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tRE Anw. The Ist battalion 3d Guards, at Portsmouth, will be inspected by Sir GEO ROE COOK E, on Thursday nest s Four companies of the 2d Royal Veterans embarked last week from POrtsmouth fer Ireland. The remain- , ing companies will embark this day and to-morrow. The 9th Royal Vetertn Battalion has replaced the 9:1 Highlanders at Naas. . Monday last, General Haunt. inspected, in the G r een, the detachment of the 7th flussar s and Horse Artillery now in Glasgow garrison; both of which appeared to the greatest advantage. Monday last, Sir CHARLES PAGET and family arrived at Egypt House, Cowes, from Fair Oak. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. • WAR-OFFICE, JULY 21, 1820. rth Regiment of Light Dragotens--I.ieutenant William Henry Bingham Lindsey, front half-pay of the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Oliver De Lancey, who exchar.ges, 'wilting the difference. I)i•to—Captain Thomas Jones to be Major, by purchase, ~s e Rates, who retires; Lidutenant John Elliott, from the tqlt frht I)ragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice JoLes. Rtocr ot of Foot—Ensign Richard -Macklin to hc Lit tite- CAW, witlamtt purchase, vice Johnstone, deceased ; Joha dlta len, 4 ,vIIL. to be Ensign, vice Blacklin. ISO INtto—Lieutenant John Cramer Roberts, from half-pay of the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dugaid Campbell, . . _ who i xchange‘, receiving the difference: 41ith sditto—Q,uarternraster Serjeant William Barefoot to be tt:artermaster, vice Macdonald, deceased. • ;,;th I)itto--Lieutenant Robert 11J1t, from hill pay of the 81:h Foot, to be I.itutenant, vice Manners, whose appoint- m nt has rot taken place. ;Is: Ditto—Arthur Jones, Gent. to be Ensizn,without purchase. 40;11 l)itto—Surzcoa William Morrison, from the half-pay of tae 12th Foot, to he Surgeon, vice Isaac Silcock, placed upon h•alf-pav of the 12th Foot. Ist lioyai Veteran Battalion—lieutenant Robert Lind, from tie 71st loot, to be Lieutenant, vice. William T. M. Ryan, whO resures his iorairr situation on the Retired List. 4th R0y..l Veteran Battalion—Ensign Peter Kerr, from half pay of the Ist Garrison Battalion, to be Ensign, vice Peter Mackay, whose appointment has not taken.place. ~ h li.iyal Veteran Battalion—Lientemartt Warner Spalding, r'ront the 4th Rc7al Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant. I . :tat:ached— lajor John Godfrey l'ct.ers, Supt•rintendant of Cavalry Riding Establishment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel 0, :%,valry. NA Y. 4 L INTELLIGENCE. Ar.rot tail, JO T 21.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Princess tabeth packet, with • Nail from Jamalea—sailed 15th June, front Crooked Island the 22d ditto. Sailed the Prince Er with a Mail for Lisbon. The following vessels are Go:a•nor Carter, Dorms, from Boston for , oe , ; Mary, :cent Port-au-Prince for London; Hannah, N.:e Patis.:t, Emerald, Galilee, and Latelia, GALERSY, ' gArbe,7 for Lor-ion. ...rot jur.r 22.—•.trrived the Hope, Pessurs, from .I; Lord Exmouth, Bartxtrr, from Quebec ; John, Ilex from Prince Edward's Island.— ..rid Extiv.uth let! in, on the 12th May, in lat. 9. 9. long. the wreck, apparently cf a sloop, with only half a anti foil of water. Druid nut learn her name, it t•rreArg a: the time. Jrz.v yesterday, his lbjesty's . lA, from Sheenfess. Sailed, the Riga, Fir IISTEIt, Juyiier, Wisermin, fur ditto • and the Elizabeth, : r,:ar ;Jersey.. Arrived to-dby, the Nile, l'aarz, from Qutb;:c. JULY 20.—Arrived, the 31;u7, NEALE, from ALL. ,ne Join Crowther Meer, from Quebec ; London, :s. Miratnic.hi; ' Anacreon, Boozes, from St. An '. N0...h Britain); the General Kempt, Borrass, from ; Prutcctor,SlNlesos, and 'Juke of Wellington, Was.. t : it. j,hn's (New Brunswick); James, CRAKE, from -a ; :Marquis Wellington, Bassos, from Trinidad; and 1.. Ill:W*0A, from Jamaica. ~.t. JuLv 22—The Charlotte, TATE, that was :r. t't: lkrd Sand, has been got off, damaged, after throwing part of hsr cargo (coals) overboard. Jer.v 23.—Wiud W.N.W.