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SIR M. HALE. Fran Dr. Likienxma's Cabinet Cgelopadia, Vol. V. being Lives u) Raiment laryt rs, by H. Honor, Req. In the year 166.5, Sir Matthew Hale was unfortunately called upon to preside at the trial of two wretched women who were indicted for the crime of witchcraft. In re viewing his conduct upon this occasion, allowance must be made for the prejudices of the times in which he lived ; prejudices, perhaps, strengthened in his case by the zeal with which he had devoted himself to the speculative pot of theological learning. Still it is impossible to acquit him of a too easy credulity on this occasion, since, in thel course of the trial some experiments were instituted with regard to the correctness of the representations made by the persons supposed to be affected, the result of which induced some impartial bystanders to declare, that they believed the whole transaction a mere imposition. At the conclusion of the trial Hale did not sum up the evidence, but left the case to the Jury, with a very short direction, professing, at the same time, his belief in the crime of witchcraft. He said, " that there were such creatures as witches he made no doubt at all; for, first, the Scrip ture had affirmed so much ; secondly, the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime. And such bath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that Act of Parliament which hath provided punish ment proportionable to the quality of the offence." The prisoners were found guilty, and no reprieve being granted, were executed pursuant to their sentence without making any confession; which, upon some other occasions had been extorted, by their own superstitious terrors, from the unhappy persons ascused of this crime. The character of Sir Matthew Hale as a judge was splendidly pre-eminent. His learning was profound; his patience unconquerable ; his integrity stainless. In the words of one who wrote with no friendly feeling towards him, " his voice was oracular, and his person little less than adored." The temper of mind with which he entered upon the duties of the bench is best exemplified in the following resolutions, which appear to have been com posed on his being raised to the dignity of Chief Baron at the Restoration : " Things necessary to be continually had in remembrance: • "1. That in the administration of justice lam intrusted for GOD, the King, and country ; and therefore, " 2. That it be done, 1. uprightly; & deliberately; 3. resolutely. " 3. That I rest not upon my own understanding or strength, but implore and rest upon the diration and strength of Grin. " 4. That in the execution of justice I carefully lay aside my own passions, and not give way to them, however provoked. " 6. That 1 be wholly intent upon the business I am about, re. mining all other cares and thoughts as unseasonable and interruptions. " 6. That I suffer not myself to be prepoeseeeed with any judg ment at all, till the whole business and both parties be heard. " 7. That I never engage myself in the beginning of any cause, but reserve myself unprejudiced till the whole be beard. " 8. That in business capital, though my nature prompt me to pity, yet to consider there is a pity also due to the country. " 9. That I be not too rigid in matters purely conscientious, where all the harm is diversity of judgment. " 10. That I be not biassed with compassion to the poor, oe fa vour to the rich, in point of justice. " That popular or court applause, or distaste, have no Influence in any thing I do, in point of distribution of justice. " 12. Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rule of justice. " 13. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal. " 14. In criminals that consist merely in words, where no more harm ensues, moderation is nu injustice. " la. In criminals of blood, if thefact be evident, severity is justice. " 16. To abhor all private solicitations, of what kind mesa, and by whomsoever, in matters depending. 17. To charge my servants, 1. Not to interpose in any matter whatsoever; 2. Not to take more than their known fees; 3. Not to give an/ undue precedence to causes ; 4.Not to recommend counsel. 