Thomas Stanley's game, he should have bad
to put in a diff,:rent answer ; but at present the
Jury had only to consider whether they, acting 00
their oeti.s, could decide that the detendants in'
tended to poison men •or cattle. What motive
could they have for doing so, and what probabi.
lity was there that men or cattle would be ittior'
led by what they were charged with doing ? It WO
not to be supposed that Sir T. Stanley or that
Mr. Hancock, it they went to the cover, wouhl
eat the substances described to have been plo.ced
there, and therefore the idea that it was the in-
teution of the defendants to destroy the K.1:10
subjects could not be sobetly entertained. Tug
Learned G.lntlernan was proceeding, when—
Mr. Justice IJAE3HALL remarked, that noire ot-
the evidence which had been given went to
prove the first ;our counts of the indiconeol ;
and on the fifth it toss useless to procz•ed,
merely charged thAt which might be an innoc,!itt
or even a 14•tulable act.

The ClithF JusTica said, be shobld ellar,!e g
Jury to this efL.ct, and therefore be tHisi:-..
ttlieless to proceed,
The ATTORNEY-GRNERAL admitted Ow the in-
ii ictment ought to have ch,o.gcti the c?i,tel!:44otg
with conspiring, to poison Sir T.'Sroi garoe•
Mr. SerieAlit CROSS was of opinion tiler. thi
dictinent was not so funned as to reach the
intent educed in Mt. Joshua
letter.
Mr. Jo denied that any diabolical intent lied
been proved. So often as this charge was mark,
he 'would repel it.
`The Jury then, under the direction of the Chief
Justice, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
From the LONDON GAZETTE of April 15.

BANKRUPT ENLARGP.D.
Joseph Lyne, Finsbury-3quare, merchant, from April 1
to May 9, at eleven, at
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

Andrew Pollard, Poole, grocer.
..,:;!ton, Devon, banker.
t'S.

W. Chapman, Gravesend, Kt:ill, te
surrender April 22, '29, and May 27, at Gnildhall•
Attorney, Mr. Adams, Gray's-inn-square, LG.:eon.
G. Hadley, Greenwich, Keilt, draper, April
May 27, at eleven, at Guildhall, London, Attory,
Fisher, Furnivars-inti. Holborn.
S. Brewer, New Brentford, Middlesex, grocer, April J
25, and May 27, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. AttorniCt
Mr. Read, Mark-lane, London.
J. Varley, Great Titeliii,lti-street, Oxford-street, print'
seller, April 18, 29, and May 27, at twelve, at (4uildliall.
Attornies, Messrs. Grimaldi and Stables, Copthall-oosser
Throgmorton-street.
R. Claridge, Oddington, Gloucester, farmer, April 22. at
seven, 29, and May 27, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Chel'
tenhana. Attornies, Mr. Tarn, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucer
tersbire and Messrs. Mason and Housman, New Bridge"
street, Loudon.
E. Stephens, Aintree, Lancaster, sail-tnaker, Mai' 6,
34''
and 27, at one, at the York Hotel, Liverpool. At tortriess
Mr. Sherratt, Prescott ; and Messrs. Adlington and Grego*,
Bedford-row,. London.

M. Moukhouse, Bed weity, Monmouthshire, apothecarY.
April '7, and May 27, at twelve, at the Commercro
Rooms, BrLtni. Attornies, Messrs. lizard and Blower, Lit,'
; and Messrs. Leman, Bristol.
W. Wood, Wimpole-street, St. Mary-le-bone, wax 34,
tallow-chandler, April 25, May 2, 27, at ten, at Gnildbahe
Attornies, Messrs. Allen, Gylby, and Allett, Carlisie•sttrcif
Soho.
E. Gore, Nettiebed, Oxford, innkeeper, April 22, 99,313
May 27, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornies, Mr. Hamilta24
Berwick-weer, Noho ; and Mr:Smith, Reading.

