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      / % *!* P * # - ^ Meditate on thifl word ; it ispnse to * lw » cIiiBan , jwefry to the poor . Pbircb Albert is said to have expressed Mb sur-| ri * e at the cletm&nm on board the Warrior convict « ip , -which he iosoected on his visit to Woolwich the other day . He no doubt drew his ideas of « e * Bliaess from a comparison with the dungeons of Germany ! _ Ekgush Rchsocxets bitterly complain , we understand , tfeas their trade has been seriously injured ! flj the introduction of bo many foreigners -ktto the « r atrv . Jae most expert among these foreigners « wpd to be the Germans , who nave tbe knack of Xd&ng their hands more thoroughly ints Englishman ' s pockets than any other of the fraternity of Tickets and stealers !

      : . A hewxt harmed gentleman and lady , riding in %$ bai&e , were unfortunately overture *! . A pereo * € * sdng to their assistance , observed it was a very ata&ing right . " Very soockinir , indeed , " replied the gentleman , to see a new-married couple fail rut at toon . " Si . vgl e Woxbm . —It is amoDg the most vnlgs ? of « rors to consider women useless because they are single . Only look around aaong your acquaintance . Who is the one universally useful , the one applied to « B ev&ry occasion of difficulty and trial ! Wky , the single sister of the family .

      O . NE GOOD TUBS DBSEBVCS ANOTHER . Hang Oxford—no , sly M&b » ujikb says , net yet ; Save him we must , he saved the cabinet . ' Clerical Wit . —A few Sundays since , ike Bishop , « f London preached in tJ > e morning , and Dr . Hook ia the evening , whea tbe collections amounted to ereral hundred pounds . On somebody ,- wondering -kow so large a sun wastsoilected , the Bishop ob-• aarred , " It was done by flook or by . Creak . " . fttiscs Albbet . —We observe that bis Royal Highness Prince Albeit has cut off his raouEtac ' he . This has created some siffprise , sincere Prince has accepted the commandof a regiment of Hussars . We -presume that her Majesty has taken a dislike to them , aethey tickled her nose .

      A Cawmd Coxtesson . —On Tuesday se ' nnight , w Bkhop of Londoa , in the House of Lords , « aphsticully pledged himself to the doctrine that ike Church of Bngiend is notj ' oimded on liberty of Ggnsciencc ! The Hoc ?* of Cesness in 1693 . —In the year 1698 there was a standing order of the House of Common £ , directing u that no member of the house 4 o prt ^ isne to eowke tobacco in tbe gallery , or at " we tafiks of the house , sitting at committees : " The conge is somewhat reformed in ihis respect , if not in Uucrs . _ Da 5 KET-Bn > is 6 < ra Sundays is done away with at Ifiackheath , by order of the magistrates ; it ib « Tideat , therefore , that the asses have it all their own way .

      A Qmcx Races . —A Pat asked an emigrant Yankee , at the Maxe races , if they had any such Semsxkably switt horses in America ? — " Swift !' aid Jonathan ; " why , I guess we have . I seen a fiorse at Baltimore , oq a tunny day , start against his "• wn shadow , and beat it a auartcr of a mile at the "iwbcK !" , $ ta Sftyusator says there is a man living in that « tj whoeo nofro is so large that nobody san Bee it at Okce ; they are oWiged to look twice . Twiss , who made a very minute examination of the spot where the pot-boy Brutua enacted his feat -of atrocity , gave it as his opinion that the pistols were loaaed with tbagt , from tae circumstance of f'findi pu a snail on that part of the Trail which it was believed tbe bnlle * must have struck !

      Melbocbke does not stand ^ uite so high as " master * " cf the " Palace revels" as formerly , twins occasionally even au object of mirth to his Royal ¦ ustrfcs . The Premier thinks it raiher hard that * he hould be made a butt < . f , after so lou ^ a course of seal and devotion in her Majestj * s ierrice ; but the Vfleen regards him , nevertheless , loyalty apart , as a TerygooJ subject for a joke . " Mr Babk js 05 the Sea , " as the cur dog said when they threw him overboard . * Thbbe ' s Mdsic in mr Sole , " as the nice young xtan said w his squeaking boot . If the Pistol affair on Constitution-hill proved m-tdss to the pot-boy , there can be no doubt o f its ¦ proving a eapital kit for the Whigs , who Jook to a "renewed lease of ofiee arising out of this well-timed aster . " --V

      - v How little » o THE ! xkow of the iriiajbappiness ^ Jile , wboare strangers to that intercourftofgood CTjBesAn ^ ' ^ n d aSsclions , which , by a pleasing « unq ^ ta £ S « 6 ^ nen to one another , and circulates rational etjoyawi ^ trom heart to heart . Waois of Kkowxkdgk . —The celebrated John Aberaethy used to » y to his pupils—** I go to Stesne fiff the feeli » gs of human nature , to FitJding fat ite viees , to Johnson for the knowledge of the workings of its powers , and to Shakspeare for every -fiiiogf . = ¦ .... _ - . ¦ _ .-A schqolmasteb said of himself , ** I am like a hone . I sharpeb-a number of Blades , but I wear myself ou ; fit doing it . " fNo Oxe would take von to be what you are , " ¦ aid as old-fashioned gentleman a day or two ago to « dandy who had more hair thin braics . " Why V was the immediate reply . *» Because they cannot Bee jour ears !"

      Thb Duke or Sussex was boasting the other day m the presence of Lord Brougham , that he had 1 ^ 23 bibles in his collection , in every language and _ oT every date * from the earliest period . " And all Tlf'dtem uncut eopies , I suppose , "' said the malicious wit . - Pbi * cb Albebt ' 8 taste for the highest department - « f historic art , is strikingly illustrated by the sur-- -passiBg correctness of his drawing * . At the very moment that hi * quarterly annuity falls due , it is ¦ aid to be ** drawn , " and whh an accuracy truly astonishing ! - * A touih who had not long emerged from Bchoastic trammels , having been smitten with a pretty face , consulted hi 3 former preceptor whether he wonld advise him to conjugate ? u No , " replied the pedagogue , I should say bv all means , decline . "

      Aocobdisg to the " Asiatic Researches , " a verv ennous mode cf trying iha title to land is practised m Hindostan . Two holes are dug in the disputed pot , in one of which the lawytrs on either side pnt « ne of thtir leel , and remain there until one of them is tired , or complains of being stuug by the insects , in which case his client is defeatal . In this country it ial the client and not the lawyer who " puts his loot into it . " ' Cocrc Sehmoss . —The usual length of a sermon at the Cbapel-royal is twenty mi antes . This , it ¦ eems , was too long for . George II ., who once told Archbishop Gilbert to see that those preached -before JamBhonldbe particularly short : savin * thig

      nnmpifiseatary resscn for his desire , * hat when they were long—sha& is , vweatj nauHtes—he was in danger of falliujf asleep ! The Court Bermons wera , in consequence , abridged in the delivery five minutes . His Majesty agreed with the gr « u bard—that brevity was tne soul of wit . Ah M . D . once reproached a learned counsel with What 3 ir . Bcntham would call the nncognoscibi-Irty" of the technical terms of iaw . "Now , for exomple , " said he , "I never could comprehend What . you meant by docking an entaiL" "Mvdear ! && * & *? " * „*** barrister , " I don't wonder it tot ,, but I will w » n explain the meaning of the ftferasej is is doing what your professioii never consents to—suffering a recovery . "

      A Bqkh JcsncB . —There was one Mr . Guybon , a gentlemsa of very weak understanding , bnt yet m « ommiaBion , who havug often pnbhsh ' this folly upon Ibe bench , at last sajes asiy pliine fellow to an-^ SSfefiJGZ ! ^' ., ** . VM 4 Gmvbon borne a ^ WSie | egftb f ^* H >«» J ' as , ifhiB offieeliatfnot descefiSed ^ « i »«« m wiaf his estate , by right of inheritance , »» no one would ever have made Mm one . ^ Camtjen ' s Society ' s Anecdote * . " Soxb op the hew CEHETBST folk ? , in their lists of prices for interments , tombs , monuments , < fcc .. put « i ! ifefi . i . * **? ^ pwp ^ 'ty- bj whfch We see that though people do no : lire aWy * . they wei expected to die for ever ! We trust the Bishop -of lAiMlon wui not think there is an } thine wrong ra . rf » rf « a ; it seem * doubtful , however , whether a « aaa whs wants a grave in perpetuity , can have proper notions of jbe doctrino of the resurrection .

