Star. — London, England, 1809-08-10 00:00:00

THE EXPEDITION. 'When this Paper was put to press Government had -ot received any new dispatches from the Scheldt. A Messenger arrived at Deal, at one o'clock, yes terday afternoon, with dispatches from Lord CAs ,LEREacit for the Earl of CHATIIAn. The Messenger w . i s immediately put on board the InAs (Ist) hired , 3tter , which got under weigh, and proceeded to L:tst night the CALYPSO sloop, with two transports, s ailed from Deal, to join Sir R. STRACHAN. Near 300 marines embarked on Tuesday horning on hoar d t he Wooew ICH and PREVOYA!s:TY store-ships, Fly r noath, and were expected to sail the same e ,,, a i nF or the next morning for the Mediterranean. The Berwickshire Militia marched from Edinburgh c o tle on Sunday for Leith, to embark for England. ....They are succeeded in the Castle by five corn relies of the Royal Lanarkshire Militia, from Mus eriargh, till the arrival of theAyrshire from England. Siturday, the 2,-1 regiment of Edinburgh Local Militia, commanded by Colonel CRICHTOV, and the : Id, or Edinhimeh Light Infantry Local Militia, com manded by Colonel JaNtes HOPE, were reviewed in Bruntsfield Links, near Edinburgh, by his Excel lency Lord Viscount CATHCART. These fine regi ments went through their evolutions in such a man ner as to reflect honour on both the officers and men. —The .qd regiment's time of permanent duty expired on Friday last, and the Sd finished to-day. m ay be recollected that the gallant Officer, Ma jor A.RCHIBALD CAMPAPLL, died at Plymouth, in Ja miry last, in consequence o f the wounds he received, and the fatigues he underwent in Sir JOHN' MOORE'S disastrous campaign ir. Spain ; his remains were in terred in the parish church of Stoke Damerel, near Evinouth. His friends, however, wishing his remains to be removed to his native soil, obtained an order from the Bishop of that diocese for that purpose.— In pursuance of which, he was taken up on Wednes day sE‘'nnight, inclesed in a leaden coffin, with a shell outside, and pat nu board a vessel for Leith, where a :12ncisome subccription has been raised, to erect a monument to his memory. The Marquis de Romax.4. has caused a very spier • dei monument to be erected to the memory of Sir .1)11N MOOR.E, in a conspicuous situation, to which the remains of the lamented hero have been removed, from the obscure place where they were deposited in the fortress of Corinna. The following inscription is placed on the monument : A la Gloria pel General Irrlsis Moots E, Y .s•ti valientes Compatriotas, F'.•pana Agradecida. rro the Glory Of thr English C;enerzl Mooßz, And dig valiant Coun:ryrnen, lii Gratitude of Spain.) And on the other Zei Pia 16 .1c Enero, 1809. Men,ory of tlir An on 6f lfirla J anuary, 1809 It wears rrom this proceeding, so creditable to the Marquis de ROM/NA and the Spanish nation, that the buastea magnanimity of Marshal NEY and his officers, in erecting a monument to the departed worth of a hero, who was their v.icinv, was altogether without foundation. The.rclics i)f Sir JouN MnoRE remained still in the obscure situation in which his acted friends had placed them, in a corner of the citadel, hi the night of the evacuation of Cortmna, and it remained for the gratitude of Spain to do his memory that justice, which Frenchmen had the vanity to conceive, but not the virtue to carry into effect. The Officers of the 2d Battalion of the 81st Regi rvnt having voted Major 'MILLING, of Bath, a Sword, it has been forwarded to him with the following letter, to which we subjoin his reply : _ _ " Portsmouth, July 18,1E09. " On the reur.t of the battalion from Spain, it was the nisuus wish of the Officers to present to A•lajor WI! LIAM'; ~.strmanded, and to you who so ably seconded him that ••un:.ed, Swords of the value of fifty guint•ns each, with :to in eniressive more partictilarly, of our admit-A . :on ut your • !