Newspaper Transcripts
Some Selected Reports from The Windsor and Eton Express
Saturday, March 13, 1830.
WINDSOR & ETON.
In Residence at Windsor, the Hon. and Rev. R.B. STOFFORD.
In Residence at Eton, the Rev. the VICE-PROVOST.
THE KING.
The Duke of Cumberland arrived at the Castle at twelve o'clock this day. The Royal Duke had an interview with HIS MAJESTY, partook of refreshments, and at two o'clock left the Castle, for his residence at Kew.
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland are expected at the Castle next week, to remain on a visit with HIS MAJESTY for several days.
HIS MAJESTY took his usual drive in his Pony Phaeton this day, from half past two o'clock till half past four.
Yesterday HIS MAJESTY did not go out, but every day previous, this week, THE KING has enjoyed his favourite drives in the Great Park.
The Rev. Mr. Seymour will perform Divine Service to-morrow. Part of the Private Band will perform as usual.
The Windsor Horticultural society held their annual Cucumber Show at the Hope Inn on Wednesday, March 3rd, when six prizes were awarded in the following manner, the first to Mr. Stonard, Royal Gardens, second to Mr. Ingram, Frogmore, third to Mr. Weedon, Hillingdon, fourth to Mr. Turner, Eton College, fifth to Mr. Pardar, Maidenhead, and the sixth to Mr. Gillett, Shottisbrook.
A Correspondent, who subscribes himself, "An Old Inhabitant," begs to direct the attention of the authorities to the disgraceful state of the foot-path between Windsor and Spital, and also to the nuisances which almost impede the passage through Hibbard's Alley. He suggests that a little common attention to cleanliness, and few loads of gravel, would go far to remove the evils complained of, and conceives that out of the enormous sums collected enough might be spared for these purposes.
STAGE-COACH OPPOSITION - When Cowley the poet resided at Chertsey, at the house now occupied by the worthy Chamberlain of London, he dispatched an invitation to London to his friend Bishop Spratt; and, the distance being twenty miles, he stated, by way of inducing his friend to comply, that the difficulties attendant on so long a journey might be easily removed by sleeping one night at Hampton. Sometime after this a coach was established at Chertsey which accomplished the distance in the course of the day. Bu successive improvements, the period for performing the journey has been reduced to two hours, the fares in the meantime having been brought down to the lowest possible scale. Notwithstanding all this, there are two opposition coaches contending for the patronage of the town, and a third even is promised : so that the owners may aptly enough be compared to the dancers in Goldsmith -
"Who simply sought renown
By holding out to tire each other down."
At the Oxford Assizes, on Wednesday, Michael Toll was found guilty of the murder of Ann Cook, with whom he had lived as his wife. It appeared that they had quarrelled on the road; that they were seen sitting by the side of a pit together; that Toll had been heard to threaten the woman; that she was found dead at the bottom of the pit, with wounds in her head, which the surgeon said were not caused by the fall; and that the screams of a woman had been heard at the spot in question. It was also proved, that a stick with which Toll walked was marked with blood at the end. He denied the crime, and several persons gave him a good character.
BIRTH.
Feb. 27, at her residence, in Sheet-street, the lady of R. Tebbott, Esq of a daughter.
On Thursday, at Hawthorn hill, the lady of John Hercy, Esq. of a daughter.
DIED.
On the 9th March, in Datchet lane, Mrs. Manly, aged 47.
March 12, at Beaconsfield, Ann, the wife of Mr. T. Everett, Postmaster and Auctioneer, in the 45th year of her age.
On Sunday last at Eton College, Mrs. Elizabeth Spier, in her 80th year.
On Thursday, March 4, Captain James Wm. Fish, eldest son of the late Robert Fish, of Windsor.
March 9, in his 31st year, Ashby Chandler, Esq surgeon of Staines, eldest son of the late John Chandler, Esq of that place.
On Monday, at Reading, Mrs. Cowslade, aged 77.
SPRING ASSIZES.
BERKSHIRE.
(Continued from our last)
HORSE STEALING.
W. COTTON, C. COX, and F. HEARNE, were indicted for stealing a black cart mare, the property of Mr. J. Money.
J. Graves examined.- I am a servant to Mr. Money; I put the mare in a field on the night of the 29th July; I locked the field gate; I saw the fences a day or two before, and they were unbroken; I went at 12 o'clock the next day to catch the mare; there was a place broken in the fence; it was fresh made; there was a track trod down, as if the mare was forced over. I saw her on the Monday following; I knew her again; she had one eye and a white heel.
J. Money examined.- I am the son of Mr. Money; I examined the field, and I discovered a gap in the fence, as if lately done. On the Saturday I received information, and went to Winchfield, and at the Barley Mow Inn there I found the mare.
W. Stevens, constable of Clewer, examined - I took the prisoner Cox, at Hartley-row in Clewer parish. He asked on what charge he was taken. He also asked if they had taken Hearne, but he said he supposed they had, or they would not have got him. He wished me to go the back way, and not through the village. He said that Hearne, Appleby, and Cotton were as guilty as himself. I went to Winchfield, and saw Mr. Burroughs of the Barley-Mow. I received a bridle, saddle, spurs, and a great coat from him. I saw Cotton in Bristol gaol. I received him from the gaoler, and brought him here. Cotton said they went into the publican's field; Mr. Money is a publican; he said there was a light burning at the public-house, and they stopped under some ricks till the light was put out; and that afterwards they caught the publican's mare. He further said, that they came to the gap, but could not get the mare over; when Cox came up, and said, "let me try," and he then put the mare so as to force her over backwards; that they then came towards Clewer green, when one of them stated that they should go softly by, as his father lived there; and that as he had had one prigged (stolen) he was always looking out. The prisoner Cotton also said that it was then proposed to go after a pony, but that he said I don't like what we have done; the clocks have gone two, and I will go home about my business. I produced the saddle, bridle, spurs, and coat.
J. Baker, a boy of ten years old, said - I have lived with Mr. Hearne. I left him about a week before he was taken up. He had two saddles. I used to work in the stable. This is Mr. Hearne's saddle. I know it, because one of the pit straps is broken; a bit of leather is turned up, and a bit of silver thing is off at the pommel. I never put the saddle on the horse. Mr. Hearne's saddles were kept in the stable, and the stable door was off its hinges.
Susanna Mealing said, - I was servant at the Duke of York public-house; I know the prisoners. I saw them on a Thursday evening; it was on the 30th July; it was about nine o'clock. They left at half-past ten. I saw Conway also; he sometimes was with them; they were in a parlour by themselves.
J. Williams said, - I lodge at the house of Cox; I have a pension as a soldier. Cox sent me to Hearne; he desired me to tell Hearne to fetch the mare away from the Barley Mow, at Winchfield, as the people who belonged to the mare might have her back. Hearne said he would not go himself; but if he knew of any good fellow that he could trust, he would send them. He said they could not hurt Cox, for he had nothing to do with stealing the mare.
