Star.
London, England, 1821-04-13 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY.

LATE FATAL DUEL AT CHALK FARM.
The Sessions-House at the Old Bailey was this
morning crowded to mess, at eight o'dock, for the
purpose of witnessing the. Trial of Mr.../. H. Christie,
one of the principals in the kite unfortunate duel, in
which Mr. John Scott was killed, at Chalk Farm; and
of Mr. Trail, his second. Mr. Patmore, the second
of Mr. Scott, did not appear.

The two unfortunate Gentlemen we have men-
tioned entered the Court at an early hour, for the
purpose of surrendering to abide their Trial. They
were dressed in full mourning, and behaved with
suitable composure.
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Many persons of distinction were on the Bench.
At half-past ten o'clock, the Chief Justice, Assort',
and Mr. Justice PARR, entered the Court, and
Messrs. Christie and Trail were put to the Bar, and
the indictment •for the wilful murder of John Scott,
at Chalk Farm, on the 16th of February last, was
read over to them; to which they severally pleaded
Not Guilty, and were immediately put upon their trial.

Mr. WALFORD stated the case to the Jury. He
commenced by requesting the Jury to banish from
their minds whatever particulars they may have al-
ready heard respecting the unfortunate circumstances
which led to the melancholy death of Mr. Scott.
He then entered very minutely into the evidence with
which he meant to sustain the present prosecution;
he related the unfortunate meeting at Chalk Farm,
on the night in question, the fatal wound received by
Mr. Scott, and all the circumstances connected with
his lingering in excruciating torture under that
wound at Chalk Farm, until the Wednesday week
following, when he died. He then stated the law
of the case.

The first witness was Mr. Thomas Joseph Petti-
grew. He had not, he said, been acquainted with
the deceased, but he knew, for many years, Mr. Pat-
mere, who called upon him on Friday evening, the
16th February, and stated that, in consequence of
something which had arisen out of an affair between
Mr. Scott and Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Patmore requested
him (Mr. Pettigrew) to attend in the neighbourhood
of Chalk Farm on the same evening. He went there
accordingly, in a post-chaise, accompanied by his
pupil, W. B. Morris. He got to the lane leading to
Chalk Farm about eight o'clock on the same even-
ing. It was moonlight. They proceeded through
the lane towards the fields, and at last reached the
top of the hilL He then saw some Gentlemen in a
field, two of them walking backwards and forwards,
and two others by the side of the hedge. He then
heard the knocking of pistols, the priming of them,
and flashing of pans. Soon afterwards both pistols
were fired. He heard the sound, and saw the flash.
.He next heard an exclamation from one of the Gen-
tlemen, as if wounded. Witness got over the hedge,
and found Mr. Scott on his knees on the ground. He'
pointed out to witness his being wounded on the right
side : the other Gentlemen were supporting him. At
that time there was no conversation. Witness partly
undressed Mr. Scott, and examined the wound. Mr.'
Scott was fainting. One of the Gentlemen (which of
them he does not know) came up and took him by
the hand, and expressed a wish that he had-himself,
rather than Mr. Scott, been in his situation.—
This was when Mr. Scott was fainting; upon his
recovery, he said—" Whatever may be the issue
of this case, I beg you all to bear in remembrance,
that everything has been fair and honourable."—
During the time witness was examining the wound,
an altercation took place between Mr. Patmore and
another Gentleman. He did not distinctly hear the ,
whole of the conversation, except that Mr. Patmoke li
said—" Why was it not communicated to me—l knew
nothing of it r A Gentleman, during this alter-
cation, came up to witness, and asked him if the
wound was mortal ? he answered, he feared it was,
if it entered the cavity of the abdomen. The Gen-
tleman was in great agony, wringing his hands, and
exclaimed—" Good GOD, why was I permitted to
fire a second time? I fired down the field—l could
do no more," Nothing more passed on the spot.—
The wound was the cause of Mr. Scott's death.

Cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY.—The Gentleman
alluded to did say, that when he fired down the field
the first time, he was obliged to fire the second time
in his own defencehe appeared, certainly, in great
agony, and manifested the most humane solicitude
1 for Mr. Scott. Witness left them in the act of car-
rying him to the house.
William Bovil Morris stated, that he accompanied
the last witness to Chalk Farm on the night in ques-
tion. He reached the hedge of the field where the
parties were rather sooner than Mr. Pettigrew.—
On his arrival, he, like the last witness, heard a noise
like ramming pistols, and saw two Gentlemen stand-
ing Apart on the ground—they were the two that he
afterwards observed pointing pistols at each other.
At that moment they fired, and the Gentleman
nearest to. him fell, and he (witness), assisted by Mr.
Pettigrew, raised Mr. Scott from the ground. A
Gentleman, whom he could not now recognize, came
up to Mr. Scott, and wished himself in his situation.
Witness ran to have the chaise brought up, and on
his return, be saw some persons bringing the de-
!ceased on a shutter towards Chalk Farm. In the
house, when Mr. Scott was brought in, he. recognized
I the prisoner, Mr. Christie, by Mr. Scott's side. There
were four or five other Gentlemen in the room, but
1 who they
Hugh Watson

he was the land-

lord of the Chalk Farm Tavern, where two Gentle-
men came and had a bottle of wine, at a quarter be-
fore nine o'clock, on the night of this unfortunate
catastrophe ; and before it occurred, they drank two-
thirds of the bottle, and went cut. Soon after, they
'went down the Lane towards the Hampstead Road;
an alarm was some time after given of a Gentleman
having met with an accident in the field. Ruther-
ford, Ryan, and Smith, were in Chalk Farm at the
time, and all gave their assistance to the wounded
Gentleman who was brought in.

James Ryas, the hostler at Chalk Farm, was next
examined. He merely spoke to'the circumstance of
two Gentlemen, who were stranger t to him, taking a
bottle of wine at the house and going away; there
being, about a quarter of an -hour afterwards, an
alarm of an accident in the field, and the finding the
wounded Gentleman, and his removal into Chalk
Farm, with the assistance of the Gentlemen on the
spot. He did not know any of the Gentlemen whom
he saw on that occasion.

Thomas Smith examined.—Was a carpenter re-
siding at Hampstead, and worked at Chalk Farm on
the 16th of February. He accompanied the last wit-
ness to the field upon the alarm of the accident, and
assisted in removing the wounded Gentleman. The
only one of the parties he could recognize was
Mr. Trail.

Dr. George Darling examined.—He stated, that
on the night of the 16th February, between twelve
and one o'clock, he was called on 'to attend the de-
ceased, whom he found in great danger, and com-
municated to him.the dangerous nature of his wound.
He told him in answer to his (deceased's) questions,
that his wound was not necessarily mortal uni.ess the
intestines were perforated. A similar communica-
tion was made by Mr. Guthrie, the surgeon, to the
deceased. Mr. Scott said he was satisfied : but on
the following morning he (Mr. Scott) related

The JUDGES here, after a short consultation, de-
cided, that as there was no proof that Mr. Scott,
when he made a particular communication to Dr.
Darling, thought he was in a dying state, the Court
could not receive as legal evidence the declaration of
the deceased.

The case was here closed for the prosecution ; and
Mr. GURNEY went to the front of the Bar, and held
a long consultation with the prisoners ; after which
they were severally called upon for their defence.
Mr.Cltrislie, in a faint voice, and evidently labour-
ing under great agitation, said, that he should call
witnesses to prove that he was not such a man as
deserved the imputation of a murderer. •
Mr. Trail, upon being also called upon for his de-
fence, said, he should leave the Court to estimate his
character from the evidence of those who knew him.

A number of witnesses of the first respectability
then gave the prisoners an excellent character for
mildness and humanity.
At half-past one o'clock,
The CHIEF JUSTICE rose to charge the Jury. He
recapitulated the whole of the evidence against the
prisoners, and laid down the law of the case, as in-
volved in all the different gradations of charges for
murder, manslaughter, and homicide, leaving it, upon
the whole, for the Jury to see whether under any,
and which charge, they were prepared to say the evi-
dence was calculated to sustain a conviction against
the prisoners at the Bar.
The Jury, after half an hour's consideration, turned
to the Court, and inquired if it was in evidence that
Mr. Christie, who lamented the consequence of the
second shot, was the person who fired it ?

