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tween three and four they cane into the fast room
on the left hand side; they sat down; no one was at
the table; the townspeople were with witness in an-
other part; Cheetham came there, and drank with
us; he might have a glass in his hand several times;
does not recollect going out ; they were in whilst
they drank a few pints; did not, to the best of his
knowledge, hear Cheethatn speak to them, nor any
conversation between them ; did not hear the soldiers
say anything ; no toasts were drank whilst he was
there; does not recollect anything said about the
soldiers' clothes.
Cross•erunined.—Cheetl2am did drink with wit-
ness, but wni not in their company ; the soldiers had
gone into the kitchen before witness lef;; witness had
gone out at the time they left to go to the kitchen.
Mr. Cot.rstAs made 3 a short reply to the Jury,
observing, that three out of the defendant's four wit.
nesses, by their own admissior,, were not present; the
{mirth had been drinking there all day, and stated he
took no notice of anything, and had often to go out.
The Jury immediately found the defendant Guilty.
The prisoner was then put upon his trial for as-
saulting Corporal Lambert. The witnesses on both
sides were ordered out.

Mr. CovrstAN stated, this was a subsequent part
cf the same t ansaction. The assault was connected
with the first trial, as Cheetham's words had tended
to cause the affray. After stating the facts, the fol-
lowing witnesses were called :
Corporal Lambert again sworn.—After the toast
before stated had been drank, witness, Moore, and
Eaves went into the kitchen to avoid discussion;
Eaves left soon ; a little dog came in without being
called ; witness did nothing to it, nor did Moore that
be saw ; Cheetham came for it, and took it away,
saying they wanted to steal it. In about five or ten
minutes, Chcetharn came to the door, and insisted
upon his coming in; witness desired him to go away;
he forced hii way in; witness told him to go to his
own company ; Cheetham ran in, and got examinant
by his legs, and threw him down ; Cheetham held
him down ; three or four came in, in about two or
three minutes ; they came to Cheetham 's assistance,
they kicked witness upon the legs, and loins, and
back ; witness was then on the ground. When the
others came in, Moore came to witness's. assistance.
There were six or seven came in ; they said " Kill
tae b--- backed butchers." When witness was
knocked down, he had not struck a blow; wa.3 bruis-
ed in several places. A soldier's ?Rife who was at-.
tending the bar for the landlady waspushed a-top
cf witness. Could not see what Moore was about;
Edwa-..cl Landers, a private came in to assist witness,
who was then on the ground. There were some
hundreds got about the windows, shouting, "Kill the
b— backed butchers!" Cheetharn took a part in
this the whole time. One of the witnesses who was
in the box a short time since for the defendant was
one of the persons assaulting. Before going into the
kitchen, Cheetham threatened they should be brat be-
fx-e they tett O.dham. He had said the same about
a fortnight before.
Cross-examined by the prisonar.—Does not recol-
lect the dog came in a second time; did not strike
Cheetham on the breast before he ran at witness's
legs ; could not sec anything that occurred between
Moore and Cheetham, as there were six or seven
people upon him. There was no one in the room
when Cheetham came in but examinant and Moore.
There were many soldiers afterwards when the guard
came, hut this was when it was over.

Corporal Moore went into the kitchen with Lam-
bert, was there half an hour before Cheetham came.
in; a dog came in; Cheetham came in and took it
out ; he said we wanted to steal it ; he came again to
the door, and Lambert pushed him back with his
hand, and said, his company was not wanted there.
'Vac landlord had a scuffle in the passage with Cheet-
ham. Witness was then seated at a table with a Mr.
Jackson, in the room. Eaves then left the room, and
examinant and Lambert were left drinking together.
Soon afterwards Cheetham made a rash at Lam-
bert, and laid hold of his legs and knocked him down.
Lambert had done nothing before but push him back
as he was coming into the room. Four or five more
then came in ; they said, the b— butcher was down;
murder him; saw them kicking Lambert; saw
Cheetham closest to him ; Lambert lay at full length.
Witaess was striving to extricate his comrade; got
tl-e poker to help him, they were so many; did the
best he could with the weapon. A great many more
came 'tut ; could not say the number as he was busy;
they called out kill the butchers ; Landers, a soldier,
came in to assist; when the matter was over, Lam-
bert was insensible and knew nothing, from the blows
he had got with the dogs (wooden shoes); witness
and Landers cleared the kitchen. The corporal's
guard conveyed Lambert and witness home; it came
soon afterwards.

