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ROY .T. FEW. AT FROCMORE. On Friday Ti ?raiirnties gave a grand Fete, at Her Majesty's eleg.-nt. oral, and delightful retreat at Frogmore, in ht sniff of the Birth-day a His Royal Highness the Duke of YOk K. About half past eleven o'clock, Her M AJECT V and the Princess f itzaarrn arrived at Frogman, from the Queen's Lodge, to inspeA the prepAratiorit that had been made by Mr. W V ATI. the architeA, by their di renions. The designs for this, as well as upon all similar occasir- r, were invented by the tasteful genius of the Princess ELIZA ALT H. The KI so, ac companied by the Duke of Yoke, in his post-chariot, arrived at one o'clock. They were, in a short time after, followed by the Dukes of Cum Bear No and }ties, the Princesses AUGUSTA, MAR Y. SOPHIA, and A lALI.I A, attended by Lady T. THVNNE, in three carriages. 'lire band of the Staffordshire Mi litia Attended at the entrance gates, and saluted the Royal Family as they entered, with God Save tie Al iv. The company followed direAly after, from different parts of the country and London. Among tl.l in we noticed The Marelininesi Themend, Earl Winehtl.a.m. Earl and Can' es Uxbridge ai.d fanids, and Count.... Harrington and three daughters, Ea , l and Eoubtes& Rneslyn a d fareili, Dowager Viscount,: Sydney, Lady Paget, Cott .tens Ely, heady A. Curut”iland, Lo - t 1 and Lady Walstrighani and three &rioters Lnut and Lady Healey and family, 'Lord Boston and fatuity, the (Men of the Stafludshire MIMI.. and btli nut of !Alit Dragoons, General and Mrs. Haicourt, 91,eyd, Ithnbrow o anti St. Leger. Captain Paget, the Honourable George Villiers, Mr. and Mrs. Freentatitle, two Miss ',fusers, Mrs. Slier!, three N:is- Sneyds and Master Sneyd, 34i5.r4 and Mager- D.Abmw, Mrs. St. Leger Miss Vcse Miss Townsend, Miss Egerton, the Honourable Mrs. Tithes, Arc. The company, after paying their re:peas to the Rov A e Fa MIL v. walked about the delightful gar dens, which are not to be excelled, both for the variety and taste with which they are laid out; Her Itlajtsrv's and the Duke of Keel's bands playing alternately in different parts of the gardens, which had a most charming effee. At two o'clock dinner was announced. It was laid out in three very large new marquees, which were pitched on the lawn between the r.ew !runt of the boom and the beautiful piece of water. The ROYAL FA viLY dined in the centre marquee. from which a temp nary awing was affixed to the house in case of rain. The other two marquees, allotted for the company, were large enough to admit of two rows pc'..rge dining tables being laid. The dinner consisted of every delicacy During the al:lner, Qiires's and Duke of Kees's bands played alter nately on each side the Royal marquee. After the cloths were withdrawn, some eleg.:nt catches and glees were sung by Matte: Gaisy, and Messrs. VAT:OH•ii. SMITM, DY %L. &C. ; among them were the national glee of Br'in'e de,t Bul warks, the comic catch of Old Tbostat Day, and Di. AL charming round of Has k, she 4ottvy Cnr at Ch.:Prit Beth. After which the ROYAL FAMILY and the Compaity amused themselves with walking about the delightful ple , stoe grounds. About half part tt.ree o'clock the I) .ke of SiSSILE arrived, and pined the R•sral ' , city. In a short time after the Duke of YORK retired, aild set off for London. Between two fine rows of beach trees leading from the annent grotto, which bar: been trained to grow SO as to form a complete gothic covered walk,was as signed for dancing, and riature has almost rendered it weather proof. by the branches being very smill and completely entwined; but to guard ag zi:::t a very heavy shower. the trees were cove-Ld thick sail cloth the in:isle was molt brilliantly il luminated by s mall variegated lamps, which made it have the appearance. of enchantment ; the walk had a temporary floor Yak! upon it for the conver.i• once of dancing. At hail past four o'clock, dancing commencer.' lay the juvenile part of the company, to tl e tune Of Sin.-it Frreeze Their Mat is tt ES appeared highly amused with the performance of the children. When this dance had finished, the Pa tecrssts and the principal part of the company stood tip to dance 'lle Duke of Cessacittasts and Princess AMILI• led off, to the tune, PI. make . 