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GEIIMAN VIPERS. FRANKFORT. MATCH Is. We bear nothing but dionsureging fnrehtklingo reopening out fair. the chief business of which will be done next week, though sellers are ahead, here from Saxony, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Lower Rhine, as well as aeretal foreign dealers in English good. It is appreiCll{l. II that the fair sill be more glutted than ev er with cotton and wreillen in: facture.t hut whence 'hall purchasers come, especially such an are provided with money to make prom p t p a yment ? till a few exceptions the seller will not he Maned so readily to gine credit as they used to do, as iiistrust in the order of the nay. and the bankers will not b o ne bills to b e drawn on them unless they hare security . To this is to be added the nielsochnly situation of the manufacturers, who at the autumn fair parted with their goods under prime and, and nowt now sell on still tower terms, in order to get furda to go on with. Saxon menu ree'llreee in particular endeavour tor thtse reasons to dinpoge of diet o b t ie stock at onec. Ott any term.: the distreae among them i t i n f a rt very great. of width the failure of .110recht, st Zeiss. is a woof, and which :nun: excite the greater alarm, as this moment taxer was always considered a. the wont eimitiderable and A g a in the country. Such are some of +he speculations w t h e a e rre fear. With respect to wool. we do nor know how mottos will torn oat The (victors respecting the quantities coming to market are meek divided. L a tely, however, it has been affirmed that large qua ntities will be offered for sale, because fresh supplies daily ar rive, and those from ‘Virtenriburg in patt irnlar ace more consider. able than erer. Toe old plan of barter between wool-dealers and cloth manurnturers stein* again to come into vogue. Thus a wool-dada from the Netherland% it expected at the fair with 13 or gerion pipets of cloth, Which he has obtained in this manner, and will endravour to get rid of here and in heipaig. Letters from Sintaburgh snootier.- the failure of the great house of Joseph Nicene, for ail millions of franca. as it is said. bi the Electorate of /tease. besides the guarding of the frontiers ty Maps of the line, ne1.141114 iste.s.urra have been adopted to triaint lin the laws on the cuntoms I i'hst country. Tbus we hear lust it is declared to he SI du.y to give information of every viola tion of the lawn ; s.i that any per.on itegleoing to distills is to be punished in the own- manner ae die smugglers or otber venous who lure defrauded the cumunno. A trasstron. MARCH 22. TheCarlsruhe Chizete him an article dated at St. I'eteraburgh, s t h of m a rch. which states that prefect trawl:tinny prevailed there, and that any intenuptiou of it was ou! of the question. Fort;eners ate nii.taken. if this think that there are permanent elercenls of discoment. 4f expect any violent fermentation in the State. English. arid in fact French, journals continually spread false Terns of let's troubles in Russia, of new attempts on the life of the Imperial Family, of hoe "es already commenced, &c. These gro undles... d cal.:en, malicious reports. require no re futatioa—peart wel he maintained, because a perfect understand. ine to he preserve.' empty:in' those measures which Russia will take in its own tires . . and that of Europe in general, fur the as. listactory serungement of the ettAirs of (Irene. VIENNA. Meat . 111.—Iletalliques, 88 1.16. Bank Shares, —.4or-write Zrol.rig, 31- a ch 23. NEW INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. We yesterday, M answer to tho communication of " A Constant Reader,' stated that a Bill was now before Par- b ament f or the Relief of Insolvent -Debtors. The follow-' ing very short abstract of the proposed Act will afford further informslion on this subject, and enable the public in some degreeto form en opinion of the amended Bill : It will be t al embered that the Court for Relief of Insolvent $ Debtors was t constituted In 1820; • Court-hausz was directed to be built i ts orfur4-srreet, Lit coin's Inn-fields, by the Act of 1822. en d ; Commissianas were appointed to go Circuits by the Ao of I sip This Court. having been found of signal utility, is continue , : y the present Act, with some salutary additions to its sk ene e e ,itnctions. Promos confined for contempt' by nonspay mina money, may, lilac other debtors, petition for their dis char The I . 4un is uot sbaolutely restrained from receiving pe. ;ni ne rein presorts pot within the wills of a prison, bet may, in cot 111 bc.dtti, or fur other specified causes, dispense with the p con fi nement. A discretionary power is very properly l e to the Court to authorise the raising of money on certain k 4of property . by Iry of mortgage. slam: an immediate sale ht be prejudicial. The Coot hunts° power to make an equi. , Ic order in case of a lenge which the assignee declines to accept. he p owers of the assignees are more clearly set forth than hereto. .. . . fiore ; they may make composition for debts, and submit differences to arbitration. with the consent of the majority in value of the cre ditors, who are to vote according to the balance due to them on an aco3llot fairly stated. Where the Insolvent is a beneficed clergy. man. the amignee may obtain a sequestration of the living ; and where he is t naval, militery, or civil officer of Government, the Court, on comnitinica; ion with the proper department of Govern mac*, may order a part of his pay or salary to be applied to, the use of his creditors. The Act against secret warrants of attorney is d.ciared to extend to assignees under this Act t and, on the other hind, the assignees are held strictly to the rendering an early ac. count, and If they wilfully retain money. may be charged twenty per cent. interest on it by the Calm. Annuity credits*. are minds. sable as for sums actually due; and the diwitarge of a prisoner operates upon these as well as other debts. In she mailer of m.o. the Court bas an equitable power to order them in certain cases to be paid out of the insolvent's estate. and in certain other cases to be paid by a creditor, frivolously and vexatiously opposing . die dulls. These are • few of the most prominent features in an Aet, which cannot GO greatly to interest many dames, bet more espe cially the trading part of the community. FIRE AT THE OLD SOUTH SEA HOUSE.. A fire broke nut yesterday morning, between two and three o'c'ock, at the Old South Sea House, which for tome time put has Fern designated AT the name of the Old South Sea Chambers, in Bmail-etreet. This spacious building is nearly all consumed, and that part which, as yet, has escaped, is in great danger. Happily no lives have been lost, but the amount of property deetroyed must be immense. as the whole of the building wits let out in counting-houses and suites of chembers. IVhetr the lire was discovered it was evident that it had been raging fur a wend dui.ble time. It unfortunately happened that on the arrival of the engines there was a scarcity of water, and before a more plenti fal supply avid he obtained, the fire had reached to a great