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v the latter in liStiin7 the warrant ; but then t't Court and Jury were piked in a situation ofdiffi culty respecting the necessity of Nadin's applicatitin in the first instance, in consequence of that person's uct her in produced in the witness•box. He believed 11r. Holton to be a respectable man, who would not mislead them ; hut he must say, that such important evidence as he had given ought not to have been permitted to teethe that corro6oratiozi ta. 7 ,ich it might have had ,from his brother Magistrates who were ia roof): with hint, a:2d from -Win, tie Constable it was due to the defendants to urge this want of corrobi,:ra:ive evidi , nce on such important facts ; and if the omission were calculated to raise a doubt in the minds of th Jury, the 2efer,dants were most cer tainly entitled to th beratit of that doubt. It was not to he suppo:x.l, t'iat. Mr. Ilult:in stated anything 'which he did not believe to be true: but sitting there, as he did, to administer equal justice to all, he was bound to teli the Jttry, x: though great part of ::hat took place occurred is thz presence of several of his brother M.i:7istrates, not one of them had been c:-.lled to speak to the same facts that Mr 11.ilton hid sworn to. It ?.-otild not do to say, that they had been in attend.-tnce: tha fact was, they had not been called.—After commenting on some of the minor evidences, Mr. Hunt objnted to what he called a sugi_te,ti in of Mr. S , :ariet.:'s. SeAraaav denied that ha hat'. made any snt,: ‘ :-sti , m. Justice 13..vt.sv.—The dcfend.ints are entitled to my sar vicas if they please it. Tie defendants severally informed hords'lip that they did rot wish him, 1:1 hi> exhau>t,J.l state, (which they re;,trettcO) to procerti any further. The Laarned •1t ocl.pro:eedell with the evidence until a quar ter brier: einht, when he tiliserved, he could clot do ' ; , istico to the evidence tin both side-, if he att.:•mpt:d to proceed farther at so la•s an hot.r. 1:7. Hunt wished some means could he alpted by his Lord- Air to prev,nt the Jiiry seeieg any Newspapers, As he eons pljned or the they contained against hini. ir. BA .::.er.—The Jury shall be sworn if Mr. Hunt require. it; I thh± he may depend upon their honour to cc..... - .:esation on the subject. 111V2 113 objection. my Lord, to be sworn t' :hat. IL:A.-Oh! I wznt no such thine. CourL then tA . ;o;.: - ni:cl till Line o'clock on Monday. LEIGH TREASON. 1 - 1 - ECIAL COMMISSION, FOR THE TRIAL OF THE CATO-STREET GANG. SESSIONS' HOUSE, CLERKENWELL, MARCH 27. AnBOTT'SCH ARGE TO THE GRAND JrRY. GENILE:!EN OF elta G,n.sen INQUEST—We are assembled in • tine Flocs', onaer the aethoeity of his Majesty's Special Commis- alogn isseeci tor tat 1 utpose of inquiring into, hearing, and deter- rraeling, ct rtsin °forces, therein particoleriy mentioned. These • t . first, all High Treasons. except such as relate to tee eoin of toe realm; secaadly, all Misprisions of Treesen ; telealy, the 'teach of apt roan, named Richard Smithery, aini all crimes touehiag the death of these person; and, fourthly, any te:eaces csonontteri against the persons of Frederick Fitzcleronee, George Legg, Juho Borman, Westcoaee, John alud clock, dames Betsey, and other persoas, or any of them, contrary to the form of an Act made, or passed, in t 1: forty-third year of the reign of hie late most gracious Majesty, for, among other things, the further prevention cf the maliciously shooting, meiming, slabbing, or wounding, any person or per sans; and, Gentlemen, it has become my sluty to offer to lour consideration tone remarks on each of these subjects, for your noistanee in the discharge of the important duty naielt %%Ude % Ove upon you when the Bills are laid before yuu.—The parti cular kinds nt Treason to which it would be proper to call your ettention, are to be found partly in the ancient atetute of the *Stli of Edward the Third, and partly itt the Statute of :be 36th of his I , te Majesty. In the first cf these Statures, it is made High Trensset to compass or imagine the dettructicn of the King of these realiese or levy war against him within the realm; and by the second Statute to which I have referred, it is also made 'Loh Treason for any person to compass, imagine, or devise the destruction of the King—to do him any bodily harm, such as maiming or wounding hint, with a view to his death, or deposi tion from the throne of the realm; to levy war against, to im prison, or restrain him in any manner—to attempt to depose him, to assemble in large bodice, in order by force to eqtaapel tam to ch inge his meesures or Councils of Government—or to cto rswe either of the two Houses of Parliament—each per so offending shall be adjudged guilty of High Treason. • BO!! Gentlemen, in each of the offences which I have menti med, the crane will consist in the intagininn or 'intending, according to thee