Star. — London, England, 1830-03-25 00:00:00

THE EVE N ING STAR. • "LON DON.d THURSDAY, MARCH 25. Lady.day.—Holiday at the Bank. , FOREIGN FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK. Brazil Bch. 5 pr Ct. 711 701 bo.B. 1825, 5 p Ct. 7011 Ditto Acct 72. • Du Account 300 1 4 .,11.1.. Ayr. 14.1%. 6 p Ct. 54 Perna. Bils. 6 Rr 04.110 Odom. Bds. 6 per Ct. Port. Bds. - Dpi Ct. DO. Ms. 1824, 21 Ditto Acet. 594 Greek Bonds, 5 p Ct. RUN. 13ds. 1822, Spr Ct. 1101 Do.B. 1825, 401 11 1 . Ditto Ace. 1101 Do. Aec. 401 11 40 1 Sp.Bds. S per Ct. 141 Mex.Bds. S per Ct. 273 281 129 Do. Ace. 21 14f BRITISH AND FOREIGN Sll A HES, TWO ireviirh, 411 AMIL IPAIN PIM swans. Brazilian Company 90 5 10 94 Brasilia , Imp. (iss.Xs pm.) 35 20 81 11 Do. National 25 10 United 51es, (iss. at .81 pm.) 40 7.94 10 -- Alliance British and Foreign 100 10 101 Despatches were this day received at the Foreign Of fice from Lord STUART DE RoTnsA v, our Ambassador, at Paris ; and from the night Honourable Sir CHARLES BAUOT, our Ambassador at the Hague. Highly ns we appreciate every effort that has hitherto teen made to effect a salutary and sweeping Reform of the abuses and errors that have so long disfigured our Statute Book ; and much as—without any reference tritever to party feeling—we are disposed to commend the labours of those who have endeavoured to revise, to condense, and to simplify the enactments of our Criminal Code; we cannot be insensible to the oversight which has been committed, in suffering even a revision of that Code to have taken place, without being followed by the immediate adoption of some measure that might expunge the palpable quirks and quibbles which are still permitted to exist, even in cases which not only involve the liber ties and the lives of our fellow-creatures, but are utterly subversive of the fundamental principles of Justice, and calculated to bring the very administration of the laws into disregard, if not into contempt. We ;Mude to the technical objections which, notwithstanding all that has been lately said of the repeal of obsolete statutes, and the condensation of some hundreds of our criminal edicts, we find incessantly raised, to the form of indictments, and to the mere phraseology in which the offences wherewith the prisoners stand charged, are set forth. Within the last week, our attention has been called to not less than three instances of such a perversion of the simplest dictates of reason and common sense, as would disgrace a country whose institutions were yet in their infancy ; and we now recapitulate them, for the pur pose of showing that the work of Legal Reform has, as yet, been very inadequately handled ; and that, though we admit that much has been accomplished, yet, like Cies A it, we should count nothing done, while so much more re mains to do :—At the Cambridge Assizes, two young men— William Reade, aged 20, and William Turner, aged 22—were tried on an indictment charging them with having feloniously set fire to a barn, stable, and two stacks of hay, belonging to a Mr. CHALK, of Linton. Before the prisoners pleaded, Mr. SMITH, who was of Counsel for them, put in a plea of autrefois convict ; in support of which he stated that they had been tried for the same offence, and convicted at the last Assizes ; but an objection was then taken to the indictment, which the twelve Judges held to be bad, and consequently quashed the conviction. The plea now set up, however, Mr. Baron VAUGHAN pronounced to be unavailable; inasmuch as the former verdict had not been ; fol lowed up by a judgment; because they were tried on an indictment on which no judgment could be entered ; and therefore no conviction could be made valid. The trial proceeded ; and a fellow, named Cashbold, who had married Reader's sister, and who, under a solemn promise of secresy, extorted an admission of his criminality from that prisoner, was the principal evidence against them. To render the testimony of this man still more question able, it should be stated, that Cashbold admitted in the course of cross-examination, that his object throughout had been, and still was, to retain the reward of four or live hundred pounds, which was offered for the apprehen sion and conviction of the offenders ; and that he knew he should only be entitled to that reward, on the establish ment of their guilt. They were found guilty; and although it was avowedly the second time on which they had been tried fox the same offence, and the first indictment was held by the Judges of the land to be bad, sentence of death was pronounced upon them ; and Mr. Baron Vs uctiAw admonished them to prepare for the execution of that sentence. We shall now see how far the same principle has obtained in other cases ; and whether other prisoners tried upon bad indictments, or arraigned upon indictments which ad mitted of exceptions, of the existence of which even learned Judges are not always aware, have had the same extreme measure of justice meted unto them. At the Berks Assizes one William