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THE KING, &c. WINDSOR, WEDNIIIDAY, Aua..l3. THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS MAJESTY' BIRTH DAY. This event, at all times calculated to inspire the most joyous feelings, was yesterday celebrated with peculiar gaiety. The town was unusually full, visitors having all iaed not only irons the neghbouring towns and villa ges, but from the more distant parts of this and the ad joining counties. At 12 o'clock ther Royal Highnesses t he Dukes of CUMBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and Prince GEORGE of Cum- FERLAND, accompanied by Marquis CONYNGHAM, Lord and Lady GRAVES, Lord ST. HELENS, Lord CHES. Tk:RFIELD, Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, and other VIIitOTS at the Hoy l Lodge, arrived at the Castle, where Viey were received by Mr. WYATVILLE, and conducted to the north front, where a portion of the terrace had been railed in, preparatory to the ceremony of laying the first stone of a new tower, called after our Gracious SOVEREIGN, and the interior of which will form part of tie intended Waterloo Guard Chamber. His Majesty's unrivalled collection of ancient armour will grace the walls of this Gothic Saloon, relieved by appropriate works of modern art. The necessary preparations tfkving been made, Prince GEORGE of CUMBERLAND, a‘sis ed by his Royal Father and Uncle, placed the stone, and applied the trowel and level according to the cus tomary form ; when, upon a concerted signal, the bells of tt e Parish Church and Castle pealed forth their joyous notes. Shortly after the conclusion of the ceremony, her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, accompanied by Lady MARY TAYLOR and MISS WYNYARD, joined her Royal Relatives, having come from Frogmore Lodge across the Little Park. The assembled party then proceeded to the Round Tower, where having in spected the plans and model of the impruvemeots and additions about to be made to that venerable part of the edifice, the Duke of CAMDRIDOE and Prince treamiGa of CUMBERLAND proceeded to lay the first stone of the new turret, the spectators hailing the event with repeated cheers. The Royal Party they, after a brief survey of the remaining pats of the Castle, left for the Royal Lodge, where his Majesty's Visitors were augmented by the Dukes of WELLINGTON and DORSET, Prince and Princess Li EVEN, the Honout able Mr. ARTHUR STANHOPE and his Lady, and the Misses GRAVES. In the evening, a banquet on the most magnificent scale was prepared, the coup iceil presenting a splendid union of taste and grandeur. The KING'S private band were habited, for the first time, in a new State dress, t're richness of which called forth jtht encomiums; the ground is royal purple, enriched by gold lace and scarlet ; the front of the cap is orna mented by beautifully chased emblems of military tro phies and musical instruments, surmounted by the Royal Arms, Crown, and Crest, and having at the base a lyre with a music batik engraved with the notes of God save Oa King. HISMAJESTY was in the enjoyment of excellent health, and received the congratulations of his Royal Relatives and itunguished Guests with that kind and cordial af fability that has so universally endeared him to every class of his subjects. At two o'clock a Royal salute was fired from the new battery at the Belvidere, overlooking Virginia Water. The ordnance used on this occasion were the long twelve and twenty.four pounders that were taken by Prince WILLIAM Duke of CUMBERLAND, in his Continental campaigns in the reign of GEORGE 11. and subsequently formed part of the materiel of his ;lasi at the battle of Culloden. The Private Bind ontinued playing till twelve o'clock, concerted pieces and quadrilles succeeding alternately, when his MA JESTY retired, and the Royal Guests separated. While this, the highest add most illustrious party in the kingdom, comprising individuals loved, honoured, and venerated by every class of society to whom their names and worth are known, were celebrating the glad dening Anniversary, the more humble ranks were not furgotten. The KING had kindly given orders that the whole of the workmen employed at the Castle, above 500 in number, should be provided with a dinner ; and, emulating the example furnished by his MAJESTY, ike master tradesmen, in the majority of instances, presided at the entertainments of their men. Through not the whole, harmony, conviviality, and pleasure reigned, and not a single incident occurred to throw a gloom