Star. — London, England, 1827-01-30 00:00:00

0111114filLIIVakillT 1040 .604 . . ' gen - ere - aria icellent comedian, met with an accident oti his way, 'yose from the Theatre, by wbich his left arm has been : • ',idly broken. ;'...Tuesday night party of ruffians, with their faces blailieoed.broke into the house of Join Scott, t Clontra, o ar Tr sigh, .County of Clare, and robbed. it. of; every article worth removing. Scott was in .Limerick, .and bi g wife Waving incautiouily said the knew •some tif the party, when they mere about "to . clepirt, "which being ov erheard by some of the fellows, they all returned, ad literally beat-out-her brains. • . • A Meiting of the NObilityrGentry, and Freeholders, of tbicounty ofCivan was, h*lst on - l'hursday E at 'which it was agreed to petition Parliament against further 4oacessions to the Roman Catholics. .• We ,(Daigia Correipeadtat) have been credibly• that inconsequence of tome unpleasant expres. sions which passed atibi Siacki)inner given by Sheriff Bunn. yesterday evening to the Commons, a high official character sailed, for England this morning, leaving a message that be expected to be tolkiwed by a Gentleman who is the assistant of his colleague. He, however, we find, has not at present accepted the invitation. A Nleetingof the Profestanti of:the county of Armagh VA place on Wedne,sday, ,as appointed by the High Sheriff. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the yea .;ber, the attendance of. the rwentlensen from the most distant part of the county was full and complete, there biting scarcely up absentee of any COnSideratioe. The Cdart House was crowded to excess ; among the num ber were several Roman Catholics. Abort half-past 12 o'clock .the Chair was taken by . . the Sheriff, who was successively; addressed by Colonel Verner, Major Close,. Mr. Waring, Colonel Blacker,. Burgess, Mt. Hogg, Doctors Robinson and Miller, And Mr. Edgar. The following. Resolutions,, among others, were on. animously.adopted v :That the daring' and menadng language Is which the . preten 'dais of the . Romin Catholics are now ntaintal, lqlll rendered it imperatively necessary that the Protestants Amid declare their 'seatimeats concerning claim, affecting the essonadal•principles of the Constitution. • , The Ronan Catholic Assedition. with, In a•gross evasion of the laW,"has assumed all the fopcokes of. a kcal Legislature, and has ezerdied those (marl:Mins la *ekeitiog the Roman Catholics .against the Proteitants, is destructive at tk• pause of Ireland, and to be stappresaad.'? • . • : • soar,. • • COMIC! OF CHANAllaNlas. i s "OIL IWlrill.lllE so. &OM .11111$LIBILIT •w•3•11 , -U---. The Arroners-Gserna Li at thesitting:of the Coast resumed -his argument in reply. It was, be.iaid, a ma terial point, in this case, to ascertain, t i l Ltaible, any facts which had a tendency to shew w that per version, which seemed at one time undoubtedly to have existed in the moral structure, of Mr.WelleSley's Mind, had undergone any amelioration, or whether it still continued in the same state of maivestation. He could . discover nothing which indicated any amelioiation ; but these was a letter in existence r to. which he would draw . the attention of the Court, and which appeared to de. ( anonstrate that. the mind of Mr. Wellesley, instead of •nndergoing any process of reformation, as the events of this case successively evolved. themselves, had rather become more callous and indifferent to those moral sen timents by which the conduct of mankind is usually tegnlated. The letter in question was written by Mrs. Wellesley to Lord Maryborough, and bole date the 21A of June, 1824. In that letter Mrs. W. offered, if Mr. W. would give up his connection with Mrs. Bligh, to give that Lady a maintenance out of her reduced and balf•exhausted pin-money. The Learned Attorney admitted that he was not in, possession of evidence to shew that Mr. Wellesley had ever seen this letter, though he could hardly entertain a doubt, tbat if be had not seen it, this circumstance arose from a conviction on the part of Mrs. Wellesley's friends that .his mind was in a condition not to be affected even by this most disinterested and liberal offer.