18. To be short and sparing at meals, that I may be the fitter for business." _ Under the influence of resolutions like these, the con duct of Hale on the bench appears to have been almost irreproachable. LARGE BONNETS. Letter in the Bath Herald. If it be true that every age is attended with its " cry ing evil," and if that attempt be laudable which is aimed at its suppression, be mine the grateful task of decrying the practice, now so fatally and universally prevalent, of raising on the heads of the deluded fair (under the idea of adding to their beauty) those towering and ungraceful erections which have lately superseded the necessity of parasols, and which have finally swelled to such exorbi tant dimensions as almost to render unintelligible (cer tainly to leave without any definite meaning) that " once familiar word," Bonnets. It is a lamentable fact, that at the present era, Fashion, that stranger to taste, has built upon the ruins of the less-aspiring, but more becoming cottage bonnet, those unwieldy " castles in the air," which, by effecting a momentary eclipse of the sun, are continually casting an ominous shade over our streets, and awakening in us fearful apprehensions as to their probable enlargement—a consideration which would af fect us in no trifling degree, did we not discover, in the inability of female strength to bear up against an increase of weight, an antidote to despair. In my opinion the fair sex are greatly to be pitied, who, reposing unsuspect ing confidence in the skill of their treacherous milliners, at length escape from beneath the wonder-working agency of these artists in such strange, unheard-of shapes, as to defy the scrutiny of any mere mortal to detect, at a dis tance, to what species they belong. Alas! I did fond ly hope, that after all the romantic metamorphoses to which they had previously been uhappily subjected in the immoderate swell of their sleeves, we might still re cognise, in the unassuming charms of the cottage bonnet, the lingering magic which had so often captivated our hearts, and won us into involuntary admiration ; but no ! the industrious and monopolising hand of the mischievous Mauler was yet to put the finishing-stroke to their total transfiguration ; and by adding this topetone to the super structure of feminine adornments, they have so pitifully *ended the last ray of loveliness which still glistened through the floating clouds of millinery, antecedently enveloping them, that even the most generous and en . thusiastic admirer of female decorations, can no longer curb his indignation. If you attend a public meeting of any kind, and chance to sit among these tormenting . belles, their nodding bonnets woven together in the form of a testudo, like the target-fence of the ancients, seem to mock your futile efforts, as, with projected neck, you , vainly essay to snatch one short-lived glimpse of the be clouded speaker. It is matter for curious speculation to 'observe the different taste evinced in the formation of the %onsets of " olden times," and the architecture of those of the present day. Truly a modern bonnet beside one of its sorry predecessors, would look like Asian's rod which swallowed up its fellows. Would that, jn this age of universal emancipation, the pitying fair would free themselves from the restraints- (or rather licenaes) of Fashion, and striving to be imitative of their " good old ancestors," invite back again to her long de serted. empire, the injured goddess—Taste. Trusting dial these lines may foil into the hands of some, who by them,, be at length . convinced that " art cannot add one hesaity to the rose, and asking permission for their insertion that, the fair may thus profit by their permit, I remain, yours, ace. THE LATE PETER COMYN, ESQ. FURTMER PARTICULARS. This unhappy gentleman, whose rank in society, and presumed aberration of intellect, attached such an extra ordinary degree of public interest to every circumstance of his past life and ultimate doom, was executed in Ennis last Wednesday, pursuant to sentence of Court at Spring Assizes, for the wilful burning of his residence, Scotland Lodge, near Burren. On this melancholy occasion, all the shops in Ennis were shut up, and their usual busi ness suspended, in compliment to the ill-fated gentleman and his very respectable connections throughout the county. Notwithstanding the ardent curiosity of the lower classes of the people to witness fatal exhibitions of this kind, especially where the sufferer was far above the ordinary routine of such