Burkitt was tried on an indict ment charging him with stealing a sheep. The fact of the stealing was distinctly proved ; but as the prosecutor admitted on cross-examination, that the animal stolen was not quite a year old, and might be more properly de scribed as a lamb, Mr. Baron BOLLAND directed an ac quittal of the prisoner. In doing so, his Lordship stated, that in a case before the twelve Judges, where a person had been indicted for stealing a sheep, and it ap peared that the animal stolen was a ewe, the prisoner was held to be entitled to be acquitted, because the Acts 7 and 8 of Gao. IV. cap. 22, make it a capital felony to steal " any ram, ewe, sheep, or lamb ;" and as the Act vf Parliament madastealisp-a.ewe, and stealing a sheep distinct ofences, they mold not be charged one for the attar r At the Exeter Assizes, a man named Mows Willey, was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Cropp. The indictment contained ten counts. The first count notated the murder to have been committed in the County 4 Devon ; and the other counts stated it to have been -e;.l committed in the County of Me City of Exeter. When the case for the prosecution was opened, the prisoner's counsel objected to the indictment, on the ground that the Act did not allow two places to be mentioned in it. He, therefore, urged that the counsel for the prosecution must make his election as to which of the counts he would prdc' eed upon, for though the Act 38th George 111. cap. 52, said that when there was uncertainty as to the exact spot, the indictment might be laid in the county ; yet the cities of London, Chester, Bristol, and Exeter, wire excepted from the operation of such a provision. The learned Judge said that, though he was not before aware of the exception, the objection was a valid one, and therefore his lordship directed the prisoner's acquittal.—Now, upon these cases we have only to observe, that involving, as they do, three distinct degrees of criminality, they involve a still more obvious necessity for an inquiry into the principle upon which two men are for one offence consigned to death, and de prived of the advantage of a plea urged upon the acknowledged informality and consequent illegality of the indictment upon which they were originally tried ; and two others—one charged with the crime of MURDER, and the other arraigned for the capital of fence of sheep-stealing—are allowed the full benefit of pleas urged upon similar grounds, and in consequence of mere technical errors and informalities in the indict-. meats preferred against them, are acquitted, and let loose again upon society, emboldened by their deliverance from all the penal consequences of their crimes, to perpetrate fresh delinquencies, in utter contempt of the law, through whose broken meshes the subtlety of their advocates had extricated them. Assuredly such anomalies demand the speedy intervention of the spirit of constitutional and ra tional reform. That, in a season of national difficulty and depression, the public burthen can only be sustained by a fair and impartial distribution of its %eight ; and that the exi gencies of the State can alone be adequately supplied by the united efforts and sacrifices of the people—justly and equitably proportioned to their strength and to their means—is a principle so self evident, and so natural, that it were but a mockery of common sense to enter into an elaborate discussion of its merits, or to insist upon its applicability to the present condition of the country. That—with the exception of the "fa voured fear"—there is not a class in the community, the members of which are capable of making either efforts or sacrifices, that would not cheerfully concur in the adoption of such measures as prudence and as jus tice dictated for the relief of that condition, and for the restitution of the country's prosperity, we firmly believe ; but the more willingly we concede this tribute to the disposition of the people at large, the more bitterly must we deprecate any ungenerous and in vidious effort, to obtain such relief at the exclusive ex• pense of the public creditor. Our objection to the pro ject of Government, with respect to the reduction of the four per cents. does not rest so much upon the sacrifice which the Fundholder is required to make, as upon the fact that the exaction of any sacrifice should be made in such a quarter, without at the same time subjecting placemen, pensioners, and sinecurises, to a similar test of patriotism and liberality. It is curious, and at another time, or on any other sub ject, it might be amusing, to observe the amiable expe dients, and the sophistry by which the once popular and liberal portion of the Press now labours in its willing advocacy of every Ministerial measure:—The City Correspondent (?) of the Times talks of " a degree of confidence virtually expressed by the Mini stry in the state of the Country, which must, if borne out by circumstances, induce a similar feeling over the whole of the community." The " confidence vir tually expressed by the Ministry in the state of the country,"—as that confidence has bean exemplified, and expressed in their measures and in their speeches,—does indeed require to be " borne out by circumstances," before it can " induce a similar feeling over the whole of the community." The Ministry which has confidence enough to deny the existence of general and unprecedented dis tress, and to denounce all inquiry into the state of the country, is worthy of such an advocate—and the advocate is worthy of such a Ministry. We call the serious attention of the public to a statement for which we are indebted to an intelligent correspondent who pos sesses sources of information upon which we place the firmest reliance ; and from the comparative view which he has furnished of certain items of expenditure in 1792 and the present year, some notion may be formed of the retrenchment and economy for which our financiers claim so much credit. We repeat once •more that the salaries of •Places should all have been reduced, and the Pension List and the Sinecure disbursements revised and curtailed, if not altogether abolished—before the income of ono single Fundholder was made an object of Ministerial speculation. The Times of this morning has a very discursive, en lightened, liberal, and instructive essay upon the policy of England and France, and the affairs of Europe ; com mencing with Lord ABERDEEN and Terceira, making the circuit of Greece with Prince LEOPOLD, fighting over the Turkish campaign with the magnanimous NicttoLss, and concluding with an exposure of the absurdity of the supposition—which the Times admits " with all its absurdity is believed in France"—that Po- Lao w.tc and his Cabinet are but the puppets of WEL LINGTON! We have not space to-day to profit by the profundity of the learned Pundit's philosophy and poli tical science ; but we purpose on the morrow to make the round of his circumgyration. We omitted to state yesterday in the official- notice from Government for the reduction of the four per cent. Stock, that all holders of new four per cents. will receive the dividends due on the fifth day of July, 1830. MAILS ARRI' CITY, Tins :D AND DUE TR A. D. A. 1 0 1 France.... s 0 1 Waterford ..... 0 1 Flanders 2 Guern. cat Jersey 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hambargh 1 Brasil The express from Paris arrived this morning, but does not appear to be of much interest. All was quiet there, and not the least fear of a disturbance taking place. M. Netale has arrived in the above capital, and is supposed to take an active part in the present state of affairs. The French rents have come lower, and in conse quence of which, the Congo! Market Is not so goad as yes. terday, when they left off 921 f for the Account, and opened this morning at 92f and 921 for Money. At present they are 921, alternately buyers and sellers, with little doing. The reduction of the 4 per Cents. has not yet had any effect on the market ; although it is the opinion of the well.informed, that the plan of Ministers will succeed. In the Foreign Market, Greek Stock has Improved one per cent. Brazil Stock has declined about one per cent. A mail has arrived from Lisbon, brought by the Stanmer, sailed 14th March.. A mail from Malta, by the Emulous, sailed en the 9th February from Gibraltar, 3d March. A mail from the Brazils, by the Cygnet, sailed from Rio is. neiro 26th January. Some late advises have been received from Chili, stating that a general dissatisfaction prevails in that country. The Intendant had marched in the capital, at the head of 600 foot and 1000 cavalry, to upset the Government. There has been a great failure at Martinique, to the amount of 100,0004 sterling. Accounts'ftotn Servia state that the Grand Sultan was expected , in the month of May at Adrianople, to organise that province. Admind Mallet, of the squadron of Algiers, was on the point of his departure for Toulon, to superintend the armament. 1,000 head of cattle were on their way to Toulon to be embarked. It is said the fleet is to be provisioned for six months. The brig Alacrity, is arrived at Toulon from Navarino, left Ist of March. She brings accounts that Admiral Rigney had sailed for Pores, where he found the English Admiral and Admiral Heyden, and after a long conference with them departed for Egia, and had a long interview with Capo D'lstrias. Accounts from Madrid of the Ist of March, state that the Queen was pregnant. The King has prohibited all religious books from entering Spain. HALF-PAST ONE. Up to the present hour theca is a dead calm in the Consul 3larket, and scarce a bargain has been done during the whole of the morning. Consols have continued at 924 for the Account, alternately buyers and sellers. It is a holiday at the Bank, consequently no money transactions have taken place this day. The private accounts from Rio Janiero are not of a favourable na lure : the government has been endeavouring to raise a loan by taking from circulation