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with Government whose names appear in the recent minorities. Sir C. Wetherell acted_ no Had any poor devil of a radical speech-maker such part ; nay, he assisted in preparing the dared to urge a postponement of the second Disfranchisement Bill, and continued to transact reading of the Catholic Bill, on pretence that the the ordinary business of the Attorney-General, _House of Lords would find it impossible to un- until his No-Popery zeal and impracticable tem derstand the Bill without further time being I per, getting the better of his discretion, he allowed their Lordships for the examination of launched forth into the gross abuse and inde it, we doubt whether he would not have been I cency of his first harangue—a piece of ribaldry, dragged to the bar for so foul a calumny on the in manner not less than matter, almost unparal brains of the Peerage ;we are sure that be would leled iii the annals of the House. So far from have richly deserved it. The subject for this exhibiting any of that generous disdain of the night's consideration in the House of Lords is I emoluments of office which the Tory Journals the " principle" of the Catholic Bill. The have attributed to him, it is clear, that had simple question, whether the Catholics shall, or the temper of the man been susceptible of shall not, be retained in bondage, by having no restraint, his aim was to take advantage of share in the enactment of laws—and in disho- 1 the magnanimous policy cf the Duke of Wel amour, by being excluded from all access to equal i lington, and to have retained his place, as he privileges and distinctions with their follow- , would have been suffered to do like others, had citizens, is the matter proposed to them for this not his subsequent conduct distineeished his night's debate. The Relief Bill, which has just case from that of every other person. We have passed the House of Commons, presents the the best reason to know that his Majesty was principle of emancipation in its most simple and the first to make this distinction ; that he pro intelligible form. There is 110 collateral or per- nounced Sir Charles Wetherell's speech an out. plexing adjunct. There is not a word relating rage not to be overlooked, and that the Learned to the church, except indirectly a few restrictive Gentleman's dismissal, for he never tendered clauses of trifling operation upon strolling his resignation (as a man of high feeling ought monks and Jesuits. The change of the free- to have done), was the King's own act, so far hold standard is provided for by a separate as any act of this nature can be said to be his law. Lord Bexley, therefore, Lord Malmes- Majesty's individual act. Sir Charles Wethe hay, Lord Eldon, Lord Farnham, Lord rell has now retired into his private station, as Sidmouth, Lord Longford, (the name of a practitioner in the Court of Chancery ; how Newcastle only was wanting, to complete this small and humble that station is likely to prove splendid catalogue) must have held strange opi- he had a foretaste during the period of his for. mons respecting the capacity of the Peers in mer secession from office. For ue it remains general, however justly they may have estimated heartily to congratulate the Government on being their own, in imagining that a longer delay was freed from an incubus such as he proved ; and requisite for a more ripe and perfect understand- the country on no longer having to apprehend ing of the principle of a measure in its whole the possibility of his being called upon in any fraineweik so perspicuous. But under what capacity to adjudicate in its transactions. We circumstances is it that Catholic relief has now rather think Sir James Scarlett will not be the been proposed to the consideration of Parlia- new Attorney-Generale—Morning Chronicle. ment e Why, after a series of almost annual dis cussions on this same "principle" of religious English justice is often to us exceedingly mys liberty, from the year 1800 to the present hour. terious. We have seldom, however, seen a case Lords and CoMmons, the educated classes d so full of inexplicable circumstances as one tried the people out of doors, and the press of every at Leicester on Tuesday last, by Lord Chief great town in the kingdom, have entertained, J ust i ce B est, o f w hi c h our rea d ers w ill fi n d a - re and argued, and illustrated this question, and port in another column. Edward Pearson and exhausted it, for nearly thirty years. For those William Parker were indicted—the former noble partisans especially, who have always de- charged with having committed a rape on Naomi, dared their minds to be made up against the the wife of William Al'Donald ; and the latter " principle"—for ancient bigots, who have talked with having aided and assisted Pearson in the ac so peremptorily about the "sun of England complishment of the crime attributed to him. being set for ever," if " this atrocious Bill The case broke dawn ; but this is not what should pass,"—and modern disturbers, who head induces us to refer to the trial. The mys large mobs of unlettered clodpoles to deter the terious part of the business is, that the Ma- Parliament from receiving it,—for Irish Orange gistrate by whom the prisoners were corn- Lords, whose whole Jiv e s h ave b een spent mitted for trial consigned the prosecutrix also to in practical and furious resistance to the " prin- the same custody, because she was unable to eiple," it i; monstrous to demand that time find " sufficient securities to appear and prose course of this law through the Legislature should be cute ;" that, in charging the Grand Jury, his suspended out of regard for their ignorance of Lordship censured the conduct