The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-06 00:00:00

p r. ,b e et was now brought to the bar, and placed be tween Hunt and Thuilell. Ifs was dressed in black• 4 :Di did not appear to be ranch affected. He looked wind the Court, and each prisoner occasionally looked round at the Reporters with attention. linnt's affi lavit was read first, which stated that a promise I,ad been held out to him of pardon by the Magistrates of Ilertford,if be made a disclosure of the place] where the body of Mr. Weser was concealed, and that it was made in the presence of Mr. Noel, and also stating all the facts of the evidence taken before the Magistrates, and the ulnae of the various conversations which took place be tneen him, Mr. Noel, and the Magistrates. During the reading of this affidavit, considerable inter• 'option took place by the noise outside the Court; and Thartell having Ms attention thus disturbed, expressed his disaatiifaction by a look of some diecontent, and this pee rise to an order from the Judge for the Officer of the Court to go out to prevent the noise, or to furnish more constables. Mr. Noel's affidavit Was now put in, and read, which stated that a promise had been mid. by the Magistrates, to receive itt:lt as a witness if he disclosed where the body of Mr. Weare was concealed. 11r. Guardia now row, and made a few observations in a kw voice to the Judge, respec4ig the affidavits just teal Mr. Justice Pain left it to the discretion of Mr. Gurney, as Couosel for the prosecution, to act as be pleased relative to tl►e affidavits; and those of Blesses. Clutterbuck and Mason, (the magistrates,) were put in, in onoiition to those already mentioned. The Magistrates being . sworn, the affidavits of those• gentlemen were read. They west on to state 'that, Hunt and 'Martell were el.arged ',Wore them, on suspicion of the murder of Mr. Weere, on the 29th of October, and a number of witnesses were examined before them, during which Mr. Noel went put with the prisoner Hunt, u tb though', for the purpose of speakin7; to him ; but he made the promise to that prisoner, without t heir sanction or au• thorny, and denied basing made a promise or condition of Lis making a disclosnre watt re tbe bad) , was coneea!ed, but they did promise. if he made a fall and perfect disclosure ofevery circumstance connected with the murder, then they would cause the thing to be laid before the proper achorities; but certainly, no other promise; and it eventu ally turowl out that he bad not made a full and perfect dis closure of the transaction. At this period of the proceedings, a shoemaker, of Hert. ford, named Grojer, was committed by the Judge, for rinsing an interrapitoo in one of the avenues leading to the Court HOUIC Mr. Justice hilt, several times during the reading of file affidavits. expressed his stunt to them. Mr. fluatter said hewn only in addition to these, could produce affidavits of persons who would prove that Hdat lad made statement* to them of a °attire calculated indeed to sapport the rise f they were necessary to sub •tantiate t►e fact, and it would be seen that in his state ments to the ntagistrehts he had not said a word al oil 'relative to certain facts, bit told a garbled story. aid had given a most unconnected confession; and all kgal•sa thorities upon the law, or question thee under discussion, bed decided that the statements of an , •ppror tr, mast be entire and complete, without irtitelt he was not testified to any benefit from his declarations. There were feels of a peeuUar nature sworn to in the sada -144. setae (gibes Indeed It had been found neeeseary to touch upon wi►h great &limey, and with the pertain:lon of the Court these affidavits would be pet in. tansies O Ilia tvaLiC Patsy. Mt. Junta Pend said that In order es much as pottelbk to spud the feelings of the prixonen, by the deLil of seal, fasts, lie who'd suggest that the affidavits might be heeded to their counsel. He had no donbt that course would be Sadsfactory,as insight lighten their iabeer, which he knew must be very peat; and, said the Learned Judge, cheek an - evil at great magnitude. To my mast extreme astonisb sent, the contents tut a long allidatit pat lit by the prisoner, Thurtell's Counsel, was in priat on the nay marniug before it was annually ender consideratioa hire. This conduct of titeJeurnals was disgraceful, as it pre .,sficed the prisoners,---Nothing was more likely to lajete teem; lu feet the whole of thopubliestioes was likely to str iae prejudice against them, and he should request that oaly the. specific facts of any afidavits should be read, as the detail of delicate, perhaps extraneous matter, would not serve the pri soner. Mr. oaxsy.