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MEMOIRS OF C4P2'AIN liner, Tlt CELEIMAT ED IRISH CHIZFTAIN I WITH SHIER ACCOUNT OF HIS ♦NCISTOIL. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. [Continued from the British Press of Wednesday.l The next era in the patriarchal government of Ireland brings us to the reign of CHA ai.es the Final.. This mis guided Monarch stripped the tree of libert7 to the bark, but he brought his own head to the block. Phis memento rwri, though useful to England as far as the example went, brought no a'iat.mient of oppression to the sister kingdom. Captain Roes, with true patriotic feeling, reprobates the flizitiout conduct and character of Lord Strafford; he de signates him as a man whom the lovers of arbitrary power ought to canonize, for seldom has more lustre been tlnown over their bad cause than by '' thase rare abilities of his (as Lord Digby expresses it), of which God gave him the use, but the Devil the application." The readiness of CHARLI.s to_leo his authority to the accomplishment of any guilty achiOne of extortion which Sr ma Frost, might be willing to resnleute, and his anxiety, at the same time, to keep his own pOrlonal reputation clear from all suspicion, and himself of IC royal responsibility, is strongly characteristic of the du pitchy and meanness of this unfortunate Monarch:— •• Marks thus acknowledges this faithful service of his ' dote 4141,1Wili*-- • WUNTWORTH, • Bekaa I answer any of your particular leiters to me, I must you that your last public despatch has given me a great deal of OCUCOICIIt l and especially for the keeping off the envy of a ne negative from me of those unreasonable Graces that people imported from me.' The undisguised selfishness of Charles snorters also on another ere alien, where, in recommending to Strefford's attention some grants on the Irish establishment, which he was either to concede I o- refuse, as the good of the service required. he says, • yet so, ; too, as I may have thanks howsoever; that if there be any thing to , 's be dashed, you may do it, not I.' " a d Neva were sort reign and subject better linked together is he good old cause." The fate of both has left an in stFuctlhisoample on record of the end to which the shame ful prostititiwar may Iced even its moat favoured suilstlFftiger of trifling too far with the for a=ceot a long-enduring but high-spirited people. ' The writer concludes this chapter with the following im pressive and eloquent observation : i " The splendid talents of Lord Strafford, and the imposing dig nity of his death, nay well justify a feeling of sympathy in his Mei bat there would he no living in this world it there were not sorb examplea, to hang up in the halls where Power holds his revel, and, like those awful mementos in the banqueting.rooms t f the Egyptians, chasten his pride and check the exuberance of his The history of governments, since the world began, is little better than a history of the battles between the op pr:uors and the oppressed. Never was the diorama of despotism exhibited on a grander scale, or with less change of scene, than in that kingdom which has for so many cen turies roused the refractory spirit of the Roc's. u To an amateur of Rebellions, like myself," says the writer i f these Memoirs, -... the contemplation of even an old Irish one is as gratifying as the study of a real ciaqmr.cento to a connoisseur—'ho skill with which the Government has always funishesl the matt rials for the work being only equalled by the con-spirit° style in which the people have always esteemed it. " There is extant in our family a jouraal kept by one of my ancestors, during theearly part of the great Rebellion of 1811, and though the old gentleman who wrote it was bed-ridden at the time, and ci a ore meld not share in the pastime that was going on, the intense *test which he took in the progress of the revolt, sad the alternative of his hopes and fears, according as the Govern ment threw in isomer less fuel to the name, we expressed with a degree of emus tees and nuiveti which may render the perusal or a tea extracts net altogether unp l easant. " These details are also carious, as giving us an insight into the poems by which great Rebellions have always been got up in Ire land. The mate drama, a little modernized, was acted over again in 1798; and the prompter's book and stage directions are still at hand is the archives of Dublin Castle, whenever an able Orange manager shall brionnd to preside over a renewal of the spectacle. " ' IS, 1811.—Matters took well. Sir William Paz- MIN ili e ret er illttly declared, at a public entertainment that, within a twelvemonth no Catholic shall be seen in Irclari—have despatched this speech to Ulster, where Sir ?helm' O'Neal will tom it unto good account. Also, Sir Jahn Clotworthy bath said in the House of Commons, that the conversion of the Papists of Ireland is only to be effected by a Bible in one hand and a sword in the other. This, with a little engrafting of other matter thereon, cannot fail, in time, to bring forth good fruit. That gallant gen. Gauen, Roger Moore, is busy in the North : those robberies caga mixed.= his noble ancestors, whereby himself is made a beggar, do emeg s t e u:t him. .4S lb & —lnformers, it is said, have been to the Castle, to reprossnt the enamel and suspicious resort of persons to the house of Sir ?hellos O'Neal; as also the secret journeys of the Lord Maguire, Bs. b.c. /Jet diem is no fear that the Lards Justices liar semaiLat then threwarnings Rei , ellion is that li.y f tlll=itcp, and they at least will not be the ' to kill lt. lb There wanted a puff to the flame in the North, aml it both some as seasonably as we could have desired. Certain petitions have been, at public assizes and other public places, awls knows and read to many persona of quality, purport ing that t .e extirpafion of the Catholics is at hand, and that all who will a t forthwith turn Protestants, shall be hanged up at their own dices. This news hash been like a match unto the mine. Sir ?helm &Nest hash already seiz.id upon the Castles of Cherie /nom and 31usintjoy—'1'arderagee huh been surprised by O'llan las—fiir Con ilagenals is in possession of Newry. and a bold dash bath been made into Fermanagh by Rogn slaguire. Blood letting, however, is, as yet, but rare; Doe bath any province except Ulster yet risen. .• • 26.—Yesterday their Catholic Lordship. of the pale. Lords Gormsnetown, Netterville, Fitzwilliain, Howth, Kildare. Illegal, Duasany. and Slane, went to the Council to express their abhor ranee of dm conspiracy that bath broken forth, and to demand amm for their own defence, and the annoyance of the enemy. But t le Leeds Justices did dismiss them with much cob:Lint and eva sion,* and with but saint supply of arms, whereat they are, as might be expected, sorely mortihed. Most marvellously do these Leeds Justices play into our hands ; and if they but prosper in putting these great Nobles of the pale into desperation, we shall, in truth. have rare work of it! • November 10.—A11 again looks downward, and there seem eth but small chance of a general rising this winter. His Majesty hath writ over to the Lords Justices that he will no longer deceive 1 is loving subjects of Ireland, but that, In the Parliament forth with to be assembled, the long-desired Graces shall be propounded and continued. Blank tidings these for our gallants in the North. Boger Moore may now go whistle after his fair Leinster domains, a.nd Sir Phelim must turn the old Tyrone helmet into a drinking cup. Our only hope is in the Lords Justices. • November li.—The Lords Justices have prorogued the Par. 