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_ "tre ir • 3 ° 3 ' 4 -.,- • p PARTIES. The Duke of Beaufort entertained • distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Oroscenor-square. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a grand assembly on Thursday evening, at her house in Arlington-street, which was at tended by upwards of NO of the haat tux, among whom were, the Duchesses of Wellington and Richmond ; the Marchionesses of lien old, Advisory, Winchester. Lothian, and Iluntly ; the Countess dClare and Lady ibegibbon ; the Countesses of Essex and Lona dale ; the dlarchioncss of Palmella, Countess Ludolf, Baron cetto, Count :Unlike, La Cesae Leon Rasounioffsky, Lady Elizabeth and Miss Palk, Lady Mary and she two Misses Petre. Lady Caroline and Miss Barham, Lord St. Helen's, Lady Elisa beth Monck, Lady De Clifford, Lady Eleanor Lowther, Lady Caroline Paulet, Lady Deering, Lady Tancred, Lady Aleck, Lady Lambert, Admiral and the two Misses Sotheby, Sir Wit liam Burroughs, Colonel Watley, Colonel Walpole, Colonel and the two Misses Strutt, Dr. and Miss Wellesley, Mr. and Alm. Panther, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Lloyd, Captain Estridge, Mr. and Mrs. Dranshaw, 3lessrs. Odes, faylor, Dim - mond, Rowell, Sebright, Trasdale, Sapte ; Mesdames Hoare, B. King, Russell, &e. The Earl of Mansfield entertained a large party at thinner yester day, at his seat. Caen Wood. In the evening her Ladyship had a concert and petit simper. Lord Berwick hail a grand party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Bryanston-square. Lord Carrington had a dinner party yesterday, at his house, Whitehall. O. (. 7 . Hopkinson, Esq. Regent-street, and C. 11. Cox, Esq. Ormwenor-place, ha. yesterday grand dinner parties. MOVEMENTS. The Earl and Countess of Pembroke and family left town yes terday, for their scat, Wilton House, Wilts. The Earl and Countess Cavan have left town, fur Cheltenham. Lord Cranlcy has left town, for his seat in Surrey. Lord and Lady Nugent have arrived at Stowe, Bucks, from C eir seat, LiHeys. Lady Arde i arrived yesterday at her house in St. James's-place, from Caßretton Rectory. Stoney Stratford. The Hon. Attar and Lady Georgina Ellis left town yesterday, for the Earl of Essex's seat, ('aphiobury Park. Mr. and BIM Dawson left town yesterday, for their seat, St. Leo - uud's Hill, near Windsor. Arrivals at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-strect :—The Earl of Blihown, from Newmarket; Mrs. and Miss Ford Bowes, front Barton Rectory, Bedfordshire. Arrivals at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork streets.—The Rev. Mr. Scott, front Shropshire ; the Rev. Mr. Ser gimn, from Sussex. Departures from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. (late Blake's): —The Earl and Countess of Kenmare and Miss Will num. for Worthing; be Chevalier Pederson, Mrs. and3liss Peder. san, for the Cont:nl t. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel. St. Jarnees-street:—Sir H. Askew rum) a tour; J. Page, Esq. from Holly Hill ; Johnson, Esq. from a tour. Deyarturest--Sir 11. Forte, for Southampton. The Duke of York took an airing in his chariot on Wednesday afternoon through St. dames's-park, where his Royal Highness viewed the building erecting for his fu ture residence, &c. Sir Herbert Taylor, his Royal High nesi's Military Secretary, did not transact military business with the Royal Duke yesterday, on account of Sir Herbert having appointed to hold a levee at his office in the Horse Guards. On Thursday and yesterday the Duke of York rode out on horseha ck. The D• lee anal Duchess of Clarence removed on the th inst. from Ens to Holstein. The Duchess of Gloucester entertained the Princess ugusta and a select party at dinner yesterday, at Glouces r House, Park-lane. The Earl of Westmorland transacted business yesterday at alie Foreign Office. Yesterday the Bishop of London transacted business at the Secretary of State's Office for the Home Department. Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr. Havilanal, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, with despatches from Sir Henry Welles ley, the British Minister at Vienna. Some importance was attached to the despatches, from their being sent off by a special %melt er to Mr. Secretary Canning, at Mr. Planta's house, at Fanlight, near Hastings. Yesterday despatches were received at the Colonial Office, from Quebec. Lady Wellesley, the wife of the English Ambassador at Vienna, and her suite, arrived at Brussels in the evening of the sib July, from London. Sta Wat.rse Score —The first delivery of M. Gasse lin's new edition of Sir Walter Scott's works, in 18mo. has appeared in Paris, and does much credit to the French editor. This delivery contains Tales of my Landlord, Tar e Black Dwarf, and Old Mortality. It is accompanied by a fac-simile of the following letter of Sir Walter Scott to the translator, denying that he is the author. T 0 Y. DiFAUCONPNET. LONDON. Sri—l am favoured with your letter, which proceeds on the erroneous supposition that I am the author of Waverley and the other Novels and Tales which you have translated into French. But as this proceeds on a mistake, though a very general one, I have no title whatsoever either to become a party to any arrange ment in which that author or his works may be concerned. or to accept the very handsome compliment which you design for him. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Edinburgh, April 1S,182(1. WALTER SCOTT. ITALIAN AND SCANISII lIRTUGREIL—.-WC are happy to find that the destitute condition of these unfortunate re fugees is not forgotten, and that a fancy ball is to be given for their benefit, on Thursday mitt, at Vauxhall Gardens. The cause fur which they became expatriated is so much the cause of England, that we have no doubt that the as smnblage will be at once numerous and splendid. The preparations for the fete are on a most extensive and mag nificent scale. _ _ Sadler's Wells has brought Newmarket to London, and will soon bring all London to Islington. The rational amusements of the stage, including a correet representation, founded on the melo.tlraine of Carl, and followed by a romance called The Red Man and the Savage, and the bur letta of The Veterans (both from the pen of T. Dibdin), l i have been nightly honoured with most brilliant and un equivocal tokens of approval. Mrs. Fitzwilliam in Carl, Campbell in Rohm°, Miss Healey in Vespina, almost led us to suppose we were at Covent-garden ; while Ori maldi's fun in the Savage (who narrowly escaped death in Wednesday's terrific combat with Payne), Lancaster, Wyatt, Williams, and indeed all in the succeeding pieces, t dmirably kept up the illusion. The races, which com mence the sports of the evening, have daily attracted tke public: • " As if 'amass of appetite Had grown by what it fed en ;" and as a grand Juvenile Fete is to be given on Wednes di y, and the King's Plate to be run for in honour of the Coronation, with illuminations and brilliant fireworks, ;t tray be easily anticipated that a still further display of pt blie patronage will reward the liberal spirit of the pro p.ietors, in providing so expensively for the town's amuse wt OUNTY OF MONAGHAN ELECTION.