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Mr. PEPYS, for the Heir-at-Law, observed that his duty was most long absence, take this woman back again, and that without any enquiry limited; he had nothing to do with the evidence before them; he was into her past conduct, or touching any of the offences imputed to her. He merely to fix the date of the deed, which was said to be executed in April could suppose all this, and the supposition would lead him to believe that 1817. Mr. Bellamy did not produce this deed; but hs to the deed itself, the man who could so act was extremely stupid-a man of no delicate its nature, and the property conveyed by it, they were entirely ignorant. feeling, and most unfit to have the care of danghters; but still, it did not It was most important that the Jury should know when ;he malady com· follow that he was mad. He would go still further, he would suppose a menced-how that large income was squandered, and its unfortunate husband who should actually be a witness to his wife's infidelity (and that owner left without a penny. The Jury was taking the bull by the horns-(a laugh)—aud afterwards take her to perty was employed, but they knew nothing wife guess how the pro certainly. The young his society. This had actually occurred within the last three years, gentleman he represented was placed in a situation of extreme difficulty though it did not come before Court. A husband actually pulled the and pain; he was the eldest son of these unfortunate parents; he was lover out from his bed, and afterwards forgave the wife, and lived with just of age; and in consequence of this diéloktire he was deprived of his her until her subsequent ill conduct obliged the husband to do at last natural protectors. Thus circumstanced, he was called on to confirm a what he should have done at first. He would, he repeated, suppose the deed which might have been executed with tonese motives. Mr. Frank husband saw his own disgrace—that he gave her leave so to act-that might have made a will bequeathing property' This docu- there was a sort of disgusting compact between them, that each might do ment would not be disputed 'until his 'deatli, of viral as they pleased. This would be living in a dehased and disgusting inimportance to ascertain the state of his nilud when the will was trade-famy; but still, he would contend, that a man's madness could not be The Learned Gentleman then entered into a long argument to prove that inferred from that circumstance alone Mr. B then went on to comment Mr. Frank's unsoundness and incompetence should be dated from Dr. on the evidence, described the witness Roebuck as a person of bad charac Wright's first attendance on him in 1816. ter, and spoke of the conviction of Mr. Frank that there was a conspi racy between Mr. Bellamy and Mr. Mainwaring, who had a pecuniary Mr. BROUGHAM, Counsel for Ir. Frank, addressed the Commission interest in the result. Mr. Frank, he said, might have been unsound in He spoke with much feeling of the painful situation in which bis unfortu- 1817, when Dr. Wright attended him, but the same delusion did not now nate Client was placed in having all his actious thus dragged day by day exist. They must prove utter unsoundness of mind; weakness would not before the public-his very person subject to inspection, as if he were not do this was the law. Drs. Peach, Burroughs, and Haslam, would all a man but a beast, with the view of inquiring whether he was not below assure the Jury, that Mr. F. was of sound wind; and though the Jury that level, in being without reason. This was an accumulation of suffer. | might feel for the man, for his family they might regret his debility of ing, from which the buman mind started with hortor. He went on to undersanding-they might wish that his property could be better inacontend, that notwithstanding the grossness of Mr. Frank's conduct, that naged; but they would do neither justice nor their duty-they would was no proof of insanity. A man might be extremely immoral, and yet commit a scandalous violation of both, if they were to resolve, from wohave a sound and clear understanding; and he (Mr. B.) maintained, that tives of pity and a misguided view of that duty and of justice, to make a Mr. F. was not of that unsound intellect which would warrant the Jury sound man a luunfic; because they would be aiding and assisting in taking in taking from him the control of his own affairs. There were numberless away the liberties of property and person from a free subject, without the instances, in which Priests had by their gross impropriety of conduct colour of justice or of law, both of which they had bound themselves by disgraced their saered calling-in which Dignitaries high in the Church their oaths to support. He looked with confidence to their verdict, for had been excommunicated for conduct the most degrading to human restoring Mr. Frank to the comforts and enjoyments to which his station nature, yet in none of these cases had it ever been attempted to defend and fortune entitled him. He then proceeded to call witnesses. them on the ground of insanity; and he would call on them to draw the Joseph Hall, a blacksmith, deposed to his having picked the locks of line between what was the effect of a depraved and vicious habit, and that some drawers at Campsel-house, by Mrs. Bellamy's order, in which which resulted from an unsound mind. It was not contended that his drawers were papers, a check book, &c. Mr. Frank sent for witness in client was a lunatic, or deranged, but that he was of unsound mind. the evening, and asked by whose orders he had picked these locks; when With respect to the question of soundness or unsoundness of mind cou- he told him, he was very angry, and said he ought not to have done it. neeted with a question of a man's insanity, what was the law? To con- Mr. Town, who had been Secretary to Mr. Frank for many years, constitute insanity, a man most be what the law termed non compos. It sidered him as a man of sound wind, though not able to manage his own would not be sufficient that a man should be merely defective in judg-affairs, as he had a defect of vision. Mr. Frank told witness, more than ment, eccentric in manner, flighty in character, indiscreet, extravagant, once, that when he and his wife were reconciled, Mr. Bellamy declared profligate, careless, indolent approaching almost to a habit, and, added to first he had lost by it 3000l. a year. He never heard Mr. Frank talk all these, possess a weak and defective understanding. All that might indecently. be to be greatly regretted, that a man should be so afflicted; it might be extremely inconvenient to him, and might lead to the utter ruin of his family to the loss of his estate, if it were not already settled; but for all this the law of this country afforded no remedy. We will suppose," continued Mr. Brougham, “a man of extraordinary, obtuse- | Dess of feeling a man of an exceeding hard heart, delighting in scenes of misery, and professing an insane love of, and a predilection for, seeing eruelty, instead of shuddering at it-food of attending executions, bull baits, and lion fights-what would make us weep would make him gain, -we might call him wretch, but we could not say he was mad. We might figure a man, for instance, who would quietly look on, and see all his family lie dead around him, tread upon the of his grare parents, and ink that sport, for which we should feel and pity: such a man might be called a monster, but he would not be considered a madman. But will suppose a third case; a man, for instance, who could quietly sit by, without pity, and hear his father's conduct described as ignominious, pro fligate, and woustrous, even charged with madness—bear him described as a man who had lost every worthy attribute, degraded to a level with the brute beast, without reason, described as a brazen profligate without the slightest shame-should be hear all this emblazoned forth, and sit Mr. C. D. Badham, son of Dr. Badham, travelled in the coach to Cam down when he could walk out and in silence wail over it-I might go bridge with Mr. Frank, who talked incessantly, but not indecently; and farther: should that son still sit by and bear his mother's chastity im-witness had not the slightest idea that he was insane. peached-hear her actually called a w→→; hear her whoredoms and adulteries repeated until they stunk in the nostrils of the whole assembly hear them embellished by the powerful eloquence, and still more powerful imagination, of the Solicitor-General-hear his father described as one sunk in madness and misery, and his mother streped in infamy, and sit there staring on the picture, when he might have gone forth and averted his eyes from his parents' shame :—such a man, we should say, may be in the dotage of old age, or the imbecility of infancy, he is not | coustituted as we are; he may be a brute, he may be hard hearted, but we would not say he was fit for a commission of lunacy. We might wish for a keeper for such a man, but we could not get it, for the law will not allow it." He would now go to another case—the delicate one of a busbund. He would suppose that his client, after all that he might have heard of his wife's conduct, should, in his returning love, increased by

