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st'mMpe ASSIZES. • GLOUCESTgR, AUGUST Is. usati.Joss v. it knees. -- • Mr. TAult'roe stated, that this action was brought to clear the character of the plaintiff from calumnies' cast upon it by the defendant in a letter sent by him to a person named Woodley. It would be necessary that they should know that a Lady, named Smith, who resided near Worcester, had several daughters, one of whom married a person . also named Smith, and also. Cher bad married Mr. Woodley, the person to whom the letter was sent. There bad been far a considerable time an attachment between the plaintiff and Miss Mary Smith, one of the daughters of Mrs. Smith ; and in the latter part of last year the plaintiff visited Mr. Woodley. About this time it was reported that a daughter of - Mrs. Smith, who bad married a person of the same name near Bridgnorth, had eloped with a Captain Jones. It was to that circumstance the letter referred. (The Lei.rned Counsel read the fitter). Such a libel required Ito comment. The defendant Was an opulent man, car rying au husiness as a wine-merchant, at Cheltenham. The plaintiff 1i...a also beea in that trade, but had retired and. was living oa his property; he should prove the libel to be of the defendant's hand-Writing, and should a.-.lc such damages at the hands of the Jury as would vindicate the character if the plaintiff. Mr. Thomas Woodley sa'd, I live at Cambr;dge. I am the btoth.er.in law. of the defendant. We married two of the daughte:s of Mrs. Smith, who resides near Worcester. She has a daugh.er named Mary, who is unmarked; another arum d Sophia, mart ied r. Smith, of Bridgnorth. 1 believe that she does not now lave with him. I know that the plaintiff had paid attention to Miss Mary Smith for seven years. She is a daughter of MI s. Smith. I invited her, and also the plaintiff, to visit me in Cambridgeshire. They came on the Ist of October, 1824. They came together. The plaintiff stayed three weeks, and Miss Mary Smith stayed seve ral months. I received this letter (the libel) by the post, while Miss Smith was in my house, the plaintiff be et, gone. 1: . i s o f the h an d- wr i t i ng o f t he defendant. I ha d Leard fr••m Mass Smith that her sistet at Bridg north had eloped with a Captain Jones, who is the brother (lithe plaintiff. Cross-examined by Mr. Witiour—The courtship be- tween the plaintiff and Miss Smith was of seven years' standing; it was not so long on account of the plainer' youth, he being about 50. The first wife of the de feadani 'was my sister. I considered the letter to be written in confidence. I received it on a Sunday morn ing, v‘i e r 4.,wiars dressing to go to church; my wife asked to , see it. I told her she should not, but she said she would never rest easy without she did. I told her it contained something very unpleasant, and she must not let hr r sister see it. She promised she would not, and I went to church. Oa. my return, the first thing 1 saw was the letter on the mantle ph ce, and my wife' and her sister standing by the fire. Miss Mary Sarah said, Here is a pretty. set out ;" and 1 said, " Mrs.' Woodley,. have...you—ltt Mary see this letter r She teazed me for an hour and a half, and I could . not •help it; - but. she has promised not to tell r,Jone s." . . lds....hinice Beattooon—How could you be so foolish as to trust a woman with a secret ? The letter was put in and read. It was to the following effect : AM : eased to l'ir. Wondtty. Cheltenham, NOV. 11; 1824. " DEAR Tnonuts—l quite erected you totsve replied to oar's. Mr. 'Thomas Smith is at the Blythe; .I saw him the other day, and he said that Mr. Joneehad called upon Lanvin town, which we were starprhied io bear ; whether Mary eras with hint or no we could not learn. aOl was from home sihen'Alr. J. called. I suppose he has left•you.; if-he has it is quite as well, as it has come out he is and has been playing a doable and deceitful part. You arc no doubt Aware of the circumstance between Captain Jones and Sophia. “ Wilt Yowbelleve it, when I tell you that Mr. J. is at the bottom if everything, and was the cause of that unhappy business? Will yen iselieve it, she Captain threatens to expose him, and you may rot assured, that what I tell you is fully proved and substan tiated. I have not heard and cannot tell half the diabolical schemes be has put in practice, with regard to the above affair, sad if Mary did but know what he says, and how NI talks of her, she arm never see or speak to him again. Mr. Loggmore says he . it s Tld enter his house, and Mrs. Smith says the same. All th is tell pie in coolitlence ; act as you please. Mamma desires her kind love se all, and to tell you that she intends to write soon. ," I remain, dear Thomas. your's, most sincerely, • ' " J. BINCKES." • Mr. C. Penang addressed the Jury for the defendant, end caw tended that the letter having been written in confidence, coat amt be considered a libel. Mr. Justice But:nouns gave it as his opinion that the letter was clearly a libel. 