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BRUSSELS, JuLv 27. I had not visited this town since 1815. Thirteen years base produced a very great change in the appearance v r ere city and in the manners of the inhabitants. At CIA period the King was extremely disliked ; there existed an universal wish that Belgium should be separ.ited from Holland, and limns a part of the French territory. But the Princes of the House of Orange have always been remarked for their shrewd ness and political talents in Mining adverse events to their own advantage; and this was the case in the present instance. His Majesty watched with at tention tl , e conduct of the French Government ; and observing the errors into which the Ministers were falling, he resolved to pursue a directly opposite course. Thus, u hilst France was fettering the liberty of the press, King William afforded patronage and assistance, not only to native authors and printers, but also to the French who had been persecuted in their own country for political opinions. While Decazes was encouraging Jesuitism and annoying Protestants, the 3elgiuni Monarch was obtaining a Concordat, and s code of religious laws, for the equal protection of Protestants and Catholics. Louis increased the national debt by the unpopular and silly measure of sending his troops across the Pyrennees ; and his successot, by the indemaity to the Emigrants, laid a dead weight upon the country of forty millions ster ling ; and, clueing this time the Belgian Ministers were cultivating the artsc f peace, establishing wise laws, and pi °letting agriculture and commerce. The consequence of this skilful policy may be easily foreseen; the King has become truly beloved by his subjects, who are grate ful for the happiness be has bestowed upon them ; and a-, in 1815, every one was wishing to belong to France, now you would scarcely find a person who is not satis fied with his political situation. From the conversations I have had with Noblemen,Merchants,and Landholders, a is not exaggerating to say that Belgium is at present the happiest country in Europe. The whole country between this town, Ghent, Mech lin, and Antwerp, is in the highest state of cultivation, although the crops appear to have suffered from the rain, particularly lye, of which there is a great abun dance in these parts. I have recently visited the mag nficent estate of Count Masai:, the Grand Veneur, and was much pleased in inspecting several immense decoys for wild ducks; there are none in England to be am with on so grand a scale. One of the gams:- keepers assured me that in winter time, during a hard frost, 1,5(X) to two thousand couple of wild ducks are caught, and in a favourable season, most of the towns within 100 miles of Bo; ahem are supplied with them at the rate of Is. 2d. a couple. In the middle of this estate these is a lake about seven miles in length, which many centuries ago formed a branch cf the Scheldt. Here I beheld for the first time, a novel and amusing mode of angling, or rather in making ducks angle for you. To the legs of half a dozen tame ducks, short lines, with books and bits are attached ; the bird swims about, and as the lake is well stocked with fish, in a few minutes they ate sure to bite; a struggle then takes place between the duck and thelfish, the latter attempting to escape, and the bird endeavouring to get to shore, where the instant he arrives, a good supply of food is given to him. The scene is only hidicr.rus, some wilt say cruel, when;as it happened whilst I was present, a large pike seizes the bait ; the poor bird struggles with all his might to reach the batik, but is ften pulled under water, and would, in tie case I am speaking of, hive been drowned, had not a person gone out in a brat to his assistance. • The Duke of Susaci gave a grand dinner to the Duke of CLIIIISALAND and a select party of the Nobility and Gen try on Tbutk:4, at his apaitments in the Zing's Palace, at Nev.- sington. The Duke of CLARSNCE was expected to leave Ply mouth oo Thursday, in the Royal Yacht, on his tent% to Ports mouth. Tt.e Duchess of CLAIIIIICII and suite Were expected to leave Plymouth toe same day, on their return to her Royal High. uess's residence ha Bushy-park. A Cabinet Counctl was held at fear o'clock yester day afternoon, at t►e Foreign Office, Downing-street, which was attended by— The Du►e of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Mel ville, Lord Ellenborough, Air. Secretary Peel, Sir George Murray, ins Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Berries, and Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald. The Lord Chancellor joined the other Ministers soon after five o'clock. The Ministers continued in deliberation till near lii o'clock. The LORD MAYOR and a deputation of the Corpora tion of thy city of London waited on the Lords of the Treasury yesterday, and had a long couference with their Lordships. The Duke of WILLINGTOII, as First Lord of the Treasury, presided at tte meeting. The Duke of WaradmoToN gave a grand dinner yes terday to some of the Foreign Amliasbadors and Ministers, and some foreigners of distinction, at his residence, Apsleyliouse. The E4ll of ABERDEIN gave grand dinner patt4s yesterday and en Thursday, at Argyll House, at which his Lord ship entertataed the whole of the Foreigo Ambassadors and Ali- Lbw*. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entertained the Cabinet Monsters to dinner on Wednesday, at his residence in Downing-street. The Marquis de PALMILLLA and Viscount STRANG nab had interviews with the Earl of ASSROILLN yesterday, at the Furtip Mee, Downing -street. Mr. PHILLIPS, Under Secretary of State for the Done Department, kft town yesterday morning for the Continent. The late Archbishop of CANrEssuax is said to have left options at the disposal of his successor to the amount of at least ten thousand pounds per annum. • Tae office of the French Ambassador has been, for the las: fortright, thronged with passport hunters, whose spare cash, as the proverb has it, " burns in their pocket." Much to the credit of the country (in which the Press may claim some share), gaming of all descriptions has fallen off among the higher circles, to a degree hardly credible, consider. Ong how strong the mania was a short time Since. The Seine rose the other day in several places neatly three tett le a few bouts, in consequence of the great rains is Ise:Lundy. Saturday, as Captain G. W. MANBY was proceeding to Norwich by the Dart, Yarmouth coach, while the horses were [banging at Acle, and in the act of descending from the coach, by tte sopping of the ladder, he bad the misfortune to fall and break to leg. At ' he Oxford City Court yesterday, William Johnson, a joureyman shoeniaker, complained that a society of shoemakers, c•itrd shops-meetings, existed in this place, connected with othe► sccirties throughout the kingdom, and that two delegates had called on his (Johnson's) employer, Mr. Lucas, and insisted upon his discharging him from his employ; that Mr. Lucas had, in come flume t►ereof, discharged him, and that be, his wife, and all his children, were forced to seek for refuge in the House of Industry. 'Miscast was attentively listened to by the Court, and Mr. Dicke. son, the Governor of the House of Industry, who was present, ezprio,ed bis %Ansel that means might be immediately taken for tbe punishment of tibiae delegates, and for the suppression of such a dangerous combination. TH E POLSTRAD MURDER.—The LORD CHIEF BARON bast:l%W Thursday for the trial of this important case at Bury Sc. Ed tusdArs ; and trous the number o'. witnesses tlat ate to be examined, it if expected to occupy at least two days. Mr. AP/DIMS is to lead tit pruwcution. The Learned Gentleman has already received his brut, and the instructions are exceedingly voluminous. Mr. Boos. axis will come down special to conduct the defence of Corder. Mr. l'xixzettnAST is thf 'UAW. The priacipal la‘inss are tall taken at But y. GLASGOW, JULY 31. The annual influx of labourers from Ireland has how commenced. The boats from Belfast are landing great numbers of stout men and women at the Broomielaw every time they arrive— almost all of whom are in search of out-door employment. DREA DPUL Flax—Yesterday morning bet viten twelve and one o'clock, a fire broke out in one of the workshops of Mr. Joust GALLOWAY, joiner and cabinet-maker in George.creet. It spread rapidly over the long range of buildings, and also communi cated with the cut wood in the wood yard. After the fire engines arrived, some time elapsed before the necessary supply of water could be procured, and when procured, any attempt to save the premises on fire was rendered altogether fruitless, the fire then raging with an awful and a defying fury. The whole buildings , connected with the establishment, except the furniture warehouse, were burnt to the ground, and only a few logs of wood in the wood yard xvere saved. Although the firemen could not save the pre mises on fire, they were however actively and effectually employed in preserving the adjoining property, which was only slightly da nuged. It is not known how the fire originated. It lasted till about four o'clock in the morning. Much wood, however, below the ruins, continued to burn after that hour. The property con sumed and destroyed was worth about four thousand pounds. It was insured to the