Star. — London, England, 1827-05-24 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION DINNER. Testa/J.ly, the friends of Parity of Election in West orer, celebrated their Twentieth Anniversary Dinner, the Cr '‘%n Ind Anchor Tavern, StranJ. A little A ker fi'e 6.66c1g0 Sir F. BORDYTT took the Chair, ,a,runkle.i, among many ether public characters, by I Cokr._Rol. M.P. Lord W. Roggen, M.P. Lord J. Russell, s.p. sir J. Graham, Bart. M.P. Sr William Scott, Sir R. Wilson, yfr. Sykes, M.P. the Hon. K Howard, M.P. J. Wood. Esq. M.P. * IL Heron, M.P. Mr. T. Rice, M.P. Mr. J. P. Thompson, M.P. ;t r . H. Warburton, M.P. 'Mr. S. C. Whitbread, M.P. Mr. Guest, K p L o rd Viscount Ebringtort, M.P. Mr. W. Smith, M.P. Mr. 0. pot, M.P. Mr. A. Dawson, M.P. Lord Nugent, M.P. Esq. L. Bulwar, Esq. J. Smith, Esq. of Liverpool ; idea, Esq. Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Buckingham fae cloth having been removed, The CDAIRMAN rase and proposed " The People, the only source vaticinate power."-4•Drank with three times three. Ik e nest toast was—" The King, and may he confirm his own *maim, that the Crown is held in trust only for the benefit d the People."—Drank with the usual honours. Air...." Rile Britannia. The CDAIIWAN then rose, and proposed—" A full, fair, and free Representation of the People in the Commons House of Parlia ment, the only efficient remedy for all the national grievances."— Air-= Keep the rogues out When the cheers with which the proposal of the last tout WAS received had somewhat subsided, Mr. Coaster rose, but was received with cries of 0 Down, dOWN" and hisses, the most vociferous cries of " Shame ' shame," "hear him. hear him , " followed. The uproar between the oppo nents and advocates for Mr. Cobbett being heard, lasted for the apace of ten minutes, in the course of which it was utterly impossi ble for the verbal taunts of either party to be heard. Mr. GALLOWAY rise, and obtained an imperfect hearing. He, in the name of the Stewards, called upon the Meeting tee hear Mr. Cobbett, because the object of the Meeting would be completely defeated by any illiberal attempt to prevent any Gentleman deliver. Ing his sentiments. Mr. Court rose, and after waiting for some time, seised a c omparative period of quiet, and, as well as we could gather, said, tit's his only object in rising was to suggest the propriety of a slight addition being made to the toast that had been proposed.. The t est rammed their anxious desire for a speedy and effectual reform in the Commons House of Parliament. He proposed to add an egression of their wishes, that his Majesty might quickly dismiss f r om his confidence and Councils every man that should have de clued, in the House of Commons, that be would never consent to n inon in any shape whatever —( Cheep and hisses). The toast was then drank (without the addition), amidst the most deafening shouts of " Shame, shame !" " Turn him out !" " Fiddle de dee I" " Foul play !" 0 All humbug !" which lasted for SialeMiOUtra. Mr. Seoscu then rose to propose—" The health of their Repre rmative, Sir Francis Burdett."—(Loud Cheers, mingled with his which lasted for upwards of five minutes). Sr F. Beaune and Mr. Coaster then rose together; the friends of each boldly calling upon their names, those of Mr. C. being mine Baty than numerous. Tranquillity having been in some degree restored, Sr F. BURDRTT rose, and said—lf the Gentlemen present would only favour him for a short time, he hoped to be able to restore tranquillity. When a toast was proposed, every nian present had a right either to drink that toast or to object to it; the present was the only time at which an objection could be made to the toast that'had been proposed, and it appeared to him that it •cold be for the convenience of the Meeting, and better in every point of view, that any objections to be made should good-• aturedly be heard. He knew that, as dairman, he had no power except what the Meeting invested him wick ; that power was to preserve regu lariti ; if th, re was any irregularity, he trusted he would have power enough to subdue it, but, so far, nothing appeared to him irregular, and, therefore, he trusted the Gentleman who attempted to oppose the drinking of the toast would be beard at this his only opportunity.