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PHRENOLOGY. f r a . Dr. Spurzheim delivered his eleventh Lecture on Phrenology on Thursday evening. lle began by noticing the many difficulties that lay in the way of secertaitting the true size of the forehead. It was bast judged, not by the front it presented, but by the profile. The rn Itenlli point was the length of the radius from the car to the middle of the forehead. lie then adverted to an erroneous opinion that had gone abroad relative to the divisions of the head. It was said that phrenologists divided the head into as many portions as possible, in order to suit their own purpose. This he denied : the division was not arbitrary nor dependent on the caprice of the phrenologist. The front part of the head was divided into more than twice as many parts as the back. It it bad been fixed arbitrarily it would certainly have been more convenient to have made a more equal division. The true reason of the inequality was, because the intellectual powers were seated in the frontal part; and though they were very numerous they were not as filly developed as the animal propensities. In extraordinary individuals the intellectual organs were easily to be discerned ; but in general it was mote difficult to distinguish them t as in common life persons might possess intellect sufficient to be useful members of society, and yet not have any great development of any particular intellectual organ. The understanding of man was exceedingly compli cated, and was not to be measured by the rules laid down in the metaphysical schools, where the faculties of atten tion, memory, and judgment, were talked as if they were separate and original powers; but it was quite certain that there were no parts of the cerebral mass appropriated peculiarly to those powers of the mind. This was ascertained by experience, as the organs had been searched for in vain. It seemed to him that the mind first acquired • knowledge of external objects, and then of their various relations and properties, upon which acquired knowledge it afterwards began to reflect and reason. The Professor then ad verted to the size and shape of the forehead, as connected with the „manifestation of the intellectual powers. In those individuals who gad a low forehead there was generally a great development of the lower region of it. When considering the formation of the lower part of the forehead, the situation of the eyebrows was material : sonic were drawn downward'', others earned upwards, and others again were horizontal. The variety was in abort so grreatithat it would be hardly possible to find two individuals of the whole human race who had exactly the same formation of the eyebrow. In this part were developed the organs of form, size, and colour. He would not in that lecture enter into the details of those faculties, but content himself with taking a general view of the fundamental pr triples. In some individuals it might be observed there was great breadth between the eyes ; in others, the organs of vision made a very near approach to each other. A particular conformation of the head in that respect often ran through whole nations. In the Frenth, for example, generally, the width between the eyes was greater than in the English, and in the termer the organs of form and colour were more clearly developed. This fact perfectly coy. 'responded with the national character. The French skull was more elongated than the English, and as a people they had greater activity. The English head was broad, and the national character was that of greater steadiness, with more of reflection and reserve. Those in dividuals who had considerable breadth between the eyes would hare more taste and skill in the Fine Arts than those who were narrowly formed in that region. In those who had greatly exer cised their faculties of measuring sires and distances, a great development of the organs between the eyes would be observ able ; but their powers, like all others, if they were too much developed, would lead to error. There were individuals who had a great talent in judging of forms in works of art and in views of nature. There were, as he mentioned before, more among the French who had this conformation than among the English. Those therefore who were remarkable for this breadth between the eyes would have great natural skill in architecture or sculpture; in short, all the faculties that related to sight, and all ta lents with regard to forms and figures would produce a correspond. ing development between the eyes. The organs of this part of the forehead were more difficult to be seen in adults than in children, and the reason seemed to be that children were, generally speaking, inquisitive concerning every thing they saw, whilst grown.up persons he supposed thought they had knowledge sufficient. The consequence of the non-esemise of these faculties in adults was, that those parts of the brain ceased to act, and cavities were fre. quentiv formed, although the external surface of the skull re. urethra nearly the same. Some persons had a very strong develop. meat of these organs, and yet wanted judgment to direct their powers. The Chinese, for example, were fond of architecture and painting, yet they exhibited no judgment in either of those arts. With regard to colouring among artists, the perfection of the eye alone was not • sufficient guide. for there were persons whore sight was excellent, and yet who could not distinguish what colours her. sr.onized and what did not. Some individuals, it ass well known, could not even distinguish colours ; and it was singular to observe. that the colours the generality of such persons could not distinguish were brown, red, and green ; but there were some that could only see the difference that existed between white and black. The Pro. tessor then proceeded to make some observations on the organs situated immediately above the eyebrow. The English, he had observed, generally had those organs very strongly developed; in. sleel there was no nation that had them in such perfection. The first organ to which he would call their attention was the calculat ing organ, or the organ of Order. Those who wished to see every thing in its proper place, as mineralogists or others who had large collections of small articles, would have • great development of this organ. The consequence of a great development of that por. lion of the brain elongated and depressed the eyebrow. This would be found to be the cam with all great mathematicians. This faculty, however, alone would not form a Newton, any more than knowing how to mix two colours in a ',roper manner would form a Raphael. In great calculators the eyebrows were depremed, whilst painters generally would lie found to have a look of hilarity, with the eyebrows raised. The Professor then alluded to the pecu liar disposition evinced by some individuals to wangler from place to place, to be eternally migrating. A correspondent faculty of tnivelling belonged to several species of animals. It clearly could mat be by mere sigh: that pigeons, dogs, and other birds and ani mals, with which experiments had been made, found their way !rein one place to another, at very remote distances, and by ways previously unknown to the animal. Some persons were so fond of seeing different countries, that to gratify their taste they sacrificed all the comforts of horne,whilst there were others, who never, in the whole course of their lives, had stirred beyond the limits of their own parish. In conclusion, the Professor summed up the facts he had irated in the coarse of the Lecture, and observed, that although the organs he had noticed last evening were not seemingly of great importance, yet it was impossible for him to take a more cursory view of them. Ile should in his next Lecture, proceed to the other organs of the forehead. As he proceeded through the Lecture, the Professor, from time to time, illustrated his arguments by reference to the casts and plates lying before him. DINNER TO Ma. BROUGHAM AT Eniesurtoff.