At the Chester Assizes, two men, named Mosley and Garside,
were indicted for the murder of Mr. Thomas Ashton, on the 3c1 of January 1831. At the period in question, there was a dispute at Werneth, Ashton, and Stayley, between themasters and their workmen, and much .excitement prevailed. On the evening of the 3d of January, Mr. T. Ashton, who had the superintendence of the Apthorne Mill for his brother James, was seen proceeding towards the Apthorne Mill, through the Apthorne Lane; and, at the same time, three men were seen going in the same direction. Immediately afterwards, the report of a pistol-shot was heard ; no notice was taken of it, as nothing was suspected; but soon afterwards, Mr. Ashton was found lying on his back, on the road, and quite dead, from the effect of a pistol-ball which passed through his body. William Mosley, one of the three men, was apprehended; and he then made a confession that Garside was the man Who fired the shot, and that he and the two Mosleys had agreed with one Samuel Scholefield, one of the Unionists, to perpetrate the deed ; for Which they were to receive 101., supplied from the funds of the Unions. 'This William Mosley was admitted King's evidence at the trial against his brother and Garotte. The Jury found that Garside was the actual murderer, and returned a general verdict of Guilty against both the pri- soners; who instantly fainted in the dock. Sentence of death was passed ; but has not yet been executed, as the city Sheriffs maintain that the recent bill for regulating the criminal jurisdiction of Chester has relieved them from the duty, and the county Sheriffs declare that it is no business of theirs. The men must be respited till the exceutioner is named. Garside thinks that he ought to have been admitted King's evidence against the two Mosleys, as, when in confinement for a theft In Derby gaol, he made a similar confession to that of William Mosley, —with this exception, that he charged Mosley, not himself, with being the actual murderer. Not one of the three had any quarrel with or cause of complaint against Mr. Ashton ; whom they murdered for 81. (is. Stl. each ! Further inquiries are in progress ; and it is said that other Unionists are implicated. Scholefield, who paid the murderers the money is in custody, and it is almost certain that he received the ten pounds for the purpose of hiring men to murder Mr. Ashton, from the Unionist Committee. Another man, named Isherwood, is also impli- cated, and in custody.
A cause was tried on the 6th instant, at the Cornwall Assizes, held at Bodmin, which excited much interest. It was an action brought by Mr. Trevanion, a eentleman of fortune in the county, against Mr. W. Daribuz, another Cornish gentleman, for damages for the seduction of Mrs. Trevanion. The evidence is generally unfit for our columns : it proved that the parties carried on their illicit intercourse in the most open and shameless manner. It was also clear that Mr. Trevanion neglected his wife ; and, it would seem, purposely threw litr into the society of Mr. Daubuz and other gentlemen. Ills note to Mr. Datibuz, after the amour became so notorious that it was necessary for him to interfere, was a model of high-bred indifference to his wife's honour and his own. The Jury marked their sense of his conduct by giving him only a firthiny damages. Sergeant Wilde was leading Counsel for the plaintiff, and Sir James Scarlett was specially retained for the defendant.
At Lancashire Assizes, a Sheriff's jury was summoned to assess the damages in the cause of Driver v. Fetherstone, for injuries received by the plaintiff by being overturned in the defendant's coach. It appeared that the plaintiff, on the 5th of October last, was a passenger by the snail from Kendal to Liverpool. On entering the latter town, he got outside. The coach stopped at the Angel Inn, and the coachman got down and did not leave any person to take care of the horses, which started off. The plaintiff was thrown off, and most severely injured; so much so that his life was despaired of for a considerable time, during which he was attended by three medical gentlemen ; and independently of the loss of his time, lie was put to an expense of between .2001. and SOU Verdict for the plaintiff—damages mot.
Some of our readers will recollect the disturbances which took place at Oldham in April last, at the instigation of the Trades Union. Mr. Thompson, the proprietor of Bankside Mill, which the rioters wantonly destroyed, very narrowly escaped with his life on that occasion. The particulars have never been narrated ; but the present occurrences at Derby render them of greater interest, as tending to show the feelings by which the Unions arc actuated. Mr. Thompson, on the morning after his mill had been destroyed, was walking from the back door of his house to another part of the premises, when he was alarmed by a sudden cry from his wife, who pointed at a hedge, on one side of the garden. He looked towards it, and there saw a man taking steady aim at him with a pistol. He crouched down and escaped unhurt ; but had it not been for the alarm given by his wife, be must have lost his life. In the alarm and confusion consequent upon such an occurrence, the vil- lain effected his escape. There appears no doubt but that this wretch was hired for the purpose of assassinating Mr. Thompson as he was recognized by that gentlemen to be of the Union men.—Tinies. [If this story is true, it is strange that it has only just come to light. Were no steps taken to apprehend the assassin?] John, Ilenwood, the son of a farmer residing near Looe in Cornwall, was committed to Bodmin gaol yesterday week, on the verdict of a Coroner's Inquest, to be tried for the murder of his own lather. Hen- wood is of a sulky, sullen disposition : and having been scolded by his father for not doing some work on the farm, he went for his fowling- piece and loaded it with shot. He then hid himself behind a hedge, and resting the fowling-piece upon it, took deliberate aim at his father as he rode by on horseback. Four shots entered the old man's heart, and he fell off and soon died. The horse too was wounded, and gal- loped away. bleeding. This alarmed the neighbourhood, and the body of the murdered man was soon afterwards found. His son absconded; but was secured at a farmer's house in the neighbourhood the next day. When apprehended, and asked "Why he had done so to his poor old father?" Ile replied, " I ought to have done it long before."
A man and his daughter, residing at Chatham, have been apprehended on a charge of poisoning an old gentleman named Redden, who for some time had been cohabiting with the daughter. An attempt was made to bury him privately ; but the coffin was opened, and, upon ex- amination, it appeared that his death had been caused by arsenic. A Coroner's Jury, after a very long investigation, have brought in a ver- dict, that the old man was poisoned, but by whom, there is no proof adduced.
An inquest was held on Monday last at East Barnet, before Mr. Osbaldeston, Coroner for Hertfordshire, on view of the body of Major- General Sir David Ogilby, who was killed by the overthrow of a four- wheeled carriage which he was driving. Verdict, " Accidental death."
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