--(Applause). Mr. CONISETT said, he believed the majority of the Meeting, were anxious as well as himself to object to the toast, unless rhey got an explanation of some very extraordinary circumstances which had made their up penance in public within the last three weeks. The electors of Westminster had expressed as much to him, and he would put it to the vote of the Meeting by and by, if the Hon. Chairman would allow him, who were lot, and who against, his proposition. The Meeting irould get nothing by their clamour. He would pledge' himself that they did not go off without punishment one way or the other far it—(Much laughter, and conti nued applause.) Gentlemen present might say, " here's to you," with a pot of beer in their hand, to a fellow for whom they did not care a farthing; but when a toot ike the present was given, it was to go forth to the public as the solemn opinion of the Meeting, and in short, to stamp the character of the person toasted, and the cha ractnts of the electors of Westminster. By the toast Mr. Scorch had proposed, the Meeting declared, that they approved of the principles, as if they could learn those principles, of Sir Francis Burdett—(Hear, hear, mid great uproar). For his own part, be totally disap proved of those principles. He totally disapproved of the conduct of their Repre,entative, and if Mr. Sturch would only permit him to make a slight addition to the toast, he would not trouble the Meeting a Moment longer. The toast, in plain English, expressed appro bation of the long tried conduct of Sir Francis But dett, si a friend of Parliamentry Refirm—and as a con• itent m in—(Much contusion). He called upon the Meeting to be manly in their conduct, and to dare the solid with the just and true addition which he should propose to the toast respecting their Representati►e, vho now sat behind a man, who, all his life long, as Tell as his family, had been pensioners of the public— (Great confusion.) That individual had had a sinecure for the last five and thirty years. Sir Francis sat at the back of that man—countenanced that man—had pledged himself to support-as a voltinteer to support —that man. He maintained that that was the English of the toast. The family of that man had received seventeen or eighteen thousand pounds of the public money in pensions. He himself had received 18,0001. of the public money, and he was the implacable— the abusive—the scandalous—the villanous—the ca lumnious, and the eternal enemy of Reform—(Con fusion and applause, which lasted several minutes). Add this to the toast, and lie (Mr. Cobbctt) would no objection to its passing—(Much laugh s scene of confusion ensued here, which sur lily which had yet taken place—the mewing of barking of dogs, howling of wolves, kc. were the usual means adopted to interrupt an un speaker. Mr. Cobbett continued his speech for 'w minutes longer, but we were unable to catch& annected sentence. tout was then darnk with loud cheers, amidst cries d , e,' and hisses, from Mr. Cobbett's partisans. 7 ..bunnere then came forward, and addressed .ng. He had never come before the electors of hter uith more gratification and confidence, for came before them with a more sincere convic t he had not swerved one iota from the principles ~e h id ever professed. t remendous yells, with whistling, end slier of " Down, down," continued for several minutes. In the midst of 14,40 n Alr.Cobbett roared out, " Let my amendment be put.' ] • enscts resumed.—An indulgence bad been al thcw who had addressed the Meeting—an in 'c Er cater than he bad ever couceded to those hate no ter). A passed at eels, the I jo.ned to Toptdar s icme few imgk cot Daewoo " Shame" Sir F. the Meet i Westtn n. never Iron that thick I.e (Trento su e ho e Ihro nft • wed to dilLrnce most in nnion with the feelings of a Meeting. He had begged for this indulgence, in order that there might be nothing to hang a cavil on; for it had been repre seined that this Meeting was a miserable junto, or, ns it Was called in derision, a " rump ;" but if this Meeting seas to be taken for the lump, Gentlemen might con; ceive of what magnitude the body was—(Hear, and laughter). An amendment to a toast bad been handed io him, a most unusual course at a Meeting—(Hear). At first he intended to put it, but he could not, because it was rank nonsense—(Hear)—and if such amendments were allowed, there was an end to all regularity in pub lic meetings. The charge contained in this amendment was, that he (Sir F. B.) sat at the back of Mr. Canning, ' who was a decided enemy to the great question on which they were all agre:d. Of this fact there could be no' doubt, and he thought there had been great public be nefit