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ON THE PROPRIETY OF RECEIVING TILE PLEA OF GL'll.7'Y IN ClillitllV.4 - 1, Ci5E9. (FROM A coRRICSTONDKNT.) A case lately occurred en one of the circuits which de s. rves to be noticed. It nee that of a prisoner who, on his arraignment on a clime,• o: felony, expressed a wish to plead guilty. The Jotter remonstrated with him on the ininolicy of this proceeding ; soil, after much pressing entreaty, prevailed on him at length to put himself for trial on his country. Fortunately the interests of the community did not euf fer, on this occasion at least, Ivy the amiable weakness of the Judge. Luckily rot a single link was found wanting in the chain of circumstantial testimony by which the pri soner's guilt was established ; and, notwithstanding all the Judge's benevolent anxiety that he nil the be on the aleit, ter the purpose of utakimg his escape through some tine or whir of those loop-hobs. which, from the imperfect nature of human testimony, will always, even under the bast sys tires of criminal law, be left open to the most abandoned criminals, this man was found guilty, and sentenced to eratienor ation. The reluctance which is evinced by many *ell-meaning Judges to the admission of a plea of guilty on the record, arieitigr, no doubt, from a mistaken sense of their duty to the prioner on the one hand and the public on the other, is so absurd, and may lend, in numberless cages, to conse quences so destructive of the ends of justice, that we must say a few words in reprelettion of it. It in evide•nt, that in criminal procedure there are only two modes by which we can arrive at any kind of rational conclusion as to the guilt or innocence of an accused party ; namely, either by what is called judicial proof, or by a confession from the party himself. A very little reflection will show us the inneeasurable superiority of one of the se modes over the other. By extrinsic evidence. however • satisfactory aril ecnrircing, the utmost we can attain to is 1 a very high degree of probability ; while by a confession (we must of course be understood to mean a valintary one), we arrive at twee, without any kind of preliminary difficulty, at alsolute certainty. The guilt of the accused. it must always be recollected, is only known to hinwell; and in many cases, from the closeness of rules of evidence, or from the peculiar and mysterious circumstances under wheel: the crime has been euminitted, it will be found to he impossible to furnish legal proof of it. For the purpose, therefore, of opening another door for the detection of crime, the law of England, like every oiler system of law with which we are acquainted, lets in as conclusive evidence of guilt the acknowledgment of the prisoner himself, that being in all cases the surest, in some the only, way of getting at the truth ; and accordingly a gmilty prisoner is allowed, on his arraignment, to elisbur then his conscience—to tear away the veil front the eyes of his Judges at once, and to save the time of the Court, by musenting, in his cies-, that those forms of proof may be dispensed with, which are in other cases the best wife pants of innocence, by a candid and honest avowal of his delinquency. Ender such circumitanees, then, what is the obvious duty of the Judge? Why, simply to record the pica of guilty in stanter; and, the main question tieing thus incontrovertibly settled, if it slimild be thought necessary, in eetimating the due quantum of punishment, to ascertain more precisely the real character of the offence, it might be Koper to examine a witness or two fur that purpose. Instead, however, cf this straightforward course, to which there can be no ob jection either in law or reason, the ley-lied Judge, on a plea of guilty being tendered, exhibits every symptom of un easiness, urges, implores, nay, sometimes falls into a down ritht passion with the prisoner, with a view to induce Lim to abandon his int •ution. Finding, however, all his en treaties likely to prove ineffectual, he mutters something about the " law taking its tour:'." The wretch at the bar then starts from his sad reverie, and musters courage to plead " Not Guilty." The trial proceeds, and if it should happen that, born some informality in the pructe 'ings, or some want of legal proof, the culprit is acquitted, the con seqeence is, that society receives again into its bosom a desperado, emboldened by his successful escape for the commission of fresh crimes; whilst the prisoner himself leaves the dock with the comfortable conviction that he is a much Lonelier man than be ever suspected himself to be. IMPROVTAIE.X7S OF THE AGE. Amongst all the improvements of the age, none perhaps are more stnlcitia than those which have recently been Anode, and indeed are tt present making, in the language of ordinary life. It is not merely by the introduet;on of foreign words and phrases into the English tongue, nor the designation of places of amusement, or shops, or car riages, by alien titles, that this great alteration is working, but by the adoption of figurative phraseology and elegant expressions, n bid] bid fair to rival the formal foppery of Euphcuism. Who in these days ever reads of boarding-schools ? nobody : they are transformed into academies for boys and seminaries for girls; the lii,;her classes are " Fitabli/h -rk nts;" a coach-maker's flop is a " Renosilor . y . fia. Car. ria, , ev;" a milliner's a " Depot ;" a thread , seller's an "Emporium." One buys drugs at A "Medical Hall," Mum of a " Company, ' and shoes It a "Mori ;" blacking is dispenst el from ats " and meat from a " Purveyor." These have long been evident it is true; bu: we disregard them ail in comparing the erect likely to be produced upon society by the adoption of sucb siaunlities, with that which probably will result LT titr introduction into the Iwiguage i?selj of others still tro-e Flaring. F;r instance, instead of reading, that after a ball theca's. ivny did not go away till daylight, we are told that'' the j..p os Group continued nipping on the light fantastic toe cad! S d gave them warning to depart." If one of the canpary happened on his way to tutnl.le into a ditch, we el 'cM he infertned tint " his foot slipped, and he was immersed in the liquid clement." A goed supper is de tmbed as making the " tables groan with every delicacy 0 ( the season." A crowd of brietless lawyers, unbeiteficed el.:grien, and halftasy officers, are enumerated as a " hest of fashion" at a watering place, where we are also informed eat lathes. instead of taking a dip before breakfast, i i.ange themselves fearlessly into the boson: of Neptune." A o.