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ROMS CIRCUIT. SENT ASSIZES, MAIDSTOXI, A 170012 It CIVIL SIDE. ?RI LINO v. LAIIIIWS. This was an information at the instance of the Board of Custrims, the defendant, for assaulting and obstructing a seaman, named White, of the Ramillies, engaged in the sniuggliug pre venire service. Eire Leartiesl Counsel (four being silk gowns) were engaged for the nruseeution. Tin detentlant appeared in person, without Counsel. It appeared from the statement of White, the principal witness, that on the morning of the 19th August last, he was on digs. near the bathing machines at Dover, and about ten o'clock be saw *rveral men go down to die beach and walk up to their inithllcs in the water, anti fish up six or eight halta:Am of foreip. brandy. Ile followed them, ►ut in his prow:eta he was stopped be the titf:nti. eat, who seized him round the initiu7e and hove him down. Some tc-her men kept hint down, whilst the smugglers walked off with their loaf. A tier struggling some ni i 11l itcs he got loose, and over- took ne of the smugglers, and drawing his cutlass compelled hint to fur. having two half-sinkers behind, which he wised and de lirerel to the Custom-house. These were the circumstances of the case. The defendant said nothing in answer to the charge, and he VMS fuurd Gui lty. SMITHETT r. STV 4AT. Thia was an action upon the Cinque forts Pilot Act, to recover peraltics against the defendant for refinting to take on board a li. cursed pilot, to naiigste a vessel, of which ,he was the coaster, up the Tham:s. Mr. Sergeant TADDT and Mr. PLATT conducted the plaintiff's case. and Mr. M Altel'Al• and Mr. Ano t. Wu. the defentlanea. The defendant was master and part owner ut a trader from Calais to Lon,!on, of the burden of 7U tons. By the Cinque Porte Pilot Act. ti'' lieu. 111. vcmicls coming from tureiga parts are bum* to take on board one of the pilom duly licensed under that Statute, under a penalty not less than 2OL and not exceeding OOL except towers, and persons who are residents of any of the Cirque Pons. It WM proved that the defendant bad arrived trair Dover from Ca la.% to April. 1823. when a Cinque Ports pilot, named Gibbs, pat off and tendered his services, which were refused, on the ground i that the defendant was a resident housekeeper in the town of Dover. The question in the case w 3-4, whether, in point of fact, the defend.', ant was a resident of Dover within the meaning of the Act ? It a pelted that he bad been many years an inhabitant of Dover, and an Awil, 19r21. he took a small house in that town at IOL a year. iltd boarded and slept there whenever be wee on shore. It wan erntended that his residence was merely colourable, for the purpose of evading the Statute. The case went to the Jury, under the Learned Judge's direc tions. as a question of fact, whether the defuelant's rt.:deuce was jf.k., or merely colourable. The Jury found for the defendant. WEDYEIDAY. Atmost 11. CROWN SIDE. .1,4* litter and Thomas Hormel.* were indicted for stealing a• pesky, on the 13th Febnaste, two sheep, the proper.y of the Dowager Countess of Londonderry. 31r. Braces conducted the prosecution, and Mr. CLARKSON the d fence. It appeared that on the me.rning of the 16th February. • le' P' , - secatrie's shepherd missal from her Ladyship's Sack two sneep, out of one hundred and live. The prisoners and a man named Raker were soon afterwards apprehended on suspicion, and the latt:r being admitted as an approver, swore that the prisoners and birracif went to the prosecutrix s fold, in the nigh: of the 13th Fe. bruary, and tool: two South Downs, killed them, and divided the To eirrobnrate Ilecker's statement, a next-door neighbour of the prisoners, named William Tamer, was called, and trout his state ment I: appeared that he saw the prisoners conic home loaded on the morning of the 16th, with two bags which appeared to be bloody, and in the evening they concealed the same bags in it gra. eel pit, which, on searching the next day, be found to contain miens parts of a sheep. On his cross-examination, Turner admitted he had had a quay. rd with the wife of the prisoner Ilorrocks. and had told her he wield thin her family. This he said in a passion. He Ind riven information agaiast the prisoners immemately after the discovery of the bags. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoners asserted that they were innocent, and mailed seve ral • 'incases to character. The Jury, under the Learnsl Judge's directions, found the pri sesen NO William Furter was indicted on the 62d George 111. c. 143, for frlaniimsly assembling with other persons unknown, at Minster, in' the Isle of Thanet, on the Lth of May, armed, in order to be aid. big and assisting in the illegal running, loading, and carrying sway certain uncustomed goods. The prisoner was also charged with assaulting certain officers of the revenue. Mr. °VIXEN and Mr. Knox conducted the prosecution, and Mr. ADOL PHU. the defence. It appeared in evidence, that on the morning of the 13th May last, a seaman employed in the preventive service, being on the List-out at Minster, saw several men corning up the beach from the sea. with bales of goods on their backs. Ho called out to them to stop, when they serried round, and some of them van away. lie then bred an alarm p i stol, on which some of the smugglers ram back, and beat him must cruelly, leaving him senseless on tiegroundi In a few minutes he recovered a little, and fired • second alarm pisioL which had the v IFect of bringing Lieutenans Riley, of the Ramillies, and a party of his men, to his assistance. The Lieutenant ordered his men, in a loud voice, to cock their • pistols and search the ground. They had not proceeded many yardsi when the pr:soner, who had probably heard the order of the officer, started up from a place of concealment, and said, `• I will give myself up: don't hurt me." The lieutenant said, •••• glow can pm expect mercy, when you have shown none to one of my men ?" The prisoner was secured. Mr. Riley, the Lieutenant, Paine, the man who had been M used, and several other witnesses, proved the cue. Several of the bales carried by the smugglers lead been seized, and were found to contain Bandanna silk handkerchiefs, and other on. cumonied goods. I'uine could not swear that the prisoner was one of the persons who struck hiin, but he was positive be was among the smugglers. Before the case for the prosecution was dosed, Mr. Apemen us interposed, and said, that after the evidence which had been adduced, he could not hope to slake the case for the Crown, and therefore he should advise the prisoner to with draw his plea of Nut Guilty, and tnrow himself upon the mercy of the Court. Mr. gen ET, on the part of Crown, said that the only object et this prosecution was to impress misguided men engaged in this 11411 traMe with the magnitude of their offence, and to warn them nine penal consequences which must follow conviction. Under the fevuliar circumstances of this case, he should not press fur the mint severity of punishinent upon the prisoner. Mr. A DOLPH V s said that the prisoner was a young man of ex. alien character, who had lately returned from India, and hail been inprudently drawn into an association of smugglers on the occasion in qnesi ion. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found the prl. sneer Geiley. Judgment of death was recorded, but the Learned Judge told his that he should be recommended as an object of Royal clemency. Michael Hood!g and Thymus Melia rdwor were indicted for burg_ !snowily bresking and entering the dwelling-house of Richard Cmodall, of Leigh, on the night of the 24th of April, and stealing therein a quantity of bacon, candles, and other goods. *ANDREWS was for the prosecution, and 31r. CUITTN for the defence. It appeared that the prosecutor was a shopkeeper at Leigh. Ahillt dyer in the morning of the 2leh April the family were dis. tartsd by s noise of some persons entering the warehouse. The prosecutor's son got up and procured a gun from his father's bed. room, with which he went to the warehouse door, and saw two men Lading puts on th backs. He presented the gun at one of , then., and said eir mowed he would shoot hint. Neither of the awn said anything, hut dropped their loads, and one of them ran alas. Ile tailed again to the man to stop, which refusing to do Defiled, awl shot him in the back and be fell ; he then turned to the other man, siren the wounded person got up and went away. Ilemetript.rd Instrike attire second man with the but end of his but tettivlng a blow from behind from a third man, he. was 11 °'' 1 ., and all three got clear off. On searching the "are""e it arpeared that the door had been broken open, and amide the ditv eat found a quantity of bacon and candles which hal bun ?emeriti trom thewarotiouse. Prosecutor's son could not Mar to the prooners, though he knew lioadley to be a hawker. Totem the prisoners John Senteeost, an accomplice, was called, sad he mere positively th.a the prisoners and himself had, by pre- Lms ageloent, met at the prosecutor's house. The prisoners w o,,keitto rite wareh ouse , an d h e rema i ne d outs id e to watc h, w hil st Buy :raged carrying off the booty. A shot was tired, "Inch wour.sed witness in the back. They dropped their booty, wad all this ran of:. Witness remained concealed the following 41, m sank lAy and straw. The prisoner Richardson had pro. pied the nilibrry. The accomplice was corroborated in several t a 4 terZl Inc prisoners stron;;ly denied their guilt, and called several wit. 7`..lts prove an alibi. ''' r Th j ury., d .r the Learned J u d ge 's di rect ions, found them '41./iaad ' Judgment of death was recorded. OXFORD CIRCUIT. 'AFFORD AS TutsoAT, Arc CST 10. IXL Jaitift Litticdale bad pmcluded the criminal business of 'awAlaireit, and Mr. Jawire Park •as occupied during the whole lliag • case relaiive to a dispute between two real it l- ' 4 , an eleetruent ease. Neither of them possevacd the pantie it terct. • AVil t l h - ving terminated, the Judges proceeded to open" 4 Mission at ril .mee......„..,..e4 revisitury to-morro Zednesday). Philadelphia authorities, in pro hk'vtiag the e i t i zt ns from hydrophobia, have ordered all the la be tak en up and imprisoned. The dogs arrested Pa r e into a prison built for that purpose ; whac those ,an eit may, for five dollars a-piccc, rtdeeni A ir 8 St TOMACII a Cake ne nclun o iht filet ldth of ginger, two ORDIAL— of the tincture d of cardatm?m, f r(v of th e compound tincture of aeons. Walk into w e r l etary's ahop, and all for the above, when you feel Mat. " and c swallow it offs—you are another icr as air rat VR.ITERN CIRCUIT. WILTSHIRE ASSIZES, Atrouss 10. CROWN SIDE. John Porter. a boy only nine years o'd. was indicted for mali ciously maiming and Ulm,: twentr-one iambs. the property of Itarid Cootithq. his employer, in June last, in the parish of minium, in this county. . . . . The lad was conviered principally en his own confession, taken before the M4fistrate, in which he stated that he hail been induced to commit the crime with which he was charged in consequence of his matter baring beaten him, and in this way he sought revenge. Ilis I.oanstt it. ordered the sentence of trlnitr Illation for seven years to be recorded against the prisoner, but intimated his inten tion of commuting that puniahatent fur a twelvemonths' imprisons Lent in the Penitentiary. CIVIL SIDE. •LbrItIMIN r. PER ILDWAIIID 1.00117. DART. The present action was brought nominalt, against the defendant, but the party who really stood tit that :apathy was Mr. Jarvis. It was brought to recover the sun, of which had been levied under an execution in .March last. The plaintiff a assignee to a man named liurg:As, who was since dead. The question was, whether the bitokrurzy took place before the execution was dated. The principal evid e nce to shim that the act of bankruptcy took place prior to the levying of the execution was that of the late bank-1 rupt's daughter. Mr. Sergeant who appeared for the plaintiff, in his reply was interrupted by the banking of a dog near the Court. The qua. drupid's voice so entirely overpowered that of the Learned Advo erne that he pleasantly said he would stop until the oppcsing Counsel had concluded his address. The dng, however, continu ing his interrupeon, the Sergeant observed, that the barker was not the only dogmatical Counsel who sometimes makes his voice heard. The Leaned Sergeant then proceeded with his address'. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Manages, 2,ottli. BT.EAGII OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. COLI.IXS •EWMAN. Mr. flergeatit WienE, on the part of the plaintiff, stated, that the present action had been brought by his client to recover corn peimution in damages for a breach of promise of marriage. An action of this description brought by a lady must he most distress. ing :0 her feelings, bemuse an exposure uaavoidobly took place that a female of any delicacy would always shrink from. But these ' actions were necessary, Mistiest+ as reflections might be cast upon a young woman when a connection WWI broken oil suddenly that the friends of the parties had anticipated would lead to a matrimo ntal union. Ile was extremely happy to inform the Jury, that they would be spared bearing eynlence in this cause. as the de fendant had consented to a verdict being taken for the plaintiff for Mr. Sergeant Prxt. stated, that he had advised the defendant in this cause to 'Whir a verdict to be recorded against him for 2501. Ile had motives for recommending this course, and the principal one was, that the defendant had martial' since the action had been hroucht. The cause must, of Count, have greatly distressed an amiable female, and on that account lie was extremely happy at the termination of it in the manner he had recatmuensied. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2:401. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. YORK SUMMER ASSIZES, Avsuss 11. (•CONY SIDE. (n r thf, ERt.) DARING ROBIIERV AND AMNIA'. WITH INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER. Mr. Mar, ng stated thisnature of the cde as •he part of the Crown. The prisoners at the bar, said the learned Counsel. Miehael While and Morrit Camidel, stood charged with having. on the night of the 9th of March last, broken into Newton turn pike-house, near Wakefield, in this county, soon after the Leeds mail had passed through the said gate, which breaking in consti. tuted a capital offence. and which offence of breaking was attended with particular atroci.y on the part of the two prisoners at the bar, who were a part of four persons who hed committed that rubbery on the night in question ; at,d if he should only prove that the pri soners were in company with the others not now taken, still that world be sufficient in law to convict them ; but he had no doubt that he should be able to shew from the witnesses on the part of the prosecution, that die two men now befitre them were the identical persons who actnally committed the robbery and violence laid in the indictment. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call the following witnesses in support thereof ; and tirst— :Gioia Ellis examined by Mr. A [Air risow—She is the wife of Edward Ellis; her husband and herself keep the Wakefield toll-gate, between Leeds and Wakefield. She remembers the 9th of March very well; it was half-patt nine o'clock, the Leeds Mail had just passed a few minutes before, she opened the door to let it pass ; site did not Listen the gate ; she put the step down as she always did ; the shutters of the windows were fastened her husband had gone to bed ; it was very moonlight. She had a good tire in the room, there was a blaze ; she was going to get the Bible to read ; some person called out " Gate I" she opened the dour enough to put her head through to see alto it was ; snare person struck her in the face, she strove to put the door too, wh^n three or four men rushed into the house; one man knocked her down upon the fluor, and beat her on the head and body ; he did nothing else; I called out to my husband, and said, Ed. ward they are killing me. I heard them empty a box ; she did sot see what they did to her husband; it was by the door the box was ; it contained one dar's money ; I heard them empty the • money on the table. I heard the glasses ring that had the silver I spoons in; I heard the glass brake; it was in the parlour, next to the room I was in. The month's money was in the room where the glass was. I saw them take the money out of the box, and SAW two men put it on the table. There was a silver watch hung upon a nail that was taken away, am! half a dozen sliver spoons. There were some lialf-crowns--a good many, she could not describe the silver. She was taken up from the ground by one of the men by the hair of her head, and thrown against the clock. The two men had brown jaeketson, just like the prisoners at the bar, and made in the same manner. She cannot speak to any more that passed in the house. By the JUDGY.—She was kept down by one person whilst on I the floor. Cross-examined by Mr. A Lexaxnea—She did not go before the Grand Jury; believes there is a Canal near %Vakelield, was to pass up and down the River ; the man wore a similar jacket to the prisoner's ; they are common among them ! the money box they did not take away j before she had been lifted ar the ground by the hair of her head she paw them through the door; her husband might be asleep at the time for any thing the knew, she generally set up until between twelve and one o'clock; it was a cold night and windy; she had a good tire; can't say she made a blaze Were the niail coach passed, but she might after it had passed ; the toll-gate is a quarter of a mile from Wakefield. Re-examined by Mr. A I.DERSON—They wore blue jackets-- are navigation men ; the River is the oppossite side of Wakefield. Edward Ellis examined by Mr. 31AUDE—IIC Is above sixty. seven years of age ; his wife is tiftv-two. He lives at Ncwoo toll. gate; the parish church is Wakefield; Keaton is the township. He pays the window rates at Stanley. There is a new church with two steeples, but it is not used yet. 1:e did not know what had taken his wife to the dam on the evening of the 9th of March. She called out, " Edward, they are killing me," and he arose from his bed to her assistance. He sat up in his bed. Two men seized him by the neck; they dragged him off the bed. He recovered his feet, and ininiediately struck one of them with his left hand, and drove him towards the parlour-door. Ile could not see how many there were. Two men hail hold of him ; the prisoners at the bar are the two men; he had seen Michael White, one of them, befiire at dilVerent times. Mr. Ward, the Surveyor of the Roads, had brought him to his gate to pay him his wages; he did this two' or three nines. White was employed on the turnpike road by Mr.' Ware ;is not certain how long he has been employed. Thts was near a twelvemonth before this alter happened ; it was in the win. ter; they threw him down on the floor ; one of the prisoners held him by the neck and the other by the leg; they jumped upon him, and poised him with their feet; lie despaired of his life. Knows nothing else; can't say how long they kept him down; they went out in a hurry; he heard some men in the house; no person woe to him but the prisoners; they never left him the whole time; lie did not see where his wife was all this time; he was on his back on the floor; they were both upon him ; I could not get up ; they conti nued on me with their fee; can't say if they all went out together. Ile was left upon the floor; he was unable to help himself ; be was cut upon the eye (pointing to the cut) and on his nose ; he had also two ribs broken; be was raised to his bed ; his wife got , assistance. He was three wicks confined to his bed before he could get up or down ; it Will thirteen weeks before he could do any. thing for himself. Ile had upwards of 1101. in the house at the timeicif the robbery. Mr. John Ward, of Bradford, sends fur the money • he is the lessee of the road, and came once a month for it. There was upwards of Bfle taken away; it consisted of silver, two promissory notes, ten guinea notes • might be {Si. notes. In one pot there was a purse of nearly ten pounds in half. crowns; the rest was in mall notes and silver. The live guinea I ' note was pinned to two guinea rotes; he took particular notice of the note for W.; it was of the West Riding NVaketield Bank ; does not know the number ; has seen it since, and bilieves it to be the same note; Mr. Wiseman, the Magistrate, had it. White was dressed in a dark-coloured jacket; Caudill in a darker; he de. ' scribed them situ marls. Crosa.4xamined by Air. ALETANDER-113g been a toll-bar keeper fifteen years. He received a great many notes; can't say how many ; he allays notices five pound ones; takes notice of has money, to be sure, that had been paid to others ; once gave a five pound note away for a one, which makes him careful; can't tell any other. Mr. 'Ward brought men and paid them three or four times at his house; it was not very . agreeable to him ; at one time there were half a score men there; It was nearly twelve months ago since Mr. Ward brought White there; can't speak to a hundred thousand people ; he was not asleep ; did now know what his wife went to the door l i e ;he bas nothing else to say. Mr. A I. EN /km nElt—O yes but you have !