derived from it. By doing so he had endeavoured to exclude the worst part of the worst Administration —(Hear, hear.) That Administration sat like an incubus on the country, and prevented any attempt at public improvement. And wherefore did he (Sir F.) sit at the back of Mr. Canning ? Because an Administration with more talent, and with less bigotted prejudices,uow sought to keep cut that worst of Administrations, which might be likened to unclean birds, who, unsated with the blood of thecountry they had already sucked,wished again, and would, had it not been for the part taken by himself and friends, to return to their prey, again to fix their talons in the vitals of their conntry--(Cheers, with a few hisses). If the Electors of Westminster deemed it necessary for him at that time of day to defend himself against such charges as they had that night heard, and coming from such a quarter—if that was the only means of preserving their confidence, he should say it was not worth pre serving. If, however, any Englishman, and an honest man, however humble his situation might be, whether or not an Elector of Westminster, should, at any time, desire an explanation of any part of his public conduct, he must be most happy to afford it—(Loud cheers, with cries of—" An honest man—mind that Cobbett r) — Was it at this time of day that the Electors of West minster were to decide whether be was or was nit a firm and consistent advocate of public liberty ? Did he not deprecate the boasting tone which he so much despised in ethers, he should remind them that he entered into public life as an advocate of the principles he had supported up to that hour, at a period of no common nature, when, to fight under the banners of public liberty was not, as now, a child's play, but was attended, every hour, with risk of life—(Loud and long cheering). Sir Francis then proceeded, at consi- derable length, to defend his support of the Adminis- Watioa of Mr. Canning, on the broad principle which he had avowed in the House of Commons, that, al though differing, from that Gentleman ip many im portant particulars, he yet considered his Ministry as infinitely better calculated to benefit the country, from the liberal principles on which it was likely to be con ducted, than any Ministry formed out of those who were now in opposition to him.—(The Hon. Baronet sat down, amidst very loud, and nearly unanimous, cheering). Mr. HUNT then proceeded to address the Meeting.— He was pleased to hear the candid observations which had fallen from their Chairman (Sir F. Burdeu). He himself had, in fact, ever advocated his principles to a certain extent; and he now coincided in that part of them which rejoiced at the removal of those Ministers, whose removal Sir Francis rejoiced at, and he believed nine tenths of the people of England rejoiced at the same—(Hear, bear). lf, however, upon any question, any persons or assemblage of persons differed, the only way to decide was, to hear the question on both sides, and, as Englishmen, to give each party a fair opportu nity of stattag their reasons for so differing. He (Mr. Hunt) had known the Electors of Westminster a long time: he had always been on good terms with them, and ,he hoped always to remain so. He had taken a part in the first election of their present Representative, and had been invited to attend their meetings for eleven years. From this intimacy, he believed, he could depend upon them for a fair bearing, even should - he differ from some of them, if he should deport himself as a Gentle man and a man—(Cheers.) With respect to ques tion of the health of Sir Francis Burdett, be would not suffer a rude observation to escape him. Some might thank him (Sir Francis) for having gone over to the side of Mr. Canning, although the latter was one of the most decided enemies of reform. But the question to be decided was whether Sir Francis, in thus giving kis support to Mr. Canning, had not compromised the great principles which they all advocated—(Cries of " bear, hear," " yes, yes," " no, no.") He WAS sorry that what Sir Francis had said of Mr. Canning to night, he had not said to his teeth in the House of Commons; if he had, the scene, which they had just witnessed, would never have been exhibited—(Hear.) Who was it that Sir Francis Burdett was now support ing ? Who, but the eloquent, the invariable, and power ful opponent of every measure favourable to the liber ties of the subject, which had been agitated in the H.:use of Commons for the last thirty years ?