      A-BJ&BX-QV& Attack . —a few days back a fine fuc * teep , the- property of Mr . Gorringe , of Easthvma& rWA east in the marshes- and from its fat aad . eambrotu fleece it was aoable to recover ita - * gB ^ In-tisia sute it was attacked by a jpaTrj « l £ ^» * froa whieh tbe P 001 * oia » l waa teHayett » jrtt » emanate arritalof a iarm-semSft . : ^ Dhe » iaeryw toeh this poor creature Buffered najr $ e conjeetared , a « * ese powerful birds , ZrtiWwuaber , Jd ^ broken tbe rim «! the bsUy , acdm ^ eatrails ^ J ^ fcrames , to show how the streiigfli of mm may be dwunjaiied by indulging mdolenee , men 6 « is ttejbbw unmflwrt :-Meetinga * entfe * an , ff « rarmexr rrom India

      T ^— iSz ^^ , to my ingmrjr « fte J ^ heaitk he apiied , -Wh ^ bettJ-bZtter aL ^ SS ^ i ^ * * . ^ Bb ^ A energy . Do yon knaw S ^^ Ju befew l ««^ y I" wasinmch high ^ r t » , MdJeU so Btroag , that I actually put onone * ay stoefcngg by mjsdt /' -TraveBer ^ OraeU . tSbT *^ 3 ° £ ? ^ athan is an admirable geeeof ererv-dav philosophy ;— " Of those men that , £ StJS , VV ' - ^ . -aun ^ ealih , love t o shew fe ^^ dSl 5 P *!* *^ history , very few do it m tte& domestic aSSurs , where their particular rest ISS ? iS ^ tJ . ? tia yn 0 ! l - > \ - ^ y = ore the Sb ^^ bWet ' ^ t&ia the ^*

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      CENTBAXi CRXUXMAX . COURT . TRIAL OF COURVOISIER FOR THE MUR ^ DER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL . Thursday morning week having been appointed for the trial of Francois Benjamin Courvoisier , who stands charged with the wilful murder of Lord William Russell , the Central Criminal Court was thronged in every part ; not a nook or corner was unoccupied . At a quarter before ten , the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs entered the Court , preceding his Royal Highness the Duko of Sussex , whom they conducted to his place on the bench . The whole Court rose to receive hiB Royal Highness , who seemed to take the most intense interest in the proceedings On the Bench wo observed the Earl of Cavan , Lord A . Lennox , Lady A . Lennox , the Eari cf Mansfield .

      Lady Granviile Somerset , Lady Buis ; hersh , Aldermen Sir M . Wcod , Haraier , T . W « od , Humphrey , D . W . Harvey , Eeq Mr . Sergeant Arabin , &c . &c . The Judges catered the Court shortly before ten o ' clock . At ten o ' clock , Francois Beujamin Courvoieier was plsood at the bar . He looked pale and thinner than when nnder examination at Bew-street , but he seomed firm and collected . Having ieen arraigned , he pleaded not guilty in a low tone of yoicts and , in reply to the Clerk of the Arraigns , said vhat he would be tried by an Eaglish Jnry , waiving his right of having half the Jury composed of foreigners . Mr . Adolphus , Mr . Bodkio , aad Mr . Chambers , appeared on behalf of the proseoation , and Mr . C . Phillipps and Mr . Clarkson Jor the defence . Mr . Hobler solicitor for the prosecution , and Mr . Flower for the prisoner .

      Mr . Wing , solicitor to the Duke ; ( Sf Bedford , waa also present , and was frequently iticonveraation with Mr . Hobler , during the course of the proceedings . A model of tbe house m Norfolk-street , was on the table . Before the proceedings commenced , Mr . Bodkin made an application to the Court to fix a day for the trial of Gunld , when Mr . Boron Parke named Tuesday next . The Jury having been sworn . Mr . Adolphus proceeded to open his case . Sarah Msaeell wastnen called and examined by Mr . Bodkin ^ but since the evidence she gave differs in no apparently important particular from that given in the coarse of ber examination before the magistrates , and which has been already fully before the public , it Baems to as that it would be to waste the reader ' s time , as well as a space which may be more usefully employed , to repeat it .

      Mary Hanwell examined by Mr . Chambers—Was cook to the late Lord William Russell . On the evening before the murder I -went to bed at half-past ten o ' clock , and left tie prisoner in the pantry . I found Sarah Maaaell in bed when I went tip bUirs . She did not leave the house that night t * my knowledge . I fraa not awoke by any noise during that night Sarah Maocell got up the next morning at a quarter to Bevcn o ' clock , and I heard her knock at the prisoner ' s door . She wae down stairs for about five minutes , when she came up stairs again , and made some communication to me , after which I again heard her knock at the

      prisoner ' s door , and then I heard thtm both go down together . While I was dressing , I heard Manoen ecream oak , and on going down stairs she told me his Lordahip was killed . I saw the things lying In the hall packed up , and I subsequently discovered , on going into the kitcben , that the drawers and cupboard were open . A thimble belonging to me had been taken from a workbox which I hod placed in the cupboard the night before . There was no force used to open the cupboard as the lock had been shot back . I locked the cupboard myself on the previous night , and took the key up stairs -with me . The drawers in the kitchen were all rummaged and In disorder .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Clarkson—When I heard tbe prisoner speak about " Old BiMy , " I thought it -was in a joke . When I heard him speak about having only £ Z > in the worlii , I heard him » Uo say that be had £ 5 in the bank . The ladder -which stood in the passaie ¦ was about five or six feet long . I saw it in the yard on the morning after the murder waa committed . If lie ladder was placed against the dwarf wall in the back yard , a person standing on tbe top of it might easily get on the adjoining leads . A man employed at Sutnton ' a livery stables was sent by some one to Mr . Win . Russell , to inform him of what had happened . I could

      hear the prisoner moving in hia own room if I were in bed and awake . The housemaid got up at her usual hour on the morning of Wednesday . I thought it Eeemed strange -when I heard tl . e prissner say " Oh , dear , they'll think its me . I shall never get a place again . " He was viry much alarmed and agitated at the time . The housemaid , 1 think , -was -with me at the time I examined the things in the hall , about fire or ten niiautt * before the polieemen came . The pencilcase and the toothpick were in the folds of the napkin , andcoold be teen-without turning the naofcin over . There are some pieces of plate still mitring , which have been advertised , and a reward offered ^ r theiexeco

      Witness recalled and examined by Lcrd Chief Justiee Tincal—The area door was bolted after the prisoner came in with the beer on the Tuesday night . I barred and bolted it myself . I cannot say whether the prisoner locked the area gate after him . . W- York , the late Lord William Russell ' * coachman ; Daniel Ycung , footman to Mr . Idtiiam , who had been requested by the housemaid to _ fetch the police ; and Mr . Henry Elsgood , the surgetsn ^ wh * examined the dead body , were then caJle * , bu £ nothing new was elicited from their evidence . Mr . Hossey , the u&nal medical attendant-of his Lordship , thought that the wound might have betn inflicted by one of the knives in the house .

