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after the affidavit had been sworn, and that the initials of the 
Learned Judge appearing in the affidavit had been forged. ‘T nee 
was not the slightest ground for this imputation, and it was a 
charge calculated so to injure Mr. Vallance, that he had sieagtt 
it right to have recourse to the present roceeding—to indict the 
pant for perjury. Witnesses were examined at length on 
sides; and Mr. Erle addressed the Jury for defendant, at 
ee ‘objecting that the Judge’s chambers were not in Middlesex 
which was over-ruled, and next endeavouring to prove that the 
initials were in the handwriting of the defendant himself. e 
tlerk of Mr, Justice Patteson; Mr. Arthur Parsey, a writer in 
perspective, who is a friend of aN Barnard Gregory, and had 
been his bail at Southend when he was arrested, and other 
friends of defendant were eeeainel to support this argument. 
Lord Denman, in summing up, observed that in his opinion the 
mode in which the affidavit was sworn rendered a party liable to 
an indictment. It was for the Jury to say whether they con- 
sidered the c cage hed of Mr. Justice Williams wars in the sounty 
whole case was for ae eo cbraeany and Ae 
would say whether the defendant was guilty or not. During the 
latter part of the summing up the defendant, who had been in 
Court all day ier ne counsel, took his hat and walked 
out of Court. The J ned a yerdict of Guilty. The de- 
fendant was then called, cane “did not answer. r. Sergeant Tal- 
Mr. Erle said Tilers wi e Ob- 
hall pass judgment 
jections to the indictment. 
at once. When s uch a case is 
no doubt ought to be left upon the public mind as 
‘sion which the case has created on the mind eee the Judge. There 
y material defence ; 
been actuated. I think the offence of w 
been found guilty is one of the highest character against the ad- 
ministration of justice. In the absence of the defendant I abstain 
from all comment upon his individual coiidusutoertsttielp rose” 
cutor, further than to say that it does not afford any mo’ tiv 
whatever to take off, in the least degree, the amount of the pun. 
ishment. the very worst description ; one cannot hear it 
without feeling extreme indignation andsorrow. The sentence 
of the Court is, that he be creeper or seven years. 
re Common Preas.—Lord W. Paget v. the Earl of 
a no hich has ote much interest in the 
cles, s fixed for ay era and a few minutes 
after 9 o'clock Sit’. Wild de, with Mr. Serjeant Talfourd and Mr. 
abet gue who had been receietl for ‘the plaintiff, entered ge 
urt. He was soon followed by ae Solicitor-General, with 
Scneea ceraee and Mr. Peacot who were engaged for tne 
defence. The learned counsel Mad not taken their seats 
minutes, when the officer of the Court announced thatthe specta 
who had been summoned to try this cause need not wai 
i ‘The an noaTenene 
eet amon: 
ete Sey f the ai nce, 
Loti, W. t has addressed a neces to Lord Cardigan, imputing 
to the wlentant, soa the authori the plaintiff’s attorney, 
“ the wicked and infamous crime of having bought and sent out 
of the ae ts lie SHG witnessin Lord W. Paget’s behalf, who 
The letter 
was with his solicitor at the opening of the Court. 
‘was sent to the daily papers, which considered the terms in which 
it was written so offensive that they refused to publish it. Lord 
Cardigan, however, has announced by himself and his solicitors 
in ihe strongest possible language that the charge is suns 
unfounded, and that legal measures will be: taken forthwith 
eek ine Lord W. Paget for the ube. Lord W. Paget, inacknow- 
pedeing Us communication, expresses his satisfaction that the 
fair is about to become the subject of legal pr: ‘oceedings, as the 
ree facts of the case will thus become ENE vestigated. 
nz Assizes, MIDLAND CIR —Dursy.—John Win- 
fel On rock, aged seventeen, was aineeee with having, on he 
25th August last, assaulted Eliza Ann Allwood, girl aged elev 
years, eit intent to kill and murder her. ‘Phere was al eo s 
count for cutting and pl one athird count, fvhieh charged 
Jo h e e grievous bodily berm. The 
$ case were neeeed in this paper att e time. 