J. Conroy, a tailor, examined - I lodge at Hearne's house. I was at the Duke of York public-house; the three prisoners were there. They left, and I walked home with all three. They parted at Hearne's gate. Hearne and I went up. The door was locked. I went to bed. I came down at half past six the next morning. The door was locked then. Hearne's room id on the ground floor; it has a window. I don't know whether it opens. I cannot say whether the door could be unlocked without my hearing it. I did not hear it.
Cross examined.- I think I might have heard it, if Hearne had gone out at the window, because the back-window makes a great noise. When he came in, I locked the door.
The prisoner, Cotton, in his defence, said, I engaged with Cox as a servant, at five shillings a week, and board and lodging. On the Saturday before Odiham fair, we started with a mare to sell. We sold the mare, and Cox bought a horse, and said he had a mare, which he wished to go slowly. He told me to return to his house. I told him I suspected the mare was not honestly come by. I left the place, but I did not secrete myself.
The prisoner, Cox, said he never had a servant in his life. I am a poor man, and was going out a reaping.
The prisoner, Hearne, said, I know nothing about it, my lord. He afterwards added, Cox asked me to sell him horses. I told him I had none to sell. I went with him to the public house; and after I parted with him, I saw him no more.
-- Conroy said, - I remember the night in question, Mr. Hearne went to bed; I saw him there. My husband got up the next morning before I did. I got up; it was between six and seven. I don't think Hearne could have gone out without my seeing him.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up the evidence, and intimated that in his opinion there could not be a satisfactory conviction of the prisoner Hearne.
The Jury found Cotton and Cox Guilty, and Hearne Not Guilty.- Judgement of Death recorded.
WM. JERVIS and JOHN STONE for horse-stealing at Binfield, the property of Mr. Lewis Rose.
Mr. SHEPHERD was for the prosecution.
Mr. L. Rose examined.- Is a farmer, at White Waltham; had seen Jervis before, but he is a stranger to me; on coming from Maidenhead market on the Wednesday, fell in company with him, when he asked me if I had got a horse to sell, which I thought would suit him ? I said I thought I had, when he went with me home, and I showed him the mare in question; I asked �12 for her; the mare was tried in harness, after which he bid me �11 for her, but ultimately, the price agreed on was �11 10s when I said, I deal with you as a stranger. He said if you will find a man to go to Bracknell with the mare, I will send the money back; not having then heard anything against him, my man took her out of the harness, and went towards Bracknell with her; after this some conversation passed about some hay; I asked him �9 for two loads; he said it was too much, and offered �7 15s. I delivered the hay on Friday; my man, Mason, delivered the hay; we call it about five miles : I expected to have had the money paid before my man parted with the mare. I would not have sold the mare, did I not expect to have had the money returned.
Cross-examined by Mr. TALFOURD,- You sent the horse away to the prisoner's house before he left your's ?- Yes, I was short of room, so I sent the horse. Did you not say to Mr. Weedon it would be a disgrace if he defended the prisoners ? Had you any idea of treating this case of a felony till some days afterwards ? And did you not say you did not think there was a lawyer in Reading black-legged enough to defend the prisoners ?
Witness. - I will obey his lordship's orders, but not your's.
Mr. TALFOURD - Was not a paragraph dictated to Mr. Cowslade and published ? [Here it was handed in, and also a handbill.]
Witness.- I had part of the hay back again; I went to Caversham to Stone's house, and met on returning, between there and Reading; gave him a hand bill; Stone said he knew nothing about Jervis, or a person of that name. I traced them afterwards to Aylesbury, and there found the mare.
J. Hearn, servant to the prosecutor, deposed as to trying the mare in harness; and the agreement made for the mare was �11 10s. My master told me not to leave the mare without the money; Jervis was near and heard what passed. Jervis overtook me on the road, and said he had had a fresh deal with my master, and that I was to let him have the mare, and I was to go back. He rode up by the side of me, and took the mare out of my hand. My master scolded me very much for leaving the mare without the money.
H. Harrison was examined as to letting Jervis a house.- Under these circumstances, after hearing the arguments of Counsel on the point, and the question being twice referred to the Jury without their deciding it, it was put to them for the third time to determine, whether, in their opinion, the two bargains being made at the same time, one could partake of the nature of a felony, and the other of a debt ?
The Jury, after some consultation, said that at the time Mr. Rose parted with the mare, they believed he meant to have been paid for her, but as he neglected to follow up his property, and after he had learnt that Jervis had not paid this man be delivering the hay, he had converted both transactions into a debt, and therefore acquitted the prisoner.
The COURT ordered that the prisoners should for the present be detained.
OXFORD, MARCH 5.
SEDUCTION.
GOODALL v. ROGERS.
This was an action for seduction; the plaintiff was a timber merchant, the defendant a butcher, residing at Nettlebed. Mr. Jervis stated the plaintiff's case, as afterwards detailed in evidence.
Mary Ann Goodall examined by Mr. Serg. Russell :- I am the daughter of Mr. George Goodall, residing at Nettlebed; he has four children besides myself, I am the eldest, and was 20 years old last December. The defendant lives at Nettlebed, the next house but one from my father's; he is a butcher, not a married man, between forty and fifty; he has lived near my father for about six years; my father and he were particular friends. One of my brothers is an apprentice with him. He was sent to Mr. Rogers about a twelvemonth ago. At the end of the year before last a Mrs. Wilkinson was living with Mr. Rogers, as his housekeeper. In the month of September she went away to see her father, and on that occasion I was applied to, to superintend his house. I used to go there in the day time. Rogers had no other servant besides Mrs. Wilkinson. I continued to supply Mrs. Wilkinson's place about ten days, and superintend his household affairs. While I was there Mr. Rogers addressed me by way of making an offer of marriage. I told him I had no wish to alter my situation at present, but he still kept pressing me on the subject. After I had ceased to attend at his house he came to my father's; he paid me no attention there; but I frequently met him in the evening, as I was going out on errands. I don't recollect the particulars of his conversation, but he made me the offer he had done before. During the winter months he continued talking to me on the subject when he saw me, till January and February. I met him on the 2d of March last year. I had been out on an errand, and I was then going to aunt Glover. I met Rogers that evening in the road. He asked me to take a walk with him; he had done so frequently on former occasions. I walked down the turnpike road with him; there is some wood ground, or coppice, about there; it was a light evening; we walked down a footpath by the side of the road. We continued to walk for about a quarter of an hour. I wished to return, and he begged I would not. He pulled me down by the side of the road, and effected his purpose; he talked to me of marriage, both before and afterwards. When this was over I upbraided him with his treatment, and said, I would not return home; he begged that I would; he prevailed on me at last to go to my aunt Glover's; I staid there an hour, and then went home; I saw him again on the 3rd of March; I met him opposite my father's door; I then told him of his behaviour the evening before, of making me his wife: after that I saw him frequently. In June I discovered that I was pregnant, and I told the defendant of being in that situation; he said he did not think it was so, and did not wish me to be in any care about it; I afterwards told him of it again, when he repeated the promises he had made before. When I told him of my being in the family way, he said I was not the first that had been in such a situation; the last time I told him of it he wished me to deny it to my father; I said I would not; he then wished me to get some savine tea, and that, he said, would get rid of it altogether; he told me he had known it done many times : I told him I would not do it, and that he meant to get rid of me and the child too; he told me that I might do it without hurting myself at all; he desired me not to mention he had proposed my doing it; I told him he had better have acted as Corder did. When this conversation took place I was about seven months gone. I never saw him between the time of this conversation and the time I was delivered. I repeated the promise he had made, and he said words were but wind, and I must not look back on what was passed. In November I was delivered of a child. Defendant has not seen the child, nor in any way contributed to support it. I had the entire management of my father's family.