'lament without suffering the promised Graces to be therein pro pounded, or even mentioned, whereby all chance of • re. of grievances is haply at an end, and we may now expect a right merry winter. The Byrnes of Wicklow were up on the 12th, the twesty.four o',Parrels of Longford have joined, and the Tooles :nd Cavanagh; of Crterlogh are stirring. • November Ill.—Tidings just come to hand, that on the night of the 13th alt. the English and Scotch of Carrickfergus did issue fords, and wick and murder, in the island of Magee, 3,090 men, woman, and children, all isnoeent persons, there being as yet no appcartinee of revolt in that quarter. If this cloth not cause all Ire land to rule on the sudden, then is the blood of her :11acs run dry, a d bee ancient O's becwae cyphers indeed. " • 19.—Already hash the scabbard been put away, since the foul advaiturt of Island Magee; and, at Lurgan, and other places, repayment hash been taken, with heavy interest, fur the treachery of that night. Sir Phelim is Bow blooded, and we shall not soon us the er d Wt. _ _ Deeember 3.—The Lords Justices have taken bark, with mash insult, the few arms eitruated to the Lords of the Pale, and banished them from Dublin. whereby the disaffection of these great Nobles is decided , and they are already, it is said, communing with IlaT ea Muore. titer Coote bath, in reward of his mut- drone aroma at Wicklow, ben appointed Governor of Dublin. Deonsber S.--There is at order of both Houses of the END O! Parliament, dated November 30. directing the Lords Juslisee to "grant his Alajcsty's pardon to all those who, within acenvanient time, shall return to their obedience. Tills might, as the saying goes. spoil sport, but that the Lords Justices are too keen on their scent of forfeitures to suffer themselves t 3 be turned therefrom by any such clemency: accordingly, no proclamation of Alto nature Mali appeared, and nutters go on right riotously " 'December 9.—Mumeer will soon be up, for the Lord Peal- Otint bath gone thither to tranquillise it. He bath already put to dßath four persons at Ballyuwen, hanged six innocent labourers at Ballymurria, and eight at Ballygelburt ; and when those loyal Lentlemen, the Butlers of Xilveyleghlen and Ballynsitill, with the ord Duabense at their head. alarmed by the illLlotxl which this .enteity had isreduced, did wine to oiliv their services in preserving the peace of the province, the Lord President told them, in his hasty, furious stay, that 'they were all rebels dike, that he would not trust use rout of them, but thought it snore prudent to hang the best of them.' Whether these noble eentlemen will continue to be loyal 'fun such speeches, remains to be seen. " 'December. —At last the Longs aid Gentlemen of the Niche's declared themeelass, and now the whole nation bath risen in arms. The salt which their supreme Council path framed to itself. wherewith to seal all credentials of office. beareth first the wark of , a long cross, then, on the right side, • crown; on the left a harp,' with a dove 'lame, and a Naming heart below the cross, with. round about, this iti.tription:—' Pro Deo, a liege, et phi& Ilitkerig;6' anot.'irets! " And yet we exclaim to this slay again t st " the rebellious " • In the same manner the offers of the Catholic gentry in 1798, to raise regiments, &c. were cohlly rejected ; :tad Mr. nun liet lusted, from his own knowledge, in the House of Common., Ise Snssions,ahilt though, during the whole of the Rebellion, the liolllll/111 Catholics were omit anxious to enter into the yeomanry corps of Dublin, the Protestants almost invariably refused them at:Adam:let,. 1, rigidly , of that period, was Sir. Vt Parson's "c -tn.,: for We raising up of a goal rebellion uttaladed to. h P al his Ma. id bible red hem elation ; MCCII the Iption. 4 lb& mptioe ; will , b. Aeons ►• The It 2& 1 100a . y. Hwn. I We at Bosse soia0•11 lat. and o iblibbsk k. nadir %Cam* nal 07.4 d we an It it cos. Ile of th• lice. the uuntidd ; de me al line' t)b. le 'blip . s it his Ia kt7e, oar is to as. which g which, Da of she may be tn. I. but they ohat kl. te fur the ea y byrs, n will la VC It , protract 13 ; two er from 'pees at Colons. In Co las bum as been s PEI. ik 7, 1 Lon eh lookh g, r o ll Le Peru. 3, sh.ch. dirftuair This th Anis. sdicy on —sod he Is first so effects of ent bere. ty by the Govern :tee; and received theesand in _pule, cc-Prete ring been ice-Pre lays con ts of hay. eing then of sod; ing• they c deb,' el Dpli - kir ;Ir nniblific me heard the pro. npot ,epl ono. al storm cbrusrf, Island_s r. Theo whaler. portal ce den fo; or Moo .:ursitors v'.. fnr freiand ; Aeries to J ULLIUII for the the Gib, meat of the pro of th. MN/ I:- spirit" of the Irish ! With the wrongs of their country thus thing up in the . measory of every succe e ding genera tion, what other spirit can be expected? The influence of the Orange faction may ask the support of Insurrection Acts, and the aid of the bayonet; but, when their iron in-, dignat:on has &no its wont, what will be the result? The loss of Ireland to Great Britain. Unless the enlightened councils of the present Viceroy are permitted to turn aside 1 the influence which counteracts them, sooner or later this will be the sure result. But, front the firm and ateellaq character of Lord Wellesley, and the coolness with which he pursues whatever object of public benefit he has once resolved t) attain, Ireland has everything to hope. It ntakta no part of his valour " To pluck dead Hoes by the beard." The Orange party—and of this they are aware—can never hope to win anything from his fears. His Lordship's temper is that best suited to a public character; it is that which is neither too sanguine as to the virtues of men, nor too irritable as to their vices. It is a statesman or this cast that alone can contend with the predominant party, to whose ascendancy Ireland has been so shamefully sacrificed. Of late, we think, the dawning of a better day is visible. and that, however slowly the empire of justice may extend itself, it will be ultimately triumphant. (To be continued.) CITY OP LONDON NATIONAL SCHOOLS. The annual examination of the children educated at these irhools, on the Madras system, in the principles of the Established Church, took place yesterday at the Central City School, in White-atteet, Moortiekls. The Bishop of LONDON presided. There were present, besides the Bishop of Glouceeter, Dr. Moore, Dr. Busfeild, the Rev. G. Beresford, the Rev. R. If esketh, the Rev. S. l'rowther, with many ether Divines. and a numerous body of visitors, complete.) , tilling the spaces allotted to them, among whom «e noticed some very elegant females. The examination commenced with a class of the boys, the two seniors of which (about Usage of 13) delivt red some of the prayers comprised in the mornii:g service; and we mold not help admiring the pure and graceful emphasis and intonation with which the re. chat of these prayers was accompanied. A portion of Scripture was then read; and if any difficult or obscure passage occurred, one of the boys wr pitelied on, promiscuously, to eisplam it. This was dole severrl times, and in no one instance was there a failure. We were, indeed, surprised at the readiness and aptitude of the an mei of the children to the questions put to them. A class of girls followed next, who were also examined in Scrip. tore in the same manner that the boys had been, and evincing equal proofs of their prolieieuey in the seedy and knowledge of the Divine Word. The boys likewise performed some tasks in arithmetic; and the girls exhibited their needle-work, and handed at the seine time the terms on which the work was performed. We heard several ladies about us passing high encomiums on the fineness of it, and also on its cheapness. The