The Pu OneE entited the girl from her home, promising ‘tol take 
her to Derby, and on their way he creme a stocking into her 
mouth, assaulted her, and beat her head with a hammer until 
she became senseless. The offence was fully proved. The defence 
when in that state, tats eae were 
his manner being a s' 
deposed to the ae aeee or his ‘manner, and that it had been 
the cause of much sorrow and uneasiness to himself and wife ; 
he also proved dist his brother had be in confinement at 
Leicester, as a lunatic, for eighteen years. The judge summed 
up. There were ae questions; first, was the act which hed 
been committed the act and deed of the prisoner? and if it w 
then was the prisoner in such a state of mind at the time as iS 
make him responsible for ie of his act? The 
burden of proving he was not lay upon the aan To be 
labouring under a slight delusion would not be sufficient. Was 
he, in fact, at the time the act was conimitted, capable of know- 
ing he was doing what was wrong. For spat be Epose they would 
look at wats evluehee in the case, and e: isoner’s 
Subsequent conduct. The Jury pacerh et i Rela ae of oe of 
the cone to do some grievous bodily harm and damage, 
e ene to murder, The Pie sen- 
2 psportation for lit 
Mip1. AND eiecuins LricrstER.— 
ssenger, a farmer 
eORy readers will recollect the 
. Mi at Gaddesby, who was appre- 
hended on suspicion of having murderéd one of h jeboures: 
The man had been at work, but not returning at break tin 
some surprise was excited, nor was he ever heard of anti i hit 
teen weeks from the time he was oe BESD pees when he was 
found by some reapers in one of Me elds. Certain 
caused al on. ie ite to the 
prisoner, who was committed for ae My at d to bail 
on an application being made to Mr. e EI skine. “The Grand 
Jury, however, haye not thought ae endecte before them suf- 
ficient to re him upon his trial, and consequently no true bill 
was returi 
MIDLANS “Creu ir, NorrincHAm.—William Kettleband, na 
bourer, was charged with the wilful murder of his son, Isaa 
Kettleband, a lad about 10 years of eae This case was barely 
one of circumstantial evidence, depcsed to by many differen! 
witnesses. fe Pre ni a ire and at the ame of the 
aggoner to Mr, Hebb, a pee at Wysall. 
alleged murder was 
His son was plevanine ; besides whieh there were three or four 
other persons upon the farm, acting in different capacities. iyo 
the farm there is a barn, and near the barn isa pond fenced abou 
on all sides, except where a place is left open for the horses it 
cattle t 41 feet long, the 
lenly mis: ing, and prisoner made many statemen's 
Sipe he had called to make inquiries for his son, and had also 
given accounts of what ssa mation had been given to him, all of 
which were proved to be aoe had been ree veatedly 
asked to search the pond, bug alwa ded doing so on one 
pretence or another. On the Tuesday following the day Mie child 
rch ee pond. ton a 
suspicio: 
the minds of those who witnessed it, that anortly after Kettle- 
band had gone away the pond was again searched in ve precise 
spot the prisoner had pretended to rake, and the poo: 
instantly brought to the surface. 
been discovered, Sey jobs betrayed great apitations and said to 
his wife, ‘* It’s a pet ie ich she replied, ‘ Ay, it is; 
Talways thought! it wo come tot that.” He: then asked if any 
bruises had been eee and added, ‘‘ If there are any, the 
horses have been often in the pond so far as he lay;” when a 
ersness said, ‘ Why, how can you know 
not been to the pond? ”” 
time, and then said he should not wonder he got in by playing 
with arat. An inquest was held on the body the day it was 
found, when a verdict was returned, Found DeSean The neigh- 
bours, however, were not sati: A second inquest was held, 
ost mortem examination had, 
neck of the child was broken evidently by violence before it was 
The a Judge Soha very minutely 
e Jury ae a long consultation 
‘The prisoner was 
Sentence to be ‘anspor for 
SHREWS. ies —Thomas Skité and James 
Harris were jointly ‘indicted for oun John Eales and Wm. 
Mansell, on the 3rd November las‘ fe prisoners it appeared 
were labourers from Daisley-green, and were ow ie purpose 
of poaching with two other persons who have not yet been ap- 
prehended, on the miED of the 2d November. Onthesame night 
the ase esas John Eales, who is head gamekeeper to Thomas 
Whit e, Baa, of eae Park, was out with two of his master’s 
ee aes Mansell and Brian, for the purpose of protecting 
the game. “the moon was up, but owing to a slight fog the light 
was not very strong. The three keepers were watching in a 
field adjoining one of Mr. Whitmore’s preserves called Birch’s 
Coppice, and about Halves ene ote they observed four men 
ogs coming 
ately went et them, and when within a short distance 
Eales observed, ‘* Here they are:”? to which one of the eae 
replied, ‘* We n the road.’? ansell answered ‘It 
road ;” and almost at the same moment a large stone was throwa 
at the keepers, which struck Eales upon the forehead between 
eyes, dividing the skin and laying bare the skull. He fell 
from the violence of the blow, but rose again directly and ran up 
towards his antagonists, when he ean, ocean ised the pri- 
soner Skitt, who stepped back and threw a 
struck Eales in the face and cut a gash of. such a 
man was ren- 
dered insensible, but di: istinety swore to the fellow who inflicted 
upon him the above injuries. Bri ‘ian and Mansell were also much 
n the same 
morning, ane found ihrer a bag containing a dead hare and rabbit, 
both of which 
non Rolfe summed 
e Jury immediately 
art erence them to impri- 
sonment with hard labour for 18 goats! This case appeared to 
excite considerable interest, the bench being crowded during,the 
trial with magistrates and county gentle 
‘vrancis urget, Thoms Luckebile and Jame: 
Smith, were arraigne m a charge of haying unlawfully en- 
tered certain ie Wo otlalad in the occupation of Joseph 
Sse on the Ist inst., for the tee a destroying game. 