causes, yet the numbers assem bled on Wednesday in front of the gaol were not so large as had been expected, which can only be ascribed to this cause, the knowledge of a respite having arrived, and the general impression that Mr. Comyn's life was sure to be spared. The reverse, however, proved to be the fact ; for though it is true the respite had been received, to af ford time for inquiry into the real state of mind of this unfortunate gentleman, Government did no t conc l u d e there was su ffi cient evidence of unsound intellect to jus tify the extension of royal clemency. Mr. Comyn, who before this last capital charge was understood to be in religious belief a nominal Protestant, although, in truth, frequenting no place of divine worship, received visits after conviction from clergymen of the Established and Roman Catholic churches, whose spiritual admonitions it was quite apparent, in the first instance, had very little influence either on his temper or usual habits of life. In fact, he received their attentions with a sort of indolence or levity of manner quite at variance with the uniform character of persons to whose mortal career the extreme sentence of the law has adjudged a brief and definite existence. Though occasionally eccentric, as well as obstinate in his notions, and difficult the task to con vert his mind to a fixed and proper sense of his awful situation. Dean O'Shaughnessy, the Parish Priest of Ennis, persevered in the charitable task, and at length acquired such an ascendancy over his wayward feelings as to render him perfectly sensible of his approaching fate, and the necessity of meeting it with the penitence and resignation of a Christian, hoping for forgiveness through the mercy of GOD and the merits of his RE DEEMER. Those pious sentiments grew stronger as the hour for his execution advanced, and on Wednesday morning he was removed from his cell to a more spacious apartment immediately adjoining the scaffold, while the preparations would be going forward for the dreadful ceremony. By this time most of the gentry, in Ennis had left town in various directions, nor was any one of them visible for the day in the streets. Early orders had been given to admit no person within the precincts of the gaol except a Clergyman or the She riff's assistants, and but in one particular instance, which shall be explained, these orders were strictly adhered to. Mr. Comyn had slept very little the previous night, hav ing devoted most of his hours to fervent prayer, and he received the Sacrament on the morning of his execution. For the short period that intervened between this and 4 o'clock, the exhortations of Dean O'Shaughnessy, Rev. Mr. Gorman, his Curate, and the Rev. Mr. Comyn, P.P. of Kilkee, were unremitting, and they neglected no ex pedient that could sooth his mind or qualify him for the last ordeal. He used occasionally to bathe his eyes in a vase of sold water, as they looked rather dull and painful, with slight degree of inflammation. At two o'clock Mr. Kenny, the junior Sheriff, came to apprise him in the mildest terms that the mails had arrived, and that there was no order to arrest the sen tence, but that he (Mr. Kenny) would render every in dulgence in his power, and stay the execution until four o'clock. Mr. Comyn thanked the sheriff, saying, if there was any chance of respite, it would have arrived before then, and that the sheriff of course should do his duty, and that he (Mr. Comyn) was fully prepared to meet his fate. The unhappy gentleman now expressed great anxiety about a new manuscript document which lay on the table before him, and sent to beg that three persons should be admitted to witness it in his presence. One of the cler gymen accordingly withdrew, when Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. J. O'Shaughnessy, and Mr. Cullinen, were called into the room, and introduced to Mr. Comyn.—He was attired in a full mourning suit of black, and opposite him lay a crucifix ; off the far end of the table was a bottle of wine and a glass. He rose instantly with this paper in his hand; it was read aloud, and he said it contained a faithful exposé of his religious sentiments, drawn up by himself after serious and deliberate investigation. He declared he bad often in his life conversed with men of all creeds, Protestants, Roman Catholics, and Dissenters, and canvassed their several doctrines, and that now, after calm reflection, he believed in his conscience it was safer for bun to die in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church, than that of any other communion of Christians. He re gretted that he had not done this before, and he now felt most anxious this avowal of his principles should get publicity in every shape, and that it would be read from all the Chapels in the Diocese.