ExamineJ by Prisoner.—Had not the poker in his
hand until Lambert was knocked down. Mr. Jack-
sfm was in the room when prisoner came, but was
not in the soldiers company; there were not six or
seven soldiers there.

Landers, private of the 7th Dragoon Guards,
was going by the house and heard a person say they
were killing the soldiers ; went in ; Lambert was
down ; witness was alone ; only Lambert and Moore
were there; about six were kicking and beating
Lambert, more were outside ; Moore, with a poker,
was. assisting to get Lambert up ; examinant assisted
Moore, and got Lambert up ; Moore and examinant
at last beat them all out of the room ; there were six
a;;ainst them at first, and others rushed in very
quick; cannot state what number; heard them cry
outside to kill the b— butchers ; before the corpo-
ral's guard came they had stopped the fighting, but
t::ey durst not go home until the guard came ; Lam-
rt was much hurt and bruised.
Examined by Prisoner.—Was not in the room
4• .en prisoner first came in ; did not see prisoner un-
til 1.1 was entangled with Corporal Lambert; looked
round for a weapon, and saw a carving-knife; took
up, but thought it not a proper weapon, and laid
down and never used it, and then got the leg of a
r.r.01, which he used.
yilliam Griffin, a private, was one of the corpo-
,, guard; there were about two hundred people
coileued; they were about the door, and threatened
take the carbine from him.. they wanted to get it,
• :Attempted to force into the house, but exanuna..t
,ald not let them.
prisoner, in his defence, said, when I went
: to the room the second time for the dog, Lambert
sae, and Landers was then there with four

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other privates ; then Lambert and I began to fight;
Lambert pulled off his coat, and wanted to boa ; I
said I did not understand it; Vie a ;reed to fight, each
in his own country way; I leggiii him down;
head was much beat, and it was afterwards washed.
Stopford, witness for ri,' prisoner, saw the
latter part of the transaction; wl.en he went into the
room saw the prisoner with his head cut ; the fight
was then over ; there was no fighting with the pri-
soner after this.

The CHAIRMAIL—This does not apply, as it was
after the transaction.

The prisoner said, he had no other witness. (Incept
his father, to speak to his general character.'
Corporal Moore was recalled by the Bench, and
stated, that Corporal Lambert did not take off his
coat to fight the prisoner.
Mr. Covraume observed to the Jury merely, that
no witnesses present at the affray had been called by'
defendant, though sixty or seventy were present.
The Jury intenupted the CHAIRMAN on summing
tip, and said his doing so was unnecessary.—Guilty.
James Wilde and Jonathan Buckley, who were in
custody for another assault upon the Military, tra-
versed to the next Sessions.—The bail required was
C4O, and two sureties of £2O each.
THE NINO V. WINTERBOTHAM AND WHITTARER.
These prisoners were indicted for rioting at Old-
ham, and assaulting the soldiers.
Mr. COLTMAN.—This indictment is for a violent
riot on the following day, the 25th April, in which
several soldiers who were not present on the preced-
ing day, were violently assaulted by many persons
with bars of iron, sticks, and clubs.

