The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-11 00:00:00

~.. ;—~s~- THE NATIONAL REGISTER. •letter, came into hts Lordship's possession in a certain way, sod it would involve the interests, nay, even the lives, of those who helped hi►n to that intelligence, were the mode in which it n•as route by divulged. Besides, it would he a gross breach of confidence, and a violat►on of all diplomatic faith. Ile concluded by moving an amendment to the Address, leaving out the private letter to Mr. Secretary Canning. Stscrardny Cis.vvio said, he 'should he unworthy his situation if he di.elosed, or gave up, letters which had been written to him privately. There were many secret communi cations which could not, with safety, be made public in any shape. MR. WerirstarAn replied with great animation ; when the House divided—For the amendment Il4—Against it 50. The original motion was of course lost. On the Report of the Reversion Bill being brought up, Mr. Whitbread observed, that he wished to defer, till Monday, the motion he intended to make respecting this Bill, which was of great public importance. The amendments were then read a second time, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed, printed, and read a third time on Monday. Sir John Newport moved, that there be laid before the House a List of the Appointments which had been granted in the Linen Board of Ireland, since the Slst of December last, together v. ith the qualifications. The Chancellor of the Exchequer postponed. till Tuesday. the further hearing of evidence on the Orders to Couneil.—Ad journal till Monday. IRELAND. The trial of Mr. Alcock and Mr. Doreusv, his second, was commenced on Monday se'nnight, at the Wexford Assizes, on an indictment charging the former with the wilful murder of Mr. Colclough, and the latter with aiding and assisting. The witnesses fur the proseeutioa stated the circumstances of the duel, and that Mr. .Alcock wore spectacles on that occasion, which he declii.ed to take off. On the part of the prisoners it was stated, by Lord Valentia, that he was deputed by Mr. Alcork's Committee to carry a message to Mr. Colclough (in which Mr. Alcock acquiesced), stating that they considered Mr. Alcock as the representative of a party, au.l not of himself, that they would wish therefore that the business should he post poned until after the election, and that if any loss of character resulted to Mr. Alcock from withdrawing the challenge, they would take it on themselves. The answer given to his Lordship by Mr. Colclough's friends was, that since Mr. Alcock had committed himself so far, he must meet Mr. Colclough in half an hour. Another witness deposed, to an offer of accommoda tion having heen made on the part of Alcock's friends, which was refuses: ; and a third stated, that the effect of the glasses worn by Mr. A. on a defective eye was, that the object was made clearer, but not more defined, and that it was dimished in size and light ; he did not think the hitting a distant object was thereby rendered more secure. Mr. Baron Smith having sum med up the evidence, the Jury retired, and in about three minutes returned a verdict of not guilty. Thursday se'nnight came on to be tried before the Hon. Jus tice !lasne, and a respectable Jury, at Ennis, W. Hammond. Esq. of Dublin, for the alledged murder of W. Foley. Esq. of Shepperton,county of Clare, in a duel fought at Six-Mile Bridge, on Saturday. the 23d of January last.—On the part of the Crown, the following witnesses were examined :—Ensign Tay lor, surgeon Thwaites, Mr. Patrick Falvey, and M`Ma hoe ; amt after a most impressive charge from the Judge, the Jury refired, and returned a verdict, at seven o'clock at night, of Manslaughter.—The following sentence was pronounced oil Saturday by his Lordship :—" that the said William Hammond ' be confined 12 months in the county gaol, and burned in the band." APRIL 11. TO TEE EDITOR or THE NITIONIL REGISTER. SI R,-A t this season of the year, it may be of service to pub. Hob the, following fact :—ln April, ISM, I bad a ewe from which had been drawn, with great difficulty, a lamb that had been dead within her nearly a week. In some hours afterwards her pains returned, and continued very violent ; upon which I gave her 30 drops of laudanum, in a little milk pottage. This dose I repeated, at intervals of eight or ten hours, as long as the pains continued violent; and afterwards, for a week, I gave her 15 drops night and morning. keeping her in a warm stable during the night, and letting her wit into a good paaure during the day. In three weeks she got perfectly well. Yours, &c. Y. A lamb which had lost its dam, has bOen reared on a farm near Swansea in the