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•1. NIL rosrirtwors TRE.47ISg. We present our readers with a further extract from this oak. The origins!, which is written entirely in Latin, is supposed to be in the hand-writing of one of the poet's d a eghters, of whets it is recorded that he brought her up ia the knowledge of Latin end Greek. It is fortunate for Ma literature of our country that Milton fund an amanu ileitis in the domestic circle of his family ; for, as this and ohm of hie celebrated productions were composed after the uss of his sight, tb' rich current of his thoughts might sot otherwise hare come down to posterity. It appears 'eldest that this work was intended by Its author tette a posthumous ptildication. I,t • ill *lour into which the late. Protector's Secretary naturally fell upon the re storation of royalty, is sufficient to account for Milton's reluctance to bring himself into public notice by chat iengiog attention to a controversial work of this kind. lit the State Paper Office it was found, tied up with a parcel of affidavits and documents connected with the Popish plot of (Seers, and the Rye House plot. It had always been said ht the Biographers of Milton, that a work awn the Christian Religion had been confided by Milton to a Mr. Skinner, one of the Bard's known familiar Mends. Among the loose papers found tied up along with the treatise, Or itt immediate contiguity with it, was .in eriginal deposition of Titus Oates, signed also by Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey, a few days before big murder , eontaining !Avenge others the name of Skinner, as one of . those eusreoted of being concerned in the plot. The pro theterore, is, that this work was seised amongst I the papers of the Skinner, whose name was here set down, ind whose supposed possessien of a secret manureript of /films saight have led telt% falling under the suspicion of Government. This is the " strange eventful history" con nect:el with the discovery of the Treatise in such odd company. The further we go into the work, the more we are confirmed in our original opinion of its practical and theological value. OF 001). Though there he not a esw who deny the existence of OA for " the fool bath said in his hewn, there is no God,' Peal. xiv. 1. yet the Deity has imprinted on the human Lind so many unquestionable tokens of himself, and so n.any tram of him are apparent throughout the whole of nature, that no one in his senses can remain ignorant of the truth. Job. xii. 9. " Who knoweth not its all these that the hand of Jehovah hall wrought this? Psal. xix. 1. "The Heavers declare the glory of God." Acts xiv. 17. "He left not himself without witness." xvii. 27, 244, "He is not far from every one of us." Rom. i. 19, 20, " That which may heknown of Gott is manifest in them, and ii. 16, 13, " The Gentiles—show the work of the law written in, their hearts, thee' conscience also bearing wit ness." 1 cot. i. 21, " Art 'l' that in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the feelislinces of preaching to save them that believe." There tan be no doubt but that every thing in the world, by the twenty of its order, and the evidence of a determinate and beneficial purpose which pervades it, testifies that some supreme efficient Power must have pre-existed, by which the whole was ordained for a specific end. There are some who pretend that nature or fate is this lumen Power; but the very name of nature implies that it must owe its birth to some prior agent, or, to ap -ak properly, signets in itself nothirei; but means either the (neon of a thing, or that general law which is the origin of every thing, and under which every thing acts—and Lite can be nothing, but a divine decree emanating from some almighty power. Further, dine who attribute the creation of every thing to nature, must necessarily associate chance with nature as a joint divinity ; so (that they gain nothing by this theory, erec:pt that in the place of that one God, whom they cul ture tolerate, they are obliged, however reluctantly, to sub stitute two sovereign rulers of affairs, who must simoet Always be in opposition to each other. In short, many ocular demonstrations, many true predictions verified, many wonderful works have compelled all nations to believe, I either that God, se that sore evil pewee whose name enee unknown, preseLd over the affairs of the world. Now that , evil should peeved ov, r coot], and be the true supreme power, is as unmet tasit he incredible. Hence it follows as a necessary cons, quence, that God exists. Again : the existeuce of God is -further proved by that feeling, whether we term it consience, or right reason, which even in the worst of characters is not altogether ex tinguished. If there were no Gcd, the re would be no die tinstion between right and wrong; the estimate of virtue and vice would entirely depend on the blind opinion of men; no one would follow virtue, no one would be re strained from vice by any sense of shame, or fear of the the laws, unless conscience or right reason did from time to time convince every one, however unwilling, of the ex iatene of God, the Lord and ruler of all things, to whom, sooner or later, each must give an account of his own anions, whether good or had. The whole tenor of Sc-ipture proves the same thing • and the disciples of the doctrine of Christ may fairly be required to pre assent to this truth in the first instance, according to the expression haile). xi. 6. " lie that corned' to God, must believe that he is." It is proved also by the dispersion of the ancient nation of the Jews throughout the whole world, according to what God often forewarned them would happen on account of their sins. Nor is it only to pay the penalty of their own guilt that they have . been reserved in their nattered state, among the rest of the . nations, through the revolution of successive ages, snd even to the prevent day ; but rather to be a perpetual and bring testimony to all people under Heaven, of the exist nee of Ged, and of the truth of the Holy Scriptures. No one, however, can hive right thoughts of God, with snare or reason alone as his guide, independent of the word, or menage of God. Rein. x. 14. " how shall they believe in him of whom they have rot heard ?" God is known, so far as he- is pleased to make us ac quinted with himself, either from Lis own nature, or from his efficient power. When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood whir reference to the imperfect comprehension of man; for so know God as he really is, far transcends the power of man's thoughts. much more of his perception. 