over the general joy. The resident Gentry and principal inhabitants of the town and its vicinity dined at the Town Hall, his MAJESTY hating graciously deurei the Stewards' acceptance of a couple of fine bucks as part of the banquet. The Hon. and Rev. HIMRY HOBART, Dean of WindsorAmiN RAI.ISBOTTOM, Esq. M.P. the Rev. ISAAC GOSSET, and several neigh- I•ouring Clergymen, Captain FORBES, RN. JEFFREY WYATVILLE, Esq. and several of the Gentry from Stoke Green and the neighbourhood, were among the Company. The MAYOR was in the Chair, and the cus tomary loyal toasts were given and received with the utmost cordiality. In the Bachelors' Acre, the succes sion of rustic sports amused an immense multitude throughout the day, and were terminated by a display of 6r.-works, under the personal superintendence of SOUTHEY. The illuminations were general and bril liant. Not a single accieent occurred to check the all pervading happiness ' and we close onr account of the day's le s ti va l w ith the fervent with that our beloved MONARCH may enjoy many a repetition of the day's enjoyment: The Jamaica papers to the 2d ult. state, that the Dose Admiral bad given notice that several piraticarvessels had appeared of Cuba. and thus cruisers bad beets sent after these. but huherto these freebooters had eluded the pursuers. The only Newspaper published at Naples contains little more than an exact Journal of all the movements of all Sovereigns, except occasionally inserting " curious occurrences," which it recounts in a curious manner. Foe example: it related some time since, that an Eng lish surgeon had killed his wife with a poker.: and added, in a note, " non sappiano se queslo pokero sin ono 'arumento domestico o chirurgico"—we do not knew rf this pdero be a domestic or surgical instrument. From the abuncidnce of work of every description which is at p resen t to b e had, and from the low price of provisions, the working classes may be said to be in Possession of the comforts of life to a greater degree than at any period for some years. Provisions of all hinds are much cheaper than at this time last year. Butcberit' meat is about 2d. a pound below last year's !Met. The best oatmeal was last year selling at 14d. it la now ls. and in potatoes there is the same difference. -.Glasgow Chronicle. Yesterday morning a journeyman silk weaver, who had been a few weeks ago convicted of cutting the ora aufactured silk of his employers (Messrs. Rugg and Co.) from the loom, and selling it, underwent the punish. went of a public whipping for 100 yards down the Bethnal gree n - roa d. A t t h e p r evious whippings it was s4rd by some of the bystanders that they would take th e Punishment for a pint of gin. This reached the ears of Mister Cieshire, and he, considering that it had a tendency to question the discharge of his public duty, has determined to convince them of the contrary.— ' :log the 100 yards the prisoner received 56 lashes. e. p. t. CHUTENHANI, Ammar 12. His MAJESTY'S birth-day was gisserved here by the morning being ushered in with the ringing of bells. The magnificent walk of the Old Well had large flags distributed at intervals. The band at this Weil com menced their performances with Gorr save the Kig," on the entrance of the Duke of MANCHESTER. The national Anthem was also played by the band of the Montpellier Spa. on the arrival of the Duke of GiLou- CUTER. His Royal Highness promenaded for a short time with the Duke of MANCHESTER. The Duke of GLOUCRSTER left here this afternoon for Portsmouth, of which town his Royal Highness has lately been ap pointed Governor, in order to take possession of his office. After remaining at Portsmouth some time, his Royal Highness, it is expected, will visit the Isle of Wight. The Subscription Ball at the Assembly Rooms last night was very numerously attended. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. _ _ Lord Forester, for Willie Lady Anne Beckett, for Brighton, on her way to Dieppe; Captain and Mrs. Prescott, at their house, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Brighton ; Major and Mrs. Buller, for Harrowgate; Captain and Mrs. Hood, for Ramsgate ; Major Keene, for Dublin ; Mrs. and Miss Newn ham, for Tunbridge Wells; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Leigh, for Wel lington-crescent, Ramsgate; the Dean of St. Asaph, from Worces ter, for St. Asaph; Major Stafford, for Warwick; Mrs. and Miss Stoughton, for East Cowes, in the Isle of Wight ; Captain Butler, for Chatham; Captain