Statutes, as well as in the actual perpetration of the crime it But in this case, the law requires that the party accused s: ii be ronvicted of some open act, determining the character c: las purpose; and by a later Statute, if the party shall publish I ; arty writing his intention, such publication is an overt act, Cloy competent to establish the intention. The law has wisely provided, because the planic safety requires it, that, in cases of ireasea, the tutentioe shall constitute the crime ; and the same lay winch pruviden this, at the same time says, that that inten tan S'iAn !es manifested by some act of the party towards the viatiai or victims of his puronsi.. It may he poyer to See, ta.a. boar: the last Statute, it was settled i,y sevee tines, rc• nil: by the opinions of the best text writes, elan all at t.:lino to clans. tee King from his royal star-, to restnan nis ; .•ae. o: te i y tear ag; . iast hint, were iligh Treason ; and all stonstatetious, eel agreements, for those purposes, o • •. rt zet: of czorpasen a and imagining the death of the ..o. !le cite late enotete, however, the conspirine or consolt is s. toona:r, with intent to depose or destroy the King, or to 7 • imanson him. or to levy war against him, is each a st Inca:ad.; and thus the law is made more intelligible I) :Ilan oho have ta obey it, as well as to chose who tn..y have a2-nt. scer it. It may also be proper to remark, that all the 'pe a , eiretnestanzes nsually attendant on military array art r ,• .try to time constinnien of tlnt crime of levying wan einasei iraurreetions, tar the purpose of bringing re et ;:!:y ilUievrusn in public affaii s, and manifesay intending fors, ef &lumbers, to secornalish their purpose, are guilty of lo nit a wer within 'la reolnt. Rebellion, at its commencement, •..:. ist leund in oraitary array, nor dote it assume a military ay:ere:lee until the progre s s of Treason •verrants the illegal Hero or. of anr.s. I have said, that any act tending to mania tie ; ie,:ntior. of traitorous deed, is a core a rteet overt art. eat Lon, that overt acts will consist ia opeo et— hest deeds; tit te e ta) , are these overt acts, but the law also drcleres, that ".• • t an• may frecjoeatiy consist of ir.eetiogs, conniltations, and eoreerneets and promises of mutual support, and eteleets to (Alters to er.gaz!.• in the same scheir.e. Alnentiea •' i I a'oted measures, preparing weopons or other instrurr.ents ta in the progress of the iilegal plae, are also oven J. iet,:eice. In the crime cf Treason, the law ad ac:esset Ie it, all who zee partakers are prinripats. .t ate be ''at in all conspiracies, trey 0.r..01e or other oe natieuler pewees heve a particular part assigned them • le.oletea. n. fcund more active, others me r: 'thaw ; .erne r.-.ore will 11".vr rl^re • ruare Lte ; but anto.:gst thr persons tht: 1:0 iistinctior. Tile act o each is :be act of ail, •-r Cnc.: au: ro: d. - )ne in tit,: presence of sercral • .'_lad here t.,e I.rw I Lite to be fc.ianded upon a very because,, though a parry :ray not be actl....h; even engaged in (au treasonable plan at the precise 'r to y.heu Cu.! treasonahle uct is co:or:titled, yet, by his ,übse re,arded as sanctioned and • to ..11 the acts of those with wawa enga., ,, ,s. The ..1 tct, being of so much irrspocarice, ou3lit to be ' • —• ti.e fif.lest evidehce; and benze 'lac law rcquire: of two competent witnesses to eertildish it. But i.ttpertance to remark, that in order to convic: c.. i s Tr...ason, it is not necessary that two wi•nvsse., 75 , VC the commission of the same overt act. If one ,: . I - % . e• aids to one overt act, and another witnes3 prow a zrt ac• of the same spazi?s of treason, their testis:Pia rA• • .., 1 !•• • , ;:qtdcr.t. to • c.::.1•01h the gudt of High :hi law th..t tot of ike over. act' shall be prow! . . . . to have been emennitted whirlsi thle'enenty where the indicttnit;t for the crime is laid, and if a different witness shall then esta blish-the commisition.of another overt act elsewhere, fife charge of High Treason is made good. Having said thus much upon the general law upon High Tresi in, I shall make a few nbserva dons upon the particular case which is to be shortly laid before you. It is not my purpose to eater into any detail of the ch.- curnstances of that case, lest I should be the meausrof creating any prejudice in your minds; aad even what I am about to say with respect to that inquiry, I hope you will regard as all sup pce.izious. It is proper that I should give an outline of the mat ters of fact, in order to enable you to apply the law as I have laid it down to you. It has been supposed that a conspiracy was formed to assassinate certain persons engaged in the admi. nistration of Ow Government of the country, when they were assembled at a dinner at the house of one of them, on the 4 21 d of February ; aad it is supposed that a treasonable hOstility to the Government dictated that act, and the abolition of that Go vernment should foiloo this assaaiination. In furtherance of the deaign, several persons Were found almost in the act of imme share preparation, in an obscure situation, with arms and offen sive weapens, suitable. to the accomplishment of that purpose.