Star. — London, England, 1826-04-05 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIOENCE, APPOINTMENTS. To it Llt=TtsA)lTS.— Matthew Font , Zebste Mokititt Wain. i w right, John Kiphinstone Erskine, Nitholat Evans, Brunswick Vopham, Henry Hope Binghatn, James %tart Brisbane, William Francis Young, Henry J. Peirce, Charles Henry Paw, Nicholas itefebtre, &twin Wise, George William Rabett,• Thomas Crewr, 'Thos. Seymour Haswell, William P. Greene, Brownlow North' Garnier, George Rodney kliandy,.John Gibson DiCkio4o. Robert Lester Parkinson, Poulton Williatns, John William Cornelius Nash, Joseph 110hinron, Rithard Murray, , Frederick Henry Has. rings Glasse, Frederick William Boilton Pearce, Francis Rawdon :Moira Crozier, Charles Richards, Thomas Young, Curyndon Bpettigue, and Anises Campbell, jun. I.t. . Thililwrator, from St. John's (N. 8.) to Liverpool, 'struck on the Bellona Rock the 2511 i of February, and bilged. The General Phipps, of Scarborough, late KENNIDT, from Ja maica to London, put into Havannah the 2d of February, in dis. tress, making three feet water per hour, and some butt ends started. She was di,charglng part of her cargo. The Ceres, —, from London to Bombay, was spoken with on the 25th of September, in lat. 32. S. long 46. IL Farsiouvis, A rata S.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Countess of fh!clie-ter packet, from Jamaica—sailed the 2ist of February ; and the Portuguese man of war schooner Conceicao, from Lisboa, with dispatches. Sailed the Sandwic i li packet, for Lisbon. PLymourts. Aran. 3.—Wind W. N. W.—Off the port, the Anlally, lloaraysuo, from Hull for Oporto; and Hector, SAOIII4 for Jamaica. Pourstsourw, Aram 4.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Parmelia tr.nisport, from St. Kitts; George the Fourth, &moms, from 11.1! :chla ; and Hannah, Femur, from the Downs for Mira 'Mali. Passed by, the Elizabeth and Maty, Casio, from Grenada. Ai tiled the I lope, ilaszrry, for London. ('owls, Aran. 4.—Arrived the Newcastle, Stars, front Rio de Janeiro, in 85 drys, with d.unage; and 3luy Ann, Cuomo:, from London for Lisbon. Deal., Aran. 4.—Wind W. N.lV.—Arrived and sailed for the the Larkins, WILKINSON, from Bengal; James, SMITH, from Alicant ; and Nymph, --r, from Honduras. Also, and remain, the highlander , MlTClirt.t,from New Providence. Arrived from the liver, and remain, the Wellington, At.r.ea, and New Prospect, Comvssts, - for Jamaic.i ; Musgrave Castle, Jerras.sos, for St. John's (N. B.) ;. and the Helen, Cog, for Ilonduras. The Earl St.. Vincent and Hosiery, with several others, have put back ; the Palmyra and Atalanta have kept oat. LteutrooL, Aram N.W.—Arrived the Buenos Ayres packet, —, from Buenos Ayres; Hope, —, fr o m St. Jago d e Yuba; Leedl, STOODA IT, and Florida, TINKHA M, from New" York; Ann, SMITH, from St. John's (N. 8.); Isabella, ARTHUR. from Smyrna ; Dispatch, CC% as, from Messina; and the Robert James from Barbadoes. EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTER. A scene, which excited nearly as much public atten tiun and interest iir the Strand as the destruction of the iite elephant at Exeter 'Change, occurred on Monday last on the premises of Mr. Lloyd, hatter, near the Adelphi, and indeed the circumstances out of which it atone nearly proved of the mist serious consequence to Mr. Lloyd's family. Mr. Lloyd had a very fine Newfoundland dog, of enormous size, which he had seared from a whelp, and so 'docile and kind was the animal, that it was the constant play-fellow of Mr. Lloyd's seven young children, and his first visit, on quitting his kennel every morning, was to the apart ment which the children occupied. Monday. morning Mr. Lloyd heard the dog making an unusual noise at the door of the yard where the kennel was, and which communicates directly wish the house. Most provi den:ially on this occasion, contrary teethe usual custom,' this door did not happen to be then open fur the dog to enter the house, or no doubt he would have ironic oithely proceeded to the room in which the children were, the consequences of which it is dr..adful to con template. On hearing this noise from the dog, Mr. Lloyd looked ouf of a back 'window, and saw the animal attempting to force the door, howling in the wildest manner, and his mouth covered with foam and slime. Mr. Lloyd suspecting that something must be wrong, procured a pail of water and dashed it over the animal, upon-which the litter became ten times more furious, ith the Ore darting