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marched, slut one of Ilse soarhool hiterowas fogad ea Isis. Ho was twasiwitted. WOIRSIBIT !ordea lay two ones, who gave their manses Wits, sad 7Sowspeatt, were brought op /now Hackney, ebarged with stiatirig a thill's 1.44 from that berial•gronsd. Two con. stables saw lb* Prisoners Is a city suapeiou• isasser lurk inr s►est the wisrahes sear the riser lee., sad they watched their for some time; Ws perreivisg fhe Prisoners were also 'itchiest, the constables took thews lotto custody, and found in their possemion the sieressary insplemeats for upeniag co (Goa, Sic., ands as screwy, hammers, roper, Ike. on watch inc further, they founds hag which coulained the head of a child, newly cut off, and a grace (won 'kirk it was taken wis discovered to have hers Dowsed —The Pri.un►rs deuied asy kolowlesfitc of the bag or the head, sod raid the screws were their tools to work wills—Cotossitted for oast of ictreties. Yowl-11•Lt i 1011TFIWAItIL. MOST EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTION. During the greater part of yesterday Sir John Lamer waa laboriously employed in the investigation of a most unaccountable case, nut very unlike the famous judgment of :Monson in its mature. It was a proceeding on • sum tunas at the instance of a lutneloome young woman against two females, named Sherry and Cronan ; hot all the parties being of the Wiest order of MA, it was with difficulty the Magistrate could comprehend their radon' statements; however, at the conclusion, tbe following seemed to he the tarticielare : Defendant, Mrs. Shorty, a married woman, lives in open a lultery with • man named Michael Callaghan, in %ent_ stern', awl the other Prisoner is their lodger, and sleeps its the same room. About • year ago the Complainant had the misfortune to get acquainted with 'Callaghan, who professed a warm attachment towards her, and as lie introduced him self as • young mao free from all encumbrance, she allowed him to visit her, where she was at wrvire, on the footing of a lover. In an unguarded hour, she became the victtne of seduction, sod being unable to commal her situation from her master and mistress, the of her situation was the eon segment.. She them got lodgings is • wretched alley in the ilorough, where her seducer still visited her, proursiug to marry bee as soon as his affairs were a little swinged ; hat within • few days of her acconehement he most nrifeelingly deserted her altogether. She was without friends or money, and daring her illness experieured the greatest privations; the frequently sent to Callaghan fur some relief, but be re fused to give her any. A day or two after her recovery she went to his lodgings with the child (a fine buy), suit pre sented it to him ; he received her in the presence of the or. fendants with the greatest scorn, and made many unfeeling remark...on the poor child, in which he was joined by both the women. The Complainant, in a great passion, laid down the child awl went away, but next morning, repent ing what she had done, she went back with the intention of bringing it away, when to her great surprise the Defendant, Slurry, denied that she had ever left a child there; the Complainant, however, seeing her own infant in the woman's arms, made an effort to take it ewes,; on which the latter called loudly for assistance, soil a oun:her of persons etme in from the street, to whom she represented thahtlie Complainant had forcibly attempted to take away her child, and the eun•eq was, that the ' , ma roman was mad treated and turned out into 11w street. She made many subsequent attempts to gain possession of the child, in all of which she failed. Meanwhile the infant had shrunk to half its original size, from want or proper attention pad nourishment. Os. last Tuesday she made • last and desperate effort Iv get the child, hot was attacked hey high the I. ironer', her clothes torn from her hack, as well as hi r hair from her head. She was finally kicked down stairs, and severely contused about the head and body. Mrs Shurey now produced the cbilj in Audience to the tn atithite of the Court, and a painful spectacle it presented; is thighs were not thicker in reality than a middle-bleed walkiag-stirk or wax candle, and the arms were about as thick at the haft of a knife s whilst in Various puts the skin was completely cleared off; indeed it appeared as if every means had beta resorted to to accelerate the pow child's death. The Defendant protested stoutly that the child was her ran offsprint, and reforest on any orusidermion to &her r it up to any one. he called a •amber of witnemes, who stai r.) their [whet' that she had Imes, delivered of a thild s satin Vie last six seeks, a frith child they believed she then had 11 her arms. On the other hand, the Complainant, in the most earnest manuer,, declared that it was a conspiracy amongst Ihrni to detain the child till it died fur want of (Are, which would asnicrate its inhuman father from the claim which the would ucecwiacily make on him for lire child's sop. i•Ort. She also ca11..1 a 'mother of woiao , u, who bore Irfti roog to the locik of illy chit.!, and identified the one which Mrs Shorty earned as the came of whirls she hail been Jr. Leered in their wiener. Amidst all this conflicting testimony, the worthy Magi strate was at a loss how to act ; but °harrying the Prisoner /piing the breast to the Add, a very 'emersions thought torso It him, abet he desired that she might be Isamined, whew, to she astonishment of all present, it was discovered that she had no milk at all, and that her rtelwoolisag the breast to the child was no more than an ati.mpt to impose aria the eredolity of the Magistrate. Her fUlbfal6lol. whew thus detected deprived Inc 4.f utterance; she - could make i". 