amount of between two and three thousand pounds. We have not heard of any perscnal accident on this dis tressing occasion. ST. KATHARINE DOCKS. The whole of the western range of warehouses, from which the scaffolding has been entirely removed, appears in a finished state. The northern range, though part of the scaffolding is yet up, is nearly finished. More than one-half of the southern range is in the same state, and the remainder is proceeding rapidly. The immense hollow iron pillars that support the warehouses in front of the docks are on the eastern side painted stone colour, to cor respond with the solid cornice that runs over them, and sustains the brick-work, and their effect is novel and indicative of great so:idity. The front of the offices, looking in a north-westerly direction, opposite the Mint, is nearly completed: it is supported by four fluted pillars, and contrasts well by its elegance with the extreme plainness of the adjoining buildings. The basin and the western dock are both excavated nearly to their greatest depth, which will be about thirty feet from the top of the wharfs, and about twenty four from the highest influx of water that can be procured. The entrance from the river, with the dock-gates, is also fast going on, and is an extremely curious piece of workmanship. To the eastward the work of levelling is proceeding apace, and ap proaches in many places close to the boundaries of the London Docks. The excavations on that side for the eastern dock are going on very extensively, but it will take a considerable time before it can be completed. _ _ The iwo docks and basin of St. Katharine will, when finished, afford great accommodation to our shipping, a want of which is much felt, and has been long complained of. The undertaking itself is a credit to the nation. Lord FRANCIS GOWER transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mood4y, in the neighbourhood of Maynooth, a meet ing took place between a Mr. W-66- and a Mr. K—, when Mr. K— fired in the air, and received his adversary's ball through the neck. We understand the dispute originated at a late ball at Kingstown.—Dublin Evening Post. Sitniday a meeting took place at Dalkey Island, between a Mr. W.—'and a Mr. o—, when the parties fired three shots each. Mc. 0. was slightly injured on the knee, and Mr. received a contusion ori the breast ; immediately after which Mr. W— took his ground again, with a Mr. M— for his op ponent, but, upon the interference of friend., their dispute was adjusted.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. A duel was lately fought at Mans, in France, which has been attended with fatal consequences, and has produced a great sensation. Colonel LAIORDZ, after having wounded his adversary in the neck and the arm, received a wound in the breast from a sabre, which produced instant death. FermoN.—:This great Prelate was distinguished for his humanity. A country clergyman boasting to him one day that he had put a stop to Sunday dances in his village, the Archbishop observed—" My good friend, let us be somewhat less severe to wards others. - There is no necessity that we should enter the circle, but let the•peasants dance. Why shouid we prevent them from forgetting their misfortunes for a momentr—Lontioli Weekly Review. Accounts from St. blicha l's inform us, that the island had declared for Don bliattitz. The new Governor had landed, and had assumed authority in the name of the new KING. There does not appear to have been the slightest resistance: the commerce of the island met with no tate:rapt:on. The frigate with the new Governor for Terceira, the c.p:tal of the Azores, was under way for that island, where a very aitTerent reception awaited him, if we may believe the reports. All the inhabitants were for Don PIDRO and the Constitution, and the Governor had declared he would defend the island to the last. FOREIGN NAVAL EXPIMITIOvS.—The Jran Bart French line-of-battle-ship (Rear-Admiral Roussio), Are:those and Tersichore frigates, arrived at Ttneriffe on the 29th of May from Brest, and sailed for Rio Janeiro. The Relampayo Spanish brig of war, and Sc. Anna transport. from Cadiz, arrived the same day, and sailed for.hlamlla. The Restaoracion Spanish frigate, with eight transports, arrived on the 2d of June from Cadiz, and sailed for Havannah. The Sumatra Dutch frigate arrived ou the $d from Flushing, and sailed for Africa. _ Matie - ira msy be almost called an English,eqablish meat. There are in Funchal between 400 and 5840 of our country. men. Its trade is chiefly in our hands. Our merchants would be the principal sufferers by the interruption of its communications with the rest of the world. Its defence