-.1•:e!, Whilst engaged wish the ene.::iy We ir Cnriinna, on the ..'n of larniary 14,t. Our ranks having previously been thinned "•:-• •ate and fatigue, we were but few in number to oppose to •• •:.•:ted Conquerors of Europe ; but having the most perf•-.ct • rce in the courage, skill, and coolness of our Field Officer-, b.,tialon happily acquitted itself in such a manner as to merit • 'le a ; p, nh.,tion cf their Generals end of their Country. " To Nt., Sir, w.o entrusted the honourable task of putting •:••• withes sf the Cer.cers into executicn, and before the battalion •••• 7nharked on ;:te prs•sent Expedition, I had the honour, puh- . t present to M. Williams this small testimony of our :nem. You, unhappily, were prevented from attending on this :.csiton, i•y the severe wound received on the ever memorable h lore alluded to, and I have therefore been instructed to ::ward the Sword to Bath, which I have this day done. " I request, therefore, your arceptancc of it in the names of all trß7cther Officers. Its comparative value is small, but I arts . .:re Anil be endearcd to you by the remembri.nce that it is the :t •.-voll offering of your Brethren in arms—their voluntary testi. • . - .,11 or their esteem for you as a Friend, their admiration of yru - - -r rf.M.:er, and accolvipanied with their most ardent wishes .•-• •- inzy soon be restored to our ranks, and long may wear I • • 7":311T to yourself and roost essential service to your .;"_•.-1 have the hoao'rr to remain, my dear Major, .. - .yself and Brother Officer., most sincerely your's, "'ARNOLD THONIPSON, P. M. blst Regt. ••• s, • r• - 81st Reg." ', • .- SIR, " Bath, Mgt/it 1, IROO. e..rry feeling of g - ratitude, and every sense of Ole very '" • conferred on me by yourself and our Brother Ofncers, • -; received your letter and :be Sword which you so kindly a moat flattering testimony to me of yo.ir approbation • which it shall ever be as much my ambition to CO:). • • tay duty to encrease.—l have the honour to rwitraio, " bear SiP, Your's, most faithfully. " HENRY MILLING, Major list Regt. :LAvoto Tuosee4o:l, Esq. Pay-Master, Blst Regt." Correspondent imputes the imoatience of the at this crisis, to their , consulting some old 1 ,-, naries, in which the word Expedition is connect ' vi:h the ideas of haste or diced. The matter may . ,tter illustrated by the answer a gentleman re - ?e:1 some years ago on the Northern Road, when wrtook a bey loitering on a horse--- , 4 Post-boy, .." y doint you get on a little quicker ?"---4 , Sir, I am . 5< 'rye Lost, I am only an exprest !" A ?:ivate litter from Lisbon says—" With respect • manners (.;" the Portuguese, I think, as I have Tip d one , t h at t h ey are extremely slow and easy,. • .( that they waste more powder in honour of their ;its than they use in defence of their country. I fear are somewhat like what I once heard of one of our • iuntryrnen who, heartening up his men on board •,! .1 privateer, said— " Come on, my boys, and ILt's be of one " Yuu g 9 Lilac, and I will tunic behind." 1174P4L INTALLIGiNCA. EAS r INDIAMEN. His Majesty's ship la LOIRE, with the Windham, Union, Charleton, Sir Wm. Pulteney, and Northamp ton, East Indiamen ; Perseverance and Melville, - whalers, arrived at Madeira on the 19th ult. The Sarah Christiana arrived off Madeira the 19th July, in company with the Sir William Pulteney, Lady Lushington, and William Pitt, bound to Ben gal direct, having parted with his Majesty's ship LOIRE, and the Windham, Charlton, Union, and Northampton, proceeding to that island. The Henry Addington, Captain KIRKPATRICK, which sailed from Portsmouth on the 21st of June, as a packet to Bengal, arrived at Madeira on the 4th of last month, all well, and was to stop only four hours. PLYMOUTH DOCK, AUGUST 8. Sailed the ESPIEGLE sloop to the East ward, with two transports under convoy ; PICKLE brig of war, with a messenger and dispatches for Lisbon ; and the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE frigate, to the westward. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 9. Arrived his Majesty's ships DIANA, Sir S. SMITH, from the Brazils ; and the Notrars, from the Downs. —Wind N.N.W. DEAL, AUGUST 9. Sailed the DEXTEROUS gun brig, HARLIQUIN, and HumsEn armed ships, with about 100 sail of Mer chant vessels under their convoy for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Falmouth. No further accounts from the Armament have been received here since Sunday list. Wind East. Remain in the Downs—The Unicorn, Vice Admiral Campbell. GREENOCK, AUGUST 7. Arrived here on Friday the United Kingdom, UD tqEv, from Kingston, Jamaica, in 4.0 days ; having performed the voyage out and home in three months and a half, notwithstanding she was ten days at Mar tinique. Left loading the William, M'LEA, for this port. Spoke, on the 29th ult. the barque Esther, JoNvs, from Philadelphia—on the 31st, the Warren, —, from New-York ; and, on the Ist instant, the Henry, HANNAH, from ditto, all bound to Liverpool. Arrived at Lin;erick on the 27th ult. thd Edward and Charles, of and from Philadelphia; she spoke the ship Ann, BRADFORD, from Liverpool, bound to New York. in lat. 39. long. 69. out sixty-two days. On the Bth instant, in lat. 46. long. 42. W. fell in with four sail of men of war, all dismasted but one frigate, then standing to the eastward ; cne of the frigates having a jury topmast rigged, had a 74 gun ship in tow, supposed to be French, with her fore mast only standing. They were steering in such di rcctioa that the Master stated they were bound for, Halifax. FROM LLOYD'S LTST. GRA `LSLND, Attoes - r 9.—Passed by the Hoppett, Hall; Gus tavus, Sansom ; Avon, Williams; Queen, Hearns ; Frederick, And rson ; Gustava, Nerks ; Three Brothers, —; Polidore, Hurst ; Ruby, Fraser ; Maria Sophia, —; Patriot, —; Charlotte, 13rc..ke ; and the Concord, Ridley, from Gottenburgh: Albion, Randall, from 'Tenerife; Inverness, Hegtcll, from Green land; Sukey, hiiodes, front Charleston; Humphreys, from New York : Alpha, Sale ; NieholsOn ; Daphne, Mitchel! ; Jantaria, —, and the Madam de Realm, —,, from Malta. The Bechford, Voskers, from Nova Scotia, is on shore on Ex mouth Ear, and full of water. ke Peace, Coulson, from Gibraltar to London, was totally lost at Suleonibe, on the sth m.itant. The hlizabeth, Jackson, from Greenock to Liverpool, was wrecked near the North Mods, on the sth inst. The Jenny, Parkins, from Gotzenburgh to Guernsey, has put into Ramsgate, with the loss of an anchor. AR RIVED—Off Dover, the I lumplireys, --, from New York. At Live rpool, the I lercults, Laughtan, from New York ; Adven ture, Norgery, from Baltimore; and the Pandora, Johnson, from tlic Havannali. At Bristol, the Friends, Hammond, from Li-bon. In the Clyde, the Sarah and Elizabeth, —, from Greenland ; Adventure, Shaw, frt m Pictou ; Recovery, Wylie, from Grenada ; and Countess of Melville, front Quebec. _ . Arrivals at Gibraltar, from 1 23c1 to 30th June. The Enitlish brig Bonita, J. Grant, 9 days from Madeira, in ballast —The American brig Harriot, S. Leech, 2 days from Ca diz, with tobtcco, c :eta, flour, &c. &c. for orders.—The American ship t /mit, E. Richards, 28 days from New York, with flour, to bacco, and staves, for orders.—The Americas brig Augusta, F. Davis;, from Algeciras, in ballast.—The English galliot Octavio, 1. Agnew, 14 days from Alicant, with barilla, for Belfast.—The Snow Iroquois, W. Mre'ver, 42 day; from London,.with sunili ies, for Gibraltar.—The English Felucho Bravo, J.Cabasa, 2 days front Estepona, in ballast, for Gibraltar.—The English Fe lucho Fortune, T. Michael, tt days fr m Nerja, in ballast, for Gi braltar—The English sloop Matchless, ?.Simmons, 11 days from Guernsey, wish merchaddize, for this place.