—Oh, my Lent all we wlsb to state are facts. stitch Hunt is sworn to have mod to other persons privately. They are speeilic statements. Mr. Justice PACK slid it would be better to Land• the aide s is to the prisoners Cougar]. Mr. Tustistima said be was willing to arced* to the arrangement, provided no &acuity arose as to the dis. (mess of them hereafter. Air.duausv then pat in the affidavits of Mr. Rooks, Coroner ; which, In 'Kett stated, that no promise what ever, bad been made to Hutt; but that his statement was ' , Notary. The learned Goa owl then at souse considerable ivoFth, proceeded to contend, that no ground whatever had been established for the alleged recommendation, to hearted upon; and the sin le fact of his not hewing made a hill disehasere at once, disentitkd him to any be n efit sundial the adoption of an approver's evidence. The doctrine as laid down by the most leas-bed heyera, was that all ',proven were honed to state the whole truth, which had oat been dose in this instance. The fait was already clearly sabstaististed, that he had not hen explicit in his declarationi, and it would be proved wen by his own private statements to others, which would tr aim with as much delicee, impossible is the affida vits, the part be took in this franiaesioa, and although he vas only indicted as accessary after the feet, the unforta sate man stood mere in the telethon of a principal, 'though' , 18niTe nn his situation was the manse. The Learned '- . rmunsl the* proce e d e d 50 argue on the statements of the 4 1." ,1 " &t .. 1 ".? 1 _ 11 "1 sod Norm, and mid as contrasted with wow o f smarm matey, Curirrennuca and Kauai, there was sot a shadow of round for the adoption of Hunt a witness, oreven to give him soy • benefit at all, to 11 .1r1 he app eare d oat entitled from his disclosures. Mr.Tuessinse forlient then • and said, at the time rose. be last appeared there, he was not prepared properly for 16 % 41 k: but, although he sloes bail made hinsecrUauffsci• ally acquainted with the state of his unfortunate client's tohis rts'. he felt bow inadequate he was • to do full justice i nterest, more particularly in the awful responsibility is which his client stood; but be should he hoped entirely tube satisfaction of his Lordship and the country, show nut his chest was entitled to the full benefit of the doctrine "sPerovel. In ord er to i nst i tute an approver, die. lettere 14 E 6 made and that is always done under a promise of as nue cis give. As his Learned Friend • said, several very eminent lawyers were most es ire io thei vop i t i ons on this subject, bet be had forgot slate the cases cited by those able lawyers; and be. rht is the ease of King v. Haase the point was at 111414 bemuse th e case resemble; ; in as much as • related to the promise of magistrates; and although it been said that they had no power to give any such lir, be maintained that they poetised in the folioed most compleet mannei that power, and these was no nee on teebrd of it s having bees disputed, or alit solemn engagement is any way re or Withdraws. He would shear by several 1 cams they had such authority, and bed I and woes parties were involved, oleo kind 'lnt special duty to get the hest evidence in eases of rb lad ibex were Wood to sift or probe such stela., it • 1- THE • STATESMAN. • meats. The Magistrates, he admitted, were entitled to use , their discretion ; but when the pledge was given to the approver, he was entitled to the benefit of it. They were bound to receive the statement, and bad an undoubted right to give their pledge npm their and if they incau• tiously made a selection of an individual for an approver, they most certainly acre to blame ; , but their neglect or incaution, could .not be con , tended, affect the approver. in this „ilk's they may, he did not dispute, have acted prematurely and im properly, bat their baring acted as they did, had tirade the cue out, sod bad got possession of 'the grand and Imßor tent fact through the evidence of Hunt upon the fwith of their promise, which important, and absoluteljnecessari declaration had, he knew, caused the assemblage of his Lordship, the country, and the commission in the Court that day upon an occasion, as appalling as it was awful, and as it had its melarchisly