'V . V.?, but leati.l.3l the child over to the Complainant, win oil receiving it pressed it to her bosom wills maternal Lendoess, whilst she bathed the little innocent with tears of Joy. 'Su add to the confusion of the woman 'burry, a female, who was present, stated, that she had hero ou tensile of mit wary with her for many years, and site believed she never tr.4l • chat! its her I:fe. Ssr iOn4 FAIR Slid, he dial not at that MORlelii nye& Irct any law that would pianist' aural fin:Mimi% such aura osoam colorfast*. There (staid be little doubt et . the ohkel of the Defesolasts in riellataine the child; 114 apiwarance suf. fat Molly justified every suspicion on that head, and if it la•aii died (aud it was very scrprising it dial nott. dory would Irsve been mom monetarily hung for the murder. %Vitt, re rarit to the assault, that was sufficiently prosed, and he should neer. them to be detained tall they proctored good boll.—lbe Defendants were accordingly held to bail. SPECIAL COMJUSSION. AYR, JUL? 29. The Cou►t was opened here to day, for the purpose of arrAugniiug the P61..1111.0 against abuts hue bills charging high treason were formerly found by the Grand Jury. The Jr,lgrs parent were the Laid Justice CLIME and LORD UAROII. The lust of the Grand Jury was called user, mid Mc ("Bowing P.isonela stele 'laced at the bar Flom the parish of Maucirline., Min Vickie and Hugh Wallace; and from the parish of Stewarlutt, Andrew Wy lie and Thos. Mackay. These Primmer* respectively pleaded Sot ( P. a•. t! demanded to Ire tried by God and their coontuy. .1 P. (.*ANT and Mr. tiiworoww sere, at the re laUnef f, assigned us their Cannot I, in place e F •ut'emrn cursorily suimested. It «as intimated t•eua the Witch that the trials in this place usill contracture uu itcrhosulay, the 911) of Ann.!. Mr Serjianl Ilttlluck Mt out from Dumbarton on Lie ►etura to England. The r',.urt •its fur trials ou Tuesday at Paisley, and ou rrsdisy at Slim hag. The I.orJ Advocate bas Illwrated, without bringing to the vertu persons from Greenock, sip, wive confined Ihuuharion Castle, 11113 a charge armhole in the breaking pea of the gaol of Grevoioak, ou the bib Apoll last. PUICE OR VPITERDAY. 2TOCi S per Ct. Red.. 6911 69 I hubs 1i0ng14..22 23 is. n per CI. C00'5...66101 New Aimitttier 621 :;1 per Crest 'nip Ex. HIII%. 2...5 3 4 pr. 4 per l'enti 8711 Lott. Tit ket.. .4 IL 1,8.. : A pr, Ct. N. pal thomum i dm. Brisk La i r Au. 18 1- f Coo*. for Mx 68ii I,odra Stock .. 217 1112 I • IRELAND. LIMERICK CITY ASSIZES. LimeatcX, JOLT es. HORRIBLE MURDER. This day Stephen Sr/liras was tried for the mar. drr of Ellen Manly, on the Shannon, in the month of July, ism Counsellor QuIN stated the case for the prows. 'Cation at considerable length; after be had cur. Chided, the Prisoner was asked whether lie bad any 'Counsel employed. to which he replied, 14 I have no money to Ice Counsel or Attorney, my Lord, mud have no body to look to hut you and the great God, to give fair play fur soy life ;" Vier which Visa called fur the prosecuti ((((( Ellen Walsh—who soloed, that she resided in Glin. and recollects being iu Kilrusle about twelve mouths ago; it was about the 13th July ; she got her passage in a boat from Mr. Scanlan ; there were in the boat at the time other persons. namely. John Scanlan. Stephen Sullivan (the Prisoner). James Mitchell, Patna Keys. John Mangitie Nod • genteel young girl, 'called Mir. Scanlan. Wit ness then identified Stephen Sullivan (the Prisoner) as one 'of the party ; the boat proCeerted lions I &rah to Carragaloil, west of Torbert; witness observed a trunk eel the boat, hitt could slot say who owned it ; Mrs. Scanlan had two gold tinge on her finger, our carved and the other plain; she noticed Mrs. S. as having two projecting teeth in the upper gums, one it each side. 'fiery arrived at Carragefoil belorr diy in the mo rning, and stopped at Alm IS'olsli's house, the whole party went in and remained there tiff after breakfast, of which all partook with the exception of Mitchell, who was rather intoxicaied, NA rambled shout the house; shortly after breakfast witness saw Prisoner force a ring sill Mr.. Scanlan's Pager; it was the plain one, and lie pelt it sin his own: the rem ,ining ;Mg being carved, and which carved gold ring she saw ms Mr. Scaulan'a finger the following day. Shortly Etter breakfast Mr. Scanlan out' Pliscisier went to Jlallytangford to get change of a note, not having sufficient to pay for breakfast. Mrs. Scanlan stopped iii the house along with witness during their absence. and ',sewed witness her clothes, which convideal of a green and yellow silk spencer, ihni and plain muslin bock, a half silk hand kerchief, trimmed wish fringe, but witness could not positively state the colour.