the bank-paper, but hitherto they have not succeeded. Their treasury is rather in a sickly state, and the 6 per cent. (loan has fallen from 09 to 644, Exchange 234. We do not hear of any political information having occurred. The town of Leiric, which raised a loan during the war, intends to pay it off if the bond-holders will take 3 per cent. We also understand that the Grand Duke of Nassau, of Eu. singham,who has his bonds out at 4per cent. also intends paying them off at 34 per cent. . . . . In the Foreign Market there Is more business going forward than In the British, particularly in Greek Bonds, which have improved * per cent Brazilian Securities have gone down about 1 per cent. owing to the unfavourable account from Rio Janerio of the inability of the Government to raise money. Up to the present hour we have no political Information. The Duchess of CUMBEALAW n left town about half past one o'clock yesterday, on her return to Kew. The Duke of issicat.mta returned to his residence at Kew in the afternoon. The Duke of WELLINGTON left town between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday morning, to attend his Majesty at his Palace at Windsor. _ _ _ _ -- -- ----- The Russian and French Ambassadors had a con - - - farms with the Earl of Awnings& yesterday, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Spanish and Prussian Ministers had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign office. A numerous deputation of English distillers, headed by Mr. WODZHOUSE, M. P. for Norfolk, including Mews WEY MOUTH, CURRIE, SMITH, OCTAVIUI SMITH, &c. waited On the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER y esterd ay, at the Trea sury, and had a conference with the Right Hon. Gentleman. A deputation of the Scotch distillers, accompanied by the Right Honourable W. Donnas and S ir GEORGE CLERK, Bart. the Members for the City and Shire of Edinburgh, attended at the Treasury yesterday, and held an interview with the CHAN• cztLoa of the Excnzutrxa. Don T. MASXA RENA, one of the Chamberlains to the young Queen of PORTUGAL, transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State fcr Foreign Affairs. Sir GEORGE MURRAY entertained the Cabinet Mi nisters to dinner yesterday evening, at his residence in Belgrave• square. The Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND en tertained the following distinguished personages at dinner en Saturday s—Earl and Countess of MEATH, Lady FRANCES VAN. DELEUR, Lady JANE LOFTUS, Earl of LONGFORD, Earl of ANNESLEY, Lord and Lady MasszT, Lady Boaouou, Lady Ronson, Lord DECIES Lord 0. HILL , Hon. Admiral Sir T. PAIENHAM, Hon Archdeacon and MTS. PAELNIIA3I, Hon. Mr. LEEsow, Hon. and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. TAYLOR, Hon. the Dean of CLOGHER and Mrs. MAUDE, Hon. and Rev. Mr. Postsnor, Hon. Colonel MAITLAND, Dr. td Mrs. RADCLIFFE, Mr. GRE GORY, Sir HARCOURT and Lady LEES, Sir C. and DOMVILLE, Sir FiIkDERICE STOTTS', the SURGEON-GENERAL, Doctor KENNY, Colonel and MTS. GARDINER, Colonel and Mrs. DRUM. MOND, Colonel and Mrs. Bauer. Colonel Snawe, Colonel Wm- MOT, Mr and Mrs . CANE, Sir GEORGE RICH. Lord WILLIAM GRAHAM, the Honourable Captain PERCY, &C. &C. ts-c.; The Countess of Aberdeen remains at the Albion, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, and the Hon. Miss Stuart Wortley, continue at the Marine Hotel, Brighton. Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart. and Lord Tierney, vacated their Pavilion Parade residence on Thursday—fiat, to visit the Earl of EOREMOXT at Petwortb, apd then to return to their town mansion, in Dover-street, for the season. On the 25th of March, 1828, Vesuvius vomited enor mous masses of black smoke, charged with ashes and sand. N. Morgan and some other persons set out to visit the crater. 'I hey were greatly fatigued by the violence of the wind, which was so strong, when they had strived at the edge of the crater, that they could only crawl on their hands and feet to prevent their being precipitated into the gulf. The cold was severe—the hail fell with violence the wind was ex. cessively strong, and raised clouds of ashes and sand. The crater was nearly half Mini with scoriae, which the fluid lava that filled the bottom of the gulf had thrown upon the sides. The gulf had the form of a funnel, the central point of which was I the seat of explosions, which produced the noise of strongly. compressed vapour, and threw the burning cinders to an ire. wenn height. In these moments the aspect of the crater was that of an enormous furnace, or rather of a valley of Bre. In the intervals of the explosions the surface of the sco rim was almost black, excepting the central peat, which was pale red. While the travellers were seated on the edge of the seater, the cruet of cinders broke, in another pest seal mew them, with a horrible noise, which made the Ads sera Lk tremble, and an immense column of ashes, send, and skies, was thrown into the air. These substances fell again on al idea, and had it not been foe the violence at the wind, whals tome them to a distance, the travellers might probably have retied. M. Morgan, being seated behind the rest, received a kind of phosphorescence, or pale yellow glow, on the highest parts, and thole most exposed to the wind, of the clothes sad bees of his companions. A veil of peen crape, which he hod taken with him to keep off the lAN and sin*, Syrnisi birdseedwith a fringe of sparks when it wee oipated by the wind.