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The Rev. A. Norton-Curate of Alderton, one of Mr. Frank's living, was present when Mr. Bellamy received a note, on the reading of which Mr. B. conducted himself in a frantic manner, exclaiming, "That dam'd idiot Frank has got his bitch of a wife back;" and intimating that he had lost thousands (he believed 3000) a year by it.

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Elizabeth Jenkinson Knows Lousy Badley, who said that Mrs. Bulamy would do anything for her if she would speak against Mrs. Frank; but that lady was a good mistress, and that she had nothing to say against her." Ann Coe, with whom Mr. F. lodged for three weeks in 1823, believed hinï of, sound mind, Clarissa Jennings lived in the service of Mr. F., from 1802 to 1817. She never saw anything improper going on between Mrs. F. and Dr. Dickenson, and Mr. Frank never conducted himself improperly or extravagantly.

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John Graves had business with Mr. F. in 1821, about a farm, when he gave him satisfactory answers, and conducted himself like a vian of business, and not like a man of unsound mind, or witness would have had nothing to do with him.

A letter was read from Mr. F. to` his sister, written in 1817, in a very bad hand; but the composition breathed a very kind affectionate spirit to wards his children and their mother; and contained some pathetic passages upon the gradual extinction of his own hopes, and the great increase of his domestic calamities.

Dr. Haslam had attended Mr. Frauk six times, from March last, this morning inclusive; had conversed with him a great deal, and had no doubt at all that his mind was sound. Mr. F. said that he had behaved most incorrectly, and that he was very sorry for it: he was perfectly conscious of right and wrong. Witness thought Mr. Frank's taking his wife back was no proof of an unsound mind, even presuming adultery to have been proved. Uusoundness, or absolute idiocy, was an extreme and irreclaimable degree of imbecility; and, in liis apprehension, Mr. F. was not unsound.

Mr Proparts, who had known Mr. F. intimately for eight or nine years, that their conduct had been highly blameable. It was quite shocking to was of the same opinon as Dr. Haslam.

Saturday, August 6.

The evidence against the commission of lunacy was brought to a close this day by the examination of four witnesses.—Mr. Propert spoke to the Rev. Mr. Frank's accuracy in matters of account, having had numerons pecuniary transactions with him. He thought him a very weak and a very profligate inan, but not insane. He thought that, as a clergyman, he might be a depraved character, and yet of sound mind.-Three medical gentlemen, Mr. Burrows, Dr. Beach, and Dr. Burrowes, stated their opinions, resulting from professional attendance on Mr. Frank, that he was a very weak and very eccentric man, but not an idiot, or incapable of managing his own affairs.-The Commissioners adjourned at an early hour to Monday.