This witness underwent a strict cross-examination by Mr. TAUNTON and Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL, in order to shew that she had suffered other persons, besides the defendant, to take improper liberties with her; but this point was not established.
Mr. TAUNTON addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant.
Mr. Baron BOLLAND summed up the evidence, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff - Damages, �350.
DEFAMATION.
LECHMERE v. BAKER.
The plaintiff was a magistrate and a naval officer; the defendant, a clergyman; both sporting men. They quarrelled about game and other things; and the Reverend Man of Peace meeting the gallant Man of War one day in the field, called out to him in a passion, "You dirty, mean-spirited blackguard, you have forged the names of the Warden and Fellows of New College; you have, you villain, you know you have !"- This was the ground of action. Verdict for the plaintiff - Damages �5.
WINCHESTER, MARCH 5.
BOROUGHMONGERING AND BRIBERY.
THE KING v. J.F. BARHAM, ESQ
This was an indictment, charging the defendant with having tempted several Electors of Stockbridge to vote for Sir R.F. Donkin, as their Representative in Parliament. The evidence proved that for thirty years bribery had been practised at Stockbridge, and that if had been usual to give the corrupt sixty guineas, but that Mr. Barham had given only thirty guineas. A letter of that gentleman's was read, in which he said, that if the matter was investigated, the borough must be lost, as there was no doubt of the bribery.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that, to constitute bribery, there must be a payment or a promise, before the election:- and the Judge (GAZELEE) told the Jury the same thing; adding, that if that promise was not made out completely to their satisfaction, they would give the defendant the benefit of any doubt they might have.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty !
AYLESBURY, FRIDAY, MARCH 5.
THE HADDENHAM MURDER.
All the unprivileged parts of the court were occupied by persons of all ranks, anxious to hear the details of this strange case. The respectability of the deceased, who, from his handsome and athletic figure, and great courage, used to be called the "Noble Edden," the length of time which has elapsed since the murder was perpetrated, and the numerous investigations which have taken place before the magistrates with a view of bringing the guilty parties to justice, - all combined to invest the case with a fearful interest, which the state of the court amply testified.
BENJAMIN TYLER, aged 32, and SOLOMAN SEWELL, aged 20, were charged with having murdered William Edden, at the parish of Haddenham, on the 25th of October 1828.
Mr. ANDREWS stated the case for the Crown.
Thomas Buss was at Aylesbury the day Edden's body was found. I was in company with him at market, and left it with him in the evening, while it was light, but it began to grow dusk. He had a cart with him, with coals and trees in it. I rode with him out of Aylesbury, till we got a little the other side of Dinton-castle, about four miles.
Thomas Walker, the Oxford newsman, was at Aylesbury on the day Master Edden was murdered; saw him there; going from Aylesbury passed two gigs coming from Thame, but no cart; lit of Edden just the other side of Dinton. He said, "Ah, Master Walker," and witness said, "Ah, Master Edden." It was quite darkish. After I had passed Edden, for about a mile, a cart came up to me quite rapid. My boy said, "Grand-dad, there's the cart come up, now we have got company;" and I said "Drive on, boy," and drove on quicker, and the moment I said the words the cart stopped suddenly, and did not go on any more. The moon soon after got up. It was a full moon two days before.
Henry Taylor, miller, Notley-mill. I was going from Aylesbury market, on the 25th of October 1828, and saw a man lying on the road, on his side, three miles from Thame. I called out to him two or three times, but received no answer. I then said, "I shan't get down unless you choose to make reply," and rode on.
John Jervis :- Is constable of Haddenham. Recollects Edden's body being found. I was called up about 11 o'clock by Mr. Taylor, and we went to the body. (Witness described the position of the body, the state of his clothes, print of the knee). I observed the toe of the foot-mark which belonged to the person whose knee made the mark; it was sharp, and Edden's was round and blunt, and would not have made the mark I observed.
[Edden's breeches, shoes, &c. were produced, and were covered all over with mud. The colour of the coat and waistcoat was scarcely distinguishable on account of the quantity of mud upon them.]
Richard Lee, surgeon, examined the body with Mr. Reynolds, and concluded with him, that the injury must have been produced by a blow with a heavy instrument.
Francis Very :- I know the man called "Noble Edden." I know Tyler very well. On Tuesday before Edden was found dead, I saw him and Tyler together at the Saracen's Head, at Thame. They were having words. I heard Noble say to Tyler that "he (Tyler) was a sad rogue, and he knew enough to hang him, if he were to say all about him that he knowed." Tyler made no reply I heard. I went away, and left them having words together. I did not hear the words.
John Foster :- I live at Thame, and know the two prisoners well. I recollect Edden's body being found; about a week or ten days before that, I saw the prisoners together at the back of the Anchor, by Lipscombe's, the butcher, between nine and ten at night. Tyler said to Sewell, "It was done very easy;" Sewell made answer, "He would not do it; that would hang him," and he repeated that it would hang him, two or three times.
[Sewell here called out "It is false; but I am willing to leave this world; and I say it was false if it was the last breath I had to draw."]
Baron VAUGHAN asked Sewell if he wished to ask the witness any question; but he replied savagely, "I don't want to ax him nothing; he's come here to take a false oath, the same as Jem Edden, a d--d rogue."