— If he (the Learned Attorney) were to select any circum stance out of the life of this admirable woman, as more than - any other illustrative- of the perfect moral beauty of her mind, this was the circumstance on which he could lay his 'finger and say, that'it proved a degree of benevolence and beauty of moral feeling which had never been surpassed. The Learned Counsel then went on to that part of Mr. Wellesley's affidavit in which he charged the Miss Longs with sectarianism and fanati cism. To this allegation he opposed their own affidavit and that of Mr. Aubrey, in which they distinctly stated themselves to be members of the Established Church, and that they had always cultivated its mild and benevolent dot trine, to the exclusion of those of the Sectarians or of any other Church whatever. • blr.W. had also charged them with being connected with tract societies, and with having sent some to his children, which he alleged that he bad burned. To this the Misses Long replied, that they had never sent any such tracts, and therefore the whole of this part of Mr. W:s affidavit was untrue: The Learned Attorney here advirted to what he sailed— " Tea and Tract Societies," of which he spoke in the . . utmost'contempt, and declared that he never had or woutchabscribe to them the " twentieth part of a brass farthing." There were, however, others of a different character, such as the Society for Propagating Chris tianity in Foreiin Parts, and alsO one for a similar pur pose at home, which were under the direction of the most distinguished persons in the Church, to the support of which several of his friends around him contributed, to which he himself was ready to cast in his mite, and as to which he could see no harm at all if the Misses Long should concur in the same opinion, and also lend their patronage to further the ends of them. Well then, the•general allegation of being sectarians and fa natics ' they had met by as general a denial; the particulai act imputed to them they had repelled by a paetioular denial. But, even supposing that Mr. Wellesley had succeeded in fiting sectarianism on the opinioni and habits of the Misses Long, he would not have been a whit nearer. However successful he might have been in 'hewing their di,qualification, this uoold not in the least have proved his qualification for the guardianship of these children. Tile Learned Attorney then adverted to the imputations which Mr. Wellesley had cast on the c,harictir, conduct, and mo• Lives of Mr. Pittman, whom to had cbarged with writing a most unfeeling letter to Dr. Bulkeley, on the death of Mrs.• Wellesley; df Dr. Bulkeley, whom he had denied to posiess . that .confidence and nest 'from Mrs. Wellesley which. he had asserted himself to possess ; the whole of which aspersions, he contended were refuted, either by .documents in direct oppo sirinn to these aspersions, or by circumstantial evi deuce, which was equally decisive. It wisuld be lie cullected, that not loci ago sc . most important discus ;ion took plafee bOrdai. Woo the num., tion, wbetberbr nofirdsikellsre-sbeekdk Mr afterwards be permitted to marry an:ideas the result Of the discus sion was, that no seanditieriAt4-of the House bad-been midi:prerhibiting such a marriego and Aisle iver happen tbit Mr.' W. and Mrs: . B. intermarried, .ttilisldlt be supposed for an instillt thii the female child' could be brought up with her father in common with. Mrs. B.? • It had been said; that. in•the higher classes of society a great dear-of Imre/0114 obtained; in some instances it did, bui, on the whole, the Learned Counsel felt the. most perfect conviction, that .there was in this country a great deal more morality and delicacy in the minds of, and attended to by, the higher circles, than in any courser-7 under the sun ; and the marriage of Miss Wellesley, and perhaps of the sons too, might be materially prejudiced, and e'en lost, were it known that these children were brought up in a house where they had communion with*Mrs. His Low:mats observed, that all the Bills brought into the House of Lords, w e re Bills-with a clause to enable a husband to marry again ; but no Bill had yet had a clause enabling a wife to marry again. The Ariostion Gs/4E1.44's lait observatioti was upon the complaint that had been made by the other side, of having had this case discussed in public. He (the Learned Counsel) was one who had advised the public discussion of it; and what was more, he would net have held a brief in it had it not been so discussed. The Lord Chancellor was bound to decide, according to his own opinion, should Ole opinion of the whole world bed against that judgment; but should the public concur. I i n the Chancellor's judgment, . so much greater wouid, be the benefit and satisfaction to all parties. Indeed, the public had a right to hear such discussions in Courts , of Justice; the Chancellor, therefore, had done well in hating heard it in public, and there was little doubt. that the public would agree with the decision about to be made. a. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, though to-morrow would be a dies aoa, he meant to attend here to hear an ,_ application upon a writ of Habeas Corpus; but as all the Counsel would not then be in attendance, he would give judgment in this case on Wednesdar morning.— He wished by then to be informed whether satisfaction was entered en all or any of the judgments that stood against Mr. Wellesley in the Courts of Law; and also what was the exact state of the arrangement that had been made by Mr. Wellesley's trustees, enabling him to tome to and remain in this country for two years. If the fact turned out to be that Mr. Wellesley could not remain in this country, his Lordship did not know that' it was very necessary for the Court to go a step further, for n never could permit its wards to be removed.— The jurisdiction of this Court was clear; and it was founded on the ground of doing that which the Com mon Law could not do; the rights of a parent, the Common Lite could enforce, but - his LOrdship doubted whether it could enforce the duties of a patent. Mr. Howe:tad, that it would be impossible for Mr. Welles ley's attorney to attend on Wednesday, and therefore His lAKIPSIMP appdloted Thursday u the day on which he Will give Odium. hoping the public and t►e parties would recollect thatehis delay, even of a day, was not on his own account. YlcirreliANCEptdßS dOURT.J . mr. to. IN TEN zrru OV 310 MM, • This was a Petition to supersede a oMninlialoo of bankruptcy so the resod that is had been improperly obtained. Mr. HiALD, who appeared in support of the Petition, stated, that the commission had been taken out by a creditor named HaWkes, at the instigation of Mr. Swia den, the bankrupt's attorney, who told Hawkes, that the Excise were about to issue an extent against Homer. When the debts were proved against the bankrupt, one 'of his brothers proved a debt to the amount of 341. and 'exhibited an affidavit of another brother who clitimed 1,2501. against the bankrupt's estate.. The latter sum was alleged to have been transmitted from America to the bankrupt. The bankrupt succeeded in obtaining his certificate, which was, however, signed by me commissioners only. Another alleged informality was, that the affidavit of the witnesses who attested the signa ture of the creditors to the certificate bore no date. The Learned Gentleman, after stating that throughout the entire proceedings, Swindon bad acted in the double capacity of solicitor to the bankrupt and to the peti tioning creditor, submitted that as the commission was cleat ly a " concerted" one, it ought to be superseded. His kimmoa thought that the commission was not a concerted one, and said that the Petition must he dismissed: Mr. HLALD said, that the usual order made by the Court, on the failure of a Petition of this nature, was that the certificate of the bankrupt be forthwith laid before the Lord Chancellor for his signature. If hli Honour's order on the present occasion ran so, it would cure.the informalities of the certificate, and compel the officer who usually inspected the certificate to overlook the defects complained of. If his Honour decided that the signature of one commissioner could be dispensed with, why not the signatures of all three? A discusiion having eit - surd between COussei on both sides. •in which it was atinkitted that each- an objeetion•bad never before been taboo, • • The VlOll-CsAIICILLOIL said tier he wield dismiss the Petition without saying one word In the °ode . respecting the certificate. Mr. Hestia hoped, that as the hearing of the Petition had been twice postponed on the application of the sober side, his Honour would allow t►e costs at the pfttpcsasest. The Vice-Cuanceacoa.