height. Fortunately, however, some of the inhabitants recollected that is the gardens belonging to the premises there was a fountain, a large rcarnmir of wider ; to this two engines were imme. d:atey conveyed, avid commenced playing with comdderable effect ; a td te the exertions of the men who worked them way be atuibuted the saving of some of the adjoining Premise*. At one period of the morning great anxiety was manifested for the safety of the Excise Mice, to which the atteatiuu of the con ductors of the engines was directed, and we are happy to uy with ultims to succeu. Two children who were in bed in one of the rooms on the second fi•M ornm bore perished, had it not been for the great presence of mind evinced by Mansfield, pose of the waiters at the North and South American Coffee-house, who rushed up stairs, as the 1111011. rem peril of his life, to their rescue. which he happily effected. It is suppewe.l that the fire originated in one of the vaults under teeth the building, which was let to a wine-merchant. Most of /he gentlemen and merchants, who inhabited the Old Smth :tea Chambers, were fast asleep when they were aroused by a tremendous knocking at the gate, with the alarm of fire. a little afier two o'clock in the morning, by the watchman. When the gate waa vetted, a great quantity of smoke noshed out of the count ing.hnuse of Mr. Waters, which was under the gateway, where the fire is supposed to have originated. An alarm was Immediately given to the several inmates. _ . . The gentleman lobo lion appeared was Mr. Lutchers, inhabiting one of the chambers, who immediately rendered every assintanee to bit netahhourt, at :he sante time forgetting his own property. abasing Isle gold watch. which he left in his drawers. and varin Mere of value, be returned and found his bed-room full of smoltdt and, at the rink of being suffocated, rescued his watch and most of the papers. All the rent of his property has been tonstuned. Unforanately he is not intoned. We are most happy to find that 31e. James vtirtut, lobo as well am his brother Si, Wi ll iam, had aparunents in the bAding.sagged without injury. We understood that Air. Curtis 'Mae ItnnlMll to the full amount of his property destroyed. ' A rag quantity of papers brlmigink VnittodllheiseAtEce hare been destroyed : and several gentlemen, nre understand, have et. perieneed great losses, as they only esailted with what clothes they could throw on. Those extenv;ve premises, we understand, had been purchased by Government. We have received the littrbadoes If/Teary to the 28th of January. On the morning of the 25th, between ten and eleven o'clock, an alarming lire broke out in Bridge Town, which cantinued to rage with great violence until near three in the afternoon. I . 7.vanls of one hundred 110U$F14 were burnt, and property to almost an incalculable amount de stroyed. It INa‘ Wit known how the tire originated. A general meeting of the inhabitants was held on the '27th, at which a committee was appointed to aszertaita the losses of individuals, an:l a subscription immediately entered into, which amounted. at the termination of the meeting, to 7 6 31 7 1 . 6d.-I.irerpool Courier, March 29. rts.—The nutnber of passports and livrets countersigned at Geneva in 1825 WM 13,902, the bearers of which were -3359 Swhs, 3,091 Savoyards and Pied- Maltese, 3,0G8 French, 1,550 Gertnans, 1,339 English, 353 Italian, I I.; Russians, sti Americans, and 45 Danes and Swtsies. LI, r arnnt, 11411C1119.--Our cotton market is dull and busy, and price% inclining downwards. About 3500 bags sold in the week. Floor has fallen in price, at Merthyr, loa. per sack of fl l oomis•—centhrtas. f A sleeting will he held a t Exeter in the Sessions we ek, a l the purpose oreonsideri t g the props it ty of es t abl ishin g County As Ylull for the instruction of the Deaf and plinth ' Private school, far n similar purpose, has heel' •frer some ante carri e d on w i t h bonthood o f th at d ty. muc h success in the neigh- ASSIZE 1."117.1.16P 'CE. HOME CIRCUIT.—NIAID+TONE, MAscii 29. [Before the lewd Cl.ielC:Ton ALEXANDER.] _ THY 111110 CHI.III.EII. This was an indictnteni x . 1 9 .4 and corrupt perjury. assigned upon evidence given by the drfenuant on the trial at law of a cause Coleman v. I)idava..x. Mr. MAIIRVATT and Mr. Rot.LANI) conducted the protects don. and Mr. Ott IttlEY and Mr. A not.Pflus the defence. It appeared in evidence that the defendant. who it the arm of a respectable attorney, bed been whin". for his hither's partner, Mr. Coleman, who. at the last siummer Atis'zi^c fns this county. brought an action againu. Mr. ',climax, the attorney, for wersulting him at the Canterbury race. in 1824. There had been some mistinder atanding heaven Mr. Coleman and Mr. ',climax. Meeting on Barham Down., on the 17th of Augurt, the latter demanded of the former whether he had called him a scoundrel or a swindler i Mr. Coleman replied that he t:itl not. Mr. Delaraux then Bahl, " Did you say I weir a blackguard ?" Mr. 'oleinan anrwered, " It you sent me that measage by your clerk I certainly did, and do now." Whereupon Mr. Dtlasittx .truck Mr. Coleman wit!: hid horsewhip. fat the trial of the action for thin assault, the defendant, who is a youth of seventeen. wan, examined as a ma terial witness to the transaction. Ile stated that he wan near the spot where the asaault war committed. Mr Delatiattx, he mid, charged Mr. Coleman with something which he, tine de fendant, dtd not hear, but whatever it was, 3lr. Coleman den;ed it ; and that the assault watt committed upon that dental. The Lord Chief Justice Bert, who tried the cause, dwelt upon Mr. Coleman's denial of what Mr. Delasaux charged him with, as a circumstance of aggravatioa on the part of the latter ; and the Jury, under his lautiship'r direction's, found a venlict for the plaintiff, damages 88!. Mr. Delasaux afterwards moved fora new trial, on the ground that the damages were exeersive ; but the Court refused the rule. Mr. Del i'MUX then preferred the present indictment, and it wet that the defendant had spoken falsely in swearing that Mr. Co!etnan had draied the accusation made by Mr. Delasaux ; and it war farther alleged, that in tact the defen dant was at a different part of the race course at the time of the assault, and consequently could not have teen the tranea:tion to which he deposed. Mr. Miasmic, anti other witneares, proved that they did not see the defendant on the race course at the time of the assault, and that Mr. Coleman had admitted that he called Mr. Manua a blackguard under the circumstance:, above men. tioned. On his cross-examination, Mr. Delasaux denied that he had told any body that he prosecuted young Charles from revenge. Ile admitted that he had said. " that revenge was sometimes sweet." Ile had suffered severely ; the Court of King's Bench had refused hint a new trial. On the part of the defendant it was proved, that he was near the spot at the tinge of the assault, and that it was very possible fur him to have been mistaken in his account of the twat part of the com munication between Mr. Coleman and Ur. Delaiiaux. Dr. Burt, Master of the King's School, at Canterbury, proved that the Iletendant watt a pupil of his, and that he was a youth of unitnpeachable veracity. He never found him guilty of p ica. lion, much lessor falsehood. The Loan CHIEF Manx summed up the ease. and The Jury immedisteiy found the defendant Not Guilty. THE. KING 1.. RIDLEY. This was an indictment against the defendant for a nuisance, in carrying on a coal.gax manufactory at Margate. The ezistenee of the nuisance was proved; but the case against the defendant failed for want of proof that he took any personal part in the management of the manufactory.