Ann Bonner :- Tyler was lodging at William Fernell's, at Thame, when the body was found. I went to Tyler's house that evening, and saw him between five and six. I saw Tyler put on a great coat of dark colour. Hines said, "How long shall you be gone ?" He said, "I don't know; according to what time I shall meet him." He had on knee breeches, white cotton stockings, and high shoes. I saw him turn to the right, towards the Aylesbury road. I saw him at 10 o'clock next morning; he was coming down stairs, with a pair of high shoes in his hand; they were very dirty with road dirt. He had on knee-breeches, and they were ribbed, and light gray worsted stockings. He scraped both the knees of his breeches; they were very dirty with road dirt, of quite a light colour. I said, "Old one ! you got into the dirt last night." He said, "Yes, I did a bit." I saw, under a table, a hammer, all dirty with road dirt, of the same colour as that on his breeches knees and his shoes. I had seen the hammer before, but never in the same place; it was not dirty then. It was usually kept in the cupboard.
Sarah State :- Had been at Aston Sanford the day Edden's body was found. On my return at six o'clock, I went across Haddenham-field, and three men overtook me before I got into the turnpike road, I heard one say, "Let's all three keep together;" one of them came up to me. I have seen him since.
The witness here turned round and looked at the prisoners, and Sewell returned the glance with a ferocious scowl. This, and perhaps the recollection of the evening on which she met them, and the purpose on which they were out, instantly unnerved her, and she fainted, and was carried out of court. During her absence the whole of their demeanour was that belonging to men perfectly void of shame, and utterly insensible of the danger of their situation. The trial was delayed for a considerable time on account of the absence of the witness, who seemed to be highly respectable, and creditable young woman.
Examination resumed - The man who came up and spoke to me was Sewell.
[Sewell cried out, "It's all a lie; I was not nigh, or by the place; and I'll stand to that, if its my last breath I have to draw."]
Susan Manners :- In 1828, I was living at Thame turnpike, on the Aylesbury road. I had been to Thame on the evening Edden's body was found, and left it to return home between eight and nine. On my way home I met three people, two together, and one a hundred yards behind. The moon was up, and I could see the men. One of the two had a dark long coat on. That man was Tyler. [Tyler continued eating his bread, and laughed very gaily.]
Joseph Edwards - I met Tyler on the 1st of Sept last at the Bull, Thame. Nothing was talked of but the murder. I heard Tyler say, "There was no person in the house knew so much of the murder as he did." His brother said, "Don't talk so much about that murder : let's strike into a song."
Thomas Hart - I was Edden's house before he was buried, while the dead body was lying there. I saw Tyler there, I said to Tyler, "There he is, poor man !" Tyler said, "Ah ! there he is, poor old man, murdered sure enough !" Mrs. Thorpe asked him whether he would not touch the dead body. He said he did not like; and did not touch it. I saw him afterwards at the Anchor, Thame, and he said (speaking of Sewell's being taken up for poaching), "that if they did not mind, they would all get hung together." After the company was gone, he said, if he was as innocent as me and John Webster, he would not mind that cup-full of golden guineas !
John Birch, constable of Uxbridge.- I apprehended Tyler, in August last, at the Red Lion, at that town. Ellen Hines was with him at supper. I told him I wanted him. He said, "Very well; let me have my supper, and I'll go with you." He said, "I know you want me for that job down in the country, that job of Edden's." The woman burst out crying, and said, "I told you how it would be !" He told her not to fret about it; and he said, "Edden has been murdered, and people said it was him that done it."
Isaac Sprowston - I am guard on the Oxford coach, and James Edden, son of "Noble Edden," is the driver. On the night of the 20th Nov he took up a man by Beaconsfield. It was dusk. He sat close behind the coachman. Edden turned round, and the man (it was Tyler) turned his face away. This happened thrice. Edden got on the coach-wheel, and put the lamp up to in the man's face, and said, "How durst you, for shame, get on my coach, knowing that you killed my father ?" The man said, "I mean to pay my fare." Edden said, "I don't want your fare : come down instantly, or I'll break the lamp about your head." The man and Edden instantly got down, and Edden was going to strike him, but a waggoner prevented him. The man then said, "I have ruined your brother by expenses, and I'll serve you worse than I did your father."
James Edden (son of Noble Edden), then confirmed all that the Guard had sworn to.
Thomas Edden - I know Fernell's house at Thame, at which Tyler lodged. I searched it on the 19th of August 1829, and found this hammer. [ The hammer was produced. It was a kind of pole-axe, and its production caused a universal shudder in court. The prisoner Tyler continued to laugh, as he had done from his first appearance in the dock, with the most extraordinary effrontery.]
Mr. Reynolds, surgeon. - [Takes the axe in his hand.] I consider this, of all others, an instrument more particularly suited to give the injury than any other I ever saw.
Wm. Hawes.- The night before Edden's death, Sewell made an appointment to do a job for me, but he did not come. On the day following, I saw Sewell a little before nine. Sewell said, "I'll have the door locked, for I don't want ay one to know I'm here." I said to Sewell, "They tell me Noble Edden's murdered." Sewell said, "Dear me ! I wonder who done that ?" I said, "I don't know;" Sewell said, "If you knowed, would you tell ?" I said, "Yes." He said, "I'd be damned if I would though."
[Sewell here said, "Its all false what they have been a saying; they'll swear away my life : I'm innocent of the crime; and there'll be ever so many more come up and swear bigger lies than he does." This was said very savagely, but without any concern.]
Eliza Jones.- Last June, I was at the Swan at Sudbury. Sewell was there. I said, "Sewell, there's a great outcry about your killing Noble Edden;" and he said (with a word that it's awful to mention), "If I'm took, Ben Tyler shan't be five hours after me, for he was the father of it all." His countenance changed and he was all of a tremble. ["D--n her b--y eyes," Sewell here muttered.] I saw Sewell and Tyler together the next day, talking with each other.
Edward Edden - I am a son of Noble Edden. Some time last August, I met Sewell on the Risborough road. I was driving a chaise, and when I saw him he hung down his head, and ran behind a gate.
[Sewell called out, "Why, was I obliged to run all along the road, as fast as your horse could go, to look you in the face all the way you rode along the road ? That other chap, James Edden, put gin in my tea, and made me drunk, and offered me money, and made me say things what I never thought of. This is true, I can say with a clear conscience ! When I was up about the poaching, they said they'd hang me if I did not say all about the job. They said they'd like to hang somebody, right or wrong. I'm as innocent as an angel in Heaven; and that I'll stick to to the last breath I have to draw !" This was said with a rapidity which the learned Judge could not stop or control.]
Martha Edden - I am widow of the deceased. I gave him his stick when he went to Aylesbury, on the day of his death; it is the same that was found by the body.
By the learned BARON.- He had a few shillings with him when he went out in the morning. One of the pockets of his breeches had been torn down, and I had sewed it up on the Thursday before. I don't know in what state it was when he went out. I do not know whether my husband was robbed; I don't know if he took any money at Aylesbury.
Thomas Jervis - I was by when Edden's pockets were examined as he lay on the ground. There were a few shillings and a few halfpence taken from them. His pockets did not appear to have been unbuttoned. (It seems, therefore, clear, that the object of the murderers was not plunder, but revenge.)