4sa . la R te fs!. irre etc. At the end of tl.e walk a tent was pitched in the midst of laurels. in which 'Their M tJESTI r s and the Roy I• 1111.7 took tea. Two tents were pitched at the other end of the walk. w •ere re freshments were provided for the company. The daucing continued till near eight o'clock. the full hand of the Staffordshire Militia played to tha danc ing, in a roost desirable stile. In a short time aster the dancing - Teased, the Rov•t. FAMILY left Frogmare for Windsor Castle, where they were fol lowed b 7 the principal part of the company. when a most escellen: Concert was performed in he new Nnsie Rooms, by Her Majesty ' s band, W * l "Ch ended the entertainment. No person was admitted as spestater to the fetes as tot former occasions, to the no small slisaprint. meat of numbers of fair damsels, who h ad travelled msks, in hopes of beholding the fascinating scent. Mace a rivs and Torrence!) Er-1r Londca, and Enwsaos and r, who are s' sunned at Windsor, attended to regulate the carriages. .WGI.7 15. Amongst other usertil discoveries Cost have been )y persons of ingenuity in this country, ae find one which merits peculiar attention. A mAchiue was some mouths Ago invented by Thomas ti Lt 'r, Esq. whereby toy- can be recovered from the waste of scutcheti flax. The consideration of the efficacy and advantage of this contrivance seas referred by Ole Lstees of the Linen Marini's:tine, to Charles Duffin, Esq lnspeftor General, from whose report it appears that a saving may be there by made to this country of so grew: a sum as t,1641. and upwards animas.. Yesterday, a man was brouiht up to town from Gorey. and underwent examination at the Castle, who said he was by trade a watch-maker, had come to this cauntry to work At his business, and wts some time Lack in the employ of an eminent watch- Ittiter in Grafton•street. A noble Lord, the Corm? tiler of a militia regi ment, it i s s a id, h as in conseqner.ce of an Gliwice taken at some observations cf a superi - ,r in ommAnd, relative to his capability as au ohicer. ! 4 ,:' Royal high ness t h e Ci+mm C Axiti tx attr at Flirh.= Dox.ni t.7.-nir.rr•or, 4"..1 at 1)o -r - Shorn .to 1 Br.t 5 , 1.. r the F.ot ` Lite tet,:ii at Ult.: rcsieLlive 6.4 s. PAL kCE COURT, Aversr 18. THOROUGHonots V. TANKrtaLT). The Plaintiff, a Bailiff, brought his aCtion for an assault. It appeared, that having a process to serve nn a coachm:,,n, named Harwood, he went to the Spotted Dog, in the Strand, kept by the Defendant, under expectation of seeing the party. On entering the patliiiir, he enquired if the coachman he was in search of had stopped there; and being infi)rmed the man had not been at the house for some time, he re quested the landlord would receive a parr. and .1.2- liver it to Harwood, when he came again, observinr , it was a law entr, and must be taken care of. The landlord, ignorant of the document, was fearful of being involved in responsibility, therefore said, hD —n the lawyers, and lawyers papers; I'll ave nothing to do with them." At the same time he called in two persons to witness that he did not receive the papers alluded to. The Plaintiff, con scious of his own knowledge, called Mr. Tankfield " A foolish fellow," which being overheard by Mrs. Tankfield, the Defendant's wife, then in the bar, she came out, and exclaimed, " What ! do you call my husband a foolish fellow ? go out of my house, we have business enough of our own to mind, without attending to such rip as you." The Plaintiff refused to go, and loudly vociferated, " I will do my duty." In consequence of which Mrs. Tankfield flew in a passion, struck the Plaintiff a blow on the eye with a handkerchief, and forced him out of doors. The evidence for the Plaintiff described the blow to have been given with the hand ; it did not, how ever, appear that any injury had been sustained. In defence, it was contended that the Plaintiff had made a disturbance in the Defendant's house. and that his refusal to go out had occasioned the slight injury he complained of. Mr. Serjeant MARSHALL reprobated the Bailiff's cnndu&, in attempting to serve the process in the way he had done ; he observed the latter had not performed his duty in a proper