--On Tuesday last, Mr. Brougham partook of a dinner given to bim at Edinburgh, as a testimony, on the part of his coun trymen, of the sense they entertained of his conduct in public life. The interest excited by this festival was very great, and the company numerous and highly respectable. Mr. Brougham ' in the course of his speech, said that the project for the Establishment of a University in London vas likely to take effect. Law APPOINTMENT.—Richard Wilson Greene, Esq., the son of our worthy Recorder, has been appointed As sistant Barrister of the county of Antrim, in the room of Conway Dobbs, Esq., who has resigned. We understand the appointment was the spontaneous act of his Excellency the Lard Lieutenant, and that neither Mr. Greene nor his friends were at all aware that it was even in contemplation. Freeman's Journal. A Bill to relieve the Jews in the State of Maryland from the constitutional disqualification to hold offices, has passed both Homes of Assembly. According to the law of France foreigners confined for slebt may be kept in prison all their lives, if the debt be not paid, and the creditor choose to continue the prison al lowance of SIJ francs per month. There is now an Ame rican in the prison of St. Pelagie, who has been there six teen years; and not long ago an Englishman, who had been an officer in the army, was discharged, aft-it an impri sonment for seven years for a debt of about 2001. sterling, which lie was unable suddenly to pay. His wife and two children were with him in prison, and he existed only upon the gaol allowance and a few charitable contributions from his countrymen. In the reign of FRANCIS I. the roll tax was introduced into France—such people as had not the happiness of being born gentlemen were to be subject to it ; they who were to pay it, were described under the titlesofphysieians,surgeons, husbandmen, manufacturers, and artisans; churchmen, gen tlemen of the sword, hiaterioes, and poets, were exempted. The code of social regulations established by the present Empress of Russia, put in contrast with the above, shows the rapid progress which the human mind has made in the course of two centuries in real knowledge. An architect or a carpenter, is qUll'iflfft by his profession to rank as a gen tleman. In the same code, womeri of quality are forbidden to get drunk ; and gentlemen must not beat their wives, under the penalty of being degraded and excluded soeicty. A communication with the Brazils, by means of steam vesrels. the first used for regularly crossing the Atlantic, will take place immediately. The II ibernian steam-boat is abeut to sail from Falmouth to Para, Maranham, Pernam buco, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Fearnley, of IVatford, who possesses the greater part of the immense wealth of the late Mr. and Miss Whit tiat:stall, has obtained his Majesty's Royal license that he and his issue may take the name and bear the arms of Wittingstall. In addition, he is therefore now Edmund re Tido. Whittingstall, Esq. The York Assirei finished on Thursday. Both the Judges left York in the course of the afternoon. 'l' he tit 'y prirot es who has received sentence of death, and e is left for execution, is Richard Holderness, for wsli- Iv' shooteg. . '1 IRELAND. FURTHER EXTRACTS F ROM THE EVIDENCE TAKER' REFORE THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ON TILE STATE CF IRELAND, MARCH 21. The Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, examined. How many years bra you been Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin ?—Since the decease of my predecessor, on the 11th of May, 1823. Were you Coadjutor to the late Dr. Troy a—l was. How many years ?Since the year 18119. Will you be so rend as to explain to the Committee what Is the nature and origin of the authority of the Pope ?—The origin of the authority of the Pope We hold to be from God, who established a head of the Church which he wished to appoint on earth ; the na. tore of his authority is, that he is the executive power of that Church; his office is to Watch over and enforce the observance of the canons ; he is, besides, the centre of Catholic unity. the great link that holds together all the different parts of the Catholic body so that each Catholic throughout the world, finding himself in communion with the head of the Church, may know thereby that he Is in communion with the *hole beide. Is his authority confined altogether to a spiritual authority ? Wholly confined to a spiritual authority, according to the words of our Saviour--" 3ly kingdom is nut of this world. Is that authority under the control of general councils?—That authority is limited by the councils and canons of the Church ; tie is the executive power of the church, appointed to preside over it, and enforce its canons or laws. Those canons veal to individuals-- for instance, in Bishops—certain rights, which, of course, it is the duty of the Pope to protect, and nut to violate ; his authority is thus limited by those canons. Do the Catholic Clergy admit that all the bulls of the Pope are entitled to obedience ?—They are entitled to a certain degree of re. verence. If not contrary to our usages, or contrary to the law of God, of course they are entitled to obedience as coining from a su perior. We owe obedience to a parent, we owe obedience to the King, we owe it to the law ; but if a parent, the King, or the law, were to order us to do anything that is wrong, we would deem it a duty to say, as the Apostles did on another occasion—" We ought to obey God rather than men." Are there circumstances under which the Catholic Clergy would not obey a bull of the lope P—Most certainly. What is the trite meaning of the following words, in the creed of Pius the Fourth :—" I promise and swear true allegiance to the Roman Bishop. the successor of St. Peter" a Canovical obedience in the manner I have just described, within the sphere of my own authority. What do the principles of the Catholic religion teach, in respect to the performance of civil duties ?—They teach that the perform ance of civil duties is a conscientious obligation, which the law of God imposes on us. Is the divine law then quite clear, as to the allegiance due by subjects to their Prince ?—Quite clear. In what books are to be found the most authentic exposition of the faith of the Catholic Church ?