‘ezp killed by lightning is a thing unheard of: the nitral may be destroyed by the " elcetric fluid ;" but, let den, we should not be told that - it was deed: we nealil be informed that " the vital spark had fled for ever." If the crease were picked up by a carpenter or shoemaker, at never sheuld hear that a journeyman tradesman had %awl it: we should be told that its remains had been clic "mud by an "operative artisan." Al little girls, be their fves ever co plain, pitted, or t }t llbk if they a pp ear at a pu bli c offie., to complain of !"oaf?', or ill-treatmelt, are invariably " intelligent and `,. cre sting;" if th e y h ave proceeded very far in crime, 7're !tied " unfortunate females ;" should they by any are a prospect of becoming mothers, we ere us 'hat they are in a way that ladies wish to be che feed=.' Child-murder is elegantly termed " in and when it is punished capitally, we hear, anuatural mother was banged, but that " the 'culprit underwent the last setance of the law, :nehel into eternity." ea reads in the newspapers that a house has down ; h perhaps will find " that the house iilce to the flames." In an account of a launch that the ship went off' the slip without any but that " she glided securely and majestically latire element," the said native element being one the slid ship never was before. Id for a surgeon if one's kg b_ broken, is out of ii?”; a marl indeed " may be despatched for re now no piddle sin7.sys at tavern dinners—they professioeal gentlemen ;" and actors are all of histrionic art." A kept-mistress is not from Grosvenor-place to Ittimal Green: they ''es living under the proti erion of gentlemen. Nem.] vi a are scarce: they are all " interesting Pll.l as for nor...cry-maids, they are now-aedaya ttaneormol into "young persons who super junior branches of the fainily." t'le delicacies and refinements appear to us Ie the plain, sensible, straightforward language of 1.1 ; and however sweet to double-refined minds, rs'rer charming in very polite society,Sre in plain 'arid public papers contetarnibly absurd. WESTERN CIRCUIT. .. SOMERSET ASSIZIS—WaLLs, Sam. I. Befbre Mr. Vow Gaititow and a Twits! Jrry. GRIM. CON. POITER 11. JONES, ZSQ- Mf. MtanTWCATHL a opened the pleadings In this ease; and Mr. Sergeant l'eee tooted the plaintiff's case to the Joey, bad observed, that the case they had that day to try, was one of a most disgusting descriptiem, and wou ld requ i re all their attendee to enable them duly to appreciate the conduct of the defendant on the record, for he hail destroyed the happiness of a young man entering into life, by taking from him the wife of his bosom, who had been always most affectionately inclined towards her husband, until the wily arts of the adulterer had succeeded in causing her to forget the sacred and solemn duty of a wile. The Jury would find as curious a else developed in the present instance, as ever appeared in a Court of Justice. Aetietts of this description differed in their character, and he thought they would agree with him in thinking that the case now before them was as singular and megravateol a one as was ever brought under the consideration of a Jury. This case had difficulties attending it, that required the application of ell their judgment. He would assert, that there never was a cosi that demanded a calmer and more deliberate attention, or one that called more loudly for large damages from the defend. any for an injury that he cute never redress, and which the conduct of the plaintiff towards his site ought in this ease to have pro:ected him against. The plaintiff was a young men of the age of 24, carrying on the business of a land surveyor and clothier, at From,, in this county, and the defendant was a gentleman of fortuna He would say of considerable fortune, for his property, if he were rightly informed, amounted to between 40,0M11. and 60,004.11. Ili. sge was 27. Mr. Porter married in 11:e month of Junein the year 11122. There had been a courtship between him and Mrs. Porter for a year and a half. When the acquaintance commenced, Sirs. Porter wu between 18 and Ha and was the daughter of a must respectable farmer limited Yeoman, who had sic or seven children, all brought up well, in every moral and do nestic duty, and calculated to be an ornament to society, and a comfirt to those with whom they were connected. Up to the period of this unhappy transaction, the cooduct of the plainti ff ' s w if e h a d b een ' free from blame—in deed, it had been exemplary. It was truly without reproach. Porter, woo atter his marriage, beam! ago quainted with the defendant, by taking a house of him, in which he (Jones) was to have apartments. After lie was married, for 1 the first six months he lived with hie a ife's father, Mr. Vetioun. ,ljet afterwards removed to a house near Frome, at Kaford Ter-' race, the defendant having a house to let at Lower Ks. fwd. The plaintiff ultimmely.took it, and Jones himself lived at' Ledford, about la or 16 miles front Foliate 1 but considering it ne meaty (havirg large property there) to live occasionally near 1 1 Footle, It was agreed that he should have apartments in his own lend, that hail been taken by the plaintiff at Lower Kaford, fee which he was to pay 201. per annum. Alterations were accordingly ' made to keep Joaes 1 apartments separate from Porter's. The boute had a ground fluor. a ball room floor, and one room over it. There I was one general door to enter at; on the left of the ground room floor was the defendant's parlour, and to the rum above when: he slept. he passed by a separate stave:auto the one used by the plain- I tiff 'a family. There eas a rootage to the right on the d e fend a nt' s i an staircase that led to the plitilt • kitv+en. l'orter's parlour seal on the right of the passage leading Irmo the outer door, and I on the left was plaintiff's kitchen, and Ogre the staircase led to defendant's bed room. The dour at the top of this staircase wee locked, in consequence of :Mr. Jones's lodging at Porter's, end a person wishing to come from Joaes's bed room to I'orter's bed room must come down stairs through the Oman( coin.l munication, whets, as he had stated, was at the time to Which be referred, kept lucked. Over the bell room floor, as lie had stated, there was a servant's room, in which on one occasion two of 'donee'. servants slept. Porer's servant corsisted of a man named Sitdel end his wife, who would be called that day before them; they slept in an out-house to which the house did not communicate. A fee- taryllwas at the back of this out-house, and on that account it was necessary to have a person to sleep there for its protection. Porter took possession of this he use about Sdiehaelmas, 11123. Jones only slept one night to the house between dlichaelmas and the 19th of October. On the 19th of October Porter was obliged to go to leondon on business. When he went to town the defendant was not at Lower Karon'. Porter thought his wife would go to her fa. ther's during his absence, or have a Mies Smith, olio would be called before dont to-day, to stay with her. In point of tact, she did go to her father's for three or four days, but she returned, and met Junes at Lower Kayford. The Jury will pi. recive that during l'orter's absence Jones came, and found that he was from home.— lie then brought his two servants; and in this part of tl:e case he wished to state, that lie did not feel justified in making observe. dons that might towendly serve his case; hut if his learned friend did not ask the questions to which he alluded, his Lord. ship would allow any of them to ask such questions as might tend to elucidate evidence. Jones, on the 27th October came to Lower Katord. aid fatted that Potter was gone to London. On the 24 of November lie came again, and brought two servants, one of whom he sent away on the erh, and the other on the 7th.