— Those persons, when attempted to be arrested by the Peace Officers and the Military, in their endeavours to escape, which !wary of t!tein of fated, killed one Richard Smithers—pistols were dischargol— , weapans of death were used, and some, or all of the persons named, were wounded. Of these matters some or all of you have, no doubt, read anti heard; therefore I take the liberty most earnestly to intreat you to confine your atten tion to the evidence laid before you, turd to banish from your minds such information as you may have previously received as to the motive or object of this supposed conspiracy, or as to the conduct of the particular individuals engaged in it. With respect to the law upon cases of this naturto it is proper to state that a conspiracy to murder private individuals, grounded only on pri vate malice far the gratification of private resentment—this conspiracy, however odious in itself, is not an overt act of treason. But i; the assassination thus meditated, be meaat as a signal for a gene:at attack upon Government by force, with a view to compel the Sovereign to adopt such measures as they thiek lit, this conspiracy assumes a differeut complexion, and may be an oserc act .of Lveing war, and compassing the death of the King. I.; therefore, this is to be rejarded as a conspiracy to take away the lives of his Majesty's Ministers, you will of course see that the overt acts are competently proved.- -You will regard the persons who are the meditated victims of the plan, their rark, their offices, and relations. It is diffi cult to conceive that the supposed destined objects of ;Mack in this iostance, should be tasked as the victims of the private re sentment of so neiny persons. Fur though history furnishes many examples of crimes committed by individuals for the gra tification of private resentment, it has fureisned even instances of a few persons, bound by sons: particular neletion, as being of she same family, having leagued together for the perpetration of seine crime, in order to eratity a common malice. But that mal.ce of this private nature should be entertained by a great number of persons, not bound to each other by any relations, is very difficult to believe. It is mil more difficult to conceive that private malice could be the motive, in a case where con fessedly the intended victims were not known to the persons, except in their public capacities. Therefore, it is extremely na tural to suppose that the object might be entirely of a public nature. Bur, Gentlemen, I would have you bear in mind, that the facility of one of these suppositions, and the difficulty of the other, are not to take the place of evidence in your coasidcra doe; I orly intend that they should conduce to the reception of thcte proofs that may be adduced, in ender to the manifestation of illegal designs. We all know very well that attempts against the Government of this Country would be val.), fruitless, and in s3l)er reason hopeless; but the rash and evil mind brooding over its own ill designs, gradually dismisses from its view the difficulties that oppose its scheme, and inagnifies its first faint prospects of success. It is Tivoli-al for vicious men to think there ar: others no less vicious thin themselves, and they easily be lieve th it they shall have numerous supporters, if they can mani la.: their design by striking some dreadful blow. And it is this heief that makes them rashly and hastily communicate their purpose to others whom they think likely to participate in their deoigns. Dark and deep projects, therefore, are seldom deve.. loped, except by participators who give evidence against their companions. Such evidence is always to be received with cau tion, at the same time that it is fully competent to be received. Its credibility depends in a greet measure upon its intrinsic cha racter, as well as upon the quantity of support it receives from witnesses of unblemished character. But yet it is to be received with great circumspection, fur he who once acknowledges him self to have been a party to a cri:ninal design, does thereby de- preciate his own character in a great degree. Bat if it were once laid down that the testimonies of accomplices is to be re• jetted, a great security is taken away from the good part of so ciety, and an encouragement is given to the bad when the fear of mutual treachery is withdrawn. Thus confidence would be afforded when di-trust reigns to the continual counteraction of bed men's designs. But, Gentlernea, it is, enough for us to know thet the Lw does rot perraa.the rejection of such evi dence, nor need