Burnaby, for Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire; General Eden, at Fenton's Hotel, Sc. James's -street, from his seat in Surrey; Captain Thorpe, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Haggett and family, g Gould's Hotel, Jermytt-street, from a tour; the Reverend Archdeacon Heathcote, Mrs. Heatbcote, and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from a tour; Captain and Mrs. Dyer, in Brook.street, from Brussels; the Marquis and Mar clones. of Downshire, from Long's Hotel, Bond.strot, for their seat in Berks ; Mr. and Lady Barbara Ponsonby, fro& their house in St. Janses's.square, for the Isle of Wight ; Sir lames Graham, Ban. from bis house in Portland-place, for his seat in .Cumber. hod; the Honourable Henry de Roos, from Park-place, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herbert and family, from the London Hotel, Albernarle.street, for Paris; Lord Longford, from ditto, for Dublin; Count de Mootron, from Albemarle -street, for Brighton; Major Eyre, from Regent-street, for Cheltenham; Captain Batty, R.N. from Hanover-square, for Portsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Ludlow, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Brighton. BLOCKADE OF MADEIRA. (Corr.) FORZIGN OVVICS, AUGUST 13. Sta—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acquaint, you, for the information of the Committee at Lloyd's, that intelligence has been received at this Office, that an effective Blockade of the port of Funchal, in the island of Madeira, has been declared by the Government existing in Portugal.—l am, &c. (Signed) DUNGLAS. The Chairman or the Committee at Lloyd's. The following notice is posted at Lloyd's from the Office of the Portuguese Consulate, dated London, August 13: Sta—Having received instructions from his Excellency Viscount de &STAMM, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Lisbon, under date the 28th ult. to make it known in this country, that an effective blockade has been established off the Pert of t►e city of Funchal, in the island of Madeira, I should feel much obliged if you would cause this notice to be made public at Lloyd's, for the information of merchants and others whom it may concern. (Signed) F. J. S AM PAYO. To the Agent of Lloyd's. PIRACY OF THE MORNING STAR. Admiralty Once, August 11. Ste.--I am commanded by his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that his Royal Highness's anxiety to bring to justice the perpetrators of the piracy on the Morning Star, has indueed his Royal Highness to send his Majesty's steam vessel the Echo expressly to Cadiz, ,with the three following wit nesses, viz. Mr. George Bushby, the chief mate, and Andrew Beyerman, the steward of the Morning Star, and Sergeant Charles Wilkinson, of the Royal Staff corps, one of her passengers, in order that they may give their evidence against the persons stated to be in prison at Cadiz and Gibraltar, under suspicion of having been concerned in the piracy. And the Secretary of State has written to blLllajeay's Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, and the British Con. sul a t z, to urge the Spanish Authorities to have these men brought to full and impartial trial.-1 am, Sir, Ste. Ste. Mr. Bennett, Lloyd's. (Signed) J. W. CHOKER. THE ARMY. The 32d and 37th Regiments in garrison at Limerick, have re ceived orders to discontinue recruiting, although the establishment of both corps is incomplete. A Detachment of the 63d Regiment of Infantry embarked on Tuesday at Gravesend, as guards, on board the Governor Ready, convict ship, for New South Wales. A Detachment of the 55th Regiment of Foot embarked yes terday, on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. A Detachment of the 96th Regiment of In fantry marched yesterday from London for Portsmouth, on route to Plymouth. A Detachment of the 11th Regiment of Foct marched yesterday from London for Briatol, on route to Spike Island. Detachments of Invalids belonging to the 78th, 23d, and 97th Regiments of Infantry, arrived on Monday morning at Gravesend, from Ceylon, and marched to Fort Pitt Hospital, at Chatham. Detachments of Invalids belonging to the 15th, 66th, 71st, and 79th Regiments of Foot, and the Royal Staff Corps, arrived on board the Nestor transport, at Chatham, from Quebec. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Meru Asensio Tuts D►v.—Dublin I—Waterford I—Guernsey and Jersey I—Hamburgh —Flanders I—France 1. beat., Amuse 13.—Wind &E.—Arrived the Jane and Cathe rine, Beact.ar, from Jamaica. Five r.m.