-- He was observed look am at the house, and ken s of the duns that were kept locked, on die Bth co November. On the morning of the 9th, Mrs. Slade came into the twine to light the tire, find pre pare breakfut, from the house where she and her husband slept, and went first into the detendant's siting ronin. Ile ought to hate stated, that on the preceding night, the detentlant seemed anxious to get Mrs. Slade to bed. U hen she ;,rot to the house the next moriang, and was in the defendlutre sitting room, she heard a 'wise its the passage, like a Teuton oalkitig wnhout shoes ; and im mediately atter saw Jones, with only his shat on. in s'orter's part 'of the house. He then said to Mrs. Slade—" Pray don't mention veu have rota this." I{'hen she melt ear him be was dressed. He again bar asked mg to meshes the citattnatanee. He (31r. Sergeant Pell) spoke this slightly., that he might not injure Jones use, as 100 did not mention it with that view. Mrs. Slade afterwards went into 3lrs. Porter's bedroom, who was in bed, and nit aceieg Mrs. Slade, she hid her head under the bed-clothes, and seemed confused. Mrs. olade afterwards ex amined the door, and found the staple . ..arced. Ma. Slade, and her husband afterwards had a communication, and it would appear, that Mr. Jones had offered them both money. Ile believed, that he should also prove expressions had been used on the part of the defendant, that whatever the nature of the case might be, could not be justified, for they were the taunts of opulence over poverty, and added oppression to injury ; for the defendant spoke of nut caring fir what had happened, as lie had more n oney than Porter. He would assert befere the tfentletreu of the Jury and his Lord ship, any allusion to propeay under such circumstances, waa adding oppression to insult. On the 13th November the plaintiff returned front London, and on the 28th January following, the cemmunication of his wife's infidelity wes announced to him. None had been made to him before. Neither Slade nor his wife had mentioned it. Whether it was from a good or bad feihng was not for hlm to say. The communication wee first mimic to Pewter's brother, and he did tot know how to act. Ile throughout hints before 31es. Porter, and ultimately, he believed, the wife infornied the has. band herself of the diegrsce that had taken place. Mrs. Porter re mained two days afterwards in the house, keeping in a separate bed horn her husband. She was now under her father's protection. It n:ioltt be that Slade and his wife might come to commit gross per jury to-day, but he thought the Jury would req u ire more evidence en the other side than they would have, before they would come to the , conclusion. If they thought the crime had been perpetrated then came the quesiiou of Outages, and here he could not but express his satisfaction, that Mr. and Mrs. Porter had no family ; but the Jury would coneider, that an affectionate wife haul been torn fosm an indulgent husband , and that oi :nail be heard to-dny from sheathers of the family, who would decline what sort of man Mr. Porter was, and how kind and affectionate towards him was Mrs. Porter. it was impossible to believe that 'tlrs. Porter's mind had not been corrupted before her body • and if it was not done by a long course of pennueton, so much 'deeper was the injury, for it shewed the defendant had determined to gratify his passion the first time he saw AI re. Porter. It was lot:possible to know whether the crime bed been committed before the flth November; butt he thought nu one could venture tobreak in upon the sanctuary of a marriage bed without knowing the state of the woman's mind. Probably the unhappy (ensile a mind was in a state of uncertainty as to the course she should pursue when she destroyer broke open her door ; but this he had good reason to know, Mrs. Porter's affections conti nued In favour other husband alter her fall. After Porter knew the feet, what could he do ? Ile must either allow jealousy, like Sul. ph= on tho plain. to blest all his comfort, or part from his wife. Rumour was always afloat in a country like this. He had heard cer tain reports which his Learned Friend might endeavour to embody Imo proof, but he thought it would he a dangerous course for him to pursue unless lie could beyond all doubt shrew Mrs. Porter to be a woman of abandoned habits,and plaintiffs conduct unbecoming in a married man. Ile might attempt that course, hut lie warned his Mend, that it would be a dangerous one. The damages were laid !tThey were as high as WOOL, and it was for the Jury to say, hee they would give the whole or what part of the damages to the plaintiff; but in adverting to the damages, he could not avoid again reminding them (tribe property of the defendant. The case was in their hands, and he hail no doubt they would act justly by both parties. Mr. Richard Gernian examined by Mr. 3IEnnYWLATIMIL-- I ant brother to blrs. Potter. I was present when my sister was married to the plaintiff, Mr. Isaac Porter, on the &h June, 1822. My two sisters and other branches of my family were present. My sh & was Ile Mr. Porter had been paying his addressee to my sister ahout a year and lisle 3lr. Porter was about 25. Mr and Mrs. Porter, after their marriage, at first lived with my fattier. My father has nine children. In half.s.vear Mr. Porter then went to Kaford-terrace. He lived there till Lady-day or Michael. e . mu 1823. He then went to Lower Kafeted. Itaii been in the habit of seeiag Mr. and 31rs. Porter together ever since they have been married. They always appearsd to live comfortable. Some time but winter Mr. Porter cstue to my father's house with Miss Smith. Crost.exaniined be Mr. ADAM-1 believe Porter was In the clothing-business before lie married. be was once clerk to an at. torney. Ile was in no business when lie married. The house Porter firit went to was six miles from my father's. Mr. Hubert Lee sworn--1 have vetted the plaietiff at Retard Terme, and always thought he and his wife lived comfortably to 'ether. At the end of last year they removed to Lower Raiford. When I first knew Porter he was a surveyor. Croes.examined by Mr. IL F. W Lk:mai—Porter has been something in the surveying and something in the clothing way. Mr. Joseph French sworn--I know Mr. Porter. I ern his fort. man, and have been so fifteen months. lie heed, when tint I knew him, at Ksford Terrace ; he then went to Lower Katord. lie had formerly been a clerk to Mr. Wickham, the attorney. I have frequently seen Mr. and Mrs. Porter together ; they appear. ed very happy. In October Mr. Porter went to London. I sent him several plan of cloth to London. Ile staid three weeks and three or four dart in lowa, lie returned on the 19th November. Ile brought his wife a very handsome gown.picce and shawl. , Parer rents his house of P-rter took posses. sloe of the boom, there was a door-way that eommuni-I cated between one set of model and another, sto pp e d up. There was astair-ease that communicated between the different rooms above stairs. Mrs. Porter is k very comely woman. Miss Elisabeth Smith sworn—l know 3lr. P orter an d hi s w if e , , lam the sister of Sirs. Pieter by the mother's I had not' been staying with them. The witness was told she might with. I draw foe the present. Mr. John Lawson ion a clothier in London, and first saw Mr. Porter on the 27th or 28th of October last in Cateaton street. I had transactions with bins. I did not see him in London after the Bth November. hills= Slade sworn—l am a married woman. My husband and thyself went to live with Mr.. Porter last Alicheelinas. 