following manner, which we understand is frequently practised in Lincolnshire :—The skin of a lamb which had died soon after being veaned, was taken off, and the other lamb carefully sewed up in it; the ewe took to it immediately and continues to suckle it with as much fondness as if it had been her own. On Friday se'nnight, was shot at Kirkandrews, near Carlisle, a most singular woodcock. It was of an extraordinary large size, and was furnished with only one leg; and from the most minute examination of the bird, it was evident, that it must have been formed in that state. On Tuesday a conger eel was taken in the Wash at Yarmouth, by a fisherman, which measured six feet in length, and twenty. two inches in girth, and weighed three stone seven pounds. This cel, on finding no way of escape, rose erect, and actually knocked the fisherman down before he could take it. A few days since, as some workmen were digging a small court at C Ateltenhain, they found, within sixteen inches of the surface, a fresh-looking brown earthen pot, containing between 14 and 150 shillings of the reigns of Edward VI. Philip and Mary, Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I. The whole were in tolerable good condition, and the pot, except from its shape, (which somewhat resembled a raisin jar) appeared as if but lately burred.—From there being no coin. however, amongst them since those of Charles I. it is probable that the owner concealed this little treasure during the dissentions that followed that reign, and, falling a victim, never returned to reclaim it. Thursday last John Clayton West, and another person, were tried at Shreashury Assizes, for picking the pocket of E. Fellowes, Esq. on last Lord Mayor's day, of a pocket-hook, containing VOOOl. in bills, &c. They had changed one of the hills at the Shrewsbury Bank; shortly after, they were pursue , l and taken. \Vest was found guilty, and sentenced to be tran• ported for seven years. MURDER.—At Stafford Assizes, on Monday last, William Hawkeswood was found guilty of poisoning his master, Mr. Parker, of Swindon. in Staffordshire, by administering to him poison (corrosive sublimate) in a cup of camomile tea. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, offered a written paper, wherein he acknowledged his having administered the poison, without the knowledge of any other person, but that he did not do it with an intention of injuring any one ; that he thereby meant it as a " trick upon the old woman, the house keeper." He also spoke very highly of his master's (the de• ceased) kindness towards him. The prisoner was found guilty, and executed on IVednesday morning. A shocking occurrence took place at Newnham on Saturday se'nnight : as Airs. Matthews, wife of Mr. Al. an attorney of that place, was standing with her back to the fire, her dress caught the flames, and in a few seconds she was so enveloped in them as to exclude the possibility of extinguishing them till the whole of her apparel was consumed. Mr. M. who exerted him self to extinguish the flames was so much burnt that his life was despaired of.—The Clerk also suffered from. his exertions in the same attempt. What added 'materially to the rapidity of the flames was her rushing from the room in which the accident took place into an adjoining passage, where the &lift of air considerably aided the progress of the fire; she only survived the melancholy accident about three or four hours. This is another of the mournful effects produced by fire, of which not a week passes put two or three instances occur. We understand that Mr. Alexander Angus, a person of con siderable respectability in the mercantile and insurance line at Liverpool, has been committed to the county gaol of Lancaster to take his trial for the murder of Miss Burns, who had been an inmate of his house, and who had been nearly related to his late wife. Some suspicious circumstances attending the death of Miss B. led to an inquest, and under the direction of the Coroner. her body was opened , and found to contain a considerable quan tity of poison, which was pronounced to We magi:wed Lcr, PROVINCIALS. CAMRRIDGro tPR I.—The Chancellor's two gold medals, value 15 guineas each, for the two commencing Bachelors of Arts who acquit t;iciiiselve• the he-t in classical learning, are this )ear oijiidged to Mr. Charles Jame, Bloomfield, and Dir. Richard NS ard, both of Trinity College. The subjects for the Members' Prizes for this year are, for the Senior Bachelors, Qneg prerripne sent labentis Imperil In diria ? For the Nliddle Bachelors, Quonquant Histrionis Artent snireneur, qte4 rrnebens tauten, wrong .11u - !:‘ liomitzte!!‘ entendet stesegis, an c.:)rrseettpat Sceenoi 232 , , A