      Thomas Selway—I am servant to Mr . Cutler , who resides next door to the deceased Lord William Russell , and eariy on tbe morning of Wednesday tha 6 th of May , 1 was indnced to go to the house , having heard some screaming as I was dressing . I saw the eook and housemaid in the passage , where I observed behind the front door a cloak , opera glass , and other things . I afterwards saw the prisoner sitting in the dining room , between the door and the window . The prisoner asked me to go to No . 100 , in Park-street , and tell the butler to come up . He was in a very agitated state indeed . Cross-examined by Mr . Clarkson—The two female servants were as much agitated and alarmed as the pri ? ocer .

      John Baldwin—I am a constable . At a few minutes past seven , in consequence of information I received , I went to the honse of Lord William Russell , in company with constable Rose . One of the female servants let roe in , I a * ked if there was any man servant in the house , and the female said " Yes , there he is , " pointing to the prisoner , -who "was sitting behind the door , with his face eovtired ¦ with his hands . I asked him why he did not get op and assist , bnt hu made me no answer , although I repeated tbe same thing several times . The witness went on to state that he txamined the back area door , and wa 3 of opinion that no person had entered from without . On going into the pantry , I saw the prisoner there sitting in the same position . I spo ^ e to him , but he still remained silent , and I then said to him , " I think you have made a d—d pretty mess of it" I then examined the walls and leads at the hack of the premises in company of tbe other constaMe .

      Cross-examined by Mr . C . Phfllijw—T was angry with tlie prisoner -for not assisting . I at first thought that some person had broken into the house , from seeing the back area-door open . I never saw any placard offering a reward in this case , and I never heard of any revrard I have spoken to one or two policemen about this murder , but I would not swear that I have not spoke to twenty , thirty , forty , or a hundred policemen on the subject ; but I still say , that I n « ver heard of any reward except what was-read at the station -house . The examination of this witness concluded the day ' s proceedings , and at nye minutes past seven o ' eloek , the court wai adjourned until ten o ' clock the next day .

      FRIDAY . The court this morning was again crowded long before the time appointed for resumiDg the trial of CourvoiKer . His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , Earl Mansfield , Earl Sheffield , and other distinguished individuals who were present yesterday , were again in attendance Before { lie " arrival of the Judges . ' " " ' The prisoner ( Fr&neois Benjamin Courvol&fer ) was placed at the bar shortly before one o ' clock , when Mr . Sergeant Arabin ( who was then presiding ) informed him tkat he might , if he wished , have a chair . The prisoner thanked hiB Lordship-, but declined the ffer . Chief Justice Tindal and Mr . Baron Parle took their seats on the bench exactly at-ten o ' clock .

      Mr . Adolphus said before the trial was resumed he wished to state , that in the ceurse x > l yesterday some evidence came to tbe knowledge of the olicjtor for the prosecution which had not been laid before tbe Grand Jury . He trusted , however , that he should be allowed to bring it under the consideration of the Court and Jury . Mr . a Phillips considered his Learned Friend ' s appliea ^ lon ^ jwas irregular . It ought to have been made to the prisoner ' s professional advisers , and JKt to the eourt He most deprecate the course proposed . Mr . Adolphus—Why a cemmunrcation was made to you en the subject . Mr . C . Phillips—Tea about a quarter of an hoar since . The Learned Counsel Was about U make some further remarks , when The Lord Chief Justlcft said , this was not the proper time to argue the question , and directed the trial to proceed .

      John Tedman ( inspector of police ) was tbea called and examined . In tbe course of a long examination trj Mr . Adsipnus , the -witness repeated the ' evidence already so fftHy reported when given at the police examinations , and which is now familiar to tbe public . It is important , however , to give his cross-examination , although no new facts transpired from it Cross-examined by Mr . C Phillips—I examined tbe trunk of the prisoner ; they all wished me to do so , the prisoner included . My object vm to discover whether there nv any linen with marks of blood upon it ; th&t being my object , I satisfied myself on the « th and 7 th of May , and saw no marks . On the xaactaag of the nth instant , I fi-uud two sLirts , which I looked at , free from spots . There were several other shirts in the room , I nafoldcd the shirt I \ r * s about to give for prisoner ' s « se on the lith instant , zm nearly as possible

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      in the same manner as on the first occasion . On the examination of the trunk on the 6 th , I took all the articles out ef the trunk . I and the prisoner replaced them . Whatever was done by the prisoner was done in my presence . The prisoner had access to this room . The women and the police had access to the prisoner's room . Having made a minute inspection on the 6 th of May , I am satisucd there was no speck of blood on the linen . There was no mark whatever on the glass door on the 6 th of May . I examined it for the purpose of discovering . There are a number of marks novr on that door , whicli had none on the 6 th , and also on the door-post' They appear to have been made by some kind of instrument Tho man wa 3 nnder the Inspection of the police from tlie time of their first entering the nouse . He was kept separate from . the women servants , and was closely watched all the time . Having taken out all the various articles from the trunk , I found no weapon . r .

      Re-examined by Mr . Adolphus—I did not on the 6 th do more than unfold tho linen . I cannot say that there were a pair of gloves in the shirt at that time . There might be . No person had access to the prisoner except the police . I do not know Anything of the marks made upon the glass-door , excepKjibat there were none on the 6 th , and that there atBffltarks now . Inspector Beresford examine ^ by $ r . Chamberswaa called to the house of Lord William Hussell on tho 6 th of May , about a quarter before eight o ' clock . I examined the hack area door . I saw several marks on the door itself , and also on the door post My impression at first wns , that the marks wero made with

      the door open entirely . I looked at ^ e flferks on the door post My impression of those also was , that they had been made with the door open , and from the inside . I now think that they were made by some instrument , such as a hammer , being forded between the door and the door post—the door not coming quite close . But I am quite sure that they could not have been made by such an instrument as a chisel , for thedoor did not appear to be touched . I tried some experiments with a hammer upon the half-glass door in the passage , and tho hammer made upon that marks similar to those on the back area door . There were no marks on the half-glass door until Mr , Fearce and I had made these experiments .

      After describing his discovery of the rings , &c , in conjunction with Inspector Fearce , and the remarks which he made to the prisoner , witness continued After this I went up stairs , accompanied by Cronin , a policeman of the C division , to the prisoner ' s bftd-room , and found two handkerchiefs and a " shirt front , which articles I now produce . Both the handkerchiefs are marked B . C . 4 ) nboth of them are several-marks of blood . I was present when that portmanteau was examined on a former occasion ; but I do / not recollect that I noticed either of these articles . I did not find the other portions of the shirt to match tbe front I found in the prisoner's box .