—lle did not hear her feti to the door; the first thing lie heard was her crying nut, " ward, they are killing me !" lie was not asleep ; they were upon him immediately or he would have gone to her assistance ; he does not know what time they •vere about him ; he was seized in un in. slant ; he saw two men come rushing in ; he had not time to see them before ; could not before they came in ; they threw him off the bed on the ground ; he stood on his feet at first ; one had hold of his throat, and one was behind him ; can't say how he fe!t; he snuck and strled with them ; he did the best lie could for himself. Mr. John Ward is his master, to whom he gives an Sc. count ; be pays him every month ; he is a servant to him ; if he quarrelled with him, which he never did, yet does not know whe. th‘r he would turn him to the right-about. The J MIE thought it unnecessary to ask the latter part of the question. weeese ee megmed—The cstdle was not out ; the tire was a good wasrne ; could not swear Tf the candle wanted snuf f ing; the prosecutor leaving the witness-box. when Mr. ALEXANDER wished to pot a few more questions to him. The Junne—l will, Mr. Alexander. M'ittiess--We had a house piavided for us; the Commissioners of the Road provided it few us. There was no contract in writing between the witness an one Con - onissioners. If there is any, it is with 3lr. Ward an.. the Conimisaioners. He collects the toll 1 for Mr. Ward, and is paid by the week, with the privilege of living in the house. There was no agreement between hint and Mr. Ward sheet giving notice to milk. The prisoner wished to knew what clothes be wore when witness saw has first. l Witness—lle was then dressed !n a blue smock frock; don't recollect his dress when dlr. Ward paid his wages at his house. Benjamin Brown examined by Mr. ALDERSON—Is the super- intendant of the roads under Mr. Ward ; knows the prisoners; has ! known them upwards of tan years on the road. The prisoner nearest I hint bore t h e name of Morris Cat:heir, and the other Shebat' I \nee. ; th ese were their names; whilst on the road he had another named Peter White; knows Timothy (!onotl:/; he lest on the Bth. Fitzpatrick did not work on the roads; he hat, only come over on the Saturday ; there were wages due to Morris I 'aufield. !Michael White had nut any due to hint ; he paid !Burners when it was due ; he got credit by the month ; he paid it on the Bth ; they went away OD the 8111 of March. Cross-examined by Mr. A LEXANDE a —Contdty left; White was at Sir ,Rolm Keyes; Fitzpatrick had left two months before. Jerry Don examined by Mr. 3letine.—lle Is an Irishman ; • came to England two yearn ago last May ; he worked on the roads ; has worked between Leeds and Wakefield; knows . the two pri. loners at the bar t they worked on the road the same time he i did • knows Conolly, he was a tall man, he also worked on the • mad with him, and Fitzpatrick too; White and Canfield left Leeds road, and went to M'aketield and Huddersfield ; Mr. Vlrard is sur. eerie of the roads; witness wan removed a fortnight after do the same I road ; he left the road in Marsh ; he went to assio in brick-making ; ! he worked in Wakefield 31arcli ll ; remembers seeing the pri.l semen; Conolly and Fitzpatrick met me on the road ; I said, where! arc you going ; they said to Wakefield. to get a watch repaired ; i they said, if they had a sixpence m a shilling when they mine back, they would treat me with a quart of ale ; they all four came hick together in about three-quarters of an hour; they came to the Union public-house—this was between five and six o'clock, he .myed with them until past eight o'clock ; they had a quart oleic' before he came in—i answered for three quarts—they who kept die I public-house knew me, and the prisoners and the other men asked nee to pay tor them, and they said they would treat ate next time; I asked the mistrms to trust me three quarts of ale; they invited me to the ptiblic-house ; they said if they hada sixpence or a shilling they would treat me the next time. I went to an ar.- qttaintance of mine, and saw no more of them ; is sure it was on ilonday ; on the following morning at nine o'clock he was M iura:ell of the robbery. This witness was not cross-examined by Mr. A L W xxx Dr 111. Richard itirkenshaw examined by Mr. ALDERSON—NC is the deputy constable of Ailerchorpe. lie was at the Union public. house. lle saw four Irish labourers there. They went all away and came hack again. It was about five o'clock when he saw them first first there. Jerry thin, the witness, came in after. A tall man was there called 'Tint. Newton-bar is in the parish of 'Wake field. This witness was not crostnexamined. George Smith examined by Mr. !Beene—Knows Michael White. He lodged at his father's house. it is in Sandy-lane, be tween Huddersfield and Wakefield. lie was working for Surgeon Rave. Ile lives on the side of the road. He was making a fish pond;he lodged there nine or ten weeks. The Bth of March was the last day he was there. He did not sleep at home that night ; he was at home un the Sunday. The prisoner went to look at the navigation ; Cauheld was with him ; also Fits. patriek and Conolly. He saw the whole four men talking to • in the forenoon. White did sleep at home that night., On Monday be set off to go to Wakeheld„ with three or four turn. I asked him where he was going, and lie said to Vrako. field. He Caine home on Tuesday morning ; it was six o'clock. Ile took his shirt and stockings (the whole of his linen) away. I said, "Where are you going ?" He gave me no an. swer at first. I followed him up. and be said he was going to Iluddenfield, and should return in about a week. Morris Caufield was with him. I saw him afterwards at Rochdale in charge of a constable. He gave me no information that be was going away. Ile owed ma money. Ile traced him to Rochdale. Morris Cau. field was with him. The tall man was not there. Caufield was in custody. Ile did not hear the prisoners tell their names. Cross-examined by Mr..11-exianen—White was working for Sir John Kaye. Jane Robinson examined by Mr.A Ent IMON—Morris Caufield lodged at her house nine or ten weeks before the Bth of March. Remembers the Bth of March. Did not see the prisoner to gether. Morris Canfield went away at eight o'clock. She saw nothing more of hint until night. Ile came back between twelve and one o'clock. Michael M bite and another, a big man, stood at the door, but did not coin[ in. The big man was Timothy. Morris Caufield and Michael White went to bed at her house. Caufield got up and had his breakfast. They went away one after another. 