'The defendant, in the letter, asse,ted that these matters had been proved and sub. stantiAted, and not merely that helad heard them. If she defendant had only stated it as hearsay, or hid now proved it as fact, the observations would have had_ greet weight, btit instead of that, he takes upon him. self to state that the plaintiff had been guilty of dia.. bulicil conduct, and that he does not know halt of what . * has been guilty of. As it was not justified, it must lie'taken 'to be false ; and on the mere publication of sue l Matter; the law implied malice. • The publi catiOa was proied ; the damages were a luestion for the JoAy, and the amount of them ought to be a 'fair and moderate compensation' for the injury done. The iisry haying deliberatid for a considerable time, found a verdietlor the defendant.—Some other eases of no interest were disposed of.—Thls evening the basing's, of the Oxford Circuit was brought to a conclusion.. • CARLISLE. ' . . . . • CLARKS- D. FAIRRAIRN AND OTHERS. This was au.actioit of trespass. Mr. Soweitsv - opened the plead ings, and Mr. Scanlan stated tie nature of the same. On the cause beieg called on, his Lordship suggested a reference of all matterkin iiipute. . . . Mr. BROW/HAM lam oily concerned for Mr. Fairbairn; Mr. Alderson is Counsel for; tins other defendants. Lwill spew that my client had nothing to do with the trespais, and was an iss., uocent party. Mr. Sea Burr was proceeding . to address the Jury, when the. Court was set in $ roar of linghter, by a persOn vociferating train the, gallery, "Go on, lead on, Mr. Soden r He was,.however, very uncerethaniondy *it'd, by a javelin-man, from possession of . .. his seat. Mr. Hasegawa—My Lord, I assure Yost that he : clients' friends, they are all too peaceable—,{Laughtet). Order having been restored, , Mr.. Soarlett proceeded to detail the trespass. Flom the statement of . the Learned Gentleman, it appeared that the plaintiff was a coach-proprietor residing at Dumfries, and running his coach, the " Robert Burns," from Glasgow to this . place, where the plaintiff had •an agent. The Robert Burns was an opposition coach. The defendant, Fairb . airn, was a coach-proprietor at Carlisle, and the others were his servants, hence arose a jealousy between the parties,' From the further statement of the Learned Gentleman, it seemed that the plaintiff's coach was on its jaaroey from-Glasgow to Carlisle, with two passengers outside and one in, on the 26th lay of March last, and when witliin a mile of CM lisle, a party of twenty-five persons mopped the copch, and declared that it should proceed no farther. The mob then proceeded to drag the p •sserigers from the coach, and the guard and coach man from the box, the latter of whom they left it. the ;middle of the road. They then took - the coach on sons of my • to the King's Arms, at Celia and the pattels From it,' where it was impountlecV'Osi bearing of this outrage, the plaintiff came flows . elersginv to Carlisle, and told' him the coaictiviat his, and the'eOnsequinces him of the ncin=Arrival of the coackhad been serious, by which Means the passengers had been disappOinted of their places; when the defendant said, " I was not at the head of my forces last night, but we will pull down the Bell Inn." • He had not only stopped the coach, but had actually taken the money for the parcels, and he (Mr. Scarlett) could not conceive a more serious out rage than this, and one which more amounted to a felony than a trespass. It was impossible for the defen dants not to have been awate that it was the plaintiff's coach. The public were benefited by oppositions of this nature, and he could not conceive what possible defence there could be to this action. The Learned Counsel having stated the case, proceeded to call John Caddis, examined by Mr. SOWIRNY. On the 26th of March last he was the guard of the plaintiff's coach, which ran from Glasgow to Carlisle, the name of which was " the Robert Burns."