After Mr. COLTMAN had closed the address to the
Jury, the prisoners said they wished to traverse; but
the Court refused it; as they had before made their
election and the Jury had been sworn.
The Counsel for the prosecution stated, that he
would consent that the trial should stand over until
the following day, but the prisoners refused this in-
dulgence.
Edward Connell, a private in the 7th Dragoon
Guards. On the 25th of Aptil, went with Griffin
and another soldier to the Bull's Head, about five or
six o'clock in the evening. After they had sat down,
two or three soldiers came ; one of them was bil-
leted there; Whittaker was near witness; he talked 1
about b— butchers. and the b— backs, and wanted
to know why they came? He then sung a song, in
which the soldiers were called b— butchers ; it
was called Peterloo. Witness said it was tot a fit
song to be sung in soldiers' company ; and corporal 1
Pollett said the same. Witness was standing up, and
we said we would leave the company. The soldiers
were preparing to leave the company. Whittaker
had a glass, and drank, ,4 May the skin of every
loyal man be tore off his back and made into parch-1
ment for all Reformers to beat to arms I to arms r-1
Witness said, we are only a few, let us leave:
this is not a proper toast for soldiers. Whittaker
threw the glass of beer into witness's face, and im-
mediately hit him a blow, which knocked him 11
against the clock; witness returned the blow, upon
which some words took place ; then about twenty
or thirty men came in, and said they were read}
for us; some had sticks; at this time there were
only four dragoons in the house; one foot sol-
dier who was there, named Binning, had gone to
alarm the guard ; the men were at us in every dii ec-
tion ; we gathered together as well as we could ;
they knocked down some of us ; we a esisted them
the best way we could ; they got pokers, and tongs,
and different instruments ; we had no arms ; we were
not allowed to carry them ; I was knocked down se-
veral times, and received many blows; and but for',
GOD I think I should have been killed ; Gough, a
soldier, came to my assistance ; they kicked me with
their clogs; a table was thrown at Gough, which
knocked him down ; this lasted about a quarter of
an hour. The landlady came to the door and ran
back. I was much hurt ; I gave no insolence what-
ever to him before he threw the beer: Whittaker
went out after I had remitted his blow, and returned
with the other men, and they all began. I saw the
other prisoner constantly during the fight, and saw
him strike many blows at me. None of our party
gave any offence before they began upon us.
Examined by Whittaker.—Did not throw a glass
of ale at prisoner whilst singing.
Examined by Winterbotham.—l never laid hands
on Whittaker to strike him but once; did not pull
him about ; saw none of the party burning Whitta-
ker's hat; did not see one of the soldiers hit prisoner
before prisoner hit him ; none of the soldiers hit un-
less they were hit first. • •
John Gough, a private, was at the place; heard
Whittaker sing a song ; some of the words were
about Peterloo and b backed butchers ; Connell
(one of the soldiers) got up to leave the company ;
Whittaker stood up with a glass and a jug, and drank
the toast a- stated by former witness. Connell was
going away, and Whittaker got up and threw a glass
of beer in his face, and knocked him against the
clock. There were then four or five soldiers present ;
one of them went out immediately. Winterbotham
went out ; then in two or three or four minutes he
returned with a great many people ; some had sticks
and pokers, and onehad a knife. A fight commenced ;
Winterbotham was the first who began ; he attempted
to strike me. A great many more attacked me; I
was separated from my companions ; I was knocked
down by a table. When I got up, I laid hold of the
poker. Going into the passage, I saw Connell down ;
five or six people were on him. No other 'oldie*: was
with him. They were beating him with sticks, and
kicking him. They attacked me. It was nearly half
an hour before the affray was ended. Did not see
any of the other soldiers then, as they were in the
room. The first person. who came to assist me was
one of the guard. I was not very much hurt....
Connell was much beat.

Examined by Whittaker.—Did not see Connell
fling any beer, nor strive to strike prisoner before
prisoner struck. After the affray was over, witness
admits he kicked Whittaker out.

Examined by Winterbotham.—ls positive Winter.
botham was there before the affray began, and that
he was one who struck.

Re-examined.—Had heard in the course of that
day threats by different people against the soldiers.
William Giffin, a private, was one of the party;
recollects Whittaker singing the song of Peterloo,
and giving the disloyal toast. Before the mob came
in the front door had been bolted.; some gbt in
through the windows there were about four or five

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on our side. When the fight beg‘n, nearly one hun-
dred tame against us. I was employed to defend
myself; they had pieces of iron and hammers in
their hands, using them to beat me; I was knocked
down and hurt by a fire-shovel; this lasted for some
time—until the guard came.
Examined by the Prisoners.--A hat belonging to
one of them might have been kicked, for anything
he knows.

