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The Marylebone Vestry passed a vote of thanks on Saturday to Sir Ro- bert Peel, for his Free-trade measures, and for his great exertions in carry- ing them through Parliament. Mr. Joseph moved the resolutions; de- nouncing the coalition which had been virtually entered into between Lord John Russell and Lord George Bentinck, to defeat Sir Robert Peel on the Irish bill; and stating that Sir Robert was the only man in the kingdom who could pass the Free-trade measures. Mr. Potter, in seconding the resolutions, said that Sir Robert Peel was entitled to the blessings of the nation for breaking up a combination of parties that had been its primary curse. The Earl of Manvers was anxious to state, that his opposition hail not been "factious." Mr. Hume and Mr. Williams supported the resolu- tions; which, after an unimportant curtailment, were passed with only two dissentients.

At a Court of Common Council, on Thursday, the claims of Lieutenant Wagliorn to a pecuniary acknowledgment from the City of London were warmly advocated by Mr. Lott ; and a motion on the subject was refers* to the consideration of the Finance Committee.

Alderman Challis was elected Sheriff of London, rind Mr. Kennent Sheriff of Middlesex, on Wednesday.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, Dr. James Ellis was tried for the manslaughter of Mr. Richard Dresser, by improper medical treatment The w- tienlars of this case were stated recently in connexion with the inquest. Dr. Ellis has an hydropathic establishment at Sudbroke Park, near Petersham; and Mr. Dresser was a personal friend, who had a very strong faith in the water-cure. The deceased was suffering from disease—he thought rheumatism, and be volun- tarily placed himself in the hands of Dr. Ellis. In a few days bodied. His wife had seen him at Sudbroke Park; and to her it appeared that the mode of treat- ment was highly injurious. It was proved, however, that Mr. Dresser improved up to a certain time. Dr. Ellis gave a diagnosis to the widow, stating that the patient had died of hepatitis. Two medical men, who had formerly attended de- ceased, found, on a post mortem examination, that Mr. Dresser had died of con- gestion of the great organs of the body: there was no disease of the liver. The witnesses admitted, in cross-examination that they did not open the head: con- gestion of the brain might have produced congestion of the organs of the body. Dr. Ellis was not present, and was not asked to be present, at the post mortens examination. Mrs. Dresser said her husband had been treated by Dr. Ellis with every kindness and the most devoted attendance. Another witness stated that deceased had all along expressed satisfaction at his treatment

Mr. Cockburn addressed the Jury for the defence. He said, the question for them to consider was, had Dr. Ellis acted with such criminal rashness and want of caution as would justify them in finding him guilty of the crime of man- slaughter? It appeared perfectly clear that the deceased had gone to the Doctor's establishment of his own accord; that the Doctor was ignorant of his suffering from anything but rheumatism; and that the treatment at first was most successful; for inasmuch as it appeared, from the deceased's own admia- sion, that when he first went there he was prostrate with pain, helpless as a child, and unable to walk, it was shown that in a day or two he was entirely free from pain and was able to walk in the garden with a little assistance. Was not this calmkated to induce Dr. Ellis to persevere in his treatment? And if, unhappily, by so doing he had aggravated another disorder, of the existence of which he had no idea, surely it would be too much to say that he had thereby subjected him- self to a charge of manslaughter. Lord Chief Justice Tindal summed up; eisi the Jury instantly returned a verdict of "Not guilty." On Monday, William Mansfield was tried for throwing Elizabeth Pullen out of a window, with intent to murder her. The woman cohabited with the prisoner at Westminster; they quarrelled; and, according to the testimony of several wit- nesses, Mansfield beat the woman very savagely, and then threw her out of a second-floor window into a yard. Pullen declared that she threw herself out. This story, however, apparently prompted by the woman's affection for her para- mour, was not believed, and the man was found guilty.

Mr. Henry Sharp, a warehouseman, was tried for stealing a quantity of cam- bric and some silk handkerchiefs from Messrs. Lewis and Company, of Gutter Lane. The accused had been in the employment of Messrs. Lewis, as a traveller; after he left them, a deficiency was found in the stock; and some of the goods missed were afterwards sold by Mr. Sharp. When inquiry was made into the transaction, the prisoner declared that he had purchased the goods of one St. Croix, a Frenchman, with whose abode he was not acquainted. After the ex- amination of witnesses, Mr. Ballantine spoke for the defence: at the conclusion of his speech, it was announced that the prosecution was withdrawn, and a ver- dict of acquittal was at once returned.