—ln that very creed that has been mentioned, the creed of Pius the Fourth ; in the Catechism which was published by the direction of the Council of Trent, called " The Roman Catechism," or " The Catechism of the Council of Trent ;" " An Exposition of the Catholic Faith, by the Bishop of Meaux, Baguet ;" " Verron's Rule of Faith ;" " Holdeses Ana. lyin of Faith," and several others. The Conentittee have before them a petition presented to the House of Commons, of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church at Peterboro ugh i the petitioners say they consider as utter ly unfounded, the allegation of the Iloinieh Church being at e resent less ambitious and less intolerant than in former periods of its his. tory ; what observations would you be disposed to make upon that paragraph ?—I consider it a very unfounded charge, which those who allege it should be bound to prove or to retract. Ido not think that any facts can be found to substantiate that charge : I conceive that the Catholic Church is not intolerant, that the members of it are not marked by any peculiar degree of ambitiou; on the con triers,. I find in them much humility, as much as in any other de scnptioa of Christians. I consider the charge wholly unsupported by fact. In 'velvet of faith, has any change taken place P—With respect to faith there can be no change; the faith of the Catholic Church we consider as invariable ; its discipline is always changing accord. ing to the local circumstances of the different kingdoms in which it is placed. You are disposed to deny, that at present it Is either ambitious or intolerant ?—1 wholly deny the charge. To what authority can you refer, to show the true doctrine of the Catholic Church, with regard to justification ?— The Council of Trent, most distinctly. What is the doctrine of the Catholic Church, with respect to in dulgeneies ?—The authorities of the Catholic Church, have, in virtue of the power of the keys committed to them, a power to re mit a certain portion of the temporal punishment due to sin, after the guilt of sin has been remitted ; but im no case can indulgences have effect, till the person is firm justified and reconciled to God. Is there any sense, in which it is thedoctrine of the Catholic Church, that faith is not to be kept with heretics ?.-Only in this sense, with regard to divine faith. Our cede of faith is not the same as that of Protestants—so we do not bold spiritual communion, or a common system of faith with them. Then in the ordinary acceptance of the words, it is no part of the doctrine of your church, that faith is not to be kept with Heretics ? It is no part of the doctrine, nor is it among the precepts of our church. I merely made the distinction with reg.tni to spiritual communion, lest that distinction, with regard to religious belief, should be supposed to have a more uncharitable meaning. Do Roman Catholics worship Saints as God ?—fly no means. We honour them as the friends of God--and we honour (led in them, as they are his friends, in whom his grace has triumphed. Will you be good enough to describe to the Committee the nature of heresey, according to the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church —The obstinate belief of error, which has been condemned by die Catholic Church, is called heresy. An) contumacious error in faith, any obstinate denial of an article of the Catholic faith, is called heresy in the ecclesiastical sense of the word. We at present use the word heretic very sparingly ; we choose rather, as it is an offensive word, to say, " our dissenting brethren," or our "separated brethren," or something of that kind . - The original import of the ward " heretic," is merely a chooser of his own religion. Is it a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church that there is no salvation for heretics?—The doctrine of the Catholic Church, in that respect, is very much the doctrine of the Established Church, and that of every other Christian society, who hold that man owes to God the homage of his understanding as well as that of his will, and that therefore we arc as much bound to believe the things he has revealed, as to do the things which he has ordered, and there fore any one who, through his own fault, does not submit to the faith which God has revealed, and ordered to be believed, we con sider as a sinner, like any other sinner, and of course to be treated as such ; it is our belief with regard to ourselves, as is the belief of the members of the Established Church with regard to them, that ours is the faith revealed by Christ, and ordered to be believed ; that faith, respecting which lie has himself said, " He who shall not believe shall be condenenel." We s rah all mankind to be saved, but we are not to make a religion according to our own wishes, we must submit to the decrees of Providence that has ar ranged it otherwise ; and since the Gospel of Christ requires faith as en essential requisite for salvation, we must bow with reverence to that decree; we cannot make a Gospel through a mistaken liberality, and lead people into error by telling them they are safe in choosing a religion for themselves, such as may appear hest to them, except they employ the usual means to arrive at a know ledge of that faith which God requires er them. With respect to Protestants, however, I mint say this: we do not bold that all who ate not united externally to the Catholic Church are to be lost ; we even hope that many who are attached to other bodies of Christians, may (not haying a sutlieient opportunity of becoming acquainted with the true faith) be treated with mercy before the Supreme Judge. All Protestants who are baptised, become, by the very act of their baptism, members of the Church of Christ, children of God, and heirs of everlasting life; and if they die at any period before they lose that innocence which is restored to them in baptism, and their consequent title to Heaven, they will of course obtain that immortal kingdom. At what period they may lose that title, or whether they lose it at all, It Is n o t for us to, judge; it is the business of God, who sees into the secrets of , hearts, and who knows the opportunities which each individual has to arrive at a knowledge of the faith which he has led, and who will judge his creatures with mercy. A person b aptised, growing up in ignorance of what we consider the true faith, and without the means of arriving at it, it' he do not commit any other grievous sin to exclude him iron, Heaven, will reach • the glory of God's kingdom with as much certainty as any one externally united to our body, that is our belief with regard to external unions. We hold that faith is necessary to salvation, because God has so declared it ; lie has declared that they who do not believe shall be condemned. With regent to individuals we pronounce no judg ment, because it is he alone who can decide upon the sentiments of • than', heart. I beg to add, with regard to Protestants in parti cular, that in their infancy they are tendered by baptism heirs to everlasting life; and that nothing can deprive them of the title thus received, to the etheritsnce of Heaven, but some actual sin ; whe ther that be the sin of refusing, through their own fault, to accept the faith that God has revealed, or any other actual sin. I believe the Protestant Church teaches something like that in its lath Ar ticle, which pronounces them accursed who will say " that every man shall be saved by the law or sect which he professeth. so that he be diligent to frame his life occurring to that law, and the light of nature ;" and in the Bth Article it adopts the three creeds, one of which is the A thanasian, in which the doctrine of exclusive sal vation is distinctly marked. A Cestous FACT.