—[flere the trunk was produced and identified, after which the clothes it contained were also recognised as those Aran to witness by Mrs. Scallion, and a small rope, the appearance of which excited horror throughout the Court. also • mantle belonging to the deceased, which ass identified by witness.]— Witness said, that Ilse female called alre. Scan lan was about fifteen years of age, and handsome. Scanlan and Prisoner delayed two hours, and did not get the note changed ; believes Prisoner to have been a errs/alit to Scandals ; Scanlan desired witness to stop in the house till the following day, Nod in the interim they would get rid of Mrs. S. ; at this renew k the young girl was not within hear ing, for she was putting on her mantle; witness would not stop, hut would be obliged to Scanlan if he would put her over the creek in his boat; lie said lie would not, upon which witness cried; Scanlan, Prisoner, and Mrs. Scanlan went off in the boat, witness sulicitimg for admission ; they, however, tinned hack and took 'reneess into the boat, ut the request of Mr'. S.; there was then four in the boat ; widow's add banded, weld of Torbert, three miles from Glin, after which Mr. and Mrs. Scanlan and Prisoner sailed off: witness could not tell where to ; only the three in the hunt ; and never paw the girl alive alter. The following clay witsiets saw Pi limner corning down from his mother suit! sister's house, which was coovenient to her own ; went into Prisosier's house and saw the trunk, which she recognized to be the our which was is, the boat ; saw Poisoner frequeolly; sitter.* sent to Mr. Scanlan's lodg. ing, where she saw the Prisoner, and asked Pri soner if he brought Mrs. S. with hien to which lie replical. " that she was shipped off with a Captaen of a ship;" witness saw Sallivene's sis ter weer the mantle a few days after, vehicle was worn by Mr.. S. at earragafoil ; saw the liandker• chief on Mrs. Sconhou'e neck. with whom Mr. S. lodged, about a fortnight after shin touted the boat ; also. that skeet winch was aura by deceas ed; on Mr. S.'s finger was the carved gold ring, which she recognized also us worn by slit deceased; *doers heard Mr. Scanlan slid Prisoner disputing in the lodging near the lire; they were tipsy; Pei stoner asked Mr. Scandal' fur enmity; Mr. Scanlan said lie would gist the Prisoner nothing; upon which the Prisoner gentled, " Mr. John. I have as good a right to the mommy as you hoer." In about five or six week. afier. heard of a dead body being found ; saw the body at Mousey-point, county Chase side, map Kiltash ; the body had been taken up as it was interred; saw it taken top; it was a huirid spectacle; the Knight of Glen and Major Odell accompanied the welters. to where the body was in. !erred; it had a putrid appearance; the leg amid arm were broken, mid could nut, from its state, discoter of what sex. The Knight of tlliu asked witness whether she had oily peculiar marks whereny she would know the body? %Vetoes' said that the had, for that the de, eased, if it were she, had two projecting teeth at etch site of the jaw ; receipts, d the deceased by looking into her mouth and seeing the two sockets, or holes in the gums, in which the teeth were ; saw a rope round her ucck ; Wane witness saw deceased, descralsed the teeth to the Knight of Glen mud Major Odell; there were many laerpoos pirated at the mope-ethos. of the body, as these was an loopiest held ou it. The deceased told orituess, in the boat, that the bad eloped with Mr. S. and will mat iitd to hint in Dublin. (Xv)s examined ty the Cou:cr.—Witness never saw the clothes before the dccriwed shelved theist to her; h.d sufficiesit marks on now whereby she could positively swear as to their identity; statics* lives milli her father in the loan ateGlatt ; wits it: nice at Mrs. O'Brieu's, and is Dist a 'Dirtied wo men; what took tier to Kiln's!) was to see pe r 1..)0us ; always knew Prisoner; did not know Air. Scanlan Ware she raw hiss in the boat ; urver Ea. iu a renew Worse with Mr. S. but whets ;vela with suasby °there to bar WIN, (play on the pipes ; his lodgingfrilueutiy throuseti ; tirver had any rutiniliwy S: ; t he taxer indite love nor paid 111. addresses In Itei. Vitisii• never hid oily (.11141. , ret with Priatitser ; wittiett Said that Mr. S. anti hist/tier dW not Wish ti ki lecel Wu the boat at . • • Csrrig Island; Mr. S. said to her, N, Slop till swot day, we'll get rid of the gi►l and call on you ;" witness could not take upon her to say what cow 'tractile. she wo u ld put nit his flying, •a timely* would get rid of the girl." The projecting. teeth were out when witness sow the dyed body, the holes of whit% were in the gusts over the other sockets of the regular teeth, anal Oulu to any permin to behold. Withers described th e w e ari n g apparel to the Knight of Glut, before they were found. • To s got-stint, from Juryman.