—l can't, and' I think it a great utlichlil that I have not the power of doing so. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jas. 29. TIM UM 0. THE ItATOII di LIMO& The SOLICITOR GENRRAL moved - for a rule shew cause why a writ of mandamus should not be directed , to the Lord Nlayor and Corporation of the City of Lon don, commanding them to swear in Mr. Sheriff Win chaster as an Alderman of the Ward of Vintry. An election loran Alderman for the above Ward mist place on the 2d of November last, when Mr. Winchester, M.. Wilde, and Mr. Crook stood candidates. At the conclusion of the poll there appeared to be— • For Mr. Winchester • For Mr. Wilde For Mr. Crook 3 Whereupon a scrutiny was demanded on the part of Mr. Wilde, which being granted, it took place on the 19th of December, on the result of which the present Lord Mayor declared Mr. Winchester clikly elected. Mr. Wilde sent in a petition complaining of some pro. reeding: that took place during the polling. On hear ing which the Court of Aldermen declined the election void, and a new electi. n accordingly took place, in which, though Mr. Winchester a as a party, yet he pro tested against it all along as illegal. The result of the .econd election w is the return of NIG Wilde as Afder. man of the Ward. The present application was founded 31 votes. 27 on an Act passed in the 11th ot Geo. 111. chap. 19 which required, that in case of a scrutiny being de 'Banded on such occasions, the Lord I.syor shotildin. stitute it Forthwith and make return acct•rdingly. The Souctratt GILSZRAG contended, thAt the Court of Aldermen had no authority to invalidate the *lee ion ; the proper mode of "ptoce:di g wls to have !qt. • r• • It. ,~;~.;, .-t. Winchester sworn in, and if Om, againyt hie Atictidts,:;,he oety cl eOn o , valid it isbisold fr :decided, .be.by. fee --litule to shew cause granted. : .• . : • Itr. Saturn th en proposed : to malt* Mr. Wild, a par; fo • the ' The Coeur uttlered - Mr. mime to be:included in the • At one o'clock the Lao Cant ivories vet at •bilsi Prins, and tried several eitaunoaJury cases of 09 PlibliC inereSt• 'ARCHES COURT, iLdrilAak 451.' • , 'ossoestaaes weentave. • this case the Coon proceeded to glee - judgment. • • Sir J. NICHOL& commenced by 's history of this case, which had. been originally instituted in the Consistoiy Court of Canterbury, snit was brought into the Arches Court, in the 'way of appeal. from the judgment of .Sr C. Robinson, who bsd•decided that Lady Westmeath was not entitled to the relief for which she prayed. The Learned Judge then entered minutely into the facts of the case. The parties were married in 1812, and lived together until June, 181x9, when their final separation took place. After the marriage. of the parties, the proceeded to Ireland, where they. lived at a place Called Cloneen, where those unhappy differences commenced, Which had produced so much miserly to the parties. In 1816, Lord and Lady Westmeath proceeded to.' the continent, and from some occurrences which took place there, Lady W. first intimated her desire to separate from her husband ; however, a reconciliation table, quently took place, and the parties continued to cohabit until 1818, when articles of separation were agreed upon between them, and a settlement of 1,8001. a year was made upon Lady Westmeath. To prevent this arrange ment, however, from becoming public, it was agreed that Lord W. should have a chamber in Lady W.'s house, and this arrangement was acted upon until June 1819, when, in consequence of some alleged impropriety of Lord Westmeath, Lady Westmeath w ithdrew hersel altogether from his society. There were souse circum stances of prepossession in this case, to which the Court *as bound to allude. .The evidence of Lady Salisbury, Lady.Westmeath's mother, was considered to affect h Ladyship's case so much, hat Lady Salisbury was ex 'ausined as a witness for Lord Westmeath, and had 'de posed that her daughter had not communicated to 'her' any of the serious charges made against Lord West swath. This circumstance must bias the mind in some. degree against Lady . Westmeath : but if it appeared that Lady Salisbury possessed what might be called morbid sensibility upon the subject of Lord and Ladyi Westmeath's quarrels being known to theworld, it is not too much to suppose that LadyWeatmeath concealed