—Came down from the ycAesday, and sailed with the whole of the outward : 0. :Le bites, DOSS.TUIS, for Calcutta ; Elizabeth, GODYSKY, ra I.e9ne ; Fame, Faxwmc, and :Misters, BERRYSIAN, Q tOnoc ; Lord Sitlmouth, —, for Cork and New South ~Its; and Harriet, Gosoort, for Leghorn. Arrived and sailed the flier to-day, the Briton, Ilsoote, from Calcutta, sailed :att., of February ; St. Laurence, DoeoLas, front Quebec ; :ore, &aces ONE, from Oporto; Expedition, Wsysos, from for Newcastle; Riga, Formren, from Havamtah; Alary, its, front Port-au-Prince; and his Majesty's ship Lures-, ;tn St. Petershurgh for Portsmouth. Came down from the err and saiW, the Caroline, TAYLOR, for New South Wales; •ht,,a, HALEY, for Demerara ; Nimble, WRIGHTSON, for nt ; and Hanover, AILSPASON, for New Brunswick. -iNcr ON, Jinx 21L—Sailed the Fox, Crown, Caroline, and phyr transports, for Cork, with troops. Admiral FAHIE arrived at Barbadoes on the IGth May, in the TatouNis, and was to sail, with the ALISSURY, Capt. WILSON, for St. Kites on the 18th, which island be would hoist his flag on board the tter. The FALMOUTH had not arrived out. The aim was uncommonly healthy, with the exception tie EURYALUS, which ship had lost 20 or :30 men.' [he NEWCASTLE, 56, Captain FANSHAWE, sailed ran Halifax on the 7th ult. for Quebec, with the larl of DALHOUSIE, Governor-in-Chief of British rch America, his family and suite. His Lordship Id been succeeded in the immediate command at iaiiflx, by General Sir J. KEMPT, G.C.B. who ar ived from England in the PHAETON. The MERSEY Admiral GRIFFITH), PHAETON, CASTILIAN, and )RAKE, were lying at - Halifax, on the 21st ult. Mt:mum—The body of an unfortunate man, !ressed in the costume of a sailor, was discovered on .aturJay morning in a small pond, situate at a short .tance from the New Road leading from Kentish rwn to the Highgate Archway. On being dragged the shore by the men who found it, appearances :d to the conclusion that death had been produced rident means, and that, in fact, a foul murder lad been committed. The features were disfigured •ith blood, and the clenched fists and curved arms the man induced the bystanders to suppose that had died in the act of resistance, and this belief "Is aided by the declaration of a woman residing 21r the spot, who stated, that, at about one o'clockir the morninq, she heard loud shouts, and a scuffle, 1 - if people were quarrelling. The body was con ed to the 801 l and Gate public-house, where it 11( ''.v lies for the Coroner's Inquest. It was examined Mr. HARDING, a respectable Surgeon, of Kentish own, but he was unable to discover any wound .ich, in his opii,iow, could have occasioned death. ',lyre Is a contued NV4)!lllti over the left eye, and a wsciatches Ohl tilt: LK , ' hut those are all the marks to-treatment. At pre.ent it is a matter of specula uhether the poor fellow was maltreated on the And carried to the pond, or whether, being in c.l, and the chy himself instrumental to the in ", Lich v. c has e de%ci ibed, he may not have sub , t,,liiid his way i nto t h e fi e ld in s earch of a . to dolt is for the night, and have acci .o.•:.l nl' iitto the v. ater. The whole village is • ..c I;rcat alai m, and, as usual, the most ex• ,:.; ver-ious 4 - 1 il.e circumstance are afloat. i,:kl a shilling in his pocket, and there-was • • "17 in his appearance whi c h cou ld l ea d to the ' , - . 11 , •1()11 that he was possessed of property. . The ',net Jury is summoned fur this evening. TRIALS FOR HIGH rftutipx. - si SPECIAL COMMISSION, GLASGOW, : YILY 1 The Court met this day at nine o'clock, consistrat of the Loan PRESIDENT of the Court of Sessitin, LORD JUSTICE CLERK, the LORd Crt,EF Bakott of the Court of Exchequer, the LORD CHIEF CoMDIIB SIONER of the Jury Court, and Lord PITMILI.Y. On the part of flee Crown the Counsel are—Tbe.Lord Ad'vd. cate, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Ilullock, Mr. H. 11. Drum mond, and Mr. Hope. On the opposite side of the t.thle—Me. A A. Murray, Mr. Grahame, Mr. Monteith, Mt. Pyper, Cullen, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Sandford, Advocates, with Me. Harmer, the Englhh Attorney. James Wilson was put to the bar, having been brought from Blidewell. The Clerk of Arraigns then called over the list of the Petit Jury, consi,ting of 200 names, which occu pied a very considerable time. After many challenges on the part of-the Crown, and on that of the prisoner, the following Gentle men were chosen, to try the case, viz. David Laird, of Balornock. Thomas Muir, of Muir Park. John Lochhead, of Govan. Robert Grandberry Thomas Somerville, younger, of Carnvrath. Andrew Smith, of Auldhouse. James tlowison, of Douglas. Jones Gilchrist, of Ginner. • George Rowan, of Ilnlmfauldhead. Thomas Douglas, of Moss. John Waldrop, of Dalmarnock. Janie, Ewing, merchant, Glasgow. The