—The outward-bound have sailed, with the exception of the Christina Jane, for qibraltar. Poemnoorn, Ammer 13.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from London the Duke of York steamer, for Lisbon, Cadiz, and (iibr.iltar. A Swedish ship of war, from the Eastward, passed. Fausourn, Almost 12.—Wind &W.—Arrived from London the Onyx transport, Baown, for --. Arrived the Toler Cones, Taos, and Bolden, Nasimast, from Sunderland, for St. John's, New Brunswick, with loss of bulwarks, mainstay, and coat of mainmast split. Raxsaara, AUGUST 13.—The Liverpool packet, BLOAIRR, from Limerick to London, ran upon the Break last evening, and re mained till the flood, when sbe proceeded without damage. DARTMOUTH, Annum 12.—The cargo of the Hoffnung, KRAFT, from Stralsund to Liverpool" put in here in distress, must be landed, being heated. The Earl of Et.noir is prevented leaving town for his seat at Encombe, by the indisposition of the Countess. Yesterday was the birth-day of the Duchess of CLA. Sews. when her Royal Highness completed her thirty-sixth year. The Duke and Duchess of Cutareca gave a grand dinner in honour of the day, at their residence In Busby Park. The Duke of Call um= came from the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park tote present at the p arty. The Duke of CUHISBRLAND left the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, on Tuesday night, for his residence at Kew, where his Royal Highness slept, and came to town yesterday morning. The Duke of CLARENCE, the Duke of CAVIRIDOIII and Prince Gunton of CUM AAAAA no, took their departure yesterday from the Royal Lodge.:The two Dukes proceeded to the residence of the Duke of Ccannies, ib Beaky Park. Prince amass, accom panied by his Preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Jur, came to town to the residence of his Royal Father, in the King's Palace, St. James's. The French Ambassador was engaged in close con ference for a considerable time yesterday, both with the Duke of WILLINGTON and the Earl of A am. The Austrian Ambassador and the Marquis de PAL• mew. had interviews with the Earl of Muumuus yesterday, at the Foreign Office, Downing -street. The American Charge d'Affaires and Mr. CROICIR transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Dispatches dated the 29th ult. were yesterday re ceived at the Colonial Office, from the Lieutenant-Governor, Gen. Dow, G.C.B. and G.C.H. at Gibraltar) and from Major-General Ponsoster, at Malta. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES, Augur: 12. Tito Goodwood Stakewof 45 sou. sack, t 5 ft. Once round. Mr. S. Stonehewer's Souvenir, Sit 61b walked over Match for 50 sovs. T.Y.C. The Dube of Richmond's ch g Roundhead, Sit 51b Mr. Berkeley's bl f Poppy. 2 yrs, kst Sib . Woo cleverly. ... ~ ... 2 The St. Leger Stakes of 25 soya. each, for three yr olds, Bst 61b. each. Once round. Duke of Grafton's b c Lancastrian ... ... ... I Doke of Richmond's b c Hindostan ... .. ... St General Grosvenor's b c John de Bart ... ... Lancastrian took the lead, and won in a canter. Even betting, Hindostan agst the field; 5 to 1 apt John de Bart. The SO sous. Plate given by the City of Chichester was won by Mr. De Berp's Sunshine, aged, beating two others. The Drove Sweepstakes of 15 soy.. each, h ft. Two miles. Gentlemen riders. Mr. A. Berkeley's Sunshine, aged ... . . Mr. King's Migniosette, 5 yrs .. ... Won easily. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES, Avaysv IL A Sweepstakes of sa ....- -- -, - - .. 1 ... 2 Sweepstakes of ?A sou. each, 20 ft. for epics and fillies foaled in 1825. One mile. Seven Subscribers. ... 1 Mr. Delme Radcliffe's ch c Earl of Chester, Bst 31b Mr. Bacon's br c Alcaston, Bst Sib Mr. Gifford's b e Nimrod, ea 3lb The Ladies' Purse of .50 .vs. for maiden horses, &c. that never won that value. Heats twice round and a distance. Sir Wm. Wynn's ch c Stapeley, 3 yrs, 7st .. ... I 1 Mr. Denham's ch eby 13obadd, 3 yrs, 7st ... ... 2 3 Mr. Giffard's b e Nimrod, 3 yrs, 7st ... •-• 4 2 Mr. Massey's b e Ithonus, 3 yrs, 7st . . ... S dis The Tradesmen's Tureen, of 100 gs. added to a Handicap Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft. Twice round the course and a distance. Mr. Holyoate's br h Euxton, 5 yrs, Bst 911 v ... Mr. Giffard's b c Sampson, 4 yrs, Bst ... ... Mr. Beardswortb's br h Don Diego, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Sir W. W. Wynn's ch h Mayfly, 5 yrs, Bst 1 llb Twelve declared forfeit. ... 