—He then took the pen and signed the document, which was witnessed by the aforesaid three persons. The Rev. Mr. Comyn, of Kilkee, now begged those present to observe that it was quite a voluntary act, and that no force or dictation was employed to induce Mr. Comyn to make this profession. Mr. Comyn, who appeared sunk in a reverie for a few moments, now turned about and said in a firm and stern tone to the speaker, " There is no man on earth, Sir, could force me to do any thing of that kind." He then prayed with Dean O'Shaugh nosey until the hour of four had arrived, when every thing was stated to be ready. He roused himself at the summons, and walked with a firm step to the scaffold, where he knelt, unconscious of all about him, while making responses to his spiritual attendant. Once or twice he fell into a short stupor or mental abstraction, but rallied again, and striking his breast with every mark of real devotion, prayed loudly and fervently for mercy. The executioner having gently removed his cravat,which Mr. Comyn scarcely noticed, the rope was arranged, and the drop falling immediately after, he was launched into eternity. Only one convulsive heave of his body was noticed, and then all was motionless. He was left hanging for fifty minutes, when the body was taken down, and deposited in a richly mounted coffin, prepared by his friends. On the plate of the coffin was engraved his name and age, 52 years. Mr. Comyn was a stout robust man, of large propor tions, and corpulent. He was unmarried ; but an un fortunate female who lived under his protection, stood weeping in the crowd at his execution, with four young children. Originally he was worth 6001. a year, though he did not die in possession of a pound • itt the world, having, it is understood, lived a very free and irregular life. Every carriage, jhuntiag-car, and gig, that could be had slims to in Ennis were in requisition fur the fu neral 'and his remains left town thtsame evening, fol lowed by an immense concourse of people to the Chapel of Quoin, where he was waked that 1001, and thence removed next morning to the place of family interment at Buren. He made no allusion whatever to his guilt or innocence of the crime for which he suffered. Captain Colthurst'a company of the 99th Regiment, from Clare Castle, attended the execution, also a de tachment of Police. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLCOURT, MAY 4. GORDON V. WM. _ - The defendant in this cause was brought up in custody, in order to be turned over to the Fleet, for not putting in his answer to the bilL Upon his being asked by his Honour the VICZ-CHANCZLLOIL why he had not put in his answer ? the defendant said he had never been applied to for that purpose. Mr. Olsenias.row, jam said that he bad prepared an answer for the defendant, but that he had refused to sign it. The litouctrou.Ozsteetat. asked the defendant whether he had I not written to him? and being answered in the allirmative, said, that the story told in the letter was very different from what now appeared to be the truth. This man, said the learned gentleman, Is a mortgagee upon an estate about which a suit is instituted for 951. and he will not let the proceedings go on, because .he will not comply with the form of putting in an answer. There are many unfortunate persons in this situation who are entitled to compassion, but this man's case is not worthy of any consideration. The defendant still persisted that be had alwas been ready to answer the bill, as far as he could $ and on furt her inquiry it ap peared, that there was reason to believe that the defendant had given money to a Solicitor to prepare an answer, but that it had not been done by him $ and it seemed the answer prepared had been presented to the defendant by the other aids, and that the objection was to signing this answer, when another person had been paid for the same thing. Under these circumstances, the Court directed that the defendant should be brought np tomorrow morning, when the Solicitor in question might attend and explain the matter. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Maw 4. CIIIIIINAL INVOIKATION.-TILIE LING V. 311111. The ATIORNEY.OZWZRAL moved to file &criminal information against the defendant, Captain Jebb, for the publication of anony mous letters reflecting on the conduct of Colonel Hemmer. This was a similar application to that made a few days since against the same gentleman by Sir Robert Hill. The Attorney-General moved on the affidavits of Sir Herbert Taylor, Sir Henry Hardinge, and other perwms of distinction. The affidavit of the Gallant Colonel denied the charges made against him.—The Count granted a rule to spew cause. A similar application woo made in behalf of Colonel Lygon, of the Guards, upon similar grounds, but the Court considered an ad ditional admit netossory, and the matter is to come on again. LINZ 11111UILANCE. The Court this day decided that an insurance effected by a father on the life of his son was invalid. The insurance was made upon a supposed interest which a father may have in the life of his son for 'Nippon in his old age. ARCHES COURT, MAT 4. • KILDNAY t. YILDILAY. - - This was a suit of diToros, brought by Captain Mildmay, of the 22d Light against his wife, for adultery committed with a gentlemen _napp, at Southampton. The particulars are already before the public fi the action for damages against Mr. Knapp, tried in the Court of King's Bench last week. Counsel having briefly opened the ease, it was intimated that no plea would be put in on behalf of the wife. The JUDO!, in an able review at the evidence, considered that the presumption ot adultery was established, and pronounced fee the separation prayed for. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAT 4. 111 Z ZING V. 11411/IMII6 _ This was ea Lulea apinst tii;:ta7siant, far being au mud la eardip walk goods liable to pay duty, and for oar. log a bulbs Se itatermietste eater, to let the same pus, whereby =M the moue @MIL were beamed. The eau was tried Lour (ktur &mow, at the sittings after the last tam in this Court. Mr. Jzavis this morn ng applied to the Court fee a rule to abew cause why the wallet that had been entered for the Crown should not be est adds, and a verdict entered fee the defendant t or why the verdict iionM not be entered for the Crown, on the fifth count of the Mthithatith 'sly ; or why there should not be a new trial. The wash of objection to the verdict on the five first counts were thinly of a technical nature ; they were taken at the trial, and were reserved by the Loa Chief Baron for the coo. sideratims st the Court. On the sixth count, he (lir. Jervis) conitheml that the verdict must be set aside. The goods in that inessme were impacted by a bill of sight, and though the pro hibited articles were found in the cam in question, yet as the de forinet had made oath that he was not aware of the nature of the essisths of the ease, be eonkl not be liable, as they were sent by the consignor at Mantlnugh, without the knowledge of the defitndant. The Court pasta a rule to show cause. dis Mr. Bann Oxnaow it unable to attend then Court, through in. position. COURT OF RING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, Aram 30. EXTZAOIDINAIIf CA112.-CIOIIIIIE V. COX. An application was made on the part of the defendant to be dis. homiu s s o t n it i v. The circumstances were very peculiar : be had im for debt, and four years ago the plaintiff died. No letters administration had been taken out, nor any other pro. ceedinp been taken against him, and he now applied to the Court to disc h arge him. He was confined altogether for seven years, and had not previously sought his liberty ! bad served proper no. tics of his intention on the executor and his attorney. The motion was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday two apprendces to watamen plying at Hungerford. stairs, were bro ugh t up by the new police, having been found in a public-house pffed the Cannon, in Hungieford.market, at three o'clock in the manlng, playing at cards, and In a state of intoxl. cation. The masters of the two boys stated that the house mentioned was kept open all night long, for the reception of all descriptions of per. sons, and at three o'clock in the morning they found the boys there engaged at cards, and very tipsy. When they remonstrated with the landlord, he said he did not care a d.