LORD PRESIDENT informed the Jury, that when they came to returktheir verdict they must be unanimous, and that they must return it viva pace. His Lordship next infortned the Reporters for News papers, and others, that- not one syllable of the speeches or of the evidence should be published, till the whole business is over, as it is one extcnsive piece of conspiracy through the whole of the Commission. The indictment was then read by Mr. KNAPPE, Clerk of Arraigns, charging the prisoner with having assembled in arms, in the month cf April last, and of having published the Proclamation which was posted on the walls of the houses of this city, on the Ist of April, calling on the people to rise in arms and as sert their rights, &c. Mr. HOPE then stated to the Jury the heads of the severs Counts of the indictment, charging the priso ner with levying war against the King. &c. The LORD ADVOCATE addressed tile Jury in a most eloquent speech, which occupied about as hour and a half in the delivery. The tribute he paid, in the conclusion of his speech, to the general loyalty of the people of Scotland was particularlv gratifying ; he ridiculed the puny efforts of the disaffected to over turn the Kingly Government of Great Britain, living as it did in the bosoms of nine-tenths of the people of Scotland ; for he was not to be told, after all that had happened, that they were otherwise than a most virtuous and a most loyal people. • Twenty -eight witnesses were . examined on the part of the Crown. The prisoner had emitted two decla rations; but Mr. MONTEITH, his Counsel, objected to the production of the first one. on the ground that the Magistrate had recommended to the prisoner to be candid, saying, that if he were in his place be would speak out. The COURT sustained the objec tion. No fault could be found with the mode in which the second declaration was taken, as the Ma gistrate had cautioned the prisoner to be on his guard against saying anything to criminate himself ; but as iu this second declaration the prisoner had admitted the accuracy of the first declaration, which was made under an undue impression, this deckaration was also rejected. It was now ten o'clock, and the Court intimated its intention of rising for the night, and coaches were ordered to carry the Jury to some place where they could be all kept together. Mr. J. A. MURRAY, for the prisoners, in the meantime commenced his address to the Jury, and concluded about twelve o'clock, when the Court rose to meet again this morning at ten. At t. '• - " S • r . D th iF 4 7 : tt t.. Im 4 NE 1. • Li 2.. pt (, S aZ v ittti (;t ' 1 ::e,: Eat r. td tivt 'At DR ere Sat To , 19. ho by ci cr it a. nr by ! 1 FRIDAY, JUNE 21. The Court met this morning at ten o'clock. The names of the Jury were called over, and the Court are now engaged in the examination of ex culpatory witnesses. The trial is expected to last the greater part of this day, and the next trial does not come on till Monday, the Court sitting to-morrow at Paisley. The present Assizes at York will be adjourned to Saturday the 9th of September next ; on which day, they will be resumed, under a 'Special Commission, and the State Trials will then be proceeded with. , OLDHAM AFFRAY. — MANCHESTER, JULY 20.—A True Bill has been found by the Grand Jury, at these Sessions, against Evans, the printer and pub lisher of the Manchester Observer, for a libellous ac count of the affray which took place, a short time since, at Oldham, between the Military and the Ra dicals. The prosecution is conducted under the di rection of the Solicitor of the Treasury. As Evans ,has not been in custody under a Magistrate's war rant, the indictment cannot be tried at the present Sessions. It is expected that a writ of certiorari will be issued, on the part of the Crown, to move the in dictment to the Assizes.—Several bills of indictment have been found against different individuals, for . violent assaults upon the Military at Oldham. Bench warrants were immediately issued against them. Four hones that had been woi king at Haddenharn, in Suffolk, last week, in a threshing machine, eat of some of the wheat, which occasioned the death of 'three of them in a few hours. CORN-EXCHA NG e, DIA as-LANE. JULY 24.