—(eries of " No, no," and " Catholic Question, and great uproar.")— After order was restored, Mr. Hunt proceeded to ob. serve, that it had been said, that if time was given to Mr. Canning, he would bring about some of those good things which the people so earnestly desired—(Hissings.) .By all means, give him time ; but, before they pledged themselves to suppoit the man who has all his life been their opponent ,(Cries of NoAo,") let them see what he intended to do. (Cries of" Look to his foreign policy.."/ The King, they were told, had endeavoured to make as Administration without Mr. C. an Administratiqn unfa• vourable to the Catholic QUestion, but failed. Cduld Mr. Canning have formed an Administration which could last for even one week if he had not been joined by Sir Francis Burdett and his friends?—(Uproar ) Did they believe that that part of the late Adminis tration could forni a Government that would last for one week without Mr. Canning ?—(No, no.) He be lieved, therefore, Sir Francis Burdett and his friends might have made what terms they pleased with Mr. Canning. They could have compelled him to promise his support to Parliamentatyßeform if they bad pleased. All be had to say about S r Francis Burdett was, that when Mr. Canning had, the other day, in the House of Commons, declared his hostility to Parliamentary Reform. Su Francis ought to have rise s and strenu• ously opposed that Hon. Gentleman. Mr. Brougham and Lord John Russell took upon them to say, that the country had boen'so well governs] for the last few years, that the people did not want Parliamentary Reform; but bow was that answered by the three or four thou sand inhabitants of Westminster, who met the other day? —(Great confusion). . They were of a different opinion, and said that the sountry could never cnide to any good if t had not a full and.effecival reform in the Cumurons H use of Parliaments "I think that they were right ; and what is more material, t think that ybti Will agtee with me, that all the anticip a tions of Sir Francis Burdett el m, without . as, Is e II mere farce and nonsense ing and c ' .) Mr. Heist then proceeded to say, that they to not then drinking the heatat hf Sir Francis Burdett as the chairman of a festive aid convivial -meeting : if they had been so doing, the toast would have been drank not merely without .opposition, but even by acclamation. They were celebrating under that toast the triumph of a great public question, on the merits of which the present Meeting could alone decide. What he had said might net perhaps meet with their approbation; but it was the genuine sentiments of his heart. and was' therefore entitled to their serious con sideration—(Hear). Let them decide as they pleased regarding Sir Francis's conduct ; he begged to thank I them for the opportunity he had had of declaring his sentiments ; whatever might ensue, his consolation would be, that he had done his duty. Lord Was. ROSSICI., after a few observations on the impropriety of mixing up angry feelings with a Meeting, whith, though political, was also convivial; and pointing out st. public Meeting as the only proper one for discus. sions, such as had been indulged in that night, proposed the health of Mr. Hobhouse. [Here the moot codicil's, calls were made far Mt liglingie and Cobbett. who both TIM at onee--thooe foe the beat lade rip in violence what they wanted in nantberl.. After a scene of great confusion, the Natalia* rose and said, that if such interruptions were admitted, it would be Impossible to conduct the business of any public Meeting with propriety. This was, in all pro bability,.the last they would experience,, and in order to patati end to it, hrs thought the best waywould be, to put into the Meeting, which of ihttWa - plittlettwe should be first heard ? The scene which now took place beggars ilt descrip tion. Mr. Hobhouie appeared still endeavouring to obtain a hearing; but the screaming, howling, and hiss. ing on the one hand, and the cheers and clappinf of , hands on the other, were almost deafening. the Stewards rushed to the table upon which Cobbett stood,, speaking at the utmost pitch of his voice to those around him. Tney pressed upon him and his friends. and en deavoured to force him from the table. A scuffle ensued, in which Mr. Cobbett's friends defended him stoutly; and having surrounded a corner in which he had placed himself, they resisted all attempts to come near him.