-Du Er. CETW CEN CI L. MADDEN AND YR. WESTENRA.—There has been, fen some time, a controversy carried on be twcen the leading gentlemen of the two parties, Orange and Liberal, which t:itide this county; it has originated in the publication of con flicting statements of the circumstances attending the riot which took place in Monaghan at the commencement of the election. 'the result of this controversy has been a end between Mr. Westenra, the newly-elected Member, und Col. Madden. These gentlemen having met in the jury room (they were both on the panel for the county grand jury), an altercation occurred, which produced an imme tiate message. The parties fought on Monday. Mr. Wes tenra was attended by Edward Lucas, Esq. as his second ; end Colonel Madden by Major Irwin. On the first fire, Colonel Madden was grazed in the body by the ball of Mr. Westenra • and Mr. Westenra was himself wounded, but t seriously, in the lower part of the leg. It is much to I e feared the affair will not terminate here.— Bub/im Morn ing Past. John Blagrave, a distinguished mathematician, on leas.-' in.! Oxford, lived chiefly at his mansion in Reading ; and at his death, in 1611, amongst other charities, left the ful !owing one:-101. to be thus annually disposed of; on good Friday, the churchwardens of each of the three pa ishes of Reading to send to the Town-hall " one virtuous maid, who has lived five years with her master ; there in the presence of the Magistrates, the three to throw dice for the 11,1. The losers are returned with a fresh one the year following, and again the third year, till each has had three chances for 101. '. CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE MINING COMPANY. A General Meeting of the Subscribers to this Association took place at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgste-street, on Thursday week, when the tullowingestramainary developement took place:— The Prospectus set forth required a capital of 1,000,0011/. to be raised in 10,000 shares of 11101, each, for the purpose of purchasing and working certain extensive and valuable mines in the above counties ; at.d the advantages to be derived to the subscribers were stated in the usual glowing colours. It turns out that 31r. John Wilks, M.P. purchased the mines of one of the 1/hectors, and sold them to the Company fire 121.000/. %ilia sum he gave for them could not be elicited, Mr. ‘l'ilks having refused to give the information when called upon so to do. It was asked whether any and what agreement wits tirade will the Directors fur the purchase of the mines ?—when the scrip-holders were informed, " None but a Resolution passed at a Meeting of the Directot a. and the parties immediatelyinterested, at a Meeting belt' at the Albion Tavern ;" and the Resolution was produced, skewing the names and the sums set against each. It turns out that leases only were par. chasm for this enormous aunt of money, instead of the free hold, contrary to the Prospectus, Upon the balance sheet being called fir, there appeared a charge of 6,1981. 15s. for the purchase nf I,ooolst-rip-receipts of the Company in the very outset ; and upon the Banker's note being referred to, it appeared, that on the huh of April, 11125 (the day, we believe, on which the scrip-receipts were issued), 31r. Wilke purchased eighty scrip-receipts out of the market : and on the following day, 920 other scrip receipts, to be delivered on the 20th following, at a premium of 1 j per share, not withstanding the deposits upon only 200 scrip-receipts had been paid into the halals of the Bankers at the time, as appears by the Bankers' took. Mr. W., therefore, agreed to purchase what he knew could not be delivered to him on the day of contract, which neces. sadly gave a fictitious value to the shares, and by this means was enabled to issue a great many more scrip-receipts upon the public titan could otherwise have been done; and although the whole were purchased for the 20th of April, they were not acteally paid for till the 30th of that month. A heavy charge was made in the accounts for manag meal ; and upon the question being put, as to whether any of the Directors had received more than one fee a day, it was answered in the affirmative, and was explained, that the Directors had divided themselves into three Committees each day. The ac- counts were rot audited ; and upon the reason being rrskcd, it was answered that they had not qualified, having refused to pay the deposits upon the sham allotted to them. Of the 10,1a10 shares to be issued to the public, only 3.383 were taken, and a deposit of 3/. a share paid, amounting to 26,9131. A further call was then made of 101. a share, which was paid upon 3,399 shares only, making a further sum of 33.9701. for which latter number of shares the deed of settlement has been signed by the parties holding thereof. A third instalment of Al. a share was then called for, arid on the Ist of May last, the day appointed, only 217 shares had been paid upon, and 93 shares have been declared forfeited. The who'e an.ount paid into the hands of' the Bankers, according to the above statement, is 61,970/. out of which 34,000/. had been paid to the vendor of the mines, Mr. Wilke, and the rest otherwise expended. The utmost indigna ion was expressed at the whole of this state tnent. A wish was at first expressed that a Committee should be appointed to examine the accounts thoroughly. One of the Direc tors, however, thought proper to move that a Committee of Share ' holders should be appointed to examine into the affairs of the Company, the object of which was instantly seen through, and an adjournment fur a fortnight wes moved by way of autendment, and carried by a considerable majority. ISLINGTON PARIS!!. On Thursday evening a numerous and