1 Tim. vi. 16, " dwelling in the light which no man can approach ento." God therefore has made as full a revelation of himself es our minds can conceive, or the weakness of our nature nn bear. Liad, mil. 20, 23, " there shall to man toe . me, and lie. - but thou shalt see my Lack parts." bee vi. 1. " I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the train filled the teenple." John i. "no man bath seen God at any time." vi. 46. " not that any man bath seen the Father, save he which is of , Gerd, he hash seen die Fa:her." v. 37. "ye have &idler heard his role* at any utne." 1 Cur. xiii. 12. "we see thmugh I glass, darkly - - . - in parte' Our safest way is to form in our minds such a eoricep tin'at of God, as shall correspond with his own delineation • awl representation of himself in the sacred writings. For ranting that bo:h in the literal and figurative descriptions of God, he is exhibited not as he really is, but in such a tosueer as maybe within the scope of our comprehensions, Yet we ought to entertain such a conception of him, as he, are Pneleseending to accommodate himself to our cape-i sein e has shown that he desires we should conceive. For it is on this MI acceuit that he has lowered himself to oar level, lest in our flights above the reach of hilman un ders:andinLand beyond the written word of Scripture , we should tempted to indulge in vague cogitations and retie, tin. 'There is no need, then that theologians should have n ears@ Isere to what they call anthropopathy—a figure in vented by the grammarians to excuse the absurdities of the Kati CM the subject of the heathen divinities. We may be sure that sufficient care hiss been taken that the Holy Ilniptures should contain nothing unsulteble to the charac teror dirtni:y of God, and that God should say nothing if himself which could derogate from his own majesty. It is letter therefore to contemplate the Deity, and to con • No of him, not witb reference to human passions, that is, eater the manner men, who are never weary of forming T 'ele imaginations respecting him, but a ft er t he manner of Ile•ipt we, that is, in the way in which God has offered him ti cif earcontemplation ; nor should we think t hat Ile would ay et' direct any thing to be written of himself, which is inconsistent with the opinion he wishes sat{ to entertain of bia character. Let us require no better authority than God himself for determining whit is worthy or unworthy of him. If "it repented Jehovah that he had made man," (}en. vi. 6, and " because of their groaning'," Judges li. 18, let us believe that it did repent him, only taking care to remember that what is called repentance when applied to God, does not arise from inadvertency, as in men ; for, so he has himself cauti o n e d u s , N um . xx iii. 19, " GM is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent." See also 1 Sam. xv. 29. Again, if "it grieved the Lord at his heart," Gen, vt. 6; and if " his soul were grieved for the misery of Israel," Judges x. 16, let .us believe that it dill grieve hien. For the affections which in a good man are good. and rank with virtues, in God are huly. If after the work of six days it be said of God that " he rested and was-refreshed," Exod. xxxi. 17, if it be said that " he feared the wrath of the enemy," Dent. xxxii. 27, let is believe that it is not beneath the dignity of God to grieve in that for which he is grieved, or to he re freshed in that which refrisheth him, or to fear in that he feareth. For however we may attempt to soften down such expressions by a latitude of interpretation, when rp. plied to tlte Deity, it comes in the end to precisely the same. If God be said "to have made man in his own imagtt, after his likeness, Gen. i. 26., and that too not only as to his soul, but also as to his outward form (unless the same words have different significations here and in &lap. v. 3. " Adam begat a son in his own likeness, after his image") and if God habitually assigns to himself the members and form of ian, why should we be afraid of attributing to him what he attributes to himself, so long I as what is imperfection anti weakness when viewed in refer enee to ourselves be considered as most complete anti ex-1 cellent whenever it is imputed to God? Questionless the glary and majesty of the Deity must have been so dear to him, that he would never say anything of himself which could be humiliating or degrading, and would as cribe to himself no personal attribute which he would not willingly have ascribed to him by his creatures. Let us beconvtnood that Those hive acquired the truest appre hension of the nature of God who submit their under etandines to his word : hut-much as he has accommodated his word to their understandings, and has shown what be wishes their notion of the Deity should be. It is impossible to compreficntiacic uritely under any form of definition the "divine form," for so it is called, SI Pet. i. 4, " that ye taiirlit bs partakers of the divine nature"—though nature dal not here signify essence, but the divine image, as in Gal. iv. 8, " which by nature are no Gods," and Col. ii. 9, Theotes, Rom. i. 20, Thei"tes, Acts xvii. 99, to Thrioo, which words are all translated Godhead. But though the nature of God cannot be de fined, since he who has no efficient cause is essentially greatest of all, Isaiah xxviii. 