3 ... a A Plate of 50 sows. for all ages. Heats twice round and a distance. Sir W. Wynn's b f Sabrina, 4 yrs, 7st 13Ib . 1 1 Mr. Beardswortb's b h Silverlock, 4 yrs, est !lb .., 4 2 Mr. Green's b h Astrologer, 5 yrs, Sot 11Ib ... 3 3 Mr. Hall's b c Scamper, 4 yrs, list 21b won the first beat but was disqualified. COWES REG AT CA. Cowin, Auouse 12.—Yesterday the Dream, J. Campbell, Esq. and Elizabeth, J. Moore, Esq. sailed round the Isle of Wight for £6OO, a distance of 60 miles, which was won by the Dream. The Elizabeth got on shore, and afterwards got a.bead, and then carried away her bowsprit, which lost her the match. sits st AAAAA T ' S car. TOM H. M. I. Lullworth Joseph Weld, Esq. 127 3 6 26 Menai T. A. Smith. Fag. 175......3 6 28 Louisa Earl of Belfast , 159 3 9 32 Miranda ........James Maxse, Esti ....... .. ..147 3 16 23 Therese • Earl of Chesterfield l2l 3 18 45 The Hebe, Harriet and Owen Glendower gave up before arriv ing at the starting vessel; the Charlotte, Peri and Dolphin with drew before starting.—This match was the prettiest and most in teresting ever witnessed, and was won by the Luliworth by only two short seconds. She went the course, 52 miles, in 3 hours, 6 minutes and 26 seconds. GRAND SAILING MATCH. Yesterday a grand Sailing Match took place for a splendid Silver Cup and Cover, given by the liberal Proprietors of the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, in honour of the Birth-day of her Royal High ness the Duchess of Clarence, between the tiuder-rnentioned boats of the Clarence Yacht Club, viz.— Names. Tons. Owners. Paragon 6 Mr. J. D. Bishop ... Whereof. Rowena 6 T. Groves : ..... .. —Chelsea. Thomas and Amelia 5 H. Compton Battersea. Venus 5 T. Hughes Hammersmith. Clarence 7 T. Sawyer Hammersmith. Adelaide ..-. 4 E. Wheeler ...... .. —Vauxhall. The Swift of Lambeth, and the Apollo of the Adelphi, were entered but did not start. The boats were distinguished by each having the number of its station on the peak of its mainsail. About three o'clock the above-named boats took their stations at West minster Bridge, and in about half an hour after the Commodore of the Clarence Yacht Club gave the signal, when they started to sail round a boat moored a short distance below Hammersmith Bridge, and back part the Surrey side of a boat moored just above Vaux hall Bridge. There was nearly a calm at starting, but no the boats passing Lambeth, a slight breeze sprung up, and the Venus went a-head, the Thomas and Amelia, the Adelaide, and Paragon, being neatly together, but the Rowena anji Clarence evidently in t he rear. On coming through Vauxhall Bridge, the Venus was some dis tance a-head, but previous to their reaching .Battersea a material difference took place, the Rowena and Clarence passing the others, and ultimately going by the Venus. In consequence, however, of some manceuvring between the Clarence and Rowena. the steerer of the latter being determined that his opponent should not out-general him in tactics, the Venus again took the lead, and went finial the boat above Hammersmith, first followed by the Rowena. On coming down, a fine contest took place between the Venus and Rowena, but notwithstanding the excellent steering of Mr. Jahn son, the Venus arrived at Vauxhall first by about a minute and a half. The Rowena was second, the Clarence third, 'he Adelaide fourth, the Thomas and Amelia fifth, and the Paragon sixth. The weather was extremely unpropitious for the occasion, it raining heavily throughout the contest. The match was one of the best ever 'rimmed among the Clarence Yacht Club Boats, and gave considerable gratification to the few who weathered the storm to witness it. GLASGOW, AUGUST 11. There is at present living in Cochrane-street, Glas gow, a woman named Elizabeth Muir, but better known by the name of Widow MlDonald, who, on Tuesday last, according to her own statement, com pleted her 1023 year. According to a Bible in her possession. she was born in the Bridgegate on the 4th of August 1726. Her mental powers she affirms to be as strong and active as they were when she was in the prime of life. and she enjoys in general excel lent health. Her light has in a great measure failed her, but otherwise she has experienced few of the troubles and weakness incident to old age. She is tall, and her form still retains all the erectness, and much of the activity of youth. From her appearance, a person would suppose her to be about 70 years of age. She appears to be a woman cf intelligence, and converses with great fluency about many circumstances that had occurred in her