—In the " Voyage d [lsle de France, el ( isle de Bourbon, and on Cape de Bonne Esperance, pas M. de St. Pierre, en 1768, 17697 is the following passage :—" Je cis cooper avec des ciscau.v du verri dans duns /'eau avec tine grand.. .facilite, Id dint (ignore Li I cause." 'this is all that is there said about it. I hare ne ver met with any imiition of it in any other book, but 1 have stied the t xperintent, and found it to succeed. The process is simple—Take a common thin wine glass, or a pane of glass:, mai held it under water (in a pail) with one hand, and plunge the other hand likewise in the pail with a pair of szissars, when you ma) easily cut the glass in al most any manner; both the glass anti stissars must be en tirely immersed. I knew this long before I saw the book 1 above quoted, and 1 can in nowise account for it ; but as it is possible some of your rea,iers may. I have troubled you with these few Ii :es. _,~-,. -r ---~- - ~_. THE BRITISH PRESS. OXFORD CIRCUIT. GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSlZES—GLoucrinza, Arm O. CROWN SIDE. [Before Mr. Juetiee LITTLLOALE.I MURDER. Mark Ifbititre, lease Britton James Caine,, Robe r t England, Samuel Peacock, and Preach lirittow, all of them young men of very decent appearance, were charged with the wilful murder of Isaac Gordon, by striking . him on the head with a pole. Mr. ('Ross opened the indictment. Mr. I.t:Dt.ow stated, that it now became his duty to go into a statement of the important case they had to try. The case was in its nature one which was painful to every one having any part to take in the investigation of it ; but he was sure it was not necessary to ask them to go into the inquiry with perfectly on. biassed minds. He would do more; he would ask them, in the first instance, to presume the prisoners innocent, unless the evi. dence satisfied them of their guilt. On the 27th of November, at a little before twelve o'clock at night, the body of Isaac Gordon was found dead, but quite warm. The way in which the body MU found clearly convinced the persons who found it that lie had come by a violent death ; his skull was fractured, and he had a cut on the forehead apparently inflicted with a krife. The deceased had for a year before his death lived with a person named Brain, whose lands had been much trespassed on, and he had directed his servant, the deceased, to take measures for the prevention of these trespasses, and in consequence of such direction the horse of the prisoner, Francis Itritton, had been impounded by the de. ceased, end he was obliged to pay a sum of half.a-crown for its re. I lease. It happened that on Saturday, the 27th of November, a benefit club met at a public house called the Tennis Court, and at that club the deceased and several of the prisoners were pre sent. The conversation turned on the impounding of the horse, end much abuse and petty insult was, on that account, directed at Gordon, the deceased. In this the prisoner, Caines, took an active part. A (ter sonte time the deceased went out, and had not proceeded far before he received a blow from some unknown person. He returned into the house, and after all the prisoners had, at dif ferent times, gone away, the deceased, thinking it unsafe to go home, asked to stay in the house all night, but the people who kept the house, thinking his fears ill-founded, refused his stay. lle pro mcdeti on the road to his house, and in less than twenty minutes he was discovered to bi a corpse. ' thought to inform them, that one of the prisoners had taken with him a lighted candle, for the pur pose of assisting him on his way home. On the examination of the body at the Tennis Court, it appeared that in addition to the wound on the forehead, the back part bf the skull was beaten in by some large and heavy instrument, sod ehcli as to justify the observation of some of those who found the body, that it wroi done with some. thing heavier than a bludgeon ; end on looking near the place where the body was found, a pole, such as was used to hang lines fee clothes to dry upon, iras discovered, and, from the state of it, they would have little doubt it had been used on that melancholy occasion. There was also a knife found, which he should prove to have been in the possession of one of the prisoners on the morn ing on which the murder was committed. The pole he should prove had been standing on the premises belonging to the Tennis Court public house, and near the place where it stood were found foot prints, as there were also near the place where the offence was committed, which correspond with the shoes worn by one of the prisoners on that day ; and another and singular circumstance most material for their consideration was, that near the place where the body was found (the ground being very wet), a mark of a person having sat down on a bank, and from the print or mark left, it appeared. that the person so sitting down had worn corderoy breeches, which had been mended with stuff of a ditiment sort. Ile should connect the prisoner England with the knife, and the prisoner Whiting with the mended breeches, and a particular mended shoe he should also lay before them as evidence relative to the shoes of Isaac Britton and Genies; and he should also show that the prisoners were all together just before the murder, and were all drinking at the house of Francis Britton after, very soon after the murder. He should make no comments, but would , lay before them the evidence—the witness would b t open to a cross examination, and if there was any fair doubt of the truth of the evidence they ought not to act upon it; but if it convinced them of its truth, they ought to look firmly and fairly at the case, and say whether they were satisfied of the certain guilt of the prisoners, and if therwore so satisfied, it would be their duty to find the prisoners guilty. John Brain, examined by Mr. Ceoss, said—The deceased, Isaac Gordon, was my servant ; I had given him directions to im. pound cattle which were trespassing on my grounds; in the month of November, he, in consequence of those directions, im pounded the horse of Francis Britton; half-a-crown was paid to obtain its discharge; that was on the 22d of November the de ceased lived at my house and slept there; my house is about a quarter of a mile from the Tennis Court public house on the road to Bristol, and is three miles and a half from Bristol; near the road is a piece of land called the Gibbet Patch ; that is about forty pods from the Tennis Court; there is a stile at one side of it, and at one end a turning which leads to Grimsbury-lane; the prisoner Francis Britton lives in that direction, and you may I go to his house either across the Gibbet Patch over the stile, or, veined the corner of it ; his bowie le about a quarter of a mile from the public house. Francis Rogers, examined by Mr. LUDLOW. said—l live at IVarmier • I remember being at the Tennis Court public house on the 27th of November; a shoe club was held there; I saw the deceased Isaac Gordon there and Francis Briton, Samuel Peacock, James Caiues, Mask Whiting, Isaac Britton, and Robert Eng. land (the prisoners); they were all in the same company. They were drinking as other men usually do; they had a quart pot, which was handed round horn one to the other; I was drinking with the deceased ; I heard James Caines talk of fighting, and he threw tobacco-pipes at the deceased, and said he sould beat the deceased's brains out ; I don't know what the dispute was about ; I heard nothing said about a horse. Cross-examined by the prisoner Caine.