—it belonged to Mr. Clarke, of Dumfries. The coach came from Edinburgh—it was his first coming. It was on a Saturday night when the coach was stopped, at a place called Gosling Dyke, about a mile from Carlisle. It was about ten o'clock. (Here the examination was stopped by Mr. BROUGHAM saying that he would consent to a verdict passing against his client for the amount of the damages laid in the declaration. Mr. Fairbairn had paid £3O to the guard, and £2O to the coachman). Mr. SCA ILLM—Aye, that is for the assaults. Mr. Baron Hou.ocx—There should be a verdict for the plaintiff against all the defendants. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £l,OOO, costs 40s. subject to a reference. BRIDGEWATER. KIPPER V. SNAPS. This was an ac ion of replevin, on occasion of a distress taken by the defendant, Mr. Snape, on a farm occupied by the plaintiff, Mr. Ni; per, as tenant. The question turned upon the terms of the tenancy, whether the rent was payable yearly or half-yearly ? which was proved by the defendant's daughter, Miss Elizabeth Snape. Mr. Serjeaut Wilms examined this witness at considerable length, who pave her evidence under some embarrassment, but apparently with truth, and was corroborated by other witnesses; and the Learned Serjeant commented largely upon her evidence and manner of giving her testimony, in his address to the Jury. Me. Serjeant PELL, in reply, urged the credibility of her evi dence. " Gentlemen, the witness has conducted herself with great propriety. You saw her manner. She stood at the bar, heisting her handkerchief round her thumb, whilst she was twist ed by my Learned Friend. My Brother Wilde complains of her entbarrou nient. Gentlemen, can this be wondered at in a simple country girl, who comes into a Court of Justice for the first time? Even I, who am an old sneer—l had almost said an old broken-down post korse, find it often very difficult to throw off my Learned Friend : he frequently drives sharp roods into my sides—and can it be mat ter of wonder that he is an overmatch for Betsy Snaps? Gentle men, this is the true and particular account and adventures of Mr. Serjeaut Wilde and Elizabeth Snipe!"—Verdict for the defendant. This dosed the Bridgewater Assizes. Monday the Commission was opened, and on Tuesday business commences at Bristol. CLONMEL, AUGUST Ss . John Kelly was put to the bar. The indictment ran, that he did murder one W. Hackett, at Kilmolash, on the 23J of April, by giving him one mortal wound, of which he died. Margaret Hackett, widow of the deceased, was placed in the witness-chair with difficulty, and the poor woman seemed far advancedin pregnancy. She was examined. Are you widow of the late William ' Hackett? Witness, sighing deeply, said, "Oh I I am." She lived, she said, at Derrygrath, about five miles from Clonmel, on the Caher road ; Mr. William Riall was her landlord, and lived there about twelve months; her husband was employed by Mr. Riall as - driver. Da Tots know the prisoner? Answer,-- , g Ohl I ought' to know him," which expression she accompanied with a scream. - Her husband was employed as a keeper over Kelly last harvest ; saw the prisoner at her houie the Sunday morning after her husband was killed, between seven and eight o'clock ; herhusband had left home the morning before for Clonmel, to go to Mr. Riall, and had not returned; the prisoner asked witness if it was late when Billy came home last night? to which wit ness replied, that he bad not returned at all, and clues ' tioned him if he had seen him; the prisoner said be had, about one or two o'clock, in the streets of Clonmel, with his brother Jack, who was selling a load of cab baget; the prisoner added, that he asked the deceased to come home, and was answered by him that he would not, as the night was too cold ; the witness was induced to believe that her husband had gone to Mr. Riall's seat, at Annerville, and was joined in that opinion by the prisoner, who asked for a needle to mend his small clothes, which was all torn, as well as his suspenders. Witness charged him with having been in a fight on Saturday, which he denied, observing that he had come home very early from Clonmel. Prisoner lived but a quarter of a mile from witness; he had been in the habit of coming to witness's house until her husband had served him with an ejectment ; was, however, friendly for six weeks previous to her husband's death, at which time he was employed as keeper on Blair: lands. Prisoner said be had come to witness's house to look far one Mara, a country carpenter, to return him a coat which he had borrowed. The prisoner had, on the Monday preceding, come to witness to borrow some clothes of her husband's, which she refused, but referred him to her husband, outside the house. The prisoner