—Witness could not recOglilte the features of the deceased she *Mg en disfigured ; it was only by the gums she went. nisrd lor ; Mr. S. was not present when Poisoner took off the ring from decest•rd's finger; she cried and resisted ; can't ray whether she mentioned it to Mr. S. the body was iu length the same as answer ed the size of the deceased ; did not perceive that there was any hair ore the corpse; the ring the Pri soner look was not very valuable, being the same us ordinary wedding-rings. Mrs. Scsisla-, the lodg ing woman, its Gin. watt taking the trimming off ilie gown its order to open the welt. mid lengthen it. Grace Scanlan—Keeps a lodging boost. in the town of UM ; knew Mr. John Somalian (slow dead—executed for this murder Imt Spring As• size.) ; knows the Prisoner (identified him) ; Mr. Scanlan lodged at wieness's house in the month of July, 1819; Primmer lived with Mr. Seesaws, but not while he lodged at her house; Prisoner brought clothes to Wllista4 to buy ; they were those of a female, and consisted of a skirt. a Spencer, nod frock; it was in the month of July. 1819.—[The fru iik was then opened, and the clothes recognised by *doe's as those offered to her for .ale.]—Prisoner told witness that the clothes be longed to a woman who went off with a Captain or ()giver ; it was a young girl who was with Mr. Scanlan ; heard her name was Ellen; that she misbehaved and he look her clothes ; she kept the articles until the Knight of Glin called upon her; knew nut what became of l'ri afterwards. but did out see him in Win ; Prisoner came seta witness's house drunk, while Mr. Scaulan was asleep, and took money out of his trunk Prisoner Marisa the lock, took money not of it, and it was gold, part of which was afterward. returned; recollects &isomer saying to Mr. Scanlan, " That he (Prisoner) hail as good a right to it as himself;" witness bought the chillies from Prisoner; gave Ss. 9rl. for the frock, 9s. fur the spencer, and 2.. 2.1. fur the handkerchief. John Cossnery, uncle to the deceased—Knew Ellen Han. ly, she was his niece; was living with him since she was sic or seven years old op in the period ut her elopement with Mr. Scanlan; she was torn about fifteen; wss a very pretty girl, and a good size; in her upper gums, at each side of her month, were Iwo teeth which pr“jerted; left witness's house on Sunday the 291 h of hone, 1819, whilst he was at mass ; witness never marvied; his niece Ink 1001. in notes, and twelve guineas in gold, since which lime be sever saw her; heard of her death six weeks after. Other witnesses were produced, whose testimonies fully Corroborated what has been oak!. The Knight of Clio was entrained, who stated that he was a Magistrate of the County Limerick; beard of the murder of Ellen Hanly, on the Ist of August, 18111, sod of the 'lading of the body; quickly repaired to the place 'theft the holly was Interred; Ellen Walsh gave him a description of the person of the deceased, and particularised minutely her clothes to him, previous to kis seeing the body; Ellen Walsh mentioned to witness, that there were two teeth projecting out of the upper gums of the deceased, if it were the sane person; witness swore ass inqwest,before whom the testimoily of Ellen Walsh was given previous to the body being taken op: the body was taken up, examined by witness, who saw the rope tied round the neck of the deceased ; the projecting teeth were not in the alma, but the sockets were evi dent. which were over the eye teeth, which he (vrtictese) pointed out to each of the Jury, and which perfectly corroborated Ellen Walsh's testimony; the body appeared swelled; the arm was off, and the thigh broken: Elite Walsh then looted at the body ; she gave witness particular. of Ilse clothe.; on the strand was Sound a remnant of a Mod dice ; the body was entirely naked; Ellen Walsh described the clothes previous to the finding of the body ; witness got some of the clothes from Grate Stades, a ids whom Mr. S. lodized ; got the roadie from Prisoner's sister, who returned front Kerry, and he arrested her —[Hire the Kaglit of Glin recogaised the article...of the deceased, as be saw them, the rope 'which was rolled the neck of the deceased, ke.)—The clothes answered minutely the description given of them by Ellen Walsh; the trunk MIS got in a cellar on Arthur's. quay; Prisoner doped from Glum when the body was found; witness went in pursuit of him, immediately after the to ques!, and continued the pursuit for 48 bosses ; the Prisoner was not in custody the last Assists; saw him at Glin six sir eight weeks ago, whets on his way to the gaol of Limerick ; wherever witness heard any trace of the Prisoner lie pursued him. Cone—Prisoner. hare you soy question to put to the Kninht ("nut-I—Prisoner, have you any witneues to call?— f ly Lord, I have nu money, only the gteat Gud and your Lord ship, and can't pay a Counsellor or Attorney. Court—Have 'or any thing to say?