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think of 200 or 300 people standing round to incite, encourage, and almost compel two of their neighbours to fight for three hours, till they were utterly exhausted; it was a shame and a disgrace to the country, and must be prevented in future. Was it to be said that all this was "sport?" It was monstrous if Englishmen could take pleasure in such sport, and a stain on their national character, which it became them to wipe out as soon as possible. EXETER, JULY 30.-RAPE.-Richard Baker was indicted for having feloniously known and abused Emma Lavallin, a child under the age of ten years, in Plymouth The facts of this very disgusting case were clearly proved. The father of the child is a hairdresser, residing in Marketstreet; the prisoner, a man of most squalid appearance, carried on a grocery business in the same street. On the 21st of May last the prisoner called the child into his shop, and afterwards took her into a room behind, where MAIDSTONE, JULY 28.-SEDUCTION-BISHOP WOTTON.-This was he committed the offence. The child gave her evidence with great clear. an action for seducing the plaintiff's daughter, whereby he lost her ser-ness, and with a degree of reluctance which convinced all who heard bet vices.-Miss Harriet Jane Bishop, the plaintiff's daughter, was brought that she was not a tutored witness. The Gaoler of the prison at Plymouth into Court by a female friend, apparently in a state of inisery.-Examined deposed to a conversation with he had with the prisoner; in the course of by Mr. ADOLPHUS: My father lives at Fordwich. I was nineteen years which, without any hope or promise being held out to him, the prisoner old last month; I became acquainted with the defendant about four years stated facts which placed the question of his guilt beyond doubt.-The since. After being educated at a boarding school, I came home to live learned Judge, in summing up, took occasion to reprobate the custom with my father and mother. The defendant is a farmer. He told me be sometimes pursued by constables and gaulers-namely, that of entering was in very good circumstances, and had great expectations. At the into conversation with prisoners, who made disclosures unfavourable to time there was another gentleman paying his addresses to me. The first themselves, not supposing that those disclosures would afterwards be adtime the defendant declared himself was on the 8th of January 1823, at duced in evidence against them -After a consultation which lasted a cona dance at my father's house. I accepted him as a lover. After that, my siderable time, the Jury returued a verdict of Guilty.-The Learned acquaintance with the other gentleman was discontinued. His addresses Judge pronounced sentence of death on the prisoner, to whom he held out became known to my family, and generally amongst all the neighbours not the slightest hope of a remission of his sentence.In the course of the He went out with and escorted me about. This continued for eight trial, and during the cross-examination of the surgeon, Mr. Cookworthy, months. In August 1823, he made more direct advances. Walking out who had on two occasious declared that he did not understand two very with him one Sunday evening, he tried to seduce me to do wrong. 1 lengthy questions which were put to him by Mr. Bird, the latter gentlewould not listen to him. He said unless I consented, he would never mau requested the witness not to "affect to misunderstand the plainest quesmarry me. I then told him I should not have him on such terms, and that tions in the world "The Learned Judge immediately said, "Mr Bird, I would never have him. He told me I should consider better of it and while I sit here, I will not allow any witness to be insalted. I will not repent. We went home together immediately. He brought up the subject suffer any sarcasm to be thrown out against a man who is giving his eviagain, and told me I should ask him the next time. I told him I was cer- dence with propriety. I think this witness has seemed most anxious to tain I should never do such a thing as that. We then parted. On the give the fairest testimony. He certainly does not appear to affect a misThursday following he returned from a cricket match with my brother, understanding of any question that has been put to him."-A few hints of and asked me to go out for a walk. I went with him; he then accom- this kind from the Bench would be of infinite service in controlling the plished the purpose which he expressed on the Sunday evening before; spirit of impertinence which too often marks the cross-examinations of after that I saw him several times, and the same thing took place; in May Counsel. following I discovered that I was pregnant; on the 3d of February in this year, I became the mother of a boy; told him of my situation, and he advised me to keep it a secret, and that he should contrive that I should be well taken care of; he promised from the first that he would marry me; he continued to make these promises at all times; the reason he assigned for not marrying me was, for fear of offending his grandfather, from whom he said he had great expectations. I did not disclose my situation to my family. The defendant is about 30 years of age at this time. I was boarded and lodged at the house of Mrs. Asseter, at Gravesend, where 1 was confined; whilst I was there, the defendant came twice to see me by his own contrivance.-Several witnesses described the conduct of Miss Bishop to have been in some respects improper, while she was courted by the defendant.-Mr. MARRYAT was about to call other witnesses to prove the facts deposed to, when-The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE interposed, and communicated with the Counsel on both sides. It was agreed that the defendant should submit to a verdict of 501.-The Jury were therefore directed to find for the plaintiff, which they did accordingly. Damages 50/. SHROPSHIRE, JUNE 29.-MANSLAUGHTER IN A PRIZE FIGHT-John Rivet, William Rivet, John Morris, and Wm. Clemson, all labourers, and Mr. PHILLIPS stated the Plaintiff's case, and dwelt with much energy Mr. Thomas Harris, veterinary surgeon, were charged with manslaughter, in killing William Richards.-The charge was, that the prisoner John on the meanness and brutality of the assault. After detailing the artifiMorris, had killed the deceased; and that the others were aiding and ces used by the Defendants to get into Mr. Judge's room, he detailed the abetting him in so doing. This was one of those unfortunate cases which particulars of the conversation which passed.-Col. Berkeley demanding arose from pitched battles. Morris and the deceased met at a public-explanation for a paragraph reflecting upon him in the Cheltenham Jour house at Shifnal, and the deceased deposited one pound, and Morris de-nal, and Mr. Judge referring him to the office for that end. The Col. was armed with a heavy jockey whip, and on Mr. Judge's declining to posited two pounds, to abide the event of the fight. The next morning give an immediate explanation, he began a violent assault upon him. A they went to fight, one of the Rivets and Clemson acting as seconds, and female servant was recalled to the room by the sound of blows and the Mr. Harris lending them a field of his to fight in, and handing round a cries of her master, and attempted to open the door, but one of the gen! glove to gather money for the combatants. Sixty rounds were fought tlemen within kept the door so that she could not open it. The Defend without any decisive result, it being put an end to by the bystanders, and ants beat him till they were tired, and then allowed him to go into the the deposit returned, each man taking his own share. The deceased re passage. Just as the door opened, either Lord Lennox or Mr. Hammond ceived some severe blows in the fight, and after that he went home very said to Col. Berkeley,“ D―n it, he has had enough; let him go." Mr. ill, and became convulsed, and died the next morning.-Several witnesses Judge came out of the room streaming with blood from head to foot, and were examined. The point on which the case turned was, whether the in a condition of pitiable weakness. But these Defendants were no ordeceased died from the blows, or not. Medical gentlemen gave it as their dinary persons-even they were unsated. When their victim came out opinion, that the blows did not cause death. After a deliberation, the covered with blood, and attempted to get to his room, he was pulled by Jury stated, that they were of opinion that the deceased did not die of the Lord Lennox who laid hold of the skirts of his coat, and held him to reblows. Mr. Justice BURROUGH: Then, Gentlemen, you must say the ceive further punishment, and Mr. Hammond seized him by the hair, prisoners are not guilty. The Jury then acquitted the prisoners. and held him to receive Col. Berkeley's blows. When a wig, which, on account of some indisposition, he had worn, came off, Col. Berkeley beat him over the head thus exposed, till he cut the ball of his eye, and laid