her . differences from her roother,and from motives which were 'anything but Improper. Another, ; and Mach stronger. prepossession, however, wes derived frank iheicircartil stance, that some of 'the witness.. produced bridady; Westmeath had been convicted of perjury, and, as iq bad been demonstrated in the course of thisztok: that( conviction was founded upon the cllirestifeitleacit:Thle circumstance threw a degree of suspiciots iipon • the s icel Moony of other witnesses, and, as he before observed' certainly produced a strong prepossession in favour ol! Lord Westmeath: In dwelling upon this, point, 'the Learoed-Indgeobeerved, that he coincided entirely *kb the Judge of the Consistory Court, that the charge of adultery had not been proved in any instance. If the wit-. news could be fully depended upon, it might excite suspition against Lord Westmeath, but- there was no: thing amounting 14 proof. The charge of cruelty, there., ,fore, was all that remained for the. Court to consider and in deciding upon that charge, he (Sir J. Sichollj determined to follow the legal principles laid down by Lord Stowell. If cruelty had been inflicted, the repeti tion of which would endanger the life of the wife, there could be no doubt that a charge of legal cruelty had been established. Not only the natural, but the ac t quire,' feelings of the_ parties were also to be taken into consideration. In a low rank of life, persons of different sexes might exchange blows, without its cams+ log any great degree of injury to the feelings; yet even in this rank, as well as others, it had. beets considered unmanly to strike a woman; but in a higher rank, where a Nobleman or a Gentleman, is whose mind ferocity might be supposed to be softened by education, was prove 4 to inflict personal violence on his wife, the crime became much more aggravated. The charges of personal cruelty against Lord Westmeath were cm tainly of a most aggravated character, and it therefore became necessary to examine particularly upon what eta deuce those charges were founded. The evidence was of two kinds,that derived from the testimo of others, and that derived from the admissions of Ld. Wes'meath ' self. A principal witness was-Sarah Mackenzie, who had been for several years in Lady Westmeath's family, and might be supposed to have a strong bias in'her Lady ship's favour; yet it was only just to say that the tes timony of this witness appeared to be perfectly fair.— The charges .of cruelty, however, did not depend alto gether upon the evidence of this witnessarMr. Wood, lan intimate friend of Lord Westmeath and his father; Miss Wood, the daughter of Mr. Wood ; and Janet Sures, LZdy Westmeath's fella de chanibre, all deposed to acts of cruelty committed by Lord Westmeath. The Learned Judge here proceeded to enumerate the alleged acts of.violence in regular succession, and dwelt strongly l on the transaction which was stated to have taken place at Granvilliers, when the parties were proceeding to Psis. Lord and Lady Westmeath, Miss Wood, and Janet Sures, having' stopped at the post-house in this village, Lady Westmeath, Who bad suffered from sea-sickness, observing the wretchedness of the accommodation, said, " Good GOD, Loid Westmeath, what a place you have brought us tor upon which Lord Westmeath struck Lady Westmeath a violent blow, which staggered her, and she would have fallen, but that she was caught by Miss Wood, who said," Lord W. how can you be such a brute ?" And Lord W. said, addressing Lady W. " I)—n you to h—, I wish I had never seen you." This transaction the Court considered came up tothe'strictest demands of the law upon the point of matrimonial cruelty. Under all the circumstances, looking at the ungovernable violence of Lnrd Westmeath's conduct after the articles of separ.tion were agreed on, and whilst be lived in Lady Westmeath's house, the Court were of opini a that Lady 'Westmeath was justified in withholding herself from his Lord..hip's protection and society, and that had reasonable a t sprehension of personal danger. He, therefore, conceived she had substantiated the charge cruelty, and, reversing the decree of the Judge of the Consistory Court, decided that she was entitled to it separation and divorce. John Pegsworth was yesterday remanded for four months' confinement, by the Court