—Verdict, Not Guilty. OXFORD CIRCUI T.—MONMOUTH, MARcu 28. CIVIL 2SIDE. TnE XIXO v. PRICEATID OTHEIS. This was an indictment against Joseph Price, Esq., a Magis trate of the county of 31ononouth, and eleven other persons, for an alleged riot and assault. The ease excited intense interest in this town, and the Court was crowded to excess, from the moment it was opened, by the twn parties into which the population is di. vided—the Duke of Beaufort's and the independents. The witnesses on both sides were ordered Out of Court. Mr. Cuawoon and Mr. C. Pittwes conducted the prosecu tion, and the former opened the casie. Gentlemen of the Jury, I rather lament that, the find time I have the honour of addressing a Jury of the county of Monmouth, I have to state to them a case which, if made out in evidence, reflects disgrace upon, at least, one man who Wilds a considerable station in the county. This is an indictment against twelve persona for a riot, and the first per son named in the indictment is Mr. Joseph Price, who, I under stand, is a gentleman of distinction, and has been by the special commission of his Majesty entrusted with the conservation of the peace in this county—at least, he among others ; and yet this case will present to you the nitwit tar spectacle of a most outrageous riot, organised, headed, and conducted by a Magistrate, who ought to have preserved the peace. Now. Gentlemen, I will state the facta of the case. On Thursday, the Ith of November, int, Mr. Hughes, who was then the Mayor o. t!iie town, according to an cient custom, treated his fellow.townsi....i and their ladies with a ball in the own-hall. While they were .:toying their festivities, a numerous party went to Mr. Price's houar, where they entered by a back door. They then came out and a senabled at a pub, lie-house here, called The Mason's Arms ; nod there , alter they hail been gorged with ale, Mr. Price joine d them. He came from the parlour into the kitchen, and having mounted a chair, he harangued the mob. Having done that, they sallied forth with the bard of the militia before them, organised in something like mili tant array, and inarclic.l t. tn. C.... .r snout ten o'clock at night. where die Mayor and his friends were assembled and were enjoying themselves according to ancient and accustomed usage. After a short pause, they made a rush at the hall-door, attempted to break in, and several of them cried out, •• We will oust the Mayor, as we oustett somebody else." To what they alluded, I shall not now stop to inquire, but Mr. Price, on that occasion, was most active in encouraging them and exciting them to a breach el the peace. The constables attempted to keep the doors fast, and one of them being outside, was most cruelly assaulted and out rageously beaten. He was, however, rescued from his perilous eitua• tient. and he will detail the particulars to you. The mob then pro ceeded down Church.street, preceded by the band ; and when they came in front of the houses of those persons who were obnoxious to them, the band was directed to imitate groans and all sorts of most indecent and disgusting noises. (Here* portion of the assembly in Court bunt out into unrestrained laughter.) Mr. Baron flaaanw—lf the Court is again disturbed in that way, I will send a certain ponion of the disorderly to gaol, and the rest of them out of Court. However the people of Monmouth may enjoy indecent disturbances, they shall not disturb the proceedings of a Court of Justice while lam in it. I shall have my eye upon the persons present. I shall commit upon my own observauon, and I expect the others to do their duty. Mr. CURWOOD TOWITIed--.oentlelllll4 I ST much obliged to his Lordship for repressing this spirit of insubordination. The mob proceeded down Church -street, Gentlemen, until they came to the house of Mr. Syner, who is a pastry-cook. and there they com menced an attack upon the door and shutters. Mrs. Syner had just prepared to go to the ball, and her husband was getting ready to accompany her. He went to his door, hearing the violent noise that was made, and was assaulted by the mob. His wife also was going out to see what was the minter, when some ruffian" dashed his hat in her face, gave her a black eye, and tore off some of her little ornaments. 31r. Price was at that time among them, and en couraging them, as I understand (Mr. Price was in Court, and is a gentleman of colour, as it is canes( l ; and I say, a man who could thus act and encourage such an outrage upon a woman know hie not, but Nature, ever true to her laws. would de pict his character in his tace—is neither genuine English nor genuine Arden. After this the mob proceeded to escort Mr. Price home in triumph. He addressed them at his own house, and told them it was time to go home. They went to the Mason's Arms again, and after being overwhelmed with ale and with sleep, they dispersed. I have thus detailed to you the outline of this case, and I shall leave it to the witnesses to detail the particulars. A Special Jan , Inns been summoned by the defendants, but for what reason I know not. 15'hether they were afraid of the honest indig nation of the peasantry who usually form the Common Juries, I cannot say, but., Gentlemen, I am glad to see you here; for I am sure you will give an honest verdict, and do all that justice de mands. _ _ Janes Berry—l am a manor. I remember the 4th of Novem ber, 1824. when the Mayor hail his ball. I was at the Allison's Arm* in Monnow-street on the evening of that day. There were bout 200 pawns there. I know Mr. Price's person, and I saw him sitting tat the house. There were about forty or fifty of the persons in the kitchen, and I saw Mr. Price come in, anti, stand ing upon a chair, Ire said something to them, all about Dr. Bevan. I cannot say what it was. He then went out, but what became of him I cannot say; I believe he went into the parlour. After about three.quarters of an hour the mob went out into the street, and there was a hand of music there. Mr. Jones told them all to come out, and take Mr. Price home ; and when they came back they should 'iave sonic more ale. They came out of the house, and the bard beat Mt They marched up to the Hall, where I heard the music inside, and suppose that dancing was going on. They made a stand in front of the Hall, and then James Lane (a defendant) and Edw. Gunter (note defendant) said " I)—n their eyes, pitch into then) !" Then James Lane and Edward Gunter began to drive at one of the constables ; I believe they hit him, and hem leathering him ; 1 mean beating him. Ile had not done anything to them before that. Mr. Price was pre sent ; he stood in the middle of the mob ; I did not see him do anything. I continued with the mob until they went all round, and took Mr. Price home. At some places they played tunes like groan.. I sew the mob when before Mr. Syner 's door : I dare say there *acre between two and three hundred of them. I saw one of them catch hold of Alm. Syner by the cap. 1 saw her face after. wards ; it was not marked. John Rainey-1 am a master plumber and glazier in this town. I remember Thursday night, the 4th of November, 1324. Mr. Hughes. the then Mayor, gave a ball that night, and 1 was one of the Stewards. 