from his eyes, so that no doubt remained of the dog's madness. Mr. Lloyd sent for a man who had wormed the dog when a whelp, to have his opinion as to his state. On the arrival of this man, he entered the yard where the furious animal was in the most unclaimed manner, with a broom handle in one hand and a rope, with a noose to it, in the other. At this time a vast crowd of persons had collected at the different windows that overlook the yard, and a court which adjoins it, leading to the Strand, was chocked with spectator=, who from that spot could see the whole proceeding. Mr. Lloyd endeavoured to per suade the man not to enter the yard, but proposed at once shooting the dog. Several neighbours pro }steed the same, and a supply of blunderbusses, mus kets, &c. were procured in a moment ; the dog-fancier, boil/ever, determined to have an interview first with the dog, which h'Oer 'rather exhausted from the violent rage and exertions of more than ari hour, laid himself down in his kennel. The man approached him, but the dog heeded him note ..the man then very dexterously con trived to slip the noose of the rope over the animal's head, which was out of the kennel, while the fire flashed from his eyes. Still the animal did not attend to him, until the man dragged him by the rope out of the ken nel. Now began a frightful contest—the dog sprang instantly at the man's throat, but the latter presented the broom.handle horizontally to him, which the ani mal seized, and tore with his teeth until he forced it horn the mate's grasp ; still the man held the rope, and Le now too laid hold of a chain which hung from the dog's neck with the other hand. The dog repeatedly flew at the man's throat, and when on his hind legs stood as high as the man himself, but the latter, by dex terously checking him to the left with one hand audio the tight wi: h the other, each time he flew at him, turned him from the direction of his awn throat. At length, however, the man became exhausted from the force and fury of the dog's attacks, and called out to the spectators for as sistance. There was a general cry to shoot the infuriated animal, and in an instant some dozen gun barrels were directed towards the spot. The man, no doubt, pre. terrrng to take his chance with even the dog to the chance of surviving a discharge of musketry, roared out for mercy and not to fire, and den 'f or the first time the armed gentry tecolletted that the shooting of the dog would be attended with a like fate to the man. The dog had now neatly got the complete mastery of his -opponent, when the latter called " for GOD'S let some men come down and knock the dog on the head; this • was no sooner said than done, several men sprang into the yard armed with iron bars, sticks, &c. and in au ;itstant the slog's head was beaten to pieces nearly in the arms of the man, and thus ended this frishtful contest without the man having received even a scratch. IMPERIAL PLATE GLASS Co AMT. —At a meeting of the Shareholders beld yesterday, a series of resolu tions v,ele passed, approbstory of the conduct of the Directors, declaratory of the eligibility of the situation itt tt 0 hiand of Dogs, of prosecuting the objects of the Company ; and further, Joe reducing the capital iron) tt00,0004. to 100,0004 and a prokibit on of any expen clituie exceeding 50,0001. without consent of the 131°. pricary ; and, lastly , that the Directors be instructed snake a tut Ler c.LII cat Si. per shares SIR ROBERT PEEL ON THE CURRENCY. TO TIER MEMBERS OF SOTH WAISES OF PARLIAMENT. MY LORDS Asp CiliNTLEaltbl--Will you permit an old maa to address you on the subj-ct of OUT currency ? I sat in Parliament thirty years, during which time I fre quently heard this important question discussed in the House by Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox, and other distinguished characters. On the passing of the Bank Restriction Act, I was intrusted by the Merchants and Citizens of London to present their Petition against the measure.— Though my opinions were embodied_ in their case, my beg endeavours to serve them were not sncces,ful.