fur the Relief of Debtors. In the Sheriff's Court, Middlesex, yesterday, various sums were awardel to individual. as compensation for their premi.es, required by the St. Katherine Dock Compeny. . SPORTING. INTELLFANCL.. • ißrr 03.6014 Jail. Tkent was some Warp bet rebel • indefinite ben* &m et o w afternooe, particularly on the St. Leger, for width it would bane been &Seek to say who bed the edi t Reviewer or 011eeees• lee deed, at the close of the Room, they dere at mem The hoeing. waa conened to the Derby and Sc., Leger for whirls the risks/ horses seem to be Defence, Sencbo ?lila, Leger, Per,. need(' are as under— 71 to 1 apt Glenartney (Watt) *lto 1 apt Tenntpotte $ to 1 agst Tales' IS to 1 apt Cathievisso 13 to 1 agst Ripaggolle So to 1 apt Dahlia •18 to 1 apt 13eiroce 50 to 1 apt Augusta 93 to 1 apt Spondee 30 to 2 apt Turecomao (taboo) 90 to 1 apt Gabetlungio• 30 to i apt Omen,* 28 to I apt Pdarneluko 1000 to 15 apt Pantaktoit (talt.) 22 to .1 apt Gustavus - 2000 to 20 ass; 'Dinars. (Wien) 4010 1 apt Gleaartier and arts (taken); li to 1 apt Mr. Wyndkanes colt; 2 to lies Duke of Grafton's colt apt Talkie (tko.) Oars. 11 to 2 apt Maria is to 1 apt Calypso Oaken) . 11 to 1 suet Touetidp . 20 to 1 apt Lunacy Ile to 1 apt Duchess 25 to 1 agst Mond 15 to 1 apt Souvenir 25 to 1 apt /maul 11 to 1 apt Trantlation(tsken) 25 to 1 apt Hatnattlea DOMICASTIA ST. LllOlll. .... 14 to tel apt Reviewer It to 1 apt Moonshine 14 to 1 apt (Rivera to to 1 apt Matilda la to 1 agst Sancho (taken) 211 to 1 apt Emma la to 3 apt Popsy 0 to 1 apt Nivatis 10 to 1 apt Granby ' 1000 to 20 apt Jupiter (taken). HUNTING. Mr. Musters Hounds meet on Thursday, at Selby ; Friday, at Kalmar*. The Quorndon Hounds to-morrow, at Owthorpe, Notts. T►an day, at Beehy ; Friday, st Loom Turnpike Owe ; Saturday, et Kettitby. The Quern Hounds will go to Kibworth, on ► km 4tlk February, sad will sleet on Monday the Sas, at Carlton Mr. kleynell's Hounds on Thursday, at Morley Turnpike ; Satur day, at Radhourne. ' COCKING. A grand male of cocks between J. Bellyee , Esq. of Cheshire, am% Captain Eerrington, of Gloucestershire, commenced on Tuesday, and on Friday night ended in favour of the Utter Geotteirian, by three battles in the main, and four in the byes. The number of batiks fought were fifty, 53 for the main and sevemeen by,. The whale of which was admirably contested.—CkettenAms Anoriat . . SPARRING AT THE TENNIS COURT. • Harry Holt and Baldwin took their second joint bone& at the Tennis Court, yesterday, and bad an additional reason to feel 'Crateful to the limey. The Court was well attended by amateurs of respectability, and the sports were kept op with their nutomarly spirit. ' New Malcom—At the conclusion of the sports, Gybletts lensed Reuben Marten to fight• for itSi. but the latter declined making a match for less than 501. GAS man Rosurson.—Harry Holt then addressed the COWS; and, after thanking his friends foe tbelberal support which his coodjeder Baldwin and himself had relived, be begged to state that be Wie Instructed by the Mends of Robinson to say, that they were read, again to back Robinson against Young Gas, for one hundred or two hundred pounds, but not for less than a hundred. It was true, be said, that Robinson had been defeated, bat his eendoel ke the last-fight bad bee* so creditable, that his friends were willimgeoldoe •him another trial. Robinson was constrained to a by friends to Liverixtol, or he would have been present tlbslew he was, however, coming up to take a benefit In March whim be wou ldl be ready to make good any sum that might tnt: be qiiiind towardi binding the bargain. He would be accompanied an that occados by Brown, of Bridgeoorth, for whom be (Warp Flak) we. to make a match with any man is lierebrulfigg &SOO. Tom Spring would also once more visit the roue ethle former triumphs. and it was to be hoped that them would lead to that encouragement to which liolainesM il l i tra ri t deral correct demeanour, bad sto fully entitled himself. •• Young Gots lost no time in,giving an answer to Raddees si t elm& lenge. He said be was ready to make a match for an sebb Robinson for a hundred, two hundred, or even fifty 1 and in oriler.. to make assurance double rum," be would either put some mossy down then, or at Jem Ward's benefit on Tuesday neat. • Harry Halt—We cannot