Chief Justice ABBOTT replied, that it was in evi-
dence, a person, in very great agitation, lamented
the consequer.ce of the second fire, and that person
was thought by the witness to be Mr. Christie; but
it was for the Jury to say whether they had it suffi-
ciently in evidence that the prisoners at the bar were
two of the parties in the duel which led to so fatal
a result.

The Jury, after a little further consultation, re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoners bowed respectfully to the Court and
Jury,and were immediately discharged from custody.
The instant the verdict was recorded, a number of
I Gentlemen rushed to the bar, and heartily shook hands'
with the Gentlemen who had been acquitted. They
appeared deeply sensible of the sympathy which was
manifested for their situation, by (we may venture
to say) every person in the crowded Court. They im-
mediately withdrew, accompanied by their friends.

BANK PROSECUTIOXL—Yesterday the following,
prisoners pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of hav-,
in g forged Bank-notes in their possession:
• llriant Coleman, M. Mullin, Barnard Larau, J. Black, Ed-
ward Wakeling, Alexander Mayer, Ilugh Green, Henry Master-
man, James kV-Nab, George Cooke, Thomas Mitchell, William
Jones,Wm. Scott, Thomas Bell, Edward Brown, Thos. Hodges,
H.Winchester, John Everit, J. Gillbertg, H. Harris, J Coates,
Mary Ann Smith, Lydia Hines, Ann White, Mary Singleton,
Matilda Wilkinson, and J. Rowland Mathews.

The Duke of YORK is gone to Brighton, and re-
turns to town on Sunday.
This morning the right wing of the 7th Royal
Veteran Battalion passed through town, on their route
from Deptford to Kensington.
The vacancy in the Representation of Stirlingshire
is occasioning a very active canvass between the son
of the late Member, and Mr. HOME DRUMMOND.
Last night Mr. FINERSEY, an extra-courier em-
ployed by Lord STEWART, left town for Vienna.
The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers had yes-
terday a full Court Dinner at their Hall, in Thames-
street ; previous to which, the Freedom of the Com-
pany was unanimously voted to Mr. Beoucream, for
his able defence of the Qum,.

TO MESSRS. BRUAVTON. MIDDLETO.V,
AND BRUNTON.

GENTLRUIN—I will candidly confess, that it nei.
ther suits my numerous avocations to answer your
Letters, nor my circumstances to pay for the insert.
ing any article to do away the impression that might
be made against me by the publication and republi.
cation of the attack which you have thought proper
to bring forward ; and I should not take up the pea
again, but in deference to the Public, with a view to
advocate the cause of justice, and, in some way, sere
the Nava! and Commercial Interests of the Country;
hut it must be perfectly understood that this is the
last letter I shall address to you on the subject of
Chain Cables.
To answer most of the questions in your letter of
the 31st ult. inserted in 2-Ac STAR of the 4:h inst,
would be only to repeat my former communication,
to which I must refer the Public, as not a fact given
therein is shaken by your reply, but attempted to be
smothered by a mass of words, and clouded hi
" three piled" parentheses. I shall, therefore, give
additional particular s, with which I have been fa-
voured from sever al quarters, and as I have the ori.
ginal documents, containing the proofs, before me,
their accuracy may be depended upon.
Captain Brown, in a letter to the Right Honourable
Charles Yorke, dated February 11, 1812, on the sub.
ject of Chain Cables, says, " With respect to form,
the plain oval-sided link is undoubtedly the strongest
'that can be made applicaLle to a Cable." Thn; is
months prior to tire date of your patent, the Captain
then pointed out to the First Lord of the Admiralty.
" that a link having its substance in the same plane
was the strongest ftrm, and such was the Cable sup.
plied to the Crescent; what merit, then, have you i 1
this pretended ,lsscovery, or what efficient system
have you introduced?