Charles Seymour, constable of Thame.- I had a warrant to apprehend Sewell. As soon as he saw me he ran away, and I followed him across the fields for two miles, over very thick hedges. He succeeded in escaping. ["I never runn'd at all, you lie," said Sewell.] I ultimately took him at his brother's. I said, "Solomon, I've found you at last;" and he said, "Yes, here I be." His person was scratched by the hedges so thick that I thought no man could get through. [Sewell - "You'd have got through if you could have followed me; but you could not, you old fool !"]
W.H. Ashurst, Esq. M.P., a magistrate - Sewell was brought before me on the 18th of August, on this charge. He made a confession, after being cautioned not to criminate himself. [The confession, which appeared in the Windsor Express at the time, was then read.]
Joseph Batten, constable. - Sewell was taken up on another charge, on the 14th Sept last. He had been speaking about Edden's death, and he said they had let the biggest rogue go. He said, he and another person went on the road to meet Edden, and they had agreed to murder him : that he (Sewell) had a hammer in his hand, and the other person had agreed with him to knock down Edden. Sewell said the other man took the hammer out of his (Sewell's) hand, and went and struck Edden as he sat in his cart, because his (Sewell's) heart failed him. He said the reason they did not hit him on the head was that the other person could not reach it, and he struck him as near the heart as he could; and he hit him again as he lay on the ground, as he (Sewell) was running away towards the brook.
Sewell.- 'Tis false, my Lordship, I don't mind nothing about this here world, nor the next neither, not I. If they be a mind to swear away my life, I don't care a d--n, not a button's end !
The learned JUDGE here, and repeatedly through the day, earnestly admonished the wretched man to be more guarded and decorous in his demeanour; but the man persisted, in spite of every caution.
The prisoners were then asked if they wished to say anything in their defence, or to offer any explanation, or to have any witnesses examined ?
Tyler.- I am as innocent as a baby just born : I know nothing but what I've heard, just like other folk.
Sewell (with the greatest effrontery) - I'm innocent of the job; they told me what to say, and what they told me I said. It's all hearsay.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN began at half past seven to sum up this voluminous evidence. The learned Baron concluded by leaving the decision of the case entirely to them, reminding them that they were bound to give the prisoners the benefit of any doubt they might entertain.
The Jury retired, and in ten minutes returned, finding both prisoners Guilty
Silence being then proclaimed, Tyler asked if he might speak, and being told that he might, he clasped his hands and said, "May I burn for ever and a day if I be'n't as innocent of this here as a baby !"
Sewell made the same asseveration, and added that it was all bribery that had done it !
The learned BARON then proceeded to pass on them the dread sentence for their execution on the following Monday; and the prisoners seemed entirely unconcerned, whilst the audience were universally affected. Sewell hardly once ceased to smile, and repeatedly interrupted his Lordship during the passing of the sentence ! Quite at the conclusion, Tyler seemed slightly affected, and he rather tottered as he walked the last few steps which he will tread in this world.
The Court, at eleven o'clock at night, continued as much crowded as ever.
SATURDAY, MARCH 6.
ELY PARKER, aged 25, was capitally indicted for stealing one lamb, the property of James Dover, on the 1st of January, at the parish of Dinton.
Mr. MALTBY conducted the case; and it appeared that on the night of New-Year's Day the prosecutor's fold was robbed of a lamb, and on the following morning his shepherd found its skin and head in a ditch hard by. The ground was covered with snow ... [missing the rest of this report].
THE OPULENT BREWER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE WINDSOR EXPRESS.
SIR, - My account of the "Opulent Brewer," which had given so much unintentional offence, was communicated to you exactly as it was rumoured about in the several markets of Maidenhead, Henley, Wycomb, Wattlington, &c. I firmly believed it to be correct at the period I transmitted it, and am rather confirmed in my opinion, than induced to alter it, by subsequent circumstances. Why those respectable gentlemen of the Excise, Messrs. Richards, Couch, and Potter, should fix upon Mr. Wethered, of Great Marlow, as the person alluded to, themselves can, perhaps, best explain. Certain it is, that he is an opulent gentleman; but, that the repute his fine ale has acquired him should have excited the envy and malignity of any one, is to me not quite so apparent. I should rather suspect that these gentlemen have a debt of gratitude to discharge towards Mr. W.; and a s Retail Brewery has just been opened in the town, which they may justly expect, from the patronage it has already received, is likely to diminish Mr. W's sales of fine ale, they are anxious, by way of a double entendre, to do the best they can for him, and by a kind of side puff make it appear that his was the fine ale alluded to. This is, however, rather an extravagant surmise. Many Brewers reside "on the verge of this county", most of them opulent men, and no one but who would feel offended were it insinuated to him that his fine ale was inferior in repute to Mr. W.'s. I have no wish to depreciate Mr. W.'s commodity; his chagrin, I suspect, proceeds from other causes of his own exciting; and as Jove, when passion usurped the throne of reason in his breast, was wont to appeal to his thunder, so Mr. W., I am told, had an inclination to seize the awful artillery of law, to revenge on this imaginary reflection upon himself, could he but persuade the public, through the instrumentality of these worthies, that himself and no other is "the opulent manufacturer of fine ale of high repute on the verge of this county." In the latter attempt I trust he will of success; how far he may succeed in the puff oblique, is of little moment to,
Sir, your obedient humble servant,
THE WRITER OF THE PARAGRAPH.
Marlow, March 10.
[The foregoing letter is inserted at the request of our Correspondent, but without any intention, on our parts, of pronouncing on the merits of the case, much less questioning the truth of the statement published by Mr. Wethered last week.]
AYLESBURY.
EXECUTION.- On Monday, at Aylesbury, at a very early hour, numbers of people began to flock into the town to witness the execution of Benjamin Tyler and Solomon Sewell, convicted of the murder of Noble Edden, and, long before the hour of eight arrived, the space in front of the County Hall (on the balcony of which the drop was erected) was completely filled with spectators from the neighbouring towns and villages, and particularly from Thame and Haddenham : indeed, we never saw so many assembled on any former occasion. On Sunday the friends of the unfortunate men were admitted to take their leave of them. Tyler's wife, whom he has deserted for some time (having been living with Eleanor Hines, who was a witness in his defence), came also to take leave of her husband, but fainted away and was not able to see him. Exactly at quarter past eight they appeared at the scaffold. Sewell first ascended, with a firm step, and Tyler immediately followed - during the time the ropes, &c. were adjusting he addressed the multitude, strongly persisting in his innocence. Everything being ready, the fatal signal was given, the drop fell, and in a short time they both ceased to exist. After hanging an hour, the bodies were taken down and immediately forwarded to London - one to St. Bartholomew's, and the other to St. Thomas's Hospital, for dissection.