—Yes, ray Lord: ask Grate Scanlan if Mr. Scanlan did not tell her that the de ceased was at his sister's at Kilkee? Grace Scanlan was again calked up and examined on that question by the Prisoner. Prisoner—Grace Scanlan, did you hear Mr. Scanlan as,, 11141 his wife was at Kilkee? Answer, Yes. PriaoserMrs. Scanlan, pm recollect when Mr. Scanlan was condoling with you by the fire, and that my sister was present, what he said to yule! Court—Answer that question, Mrs. Scanlan? Witness—Hearing that Mr. Semis,' had a wife, I said to him, " Mr. &salmi, w h en sh■ll I see Mrs. Scanlan ?" to which hesaswered, " No, you shall not, if I eau help it, the would be too bard up's. me." Prisoner—Vt'san't there a woman, who bad a child by Mr. Scanlan, slept with him at your horse? _ Witness—A woman had come to her houre with a mes sage to bir. Scanlan, staid two days, awl slept one night with him, and after that Sullivan, bus sister, and the girl went Wl' in a boat. Here the prosecution' closed, and nut a single witness ap peared on the defence. After lie Leal tied Judge hod charged the Jury with the utmost perspicuity, they retired for about a quarter of as boor, and delivered a verdict of—Guilty. The Prisoner was then put to the bar to receive 'octant*. The Learnal .luttor: awfully and impressively addressed him in nearly She following manner :—" Stephen Sullivan, you have beets found guilty upon evidence that has not left a particle of duirbt epos the mind of any use who has beard your trial; you have been found guilty or a crime the mint diabolical that could be committed. The lair obliges one to pass upon you its awful seutence—the law obliges me mil., so, that Omar who heard your trial may also bear your se-notice. It is unnecessary fur me to dwell ',pun the enormity of the offence you have been found guilty of; there is not nue present, possessed of a 1111111•111 hew, but mu,: shudder and recoil at the bloody deed. You have taken away the life of an innocent fellow creature ; a child I may say; for the commission of this ihabolical act you had received uo provocatimi ; but you hare been the wiltiogt instrunosst in gratifying the lest of yule wretched master." His Lordship then pranousced sentence of death ou the Prisoner, and metered him for execution on Thursday last. While his Lordship was addressing lbs Prisoner, be ex claimed, " A loug day, my Lord." During the trial the Pei miser's counletimuse underwent no attention, till !Innards the cline of it, he seemed to feel that all was r with him; was a mell.lokirg OM, good size, *II appeared to be ahuit 32 'years of ae. The Court *at crowded to cheese by persons of tbe ant respectability. hi be., Os drvelupcmcut of a murder tm toyaterittut iM its pergittratimi. . . • WARWICK ASSIZES, MK PRIM COVVIT. • Before Cfrf Rage Rim=No and • Spiebd Any. sumertest istooL.--wasi mg* 0. 1. U. ilitahltsts. Mr. BAADER erased the pleadings.-oTlele was Mt Maki mem eetargiag the Denotes* with uolawfolly weitine and publishing • certain scandalous and seditious libel of and contusing the Goverisment of this kingdoms. and the rm. ployinewt of the King's troops, and of sod concerning his Royal Higher.. ilw Report, on the *oth day of December last. i• the parish of eirmillillelam" Sir. CLARKE stated she ease.—He expatiated, at consi• durable leugih, on various extracts from the libel (which were afterwards read In evidence), and described the whole emitter of the publication to he, in the highest degree, libel. loos and seditious. He ridiculed, is very painted term., the folly and presumption of persous, is the low sad utterer* sphere of the Defendant, setting themselves up as the eva sion of Government, the reformers of use venerable Consti tution, slid the advisers of their Prince. When he had proved the publication, be had No doubt that the Jury woold find such a verdict as would satisfy the justice of the case— s verdict of Guilty against the Defeodant. The libel, which was entitled " Ais Address to the Re formers of Birmingham cud Neighbourhood," was then put in. The Cm KV nalllolll inquired, whether the Defendant wished the whole of the pliblication to he read; The Deferidsnt answered in the negative. The Clerk then reed the following extracts:-. " Fellow-countrymen—A crisis is fast approaching, which, to use the memorable expression of the celebrated Niue, will try men's souls; it is • crisis wherein the patriotism of all will be put to the severest test, and which must for ever decide the fate of nor native laud; it is aci Isis big with events of the greatest insportante, mot only to ibis, but to every .uceeediug generation; for upon the issue depends whe ther Englishmen are to enjoy the Wettings of liberty, sad their country be great and free, which from the exeelleacy of its climate, ice soil and reeoerces, they had ought to expert; or whether they shall submit to a military despotism, ae. companied with all the horrors-of starvation and servitude. Look at the sittistiou of uufiertusiate trebled, groaning under the iron rod of military oppression ; think of the Numberless privations and persecutions experienced by that ill.fsted country; and figure to yourselves your own situation, go versed by a similar system of tajustice snit barbarity. " We have already experienced, in the murder of our countrymen at Mauchester, and the shameful denial of jus tice to the injured, what we have to expect from the clemency of our rulers, when their will supersedes that of the law.