1 recollect being on the stairs of the Hall that night. One of the door-keepers, a man of the name of Davis, went away without my leave, after I had given out the beer-tickets. which was at ten o'clock. There was then a disturbance. The music was the first thing that arrested my attention. There was then a degree of noise existing, but not a great deal. That occasioned me to go down to the foot of the staircase, and from that 1 went into the market-house, and new a con'iderable number of persons coming from the direction of Monnow-atreet, cud they moved along until they came nearly to the centre or the market-house. I think there were from two to three hundred, and they were marching with a degree of regularity, until they came to the centre of the front of the market-place. and then the word " halt," was given. The music then played "011 save 'he King," and tile crowd htizzaed. In the' crowd I observed Jlr. .I:4eph Price, a Magistrate of the county, THE BRITISH PRESS. Mr.Witlion Matte, and. I believe, Mr. James Jones. I partieu larly noticed Mr. l'rice waving his stick instead of his hat, when they husswed. Upon that I observed some degree of bustle in the mob in front of the market-home, and I particularly noticed a man whom I did not know,'in a smock frock. who said. " Follow me !" A general lash then Conk place Inwards the door of the Town flail, with cries of • 6 (Jo it ! go it I " I particularly noticed the phrase, "We will oast them as we did Fame." I then went in, and closed the do r, which woe ecceleeated by the mob pushing against it, as the door closed inwards. In that rush I noticed the defendants bane and Lavender After that I heard a great noise against the door, apparently with sdrksor bludgeo ti, and tile cry. Turn nut the bargeman. and all his crew." lir. Hughes is a barge owner. I went and told the Mayor what was going on. lie went down and went nut A short time atterwards there was a knocking at the door, and I answered it. The p:ople outside said. " We are all friends: here is the poor Duke, almost murdered." They then brought in James Davis. Thy sere leading him by the arms, or rather dragging him, and we stored him in a window at the bottom of the emirs. Ile was covered with blood, partici'. lady about his face. lie wee bleeding at the mouth. I went into the hall. and Cork down some wafer to him, which appeared to re vive him. and lie was himself again. _ (hoes-examined by Mr. TAttrrnw.-1 have been one of the burgesses of this town, but lam ousted. I entered into a rule of Court to dinclaim, if Mr. Ypres was defeated, and I have dis claimed. We have no Mayor now in Monmouth, to the beat of my knowledge. I did not see any Mayor at church with the Judgel last Sunday. Mr. Price, the &lend:int, decoyed the Mayor into his house one night; and, after making him tipsy. got him to sign deed of disclaimer. I very much question whether he would h•tee done such a thing if he was sober, beesuae I saw him on the Monday previous, and he made several declarations that he would stan.l the contest, let the istme be wbat it might. I watched him that partitmlar night, but I did not see him home from Mr. Price's house. Several other witnesses were maid, but each successive witness I differed from the one who had preceded him. Mr. TAUNTON then addressed the Jury on behalf of the defend ants. Gentlemen, knowing. as I think I pretty well did know, the nature of the ease on the other hide, I think I never in the hole course of my life saw a case so Wilde out. You must guess the sort of spirit by which It is influenced by what you have seen to day. Contrasting the case opened to you with that proved, you see nothing but contradiction. from begmhieg to encl., of the moat ex traordinary description. My learned Friend who conducts this prosecution has most ample cause to complain that he has been misinstructed, misled. and deceived ; but he is only discharging a professional duty, and no one will impute any thing to him whieh is not perfectly consistent._( Here the Learned Counsel went over the whole of the evidence, remarking oa the contradictory ;metal— ' It appears, Gentlemen, nothing more nor leas than this, that the Mayor and his party thought they had a right to enjoy themselves in their own peculiar way, with their Topry and tobacci, and the other party tea, from some other motive, rejoiced also in a different manner; but there is no earthly pretence for saying that any regu lated design existed to disturb the public peace, of to create that which would be in law a riot. Mr. Baton Winnow charged the Jury. His Lordship said that the Jury were called upon, now at the beginning or IBM, to in. quire into the imputed guilt of twelve several defendants, who were charged with having been guilty of a riot in 1:124. His Lord ship warned the Jury against mixim; themselves up with those party feelings, which were the incentives of this indictment, and offered to read through the whole of the evidence if the July thought it necessary. The Jury told his Lordship that he need not treuble himself, and found all the defend sots Not littilty. CROWN SIDE-MURDER. Abraham Omen was indicted for the wilful murder of .Morgan Saunders, on the lath of November last, at Trevethin, in this county. Mr. MAULS and Mr. JUSTICE were for the prosecution, and adduced the following evidence : Philip WI am a mason, and I worked for Morgan Saunders, the deceased, who was a master mason. I was at the Pentwynn Tavern, at Pontypool, on Saturday evening, the 12th of November, about seven o'clock in the evening. Several other masons were there, as well same, to receive their wages from the deceased, who generally paid us at that house ; I left the house first that evening ; my dog was with me. When I got out of the house, I perceived two men standing in the road ; I did tint know them. The biggest man kicked my dog, and Inv dog cried out. I went up to the man, and asked hint what he kicked my dog for ? and he immediately struck me down. After I was down, he began kicking me ; lie kicked me so often, that I cried out " Murder !" Mark Price, my fellow-workman, then came up and asked the man what he meant by using me so? The man then went from me to Price, knocked him down, and kicked him whilst on the ground. He then returned to me, and taking me by the hair of the head, he kicked me several times. Mark Price went again into :he public.house. I was crying out " Murder" all this time. Soon after, he returned with Daniel Lewis and Morgan Saunders, the deceased. When Morgan Saunders came up, the big man let me go, and went up to him. Then the big man and the man with him said they would