— Many white wands were broken, and many thumps and pushes were exchanged in the struggle ; chairs were upset, bottles, glasses, and decanters demo lished, and many were prevented by the spilling of their wine from becoming more inclined for a ToM and Jerry row. Mr. Cobhett, in his addresses to those around him, frequently mentioned the name of Mr. Hobhouse, coupled with some epithets which did not reach us, but with which Mr. Hobhouse, to whom they were communicated, did not appear at all pleasei. He approached that part of the cross table nearest to Mr. Cobbett, and told him distinctly that if he made vise of those offensive expressions again, be would knock him down. As Mr. H. said this, he seized k wand from one of the Stewards, and Was about to descend from the table, when Mr. Hunt, who bad preserved the utmost coolness of temper during the evening, walked towards the table, and approaching Mr. H. said, "Mr. Hobhouse, I am and always have been your po litical opponent ; but, as a friend, I should advise you to desist. Mr. know you are, Sir; but I am not speaking of you. Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Brute hire approached Mr. Hobbouse, and induced hien to resume his seat. During this very .disgaceful scene, the Charlatan, and the Noble and Hap.- Gambia/a round his had taken their hats, and were about to depars o but again resumed their seats. Nothing could equal the Billingsgate langtiage which was used upon this occasion—a detail of which we purposely avoid, as equally disgraceful to all parties. . _ Mr. Wooina (the Black Dwarf) then came forward, and exhorted the Meeting to hear of "ides fairly. He said, Sir Francis had been accused of quitting his seat; he supposed the charge against Mr. Hobhoose must be, that he had kept his. Mr. Hominyse resumed, and, aiiiidst repeated inter ruptions, proceeded to state,' that he - iyias not aware of any charge made against him, and, theiefore, did not feel himself called on to repel any. The object of the individual who had originated all the disturbances of the evening, was not to make or substantiate chaiges of any kind,.but to break up the Meeting. If they so wished it, let it be done immediately—but let it be done will ingly—let them not yield to the clamours of impa tience, what the threats of power had long, and in vain, endeavoured to extort from theM. If two or three riotous individuals were allowed to destroy the comfort of as many hundreds, by their overbearing behaviour, there was an end to every thing like public or private inde pendence. Those individuals would not have acted as they had done, had they not known that they were shielded froth the power of him and his Honourable Friends, by the scorn in which they were held. He (Mr. Hobhouse) had nut so little merited of the public, as to be put down by one with whom it was a disgrace to hold a comfiest/kJ. 'Let him, (Cobbett) if he had a charge, make it, and it would be answered in such a manner as would, he trusted, to satisfactory to the vast majority of the Electors of Westminster. rat this point of Mr. Hobhouse's speech. the table and stools on which Mr. Cobbett sadists friends were stauding, save way with a ukrasadoas crash., to the great amusement of his opponents, who laughed. and shamed over his fall for several minutes.] liwenouss made lame additional observations; but the cis mow MOO entailed rendered them totally Inaudible, evm to dame itansedimaly aroend him. • The C*aaawas having proposed the health of'" Lehi ?ingest, and the /Electors of Alleibery," which was drank With three times dui. Lord'Nuoim said, that he most sincerely ad ,grate fully thanked 'them foF that honour—in hamar which he felt perhaps the more, after' the disgraceful: scene they tad lately witne.sed. He trusted that be enter• mined a fair estimate of the value of public character; but if his character bad been impeached from such a quarter, he would not have condescended to answer it. He would at once name the person to whom he alluded, for he sboultrbe ',Aimed to use a word vaguely that might //site it': oda to be supposed that he meant any perm:in but . r. Cobbett. He owed It to his own feelings as In Sae sbman and a Gentleman to that Mr. Hunt hid behaved both manfully and honoisraibly, but 'Mr Cobbett had conducted himself in such a • manner; 'as; if' he bad any feeling at all, would make him feel the effecti'of that con duct the longest day of his life. The Noble Lord justified the conduct of Sir F. Burdett in support ing the