manner, having no right to disturb the house of any man, by search ing it for the purpose of serving him with the pro cess of the Court. The Jury gave a verdia for the Defendant. YORE ANSIZES. (Continued front our Paper of Monday last.) ff.nwsh Mer<hell, the wife of Thomas Marshall' stood charge i by the Coroner's inquest, with killing and slaying Grace Ellis. l here was no Bill found against the Prisoner, but she was tried upon the Coroner's inquest. This case was opened by Mr. BUCK, on the part of the prosecution, with Irian delicacy and feeling towards the Prisenrr. The ease was simply this : the Prisoner and her child worked together in a cot ton mill at Leeds ; and on the 25tii of April last, the Prisoner had occasion to call her child from the other end of the room of the fatiory in which they were both working, which the child not immediately at tending to, the mother in her anger threw a spindle at the child, which unfortunately stuck in its bead, and produced an inflammation, that caused its death in a few days. The case was clearly proved s but at the same time the Witnesses spoke of the excel. lent chara.ler of the Prisoner. and of her Alec - non for h:r children. The Prisoner seemed to be in great distress at the situation she was in. The L-arned Judge. after receiving frotn the Jury th? sc,stence of Gaiitp, said, though it was evi dent the Pi isoner had no intention of murdering. or even materially hurting her child, yet he was bound, for the sake of pullic example, to pass a sentence upon h-r, which might in future be of use to parents, rnd teach them with what sort of weapons, and how they ought to chastise the it children ; he should therefore pass a sentence of six months imprisonment in the Common g aol. Edeva-d :lira' was indicted for feloniously steal ing and taking away three live guinea notes, and nne guinea note, the property of Joshua Stanford. Joshua Stanford, innkeeper at Hull, stated, that t:10 Prisoner came to his house upon the 3th of June last, about ten o'clock at night, in the com pany of two other persons, and carted for a bottle of wine, and rifler th tt thr.i.: more bottles :—the Prisoner seemed very snitch intoxicated, and asked the Vsitness to let him remain at his house all night. to which he cor.vnted ; and, upon the Prisoner pulling out his money to pay for the wine, the Wit ness said, " Yon seem to have a great deal of money about you, will pin put it into my hand, and I will take care of it till you get out of bed r' to whi h the Prisoner consented. I,kitness then took from him two five guinea bills, which he put in his breeches pocket, with a five guinea and a one guinea note of his own. The Prisoner than went to bed, ald slept in a room next to the one the witness and his wife slept in. The witness positively swore that the money was in his breeches pocket, when he went to bed, and that he saw the prisoner into the bed he slept in, ahout three o'clock in the morning. Cite Witness said, he licked his own room door, on the inside, wltn he went to bed; but his wife got up between five anti six, and left it open. The Witness did not miss h s money upon getting up in the mornings but after being a little time down stairs, he went to call the Prisoner up to break fast, who came down stairs; and when at break fast the Witness asked him, 44 Do you know what you did with your money last night ?' The Prisoner re plied, " I have it in my pocket." The witness then said to him, 44 Yoa have forgot;" and upon putting his hand in his pocket for the purpose of restoring the prisoner his money, he then, for the first time, misszd it, as well as his own money; upon which the Prisoner expressed his sorrow that lie had that night slept in the house at the time the money was lost. The witness said that at first be had no sus picion of the prisorer, and both of them wanting sliasing, they went to the barber's shop for that purpose, and after being there he began to gaup' s% the Prisoner, and went for a constable for the pur pose of searching him; and, after having done so, they could find nothing on him: they afttrwards re. turned to the witness'ihouse,wben the prisoner call ed fur swreethin„.