'l'here was ,an apprentice boy besides. Mr. Porter's house was divided, and ' there wee no communication between 111 r. Jaime's and Mr. Porter's sleeping rooms. My husband and I slept in an out-house. I know Mr. Jones. j first say hint Eo the 9th of October. I waited on him. Ile staid then one night. He came again on the .'7th. Ile staid till the .10th. He returned the fitst or second of November, and brought a footman and troy. Mr. Porter wont to Lendoo on' , the 19th of October. Mrs. Porter did not go. She west to her fathee'k for two or three dart. I first saw Alias Smith on the 18th of January. Mr. Jones returned to the house on the Ist or 2tl of November. When Mr. Jones returned on the Ist or 211 of veniber. Mrs. Porter was it honie. She had then returned from her father's. On the 27th October she was not at home. Mr. i Jones then asked me where Porter's people where ? I said he wee in London, and hi. wire at htr father s. One of Mr. Jones's see rants went away on the eih November, and the tither on the 7th. The man went away first, and the boy on the 7th. I know the I door that leads from the ;wiener to the kitchen, it 1. kept locked. I The other door that had. to Ale. Porter's s'air-erese is also kept locked. When they are toilet! all communications are cot between the two parts of the house. On the 7th November Mrs. Potter staid up after me. I went to bed about tee. She was in the parlour. I went to bed through the kitchen. I saw Mr. Jones in his parlour just before I went to bed. The nckt morning I came down at half-past five. I let myself in by the back doer, the key of which I had. I fire went into Mr. Joise.s's parlour, the door of which was open. I lighted the fire there, and then I heard some person coming without ;Owes from Mr. Porter's room, along the passage to the staircase. It was then quite light. Mr. Jones camedown Mr. Porter's stairs and opened the passage door. He then had only his shirt on, without stockings or night cap. He ran by me up his own staircase When he got up stairs, lie called me. Ile said "Slade. Slatle. Slade, mine up." He was then only In Iris shirt. Ile got me by the arm, and said " Doti't say a word, you must keep your own counsel." I told him I should not. lie then Said " It is done, and cannot be helped —lt WAS not the wo man's fault, it wait all my owe." The boy went in the afternoon of the 7th. Jones said " I broke open tier room door and took the Keys yesterday, on purpose, and I sent away toy boy George, on purpose that he might not know." Mr June's servants had slept ins room over their master's. sly husband was then its the stable. Defendant said again. " If you will keep your centiael, I'll make your fortune—l'll make your fortune, by God." I came down stair., and then went into Mrs. Porter's room. She was in bed. My attention was directed to t h e lock of the door. The catch where the lock went was broken out, and the wood in the screw. The door was still locked, and I unlocked it. The bed appeared very much tumbled. .his. Portee's appearance was very sorry. 1 went into her room a second time; she called me. 1s hen I left Mrs. Porter'. room the first time I went into defendant's parlour. He was dressing. lime bed hail not been slept in. I was going to get his breakfast, hut lie said, "I shall take no breakfast to-day," lie then went into her bed-room. He then came to my room door, and said. " Now Slade, you must keep your counsel, it in not her fault. Her husband wan away, and she did sot know where he was." 1 said, "Not know w here lie wee ? lam certain she does. It is no reason for her to be great with another man whilst her husband is away for a week or two." lie said, "No, I don't know that there was; but it was my fault, I broke open her door neon her, and took the le..ys from the kitchen door on purpose." I slid," If Porter knew it, he woel.l kill his w ife, and ruin yua°' Ile said, "Poo a'l about that ; that I don't mind a straw I have more money titan him, I have plenty of money." Then he seemed angry kith me. and turned himself, and went into the stable. I Nether of the keys of the communicating doers were in on the 9th November. Mr. Jones went away about seven, and did not return for three weeks. It'hen I limed the di ors opened I called I my husband, before I lighted Jones's tire, for I thought the house had been robbed. AI) hueband went with J• nee, to carry some thing ter him to the Il'heatsheaf. I called my husband before I heard the noise over head. I remember my master returning from London on the 13th November. By the Cotter —I did not tell my muter any thing that had paned during his absence; I did Lot communicate it to hint till the 29th January. By Mr. Sergeant Petr., in continuation—l know Mr. James Porter, my master's brother. 1 sits hint at Mr. Porter's on the Bth November. I don't recollect when I next saw him, I saw him so often. Mrs. Porter vit.4 away from the house of her husband about three days after the 28th January. I remember Miss Smith coming to the house about the 16th Joneary. Illy muter and his wife lived very happy together before he went to London. Cross-exammed by Mr. Ariast-1 am a first cot:sin to the plaintiff. I don't know whetter they kept a servant before they game to Lower Kafurd. Mr. Jones lived .at Porter's about fifteen weeks before 31ichaehnne. Jones has a great deal of property about Frome. 'l'he doors were locked up before Michaelmas. Airs. Porter has ore own sister, and I know of two half sisters. In Mr. Porter's part of the Move there are two bed-rooms, a dressing. , room, and a garret. Porter hag. two Sisters. 11 hen I first came into the house, on the 8:h November, it was not quite light. The hest time he told nie to keep counsel was in his bed.rnom; the next time was near the l'actory, at my zoom door; and I kept my own counsel till the 230 January. -• • , By the to va.w—l media salermaniestion to Mr. Porter's Insulter James on the 21'th January. I kept my own counsel till" then. I never, to any one, made a communication on the subject, but to James Porter, on or before the •2.1i1i January. Robert Slade examined by Mr. MEURTWEATIIER—I am the husband et the last witness. I wan partly euinitqed by Mr. l'orter and partly by 31r. Jones. Before Porter went to Lower Kaford I was employed by Jones. Pence went to Lower Kaford at Michaelmas, 1823. It was 31r. Jours'a house. I was employed by Jones as a labourer. Mr. Porter went to London on the 19th October. On the lith October Series was at Lower Kaford, and stopped one night. JUneN returned on the 27th October, and went on tl:e 38. h. 'Then Mrs. Porter was absent from home. She was away three or four deys. Junes erns Isgain on the 2d, I believe of November, and staid till tl:e Bth. He came again before my master returned from London. I and my wife deep in a back kitchen joining Porter's premises. Jones had a groom and a boy with him , lie sent one away on the 6:11, and the other on the 7th November. I know their persons, but I have not seen them here during the AlMiTe‘. 1 and my wife got up on the Bth November. about half-past five. In consequence of something my wife told me in the stable, where I first went after getting up, I went into the house. I saw the desk open, and saw the front passage dour open. The parlour-door of defendant was open. Toe front house dour wan locked, and the key inside. The door in the kitchen leading to Porter's bed-room was open. After that I went to the stable. At about a quarter-past vie o'clock I saw defendant in the stable. He remained about ten minutes. Before Jones came to me in the stable! had spoken to my wife for two of throe minutes. That was about ten minutes atter 1 had observed the doors. It was after the cor.versation I had with my wife that Jones came to me, and said, "Abut this concern Slade you must keep your counsel."