29. some description of it at least may be collected from his name and attributes. The names and attributes of God either show his nature, or his divine power and excellenx. There are three names which seem principally to intimate the nature of God, Je hovah. Jah, Ellie. Even the name of Jehovah was not forbidden to be pronounced, provided it was with due re verence. Exod. iii. 15. " Jehovah, God of your fathers— this is my name fur ever, and this is my memorial." xx. 7. " Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain." Again, it occurs pronounced, 1 Kings xvii. 12. " as Jehovah thy God liveth," and so in many other places. This name both in the New Tesiatnent rand in the Creek version of the Old, is always translated, the Lord—proba bly for no other reason than because the word Jehovah could not be expressed in Greek letters. Its signification is, " he who is," or, " which is, and which was, and which' is to come," Rev. i. 4. Jab, which is a sort of contraction I , of the former name, has the same signification. Exod. :ell. la. " Jab bath swore—and in other places. Exod. iii. 14. Ehie, "I am that I am, or will be ;" and if the' first person be changed into the third of the kindred verb,' Jave—who is, or will be—meaning the same as Jehovah, as some think, and more properly expressed thus than by the other words ; but the name Jave appeal" to signify not only the existence of his nature, but also of hia promises, or rather the completion of his promises ; whence it is said, Exod. vi. 3. " by my name Jehovah was I not known to them." GENERAL CANICIDE AT PARIS. Nothing is more simple or more reasonable than to este : blish severe regulations against the itomenae number of prowling dogs which infest our capital, to the great danger of the citizens lives. It was then wise to order, in the first place, as has beets already done, that every dog hav ing a master should be muzzled or led in a leash, on pe nalty that those who should neglect that precaution should see them poisoned. It was also useful to have dogs wan dering about the streets taken up, but the execution of this measure has given rise to the most revolting abuses. The Police Unstained the idea of letting loose in the streets of Paris a band of individueds charged with the extermination of dogs. A premium of if. Soc. per head, cn each head delivered, is granted to these new agents; a species of jnstice-room how been made, where the victims arc con ducted and strangled by a machine, the lever of which is put in motion by a girl of 12 or 13. But the Police might have foreseen (if to foresee is their duty) that among people of that class excesses were to be feared ; and, in tact, its order to increase their profits, they have carried their itn pudenee and audacity hevend all idea. They impudently seise dogs muzzled unfit r their master's eye, and at the shop doors, sometimes by surprise and sometimss by main force, if no other than fi mate protection was at hand. 'f he insolence of one was carried so far as to cut the string in which the dog was following his master. One fellow put in use in la rue Mazirine a running knot, which he threw round the neck of a beautiful dog belonging to a butcher, whose shop he was minding. The dog was extremely powerful, and resisted; his - howling' brought his master into the shop, who, being armed, would in donbt hare punished the fellow bad be not ran away. The insolence of these dog-killers arrived at last at such a point, that on Friday last a general hue and cry was raised against them, and the people declared war ag. Ind them, pursued, and took several. One of them took refuge at a straw-hat manufacturer's, and his pursuers were so exasperated against him that ten or twelve gendarmes were barely sufficient to shield him from their rage. Some owners of dogs walk abets' with a drawn knife in one hand and the dog in a leash in the other; others less determined have been put tinder contribution by the dog-killers, at the rate of So sons per head. Scenes of the same kind have taken place to-day ; it is positively said, that near the Luzern 'hours an of was walking with his dog is a leash, when a killer had the autlicity to cut the string and seize the dos. The officer immediately drew his sword, anti laid the mt. suable wretch dead at his feet. It is hardly conceivable how the police of a capital can be cohducted with such a mixture of violence and incapacity. A useful measure is adopted for the safety of the citizens, and it seems it can. nut be executed without opening a door to oppressions, the result of which may be as fatal as the evil sought to be re tuedied.—Custrrier Francais. • THE ARMY. CHANGE OF QUARTERS OF THE GUARDS. The second battalion of the Grenadier regiment of Guards is ordered to proceed from the Tower, on the 25th That., to Paddington, to embark on board canal boats for Liverpool, on route to Dublin, to replace the Ist battalion to the 3d regiment, which is ordered to England. The lit battalion of the Grenadier Gnardb Is ordered to march, on the 25th inst., from IVindsor to the Tower, to replace the 2d battalion of the same regiment, ordered to Ireland. The Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards has re ceived orders to march, on the 23th instant, from Lower Westminster to Windsor, to replace the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards, ordered to the Tower. _ The remaining battalions of the Guards will, on the arrival of the Ist battalion of the 3d regiment from Ireland,, change thriir quarters. Detachments belonging to the 2d, &I, 13th, 88th, 48111. i and 54th regiments of Infantry, marched on Mouthy morning from Westminster, for the Isle of Wight. Detachments belonging to the 70th and 96th regiments of Foot, marchcd:on Monday morning from Westminster, Ifor Winchester. A detachment of the 90th regiment of Infantry marched on Monday morning from Westminster for Portsmouth. ' A detachment belonging to the 99th regiment of Foot maraud on Monday morning from Westminster for Gos port. The Asian Air the County of Rutland occupied but.a few hours, and the eases that were disposed of possessed not thi keit interest whatevar to the public. • • LINCOLNSHIRE ASSIZES, Ltwcor.w, JOLT 18. •The Leatind Judges, Hot-ImM and Paitz, meted this sky on Saturday, and opened the Commission Pon thew and dt3 Their Lordships attended Divine service yesterday ; andthis moth. ins the business of the Assize Was opener Me. Justice HoLROTD prniding in the criminal Court. and the latter sitting at Nisl Prins. The business of. the Anize is light ; but sonic of the cases in the' e dentin are of a serious nature. There are sixteen cases for the county, and one for the city; viz. eight cases of sheep-steslir two of horse-stealing, one of stealing heifers and it steer, a case rape, m• of murder, two of highway robbery, two cases of - sod maiming, and the rest of a minor description. CIVIL SiD:'s. Before Mr. Justice PAIL. iittOWN V. CIIMICKV AND KIRBY. This was an action of trespass. The plaintiff was the annual tenant of certain premises under a 31rs. (Ninety. the tenant he life. On the 6th of March that lady died, and the defendant took oat admini•tration of her effects. On the 4th of April the defendant &strained fur rent up to the 6:h of !larch, the usual time for the plaintiff's paving vent being on old Lady-day. When this distress was mad,, the plaintiff was about to have a sale of his cattle bj auction, b est the step taken by the defendant prevented it. James Edg grove, the auctioneer, was examined, and proved the above facts. It was arraed on the part of the defendant, that by virtue of the 32 Hasty Viii, chap. 31, the administrator had a right to die. train fot the rent up to the time of the death of the testatator. The Court held, that by the act of Geo. II; no distress could be made for rent before the 6.h April. It was proved that the plaintiff had paid 23rto git the distress of his premises. and 11. 