respectable Meeting of the inhabitants of the above pariah was held at the church, pur suant to adjournment, to receive the opinion of Counsel on a case relative to the right of electing an afternoon Lecturer for the parish, and to adopt such measures as • to that opinion, with re ference to the resolution of the Vestry on the 3th of March last, u might be deemed advisable. The question whether the parishioners have the right of electing an afternoon Lecturer, when the Vicar has dechund his intention of doing the duty himself, occasioned considerable discussion in the parish. At six o'clock the lie,. Daum. Ant-sow, the Vicar, took the Chair. Mr. WlLKixsow then rose and said, that no less than three Meetings had already been held upon the subject ; and at the Vestry held on the 30th March last, after considerable discussion, it was that if, on a vacancy occurring in the afternoon Lectureship re e V d icar declared his intention to perform the duty himself, and it should appear the right of election war vested in the parishioners, that the Vicar would grant the use of his pulpit to whatever gen tleman they might choose. It was at the sante time agreed to take the opinion or Couusel upon the subject, on a case to be drawn up i by both parties. No further proceedings were taken until the re signation of the Rev. J. Denham, the late Lecturer, and then a case was prepared and laid before Dr. Lushington for his opinion, which he would take the liberty of reading. (Loud cries of " Read the case too," and considerable uproar several persons requesting the cue might he read before the opinion-) Mr. Wilkinson said he would conduct his argument in hia own way. and would not be put down by eamour. He again attempted to read the opinion, but could not obtain a hearing. The CHAIRMAN endeavoured to restore order, bat was inter rupted with cries of " No humbug—no partiality —do your duty." After • warm discussion between the parties, the opinion of Dr. Lushington was allowed to be read, and which was as follows r— . . '' I am of opinion that the parish have no right to elect a Lec turer; such a right can exist only by virtue of immemorial usage, and an unuage most strictly proved, for it is in derogation of both the Common and Ecclesiastical Law. In my judgmentat is wholly unimportant whether the Vicar declare his intention of doing the duty himself or not. The Vicar must do the duty of Vicar, as by law required, and may do as much more as he deems right ; but if he does not, the parish have no right to elect another individual. I think the evidence wholly insufficient to prove the legal existence of a Lectureship, indepenth at of the Vicar. (Signed) "STEPHEN LITSIIINGTON." Mr. WILED:sow concluded by moving the following Resoiu. tion—" That the case and opinion now presented to the Vestry be read, and entered on the minutes, and that no further proceed. ings be taken with reference to the election of an afternoon Lec turer in this Parish." Mr. PERCIVAL seconded the Resclution. Mr. SKELDIXII then rose to propose an amendment. He said the Vicar at the last meeting had protested against their proceed. ings as illegal. Hid he mean to blow hot and cold with the same breath ? RICHTEL—To be sure he does—he is a parson. Mr. 811ELDINO concluded a speech of great length by moving the following amendment : " That the ease be neither read nor received, or the expences of it defrayed out of the parochial fund." Mr. RICHTER, in seconding the amendment, said that the con duct of the Vicar in presiding on the occasion was in violation of every principle of decency. tven in that most venal of all bodies, the late House of Commons, there was no man ro lost to decency as to sit in judgment in his own cause. He meant no offence to the Vicar. (Loud laughter.) Ile was certainly armed by law to de prive them of a privilege, if not of a right, which they had exer cised without interruption for 150 years, and was the first who had endeavoured to exercise that power. Nothing, however. could de prive them of the right of election, and which he hoped they would continue to exercise, although the Vicar might refuse the use of his pulpit to the gentleman elected, and he would leave to the Vicar the honour or odium of opposing the wishes of his parishoners. He implored them not to give up, without a struggle, the privilege which their ancestors had enjoyed for upwards of a century and a half. Mr. ORLI° said that if they supported the original motion their right of election would be for ever lost ; but if they supported the amendment • the right would remain open to them. . . . . 31r. istsoi replied at great length; after which the Chai rman put the amendment, and declared he could not pre, isely state the result, but he thought the anew of hands was in favour of the amendment. A division was then demanded by the friends of the Vicar, and the church doors were closed for two hours. The result was de clared to be as follows: For the amendment . I Against it - 235 Mr. WILKINSON then moved that this Vestry do now adjourn, what 31r. Richter opposed. On a division, the numbers were— Foe the adjournment - 126 I Against it - 35 UNIVERS! TY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE,FRIDAY, JULY 14, Select Preachers to whom the Sunday afternoon turns, at St. Mary'a Church, are assigned for the following months : November—Mr. Le Bas, Trinity College. December—Mr. Adams, Sidney College. January—Professor Musgr.ve, Trinity College. February—Mr. Graham, Christ College. AJarch-111 r. l'arry. St. John's College. April—Mr. Chevallier, Catharine Hall. May—Plofessor Scholefield, Trinity College. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.--COWEB, JULY 13.