—The English brig Nancy, E. Radicich, 3 days from Cadiz, with coffee and logwood, for Algesiras.—H.s Nlajesty's packet Prince Ernest, Capt. Petre, 9 days from Falmouth.—The English bark William and James, 'W. Hughes, `-'3 days from Liverpool, with merchandize tor Malta and Sicily.—The English schooner Mary, J.Haswell,l2 days from Portsmouth, with merchanclize for this place.—The English brig Maria, R. Honey, 29 days front Messina, with sumach and oil, &c. &c. for Liverpool.—The English brig Minerva, W. Miles, 12 days front Almeria, with barilla, for Gibraltar and London.— About 15 Spanish vessels with bricks, brandy, barilla, wine, tiles, vinegar, &c. for this place and the Eastern or Western coasts. Monday night, after the family of Mr. LEGAss had retired to rest, at their house in Tutt-place, Mary-la- Bonne, one of the servants in the attic was awoke by a rumbling noise, which ended with a violent shock of the building. The whole of the family, consisting of seven persons, escaped from the top and bottom of th• house, with the exception of an apprentice, and im mediately afterwards the two upper stories tell in, an,l part of an outer wall. The apprentice, whose name is Hume, was two hours in the ruins, but he provi dentially escaped without injury. The house has not been built more than seven years. BRUTAL ASSAULT.— A most distressing circumstance is said to have taken place at Worthing. A young lady, of respectable connections, accompanied her bro ther, who was in bad health, to that place ; and whilst in the act of walking with him on the sands, was se veral times insulted and followed by a man in the habit of a gentleman, who, not content with this mode of attacking his victim, watched his opportunity, while her brother was bathing, the men-servants at tending him, and the females employed in the lower part of the house, to rush into the drawing-room, where the young lady was sitting alone, waiting break fast for her brother, when he assaulted her, and pro ceeded to violate her person, until her screams at last alarmed the servants, who flew to her assistance. On entering the room they found her senseless, and the ruffian in the act of pouring the milk from the cream ewer down her throat, to recover her. In the general confusion he made his escape for the pr,!sent, but has been since taken at Cruxhaven, and brought back to meet the reward of his brutality. SPORDING INTELLIGENCE. BARNET RACES, after a lapse of ten years, were re- 1 vied yesterday. From the proximity of the course to the metropolis, the company wits extremely nume rous. There were two £5O plates, the former of which was won at three heats by nimbler, late the pro perty of the Duke of YORK. The 2d and Ladies Plate was won at two heats by Mr. Shelton's Gohanna colt, 3 years old. The heats were well contested. Amongst the company were the Duke of ST. ALBAN's, the Mar quis of TWEEDALE, Sir JOHN and Lady LADE, &C. &C. CHELMSFORD RACES, TUESDAY, AUGUST I. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Mr. Elwes's b. 1. Miss Sophia, by Stamford - - 1 1 Mr. Jeffery's b. fby Gamenut - • - 3 ! Mr. Embden's Miss Seedling . A * 2 dr. Mr. Johnston's ch. f. by Ambrosio - - • dis. 5 to 2 to Sophia. WEDNESDAY.—The Town Plate of £53. Mr. Jeffery's ch. c. Silvermere, by Gouty - 2 2 1 Mr. Embden's Miss Seedling - - 1 1 9 to 2 on Seedling. THURSDAY—The Stewards Plate of XSO, for all Ages. Mr. Bacon's b. c. Patriot, by Whisky - 2 9 I Mr. Elwes's Mi ss S op hi a - - - 1 1 Mr. Ernliden's Miss Seedling - - 3 3 di'. Mr. Jeffery's Silvermere - - - • dis. Sophia the favourite. HAVERFORDWEST RACES. JULY 31. 501. for Horses bred ill Wales. Mr. Munsey's b. g. Swansea, by Pastor, 5 yrs old 1 a Cul. Colby's b. g. Peter the Wild Boy, 5 yrs old 2 2 AUGUST I.