DIVIDENDS.
11Iay 9, R. Potts, Holborn-hill, haberdasher—May
Whining, Bristol, plumber—May 9, E. Cotlinson, CrooliO3.
lane, oil merchant—May 9, T. Atherton, Liverpool, tanner-''
May 24, E. Bailey, Preshure, Wiltshire, parchment. inalid
—May 8, T. Diehen, Litchfield. cotton and worsied spitintr--"
May 9, T. White, Liverpool, merchant—May 9, G. Biogieff
Piccadilly, milliner—May 10, A. Abbott, Liverpool, upl3-01:t
sterer—May 13, C. Shoobridge, Kensington, draper-I\lW D/
J. Cooper, Carlton, Lincolnshire, horse dealer—May 9.
Ball, Watling-street, straw hat manufacturer—May
Keay, Mark-lane, wine merchant—May 6, J. Dowley, 147 i,"
low-street, Banhside, corn add coal merchant—Ala.: 13,
Street, and W. Ntreet, Bucklersoury, stationers—May
Thompson, Bishopsgate-street Within, merchant—May S,
Parke and P. F. Parke,,Manchester, cotton spitint re—May ll'
H. Holden, Ripponden, Yorkshire, grocer--M ay 6, A.GralcaOf
Haslingden, Lancashire, draper—May u, S. Lapage, 1.0.044"14
dealer—April 22, J. S. Rains, Wapping Wall, inerchant--'
May B,' W.' Coppin, North Shields, ship owner—May 2,
Coppin, North Shields, master mariner.
CERTIFICATES—MAY B.
W. Norris, Romser, timber merchant—W. Chapman, Ige
shopsgate-street Without, haberdasher—R. Cole, priair
street, haberdasher—J. Bradley, Jewin-street,
silk manufacturer—G. Pulleyn, York, linen draper--
Mountjoy, Harwell Nursery, Middlesex, seedenian—P.l3o,,,"°7
Cheltenham, grocer—T. Robinson, Cambridge, butcher... 4".
Edwards, Newport, Monmoutshire, corn-dealer—J. Kite
Carlisle, tallow-chandler—J. Stevens, Cherrybinton, Cart
bridgeshire, gardener—W. Lowndes, J. Robinson, anal
Neild, Marichester, cotton merchants—L. Teatiters N0t.11.14-
ham, dealer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
B. Martindale and It. H. Salmon, Gray's-inn-square, lit
tornics—S. Baker, E. Barnes, and M. Morehead, Penl/11,1;
court, Old Broad-street—J. Seagrim, stn. J.Seagrim,jun.",,;
Thring, and H. Seagrini, Wilton, carpet manufaetfic'ed
(so far as relates to the said W. Thring)—.l. Pitt, T. Poes,ef
W. Fripp, 'E. Brice, and E. New, Bristol, bankers (so P.
as concerns the said E. New)—G. Watson and J.
\Vatting-street, warehousemen—J. Bruce and F. 13•11°_,A
ley, Cross-lane, Long-acre, engravers—E. Frederic
M. Walker, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-gin-ark t1211'.0
ners—J. Brown and J. Hardman, Birmingham, Brituotd
metal manufacturers—E. Twiss, T. Sutton, and M. suct.
Old Cavendish-street, corset and dress makers—T.
J. Bateman, and T.. Foyson, Norwich, woolstapleritp
S. Codner, W. Cockier, J. Drew, and R.- Also', 3
Teignmouth, Devonshire, merchants—B. Smith, and ,1
Smith, jun. Camberwell, silversmiths---W. Gunn f,
J. Gun, Spicer-street, Brickdaue, colour manufacturers
Gray and J. Gray, jun. Birmingham, wine and spirit 400,
chant s —W. Godfree and W. I'. Musgrave, Nobi e-street,
housemen—W. Price and J. Price, Stroud, Gloucesters+oo;
iron founders—S. Tayler, E. Tayler, J. Wavell, and it•_„j
Moorey, Newport, Isle of Wight, stiveyors—W. Noake
T. Noah e, %Volverhampton„ brass founders.

BIRTH. Vif"
On Monday last, the Lady of Mr. Foote, Sorgeon,
ware, of a daughter.

MARRIED. r$ •
At Rome, the Hon. WiMani Dawson, to Ntience, )1013°Ititt
dangrner of Lieut.• General .S.:4tt, and grand daughter "
late Sit Edward Blackett,

DIED. t fie
On Friday last, Henry Sitnhey, Esq. of Globe-stairs/
the' !tithe, aged 70. veir'
On Friday, at her house in Oxford-street, in her 74.1.`
the Dowager Lady Burgoyne.
LONDON: Printed Ity J. B. CA:ZSTAITIS, t 'No. i 9, 0,
Ormond-street, Queen-stilt-arc; and pu!)lislied ttY solo
SCHIPPS, of N. , South 111olton-strect, at 1.10,.,101,
Office, Nn. 112, Strand ; sehmt Advettisernents,
Lettet 1,, &t. s:.ust-pftitn mutt be adijrcssed.

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