William Connell, a private soldier, corroborated
the preceding witnesses. He stated that four•or five
people were on bin, at once, who beat him with
sticks, and kicked him with clogs; he was knocked
down twice; four or five dragged him into the par-
lour; They jumped upon him; he should have been
lulled if the guard had not come to rescue them ;
saw one of the soldiers hit on the head with a carving-
knife, and he was speedily covered over with blood ;
witness was covered with blood from his own wounds.
Examined by the Prisoners—Recollects someone's
hat knocked off in the scuffle.
Corporal Halliday.—Went to fetch the guard ;
whej he returned he ordcred the door to be opened ;
it was refused ; the guard struck it with their car-
bines; then it was opened ; when he went in he saw
in the kitchen two or three soldiers fighting
.with
twenty town's-people; he heard a very great noise in
another room and saw a soldier down, with many
people upon him ; on witness going into the room
he received a cut.on the head from a sharp instru-
ment, and the blood flowed instantly from it ; saw
one of the prisoners there, but cannot say which of
them sung the song.
Serjeant M'Allister, of the 85th FOot, corroborated
this witness.

Mr. Wood, surgeon, was next called upon to prove
the nature of the wounds inflicted on the soldiers, and
was under examination when this Report came away.

Accounts received from Maidstone this morning,
state that Nerbett passed the whole of last night in
a state of great agitation and anxiety of mind, but
that he still persists in asserting his innocence. Maid.
stone was never known to be so lull of persons, or
lodgings so dear as since the commencement of the
resent Assizes. The execution will take place on
onday, at twelve o'clock, in Pennenden Valley,
one mile from Maidttone.