The experiments which I witnessed at Capuk
Brown's Manufactory, were with links of all ike
forms that have been made, attached to each mkt
and among them an angular link (which you may
know from description) having a clumsy cau-iroa
stay, broad•ended enough, and too broad certainly
for any other purpose than to increase the weight,
and to add to the profit of the Manufacturer; for
when a strain was upon it, the projecting ends of the
stays chipped off; and finally, in consequence of the
transverse strain brought about by its angular form,
the aim was broken. The Engineer to the Navy ha,
subsequently gone into the like experiments, and he
has given, as his opinion, that the oval link with a
small bar as a stay-pin, having parallel sides, is not
only the lightest, and therefore the cheapest, but the
strongest, and consequently the best form for Chia
Cables, and such are those now manufactured by
Captain Brown for his Majesty's service. But yea
know that he, as well as myself, has fallen under the
lash of your censure, for advocating truth, when it
militated against your opinions,
That the Cables made by you in the year 1816,
when you first supplied them for the Navy, weighed
heavier than Captain Brawn's, is proved by the fol-
lowing statements :—.4 Cable of your manufacture
was supplied to the Prevoyante, and 80 fathom
weighed 176 cwt. while 80 fathoms of chain of the
same diameter, supplied to the same ship by Capri&
Brown, weighed only 133 cwt. I qr. but by the
change which you have subsequently made in the
form of the links, they now weigh, on an average, only
one thirty-second part more than Captain Brown's.
Several reductions in price have been voluntarily
made by Captain Brown, as the rate at which the
raw material (iron) could be obtained decreased, or
the workmanship became lower, or was facilitated
by local circumstances, or the introduction of mac&
nery ; but you never proposed to reduce the price;
and when an insinuation was thrown out in 1817,
that Captain Brown was enabled to do so, for he
made use of inferior iron, you know that the rigid err
amination and trial which took place on all his
Cables, ended only to his honour; and after this, you
were obliged to bring your prices to his scale.
You have admitted that the Messrs. Bruntatie
gained great advantages from witnessing Carat
Brown's experiments, that the younger Mr. Bmntut
was his Clerk, and T. Fuller his Foreman, until Mardi,
1813, the month in which your Patent is dated, and
the former is now a partner in your Firm, and the
latter has been your foreman ever since you have
manufactured Chain Cables, and you have brought
Fuller forward to state, that he left Captain Brown
in March, 1813, unsolicited by Mr. Brunton. Yos
also say in answer to the question—" Whether the
form of the link described in your Patent was the
result of your mathematical or mechanical induction,
or whether it arose from the trial of experiment, and
if from the latter, who supplied you with the iron?
who performed the workmanship ? and what prov-
ing machine did you make use of?' that "our prin.
cipal knowledge, and evefything respecting the best
form of links for Chain Cables, was derived from ex-
periments made by ourselves, on our own premires•
with our own proving machine. The iron, we need
hardly add, was put clia.ed from the Iron-masters,
and the workmen were in our own employment."
And this was done by you at a time (prior to the
26th of March, 1813, the date of your Patent) when
you had, I believe, no Manufactory for Chain Cables,
and when certainly there was no proving machine
but Captain Brown's in.this country ; and you have
repeatedly stated, that your proving machine, which
is upon the principle of 113am:di's hydraulic piet.t,
was constructed by Fuller, who was then Cartal
Brown's, but is now your foreman. All these mai
be considered by you as very honourable condtit
towards Captain Brown, but depend upon this, that.
they will be properly appreciated, and have their*
influence with the Public.
Thus I have justified the assertion "that Englnr4
owes the invention of Chain Cables to the ingenuity
of Captain S. Brown, of the Royal Nay y."—l
April 9, 1821. JO:: N KNOWLE,

CORN Excxaxcs, 3IA XK - I.A NR, APRIL I.',.—A considerabk
quantity of Wheat remak:ed over from Wednesday's nuts
and imaddition to which we bad a few fresh =rivals this mow
leg from Suffolk, but the demand far Wheat being very tzd*
the sales were extremely heavy, even of the finest quatitiess
Monday's prices ; whilst the inferior sgnsplvs could not he rot
at an abatement of 2s. per quarter in fact the prices are qua
nominal. The Barley trade was very heavy, at a decline 011‘
Sxi:nriu.o AIARNZT; Aram 1Z Beer, :v.. 6d. to it. a feet
stone of Bets... ; 11uttoo, ss. ad. to 4s. ad. 'Veal. ss. Oi. to 65.u.1.
l'ork, 35.6 d. to 55.4(1.—Cattle at Market, Pans, 420 ; Cakes, PO;
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