—A dread ful accident happened yesterday afternoon at live o'clock. Forty. five casks containing gunpowder, told many of them ball cartridges, were removing from Albany Barracks on a truck to Dodnor-hard, for the purpose of being shipped on board the Pitt Ordnance vessel, of and for Portsmouth ; an explosion took place, supposed to have proceeded from one of the horse's shoes striking fire on some loose powder which fell on the ground, owing to the casks not being pro perly coopered, and killed fieo. Mundell (who has left a wife, ex , pect:ng daily her confinement), owner of the truck, and Janes Purvis. one of the crew of the Pitt, who has also left a wife in a state of pregnancy, and five young children. The drayman and two soldiers arc now lying in the hospital in a very dangerous state. i Both horses were killed ; part of the thill.horse wan actually blown across the Medina river, leading from Cowes to Newpo•t. The beautiful mansion of Dickens Buckell, Esq. of Dorinor, was almost blown to atoms; the doors and windows were blown out, and all the ceilings and the roof of the house destroyed ; the family were at dinner, and all were slightly injured, but, we are happy to say, none seriously, Other houses at Dodror were injured, and sonic boats which were lying in the river were pierced with balls. The shock was heard st Cowes, Ryde, Shanklin, and other parts of the island. The Coroner's inquest sat this morning on the dead bodies, and returned the following verdict :_" Accidental Death, owing to the ammunition being conveyed on an improper truck." THE BRITISH PRESS. THE ARMY. WIDOWS' PENSIONS, Btr. The payment of the under.mcntioncd Services, due the 24th ult. will commence on Tuesday, the 18th ins'. viz. : Widows' Pensions.—Unattached Pay of Cienetal Oflicets, and Royal Bounty. THE HALF. PA Y. The three months' 24th nit. will be in course of payment on the Ilith inst. and will continue to be paid, from eleven to two o'clock every day (Saturday and Sunday excepted), for one month; after which time, the days of payment will be Monday, Tuesday. and Wednesday only. in each week. The un:ffir.mentioned services, due the 2ith ult. will be in the course of payment on the 18th inst. viz.:—Retired full and half pay, military pensions to wounded officers, pay of Adjutants of Local Militia. allowances to mired Adjutants, and Sergeant-majors of militia, foreign half-pay and foreign pensions. A detachment belonging to the East India Company's service received order', to embark yesterday multi, at Billingsgate, fur Gravesend, on route to Chadian'. INDIAN ARMY. EXTRACT FROM DIVISION ORDERS BY MAJOR-GENERAL NICOLLS, COMMANDING THE SECOND DIVISION OF TUE ARMY. _ _ Head-Quarters, Camp, Ooncha Gong, Jan. 22. Major-General Nicolls having most inadvertently omitted the name of Captain Anderson of the Pioneers, who planted the lad ders with severe loss on the 18 , Ii instant, for Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson's column, in the angle of the ditch on the right, under a heavy fire, he begs to return that °dicer his hearty thanks, and wishes him to convey the same to the men who aided in placing the ladders on that memorable occasion. Brigadier Fagan having reported that Major Ward and the 21st N. I. joined the 2tl Brigade soon alter its arrival at the Agra Gate, the 3lajot-Generai begs to applaud the spirit shewn by that re. giment, and to assure the Major that lie has always been pleased with its conduct. Captain Hall, of his 51ajestv's 14th Regiment, Aid-de-Camp to the lamented General Edwards, is requested to receive the Major- General's thanks fur his share of the exertions of that day, and for his care of his Chief, when the column was so unhappily deprived of his example•. A true Extract. (Signed) D. D. A wnEnsow, Asstit,Adjt—General, 2d Div. It h said that the 87th and 13th King's are to advance towards Unimerapoors, taki: g a route into the interior, on the east bank of the Irrawudtly, and rejoining Sir Archibald Campbell higkT up the stream. It is hoped that in this line of march they will be able to pick up cattle, and other supplies for the army. MR. DENMAN'S ENTRY INTO NEWARK. Mr. Denman having offered his services gratuitously to defend those who have been committed for a riot at the late election, he was met on Wednesday evening, about a mile from Newark (when he was on his road from Lincoln to l Nottingham Assizes), by about 4,000 persons, a great pro portion of whom were electors of Newark, who took his horses from the carriage, and yoked between 400 and 500 men to it (four abreast), and drew him into Newark with the greatest enthusiasm, to the Clinton Arms Inn, in the Market Place, where the two Judges hail already arrived, and were going to spend the night. From the windows of this house Mr. Denman addressed the people, who by this time amounted to about 8,000, in nearly the following words:— " Friends and Fellow Countrymen—l address you under great embarrassment, from the unexpected reception, as a stranger, I have met with in Newark, and feel proud to acknowledge the personal distinction you have thought proper to confer. Gentlemen, my heart bounds with joy as I witness the firm, peaceable, and deco rous manlier in which you coltduct yourselves. I feel completely elated to see such a body of freemen stand forward in the very heart of corruption, determined to assert and boldly defend their beat and dearest rights—the rights of Englishmen. (Loud cheers.) I will take the liberty of recommending you to continue the glo rious track you have taken, and pursue it with that regularity and order that has distinguished your proceedings this evening. (Loud cheers.) I will also take the liberty of recommending you to be ever alert and on your guard ; for there is no little advantage, how. ever mean and detestable, that your enemies will leave untried to overturn that glorious principle, the motto of which I behold on that blue banner, now waving before me, viz. The Freedom of Election." (Loud and reiterated cheers.) Gentlemen, the alders and abettors of corniption are at work against you and your inte rests; more powerfully at work than you arc aware of, or have the means of communication to discover. Let them labour in their vile capacity, and you will reap the glorious counteracting effects which their labours are sure to produce. 3ly friends and fellow_ countrymen, the day is not far distant when you will triumph over your enemies, and raise your independence on a basis so fi rm that It can never be displaced. (Loud cheers.) Be tires, and as Eng lishmen do your duty, and on all occasions you will find me at my post, ready to combat the vilest of the vile. I regret the shortness of my stay, but my ditty at Nottingham compels me to retire.