present Administrat ion, as it •bad enabled Nlr. Canning to break the head of a faction, which, if Admitted again into power, :would - only destioy the glory anti interest of the coal try. So long as he (Lord Nugent) c•uld carry a musket in the cause, he . would. ,:nlist under the banner's of any Conlniander that would, .:eAtroy such a faction. In the jr.:sint instance haled 'done se, gild his constituents had approved of his conduct. Mr. WzLas, of Huntingdon. made some observstlon, preparatory to a rotation of thanks to Earl Grey. The motion was objected to t the CHAIIMAN, solely *port the gtoend that the Noble Earl was not present. Sir F. Besoarr next proposed the health of a Noble Lord., whet had uniformly and zealously advocated the cause of the Peoplo— he meant his Noble Friend, Lord Ebrington. Tile toast was drank with three times three—(applause.) Lord Esitvcrou spoke in the most warm terms of praise, of the high, proud, and independent c Jnduct and character of Sir Francis Burdett. ' Lord Joins Menu. also shortly spoke in praise of the oharsetei of Sir Francis Burdett ; but the noise in the mom (which was snore worthy of Hockley.in.the.Hole, or the Westminster Pit, thin any place we have ever yet described), was so greit, that very iittle of what be said could be beard. Mr. P. THOMPSONj the Member for Dover, spoke with much anirnation,:and lauded highly the present Actin,- nistration s and the propriety of giving support to such • a Government. Here another tremendous tow took place between Cobbett's party end several persons Who were indignant at their tonduct during the night. As soon as any thing like order of silence could be obtained, • Sir F. &Montt, after pronouncing a high eulogium upon the 'public press of the conritry, proposed, as a toast, " The Liberty of the Press r which was receited with lonctepplause. • Mr.WOOLift again addressed the Meeting at some length; after which the fomparit Operated at eteven o'clock.—Three or four were Sent to the watilshottse for breaking the chandeliers. . . BOW-STREET_—(Txtslisty. -. ' • • . • , .11...- .. • DISTURBANCE AT Trig CROWN -Afro ANCHOR. aur readers will perceive, by the preceding report of ' the Dinner at the Crown and Anchor yesterday, to celebrate the . ' Anniversary of the Purity of Election at Wientninster;the t.tip. roarloos and notorious" scene that wok place. This morning, Nit... Charles Maltby Ryky, accompanied by his friend Mr. Cebbett,' and several of the staunch advncatei of . Rofdrm, appeared at the °lace, the former having been denizened in the strong roods of St. Clement's watchbotise from late last night Until eleven this morning, to answer the charge of Mr.R.Galloway,one of the Strwardi,forconA ducting the dinner, for basing assaulted the person of the Said Mei Galloway, sad with having separated the breast of bis coat both its better half, at the Crown and Anchor, last bight. Eleven o'clock was the time filed for the attendance of the parties, and Scott, tSe constable, produced his charge book. Mr: Galloway was, bewevei, not attendance, and Mr: Cobbett and his friends took tbeirseatr before the bar. At twehie o'clock the other charges baying been disposed of, Mr. Mumma., the Magistrate, addressed the dicer in waiting, and desired hint to call the parties forward. This was done, but Mr. Galloway was not present; one of his brother Steward, however came forward to prove the assault. He went on to describe it is follows: Mr. Cobbett had got on the tabs to address the Amenably, when Mr. Galloway went up to kboi tii induce him to desist. the defendant at tells moment *del dila It and struck Mr. Galloway, and eventually tote his cod; •. • . Mr. Ryley denied' his. 4 Mr. Cobbett—Sir, the fact is, this Geotlemmiwat at 111* and made a noise, as we all did—(laughing )- -the MUM,. noise though—in fact we can prove many Waft • ponents. Mr:.Ryky, Sir, hal beets in tie afatebbovistillt . Mr. Ryley—Sir, if you will allow me, I will audab lea minute. I am not charged here with an assault in itilionkeet an the officer outside of it. • Steward--You had better have kept sway. Mr. Cobbett—Ah! you would have beell Mere karrnwideme—a (Laughter). You remember the story of the criminal whit went t accuse the Judge—laughlng—dott l i you ? Steward—You did not laugh yesterday—don't laugh it me—a You. I suppose, intent 40 laugh at the 31agintate. ' • Mr. Cebbett bowed to the Bench, and teald, by no means; the Magistrate knows better. Your weakness is only sfiawn when