121. ad. for expense,. The Learned Judge directed the Jury to find a verdict for the, plait t ff for those two sumo'. The Jury, after a short conoultation, sal] In their judgment the plaintiff was entitled to large damages. Tl;e Court said that it was very unpleasant for a man to have a process burned against him, but itt this ease 261. la. was ail the plaintiff had lost by it. 'The Jury, however, persisted in their opinion, and gave a verdict for 331. '• sLwwlKb.7oao. A • This was an action brought by the plaintiff to mover damages from the ," • for breaking and en• his house, con v e rting and defendant._ his goods to his own use, tnent. •nd entering foe an assault and ratio itnprisou. ........ Mr. DEMIMAW stated the ease to the Jury. The present was one of the moat aggravated cues that he had ever heard of. The plaintiff was a poor man, the father of a large family, living •ith them at Bolingbroke, in this county. The defendant was an at. torney, living at Tattersall, and filling the office of clerk of the Court of Conscience in at Own. Some proceedings had taken place in this court again the plaintiff', and the defendant, actirg in the double character of clerk of the court and attorney for th other party, had evinced very great zeal in the execution of his of f ice. Ile sent his myrmidons down to surround the plaintiff's house, who pitched their tents en his premises, and not being able to stile either the plaintiff or his goods on a week day, they had ac tually done both on a Sunday, thereby violating tie statute of Cher!es 11. which prohibits any such proceedings on the Sabbath. The plaintiff, thus unfortunate, fotind himself, in the inclement season of December, turned out of doors, his furnitute thrown out upon the common highway, himself cast Into prison, anti his wife and family left to the charity of the neighbourhood. It was for these Injuries the plaintiff no* sought redress trees the Jury, and he hoped their verdict would be such as to deter any man for the future from violating the peaceful home of the humble, under the specious pretext of law, and that too on a day which the law of the land had consecrated as sacred. Jonathan Velis examined. This witness proved that fires were made and tents erected near the plaintiff's house; that he saw the plaintiff come out and defy the men to touch him on the Lord's day, but Parker Taaker, however, went into the house, and :Hun fon seized the plaintiff and said you are my prisoner. After this the defendant said, they have gone beyond the law, but I will bring them through it. Ott cross-examination witness said he was rot intoxicated at the time, nor did he offer to fight anybody. Richard Blythe, son of the plaintiff; examined. After my father was arrested I saw him with Munton at a Mr. Harrison's. He remained there for several days; Manton was always with hint. His father's goods were all taken to Mr. Harrison's, who keeps a public-hones. William Clayton saw the goods taken out of the plaintiff's house. Had previeuely heard defendant tell the men to enter the plaintiff's house on Sunday or whattle day (what.will-day.) Whattle-day means any day you please. He said Blythe had gone beyond the law, and he would go too. P. Blackburn examined.—On the 19th December I saw about sixty persons opposite the plaintiff's house. It was about ten or elertn o'clock in the morning. I did not see Tasket or /Bunton. I raw the goods lying in the highway. I saw Sir. Bogg atter, and talked to him on the subject, when he said he would compromise by taking lou money from the plaintiff' than the arrest and seizure came to. The plaintiff was kept at Harrison's Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. On his croan-examlnation the witness said, Bugg was clerk of the Court of Requests, Tr Au was sergeant of the Court, or what was called a hem." iVitViea was a relation to the plaintiff; and Led subscribed 51. towards the expense of this action if the plaintiff should lose it. The Court considered this circumstance to make the witness an interested person in the suit. 3lr. DEN wiar.—llia subscription is only an honorary one. Lie may at all eyents . pay the subscription. 31r. Sergeant V A GITAN.—Come, sir, pay the 61. The witncts here took out the 61. Take care, sir, rot to pay it out of the subscription. Whiten.— I will take good ma to keep it out of your hands. (A Laugh.) The witness re-examined.—The neighbours took the plaintiff's children into their houses when the father was taken, and they sub scribed towards them. Robert Harrison examined.—Part of the plaintiff'', goods were sold by auction. Mr. Hogg had nothing to du with the aale. The Roods were sold to pay rent. The renter:ller of the goods are on witness's premises. This was the plaintiff 's case. Mr. Sergeant Vauturt AN contended that the defendert had never been concerned in the case ; but that the whole proceedings were at the responsiblity of the inferior officers of the Court, who had acted only "accottling to the custom of the Court. The Learned Counsel then called some witnesses to prove that the defendant had never given any instructions for the parties to enter the plaintiff's premises on a Sunday. and to show that the defendant had acted throughout as an officer of the Court of Requests was required to do. Dsw)llAX replied, and contended that the defendant had at least given a negative authority to the parties to enter the plaintiff's house, and concluded by appealing to the feelings of the Jury, to compensate the plaintiff for the injury he had sustained by the illegal outrage inflicted on him at the defendant's instigation. The Learned Junes then summed up, and observed that the defendant could not claim any protection under the provisions of the Local Act, unless he hal complied with them himself, which he had not done ; and in acting as Clerk of the Court, and as At torney at the same time, he had incurred a penalty of 601., and had violated an essential principle