is easy against any expe dition which Don bliouzz can direct against it. If the garrison remains faithful to Don Primo, and is strong enough to repress internal faction, it may defy external attacks. A blockade, which world prevent the introduction of the military stores of which It stands in aced, and repel the approach of the military reinforce ment on which it may soon reckon, is the only hostile measure which it has to dread. The Governor is the Colonel VALI= who distinguished himself by his fidelity at Braganza in the autumn of 1826, and has therefore no hope of life but by a stout resistance. He and his little garrison are too deeply compl•omised to think of surrendering. • Letters from Toulon of the 22d of July give the following 'statement:—" The naval division of the 34 transports which jailed from hence on the 14th of June last, in order to take front Cadiz a part of she troops Which occupied that place, have just arrived with 3,000 men, 320 horses, and artillery, the whole belonging to the 27th mid the 35th Regiments of the Line, to the 13th Regiment of Chasseurs, and to the Ist and 7th Regiments of Foot Artillery. Alter the expiration of the quarantine, which will last five days, these troops will be quartered, part of them in the town, and the rest in the surrounding villages. The two battalions of the 16th Regiment of the Line, which were still at Segine, set out this morning to do garrison duty at Aix, where the first bat talion is already stationed. It is said, that the 46th is preparing to go to Marseilles. It is added that the same vessels, with the addition of the frigate Iphigenia, which have just arrived from the blockade of Navarin, will repair to Cadiz in six days, and that that will not be their last voyage. The arrival of these troops, the announcement of other Regiments which ate to come from the interior, of troops assembled by the Government of Sardinia, ostensibly for the pur- pose of forming a cordon oanitaire against the disease of Marseilles, give rise to a multitude of conjectures, amongst which the most accredited is, that a confederation may have beep formed among the States of Italy, at the bead of•which Austria may have placed herself. This scheme is attributed to M. de Mettrinicb, who sees with uneasiness the liberal tendency of certain Governments, espe cially since the Treaty of the 6th of July. The first Police Regulations in Paris for the Theatres were made in 1609, when, upon the complaint of the public that the managers took more money than was proper as the price of admission, and continued the per formance 44 until an unseasonable hour in t•te winter season," it was ordered that in future the performance should be over by half-past four o'clock in the afternoon in summer, and by half-past.two o'clock in winter; and that the price of admission should be ten sous each person to the boxes, and five sons to the pit. Tin INNS& TEMPLlL—lmprovemenis upon a large scale are now making in this place. The Benchers, seem desirous of applying their funds to useful purposes. A plan is in contemplation which will improve the appearance of the Temple, and promote the convenience of th e inmates. Th e Ch u r c h h as been completely repaired, and all the external projections of that very ancient struc ture thrown open' to the public view. It was encumbered by low built houses on the south dee, bet-thew we now removed. The Hall and Library have also been beautified. The range of houses on the Terrace east of the Hall has been pulled down, together with the buildings which ran back to Tanfield-court. These houses. we believe, had been standing . since the reign of CHARM{ I. It is intended to erect new haidsome chambers, with a stone front, in uniformity with the f aca d e o f Me Hall. In consequence of the works DOW going on, the quick retreat of study and legal re%earch are thrown into a state of . lOW add confusion. Several Public Offices which stood am ong the hot:ldled down, hav e been re moved from the Templ e to ether el coin. ASSIZd INTELLIGENCE. GUILDFORD. Maus: 1. ' &fere Lord TINTIRDIN, and a Special Jury. • THE KING V. ROCKLAND. This was an indictment against Edward Buckland, who is a tallow-melter and chandler, at Camberwell, for obstructing and assaulting certain officers of Excise in the execution of their duty. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW and Messrs. GURNEY and Bore LANE conducted the prosecution, and Mr. SerPeant AN. DREWS and Mr.BRODRICK appeared for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOw stated the case. The de fendant, in partnership with his father, and Mr. Roberti, carried on an extensive business at Camberwell, in the manufacture of dip and mould candles. From some circumstances which reached the ear of the Excise, a suspicion was excited that the defendant was in the practice of defrauding t'ie revenue, by the clandestine making of candles. In consequence, Mr. Douglas, a Surveying General of Excise, was sent down on the -evening of the 12th of J:snuary, and was at Camberwell joined by Mr. Evans, and several other officers. A little after midnight they reached the defendant's, and Mr. Evans went to the front door and knocked. The de fendant put his head out of an attic window, and de manded who was there? Mr. Evans told him they were officers of Excise, and demanded admission to inspect his premises. The defendant replied, "It was a pretty hour of the night for officers to come," and then withdrew his head from the window. The officers finding that he did not come down ,o admit them, and having a suspicion that the delay was made lot the purpose of concealing something, went to the back of the premises, where Smith and Hex got over the wall. There was a man in the yard, who called out, " Seize him," and instantly a large dog jumped upon Smith, and held him fast. Hex beat off the dog, and was attacked by it in turn, and his left arm was severely bit and torn, the teeth of the animal having penetrated completely through the two coats he had on at the time. The right thumb of Smith was also se verely injured. At this time, from the darkness of the night, they sere unable to speak to the identity of the man, but the rest of the officers coming to their assist. ance, the man ran into a cellar, where he was secured, and recognized to be the present defendant. In this cellar a quantity of illegally manufactured goods was found ; they were conveyed away, and afterwards con demned in the Court of Exchequer. Witnesses were called, who completely bore out the statement. Hex, it appeared, was so injured by the dog that he was unable to resume his duties for a mouth afterwards. Fur the defence it was endeavoured to be shown that the defendant had not Set the dog at the officers, but that the dog, acting from his natural instinct, had seized them, supposing them to be intruders, and that the de fendant had merely called off the dog. Tne Jury, alter deliberating a short time, returned a verdict, finding the defendant Guilty. Caows Snoz—Before Mr. Baron Gmtriow. William Johnson, Jahn Wells, Narah Macpherson, Jane Jones, and Mary Donahue, were indicted for as saulting and robbing a foreigner named Jean Gardias, in a bad house, in Peter -street, in the Borough Mint, of 161. in silver, and a metal watch, his property.. The male prisoners appeared to be about seventeen or eighteen years old ; the females were much younger. The prosecutor was examined through the medium of Mr. Baton Garrow's clerk. Ris . statement was, that he had come over to this country to ascertain sir hat kind of articles he could bring over to trade in to the greatest advantage. He had been here three weeks, and could speak a little English. He could call for a pot of pot ter or a glass of porter. On Friday week he was pass ing along the Borough, and was accosted by Jane Jones and Mary Donahue, whom he consented to,acconip miry home. They took him to a house in the neighbour. hood, where he saw Sarah Macpherson. He retired with Mary Donahue, and afterwards returned and sat down with the girls, and sent out for some porter. The two male prisoners came in soon after, and also sat down. They insisted on sending for some gin and rum, but witness did not pay for them. He, however, partook f part, and became rather fresh from what he had taken. While in that state 'he was induced to retire ith Macpherson, but had no sooner got into the bed room before the two men and the women rushed in upon him, forced him upon the bed, and there with great violence, and notwithstanding he made every resistance in his power, they robbed him of his money. which he carried secured in a belt unders neath his shut, and next to his body. The belt con tained 309 shillings, four half-crowns, and two six pences. They also t.ok from him his watch, travelling cap, and silk handkerchief. They then all ran off, leaving hint in the house by himself. He crawled down stairs, and finding a broom in the passage, he took it up to defend himself, in the event of the attack being rene ed. He got into the street, and there, from extreme ex haw tion, he fell down. He found himself afterwards in the care of a man, who conveyed him to the Quarter- Master's cage (the watehhuuse.) He was confident of the persons of the prisoners. The two men and the girl Macpherson were most violent towards him. In the course of giving his evidence, he repeatedly