At the Magistrates Chamber, on Saturday, ----- Parker was charged by Mr. Sheriff with an assault on Thursday last. It appeared that there was a disturbance among the prisoners in the gaol, and on Mr. Sheriff's entering the cell where Parker was confined, he put himself into a fighting attitude, and tore a new waistcoat Mr. Sheriff had on from top to bottom. He was ordered to find bail, himself in �40 and two sureties in �20 each, to take his trial for the offence at the next Sessions - Wm. Wells was convicted of stealing a quantity of beech wood, the property of Lord Viscount Lake. He was fined 2s., the value of the wood, and 14s. expenses, and allowed a fortnight to raise the money.
UXBRIDGE.
From a Correspondent)
BENEFIT CONCERT.- A concert for the benefit of Mr. Niebour, leader of the amateur band, took place at the Assembly Room, White Horse Inn, Uxbridge, on Monday last, which was numerously and respectably attended. The music selected for the occasion was "Recollections of Ireland," a pianoforte concerto, by Moscheles, which was excellently played by Quarterman; a violin concerto, by Mr. Niebour, which was performed with spirit, execution, and taste, and plainly indicated that his talents are of no mean consideration : it produced a wonderful effect upon the audience, and was greeted with deafening acclamation; a violoncello concerto, by Mr. Powell, performed with considerable eclat. The performances commenced with Mozart's celebrated overture (Jupiter), performed by the united assistance of the amateur band, and some professional hands engaged on the occasion. Among the vocalists, Mrs. G. Wood sung, with great effect, "Coming thro' the Rye," "Sweetly o'er the Senses Stealing," and "Una voce poca fa." Mr. E. Burgiss obtained great applause for his song "Now Hope again illumes the scene," and Mr. W. Pontyfix in "Soft came the breath of Spring," as did also Mr. Thonger, in a "Health to the King, God bless him." The performances concluded with the "Huntsman's Chorus," and the entertainments of the evening seemed to give universal satisfaction. After the concert, the musicians, amateurs, and committee of gentlemen, supped together, and after several loyal toasts had been drank, with the healths of the president and secretary of the amateur band, the meeting separated in perfect good humour, much gratified with the result of their exertions.
INSPECTOR'S RETURNS.- Mr. James Skerritt, a Baker of Chelsea, was last week summoned by Mr. C. Murray, the Corn inspector of Uxbridge, to appear at the Petty Sessions, held at the Kings Arms Inn, Uxbridge, for neglecting to return the quantity and price of corn bought by him at Uxbridge market the week previously. In pursuance of the orders of the Board of Trade, the Inspector is bound to report to the Board all persons who from neglect or otherwise do not send in to his residence such return as by the law is required. Mr. S. pleaded ignorance of the existence of such a law, and in consideration of its being his first offence, the summons was discharged on his paying the amount of the expenses incurred.
ABINGDON.
At a Petty Sessions, held on Monday last, - present, Sir Charles Saxton, Bart., Adam Blandy and Thomas Bowles, Esqrs., and the Rev. Thomas Neate; - three women, named Ann Clemson, Hannah Clemson, and Precilla Hewitt, of Radley, were charged by Mr. Benjamin Blagrove, of Abingdon, with stealing, on the 18th ult at Chandlings, some blocks. The case was pretty clear against them, but was abandoned on their promise not to repeat the offence.
William Hutchins, of this town, was brought before James Cole and Charles King, Esqrs charged by Mr. Thomas Mulcock, also of this town, butcher, with assaulting him. The parties were in a public house drinking together, when Hutchins made use of improper language towards the landlord's wife, and the complainant told him he was acting improperly. On the woman's husband coming home the complainant informed him of what had taken place, and he turned Hutchins out of the house. After this Hutchins went to the complainant's house, broke open the door, and wanted to fight, and attempted to provoke him to a breach of the peace. The Magistrates fined him 10s. 6d penalty and costs, and bound him over to keep the peace for twelve months.
HENLEY.
SUICIDE.- On Saturday last, Mr. Goades, a flour-dealer of Harrow, after breakfast, went into a summer house in his garden, and cut his throat with a razor. He then ran across a field, the blood gushing from the wound, and three himself into a pond. He was seen by a lady from a window who gave an alarm, and he was taken out of the pond, still alive. Surgical assistance was immediately procured, but in vain; he expired in a very short time.
HENLEY FAIR.- We do not recollect ever seeing so large a Cattle Fair here, as that of Monday last. There were very few good nag horses, but a very large sample of the cart breed, of every age and price; of cows, sheep, and pigs, there were also an abundance. There was an attempt to ride off with a horse under pretence of trying it previous to the purchase; no doubt the plan was preconcerted by the gang, who had evidently been accustomed to the trick; and but for the fleetness of the owner of the horse, we are inclined to think the fellow would have decamped with it.
On Sunday week, at the parish church of Langley Broom, as a rustic couple were being joined in the holy bands of matrimony, and as the bridegroom was repeating after the minister (the Rev. C. Champnes) that part of the ceremony in which he engages to taken the woman "to his wedded wife, to have and to hold, for better, for worse," he suddenly vociferated - "Hold hard theare, maister ! - as much better as ye wull; but dang it, na wurser." The minister rebuked the man for the levity of his interruption, and threatened , for some time, not to proceed in the service, when the fellow observed, with considerable non-chalunce, "Wull, if so be ye wont marry us, mayhap ye'll gi' us summat a-drink !"
WINDSOR POLICE.
[Before J. CHURCH, Esq Mayor, and R. TEBBOTT, Esq Justice.]
THURSDAY.
THE LATE ROBBERIES.
In consequence of it being generally understood that part of the gang concerned in the several robberies which have been committed of late in this town and neighbourhood, were to be examined this day at the Town Hall, the court was crowded to excess. A great number of gentlemen from Eton, Datchet, and the vicinity were also present, among whom were several members of the Corporation; Admiral Sir J. Gore, the Rev. W. Roberts, W. Hexter, Esq &c. &c. At ten o'clock, the Magistrates having taken their seats, the prisoners Thomas Harberd, James Swaine, and Henry Baas, alias Rivers, were brought into court in custody of the jailer. Previously to going into the case, however, a difficulty presented itself, namely that the locus delicti was in Buckinghamshire, over which county the Borough Magistrates having no jurisdiction, the case was about to be removed to Eton, when the objection was obviated by the offer of the Rev. W. Roberts, (a Magistrate for Buckinghamshire) to take the depositions.