tight uny man on the road. Morgan Saunders said, " lam no fighting man ; don't strike me ; for if you do, yogerill ;event of it." The big man oheatruck me then knocked Morgan Saunders down. Cross-examined by Mr. RUSSEL—There were many masons at the tavern that night, perhaps more than ten or twelve; they were all the workmen of the deceased; they had received their week's wages, and they were ail drinking sonic ale. Mark Price and 1 left the house pretty much at the same time ; he followed me out; the two men I have alluded to were about 20 yards from the door. It was not so dark but that I could see a man. After the big man kicked my dog I did raise my hand, but only to fend off the blow he made at me. His hat fell oil', but I did not knock it ofr; my hand went towards his head when defending myself. The big man knocked down Mark Puke; he was quite close to me then, while I was on the round. Price ran buck to the public house, and then at least a &yen men came out with Morgan Saun ders, the deceased leading them. They came towards the biggest man. They did not press upon him, nor dill he retreat from them. He retreated from me, but not from them. He then struck the deceased. He-examined—l was quite sober, and so was the deceased. The big man first kicked my dog, and was then about to strike me, when I raised my hand to defend myself. Examined by the Count —My dog had not barked at him. I gave the man no provocation whatever. I had never met with him, nor did I ever see him before. Mark Price called—l was at the Pentwynn Tavern on the night of the 12th of November. I had been receiving my wages there. I had only drank a pint of beer. and I was quite sober. Morgan Saunders was in the house, and he was quite sober. I followed Philip Williams out of the house, as we wcre both going home. I left Morgan Saunders in the house. When we went out I saw two men standing in the road a little distance below the house. There was a big man and a little man. The big man had a smock frock, and he kicked Williams's dog without any provocation whatever. Williams asked the big man why he kicked his dog, and he immediately knocked him down. lie then kicked him several times while he was down. He continued to beat Williams, who cried out " murder ;" on which I went up, and told the big man not to murder Williatna. Ile then jumped from Williams to me, knocked me down, and kicked me after I was down. He then went hack to Williams, and began beating and ' kicking him again ; on which It'illisitts cried out " murder." I then went to the tavern anal called for assistance, and said that I was afraid Williams would be murdered. I said " For God's sake let soinebody come out." The people in the house then came out. The first man that came out was the deceased, Morgan Saunders. The big man then left Williams, and came towards Morgan Saunders. I saw the deceased hold up his hand, and I heard him say " I am no lighting man; do not strike me. If you do, I will make you suffer the punishment of the law." The big man then jumped at the deceased and knocked him down. Cross-examined by Mr. C. PIIILLIPS.—It was then between seven and eight o'clock. It was six when I went to the tavern. I only drank about half a pint of beer. The dog, in going along the road, went towards the big man, who had his hat on then. I did not see his hat fall off*. The road is rather narrow there. It was not a very dark night ; it was star.lighrt. When I came out of the house a second time I ran past the big man and the deceased. How ever, I was near them when I heard Morgan Saunders say " 1 am no fighting man." I did not hear any thing said before that. I did not see Williams knock the big man's hat off. I did not see the little man after that. Daniel Lewis—l am a mason, and was apprenticed to the de. ceased. There were ten of us together at the public-bowie on the night in question. We had eight jugs of beer to drink, and each jug was a ehilling's worth. That was all we had among us that night, and, in my opinion, we were all sober. Mark Price and Philip iVilliams left its first. Shortly afterwards Price came in, and said that somebody was beating Williams. We went out. The deceased and I went first. I ran and got before Saunders. who. I suppose, is about forty-five years of age. j ran beyond Williams and the man who was beating him, but I returned back to the spot, as I head them talking behind me. I heard Morgan Saunders say, " I sm no fighting man; do nut touch me, or I will make you repent it." Some big man then ran at him, and down he went. The big man first pulled Whig smock frock. While he was taking it off, some man behind hint said that the big man would fight any man on the road. The big man and Morgan Saunders struggled together, and then the big man got in a sitting posture with his hack up against the bank, and Morgan Saunders had his head on the big man's knee. The big man then placed one of his hands in front of the deceased's throat, and the other hand at the back of it. He held him in that manner. Mark Price said, " Loose the man, or you will certainly kill him." He did not let him go, and then l'rice struck him. Ile then let him go, and some man threw Morgan Saunders off his knee, and the big man then got up. Isaac Charles then came up, and taking the big man by the shoulders, ,aid, " This is the man that has killed Morgan. Then the other people came up, and they tried to take the big man to the house. He kicked, snuggled, and got free. No one else attacked Morgan Saunders, A quarter of an hour afterwards I SSW Morgan Saundra , dead in the house. Some short ti me a ft er . wards three men were shown tame. I knew one of them, because I and another man caught hold of him that night. I should not know the person of the big man if I was to see him. Cross-examined by Mr. Russet.—lsaac Charles was a fellow. workman of mine. It appeared to me, that the big man took off his smock like a man who was going to light fairly. I don't know that the big matt's party were beaten that night by the masons. Isaac Charles—l was at the tavern on the night in question. Mark Price called us out, and I saw Morgan Suaniers on one side of the road, aid Abraham Owen, the prisoner, challenges to fight him, or any other ni in on the road. 111/Tgan replied that ha was no fighting man ; and if the prisoner struck him, he would make hint repent it. I pointed to Morgan to go to the house, and to leave the righting to those who were ,t ire Reg:tainted with it. I was well acmicinted with Moron, and I never saw him strike it man in my liM. Ile seemed to return hack and go towards the house, and I went in search of Philip Williams, whom we were called out to save. I could not find him, end in live mi nutes I returned back to the spot where I had left the deceased and the mines. I then saw a man on the ground, whose back was up permost. It proved to be Morgan Saunders. His wife Ind come un will a light, and she cried out," It's Morgan! Morgan I" I found hint quite dead. I hind him up, and we took Lim in a chair to his house. I then went away to take the big man, who was the prisoner, and who was only two or three Yards from where the deceased was found. I seized