youth. Like almost all very old people, the rebellion of 1745, and the looks and appear. ance of the Pretender, are favourite subjects,. and she relates with enthusiasm an interview which she had with " Prince Charlie," while tented with his followers. She had presented him in his own tent with some very fine cakes, with which he expressed himself highly pleased, and clapping her on the shoulder, said in a 6 4French-like way," as she expresses it, " you be very good cook." In other things her reminiscences are equally vivid. She says she recollects since the Broomielaw was overgrown I with broom bushes. She was twice married, and had 15 children; all of whom are dead, and she knows of no rela- 1 tion on earth; 35. 6d. per month from St. David's parish is all that is provided for the sustenance of this aged woman by the public institutions of the city, and she is under the necessity of depending on private charity for the re lief of those wants which must press upon her old age.-- She has a certain somber of families whom she visits every Saturday, and receives a weekly allowance from them. She never tastes whisky throughout the year; but at every return of her birth-day she indulges her self in buying one half mutcbkin, with which the visits and treats her charitable friends. Her dress is always uncommonly neat and clean, and on Sabbath the attires herself in her best, and goes regularly to Church. There are few cities which enjoy the unenviable dis- 1 tinction of having beet ) more frequently besieged than Constantinople. From the time of ALCINIADZS to that of MOH AIIMID IL it has undergone four.and-twenty sieges ; the first and the last, with those of Savanna,' CONSTANTIN; DA NDOLO, and MICHAIIo PALACOLOOUS, were, however, the only occasions on which the a:sail ants were not repulsed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MONMOUTH ASSIZES, Amon IL CROW!. SIDS. Johx Farmer and k.dtvard TWompiox, aliat'asuraf — Hewitt, were removed by habeas corpus hither from &Afford County Gaol, charged, on the .oaths of Henry Jones and others, with having feloniously stolen, taken, and led away. from a stable belonging to Ciceley Wat kins, one dark brown mare, one black horse. one light brown mare, a pack-saddle. three bridles. and several bags, the property of the said Ciceley Watkins. I'he prisoners (as we have before stated) are two of a gang of horse stealers who have long acted in concert together throughout the whole of the kingdom, and who hsve been in the habit of stealing horses for the last ten years, and sending them to the Continent, through she medium of respectably-dressed individuals, who have arsumed the characters of Gehtlemen, and sent them as their own. The prisoners, on being placed at the bar, both pleaded guilty. The Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Gaunter) remon strated with the prisoners, and told them that it was not prudent for them Co plead as they had done, because they were not to suppose that their fate, whatever it might be, would be the least the lighter from their present plea. The prisoners, however, both persisted, and acknow ledged that alt-r their perfect c , msciousners of . their own guilt, it was utterly useless to deny it, and they hoped that mercy would be extended to them. " The Jury, unJer these circumstances, found both pri• soners Gaiky. WELLS, Aucvn 11. The Commission was opened on Satorday last, and the business of the county commenced this morning at ten o'clock. Mr. Justice PARK pre,ides in the Crown Court. In charging the Grand Jury, his Lordship complained much of the negligence of the Magistrates, in not having, in compliance with the Act of Parlia ment, returned the depositions at the Judge's lodgings on the day appointed for the opening of the Commis■ siori. About half of them had been brought to him last night (Sunday night) after ten, and those which related to the most important cases were only handed to him this morning, on entering the carriage to come to Court. • His Lordship having stated that the Magis trates were liable to be fined for their neglect, went on to make observations upon a charge of rape, in which the circumstances were of a singular nature. The woman, Newvm, was unmarried, but living in a state of concubinage with a man named Triblett, in the house of the prisoner Jenkins. Triblett, upon one occa sion, left home with the declared intention of not re turning that night, and did not return. In Vie course of the night the prisoner visited the woman's bed•cham• bet., and there the fact occurred, to ascertain the cha racter of which was the object of the present indictment. The woman, who made no resistance, alleged that she was deceived, believing the MAR to be Triblett, her paramour. Mr. Justice PARK told the Grand Jury that these facts would not support a charge of rape, as the female herself had been a consenting party. His Lordship mentioned a case where the circumstances were the. same as in the present instance, except that in the for mer case the woman was married. In that case the majority of the twelve had hoiden that the act did not amount to rape, as the woman had not opposed it.