precedents. His Lordship knew, that all the offenders of the constituted -laws of this country bad said, that no charge:of murder could stand, tinkle the murdered person was s ikund, and, altho ug h a rs peon may be char with murder, yet that charge must fall if tire body be not found; that impnrtant proof in this case had been adduced on the evidence of Hunt. as he on the faith, as he before ob served of.the magistrate's pledge, as the body was pointed out through his instrumentality : in the pond. On the first apprehension of the accused persons, there was only a confused idea of a murder; it was reported somebody bad been murdered, but nobody knew who, and although every search had been made ' , • nobody" found, until the magistrates offer to -Hunt, and be pointed out tke body of a murdered man. The Magis trates did not attempt to contradict this in their affidavits. - They knew not - whets the body was, and were able to proceed upon the evidence of Hunt—with• out which they never could have made the case oat.— it had been said his client had not made full disclosures ; but how, in the name of Heaven, could a man, situated as he was, have done more?—His client admits in the evidence which he has given already, that be did nut communicate all the facts he was 'in possession of, and this may be easily accounted for: the greet agitation, he laboured under at the time; but he did it afterward", through Mr. Noel, kis Solicitor : it is true he might have used some expressions out-of bravado, as is represented, not consistent with his confession ; but this was not sufficient to exclude him from the benefit of the promise held out to him. The Learned Counsel thee went on to show that the opinion of the public was in favour of his client; and that be was, on all the grounds of justice, entitled to speedo's. Mr. Justice PARK said that he should not be guided by the opinion of the public on oue side or the other. lie sat there to administer justice, and strict juetice should undoubtedly be done, no matter who the party were—he should on his part do Ws duty. Mr. Tttuutea■ contended and argued that Magistrates should exercise their own discretion, and not be fettered. It was on the faith of their proinose his client made the confes sloe be did, and surely they were bound to its performance.— After a few other remarks, the learned Counsel concluded a long and ingeolous appeat on behalf of the prisoner Hunt, to establish his title to the promise held out by the Magistrates. He hoped before he sat down that itwould be considered he had done his duty as far as was in his power, and apologised if, in the course of Me arganieuts. he had been too warm. (THIRD EXPRESS.) NEW LAW APPOINTMENT. This morning at 10 o'clock, the Lord Chancellnr, ac. cornpauied by several law officers, tie. attended at Lin coln's Inn Hall, for the purpose of raising to the degree of Serjeant atLaw,William Alexander, Es q. one of the Masters in Chancery, and Sir Robert Gifford, Bart.. his Ba,i , sty' Atterneygeneral; preparatory to the former being Sworn in as Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, and the latter as Cbief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; which will take place on a future day. The Learned Gentlemen - received the warm congratula tiona of their Learned Brothers, upon the important situ itions they are abont to fill in the country. THE MOTION NEGATIVED. Mr. JUlTscs Pana.—l am certainly of opinion, that notwithstanding the able manner inwitith this question, as to Hunt's being pet on his trial, has brill 'sped by his Counsel, that there is no grounds whatever to induce me to allow him the benefit efAnff confession be may have made; not that 1 mean tosay application may not be made for mercy to aeotber quarter. With respect to this discretion of the Magistrates he would say, that the highly reaped. able gentlemen forming the Magistracy on the present , occasion, no doubt acted accordin g t o t h e b est o f t h e i r understanding, but be was beubd to observe that they bad not the power to make such promise, our do they say they meant it; on the whole, I cert a i n ly c annot fi n d f au l t with their decision. A person named Noel, whom he did not 'mow. thought proper to make a promise which the Magistrates had no power to gnat. If magistrates bad this power, why was application made to Judges to allow is itnesses to be examined before the Grand Jory ? After paying lam strictest attention to the affidavits, and attentively listening to the arguments of Counsel, I do not see any ground for the further postponement of the trial. One calendar month had wow expired since I post. posed the trial on a former occasion, and if any , application was intended to be made, why not have made it during the intermediate space of time ! I must ' rensequently refuse the present motion. not saying at the mune time, any thing of any application that may hereafter be mode to another quarter. • After the decision of Mr. Justice PARK, Thurtell 'addressed the Court, and begged to know if his Solicitors would not I e allotted to take their situation near him. Mr. Justice Psex.