— England expects every man to do his duty. Do yours, and on the day of election rally round your standard and prove your indepen dence. Good night. Good night." Mr. Denman then retired, amidst thunders of applause from the electors assembled; and a requisition, numerously and respectably signed, was presented to him immediately afterwards, requesting the favour of his company to dine with the friends of freedom on the 27th, which was acceded to. Mr. Denman went forward the same night. WEAVERS' ME [From the Glaegna , Cervitieb• of Tuesday.] Ch the evening of Friday last a meeting of the operative weavers of Paisley took place in the Burgher Meeting-House, George- I street, for the purpose of ascertaining how many of the manufac turers were paying their weavers agreeable to the new table of prices. The house was nearly fall, and after a Preses was chosen, the Committee read the names of such of the manufacturers as had subscribed the table ; and as each individual's name was read, the people in the meeting were required to state if they knew whether he was paying conformably to it or not. By this mode of proceed. ing, it was made to appear, that out of tad manufacturers who had put their names to the table, about 12 only were paying according to it ; that many of them were paying much lower ; and that of the greatest portion of them no person present could render any account; PO that it would appear that they employ no workers at all, at least none of which the meeting had any knowledge. Several per its delivered their opinions against attempting to obtain a rise of wages at a time like the present, when so many hundreds of the best workmen are starving for want of employment, and who would be glad to get webs at any price. After some observations of this nature, a person proposed as a Resolution, " That tne weavers of Paisley feel grateful to such of their em ployers as have expressed their readiness to raise their wages, and they are of opinion that every really humane man will rather not employ workers at all, than employ them at such a low rate of wages as is incompetent to subsist them ; but that this meeting cannot avoid expressing the rooted conviction of their minds, that the condition of the artisans of this country cannot be materially improved but by such an alteration of the Corn Laws as will ena ble them to purchase their bread at as cheap a rate as the people of other countries. They are also of opinion that this desirable object cannot be attained, so as to do justice to all the industrious classes of the community, without a great reduction of taxation." This Resolution was warmly seconded by a number in the meet ing. but as keenly opposed by others. The feelings of the different panics were manifested by hissing and cheering; and the personal altercations of those who partook in the war of words, might have served as no bad representation of the scenes that were recently ex hibited at Somerset and Preston. " Do you think 1 am an ass ?" said a stickler for the table, to his opponent : he was instantly an swered, Yes," with the appearance of as much complacent good will as he could have desired had he been asking the loan of a shilling. When the Preses signified his intention of patting the Resolution to the vote, its opponents became so clamorous as to prevent it for ' a time ; and on a show of hands being taken, whether they should persevere in their endeavours to cause the manufacturers to conform to the table, it appeared that a majority were for doing so. As soon as the Preses declared this, those who were in the minority spontaneously rose to depart, when, with a sudden impulse, a uni ' versal call was made to put the Resolution so lately rejected, which was accordingly put to the vote, and carried unanimously, with great cheering. A Committee was then nominated to prepare a petition for a repeal of the Corn Laws, and a reduction of taxation, to be sub mitted to a public meeting of the inhabitahts of Paisley. BARBARO.S Mu twEa.—The neighbourhood of Ball's bridge was yesterday evening the scene of another atrocious murder. The wretched culprit is, a man of the name of Murray, who lived in the lodge of Mr. Dawson, of Daw son Park, near the Botanic-garden ; the unfortunate victim was his wife. As there was no examination of the guilty man last night, we are ignorant of the circumstances that led to the commission of this horrid crime. All we know is, that a gentleman of the name of Arclier happened to be passing at the time, and attracted by the cries of the unfortunate woman, he rushed into the lodge, where he found her a mangled corpse. He immediately armed him self with a bayonet which was in the place, and kept Murray a prisoner, while information was sent to College street Police-office. On the intelligence reaching the office two officers were despatched to the place, and Murray was brought into town a prisoner, about eleven o'clock last night. A Coroner's inquest will sit on the body this morn ing. Some of the wounds were inflicted with an adze, and some of them with a heavy oak stick, which is now in the police-office. It appears to us to be the handle of some carpenter's instrument, probably the adze, with which the tirst wounds were inflicted.—Dublin paper of Thursday. IRELAND. [From the frermates Journal] THE LIBERTY WEAVERS. These unfortunate people, to she number of about ROO, assembled on Monday on the banks of the Canal, near Lee son-street, and from thence proceeded in mournful pro cession along Leeson -street, Stephen's-green, Grafton street, and Dame-street, to the Royal Exchange. When arrived opposite the Head Police-office, the attendance of some of the overseers was required before the Magistrates; with this they immediately complied, and having stated the object for which they bad assembled, they pledged themselves, fur their body, that the peace should not be broken. They then proceeded to the Exchange, and pre sented a memorial to the Committee then sitting, request ing that the proposed reduction might not be made in their wages, but that ls. per day might be continued to them while the funds lasted. The poor people remained with out the Exchange in patient expectation of the decision until six o'clock, when they dispersed peaceably. We have not learned that any positive answer was given to them. We never raw a more melancholy picture than these poor people presented, with their care-word countenances and emaciated figures; nor can there be anywhere a more deplorable sight than that of a people willing and able to employ themselves, and yet unable to procure employment. The weavers of the Liberty have, besides, peculiar claims upon public bounty, for the patience with which they have borne their privations, "in all the silent manliness of grief," and from their newer having engaged in those combinations which have disgraced so matiy other trades in the city. We understand that the subscription fund is nearly ex hausted, and we have no doubt it is the case ; but as an opinion prevails among those whom this charil was in tended to relieve, that the funds have not been applied in the manlier which would have been made most conducive to the object, we think the Committee are imperatively tilled upon to publish a statement of their receipts and ex penditure, accompanied with the necessary vouchers.