of justice. In estimating the da !nage* it must not be forgotten that the conduct of the plaintiff was no ether than that of seeking to evade the laws, and which had occasioned the outrage complained of. The Jug, after a ohort consultation, returned a verdict foe the plaintiff—Damages 301. CROWN SIDE. Before Mr. Justice Hotaoets. His Lordship entered the Court at 11 o'clock, when the following Gentlemen were sworn in on the Grand Inquest for the County r H. Heron, Bart. Foreman. T. Aloney, Esq. Sir W. Amcotts Ingleby, Bart. H. Robert Marriott, Esq. Sir W. Erie %Felby. Bsrt. J. Tuffnell, Esq. Sir E. F. Bromhead, Bart. J Cppfeby; seq. C. Chaplin. Esq. A. Welby, Esq. C. Allis, Esq. J. Yarborough. Esq. F. Brown,'Em. S. R. Collett, Esq. .1. C. L. Calmat, Esq. J. Gardner, Esq. F. Chaplin, El 3. J. liked, Esq. R. Elmhurst, Esq. P. J. Luarl, Esq. R. Handley, Usq. W. auburn, Esq. W. A. Johnson, Esq. Mr. Justice ot.rtovro then delivered bis charge to the Gentle men of the Grand Jury, remarking that although the calendar was mitiparatively light, in point of number; yet there were some charges of • very serious nature, which, if supported by sufficient testimony, would in all probability, require that the law should he 'carried into complete effect. There was a charge against a man for wilfully murdering his wife. Having-lookeo at tho depositions on which the prisoner was committed, lie felt it proper to remind the Grand Jury, that in no case would words only amount to sufficient justification, so as to deprive the act of the character of murder; nor would intoxication be any palliation of the crime. Should it, however, appear that the blow was given, not with an intent to murder, but from • momentary act of irritation, and with • forgetfulness, on the part of the prisoner, that the instrument which he had in his hand was of a dangerous description (for it ap. peered it was a tool which he was in the constant habit of using m his trade) then it would reduce the nature and character of the crime, and make. it that of 3lanslaughter only. The calendar contained 1 cases of sheep-stealing. This was a crime which was becoming daily more frequent, and as these depredations were committed on • species of property which was necessarily more exposed than almost any other, it became the more important that some restraint should be given to it, by allow ing the extreme power of the law to take plata, and some serious examples be made, in Oder, if possible, to deter others from the commission of this too common en offence. Be would just observe with respect to the charge against one of the prisoners, for a%.ault ing and violating the person of a female, that should the evidence dearly establish the Loct, it wes one of the most serious crimes that could be committed against society, and was so treated by the law. His Lordship then adverted to the Act passed In the last Session of Parliament respecting the regulation of Juries, and ex pounded its various provisions, with the hope that the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury would make the nature of them as publicly known among the different pawns whose duty it was to summon. or by this Act to serve on Juries u their opportunities would ' allow. The ()valid Jury then retired, and soorraftar returned true bills against several prisoners. Thomas Cgs e, aged 3.5, wet capitally indichtd for stealing, on the leth atOetober last. M Market .Deepi . gye. in this minty.. hro sheep, the value of 41. the property of Richard Terrill, of Stamford. farmer. Richard Terrill, examined by lifr..E. LLOYD ‘VILLTAIII. The prisoner was my shepherd fie some year, and up to the tine , he was apprehended. .1 sold him two old ewes last autumn i they wen delivered to Lint some time after the loth 4 they were raised ewes. He - me SI. lb. Co. them. I mid bins any oilier T " .1 to paid cnt. I 'IMT sheep. AU my Sheep well branded with the letters " It. T." on, the near rump 4 and upon the cheep I sold to tutu E put two cuddle marks just above the tail : and there wu also a slit on the unaer part of the near ear on one of the two sold to the prisoner. I slier. wards missed two other sheep frbm the dock a hich the prisoner ' herded. It was aher the thh of Nareinber. I told the pi ' sorter I could not ineke my flock r'ght. Ile paid they were all tight. The prisoner had only the ewe of one flock, r‘ hid% was full lire ',miles from any other place where Ik , pt sheep. I hare since sent four sheep in the custody of Mr. Perkins, and which had' my mark l on them. Two of them vitro those which I sold the prisoner , the other two were sheathing circa. It was about the Gth of Mu that I saw them. 4r. Perkins was present. The prisoner was at that time in custody. I knew the sheep to be mite 14 the marks on them. On his cross-examination this witness said that it eras his custom to mark all his sheep at the time they were sheared, but when he I saw these two sheep in 11r. Perkins's posi.essiou, they had not any such marks upon them. The prisoner had a paddock about his house, but the witness did not know that till after the prisoner was apprehended. Witness did rot know that the prisoner was iu the habit of keeping sheep, or that he had ever kept any till he bought the two ewes of witness. John Fletcher, shepherd to Mr. Laxton. of Market Deeping enatnined.—l remember the prisoner coming to n:e last autumn. a little before Michaelmas, about eight or ten days before Market Deeping fair, and asked me ;theater I thought my master would let him put his four ewes on his premises. I asked whether they were clean, mid he said he knew they were, for he had bought them of his master, 3lr. Turnill. I told him he had better ask Mr. Len ten. Two of three days afterwards he came and said Mr. Laxton had given him leave, and wished me to take the sheep for him out of his close. I did so ; and the prisoner told me I was to put four of my master's sheep In the Close instead. I did this. His close l adjoined that of my master. The prisoner's sheep were marked with the letters " It T," and three of them had one ear mirk, and one had another ear mark. There were two old ewes and two young 'heading ewes. The sheep remained In my master's field five weeks ; I ellen took them back to the prisoner's close, at his re quest, and brought back my master's. I have since seen those sheep at Mr. Perkins's ; it was on the 20th of May last. The brandstowest was very easily to be seen on the, old ewes, but the marks on the other two were obliterated ; but 1 sin certain they I were the lame sheep. At the time the prisoner's sheep were put' into my master's close, I did not know that Dlr. Turnill had lost any shdep. Mr. Turnill recalled.