—! don't remember that I offered that my son should tight any one there fur five guineas. W. Means Hisma, examined by Mr. Cnoss, said—l was at. the Tennis-court public house on the night of the 27th of Novena, her. The deceased was there and all the prisoners. They wet all in the kitchen drinking When 1 went Into the house the de ceased asked me to drink, and gave use a pipe. I smoked it out, and then Thomas Wilmot took up the pipe and threw it at die deceased • and then James Caines threw little bits of pipe at him, and the deceased said be would get a warrant for him on the Mon day. James Caines then jumped up and said, " who Aunt , ?" and the deceased charged hint with it, on which Caines clenched his fist, and said, with an oath, that he would beat his brains out. The deceased said he might do so if he would, for he would not stir. The deceased had done nothing to provoke this, that I heard. Joseph Patten, examined by 111 r. Lu DLOVT, said—l was also at the Tennis-court public house. I saw die parties there. I heard England say that the deceased deserved a good hiding (beat. ing), and he added it was a tl—d shame to pound a man's horse out of such a ground as that. Francis Britton was by at that time. In cosequence of what saw I advised Gordon to go home, and he and I started together, and lie received a blow, but not from either of the prisoners. On receiving this blow, he returned, and his mouth was bleeding. On his return to the kitchet., I told him he had better go home, and he said he would not, for he was afraid he should be killed. I went home, leaving the deceased in the house, and elect all the prisoners. I heard England order six quarts of beer to be taken to Francis Britton'i. I left the public house soon after II o'clock. Joseph Henley, examined by Mr. CROSS, gave evidence per. cisely similar to that of the witness Rogers. Joysey Blatchley, examined by Mr. Luntow, said—l am the wife of William Blatchley, the landlord of the Tennis Court public house at Bina:. On the evening of the 27th of November the deceased, and all the prisoners, and several more, were there. In the course of the evening 1 said I would draw IA more beer that night. I said so because of a quarrel between Caine' and the de. ceased. I saw the deceased and Pratten go out and return. The deceased sail he had been knocked down. I did not observe who followed him in. England ordered six quarts of beer to he taken away. The people in the house had all gone away before the tie deased ;he went last. England and Peacock went out last, taking with them six quarts of beer. The deceased said he would stay a little while, and did so. Ile went at half-past eleven. I never saw him alive after that. I saw the body in about half an hour after. It was brought in by Benjamin Britton, Edward Lewis, and two others. In our garden there are posts to hang a clothes line upon. At six o'clock on that evening all of them were standing. I ant sure of that, because I then took in the clothes that were on the line. One of tame posts was brought back the next morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Piiitro•r'rs—lt was a dark night ; the beer was not sent out by me ; the prisoner were none of them in liquor except Francis Britton ; 1 did ant see that either of them had any light. The shoe-club visa held there by the prisoner Pea. cock ; the club was not held in the kitchen ; the club-room was up stairs. Issue Britten and Peacock were up stairs. There was a clothes-club also held in the house on that day. Cross-examined by the prisoner Whiting:—You had no quarrel with the deceased t you had carried sway beer on other occasions. Re-exsuitned--Peacock and Britton came down stairs, and sat in the kitchen after ten o'clock. John Blatchiey r:sanined by Alt. Coosa. said, I am the eon of the landlord of the Tennis Court; I was at home on the night of the 27th ; I heard Francis Britton say to the deceased, " Ikey, if you catch my horse any more tilt,• him home and give him some hay, instead of taking him to the pound, and I will give you a shilling." I saw Pratten return with °oaten after going out, when the deceased-complained of having been knocked down ; Caines and Isaac Britton went soon after. The deceased stayed a quarter of an hour after all the rest 1 and in about twenty minutes atter I was called out by Thomas Britton (not one of the prisoners t. I went with him along the Bristol road, and found the body of the de. ceased at about et yards distance from our house; the body was in the road, lying on the back ; there was much blood on the ground; I went with the body when it was carried to our house ; it was just warm ; it was taken into the stable that night, and into the house the next morning. Cross-examined by Mr. PIIII.TOTTS.—It was a dark night ; I did not observe that the pris oners had any light with them ; I never said that I gave them a candle ; I did not say so before the Magis trate. Wm. Blatcbley, examined by Mr. LUDLOW, said, I sin the landlord of the public-house ; I was called out to go after the body my son went first and I went after. The body was lying on the face, with the hands extended, and the hat on his poll. Benjamin Britton turned him over, the body was taken to my house, and was examined by Mr. Watts, the surgeon. I remember Francis Brit.. too, when he went home; but I am not sure that he took a can dle, but I think he did; it was lighted ; be carried it I think between the tinglis of his left hand, and held hie right over the top of t.h candle, to prevent it from blowing out. I had refused to draw any more beer at leant half an hour before. Crass-examined by ,Mr. PIIILPOTTIL—it is very common for men to carry a bit of candle in that way in dark nights. Francis Britton lives about a quaver of • mile from my house. Benjamin Britton. examined by Mr. Coosa, said-1 was coming home past the Tennis Court on the night in question ; I saw mite thing lying in the road at about sixty or seventy yards from the public house. lat first thought it was a sack, but on touching It with my stick 1 found a man's legs. I called out, " Here's a man drunk or dead." He was lying on his face, but I turned him over. My coVtin went to the public house, and I remained with the body. Soon after the landlord's son came to help us. with a light. I did not know the deceased at first, he was so bloody ; but on wiping his face I found that it was Isaac Gordon. I found a stab over the left eye, on the forehead. There was a good deal of blood on the ground. I found a knife lying by him; it had two blades, one of which had half an inch broken or its end. The broken blade was open. The body was quite wann, but had no signs of life. It was about half-past eleven o'clock I think, because some little time after we moved the body I heard the clock at the smelting-house strike twelve. Wm. Britton was called, but not examined. Elizabeth Pouting examined by Mr. Leneow—l am the Wife of ('harlev l'onting ; our house is on the side of the Bristol road ; the Tennis-court public house is on the other side to the road, not very tar off; on the same side of the road as the public house, and nearly opposite to our house, is the field called Gibbet Patch, and on one side of that field runs a road called Grimsbury-lane, which leads to Francis Britton's house; there is also a stile at a foot-path front the other corner of the Gibbet Patch; leading also to Gnma. bury-lane. After I was in bed on the night in question I heard people laaghing and talking near this stile. (This was within a few yards of the place where the body was found.) The window of my bed.room overlooks the road, and I am sure I saw the light of a candle, which seemed to come in that direction ; I heard the voices and saw the light at the Fans time; I think it must have been at about eleven o clock ; the light soon disappeared, and then I heard " :Murder !'