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did net sateen] the mail time they 'tempted and
suceeeded, by getting estoiselfof them open, the ether
bait remained that. The @Alien, finding they could
not open them, tat at the people with their swords. I
saw one man cat over the hat. Directly the soldiers
eat with their swords, they were assailed with brick-
bats from all quarters.
Coroner—For this cut of the hat?—Witness. Yes,
Sir. I then came through the Park, and crossed the
road to Cumberland-street. At that time the hearse
and part of the procession bad come through the rte.
The people attempted to turn the horses' heads into
Oxford-street, but they did not sneered. There was
still a great confusion between the soldiers and the
people, and brick-bats were continually thrown. I
mew proceeded up Cumberland-street with the inten-
tion of viewing it from the New-road ; when I got
half way across Cumberland-street, I beard the fire of
pistols; I then returned back again; by that time the
procession was moving along the Edgware-road; when
I came to the corner of Cumberland-street and Oxford-
street, I saw them taking a man down Oxford-street
that bad been shot.
Coaoxsa—Do you know by whom ?—Witness.
No, Sir, I do not ; I saw the procession come into
Hyde park, the gate was at first blocked up ; I don't
know who opened it, whether it was the soldiers or
people.
Mr. Hansost.—Canallerlaosigate I saw shat mice-
anti a half, not twice ; the first time the soldiers en-
deavoured to open them, but did not succeed; the se-
cond time they half opened it and cut at the people
with their swords; brick-bats were not thrown up to
this time, not continually; I came up to Seymour-
street, from the corner of Cumberland-street before I
heard the firing ; it was a space of four or five minutes
before I beard the firing; I was not walking all the
time, and sometimes I stopped and looked behind me.
By a Juror.—l saw no stones until after the cutting
of the soldiers at the people to clear the way.
The depositions of the witness were then read over
in the usual form, and the Inquest adjourned at a
quarter to ten till to-morrow (Friday) at two o'clock.

SUM.IIER ASSIZES.

