At the Marlborough Sessions, G core,. Taman sv eouvieted of
having. published and eirenlat ed a eedi 'I: cum :el:tressed to the Chartists of Wiltshire: and he was see a. to be imprisoned niac months, and at the end of that time t,, , .ies to keep the peace
for twelvemonths.
In to case in the Crown Court at the pis -en Quarter-sessions for the county of 01micester, the Jury found t e 0 i•risimers " guilty of stealing without a felonious lineation." The laughter excited in court was es- cessive, and the Jury corrected the verdict by returning a-geiaeral vers diet of "guilty." Mr. Dean, a farmer of Imber, was returning from Devizes- Green Fair, on Tuesday evening. After he had passed -through West Laying- ton, and just as be had entered Salisbury Plain, he was attacked by four men, who violently pulled him off his horse, put their hands upon his mouth, and rifled lus.pockets, from which they took 601., and then decamped. In a few minutes after, Mr. Morgan, of Chitteen, came up, and, hearing of what had taken place, turned his horse, and boldly pursued the robbers, with whom he soon came up. In consequence of the rascals threatening him, he was obliged to keep at a distance, but at the same time giving the alarm and retaining sight of them, until Mr. Hooper, of (lore Farm, came with some men, and a double-barrelled gun, to his assistance. After three hours' hot.pursuit, and considerable resistance from the robbers, three out of the four were captured. No sooner had the fellows been seized, than one of them suddenly fell down and expired. It was thought at first that he feigned death ; but after more minute inspection, it was found that be was really dead. On the following morning, the route which the robbers had taken was exa- mined, when all the money taken on the previous evening was found. There is no doubt that these men are connected with a strong gang of the most daring robbers, who have been infesting the Plain fir the last twelve months. Not a single week for the last three months has passed without one or two robberies having been committed on some part of /he Plain.—Standard.
An inquest was held on Wednesday, at Buckland, near Ashton Clin- ton, Buckinghamshire, on the corpse of John Chokes, a respectable farmer, residing at Buckland, and about sixty years of age. It appeared that Choles and another farmer, Thomas Pattison, also residing at Buckland, and a man of good character, had been spending the evening together at the New Inn, Buckland Wharf, where they both drank too freely ; that they left the inn to go home about ten o'clock ; that soon afterwards Pattison ran up to a policeman on the road, and told him that he had just killed a mata—Kibble the sweep, he believed, of Trills% after a "hard tussle," by throttling him and beating him on the head with his right fist till he died. The policeman summoned two men to his assistance, and proceeding to the place pointed out by Pattison, found that the dead man was Choles, the farmer. The deceased had not been robbed--bauk-notes and gold were found in his pocket. Pattison sat on a bank about Ilstr yards from the body, and said, " There he lies— he is dead, and I killed him : they must send two men to murder me another time ;" and then he talked some nonsense about Whiggism and Toryism. The two farmers had always been excellent friends. The inquest was adjourned to Thursday ; when no additional evidence of importance was produced, except a smock-frock worn by Pattison, of which the arms were soaked with blood. The Jury returned a verdict of"Manslaughter" against Pattison. Nobody can guess Pattison's motive for killing his friend.
On Monday evening, Mr. Bond, an artist, living in Rhadegund Build- ings, (Cambridge,) s''aged twenty-two, committed suicide by shooting 'himself through the head. It appears that the deceased supped as usual with his mother and brother, a pensioner of Jesus College, who retired to bed leaving him below smoking his pipe. Shortly afterwards, the report of a pistol was heard; anti on descending, his afflicted friends found the deceased lying in the passage, his skull completely shattered, and the floor deluged with bloorl.—Camht4Ige Free Press.
A passenger on board the Laurel steam-boat, from Hull to Barton, seated himself neer the engine, and being intoxicated, fell backwards 'among the machinery, and was iestantly crushed to death.
A fire at Beading, on Wednesday night, destroyed extensive premises 'belonging to a currier, and property to a very large amount. The con- flagration is supposed to have been caused by some fireworks near the tanneries.
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