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.4“ which con-
tained the worm " she wat bo great catch."
Mr. Jitivti resumed.—What did yoti understand
by. "no great 'catch ?' "—Witness, " I put two or
three meanings to it : I thought. it might mean be.
cause she had no money, or that she *as a cha-
racter."—Witness was pressed very close upon this
point, but did not materially vary in xis explanation
of they word'' catch:—Witness was again rubbing up
his hair.—Mr. Jervis; " Are you a patent brush-
maker r-:-Witness, " No, Sir, bit can make binshes
quite.as g00d,",---Mr: Jervis, " Brush up your hair."
(Great laughter).—Witness, " I brush it every day.' .
'Mr. Jervis, " Would you have married Mrs. Lane,. if
you had known that she had been so much older than
yourself?"—Witness, 64 I think I should."—Mr. Jer--
vis, "Prom whom, pray, did you get the letter yea.
sent to Mrs. Lane's aunt ?"—Witness, " From 'Mr?
Thompson, the Attorney."—Mr. Jervis;
." Who,;.;
writing is it r—witness, " The letter is my writini;..:
the pencil alterations were made by Mr. Thompson:*
—Mr. Jervis, " What passed between you and M.-
Thompson this morning, just before coming into
Court?"—Witness, 44 He read over to me the word
in the declaration."—Mr. Justice BEST, " He
did he? take that down:'—Addressing himself t.,
Mr. Thompson, biaLordship said, " This is a me._
improper interference."—Mr. Jervis, " How Ion:
haveyon kn,,wn Mr. Thompson ?" Witness' " Not
before this action was commenced."—Mr. Jervis,
44 Did he live at Westerharti, in Kent ?"—Witness,
" I do not know, but think he lives at Windsor.".....
Mr. Jervis, " Now, Sir, have a care, and on your
oath, state what else passed between you And Mr:
Thompson ?"—Witness,." He ',aid, you will recollect;
when you go into Court, to be very particular how
you explain yourself on the word catch:"—Mr.
Justice BEST, " This is a most gross contempt of this
Court, and a shameful attempt to pervert justice: I
commit Mr. Thompson."—The letter written by wit-
ness to plaintiff's aunt was referred •to : the pencl
corrections stated by witness to be made by Mr.
Thompson were merely ;Alterations from the fir,t
person to the third, which made it agree with the
words in the declaration.—Mr. Jervis, Was Mr.
• Lane present when the words in the declaration Wf!:,?
read over to you by Mr. Thompson ?"—Witness,
" No, Sir."—Mr. Jervis, 64 Should you have recol-
lected the words, if they had not •been read over to
your--Witness, " I should."--Mr. Justice BEST,
It is extremely difficult for a Jury to judge of that:
Mr. Jervis, 44 Pid any one else ever lead the words
over to. you r—Witness, " My father did on Satur-
day morning last, and told me to 'recollect the eapla-
-nation of thewOrd catch." Mr. Jervis; 44 MadZir3
Thompson ialledVan-yout,father ?"b—Witness,.." Net •
that I knAhe of ; .1. do not think Ire tad.".—Mr. Jervis,
Did Mr.. Thompson bring y9t3,..t1i1s letter ?"—Wit-
'ness, 46 No,. Sir: I asked Mr. thompsoit for it, that I
`tnitglit ontsh up my memory.' •
Thompson.—:" My Lord, timerely corrected
in ikencil the letter I into you:.
Mr; Justice 'l3Esr.—" It is impossible for the Jury
to come to a fair decision on. this ease, after ihe scan..
daloua tampering, of Mr. Thompson with this* wit-
ness. .Let the plaintiff be called."
_fhe thier then called Anne Lane t.hree times, an&
as she did not appear, was nagsuited.
Mr. Justice 8a5T.,...." Will the dendant's attorney
undertake to bring Mr. Thompson before the Court
of ISiing's Bench ?'
Mr. JERVIS.—“ The attorney himself, my Lore,
'is not present, and his clerk does not feel- justified
to interre."

. Mr. Justice BET,—" I hope the punishment you
will receive Mr. Thompson, will teach you and alt
others,not to tamper with witnesses. Honourable
attornies examine witnesses, but will not tell them
-what they are to say. Your punishment, from the
state of the Assizes, will be slight."
Mr. Thompson appealed to the Court, and said,
is what he had done, he was not aware of acting
improprly.
Mr. Justice BUT replied—J4 Then you are so
grossly ignorant you are no longer fit to remain an
attorney. You stand committed..
The jailor and his assistant immediately took Mr.
Thompson into custody.
Mr. Serjeant PEACE then addresled his Lordship,
stating that Mr. Thompson appealed to the mercy
of the Court.

Mr. Justice BEST.—" I should be doing injustice
to honourable practitioners, if I listened to your ap-
plication. Take Mr. Thompson away."
The jailor then conducted Mr. Thompson to prison,
where he was confined till the Assizes ended.

Sunday morning, as two young men (brothers) were going
along the road from Hampstead to West end, one of them w 4
struck dead with the lightning—the other was strack down in a
state of insensibility, but afterwards recovered.
Tuesday ee'onight, Wx. Yam, of the Wicker, was killed at
Renishaw, Yorkshire, while superintending the machinery el a
steam-engine.

Saturday se'nnight, four men, employed to dig gravel in the
neighbourhood of Chisledou, near 'Salisbury, imptudendy com-
menced at the base of the bill, and having proceeded to a consi-
derable extent, the earth fell in and buried the whole ! Two
were killed, and the others dreadfully hurt.
Testerday,a girt named Anderson, about six years of age, being
left at home to take care of two younger, children, whilst the
mother went out, proceeded to raise the sash of the window on
•the first floor, at 14, Short's Gardens, Drury-lane, the suit flying
suddenly up, she was precipitated into the street, and falling on
her head on the pavement, she fractured her skull. She was
carried to the Middlesex Hospital, without hope of recovery.

BIRTH.
Oa the entli instant, the Lady of Captain Garaey, of a son.

DIED.
Monday, at Taplow House, Bucks, in her 14th year, Mir,
Garet, daughter of Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. M.P.
At Kilsyth Manse, on the 10th instant, the Rev. Robert
Rennie, D. D.

At Port Antonio, in the Island of Jamaica, Robert Gamed%
only son of the late Mr. Robert Gammen, in Glasgow.
At Point St. Charles, near Montreal, on the 6th May last:
Mr. John Watson, son of the late Rev. Mr. Watbon, of Glasgow
At Balgonie Cottage, Fifesbire, with, Bth inst. Major Janie
Douglas, late of the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion.
July 1, in Iser.3Bth year, Anne, the wife of John Bennett.
Esq. of Dimsdide, Lancashire. In the morning she was pre-
paring to join her husband who had gone to Parkgate two dal'
previous, when upon the eve of -getting into the carriage, the
.suddenly complained of !icing unwell, and she breathed her last
by nine o'clockinthe evening.
• July 16, being the first annual return of her bridal day, Caro-
line, the wife of Mr. Barnett Oakes, of the Liverpool &IVO
• Office, in the 24th year of her age.

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