      Frederick Shaw , a Serjeant of polfce , aross-examlned by Mr . Phillips—I searched the prisoner ' s box on the Friday afternoon . I assisted Inspector Pearce . < J [ did not search carefully . I took out every thing , and placed all on the bed , I never searched it again after the 8 th May . I never searched with Humphries or Croniu . My only companion in my only search waa Pearce , The room is a very small one , and is perfectly light—light to see anything . Re-examined by Mr . Bodkin—The portmanteau was in the centre of the room when I examined . Tbe things were taken out and placed on tho mattress . I gaw a shirt front similar to that now shewn me , on the first examination . 1 did not see the handkerchiefs . I do not recollect seeing any handkerchiefs . , James Ellis , formerly valet to Lo * d William , identified most of the articles produced inoourt , but could not spt > ak to the identity of the locket

      Inspector Pearce , of the A division , examined by Mr . Bodkin—The first questions related to tbe marks on tlie door , on which Pearce ' s evidence corroborated that of the preceding witness . He then narrated the finding of the gold coins , and Tines , of the Waterloo medal , and of the £ 10 note behind the skirting board . By the Court—Tho £ 10 note was folded up , but saw nothing round it ' : , By Mr . Adolphus—The plaee where I found these articles was quite dry ; it was very near the fire-place . The prisoner was in the dining-room at the time . I

      went up to him directly after I had found them . He was sitting down when I went Into the room . Constable Collier was with him . I took the things and laid them openly before them on the table . I said , " I have found those things concealed in your pantry , behind the skirting board . " He raid , " I know nothing about them . ; I am innocent , and my conscience is clear ; I ntfwr saw the medal before . " I then took him down into the pastry , and pointed out the place from whence I had taken tho things . He again said , "Iani innocent , I know nothing about them . "

      Cross-examined by Mr . Chukson—My object-in placing the rings I had found before tbe prisoner was , because I thought it was my duty-to do so . IivvvatsPot to get a confession from him ^ but I natarau £ £ pected be would make some Yeply , and 1 knew that what he said might be matbrialpatid might befor . him or against him . I was anxious to do all I could to discover tbe perpetrator sf the crime , and I thought I did bo more than my duty . Mr . Mavne , the Commis sioner , was present at tbe time . Mr . Mayne Bald , at ^ ny suggestion , that it would be proper that the things should be riiewn to tha prisoner . I did not say to the prisoner , " I have found this property in your pantry , can you now lock me in the face . " . Mr . Clarkson—Will you now tell . us why , yon snppresssd the remaining portioa of the sentence when yon were examined by my Learned Friend for the prosecution ? Witness—I had no motive for suppressing them .

      Mr . Clarkson—Will yon swear that your object was sot to obtain a confession ? Witness—I did not know what he might aay . I thought it was likely to intimidate him if he was a guilty man . Cross-examination continued—I thought I was doing my duty . I know that , rewards to the amount of £ 4 & > have been offered , and if the prisoner is convicted I do expect a portion of the reward in the course of my duty . I found the rings behind the skirting board before I heard of any reward . When I used the language that has been mentioned to the prisoner , I knew nothing about any reward . If there had been any blood-stained articles in the prisoner ' s portmanteau I don't think they couKl have escaped my observation . I think I heard Ellia say that the locket found upon tho prisoner belonged to his Lordship . It was afterwards found not to be-long to his Lordship .

      John Cheater , carpenter , examined by Mr . Chambers , was then questioned in confirmation of tho police , relative to the marks of violence haviug been made upon the door when it was open . The tongs and poker found by the police corresponed with the marks upon the door , as did also the sorew-driver . Mr . Harrison , chi-f ckrk to the Messrs . Hoares , bankers , and Mr . Wing , solicitor to Lady Clifford , spoke as to the £ lo note produced in court Lady Clifford—I araielattd to the late Lord William RusselL I a : u widow of one of hb sons . I received on the 27 th of April last £ 200 in bank notes from Mr . Wing . There were among the notts £ 10 notes . I gave to the late Lord William Russell one of the £ 10 notes . It -was on the 29 th of April , two days after I hod received them . It was given for the purposo of charity . By the Court—It was to be given to lady Sarah Bayley to dispose of .

      Lady Sarah Bayley—I am related by marriage to the late Lord William Kuysell , and reside at Hampton Court Palace . The deceased used to come and see me when he visited Richmond , and upon one occasion I recollect something occurring about a locket The locket ( produced ) is the one I refer to , at least to my belief . His Lordship wrote to me to inquire about tho locket , and I sent him an answer . I boiieve bis Lordship was at Richmond wheu he wrote f ) me . G . Harris—I am an upholsterer . I went to Lord William ' s house on tha Dth of May , to do something to the bell-pull in his Lordship ' s bed-room . I did the job and left the house immediately . - "'" > Wiiliam Lovett—I am a bell-hanger . I went to his Lordship ' s house on tho evening " of the 6 th of May , and did some jobs , and left tho houso directly .

      Mr . Charles Ellis—I rent the Caitle Hotel , Richmond . I remember Lord Wiliiam coming to , the hotel on the isthof ApriL" He remained till the 32 ndr The prisoner accompanied him , and a groom also . The prisoner attended , personally , upon Ms * Lordship . Oh the 25 th , an application was made to me by his Lordship respecting a locket I produce the letter I received . In consequence of that letter , a search' was made in the hotel , bnt no locket wns found . I < onis Garde . —I am a modeller , and liva iif Kingstreet , goho . I am acquainted with > lr . Piolaire , who keeps the hotel in Leicester-place . I wa 3 present one

      Sunday evening when a parcel waa" Drought there , but I did not pay much attention to it The parcel was covered with brown paper . I cannot positively say that the prisoner was the man who left it , the man stopped so short a time . I was at tne hotel yesterday . Monsieur Piolaire ' s partner retched me . He said something to me , and we went together to Mr . Cumming ' s in the city , who came back with us to-the hoteL A parcel was then produced in the presence of Mr . Vincent , Mr . Camming , Madame Piohdre , and myself . Mr . -dimming opened the parcel , which contained some artielts of sirver , a list of which was made out in ou presence , and signed by us .

      By Lord Chief Justice Tindal—The parcel ' - -to the best » f my recollection , was left at the hotel about the time of the murder , but I cannot say what day . Charlotte Pioiaire—My husband ' s name is Loois . He keeps a betel in Leicester-place , Leicesterflqaare . I have known the prisoner at tbe bar tor fbnr years ; He came to take a place in tbe hotel as waiter . I used to can him Jofca . French is the . language spoken at the hotel . He remained about a m nth . I a » w him about six weeks aga . on a ' Sunday evening , and he merely asked me hew I was , and soon went away . He knocked

      at the door . I . said , ' Come in , " and he walked l& I did not know him at the moment He said , " Dont you know me ? " I said , " Noy and ho said then , . *• I am John that used to live witb . you in the square . " Re said he was in a situation . I saw him again on the % nday week ot fortnight after . He came in the -evening and asked meiiow I was . He had a paper parcel in his hand , and he asktd mo to take care of it , sajing he would call for it ea the Tuesday evening following . I cooseuted , and he . left the parcel with mo . I was not awase what it contained at tfcat time . It w as tied op