• cried very kind!, and at the same time heard some blows ; it sounded as if you wefe beating a dead thing, and the blows were struck very heavily ; after the blows I heard a voice say—" there thee be," and then another voice called out " Bob." I did not know England at that time ; I heard nothing more till the men came and found the body; f also heard a laugh in Grim'. bury-lane ; the persons that called Bob went up the road, and then I heard the laugh. Cross-examined by Mr. PRILTOTT—I was in bed at this time; I went to bed at nine ; the flash of light passed away, and all was quiet, the voices ceased then ; it appeared to be several persons, and there was silence for five or six minutes, or perhaps more; Francis Britton lives about a quarter or half a mile from that place ; I don't think any one could have got to Francis Britton's between the time of the laugh and the sound of the blows. Re-examined—The laugh appeared to proceed from more than two petitions • it seemed as if some of the persons had gone to Grimbury.la'ne up the foot-path, and others up the road ; the light disappeared suddenly as if it was put out, and nut as if the person carrying it had passed on. By the Learned Junoe—lt was five minutes after the light was put out that I heard the blows. Mr. Walters, a surveyor, proved the accuracy of a plan of the places mentioned in the course of the case ; the house of F. Brit ton was 7133 yards from the place where the body was found ; the distance aerose the Gibbet Patch-field along the foot-paths was from sixty to sixty-seven yards, and between those points the distance was 163 yards along the road. Elizabeth Lewis examined by Mr. Caossr—l live in the house next to Mrs. Ponting's • I was sitting in my kitchen, and on the night in question I hard voices at the stile of die Gibbet Patch-field ; as soon as I heard the voices I got up and locked the &or ; I soon after that heard a faint cry of murder ; I was fright. coed, and do not know how soon this was ; there were blows given ; at first they did not seem so heavy, but seemed as if some one was struggling against them, but at lan they were very heavy indeed ; there was then silence for a few minutes, and I heard some names called, and a laugh from the other side of the Gibbet Patch-field, which appeated to proceed from more than two persons. Cross-examined by Mr. PRILPOT Ts—The silence lasted for ten or fifteen minutes ; the cry of murder preceded the blows ; I then heard a blow and them a noise as if stifling. William Britton, examined by Mr. Ltineove—l am the bro ther of the prisoner, Francis Britton. I was at his house on the night in question. Four I the prisoners came in with ajar of beer. They were the two Brittons, Peacock, and England. The other two, Caine' and Whiting, came in some time after. Cross-examined by Mr. PlilLPOTTS—Francis Britton was very tipsey ; he was led in by two of the others. I was nearly as much so, and fell asleep. I think Caine' and Whiting were a quarter of an hour later than the others. England carries) the jar. Francis Brain examined by Mr. Cross, said—l was at Francis Britton's house on the night in question. I remember Peacock, Ingram, and Francis and Isaac Britton coming in. They brought a jar with them. I was very tipsy. The either prisoners, Caine' and Whiting, came in soon after. Crosaexamined by Mr. PHILPOTTS—They were most of them very drunk ; Francis Britton wag led in. 1 stayed till about two o'clock, and then went away with Peacock. lidwant Lewis, examined by Mr. LUDLOW—I live at a small house on the road-aide, near the Tennis-court. I went on the morn ing efter the murder to the place where the body wee found. 1 observed foot-marks. I found a post or pole lying through the hedge. I took this post or pole to the landlord of the Tennia.court. I saw it produced before the Magistrate. Jonathan Ford, examined by Mr. ('toss—l know the prisoner, Englund. I overtook him on the 27th of November, on Cadbury heath. He took a knife out of his pocket and began cutting Ms nails, and I said " That is a pretty knife, Bob," and he gave it into my hand, and a-ked what I would give for it. I examined it. It had two blades, one large and the other small; ft had a light handle, with a bump on one side; he said there were two phlemea in the knife. I gave hint the knife agatn. I saws knife at the Magistrate's. It was produced by Benjamin Britton. I believe it to be the same knife, but am not sure. It was a knife of the same description. The point of the knife I was going to buy was not broken, but the one at the Magistrate's was. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILPOTTS-1 could not speak with certainty. I have seen one like it since. Thomas Walters, examined by Mr. Ltioeove—l went on the next morning to the place where the murder occurred. I ex amined the Gibbet Patch-field. There was much blood in the road ; the mark of it was four feet long, and about ten or twelve inches wide; that sou in the road, but when I got into the field opposite toihat place, on the bank I saw marks as if two men had sat there, and a little further on the bank as if a third had sat there. There was also a foot-mark on the bank, which appeared as if made by the foot of a person who had slipped, and if a person had stood in that foot print and had held the clothes post in Ins hand, he might have struck a man standing in tbe road where the blood was. The hedge was damaged in that part. I afterwards went to the Tennis Court public house. I went into die garden to the place where the post had stood, and I found footsteps there, which I traced to a stable. The mare of the shoes was evidently of two men, as they differed in site. The large prints had two nail marks on one side. I saw one of the prisoners on the same morning, and on examining his shoe I found that it corresponded with one of the sets of marks I found in the garden. It was the I prisoner Osumi who wore that shoe. The constables produced some other shoes, and I tried them. The nails all fitted the impres sions on the earth. Another pair I tried were remarkably short, and had iron plates round the heels. They also fitted. The mark of the place where the person had ant down was clearly made by a person who had worn striped cord breeches. I did not observe any more then, but on taking it up and going to a shaded light, I ob served a patch of a larger striped pattern. I saw this compared with a pair of breeches, and they exactly corresponded in the patch and every other particular. Those breeches were ptoduced by the constable. Croes-exantined by Mr. PHILPOTTS.