— That never-10-be-forenttes event is a tolerable fair specimen of the manner its which we shall be treated if they are suf. erred to ancceed in their nefarious warfare against our rights; ye., I say, should they succeed is OW last crusade against pin, slavery, more ignomioious than even Egyptian, will be your lot. Rouse then from your lethargic slumber, soil 'mike every exertion that is possible to thwart the nimbi nations of your oppressors ; trust to none but yourselves; be firm and prudent, and your efforts must ultimately be crowned with success. The moment is now arrived when it is absolutely necessary that every Englishman who values the prosperity and welfare of his country should be at his post. • • • • • • • • " In oar own town the petty satraps of despotism have and are still using every exertion in their power to accom plish their villainous design; but I bur the erns conduct of toe people of Birmingham will expose them to t h at con tempt they m-rit. Every effort, both fair and unfair, has heeu made by the sleek-headed tribe to get up what they call a loyal, but what I should designate • lying, decla ration, as it is well known that numbers of individulls have been threetened with the loss of their employment, and consequently the means of existence, if they re fused to sign it; while in another instance it is report. ed that names have been seized to this precious docu ment without even asking the consent of the permits whose Signatures hail been thus shamefully forged; and this is to be presented as the petition and sentiments of the people of Birmingham—although I feel convinced, were the inhabitants of this town assembled together to expreis their reel opiulons spun the substance of the said declaratiow, they werld copy the example set them by a late Noble Lord, and pronounce It as false as hell. Now I would leave it to any impartial person to decide who are the greatest traitors to their Prince—those who would address him io the honest language of truth, and point out to him the precarious posi. lion in which be stands, and caution him against pursuing those measures which can only end is his own rein; those who would represent to him the real situation of the coun try, and thereby enable him to escape, before it is too late, the dancer with which he is threatened; or those who would, by perverting facts, only stimulate him to persist in that career, which must either end in a national convulsion, or reduce the couutry to the lowest ebb of political degrada tion (in either of which alternatives he must become the victim.) I think it needs not much penetration to decide which of these two is his real friend ; and was the Prince in possession of the least generosity, be would know how to appreciate the honesty of his people. But, alas! the ear of royalty is deaf to the just complaints of an oppressed tui tion; meirrutandett by every luxury the country can produce, the misery of minnow is forgotten. • • • 000000 " It has been threatened, by some of the scribes is the pay of eurruptiou, that if we were not perfectly quiet, and submit ourselves to be fleeced by the system, ultimo' tour inuring, • foreign force will be introduced to compel us.r -1 say, let them come; and cursed Ise the hand that would not grasp the ve.igeful steel to free his country from oppres sion ! Could Coglishineu, so famed fur their valour and wisdom, who boast of their descent from the illustrious and immortal Hampden Sidney, auJ other celebrated patriots, crouch to a band of foreign mercenaries? Could Englishmen ever submit to have the produce of their industry devoured by wretches, hired by traitors to cut down with their swords the principles of liberty? Could Englishmen bear to see their wives, their daughters, sad themselves, insulted by • ferocious soldiery? No, God forbid it! sod Britons forbid it too! Let us, like the brave Spartans at Thernsopyls, jump into the breach, resolving to save our country, or perish is the attempt; fur, better would it be to end our lives in the glorious struggle, than live the slaves of cowardly despots, who would even disgrace the savage hordes of Africa. 1 feel coovinced that nothiug would please the fiends of loyalty better than to see an army of bloodhounds massacring the Reformers. Hew they would leap in eestaey at the fight. Even the hatcher ing of about twenty poor Radicals at Manchester was to them a subject of general exultation; bet bow would that joy increase if as many thousands could be sacri ficed to their iosatiable appetites! Bat 1 hope that cou rage, which is the characteristic of Britain's Isle, will not forsake it on the present occasion; for all the fortitude we are in possession of will be wanted is that contest which the madness of our oppressors seems likely to bring upon us : at all events, the approacbiug crisis will be very different fauna what the people of this country have ever before ex perienced; it will, if they act with firmness, be one of the greatest changes that ever occurred iu ; it will not be, as it beretotore has been under similar circumstances, merely a change of men, while the state corruptions were suffered not only to exist, but to spread their luxuriant branches over every part of our civil stud religious lions—it will not be • displacing one family to put in its place another equally as bad; bet a general alteration of the system, a victory of the whole people over a nuisiareln cal despotism, a cruel aristocracy, and a boroughinorgering oligarchy. 