examinations haring been gone through, the whole of the children, boys and girls, amounting, we believe, to between 7UO a d ))00, assembled and sung " God save the King." Tie Bishop of LONDON then shortly addressed them, stating h: satisfaction that be, in common with the company, had derived in witnessing the excellent proofs which had that day bees gives of the benefits of education ; and hoping that the advantage s which the study of the Scriptures conferred would be felt by then) in their prog eat through life; admonishing then) that the education they were then receiving was not only calculated to procure them cre ditahle living in this world, but, if properly applied, to ensure them eternal felicity in the world to come. The observations of the Right Rev. ['mime sere very affectirg, and appeared to make a strong impression on the children to whom da v were addressed. The company then &opened, appuently much gratified by the interesting spectacle which they bad witmnst‘d. THE DINNER. The friends of the Institution afterwards dined together at the City of London Tavern; his Royal Highness the Duke of Yo►k was in the chair. supported on his right by the Bishop of London, and on his left by 31r. Alderman Birch. We also observed, at the cross table, Sir Claudius S. Hunter, Ban., Mr. Alderman Bridges, Mr. Alderman Crowder, Mr. Slitritr Whittaker, and Mr. Sheriff Laurie. The company was exceedingly respectable, and unusually nu merous. The influx wits so much beyond the previous expectation of the Stewards, that a considerable addition was rendered neces 'sary to the accommodation originally pluvided. The dinner was abundant anal exceJleat, and the wines of the drat quality. After the cloth was removed, &medicine 0;1 Deus was sung in excellent style by the protessional vocalists employed on the occasion. " The King" was then given, and drunk with enthusiastic stela- I mations. Atter which, the children of the Schools again sang *God save the King," from the orchestra. The effect was int pressiee, but the style of execution was not such as to justify the deviation from the ordinary course. The Bishop of LONDON then rose to propose the health of the Illustrious Personage who had condescended to honour them with his presence. The virtues of his Roy al Highuess were so well I known, shat wherever his name was mentiotxd, respect and affee. I don followed it. The friends of the national schools towed a deep debt of gratitude %) his Royal Highness for inntsbeinagn aid -raw , loos support. The presente of his Royal Highness would !event him (the Bishop of hoiden)) front saying what it would otherwise I be his duty to state. He should content hi.:iself. therefore, with a silent appeal to their henna and memories, and merely propose the " health of the Royal Chairman." (Cheers.) The toast was received with general and long-continued ap plaits% The Duke of lonic begged to assure the company that he at. tended at no meeting with more pleasure than at the anniversary dinner of the National Schools. He was convinced that no good could be conferred upon man equal to that of a moral and religious education. (Cheers.) By instilling the principles of piety and mo rality at an early age, a foundation was laid for rendering the scholars, in the future stages of their 'life, valuable members of society and good subjects. (Cheers.) fie should always be ready to afford the Institution whatever benefit he could confer upon it, as he felt that in so doing he was we only doing good to society at large, but to the individuals who enjoyed the advantage of the ex cellent education given in the national schools. He considered the Church as an essential part of the Constitution, and he could not therefore withhold his approbation of a system which early in structed the young mind nn the importance of the connexion sub sisting between the Church and the State. AVithout sound reli gious ,principles, education itself became a doubtful good ; with them it was tut unquestionable benefit. Regarding the subject in this view, he had given his support to the national system of edu cation, by which the infant poor were trained up in principles of idety, virtue, and subordination, and he should not withdraw his patronage while the system continued to produce such beneficial results as they had, he understood, all with seed that day. (Cheers.) Glee -" flail, Star of Brunswick." The next toast was, " The other branches of the Royal Family," which was drunk with the usual honours ' and an appropriate glee. " The Navy and Army" followed. Air—" Rule Britannia." The health of the Lord Bishop of London was then given. The Bishop of Loanos, in returning thanks, expressed the high satisfaction he felt at the examination of the scholars that had taken place that morning. Ile perfecly concurred with the illus trious Chairman, that education was good only as it was founded on religion. No work could be more truly charitable or beneficial than that in which they were engaged ; tor it nut only held forth temporal advantages to its recipients, but placed within their reach the means of that salvation which they were assured, on the highest authority, was reserved tit those who practised righteousness, and walked in the path of truth and holiness. (Cheers.) " The City of London National Schools" was the next toast ; after which the Eleventh Report of the Committee was laid on the table, from which it appeared that the necessity of the Institution had fallen abort of its expenses during the last year about 254.1 L, anti tint there was a total debt of UPI. due by the Institution. " The Corporation of the City of London" was then given. Itily-Czan DI V 8 S. H cxTxa, as the senior Alderman present, re turned thanks. He 'Congratulated his fellow-citizens on the honour conferred upon them, by the condescending attendance of the trious Chairman ; and he sutured him, that they would always hail with delight every oppurtunity of manifesting the profound respect in which they held the family of Brunswick, of welch his Royal Highness was so distinguished a member. (Cheers.) • The Patroness and Committee of bodies." 31r. Alderman Bimini:a returned thanks for Ids Lady, who felt ; the warmest interest on the success of those truly Christian and ex cellent schools. • The Vice-Presidents" having been given, Mr. Alderman 13111 C it returned thanks in an impress;ve address, , in which lie expatiated on the importance of uniting knowledgear.d religion, without which, lie said, the former would be power with- uut principle. (Cheers.) " The Health of tine Committee" having been drank, The Archdeacon of Cozen ESTE a expressed the obligation he, felt for the honour conferred upon him and his colleagues. They were engaged in an office above all others important and intercat ing: they were rendering the next grneration of the poor worthy men, good subjee:s, and, he trusted, inheritors of the kingdom of', I heaven. The health% of the Treasurer, Oliver Hatch, Esq., and of the Chaplain and Secretary, the Rev. Robert Hesketh, were afterwards given, and appropriate returns made by the gentlemen named. Mr. HATCH announced, towards the close of the evening, that 131)01. had been collected in the room, by which the funds of the Charity would be fully invigorated for their future proceedings. The h Audi of the Sheri& of London was given in the course of the evening. Sir PETER Lat:atz, in returning thanks, took occasion to ad vert to the success attending the religious education which his countrymen (the Scotch) received. It was too co 11111 l only supposed that they succeeded because they were educated, but it was because they were religiously educated that they made such progress in life. At eleven o'clock his Royal Highness and the Bishop of London withdrew amidst the general applause of the room, and on leaving the Tavern his Royal Highness was greeted with loud cheers by the populace assembled at the doors of the house. Letters have been rt cently received from Bermuda, which give a satisfactory account of the conduct of the convicts that have lately been sent thcie from this country. They work daily in the dock-yard, and at the break-water, which it being cinatitrueted there at present. FIELD SPORTS FOR MAT. We copy the following article from the very attractive Number of the Annals. of Spirting, which will be published this morning:— If we except the pursuit of the otter, Field Sports may be said . 