'White went away first. lle was in debt to her about nine or ten shillings. She did not know he was going away. They had brown velveteen jackets on. They returned in the same dress. sarah Iralsher examined by Mr. filerstr --She lives near Grange-lane, near Grange Ash ; had a lodger named Timothy, as they call him ; he was a tall man; she saw him so the Ikli of March (Tuesday); also on Monday morning ; at night when has went to bed he had not come in, he came home afterwards; hews In bed when she got up on the Tuesday morning; he got wad went away ; he owed her Ifte.; he had lived with her five nielflass be did not say he was going away ; has never seen him since. Thomas Pester examined by Mr. AL DERSOR—Liwes in Sandy. lane. Morris Canfield brought Fitzpatrick to his house; be lodged at his house. On Sunday morning all the four came. Witness mends shoes. Fitzpatrick came home between twelve and 0041. He went to bed. My wife said he had not put the light out. He got up about an hour afterwards and went away. They had eel. veteen Jackets on when they went away. Cross-examined by Mr. AL Erie oto—Other men have the same dresses. Mary Itedfonl examined by Mr. MAUDE—Is housekeeper to Benjamin Russell, on Grunge dinar. The house is on the road-side leading to Huddersfield. A little before nine o'clock four men tame to her house. On the 'Tuesday morning two of the prisoners cane by. Tim and an old man was there. They had two quarts and a pint. Tint paid for the last quart. They stopped for a quarter of an hour, and she saw no more of them. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—Many persons call at her house ; she don't always observe persons who call. James Homer, examined by Mr. Amszusox—ls a publican, I and lives at Drys House. A person going to Grange Moor would go by Huddersfield. Remembers four persons coming to the Louse between four and five in the afterr.oon ; should not know them again. Did not take much notice of them. They had two or three quarts of ale ; had no gin. They left his house • little before fin* His house is on the road to Manchester. Cross-examined by Mr. ALes•wriel...-There ars many nub. gators that war. John Marsden examined by Mr. MArDE—Keeps the New Inn, at Sodend. His house is betwixt Ilalifax and Rochdale, about seven miles and a half front Halifax. The town lies betwixt. Remembers some men coming to his house on the 10th of 31= (Wednesday) ; their dress was green velveteen jackets. He known them again ; the t so prisoners were there; this was twelve o'clock. Two of them hail nearly new clothes; new velveteen ) jackets and content) , breeches. They remained until near five or six ; had some beer and gin. They were pretty good customers. They spent very freely. They treated a man. A woman was there, and a man of the name of Robert Smith. They paid in silver, in turns. Can't say how much they spent. The big man wanted I change for a 'l. 'West Riding Bank note. 31f. ALEXANDER thought the Identity was not sufficient. JUDCr.—They were two of thereto.. M'itness—lle took the note. His wife brought the silver. He did not see his wife give them the change. She brought the DIM I to him directly afterwards. Ile gave it to Mr. Newman. Cross-examined by Mr. A L ezexuret—Befewe lie put it in his pocket ho went to see the man who gave it her; be did not see bias give it her. Mr. 31.u:ow—The man was pointed out,by her in the prisoner** presence ; can't say if the prisoner heard lier. eh:DOE—lle gave her a wayneign and two notes. She gam him another note and nineteen shillings. The prisoner cane and asked him if he hod got sovereign' instead of notes. JUDGE—IIe had not the change in his hands. I said we had not got any. The prisoner did not say why he wished sovereigns for notes. J. Namm examined by Mr. A LDESSON.—IIe was In the house • when the four prisoners came in. (Inc was a tall man ; he produced 'a note, and said he wanted change fur it; he wished sovereigns for 1 it; he got change ; the witness gave hint the change - one sore reign, three notes, and the remainder in silver. The tall man took a handkerchief out of his breast, containing all half-crown pieces seemingly ; he had • dark fustian jacket on ; his boots appeared to be nearly new. White had the sante clothes on he has now; they appeared to be nearly new. They appeared to drink very freely. I They went away between five and six, taking the road towards Rochdale. Martha Faulkner examined by Mr. Blerug..—She keeps the 'Coach and Hones, rear S'oilentl, two and a half miles beyond Rochdale. (in IVednesday four persons came I it was between fire and six. Our was a eery tall man. Thera were no ;persons but ourselves in. Some men came in. The four men were in the par. I lour ; they called for a quart of ale ; they insisted on beds; they began to be rude ; we took the ale and glass away ; they challenged all the men in the house. The other men did nut go. They had another quart of ale. They went down to Littleborough, about four miles from their house. Joseph Faulkner examined by Mr. ALutasow.—Renvernben tour men coming to his mother's hmise ; two of the men were the prisoners at the bar. Three were taken at the Rake public-house at Littlebo rough. lie went with them to Rochdale with t h e COD. stable. The tall man got away. The others were conveyed to Manchester. Can't say what names they went by. Susannah Clegg examined by Mr. 31Avnt —Keeps a public. house at Littleboroueh ; two came first, and another afterwanls ; it was between 9 and le in the minting ; it was on the Wednesday g they had dark jackets ; they asked for a quart of beer and ale; she refused them ; some constables ale:rem-dace-me, and they were taken away. Mr. Crosby, Constabla—Took the men in custody ; he hand. cuffied White and another to Manchester. I was before : they cried out one was gone, and the tall man escaped. Did not know of the charge now trying. J I . o6E—Were they searched. %Vitness—The two prisoners were searched ; nothing was found upon them. JODOE—lle leaked for no money ; he only looked after the man that was misting. 1 Joint ntott. examined by Mr. fiLsynx.—lie is a conshible a! Litdeborough. Took the prisoner into custody ; one gave his name Thomas Doyle, and the other Michael M•(irain. Michael Kaye and Jonathan Collins were prisoners, one of them escaped. Illinois took the prisoners to Rochdale, before a Magistrate. They were not searched. Doyle changed half-a-crown fur drink. I saw some motley in Al'Orain's night-cap. They were committed to gaol. Alexander Derbyshire, examined by Mr. ALDEssow.—lie Is , one of the turnkeys at idanchester gaol. Ile found on White, and on Canfield Gd. There were seven half-crowns, and the rest in shillings, Jobnr%Visenum, examined by Mr. A ;3)mm:sm.—lle has the 4 . note ; helms had it in his custody ever since. Ile had it from Mr. Marsden. The prowcutor Iran called up again, to identify the note. The Juno objected. _ James Shepherd, examined by lir. 3lay or.—lie is the gaoler of York Castle. He went with the prosecutor to I'llandiesier. Does not recollect when it was—a short time after Pomfret Ses sions. lie did not expect to be called upon on this trial. The prisoners were called up; there new seven present. Ellis said nothing in their presence. Witbess ailed if he knew them. The Junc r objected. Witneve—The prosecutor afterwards sae them in the court yard, and identified them. He had no doubt the misoners at the bet were the men. Cross.examined by Mr. ALE:IIPDEII.