did go out, and returned, when the witness gave him her husband's cravat, which he had taken off the evening before. A short time previous to the pri soner's visit that morning, he had sent horlusband's cravat home by a boy named Murphy, who lived in the same yard with him. Witness did not get the cushion of it. This she remarked to Kelly, who asked ' if it bad not come home? and, if not, that he must have it at his house, stud would _send it over on his return. Witness was present when the body of her husband was taken out of the ground ; searched his pocket in pre sence of every person there, and found the cushion—in fact, it was the first thing she did on making the search. While 'fitness had the conversation with Kelly, at her house, her father-in-law and brother-in law were in the house; the old man was in the room. and his son about the house and both were therefore within bearing of what passed b etween herself and Keily. The hat produced was her husband's hat ; was sure it was; was looking at it since she came on the table. (A weakness here overcame the witness, and It being suspected by the Bench that labour was approaching, Dr. Fitsprald was re quested to confer with her, which he did, and announced that no was then ente rtained of such an event). leyrkeusi°n . I the Couas.—When she gave Kelly the handkerchief, witness Noe see the cushion, but fek it is the handkerchief. Icon Hackett, father to the deceased, proved that he had been la the room when Kelly came to his house, the doorbf which was not data. He overheard the conversation which passed between prisoner and the last witness. relative to the deceased, and fully corroborated her testimony. witness was at Ryan's the day on which Mara was there making the coffin for deceased. Looked at Mares coat, and saw blood on the skirts of it, covered; as it ap peared to be, with dust. Shelved it la that state to Pat Ryan. Wit ness examined it next morning, and-saw that the coat appeared to have been washed, the marks of Wood not being vi.ible. Cross-examined —Got out of bed when he mod that Kelly had been at his borate. /Chew him by' his voice; his daughter-billaw Ind himself often spoke Wrath other shout what Keil) , had said at his house. Heins pressed en this point he said to Counsellor Smyth 1 -4! yon are aqiitattekow;4lldoubitaliently b e dint to the I ease Counsel, by 131-4, yqa talk like a cracked ' laughter.) 10r. Beale exambied the body of William Backlit, Jt had a o( wounds, which sinned to be inflicted nisi' h blunt in ' zEitto cause Ids death. prosecudon having doled, only two witnesses hie bite defence werionled--namely, John Burke and Dennis Burnt; whore evi- Aging, howevtr, go•eross-eaaminatios, was by no mains favourable to the prisoner. His Loaning addressed the Jury, read his notes film evidence, and aftei a few general observations, concluded by f iler that In many instances circumstantial evidence was mint satisfactory than direct testimony, as the latter is frequently got tip by perjury. The Jury deliberated for about an hour, when the fatal verdict was handed inGstilty. • • Clerk of the Crown—Look to him, gaoler. The prisoner, en hearing his terrible doom annotibeed, called out for " A long d ay !" but betrayed no emotion. The LORD Cats, Jessica told him that was impeasilge. He bad not given " a long day" to the victim of his atrocious vengeance, nor paused before he deprived a fellow-creature of fife, and brought sorrow and desolation on an unhappy family. He had caused a wife to deplore in anguish the loss of her husband; and taken away the only support which she and her poor children had in this world. His Lordship then pronounced, in the most impressive manner, the awful sentence of the law, and ordered that the prisoner should be executed on the ensuing Thursday, and his body given to the County Infirmary for dissection. I Just as the Cuter Jessica bad concluded, the prisoner, address ing himself to Mr. Mall, said—" Well, I hope you are satisfied I now ; you are the man who have hung me." Mary Upon, an old woman, was convicted of stealing a piece of web-cloth, the property of James Shanahan. Just as the prosecutor was about to be sworn, she cried out—" Now, Shanahan, don't perjure yoursel:—you know you have hung people before, and was guilty so murder at the fair of Silvermines. Oh, my Lotto! (looking to the Bench) he is going to hang me before toy face." She cross-examined Shanahan, and a,k d him it he had not, in that Court-house, been tried for murder? Yes, said he, but I got honour fOr it. After she had been sentenced to six months imprisonment, and while Shanahan was standing close to the dock, the psis tyr cautiously approached tiim, and bestowed a hearty blow of her fist on his cheek, which convul.ed the Court with laughter, in which Shanahan himself joined. The Judge directed her to be placed again at the bar, and said, " Mary Ryan, 1 have just sentenced you to six months' imprisonmenz—you are now sen tenced to be confined in gaol twelve months." 