—l said, " I don't know, Sir, about that." lie said, •• You must, and I will make you a handsome present." He then said, •• Your wife has been talking of one thing or another • if Porter should know it he would kill his w i f e and ru in me. Ab out myself I don't rare a straw ; I stole the keys from the kitchen. door, and bride her door in upon her. If he uses his wife ill I'll take her away from him ; I've more money than him. You keep your counsel and 111 make you a handsome present." Jones then ordered his horse, and went away about seven. I know the IVlteat Sheaf at Frume. I took a mat-dise there for hint. I was absent about half an hour. I first went into my own kitchen, and then into .Mrs. Porter's parlour. She was lying with her head on the table, crying. In consequence of autriething she said to me I ex. amines! her bedroom door, the lock of which was off, ands screw in it. I think it most hare been forced off, because there was wood on Coe srrew. I then returned to Mrs. Porter's parlour. Mr. Porter returned from London on the 111th November. In January I saw defendant at the I"l'heat Sheaf. He sent for me by his groom, who had been in the house at Kam'. I believe it was the same man. but lam not certain. When I went to Jones he said. •• Oh I Slade, I want you." He wu then in the yard. He said, " Follow me," and then went up stairs. I said, " 1 suppose you know this affair Is found out between tiles. Porter and you." He said he did not, anti aske! who It was that had told of it. I said, •• Mu. l'orter had told of it." He said •• That cannot be, for there is not a woman in the world would have told of 1 , .." He said, '• It must be your wife." lie had pro mised to make her a present. and if he bad done so, she would not have told. Mrs. Porter left her husband's house on the same day I had the conversation with Jones. On the 29th January I coin. municated to Mr. Porter the transaction between Mr. Jones and Mrs Porter. I never said any thing to him before. Olt the 18th March Mr. Nicholls Jones, and I believe Mr. Messiter, came to Lower Kafuril, and ordered dinner, which we did not get fur them. Porter was then from home. _ _ Cross-examined by Mr. WI L LC& 111—Mr. Parter has two or three sisters. I hare spoken to Porter often in December and January. Mrs. Porter has several sisters. I took no notice of the lock; but I pushed back the catch. Jones made me a promise of an un common handsome present. Miss Elisabeth Smith recalled—l went to Mr. p o n c e s house, on the 16th Januaiy. Ott the tith I heard something unpleasant had happened; before that time I remember walking out with Mrs. Porter. I think it was in the same week ; the 16th was in that we walked out. We met Mr. Jones in Upper Kaford, about a quarter of a mile from the house. He wished 3lrs. Porter good morning, and went away. 31r. James Porter came to the house on the :Nth January. Before supper James Porter said something which caused Mrs. Porter to blush very much. She took some supper; but did not est it. 1 slept in a room near Mr. and Mrs. Porter's, both on the 2Uth and 2.9:h January. On the 30tb January Mrs. Porter slept with me. On the 31st Mrs. Porter went to her brother's, where she has be-n since that time. I have seen Mn. Porter since she has been at her brother's._ James Porter sworn—l am a brother of the plaintiff'. I know Susan Slade. I remember seeing her about the 2&h for 2D th Jan. She Men made a communication to me. I well at my brother's house, at supper, on the day I hail spoken to Susan Slade. I said something loud enough for all in company to beat t and 3lrs. Por ter blushed very much. _ did not make a communicates .0 my brother the next day. Mr. Sergeant Pitt. said that was Ifs este. Mr. Amax meson the part of the defendant, and observel that be perfectly agreed with his Learned Friend (S'rgeant Pell) that this was armour tviestion, and every giestixi of this dessiption wax a serinds qttestirm, because, as it refleetedlcredit or discredit on the panics concerned - , its importance could not be over valued. But he was ready to say this case was particularly d serving of con. sideration ; not from the manner his Learned Friend had left it, but as he should bring it before the Jury. His Learned Friend had said this was en aggravated CLIC He fully agreed with him also in that assertion ; but it wu an aggravated case on the part of the plaintiff not on the pan of his client. He likewise agreed with the Learned Sergeant that this was a singular case; nay, he would go farther, and be bold to assert that a more singular case never appeared in a court of justice. He, standing there as the advocate of the defendant, did not mean to deny that the act of adultery toad beer mimitted but under what circumstances the Jury would be belies,J be surprised to hear. If his evidence came at all to the point he firmly believed it would come up to, there was not a coin in the realm small enough to compensate the plaintiff, for his pretended lust, or contempt that would be keen enough to I heap on his diagraeeful and profligate conduct. The plaintiff, it should seen,, was a land surveyor and clothier at Frome-_a whim. aim' union of avocations; but let not that stand in his way. It 'I appeared by his friend's opening, after lie had quitted his wife's father's house, the plaintiff went to Kaford Terrace, when he tesided until he agreed with defendant fur his house at Lower Kaford and of that bargain he would only say, that it was by the defendant's wish particularly that the alterations were made for closing en the lino's, and keeping the two parts of the house sepa. I rate The Jury would not fail to bear in mind the circumstances under which dones was introduced to Mr*. Porter. On the 9th of October he slept et Porter's house. It 173.% not pretended that they had ever met before. and he returned to L iwer Kdfiltd on the 22:h. There was not the least pretence for saying any attempt hail been 'mole upon Mrs. PO - ter before that period. Between the tith and' nth of October, Porter went to London. What the object of the: journey was, did not appear, and therefore he should only say, if it were not to throw Mr. Jones into the arms of Mrs. Porter,he could not have devised a better plan for the purpose, had he theJ, ever sat studiously. A prudent ma,. when he was compelled to leave home on husineas, being bleraol in the enjoyment of a hand., some wife, would have either sent her to her father's, or haul some female friend to shah her at her own house. Mr. Por was particularly well situated for both these arrangements. Mrs. Porter's father lived near him, and his wife had also many female friends and relations, who would have been happy to have passed some time wi t h h er d ur i ng t h e husband 's absence in London. Bet what did the plaintiff do? He left his wife in sleep in a dwelling.houme alone, with • young man en. He did not even ask Susan Slade, his cumin and servant, to al ep there. He had midi the acquaintance with Ins. Porter