him. and told him he should go bark to the house. as he had murdered my friend. Ile replied lie had not twirdereel him, and then I seized him. He seized me like. wise, and caught hold of the handkerchief about my neck. I told a young man near to clime and cut my handkerchief loose, as the prisoner had almost choked me. I contrived to slip the km it my self. I then heard sonic one b e hi n d the " Why don't you strike him ?" The prisonerthen struck me on the left aide of my head. Joseph Duffield—l am:the landlord of the l'entwynn Tavern ; I remember die night in question ; on a cry of " murder !" I took a candle 111111 1 1 1C13 out ; I then saw the prisoner sitting against the bank wilt Morgan Saunders' hest( between his knees. He had his hands round the throat of flue deceased ; I said, "You villain, you are throttling the man 1 loose loin', or I will strike you." He did not do so, and I fell into a scuffle with him ; I was struck down and beaten severely, but by whOm I cannot tell. When I g.t up I laid hold of the man that I supposed had kicked nie, and it was the prisoner's brother; I had him taken to my honse, acid when I came out again I saw five or six persons bringing the !disoner in. . . . Other witnesses were then called, win proved that the prisoner throttled the deceased until he completely strangled Pim. The prixober in his detence said, that the dog of the first witness had bitten him on the road, and he having kicked the dog, a vio. lent riot commenced, in which he (the prisoner) was severely beaten. Two witnesses were then called to Ruhmantirito the prisoner's statement, but they proved nothing to justify the attack made upon the deceased. Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence to the Jury, sod they found the prisoner Goitty. His Lordship then pas ed the awful sentence of the law on the prisoner, and ordered him for execution on Friday mooting. NORTHERN cuwar.—Vona. 3lAacm 29. KING 17. NELL (conommt). The defendant pleaded " guilty" to the charge, which he had traversed from the last Assizes to the present, for making false re turns of Inquests which had never come under his cognisance, making the firing dead, whereas they had not " shifted - off this mortal coil." but rose up in judgment against him, for which the Court sentenced him to pay a fine of MU. to the King. and to Ire confined one week in York Castle. and further to be confined mita that fine be paid, and to vacate his situation of Coroner for the county, which be has since resigned. We helieve that this is the first instance of the kind upon record of so sing,:lar a circumstance. PERJURY. THE LING V. RYDER. Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. STAR KIE for the Crown. The defendant, it seems. had been indicted fur swearing that nn attorney's bill had been filed against hint, wit it was limited to the contrary ; but he was this day acquitted, on the failure of proof that the Attorney before whom the affidavit bad been made, was a Commissioner for taking affidavits. THE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN "A" AND "THE." STNT.S AND CO. V. POGSON. GENT. Mr. POLLOCK for the plaintiffs, Mr. 311LNEtt for the de. fendant. This was an action brought by Attorney against Attorney—the plaintiff being agent for the defendant—to prove that a copy of their bill, delivered a month before the action had been commenced, and had been served upon the defendant, signed as by the practice of the Court is required. :%Ir. Mt LNER took an objection to" a copy of a bill," which he submitted should have been " a cony of the bill," and which had been taken from a book in the plaintiffs' office, but when and how the witness could not say. 111 r. POLI.OOK thought there could be no difference t but Jr.N Baron llum.oca said, he thought it made all the dif ference. It was then ultirrately agreed, that the plaintiffs should abandon the first count of the declaration, with respect to the " bill," and sake a verdict for the work and labour on the other counts, with an utstterstanding that be was to deliver a proper bill regularly signed and dated, dc not Nominal verdict for the plaintiff--damagca 39F. WILKINSON v. MITCHELL AND ANOTHER. This was an action of asluttipsit, brought by the plaintiff' (Mary Wilkinson) against the defendants, in their capacity of executors of the last will and testament of William Buller, deceased. From the statement of the Learned Counsel (Mr. Tindal) it appeared. that the plaintiff had been In the service of the testator, as his housekeeper, for several years, and who had atiended him night and day. It was further stated, that the plaintiff had had a quarrel with the deceased, and left his service in consequence thereof, with out having received any compensation for her service•. The quar rel was afterwards made up, and she returned again to her servi tude, and continued with him until the time of his death, when he left her a legacy of 191. 19s. On her applying to the executors for it, they said that there were not suficieat assets to pay the bequests but that they would pay her her wages if she liked (two yearn and a half) which she refused, and said that site only wanteJ her le gacy. Mr. BLACKBURN. for the defendants, contended, that having refused to receive her wages she ought now to be barred her claim ; beside which she had been in the habit of receiving from the tes tator in his life-thne various sums of money over and above what she now claimed. That there had been a meeting of the old man's creditors, and a small composition made in the pound. The effs:cts of the deceased, consisting of a little household stuff and his valuable wardrobe, consisting of one pair of breeches and no shirt, being all the goods and chattels lie possessed ih the world, to answer all demands upon him ; and his man-servant had only received 4s. 6.1. for his servitude, and who was called as a wit ness on the part of the defendants to prove that the plaintiff had received various aunts of money of the deceased fur the •• home department," from which she must have taken enough of " filthy lucre" w answer all demands upon hint ; but who admitted, on his crcos-examinal inn, that witness had a quarrel with her when they had lived fel:o a-servants together; that he had been taken be fore a Magistrate at Leeds, and bound over to keep the peace; but that he never, in all his born days, had taken fancy to a silver mug, and that he was as innocent of the charge as a young suzking pig. Ilia LORDAHTP. in his charge to the Jury, said, the question for their consideration was whether the plaintiff' was entitled to recover her wages tbr her two years and a half service. She had disclaimed receiving it, and it was given in evidence that she only wanted her legacy, but this did cot bar her present cleint, If they believed she had acted in the capacity of a servant to the testator, and that it wa• due at the time of his death Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 25!., cost 411 s. On Monday last a public meeting of the inhabitants of this town was held at the Guildhall, to consoler the actual extent of the alleged distresses of the silk weavers.