1 EXECUTION OF JOHN KEILY—THURSDAY. .. , Scarcely was this atrocious criminal removed from the bar, when he. felt all the horrors of remorse in the very bitterness of his soul. He despaired of making peace with his Gob, yet implored the mercy of Heaven in a sort of delirious devotion. His cries were terrific— no language could describe the agony of his compunc- tion. The Roman Catholic chaplain of the jail im- mediately proceeded to his cell, and succeeded, after 1 same time, in preparing his mind to receive the con elation' of religion. During the night he prayed in- 1 1 cessantly, and offered up his supplications with tears of Penitence streaming down his cheeks. At an early hour yesterday morning be was visited by Dr. Fitzge rald, a Magistrate of this town, to whom he made a full disclosure of all the facts relating to the murder. During the whole of yesterday and last night, Keily ' still prayed . and wept almost without interruption.— This morning, at an early hour, the fatal rope which was so anon to terminate his existence, attracted the public gaze, while it hung out over the drop in front of the prison, and a large body of armed police, toge ther with a considerable military force, formed a circle immediately opposite the door, forbidding access to any person who had not the express permission of the 'Sheriff. About twelve o'clock the - whole street was crowded with spectators. The silence of death pre vailed on the occasion, and nothing was heard to dis turb the awful scene, which in a few minutes more was to take place, except the wild shriek of horror which at intervals was raised by the distracted mother of the criminal. Frantic in her sorrow, she kept her eyes fixed on :he rope, and tore her hair in hands full from her head while awaiting the dreadful catastrophe which was to deprive her for ever of an only son. It was im possible to behold her without feelings of pity and p- in, and many of the multitude were dissolved in tears. In the meantime the different prisoners, tried and un tried, presented a scene which it was truly pleasing to contemplate in such characters. Just at the moment that Kelly was led out . for execution, they all threw themselves prostrate on the earth, and poured ejacula tions to EIZAVMI to have mercy on his soul. The solemn procession moved along through the dark 'passages of the prison, followed by the execu tioner, who wore a black crape over his face. The penitent murderer now presented himself, with his arms strongly pi T oned , and his . eyes up towards that dread tribunal 'which be tr bled to approach. He varied not his prayer from t rft the time he his cell; but no prayer could be more suited to .a man who had the blood of hisfellow-anan to account for. He ceased not to exclaims, while the Priest still continued to exhort, " Jesus, no of the living Goo, have mercy on nay soul r With this ejacula dos on his lips he was launched into eternity, exciting no other Mims among the crowd than that of Intense horror at his crime. in minaequence of the rope not having been properly adjusted, be struggled a long time, and it was nearly fifteen minutes before the vital spark was entirely extinct. After hanging about forty minutes, the body was cut down and taken of in a cart to the County Infir mary, amidst the savants and lamentations of a group of mourners, Who were allowed to place themselves beside it. Colonel Bagwell, Massey Dawson, Es+ and some other Gentle nen of distinction, were present at the execution. One of the Jamaica Papers last received, contains a copy of a petition from the House of Assembly of the island, which was presented to the King on the 20th of April last. It professes to appeal to the Sovereign for protection from the fatal consequences of the dis cussions respecting the Slave-trade, which took place in the House of Commons, which the petitioners consider as the cause of the recent disturbances, by which " their lives had been exposed to imminent danger, and their property depreciated to one-half its value." They claim, therefore, conipensition for the losses sustained, and that some sectirity znar be provided, by the wisdom of Parliament, against