of this committing its character. The arguments, too, are worthy Magistrate in no measured language; and that, at of those who employ them. " Give us time, the close of the proceedings, his Lordship is re gays one, " because the country is agitated ;" ported to have said, " that having yesterday, in in other words, give us time enough, and we his address to the Grand Jury, animadverted upon shall find means at least to accomplish that the conduct of the Magistrate by whom the pro which hitherto we have failed in producing— secutrix had been committed to prison, he now viz. a disturbance of the peace of time realm. felt it due to that respectable Gentleman to say, i , Give us time," says another, " because in that he thought the task he had to pem form was twelvemonths after this Bill shall have passed full of difficulty. He would not hesitate still into a law, there will be a civil war throughout to say that he thought he should not have com the kingdom." Time, in that case, would be nutted the woman, but that was msrely because no more than opportunity for warlike prepara- he felt her testimony was without credit, and time : a decent reason, truly, on which to sup- that wouldOiave been with him a reason for not port a motion for retarding the Bill ! If, how- committing the men upon whose case they had ever, the Ministers and the majority of their just decided. He felt it, however, due to the Lordships are satisfied that they understand the Magistrate to say, that he was now convinced 9,teeetion, they at least ought not to postpone that not the slightest imputation rested upon at. If the majority of their Lordships are sen- his character--that his conduct was above all Bible that every day which has elapsed since suspicion—and that he was :far from saying the measure was recommended by his Ma- now that in the exercise of his discretion he jesty, has Called forth some new experiment had erted. The more we ponder on all this, upon the passions —if clergymen conjure the the more we are perplexed. We are far from people to resist by force of arms, and Noble- doubting the respectability of the Magistrate in men threaten the King's title to the Crown— the English sense of the word. Nay, we think 3%-hy then it is manifest that those legislators who we could take it upon us to say, that he will be aecrle whatever partial uneasiness may exist to found to possess the qualification. which Mr. selfish, narrow, stupid, or fabricated representa- Peel thinks a criterion of infallibility—upwards lions, and who believe that this policy of the of 3001. a-year.. We are as far also from say- King's Government, instead of creating civil war, ing that "in time exercise of his discretion he had is Elie sole expedient for averting it, such legis- erred," as that the Lord Chief Justice "in the lators—end they, happily, form the most runner- exercise of his discretion had erred," for it is the mous (as beyond ail question they do the most great advantage of discretion that it saves men enlightened) portion of our law-makers--are not from erring. The characters of the Magistrate merely justified, but bound in conscience to press and Lord Chief Justice are, no doubt, equally with their utmost energy the speedy completion good—equally above all suspicion. But still, of the measure. Then have we no interests, we trust, we may be excused for expressing our home or foreign, immediate or prospective, to astonishment at what may be above all suspi take care of besides the important one of religious cion. Here we find the Lord Chief Justice one liberty ? Have our national affairs stood still day reprobating the conduct of a Magistrate or not in other quarters, from the embarrassment for committing a prosecutrix, and the next day occasioned by this particular obstruction ? Who apologising to that Magistrate. He reprobates the knows any thing of our finances since this Sese conduct of the Magistrate for committing the eion first was opened ? What light has been prosecutrix at a time when the character of time thrownLupon our foreign policy in the east of prosecutrix remained to be ascertained, and Europe—or in the west ? What insight has when the guilt of the prisoners or the miscon been obtained into time plans of Ministers re- duct of the prosecutrix could not have entered specting that greatest of all commercial questions, into his reasons for indulging in the attack. He the fate of the Indian and Chinese monopoly ? says next day he still thought that the Magis- We are church-logged, we are Pope-logged, over trate should not have committed the woman ; the whole world, because of the scrupulosity of but :hat was merely because lie felt her testimony those who, having made up their own minds was without credit, amid that would have been a against the Relief Bill under any circum- reason with him for not committing the men stances, are, from pure tenderness for those upon whose case they had just decided. If the who apiarove of it, anxious to save them the woman had been a goad character, then her com r[sk of expressing their approbation. Now, so mittal would have been a praiseworthy act— far from anticipating disunion or debility to the then he reprobated time Magistrate for commit peop!e of England, as a consequence of this ting a woman of bad character. His meaning great measure, we foretell distinctly, that in con- ma y be thus translated ;—lf this prosecutrix Crest with their present condition, there will re- had been a woman whose conduct in every re sult a diversity of opinion, and a eontrariety of spect was i rreproac h a bl e , an d whos e e vid e nce ems ion amongst the Catholics, while the Pre), was deserving of the utmost credit, the Alagis testanta Will become every where