1 le have closed for the season ; for, although Angling and Rook- 1 !Mooting arc both carried on in the open air, thee do not strictly : , come under the denomination of Field-Sports: and killing a May-, fox, formerly practised, her foe some time put been abandoned by , , general consent. from a perfect conviction, no doubt, of the injure_ , oats it ndeney of destroying bitch-foxes in a state of gestation. 1 I Those sportsmen, however ' who ate not disposed to watch the float, to spin a minnow, or throw the fly, may find smusement the greater part of this month in Hook-Shooting. Young rooks , will be found most likely in abundance, and, front the early spring, , , will present themselves rather sooner than usual. Rooks are among the first of the feathered tribes to feel the annual re- es of desire; and though they generally build their riestratut of the reach j of schoolboy depredation, yet their breeding is affected by the we*. ther. Very high winds are what rooks bees most to dread their nests, it will be recollected, are always placed on the tops of the highest trees, and that too at a period when the leaves have not shot forth, consequently they are exposed as much as isossible to the I boisterous element, and the habitation so laboriously prepared for their young is often blown from its place. if such an untoward circumstance happen during the period of incubation, the old birds very rarely, if ever, attempt to re-establish their aerial edifice, at ' tort ter that season ; but if the nest be blown over before the fe male has deposited her eggs, the damage is immediately repaired' with the most unwearied perseverance and industry ; cot is it a I little extraordinary that the female should thus be able to proms doste the period of laying. Vet, notwithstanding the elevated and exposed situation of the rook's nest, the eggs and the young are less affected by wet weather than might be expected. Ily way of illus.: tration, we have to remark, that a carrion crow built its nest near the residence of the writer, in a very exposed situation ; in the nest the female bird deposited four eggs, and thous h during the period of incubation more than an ordusary portion of rain fill, yet four t ming once were produced. As far as relates to the table, young reeks are, in the estimation of many persons, equal to pigeons • but this point we will leave to the decision of epicures, as, in the opiqipti of the sportsman, the plmsures of the table sink into nothinignesa when compared with the delights of the field Hut when we consider rook.shooting as a diversion, we can only regard it as a sort of pastime, when higher treats are out of the question. In regard to the breeding of partridge., it may be observed, that. from the reasons already given (the ens of the winter and the early spring) the birds pried /ether ' than usual ; and of opea course, supposing the weather to continua nue , _abundance of young partridges may be expected in the beginsisg of June. Young pheasant, seldom appear so early la young partridges, and as these birds generally choose situations better defended from the weather than those in which partridges' nests are found, so they are less liable to sustain injury from throe atmospheric influences frequently so detrimental to the hopes of the sportsman. The season has no doubt been favouralsla,to the propagation of Hans. On the rah ot February the writer was coursing on some marshy land in Cheshire, in company with several others, when three hems were killed,one of which waste fez advanced in a state of gestation, that the young (two in number) were perfectly formed, and were killed no doubt by the bite of the dogs when the hare was caught. On the 13th of March, in training a couple of young pointers, we found two very small leverets under some bunches of faded grass. Though the spring has been early, yet Woodcocks appear to have lingered as bete as usual in their return to the north or other regions,* u in the covers t bout Crosby H all, on the sea-coast, near Liverpool, several of these birds were seen at the end of the month of March. The gulls, and all those sea-birds which build among the rocks on the boldn parts of our coast, and the shooting of which forms a sort of aquatic amusement in the months of July and August, are, for the most part closely occupied in the progress of incuba tion ; and although the art of sitting upon the eggs would appear a very sedate business, yet their eyries, or nestling habitations, pre sent a very busy scene, as the males are constantly approaching for the purpose of feeding their sitting mates. Millions of these birds are heard screaming with discordant nous foe months together, and the noise and seeming confusion ars very great in the early part of spring, when battles arise for the possession of particular Etna dons : when the colony becomes completely settled, that vociferous contention which at fiat prevailed seems altogether to subside, though much screaming still continues; during the period of feed ing the young, however, the noise is much greater than at any other time. The gull is a voracious and a very bold creature, and the quantity which a single bird will devour is truly astonishing. At this season it behoves Gamekee pers to be on the watch foe the glead, or kite, the buzzard, and indeed foe all kinds of hawks ; the hubby, in some parts of England (chiefly the north), may be observed darting like lightning semis the fields, endeavouring; at the same time to hide himself from observation by flying only a few yards from the ground. Owls, too. are very detrimental to young Name, the brown or wood owl in particular, the nests of which should be asretally sought, and, together with the old ones, utterly de. oweyed. The sparrow-hawk and the kestril, common enough all over this country, deposit their eggs in the old nest of a magpie or a crow (in the absence of rocks or old ruins), underneath which will be found, the same distinguishing indications as mark the pestling retreat of the buzzard. The bustard seldom lays more thsn two eggs, and it often happens that on. young bird only is producel. The kestril, the sparrow-hawk, and the hobby, lay from four to six eggs, but the young seldom amount to more than four in number. Ravens are likewise very injurious to genie but ate chief! met ' 'diktat th elelOOT. awl in steantainerae soolliaaa 4110, build princ ipally on the ledges of the NON their auto are mow times seen ;laced upon the butt of a lame tree, where the hewer branches shoot finis it. The carrion crow. scarcely half the sins of the raven, Is, ac cording to its strength, equally predacious, as It is a great destroyer of the eggs as well as of the young of game of all kinds. The rook is not without suspicion ; this bird will destroy the eggs of the par tridge or pheasant, or indeed the eggs ef any other bird which falls in its way, but there is perhaps no reason to suppose that it will strike the young. The magpie is extremely mischievous, and