we apprehend any great danger from receiving it, when we remember that the evidence upon which you now determine, will be afterwards referred to the consideration of another Jury, .who will have an opportunity of hearing both sides of the case. I shall next advert to the second offence rnentiored in the Commission, that of Misprision of Treason. And a man is said to be guilty of this crime, seken he knows the existence of trea son, although not a party to it, and conceals it. As in the case of High Treason, there are no accessaries in this crime—all who are partakers are regarded by the law as ptiucipals. High Treason being a crime of the deepest importance to the State, the law makes it incumbert on every person who shall attain to the knowledge of it, to go before a Magistrate and make a com munication of what he knows. The wilful concealment of High Treason is therefore regarded as a great crime, and is punished wit), the fin-Litt:re of goods and loss of property during life. Bet then it must he clearly made out that there has been a -know lige of the crimp, as also a knowledge of the traitors, for it is not enoueii to have been acquainted merely with the crime. It is proper to add, that this charge must be supported by two wimessas. If any bill, therefore, charging persons with this criroe, is plesented to you, it is probable that the Misprision will be of the Treasun to which the first b:11 relates. You will, thr:efore, apply yourselves primarily to the first Bill, in order to satisfy yourselves that the Treasun has been committed ; and then you may come to the other, into which you wilt of course ieouire with the same caution. Concealment you all ke isv to be a negative act ; therefore, it will be necessary to have proved some discovery of the Treason to the person against whom the charge of knowledge and concealment is attempted to be esta blished. Bat hare, as well as in all other cases, the considera tion of circumstances will materially guide you in your corclu slonsa The third subject to which your attention may be di rected is, the Murder of Richard Smithers, and any other of-. fence touching the death of that person, who lost his life on the occeiien of the Attempt made to arrest those persons now in cus tody. It will be material to take into your consideration the place, the time, and the circumstances, where, when, and under which that attempt to arrest them was made. The caution re euee..l by law as to the conduct of officers of justice in appre heeding persons charged with crimes, is confined to a small com pass. Dweilieg-houses, the doors of which are not open, may ete boenteree; but all other buildings may be entered, and per toes found therein are bound to yield in the same manner as if met in the open street, upon the notification of the purposes for AN hich the officers came. And this notification need only be a generel one, at the same time sufficiently intelligible. if the persons called upon to bethink, think proper to demand further information as to the authority of the officers, it must be given. hut if, after such further information, the persons within pro ceed to commit any vialeace upon the officers, and that the death :Of any of these offers ensues, then, provided, the, the arrest, if it had taken place, would have been lawful, the person by rwiroe act the death of the party ensues, is guilty of murder. An acres by peace officers authorized by a Magistrate, is a lawful arrest. So is the arrest peace oil - ricers, without a warrant, of persons suppesed or reasonably alleged to have committed felony. also is an arrest by peace-officera without a warrant of per sors actually ereeeee:i in any breach of the peace, or of persons es:ea - Oiled end a:reeol., or otherwise preparing fur the immediate perpetration of murder; because such an assembly and such a preparation are in themselves criminal, and the arrest is actually necessary for the prevention of the accomplishment of a still more heinous design. I mention this, because the case likoly to be submitted to yoo may ithin these observations. The persona tenured to surrender to the officers of the peace, though they may net be au:Oorised to arrest. them, are nut, I am' ound to tee you, warranted in assaulting those officers With deadly weapons, wi:hout warning them to stand off—and if they do, .aid Oath ensue, they all subject themselves to the punishment for the crime of nurder—at all overes th:y would be guilty of maes!aughter. In sneaking of peratine guilty of murder, yOu . . tsitilestler - ,Ast aN 4116 aliite ite'res 4i:ince - are € /tally griiity or murder. I, use the word ea wbo unite let resistance, because wheri several persors are assembled together, no matter foe wlnt . perpise, -provided it he riot illegal; and something unex pectedly occurs to alarm, so that some fly to arms, while others remain passive —in this case if the death of any of