— The light cased when the vi Wow gat, aid when he allowed it to float. His gimes pawns* die sane At the end of each low was seta a o hm= daft to that of a glow - worm, and which seemed se iessaer by au. tact. On having the place' the phomemeweiroeseskiiii=e g wind continued to blow with nal vieleanC—Rwifolbabe Phreklues• • :Lyn o'CLocE. S MORNING. •. I Ll%lion 0 o Jamaica 1 O Sweden 2 O Malta . • CORK ELECTION, March 20. SZVENTE DAT. Reporter Office, half-past Four o'clock. At this hour the poll was deleted as follows THIS DAY'S TOLL. Freemen. Freeholders. Mr. Callaghan 56 Mr. Newenham 47 Leaving a Majority for Mr. Newenham of 25. GOO'S POLL. ----- - --- Mr. Callaghan Mr. Newenham Majority Several gentlemen addressed the meeting before it separated. CORK, SUNDAY. The election, in the opinion of the knowing ones, is won. Cal. laghan was, yesterday, so closely pushed, that in order to preserve the appearance of a majority, he actually polled some of his own committee. Despite of every minimum, Dir. Newenham would have beaten down the majority to nothing, but for a decision of the assessor, which is not altogether concurred in by the lawyers ; indeed, which is repudiated by the professional persons employed. and - which had the effect of at least postponing the votes, although it will not ultimately endanger the election. The assessor has ruled that it is not sufficient in the affidavit of the freeholders to give their addition and the residence generally thus—" John Doe, of the city of Cork, glover," for instance, but that the affidavit must des. cribe the deponent as " John Doe, of Patrick-street, in the city of Cork, glover ;" and this decision has had the effect of invalidating a great many votes. However, notwithstanding this objection, if it shall be deemed good, Newenham will bring to the poll to-morrow a host of supporters, and I have no doubt the majority will be alto gether removed by Tuesday evening, probably by tomorrow evening. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S LECTURES. Last night Mr. Buckingham delivered a free Lecture on the Monopoly, Trade, and Consti•ution of the East India Com. pony, in the great room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern. Long before the hour at which the Lecture began (seven o'clock) many hundred persons had assembled ; finally, not fewer than from two to three thousand individuals of both sexes, apparently all of the higher and more respectable ranks of society, assembled._ Mr. Buckingham was received with three rounds of applause as he proceeded to the platform, from which he delivered his observe. Lions. As on former occasions of a similar nature, he began► by giving a brief, but succinct, history of the first formation of the East India Company ; showed how, from traden, they had as sumed and maintained the character of sovereigns; dilated on the mischievous con‘equences of their policy, and showed the advantage which would arise from a free trade ; exposing, as he went along, the trafficking for power and places of emolument, which took place both in England and in India. On each of these topics the lee urer was exceedingly eloquent, and repeatedly drew forth the approbation of tke audience. DRURY-LANE THEATRICAL FUND. Yesterday several of the most active Members of the Committee, viz.—HUGHES, THOMPSON, WEBSTER, and 0. SMlTH—attended in KEAN'S private room, for the purpose of making arrangements for the celebration of the Fund Festival on Wednesday next. Mr. Huoisits stated' to the Committee that the following dis tinguished personages had condescendingly communicated their intention of honouring the Festival with their presence ;_The Duke of St. Alban's, Lord Vernon, Marquis Graham, Robert Gordon, Esq. M. P. Andrew Maclew, Esq. the late Indian Judge t F. M. Mart n , Esq. James Soane, Esq. Butler Danvers, Esq. the gallant Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Earl of Grosvenor, Lord Leveson Gower, Lord Sahara, Lord Ranelagh, James Par. let, Esq. &c. &c. &c. Re also stated that he had received a aaggee from Mr. Anderson, the new singer, wbo so successfully played Henry Bertram on Tuesday night, intimating his willingness to attend the Fund Dinner, and to do any thin i n his power calcu lated to contribute to the harmony of the eve ning . The Committee expressed themselves hi terms of gratitude to h r. Anderson for his liberal feeling towards this charitable institution. An interesting subject—vie. " A provision for the Orphan Chil. dten of Decayed Actors" was discussed ; and Mr. Thompson, with the