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      and sealed . He did not ^ on the Tuesday evening following , and rnever ^ him alnce . I had net heard of themuroer of L ^ WvRuBsell before the parcel was . l « 8 ' . ' w ^ . ^' .. « ' * tontfiu ; eiiee of what was published in a Fren * a newspaper , I had some communication "with nty ofHiljin , and ' -I w&sequently sent for Mr . ttaumiJig aad another person * who came for the purpose of Hieing what the parcel ( contained- Tlie parcel was opened in their -presence . It never had been opened before since it came into my possession . Tlie parcel . produced is the one which the prisoner left with me . It contained some silver spoons and forks , two pairs of stockings , an instrument for assisting hearing , ami a jacket There was some tow in the parcel , which- prevented the plate ' from being fdt outside . We tied up the parcel aj ; ain , after making an inventory of its contents . I signed the inventory .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Phillips—There is a billiard table kept at tho hotel , but not exclusively for the guestMif the house Any one iuiy pl : ty at it No other game » played at tho house . It is conducted peaceably and respectably . I think I can swear that no gang of suspected persons was taken oat of the house lately by the police . I never heard of it Our house is generally frequented by foreigners . I called the prisoner by the name of John for convenience . I did not know him by any other name . We take in the English papers , bnt I very seldom sea tho in . Tw > English gentlemen frequent the house , but I never heard my husband

      speak to them about this murder . My husband has been in France for a fortnight . I am not in the habit of going out on Sundays . I never saw placards about the murder . I did not hear the murder cried about the streets . I heard of it the day after it occurred , and was very much shacked , but I cannot say that I spoke to my husband about it , for I have no time to talk of such things . I did not speak of it to anybody , I am so occupied . I generally sleep with my husband , but I often go to bed before him . My husband was in London for about three weeks after the murder , but I cannot say whether I spoko to him during that time .

      By the Lord Chief Justice Tindal—1 heard of the murder a day or two after it happened , and the parcel waa left with me by the prisoner a week or fortnight before . Richard Gumming- —I am a solicitor , and reside at 17 , Old Jewry . Mr . Vincent and the hst witness came to my office yesterday , and I accompanied them to the hotel in Leicester-place . When I got there a parcel was produced , and , after my advice was asked about it , I opened it and made out a list of the articles it contained . Before I tied up the parcel , again I noticed the crest which was on the Bpoons and forks . It

      war a goat , and having satisfied myself by referring to the peerage that a goat waa the crest of tl ; o Bedford family , I immediately proceeded to the police court in Mariborough street , and was directed to come here and see the attorney for the prosecution . I did do so , and communicated what I knew to Mr . Hobler and Mr . Wing . Besides the spoons and forks , there was an ear apparatus in the parcel It contained four table spoons , four dessert-speons , two silver twi-spoons , one leather box containing the ear instrument , two pair of white stocks , one pair of socks , one flannel jacket , a striped jacket , and a quantity of tow .

      . Cxoaa-examined by Mr . Phillips—I came to the Court about six o ' clock yesterday evening and saw you here , and I knew you were one of the counsel for the prisoner . Mr . Phillips—You say you know I was counsel for the prisoner—that is enough , Sir , I shall ask you no more questions . Joseph Vincent—I am the partner of Mr . Pioiaire . After I had read something in a French newspaper , I conversed with Mrs . Pioiaire , and I waa subsequently present when the parcel was opened , after which I signed the paper produced . ThornM Davies—I was in the employ of Mr . Webster , on optician . The instruments produced for assisting hearing were bought at Mr . Webster ' s shop by Lord William Russell in the month of June . 1836 .

      James Ellis , the valet , and Sarah Mancell wero recalled and shown the instruments produced , and they proved that they had seen them in Lord William ' s possession . Shis was the case for the prosecution . It was then arranged that the proceedings should be adjourned until ten o ' clock oh Saturday morning . The new and important evidence respecting the finding of the missing plate , as described to the Utter part of the above report , was discovered in rather a singular manner . It appeared that a paragraph respecting the plate was copied into one of the French papers from a London newspaper , with a suggestion from the editor of the French journal that probably , as Courvoisier was a foreigner , the plate was deposited by him at some of the foreign . hotels in London . The paragraph was seen

      by Mr . Vincent , partner of the proprietor of the French hotel in Leicester-place , Loieester-squ&re , who communicated it to the mistress of the house , and she at once recollected that the prisoner , who had previously lived in the establishment as waiter , and Was known by the name of John , bad a short time previous to the -murder left a brown paper parcel in her possession until he afaottld call for it on the following Tuesday evening . He . did not come according to his promise , and the parcel remained in a closet in the hetol unopened and unexaialned , until the circumstances abovementioned caused an Inquiry U be instituted , and the result was that tho parcel was found , to contain th « identical articles of plate stolen from tho house Of Lord William Russell / and fur the discovery of which a reword of £ 50 had been offered .

      Saturday , Jdxt 20 . Long before the usual boar the Court was crowded to excfe&s , the ease of Courvoisier , from the new and extraordinary evidence which came out on Friday night , having acquired a still greater degree of interest It was also known , that as the cose for the prosecution had closed , the defence would at once commence . At ten minutes past ten o ' clock the Judges took their seats ou the bench , when the prisoner was placed' in tUe dock . His appearance since yesterday had undergone a marked alteration . Mr . Review , the sculptor , who made the model of the house , was called and examined as to the various heights of the walla of the premises . Sarah Mancoll recalled—The prisoner remained in the house from the time the murder was committed until he was taken away in custody . Mr . Phillips having addressed the Jury for the defence ,

      The following witnesses were called to character by Mr . Clarkson : — Mr . Jellings , of the British Hotel , Jermyn-street ; Mr . Noble , tho head waiter of the same hotel ; Mr . Petieu , in the service of Lady Julia Lockwotd ; Mrs . Petieu . Lady Julia Look wood gave the prisoner an excellent character for humanity and kindness . Lord Chief Justico Tindal summed up the evidence . The Jury requested to be allowed to retire , aud after an absence of one hour and a half , re-entered the box , and returned a verdict of Guilty . A death-like silence pervaded the Court , but the prisoner ' s countenance underwent no change . He heard the sentence unmoved , not altering his position in the slightest .

      Lord Chief Justice Tindal then put on the black cap , and in most impressive addres 3 , called upon the prisoner to turn his mind to that God , who alone bad the power of forgiveness ; that although only just entering this life , the world was dead to him , for his days were numbered . His Lordship concluded by passing the awful sentence of Death oh the prisoner . The prisoner , oi he was being led away from the deck ; clasped his hands together for a moment , when , recovering his self-possession , he walked away with a firm step . . A number of the nobility remained until the termina tion of the trial . : ' l

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      he would on the following day be dismissed from 1 ' aS eetvice , he was roused to a state of phrensy , and waiting until his Lordship had retired to rest , he then stole softly into his bed-room , and , finding his Lordship was sound asleep , he cut his throat with the Yery carving-knife , with which Mr . Hobler so justly suspected that the dreadful deed had been perpetrated . We presume that this communication on the part of the prisoner entirely changed the line of defence which his counsel intended to have adopted for him , for it was generally rumoured that a , severe attack would be made byhiuion the prisoner ' s fellow-servants , and particularly on the police who were engaged in the investigation . We must , however , do tha Learned fimiTiacl fch * A

      justice to state that , with that honourable fueling which has always characterised his professional career , he did the best he ceuldfor his unfortunate client , at the same time abstaining from indulging in insinuations respecting the prisoner ' s fellow-servants or the police , which he knew at the time he was addressing the Jury were altogether without foundation . It must be a source of great satisfaction to the Jury , who tried this most importaut and , up to almost the lost moment , doubtful case , to know that the conclusion U which they ultimately came was a just one , and that ; , by returning a verdict of guilty , they were only , as it were , confirming by that verdict a confession which had been previously made by the prisoner .