—Most undoubtedly. I have already given orders to that effect. The DIM'S of the Jurors were then called over; and suck as' were net ordered ire the box, were desired to withdraw; but to be within calling. The following Jury were then sworn : Thomas Brown Mr. J. Russel, Mr.-Thos. Bock, Foreman. Id. T. Chalkly, Mr: Jame. 11:.. W. Folblgg, Mr. Richard Prior, Mr. J. Hopewell. mr. George Starkey, Mr. S. Pritchard, and Mr.therles Fox, Mr. W. Kent; ton. After the Jury had taken their seats in the Jury box, the astral priskla s metier was made by the Crier. The witnesses for the prosecution wets then ordered to ave the Court, but Mr. Justice,Paan sug ges ted th a t t h e earned gentleman need not leave the Court. Tito Counsel for the prisoner agreed to this suggestion. )11r. Bassiesateg opened the case fur the prosecution. DISCHARGE OF PROBERT. Mr. 61711 NET spited that he had no evidence to produce against Probert. He was accordingly discharged. Mr. GUMMY them eeetineed in rather a low tone, which made it dllicult for us to hear hiss from that part of the Court ' where we ware placed, owing to the excessive crowd. The learned Gentleman commeoced by stating to the Jury that they were that day assembled there to do public justice, which he hid no doubt wink' be isniartially administered. It was his duty to state to them, the circumstances of this most important charge against the prisoners at the bar, ha trusted be would do so with strict impartiality. It was most important to society, that criminals should be punished in order to lesson crime. There was however, one thing perhaps more important, and that is. that innocence should be protected. It would indeed be of little am to reside in a country like Englan•J, where justice was so equally dealt, if its laws were set en forced, when crimes were committed. For here we have an enquiry upon Magistrates in the first place—tbere is, then. as ir quiry before the Grand Jury—and, lastly, an enquiry before a Court, similar to the present. No ether country can, perhaps, boast of this. Gentlemen of the Jury, continued the Learned Gentleman, You are in the present case to proossone,e your verdict solely on the evidsoce that shall be brought before you l • you are entirely to forget all that y 66 hare beard through the means of newspapers, or wintloter bther chattel it may Aare fool from ; you are rawly to kedge* the guilt or, isooctane of the prisoners, nandiat to the evidence you shall heal this thy. . ' DUBLIN COM MISS. ON. GREEN STREET. Thursday morning, Mr. Justice Moore, and Judge Jebb, baring taken their seats on the Bella), and a Jury having beeu sworn, the following Cases were dis posed of :-- William White, James Lindon, Thomas Bart, John Kelly, John Walsh; and John Dempsey, (regretters) were Indicted, for that beipg evil disposed persons ; they did, on the 2 , 1 day of November, at a house in Bride street, administer an unlawful Oath to Patrick Sbe-i -dan, that he should keep secret what he bad beard in that room. A second Count in the Indictment charged Thomas Hart, John Kelly, John Walsh, and John Dempsey, with lioldittajuaserstrue with William White. and James Lin. don , ofernbers of ads unlawful society. • ! Another Connt, charged William White. sad James Linden, with holding intercourse with Thomas Hart, John Kelly, .joho Welsh, and John Dempsey. Memberi of an unlawful Society. Another Count, charged all the Travereers with having illegally confederated and combined together, contrary to the Statute, in that case made and provided. There were I other Counts in the Indict ment, to all of which the Traverser. severally pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. John Sealy Townsend stated the case, on the part of the prosecution. The traverser., he said, had associated together for the ostensib'e purpose of assisting the dis. tressed