—The supply of SlVbeat front Ess e x, Kent, and Suffolk this morning, being but mode rate, and the weather having been unsettled during the greater part of last week, caused a tolerably brisk demand for the finer qualities from the above Counties, on terns from 2s. to 39. per quarter higher than on this day week. Barley is Ys. dearer owing to the scantiness of the supply. Beans and Peas have, advanced 'ls. per quarter.; and the same improvement has beet; made in the price of Oats, but tke sales were not free at that advance. SMITH' lELD MAULYT, JULY 24.--Beef, ♦s. Gd. to ss. 6d. per stone ut ; 11u:ton, 48 6d. to 5.1. 4d. WA. ss. Od.to 6s. Od. Pork, 55.0.1. to 68.0 d. Lamb, 55.6.1. to 6s. 6d.—Cattle at Market Beasts, 17.z0; Calves, 320; Sbrep and Lambs, 17,500 ; Pigs, 220. Hay, 31.105. to 41. 10s. Clover, 5/. 10s. to 71. Os. Straw, It. 16s. to 21. Os. .....- • • Ai .• :S; ~ h - f L e. • ' • YORE, JULY 20 , • CROWN SIDE—=HIGH TREASON. AU the persons in tistody, against whom hills for high Treason had been found, were brought into •Court this morning. ,They were brought to be spoken to in parties of four. Besides . the twenty four mentioned on Saturday, theire Thomas Ferrymond, against whom a true bill has bi.en found, making thus twenty-five . altogether. Of these, three, Thomas Ferrymond, Joseph Smith, and John Picker n ing, are not in custody. Twenty-two were this tbOrn-1 ing brought to the bar. The Barnesley or Grange; moor division were first called, and of them, the first, was William Comstive, a good-looking and well dressed young man. Of the Huddersfield division, of whom there are only four, the first was John Peacock; aged 45. Each party, as they were ar ranged at the bar, were thui addressed: Mr. Justice PARK.—The Grand Jury have found true bills against you for High Treason. It is my duty, therefore, to tell you, that yolk have a right to apply to the Court to assign you Counsel, not ex ceeding two. William Comstive, what Counsel do you wish to be assigned to you ? W. Comstive.—My Lord, I hope you will give us a few days to consider. Mr. Justice PARK.—I cannot refuse that certainly. You need nor be called up again; Mr. Stavely can tell me; let it be by Monday next. Have you,made choice of an attorney ? , W. Comstive.—Yes, Mr. Greaves (of Sheffield). Mr'. Justice Pa ax.--Have you agreed, Mr.Greaves ? or . do you Wish for time to consider? ' Mr. GkEaVEs.—l wish for time, if your Lordship pleases. All the prisoners in the first indictment, eighteen in number, made the same request, and obtained the same indulgence. Mr. Justice PARK.—You will have copies of the indictment, a list of the jurors, and also of the wit nesses, sooner probably, that is, a longer time before your trial than is required by law. I shall_adjourn the Assize for the purpose of having you tried before it is concluded. It will be six weeks,after the Nisi "ess here shall be ended. The adjournment will be t (La Saturday, but the trials will not commence till' eight o'clock on the Monday following. The prisoner James Flowers, aged 49, was asked whether he wished for time to chuse his Counsel ? Being very deaf, he replied, " Yes, Sir, I was forced. from my home." On the second indictment only four were called : the first was John•Lintlicy, aged 50. They obtained the same time for naming their Counsel, but they readily named Mr. Carr, of Gomersal, for their at torney. Mr. Carr was called from the other Court, and expressed a desire to have time to consider, as he knew nothing of the men. Mr. Justice PARE said, that, he should certaibily have time, and he should make an order in his case to see the prisoners. But Mr. Greaves could not have any further order, having already had two. Mr. RAINE made the usual motion for a list of jurors to try the persons charged with High Treason, and for serving that 'list upon Mr. Maule, solicitor for the Crown. Mr. Justice PARE granted the order; and added, that it might be mentioned at the bottom of the list, that the jurors need not attend till the Monday after the adjourned meeting of the Commission. Several hours afterwards, when the Grand Jury had finished their business, his Lordship said that he could not discharge them. This would not be a dis charged Commission. It was to be adjourned to Saturday, the 9th of September ; but, unless they had notice, they would not be required to attend. John Blacker, aged 35, was charged with behav ing in a riotous manner, and creating and encou raging divers disorderly persons to riot and endanger the public peace, at Sheffield, on the 11th of April ; and also with having in his possession a loaded pistol, a pike, and other unlawful weapons, to endanger the public