ought on no account to be spared. Of the butcher-bird, of which such terrific accounts have been given, the writer knows nothing from actual observation ; though, if we are to believe those who have written on the subject, it feeds on small birds, which it seizes by the throat and strangles in an instant. Asa caution against poachers, it may be mentioned, that wild ducks, though in general the shyest birds in nature, are easily ap proachable at this season. These birds are generally found in con. siderable numbers Mitring the winter, in the marshes or upon some extensive sheet of water. and take wing oo the most distant alarm ; they can then only be taken by means of decoys or snares, or shot during their flight morning and everting. But the ease is different in the spring; at this period they pair, many of them quit the large marshes and waters and betake themselves to such pits as are fring ed with sedges or sheltered with trees, or both, for the purpose of forming their nests ; they attach themselves to such places for se veral weeks before the duck deposits her eggs, and during this time of courtship are very inattentive to their own safety; they will allow themselves to be very nearly approached before they rise ; and even when on the wing, instead of making off, they will sail once or twice round within gunshot, and of course are easily brought down. No sportsman would think of shooting them at this sauton, but poachers hesitate at nothing when an opportunity offers, and therefore cannot be too much guarded against. A ant.' N Is the angler's delight, affording abundance uf sport. Bottom and fly tackle ; natural and artificial flies ; various sorts of worms, cads, and gentles, are now in requisition; for if the weather be genial, all the various species of fresh water fish will move and feed (rack and pike excepted) in rivers and running waters. Barbel, carp, chub, perch, roach, eels, trout, and grayling, take a bait freely, morning, noon, or night. Trout, at the latter end of this month, are in good conditiea, and after they have fed a week or two on the May-fly, they are eten indeed choicely well-fiavouted, fat, firm, and juicy, and well worth the acceptance of a friend, and all the skill and exertion of the angler to take them. Many gudgclant still remain full of spawn during May, and for the tabk are nearly equal to smelts, if they are large, quite fresh. and well cooked. Eels and flounders also continue to repay the trouble and perseverance of the experienced bottom fisherman. Towards the end of May, the small and beautifully-spotted little fish called skeggers by the Thames and Lea anglers, will rise at a fly as the weather and water become warm • they will also take a red worm freely, but this is not yet allowed ; owed river Thames, the fence months not ceasing till May exploits. This delicate flab is brcoming very scarce in the Thames; and is nearly extinct in the river Les, where, some years since the writer was accustomed t t kill many dozens daily for a few weeks in May and June, with a paternoster-line, especially in the Pool and about the mills at Bromley. In ponds, carp and tench are now found among the fresh growing weeds, rushes , and sedges, and will seldom refuse a clean, well-chosen b ait, if offered neabd skilfully. Night-lines for eels may now be laid in ponds , pool ' s,docks, macs, broads, &c. with every chance of success. LAW INTICtLWENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AralL XL Here the Solicitor stated Mr. Ilickersteth was in Court ; but The LORD CHANCELLOR called on Mr. Hart to continue. Mr. HART said, as the opposite Counsel was not allowed to he would also be silent, and would leave the mattes to be ended by the affidavits of the parties. The affidavits were then handed to hie Lordship. MARSHALL AND HOLLOWAY. Mr. HART asked for leave to refer to the Muter if it would Ret be of advantage and benefit to the infant's estate to have linens/Hi appointed to the trusteeship of the estste, he receiving composed= far his time and trouble. A principal part of the property was situated in Pall-mall, and the Opna-house was a portion of it. The umateehip sought for wu not the management of the internal re plied's and economy of the theatre—it wee merely for the purpose of collecting the rents, and taking care of the landlunl's pro late Loans ('HANCELLOR Was well acquainted with the delicacy and difficulty of such a mr nagement. lie did not know how he was to dispose of this applicants.. Mr. HART said, when he stated to his Lordship the facts of the ease, he trusted he would assent to the application. Mr. Crofts was the confidential agent of Mr. Holloway, owner and proprietor of the Open-house. The trustees appointed by his will to the pro perty were Sergeants Marshall, Lawn, and Mr. Holloway. Ser geant Marshall was dead, and Mr. Holloway did nut accept the trust, ea be Gould notarised to devote his due and attention to the matter without compensation. This he could ace receive if his • meet were not beneficial to the estate. Ittr , for t h e minors, had no olgoction whatever to the leference. The LORD CHANCELLOR said this was a delicate matter. It was wet clear to him how he WWI to act. When a man accepted a vehostery trust, be could not resign it at once, neither could he be allowed compensation unless he were beoeticial as a trustee to the estate. Trustees were empowered to appoint others, and pay them sat of the estate, but they could net pay themselves. Mr. StionEx said, be was ready to admit that Mr. Crofts net es ageglthe ancation of trustee. .ORD CHANCELLOR said, *trustee was bound to repudiate the trust reposed in him by a deed regularly registered. Let Mr. Crofts divest himself of the trust in a regular formal manner ; he will then be as indifferent to the estate as any other individual in London. He wi►l then be competent to go before the Master, be Prlnand appointed. t d men NY said, he could not refrain from commenting upon seine made for a private box at the Opera. Mr. HART admitted the sum was excessive; it amounted to 5781. The ',nap CIIANCELLOI---YO4l are in the wrong box there, Mr. Hart. Mr. RAITHRY—Me is, my Lord; for he has given an opinion against the trustees. Mr. Haar —I ma, be in the wrong box so far, but I do not wish to be boxed about in this manner. The fart waa, Mr. Sergeant Marshall was in the hahit of frequenting a particular box, and he procured a free ticket. The LORD Cuaxcitu.oa--What business had a Sergeant in such a place ? Mr. HART was ready to admit that Learned Sergeants were like other persons; they were sometimes found In places where they bad no right to be. The Learned Sergeant might have gone each night for half a guinea, and he was charged 5781. This charge was excessive; it was a great hardship. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion it was too much ; he would look into all the papers to-morrow. The Court adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aram 30. MOON V. LEE. The defendant had put in a plea of abatement for non-joinder of proper parties, and it was objected to this plea that there was not a sufficient description in it of the party who ought to have been joined in the suit, the name alone being inserted; and it was contended that the additions of rank and residence were also neces sary. A number of precedents were cited by Mr. Put I.l.lwoat for the plaintiff, to show the validity of his objections. Mr. liwtortw, for the defendant, adduced a case from the Seven Term Reports, where in a similar plea the name alone had been inserted, and, on argument, the additions were held to be unneces 4ar'Phe Vick-Cuss(' ri.Lott was of opinion, that if it could be shown that, by the modern practice in the Courts of Law, such additions were not considered as essential, it could not be expected that this Court should adopt a more strict course in its pleading*. But still, if the plaintiff was desirous of having the matter argued by Gentlemen fully acquainted with the modern practice of the Courts of ( '. amnion Law, he had no objection to allow the case to stand over for it. Mr. PIIILLIMORT said that he would take advantage of the delay which his Murmur offered, and would consult his cheat. The matter accordingly stood over. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Faber, Aran. M. • It is Pernewhat doubtful whether woodeodts direct their count northwards or otherwise when they leave this country, as they are met with in the hot lat . les to the south, as well as the frigid regions of the north. Where there is abundance of insects, wood cocks and snipes are generally to be found. fillings at Iffestotiorter, before the LOUD CHIEF Jurrici: mad Special ✓rrk:. DOWLING V. HICHI. Scorch ANTIQUARIEs. — The Society of Scottish Anti quaries lately heard two very interesting original historical documents read by Mr. Macdonald. One was an order signed " Bundy," for the disbursement of 401. for per fuming (or embalming) the body of Henry Darnley ; the other was an order for providing suitable mourning for the Queen, and was signed by her own fair hand. Copies of these very curious documents were left with the Society. In our account yesterday of the illuminations in ho nour of the King's birth-day, we were compelled to omit a notice of the loyal manifestations of many of his Ma jesty's tradesmen; and amongst them, Mr. Shackelton's, tallow-chandler, opposite Great Marlborough-street, a splendid Crown of variegated lamps, and the letters G.R. ; Mr. Klos, Great Marlborough-street, a brilliant Crown and G.R. ; Mr. Brecknell, Ilaymarket, a beautiful Star; Mr. Alderson, Marlborough-street, G.R., with festoons ; Messrs. Barclay, Leicester-square, a variegated Crown and G.R. There are f ace hundred and ninety-eight newspapers publiahed in the United *atm This was an action frra;;;;licioUS pros e cution. The pleadings were opened by Mr. Annan A]l. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL stated the casc.—The defendant 1 in this case, Mr. Hicks, was connected with, and indeed, part pro prietor of the Times newspaper. The plaintiff' was a gentleman very respectably connect ed , and of considerable talent; he had long managed the °ornerier newspaper, and with a degree of activity, intelligence, and ability, which had largely contributed to the extensive circulation of that Journal. It happened, and probably from these very qualifications for which the plaintiff was distinguished that he incurred the displessure of the proprietors of I the Times. t was well known, be made no doubt, to the Jury,' that the journal to which he was alluding had long prided itself 'upon exclusive and rapidly communicated intelligence, and the plaintiff' by peculiar and surprising exertions not seldom anticipated the intelligence of the Times. Upon one occasion in particular, when intelligence of a most important nature reached Calais, the plaintiff was these, and in order to supply the Observer with that intelligence, he ironed the Channel In an open boat, arrived in town We before the Times could receive any intelligence, and thus anticipated the publication by his intrepid and anxious exer tion. Thus frustrated, and frequently disappointed in the same way, it eau perhaps not unnatural foe the proprietary of the Trims,' sod the defendant anion; the number, to entertain some persona animosity to Mr. Dowling. It was, however, difficult. he acknowledged, to admit that oat of that hostility the proaeoution had sprung. which was the stabj.ct ut the patent action. Upon the death of a gendentin, lone known In die World of • . and universally respected, even bas shoes whose 'rottenest§ • from him to political quest i ons—ltsalluded to the late Mr. Pawls the Morning Chroalek newspaper was purchased by Mr. MI SERE AND WARD. , probab tint, and the services of Mr. Dowling wen retained fur Mat wa r e. Mr. Damara conclud e d hi s argument i n su pp or t o f the Mae. The proprietors of the Ti me s annoyed at finding that the riage. The Learned Genil eman a sk e d w hy t hi s ease s h ou ld be : ChrosetcleJtad tidies into the hands a ly so public spirited a gentle sent to a new trial—when this litigation was to stop? It had been' man aa Mr. Clement, seemed determined to nut in ex.eutino a already i decided by • Jury, and the Lord Chid Justice before ' Scheme which had for its object the injury, indeed the • whom t test tried was satisfied with the decision. There was no .of Mt. Dowling's clientele , . It happened last summer tested charge of misconduct or misdirec t ion : th e Jury hod perromied two honourable and learned friends of his Mr. Brougham their province —the Judge h a d performed hie: whence then the' Mr. D e nm a n, at t h e c l ose o f t h e i r sess i ona l and circuit hiatus, de•l Scodand. This plan they pru on an °cess i on sonic .. into execution. The reti reme nt o f t h e ilighlauds--the tuatanW r h ec is e il i n t t f h " ip a of ne an w t ar ria gu " men li t e u vi secl oul b d y ta b k im e reminding 1 t , the liberty of ruined on a visit wceeded to ea thing similar to the present, when an appeal was made to him, I aceoerf of " the land of the mountain and the flood," were not ands new trial looked fur. Hie hoed.hip6° said, though he was the scenes which the picturesque eyes of his Lairn-il Friar& as.. actscinua the proceedings were erroneous, and evidence was sup-' levied. On their arrival at Edinburgh, a deputation flan the eke pressed and rof Glasgow deter m i n ed to ma k e prise c l t h e e l oquence o f hi s two ejected which ought to he ;aniline:l. y et wi t from hi ' !friend. An invitati on to dinner was given with grace: and received.; knowledge of the fact s , h e was certa i n t h e Ju r y wou ld c ome to the , same decision, he did not feel himself justified in allowing a new I be made no doubt, with grat i tu d e; an d to Ul legow t h ey acardingly trial, and harassing the parties w ith additional expenses. This repaired. Th e di nner was announce d. I t was eipecte d t h at the per: was the argument of his Lordship, and he trusted he would ne t knew of Lu:ope would receive ample discussion alter dinner. and the upon it in the present instance. Chronicle p r op r i etor , M r . Cl ement , d etenn i ne d upon a fu l l repor t The LORD C HANCELLOR , upon inspecting some papers, asked I MM. proceedings. For that purpose, the plaintiff; Mr. Dowling, 1 for the deed of mortgage made in the year 1761. He looked upon , acconipsnied by Mr. Power anti Mr. Keene—gendemen most enn ' this as a Moat material document : with regard to the other settle. I sent iii their "doom , profession --set off fer Munro*. In order id wper men said to be made in the year 1746, the parties coneerned in it were prepare for the Ch ron i c l e a report worthy of the occasion. Ou of the highest respectability as to their situation in life. The I Editor of the Glasgo w J oarna l, t h at no ot h er Loodon nespa their arrival at tilaaNOW they illicertaimd irten Mr. Dos l a d the mortgage was assigned over to persons of this description, so that all objections made to it went for nothing. lie would hear the re- ! had despatched reporters to Glasgow. They were not displeand at ply of the Solicitor-General on Tuesday, and no time would be this intelligence. Competition . ounld have been dif f i cult fa wee lost by the postponement , as i t would give him an opportunity of , .London newspaper, under the circumstances; but fur protiadal mg