Maria Fountain, described as a modest-looking young woman, in her twenty- first year, was indicted under Lord Campbell's Libel Act for attempting to extort money from the Reverend William Riven, by threatening and menacing him on refusal to kublish a libel concerning him. The accused and her sister attended Mr. Niven a church, but he was not acquainted with them; after a time, he re- ceived a letter from the prisoner, declaring that a Miss Richardson, a friend of Mr. Niven', had been slandering the sister of the accused, by declaring that Mr. Niven bad been paying secret visits. Mr. Niven took no notice of these missives. At a subsequent period, Miss Fountain wrote to the reverend gentleman threaten,. lag that unless he gave her money she would advertise in the daily papers that he had been improperly intimate with her sister; she also threatened to acquaint the Bishop of London and Archdeacon Lincoln with his conduct. Mr. Niven de- posed that he had never spoken to either of the sisters, and had never seen them but at church. Mr. Parry, in speaking for the defence, said he believed that poverty alone had prompted the prisoner to her misconduct. A verdict of" Guilty" was returned. The Common Sergeant, in consideration of the prisoner's youth,

=what he said was a very lenient sentence—confinement for a year, with labour. Joseph Ady again escaped from the meshes of the law. He was charged with obtaining twenty shillings from Mr. Hornsby, with intent to cheat and defraud him thereof. The particulars of the case were reported when it was investigated at the Police-office. When the witnesses for the prosecution had been examined, Mr. Ballantine, on behalf of the prisoner, said that the indictment must fall to the ground, as at the bottom of every receipt of Ady's were the words, "If no benefit is derived by the parties from the information, the money should be returned if applied for." The prosecutor had not applied for the money; therefore the charge of fraud had not been proved. The Common Sergeant coincided in this view of the case; and he directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner. Joseph left the court on his liberation; but presently he returned, and, with matchless impudence, de- manded the money which was held by the officer! The Common Sergeant said, that in cases of this kind it was usual to give the money to the prosecutor: Ady might bring his action.

At the Thames Police-office, on Thursday, more evidence was heard against Gibbins, the man charged with the murder of Anne Sloman, at Shadwell; and eventually he was con mitted for trial on the charge.

Mr. Hayden, the painter, died by his own hand on Monday, at his house in Bnrwood Place, Edgware Road. The unfortunate gentleman had suffered from pecuniary difficulties for many years, and recently they had become very pressing. He had expected relief in his present emergency from a source that failed him; and this disappointment preyed upon Mr. Haydon's mind. On Monday morning he rose at an early hoar, and went out; but returned at nine o'clock, apparently -fatigued with walking. He then wrote a good deal. About ten he entered his .painting-room, where he was in the habit of locking himself in when earnestly engaged. He afterwards saw his wife, who was dressing to visit a friend at Brix. ton, y her husband's special desire; he embraced her fervently, and then returned to his studio. About a quarter to eleven, Mrs. Hayden and her daughter heard the report of a pistol; but as the troops were exercising in the Park, they took little notice of it. Mrs. Hayden went out. About an hoar after, bliss Hayden en- tered the studio, and beheld her father crouched upon the floor, dead. The in- quest that followed disclosed one of the saddest tales ever unfolded before a Coroner.