Mr. Justice BURROUGH addressed them, and warned them to keep the peace. They had very narrowly escaped conviction. No one could doubt

LEICESTER, AUG. 3.-MORDER.-Hannah Read, aged 36, was found guilty of wilfully causing the death of her husband, a Chelsea pensioner, by pushing him into the canal near Grimsby. The evidence was circumstantial; but she had returned to her husband after having lived with another man; had been heard repeatedly to say that" she would do for him" gave very contradictory accounts of his death, though she was seen with him at the canal, and did not alarm anybody at the time of his falling (as she said) into the water.-After deliberating a quarter of an hour, they pronounced a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner, who bad anxiously watched the looks of the Jury during their consultation, fell into the arms of the gaoler and fainted when she heard the verdict. She was recovered aud placed again at the bar.-The Judge proceeded to pass sentence of death upon her, which she interrupted frequently by exclaiming, "For God's sake forgive me, I hope your Lordship won't hang me. Spare me, my Lord, for the sake of my six poor children. ' -She was ordered for execution on Friday next.

HEREFORD, AUg. 4.—The Berkeley Assault,-This was an action for an assault, committed by Col. Berkeley, Lord Sussex Lennox (brother to the Duke of Richmond) and R. C. Hammond, Esq. upon Mr. Judge. the Editor of the Cheltenham Journal.

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The Jury retired at six o'clock, and a little after seven returned with a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages, 500!.

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open his cheek from the eye to the lip. After all this, Colonel Berkeley | was all nonsense as applied to such a case. Au Editor had no duties retired laughing, and saying to his companions," Did not I give it him which privileged him to attack private character, or defended him properly" with an oath. All this, said Mr. P. incredible as it seemed, against law. If, after this, Colonel Berkeley had met him in the street would be proved by witnesses beyond suspicion. Mr. Judge retired to and inflicted a moderate chastisement, though the law would not justify his room, took to his bed, and for a fortnight was incapable of leaving it. him, still he could not be blamed; but this was not a manly horse whipHe had gradually become better; but his eye was not yet restored, and ping; it was inflicted by three persons, two of whom had no cause of it was doubtful whether it would ever perfectly regain its powers. What complaint, and it was very violent, though, perhaps, not productive of defence (asked Mr. P.) was to be made-what mitigation offered of this permanent injury. The Jury would give such damages as the plaintiff barbarous and unparalleled outrage? No sudden passion could have ought to receive. prompted the assanit, for that was disproved by the cold deliberation with which it was conducted. If the Defendants had chosen to learn justice from the champions of the ring, whose language they did not disdain to imitate, they might have learned that the lowest of those barbarians would disdain to employ three to attack one, or take any advantages but those of skill and science. ares would not thus have acted: they might take a sudden and a fatal revenge for real or imagined wrongs; but they were incapable of this ambushed cruelty-this compound of atrocity and fraud, exhibited in the present transaction. It was rumoured that Colonel Berkeley meant to palliate his conduct by asserting that he had been attacked in the plaintiff's journal. He denied that there was any comment which the occasion did not justify; and he hoped some lingering feeling of remorse-some respect for the laws of God and man-would prevent Colonel Berkeley from again bringing forward the subjects to which alJusion was made. At all events, the other defendants were free from the aggravation of such an apology;-they were not attacked-their names were never mentioned in the paper-they were without excuse for thus attacking an unarmed stranger, and practically justifying, in the eyes of the rabble, the worst theories of the leveller and the Jacobin. After some further remarks, Mr. Phillips concluded by calling on the Jury to teach the humblest class that they would never invoke vainly, and the highest that they could never outrage safely, the laws made for all, and to assert and prove the impartial justice of their tribunal.