—Market Deeping fair is on Old Michael. mac Day, 10th October. Henry Turner. a .shepherd, stated, that he saw four sheep marked " 11. T." in the prisoner's heme-sted. Mr. William Perkins examined.—l recollect the prisoner offering some sheep to me for sale In the latter end of February. He came to i lmy house, a littler below Deeping St. James. He asked me if I would buy four ewes et* him. I said I had no objection if they were good ones. Ile said they were. I then aidted hint where it was he bought them. He said he bought them of Mr. Turnill. I I looked at and bought them at 465. a head. The sheep are now in my possession. Mr. Turnill came and identified the sheep, two of them as being those he had ',old to the prisoner, and the ether two those which he-had lust. The prisoner afterwards came to my house, and said he wanted a word With me. We wen/ on one side, and he/mid—you have hered of this job, and I said I had heard too much of it. Ile said—" I wish you would be a friend to me, and milt to Mr. turnill Mut it." I told him I did not know what sort of a friend I could be to him, but I souk' tell 31r. Tor nil! the truth of it. I said—" You told me you bought the ewes of Mr. Turnil, and I had no thought but what you had." He made no answer. I said—you bought two and the other two you stole. He eaid—l did buy two of them front Mr. Tuthill, strut the other two 1 bought out of a drove. I said—you never told me so before. With that he turned away, and said—l will see you again to.niglit or to-morrow morning. That is all I know. Cross-examined by Mr. Cain T om.--And that you don't seem to I know very distinctly. Witness—l don't know. Blr. CLINTON—Why I overheard you muttering to yourself' just now, and saying—" I don't know whether be did lay so either." Witness—Nay, but I do know though. Mr. CLINTON—Why you have been making up this converse. tion by piece -work ; it is wholly the work of your imagination, is it not? Witness—l canna' reenollect scary thing at vonce. Mr. CLisrrox —Certainly nor. But will you swear that the whole of this conversation actually passed between you and the prisoner? Witness—Yes, I will; or at least the principal part of it. (A laugh). Mr. first r OY—The principal part of it ? Why then the whole of the conversation did not take five, but only the principal part of it ? Witness—The prisoner said to RIO ths whole of what I have told you. • This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, on being aired whether he lied at ythirg to ay to the Jury ? answered that he had two witnesses. Mr. CLINTON then called on behalf of the prisoner... Mr: Tuthill (the prosecutor) who stated, that the prisoner had lived in his service for seven years, and ha always believed him to bear a good character. Mr. CLiw TON sat down, when Mr. WILLIAMS observed, the prisoner said he had two wit- CLlmTow—That is extremely unfair, MT. Williams. ►lr. Justice floutoxia then summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Ilia Low DSHIP onlerert the prisoner to be removed. Isaac Newton IVillcork end Jonas, Motley were arraigned for having feloniously slaughtered one shesrling ewe sheep, and for stealing the carcass thereof, the property of Charles Green, of Kirton, grazier. On % illcoek being staked whether be guilty or not guilty he said he was guilty. His LORDSUlP—Prisoner, you had better consie.er your plea. and take the benefit of anything that might be favourable to you in the course of a trial. Prisoner-1 am guilty, my Lord. His 140111)31111P—VOtt must nes deceive yourself by thinking that pleading guilty will he in your favour ; for it is a crime which affects your life, and I cannot prevent the law front taking its course. The prisoner answered in a most desponding tone of voice—l cannot help it, my Lord ; I know I sin guilty, and I do not wish to deny my conscience. His L0111)31111. —At present I ran only judge of your guilt by the depositions which were taken before the Magistrate who committed you, and which is all on one side, and of course all against you. Perhaps on a trial something might transpire that. might be favourable to you. The Prisoner—The case has been clearly proved against me, my Lord, and I hare no more to say than that I am really guilty. His LOILDSIIIr—Then you wish your plea to be recorded? The prisoner -1f you choose, any Lord. The prisoner was then ordered to be removed. He was a )song man about thirty years of age, rather robust but abort, and was dressed like a Staffordshire pottery-man. His countenance pour. (rayed acute feeling, and there appeared in his whole demeanour a eesponding resignation like the yielding up of a stricken conscience that had neither the courage nor the will to avail itself of the charm to escape by any accidental failure of legal proof that might happen In the course of a formal investigation. Thomas Harding and 77ionsas Edon were capitally indicted for stealing, on the Ist of April last, in the parish of Ropsley, a geld ing, the property of John Rawlinson, farmer. The principal evidence in support of the prosecution was a boy about fifteen years of age, who, but for the perspiration that glowed (tom his cheeks, might be taken for a statue, so immoveably fixed did he remain, not even his eye-lid winking during the whole time of his examination, which went to show that he, as the stablt.boy. left his master, four horses in the stable at eight o'clock in the evening, and that at one o'clock the next mornin* bit missed two of them. One was afterwards found in the stack-yard, and the other was seen in the possession of the two prisoners, who were taking it away ; that the boy cried oat to them, " You needna' coon, for I kna you," and then they left it. The prisoners denied the fact, and said they were quite innocent of the" concern." The prosecutor examined—l was in bed on the night in question. The boy did not tell inc of the robbery till two days after it happened. The boy was recalled, and his Lordship asked him why he did not tell his master as soon as it had occurred ? Witness—Gibson, who was with me, told me not to tell him. Ills LORDSUIp—How many men were there with the horses ? Witness—Two, Sir. Ilia LonwswiP— flare you always told the same thing ? Witness—What d'ye say, Sir? Ili! LORDOn