— Having bees long and exteasively engaged in commer cial dealings, I often witnessed a national embarrass ment arising from a defective and impure carrency, which resembled the present stagnation in trade; and I lament to observe, that suffering and experience have failed, in this instance, of producing their usual good effects. In the enlarged scale of business carried on by this country, embracing a great variety of pursuits, a reliance on a metallic circulation alone ever did. and ever will fail us. Gold, though in itself massy, often disappears in consequence of war, or speculation:. —nay, the breath of rumour itself is sufficient to disperse it. Our domestic concerns are interrupted and confidence lost, for want of an ample and a?proved medium of traffic. J am no friend to an unrestrained issue of paper money, and saw with concern, in the absence of a due quantity of specie, bills admitted into circulation issued by persons of respectability, possessing property, but evidently unable to meet a sudden and large demand upon them. More than two years I mentioned to a friend high in his Majesty's Councils my fears of the mischief likely to ensue if the practice were not discon tinued; accompanied with a suggestion to confine fu- Lure issues of paper money, or tokens, to the Batik of Engl tnd and other competent bodies of men, who would give security in land, the public funds, canals, builchngr, or other tangible property; amounting, at least, to one-half of the value of their bills or tokens in circulation. My proposition was not favoured with any notice, yet, had it been adopted, I am of opinion that Most of the panic and distress now sts severely felt in the nation would have been avoided. If such an im provement in the banking system could be made avail able, gold would become less requisie, and the country be suppled with a stationary medium of exchange ori ginating with ourselves. . Whilst directing the energies of the State in war, I Mr. Pitt evinced equal ability in discovering, improving, and applying our internal resources. The war drained the country of its specie, and our eaemies entertained sanguine hopes that our ruin would sooner be effected by want of pecuniary means than the want of courage, discipline, and conduct in our armies. Mr. Pitt was mate than a match for all contingencies. With tl)e aid , of the Bank of England, and other opulent houses, the' energies of Great Britain were maintained in full acti vity, and the importance and utility of paper money were clearly established. Ingenious machines were in troduced into our manufactures; and the encouragement and protection afforded them greatly increased the de mand of our rods at home and abroad. Our supe r lot ity at sea gave our merchants easy access to foreign markets, and the wealth derived from trade and com merce (though to some persons it. may appear para doxical) more than covered the whole expenses of the war. When the Minister had recourse to loans, they were speedily raised by British Capitalists, and the in crease of, the Public Debt was due from ourselves to ourselves, and resolved itself into a family account without impairing the national property. Mr. Pitt having succeeded• in securing peace and independence to the Empire, whilst devoting his sole attentiun to the affairs of the public, suffered his own to be very much embarrassed. Many of his friends wished to extricate him from his difficulties, and requested me to learn from Mr. Rose in what way we could best relieve him. His reply was, " Mr. Pitt is the most unaccountable of human beings, and will prefer living in a garret to being indebted to the bounty of his friends." Though disappointed, the opinion I had long entertained of this able Minister's high character was not diminished. The present panic and distress in the country have been declared by high authority to proceed from "over trading," and " wild speculation." Infant nations and establishments are liable to miscarry from want of ex perience and solidity. TRADING and SPECULATION being natives of this Island, and parents of our wealth and independence, are surely exempt from such an im putation. The same authority has declared that " gold and paper money are incompatible with each other, and cannot exist together." The population and trade of the Empire having been much increased, a proportionate increase in the medium of circulation is called for; and when gold is found insufficient, recourse must be had to paper ; which, if improved on the principle already sug gested, the two substances would be found in the same pocket without disunion. _ Anxious to see our situation ameliorated, I trust the currency may be mended without changing or impairing the national com mercial character; which measure, if resorted to, would resemble the policy of diverting from its course a powerful river that had long given fertility and happiness to a latge district, merely because, from excessive rains, it had ►osnetimes exceeded its natural limits, and produced partial injury. I am, my Lords and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, Drayton Manor, April 3. ROBERT PEEL. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. YORK, Arm 3. SMITHSON V. LEATHAM. Mr. Seantarr stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff was a Gentleman - of respectability residing at Pomfret, and practising the profession of the law. f he defendat was a Gentleman of property residing in the same place. During last year, it had been rumoured that a General Election was about to take place.— Pomfret returns two Members to Parliament, and Mr. Smithson was the agent and friend of Mr. Houlds worth, one of the present Members. Mr. Leatham, who had espoused the interest of s >me other candidate, conceived the idea that the best pl in to paralyse the exertions of Mr. Smithson, on behalf of his friend Mr. Houldsworth, would be to get Mr. Smithson elected Mayor, and returning officer of the borough. The plaintiff having heard of this intention, waited on the defendant, and requested I.e might not be put in no. mination, for in the event of his election, he must forego all his attachment and exertions for his friend Mr. Houldsworth, and would ir , t alter all e s cape the sus ' picion of having acted with partiality towards On this acc. unt alone he pal ticulaily wished to decline the office, and especially as he was the youngest of 'several Aldermen who were more fit for the station.; After this explanation, lie was surprised to find, timing Ibis absence fet zab home, in the m •nth of September last, that he had been elec:ei Ntrynr of Ikrntefract.l According to the custom of the place, the lOwyor was never well elected until he had regaled the electors with a collation•; his ah,ence from home had therefore prevented the completion of this importaht ceremony, which rendered his election imperfect; but on his re-, turribe was told it was not too late, they could st 11 breakfast with hi n ; but he declined the office, aced stated that be was not qualified, as he had not taken the sacrament within the time prescribed by law. 11 • then applied to the Court of king's Bench to be dis charged from the office, and a mandamus was granted, directing, the election of a new Mayor. At a meeting of thirty-seven of the electors for that purpose, held on the Bth D cemher last, the defendant took the chair, and a Mr. Cluff acted -as clerk on that occasion. Mr.- Freeman, the former Mayor, was requested again to accept the office, but he declined the proffered honour. The defendant then, after• a flaming speech, reflecting on the con _filet of Mr. Smithson, offered to contribute 501 to compel the plain.iff to serve the office ; and findi rg that that had.no effect on the me,ting, he took fr••m his pocket-bJok a card, and teed the following Resolution : " Resolved unanimously, that the conduct of Mr. Smithson, in a spect to his election to the Mayoralty of the Borough of Pontefract, has been extremely exceptionable, and that hr has amply merited the censure bf his fellow townsmen." lle then proceeded to put this Resolution to the vote of the Meet. ing,—five or Fix individuals held up their hands for it, and without putting the question the other way, he declared it to have passed unanimoirily. lie then caused it to be published in five of the Papers circulating in the neighbourhood, as the unanimous Reso lution of the Rlectors of the Borough of Pontefract. The plaintiff, on being apprised of the way the Resolution had passed, wrote to the defendant, demanding as public a retraction of the libel that hr had circulated, hut up to this day the defendant had not taken the slightest notice of the application.