—Maiden Plate of 501. Mr. Jenner's eh. c. by Guildford 1 1 Col, Cdlby's Peter the Wild Boy 2 2 Mr. Storks's b m. by Vivalde 3 3 Mr. Mathins's c. m. by Pastor 4 4 Sweepstakes of logs. each (8 subscribers) Mr. Munsey's Swansea 1 Col. Colby's Peter the Wild Boy 2 Attm.ts - r 2.—Plate of 501. for all ages. Mr. Munsey's Swansea 1 1 Mr. Hurst's b. c. by Hambletonian 2 2 Odds on the colt at starting. SALISBURY RACES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2. His Majesty's Plate of One Hundred Guineas. Mr. Trevanion's b. h. Bucephalus, aged - - 1 I Mr. Bouverie's b. h. Mountaineer, aged - . - 2dr Mr. Douglas's h. g. Rambler, 5 yrs old - - 3dr Odds at starting, 10 to I on Bucephalus. The first a close run heat, but th . superior strength of Bucephalus rendered further contest hopeless. THURSDAY.—The City Bowl. Mr. Cbilman's b. h. Tumbler, 6 yrs old Mr. Durand's Lord Warden - The NeMbere Plate, Fifty Pounds Mr. Bouverie's Mount.aineer, aged - Mr. Ash mule's b. in. Quicksilver, aged Mr. Chilman's Tumbler - 1 1 - 2 li 1 1 3 2 2 8 The first heat for the Members' Plate was a tolerably good one, the second was won easy. The City Bowl was also won easy. FR 1 DAY.—The Subscription Plate, filly Pounds. Mr. Martin's Silver Scales, 4 yrs old - - - 1 1 Mr. Milton's bay colt, 3 yrs old - 2 2 Mr. Chilman's Tumbler, 6 yrs old - 3 3 Both good heats, but the odds the whole time in favour of Sil ver Scales. EDINI3URGH RACES, AUGUST R. Saturday, our races ended 'with two hack races, which afforded some sport to a vast number pedestrian spectators. There was no race for the beaten horse purse. Arrived at Macgregor's Hotel, Prince's-street : Robert Peel, Esq. M. P. William Peel, Esq. - Dawson, Esq. the Rev. G. Jenkins of Oxford, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Misses Meredith and Ayton, Colonels Be thune and Fulton, C. Taylor Clarke, Esq. and T. Wright, Esq. Arrivals at the London Hotel : The Right Hon. Lord and Lady Lovaine, and Lady Mary; J. H. Dunlop, Esq. and Mrs. Dunlop ; J. Kirsopp, Esq. and Mrs. Kirsopp; Miss Gibson ; and Captain White, Ist Dragoon Guards. TRANSLATION OF A FRENCH EPIGRAM. COLAs is of a fever dead, An Epitaph you wish supplied; But, what of him can more be said, Than COLAs liv i d, and COLAS died! The Copenhagen prize-money has lately been pay ing. The Captains shares amount to 7361. 17s. 6d. which falls far shot of their expecation. Many of them were offered upwards of 10001. a share, previous to the distribution being known. The arrangements for the establishment of a King's Dock-yard at Milford, are understood to be complete, and that two line-of-battle ships, a frigate, &c. are to be proceeded upon immediately. The capacious and very secure anchorage of Milford-Haven must make that place at all times of material importance, in a naval pent of view. The New Chapel at Cheltenham was opened yes terday se'nnight, and service performed to a very crowded and respectable congregation. The Rev. ROWLAND HILL preached the Sermon, and a col lection was made for the benefit of the Institution. Among the fashionables at Worthing are — Dowager Duchess of Manchester, Lord Frederick Montague, Sir Henry Tempest, Hon. Mr. Ryder, Viscount and Viscountess Dudley and Ward, Lady Mary Shepherd, Lady Briscoe, Sir John and Lady Callander, Mr. P. Antrobus ' Mr. Atlee, MTS. Richard son, Mr. and Mrs. Murdock, Mrs. and Miss Day, Colonel Chil ders, Mr. P. Bulkely, Mr. C. Long, Mr. H. Bosanquet, Mr. Downie, Mrs. Vaillant, Mr. Free, Mr. and Mrs. D. Robertson. Arrivals at Fraserburgh last week : Miss Milne, Boynclie ; Mr. Brodie and Mr. Jamieson, New Deer; Mr. Gordor, Bog of Artamford ; Rev. Mr. Thom, Aber deen ; Rev. Mr. Simpson, Strichen ; Mr. James Collie, jun. Cri mond ; Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, Aberdeen ; Rev. Mr. Robert Shepherd, Daviot ; Mr. Robert Shepherd, Balvain ; Rev. Mr. Wm. Donald, Peterhead; Rev. Mr. Win. Gall, Crimond ; En sign Donald, Inverury ; Mr. Alexander Clerk, Mr. Robert Gray, writer, and Mr. Adam