• to drink ; and remained there for the whole of th.: day without ever asking for his mo ney ; which circumstances mated such stror,g sus picton, that he was determined aain to have him searc hed; and upon doing so, a L the notes. both the pt isomer's, which he had committed to the wit ness's :h.. ge, as , tr,..11 a. the wiruess's own, were , found *ewes: into time bad: pout of the pri,oner's waistcoat, which was discovered by holdinl up the prisoner's waistcoat against a lighted candle. The prisoner was then apprehended. The witness con' not swear further to any of the notes, than that his own note for five guineas was one of Pease and Co.'s bank, and that the two of the prisoner's were of Mosan and Co.'s bank ; and that the guinea note, he well recolltucted to have written in very pale ink on the back of it in figures 121. 3.. 0,1 Upon the hills being produced, they answered the description given by the Witness. David Nl‘Cray deposed, that he was sent for by the Prosecutor to search the Prkoner at the Prose cutor's house ; and upon telling the Prisoner, that the Prosecutor sitspened him, the Wittie,:s, of hav ing committed the felony, he was theretote willing to be searched, provided he, the Prisoner, would consent to have the same done ; to which the Pri soner replied, " I am willing, and if the money is found upon you, I shall expect to have it all ; and if it is found upon me, you shall have it all, though I have been once searched to d.ty." The Witness then described finding the money upon the Prisoner, in the same maaner as the Prosecutor, with this ad dition, that the part of the waistcoat in which the money was found, did not appear to have been sew ed by a tailor; and the Prisoner proposed, that provided they would let him go. he would give up his own money, except a few shillings to pay his ex penccs out of Hull. The Jury, immediately returned a verdi& of auk' ; mid the Prisoner received sentence of death, but was reprieved before the Judge left this city. IRELAND, Avun.T 16. SUMMER ASSIZES ZIRRT. At the late Assizes of Tralee, an information granted against Nicholas ConollylHussay, Esq. fcr posting Dour Moriarty, of Killarney, as a scoun drel and a coward, and for provoking him to fight a duel, came on to be tried before the Hon. Baron Sat ITN and a Special Jury—The trial lasted for se veral hours, and until after midnight--The Jury not being likely to agree, an application was made that a Juror should be withdrawn by consent : but the Judge appeared to be of opinion that he could not yield to such an application without the consent of the Attorney General, the Jury soon after found the following verdiek We find that N. C. Hussey is guilty, but are of opinion that be re ceived great provocation."—This verdia the Court, after some consideration, received—observing, that the issue being distinAly found, the additional words could work nu harm, but might be either rejeAed as snperfluous by the Court o' King's Bench, or might have an influence in regulating the quantum of pu nishment. KILRINSAY. In the City Court, on Monday, came on the tiial of Patrick Fferhbore, for the murder of John CuJy, master broad-weaver, in his house at the Butts, on the 2Sth February last. Sevzral witnesses were exasehted, but their de positions did not tend materially to *fed the life or the facie/mow . sae of them, however, proved hii having sold the prisoner a pistol, previous to the murdesof Cody. About two o'clock. a son of the deceased Cody's, a child of ix years of age, was ad duced as evidence for the prosecution ; but, from his curette youth, ohjefted to by the prisoner's Counsel --upon which the Lord Chief Justice had Lord Norbury sent for from the County Court, and their Lordships, after some consultation. Alla examining the child, who anew that there was a God, that people who acted wickedly would be condemned to eternal torments. the Court over-ruled the objection, and the examination of the child was proceeded on —he rememi,:red the night of his father's ale:4th— there was nobody in the house at the •time but his father, the prisoner Hartshorn, himself. and a little brother, an infant—prisoner asked his father to I come out and drink, who would not go, his shoes being bad—prisoner desired witness to go out for the maid to take care of the house, and as he was in the