William Smith, having been sworn, deposed as follows :- I am a servant in the employ of Mrs. Beard of Datchet. About two o'clock Wednesday morning, hearing a noise at the bottom part of the house, I went down stairs, and proceeded to my mistress's room door. My mistress said that she heard people in the house, and that they had got into the library; she then gave me a brace of pistols. I immediately went down stairs and looked about, but could see none; I then went into the drawing room, opened the sash, and not seeing anybody about, fired off one of the pistols. On further examination I found that the parlour window had been broken, and that an attempt had been evidently made to get in. I then determined to sit up and watch, which I did, my pistols lying by my side, until half past five, when I accompanied my mistress into the garden. I there picked up a silk handkerchief, which I gave to my mistress, who afterwards gave it into the care of the Datchet constable. I also discovered by several footsteps that some persons had entered the premises by the gate; there were prints of footsteps of three different sizes. In the course of the morning Gray, the gaoler, came over, and brought with him three pair of shoes, two of which matched the footprints exactly. They were old shoes and without nails. [A shoe belonging to each of the prisoners was now handed to witness]. The shoes belonging to Harberd and Baas in his opinion made the impression in the garden, those of the other prisoner did not correspond. Mr. Tebbott, the Datchet constable, and several other persons were present when I tried the shoes with the footmarks.
George Gray, gaoler, examined. On the morning in question, I took a shoe from each of the prisoners, which I took to Mrs. Beard's at Datchet. I tried these shoes with the impressions which had been made in the garden on the night before, and found that the shoes belonging to Harberd and Swaine fitted some of the marks. I also compared the dent in the shutter with the crow-bar now produced, and found it fitted exactly. There were present, Mr. Tebbott, Mr. Blunt, the last witness, and the Datchet constable.
Anne Miles stated, that she lived in the Sheet street road, in a new wooden-house; she came from Windsor to London, she said about six months ago, and had lived in the house in question about three weeks. She let one room to a young woman, and another to two young men named Rivers and Swaine (the prisoners) who came from London to her house a week ago, one describing himself as a jeweller, the other as a shoemaker. They were in the habit of going out of an evening about six o'clock, generally returning at eleven, and occasionally later. Yesterday morning however they did not come home till a quarter past one, the prisoner Harberd accompanying them. The young man said he was going to sleep with them, as it was too late to go to his own home. Witness was quite sure as to the time of their coming home, because she heard a neighbour's clock strike, besides, she had not been asleep all night. She never observed that the prisoners had taken anything from the house, but three days ago, she missed some shoemakers tools which belonged to the prisoners, but which made her suspect that they intended to leave without paying for her lodgings. The tools produced were not the tools she alluded to; she had never seen them before. On Monday last, Harberd's brother took Mrs. Bedborough's goods to her house. Witness was here shewn a silk handkerchief, which she said was Harberd's property; she had picked it up yesterday morning on the stairs. When Mr. Horton and the other men took the prisoners into custody Harberd said that it was his. Witness let the prisoners in; they knocked at the street door; they said they had been to a free and easy. She told them they should not stay with her if they kept such late hours. They were to pay for their lodgings 2s. 6d per week.
William Guy, sworn - I am constable of Datchet. I was sent for yesterday by Mrs. Beard. On my arrival, I was informed that an attempt had been made to break open the house. Mrs. Beard gave into my possession a handkerchief, which she said that her servant had picked up in the garden. I kept it in my custody until this morning, when I brought it into Court. The one now produced is that which Mrs. Beard gave me yesterday morning.
James Horton, constable, being sworn, deposed as follows:- Yesterday morning, in consequence of information which I had received, I went with a search-warrant to the house of Mrs. Miles, accompanied by four watchmen. On entering the house, I went directly up stairs, and there found the prisoner Baas in bed with Anne Miles, and the other prisoners lying upon a straw bed by the side. I then took the prisoners into custody, and left them in charge of Johnson, Broadhurst, and Steele, while Haines accompanied me down stairs to examine the prisoners clothes. In Swaine's pockets I found a crow-bar, a skeleton key, and old key, two chisels, and a bit of candle. The clothes were very wet, it having rained a great deal during the night. In the pockets of Baas, I found a dark lantern, and a stock and centre-bit. These clothes were also very wet. In the pockets of Harberd I did not find anything, nor were his clothes wet. All the shoes, however, were very wet and dirty. It was about half-past six o'clock when I entered the house. After examining their clothes, I made the prisoners dress themselves, after which I took them down to the gaol, and delivered them, and the implements which I had found, into the possession of the gaoler.
Thomas Johnson, watchman, sworn. I know Thomas Harberd well; I saw him and a person shorter than either of the prisoners, pass along High street on Tuesday night, about half-past seven. The next morning (yesterday) I saw four men go into the cottage where Mrs. Miles lives. It was about half-past three in the morning. One man got in at the window, and a little while after the door was opened and the other three went in. About half an hour before this I heard the report of a pistol; it appeared to be in the direction of Frogmore; I only heard one report. There was a light in the house all night, till about ten minutes after the prisoners entered. I kept my station where I was watching, but did not observe any person go out. A person might have left the house without my observing him, as I went off at half-past four, according to orders, to meet Mr. Horton.
John Haynes confirmed the testimony of Horton as regarded the capture of the prisoners.
Anne Miles here corrected her former statement, and said that she had not been to bed at all when the prisoners arrived.
Elizabeth Bedborough (a woman of the town) deposed as follows :- I went to reside in Sheet street on Saturday. I know the prisoner Harberd. When I went to the house, I saw Baas only, and on Monday I saw Harberd and Swaine there also. I believe they had returned from London. I don't know what hours the prisoners have kept. I have not associated with them, indeed I did not intend to remain there long, as there were so many men. On Tuesday night Mrs. Miles slept with me, and she did not go down stairs to let the prisoners in. She left my room undressed, and went in to her friend. I heard a noise when they came home, but don't know what o'clock it was, neither did I know how they got in; I believe they sometimes got in by taking down the shutters and getting in at the window. I don't know anything of the handkerchief now produced. On Tuesday evening I heard some one come to the house, which I think was Harberd, and the two lodgers, the prisoners all went out.
Edmund Laud, landlord of the High-flyer, Datchet. On Monday afternoon Harberd and Baas were at my house, in the tap room. I should think, for an hour and a half. I heard they were the persons suspected of committing various robberies in the neighbourhood. I then went into the tap-room, and I asked my ostler if he had seen the Colnbrook constable go by, the prisoners asked what was the matter, I replied that some persons were taken up for highway robbery. When the prisoners enquired if Mrs. Sharmane's house had not been broken into, and if the next house was not Mrs. Sharmane's, and various other questions, such as might be intended to make me believe they did not know the place at all. I don't know that I even saw the men before.
The prisoners were then remanded for further examination.
FRIDAY.
[Before the Rev. W. ROBERTS.]
(Examination continued from yesterday)
The prisoners Harberd, Baas, and Swaine, were again brought up.