—Tbe fact being proved in evidence— Mr. BWOUGHAM, for the defendant, contended, that never was there a case where cenblire had been conveyed in slighter words tbau those used on the present occasion. Mr. Justice Hart.cir having recapitulated the evidence, the Jury found for the plaintlif—Daniages 20/. WALTON ti. BRAILSNALL. Mr. PoLtoce opened the pleaiangs, and Mr. &Alwyn stated the nature of the slander to the Jury. The case will best appear In the esamination of the plaintiff's son. John Walton examined—lle is the ion of the plaintiff; his tither has twelve children. On the 12th of December last he was in company with his brother; he was walking in a close—a field. By the Jaime—lt was in Dec. 1625, he met the defendant, who said " that I wanted to tie a thief like my father." My father said he seam] some person to kiss his —. (Great laughter.) lie said • " his father was a whoring, lying thief, and that he had proved himself one at the bottom of the town, and lie (witness) wanted to be a thief toe." I said to the defendant, 4 You have proved your self a thief, for you tank a load of wheat from my father on Fri day." (Great laughter.) Mr. Justice IlayLey—ls not a shilling damages sufficient? Mr. Monogram, for the defendant—My Lord, I go for damages. (Repeated laughter.) What a hopeful son ! Mr. Justice BATLEY-111as there never been an action brought for calling a person a thief? (Rene wed laughter.) You had better withdraw a Juror, and undertake to bring no action. (Con. tinued laughter.) CORK. James Reord.m, a stout-looking peasant, about 24 years of age, was put to the bar, charged with assaulting Mary Keefe, a child of eight years of age, at Old Castle town, in the month of August, 182.5. Mary Keefe, the unfortunate little sufferer, was dressed in a humble manner—her features were regular and agreeable, but exhibited signs of long illness and suffering. She was brought up to the Judge's seat, who, after examin'ng her as to her religious principles and knowledge, suffered her to be sworn. Examined by, Mr. WouLre.—Withess knows the prisoner; he was in the service of her father. Her father lives at —. She recollects a paiticular night when the prisoner attacked her; she was sitting by the fire in her father's kitchen ; her mother was in bed; her brother was in the kitchen—he was asleep. The ' I prisoner was sitting at the fire; he took her on his lap, and would not let her go. She cried—(here the witness at much length detailed the circumstances in support of the indictment: her eviJence was necessarily of a na ture which excludes the publication of it.)—She did not tell her mother. Some time after she was very sick, and was taken to the doctor ; she told the doctor what had happened to her. Cross-examined.—Her brother was in the kitchen all the time. There was no one else in the kitchen. Her brother was a grown up man. Her mother was sick in the next room. Her mother was sick for three or four years. She does not know where her father or the rest of the family were. She did not say any thing about the matter to her mother that night, nor t•r a great while afterwards. The prisoner had her a long time, and she was crying a long time before he let her go. She did speak to Doctor PiddelL The Doctor did not tell her any thing, but he asked her every thing. Doctor Piddell deposed that the child was brought to him in a sickly state by her mother. He examined her, and found she was diseased. He then felt it his duty to examine the child as to the circumstances which reduced her to that condition, and she stated to him what had occurred. CAI II( rine Keefe, the mother of the child, confirmed her evidence as to the injury done to her health. On her cross examination, this v itness denied that there eras any dispute between her husband and the prisoner's father, about land or anything else. Thomas Reordin, the father of the prisoner, was examined—He stated that he had had a dispute re specting land with a Mrs. Keefe, who was related to the father of the prosecutrix. His sort constantly lived at his house; he never knew him to have bees ill. Ilse case having closed at both sides, the prisoner, in a very em phatic manner called out from the dock to the Judge—" My Lord," said he, "my life is in your bands, I threw myself upon your honour." Baron Pomeranian charged the Jury, who retired for about ten minlates, and returned a verdict of Gate. Bunn PANNI/ATIACI DOW put on the fatal cap. The prisoner, in great agitation, exclaimed, " Oh ! the LORD &minim save us! Oh, my L o rd, look into your conscience, and don't do such a thing." BAWD PENN6FATHER.—After a full discussion and investigation, you, James Iteordan, have been convicted of a crime most revolting to humanity—namely, of having assaulted an infant child. (Prisoner—" Oh, any .Lord, lam not guilty.") It is in vain for you now to deny your gyilr. I urged every thing to the Jury that I thought could be urged in your lifvour ; they have decide] that 100 are guilty. (Prisoner--" The great GOD sees every thing.) I bust you know that he does, and, if you do not, I hope you will know it before you leave this world. Human tribunals may err; His decrees cannot err, nor can he be deceive.i.