members of the trade, the chandlers, and of burying such of them as should die under cimurestances requiring their assistance. They termed themselves the. " Dove So ciety." If they had no object in view but that which they professed, they would be entitled to the praise of all well disposed and benev , ,lent men, but they adopted in their Society an oath of secrecy, and thereby, rendered them. selves liable to the present prosecution. According to time law of the land, all Societies, the members whereof are bound tegether by an oath of secrecy, are illegal. The facts of the case would he laid in evidence before the Jury. Mr. Townsend concluded by calling Patrick Sheridan. The Recorder bring aboot to examine this witness, ask. ed bins what trade he was of ?—Th e witness declined an. swering, saying that he would not state any thing that should criminate himsrlf. • The Court told the witness that he was not required to criminate himself. and th.t the Court would take care that he should not do so. The witness said that he conceived . that he was the best judge of what would criminate him. He ultimately declined answering any question, and left the table. The K'ght Hon. the Lord Mayor was then sworn.—His Lordship stared, that be apprehended the traverser. at a house in Bride Street ; that they were brought in custody to a police office. and were examined by him on oath. In presenee of the Police Magistrates. • . • This communication having been made on oath, could not be received in evidence ; any confession or stair meat made by a prisoner or traverser on oath not being considered legal evidence, the law requiring it to be' volnatary. There being no further evidence, the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Thomas Little was indicted for that he, on the 4th of November, in the parish of St. Nicholas Malan', did sign a false Navy Petition, with intent to defrand the Treasurer of his Piajesty's Navy, by representing himself a s b e i ng nearest okin to Peter Little, deceased, late marine of his Majesty's ship Ruby, for the purpose of obtaining letters of administration to his effects. By the evidence, it appeared that Peter Little, seaman of his Majesty'aship the Ruby, died in the year 1814, in Ber- • made, and that a man named Patrick Cranny, who was produced as a witness, was with him at the time of his death, and had lived with him in the Island of Ireland in the Bermudas. This witness stated that the deceased when he was dying, told him to make out Thomas Little on his return to this country; that he. told him that he willed him whatever he died worth. On this mimesis's return to this country, he came by Waterford to Carlow, and made inquiries for Thomas Little, whom he afterwards met with in Carlow, but who lived in Dublin. and 'having made an affidavit of the circumstances, Thomas Little, who represented hi-Merit as the Nephew of the deceased Peter Little, was paid to the amount of wages due to deceased at the time of his death 261. 2.. 6.1., and was proceeding for the recovery of prise money due to the deceased. I t also appeared in evidence, that the prisoner was rot the nephew of the deceased, whose name was Laurence Daffy; but that be was one of fourteen cousins german of the deceased. The Jury retired for about an hour and a half, and re turned with a verdict of Guilty, but reeommended the prisoner to mercy. THE i;oslE f• A correspondent offs Monist paper, thus describe. the appearance and Nailing of the comet which has ris cent!g visited oar hemisphere : Friday, Jan. 2. 1624, at 12b. 300. sidereal time 17h. 43f I mean time. Its Right Aeeession was 161). 46m. 10.5.. Its Declination, 16h. 42m. 31s. f North. Nucleus extremely well defined, and aboat live seconds in diameter, bears a considerable illumination of the field of the telescope. It is distinct with a magnifying power of 308 ; length of its tail estimated at I ideg.TbeComet will heemilylonnd by a persos conversant in such matters, n ar 51 lierculis ; or, if sought for, with a night glass, in the neiglibourhool of a Her culis. it cannot escape detection. It was observed here with a five feet equatorial, and a power of 137; with which it remained visible, after that twilight bad obli,e rated the Star, with which its place bad been couipsratively I deteruiined. The right aseension and declination above given (being what the instrument (afforded by its rough readings), must not be considered absolutely exact ; they will not, however, deviate far from the troth. The following account is extracted from the Journal kept at the Observatory of Dr. Borneo Academy, Goa. port : JANUARY 3. 