those who thus unexpectedly gave rise to the alarm occurs, they who do not take up arms cannot be said to be guilty of the murder. If, therefore, the indictment charges several persons with the mur dcr•of.Smithers, you will have to attend to the extent of proof against all who are so charged—you will regard their conduct before the moment when the assault began, and also their con duct upon being taken, anil then determine the share which each might have in the ease. Gentlemen, having said so much upon the third head of your inquiry, very little remains to be said of the fourth. This comprises all offences committed on the person of Frederick Fitzclarerice, and the others maimed, contrary to the 13d of the late King, the title of which is set forth. You will there see that the jurisdiction does net extend to all offences committed against these persons, but only such as are contrary to the Statute I have just mentioned to you. That Statute is the 58th chap. of the 431 of hi - slate Majesty, and as no doubt it has been broUght under the vice: of many of you, I need not enter fully into it. It enacts that if arty person will shoot at, or wilfully and illegally present and point fire-arms at, or attempt by drawing a trigger to discharge it at any of his Majesty's subjects, •r wilfully to stab or cut with intent to murder, maim, or dis figure any of his Majesty's 'subjects, to do them any grievous bodily harm—or prevent the lawful apprehension of any person —all such persons are guilty of felony without benefit of clergy. There is an express provision in this Statute which enacts, that these offences niu..t be committed under such circumstances as that if the attempt succeeded in depriving a fellow-creature of life, it would be murder. Now, if such an attempt be made in the open :area, which, probably, is a cese which may be brought before you, there can be no qutstion of a malicious design to . . . iiiiirdet or to do some grievous bodily harm. As, however, no case is likely to come before you, falling within the excepting provision of the Statute, 1 forbear to trouble you with any fur ther oloservations, being well aware that In this case, as well as in every other, the best security fur the due iliscliarge of the im .portaut trust reposed in you be `•:curd in your own good sense, your own sound discretion, and your own general know ledge. If, however, in the progress of your investigation any unexpected difficulty shall arse, the Conit will be found ready' to give you such further advice as you may require. Havi: g detained you thus long, with such ciocrvatimis as I have thought necessary, 1 no•.v &szniss you to the discharge of that important duty for the execution of which you are assembled. The Jury then retired to their roo.n, and pro ceeded to examine witnesses upon the indictments which were pieferred before them. The following are the names of the witnesses who were sworn to be examined before the Jury ; John Baker, J. Bourchier, James Adams, T. lieedon, T. Price, Emanuel Francis, Thomas Pocock, Mary Rogers, IL Mundy, R. Birnie, Esq. George Kaylock,' T. J. Iluthven, I. Ellis, W. Westcott, J. Surman, J. Wright, W. Lait, J. Morrit, Curtis, W. C. Brooks, G. T.. Moore, S. Laven der, W. Taunton, G. Harmsen, William Lees, —Bishop, --- Mr. Bourchier, one of the Solicitors to the Treasury, vas the first witness examined. Ile was only a few minutes before the Jury. t Adams, the ex-Oxford Blue, and an ac complice of the conspirators, was next called. He was brought from the House of Correction, where he has been in confinement since the final examination of the conspirators before the Privy Council, in the custody of Mr. Adkins, the Governor, and the prin cipal Turnkey. He was three hours under examina tion. He appeared perfectly cool and collected when he came from the Grand Jury Room. His general appearance is much improved since his apprehension. The Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was the third witness. The RiglA Hon. Gentleman (together with Captain Fitzelarence and other witnesses of the superior order) was ac commodated with a private room while waiting the summons of the Grand Jury. He was not more than ten minutes under examination. Joseph Baker, servant to the Earl of Harrowby, and fourteen other witnesses were then examined in succession. Amongst them was John Monument, one of the eight committed to the Towel on the charge of High Treason. He was brought from the Tower in the custody of two Yeomen of the Guard, and several officers, and was kept in a private room, attended only by the Yeomen, with their swords, during the day. He seemed very uneasy, and con tinued pacing the r•om the whole time that he remained there. He is pale and dejected, and ap peared to be by no means a willing witness. After his examination, which lasted nearly an hour, he was conducted back to the Tower in the same custody. Adams was