The Jury, under Mr. Wakley's direction, assembled on Wednesday morning, at a tavern near the residence of the deceased. After they had been sworn they proceeded to view the body. On entering the principal apartment on the first floor, (which was used as a painting-room,) a dreadful sight presented itself. Stretched on the floor immediately in front of a colossal picture, (" Alfred the Great and the First British Jury,") on which the unhappy artist appears to have been engaged up to his death, lay the corpse of an aged man, his white hairs sa- turated with blood, in a pool of which the whole upper portion of the body was lying. The head partially rested upon his right arm; near to which were lying two razors, the one in a case, and the other smeared with blood, half open, by its side. There was also near the same spot a small pocket-pistol, which appeared to have been recently discharged, though it was on half-cock when discovered. The deceased appeared to have fallen in the exact position in which he was seen by the Jury. He was dressed with great neatness, in the ordinary attire which he wore while engaged in painting. His throat had a frightful wound extending to nearly seven inches in length; and there was also a perforated bullet-wound in the upper part of the skull over the parietal bone. Everything in the room had been the subject of extraordinary and careful arrangement. Mr. Haydon had placed a portrait of his wife on a small easel immediately facing his large picture. On an adjoining table he had placed his diary, which he kept with much care for many years past. It was open at the concluding page; and the last words he "had entered were "God forgive me: Amen!" Packets of letters addressed to several persons, and another document, headed "The last thoughts of Haydon, at half-past ten o'clock a. m., June 22, 1846," were also placed upon the same table; with a watch, and a Prayer-book, open at that portion of the Gospel service appropriated to the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. The Jury returned to the tavern. The first witness examined was Miss Mary. Hayden, the daughter of the deceased; aged sixteen. Her father was sixty years of age in January last. She described the finding of his body on Monday morn- ing, on her entering his studio. She had then just returned from accompanying her mother a short distance on her way to Brixton. She last saw her father alive at ten o'clock on Monday morning.. He then looked agitated—more so than usual. She had never known him to make any attempt upon his life before. He was not under medical treatment. Mr. Coroner Wakley asked if he had complained of his head in any way of late? Witness—" Yes: it was very unusual for him to

do so, but on Sunday night last he did complain; and during the last two or three days I recollect to have seen him frequently put his hand up to his head.",,He /Rd not slept well for the last three months. He did not seek medical advice; he did seem to think it necessary. He was always in the habit of taking his own medi- cines. The Coroner (to the Jury)—" Bless me ! how extraordinary it is that persons will so neglect themselves. The number of lives annually sacrificed

through a neglect of symptoms of this sort is perfectly monstrous." Miss Hayden continued—Mr. Hayden was a man of very temperate habits. "I have noticed that he had a very afferent expression of countenance during the last three days. He was very silent daring the whole of that period, and apparently absent in his mind. I cannot say that he tried to avoid meeting the members of his family more than usual." She did not know he possessed a pistol, and thought he might have purchased it when he went out on Monday morning.

Two female servants were examined; but their evidence was only confirmatory of that given by Miss Haydon.

The Reverend Orlando Hyman said he was a stepson of deceased. He ob- served a great alteration in Mr. Haydon's countenance on Saturday. He was eccentric from his youth; and had latterly become more so. He kept a diary of the principal occurrences of his life. The Coroner here produced a large folio manuscript volume, the last diary of the deceased; and he requested Mr. Hyman to mark such passages as might throw any light upon the state of deceased's mind recently,—taking care not to disclose any family secrets: these passages Mr. Hyman would read to the Jury. After a shalt interval, Mr. Hyman said he was prepared for the task. He had thought it better to go back to the month of April; at which period the failure of the exhibition of his picture of the "Banish- ment of Aristides" had affected deceased very much. He had built his hopes on that, and considered it the last thing he could do to extricate himself from his difficulties. He was much attached to his diary, and this was the twenty-sixth volume which he had filled. Mr. Hyman proceeded to read from the diary. The first entry selected ran as follows- " March 27.—I had my little misgivings today on my way to the Egyptian Hall. Th4 horse attached to the cab in which I rode fell. Would any man believe this annoyed me ? Yet the same accident occurred before the Cartoon contest."

This entry is succeeded by the following quotation from Canning, in reference to Napoleon-

" All is still but folly : his final destruction can neither be averted nor delayed, and his unseasonable mutnnieries will but serve to take away all dignity from the drama and render his fall at once terrible and ridiculous."

The next entries read were- " March 31.—April fool day tomorrow. In putting my letters of invitation to a private view into the post. I let 300 of them fall to the ground. Now for the truth of. omens."

" April 4.—The first day of my exhibition being opened, it rained all day ; and no one came, Jerrold, Bowring, Fox 51aule, and Hobhouse, excepted. How different would it have been twenty-six years ago—the rain would not have kept them away then.

" Receipts, 1st day, Receipts, let day, "' Christ entering Jerusalem,' 1820. 'Banishment of Aristides,' "191. 16s. II. Is. 6d.

" In God I trust : Amen."