Mary Curtis, Elizabeth Tyard, and Miss Mary Anne Morris: who were witnesses of the assault, proved the facts as stated by Mr. Phillips. Eliz. Tyard heard the lashes of the whip, and heard Lord Lenox and Mr. Hammond exclaim, "Give it him well, the rascal, it is what he deserves; give it him well; give it !" She heard Mr. Judge say," For God's sake have mercy on me, help, help!" She attempted to open the door, but could not, for the door was fast. The blows continued. There were only women in the house. On her return into the passage, she heard one of the three say, "Let him out now, he has had enough." Mr. Judge then came out His face was completely covered with blood, and blood was running down his clothes. He made for the stairs, and got up two or three steps. The tall thin gentleman caught him by the skirts and pulled him back. The other gentleman seized his wig, as by the hair, and it fell off. On this Colonel Berkeley cut Mr. Judge over the head and eyes with a horsewhip; he struck at his head and eyes. Some of those lashes left a mark of blood about a foot long on the wall. There was blood in several places where Mr. Judge had been s'anding.

Several medical men described the effects of the severe beating Mr. Judge had received.

Mr. TAUNTON addressed the Jury for the Defendants, whose conduct he attempted to justify, on the ground that Mr. Judge had provoked Col. Berkeley by remarks upon him in the paper he conducted,-which held the Colonel up as the illegitimate son of the late Earl Berkeley, by Miss Tudor, alías Cole, the daughter of a butcher-alluded to his conduct to Miss Foote as infamous,-sneered at him as destitute of courage -and asserted that many families of the highest rank and respectability, who had received tickets for the Berkeley Hunt Ball, declined his invitation for reasons best known to themselves.-Mr. T. said, that Mr. Judge had been repeatedly warned not to proceed in such a course, or he would be punished; but he persisted; and he trusted that the Jury would think that he was fairly served out-justly, though severely dealt with. So far from the case being "unparalleled," horsewhipping was a good old English punishment for such offences-an ancient and laudable custom, tried and approved on similar occasions. The Learned Counsel concluded by intreating the Jury to consider the provocation given; and though they must return a verdict for the plaintiff, to mark their sense of his conduct by the smallness of the damages.

After some witnesses had been examined for the defence, and Mr. PHILLIPS had replied,

Mr. Justice BURROUGH informed the Jury that they must give an entire verdict against all the defendants. The assault was unquestionably very severe, and he thought the holding the plaintiff in the passage, and renewing the blow after he had been allowed to leave the parlour, was a very unnecessary addition to the punishment. He then read the parole evidence for the defendants; and gave his opinion that it did show a very great provocation as respected Colonel Berkeley, but certainly not as to his friends There was a succession of articles representing him as a bastard, a seducer, and a coward; holding up his family to hatred and scorn; and tending to represent him as in every way contemptible and odious, and this in the place where he had been accustomed to live. The plaintiff had been warned to desist; but he refused, and talked about the paramount duties of an Editor," which

A man of very genteel appearance in point of dress and person, about 40 years of age, who gave his name Thomas Dutton Browne, was on Tuesday brought from Sr. George's watch house upon the following charge; A young lad named Cross, a helper in the stables of Lord Stanley, in Reeves's Mews, stated that he was at Astley's Theatre the night before, and accidentally saw the personer there. After the performance, witness stopped at à public-house, and then he again saw the prisoner, who entered into conversation with him, and joined him in drinking porter out of the same pot. When witness left the public-honse, and was proceeding over Westminster bridge, the prisoner came up to him, and asked him if he would permit him to take hold of his arm, as he was very tired. This witness consented to, and they walked over the bridge. The prisoner then said that he had no place in town to sleep, as he lived at Clapham Common, and would be obliged to the witness if he could accommodate him at his lodgings. Witness knowing what it was to want a bed, could not refuse him, and took the prisoner home to where he sleeps at the sta ble in Reeves's Mews, when they went to bed; but witness had very soon reason to regret having done so, as the conduct of the prisoner convinced him that he had got a most detestable companion. He immediately got up, ran out to the street, called the watchman, and gave charge of the prisoner.-The watchman confirmed this latter part of the complainant's statement.-The Magistrate having asked the prisoner what he had to say, was replied to by a question from the latter, to know if he had received a letter from him that morning -Sir GEORGE FARRANT said, I did receive a letter just now, but I never pay any attention to such letters-Prisoner: there mentioned who I am, and the name of a nobleman now in London, with whom I am well acquainted; my family connexions are of the first respectability, and every word of the charge against me is false.—Sir G. FARRANT: This letter is signed “T. D. Browne." Is that your real name, and what profession are you of, or where do you reside?-Prisoner: That is my name. I am of no profession, but live on my private fortune, at Chapham Common, or near there. Where I reside, I live chiefly in retirement, owing to the decay of my constitution from an internal complaint-The Magistrate again asked if he had any reply to make to the charge made against him by the complainant.-Prisoner answered, that it was all false. The fact was, that when he laid down on the defendant's bed, and went to sleep, he suddenly awoke, and discovered the complainant's hand in his pocket, robbing him, and when he charged him with doing so, the complainant turned round on him and made this charge, The Magistrate asked, was it not a most extraordinary thing for a person appearing to be a gentleman, as he did, to think of sleeping with a stableboy -The Prisoner said, that being very tired, and so far from home, at that late hour, and not knowing where to procure a bed, he was glad to to find any place to stretch himself on-The Magistrate said, that surely he could get a bed at any hotel. He had money in his pocket [a sovereign and other money was found on the prisoner, as were several papers and backs of letters, having the names of several noblemen and others written on them]-The Magistrate then told the prisoner that he must find two respectable housekeepers in 100, to answer the charge at the sessions, and he must give 48 hours' notice of bail. The prisoner said, he could easily procure bail to any amount, but he should wish to have a private interview with the Magistrate some time in the course of the day. That," said Sir GEORGE FARRANT," you certainly shall not have with me; 1 hold no such private communications with prisoners."-The prisoner was then locked up, and the complainant and the watchman were bound over hair and complexion, about five feet eight inches in height, dressed in a in 402. each to prosecute the case. The prisoner is a man of very dark black coat and waistcoat, and fashionable duck trousers, and of very gen teel address.