IP repeated the question. Witness—lea, Sir. His lA:tannin. then read the lad's deposition, in which be had sworn that there were three men present with the horse. The boy said they had three bags on the horse, but there were only two men. The prisoner Edon said the boy told him that he did not know whether be (the prisoner) was one of the men or not. He wished George Gibson to be called as his mines,. George Gibson examined by the prisoner. I saw which ray the men were coming with the horse. They were sunning towards the stable as the boy told me. By his LORDSHIP—When we got into the yard we found the gate down ; we went Into the stable and missed two horses Out of four. We then went tutu the yard, and I found one of them. I son' the boy on the road to sec whether he could hind the other. The boy came back, but did not then say whether he had seen any body or not. We went into lb* house and made a tire. After that I went into the yard and got on thct stack to cut some hay, and the hoy want on the road again to see for the horse. He came back and told me titers were three mesa bringing the horse up Hoseby. lane. I sent hint then to shut the house.donr, to shade the light, that the men might not be able tu see that any one was stirring,. I desired the boy to stand near the door or else in the stable. They might hare broUght the horse two ways into the yard. They were bringing it towards the stable, and I went to the other way, so that which ever way they might come, we might catch them. As soon as ever they heard the gate clap they ran sway. It clapped by accident, by my putting my hard upon it. I then called to the boy, but be did not !sear me, and then I whi led, that its might me in the lane. I nem told tbs bey to lie index the manger, away. Th*Jiars It* • Ilkort eetwilltatioh, aiMeitia l the minima NORTHERN CIRCUIr. YORKSHIRE au, *. ASSIZES, yo pro T rt h i i a s te d s a e y the Judges rrnonwupzei T h en e :d c di by the tif t e rr s . erri zur ce . , r . a tr ie l3 .7.l a T lP . fej mest - ap e ; of Itichmohd School: The test was taken from the Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy, chap. z. Bat we know that the law its good, if a man use it lawfully." The Rev. Benticman proceeded in a strain of argumentative Atli:epee to show that obedient* to I the law tree a command from Heaven, and thatlnesmuch es hu man society required human laws to correct fend punish vise, an obedience to those laws became absolutely necessatp. The laws of God demanded the Owl:iv:cc of the will, while Melee, was satialial if the hand did not strike a blow, and the tonguiedid hot talk elan der. On the whol e , we h ave no t often heArd a mote able Cl:mosaic, se one mote suited to the otemion. - Art Ifl. Mr. Justice BATLEY, acrd red by the Wit Mayot ard Sheriff's, entered the Guildhall of th e City at nine o'clock h i e morning. Mary Senior was then put to the - bar, charge; with having tom. mittod a burgl a ry at t h e h ouse o f W. Monk ti~s n , n„ of the. parish of st. Peter in the ci t y o f Y or k, on t h e 10 t h of piff. The things stolen. w ere a few articles of waiting apparel. On being asked whether she was guilty or not, 'be pleaded Mr. Jusice BaYLEY—Brimoner, tine ii capital charge, and as they may not be able to make out the capital tart of it, I would therefore advise you to withdraw your plea and plead cot Tl.e prisoner then pleaded not guilty. _ Mr. Cor.Tmaw briefly stated t h e case . The priebner Moto the terrier of Mr. hlonkman, a turner in this cite, and being clan dcatitiely engaged to a man of the name of T en fi e ld , to l eave Y or k with him fur Manchester, stole some wearing apparel, which was found up-on them on their journey to that town. Airs. Monknuin examined by :111 . . D. F. Jownl,-The prisoner was in my service, and on the night of the 10th'of April I heard a noise, which did not alarm rue, and I took no,notice till the morn ing, when I missal several articles. She live 4 with me nearly Ave • years arid a half. Every thing was fast when I went lobed. By the Coy a T—She was an apprentice. Maty Ann Atkinson, the fellow-servant of the prisoner, found twa of the doom opened on the Monday morning, and also the do..z opening to the back kitchen, where several keys were takes. Joh:tonsil Hammersmith was examined merely as to the hew at which a noise was beard, being the time at which the filmy was committed. The hour was between one and two o'clock in the morning. George Raymcr, s watchman, saw a man and Woman on tb morning in question, coming in thedirection.fromble. Moukman's house. There were three bundles. I did not know the man Oath. woman. This was after four o'clock in the morning. By the .1 u nor —They could come from Menitman'eln a few minutes • it was near the break of day, suffici e ntly clean° recog nise the features if I had thought it necessa ry. . William Pewee, the police-officer of lork. Tent is match of the prisoner with th e p rosecutor , an d found het se Bradford. in company with a man of the mime of Tanfields Ito* them into custody. The prisoner denied the charge.. Bbe was ter threatened by me nor Mrs. Mon kman, nor promised any We after found some bundles, and on asking prisoner If either was: hers, she pointed out one, in which I found the mean I now pc;:- duce (a gown, a can, and other such articles.) These things were identified by Mrs. 3lonkman, as being her property. By the Jl7lloc.—The gown is worth a b ou t fi ve a billi nge . George 'Penfield met the prisoner about fent o'clock on tho morning of the 11th of April, and went with her to Bradford. T. could not set a person across the street very distinctly at that how The prisoner made no defences erg calialom arstnessos to as. reettc" - Mr. Justice BAYLEY left two questions to the Jury, the firs: was, did the prisoner steal the articles charged ? and the heat was, .did she break out of the house in the night time or not? The Jury immediately returned a verclict—Guihy of sea De but not of burglary. The Master of the prisoner urgently prayed the. Court to mit'. gate her punishment, and to procure for her some PIM of rent. in London. Mr. Justice BATLEY. after an in - pressive Ades pities, sentenced the prisoner to one years' imprisonment in the House of COrrectioa Con the County. The prisoner never once looked up during the Wu. Terence llf•Manus, John Scott: and She others, soldiers of the nth Dragoon Guards, were put to the bar, charged wish having been guilty of a riot at