also taken back to the House of Correction, There were several women among the persons ex amined. They were of respectable appearance. Two boys were also called. Captain Fitzclarence was the last witness called ; and at six o'clock, the Grand Jury adjourned until nine o'clock this morning. Lavender, Taunton, Bishop, Ruthven, and other officers of Bow-street, were in attendance throughout the day. and the witnesses were bountifully supplied wi.h refreshments. Constables were ir. attendance to prevent them from going " out of the way." Frith, the cow-keeper, who stands committed to the H ouse of Correction on charges of liigh Treason, murder, &c. has, since his confinement, undergone a strange and melancholy alteration, both in mind and body, He is reduced almost to a skeleton; and his mind, which, from his first commitment, was in a state of extreme despondency, has, for the last few days, been completely deranged. He raves conti nually on the subject of the conspiracy, and frequently exclaims, in tones of deep anguish. " Oh, poor Smithers !—the poor murdered man !" Serious ap prehensions are entertained for his life. MowEN, whose interesting Travels in the In terior of Africa, are just presented to the world, by Mr. BOWDICII, is the nephew of Count MOLLIEN, who has held various high civil appointments in France. M. MoLLIEN was scarcely twenty years of .112;e when his enterprizing spirit irst led him to ex plore all the countries watered by the Gambia and Rio Grande. He traced the sources of those Rivers, and entered the country of the Southern Foulahs, proceeding as far as TINIEO, the capital, situated, ac cording to Major Kennel, on the Rio Grande, in the tenth degree of longitude and the same of latitude, afterwards turning North he discovered what he con ceives to be the tr ue sources of the Senegal, more to the South than has been hitherto supposed. Finding it itnpossible to proceed through nations at war with each other, he again descended the Rio Grande, and returned to Seuegal after an absence of twelve months, during Which he experienced the severest privations. Early on Saturday morning, the sister of• Mr. BEN FIELD, of Norton Falgate, who was subject to occa sional fits, and who had frequently been known to walk in her sleep, got to the top of the house, white in that unfortunate state, from which she tell into the street, and was chl?hed to pieces. 11 1 01 1 1COUliToplikrietAitY,EfliNBURGII, . -.---- -•- , Monday Se'nnight, Patrick. Iliaria ii, Isaac E.- des, William Prerm and Mary Fisher, we're con victed of fraudulently pretending that thee were authorised to draw 'money front the Parish cf Cor sterphine, for. persons trevelling to Glasgow. and using simulated Faeces for that pm - prise. , Mary Fisher was sentenced to be transported for seven years ; William Brown to be transported for five; and Branin and Eccles to be iniprisolied in Bride well, and kept to hard labour for one year. On the 18th ihst. William ffiniarz•Eini!h, weaver ie Airdrie, was committed to - Gla.gove Jai!, accused et being actively employed - in assisting et secret and select meetings, to induce various tinier) Societies cf ltedical Refotiners in the neighbourhood of Airdrie, to provide themselves with arms, for ualawfel put' pOSCS. Tlitirsday morning, Hamilton Jail was broken by the prisoners, and two criminals and oese debtor Made their escape, viz. Francis Hamilton, late mercha . nt in Glasgow, a debtor ; Tbornas . Craig, froinStrathaven, accused of theft ; and Ilt%h Wetson, collier, from ; Greenend, near Airdrie, accused of wilfully setting fire to a coal-pit in that neighbourhood. Sonday se' nil ieh t, George itaere and /Ve.ler re/ inson were apprehended et Birmingham, for using the most gross and seditious language. Beth are committed to the I louse of Correction, not having been able to find 1) iii for then good behaviour. Richard Manyield, of Licliliehl-street, Birming , - ham, was apprehended on Mondey se'nnight, for selling 7he Address to Me Reli.rincrs of Birmingham. lie has been committed to take hiz; trial at the Sessions. On . the 13th instant sonic rniscreent set tire to Lord GALLOWAY'S valuable plantations, at Knock man, in the parish of Minulgaff, stewartry of Kirk cudbright. Saturday se'nnight, a most calamitous accident occurred near Brahan Castle. On that evening, Sir HUGH INNES, of Lochalsh, was proceeding in his own " carriage from Dingv.all, where he had attended a public dinner, to Brahen, accompanied by Mr. Gre • LANDERS, of Highlield, when just below the ferns square of Brahan, the carriage wheel unfortunately came in contact with a large stone on the side of the way. The carriage and horses went over a sloping bank, and made a complete somerset—,the drierr was pitched to a great distance, but happily escaped unhurt; but the butler, who had been seated beside him on the dickey, was killed on the spot. The situa tion of Sir HUGH and his companion may be better imagined than described. Both Gentlemen provider, tially escaped with their lives, though severely hurt, Mr. GILLANDERS having his collar-bone broken.