—The garden is open to all the customers of the house. It was not a garden but a field. It was arable land. I found the marks quite perfect ten days after, notwithstanding there had been a good seal of rain. Thomas Fussel, examined by 3lr. tCaose—l went to the Tennis-court on the morning after the murder. I went to the place where the clothes posts were placed. I did not see any foot. steps then. I went to the place where the body was found. I saw foot-prints in the ditches. Ily the prints it appeared that the shoes had been mended, and there were nails on one side. I also saw the mark of where the person who had worn the shoes had sat down. I afterwards went back to compare the shoes with the marks, but the marks were all trod out before I could get back. I examined the shoes of the prisoner, Whiting. They had been mended in the sante way as the shoes which had rustle the marks. From die site and every thing, I believe that those shoes made the marks. , I took Whiting Into custody ; he wore corded breeches that were like the mark. I took them from the prisoner on the 6th December. The earth with the impression of die breeches had been taken away from the bank, and put in a room in the public-house. The breeches of the prisoner, 'Whiting, had been mended with a larger cord than the original pattern. I compared the earth with the breeches and the size of the stripes, and the patch corresponded. On the 7th of December 1 saw the marks of two pairs of shoes in the garden; we compared the shoes with them. They were near the place where the line-posts were taken from. Caine'', shoes fitted the larger prints. I was present when Caine' and Whiting were taken into custody. A:I of them were taken on the Sunday lthe day alter the murder). Cross-examined by Mr. Pal trot-Ts—lt was a wet season, and this sou ten days afterwards. There was a good deal of rain and snow on the Sunday night. Mr. Ireeroas recalled—lt is a clay soil ; the place where the mark was wax road dirt, thrown up against the banks. It was cut away and taken to the public-house on the Sunday morning. Gone Haskins, examined by Ale. Le Deow—l am a con. stable. I apprehended all the prisoners on the •211:1 of November. When I took Caine' I observed his coat it had blood sprinkled !on the Rep. I said to him, '• You are the man that murdered the man—here's the blood upon you. To this he replied, •• I slid not do it, it is pitch from a boiler." 1 observed also two specks of fresh blood on Whiting's coat, and a small spot on the waistcoat of Peacock, which he said he had got fighting at Whitstunide. I cannot say whether it was freah on either of the costs. Whiting walked near a hedge, and complained of a scratch on the nose, and put his coat up to t, but that made another and a fresher mark than the other. I took off the shoes of Caine, and Isaac Britton. I took the shoes to the garden of the puhltellouse. Caines's shoe fitted exactly, but I did out observe the nail marks. There were foot-marks in a direction from the garden to the place where the body WO Oland. Britton's shoes fitted the other set et marks. Cross-examined by Mr. Patteovrs—There were impressions of other epeopi Fusel. le 's shoes sth in ere. Santo by Mr. Caosa, sa the constable. I assisted in takieg the prisoners to teheMllB72o*f - ..~, T :~__ - trates. I oh-erred the blood on Whiting's coat; it was there bca fore he scratched his nose. Mr. Samuel Watts. examined by My. LVOLOW—I 11a , surgeon. I examined the body of the deceased at the public hour{: the lace was covered with mud; but on its being washed, I found two wounds on the forehead. which had apparently been indicted with a knife. There was a bruise on the nose; I also lound • fracture of the skull, six incites in length from the right ear to the thick part of the head. The pressure on the brain was considerable it must have been done with great violence. This Pressure Wa g the cause of the death of the deceased. A pole or staff would hart• inflicted such an injury. I have seen the clothes-post at the Tennis Carnet—that is a sort of thing which would indict such an injury. I saw a knife produced by Benjamin Britton; the blade was broken. The resistance ofa skull might have broken surh a knife. Ale. battidge produced the clothes-post. It was an oak pole, about seven feet and • half long, and in the smallest part was as thick as a man's arm. This witness also produced Gainer's shoes One of them had two large nails at the outer edge of the sole, at • distance from each other. John Walters recalled, stated that those two nails appeared very plainly in the Writs, near the post-hole in the garden, and in one of the prints near the place *here the body was found. The shoes of Isaac Britton were produced. They fitted the smaller set of prints which were in the garden. TheT shoesb breec hes 3 0 1 f ar i k ..b l i t t ' i ti n i g tin w g " w e er e4 d rod uc u ed Ced ; ; thteyhe soles wen w and er' mended at the aide. brreches, with a patch on them of a larger pattern. Thomas Fussel proved that the size of the cord and the patch corresponded with the Quark on the bail. The knife was produced ; it was a large two.bladed clasp knifes with a white handle; the point of one of the blades had been broken off. John Walters produced the piece of earth cut off the b►nk ma which the print of the corded breeches was. It had hccn placed in a sieve fun of wetted !saw-dust. anti kept in a damp place ever since the day after the murder. It retained the print tit the stripe.' of die breeches, and clearly showed the size of the stripe, and also that tl breeches had been patched with a piece of a larger pattern. •I'he sieve and the piece of earth were examined by the Jury, and com pared with the breeches worn by the prisoner %Whiling. The prisoner Whiting, when called upon for his defence, handr.sl in a written paper. It prated that lie went home from the alehouse Very drunk ; that he never had. any quarrel with the deeeased, but, an the contrary, wan on friendly terms with him, and urged the great improbability of his killing a man be had had no quarrel with. Isaac Britton said, that he left Ilia case to his counsel. Caines handed in a written defence. He stated a string of cir cumstances, which went to ethnic that the whole party went home together, and that the murder was done by one of them, whose name the Judge ordered not to be read. His defence also stated, that he and that other person took the pole out of the garden. England, Peacock, and Francis Britton acid, they left their case in the hands of their counsel. The Learned Judge then asked if they had any witnesses? and ►Chiting desired that Benjamin Waken should be called. He was called, and he said that he could not say much in favour of this pet— soner's character. 211 r. Parker, a Magistrate, said, that he knew a little of the pri soner, Isaac Briton ; that he always bore a good character, and had worked for the same master for nine years, and iu that time be had only been absent from his work three days. Mr. Justice Lir r tehatz, in charging the Jury, observed, that if this murder was perpetrated by the peiseters all in company together, they were all in law equally guilty, although one only struck the fatal blow, and they must consider this question must gravely. as this was one of the most dreadful murders that he ever knew, for in no part of the evidence was there any reason to sup pose that there existed even the common excuse ( which was really no excuse at all), that the perpetrators of the murder were actuated by the desire of acquiring the property of the deceased, nor did it appear that he had any quarrel with any person whatever. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner, Caine., and the deceased had is sort of quarrel about the pounding of the horse, but that did not seem by any means sufficient to be a foundation for what had followed. The parties were all drinking at this public house, as were many more, but it did not appear that the prisoners were mote together than the rest of the men who were in the house besides, and from the whole of the evidence it did not appcar that any great animosity subsisted between these parties up to tile time of leaving the public house, except as far as related to Caine.. The meeting at Francis Britton's was not of much weight, as it was in evidence that beer was taken there, and it was highly probable that whin the' party were aware of that they would go there to drink it ; and it was a matter well worthy of entice, that it appeared that all the other prisoners came into the house of Francis Britten some time befurs the prisoners ('sines and Whiting came in. ' They must consider of the evidence, but though it should appear that two of the prisoners did commit this murder, unless they were ratisfied that it was some particular two of them, they must acquit them all. [His Lordship then recapitulated the evidence of Elizabeth Lewis and Elizabeth Ponting.l The finding oldie body was also material, as was the finding of the knife at the sense time, which would form a subject for their serious consideration. [His Lordship recapitulated the whole of the evidenee.l It was highly important to consider whether the marks of the shoes and the breeches of Caine. and Whiting were those which had caused , the prints near the body, and they would consider that with refer ence to those two being later in arriving et Francis Briton's than the others. It was clear that the whole of the men did nut met by previous concert at the house, nor did it appear that any plan we'd formed there, and therefore lie would draw their attention to thil different matters which affected the prisoners singly. The evidence went to prove the foot-prints to belong to the shoes of the prisoners Whiting and (*.sines ; they would consider whether they were sans.: fled with that proof. The earth on which the print of the corded breeches was had been produced. They would have on the evidence to say whether they were satisfied that the prisoners oe either of them committed the offence that was now charged vane, them. Thee did not appear to be any previous malice existing in the minds of the prisoners, and it was most strange that six, 0r.16. deed any other number of men. should go out and commie a deli. berate murder without some great inducing cause ; and, then the question would be, whether they felt deluded of the guilt of tba prisoners or any of them. With regard to Francis Britton and Peacock, there did not appear sufficient evidence to charge then with so great a crime, and, with respect to the others, they must give the case their most serious attention ; but certainly the evidence against the prisoners, Isaac Britton and England, was mu .11 weaker than against Caine anti Whiting. as there were dr. curustancts making for them as well as against them. His Lord sinp concluded a very elaborate charge (which occupied nearly four hours) at ten minutes past eight o'clock. The Jury, having deliberated nearly a quarter of an hour, found Mark Whiting, Gadfly r Isaac Britton, Nut Gui:ty ; James Caine', Guilty Robert England, Not Gritty ; Samuel Petteact, Not Guilty; Francis Brietou, Noe Gritty. The aeq_uitted pristine» then retired, and James CairteS and Mark Inithis were alra::: pieced at the bar. and The Learned JODOZ, after a very impresstve address, sentenced them to be hanged, and ordered them for execution on Monday next. The prisoners remained perfectly unmoved during the whole of the trial, and did nut betray the slightest emotion on the senlict or the sentence. The trial !sated from right o'clock in the morning till nearly nine at night. SATUIDAY, APIIIL 9. John Ward and John Hall were charged will breakiog into the house of Charles Wilson, on the 23d September. Mr. JUSTICE conducted the prosecution, Mr. CARRINGTQX the defence of the prisoner Ward, and .31r. Wareox that of the prisoner Hall. Charles Wilson said-1 reside at Cheltenham, and carry en the business of a tailor. tin the night in gumption my house was rob bed of two pieces of cloth. a piece of rough white cloth, and some clothes partly made up. In consequence of info-rnstion I received, I searched the house of Francis Ayres, at Gloucester . , and there found two bundles, one of which pmeitained the rough *bite cloth, and the other the two pieces of cloth. Cross-examined by Mr. CAIIRINOTOX-.I at first had Ayres taken upon suspicion, but he was discharged. Francis Ayres said-1 lire at a house no the road leading from Gloucester to Stroud. On the day before Mr. Wilson searched my house. The prisoner (Ward) left a bundle there. That was the. bundle, containing the white cloth. Ile said he should irate its otherj and another was left while I was out on the same day, but I don't know by whom. Cross-examined by Alf. CAIMINOTON—I had known the per soner (Ward) before. He is a labouring man. He was always c be n in s g id : e a red t theT ell istr r hion , ef atl icaca - p ai se a f tp e: i , ese.com u ind i a c lt l on ustri dt of: l i u gil l s go..ed ea .... bet n ef:tl: B l crut e To ei lle r t ml). : ll aro t l i a t k i t ii) u n ; ,, ..a t, t hi 3 a n ine i t y d y clu b i l" r o utoch a r e , iam forttoh e w t h m h i bundle d a f l:c r o Elisha Jones said—l am a constable. I searched the Im i gings of the prisonm (Hall), and in a box there, of which his wife produced the key, I touts the unbuished cloth, claimed by the nll ptu t i c es snosi u wi t - wi le i r xii: reisd i peo ne b il eoege ti :uh y asew, : s f ohl t e . cauw l iscoa. 'i a l iise4 ATSoN—l . only knew theta to be trot bt: s t° l h l; 4l y e ts s t a l w l hh i e r prov is s e e . iii v. i .a ta i ll tile w a n rl b ili w y t a h a th s et : o t nt i o : t e i a : " n aoo d t t be il . l a i rle. i n:it h t e ha w t al leid stat t e b l ' i g t Charks Wilson being recalled, identified the propetty. Crosskxstuined by Mr. IVaysoe—None of the articles hate any mark, but I basun- the clotlits by my own cutting our. er.r.s-eazroined by Mr. CARRINGTCY—ThottgIi I am an eun nem Challllll3S3l tailor. I WA tint the oa!y roan who keeps web . , but for the snaking of Great tar's. It war ea t rub: gentlemen gre:st coats mask o; ts. t.:tit niwtho b ionsoeu o btro u fivi t werbtr,ffiy in lioetegenfen sn :piene a rfi lto mcro:bef p n: . t .sb:c, but not so much so now. Tne confessions of the two r•r,s.weri before the Mottoes e wets • read. Hall by his confession completely admitted his guilt, but Ward only contested being s theirlse _a, d left. T rti h ,he r p eiir :l „ca • s mi d e t rs o e . e, said that tW/:., Verslict—Gal4. • His Lott 111Sitir then sentence..; t , •ettl tc be transported fcir sere years. There were five otter charges of, burglary against thinly . w a s utderamod th at they io a gars wh Welted ' ci o e 1 - ' r •;. ,r t