— who came to his house so long as they spent plenty of ur monet oy Mr. Mstera.z. discharged the s with an admonition, and directed an information to be laid against the landlord of the Can. non, under the Police Act, for suffering card playing in his house, and intimated that in such a case the heaviest penalty would cer tainly be inflicted. Yesterday morning Mr. Thomas, the superintendent of police of this division, applied for and obtained permission to exhibit seven informations against the landlords of as many public.bouses, for neglecting to conduct their business with " good rule and order, " and for suffering card playing and other prohibited games in the ir houses, contrary to the tenor of their respective licenses. Mr. Thomas at the same time brought forward a poor old man, named Alullins, a pauper belonging to St. Paul's, Covent-garden, who bad that morning severely injured a young woman in Rose. street, Long.acre, by running a truck which be was droning against a ladder on which she was standing, cleaning thew Wows of her master's shop. The pauper stated, that he was 86 years of age, and that he was an inmate of St. Paul's workhouse, but occasionally jobbed about with a truck. He admitted, however, that he was net quite caps , ble of so laborious an employment. Mr. Minium. declared that he evidently was not, and that it was vary wrong to suffer the poor man to be so employed. The humane directed Mr. Thomas to apply on the subject to theil ltiara :. 1611 Themos said be would do so, and, accompanied by the pauper, retired. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BlGAMT.—Williala SaMadera. a shoemaker, war yesterday before J. K. COXAKT, Esq. with the above offence. Eh. sab char e& ed Chemberlayne, the second wife, proved the fact, and the pri soner was remanded. THAMES-POLICE. ROB BINS thILOIII.--BINGULAIL COINCIDENCE.—Yeaterday Catherine Long, a notorious old crimp, was b roug h t before %V. BALLaxvint, esq. charid with robbing a sailor, named Jam e s Wilson, of a M. note and l4i sovereigns, under circumstances of a verictraordinary and singular nature. is the person who, with her th ree daughters, was lately charged dwith administering narcotic drugs to sailors for the purpose of robbing them, and is well known to the police. It appeared that the sailor, who belonged to his Majesty's frigate Briton, and was paid off from that ship on Tuesday week at Ports mouth, arrived in London on the following day, and met with the at the inn in Ovacechtuch.eneet. He treated her with ri r g il u o or and soon becoming snapilied mounted one of the Black. wall stages in LeadenbalLotreet, and laid himself along the roof of the vehicle. The prisoner got up at the same time, and on the reed abstracted the mosey, and was attempting to steal his watch and' ends, With he awoke. The coach was stopped, and she was given `to custody eecustody of a police constable, div. K, No. 13, ohs, on marsh b, found the /knots. and th e 14 sovereigns and a half width t sax bed lost eissmaled in bet bosom. He !edged bee in the slatlea.beale, and en pommeling to her led& IMP, or, rather, a mimpie.hence, he found sasethen sailor pig to the aims ship leaf Asleep es a bed, sureetinded by t b letE ones daughters. On soaking him, the sailor munplainal his money was gone, otesisting of a 51. note and fourteen sovereter, mod s half, being a precisely similar sum to that lost by th e ot r ie . WIN. On lirreberinquiry it was ascertained that the pew ee uti her family had been in waiting at the various inns for the arrival of the Portsmouth coaches, in order to decoy the sailors paid a from the Briton into her house for the purpos e o f fl eec i ng the : Both Daly and Wilson, the two sailors, swore positively to losin K a 51. note and fourteen sovereigns and a half, but could not tell the numbers of the notes, and in order to procure information on thr point an aeon bed been despatched to Portsmouth, but them e „1,,, paid the sailors had not taken down the numbers. Mr. BALLAITIXI said the cue was 012* of the most 411X1111OrdlOgry ever brought Ware him, and it was a singular coincidence that t ,, c men belonging to the same ship should both lose a similar k m . He thought no jury could cowries, as the identity of the money e s , involved in