— There can be no difficulty in this, as far as regards the money paid for actual labour; but there was MOO/. ap propriated as a bounty or premium to the purchasers of Irish manufactures, which will require more particular explanation. It was thought at the time that this bonus would relieve the employers of so much of their stock on hands as would enable them to give employment to a num ber of their workmen • this expectation, unfortunately, has not been realized ; and a belief does prevail in some quar ters that this part of the business was a job. We will stop for further information before we subscribe to such an opinion ; for celebrated as this country always hks been for jobbing, we cannot think that any one would be so base, as wilfully to misapply funds raised for so sacred a pur pose as that of charity, particularly under the circum stances that this fund was raised. The reduction proposed to be made in the wages of these poor people is from Is. per day to Intl. There are many featly to condemn any remonstrance on the subject of this reduction—and certainly "half a loaf is better than n) bread ;" but when we consider that most of these men have families to support, and that bad potatoes, the cheap est food that can be procured, are 9d. and Hal. a stone, we cannot think that a labouring man could preserve himself in a state of health and strength that would allow him to work for twelve hours a day on such a pittance, even if he saatehed the morsel from the mouths of his starving children. We ask again, as we did on Monday, what is to become of these people and their wretched families when the fund subscribed is entirely exhausted? This is the time for public exertion, before all is gone! We call upon the Clergy of every persuasion to use their influence with their flocks to avert the misery that awaits the unfortunate weavers. We call upon the Clergy of the Established Church, for they can afford it, to set the example of bene volence. As yet but few, very few of them, have sub actibed fur this object; the name of but one Protestant Prelate stands recorded as having contribute& to the fund, and that one felt himself called upon to come forward from holding a Deanery in the scene of misery. Let us hope that this appeal will not be made in vain. THE LATE OUTRAGE AT DUBLIN. COLLEGE STUEET POLICE. OfFICF.—TUESDAY. The examination of the prisoners apprehended in the act of throwing stones at the boat, who were eleven in number, and of the three persons found in the boat, whose names are Richard 31'Kenn, Junior, son of an attorney is Dominick -street, John Creery and Robert Boyd, was gone into this day, at the Police Office, before the Lord Mayor, Sir 0. Needle, Alderman Flem ing, and Mr. Gabber. The office was very much crowded. We noticed among the persons present Col. Blacker. The Colonel was accommodated with a chair, and listened to the evidence with attention. Several peace office's belonging to this estiblidinient were examined. Their evidence was to the fact of throwing stones by the mob, several of whom they apprehended anti identified. They all swore that they could not identity any of the perstms who fired the shots from the vessel. Mr. Ferguson, son of Dr. Ferguson, IV, Granby-row, swore to the facts of the riot, the commencement of winch lie witnessed. The object of the mob seemed to be the destruction of the •image at the topmast, to attain which they commenced pelting it with stones ; on which a person from the boat, without coat or hat, ap peared on deck, and tired upon the mob, from a double-barrelled gun. Witness then proceeded to the police office, College-street, and told them a riot was taking place, when a party of the police went with him to the scene of the riot, where they succeeded in making some prisoners. %Witness could not identify the person's on board the boat. Mr. John Walsh, No. 81, Sir John's Quay, deposed to a si milar effect. He heard among the mob that the image as, they thought, was that of an Orangeman trampling on a wreath of ahattirocks: he told them repeatedly it was no , but that of a Hying Mercury, with his foot on the clouds; they persevered in pelting at the boat, which they much damaged; he saw the shots fired from the boat by a person dressed in white trowsers, without a coat or hat ; he could not identity the person whom he saw so firing ou the people. Mr. William Horan, 5, Lower Sackville street, a'io swore to the circumstances of the riot, which he first beheld fir) d his drawing. room window. He heard tile populace say, "s t tie Orangeman had put up a tin Orangeman, trampling on a stiamrock, on the mast, and that they would knock him down." Several very large stones were thrown at the boat, a great number of which struck it ; witness made way to the side of the quay opposite to the boat ; while there a person, dressed as the other witness described Into, came up several times on the deck, at the cornet of an awning, and fired at the mob out of it double-barrelled gun. He took deliberate aim at the people; at one time firing down the quay, and again directly at the place where witness stood. An old man alongside witness was wounded by one of the shots, and immediately after the next shot which was tired tore open the same man's hand and wrist, and also struck a little boy in the forehead and eye, and which immediately bled profusely. Witness brought the boy to an apothecary's shop in Seaside-street, where he wits dressed. Mr. Brown, of 22, George's-quay, swore that the image via purchased from him, by the prisoner 1116Keon, for his pleasure boat, called the Corsair; witness said the image had for nearly three years been the alga outside his shop door. It was a represen. tation of Mercury kneeling on a cloud, with a caduceus in his hand, and it was painted flesh colour. None of these several witnesses could swear particularly to the colour of the ribands which were streaming from the top of the image. Some said they were red, others yellow, and one or two what they called a dirty red. Ale. Alexander Johnson, of Eden-quay, deposed that he ac companied Sir Garrett Neville on board the pleasure hone, where they found the three prisoners, 111`Keon, Creery, anti Boyd. The first of client was dressed in a white trowsers and sailor's