peace. Mr. RAINE conducted the prosecution. The charge was a riot of a most mischievous and dangerous kind. Sorry he was to say, that this *was the second time he Lad to prove a charge of this kind against the man at the Bar; he had but just left this Castle, where he had been imprisoned two years for riot, when he headed a most, dangerous rabble in Hud dersfield, and at the very time when the alarming disturbance at . Barnsley and other places took place, and at a time when all the_Authorities of the-place were at Pomfret attending the Sessiqns. The man I at the,Bar had a pistol, which he lorded with slugs, and fired several times, but without aim. The ob ject evidently had been to take'the Barracks, and the cry was, " Hunt and Liberty I" The Jury knew what that clamour for liberty meant. John Phipps, watchman at Sheffield, said there had been upwards of 200 persons assembled. They marched in separate parties through the town. They were quiet and peaceable. He heard a pistol fir several times. He heard the party that went down the Hay-market shouting. The people were shut ting their shops. It was half,past eight. Witness said to Blacker, " If you don't mind, you'll get into a hobble again." Blacker replied, " Touch me if i you dare." Joseph Prince, apprentice to an ironmonger in the Market-place, was ordered to shut the shop at half.' past seven, because a number of men were beginning I to assemble. His master had fire-arms in his shop. Three other ironmongers shut up at the same time. At half-past eight he heard a pistol fired, just facing King-street. The men all fell into ranks like sol diers. Witness went away and saw no more.' Henry Girth, apprentice to a draper, heard them shouting as they went down King-street, and heard a pistol fired. A number said, " That is little Blacker, the King." They went towards the Lady's bridge. He heard them say, " When we have stop ped the mail, we shall do." Their numbers were in creasing. There were upwards of 200. He did not see Blacker, or know him. John Stevenson, draper, saw about 200 assembled. There was a good deal of alarm. He shut half an hour earlier than usual in consequence. He saw the prisoner in company with another. The prisoner had a long pole, with a bayonet at the end. The other bad a stick, with a sharp instrument in the end. . William Smith said his mother kept a spirit shop. While he stood at the door, he saw a pistol fired. • - . . . . They said k was jockey !tacker. There riffs a great crowd. He fbllowed them, and saw Blacker loading his pistol front a round paper. Blacker said to the people, " Go tin, my lads." Blacker.—lfow many were with me? Witness:—Five or six" opposite to Jackson's: Blacker.—He is right, my Lord ; but not as to the Words, for I did not speak anything. George Hamilton, * printer, .beard loud shouting. about a quirtiebefere nine. . He. saw Blacker with i cartridge in his, hand, and pulling the top off to load bis pistol.. One division marched oa ; a few . stood with Blacker at Jackson's window. In Blacker's division, after a pistol. was fired, there was a cry of " Hunt 'and Liberty 1" There was a good deal of alarm. When they had formed into a compact body, there might be 200 or 300. Matthew Hill, apprentice to a scissor -maker, saw . a great crowd Coming up by,the road from the Mar ket-place to the Barracks. He heard shouting, and saw Blatker loading a pistol'. They said they were going to the Barracks - . . . Thomas Johnson, draper; went to•the Barracks to communicate the proceedings to ('oronel Ogilvie, • the Commanding Officer. The Barracks were a. mile from the to*n. On returnjng, -he saw, about half-way, upwards of 300 persons. He heard, "Be firm, my lads! all in a mind to the Barracks." As he passed them, he heard that expression frequently repeated, Blacker, being asked, if he had any questions to put? said he had only to say that Johnson had perjured him self when he had been tried before, and that he now said not a word of truth. Mr. Justite PARK made some remarks on chi** against witnesses and depositions, and concluded with saying, " Many take oaths when they Ought not." Blacker.