a recurrence of those calamities. A license of the KING in Council has been obtained, by. Messrs. FOORD and DRAKERORD, agents, authorizing the repairs of a British ship, now lying in the river Thames, of SB4 tons, at a port in the Baltic. This is one of the first fruits of the combination among the operative shipwrights, and as their disputes with the masters are now settled, we hope it will be the last. Yesterday morning, while two men were employed taking down the front wall of two houses in Fleet-street, near St. Brides Chur c h , part of the floor of the second story gave way , whin they fell with a quantity of rub bish to the first floor, and were so seriously injured, that one of them was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's ' Hospital, with-little hopes of recovery. A few days since, at a match of cricket in Lord I;:lacaa's Park, Mr. JOHN Manes, a respectable farmer at Kimpton, received a. blow from the ball upon his nose, which continued to bleed, with very little inter mission, until Friday, when he died from the excessive loss of blood. ,~ ~ u~ ._ . . SPOltriAt IFTELLIP ENCE: • . •. • . • GREINWICH ROWING/ *ATM.- This match was made between six watertnenbelooging to Green. *kb, to row for prizes given by subscription of the inbabilante of Greenwich and its neighbourhcoti. The first man Was to be en titled to a new wherry valued at 231. the second wacto effective ill cash 51. the third 21.105. the fourth 21. the fifth 11. 10e. and the last 11: The names of the watermen appointed Were as fellow ; First Heat—C. Warner, Pink • J. Field, Dark Blue ; G. Petrie; Yellow.—Second Heat—W. B rown, Green; S. Weeks; Orange; T. Everson, Sky Bine. For the Third Heat the second and third men of the hen former beats rowed against each other, and the two best of %belie four rowed with the victors in the first knd second heat, to lettki which two should be entitled to the last grand heat. 'lle distance was the whole length of Greenwich and back again, nakintin all about two miles and a half. At about half after eleven, thuPink ; Dark Blue, and Yellow, started for the first beat, and with very little trouble it was won by Yellow, who kept ahead the wbold way. In the second heat Orange was equally victorious; and nit the third heat, Pink and Green coming in first, became entitled to be placed with Yellow and Orange, for the fourth heat. They were not, however, able to advantage themselves anything by this fresh chance, for the two latter distanced them on the whole way by some boats' length, which brought the match to the final beat ; and this was, perhaps, the best contested of the whole. Both boats kept c lose to one another nearly the whole way, though it was evident that Yellow's superior strength was enough to enable him at any time to bear away the belle; or, in this instance, the boatfrom his antagonists. The match was not over till seven o'clocla s and the order in which the boats were entered for the prizes, was— Yellow, 1 ; Orange, 2; Green, 3 ; Pink, 4; Sky Blue, 5 ; and Dark Blue, 6. QUKENHITHE MATCH. This Annual Regatta took place on Monday, and produced a pod deal of sport. Tue following are the names of the men appointed to row for the boat, witL their distinguishing colours : FlitST SZAT. 5W.00116 HZAT. Edward Bourne, Orange I Benjamin Bird, Pink George Max tin, Scarlet • John Robins, Blue James Thomas, Green I John Wallinger, Yellow. The boats were started from the buoys rather abo ve Queenhithe, and nearly opposite Paul's Wharf, down the river as far as a boat moored off Calvert's brewhouse, beck again up the North shoie as far as the Starting -post, and siain back to Calvert's—the Prize. wherry being moored off the Queenhithe Stairs. After an hour's rest, Scarlet, Green, Pink, and Blue, were started for the final heat. After a very short contest, it became apparent that Jiluc was the winning boat, and on her "coming in -first, received the Prize Wherry as the reward of his exertions amid the applause. of the multitude, SPARRING. The Championship of England is considered by most of the fait. den as hanging by, and Crawley haying been announced as the man who aspired to it, the attendance for hie benefit at the Fives' Court, yesterday, was numerous, considering that London Is out oltown. Ward did nut appear, bin he had partisans there, to do . anything for him, had there been a ehallenr. The setting-to gave satisfaction ; and Crawley and Cannon finished the bouts in style. MATCH FOR 1000 SOVEREIGNS. The Return Match between the Hampshire and theses Clubs commenced on Monde) , in Brantshill Park; in the presence of it very great assemblage of visitors. Several of the players have betn changed, and the play has, in consequence, been inferior to that in the first game. J. liroadbridge's batting and bowling is greatly missed by the Susses Gentlemen, whose scoring, it will be sees, bas fallen shun of the match in I'etworth Park. The following is a statement of the first inning, which was played on Monday, (the second was begun irrthe evening, sould not but be concluded) HAMPSHIRIL.