united. Time trate would have been highly to be commended claim of the Catholics now about to be eon- f or aommittipg her for inability to find sufficient ceded was a just and equitable claim, compelling securities " to Appear and prosecute ;" but she the greater proportion of Protestants—indeed, is evidently a woman not tp be believed, and we may say all who felt that justice is the right therefore she ought not to have been committed. of all—to take part with the suffering Catholics A little difficulty here occurs, however. The against the exclusive and monopolizing pretext- making the reprobation of the conduct of the sions of their own Protestant friends ; but if the , Magis trate to depend on the supposed worthless- Protestant separated himself from Protestant in ' ness ofthe prpsecutrix, is very like determining favour of Catholic right, so will he adhere in she matter before ir;el. The reprobation would solubly to his brother Protestant, in resistance to have been more suitable afeee the result of the Catholic injustice. With the upright and reso- trial had made it appear thet the prosecutrix was lute Teotestant, the enlightened and upright Ca- really not to be believed. But then still eye are sholic will then be joined. The union of sects puzzled. If the proseeotrie had been a woman Hill then be the security of Protestants against o f a unspotted character, whose teetnnony was the Catholic priesthood, as a siinilar union has deserving of credit, we can understand why the now arisen to rescue time Catholic layman from NagisSeate would have been justified in commit his bondage. lased Ellenborough challenged i Ling her in account of inability to find sufficient Lord Farnham on Tueeelay night to fulfil his own - securities to appear gad prosecute,—and we can prophecy of future evil from ehis law : we, too, I understand why he osiAmt not to have committed shall watch the growth ofeonsequenees; and, if we her, because her . teetimony wee eenworthy of live, may, with due humility, catechise the _laiieble credit ; but then we cannot understated yell the Lord upon his gifts of vaticwation.—Times. i committing her was one day strongly repro. We were the first to announce the probability bated, and t? me next day deemed a sound exer of' Sir C. W e th ere ll' s ret i remen t f ro m the ,office cise of discretion, The Magistrate cannot be of Attorney-General. The disclosures since pronounced deserving r ef reprobation, amid made by die Learned Gentleman himself slim, . not eleserving of reprobation, cer e eeenstances however, we were too h as ty i n suppos i ng that h e bei ng the :acne, and the Judge be s a e,. had fairly and fully given notice of his intention _serving of reprobation and not deserving of re to oppose the measures of Ministers, and placed probation,. But oracles are always obscure ; and his office at their disposal, as did (to their cre- therefore the oracles of English Jaw are wife dit be it spoken) the other persons connected i thomables-e-,Bid. SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. TRIAL OF MARTIN FOR THE BURNING OF YORK MINSTER. NORTHERN CIRCUIT-YORK, ➢LARCH 31. THE KING V. JONATHAN MARTIN. At an early hour the avenues to the Castle were thronged with persons of all grades making their way to obtain admission to the Court. At half-past eight o'clock Martin was brought into Court ; he had, as yesterday, a great coat upon his arm, and a silk handkerchief in his hand. He en tered the lower part of the dock with a smile, and with perfect composure. When the doors were open the rush was tremen dous. Martin immediately jumped upon the seat of the dock, looked over at the public, and laughed exultimgly. One of the attendant keepers ordered him down, which order he obeyed, and paced the dock for a few minutes, when he was ordered to the bar. The Clerk of the Arraigns then read the indict ment, and Martin male no remark. Mr. STRICKLAND opened the indictment thus : The prisoner at the bar, Jonathan Martin, is charged with having unlawfully, maliciously—(The prisoner—" Not maliciously, my Lord")—and felo niously set fire to the Cathedral Church at Yerk.— To this imii,•treent he has pleaded not guilty. Mr. ALDERSON said, that the Jury had heard the opening of the indictment, and from that openin g they would have collected the nature of the charge aeainst the prisoner. It was that of having reduced one of the most splendid piles of building into a state of ruin and rubbish. There would be two questions for the consideration of the Jury—the first was, whether or not the prisoner committed the offence with which he was charged ; and the second, if lie did commit the offence, in what state of mind he was when he so committed it. With regard to the latter question, he should feel it necessary to detail to them at some length what he conceived in such cases to be the state of the law. In order to render a person liable to the punishment 'of the law, heeon sidered that at the time of the committing the of fence he must be capable of discriminating between right and wrong. It might happen that a person had previously been effected with insanity at dif ferent periods ; yet, if that had been the case, and he knew at the time that he was committing an offence, whether he was doing right or wrong, he conceived that he was amenable to the laws, and subjected to punishment. The Learned Gentleman then pro ceeded to cite authorities for the law he had laid down, among which was that of Earl Ferrers— upon his trial it was proved that he was occasionally insane; but, on the other hand, it was shown that a murder was deliberately committed, and that at the time he well knew the consequences, and the Earl suffered. In the case of Bellingham, who