and de fendant commenced on the 9th October, and on the Bth November the adultery was committed ; and that proved that the lady must have been an easy and willing victim of cry manaor that she must have been taken by violence. A month's arts and efforts to gain a female, his Learned Friend knew, would not carry high damages, and therefore he resorted to violence, to prop his case; and he thought the ntention of the lady bring taken by storm would hare its effect upon th • Jury. But how had the violence been proved ? Only by Slade and his wife, over whose testimony the strongest sospicion must be thrown. Could any thing be more improbable, than that Mr. Jones would admit to the servant and cousin of the injured husband that he had been in lair wife's bad-room? and if he did sn imprudent a thing, as far as Mrs. Slade was concerned, why should he afterwards repeat the sante stem to Shade himself, thereby making his guilt •• a twice-told tale." Again, it should stem that the Sladea did not tell Porter of his disgoace, until nearly three months after the adultery had taken place. ll'he. ther that arose from Mr. Jones's promised reward not being forth coming, did not appear; but certain it was, near three months had elapsed before this much-injured husband was informed of his die. honour. He begged the Jury to recollect, if Jones had taken possession of the keys of the doors that communicated between Porters's and Jones's apartments, he could not have done so With. out Mrs. Porter's conanit ; as Mrs. Sink proved that her mistress always tried those doors herself on going to bed every night. .The Slade' also differed as to the time Porter was apprised of the act of adultery. One said it was the 28th of January, the other that It wu the 29:11 January ; and Slade himself went farther than his wife, by saying Mrs. Porter herself told the plaintiff- These cir cumstances he had thought necessary to allude to, as fat as regarded the plaintiff's witnesses; but he was about to open to the view of the Jury a scene of profligacy .if so scandalous a dereription, both as connected with Porter and his wife, as he believed was never before brought before a Court.—(llere Ur. Ss:jinni Pell Intimated to Mr. Adam, that it would be desirable for the defendant's wit nesses to go out of Court. ) Mr. C. F. WI Laraine remarked, that it was a eingttlar period of the trial for the Learned Sergeant to make the request; but they ultimately went out of Court. Mr. ADAM, in continuation, said hr was happy to acquiesce in his Learned Friend's suggestion, for God forbid his case should not stand upon higher grounds than to require any artificial means to prop it. lie did not wish one of his witnesses to hear what an other said. They came there to speak the truth, anal if he was not grievously misinstructeri, they would relate facts that would give a triumphant turn to his case. Mr. Porter, it should seem, began life as an attorney in the comory. Ile then went to London. He afterwards kept a school at Frome, and at length unitrd the he terogeneous calling' of a land-surveyor and clothier. That nous and multifarious occupations would not have told against him. if he had conduced himself respzerahly in them. Bing he should prove him to-day to be a most profligate and debased man, partici,. arly in the sacred relation of a husband, and that his wife partook of his profligacy. and laughed at his obscenity, then that farthing damages that he had spoken of would he too much for him ; for he had little doubt of proving against the plaintiff, by the witnesses he should call, the most abandoned course of conduct that was ever pursued by a marrinl man towards his wife • , that wife alt. paring, at least, to be • cementing End willlnglNlMlNfirto the husband's divas:in' conduct. He should prove that he called all things by their coarsest names ; and if a female could sit and hear such conversation, without quitting the room, she ieu not a fit object for damages that day. When Jones took the apartments at Lower Kaford, he should prove that Porter said, it would lessen the rent ; and he knew the Sqsire would soon cuckold him. He should also prove, that the plaintiff proposed to change sires with a man named Miles, and this conversation took place in the presence of Mrs. Porter; therefore, a woman who could sit and hear that, was not quite that sort of wife that would enable her husband to come into a Court of Justice, and require d images at the hands of a Jury of his countrymen. He could not place the wit. nesses he had Blinded to in the Box without informing the Jury that men who could have heard such conversation as they would prove to have been present at, were not the most immaculate wit nesses; but still the Jury must remember that they were not wil ling witnesses; but bete subprenaed there for this !dal, they would speak the truth. The parties might not be moral men, as far as that term appllrd to their private lives, but still they might, and he understood did, as much as any man, ,slue the sacred obit. ration of an oath. In taking an impartial review of this case, he thought the Jury would feel with him, that there never was one that was brought into a Court of Justice, so entirely deserving of con tempt, disgust. and abhorrence in all its beeriness the present. John Hiscock.—l live at Frome; I atel a clothier there; in May 1323, I was at Porter's house; I have known him for some titne; I was taking bread and cheese and radishes with him ; some time before Porter had been in London ; his wife was in the room. (The witness then stated a most profligate expression of the plain. tiff in the presence of his wife, wet.: reference to his visit to London.) His wife only laughed at it; it referred to his conduit with retard to his connection with a woman when absent from home. rromt-examined by Sergeant PE t:11.-11;;;;;;;;;In •I;fficulties often ; I was about 141( teen months since a bankrupt; 1 had a lois_ ! word with plaintiff about a Tear ago; I said if I came here I would speak the truth ; I never said I would stick in Porter; I can't give any notion when I got my certificate I never ran away from my wife; I went to London on businew. and she came after me; there was a girl went along witli me on the same coach ; her name was Ambledon, she had bent a servant at a public house in Frome ; the coach stopped at the Bolt-in-Tun four or the days before my wits came ; I staid there about three days after ; I have lived with my wife since. James bee examineff—l am a clothier, and live nt Kaford : know Isaac Porter; I knew him when he was at Mr. Wickham's: I saw hint last year in London at the Hell, Noble -street, Uheapaide ; I was there from the 23.1 September ta the Bth Ostober ; I have been there since; I recommended the house to Porter; we dined there together ; one day at dinner Porter laughed and joked, and asked me to go to Stu:oat-lane with him; he said he had been a: a hops* there at a girl's mut ; he said he knew one of the girls there; he and I went to this house in Seacoal• lane, we only saw the keeper of the house, an old woman about seven•y. Cross-examined—l am a single man. Br the COURT—I knew the old woman was the keeper of the house, because she told me so. John Krouse sworn—l live at. Frame. I am a clerk to Mr. Wickham, the attorney. I know the plaintiff; he was a writer at Mr. Wickham's, and afterwards at Mr. Alexander's, in London, and then at another office there. in le2l he came to forme, and issued cards as a land.ssirveyor. He married in Int I have often been at his house. Within 2 or 3 years he has been a great frequenter of publics houses. I have often heard Porter use very low, obscene. and beastly expressions, with regard to his connexions with other women in London and elsewhere, in the presence of his wife. Mrs. Porter has remained in the room, and has not seemed dis bleased. I have heard him sing songs of a particular d-scription efore his wife. I hare heard him sing these songs on a Sabbath day, when I wee in the street, loud enough for me to hear. o n : Tuesday. 