      So impressed with his presumed , innocence have been the friends of Courvoisier , and the legal gentlemen engaged in his defence , that we understand one of them had actually given him an invitation to visit him on Wednesday next , and we are also informed ^ gentleman , in whose service Courvoisier formerly -was , offered to take him again immediately on his liberation . It is likewise stated that Sir George Beaumont , in whese service the uncle of Courvbisler is , has advanced £ 50 towards defraying the expenses of his defence , aud that a subscription for the same object has been raised among \ he foreign servants in London .

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      Mr . Bodkin state * the ease for the prosecution ! I Mary Thornton examined by Mr . Batianttne— Lfrat I In Pocoek ' s-fields . Knew the late John Tem piemaaT I who also resided in Pocock ' s-flelds . Wenttohishoua I on the merning of the 17 th of March . Saw the window I of the sitting room , which hid been broken and I patched up with paper , and was slightly open . Toe I paper had been removed . She then went round to the I bed-room window , and looked in , and saw the body of I . . ' , ^ B

      Mr . Templeman lying on the floor dead . He was un- I dressed . She believes he was sixty-four years of age ! I She had seen him alive at six o ' clock the evening be . I fore . Witness saw a little square box in his possession I with money in it at that time . He opened it to show I witness the money . The money waa all silver . Hfl I pointed it out to witness as money he bad received for I rent After seeing the body , she mentioned the dr . I cumstance to her landlord , and sent Capriani , her son . in-law , of to Mr . Templeman , jun .

      Hannah Morgan . 18 , Skinner-street , Somer ' a-towa-Saw the late Mr . J . Templeman , 16 th March last , and lent him £ 3 , in fourteen half-crowns" Jtodtwenty-fiva shillings , He returned one shilling . He left witness /* house at half-past three . , Prisoner—What made yon notice the description xt coin so particularly ? . ¦ Witness—I noticed , when I took them from him and counted them to him . Nene of them were marked to my knowledge , I have said that I had one marked shilling in my possession , but whether I gate It to him , or not I cannot say . Mr . Templeman did not aay h # was going to pay the money away . . Re-examined—I have since found the marked shilling in your possession . . - . ¦ ^ " «

      Henjy Wright—Was potman at the Duchess of Kent public-house , Devereux-street , Dover-mad , « n 12 th March last Had known prisoner nine months . On the evening of the 12 th March , prisoner came into the tap-room at the Duchess of Kent at a quarter before eight , and called for half a pint of porter , and threw down a penny , and said he had no more money ... Wit . ' ness brought him . a pint of porter , but did not take the penny . Witness then went out , and retaiined about half-past eight Found prisoner talking . to > a person named Squires . Having drunk wine lieer togelbjtt Squires left , and prisoner and witneto Twalked > way \ together . Prisoner said he was very bad&& and h& 4 - \

      no money , but he knew an old man vta&B&inonij , Witness asked him how he knew it , aid prisons said that he knew he had , for he had paid £ 2 « £ ^ br . acottage , and ha * been flashing a £ 50 note . Wi&Ssss % edHm where the old gentleman lived . ' He s ^ ld it waai no matter , it was not far from home . Witness ' knew Mr . Templeman , and prisoner safd the money would be tike a gift to him , as he knew where 1 t was , and jeoold put f his hand upon it—be kept it in a drawer . He Bald hfl I was bloodily pinched . He said he should like m right I one along with him . Witness said ?• A right one V and I the prisoner replied , " Yes . 'arigttone , or Icould do'it myself . " He then left . Witness- ' ¦ met Squires about I half-past nine o ' clock .

      John Richard Jobson , 7 , Dorset-street , Spitalfteldg— . Is a print colourer . In March last , a man . named June * Rogers lived ia the same house witb witness . On March * 13 , prisoner came to the house and inquired for Jem . : He said he wanted to see Jem very particularly . Witness asked him what for , and prisoner said he wanted •' to borrow a screw . Mr . Bodkin—What did he mean by a screw ?—Wit * ness—As far as my reading goea it means a pickJqcfc " key . ( A laugh . ) I asked him what lie wanted a screw 1 for ? He said to serve an old gentleman in a lonely" 1 eotttage . ' - " *

      Mr . Bodkin—Does reading serve to tell us what da meaning of serve is ? Witness—To aerv&means torofc ? I told him he bad better not do it , beeause . be woSj be sore to be transported . ¦ He said he might ttweUW transported for that as being a deserter . AfUr going ' up the street to see a fight , and returning , wttfl «« wished prisoner good night , and prisoner said be could , not go , as he wanted to see Jem Yery particular ; Ik wanted to borrow 3 darkey . Mr . Bodkin—I must refer to your reading again * j What docs a darkey mean ? Witness—A darkey mean * . / a dark lantern . ( A laugh . ) Witness recommended , prisoner to go to a public-house to wait for Jem , and he said it was no use , he had no money . Prisoner thfeu ? said he was going to serve the old gentleman on Saturday night , and that he should go and see his aunt « a > Sunday , and if he did serve the old gentleman , he- , would call and let witness know .

      James Rogers , 8 , Dorset-street , Spitalfields , nmbwHamaker , knows the prisoner . On the IStn of Maroh , ' ittr the evening , found prisoner at his house In Dorsetstreet , waiting for him . 'Prisoner said , Jem , you arejust the chap I-want to see . Witnfess said , "What 3 » yon want to see me for ? He said , I want two screwsand a darkey . Prisoner—Is It likely that I should come to yon for screws and darkeys ? Do umbrella-makers keep oocbt things ? Witness—No . I kept an old iron shop , and . suppose that most have been your reason . I considered you in joke . Yon are the last person I should havethought of seeiag in , -tbesltaatiotbiii / whishyou & 6 w *' Stand . - ' ; : ¦ , ;• - ; : V'v ¦ :. ¦ ; - . ^ *

      John Frimtey , landlord oft he Rainbow ~ publlc-hotae , Islington , knows Mr . Teojehmao ' * ' eottega ; which ' 1 * about half " * mile ; froni witee * s * B house . ' ' Oa the night of Monday , the 16 th of March , prisoner was at ¦ wit- . nesB ' a house at flvo o ~ clocfcv ; Witness' savhlin tekv % ' I his house at twenty nitrates before twelve * in" *« te £ . J pany with several others *"' FT rTrfh'W '"' 'flfiJimt I saw him again on ttfe T ^ Wayjtiwirt totSfjf&BBg £ the afternoon , and- witness beHeve * he siaaMl nnjil seven oMslodt . , '• ^¦^^ i ^ JsmSBSasaMmM ( RobertPlzey—Is a ehoeinj ^ er-11 v ^ jyEMHiEM Islington . Was in the sklttlevaroArnlMKiwEKiia

      on the night of the 6 th of Majrt ^ KgQffiS ^ Sm in there between seven and " - 'ffy"i&SK ^ tWKMnM should like to have a game' at * aldMw 8 j | jM ^ g »| K ] BtHj three half-pence , and if any M ^ HfflR ^ aB | j ^ penny , he would moke' one of * ota ^ W | gafcpBa 4 s the money , bnt be was' allowed , MaE ^^ EKSm £ S ^ that he had no Occasion to pay tty tttSr . iS «^ aS « 11 until a quarter to twelve . WitnesTui ^ pfeti ;^ ' gave prisoner twopence halfpenny . . / WS ^ m = . : ^ fa "¦"¦ ¦ winner that night Witness went to ge 4 ioWft ** S » 1 at aboujb eleven o ' clock , and prisoner r iskied' mmto ¦ bring a rushlight for him , giving him at the feme time 1 a penny . " ^ Witness procured one , and gate it to pfi- i I soner , who nut it in his coat-pocket ^ 1 " •¦¦; / ,,:: ' . ; 1