Gray, messenger, Peterhead; Mr. James Barnet, Oldmeldrum ; Mr. James Mackie, merchant, and Mr. Patrick Henderson, Peterhead; Miss Jean Gordon, and Miss Rose, Boyndie ; Miss Fraser, and Miss Sally Fraser, Tyrie ; Miss Boyd, Crirnond; Wm. Anderson, Esq. Sheffield; Mr. P amsay, Cortachy ; Mr. Gammack, Aberdeen; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, Till whiny. The alliance between Church and State has been dissolved in France, where it was thought most firm. The EMPEROR, in his late address to the Clergy, tells them very plainly, that they have nothing to do with the State, but to pray for it ! In the front of a tailor's shop, in Wales, is a board with this dignifi3d inscription—" SOLOMON HUGHES, M. B. M. D. M. A." which the owner interprets, Breeches Maier and Drum Major to the dlagicsra Milita. SINGULAR FUNERAL.—On my return from my jour ney (says a traveller), when I arrived near to Haer lem, on York Island, I met the funeral of Tom PAINE on the road, it was going on to East Chester for in terment. The followers were two Negroes, the next a carriage, with six drunken Irishmen in it, then a riding chair, with two men in it, one of them Was asleep, and then an Irish Quaker on horseback: Z. S. ea tux ,isstz.vs, LEWES, 'TUESDAY, AUGUST O. lIITCIIINS V. MINI _ This was an action of trespass and assault. 'The Plaintiff, Hitchins, was Overseer of the Poor of the 1 parish of Alfriston, and the Defendant a Magistrate of the county. Mro.MARTZTATT, as Counsel for the Plaintiff, sta. ted, that a man of the name of Roberts, a blacksmith, i had been sued, and a judgment obtained against bins which obliged him to abscond. At this time h e c c. ' cupied a small cottage, the property of the Defen• dant, who is a Magistrate for the county, and a gen• tleman of fortune. When Roberts' goods were sold off, the Sheriff's Officer took the key of the house to the Defendant, that he might see the fixtures. Ro berts' wife was forced to crave the aid of the parish. Mr. Hitchins, the Overseer, resolved to replace her in her house, but the defendant had placed R man of the name of Redings in the house ; Mr. Hitchins, however, broke open the door, put some small mat ters of furniture into the house and desired the wo man to stay there ; in the Mean time, Mr: Beane the Magistrate, had arrived, and forcibly turned her out of possession. —Mr. Hitchins, the Plaintiff, insisted she should go in again, and as Mr. Beane had placed himself in the door-way, he pushed-past him to get into the house. In doing this, he brushed against the Defendant, who immediately ordered him to be taken into custody, and as no constable was near, he declared, as a Magistrate, he could make any one con. stable, and ordered a bye-stander to take Mr. Hitchins into ctfstody. He then ordered him to be conveyed to his-41:+in house, where he sat as Magistrate on his own case ; but thinking afterwards that that was per. haps too ninth, he the next day carried him before his friend Mr. Harben, as another Magistrate. These facts being proved, and as the Learned Judge held that as Roberts's tenantcy was not expir ed, it was illegal to expel his wife from the possession I'.of the cottage, the plaintiff must have a verdict, at the same time he recommended to the Jury to give damages with discretion, and proportioned to the in jury. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages £lOO. As a counterpart to this action, the defendant Beane had indicted Hitchins for an assault, in which his witnesses swore that Hitchins hadrushed past him with great violence, and had thrust his elbow into his ribs: The Jury found the defendant Not Guilty. ' There was a third action by Hitchins against Beane, for not setting out his tythes, of which Hitchins was the impropriator. In this action he also recovered. The Merino sheep, which were erroneously stated to have been transported from St. James's to Frog: more, are still to be seen browsing in St. James's Park, attended by the shepherds who were yesterday play: ing at chuck with Spanish dollars. A letter from Mauchline, dated August 5, states, that during the dreadful thunder -storm, which hy pened on Wednesday last, Hugh Smith, servant with Mr. SELLARS, of Garfield, in the parish of Mvuchline, was struck dead by the lightning, while losily em ployed in the hay-field.