act of doing so, heard. as he turned the corner of the house, a great noise like a shot ; upon which he turned back. and met the prisoner coming out ni the door, who took him by the hand. brought him down to the mill, when he saw him throw the pistol into the river, and prisoner said he was throwing stones at rats—he never saw a pistol. but he SAW a gun—it was a pistol like a gun—it was a hole one, prisoner then brought him to Goss—gave him a penny, and desired him to go home—but he went to prisoner's father's house, and was brought home by a little sister of prisoner's—on going in he saw his father lying dead on the floor, and three men ahont On his cross-examination, the child did not vary in the slightest degree from ,is direr examination —indeed so constant was he in the while of his tes timony. that it was the astonishment no less of a crowded audience, than of their Lordships. On the part of the prisoner an •hiei was attempted to be proved, hut failed ; after which his Lordship charged the Jury at great length, who, after con sulting near half an hour, brought in a verdi.t of Utility. The Learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to be executed last Wednesday—but re spited hirn until the opinion of the Twelve Judges is had on his case. ♦R 01 4011. At Armagh Assizes, there were only two record; entered, and very few trials in the criminal Court ; the only one of consequence was, that of jitri .Nobit-i, for the murder of the Po•t•boy and robtier y of the mail, ?leas Newry, in February last, w:io, after trial, which, from the number of witnesses examined, lasted seven hours, was convidtad on the c!earest evidence; the Jury returned a verdia of vary. in less than ten minutes after they retired ; and the Learned Judge then proceeded to piss the awful sentence of the law on the culprit, which he prefaced with a most pathetic exhortation; but on the unhappy prisoner alone it made no impression, for the instant atter sentence of death was pro nounced, Mohan, in the most impious manner, with uplifted hands, and infuriate countenance, turned towards one of the witnesses, and uttered aloud, May my curie, and the curse of G—d attend all infi.rmers ;" and then, with the narn:st ind,f.rence, applied to the Court, to order some inn-iey tend on the person of his wile, when app7:hei.del near Newry, to be returned, that be migtit ►e decently buried. FROM SATURDAY N!GT!T'a OAZETTE. Adqt ;rght-OPc us , 1 8, 180 I . Co; of a Leiter from Viee-AdAiiral I, ird Viecount Ncloori, Cuannaw;er is Chief of Hps Majeoty*4 Ship% arid Yeveti in ; the '4r.!ite.r,uteeii, h. VV;Piael Marid,n, }'sq. dated ou Lev 1 the Vtctory, Tuu'on, June 8, 1864. StR I herew4h transmit you,l.r, the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copy of a letter, dared.the 3d ult. from Capt. Cothet, of I-I:s Majesty's sloop Bittern, to Capt. Schomberg, senior officer at Malta, giving a Account of his having, on the 9.301 of April last, captured tl:o Vrench prt vateer L'l iirondelle, and rec.ptined the two Eng lish merchant ships named in the margin *, her prizes. The condu.! of Captain Corbet, the all:ers and company of the Bittern, erititlrs them r 3 my warmest thanks for their very ;,►rat perAverance and exertions in the capture of the 41.cive privateer. which, I understand, is a remarkably fine vessel, and had greatly annoyed our trade in these seas. I am, &c. Ntitt6OX and BRONTII. Hi, ►fajesty's st.ip Ahosn, off Cs,* Pawl% May 3, ISO I SIR, In execution of your ced ers of the 27th ult. I have great satisfaaion in informing you, that, on the morning of the 2Sth, Cape Parsaro bearing N.E. eight leagues, I got sight of the privateer you alluded to, then apparently taking possession of two brigs. On our appearance they separated : thinking the appearance of the weather favourable, I dis patched a boat in chace of each brig, and tGllowed the privateer. On the evening of the 2.4 th, after a chace cf thirty-six hours in a perfea calm, and six hours in cessant fire from his stern and our b , :w chacers, ha struck, finding the vessel filling fast from a shot hole under water, which we, however, stopped. Site proves to be the L'Hirondvlle, a very fine cut ter, fitted out from Cette, mounting fourteen twelve pounders, his