encourage a better man than Jong Ward; and as far as I am instructed, I shall be ready to pet doWn a deposit est Tuesday neat—(Cheers). . Jim Ward then rose and said, he was ready to make a match with any man in England.. U Ward can loom to Brown's terms, there is no doubt that this match will be made; but Brown we are assured, will not fight . * less than sok. nor, indeed, woul d be worth his while to 'hooded a good basin's. less. It is Ward's wish, however, to' laselas e another fight with Peter Crawley before be tackles with the great man of Bridgenorth. The renowned Frosty Faced Fogs, the Poet Lanreat of the ring, to whom the Herefordshire Feisty think more honour is due, as a ' poet, than to many of those whose fame is handed down to pots cavity in Westminster Hall, will take a benefit this ,evening Howard's Coffee.bouse, Milieu, where the new roped ring afferds every facility to the heroes of the fist. 'Jail Ward, Young . Gas, and a long list of naffs, have promised Owl: flees on the occasion. BOXING. HILL AND WOOLLIT.-...Theee two elairacten were pitted tolletber in a close, near Broughton, on Monday last, for a purse of lat e r. Hawkins waited upon Hill, and Clams upon Woolley. • Coca& derabie be were depending opals- tbihssue of the fight, aid she withstanding the severity of the weather, a great number of rides. serious from Nottingham repaired to the spot, a distanee of at least sieves miles. Both men stripped •well, and appeared in high • eolo dition ; Woolley weighing list.. lib. and Hill lost. 61b. During ' the fight, which lasted fifteen soods, the advantage of science ap— peered decidedly in favour of Woolley ; but in Ilse last round he- • received a blow near the ear ' which sent him down with such tee , mentions force, that his bead rebounded from the ground An a tennis ball. On time being called, be could not come to the anseicis, I and Hill was declared the victor. The fight lasted half an hoer. The Dublin Correspondent states that forty-eight per sons abandoned the Catholiciiith yesterday se'unigllt, at different places in Ireland. W OLVERII A bIIPTON. JAN. 29.---Friday evening, a most respectable Jury was summoned and sworn at the PUT cock, its this town, to enquirc, into ,the circumstantes connected with the mysterious death of Mr. Joseph Fletcher, a respectable baker in Dudley. Mr. Fletcher, it appears, bad left his home on Wednesday list, on horseback, and attended oar market. In the evening, about nine o'clock, he was seen here, having about him a considerable sum of money; and the neat morning was found dead, with nothing in his pocket except a silk handkerchief and three gloves, in it ploughed field,.mare than a mile from Wolverhampton, and not is the direc tion of his home. The Coroner and Jury, after taking a view of the body, adjourned the Inquest. The case is involved in great mystery.—Mr. Fletcher wax univer sally esteemed. Saturday evening, as Henry Heuston, a pensioner, and his wife, were at dinner, in Clonmel, a violent,al tercation arose between them, when Heuston plunged a knife into the heart of his unfortunate wife, who u pired almost immediately. The prisoner has been committed for Murder. Heuston served in the Artillery Drivers for fourteen years, and shared in the perils, of the last Peninsular campaign, during all which time his wife remained with him. ,~ Yesterday afternoon a shocking accident betel a young woman, servant in the family of Mr. Hughes, of No. 110, New Road. The unfortunate girl was in the act of cleaning the windows, and for that purpose stood 1 9n the stone outside, although her mistress had re peatedly desired ber not to. do so, however, in this instance she did, and the other servant who was clean ing inside, having occasion to ask her for one of .her cloths, . the unfortunate girl stooped to give it her, when she slipped and fell to the ground, ,at considerable height, falling on -the area railings.. Immediate as sistaace was had, and the poor girl car.ied up stab's, when it was discovered that her right leg 'was broken, as also. were several of her ribs; she was perfectly sensible, and said that it was entirly accidental. sill ,was instan t ly taken to th e Hospital, where she remains. • .. . • • i I ii 1,1 , I A • 1 , 1 1 41, 1 t l''' i i 'I li l i i r , ,- i l i. .. : ... 1 I i, 1, , ~ 1 11 R Ail