—His head was severely bruised, the blood running out of his mouth and ears, his hair singed, and his countenance almost black, and much disfigured. The fatal fluid appears to have penetrated the forehead, from a large wound which it had made in it ; from thence to have been conducted down through the body, marking its progress by singeing the hair on the breast, scorching his stomach, and melting several of his buttons. His hat was found lying in tatters at a considerable distance from him. Botli his shoes were knocked from his feet, and one of them, torn to pieces, had been thrown by the shock to the distance of several yards. A most extraordinary case was tried at the last Ma ryborough Assizes, in Ireland. It was briefly as fol lows :—Robert Baldwin, in March, 1782, made his will, in which he devised the lands now in question to the children of his youngest son ; soon after which his faculties failed him, and he became altogether childish, and died in April, 1784, above eighty years - old. The defendant, and eldest son, immediately af terwards gave out that his father had destroyed the - will ; and no will being found, he entered into pos . - session of the lands in question ; and so matters remained for twenty-one years—the whole family, during all that time, believing that the father had died without a will. But, after twenty-one years, the delusion vanished—and the Defendant's own children became the immediate instruments of justice to the children of his brother. In the year 1802, the Defendant's wife died—and he very soon afterwards, at the age of 78, married a very young woman, which caused some anxiety to his two sons, Robert and Edward Baldwin—whose poignant expression of this feeling so exasperated their father, that he, in his resentment, executed his will to disinherit his eldest son Rober —and, in his tit of anger, sheaved it to his second son, Edward— who instantly determined to get at and destroy it, in order to preserve the property to his eldest bro ther. With this view, he broke open his father's desk, where he found—not his father's will, which he sought after—but the will of his grandfather, which was then altogether forgotten in the family.— He read it, and found that the estate, of which his father would have disinherited his brothers, really be., longed to his cousins, the children of his late uncle, John. He instantly communicated the important discovery to his brother, and he to their uncle Jona than—in consequence of which, the will was, about 1 . the beginning of the year 1805, lodged in the Prero. gative Court. When the Defendant was apprised of the discovery of the will, he said, it was very true, his father never did cancel his will ; but that he did it away by two deeds, by which he afterwards conveyed his property to him—and that those deeds were both registered. It appeared, indeed, that one such deed was regise teed since the discovery of the will--and both deeds appearing foully suspicious, a bill was filed in the Court of Exchequer—and on hearing of the cause in the last Term, the Counsel desired to have the opinion of a Jury on these alledged deedr— iflof a trial of eight hours the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, with the full approbation of the Learned Judge. By this verdict the plaintiffs, fivean number, are restored to an estate of about 3001. a-year, or which, for 25 years, they have been deprived by their uncle. 1