looking diligently into all the papers. eked to dinner. After dinner 31r. Brougham's health way I ermine, when contrated with the labours of these gentleatm 4 i BROWN AND DE TASTET. i was most ludicrous to think of it. These gentlemen, then were it llunoumble and Learned Friend rose to return thanks : bla The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to a report . made by Mas. lasted fur more than an hour. It is unnecessary to say tbst e ln i tta ter Steele, on the ground of irremilarity. He had rejected evidence • carte proposed : it was received with three Some three. Hit j the obvious production of an exalted mind, clothed with the pewees of • meet important nature. The rejection was such as to render it 'of eloquence. The polities of Europe—of the Colonies, of Engl.nd impossible that justice could be done. The face, his Lordship 'and of Sou ill Maria, were all discussed in the Eery able enseels-i knew, were--lk Taster managed the affairs of the late Mr. Men gel, and he made profit of the mane:rem:mu The question was, whether he was entitled to those profits ? It was referrel to the Master, who awarded • stun of 30,0001. or 60,0001 to Mr. Brown, I M. BROltolt•st--01 1 . no , no ! . the representative of Mr. Illangel. Exceptions were taken to the . The ATToRNEY-UENERAL..—His Learned Friend distendreport, and the Vice-Chancellor struck oil 16,0001. An appeal was he could assure th e J ur y t h at h e was stat i ng not hi ng eon chess Oh then made to hit Lordship, and lie ordered the Master to review i simple tact. There well scarcely a • subject of intellak is dea his repon , see address. himself. The health of hi s. Hon. and reign line especially, to which his Hon. and Loused Oil It was contended a the other side that the report was perfectly correct. The Master had been not less than two years preparing it. Mr. Denman, was then proposed, and he followed, but 1* wen repoted The Loan Citawciert.on said, the case was a long time peed. his eloquence and his warmth to dome s tic grievance,. Mesas" lag. Mg. Deis had been caused by others; he wondered that he was was long, but its talent was equal to its extent, and hods opoodile mat fin it. Those who were so food of attaching blame r with • degree of fidelity and t a lent, w hich MO M A W should themselves be cautious how they were instrumental In Inferior to the abilities of his L ear n e d F r i en d s themakenta !! dm maim it. He would hear the matter on Tuesday next, conclusion of the dinner, Messrs. Dowling, Power, and aseste. IN THE CASE or SMITH, soLiCITOR. prepared forthwith to return to London ; and for th i t a st r a i thoy t ' It will be recollected that the abo-e-mentioned gentleman was Proceeded to the omit coach-office at Glasgow. Then weed I knelt off the roll of Attorneys, by the Court of King's Bench, for I infornied that the mail did not run direc to k an alleged perjury. He had subsequently applied to Chancery, to i changed et Carbide, and unless they set off immediately to Chelkid. be placed on the Chancery roll. I they might be disappointed apiece*. They determined, thendotni The Solicitor of the applicant informed his Lordship that 3lr. I , at once upon proceeding to Carlisle ; but, before they snout, / Bickenteth, who was to address his Lordship, was not in Court ; ! Dowling called—and this was most important -la the office of h. , a he was busy in the Exchequer. , Glasgow Journal, and request...ll of Mr. Douglas to fbrward to hint The Loan CHANCELLOR said he would not wait for Counsel. It t Carlisle, two papers, cont a i n i ng t h e account o f t h e di nne k Th ey . was the business of the Solicitors to have Counsel prepared and in • then started for Carlisle, where they arrived late, and awned pla ce s readiness to attend him. He would therefore call on Counsel to pre. for London '1 hey temaiiied up ail ni g h t , to comp l ete t h eir a ceed with the case. 1 when the mail arrived. Mr. Dowling, upon the a r r i va l of t h e i count of the peuceeding s a t th e dinner, and they were still writing Mr. HART said he did not wish to avail himself of this permis i brown paper, and carried them with him to the office, *ben be es aka, as the opposite Counsel was abs e nt. There was one circuin.: i mail, collected together his papaw, w , a pp e d t h em i n a piss o I peeled to receive the two pap ers which he had previously ardent] Nance in the ease to which he trusted his Lord s hip wo u ld l o ok with that lenity which always marked his c ond u ct—he m ean t th e in . Glasgow. lie did receive the p arce l conta i hing t h em . li e t h es firma of guilt attempted to be deduced from the offer made by the applicant. This offer was merely owing to his pity for a widos, . returned into the toom—found Ins friends—trammed then forms wise was a prisoner at the time. hours, until the mail set out for London, and into the mail they The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the circumstance alluded to be i then got, and proceeded with all possible expedition to the the Learned Gentleman NU not much attended to by him. le' Morning Chronicle office. (in the fitilowing day the report, se ley I An account of the same di nner a p peare d i n t h e H erald Newspaper. knew it to be the ease with many honest and estimable men, to I Curate and able as it was, appeared iu the columns of the Chssuskila. however, but it wa s c o pi e d f rom t h e Gl asgow . Journal, and it wa s 03.10 slake offers to get rid of charges brought against them, though wenarnacious of their being uofoundeo. There were, 1 other santars in the papers submitted to hint, which required the I and imperfect, while the other was full of the eloquence of whi6 IF mat 11111611111 consideration. intended to be expressive. Nothi n gt occurred further for three Merlin. a...—._ ing four days. Mr. . ...ding proceeded to Birmingham to attend . musical festival, and be had been there for three or four hones, When he was arrested by ttuthven, an officer of Bow.street. naturally inquired at whose suit : he was told at the silt of . Hicks. He was told the nature of the charge against him—that *as seamed of having stolen a parcel from the coaeh.elffee, on ealaioj a report of the proceedings at Glasgow. He replied that was absolute nonsense; that in place of having any motive to sup press the report, the Chronicle was interested in its publication, shim the report in that paper woula, by contrast, appear even more advantageous than at present. However, it was it:phased to I that the clerk of the coach.office had sworn to ham delivered parcel in question to him in the coach-office, dimeled as it was _ the Editot of the Times. Ile asked if it was likely the clerk could have given him that which was intended tur another, if any charge WWI made fir its delivery ? No (it was saidh it was given without any stoney. He naturally remonstrated upon the apparent stator. silty of such an accusation • but he was detained in custody, and brought a prisoner to Carlisle. Of the conduct of the officer there was no complaint; on the contrary, he had conducted himself with extreme civility. At Carlisle he was taken before the Magistrates ' the charge was investigated ; lie was held to bail before the Blues mites. A bill coottuniug twelve counts was then presented to - Grand Jury; they investigated the charge, and considering it : surd and frivolous, they threw out the bill. It was inTortant suite that the depositions were prepa re d i n L on d on . lo point o. law the parcel was valued at 2d. He admitted its advendtioue value to be considerable. The plaintiff then returned to town. He appeared therefore before the Jury to. Jay in order to meet that saiadalims and rah innioits accusation_su s