m the testimony of Oakley, Mr. 's head-keeper, it 
| Babeared that he was out on the ere va question, with nine 
underkeepers, or watchers, for the p je of pi 
master’s pro) 
e thus engaged his atten! rawn to a coppice called 
“The Bowell’s Dingle,” forming one of Mr. Gatteker’s principa 
pheasant preserves, in which he heard the report of a gun; he 
immediately stationed his men silently round the cover, so as to 
prevent if possible the escape of those who were at work within. 
Scarcely had he thus disposed his forces when he observed five 
men issue from the dingle; the moment they observed him they 
bore down rapidly towards him, evidently concluding that it 
was alone and with the intention of attacking and overpowering 
Oakley, pines a powerful man, was not anxious to enter 
singly into a contes' so many at once, stepped back about 
20 yards and summoned his assistants to his aid; the five poachers 
meanwhile closed upon him; aie moment however that they per- 
ceived Oakley’s reinforcement they took to their heels, all flying 
in different directions. ‘All of thee however were secured but 
one, with the Sep ance of a well-trained mastiff. On behalf of 
the prisoners some remarks were offered by Mr. Phillimore, 
deprecating the naenee which had been used to secure them, as 
all the facts requisite to Sore liet the cue were too clearly and. 
satisfactorily proved to admit of refutation or doubt. ‘on, 
Rolfe summed up, and the sary without hesitation Rone uieed 
The Learned Bar 
lead to crimes of greater enormity and of a deeper dye. 
number of men go out for the avowed purpose of robbing and 
plundering the property of their neighbours, for I can describe 
their conduct in no lighter terms, and they are frequently led to 
enter into frays of a most desperate and sepa lay. character. 
The crime of which you have Hes convicted is one to which the 
law annexes the punishment of transportation for a ery jong 
term of years; Iam glad, however, to observe in the present 
ceuelasiie te Guistences which Cenumen HELE tOv en HISILe FOUR 
offence, and I am always desirous to show comparative leniency 
to those who in any affray, having arms in their hands, refrain 
from using them t may be that in this pustunce you offered 
no resistance because it would have been 
everas it may, I shall take that fact into Ranniteraltn 
instead of Cee sou to be removed from the country, the 
upon you is that you be severally im- 
pr isoned and kept & herd labour for twelve calen. coe oe 
VORTHERN Circuit, LivERPo: eases Doge s Hunt, 
Thomas Tusies, Joseph Rimmer, and ve were 
indicted for the wilful murder of Ri ae Beoyon He Knowsley, 
y shooting im. man named Tyrer, one of Lord Derby’s 
watchers at Knowsley, stated that on the morning of the 10th 
November he heard a gun go off in the neighbourhood of one of 
Lord Derby’s coversia the direction of wiat is called the Forest- 
heuie Knowsley. Hehad with, himpabthestine,three keepers; 
d they all went to the lodge of Richard jaameaatee one of the 
head keepers to cali himup, They then with Kenyon went in 
the direction in which they had heard the shot, towards the new 
schol: The panty, jad down under a hedge and remained there 
afew minutes w y heard footsteps, and immediatelyiafter- 
wards ft eae that a Ate of men numbering from ten to fifteen 
The keepers sprang over the fence and 
rushed into t The poachers: ed guns and sticks and 
called to the keepers to keep off. The as then a silence among: 
for a second or two, but they Fated acebs after began call- 
ing out ‘ Go intojthem—shoot them—kill them,’’ and other ex- 
Th hen fired a gun. Witness did not 
NE crign Sout Chaat on to hott, Menyon 
fired both ee immedi: ately. There was afterwards a fourth 
shot fired by the poachers, dia the keepers adie they were 
likely to be overwhelmed by numbers enueavoured to make their 
escape. The poachers shouted “ hurrah?’ repeatedly when the 
keepers Bee to retreat. On the way home it was found that 
Kenyon was severely wounded, from the effects of which he 
i e The main facts of tne case were confirmed by 
the testimony of Naaman Shaw an approver, whose evidence was 
confirmed in minute points by other witnesses. It appeared how- 
ever that John Shaw the Heh of the approver had on the 
ment of the watchers was 0} 
mitted on the Coroner’s noes an. 