      Robert ifafig—Is a chimney sweeper at Islingh ^ . 1 waa ^ witli tfa ^ ptbdner at the Rainbow , playing sldtfli I on tha 16 tb rot March last , from half-past seven : » I eight < 7 ht < ti » er . 'eTening untU nearly eleven . PrisoWT I and witness . had some b « er lathe tap-room , which V # « I ness had loet ^ Pifaonerwliefl-ne first came in said he h ** I only three ^ iatf-pene © In iii pocket They left a qnartk- I to twelve ^; pjdnot see prisoner pay for anything . 4 I Re-examme 3- ~ He went up towards Templemanlihrf I house , whieh is near Allen ' s . ' ^ Charles Allen is a shoemaker , living at Wilson's cot ^ tage , Pocoek ' s-fields ; has known prisoner for a tweWMfJI month last March . On , Sandaj , ; March 15 , he ' yi&ml staying at witness ' s house ; prisoner was out of eraploMli

      ment . Prisoner slept in a . room with two o ^ witnesfaftj children ; he went oiit on Monday ; March J » ^ abott *^ seven or eight in the morning ; and witness 8 » r ; ieijl more of him that day .,. Day was beginningiftbreak when he returned . It must have been neatly ; , ^ ree-ifl o'clock ; witness Was awake . The" door had h ^ i left 11 unfastened , to enable prisoner to let him 8 el ^ Mtv ;^ K - answer to the observation of witness ' s ' wifej ^¦ '' said it was very early . ' Prisoner ' was sober : / ratsifr-,-: went to bed and got up next inorning aocut eigot j o ' clock . He came into tbe room where witness and hfs | wife were at breakfast He then went Into the wash- ? house . There was a privy communicating witti itVA 3 person can go to the privy withont going into the wmbhouse . There is no fence round the yard . The prisonw

      went into the privy from the wash-house . Witness heard the latch of the door . He remained in toe wash-house and privy between twenty minutes jujd half an hour ; , he hod on a pair of old nailed sbojs ' that morning , which were blacked and shJned .. B ^ J passed through the louse , and went oufc H ^ retuinm '' between seven and eight o ' clock in thV evening . Wini ness had been out , and found . prisoner there on ' htf return , talking with witness's wife about what had : taken place at Mr . Templeman ' a cottage . Prisonar . ;\ turned round and asked witness If he did not tbinl ' i he could have done ^ . himscJff- Witness B » Uri Richard , how is it possible , after having tied his hand * « and bound np his head ? he could have connnitttit « suicide himself ! Shortly aTter ^ at prisoner * desire , ! witness went out and got him . a pot of beer , a slice- ;* ] bacon , and some tobacco ; he had ; given . witness ashU * il

      ling to pay for them . Witness notfeed thai prisoMT M had anew pair of shoes on , and prisoner said hs h « 4 / i been over to Clapton to - his noat , -vrfw had given h ^*/ jl some money , and that his cousin bad had a new pair ** \ l shoes which did not fit bin , and that he ( prisoner ) bsd juiHped into them . Prisoner went to bed , aad ibpt with witness ' s children as usuaL When prisoner ww - ¦ to bed , witness fastened tlie door on the outside , «** .: eaid to his wife- —*« He shall never coma out anj B «* , by me . " Witness's suspidons were at 4 bat ttoj ; ' . excited . He never placed -anything in the rafters * - - the wash-house . Thelanthom had once beloage ** > witness ' s father , -who had been a watchman , » £ *;/ ' came from him to witness ., Witness bad used tt sW »; a year and a half ago , and had not seen it sioea . ¦ W £ <" ness then liv * d at Wilson Cottage . The boose «• burnt at that time . It was Jttpt in either a capbotf "

      or a box , neither of which were locked . - ^ . Mary Ann Allen , the wife of the last witness , eot * : boratedhis testimony , and stated in a ddition , that m- . ^ saw prisoner on tiie morning of the i ^^ fi BiS ^ l the washhouse , doing something to bis UoufBersrWg I about ten minutes afterwands , he eame oat and 8 « J ^ ' witneas for a towel : that mi the aftmNi « f * t 2 before the murder , she had obswed » pa&rf ™ oW 2 l belonging to the tuisoner on a box bj the »«* " * S ; >' bed , folded up and rolled , the outeide one & *^ 2 exact iy resembled the stocking prodatfed ; , *™* . *^ : November last a pair of stockinp ; Wwm * i » Jfc---: < prisoner became misma tched , and bad «»^^ 3 whilfr the prisoner resided at her to »»'* £ **?« the stockings produced bad been shown to "w »^ ^ a poiiceman on March I 8 tii with monoria *^» f 3 policeman had shown ber where be bad f <* n $ £ »* 2 she had never placed soy money or rtoek j <^ J £ 5 place ; that she recollected the lantern , w 4 ffl » di it was used a rushlight was never burnt in is , »» even the prisoner burn a light . - ¦";¦ ¦ ( Concluded in our seventh p * gi >)

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      CONFESSION < 3 B ? ( DOUBVpiSER . After the verdict had been returnedli /^ s generally repotted that the prisoner had made if \ fl ! Hraifession of his guilt During the examination ttialf t < K > k place of the house of Lord William Russell ; - andi ^ flieplate and other articles , the attention ef Mr . Hoilexi the solicitor to the prosecution , was called to tiie ; J ^ ble j-knivea belonging to his Lordship . Among ttefl& wiferi "' -four large carving-knives with itomMCu ^^ i ^ &de * " and balance ivory handles ; they were all fresh"'cleaned when Mr . Hobler saw them , "but on a very minute inspection of one of them he found on the blade , near the handle , a very small rusty spot , and that this knife , though recently cleaned , was much '' . duller in appearance than any of the others ; He examined the blade most minutely , hut could not find that it was notched in any part of it ; but , from Its general

      appearance , ho was satisfied that that was the very instrument by which the deceased nobleman nad been deprived of his ur « . He consequently separated it from the rest , &nd placed in the hands of the bankers of the deceased nobleman , in whose custody it has ever since remained . On Thursday last , when the unexpected discovery had been made as to where the missing plate had been deposited , it was carefully examined by the deceased ' s nobleman ' s domestics , Sarah Mencer and Ellis , who at once identified it as the property of their late master , but the faeti of the finding of the property was not made known to the prisoner until the following ( Friday ) morning , -when Madame Piolane came to Newgate , and the prisoner and some other men being 'marshalled before her in the pressyard , she at once identified him as tbe man by whom the parcel containing the plate bad been left at her house . The fact of the plate having been discovered , and bis identification as the party leaving it , was

      communicated to the prisoner , and on hearing this unexpected intelligence he turned very pale and was exceedingly agitated , and before the time when he was to be again placed afc the bar at the Central Criminal Court he sent for his solicit ^* , M * . Flower , and at once made the following confession of his guilt He suted that on the night of the fatal transaction he was in the lower part of bis Lordship ' s house in the act of secreting the different articles of plate , ace ., the property of hh Lordship , in the several places were they were afterwards found secreted by the police as stated by them on the trial , when his Lordship , who was suddenly token unwell , unexpectedly came down stairs , and caugbt him in the act of concealing bis property in the manner above stated . The deceased Nobleman immediately charged him with robbing him , and declared that he would discharge him from his service on the following morning . Finding himself thus BBddenly and unexpectedly detected in plundering bis master , and < rfccaiting notice that