The will of the late Bishop of BRISTOL was
proved in Doctors Commons, on the 17th instant,
by the Rev. EDWARD DANIEL CLARE/Ea LLD. and
the Rev. James Davicaztot HUSTLER, the executors;
the property, which was sworn under £30,000, being
left to his Lordship's five unmarried daughters. The
* ill is dated on the 26th of June last.
Some apprehensions having been expressed for the
safety of the Discovery Ships, on account of the ab-
sence of all intelligence from them, we have the sa-
tiskiction of knowing that they are groundless, as
there has not been a single arrival this year which
could bring information concerning them ; but ac-
counts are daily expected by the ships from Davis's
Straits. The Greenland fishery is rather late, only
four or fire'shigs having yet returned.
The Marquis and Marchioness of STAFFORD left
their house in Cleveland-square yesterday, on a visit
to the Earl and Countess of BRIDGEWATILR, at their
seat Ashridge, Herts.
Thursday last the wife of a Gentleman's servant
was safely delivered of three fine boys at the British
Lying-in Hospital in Brownlow-street, Long Acre,
who, with the mother, are likely to do well.
A duel has been again fought at Bladensburg,
which appears to have obtained a celebrity equal to
our Hoboken, between two Gentlemen in love ; they
fought with muskets (rifles would have been better),
and one was wounded through both thighs vei y
badly, the other was not hurt. We presume the par-
ties had friends, as is usual in such cases, and the
victor, according to the laws of chivalry, must carry
off the dame The challenger, it appears, was wounded.
(NessVerk Paper).
A CauTtos.—Those who are fitting out for the
East or West Indies, and families in general, ought
to observe, that the original invention, for Marking
or Writing on Linen with a common Pen, is pre-
pared by no other person but the sole Proprietor, Mr.
Hung (now the only appointed Chemist to his MA•
:ESTI), and at the-usual house, viz. No. 106, Long-
Acre. Although the character ofthis the true perma-
nent, durable, or indelible Ink, has stood the test 011
half a century, and has never yet been equalled, still
it will be prudent, in order to avoid deception and
imposing imitations, to see that the name " Hums."
and the above address, are stamped on the glass of
each bottle: also, to send' the empty bottles to the
Proprietor, who will refill them at a moderate charge.
SOCIAL GENEALOGY.—It is a curious and pleasant
thing to consider, that a link of personal acquaint-
ance can 10 traced up from she authorsof our own.
times to those of Shakspeare, and to Shakspeare
himself. Ovid, in recording with rondness his inti-
macy with Pi cirtius and Horace, regrets that he'
had only seen Virgil. (Trist. Book 4. v. 51). But,
still he thinks the sight -of him worth remembering.
And Pope, when a child, prevailed on some friends
to take him to a Coffee-house which Dryden fre-
quented, merely to look at him ; which he did, to his
great satisfaction. Now such of us as have shaken
hands with a living Poet, might be able perhaps to
reckon up a series of connecting shakes to the very
hand that wrote of Hasid, and ofFelseeff, and of Dei-
dersona. With some living Poets, it is certain. There
is Thomas Moore, for
_instance, who knew Sheridan.
Sheridan knew Johnson, who was the friend of Sa-
vase, who knew Steele, who knew Pope. Pope was
intimate with Congreve, and Congreve with Dryden.
Dryden-is said to have visited Milton. Milton is said
to hate &known Davenant ; and to have been saved
by him from the revenge of the restored Court, in
return for having saved Davenant from the revenge
of the Commonwealth. But if the link between
Dryden and Milton, and Milton and Davenant is
somewhat apocryphal, or rather dependent on tradi-
tion (for Richardson the painter tells us the latter Iron.
Pope, who had it front Betterton the actor, one of
Davenant's company), it may be carried at once lion.
Dryden to Davenant, with whom he was unques-
tionably intimate. Davenant then knew Hobbes.
who knew Bacon, who knew Bea Jonson, who Wilt
intimate with Beaumont and Fletcher,-Chapman,
Donne, Drayton, Camden, Sildea, Clarendon, Syd-
ney, Raleigh, and perhaps all thogreat men of Elika-
beth's and James's time, the greatest of them all un-
doubtedly. Thus have *e a link of " beamy hands"
from our own times up to Shakspeare.

THE iroOLTVICFI MURDERi.

EIINT ASSIZES—MAIDSTONE, JULY U.
The interest excited by the expected trial of Neste
was very great. At an early hcpir the Court was
crowded to excess ' • a great many elegantly-dressed
females - were of the number. Soon aft,elit•eight
o'clock fir. Baron WOOD entered the Court, and the
prisoner, James Nestle*, was placed at the bar.
Mr. Anpnaws immediately rose and addressed his
Lordship. )ire said that it was not till late last night
he had been given to understand that a material
witness was absent, whom the prisoner, from want
of means, had not been able to procure the attend-
ance of; he therefore requested, on his part, that the
trial might stand over, to enable him to procure the
attendance of that witness, which he considered so
material to his case.

The Learned Judge said, that as• the prisoner had
had plenty of notice of the time his trial would come
on, he could not put it off on the grounds which had
been stated.