29th April, I, John Miles, of Mr. Wickham's office, Porter, his wife, and tor wife, were together. Alders wife was not there, she was ill. Mules and I went to Porter's to leave a coat. I lived on KalonfTerrace, seven doors above Porter's. Porter was nut at home. Miles then went with me to my house till nine o'clock. We then went out and met plaintitf. Porter asked us to gnhosne with him and take some cider. Miles refused, saying his wife was ill. He then asked us to go to the Unicorn, where he said be had been playing skittles all the evening. We at last went to Porter's and supped. After supper my wife came in just I as pipes and eider were introduced. Porter then asked me how many children my brother Harry bad, and asked me how many I had got. He then turned to Miles, and said, " Here is Miles. who has been married so many years. and has got none. rand I am in the same predicament." Miles said to Porter. " You have not been married lung enough, there is no time lost for you yet." Porter said, " Suppose you and I change wives, Miles." I then related a story of two brothers in Dorsetshire marrying two sisters, and neither of them having children, they agreed to change wives. At the end of the twelve months they each had issue, and the women would not go hack to their lawful husbands. Porter then took up his list, and said he would go to Miles's wife; but ha turned round, and said, "Oh ! let us have it in writilig;" and he went into his oliize and brought the paper. MIN S said there was nu occasion fur writing. Porter said, " I)—n it, are you jealous, can't you take a joke?" hides said he could take a joke; wad ir it was so meant he would a rite something. Miles wrote some thing that Porter did not like, and which lie tore, He then put a piece of paper before Miles. and sold turn to write to his wife, " the beArs:r :7 . a sr:L . :ch ALIO, of his ow 3 'meat added, "if vrble." Porter theft took up his hat, and said, " I amsaid, ear or." He went away, but returned OA said to use and my wife "Yoh had better go bane; and then Jane (pointing to hie infer, sod Mr. Miles mey go • bed together." Porter then left the hotted . Io comoqueoce of what bad passed between Miles and nryci)f, I went to look for Porter out side the door, supposing be was only carrying on a joins , to plague . wife ; ei : he wet not at the door. It about half an gorge Porter dole back rubbing up his hair, and apparently out of Eveoh, sastng he had been lobed to Mrs. Miles. On my saying It was all nonsense, he said, l'U be d-4 if I have not, and pointed to his coat, winch was covered with lint. We told him it was all lies, and in a few minutes we parted. Maw came to me nest morning and made* complaint to me. Aa ON as Miles left me 1 sint for plaintiff find asked hint how lie odd nerve fililes's wife as he bad done ? fibs cos ill, mod he had dim a very serious injury to her. He said, " tl—n it, I always HU So have my larks out, and I would seise brit ether man** wife the same," and that he hod Miles's authority fur se doing. I told him it wits only intended fora joke, and it was shamclial conduct ; and added, suppose Macs had served your Wife ad? He said, " Miles was a d—d fool for not doing ati, as he went Steepen purpose." I asked to see the paper, but he said he would keep it to produce against Miles if he should do any thing about what passed the night before. Mrs. Miles wee very dl at the tints. l:ross•examined—l have been married nine years, and have four girls; the child who was with my wife and me at Perter's, was 7 years old at the time ; she was asleep when this consolation tonic place; I cannot recollect the month; I heard him sing the infa mous song on the Sunday night ; ethers must have heard it as well as myself; it was in th e fi rst year that he was married. John Miles sworn—l am clerk to 11 r. Wirkhafn t I have known Poner eight or nine years ; I have visited him twice since his mar riage ; he has been once at my house; the conversation at Porter's house was low; it was not decent foe a woman to hear ; on the ffith of April, MM. I was at Porter's hours. it supper. with John Kreuse„ his wife and child ; be talked about Krouse and his brother having children, and then he said, •• d—n it, h ere i s Miles has none, and Icm in the same predicament." He then said, " what if we were to change wives f o r a t i me ?" I said, " r wire agreeable, the women would not."—el'he witness here recaphtilat ed the whole of the facts detailed by Krone.) When I went home I received a complaint from my wile • I saw Porter a fen days 'Rat in Fronie market ; hespoke to me, an di I gave him sslap in ere ?sea. Cross-examined--; have known Porter several rears- I never visited him hut twice. My wife was ill on the I.9th &reuse's girl heard all the conversation, at least she was in the room all the time. I staid about live minutes after Porter thmha back. I treated it ell as a joke. My the hours—l told Porter, when I smacked him, the my wife had been ill ever since he had ill-treated her. le said, " I was a d—d liar." Mrs. Sarah Miles sworn—l am the site of the last witassa; we have been married four year! !art Chrintinas. I know Porter. I remember, in April lIHo. latr at night, he crime to our heluss. 1 was in bed in a state of It was between nine and ten. He opened the front door, and said. " hall. d, Mrs. Miles." Ht said, you don't know who! am." I .me, "it is Porter," He came through the house, lip stairs, and opened my bed.room door. He said, he was sent there to go to bed to me. and he endeavoured to force himself into bril to me ; Ira-reamed out, and he sed" amt d—n your great mouth, what do you cry in that way for." 1 screamed as loud as I could, ar.d he attempted to r out. hid a light in the roorti, wailing fo my husband; bat when I heard it was not my husband, 1 put the light out. When he got to the door to go down, be asked me to strike a light, to he could not tind Isis way down suit,. I said, I did not etre , and I hoped he would break his heck down stairs. lie was forcing his way it:to brit to me for twenty minutes. I was much worst aftstwards ; and I have never been •1.4 l since. Cross-examined--I ant 28 years of age. I had seen Porter once I b e rm .. My husband has not prosecuted this man for the inj ur y I have suffered. 