t e w that ft had metro slightest foundation, but that it originated in mere malice—of tt which, if the Jury wanted an additional proof, he bad to mention this circumstance. Mr. Dowling was a tied man, the father of seven children; his wile was far gone pregnancy ; and appreheavive of the consequences of his arrest, such a charge coming to her ears, he asked that the examination before the Magistrates should be private; but to this application the defendant refused to assent. The object was the ruin of his charm. ter; and though in that attempt the proprietors of the Timer - dimppointed ; yet, by the publication of the proceedings before Magistrates, his wife's life was endangered: so agitated did become on reading that account, that a premature delivery follow. ed, and she was still he from restored to her original health. He appealed to Mr. Hicks; he told him that they had dined together under his father's roof; that he could not suppose be meant to fly from such a charge. All, however, was entailing; he persisted in following up the charge with all imaginable rigour. They -- already acquainted with the result, and the only question now 5. as to damages. Mr. Dowling did not appear there to chin: 'Milk. tive damages; but he (the Attorney-omm]; thought the Jury would, by a proper verdict, teach the defendant that the character of an honourable man was Dot to be traduced, and his peace of mind disturbed, and his family agitated, by so false and scandalous an accusation ; that if such conduct, malicious and eniel as it was, found a man in a respectable station of life who could condescend to adopt it, it would find an adequate reprobation in the verdict u. an honest Jury. Wan. Hodgson, Clerk of the Peace for the comity of Cumber.. land, was the first witness called, and examined by the ATTO r suer-GENCItAI..—Do you produce any affidavit made by Hicks ? I do not. I produce the deposition of Mr Wicks; __ signed in the handwriting of Mr. Roland Fawcett, an Mies true for the county of Cumberland. I haws no warrant from 21r. Hodson. I have the bill of indictment ; the return of the Grand Jury on it is "No bill." Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT.—I have in my possession another bill pref erred by Mr. Dowling; I know nothing as to they that bill was preferred hest, in point of time; I believe the , now produced was prekrred about 12 o'clock; they are not matted by me (the bills), but by the crier of the Court. I was present when Mr. Dowling was taken into custody; the witnesses - then produced and again examined. I believe Mr. Henson was Attorney for the prosecution ; Mr. Mooney was Mr. Dowling's Attorney ; he is the son of • most respectable Solkhor of Cumber land. I remember Mr. Dowling's application; there were two three Magistrates present ; there was a consultatiou held es to propriety of yielding to Mr. Dowling 's application; it was as , whether a private examination should be granted or not; it was his wish that it should be private, but the Magistrates *ought proper not to grant the request. Mr. Dowling expressed the diffienhy his situation as to procuring bail. Mr. Henson premed for ' commitment. I suggested that Mr. Saul should become his upon Mr. Dowling's stating be knew no person at Carlisle. h. Saul inquired what would be the sum, and he was told 211; t and Mr. Henson expressed (I think) his concurrence to Mr. Sail's Wing accepted as bai Be-examined b y the SOLICITOR.° knoi•Vir no other application for a private culmination. Mr. Dowling abliliett to Mr. Hicks, and appealed to him if he had not most imionseedy known him, and dined at his father's table. The depositions wee not prepared, I believe, at Carlisle. I have got the recogniesoce answer the bill. By Mr. ScsitLETT.—it'e a very uncommon thing. in my expo. rience, to take prepared depositions before a Magistrate. By the CHIEC Jt•STICE.--1 am very glad to hear you say • Mr. Hicks and Mr. Henson were present when the application • a private hearing was made. lan quite certain ML Henson • not express his consent to it ; I think hr opposed it. Wm. Hodson, cross-examined by Mr. ARRBIIB3I.---13 nephew to the last witness. Were you present when the deposition made by Mr. Hicks ? The CHIEF JUSTICE—The deposition made is rather an ambi -1 punts phrase. I Examination resumed..--I was present when Mr. Hicks went ; fore the 21agistrate ; the defend7nt Hicks was snore to his de vision ; it was produced ready drawn ; I think it was produc.-d Mr. Mounsey. There was another deposition produced rr. drawn of 31'Adam, another of John Murray, and a third George Thompson. Cross-examined by Mr. Scsnt.srr —They Sere produced by Mr. Henson or Mr. Mounsey. I either read the depositi the witnesses, or they were asked if they had read them. 1 .. not the least doubt but the Magistrates knew what the witnesses were swearing to before they administered the oath. I hat doubt but they satisfied themselves on that point before granted a warrant. I was present next day, which wa s a din fore the sessions . I recollect when the examination RSA ROW through, in my uncle's presence. The witnesses were then examined by the depositions, rho turf, and my uncle made some mime what pawed. I recollect no application made to Mr. Hicks by Mr. Dowling, as to the time of preferring the bill next This took place at Peorith, It mike from Carlisle. Mr. Dowliac and Mr. Soul came to my office about eleven or twelve o'clock an indictment. They did not scats to me what the indictment for; they hardly knew what it was for. Tiny did not tell more, than that they wished to haves erer.bill, In order that 1 DuivErg might have an opportuLity of seating his eau before 4 t 1 i = - ~ • ; PINY, . Cod Plirsti . . Mt dos r , _ 1' • etitle- tino a ' I • r a I f 1 1 1 + a re, do; s : an z rre not ,d 5..... 1 . be chf , .ie two .• ; wivcdo I .' Jingly' . • i he pa: Ind the 'er r( , who r l, a mu- rder tet I. Ou if, the 6 , ‘ 'paper and at I; kW est del esa nen, it i . we ia.., wiw of :Ha 1 .1 it was i poll-. . ;i noised neithi-: wand # I the Sea ad did Fi lindted land,l e ! .); !span& perdue we only At the Keene, oe the , / ti ware .that it :1171t11/0., erefonsi it, Mr. of the 5 to hitu Pt. They !tar sc- ything IP Of the i tie n tot 1 t hdi ex. heed at Hie than i for two Id deg 1 1 to the t tort, as 4 Itoakk. PIP•Pci. I . • w in = throe of : 1 .:!, eland a : boars, W. Ho t of Mr. -that he .. 4 Oe, con. , . . I that it I w sup- lication. en awn `it to hits c .i I A wed the • V It ires to rk eodd r4 l r c.hsrge, 1111 °mann ! bai It Ar- Idy, and ! er there telt with 1 istratas : t Biagio- . td to the tit it ob. • • trtant to . point of endtiotie on. He 1 : 1 '• wet that I notirtt , --of the t . 1 ad only .f I - a Ow, goon in ; ' 4' I rent, on . siinatieet q '' ' t Woo the I chem.. ma Weft I Clore the did the r fallow- li. He together t ' of to fly persisted , . I!, bey Were 0 r DOw wee I 'bulk. he Jury 1 :homier , of mind dous as I it WWI, Ideticend tract .1 U. V, I * Cumber- ITTOft. by Mr. . i Its t it is a ; blagis. 1 f I , ram M r. i la le Grand 1 t. 1 tneratioti I / 1 1 1 If - Ito trot. r the bill t muted I present 1 INN Weft i 1 I woo the lowlineo Purober- I two or ' so so 1 . 1 the ,a 5 as to t was his I t proper I lathy of for bat hie heel. I le. Mr. IN hAb i g r 1 ti • er' AU • too • i ~1 : • Mom* , , - i • One were ! . . Bat to : say expr et ay so. =Won tOr mason did t nephew Ilion was an antlii- wel f be- his depo- duemi by ed ready th in.l vf ... ced either • . oWtion to 1 hare • witnesses hare no fore they day be- W&I goes examined ' flout* of • I ick s than next day. , . . !Meltl clock for ' I • meet was - ;I . t tell Ow that Mr. . • wrote the /. • i, `, . . . i , k i 1 itti '.. Mai