Elizabeth Anne Greenham was the first witness sworn; she said I am servant to Mrs. Beard of Datchet. On Tuesday night I went to bed about eleven, at two o'clock I heard a noise, and went down stairs, and in the back parlour I found my mistress standing with two pistols in her hands, and the cook, Frances Smithers, with her. I asked what was the matter, and she said some one had broke into the house. I afterwards saw Smith, the man servant, with a pistol in his hand. I then opened the drawing-room shutters, and Mr. Smith fired a pistol off out of the window. I then went into the back parlour, and there I found the sash thrown up, and the shutter opened enough to allow a person to put in his hand; the shutters are inside the windows; there are marks which appear to be made by a chisel, or a similar instrument of about the width of the chisel now proposed. In the morning I saw the handkerchief lying outside the window, and afterwards saw it in my mistress's hands. I examined the handkerchief at the time : the one now produced is the same.
Mrs. Beard was to have attended this day to give her evidence against the prisoners, but the last witness brought word that the state of her mistress's health was such as would not permit her to attend. In consequence of this intimation, the worthy magistrate determined to take Mrs. Beard's deposition at her own home, and the prisoners were accordingly ordered to be sent forward to Datchet, in order that they might be present at the examination. On the arrival of the Magistrate, however, it was found that Mrs. B. was in so agitated a state of mind as to render her incapable of giving evidence in presence of the prisoners. The men were consequently removed to the Horse and Groom, and the evidence of Mrs. B. and the cook, Frances Smithers, was then taken before the Magistrate in private, and afterwards read to the three prisoners.
These two depositions were in substance similar to the evidence of the man-servant Smith, and the female Greenham.
The prisoners declined making any defence, and the magistrate considered that a case had been made out which compelled him to send them all to Aylesbury, to await their trial at the Assizes.
Mrs. Beard was bound over to prosecute, and the witnesses entered into bonds to give their evidence, with the exception of Anne Miles and Elizabeth Bedborough, who were both committed in consequence of not being able to procure sureties for their future appearance.
The same prisoners were afterwards charged with being the party who robbed Miss Sharman's house on the night of Friday last or Saturday morning.
Miss Sharman being sworn, stated, that on Friday night last or on Saturday morning, her house was robbed of the following articles:- a time piece, glass, and stand; some silver in a purse, to the amount of between two or three pounds; a pair of sugar tongs, and two tops off some castors. There were also other things missing, but the witness could not state positively what they were. The entrance was effected through the window. The outside shutter was cut through and opened, and one of the panes of glass taken out, by which means the side fastening to the window was undone.
Martha West, servant to Miss Sharman, said - I witnessed the locking up and fastening of the house on Friday night last. I am certain the window in the parlour was fastened. I went to bed with my fellow servants about eleven. I did not leave any person up. I did not hear any noise during the night. I arose about a quarter to six, and when I was down stairs, I observed that the shutter of the parlour window was open and a piece of glass cut out, the room was in great confusion. I then went and called my fellow servant and my mistress, and on searching we missed the articles which my mistress has stated. In the middle of the day I saw footmarks in the garden, I noticed one in particular; it appeared to be made by a high heeled shoe.
Samuel Cox, son of the landlord of the Horse and Groom, sworn. On the evening of Friday last, I saw two of the prisoners, Harberd and Baas, pass this house, and go through the turnpike towards Datchet common. I was with my father at the doors, and I made some observation respecting the prisoners when they passed.
William Guy, sworn.- I am the constable of Datchet. Yesterday morning I received three different shoes belonging to the prisoners, from Gray the gaoler, at Windsor, the whole of which I tried to fit in the impression made in the garden of Sir John Gore, and they fitted exactly. Sir J. Gore's premises adjoin Miss Sharman's.
The prisoners were then sent back to gaol, and the witnesses in this case were also bound over to appear at the ensuing Bucks Assizes.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
On Tuesday last, Mr. Deane, of the King's Head Inn, Egham, gave his annual tradesmen's ball, at the Assembly Room, which was very numerously attended by many families if the first respectability in the town and neighbourhood. Dancing and quadrilles were in active requisition during the evening, and both were materially assisted by the good arrangements of Mr. Deane in engaging some excellent musicians, who played many favourite airs with discriminating judgement. Mr. Deane, in a spirited manner, had amply provided every comfort that could be desired; and much credit is due to the gentlemen who officiated as stewards, for their activity in promoting such general satisfaction. From the great eclat which has attended this ball, it is hoped that many, conducted with equal spirit, will succeed it.
On the night of the 5th inst., or early on the morning of the 6th, the house of Miss Sharman, at Datchet, was broken into, and property consisting of plate, a time-piece, &c. to the amount of twenty pounds, was stolen. The thieves effected an entrance through an aperture made in the shutter, by means of a centre-bit. They were prevented from reaching the up-stairs rooms, however, by a strongly fastened door, which cuts off all communication between the upper and lower parts of the house. The robbery was not discovered until the family rose in the morning, although the watchman on duty saw and pursued three men who were running across Goodman's Fields, about two o'clock on the morning, and who are supposed to have been concerned in the burglary.
In consequence of a boy being shot in the face by a gentleman, while out pigeon-shooting in the neighbourhood of Oxford, a short time ago, the Vice-Chancellor of that University has announced that in future pigeon-shooting, and firing, at a mark, either with rifle or pistol, by members of the University, will be considered as a breach of Academical discipline. This announcement is posted up in all the Colleges in Oxford.
The University of Oxford is extremely full at present, as there are, besides the usual number of Undergraduates, a great number of Bachelors attending the Divinity Lectures.
CHEAP.
HAT & CLOTHES WAREHOUSE,
52,
HIGH STREET, WINDSOR,
(CORNER OF THE MARKET PLACE)
C. HODGES.
BEGS to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has now on SALE a great variety of CLOTHES, HATS, and HOSIERY, which he is enabled to offer to the Public at unprecedented low prices, in consequence of the depressed state of trade in the manufacturing districts, and for the goodness of their quality, and workmanship, C.H. pledges himself they are equal, if not superior, to any house in the trade.
C. HODGES avails himself of this opportunity of returning his best thanks to his Friends, and the Public, for the kind and liberal support he has hitherto met with; and begs to assure them no exertions on his part shall be wanting to merit a continuance of the same.
*** Clothes of every description, made to order, with the greatest care and expedition.
PARISH OF NEW WINDSOR.
ALL PERSONS having demand on the PARISH of NEW WINDSOR, are requested by the Overseers to send in their Accounts, on, or before, the 29th instant, to Mr. Wright, Assistant Overseer, in order that they may be examined and discharged forthwith.
Windsor, March 13, 1830.
Mr. Mc. KEAN,
AND THE
DOUBLE SIGHTED BROTHERS,
FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY,
Mr. Harding's, the Crown & Cushion Inn, Eton
On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Evenings next.
Further particulars of these wonderful Phenomena will be announced by hand-bills.