"April Ia.—Receipts, IL 3s. 61. An advertisement of a finer description could not have been written to catch the public ; but not a shilling more was added to the re- ceipts. They rush by thousands to see Tom Thumb. They push—they fight—they scream—they faint—they cry Help!' and ' Murder r They see my bills and caravans, but do not read them ; their eyes are bit them, but their sense Is gone. It is an insanity—a rabies juror —a dream—of which I would not have believed Englishmen could be guilty. My situation is now one of extreme peril, more so than when I began ' Solomon ' thirty-three years ago. Involved in debt—mortified by the little sympathy which the public displayed towards my best pictures— with several private engage- ments yet to fulfil, I awoke, as usual, at four o'clock this morning. My mind was immediately filled with the next picture of my series. I felt Immediately, • Is it the whispering of an evil or good spirt?' but believing it to be for good, I called on my Creator, who has led me through the wilderness during forty years, not to desert me at the eleventh hour."

Mr. Hyman explained, that the series of pictures which the writer referred to were six large paintings which he intended for the Parliament Palace. Mr. Hyman further stated, in reference to the religious expressions interspersing the diary, that the deceased was a very pious man; and in making his daily entries, gene- rally commenced them with the following prayer—" Oh God, bless me through the evils of this day!" or a somewhat similar aspiration.

A medical gentleman was now examined as to the cause of death. He Said It was loss of blood from the wound in-ehe throat; which must have been inffictet by deceased himself. Mr. Hyman resumed his extracts from the diary; commencing with an entry made on the 21st of April, in which the unfortunate man had noted down the number of visiters to his own exhibition during 000 week as 138k, while Torn Thumb's levee during the same period had been attended by 12,000 persons. The Coroner inquired whether the deceased had not left a letter addressed to Mrs. Hayden ? Mr. Hyman replied that he had, and also one to each of his children. He handed to the Coroner a packet containing the letters in question. It was addressed, "To Mrs. Hayden, my dearest love, and sealed in red wax, with his own coat of arms. The Coroner desired Mr. Mills, his deputy, to read the letters severally. The first read was addressed to Mrs. Hayden, as follows— 'London, Painting-room, June 22. "God bless thee, dearest love! Pardon this last pang! Many thou bast suffered from me I God bless thee in dear widowhood : I hope Sir Robert Peel will consi- der that I have earned a pension for thee. A thousand kisses. "Thy dear husband and love to the lag, B. R. HATDON. "Give dear Mary 101. and dear Frank 101.; the rest for your dear self of the balance from Sir Robert's 501.

"Mrs. Hayden."

The next letter was addressed to his son Frederick— "God bless thee, Frederick, and render thee an honour to this country.

"Thy affectionate father, B. R. HAIDON.

"To Mr. Frederick Hayden, R.N."

The next was to his son Frank-

" God bless thee, dear Frank : continue in virtue and honest doing. "God bless thee. Thy affectionate father, B. R. HATDON. " "To Mr. Frank Hayden."

This was to his daughter-

" God bless thee, my dearest daughter Mary ; continue the dear good innocent girt thou bast ever been, and love thy dear mother for ever. Be pious, and trust in God.

"Thy affectionate father, B. R. RAMON.

"To Miss Mary Haydon."

Mr. Hyman returned to the diary, and read the following extracts-

" May 4.-1 have just received a lawyer's letter, the first for a long time. I have called on the writer, who is an amiable man, and has promised to give me time. I came home under mingled feelings of sorrow, delight, anxiety, and anticipation, and sat down to my palette under an irritable influence. My brain became confused, as I fore. saw ruin, misery, and a prison before me. I went on with my picture, and rejoiced In- wardly at its effects ; but my brain harassed and confused. Fell into a deep slumber, from which I did not awake for an hour: I awoke cold—the fire out—and went again to my picture." "May 14.—This day forty-two years I left my native Plymouth for London. I have closed my exhibition with a loss of II IL No one can accuse me of showing less talent or energy than twenty years ago." "May 21.—Worked hard at my picture, and advanced immensely. Felt uneasy be- cause I could not give my dear son money to go and see his college-friends."