0 Britons, slumber no longer! O To be happy yea must be free— " To be free you must be united. "Too bag has discord raged ainesgst you: it Is that which has been the bane of Britain ; it is that which hoe enabled your V 1,641411 to civil On your einseisied limbs She iron chain of slavery; sad it is discord *lose that no 'sable them to casuistic their tyrnuuie sway. Rosso, then, as you value every thing that is dear to Englishimes, sad unite; for, if you du rot, depend spoil ii you will beam. as easy prey so your oppressors, who, like Setae of old, go pro. hug through she load, seeking whims they esis devour. It always hes been the favourite maxim of (prawn, In divide sad rouge,: • sad, alas! tins ales have we aces that hellish plan attend ed with success. But let us lope that so she opie ease, 2 11/1211111412121212. 5111121211114 whom the greaten imaususity mid by tans dwhieh they ere able to perk your pokes at the very lime you are demecatine their villinies. By lig, mesas example you may be aide to appmetate she effects td suit,. What coolie a indlisos of mew perform that sere dl.- United But wire that number ormeemed together in common tante, with tom seatimeat •theatigig 16mnrh ii,„ whole, 1 would ask, what would br Mole to assi s t Consider, then, that is England, Ireland, and Scuthnn , e.„ member of Reformers is estimated et four times the amount; which body, world they act is maims, swiehg dill ogee to all the tyrants is the world combined." T. J. Vale ' a prissier, at Binasugloon, deposed Ogg r:,c Defendamt had employed him to ;wort the libel met lug I h ill the indictment. He struck mill' IMO armee ; 100 were mut to the ludgiags or the Defeatism ; sod, by his direction, lau were delivered at the room s.f a society, called "The Bosun Society of Birmioghans." The Defesolaut was resent vibe ■ the copies were delivered. Two loon¢ men proved that they had purcfased the at_ dress at the Deferideut's lodgings. The ease for the pruseent ttttt tieing closed the Defeadaut, who managed his own cause, was called ou for his dente*. He commutated his address to the Jury by absentee *tor the length of time ditriug which this prnorestaten had Leen had in firearms over his head. The first prinedings which hail been Militated against how commenced is. December last ; and Inc bad then been held to bail, is order ill secure his attendinee al the miluisig Quarter *minus of the Peace, at which be was isiformed that the present tame would he tried. Ott his impearsure at [Loss Seisiont he was hammed that the case had been removed by a writ of eertiorari into the Court of King's Bench, sod would tiere fore not tie tried before the Jesting of the comity. No Cu,. tier proceedings were taken avowal him until the I ltlt February, when he received notice to plead. He otglet fro, however, to pat in say plea, partly from igooranee, asi pertly from nut having the pecuniary resources sweets ivy b. do so. He could assure the Jury that his orglect to plead did not arise from any desire on his part to evade the par. sults of justice; on the coots-my, he was beady, i f h e 'm a committed an offence, to submit to ally piiiiishateat whirl. the Sews of his country might inflict upon him. As he did not hear of any further steps heiug taken against bins tad Easter Term, lie supposed that judgment had guise by de fault ; and it was not till his apprthemsitot ou the 19th, of Jame that be was informed of the contrary. Stun that pr. VOU lie bad been in custody. Un the 211 of July lie rereivr.i a copy of the indictment f.,und against him, and also s no. lice to prepare fur his trial at the ensuing Assizes. Berne himself in prison, and alarm destitute of all prettyish) re. sources, he had 11111 been able 111 mike such preparations Ibe his defence as he might otherwise have done; he truit.d, however, that such a deficiency of memos would nut excite any prejudice sgaigist hiss in the minds of his Jury, but would be considered by them not so much hie fault as hie misforinue. They would observe, from this mammal of Nets, that the present prosecution had been impend's( over his head for the last eight months ; and he cost; amuse them, that the anxiety and vexatious which bad 1224`11 cited in his mind during that protracted period of 2114. pence and indecision, had bees infinitely inure dreadful 10 him than any punishment could be which might be in. gieted upon hint, were they to give a verdict 111 favour of the prosecutor. He had one observation to make to them 12101 regard to the indictment, which he conceived to he of some importance. The