1824.—The Comet is still visible on bright mornings fromfin till ball past six o'clock. It rises E. by N. at.aboot four. and sets with the sun, a few degrees north of west. Its present lougitede is 8. 12. 17. and its latitude 7. 20. N. Its nucleus is small and ill defined, and. its tail 21 degrees long, pointing upwards, or tbwards the Northern Ce,wu ; but it occasionally contracts and et- . pandit. according to the levity or density of the atmosphere. It is smaller than any one of the other thin that , balk appeared to us during the list thirteen y ears . Those sc. I (painted .with the constellations and princtpel fixed stars, wilt find surrounded by a Lyrae, a Aquila, Antares, and Alpbeccs, Omuta in the Northern Croon, and a line aroma from Aetaros to the head of the Harp passes over file Cosset nearly. We should suppose it has passed its eMibitioo ; as it was discovered several we e ks ago by the rains, Obis Majesty's brig Grasshopper, on their ite• tun imp Yewfunadiasd. - SIIIPPING INTELLJOENcE. . • • DEAL, January 11.—Lizitt airs and variable •Avind "inclinhe to the Thames Rost Indiaman, and the American ship Nimrod , hays sailed for the River, the rest remain as be • fore. Poaysstotrrtt, January .s.—Wind Easterly —Arrived the Ruphemitt, Norio, from liambre; and Princess Charlotte, .I.lllth, from Ceylop.—Sailed the Adaniant,•Strepberd; For Bons hay ; Mary Anne, —,..for Bombay; Venella, Gilmore. 'for the Cape of Good Hope; Patience, —, for the Cape ofGood Hope; Friends, ; and;,.Willistn, foe.Maita; H. M. ship Antelope, with convicts for Bermuda, and 17 sail of yes• siels for Ms West Indtes. • • • Ps.vuotra, January 4 . — WitdN.N.E.—Arrived the City of Edinbirgh. Wiseman, for Calcutta Sorry, Garbutt, for sierra Leone ; Ruby, Hasswell, for Madeira ; Nancy, Cand ler, for Genoa ; Laurel, Hurry, for Venice; and Rebecca, —, for t.elhorn. Facwourst, January 4.—Wind the Robert, Cart, for Montserrat ; Br:ton, Crane. for St. Domingo; Henry Carr Wilson, fur Baltimore; New Thomas, Quineey; for tho Mediterranean ; and the Severn, Field for Leghorn. LIVERPOOL. January 4.—Arrived the Mary Catherine, Pace, from C.harleston.--Sailed +he Higginson, Hall, foi Barba does ; and the. Canada and Leeds, for New York. • . RAWS'.ATE, January 6.—The American brig, Mbinti, Par rott,'of Baltimore, from Hambro', had been on the Goodwin . Sands, unshipped her rudder, and received other dirmage.--She is in charge of oue of our boats, and is expected in this har bour next tide. • . • Cowas, January s.—Wind Easterly.—EtaJled the WWI Of the outward boy* for their different destinations. BOdt S t rEALERS 4N THI3 N0W.41-4, On Tuesday last, Thomas Thompson, of Dallas% and John Weatherby, of Reafrew, were apprehended by the police of Sunderland; on suspicion of having violated the • sepulchres of the dead, and stolen the body.of a female about 10 years of age. which ba d been burfed'i f-w day.- before. They bad taken up their abode in Stafford-Street, and on searching the premises, the ;shore body was-found packed ap ready to be sent off to Edinborgh ; Also a tooth drawer, lancet, a quantity of human teeth, and a spade which was concealed in the chimney. " They ;ire respectable looking young men, and were, after a iotur examination, committed to Durham gaol to 'take their trials for the offence.—(Newcastle Cliroacle.) - . A carrier at Maryport had lately in his possession two boxes with the word " Edinburub' only on them, %shish excite 4 much at.ention. They were new and strong. ml 4 sod; as are generally used for the conveyance of de id bodies; no one knew whence they came.—(corlisle • Jeanie.) A correspondent at Whitehaveninforms us that an alarm has been excited in that town, on a belief of pc remt rection men having lately paid them a visit; tied a rept& is currently believed there, that the body of a yossog Asian named Reid has been stolen froglike-High Meeting House yard.—(l6id.) Most of the burying grounds in • °Wow are now guarded with such vskibusee, that the resurrection men are forced to follow their unhallowed locations in those of the country. Aes idow, who had resided fur a number of years in the village of Cathcart, died of a dropsy, and Was buried on Sunday, in the church yard of that place. From some appearances that were observed in-the cisatebsyst4 yesterday awning', it was suspected that all las not Fight. • These suspicions spread from one to modier, and- sows became the common subject of conversation. To ascer• tale the fact, and set conjecture st rest. a sinnewr of persons repaired to tbe barring ground'about sad when they bad opened the grave, they fussed to Mit greotlaitignation that the coffin was broke* sod Hie body gun...