•••4IIIMiT INNINGS. M. Deedes b. W. Broadbridge 5 . Knight b. Serie . Joliffe, run out . 8 T. Beasley, b. Serie . 0 Crimble, s. Hooker 12 Foster e. Thamwood 3 J. Beasley, run out . 25 H. Knight, b. Serie 0 Maynard, b. Hooker 10 Roberts, b. Serie . 8 Burt, not out 0 dyes • 0 SOSSEX.-•••1111.11311111114611. Hill, b. Burt 0 Ligbt, s. J. Beagley . Hooker, run out 4 W. Bro,adbridge e. Maynard S Warren e. Crimble . 1 C. Dilloway. not out . 1 S J. Tbumwoodo. J. Beagley 0 Bayley, `'Roberts . 2 J. Dillovray, a. J. Beagley Serle, b. Deed** • 12 Ayling, e. Roberts . I Lyea 0 ACCIDENT l.v cRussING THE SANDS FROM I.4.VCASTER TO ULVERSTONE. Saturday the four-horse :stage colds left Lancaster for Ulverstone about three o'clock in the afternoon, the tide then serving for crossing the sands of the bay of Morecambe, which it is necessary to pass in order to save a circuitous route of nearly thirty miles. To those unacquainted with the locality of this past of Lanca shire it may be proper to expl in, that the bay of Morcambe runs a considerable distance up the country, and at 'high water presents a large arm of the I i:h Sea. When the tide is out the sands are dry, and horses and carriages pass over from Hest Bank, on the Lancaster side, to Cark, a distance of ten miles, without any in terruption but that arising from the necessity of fording the channels of tsfo or three fresh-water streams. These streams, which run with considerable velocity when the tide is out, are provincially termed taut by the country people, but a:e in general passed by horses, carts, and carriages, without inconvenience. Guides are usually in attendance, and precede the pas sengers, sounding the channel with a long pole, to as certain any alteration that may have been made by the shifting of the sands. The coach was loaded both with passengers and luggage, and, as it is stated, rather too heavily on the top. On entering the eau, which is about half way over the, sands, the current was found unusually strong—the wind also bloW ing at the same time extremely Iced). From these combinel causes, the horses moved for wird with much difficulty, and when in the centre of the weans, the coach, with all its cargo, went over. Hap pily the passengers all gained their ft ming, and. after great efforts to preserve their lives, reached the bank. : — Te coachman, with great presence of mind, set to work to release his horses, .nd succeeded in cutting the har ness so as to extricate three of them, but his knife broke in his attempt to liberate the fourth, which, with the coach and luggage, was carried out to sea, and hitherto there have been no tidings of them. Behind the stage coach, a carriage with four horses followed, in which were two Ladies, who, seeing the catastrophe that took place before them, uttered the most piercing screams for help ; the drivers, however, very pru dently kept on a steady course, and, though the current and the wind were so violent as to threaten the most immin.nt danger to them all—the carriage not being loaded at the top, was less exposed, and fortunately reached the opposite bank in safety. Accidents' have, in several instances, happened in crossing these sands, but they generally originated, either in the ignorance or imprudence of the parties attempting to make the pas. sage without guides, or at an imprope- state of the tide—but such an accident as this which ref a- - wel • b 4.. ted has never be:ore happened. There is no remedy by any human art, for the possible inconvenience of this passage, which, indeed is considered so trifling, that country people, who cross the sands weekly. in market carts during their whole lives, would - not easily be pa r suaded to increase their journey by a circuit of thirty miles, when the same point can be reached ierten miles by crossing the sands. A fight took place on Sunday evening sensight, in Fermoy, between some soldiers of the 10.1) and 84th regiments. --" A drummer of 'the Noah Coi k Militia, named Fitzgerald, wishing to avoid the combatants, attempted to swim across the river, but bunk within-a few yards dale opposite bank. , •