—The prosecutor went there to recognise the prisoner'. Mr. IfnunE then said, this, my Lord, is the case on the part of the Crown. The Learned Juno,: called on the prisoners for their defence. The prisoner White said, that it was only a twelve-month ago last March he came front Ireland, and that on the night of t he robbery he was at Brighorst. The other prisoner merely said that there were only six men pre sent in the court-yard, when the prosecutor identified them at Manchester. Mr. ALEXANDER then said, as Mr. Justice Park had decided that the entry into as house, as laid in this indictment, was well laid, he would say nothing on that head, but that he would take an objection, on the part of the prisoners, to that part of the indict ment where it was laid that the premises where the robbery had been committed was in the occupation of Edward Ellis ; whereus it should have been, in the posses s ion of " M r . W ar d, the trustee of the roads :" that he was the lessor, and the right of the house wirbere the tollgate was situate was n him, and not in the prose i' tutor. The Learned Counsel then cited several cases, viz. 2 .teselt, p. 1018. where servants in Government establishromts cou ld , Only be considered in the light of agents, and n o t principals ; and : in 1 Leach, ir. 131. where the place must be laid in the in. I dierment. The lessor and the lessee were diff e rent parties in ha. and where the latter case was against a corporation, It was decided that the house ought to he mentioned in the indictment. This lat ter case, however, said the Learmal Gentleman, bore against hint ; but he wished to take his Lordship's opinion en the question he had thought it his duty to raise on so important a trial as this, and where the prisoners, it convicted, would probably pay the forfeit of their Dives. — The Lamed Junct in reply, said, he thought Mr. Alexen der's objection was not well tOunded in law, although he would (in case of the ptisoners` conviction) reserve the point for the can., sideration of the twelve Judges. As the law now stood the pro. secutor certainly had an interest in the premises; fur It was his dwelling-house. His Lordship said, he recollected a case decided by Lord Ellenborough when on the Northern Circuit, at the Assizes for Durham, where the indictment was laid in a pit-house, in the occupation of a tenant, and not the house he resided in, which was held to be bad, because it was not the house in which the party resided. In " the king r. Coplin," where the workmen pair. Ids. per week for their master, it was held that it ought to have been the master's or workmen. Itt this case, however, his lainiship thought It could not be laid in Ward's own name—Derbyshire case more applied to this ease than those cited where the dwelling house was in the workmen ant not in their employers; he thought it might be laid either way. The Learned JUDGE then charged the Jury, and described the nature of the law as to the breaking into a dwelling-house in the; night time. It was not material, said his Lordship, whether the doors were broken or not to constitute the capital charge ; the very opening a window was sufficient to constitute the crime; whether by anitice or by force, it mattered not as to law of burglary. With respect to its being the house of the prosecutor or not that had no thing to do with their verdict. The only question for their cohsi_ deration was, had a burglary or not been committed, and if so, had it been made out to their satisfaction whether the two men at the bar were the men, or part of the men, who had committed the bur glary laid to their chargr. It was no matter whether they were the actual persons who committed the outrage or not, it was sufficient 1 to convict them if they were of the party who committed that rob. bevy and burglary, and they were equally guilty in the eye of the law. The Learned Judge then proceeded to raid his notes, and commented on the evidence at considerable length as he proceeded. The Jury, after consulting together for ten minutes, brought in a verdict of Ckilly—Lkatk. The Learned Jcucc, In a very impressive and feeling manner, passed upon the prisoners the sentence of the law ; and advised them to prepare for an awful eternity, as they could expect no mercy on this side the grave ; their crime was too enormous, said his Lordship, to dwell on it for a moment ; and the short time they bad left them he advised them to spend in prayer and meditation, Lowder to make their peace with their Maker. The prisoners acre dressed in fustian jackets, and betrayed no fear whilst on their trials. The Juno E afterwards overruled Mr. Alexander's objections. The prisoners ere expected to be executed soon after the Judges leave this place. The Court was crowded to suffocation, These are the only prisoners left to sillier the severest sentence of the law. Their names were not in the calendar of prisoners for trial, and their trial was not expected to come On these Assizes. IRISH CIRCUITS. COUNTY MONAGHAN ASSIZES..—TVESDAY. Avo. S. MURDER AT BALLYBAY._ Samuel Gray and Henry Gray, were indicted for that they, on the fib of !lay last, at Hallybay, did wilfclly and feloniously kill and murder Bernard 31`31ahon, by giving him divers mortal wounds, of which he instantly died. To Chia indictment the pri loners pleaded Not Guilty. Pat. Ward, the first witness called, was examined by Mr. O'HAN. LON—lie lived at Ballybay, and was a stone-mason : on the fith of May. witness saw a quarrel in the street, between Phil. Hannan and man who sold plants ; Henry Gray interfered ; he pulled a whip out of the plantman's hand, and struck Bannan with it ; the blow cut Bannan over the right eye ; witness and another man interferixl and took Bannan away ; sonic little time afterwards witness saw S. and Henry Gray engaged with a man named Leonard, opposite Samuel Gray's house; the deceased, 31`31ahon, came up and said, " Peace, pace;" S. Gray asked what was that to him, gave him a push with his open hand, and before he could recover himself, knocked him down—when deceased fell, Samuel Gray gave him a kick, which seemed to be a tight" one; afterwards he gave him a second kick ; the kicks struck the deceased on the side ; after de ceased got the second kick, he attempted to rise and fell down again ; be begged for mercy, and asked was there no one to save him; Henry (tray then leaped on hint, and he and his brother Samuel had kick about at him. After the deceased had gotten a few kicks in that way, fur about live minutes, Samuel (tray tan out of the crowd, and asked, " Where is the ruffian who commenced this ?" He then took hold of a man named 31`Cartney, and dragged him ofr towards the black hole. Witness went up to the deceased, who was lying on the Hap, and lifted him up—the breath was just departing front him—his eyes were turned upwards; witness went out of the crowd and niet Samuel Gray ; told him 31`Mahon was dead, and he replied, "1/evil's cure to hint: let him take what he has got." Did not see the deceased do anything to the Grays, or any one meddle with him but them. John M'eafrrey, extenined by 3lr. GIL mone—Lives at Bally bay ; remembered the Saturday evening when a man was killed; saw a crowd assembled at Salmis' Gray's door ; a soldier was stand. ing there ; Simnel Gray came