CROYDON, Avoust 27.—CIVIL SIDE.
anima AND °THUS V. LAPIGLANDS.
This was an issue out of the Court of King's Bench,
to try, first, whether the signature to a warrant of at-
torney, bearing date 16th April, 1821, for 2141. 135.,
purporting to be signed by the plaintiff, Thotuas 6ur-
ney, was false and forged ; and second, whether at the
time of the supposed execution of the said warrant of
attorney, the sum of 501. was advanced and paid to the
plaintiff by the defendant.
This case excited considerable interest. It lasted
from ten in the morning until seven in the evening.
The COMMON SCROSAIVT, Mr. Calm, and Mr.
TcRTOY, conducted the plaintiff's case; and Mr. AI an-
RTAT. Mr. GURNEY, and Mr. Sergeant TAliny, the de-
fendant's. A great number of witnesses were examined
on both sides.
The prominent circumstances were these :—The
plaintiff. Mr. Thomas Ourney, is the son of the Rev.
Wm. gurney, rector of St. Clement's Danes, and the
defendant is a widow, carrying an the business of a
,neepeater and upholsterer at Blom. -le 1820, the
plaintiff set up business as a schoolmaster at Epsom.
wills a small capital. The defendant had furnished'
his house, and he owed her 1601. 9s. as the amount of
her bill. The plaintiff had become embarrassed in hie
circumstance', and on the defendant pressing for pay-
ment of her account in the spring of the present year.
he, with the consent of his other creditors, gave her
three bills of Exchange for Mt/. each, payable respec-
tively three months after date. These bills having 3
months to run, it was alleged that on the 16th of
April the defendant, accompanied by her son and one
of the persons to wh sus she endorsed one of the hills.
went to the plaintiff's house, and prevailed upon bim
to execute a warrant of Attorney in lien of the bills of
exchange, site.ondertaking to take up the bills when
they became due; that the plaintiff agreed to do so,
provided the defendant paid down fifty pounds in
cash, which sum was to be included in the war-
rant of Attorney. The defendant accordingly paid
him alf., and he executed the warrant of attorney in
question for 2141. 135., including the expense attend-
ing the same. In two days afterwards the defendant
entered up judgment upon the warrant of attorney,
and took unt an execution against the plaintiff's effects.
When the Sheriff's officer went in, the plaintiff de-
clared that he had never executed any warrant of
attorney in the defendant's favour, and that if she
had any purporting to be signed by him, it was a
forgery. He then called the rest of los creditors toge-
ther, and protested that the warrant of attorney was a
forgery. Upon this fact being solemnly stated, a motion
was made in the Court of King's Bench on behalf of
the plaintiff by the rest of his creditors, for the pur-
pose of having the warrant of attorney delivered up
to be cancelled. On that occasion the plaintiff so-
lemnly swore in his affidavit that he had never exe-
cuted the warrant of attorney, in question, and that
the signature thereto was a forgery. In this affids,
vit he was joined by several other deponents, who
swore, from their knowledge of his hand-writing, that
the signature was a forgery. On the other hand, the
defendant and other persons swore solemnly that the
plaintiff hall executed the warrant of attorney, and had
been facts
50/. as above stated. Upon these contradic-
tory facts the Court of King's Be directed the
issue to be tried. The substantial i was, whether
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the warrant of attorney wss,or was fact a forgery.
The first witness examined was t ev. W.Ourney,
rector of St. Cletnent's Danes, father of the plaintiff,
who deposed that his son is now, he thinks, 27 or 28
years of age. He is a schoolmaster at Epsom ; he
set up as academy there at Midsummer, 1819. Wit-
ness taught lis son to write; brought him up till be
was 14 years of age; witness himself kept a school
till then ; after that time his son went to Soho-square
school ; he is perfectly acquainted with his sum's
band-writing ; looking at the warrant of attorney now
produced. he is perfectly satisfied that the signatures
are not his son's hand-writing; he has no hesitation
in declaring upon his oath that it is not his son's per-
formanee. He calls it his performance, because it is
dune slowly; and with the appearance of imitation ;
his son is nervous, and always writes quickly.
Cross-exausined.—After his on left school be became
clerk in the Invalid-office, in Craven-street, where he
stayed until he was 19 years of age. The plaintiff was
afterwards in the coal business in Orafton-street, New-
man-street. He was married before the age of 21.
After a thee he retired from business. The fact was.
he became a bankrupt. Witness is not sure that he took
the commission out against his son; be thinks he difl
nut take it out. Upon recollection, he thinks he struck
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the docket against him. His tea got his certificate about
two years afterwards. He was not long in business as
a coal merchant—say a few months. After that he
went to teside at No. 310, Strand. His estate paid no
dividend. His debts did not amount to more than
2,0001. The plaintiff lived a eear and a half at Epsom.
Witness does n.sw know that his debts there &emanated
to 1400/. or 1,4001.
. Edward Thomas Roiton, brother-in-law of the plain-
tiff; Robert Durham, Secretary to the Vaccine Institu-
tion, Golden-square; Mr. Scott, an engraver in the
Strand; and several other witnesses, swore positively
that the signatures to the warrant of attorney were not
in the hand-writing of the plaintiff, but forgeries.
Miss Stoles, a young lady, who lives with the plaintiff
and his wife; Amelia Falk, a servant of the plaintiff;
and Jobn Bieber, a footboy of the plaintiff, were called
to prove that at the time the defendant, her son, and the
endorsee of oste of the bills, called upon the plaintiff
on the 16th of April, it was dark, and that they did not
stay long enough for the plaintiff to have possibly cas-
eated the warrant of attorney.
Mr. MAIIIITATT. in an able and powerful defence,
urged the improbability of the story told on the part of
the plaintiff, inasmnrli as it iniplicated so less than
six persons in the crime of forgery without any motive
whatever.
He then called Laurence Langlands, the defendant's
son, Mr. F. Salmon, Mr. J. Blake. Mr. Bird, one of the
endorsees of the bills, and several other witnesses, the
effect of whose evidence was to show that the plaintiff
bad been very mush embarrassed in his circumstances;
that the defendant, apprehensive that the bills would
not be paid at maturity, called upon him to execute the
warrant of attorney in question, by way of collateral se-
curi t y ; that the plaintiff agreed so to do on condition a
receiving the sum of MK down in cash; that this agree.
event took place before the 16th of April, which day the
plaintiff himself appointed to perform his engagement ;
that a warrant of attorney was accordingly prepared,
merely for his signature, and that on that day in the
evening the parties called upon him, when be actually
signed the warrant of attorney.
Long before the defendant's case was closed, there
being upwards of 12 witnesses remaining to be called,
The Foreman of the Jury interposed, and said, that
their minds had long since been made up that there was
no question to try; and a little before seven o'clock
they delivered their unanimous verdict in favour of the
defendant.

CROWN SIDE.
■AN OF ENGLAND PROSECUTIONS.