indictment charged him wills basing aid. teas the pamphlet which had elven rive to tins piusecuiiun, fur the premise of inciting the liege subjects mil hi, Majesty to rebellion. Now be lout that opportunity of informing thrum, that be never had the slightest wish to seduce any of Lie Alajesty's subjects from their allegiance; and be was ready to make oath, if such en oath were deemed accessary, that ma ides of that nature bad ever entered into his imagiustioo. As a proof of this assertion he begged leave to acquaint them, that, as ova as he leaned that the lessalency of his pamphlet was cousidered to be injurious, and that this prosecution lmad been instituted against him in cousequence of it, he had stopped and prohibited its further tirculatitiu. They were now appointed to decide whether in publishing it be bad or had out beets guilty of as offence: to their decisiou be looked forward with respect, not uneningled with meetly; fur epos it would depend whether be was to continue bur a std Lougee period immured in a prison, or 'whether be was to be ge stured to his wife, his (needs, Ins firmly, and 10 what was as dear to him as life—be meant his liberty. He hoped that, ill forming their opinion upon his case, they would lay aside all local prejudices—all party feelings; they ought not to be biassed by auy such unwurthy passions, but ought, by virtue of their oaths, to do their duty fairly and impartially, and without respect to persons, between himself and the King—his nominal prosecutor. With these obeervalieus he should leave his casein their hands: he placid in then the fullest CObfideoce; he knew that they were the great bialwark which the Cuustitutton bad provided for the denims of the weak against the assaults of the powerful; mid from that knowledge, and from a conviction of his own inoucence, which he hoped to transfer to their mods, lie gladly threw himself upuu them for protection. Chief Banns litatattos then proceeded to sum up the evidence; after which he infuriated she Jury that they were the judges whether this publicattois was ur was slot a libel. At the same time be should nut be perfuming Ms duty if he did nut, in the execution of his office of Judge, state ta them his oplitiou upon its nature and tenilt...ey. In order to give them ao opportunity of decidoog ah, Hier his opinion was correct or sot, he Mould rend the whole of the libel to them, as by so doing they would be mare enabled to see the bearings, and understand the insinuations which bad been made In the extracts already read to them. The Leonid Judge them read the whole of the publiratios, and in the course of it stated that it was his CQUKielilloUll opinion that it was a most virulent and atrocious libel. The Jury then retuned, without a mougent's hesitation, a verdict of Guilty against the Primmer. Ou the Judge informing the Defendant that sentence would not be passed upon him at that time, but that he would he brought up during the next Term before the Court of King's Beach to receive jetenwent, the Defendant asked, whether be might be allowed to go at large ulnas bail until that time; to which, if we understimil the reply of the lodge correctly, it was answered that be could but. 'f be DeltuJaigt was thew reconducted back to prison. The case of the Ki we e. Cartwright and others is now said is be Axed foe Thenday, 1111114, : t r io . . !* , . ) i reseed I Let ea hops that thi op, I which ham bees dletriboted yr Le ih • meows of patting you sp r , 'MN it ihu eft k. ~ of your tyrants, and that is the end lon will be able t.. hem, them is the Onaner they an deity &wive. But, above ah, hi tue isesponnw on your winds the ancessity of tom/4m.. ilotion ;ir there wanted a portant' ilea benefits A r ri ve d to our 1 Caine by iiiiiiun, We hive only to loot to mar opp.ea. o , i - STARRIAGES. The Rev. Henry Baker Trishaw, nephew to Lord Bar eingtiw and the Bishup of Durham, to Maw Charlotte Juce. lye., niece to the Earl of Donoughowre sod Lord Hutclmesou. At Scarborough, on ‘Veilner.he Wowed, Mr. Booth, of the Durham and Sunderland TN, agree, to Madennhu Ferri, the celebrated tight-ripe &inert. On Tuesday last, at Christ caner h, Bristol, E. R. Esq. of Revue Hill. Surrey, to Lime, eldest daughter ul stud Booed, Esq. of the f.•rrner place. 1) LATHS. On Sunday evening lasi, at the Deanery House, in Here.. ford, is the 67th year of hit age, the Rev. George Grid tun, D.D. Vicar of Vonmilisbup, near Koss, a Canon Resi. dent hwy. aid bran of Hereford. Dr. Germs' was educe ted at Cambridge, where, in the year 4776, he graduaaed in the Mathematical Class of Wrangle's, a n d was .levied a Fri ki W of Trinity College. His classical knowledge wan disellyed in a contest with the learned Mr. Golheit Wakefield, fur the University Prise Me that department of Science, when the first humours were awarded to Mr. Gretton. He was ad 'sated so the Drewry of Hereford ow the interne of the Earl of Lowish.. HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. Marais' 17 after 10. I Eves* 53 doer 10. Mowed and POOII4 st Itits itMs Pans and Tss Qua Cans o Yip. ItT, COOS 14 C. CORNWELL. I of the i i iis • .