— Let me conjure you to prepare to meet him, not by a' denial of guilt, but by sincere repentance. Do not, I beseech you, by denying your crime, expect pardon in this world or in the next. (Prisoner—" My Lord, if 1 was guilty, 1 would not deny it.") Is it possible to sup pose that the little child, who was eiaminedhere today, as committed deliberate perjury ? Whit motive could she have, or her. parents, to combine, at the peril of their eternal welfare, against your A Eharacter and your lite.' The Jury are of opinion that yds complett.d the offence. andl warn tt , t, that ta4;kg can change the sentence 1 rm ab• ut to vamoose*. The Learned Jun thee pronounced the sentence of the law; and the prisoner' was - taken from the bar in a state of great mental agony. EXECUTION OF FORD roll. MURDER. WAItWICIr s 'Aim 0. • To-day, Afichttel Ford, convicted of the mistler of Mr. Richard Perry, at Birmingham, on the night rlf the 6th of December last. Was executeJ in front of the County Gaol. Long Wore the hour of execution, hun dreds of people were seen flocking from all iluat ten, to he present. Sunday night the prisoner went to bed about ten o'clock. He awoke about midnight in great agitation, and is a momentary impulse of passion in. v:ighed against the conduct of the Jury. He again fell asleep, and continued in that state till four o'clock. when he awoke, and anxiously waited till the arrival of Mr. Turville, who visited him at an early hour, and administered to him that consolation which could alone mitigate his sufferings. Aft-r this the wretched man wrote a last farewell to his wife, in which he acknow. ledged the justice of his sentence, the comfort which had been poured into his heart by his religious advis-r, and declared that he was perfectly resign .d to his fate. Between seven and elght . o'clock he ate a very hearty breakfast, and soon after received a visit from the She riff. About a quarter before ten he was conducted to the Press-room to have his arms pinioned. He here drank two glasses of wine offered to him by Mr. Tat man, who received the thanks both cf the prisoner and the Reverend Gentleman, for his humane treatment to the former during his imprisonment. At ten o'clock the melancholy procession, headed by the offizers of justice, moved towards the place of execution ; but both the High Sheriff and the Und r Sheriff (Mr. B.C. Smith, of Arherstone) withirew as soon as it leached the Court-yard leading to the scaffold, and re tired into the interior of the prison, white the sentence of the law was carried into execution. The unhappy malefactor w is attended to the scaffold by the Reverend Hugh La tgharne and the Rev. Mr. ; with the latter of whom he continued in ler: vent prayer while the awful and appalling preparations were making to draw a veil over his innrtal existence: Alter these devotional eze►cises were concluded, he ap peated at first to be in great haste to be gone, and be fore the executioner was in readiness to lower the drop, be bad given the signal by dropping his handkerchief. Mr. TAtnall instantly stepped forward and again placed it in•his hand ; and the wretched min for some minutes prayed loudly and fervently, but principally in his na tive tongue. At length the fatal signal was given, the platform fell, and the unfortunate culprit was launched Into eternity, while in the act of imploring mercy from his GOD. Among his last words were-4. Loan insus, receive my soul! to thee I commend my spirit." "Open to me the gate of life, U Loan, my Gw , and my Re- BREMER!" He was slightly convulsed immediately after suspension ; but was dead in less than forty seconds. His behaviour on the scaffold was marked with the greatest propriety. It was evident that since his con viction a great change had taken place, not only in his manners, but in his countenance; which, instead of ob tuse insensibily, then exhibited mild resignation, humble penitence, and great sensibility. After h inn% the usual time, the body was cut down, and delivered to it. Wood, Esq. of Birmingham, for the use of the General, H .spital in that place, to be by him dissected and anatomized according to the •stattre.