Ifillient Ifigdeli was indicted for uttering two forged
5/. Bank of England notes to Robert Shearing, at
Kingston, on the 13th of November last. This man's
trial had been put nil from last assizes, on account of the
absence of a material witness, and he had remained in
custody ever since.
The prisoner made a vigorous defence, and attributed
falsehood, perjury, and robbery to Shearing. Ile slid
not deny that he had given him the notes in question,
but;solentnly protested his ignorance that they were
forged. He had picked a lot of notes up at the East India
House, and accidentally took the two in question from
the bundle and gave them to the prosecutor.
Mr. Justice Beiltol:ollsimuseil up the case,anil
The Jury, after deliberating ten minutes. found the
prisoner tinilty—Deatb.
John °Hylton, a young man, aged IS, the son of a
respectable dissenting minister, was indicted for utter-
ing to Joseph Mason, at Clapham, on the 25th of March,
a forged one pound Bank of England note.
The unfortunate prisoner, when called upon to plead,
denied his guilt with the greatest vehemence. He was
found guilty.
The unhappy father was in Court dnring the trial, and
on account of his respectability the Jury recommended
the prisoner to mercy.
CROYDON, AUGUST 29.
The business of these Assizes terminated his morn-
ing. There were but three cases, and these of no
public importance, in the Nisi Prins Coma. The bu-
siness concluded a short time before eleven, after
which Mr. Baron Wood quitted the town for London.
At a late hour yesterday evening, Mr. Justice Bur-
roughs finished on the Crown Side, and proceeded to
pass the awful sentence of death on 11 prisoners, none
of whom were ordered for execution except Edward
Ike, for a highway robbery, under circumstances of
peculiar atrocity, and the unfortunate man David
Thomas, for murder. The former is ordered for exe-
cution on Monday week, and the latter this morning.

POLICE.
_....--

Bow-cream—Yesterday a lad shoot IS years of
age, who gave his name V,n. Hughes, was charged
before Richard Birnie, Esq. the presiding Magistrate,
with having fired off a gun, loaded with gunpowder
and small shut, whereby the persons of Hannah
Stevens and Whiteltorn were seriously
It appeared that the defendant had been shooting
sparrows in a field adjoining Stingo•tane, Mary-le-
bone, and had placed a mark in the hedge that seise-
rates the field from the lane, at s Web he discharged
his piece ; owing to its being levelled above the hedge,
part of the contents struck the witnesses, Stevens and
Whitehorn (the former in the face, and the latter in
the leg), who were passing along the lane. Stetens
called out that she was shot, and the prisoner imme-
diately set off running, but was punned and overtaken
by James Lea, one of the Buw-street patrole, who
was passing at the time. The prisoner made great re-
sistance, bat was ultimately secured and taken to the
watchhouse. _ _

The prisoner, on being asked if he had any thing to
say in his defence, replied, that it was an accident,
and could not be helped, and he thought it very hard
that he should be detained in custody.
The Worthy Magistrate gave him a severe repri-
mand, in which he pointed out to him the dreadful
consequences that were likely to ensue from the care-
less discharge of fire-arms near any public highway,
and then ordered him to find bail for the niiiideinea-
none, which lie being unable to do, be was committed

to prison.
IdAJRLIOROUGH-STRILIT..--801114 11111106 since the
house of Mr. Elmore was broke open sod rehired of two
gad watches, diamond earginp mid other articles of
jewellery to the amount of more than 211 W. hat au
infor-
natioa warn had either of the robbers or the property.—
A short time since three fellows were convicted of bur-
glary at a jeweller's at Brighton and seateneed to hr
transported for life. They are now atlortsmoutb pre•
paratory to their bring shippe.l for Botany Bay. Last

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week Air. Elmore received a lea: film see eltbseal
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prits, stating that be aid hi. twearrlailarl&itellik
4 were the persons who brake tam his Ihreme,. is .
property is 'assays, whigh was sad trilr-. —...".
keeps a alverwakh's and jeweller's sholi 11 !VT
sive trade. The articles were stated in the:bOola labials
been sold by a penes el the same at
.Kel.:lff.aatypsa
farther inquiry circuitous.= transpired whlill'iraw
berated the statement la the gametal's letter; i li #erara
warrant was granted to search the jeweller's hese, 4111.„,,
several articles were found- ',Melt Mr. Itellflo der ler
were part of the stole. property.
The jeweller refused to give an eeriest how he awe
by the property or the purchase mosey, sad he was hey
Is sureties to appear again at a re-ezantinattea.
Horror-GARDSM.—ANIPTIIRE Cast or CM) 11111i4
11:16.—This is the Mb case of child-stealieg that has hem.
beard at this office within a swath. Mary Per veal
charged with stealing two childrea, use a girl gently,r
years of age, daughter of Mr. John Themes King, 13.
Chichester-rents, Chaacerplaae ; sad the ether the as
of a poor market woman residleg in the mine Ow
The prisoner was committed for trial.