over to him and gave him a push ; the soldier's rap fell oft, which he lifted; an old man then struck the soldier with a stick ; Pat. Leonard seized hold of that man, and a scuffle ensued between Leonard and Samuel Gray ; Samuel (ray asked deceased what business he had to interfere, and he replied be wanted to make peace. Samuel Gray then gave decea4eil a drive from him ; the crowd pressed together, and witness got out or it; lost sight of the parties for a little time; when witness saw them spin the deceased was down, and Samuel Gray kicking him; after giving hint two or three kicks he scented inclined to leave him, which he did do after tirst giving hint another kick. Saw a strange man go forward and lift deceased, and then lay him down again ; he was perfectly deed, and only gave one sigh after getting the kick. Deceased fell about four yards front a little stone pillar at the end of the pavement. By the rottter —lVitness is a blacksmith, and done all the work fur the prisoners for the last two or three years. Archibald Amtstrong, examined by Mr. Foasst—Was present in the crowd on the evening of the murder; saw Samuel Gray with his hand on deceased's shoulders; Henry came forward and struck deceased, when lie fell ; as he fell, Henry gave hint a kick, with the heel of his boot or shoe, in the side; on which deceased rose' OD his elbow and raid, " Oh : mercy, what have I done to be! killed Henry Gray then gave him another kick under the chin, and said, " Take that, you d—d rascal, for your interference."— Had not seen deceatiA strike any one; he fell down from the chat'. ncl across die footpath, about nine pares from the little pillar. After the two doctors had given up the man as dead, the two Grays came out, went on each side of the body, and told the people to stand otTand give air to the deceased. Patrick Leonard, examined by Mr. ft:sure—Saw deceased knocked down by S. (:ray, who went back a little, aml then jump. ed on his breast with his right foot; deceased did :tot do any thing afterwards; Henry Gray kicked deceased on the it ft side; when deceased first entered the crowd, he said, " For sake, boys, let us hare pence." Sam. Gray asked him why he intetftral, and after he had kicked hint, he said, " D—n his soul, kill hint out." Ileny then gave hint a kick ; witnists was about titre: perches die. tent at the time; no one touched the deceased but the prisoners. Peter Mathews examined by Mr. O'Hawt.ox—Saw Sam. and henry Gray dragging Leonard towards their own door, when he fell--deceased stepped out of the crowd to lift Ithti, and, in reply to a demand of what he wanted, said be wished for " peace." , (fitness was tramped on in the crowd and therefore he forced has way out; lie saw deceased going torwurd aril S. Gray after Ilia: S. Ural" struck deceased, who asked '• Oh, what have I done 1." Immediately elite which S. Gray again struek hint on the teeth 31•3fahon fell, and, when Calling, S. Gray gave him a smart kick on the stomach ; he fell over on his back ; he afterwards entica. vuurcd to gather himself up, and said. " Oh ! Christ be near me !" on which S. Gray gave him a second kick on the neck—he, turned on his right side, ;rare a groan, and scented to expire. Saw Fria Dully lift the de:eased after he was dead; Samuel Gray thee, and lot till then, dragged off an eld named 11Martner to the black hole. saying, I've settled me and I'll lay you up.' At the time he kicked the deceased, he said, Let such ruffian; as you take that" Identified Samuel Way ; did not we Henry strike the deceased all. Francis Duffy, examined by Mr. Foams—Deceas-d was lying on the brood of his back when witness first saw hint ; Sam. Gray sprung forward and gave him a kick in the neck with hit left foot, saying, " he would settle the rascal"—"n which deceased turned on l.ra Ica side, gale a sigh ur a gnarl, and did not again move. Dr. Rutherford was called on to view the body GIB. Pil`Afahon ; met two or three men carrying it up the street, aid directed them to hat it o..twn. round the deceased ►till breathing a little, but he expired in :wo or three IllilltlteP. Witness, along with Surgeon 314 dissected the body afterwards; believed his death was owing to a❑ injury he had received on the neck ; part of the ver tebrae was broken ; that was sufficient to cause immediate death ; there was a sligl:t swelling on the outside of the neck. ('rocs-examincd-li'itness examined the enure body and saw co other injury whatever. Q. Do you think the vertebrae might have been so moth injured by a fall on the stone ? A. des: a severe fall was the likeliest way of inflicting such an injury ; it required uncommon farce to bask the vertebrae. Dr. 1111.;Icaan also examined the body, and found the vertebrae hruken ; was !et! to examine ir, a , all the witilessus on the Como% 's Inquest had spoken of a kirk (Ire, ',et: received on the Leek ; was also of opinion that it n•yoircut great force to break the vertebrae, it being so much covered v Ohl innsc:es. •-• ..... Cuss closed for the I,l'osec...tint% DEFENCE. Robert lAtillow, or Leadlf, t " amined by Mr. HELL—Witness was in Bally bay on the evening of the nth of 3lay ; Saw Pat Leo nard fighting in the street opposite 3lr. Hornet's new place; let had his coat ofF, and witness, who bad a regard for him, endea voured to pacify him. A little afterwards witness saw a crowd at: Sam. Gray's house; went forward to it and saw Leonard and Henry Ilray fighting; saw Sam Gray leave the citowd with a nic, in custodr, whom witness did not know, but since heard he was called 1114'artney ; he teem towards the black hole ; saw the de cocted. Al'3lallon, in the crowd ; deceased bad been with ',contra in the first row, an his friend ; saw 31`51ahun sell^ H. (hay by the collar, while he won fighting Leonard; a tall man then stepped fir. ward and struck deceased, who instantly fell; swore pnaiuvely it was not Samuel Gray who struck deceased, nor was he then in the crowd ; neither was it Henry Gray who struck him ; he was enough eintagtd : he continued fighting with Leonard after de ceased fill ; the cry wai, that the man was dead ; annex, could po: believe that one blow would kill a man, and did not at tint think he was dead ; witness saw Leonard striking Henry (ray ; Henry Gray did not strike deceased ; witness could not see whether or eat deceased fell on a stone, as there was such a crowd around hint. Ily a Juror—hid not see deceased reserve a kick after he fell : was positive he (!id not. Sainuel Smith examined by Mr. !formes—Witness saw the first of the fray; a man struck a soldier, on which Mr. S. Gray took hold of the man, and said he would put him into the bite: hole for rioting Leonard tame t.p and attempted to rescue the man ; Henry Gray then came out and told Leonard to let the man go and not be raising a riot ; Leonard strtfelt Henry, and the two began to tight ; Samuel then convoyed the old man away to the black hole. In the course of the tight Henry mit the better of Leo nard, who W:l4 stooping forward ; witness u* the deceased step for. ward and -strike Henry Gray on the neck, on which a decent-look. ing man in the crowd, whoht witness did not know by came, struck. deceased, who instantly fell ; there was a little t`tone pillar at the end of the pavement on which deceased fell. Witness had a per fect view of the whole trans.tction, as he had gone into Thomas Hillman's house and was looking nut of the window; kept hia eyes on the crow& and saw distinctly the deceased knocked down. Swore positively it was not either of the Grays who struck de. ceased ; Samuel yes not in the email, and Henry was engaged with Leonard. After deceased fell witne.