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A SECOND LION FIGHT.-Notwithstanding the disgust so generally expressed in consequence of the late Lion fight at Warwick, the raffian owner of the poor auimals, nothing moved, on Saturday week produced another lion, named Wallace, at the Factory yard in Warwick, in order to gratify the lovers of such scenes with a second brutal exhibition. On this occasion, about 1500 persons were present-among them some females decently dressed! Six dogs were engaged, who were set upon the noble beast two at a time. When they mounted the stage, Wallace was couching down, but on hearing the cry of the dogs, he instantly sprung to the

side of the cage from whence the noise proceeded. His head and ears | Mr. Jones stated, that he occupied the house destroyed by fire in Old were erected; the hairs of his fine bushy mane stood up like bristles; his Cavendish street, where he carried on the business of a tailor. On Friday eyes sparkled like fire; and a general convulsion seemed to agitate his night, he was sitting with a gentleman named Holmes, in the front parwhole frame. Both dogs, although excited to the highest pitch of fury ||lour, about half past ten o'clock, when he heard a loud noise in the back by the persons who handled them, appeared overawed by the terrific parlour, like the falling of a heavy body. He immediately went to ascer appearance of the royal beast, and remained for four or five minutes upon tain the cause of the noise, and perceived a strong smell of fire. On openthe platform, without making any attempt to enter the cage; at lengthing the back parlour door, he discovered the room full of fames, which Ball going too near the bars, he was forced into it by the lion's paw. The burst out upon him, and scorched his face. He had only time to call out poor dog had scarcely got upon his legs ere the lion caught him in his that the house was on fire, when the flames extended every way, and be mouth, and carried him round the arena for several minutes, as a cat was obliged to fly for his life. There were then in the house, himself, would do a mouse. Tinker, who during the whole of this period was the deceased Mrs. Jones (who was his housekeeper), and her two som! ; kept at bay by the lion's paws, made many ineffectual attempts to seize Miss Morris, on the second floor; the servant girl and her sister, whose Wallace by the lip; at length he succeeded in attracting the attention of body had not been found; Count Esterhazy, who occupied the first floor, the kingly beast, who, laying down poor Ball, then nearly dead, directed and his servant. They escaped by the first floor front window, as did his fury upon his other antagonist. Wallace furiously grasped him Mrs. Jones's sons. He heard the cries of the unfortunate persons, but between the neck and the shoulder, and but for the timely assistance of could render tliem no assistance. [Here the witness burst into tears). The one of the keepers, who held out a piece of raw meat to him to entice him flames ascended with such tremendous rapidity, that neither life nor good from his prey, would have killed him on the spot. This attack did not could be saved, and it was impossible to ascend by ladders the front of the Occupy more than ten minutes.-Twenty minutes having elapsed, the house. The youths endeavoured to save their mother, but she fainted, next two dogs, Turpin and Sweep, were brought to the platform. Wal and they had only time to save their lives. In answer to some questions, lace instantly rose upon his legs, enger for the contest. Both dogs rushed the witness said he had been in the room where the fire first originated, in in gallant style; the lion receded a few paces, with a slow, proud about hinlf past wine o'clock, with a lighted candle, but he did not see any motion, and sidled for more than a minute, as if watching his enemies. spark fall from it. He could not say how the fire originated. Another Sweep boldly attacked the lion in front, and hung by the flowing mane of witness deposed to precisely the same effect; and in addition, described his antagonist; but the other dog griping one of his hind legs, Wallace the agonized appearance of Miss Morris, and the girl's groans, at the threw Sweep away from him with considerable violence, and turned round windows; but no human aid could reach them before the flooring fell, and to punish Turpin for his temerity. The lordly brute seized him by the they were precipitated into the burning gulf. It was stated, that on thi throat. Turpin, as soon as he regained his liberty, made the best use of being witnessed by the crowd, a scream of borror burst from one extreme it, by running away to his kennel. Wallace, exasperated at the annoy to the other of the street, and several persons sunk to the ground in fits.ance he suffered from Sweep while he was punishing Turpin, grasped The Jury went to the workhouse to perform the duty of looking on the him over the loins, and would have killed him in a few minutes, had the remains of the unfortunate persons, and a sight the most distressing wa poor dog not been drawn out by stratagem. This attack lasted about five witnessed. The bodies were nearly entirely consumed. On the return minutes.-The third attack did not take place till ten minutes after the of the Jury, they returned a verdict of “ Accidentally burned to death" stipulated time (twenty minutes). During the cessation, Wallace walked-The body of Betsy Graves, also, a young female who had come on the round his cage in surly silence, and then couched upon his fore paws, evening of the fire on a visit to her sister, being subsequently found, 208none of the keepers daring to approach him. The remaining dogs, Billy ther inquest, with the same result, was held on her, and Tiger, were then brought to the stage. Both of them at first seemed terrified at the royal beast, and were a long time before they would enter the cage. Tiger went in first, but as soon as the lion approached him, he made a precipitate retreat. Billy, who had only got half way through the bars, also retraced his steps on the platform. Wallace met his new combatants with unabated spirit; but, disappointed of his prey, became furious, and attempted to drag them through the bars with his deadly paws. After the lapse of a few seconds the dogs were again put into the cage. Tiger made an attempt to seize the lion by the nose, but receiving a severe repulse from one of his fore paws, barked as usual, and then inade his exit. Billy however singly maintained the combat for a short time with great spirit, but Wallace at length seized him by the loins, and kept him within the grasp of his leviathan jaws, till the keeper threw a piece of raw flesh into the den, which tempting him, he loosed his hold of his antagonist, and allowed him to escape with life.-As soon as the cage was cleared, Wallace, seemingly disappointed of his prey, betrayed his anger by lashing his sides with his tail and roaring tremendously. | His jaws were covered with crimson foam, and he continued to stride the arena from one end to the other, for several minutes, printing each step with gore. He appeared not in the least exhausted.-Ball died a few seconds after he was taken out of the cage, and Tinker expired next morning. Tiger and Turpia are but little hurt; hat Sweep lies in a very dangerous state. Billy is expected to recover. Sweep had several of his ribs broke, and is otherwise much injured.-Nelson and Captain, who were engaged with Nero, are not expected to live-We understand the whole receipts (on Tuesday and Saturday) amounted to between 500 and 6001. The expenses connected with the fight will, it is said, amount to about 4001,