tomrlement eighty m:n n:any whom were with prizes), coppered bottom, and just launched. On the evening of the 27th he had taken (.deer an afiion) the king George. Malta government . brig. At the tirue I had the luck to see hire he had captured the abovementioned brigt, and wAs in chace of a sloop, which we prevented him beaning. We received no damage from his fire (chiefly aimed at our masts), save a twelve-pound shut through our starboard bow, between wind and water, and a few ropes cut. On hearing of the capture of the Xing Gearse Ns it still remained calm). I dispatched Lieutenant icholas in the launch to Syracuse, hoping to in tercmt her ; but, after rowing fifieen kart 's, he had the disappointment to find her a few hours ar rived. Lieutcnar.t Pettey joined me here yester r day with the boats, having taken the rsc ipture; to Nlalta. They prove to be the Mentor, of Loiidon, and the Catharine, of Liverpool, from Messina to Malta, to join convoy, with valuao!e cargoes. The penevering exertions of the sh p's company deserve mention. They were at the sweeps (t. which purrs, I had converted all the small spars) for thirty-six hours without intermission, ev.m ro meals, in which time they swept the ship sixty o.ilcs. without an air of wind. Their conduct gives saw mach reason to regret the disparity of the enemy's force. I am, &c. _ (Signed) RolltitT COVIZT. C M Schomberg, i'.l fli. Nlajesty's e:ip Nlidras. Copy of a LPlter frww Vice 5r111.4,154 Joh.* Theca.,Do .It. worth, K B Comoi/Mer io Chief irf Hla 114ajp.ty'a Stipa and ves.e4s at Jamona, to W 1 lia.a Marailaa, E. datmll at Jamaica. the MA June, 1904. SIR, •-•- Here With you will receive a letter from Cs/it:vie Ingie6eld, of 114 Majesty's brig Hunt e r , rec:tir.g the capture of a small privateer off the Ea..t end of this islar.cl, which I transmit for the int:rotation of the Lords Cummissioners of the Admiralty. I am, Scc. SIR, J. T. DCLKWOILTR. H M deitv's Moak iltiate , . vet S E Lai of Jams:-+, 101:, Jun • 1904 I have the honour to infOrm yau . His Majesty's sloop Hunter, under my command, Cell in will, of the East end of Jamaica, at Mee o'clock this morn ing. and captured, after five hours ctrace. La L:. bent, French privateer schooner, ft.tiemie Rodney. Captain, armed with one fonr.plun.L./ , two 'lsm is. and twenty five stand of snail arms, with thivy seven men. out fourteen days from St. Jago de Cuba, and, I am happy to add, has not captured any vessel since she came oat. I am, &c. S. H. Isottristri. Rear• Admiral Sir J. T. Duckworth, Commander in Chief, ice. drc. acc. Jamaica. • Mentor and Cat:wise. Yesterday evening, about half past six nittloell, a most dreadful speaacle was exhibited in Nurthum berland-wreet, Clerkenwell. A woman, arparrnt!y in very law circumstances, with her face and head cut and bruised is the most ghastly manner, was extended on the pavement, which was covered wish blood and gore. One cheek was nearly cut off; -he was not quite dead when our informant arrived, Lut expired almost immediately. All that could be cola leEted from the byeastanders was, that the horrid deed had been perpetrated by th• poor wreteh's husband, and that proper persons had been dis patched to apprehend him. Thursday evening last, a gentleman of Nlaaches ter was found in a field in the neighbourhor:d of that town, with his brains blown out. supposed to have been done in a fit of insanity, he bay.niz, when dis covered, a pistol grasped in his hand.—(Cherree Miss Donator, the unfortunate young lady who was killed at I.4meth Terrace. by falling fr,,m a two pair of stairs window, on Friday last, met with the shocking accident in consequence of tx,.ig seized with fits, to which she was sulsjea, was not induced to destroy herself from disapp:,:atment in love. as cironeously stated. She was a visitor in the family where the tragical event took ;lace, and had just receivzsl an affezt.onate letter tram h. :r bre th.t, which the maid servant delivered, and ,sis re turning to gis e the chat:ge of a shilling taken frem the postman. *Le found the lady had fallen t: am the w;riduw, where she w as seated, into the ba-k ;.-arden. :triking against the wall with her b-east. she espiied almost instantly. The Corcrart's will lit this day on the bct. l