Knavesmlre a few months dem, and also for haring assaulted Wm. Purdue and several other plasm at tl.o same place and time. To these charges the prisoners severally pleaded Noe Guilty. Mr. Justice BAYLEY asked the Counsel in the mem if it wee likely to be finished in an hour or two, as if so istwoultil no, proceed with it ; but having been informed in the amplivo. it wa postponed to some future time. considerable itatfl Mum men to be attached to this cause, it having originated la a dangken cur between the soldiers and some of the towns-people. . . CRI3IINAL SIDE. Mr. Baron By xt.ocx went into the Criminal Court obese eleven o'clock, when, contrary to the usual practice, the p oreko Assizes were commenced by calling over Vac whole thesemet on the Common Jury list. All persona not anstatilligt ta lbdr names were tined 405., except in cases when medical - Irellemes were produced of the individual's Inability to attend. weemaso: pretend to say whether this course of proceeding hag Mime adopted by the Learned Judge to secure a full attendatme e(tl. hey with out delay or inconvenience to the public, cr is • lelli#o l by the provisions of the New Regulation Acta "-• • . After the names of the Slagistrates of the email; ibaseer der bailiffs of the different liberties within It, had been die Clerk of the Arraigns, the Grand Jury was swotn. are the names of the Gentlemen who compose it:-.. lA. Vie. Milton, M.P. Foreman Mark Milbank, Lai Et a, lion. W. S. miles. 31. P. S. C. S. Craddock, M.P. Hon. G. Howard, 31. P. Daniel Sykes, Hon. T. Dundee, M.P. H. Vansitewt s Itec_ Sir T. V. B. Johns on , B at t. IP. B. Theatmatt, .. . 4. Sir Tatum Sykes, Bart. B: Dealtry, Esq. Sir F. Lindley Wood, Bart. W. L. F. Scott, EA. J. C. Ramsden, Esq. 61. P. IM. Wilson, jun.%ffigit• J. A. S. Wortley, Eitg. M.P. W. Prost, Esq. • John Wharton, Esq. T. Evrington, 00. B. (*gluon., Esq. M.P. John Hutton, Esq. llarmaduke Viryvill, Esq. lI.P. I The proclamation for the encouragement of skint awl against vice and immorality was next read. after which Mr. Baron II tYLLOCK proceeded to charge the Grand Jury. lit said, that he felt it unnecessary to make any obsesuatitme on t., general nature of their duties ; and he was happy to say, that r tar as the offe.nces on the calendar were concerned, there war no ma, which called for any particular observations from him ea the pre sent occasion. In point of numbers. the calendar was not large. although, in point of crime, it contained some Wham of a vett atrocious character. One particular crime seems be email, and he feared, that for the purpose of making property rare, no other plan was left to those charged with the due admirustratiettelf the law, than to let it take its course with regard to a/I .esoyieted of horse stealing. That crime seemed generally Amp . out all parts of th e country—there was y • Circuit is which it did not appear to a great extent, an d 66 the calendar now before him, to waa sorry to see so many mil so acEZt 'to prevent th e recurrence of such crimes, the law sbe carried into execution, iu order that misguided path* eagle find out that such offences were not merely to he ' by transportation for life, but wi t h t h e utmost p ena l ty of loss of life. Since the formation of the calendar, one et fee Men of great enorniity :tad occurred ; but it wee uncisewepui tee Wu g o say a word upon them, as the circumstances le pees: of law to constitute the crime wont* be known to the am Re had now nothing further to say, except It were 16 alit them his advice in all cases of doubt to throw out the bills fee the espied offences, and find them for the misdemeanor only. That mot, however, depend upon the nature of the evidence, of whirl they were the competent judges. If any doubt should arise to them isa the discharge of their duty, he would be happy to lend them mir assistants in his power for the purpose of disuniting on temming 'them. The Grand Jury then retired to decide spoil bills which Willa be presented to them. A Petit Jury was then sworn, and Jolla Coe wee agi o ntr indicted for uttering a for ge d bill o f exchange far M. tw Fears, at Leeds, on the 31st of Decembee last, knowing the same to be forged. Thomas Fearer deposed that he was a clothier, geeing a*A * the market at Leeds. On the Met Dezember last the primmer came there to bargain about some cloth, which be bought ft dee amount of 221. 6s. bd. The goods were delivered te blie as as ' Saddle Inn, to be shipped as soon as paid for. He bad Maid him with a bill, which I said was as good as money if it war only paid. I inquired about it ; did not like it ; but he said • better well am be had. He said that Reynolds, the firstlndorese, was Neyeeleet at Manchester; and that th e second Widener.' Langston wee a woollen and eotton.manufactur er , a t the thaw plan, I iembil the • 5 4 • . • . • • • - • Atted. lay. Itie 1.13 his _aide* I then to deer die art, 11‘ ,0 could not overtake them, nor tell who they, were. ,I saw m l iF m. • thoul wa senl l 4l li l i t h threethe time tM a s t e n' they " T bo ki m sr fi a s r C s l b s t 5 71 r an ' away . and eb4 a 'S n M ae t ia .l la Iftr 141 kelli Wi el. le 4 but the tuber two ho dld not know. The words r aid don't tell master of thnt Withnet you be sure." lain ivaimenseada • I misled the words " with Out yon be suer." The prisoner Leon ivished the whom to be Nk.d. eclenthili t. hoy did not ray on the gorilla, night that be has se Mee betas privmer) west the man. The boy wu called ep anti sat" *helm le bleakest 1411 sueh 'eonverloarion. • • Violeta. —Yee ; and I said I wasenye it was leek •• • ' (Mann was re-examincti--The p said iritia lee IIU tha rto hint , that he thooght it wa s on C , ..rstanined ir 11 Mt. BALs —O ro tr.tais Maitystedialit that bar ? !Fitness—Never in my life. • "Ir. BA curv—lA'ell. at Grantham then t • ••• Witness—Ohce. . • Jr. BACC.VT—Frir What I' liix 1.0 nt , nt r —You. nee not obliged to anewet that Hgstioet. • Witness—For fowl steeling, but I was inneaine, ao7 ma at. qu irt l ion nen tP summed up the evidence, and ' , sheered eit aa Jury, that the principal question seemed to be, whether the Millem, ern at L the 'bar were trio of the peens concerned to eteetar hone ? If th e intent was to steal the horse , the aim* a isativa - ' in the eye.of the law complete, if the hole ahivld M fliebved b, them, notwithstanding they might eletorards tail . a taking it ea. tint) , Away. . . . A , 4 • A • sa • 4 • I • • g• 2 1 • t ,t • .• : I • • '