you come before Justice. Mr. Mnsrautt dismissed the case;as Scott declined toprefer any charge, mad !4r. Cobblt left dip d i sc e laughingheartily. Calcutta Papers, to the 25th January, mentipn that the Peguers had commenced offensive operations against the Burmese, but the attack upon Rangoon is entirely discredited. The commercial tntelligehce states a great scarcity of money, and failures to ;ome extern, among theitlferior native traders. The Indigo crop was estis mated not to exceed 7.5,000 =nods, the quality very bad. The demand was great by Arabs and Americans, as well as English. CO/MGT GARDEN THEATRII.Thi . ne* Camedy was sweatedst night, with grim applause. It was glverN out again - - . a'IIINSTIIR &ACTION OP SCHOLGIIII...TII9 fel swing riung Gentlemen were elected to the Universities yesterday rooming: Oxford-J. Aterntsa,„J.E. &LTV; E. HILL, H.EYNASSON. Cambridge-R. Bar.owne, S. E. Warm; L. E. Beasts. The Bishopric of Rochester has been vacant ever aloft the 22d Of February, and the Deanery of Durham since the lath of March. Wednesday as the Misses Chapman, of Westwell, In Kent, were riding through Orate-Chart, in their chaise, and going down hill at a brisk pace, they became alarmed for their !eery; Mist S. Chapman immediately sprung out, and falling eti tieT.head, was killed on the, spot. Tuesday se'nnight, while Leonard Shield. the- Allen* dale carrier, wasturnlng his cart in the Clue in Newcastle, he was violently struck in the breast by one of the shafts, winch disabled him from proceeding. He was immediately taken to the-iafitinaty. where he died on Thursday last. • • A few days since, Courtney Stacey, Esq. and his gamekeeper being in Stockbnry Woods, for the pars pose of destroying vermin, the gamekeeper shot a young woodcock, nearly three parts grown; and shortly afterwards Mr. Stacey killed the hen bird, an eats aor dinar y circumstance, as the woodcock has always been considered to be a bird of passage. The RECORDER of LosnoN yesterday made a report to the KING in Council, of the following prisoners lying under sentence of death its Newgate, namely-, Sharpe England, aged 18, for uttering a forged cheque Run Jones, 116, for uttering a forged bill of exchange; John Eagles, 31 2 for secreting and stealing a letter, winch came into his bands by virtue of his employment at the General Poe Office ; Joba Smith, let, Joseph Clarke, 23, Henry Spleen 21, mid Page Dobald, 31 2 for stealing property in a dwelling-house to the vales of forty 'bib Rugs and upwards* Charles Seward, 22,.f0r being at large in this country, without lawful cause befote 'the expiration of the term for which he had been sentenced to be transported; Ipha Davis, 116, Georyit Avory, 93, Thomas Fowler, 25, 'Henry IrmMooger, 26, Bohan Jones, 26, and Benjamin Sanders, .24, for highway robbery; William Blanchard, 18, and Jeremiah Connor, al, for burglary; William Rust, 29, John Oliver, 31, John Howardsalbs Johnson, 41, Edward Layeack, 17, and 'Samuel Jones, 27, for horse.staling ;. George Williams, 35, for shoep.stealing and hone. stealing; William Austin, 23, William Fox 44, and John Dux. berry, cm, for housebreaking in the day-tim e,' and Rebecca Mul lins, 49, for counselling and siding the said Fox and Duaberry before the commission of the said crime.*Alio the tollowing, who received sentence of death at the April Sessions: Daniel Bispham, aged 19, Ann Williams, 45, George Harris, 20, * John Htil, 98, Elizabeth Frankland, 34, Robert Smith, 23, John Smith,•lll, George Ford, 1 4 13, Francis Boyer, 23, WiUkun Wicks, 20, Thome Samuel White, 20, and Charles. Pea; ce, 99, for stealing in a dwei. ling.house to the value of forty shillings and upwards ; Edward James Plowman, 33,- Charles Smith, 24, William Jones alias John Harrison, 93, Jeremiah Donovan, 12, John Reid * 34, John Gardner, SO, and John Jennings, 34, f or burglary ; Wituatrt Wil. llama, Al, and .Thosnas Featherstone, 19, for sacrilege; Richard Trice, 44, for siseep.stealing ; David Skinner, 35, Joseph Brown. 16, and Edivard Steward, 23, for highway robbery; John Hughes, 95, and Lancelot Cooper, 57, for forgery; end John Cary, 33, for horse-stealing. , His MAJESTY was graciously pleastd to command that all the above-nsmed prisoners shrVald be respited during his Royal pleasure, excepting John Eagles, Gee. Williams, Joseph. Brown, and Benjamin Sanders, upon whom the law is left to take , i ts cour se. and they are ordered for execution on Tuesday nest, the 29th instal:!.instal:!. ..MW O r