so much doubt, and he was therefore under the neaten ) of discharging tbe patience. Buth the sailors then claimed the 51. note and !the sovereigns ir the officer's possession which were taken from the pelmet when she was apprehended, Mr. BALLANTINE refused to make any ceder on the subject, o b,, serving it was impossible to say to whom they belonged, b ut re . commended them to settle the matter amicably. After much contention the sailors agreed to divide the money, sod they walked off in company. HATTON.GARDEN. Yesterday Mr. Alden, one of the overseers of St. Pancras, attend ed at this o cs , before Mr. Sergeant Sur.r.orr, to prefer a complain• against two female paupers, Ann Riley and Ann Wows, for k e g. leg his windows on the previous night, between 11 and 12 o'clock-- Mr. Listen stated that the damage done amounted to Ws. Theta,, rel prisooers bad applied to the board, and they bad given th em so „,, ief. The phoneys, in their defence, stated, that what the parish allou ad them would not get them a place to sleep in, and they had cost . mined the offence for the purpose of getting out of the streets. The Magistrate said they had no right to act in the manner 6, had done, and ordered them to find bail. A young mu, who pre his name George Wife" was brought before Mr. Sergeant Scrwl! and Mr. Luna, charged with stcahrg Parkinson's " Greek Lexicon," published at one guinea, from tor : book-stall in front of Mr. Bumpus's shop, Holborn-ban. Evan Bumpus, about ten years of age, the son of the prov e . eater, stated that his father was a bookseller in Holborn. At o p seven o'clock the previous evening he first observed the pri. toner lurking about the premises, looking at the books. He was induced - to watch him; and, about half an hour after. muds, he saw the prisoner snatch up a book and set off at fuli speed in the direction of Gray's-inn-lane. Witness gave an alarm. and infanta the shopman of the robbery, and of the direction the prisoner bad taken. The shopman went in search of the prisoner, and afterwards returned for witness to identify him, he being then in custody at a public-house. Upon seeing the prisoner he itntue. diately recognised him as the man who had robbed his father. James Petit, the shopman, confirmed the evidence of the pre. ceding witness, and added, that he was joined in the punuit of the prisoner by a police constable, and they succeeded in finding hint concealed in the privy of No. 3, Pheasant's-buildings, the door of which he secured, and refused to come out; and they were compelled to threaten to break open the door, upon which he came out, and afterwards was secured, and taken to the police station. On their searching the front parlour of the house, they found " Parkinson's Greek Lexicon" concealed behind the bed. and upon making inquiries ascertained that, the parlour door baring been left open, the prisoner rushed in and attempted to conceal him. self behind the bed, but being observed he rushed to the privy. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that be had been Ni! of employ five months, and distress was his inducement to steal the book. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MURDER NEAR GILMERTON. (Abridged fronM7l/Trth Briton.) A murder, accompanied with circumstances of a shocking and brutal description, lately took place at Gilmerton. The unhappy victim was called Margaret Patterson. She was formerly a ser vant in Edinburgh, and while in that capacity had, as we are in. conducted herself with great prop. Latterly, however, she taken to the trade of hawking lace in and about Edinburgh, and unhappily contracted a great penchant for liquor, which ha,! very muck alienated from ha the affections of her relatives. On Saturday, the 17th ult. at a pretty late hour in the evening. this unfortunate woman set out from Edinburgh for Dalkeith. On her way she came up with two Gilman* carters, whom she after. wards stated to be persons of the names of Da* and Thomson, on their return home with their carte. She never saw these persons be. foie, and, supposing that they belenpd to Dalkeith, asked them for a ride, oaring them a dram by way of compensation. The manner in which these ruffian subjected the unfortunate woman to an incredibly cruel death, is thus described in the North Brims p Quum H scelestissimi vehicularii supradlai, sands nequitie ct immanitatis