jacket, neither of the others had white trowsers. They found a gun there, but no powder or shot. This morning witness found some shot in the drawing-room of his father's house, one of the windows of which was perforated by the shot fired from the boat. It was small shot. Ile also deposed to the damage which hail been done to the boat by the stone-throwing. The windows of the cabin were broken. The next witness examined was Farrell Brady, the wounded boy —lda face presented a most melancholy appearance ; several grains of shot had lodged in his forehead and temples ; his left eye was all swollen, and several grains had penetrated his ri4ht eye. He swore that he took no part in the riot ; but was proceeding from h;s master's, at 25. Dame-street, on a message to Eccles street, when he heard a shot fired, and ran to see what war the matter. While standing alongside Eden quay, he was wounded by a shot from the boat in the eye, which knocked him down ; the people acre throw. ing at the image, out of which witness swears there were flying two ribands, an orange and a blue one. %Vl:en asked could he identify the person who fired the shots, at first from trepidation he fixed upon a wrong person ; but when the prisoners were shown to hint, he swore it was either of the prisoners, sl•Keon or Boyd. The little Ittllow' was then removed, with the intention, we un derstand. of having hint immediately sent to the hospital. Arthur hl'Ouinness, a servant, swore to the riotous conduct of the " wretched mob," as he chose to designate them. He ninon .traced with them on their conduct, and they refused to listen to his advice. Ile heard them say that the figure was " Mr. Hamilton turned into the devil, and trampling on ould Ireland." The following are the names of the men who were identified as having thrown atones :—John Murray, Pat. Corcoran, Christopher Cowley, Pm. Phthem, Bernard C urran , J o h n N e ill, J o h n Petit, Mate Murphy, and Jame,' Carigan. After one or two more wittleas a were examined, the eXaminetion terminated at three o'clock, alt-n the 31agistrates react and ad prlhoners were remanded to tomorrow at ten o'clock, when the inJ veltigation will be resumed. HOME CIRCUIT'. C itEi.msron 0, JULY 14. CROWN SIDE—Hem 31r. NoLAN. MANSLAUGHTER. George Joslin, theiOunger,eit;hiiJosiin, and it Juim Fitch, three young men, aged respecti►ely 111, 15, and 14 year., were indicted for feloniously killing and slaying IVilliain Bonnicg ton, at Chelmsford, On the 13th id Mar. The Grand Jury had thrown out a bill against the prisoners fur munle►. Mr. Kunst and Mr. Dowtisro conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. JstssoPu and Mr. itrtopEti lc K the defence. It appeared, from the evidence fur the prosecution. that the pri soners were young gentlemen, the suns of very respectable pareme in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford. On the 12th of May lest they bad been on horseback to Chelmsf.wd fair, and in the even ing, between eight and nine o'clock, they mounted their horses let the purpose of returning home. Their horses were rather restive, and set tiff at a gallop. In the easterly part of the town, call' tl Duke-•treet, a crowd of persors lad assembled around a drunken man, so as nearly to block up the way. The prisoners rode through the crowd with great impetuosity, and after knocking down one man, who got up again without injury, one of the horses Came in contact whit the deceased, who tell lifeless on the ground. The prisoner' pursued their road without stopping ; but le del not ap pear that they were conscious of the iejury done. One witness stated, that one of the prisoners. in coming toward the crowd. c tiled out to make way. The Coroner's Jury found a verdict or manslaughter against the prisoner. The Coutt of King's Bench had admitted the pries:mese to bail, and they now surrendered to take their trial. It was admitted, on the part of the prosecution, that the prisoners were young men of unexceptionable characters. The prisoners being called upon for their defence, delivered it: the following statement:— s' illy Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury—The three young pelt. eons now standing before you, the eldest just sixteen years of age. the youngtst only fifteen, ate called upon for their defence to a charge of feloniously killing and slaying a fellow-creature. We hope, Gentlemen of the Jtiry, that the simple stateniendwhich ee now most respectfully submit to you, and whith w.• tin t w be proved to your satisfaction, will discharge its or the heave impu tation tinder which we now suffer. That we, or that one of us, has been the cause of the death of the unhappy man.Wm.Bonning. ton, wedo not, and cannot deny; but we do most solemnly aver that the occasion of it was unintentional on our part, and arising out of circumstances over which we had no control. The day of ties fatal occurrence we had been in company together to Chelmsford lair, a few miles only from the residence of our parents; we had rode there on high-spirited ponies, which we had left at the Lion and Lamb, at which inn uur fathers constantly put up on market days, and had directed our ponies to have some corn each. As we are ell three nearly related, we then accompanied each other into the fair, enjoying its amusements and festivities till about eight o'clock is the evening, but without having indulged to any im proper excesses, and being under no other excitement than that which such a scene ordinarily occasions at our age. We had spun. on when we mounted, and on leaving the inn, the hat of one of us having nearly fallen off, lie hastily put up his whip hand to each it. IVhether at the moment his pony felt the spur, to which he had been unaccustomed, or whether the animal was startled at the sudden rising of the hand which held the whip, is uncertain ; but he instantly started out of the gateway at full speed, followed by the other tao ponies, and each, by the pursuit, accelerating the speed of the others. The crowd of people through which the ponies passed at full gallop was only a few rode from the Lion end Lamb, and in sight of that Inn ; and neither of us had been able, in that short distance, to master our ponies sufficiently to check dieM career, till atter the unfortunate accident had occurred, which es the time we were totally unconscious of, and which no one more deeply deplores, or has lamented more bitterly, than we have done. and still do. We have, however, the consolation of believing, that