view of illustrating what great advan tages had accrued from the exertions of the Drury-Lute fund, in the year 1789, and who had searched and collected the records handed down from the highly gifted founder of the society, David Garrick, read a letter, "dated September, 1789." which he had selected from many others, proved that the son of an actress of Drury-lane The. lure had, by his talents, become Prime Minister of England (Can. ning); and that Samuel Reddish, an orphan, was reared, well fed, indifferently clothed, but certainly classically educated, by the Drury-lane Benevolent Fund! Young Samuel became an aceom. pliahed scholar and gentleman ; but his talents (backed by the in terest of Sheridan and his brother George) no sooner raised him to a high civil situation abroad, than he died ! We give a copy ver batim of the boy's whimsical letter, as ptoof of an ardent mind, whose young ambition was properly directed : " To the Directois of Drury.lane Theatrical Fund. "Scorton, September 29, 1789. "Gierrczatxx—Having now attained an age when I must shortly expect your kind guardianship to cease, permit the feeling heart of a grateful but inexperienced boy to thank you for your MOM than paternal kindness. The sound and liberal education which your bounty has bestowed on me will, I hope, enable me to struggle courageously with the great world into which I am very shortly to be thrown : and in whatever situation chance may place me, I shall acquit myself with that unsullied reputation which it will be the anxiety and ambition of my life to attain and preserve. I now venture an a last intrusion on your liberality ; I Ulan, from my reading, that in the world, a light accomplishment frequently proves a recommendation, when sound erudition passes unnotice& In your attention to my head, my dear and kind guar dians, my heels have been totally neglected ! I have never learned to dance, though I am graced as the best classic scholar at Scorton. I lam very graceless at entering a room ; if you will allow my • last six months tuition to include Dancing, your now grateful • boy may, perhaps, when a wean. be spar'd many a blush for his lulls, in that society where his head may chance to place him ! I r hope yot t Z i l i l i sardon the vanity of an ambitious toy, and grant his • :ryes if you would add to that kindness, by allowing a new • parr of leather orecehes for present use—five and nrne.pence ar. rears for cricket bats and fruit, and only three months Italian.— I think I shall then be • amed at all points,' and ready to encoun , ter those worldly difficulties which to the buoyancy of youth are al. was Th e following was the laconic answer from the Fund Commit. light." tee " Cricket Bats, Italian Literature, and new Leather Breeches —Allow`d. Dancing—Oppoed I—as unnecessary to a Classical Scholar; but it will be taken into consideration next month." The reading of the Epistle and its eccentric Answer excited much admiration and laughter ; and after the transacting of some routine business, the committee adjourned, with " leave to sit again." The Duke of Devonshire, with his Graces sister, the Lad/ Orville , ui left Kemp•town ou Tuesday. BENIFIT OF THE LAW.—A man named PiTIR WALSH was tried and acquitted, at the Sligo Assizes, on a charge of stealing ten pounds of straw, alleged to be the property eta magis trate of that county. The straw, it appeared, was worth but twopence. and on suspicion of stealing it, the unfortunate man was confined in prison for sixty_.three days. This is one of the beauties of the Irish system.—Deblin Register. ENGLISH BALL IN PARIS.—A grand Ball, for tie benefit of the English Committee of Charity, took place on Thurs day last in the Salk des Menus-Plaisiss, which was decorated on the occasion in a style of truly royal magnificence. The assem blage of company was very bpllisnt and numerous, consisting of upwards of SOO persons. Leidy STUART DR SOTIRBAT WM at the head of the list of Lady Patronesses. M. le Due. de Qumran opened the Ball, which was kept up till a late hour. It is eakm• laced that, including the presents sent by the Royal Family, the proceeds of the Bali will be 30,000 francs (I.26ol.)—Joarsul des Debate. The following anecdote of the Duke of Northumberland is communicated in a letter from " the Emerald Isle,"received by a in this neighbourhood a few days ago Horse Artil le ry, while lately riding in the Phoenix Pod, mot a .umber of horses lse pr operty of the Lord Lieutenant, ia doge of dillsemit grooms. - One at the animals parlicolsrlY atiamed hie ateention, and be maned his admiration of it 10 very glowing isms. About a fortnight afterwards a servant of the Duke salved at Coked W.'s house with the identical home, and a nerd from his Once, stating that it having cone to his knowledge that Colossi W. admired the animal, he begged be would do him dm favour to accept it, alma for not having sent Unhorse sooner, in consequence of its vit eg arnald, front which it was now relieved. —Barham County Advertiser.