—frad was an Irishman by birth, and came from the county of Galway. s►here are still living his three sisters, an aged father and mother•, and a wife and child. Hut parents•obtain a decent livelihood from the cupatibn of a small farm; but his poor wife was en . sely dependent upon her hOsband for support. He 'had been married ta ice, and was in the twenty-seventh year of his age. He was five feet eight inches in he.gbt,' of sallow complexion, prominent forehead, and over shadowing eyebrows. It is th. ught that Ford's original design. was ohly to rob the horse of is victim, and it has been slid that notes to a considerable amount, which Mr. Perry was known to possess in the course of the day on which he was attacked by his assassin, were never seen after the murder. The following is an extract of a letter ;addressed to the Rev. Ambrose Bowles, Ennis, county Clare, Ireland, written by Ford an hour before his execution, and given to Mr. Turville, with a request that he would put it into the hands of the Sheriff: " An account from Michael Ford, of his death, tease Sal day at April, 1826, who died in the 27th year of his age. I was dealing in (Mr. Prrry'sl shop in the town of Birmingham, where t did work on the 6th of December, and I had no thought in my heart to hurt this man when I went in. I was but *ale in liquor, and there was some words between me and him and I took a blurt. (cleaver) in my hand and struck hint and kille d him; but he Minn& till the nidlit after. Then I went to the town of Liverpool, and was taken on board of ship—that was on the 9th December—and was brought to Birmingham again, and sent to Warwick Gaol, and was teed on the 30th of March, sad found guilty and suffered We bd day of April ;—but now there's no help fur the misfortune which is the cause of my death, sod the Loos have mercy on my soul. Now,' Mr. Bowles, when you read this letter in chapel ea Sunday; you will give it to Thomas Grady, and I hope what I have done amiss that it will never be returned to any one belonging to nie • for inla short time I expected to go biome, and make up all Chad - done amiss; but I can't go. I have wrote this letter about an hour before I died. Now, my dear Mary, I wish y ou goo d l uc k ; an d long . may you live ; and now I am gone, to which I ant very sorry for it.. "MICHAEL FORiD, his hands, the 3d of April." The Rev. Mr. Turville put into the Sheriff's hands two other letters, which Ford had written on the slst of March, from which it appears ti at it was really his intention to confess his crime. The following. are extracts: I was brought up decently with my dor father, Edmund Ford, and with my dear mother, Bridget O'Connor, and never seen either of them slain anything out of the way ante d was born,. nor I did not myself until I got married myself the second,time; and now I don't blame any one for it but myself. As for my wife, ldsry Grady, she did not know anything about it, nor any of her friends, nor any one belonging to myself. As for my dear wife, Mary Grady, I can give her as good a character as ever woman pt from her husband; for she was one of the best tempered women that ever I knew, both in heart and in mind, and in any kind of business that woman could do. " I hope, Mary, you will get married u soon as you will get thc opportunity, and I hope you will look before you, and that yin' have better luck than what you had by me. And now, Mary. I hope you will be fond of my child; if ..he lives, and it will be all the same for ycu, with the help of Goo. Now these are my last words that ever I will ever speak to you. though I cannot speak to yult now ; but it is all the same, for these words are from my own !surds, but there is no help for this unfortunate death. Now. Miry. as, blessing to you from my heart, and 1 d.id little thought t should part with you as I have. lam now going to makes true and hum ble confession about what I have done amiss since I was bail to the best of my knowledge. " Now I am to die on the 3d of April. A Rom t an Catholk priest, of the name of Turvilk, attended to me ever since I was sent to gaol, and employed a counsellor sod Aawyer for me at his own en pense. He has behaved like a brother to me, and long may he keg in health, weahh, and prosperity. But now all is over,—bitt here is now, from my brut, farewell to my dear and beloved Wife, and to Thomas Grady, and to every and all belonging to them ; and here is farewell to my dear father kud mother, my dear three sisters. and to all friends and neighbour ad may the Loos have mercy un the soul of " CII EL la." The late severe frosts are supposed to have had An in. jurious affect upon the peach. nectarine, and other wall trait trees; but the wheat is everywhere mot promising. II