DEATH AT HAMMERSMITH-There is not the slightest foundation for the report current in Hammersmith, that a young lady had been found there robbed, violated, and murdered, as stated in some of the Morning Papers A Coroner's Jury was summoned on Monday night to sit upon the body of Elizabeth Ennis, aged 33, the female alluded to, when it appeared, that she was the daughter of a respectable individual proceeding on a visit to | her mother at Isleworth, and having missed the stage went on foot to Hammersmith, in which place she applied at the frouse of a widow for a bed, but was unable to obtain it. She therefore placed herself under the care of the watchman (John Davis) who put ber into his box, and left her there for several hours. Early in the morning she was found dead in the watch box, but without any mark of violence whatever.-Mrs. Frost, of Bayswater, a lady with whom she had lived, deposed, that she had been subject to epilepsy; in consequence of which the Jury returned a verdict of Died by the visitation of God,"-at the same time expressing an opinion, that her death had been accelerated by the neglect of the watch man, in leaving her without aid.

FIRE IN OLD CAVENDISH STREET-On Monday a Jury assembled at the Buffalo's Head, New road, to enquire into the deaths of Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, Miss Margaret Morris, and a girl named Elisabeth. Graves,

FIRE AT KILMARNOCK.—On Tuesday morning, about half past one, s destructive fire commenced its ravages in a two-story house in Back lane. The wooden staircase of the house, and all its apartments and their færniture, soon caught the flames, and were, in a few moments, consumed to ashes, and, dreadful to relate, four of the inmates were suffocated or burst to death. An old woman, her daughter with an infant, and a young girl of seventeen, were the sufferers. Two of the women were seen inakug desperate efforts to escape from the upper flat of the house, but the flar gave way whilst they were struggling, and they were seen to plunge ista the devouring fire. The bodies of the woman and of her child clasped to her bosom, were found literally roasted, presenting a shocking spectack, and, on removing the bodies, some of the limbs actually parted from the trunk-Glasgow Free Press.

Mr. W. P. Clagget, of Clapham, was drowned on Thursday week, at Broadstairs, by the upsetting of a boat, in which be had gone out to seu în a very gusty day. One of the boatiner, named Hillier, was drowned with him-the other was saved.