— C. Poole, Esq. (Bailiff), having opened the meeting with some pertinent observations, Dr. Kinglake rose, and in an eloquent appeal to the humane feelings of those present, en forced the necessity of a publie subscription to allay the existing suffering. He concluded by proposing several re solutions, which were seconded by Mr. C. Welch. A de sultory conversation then took place, in the course of which it was elicited that 400 of the silk weavers were wholly or partially unemployed ; that the relief hitherto furnished consisted of contributions of bread and money, and that the funds which had provided that relief were wholly inade quate to its continuance in proporti:m to the melancholy extent of distress which prevailed. No difference of opinion on the necessity of public assistance existed, and the Meet ing was occupied only with a discussion of the details of their proposed succour. Having passed the resolutions, the Meeting separated at three o clork.—Taunlon Courier. On IVednesday the fishermen at Newhaven had an ex. cellent take of herrings, but as they are now getting foul, and inferior in quality, it is thought that few or no more will be caught in the Frith of Forth this season. It is upwards of twenty years since the take of herrings has been so abundant in the Frith of Forth, and the fish of such excellent quality, as they have been this season. Be sides those that have heen salted, gteat quantities have been cured for red herrings for the London market. EXTRAOILDINAKY INOFNUITT.—A specimen of knit ting, of much ingenuity, and evidently the result of great patience, has been produced at our office. John M'Douald, of Newtownards, who is perhaps the most perfect knitter in Ireland, has manufactured a very handsome frock coat, from cop cotton, without the aid of any description of machinery, save the simple use of two wire needles; the cotton having been doubled and twisted solely by his fingers. The coat fits remarkably well, is without a seam,' and the neck, cuffs, buttons, &c. are fashionably formed, entirely by the knitting process. Indeed, the garment might be worn with eclat by a dandy of the first water. The same individual some time since produced, with his two incomparable needles, a bed quilt, two yards and a half long by two and a quarter wide. It was without a seam, and the Royal Masons Arms exquisitely worked in the centre. The quilt was presented by M . Donlltl to the Marchioness of Londonderry, who was pleased to bestow, besides a handsome present, her highest approbation of the ingenious powers of this aspirant after fame iu a wive: line. —Northern Whig. IRE LAND. It is with great satisfaction we notice the attention that is now paid to the tinrrovement of agriculture in the Sakar Wand. The amelioration of the condition of the peasantry, anti their comic (pent contentment, must of necessity follow in tae train of agricultural improvement, and induce a flow of English capital into that country. _ PLOUGHING MATCH. GLENAIIX ASSOCIATION,,OR BRANCH HE THE COUNTT ANTRIM FARMING SOCIETY. The first ploughing match. under the ' , anomie of the Parent Society, was lately held in a field of Mr. Janie, Alartins, et Cans. lough Bev, near Illenerm, when, notwithstanding the unfavourable finite of the weather, the numermis assemblage of people, with De zeal and interest excited among all classes for trial of skrt. In this part of the country so novel and interesting, was altogether most gratifying. Seven ploughs waned on this decision, each • half r , 041 of ground ; six, however, were only understood as compe•ing fur premiums, the seventh, a very nicely Rppoinied iron plough. a pair of strong black hareem, was sent them RA we understand. Alexander Davison, Esq. of Knockbuy, who, as a member of Parent Soriety, attended on tae occasion i The followinic persons; from a diliererit barony, were appointed .Ferigor.r—Mr. John 3lur.. phy, of lhllywher ; Mr. John Crawford, of Ballykeel : and Mr. Alexander 51`Cambridge, of Dickeystown. • The work in each case was performed in good time, amid iota workman-like manner ; the good behaviour of the people, and the regularity of the scene altogether, was alike c:editable to the cendi. dares as to the concourse of eople assembled oq the occasion. At five o'clock ti party, consisting of nearly Dirty persons, com prising the gentlemen and farmers of the district, with some of the slembers of the Parent Society, who attended from the booting barony of Lower Antrim, sat down to an excellent dinner, prepared for the occasion at the inn in Blenerm. !Thome* Davison* Esq. having been called to the Chair, on thi cloth b e ing Tie. moved, gave— `• The King. and long life to him." " The lord Lieuten tot, and prosperity to Ireland." The CHAIRMAN then directed the..attention of the Meeting_ to the more immediate business of the dlay, and in proposing " Th a County of Antrim Penning Society - to them as a toast, took oC • ca•ion to observe upoathe highly useful tendency of each Societies, not the least beneficial result perhaps of which was, the opportuni e ties eihieb they afforded of meetings sushi as the prosent, whir. those two classes of the community (the landlord and cement), whose interests were so inseparably united, could freely discus.' the different topic" so mutually interesting to both. In detailing the' views of the Society, he felt that he could npt more foretbly daso than in the words of one of its own Itesolutions—_•• That one int.; portant object of the Society was to obtain and disperse useful in formation upon all matters tending to the improvement of agrkUls• ture, rural economy, and the Comfort and happiness of the poor)' He then particularly directed their attention to the Resolutions gar the encouragement and formation of Branch Societies. which read in detail from the 31inuteriat the Parent Society's Repast, and strongly recommended the,f4mation of a Branch ff!soelatlvres In that district, which was imrstediptsey haled by the Meeting, and as quickly formed by the enrol tet upwards of 3f/ member.. Tate CMAIRLAY then. gavesir The Oienarm Branch of the County of Antrim Farming limilety, and may success attend itst exertions." After which ttes premiums were awarded. The Rev. Mr. Wolsey, Rev. 3lr. Alontitomery, and Henry O'Hara, Esq., the latter a memher of the Patent Society, each took occasion to address the Meeting, and to express their warmest approbation in favour of the formation of aemociations such as the present. One of the resolutions of the Branch Society goes to the extend ing of premiums for exemplary neatnesa and cleanliness in the cos tages of the peasantry of the district, for an!lual whitewashing of their cabins, and the removal of dunghills from the doors; the Committee to ascertain, from tketylll inspection of the districts, the merits of the candidates to pendants in this dais. In framing this resolution, The CH Ain MAW stated, that he anticipated the best results front an inspection such as was here proposed .1 - that the orzy circum stance of a Committee going round the different districts, in order to report upon th^ state o f cle.inliness of the cabiroi, would, bs felt convinced, in itself powerfully tend to promote the object tbsy had in view. The party separatA at a late hour, all highly gratified at the proceedings of the day. CARLOW ASSIZES, MARCH 21. Before Lord NORAI7III TRW. Ok i JOHN KELLY FOR -..