"June 3.—Called on my dear friend Kemp ; who advanced me some cash to get over my difficulties. By the time my pictures are finished they will be all mortgaged but never mind, so that I get them done." "June Ia.—Picture much advanced : but my necessities are dreadful, owing to the failure of my exhibition at the hill. In God I trust. It is hard—this struggle of forty. Iwo years' duration ; but Thy will and not mine be done."

"June 14.-0 God! let it not be presumption in me to call for Thy blessing on my six works. Let no difficulty on earth stay their progress. Grant this week Thy divine aid. From sources invisible raise me up friends to save me from the embarrassments which want of money must bring upon me ; and grant that this day week I may be able to thank Thee for my extrication." " June 15.—Passed in great anxiety, after harassing about for several hours in the heat of the sun." "June 16.—fiat from two to five o'clock staring at my picture like an idiot ; my brain pressed down by anxiety and the anxious looks of my family, whom I have been compelled to inform of my condition. We have raised money on all our silver to keep us from want in case of accident. I have written to Sir Robert Peel, to —, and to —, stating that I have a heavy suns to pay. I have offered 'The Duke's Study' to

---. Who answered first? Tormented by Disraeli, harassed by public business, up came the following letter— •

" Whitehall, June 16. " •

Sir—I am son"- to hear of your Continued embarrassments. From • limited fond which I have at my disposal,! send, as a contribution for your relief from tome embarrassments, the Sum of as " ' I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, • ROBERT PL61. Be so good as to sign and return the accompanying receipt.' "That's Peel. Will —, or —, answer ?' 17.-2V dearest wife wishes me to stop the whole thing, and close payment : but I will not ! I will finish my six pictures, by the blessing of Clod!"

"June 18,—This morning, fearing I should be involved, I returned to a young book- seller some books for which I had not paid him. o reply from —,or—I And this Peel is the man who has no heart !"

"June 21.—Slept horribly, prayed in sorrow, and got up in agitation."

The next was the last entry made, immediately before the world closed upon the unhappy man— "June 22.—God forgive me : Amen. " Finis. B. B. HATDON. "'Stretch me no longer on this rough world.'—Lear. "The end Of the twenty-sixth volume." In summing up, Mr. Wakley said in leaving the case in the hands of the Jury, he could not fail to remark on the munificent act of Sir Robert Peel towards the unfortunate deceased. Ile' thought it must speak to the heart of a great many thousand persons, that whilst others were so to speak, attempting to destroy his own mind, amidst a pressure of public business almost unparalleled, Sir Robert Peel had not forgotten the sufferings of others. The Reverend -Mr. Hyman here begged permission to state, that he had not yet said all that he could in reference to the generosity of the right honourable Ba- ronet- Subsequently to the deceased's death, Sir Robert, addressing one of the executors, had enclosed a check for 2001. from the Royal Bounty Fund, in order, as he stated in his letter, that the family might not be molested before a public appeal could be made in their behalf: Sir Robert added, that when that was done, of course he should be most re,ady to come forward so far as his private purse and personal influence were concerned. The Coroner, after having again remarked on the munificence of the Premier, inquired whether the Jury were unanimous in their verdict?

The Foreman replied in the affirmative. It was this—" We find that the de- ceased, Benjamin Robert Hayden, died from the effect of wounds inflicted by himself; and that the said Benjamin Robert Hayden was in an unsound state of mini when he committed the act."

An extensive fire occurred very early on Thursday morning, in Liquarpond Street, Clerkenwell. It broke out on a timber-merchant's premises, in which there was a saw-mill;. and they were totally destroyed. Many of the surrounding buildings were greatly injured: about twenty houses were on Ere at one time but the entire destruction of any of these was prevented by the exertions of the firemen. • In consequence of the scarcity of haymakers, the Policemen of the N and K divisions' around Wanstead, Walthamstow, Ilford, and that locality, have turned into the fields when off duty, and haie been earning 9s. or 10s:a week by this extra labour. In that district, the wages for haymaking are very high.

A coach-painter, employed on the Great Western Railway, has been killed at Paddington, through his own imprudence. He would attempt to do some paint- ing in a shed while a train was getting ready, and refused to quit his dangerous position; a number of carriages were set in motion; he was knocked down, and the wheels of a first-class carriage passed over him.

Numerous inquests on the bodies of persons who have perished while bathing tontinue to be reported.