—" Yes, my Lord, of I should not hive been two years in this prison. before." William. Fox, Constable, heard the - shouting and the cry of " Hunt and Liberty !" He heard them proposing the West Bar as the gainert road to the . Barracks. He heard them say, when dispersing, " Remember the 144.11." John Waterfall, Constable, *as sent off by Mr. Wortley from Pomfret, on the morning of the 12th. He went with several other Coostables to Blacker's. Blacker was on his boartf(tailor's). Witness seized a pistol, which was placed over Blacker's head ; it was loaded with slugs, primed and cocked. A bayonet was found close behind Blacker. A long pore "tea was found, the end of which was exactly fitted for the bayonet. jAll those instruments were produced). George Mapples, Constable, had found the long pole under the board, and, on scotching prisoner s box, found four cartridges containing slugs. Thomas Smith, Constable, drew the pistol, and had taken powder and slugs out of it, The prisoner said, it had been loaded with the same sort or 'stuff the day before. Joshua Johnson said, the prisoner had expressed himself dissatisfied that the Meeting was put off, and said he would have nothing more to do with them. On another occasion he said, that he Would not scruple to shoot any Magistrate, even Mr. Parker, that attempted to apprehend him. • The prisoner said nothing for himself, and called no witnesses.—Guilty. Mr. RAINE said, he should nothave done his duty if he did not move that the prisoner's recorizances should be estreated, for he had found sureties for the former offence for the term of five years. Mr. Jus PARK.-' Let them be estreated.' His Lordship then described the riot proved against the prisoner as the most dangerous he had ever become acquainted with, either judicially or professionally.— The prosecution had been most mild and merciful, for the circumstances might have Warranted a dif ferent charge. " You appear, Sir, to be a person of the blackest possible heart and disposition. Your sen tence is imprisonment for thirty months, and recog nizances, yourself in 4:40, and two sureties in I:20 each, for five years longer. I hope you will never Again set yourself up for a leader, for which, if it were ,virtuous, you are not fit." JULY !I.—MURDER. Wuhan' Old field, aged 55, of Bradford, innkeeper, was charged by the Grand Jury and the Coroner's Inquest with the wilful murder of Mary Oldfield, his wife, on the 27th olJune. - c • Mr. JONES made his election to proceixl to trial without Stainesby's evidence, and opened the case thus to the Jury The charge, Gentlemen, is wilf u l murder, and of the wife of the person alleged tohave . committed the murder.. In the outset 1 implore of you, for the prisoner, that if any rumours or preli minary inquiries have reached you, to remove their impression, and to try the prisoner r without prejudice. or prepossession, but by the evidence, and the evi dence alone. The prosecution is by the town of Bradford ;rand the only object is, that justice should. , be done. The prisoner kept an inp, called the Horse ancrGroom, in Bradford. It is not of the first rate, but the prisoner acquired considerable property. He Had a wife (to whom . he had been married for some time) and three , children living in the house—the eldest fifteen yeaii.br age. There were some•lodgers in the bailie, - of l Whcith one or two shall be produced, Of the prisciner's antecedent conduct I shall not say one word, eicept' what I am Wend to say, that re cently he and his Wife had not agreed well together. On Tuesday night, the rith of June, the wife was at home: the prisoner came not home till late. In the house there are two staircases ; one from the outer door passage, and conducting to the bed-room • where the prisoner and his wife slept, the other led from the kitchen to another part of the house. A person of the name of Wheatley had retired early to bed,_ awoke before the clock struck two, and hegrd the cry of Minded' twice repeated. For reasons which I shall not mention, because I am particularly anxious not to step beyond the evidence, the import ance it deserved was not attached to this cry. Ali was then silent and still : well it might—it was the silence and stillness of death I At five in the morn ing Wheatly rose first: he found in the kitchen, an 4 near the bottom of his stair, the body of the unhappy woman.; she was lying in her blood, obviously dead. He felt alarmed, and gave the alarm to others. Was • this murder?' ll,y whom committed? IVheatley has no dopbt that the cry of murder proceeded from the room of the prisoner, and from the prisoner's wife.— The- voice was the voice of Mary Oldfield. Blood was traced from the bed-room to the very spot where the body lay. The woman had before been well iii i i