you, Gentlemen, will not hastily arrive at a conclusion um, favourable to the young persons now before you. Our parents are in the same situation in life in which probably many of you are; we have been treated by them with uniform kindness and indulgence, and they bare afforded us such an education as they judged to be sufficient to enable us to pursue through life the same respectable path in which they have been aecustemed to tread. We hope, Gentlemen, that you will hear from those who have been the guides and the instructors of our youth, that we have not so conducted ourselves, as that we can be thought capable of wantonly and cruelly injuring a fellow-creature ; or of the des perate thily which we should have been guilty of, had we int'''. tionally urged our ponies at full speed into a crowd like that of which the unfortunate sufferer was one. We were in sight of tht inn at which we had put up ; we were only a few miles front out home, and our persons were well known. We repeat, Gentlemen, that what Ines occurred is attributable to accident alone ; and were it possible that you should entertain a different opinion, we should still derive consolation front the consciousness of innocence which we should feel under an adverse judgment. But, Gentlemen, we hope to be released front this degrading situation by your verdict* of complete acquittal ; we ti net to be restored to the embraces of our anxious and afflicted families, discharged of all intentional misconduct. •We have been told, Gentlemen, that were our con. duct to be misrepresented by the evidence of those who witnessed the transaction, and were you in consequence of such misrepresen tation to find us Guilty of Manslaughter, that by some recent Act of Parliament we might be sentenced to the severe punish. merit of transportation. ]'cu, Gentlemen, who are fathers, may judge of the tearful anxiety occasioned to our friends and fami lies by the contemplation of the bare possibility of such an event; but we all of us, Gentlemen, labour under accumulated appreben. lion ; not for ourselves, but because we deeply fret that a verdict of Guilty, which might be followed by such a sentence, besides de stroying all the credit and peace of our future lives, would consign the grey hairs ()tour venerable and excellent patents with sorrow to their graves." Several witnesses were then called, who proved that the horses which the prisoners had ridden on the occasion in question were young and unmanrgeable. An immense number of most respects ble witnesses gave the prisoners the highest possible character for mildness of manners and humanity of disposition. Mr. NOLAN charged the Jury, that if the prisoners had oc casioned the death of the deceased front carelessness, they would be guilty of Manslaughter ; but that if the death was ocea. casioned by involuntary accident, they would be entitled to air acquittal. the Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found the prisoners " Not Guilty." MIDLAND CIRCUIT. LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, JULY - 1:.!. Before the Lour) CHIEF BARON.] Chnpnati end Mar,vt; et Pearson were capitally indicte.! for the wilful murtler of their illegitimate child, in the neighbour. hood of Lincoln, in the month of April last. It appeared from the evidence, that Chapman had illicit con. nexion wi;11 the female prisorer, who was delivered of a still-bora child. After the birth of the child the mother was not seen with tr. Suspicions were excited. examination was set on foot, and it was discovered that the child had been placed in an open held of Chap_ man's, merely covered with a award. It was immediately ealti:- mated ; and upon the Coroner's Inquest, a verdict of " Guilty or mitaler" was brought in against the prisoners. On the trial to-day, the medical men who examined the child, swore from the appearance that the child must have been will born ; hut as to whether it was a six, or seven, or an eighth montns child they could rot say. Chapman received a most excellent character, and both the pr; soncra were acquitted. Immediately after sentence had been pronounced on the prisoner 4 convicted of petty larcenies and other minor offences, the Lord Chief Baran imiccetleti to Nottingham, where the Assizes com mence to-morrow. NOTTINGHAM, THURSDAY, JOLT 11. This mornin,,,. , about ten 3'clock, the Lord Chief Justice ARM) l' and the LORD CHIEF BARON arrived here, escorted by the Sticrid' and the usual host of javelin men, &c. Their Lordships pro ceeded immediately to hear divine service at St. ;Mary s, and then opened the several Commissions. Owing, however, to the Court of Quarter Sessions sitting in the Town Hall, after the Judges left church, it was nearly two o'clock before the business of the Assizes commenced. After the usual proclamation against vice and immorality wat read, the LORD CHIEF BARON briefly charged the Grand Jury, and said it was only necessary for him to advert to one case, in which a man was charged capitally with having stolen two lambs. Now, upon reading the &positions, he did not think the charge amounted to felony ; and with respect t 3 the other cases in the calendar, he bad only to request the Grand Jury would exercise the great functions tonunkted to them with as much despatch as possible. . The LORD CHIEF J tiSTICE sat In the County Court, and heard some undefended causes; after which he adjourned the Court to nine o'clock to-morrow morning. There are only seven prisoners for trial in the County Curt, Mute of the least interst. NORT;IERN CIRCUIT. YORK, JULY 13. CROWN SIDE. (BeforeAfr.BaronillCLOCK.) Thomas Fair/hr Carle, was put to the bar, charged wiih f, niously killing and slaying Joseph Blackburn° on the `23J of April. This case excited greet interest, on account of the peculiar cir. CUITIFLOICCS under which the death of the deceased had taken place. Mr. BLACKHU nNE and Mr. BAINES conducted the prosecution, and Mr. HARDY the &fence.. . _ . Alr. BLACKBURN E. In stating the MC, observed that the Jury would find it attended with circumstances more than ordinarily painful. The prisoner at the bar was a person of •great respem. bilitv, residing at Pudsey, and one of his daughters had souse Ulm ago been married to a brother of the deceased. On that occrkion ar intimacy had commenced between the deceased and 3lisa Re. hecca Cathie, another daughter or the prisoner, which had been discountenanced by the prisoner. The deceased had, however, per severed in his attachment, and it was in the prosecution of it that •