— He (Mr. Justice Palk) was of opinion, that in the case of a married woman the fraud ought to be considered as equivalent with force, but he was in a small minority, and the greater part of the Judges decided otherwise. After some observations on other cases, the Grand Jury retired. George Howarth was then brought np to receive the judgment of the Court. The prisoner had been, at the last assizes at Taunton. convicted on a charge of havitig feloniously and maliciously cut and maimed a person named Oxley, with a view to prevent his lawful appre hension and detainer. The prisoner hAd broken, at midnight, into Oxley's outhouse, where he was observed by a third person, who went to alarm Oxley at his drivel ling house. Before the parties returned to arrest Howarth, he had quitted the premises of Oxley, and was detected under a bush in a neighbouring garden. There, when they attempted to arrest him, he drew a sword, and severely wounded Oxley in the bead and elsewhere. Mr. Earle, at the trial, made, on the pri. ' soner's pan, several objections, which were overruled by the Judge. Ooe question, however, was reserved for the consideration of the twelve Judges : it was, whe- Elur the arrest of Howarth, not having taken place where he had been detected in the commission of felony, was legal or not? The Judges decided that all the cir cumstances of the case made but one transaction, and that the arrest ought to be considered as if it had been effected at Oxley's house, and that it was therefore legal, and the resistance felonious. The prisoner was sen tenced to transportation for life. Nothing else loftiest. ing occurred in this Court to-day, except that some persons had the boldness to attempt a robbery, in the Court, and that they not only succeeded in committing the robbery, but also in escaping. HOME CIRCUIT—MAIDSTONE, Assam 13. _ . James &udder stood charged with having adminis tered to Susan Cloudy, at Sutton-at-Hone, certain de- • leterious drugs. The prosecutrix, a girl of ordinary appearance, and apparently about twenty years old, deposed, that in the spring of the present year she was living as servant with Mr. Nicholson, a farmer, near Sutton-at-Hone; the prisoner was in the same employ, and also lived in the house; an intimacy took place between them, and she was led to suppose she had become enceinte in con sequence. Three months after the commencement of the intimacy, she told the prisoner she was in that state; she had then quitted Mr. Nicholson's service; the pri soner met her by appointment after she had made that communication:unit - gaselier a small phial, containing a liquid which he advised her to take; she drack the contents of the phial, and was shortly after taken ill, and vomited excessively ; she has since ascertained that sbe was mistaken in supposing she was in the family way. Cross-examined—On leaving Mr. Nicholson's service she went to live with Mr. Pritchard, at Sidcup. She stayed there four months ; has had no place since,.but is living with her mother; she had a sweetheart befo re the prisoner, but was never so intimate with him as she had been with the prisoner ; she never purchased any drugs at Dartford during her acquaintance with her first sweetheart. The bottle which had contained the liquid was pro. doted in Court, but, in consequence of the absence of a witness, it could not be proved that nothing had been put into the bottle atter its delivery to the prosecutrix by the prisoner, and the evidence, therefore, as to the kind of drug it contained could not be gone into. This, however, turned out to be of no consequence, as one of the counts charged the drug to be a certain unknown one. Upon this count a verdict of Guilty was recorded. Sentence was deterred, a point being reserved for the consideration of the twelve Judges, as to whether an in dictm en t for an attempt to procure abortion could hold .1