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.-On Monday a most remarkable circumstance took place at the house of Mr. Philpat, feniterer, 33 Great Marylebone street. James Martin, a fine little boy about five years of age, son to a coachman who occupies the third floor in the house, was left at home under the care of his sister, a girl about fourteen, who, having occasion to go out, left the little urchin in the ronin. During her absence he locked the door, and on her return he refused to open it ; she requested him repeatedly to pat the key under the door, thinking he was not while to unlock it, but he told her that he was going to throw himself out of the window. She paid no attention to his threat, but he said "here goes," on which he threw out a pair of pincers. Mrs. Philpot happened to be speaking to a friend on the pavement, opposite the door, and seeing the pincers fall, she said what a shame it was to be throwing such things ont of the window; and on looking up, she saw something else failing, which proved to be the key; ou looking up from whence it was thrown, they saw something white, on which Mrs. Philpot observed-“ Here comes a baudle of rags." She had no sooner uttered the words, than the child was seen falling from the window, and her friend exclaimed—“ My God! it is a child." Mrs. Philpot, who is a stout woman, was riveted to the spot, through the shock she received; and fortunately, the child, instead of falling on the stones, fell on her left breast and shoulder with its arm round her neck, and slipped off to the pavement, its head falfing bat lightly on the stones. Mrs. Philpot was considerably hurt by the child falling on her. The etsild was stunned. It was immediately carried in Dr. Burnet, who applied leeches, and restored it to its senses, and it wa taken home and put to bed. The next morning, however, at the usual hour for breakfast, he called for it, and ate with good appetite; and, sa being spoken to on the subject of his descent, he langbed, saying-1 do it again." He is now playing about the streets as cheerfully as ever. What is wonderful is that he has not a single bruise, with the exceptios of one on his forehead, on which he fel, and ibaí is very sligh

On Tuesday night, at about ten o'clock, Thos. Jones, who resides in the neighbourhood of Aldersgate street, quarrelled with his wife, and received at her hands an injury from which it is yet matter of question wheTher he can ever recover. He was intoxicated. She had, it seems, twice before in her rage threatened " to serve him out," as Mrs. Stanton, of Coldbath square, had served out her husband, and had actually armed herself with a razor for the purpose of maiming him. His drunkenness on this occasion seconded her efforts. She seized the razor and made a ent at him; he contrived to step a little aside; but she succeeded in giv. ing him a deep cut in the inside of the left thigh, from which there was a grent effusion of blood. The woman was taken into custody, and her hasband was conveyed to Bartholomew Hospital, when one of the surgeous examined the wound and pronounced it dangerous.

On Monday, at Lord Clifford's residence in Mansfield street, the Hon. Mr. Stourton, eldest son of Lord Stourton, to the Hon. Lucy Clifford, fourth daughter On Tuesday, at St. George's, Hanover square, William Fowle Middleton, Esq.

only son of Sir Wm. Middleton, Bart. to the Hon. Ann Cust, sister of Lord Brownlow.

On the 19th ult. Christopher Fitzsimon, Esq. barrister at law, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Daniel O'Connell, of Merrion square, Dublin, Esq. On the 19th ult. at Brussels, the Count Ferdinand D'Oaltrement, Chamberlain to H. S. H. Prince Frederick of Orange, to Isabella Charlotte, only daughter of the late George Bonham, Esq. formerly in the Naval Service of the India On Monday, George Heald, Esq. of Lincoln's Tun, to Emina, daughter of s.

Trafford Southwell, Esq. of Wroxham Hall, Norfolk.

On the 4th inst. William Flexman Vowler, Esq. of Stoke Newington, to Ann, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Esq. of Hornsey lane. Plasket House, Essex, to Rachel, third daughter of Jacob Foster Reynolds, Esq. On Thursday, George Gurney Fry, Esq. eldest son of Joseph Fry, Esq. of

On Monday evening, at Knole, the Duchess of Doract.

On Saturday week, at Cowes, after a lingering illuess, Earl Craven, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Berks, Recorder of Coventry, and a Lieutenant General in the Army, in the 55th year of his age. His Lordship married, 12th

Dec. 1807, Miss Branton, of Covent garden Theatre, and has left issue Viscount Ufington (now Bart Craven), another sony and a daughter 12

Lately, at Brougham Hall, the seat of H. Brougham, Esq., suddenly, and on her journey from London to Scotland, Lady E. Elliott, sister of Lord Minto, in the prime of life.

On Tuesday week, at Garuons, Herefordshire, Henry Cotterell, Esq. second m of Coloniel Sir J. G. Cotterell, Bart. M.P. for the county. On the 1st inst. at Hackbridge, near Beddington, in Surrey, in her 7th year, Erskine Elizabeth, youngest daughter of James Christie, Esq. On the 30th ult. at High Wycombe, Bucks, aged 59, James Gomme, Esq. F.A.S. At Clancoole terrace, Bandon, Lieutenant-Colonel Hewitt, youngest son of the On the 3d inst. at Clapham common, Thomas Newton, Esq. of Warwick square, many years agent to the provincial press. On the 30th ult. aged 73, James Renat Syms, Esq. the Common Crier of Landon. On Friday he had transacted business, with his usual acuteness, at the London Life Association, where he was the Resident Director, He slept that night at his house, near Edmonton, and rose on Saturday morning apparently well. He conversed gaily from his bed-room window with a friend who was walking in the garden. He was shortly afterwards seized with an attack in his stomach; vomiting and exhaustion followed; and in about two hours he breathed his last without struggle or groan.

At Posan, on the 18th of June, Peter Tuchan, in the 29th year of his age, of a dropsy in the chest. He was a native of Tula, and remarkable for his gigantic stature. He measured 8 feet 7 inches in height; so that the heads of the tallest men hardly reached his breast. He was a very moderate eater; and it is said he was seven years old before he began to grow in such an extraordinary manner. His stature continued to increase, and it appeared that he continued Frankført Paper, diskoe growing until his death.