— Sir Huai: and Mr. GILLANDERS were immediately conveyed to the Castle, and medical aid was soon ob &lifted, so that they are now in a fair way of recovery. Last week, Slr. Edward Brown, late a respectable solicitor at Hambledon, was found lying on the turnpike-road ler.ling from \Vicchester to Bishoe's Waltham, eel died before he could be conveyed .o the latter place. It appears that the deceased w. s returning home from the County Election, and had fallen from his horse backwards : part of his skull Vita beaten in, it had caused his instant death. Tee following fatal accident occurred on Thurs., day evening last, at the house of Mr. E. Jones, malt ster, Lammas -street, Carmarthen. While three of his female servants were taking tea in the Etcher), with two other persons, the whole were alarmed by a tremendous crash, when two of the first mentioned females ran towards the door, but were instantly buried under-the flooring and timbers Of the first and second stories, in which 650 bushels of malt had been deposited,' and, melancholy to relate, wee thus suddenly depriVed of life. Their fellow -servants were providentially saved by the timber fishing in an oblique direction over their heads. The names of the two unfortunate sufferers are, Ann White and Hannah Thomas. Wednesday afternoon, T. CUNLIFFE, Esq. Corn. moner of Christ Church, Oxford, was found by his bed-maker'in a lifeless state on the ground, his head resting on the sofa. Warmth still remaining, a sur geon was sent for, who bled him. A few drops flowed, but life was completely extinct. A Coroner's Inquest was held on the body ;. the head was opened,• and a quantity of blood found on the surface of the brain, clearly proved that his death was occasioned by apoplexy. A few days since, the body of Mr. ANTHOSIy HEDLEY, surgeon, was found in the river Esk, near Westerhall, in the parish of Westerkirk. On the pre ceding eight the deceased set out from a house in the above-mentioned parish, at a late hour, on his way to Langholm, the place of his residence ; but, owing to the darkness of the night, he had wandered froth the road and fallen into the river. On Friday night, some person contrived to steal a travelling trunk from behind the Earl of SHANNON';, carriage, on its way from Seven Oaks to his Lord ship's mansion in Hamilton-place,' Piccadily, where it was missed. It contained several gold snuff-boxes,. a silver star of the Order of St. Patrick, some trin kets, and other articles of value. • A French Paper contains the following article: "-Letters front Dole state, that a horrible crime, attended with peculiar circumstances, has been committed at the village of Ougney. A woman, who was travelling with a considerable sum of money about her, stepped at an inn, and asked to remain there for the nitht. The mistress of the inn and her two sons immediately formed a plot to rob and murder her, and fixed upon the middle of the night to execute their crime. Their guest in the meantime became suspicious, either on account ler the sum of money which she had about her, or by being struck with the badness of the physiognomy of her hosts, and could not conceal her apprehensions. In order to encourage her, the mistress of the house proraiked to sleep selth her, telling her 2t the same time, that the would sleep inside. Midnight arrived, the two sons entered the room withe:.t a light., crept up softly to the bedside, ascertained with their hands the position of the two women, and plunged a couple of daggers int, the breast cf the nearest of them. The woman who was ia , lcle shrieked ettr, and the brothers started back with horror, perceiving that they had murdered' their mother. It happened that she had fallen asleep, during which, the t-avelkr, at the first noise she heart, sprung from tlia place she had occupied to the inside of the bed. The culprits are in the he tds of justice." Ezzeuvosis.—qrliont Fe; ces.-ic:•ed of a rape at Tathvrell, at the late Assizes, was executed on the drop at Lincoln ca . Friday list, purQuant to his sentence Ile cret his doom sot t h resignation, walked across the Castle-yard with much firmer ' , and joined with the 'Minister in prayer at the foot of the Lila( ` tree. On 'ascending the stars, bisfortitude rather forsook him, I - In the agony of his metttal feeliegs, he repeatedly .exclaimed-- l" LORD have mercy u:ern me !" A . large cemcourse of . sfee connected, was executed on Tuesday last, Le for e ;e i d Y 4i cu nk ilg ! t a. t ~~lain O h r S er a r t as t i e il y ra d ets ed reFi t : i 2e.re w i, : y t a n n e:s i t h l e v e a s t et sh r . t ir ti e n , n . fe — r u f t Y t ati e dn a: ii `of England n..ne,, knowing then~ to be forged. . .. i ~~.•,.~ Ate. ..: a I t t