and on the reward o' 
ed Mr. Je 
addressed the Jury for the defence, contending that the eS 
nothing in the evidence adduced which could 
against all the prisoners recommending pen strongly to 
His Lordship then passed sentence of death in a brief an a: im- 
pressive address, which was repeatedly interrupted by the lamen. 
tations of the numerous relatives of the prisoners in Cou 
ora CE.—MAnsion Housg, 
0 the C munisicners i 
that ee eS, Sh the ieee for the eee 
thing like 1,700/. Daniel  SouSstcE had found i ea i 
of the Ereoner eee rads Swhice tee 
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ates n the representation made with the 
0 the gina ica tee Barber received the whol 
capital and interest for his client Thomas Hunt tee a ihe 
executor. The notes had been 
and about one half of th 
name in t 
account. 
Wee i se cases, and the 
and exhibited oe fae aH apparent dexterity that 7 
degree of caution was necess i Soc ao ae 
Arms trong, ets asa gardener, 
sions with reererel 
MARK LANE, Fripay, Decem On Wedne: 
English Wheat was pretty well deed om and the Renee 
ree vorele improved “towards the close of cae Market. This 
morning we have a small attendance of buyers, and the trade has 
ruled cecceuinuly heavy, with very little Baataecs doing, althoug! 
prices demanded ae the same. Barley commands fully late 
Driges, and isin demand. Peas and Beans remain as on Wi ed- 
lay. , The Oat- fate is flat with a fair ee The duty on 
Wheat ane af ad has advanced Js. Wee Quai 
> PER IMPERIAL QU. 
5 
Wheat, Malte ies ant See Ke 
Norfolls, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire White Ce 
Oats, Hincotnshi ire and Yorkshire Feed 16 94 
“== ‘Northumberland and Scotch Potato 17 25 
= ms . 1 Potato 16 94 
. . Mating and Gh ti shin Grit 30 
Hy Bea N Z ‘stil ing 28 Grind. 24 30 
Herdodand Ese iv! | lt 
pies Maragan, ola and, new 22t0 29° "Tick 92 a1 
5 2 Harrow 25 39 
igeon, Heligo! 28 to 36 Winds. 80 36° Li 
Peas, White : 302083. Maple 27 98 GngPodge 27 
av 
ate. |-iRye. | Beane.| Peas, 
Nov, 17 326 2a 8 18s Ha 30s oe ees al sed 
eh 2 20 3} 
6 weeks’ Aggregate Aver. 
Duties on Foreign Grain. 
Wheat 
Enolish . + 3920 6190 eee 
1S ee et _ 420 104 a 
Se * mae — 
Foreign . « 910 =F pit 
G. AZETTE OF THE WE. 
NKRUPTCIES ANNULUED-—J. Pausnirs, Pinners’ Hall-conrt, aK 
lor—D. Corns, Bennett’s-place, Pollard’s-row, Bethni 
ufieture 
A. “Wars of Wickford, Essex, surgeon—J. Donson, of Old 
atcliffe-highway, ship-carpenter—I'. Hancock, of Can 
Ww Crascnnnuany of Pee Kham, Surrey, Linen. warp T. ee 
De Beatvotr-aquare, pace es ton rsox, Ci 
a 2 Wash f Oxford, apothec =v. of 
, Limehouse, coal-merchant— Horo, es Lorn: 
stent road, builder —R Epamite =: Pulbor 
Sse Kent, d 
Ses 
“eicest Carine 
h—M. Haun. of St aa 
s shires painter— 
, 
ta of | ‘Morveth, “Norghutnberland, 
rie! Ww. Peerless-row, City~ ond bu: ‘Ash: 
i, Kenia raggist—J- aia W. Wore Eocene. Boyden, Devon. 
turners—C Powsi, Coventry, atl maarufaseirae & Cote Dudley 
i 
Worcestershire, drat 
DstaWw) Bourity Lincolnshire, saddler—E., Puce 
Everton, 
seas Uigepe pal tale? Were ‘nomrson, Newcastle-on-Lyne, merchant’ 
—On the 17th inst. > 
IRTHS glintoun Castle, the Countess of 
of a SunETeet On the ee 
aNTOUN, 
x Gardens, Lady Many Ho: 4 
a son 
Fon the 28a Inst.» at 1 amanda ‘square, Hyde-Park, the wife ¢f eee 
Wino, Ess son. 
ps sD.—On the bith’ inst. at, St.” George's, Hanover-square 
Da tay of Stoke-sub-Hamden, Somerset, i n) 
iy 
late W. J’ Hay, Esq.—On the 27th inst, at St 
sq, RD augiver re 
ED.—On the 24th inst., at Letterfourie-house, “Banish 
. coe Bart. t 6th i 
miral 
his Toth year. 