exclaimed, i• I freely forgive the prisoners for my part. I hope they will not be punished for taking my property." John S xton deposed, that in passing along Peter , street, Mint, on the night in question, he saw the two wale prisoners and the female running. The female had a hat in her hand, and knowing their characters, he called on them to stop, but they did not. About fifteen yards farther on, and immediately opposite the helm where the male prisoners and Macpherson and Jones lived, he found the prosecutor stretched on the pave ment in a senseless state. He carried him to St. Saviour's watchhouse. Wilkinson deposed to having apprehended the pri soners the same night in consequence of the information he received. He found the men and Macpherson at a house in Kent -street. The other two girls he found in the streets. None of them had any property about them. He afterwards searched the house in Peter -street, to which the prosecutor had been decoyed, and found a watch under the bed, and a cap and a silk handkerchief, and also the hat usually worn by Johnson. The bed room bore marks of a recent struggle, and in the sitting room half emptied pipes and beer pots gave indications of a carousal, from which the parties had hastilj re treated. The house was rented by the Male prisoners, who cohabited with the girls Macpherson and Jones. O n being called on for their defence, the men said ' they were accidentally led to the spot by hearing the screams of the girls. They found the prosecutor' ill `using them, and had interfered for their protection. Tae girl Macpherson said, that the man had attempted a most gross assault . upon her: that she resisted, and thus provoked his violence. Her screams brought the other girls and the men to her assistance. She denied that the prosecutor had more than half a crown in his possession. Mr. Baron GARROW summed up, and the Jury with rut hesitation returned a verdict of Guilty against all I.lle prisoners. The Learned Judge proceeded to place the black cap upon his head, preparatory to passing the awful set , tence el death. The prisoners, on seeing the cap s screamed and sobbed dreadfully; and it was some mi' nutes before even a partial cessation of their cries ena bled the Learned Judge to commence his address.... Scarcely, however, had he uttered ten words, before Sarah Macpherson fell down in strong hysterics. Ago. ther pause ensued, during which the screams of the pri. soners were renewed with increased violence. The Learned Judge ordered the females to be removed, and judgment of death to be recorded against them, telling them that it was his intention to spare their lives. The strong emphasis placed by the Learned Baron on the pronoun their, seemed to arouse the male prisoners to a better feeling of the hopeless ness of their situation. Their screams became most awful. After a long pause, during which their screams remained unabated, the Learned Judge said he had intended addressing a few observations to them, but as they did not appear in a state to listen to him, he should at once pronounce the sen tence of the law, which was, that they be taken to the place from whence they came, and thence to the place f execution, and there severally hanged by the neck 63 they were dead. The prisoners having become more composed, the Learned Judge proceeded to cau tion them against holding out to themselves any ex pectation of mercy, for assuredly when he left that town they would be left for execution. He hoped, therefore, they would prepare themselves for the death that awaited them. So long as human nature remained as it was, men would be liable to be led astray by the allurements of female', and the intere.ts of society therefore demanded that men associating themselves with these unhappy creatures, for the purpose of plun dering and brutally ill-using those whom they may succeed in enticing to their haunts, should suffer the extreme penalty of the law. LINCOLN, Jinx O. John Ward was charged upon the Coroner's Inquisi. tion with the manslaughter of Richard Clarke. It apa peared that the deceased had kept a public house at Moulton, at which there was a feast on the day in ques tion. The prisoner came there,and insisted on wrestling with some of the company. The deceased ook hold of him, and endeavoured to keep him quiet ; a wrestling match ensued between them, and the deceased fell, with the prisoner upon him, whose knee, coming in contact with his side, hurt him severely. A surgeon was con sequently sent for, but the man died ; and upon his body being opened, it was found that the spleen was ruptured. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned JUDOS, taking into consideration that the prisoner had already been imprisoned since May last, and that he had not entertained any malicious feeling towards the deceased, althr ugh tips fatal catas trophe had been occasioned by his .miscondect, sen tenced him to be imprisoned for a fortnight longer, and to be kept in solitary confinement. This was the last case in the calendar. Before Lord Chief Justice BEST and a Special Jury. ALLCOCK V. C 'OK AND OTHERS. This was an action directed by the Court of Chancery to be brought, to try in whom was vested the right of wreck belonging to the manor cf Sutton. The plaintiff claimed under a grant to his predecessors from James I. and various subsequent conveyances, accompanied by acts of ownership. The defendants claimed as lords of the manor, and proved acts of ownership for thirty or forty years back. But their case was rebutted by coon ter evidence on the part r,f the plaintiff, in whose favour the Jury, under hio directi"n, teturaed a verdict. The trial lasted the whole of the day. . OXFORD CIRCUIT—STAFFORD, JULY TA. CROWN Stns.—Before Mr. Baron Varranas. Ann Jones was 'indicted, charged with having at tempted to poison her master, Wm. Jackson, by ad. ministering to him a solution of corrosive sublimate. Mr. TALFOVRD, who appeared for the prosnution, said the prisoner was charged with One of the most serious crimes which could come under the consideta• tion of a Court of Justice. She was charged with putting corrosive sublimate into the tea-kettle from which her • master was to receive his breakfast. At the tme the offence was committed, by the law then in existence, it was only a misdemeanour. By a recent Act of Par liament (Lord Lansdown's), attempts at murder of this desirtption were declared to be capital offrnces. The pro. secutor (Mr. Jackson) was a surgeon, residing at West Bromwich, in this county. In the year 1825 the prisoner had been apprenticed to him as a servant by one of the parishes of Birmingham. For some misconduct,-in De cember last, she had, at the instance of her master, been committed to gaol for a month. He (Mr. Taff urd) did not mention this to aggravate the charge against her, by showing any srries of misconducr, but as probably affording some motive for the horrible offence she was charged with. On the 14th of January she returned to the service of her master, and almost imme.liately after the occurrence which formed the subject of their present Mquiry took place. The Learned Counsel then pro= ceeded t') detail the facts subsequently given in evidence. Lavinia Jackson, aho stated herself to be a daughter of the prosecutor, said that the prisoner was apprenticed to ber father. She remembered her returning to her father's house in therbeginning orJanuary, two or three days before the teaLtettle business. Witness's father always took tea for breakfast, and the rest of the family coffee ; it was the duty of another servar.t, Selina Hop kins, to prepare her father's breakfast. On the morn ing of the 16th of January the family had breakfasted on coffee before her father came down stairs. The kettle remained in the breakfast room. Witneis . was sitting in the breakfast room, and t he prisoner cave in and !took Ithe,kettle and placed it on the kitchens‘se, for about half a minute. Wi:ness had a flew of' flit kettle from the position she was sitting in, all die time 41 her father came down stairs. She heard her father call to Selina Hopkins to get his breakfast ready. Ile then went into the surgery. Witness took - the tea-pist out of the breakfast room into the kitchen, to Ppsir some water in it. There was nothing in at the time,,,On putting the water in, she observed it looked like sow suds, and took it to her mother to look at, and from donee to her father in the surgery. He took the tea-pot ftom wit ness, and went into the breakfast room, antlValled for Ann Jones and Selina Hopkins. Ann Jones was in the brewhouse at the time, and Selina Hopkins .came down stairs. Witness's father asked who had put - the kettle on for breakfast ? The prisoner said she had not any thing to do with it, and Selina Hopkins said the same. Witness's father then got the whip, and said he would soon make them tell, and gave them two stripes each across the shoulders with the whip. While the kettle was on the kitchen fire, no one could have touched it without witness seeing it. Cross-examimed—l saw Ann Jones come into the breakfast-room and take the kettle. She was not half a minute gone with it, from the time she left the parlour till she returned with it to the kitchen. There is a pump in the yard. close to the brewhouse door. I was present when my fatbai flogged the two gills. William JACkSon, the prosecatOr, said-he had been ;" y