capaces, Mabel* suadente, fonninam etiam supradiaan 1. sane! atque iterum, in vehlculo suo conststpraverant, atque its ai. men raptils pont& capitali puniendum admiserant, prom' dubio cu. ut in vaginam misenime lapides, tres, its similis quibus via publics strata est, earbonem, stramentum, rumen cum spinis quibusdas. injeoarant, awe thoracis wail* ut Hatuca, utentes : quo facto, rap. tares, maids gaudentes, tniserrimam e vehiculo dejecerunt et postea = taanima in reason jux viam publicamabripuerunt. Et plus corpusl o,id at dum Gilmertcol ammonia at, Sc edam usquedum mars Seem fecit misails f a mine hoax loth abdomen sumo habat lcarbonem stramentum, grimes, cum spinis quibusdan4 e =ini is rani:lawns infata, more ndando, per os thoracis null* ut jam supaius dictum at. Post mortem, dissectione purls facts, minis bee Invents aut in recto aut In vagina ; pe. rineum its dilaceratum ut ex vagina et recto was tantum malls &eta, quod wits accidit etiam in parturition. difficillma ; lismor rhagla fire continua, qua multus sanguis efliasus et indusium peni. tus totum more tinctum ; s violends cruribus impress' atque omnla infra abdomen in Quibus ex causis mots baud ono obvenit ut malorum et miseriarum infelicis remedial:. The unfortunate victim made a full disclosure of every thing to the medical gentlemen. 77ioonass is aged from 20 to 22 years, and unmarried ; Doti,. who is about 28 years dap, is married, and has two children.— They both have bad characters. It has at length been decided that a principal office of police shall be erected on the vacant ground formerl part of Chandos-street, St. Martin's-lane, to which houses will be attached for the magistrates and the commissioners of Police, with offices for clerks, and a sort of barracks for policemen. The plan, which, w e understand, is by Smirke, has been approved of, and Mr. Baker has received orders to proceed with the building with all possible speed. Bow-street is one of the me , : inconvenient police offices in the metropolis, and quit , unfit for the purpose for which it has so long been appro priated as a court of tjustice. BIRTHS. At Roebampton, the lady of A. B. Belcher, Esq. of a daughter. —At Tidwell-house, Devonshire, the wife of J. Dart, E sq . o f a son.—ln Hatton-garden ' Mrs. H. Wake fi eld, of a son, who sur vived his birth only a few hours.—The lady of G. 8. Foljambe. Eaq. of Osberton, of a son and heir.—ln Limerick, the lady of Roche, Esq. of a daughter.—At Bunratty, the lady of T. Studdert. Raq. of a son.—At Roebuck, the lady of Alderman Harty, lon: mayor elect of Dublin, of a daughter. DIARRIED. At St. Mazy's, Islington, Mr. Tnwaites, of Bishopsgate.street. to Misty, daughter of Mr. T. Coffee, of the North-road, Islington.— At Trinity church, St. Mary-la.bonne, G. N. Swinson, Esq. of P:•• mingham, to Miss M. A. Morgan, of Clipstene-street, Yortlar.i. place—At Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, C. Dawson, Esq. of Llan blethian, to Ann, daughter of J. Bevan, Esq. of Cowbridge.—At Kildystut church, T. R. Lewin, Esq. of the 32d Regiment, w Frances, daughter of D. (/'Grad y, Esq. of Shove Park, Clare.—At Cloameen church, Coat, J. N. Wilson, jun. Esq. of Somerville. to bliss Wilhelmins Crofts, of Mallow.--11. O'Brien, Esq. of Brienswood, Galway, to Miss Ann Ambrose, of Newcastle.—At St. Anne's church, Dublin, J. F. Clarke, Esq. M.D. to Maria Jo. sepha Nuttall, of Tittota, in Wicklow. DIED. Mts. Middlends; of Great linsell.street, Blocmibury.square.- - At Boulogamem.bier, Mr. E. Wenbam, of Hastings, aged 51. At Hastings, C. Frances, eldest daughter of J. Lusford, esq. c Hightun, Sussex, aged 17.—1 n Southampton -street, Covent-gard,. Mrs. E. Vaughan.—ln Ragtime, Berkeley-square, F. Jane, oh, of 11. Metcalf,, esq.—ln Dover-street, M. F. Aimlie, esq. loctchcr of Gray's-inn, and sada Nis, of Trinity-college, aged 71.—At Windt, T. Developer& Rook seq. the oldest magistrate in the County Clare.—At his mat. Thipenry, T. Clutteritnek, esq.—At the Cove of Cork, whose he vat he the of his health. It. Logan, Roman Cathay Mbar of Meath—At mallock, Moriarty—At Oissigook ldie County, Captain J. Croaed.ote, late of the bth Regiment Cleomosey, Clare, hit. t.. Qulnlivan. G H-WATak at LONDON-BRTDOR TOMORROW. Mans* • . 54 @Awes after 12 . . Afters= 12 mimeo after 1 LAMM : Primed sad Pablabad by Jams Yam. at Ike Om' Ornea No.l, Pidamtidiataampit Est. i ~t ;