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      TRIAL OF GOULD . Shortly afterwards , Richard Gould , oiieu Arthur Nicholson , was placed at the bar to take Ms trial on the charge of having feloniously and burglariously entered the dwelling-house of John Templeman on the night oil the 16 th of March lost , and stolen therefrom certain moneys , his property . Tho prisoner had been previously arraigned , and pleaded Not Guilty . . He looked well , and in good spirits , and was dressed in a decent suit of mourning , instead of tbe old fustian jacket in which he had appeared at his trial for the jQraflbr . Ho had a pile of papers before him , and took ¦¦ bccasionally of the proceedings . On this occasion SPSS ! no legal assistance . -

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      REWARD IN THE CASE OF COURVOISIEft . Oa the removal of Oxford from the bar , Mr . Adolphus said that , in consequence of what had been said as to the reward in the case of Courvoisier , he deemed it his duty to read to the Court a letter from CoL Rowan , one of the Commissioners of Police , on the subject The letter stated that the police were in no cases permitted to receive , or consider themselves to receive , any reward , whether offered by the Government or by individuals , for the discovery of any crime , or for the apprehension of any offender , without the ; special permission of the Commissioners , and that a pr ^ vieus investigation always took place for tbe purpose of ascertaining whether any blame whatever could attach to the conduct of the police , in which case , although tbe crime might be discovered , and the offender ' apprehended or convicted , they were not permitted to participate in the offered reward , which was consi dered in the light of a gratuity only .

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      Monday , June 22 . ( Be / ore Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Mr . Baron Parke . )

      ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEE NTRIAL OF EDWARD OXFORD FOR HIGH TREASON .

      This morning being appointed for the trial of Edward Oifoid , for his recent attempt to assassinate her Majesty , the court was crowded at a very early hour . Among the noblemen and gentlemen on the bench we observed Lord Colchester , the Duke of Brunswick , Baron Audlein , Mr . Fox Maule , and Mr . E . I . Stanley , y On Mr . Sergeo . nl Arabin taking his seat on the bench , the prisoner was placed at the bar and arraigned . r ¦ The counsel for the defence , however , having intimat « d that an application would be made to postpone the trial , Mr . Sergeant Arabin directed him to be removed from the bar to await the arrival of the Judges . The counsel for the prosecution are the Attorney-General , Sir Frederick Pollock , Mr . Adolphus , and Mr . Wightman . The counsel for tho defence are Mr . Bodkin and Mr S . Taylor .

      At ten o ' clock Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Mr . Baron Parke took their seats upon the bench , and the prisoner was placed at the bar . He is rather » good-looking , fair-complexioned y&uth , and seemed to assume an air of indifference and assurance . Mr . S . Taylor applied to have the trial postponed on affidavit Lord Chief Justice Tindal—You can make no motion until the prisoner has pleaded . The Clerk of the Arraigns then read the indictment , which charged tho prisoner with having traitorously nude an attempt against the life of our Lady the Queen , by discharging at her a pistol loaded with powder and a leaden bullet , with his right hand ,- aud afterwards discharging another pistol at her Majesty , with his left hand , which was also loaded with powder and ball .

      The prisoner pleaded " Not Guilty" in a firm tone . Mr . 8 . Taylor then renewed bis application for the postponement of the trial , and put in the affidavit of Hannah Oxford , the mother , and Jabez Pelham , thesor llcitor for the prisoner . Mr . Pelham set forth that he had been engaged to defend the prisoner on the 16 th of June , and that he had experienced considerable difficulty in seeing the prisoner ; that be had reason to believe the prisoner not to be of sound mind ; and that various witnesses who were absolutely necessary for the prisoner ' s defence lived at such a distance that it would beimpoasiblo to get them in court . Ho also stated that from the excited state of mind of the prisoner ' s mother he could not get such instructions from her as he should be able to have if she had time to collect her thoughts . It also set forth that the public papers had been publishing statements which were untrueand

      , which were calculated to create prejudice against the prisoner ; more particularly a letter which had been published late last week in tbe public papers , from Daniel O'Connell , Esql-MP . for Dublin ,:. "la which the prisoner was charged as being the instrument of a traitorous conspiracy . The affidavit then alluded ' to the leading , artielea of the Observ er of yesterday , all which the deponent Pelbam said must be calculated to influence the minds of the Jury . The deponent tienset forth that there were witnesses on the Suck stthetindictment who had not been examined at the cownittal of the prisonor , and that this proceeding being tfe&st instituted under tho Act of Parliament it might give rise to-grave questions of law . Hannah Oxford , pet forth that she had not time to collect evidence for ' the defence of her son , and prayed a postponement of the trial to , next session . .., ¦' - .-. ¦• ,

      The Attorney-General said be had such confidence in an Englitii Jury that he was sure the prisoner would hare aftdr and impartial trial if they were now to proceed with this important investigation . They would pny no attention to what they had read or heard , but would attend solely to the evidence . Had this been the only ground set forth for the application he should not have yielded to it , neither should he have done so on the ground of Mr . Maule having placed more witnesses on the back of the indictment than he had examined at the committal of the prisoner . But when he heard that

      important evidence was to be brought forward for the defence , God forbid that he should { oppose any application for postponement upon that ground ; without any hesitation he yielded to the application . The next session would take place speedily , and he hoped in the meantime there would be no publication of any sort relating to this trial in any of the public prints , that there would be no more publication of . letters from the prisoner to the Secretary of State , but that by a tacit consent all sides would abstain from any publication relating to the trial .

      Lord Chief Justice Tindal said tho Attorney-General had taken the high and proper ground , and ho hoped the public press would in the mean time observe a profound silence on the subject

      COPY OP THE INDICTMENT A . GA 1 NST OXFORD . " That he , being a subject of our Lady the Queen , on the 10 th June , 1840 . within the jurisdiction , &c . &c , as a false traitor , maliciously and traitorously , did com . pass imagine , and intend to bring and put our Lady the Queen to death , ami to fulfil and bring to effect his treason and treasonable conspiracy , he , as such false traitor , maliciously and traitorously did shoot , off and discharge a certain pistol loaded with gunpowder and a bullet , which pistol he held in one of his hands , at the person of our said Lady the Queen , with intent thereby maliciously and traitorously to shoot , assassinate , and , put to death our said Lady the Queen , and thereby traitorously mode a direct- attempt against the life of our said Lady the Queen .

      " And further to fulfil and bring to effect his treason and treasonable compassing aforesaid , he , as such false traitor , ou said 10 th day of June , maliciously and traitorously did shoot off and discharge a certain other pistol loaded with gunpowder and a certain bullet , which he held in one of his hands , at the person of our said Lady the Queen , with intent thereby maliciously and traitorously to shoot , assassinate , and put to death our said Lady the Queen , and thereby traitorously made a direct attempt against the life of our said Lady the Queen against his allegiance , and against tttestatutes . " .. . ' The following is the list ef witnesses attached to tho indictment : — - Samuel Parkes , Joshua Reeve Lowe , Elizabeth Stokes , Ann Grant , Maria Hopper , William Clayton , Sarah Packman , Samuel Hughes , John Joshua Gray , Francis Frederick Partridge , and Charles Brown . -. The trial is fixed for Thursday , 10 th July .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 27, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2690/page/6/