—.--..... The prisoner was indicted for the wilful murder of Thom Mooney, on the lfith of February last. striking deceased with a stick, and by oiler means, which prositicA the death of 3looney. Counsel for the prosecution stated that the deceased, Thomas Mooney, was a boy in the employment of the prisoner, who is a chininey.sweeper : whether the boy was un appvetnice or not was not the question. although it was supposed that he wns the former on the 16th February last. That the prisoner was on tf,,,t day ac companied by a woman and two boys, and that he applied for lodgings at the house of a person named Byrne, at Ballynockrn, in the county of Wicklow. That Byrne's wife was present that. That the deceased boy was sent out to buy a candle, but remained longer titan he should. That the prisoner expressed his dc , erm. nation to inflict punishment on the boy, and accordingly rushed out wi.h a heavy stick : followed anti a:ruck the boy, who cried out, "Oh, John, honey, I'll never do it again 1" That by some of the blows given the buy was finally knocked down ; that he made no complaint after, but went to bed, and appeared exceedingly hurt. That on Sunday, Feb. 20, the prisoner, the woman, sad the two boys, went from thence to one Hagerty's, at Tullor. Here the beamed founsel would peeler, he said, leaving the de. 'tails of the case to time witneioes; but lie would remark, that there were not on the face of the earth greater ohjects of tender com passion than the children brought up to the trade of chimney sweep.. ing. lie said, that if an apprentice mistle.neans himself, if he diet not attend to his legnl orders, the master has a right to Chastise him as a parent would, with a view to reasonable correction. But it, under colour of such chastisement, he seems to gratify malig.. nity of heart, and appears totally regardless of social duties by the infliction of severe and brutal treatment, in such a case there is no necessity for other expression of malice; the law implies it from the frequent repetition or weight of the blows, the nature of tltc instru ment, and the amount of correction. };leaner Byrne, examined by Mr. CLARKE—Says she lives as Ballynocken„ in the county of Wicklow, near listbdrum ; she is married ; identifies prisoner ; saw him at ten o'clock on the morr. ing of the 16th of last February ; a woman, two little boys, arid a person who is half-brother to prisoner, came into her house to get lodgings—in all fire ; they remained from Sunday until Friday morning ; Thomas ,Monney, whose name she heard, was sent for a candle in tkie evening to a place calicd Biellynaclash, three-quartets of a mile distant; the boy was eleven or twelve years tad ; the Loy had been out about a quarter of an hour, and the prisoner. saying he was out ton Icing, took up a handstkk, and went out ; soon after sbe heard a child's cry. and, do going out, saw the prisoner strike the child, and knock him down : she saw but one blow ; she did not hear any words, except that the boy, after rising, said, •• John, honey, I'll never do it again." Prisoner called to his mother to warm some water to wash the boy ; she SSW his left ear cut ; the boy was left outside washing himself; the prisoner came in : the boy ate little or no supper, and appeared sick; he was in good health before he went out for the candle; witness saw all the parties next morning ; he was then very sick—very unwell, anti item to Rathdrum, to steep the chimmes cf the police barrack there ; they all went away on Friday morning, and witness did not see hint after ; she does not know where he died. Sarah Hagerty, examined by Mr. CLARKS Says site lives at Crosslow, near Tullow ; the prisoner, whom rite recognises. was at her house at Shrovetide, in company with his mother, brother, and two little sweeps ; Thomas Mooney, the creature that died, was bare, naked. and cold ; on a Sunday evening, about six or seven o'clock, prisoner told witness, tin her asking him what ailed the child, that he was almost killed from tilling out of a window at Rathdrum ; he said that he brought him from Carnew to Newtoc. berry, and that no one would let him in, the child being ;Pe had two cuts—one on the calf of his leg, the other on his head ; witness said that the child was in a cold place ; prisoner's mother took hint to the fire, and called for a saucepan to warm a sup of milk ; prisoner had his teeth closed, and witness said the child was for death, and told prisoner he was a " big rogue." Prisoner the', pulled the boy by the ears, and slapped him, but not severely ; he used to sty, " Tommy, won't you take a drink." The prisoner had a black thorn MICK, which he had brought with him ; the boy died at her cabin ; witness told prisoner to go to Dr. Nola.i for relief. Lord N.—Whose estate do you live on ? Witness—Mr..fones's my Lord. I have a poor miserable Untidy of seven children. and I was obliged to go out that day to seek for money to pay ter a quart of meal, that I got on credit the evening before that. Anastasia Hagerty examined by Mr. PLIINKETT--Swear, that prisoner brought the child in with a piece of an old sheet on him ; he went and put the child sitting down on a stool, when hi slipped off; prisoner said it was roguery; pulled his ears and slapped him on the cheek; he took the child up after that, and threw it Into a corner; she did not see the boy dying. but saw him dead In a coffin ; heard him called Ton Mooney ; Ned Darcy is her landlord ; she knois Hr. Nolan and Mr. Dayne. To a Juror—She said prisoner put some lighted straw to the child's belly, but she did not swear it. Piisworth Whelan, Esq. examined by Sir J. DREENE—Wit. ness is a magistrate ; thinks it MU on the 21st February that pri. stoner was brought before him ; he and Mr. l)oyne held an inquest on the body. but held out no hopes to the prisoner for any dis closures he should make ; he had heard there that the prisoner had sent the boy out on a message, and on his return beat him for staying nut too long ; that the boy was saved by people returning from a lair ; that the boy was again sent out and again beaten ; that he was afterwards carried away by prisoner from that place ; witness heard a story of the child's having fallen through a chief,. ney, but cannot say whether it was prisoner or his half brother now in gee! that told Pones , ' this story ; the child was 1101, 55 prisene•' had acknowledged. an apprentice to hint, and prisoner could nor ac count for where he got him. Andrew Nolan, surgeon, aworn.—Safs he' resides in Ttillow ; was called on professionally to ♦isit Thomas 3looney, the de ceased ; went to Hagerty's , , a former witness, where the child wra, nn a Monday, at seven o'clock P. M. the child was then qui.s insensible; little mnre than just dive : there was a cut an his le:t ear ; the left arm was touch swollen; there was a trifling wound on tine left leg, and lie died in a few Wore attn. Witness ex. antiaed the body at tine inquest next day; ott romovinl the aiton (rein toe head, there wire bruiseaunder that skin at b..nnti Odra 0 1 11,