We lamest to state, that on Thursday, the Mkt ins..
as two of the Students of the Batt India College. near
Hertford. were bathing in the River Lea, one of them,
Mr. James Grant, a most amiable sod promising yang
man, wandered oat of his depth, ant sank t his cow-
plosion, who had left the water, *aged in agate to•
his relief, bet in vain. Aseistaace was proestredf
mammas and persevering efforts were made, and do
badly was at length found ; but as it had lain (NS
hours in the water, the exertions of the medical are
who bad been called to the spot ware ea3vailieg
restore animation. It is some tooselados thaesewp
of the Members of the College or others who kainial
to the spot in numbers, has sustained any whey.
jury amidst the anxious and hazardous entlearein,
which were made to recover the body.
The Deathless, on whose body a Coroner's lagsesd
was held, on Tuesday, as stated in our paper of yesser-
day, was Mr. William Powell. second son of Mr. W..
Powell, linen-draper, Illackfriars'-road. He had keen,
bathing in the Serpentine River, and went beyeed his
depth, and was unfortunately drowned. Mr. Pewit,
was a very tine young man, and sincerely regretted by.
his afflicted family and friends.
kiss.—About balipast two o'clock yesterday after-
noon, a fire broke out in the lower part of a new house,
intended for a public house. is Lancaster-street, Rens-
wick-square. The house was finished painting led
papering, and there were men at work in it at the
time the fire commenced. The house was beret to
the ground in a few minutes. Much plunder was
committed by a formidable gang of thieves, eleven
of w how, through the exertions of the Hatton-garden
police, were secured and brought before the sit-
ina• Magistrates forezatelsatiou ; two were dischugtd.
and the following nine were committed to prises—
Samuel Chipman, John Davis. James Ilonry, Fred.
Stone, Charles Parker, Jobe Daniels, William Bally,
John Salmon, and Joseph Eady.
SHOCKING ACCIDKPIT 11141 M FIRE ARMS —Tuesday
evening. at seven o'clock. a■ inquest was taken lathe
Board Room of St. Thomas's Hospital, before Theme
Shelton, Esq. Cormier for Leedom and Southwark, IS
view of the body of William Claridge, who was shot
by a spring gun which be had set to deter thieves from
entering the Independent Tabernacle, in the Orem-
vrich-road, which had been sacrilegiously plundered
several times within a few months back. Verdict—
Accidental Death.
DARING ATTACK UT Tstsvas.—About four o'clock
yesterday morning, the house of the lion. Mr. Milk-
nald, Connaugh-place,Tyberh-turnpike, was attacked
by two fellows, who were forcing an entrance iste the
library on the first door; they had bored a hole is the
shutters sufficient to admit a band to loosen the fas-
tenings, whict alarmed the butler, who slept under the
library and commanded a view of the teals on which
the thieves stood. Otte of them instantly tied; sod the
butler, with a pistol in his hand, demanded of the
other not to fly or he would shoot him. 'I be robber
drew a pistol from his pocket and shot at the servant,
who had a very narrow escape, as the ball made twe
perforations in his shirt, when he was climbing up the
leads. He discharged his pistol at the thief at the
same time, but without effect, as he escaped also. Di-
cers are on es airy on the subject.

MARRIED.
Yesterday, at Putney church. the Rev. W. C. Brant, of
Putney-heath. to Isabella Anne. yorogast daughter of the
late Rev. George Wright. of Halifax. N.B.
Thursday last, at Kenwyn. Cornwell, Denham' Drew,
man born deaf and dumb, to Nancy Sedgman, of 311yler.
DIED.
At Boulogne. on the 19th inst. Edward Jobs Heilsvd.
Eau. of Devonshire-plaee.
At Wolston. tear Riogsbridge, on Friday. the 17th lest.
D. F. Wise. Esq. He was preparing to attend the feettst
of Mr. Savory. bnt havleg retired for a moment previa*:
he died manly while abase. was only 101 rem of
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old. !mown by the game of the •• Wood/wild Oirasie
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n this remedy, for such as are obliged to p jeweler or
tea. as it needs no coulinevaeet or restraint of Diet;
years experiesee (is an ell 'Manisa prat-floe) has proves
I it will elect a Cure, whoa repeated milted's sad
ler methods avail nothing. For the scurvy and her
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Hs of 40,000 persons, of both sexes. have
wel of the above creel Disorders, within the led 04111
re. Preps *at their house, red sod sold by the sole Proprietors, T. To
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n and Som. Surgeons, N 0.9. ?few Bridr
reel. la boles of only his. 9d. ouch, duty laeleded. II I. •
ro back doors and lights I. the passim., at alght. Tiler
e also sold by their aprittnieut, with copious dir
'T estimm,
Mr. Ilepbera's oy- . WS, Oxford-streel; pb.
rough's. 7, Fish Street ill. nearly opposite the Mens-
rnt; at Mr. Batter's. Bdinbergh; Mr. Newberest DO'
1; and by he person hi every considerable brint!illt
Bala and Ireland. Advice gratis to persons IMF •
ore, or other of the Proprietor', needielses. Meets sh
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by R. WARDELL. Jun., LL. B.: to 11401.. Wl-
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