The indictment wits then read, which charged the
prisoner with inflicting two mortal fraciures on the
skull of Thomas Parker, with a hammer, in the
parish of Woolwich, on the 3d of March last, and
thereby killing and slaying the said Thomas Parker ;
there were separate indictments for the murder of
Sarah Brown, the housekeeper of Mr. Parker; for
the burglary, and for setting fire to the house—to all
which the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. CHITTY opened the pleadings, and Mr. COM-
MON Sza.rearcr, in a succinct manner, stated the
facts to the Jury as they appeared by the evidence.
He commented on the aggravated enormity of the
offence, which to murder had superadded robbery
and arson, and congratulated the Jury on the late
period at which they were assembled to try the pri-
soner, when the prejudices excited by the statements
which had been published had had time to die away.
He thought that no person, however poor in intellect,
but must come to the conclusion, after the evidence
should be heard which he should call, that the pri-
soner at the bar had been guilty of the crimes with
which be was charged. If they should entertain a
doubt of it, they would, as a British Jury always did,
let the prisoner have the benefit of that doubt.
The following witnesses were then called in sup-
port of this statement:
Isabella Johnson proved, that on the 3d of March,
between one and two o'clock, she saw the de-
ceased Sarah Brown the housekeeper of the de-
ceased Mr. Parker. Witness spoke to her. - Witness
saw Mr. Parker between five and six on the same day
in his own parlour. If he had gone to bed that night
witness could have seen him, but did not.
Mary Giles proved that she lived next door to the
deceased ; on the $d March heard his door go about
seven in the evening ; had heard no knocking at the
door; heard it open and shut, heard a noise about
eleven, but did not know where it was.
David Brooks proved, that on the 4th of March be
was quartered at Woolwich, and passed Mr. Parker's
house at one in the morning. He saw smoke coming
out of the chimney. At half-paq one, on an alarm
of fire, he came to the house ; he brae open the door,
and went its—it was locked within-side, on the spring,
as in the day-time; the house and furniture were on
fire—:he front parlom was burning, full of smoke ;
he threw water into the room. When the smoke was
dispeised, two bodies were seen laid on the table; could
distinguish that one was a woman, but not the man;
there was only one leg of the man left unhurt; a
man's shoe was on the foot of that leg ; there was
blood. on the floor behind the parlour door—no great
quantity—Lit was then wet.

On his cross-examination he said, that there-was a
crowd of twelve persons at the door when he first
went up—did not see any windows open. .- •
William Lyon, at two in the morning of the 4th
of March, came to Parker's house, on an alarm of
fire; the door was open ; he went in and managed
the engine-hose; the fire in the front room up stairs
was 'extinguished; the parlour was smoking; when
the smoke subsided, saw the skull of a human being
on the floor; rot severed from the body ; it was rands
burnt ; he gave an alarm ; th re w.ti a woman behind
the skull, dead; her legs and Let were burnt, and
her clothes very much; her head and face not at all
burnt; there was blood about the nose; there Were
m.irks of blows on the head—one on the back part;
the bodies were laid on the table; the body of the
man, in lifting, broke into pieces.
. Stephen Howard proved, that on the Sd of March
he was alarmed by fire, between one and two in the
morning; went to Mr. Parker's house; the door was
open ; got a ladder, and broke the windows on the
ground and first floors; broke open the shutters of,
the parlour and bed-room ; went into the first charti-
ber; saw a chest of drawers, all the drawers vic.e
pulled out ; they seemed to have been rummaged ; pa-
pers were strewn about the room,' and all appeared in
confusion; the curtains and counterpane li.k.ked as if
'they had been burnt; the fire there did not seem to
communicate with that below; a blanket was fas-
tened up to one window which faced the street; went
into the bed-chamber; nothing burnt there nor dis-
turbed; neither of the beds had been slept in that
night; examined the back-door; it was fastened ; wit-
ness forced it open.
On his cross-examu
the state of the beds.

could not be sure as to

John Hay proved, -that on the 4th of March, at
two in the morning, he went to Mr. Parker's house;
took the engine ; went in ; eight or ten people there
went into front chamber ; there had been fire about
the bed, but it was out. The fire there did not corn-
' municate with the fire in the parlour. The bedding
was not much burnt ; the bed was thrown out of the
window before witness art ived. Thy drawers in every
room had been opened (except in the parlour), so as
to shew what they contained, and the articles dropped
on the floor just under the drawers; there had been
fire in the room over the chamber, that was a bed-
room too, and mote burned than the lower one.—
The fire here could not have arisen from either of
the rooms below ; the bed-curtains were nearly de-
stroyed ;.the held and bed-clothes very much iujured,
particylarly the feathers; it must have bee► burning
a considerable time.

This witness described the state of the ballet more
particularly, but not -usaterially. differing from• the
t4armer witnesses. •
William Campion, a Constable, psovad, dug, on
the third 11.-. Or there was a box, containinf a consider,•,
Able quantity of plate, some of it matkAl

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