31y husband is 23 years old. John Nicholls sworn-1 am bailiff to Mr. Jones. Sometime in May, ICA Porten applied for the workshop and house, at Kaford. He said he could not pay the rent without he could get A lodger— such a lodler as the • Squire," to mate the rent come easy. He said he thought if he had the Squire he would cuckold him. Porter offered his wife as servant, but Mr. Jones, on 'Wog to the home, declined dist offer. John Miles recalled—By the Couitr—My wife did not go to. bed before 1 came home. 1 never had the door left far me open , but that night. There was no light in my wif e ' s r o om wh en I got I home. I have not ptosenoed Porter fur what occurred that even ing. 1 cotisulted an Attorney, and the result was I refused to pro secute. Porter', wife saw the paper I wrote to my wife. William Stiles All wood—l know Porter, and remember Bias's wife hcing nnwthll. Mrs. flies is Porter's sister. He was told his sister was ill. [The witness here related an obscene eepress:ai of the Plitntiff, on hearing rids fact, in presence of his wife.l Cross.esamined—l had a quarrel with Porter last May..... Ile threatened to put me into the dark house, but that was all nothing. 1 thought he interfered !n a matter improperly. Mr. Sergeant PELL replied for the plaintiff, at considerably length ; and !lir. Baron Genftow summed ep to the fury, ar.d observed to them, that this was an anion in which the plaintiff presented himself es a kind and affectionate husband, who had been d•. priced of the comfort, solace, and societt of his wife, by the wily arts of the defendant, and therefore sought to take out of his fends, by the hands of a Jury, MOM. to make hint some repneation for his severe loss. The plaintiff mated that they were very happy until the defendant broke in upon their dolma* sand t, which had v g2llrtos deprived plaintiff of the society of 'Nista/aft •ed. For the last fortizia i rL4: country had been curator sy Tuley ..tiring of thin . • , that is Iran beynflff Snag: tie was convinced, to any thing new upon the subject, and his learned brother Pell, in not referring to the damages, had exercised that sound discretion in this instance, that in other cases was so tonspitmoua in him. He, however, should not be so abstemious, and on that point should say, if die Jury believed the two Slades perjured, they would in 'hat ease find a verdict to: the defendant ; but if they should not conic to that conclusion, there might be other reasons for not giving the plaintiff 3,800/. damages out of the funds of the defendant. If the criminal Intercourse had taken place, they would have to tort •ider if the plaintiff had so conducted hi m . self ax to be entitlell to ant dam:ges ; for the man (to pass over other scenes of proligacy and - obscenity,' who could chnor back the veil that was placed before the marrlage bed, and unblushingly relate what occurred there to his drunken companions in the presctiee of his wife, must come degrade.) and disgraced ir.to • Colin of Justice to seek for damages at the hands of a Jury. There was an old story of a man carrying his wife's pillow before a Noble Lord *din was enamoured of her charms; and there was another story of a husband lifting tip a man to see his wife naked in the bath ; but this man did mote—he pandered more to his wife's shame and his own dishonour. The Learned Judge then recapitu lated the evidence with great minuteness. and with his usual pent. picuity, commenting very severely on the conduct of the plaintiff as he proceeded, and remarking how entirely be was bereft of every shadow of pretence for seeking reparation for his dishonour in a Court of Justice. lie had been the author of his own disgrace, and he nu* abide the consequences. He should now make an observation which might, perhaps, lead to the introduction of something like a novelty in the law of crim. eon. Nothit g was more to be deplored than that a plaintiff; com ing before a Jury under such circumstances as he had detailed, should, nevertheless, obt in a verdict. He must obtain one, how. ever, utiles, the law am' feet concurred to prevent it. He would state to them what his opinion was in point of law. It was an opi nion that he delivered 'clikierately, and which had been formed on aOIIIC consideration, aid which, if he were wrong, heshould be I happy to have corrected by the highest authority lithe country. In point of law, if they were satisfied that the plaintiff had paved the way to his own dishonour, and had afforded a convenient op. portunity for the acmes of the defendant to his bed. his opiuion was that he was not entitled to their verdict. They would have first to consider, whether the act of adultery had been committed ; second. ly. whether the plaintiff had been consenting to it ; and, thirdh , if they found the hest and negatived the second fact to what amount of damages the plaintiff would be entitled. The Jury retired from their box, after having consulted a short time in Court. They were absent upwards of an hour. when they came back into Court, they returned a verdict fur the plainaff. :hi mages one farthing. This ease excised immense Interest in the county of Somerset. The trial lasted from eight in the morning till seven in the ever - ing, and the Court was crowded to suffocation the whole of the time. I: is with considerable regret that we announce the deala of the lady of our highly respected county Member, Sir J. D. Miley. This melancholy event took place at tiverley House oil Tuesday last, at two o'clock, after a very afflict ing illness. Lady Astley was a most amiable woman—her charities were extensive; and the poor of the neighbour hood will long mourn the loss of an invaluable friend. Her Ladyship has left two children, a son and a daughter ; the health of the latter, we are sorry to ray, still continues in a very precarious state; she is under the care of Dr. Brad ley, who prescribed for her in London; and previous the death of Lady Astley was about to remove to Wey mouth, fur the benefit of sea air.—Derizes Paper. It is said to be the intention of Government to garrison the island of Newfoundland with Chelsea pensioners. W.: would submit it to the consideration of the Command( r in -Chief, to select for a climate so cold such only as have wooden legs, as a precautionary step against "frirst-hutut tots.. Ahoutifive o'clock yesterday evening a new building, at , tached to the extensive factory of Mr. Galloway, in West street, Smithfield, fell suddenly to the pound, and we re ' pet to state, buried 13 or 1t workmen in the ruins. They were extricated with great difficulty, and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, fur the most part in a dreadful condition. Several, we were informed, were killed. One of the workmen employed in removing the pipes at tached to the old water-works, London-bridge, near the wharf of Thompson and Co. c oal-merchants, lately disco vered, at a considerable depth below the surface, a large piece of gold coin. in high presa-vation, bearing the effigy of Louis XIV. The man sold it, and it is now in the pos session of Mr. Cope. one of the City Marshals. It is a fact that there is a village in this county, eastward of Brighton, where the churchwarden is a pauper, and un able to read or write ! —BrigAtos Gazette. It is noticed u extraurdivary that not any wasps have been seen in this part of the country during the present summer.—S:4/prd Iteretry. '4 i ~ LII 4 . i~ 1te1.1,. ; 17; ,st f" ~eci " ou i t ° , :c their b r ar 64 t tle nit ittfal.aust e !X- I'll:3 lan! ,ac No ref h burnt k- 1. 2 I &serif I Lit,ccu, no bu itig itgb Ler anti the b which tic rti- I ° semi f Ile, the . ,a- sift: It last Ik ece ore se- 01 U 7 e ; Pre kon 0111 110 ,_ I "? " 1,1; ° the il a I/1y for 44,1 .1 th e j, IA lib - !Mr,. ;1 1 , Ara ; WV. nowev e .711::‘,.; ' • !. I I. I