* This most have been an unusually troublesonfre as well as loathsome act of spoliation; for the der/rated, besides being naturally a stout woman, was much swollen, by the disease which occasioned her death.-( &wow. - • Clarealele.) I ~ A ' li I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALLII--Jalt. B. • It; DDLILSWOMI U.-11 to asst Refqrser-4 . to .1 eget *lir decree-6 to I apt Quadrille—a to 1 sot Dos Carloil-4to alit Cressida. DSO/T.-6 to I apt estles.4 to 1 apt Reforaser—ll to apt es—l 4 to 1 apt Banshee-14 tot apt Itidiciar:-46 to I apt Don Carlos—:lo to I apt Cressida-2a to legit Bet' —29 to 1 apt Jesse-23 to lat Coriaa•-32 to 1 apt Harp ; ley Barley-33 to 1 apt Sir Gray. 0A111..-9 to 2 asst. Prulenee-6 to Asset to It gist Barraia-11 to I apt Miss Jib.. • • • NT. Leo os.--12 to !apt A Itisidirs.4.l3 to 1 srit spit Swigs —l6 to 1 abet "litter or Montle:II-17 to I suet Rosanna-4W to 1 apt Ringlet-26 to-t sgst Miss Crso6old-1,5 to 1 apt Banshee-3e to 1 apt Stremhsitt. Offer to back the ffel.l awe for the Derby—and the Said eget 10 for thy St. Leger. • . . Yesterday, In our List of the Nominations far the DmMIIIMit Great St, Leger Stakes, " Mr. (May's b..e. Tarituditesiliti omitted. Reports, at times, that originate•in London, spread*eir large districts at matt hundred' ml'es distance from the metropolis, before they are heard:ll' at aft in tows. (af this. description:are two; which we find stated le the ,let. ter of a London Correspondent to tl.w.DeUits Mons. Post: , The one is, that "Mr. Brougham hai been offered ;the situation of Solieitor.emserkl, now vacant, which he ilia not yet refused." Thu other' is "the conversion. of the, Nobleman at the head...of Administration to tolerant' principles" respecting the Catbolses of Iceland !!! the writer remarks, on the former, " that Mr. Broughaia's 'acceptation of the office (should he accede) is looked Upon as a favourable political omen ;" but subjoios to the tat ter the following mittens of comfort and lee entkiuti --" The aegnisi inn of such a friend as the Earl of Liver pool, would be undoubtedly important, bet I men est didly inform you that there is not the :lightest' reason for expecting that a motion for Catholic Emancipation (as it • is called) would be attended with success at the present moment ; not that I believe bigotry to have inereawd, bet that 1 know the real friends of civil and religious liberty are sunk into* state of apathy, from which it would require much • stronger excitement than the agita. lion of the Catholic Questioe, to rouse them." • CORK, Dec. 29.-11111.11 AS COOPUS.—John - Yeates and William Evans,. the folksier and mate of the vessel wherein the smuggled tobacco was lately wised in the river of Cork by Rich. Evanson, E.g. one of the Serve ors of Amato. were yesterday removed, under the care of Messrs Maisie. Whitney, peace officers, and °theta; to Debits, by the City . Sheriffs, under Habeas Corpus. It will be recollected, that on the trial of these persons before the Magistrate, atliseir. a office, in Patrick Street, some very ingenious urgdnwgls and objections were made in their behalf by Robert p , k 1 . 1 . . • nett, Egg. their Counsel ; amongst others, th a t the. tt .— .!. under which they were tried, related solely to-yodels hovering off the roast, and not to any .seizure madb4.t mit inland, creek, or river ; als o. th at the informations confillidf. • , . ed, as *elitist " tho _statutewaled " the statutes") in ,surb cite provide2,' lin objection fatal at Limerick in the tioild case. Though the Magistrates did convict, thWy nevertheless thought it hotpot that the toners should have the benefit of these oh ections if folic/l ed; and, therefore, the prisoners will, most be brought before the Loed Chief Jostlee this day or cis. morrow, in Chamber, for the purpose of receiving his Lordship's final judgement, whether the proceedings should be quashed (sod the prisoners discharged), or whether they should be sent to serveitt his Majesty'. deer, Of otherwise punished,aceordioff to - 0,,,~ , . %** 11 ' • s. i t . ~.~:. ~. • 11 ~ PM. - r :‘ed:**. _ • • _n .! • _a - • 5.4 ' • . I i • t ;• • i 1! i .!