* saw Samuel Gray coin. ing from the black hole towards the crowd ; he RCM forward to the deceased. looked at him, mid then went into hit house. but Imme diately ante out again with a glass lh his hand, and sornethini; like wine in it, which he took to the place where deceased was lying. David Robinson, Charles 31•Cartncy. and George Taylor, gays similar testimony to the preceding witnesses for the defence. Rev. !lean Henry Roper bad known Mr. Gray since a boy found him to be a perfectly honest loyal man ; placed great de. pedence in Lim, and was never yet deceives!. Believed he had been more than once committed in differences with his neighbours, atid that Ilia temper had been irritated sometimes. The Learned Judge (Baron CI. r i.r. *ND proceeded to charge the Jury. This, said his Lordship, was one of those eases that too often, unfortunately,acturred in this country, that If one heard one side And shortly +tiler heard the other, he Would undoubtedly be led to think they related to two different transactions; but of all the cases that ever came before him, more opposite testimony he had never heard than on the preterit trial. It was for the Jury. how ever, to decide on that evidence, slid say which they believed- Were they to credit the case for the prosecution, they r. ere bound to find one or other of the prisoners guilty of the murder; for some of the witnesses had sworn that Samuel limy ;done had struck and kicked the unfortunate deceased, while others had as positively are! distinctly sworn that Henry alone bed given him the abuse which terminated so fatally. On the other hand, did they believe the witnesses for the defendants, it *as clear that Samuel Gray was not chargeable, in the remotest degree, with the death of the de. ceased; on the contrary, not only was he innocent of the imputed crime, but he appeared to have used on the occasion in a very laudable and praiseworthy manner, and exerted himself to the ut most to preserve the public pace; and as to the other prisoner. Henry Gray, he was too much engaged with Leonard to be in a situation to strike the deceased. As the trial seemed to excite a:. extraordinary degree of feeling in the public mind, though for what reason be was totally et a loss to understand, he Ole Learned Baron) would even at that late hour read over his notes of the evi dence to the Jury, in order that they might rot have even a shadow of doubt on their minds as to the verdict they should find: His Lordship then proceeded to recapitulate the evidence at length, commenting on It as he proceeded with his usual abilities, acil concluded by telling the Jury, that the en".ariety of evidence ad duced against the prisoners, some of whi h too was of a very sus picious nature, was quite stiffisient to warrant them in acquitting the prisoners, even if there were not such a strongly connected chain of evidence as had been brought forward in defence. The Juiy retired for two minutes, when they returned into Court and their names were called over. _ Clerk of the Crown—" What say you. Gentlemen. are the pri soners, or either of them, guilty of the felony given you in charge ?" Foreman of the Jury— Net The Junn e—" Samuel Cray, I don't think it right to discharge you from the place where you stand without expressing my enure satisfaction at your conduct on the evening alluded to. It is es, dent you exerted yourself to the-utmost to preserve the peace in. stead of disturbing it; and your conduct altogether entitles you to great praise." - - - - - - - Renton] DIA was tried on Tuesday for the murder of his •ife, Catharine Duffy, in March last, and found Cadtp. He was sen tenced to be hanged on Monday. EXCESSIVE HEAT IN THE UNITED STATES, Nrw You, JI:LY 14. It is stated in the Savannah Gen-Arian, of the d instant. that Mr. John Ce llis, formerly mate of the ship Indian, Chief, returning from the ship Juno, at Five Fathom, to the city, in a pilot-boat, on Thursday. overcome by the heat of the sun, fell into the arms of one of the pilots• and expired in a few minutes. Ile had gone down to thr Juno to take passage for New York, which he was not ab!e to obtain, in consequence of her being full. An inqurst was held over the body, and a verdict returned, " Died by the visitation of God." } Row eII•RLESTON.-o,u attentive correspordents at Charhston have forwarded to us, per ship Franklin, their papers to the Bth instant inclusive. They all speak of the extremely warm weather in that city and different parts of the State At Georgetown, on the 4th, the thermometer stood at int A in the shade, and the gardens in the vicinity and the highland crops were parched for want of rain. In Colombia the thermometer was from 100 to 101, and is Cheraw it rose from 90 to 105. A letter from Pineville of the 4th speaks of the excessive heat and severe and destruc tive drought. Fears were entertained that the provision crops would be lost or greatly injured. A thermometer. 'exposed to the sun, and suspended seven feet from the ground, rose to 152 degrees, and was so hot when taken down as to render it necessary to immerse it in water. The letter concludes—" Four ncgroes on Monday fell victims to the heat ; it appears, however, to have been cannel by the too fret use of water—s,•veral others fainted. The weather continues very clear, and no prospect of a change ; a generzl order was given on Tuesday, not to permit th-' negrocs to remain in the field later than one o'clock. sinse . which nn accident has happened. You will be surprised to hear that the thermometer for several nights was at ra degrees at eleven o'clock, and the house open." We arc gratified, however, to learn from the Cowrie., of the sib, that a heavy fall of rain, with thunder and lightning, on the evening previous, had cooled the atmo sphere. During the shower the house of Mrs. Coates, and the ship La Fayette, were slightly injured by the lightning. CuraAw (8. V.), .t ri s The excessive heat that has been exprrience,l in this town during the last six days we presume is aleo;tether an paralleled in this country. The mercury in an excellent Farenbeit thermometer stood at three o'clock. rem- exposed to the air in the shade, on Saturday last, at 91 degrees ; oa Sunday at 94 degrees ; on Monday at 103 degrees ; ma Tuesday at 10:1 degrees ; ore Wednesday at lot elrreirs ; and on Thursday at 100 elegrcss. During all this period we have had no rain, and the heat still continues to be dis troningly oppressive. Should this weather continue, it would not be surprising it' the town of Cheraw should ere long he found completely depopulated. the citizais hos ing ereperated under suelordier. t I r / I i ~~ ~~ I~ i '