shot Mr. Perceval in the lobby of the House of Commons, the defence was that of madness ; but it was shown that he must at the time have known the nature of the offence that he was committing, and was there fore liable; it was no excuse, if he could at the time distinguish right from wrong; there must be a total and permanent absence of reason to render a person not liable—if they could distinguish at the time moral good from evil, they most certainly would be liable. The Learned Gentleman then went into a detail of the facts of the case. On Sunday, the Ist of February, the Minster was for the last time opened for Divine Service, which concluded about five o'clock. The ringers were there some time after; but he should be able to show that the Min ster was closed about seven o'clock, and every thing left apparently safe. The next morning a young man was amusing himself with sliding in the Min ster-yard, and by accident fell, and by him it was that the Minster was discovered to be on fire—this person, whose name was Swinbank, caused applica tion to be made to the sexton; the keys were brought, and the smoke and flames were such as to drive the persons attempting to enter the Minster back. It was after this very soon discovered that there was at the north window of the transept a rope, and an opening in the window large enough for a man to pass through; that rope was knotted, and would answer the pur poses of a ladder. On a ledge of the window was found a pair of pincers, which had been used; en deavours were made to find out the owner, bills were published, and a person came forward and stated that they were his ; that person was Mr. Lawn, a shoemaker, who said he had used those pincers for the three preceding years, and he recol lected using them on the very Saturday afternoon previous to the fire. With that person the prisoner had lodged up to the 27th of January, and from him they were borrowed. On the Friday subse quent to the fire, the prisoner was taken by Mr. Stainthorp, in the neighbourhood of Hexhem, with part of the property upon him which he had stolen from the Minster, and at that time and since such declartions had been made by the prisoner, as could leave no doubt on the minds of the Jury that the prisoner was guilty. He had mentioned a rop e —that rope he should prove to have belonged to a bell, which was called the prayer-bell ; and being rung from below, there was a much larger portion of rope attached to it. He believed the length was about eighty or ninety feet, and that was used for the purpose of making the tope-ladder. There were gates of iron which separated the choir from the transept; over these gates, by means of a rope, the interior of the choir was entered—within which there was some must beautiful carved Nrol k ; there the prisoner struck a light with a flint that he had taken with him, from the back of a razir, and lighted a candle, which he had also taken with him; he then proceeded to collect the Bibles, Prayer and other books, with which he made a pile near to the Archbishop's throne; and he made another collec tion, and another pile on the south side—=hose piles he set on fire, and when he saw them briskly burn ing, about three o'clock in the morning, he made his escape from the window just d e scribed. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the pri saner's journey to Easingwold, where he arrived about three o'clock, having with him a quantity of velvet, silk and gold fringe ; there he represented that he had taken those articles for a bud debt. Martin here exclaimed in a loud tone, " An old debt, Sir." Mr. ALDERSON proceeded :—On the following Wednesday he arrived at Hexham. With regard to his state of mind, there could be no doubt but thatite had been twice confined in aJeceptaele for lunatics—once on the occasion of a threatened at tempt upon the life of a Bishop—he believed the Bishop of Durham ; there he was confined for three year., and then contrived to make his escape ; he was afterwardi re-taken, and again placed in a state of safety. But he should have to describe to the Jury the state of his mind at more recent periods ; he should show that in October last, he was mar ried to a second wife at Lincoln—that in November last, he received a plus ticket from a person in the Methodist connection. And he should also g ive evidence of his conduct in December last, arid on the Friday evening previous to his setting fire to the Minster; but one material circumstance he should have to prove to them was, and a most material one it would be, and that was a letter in the prisoner's own hand -writing, which he should prove; this letter was placed on the gates of the Minster.—(lt was a caution to the Clergy, pnd threatening them with the vengeance of Heaven if they did not repent. It has appeared in this paper.) Job Knowles, sexton at the Minster; John Scott, a mason ; W. Reed Lock, one of the ringers; J. Richmond, a clock-maker; H. Bewley, a plumber; and W. Pardoe, the police-officer, were then exa mined, and corroborated the statement made by Mr. ".4t.ideisen, W hen 1,4 wp ? :shoemaker, was exam i ne d, t h e following scene tookllkce . ;-.-- William Lawn—l am a shoemaker in York, and live in Aldwark. The Prisoner—At No. 60, Sir. paten.l know the prisoner; he lodged with me .a montr. • Prisoner—Five weep. Lawn—He came the day after Christmas-day with his wife; on the 27th January they went to Leeds; I saw him every day when he lived with me; he was out in the day-time, selling his books of his own life ; I thought him a very religious man ; whenever he . hud a little time, he was always reading his Bible or his Prayer-book ; he often said be was going to the Methodist Chapel. Prisoner—Sometimes the Ranters. Lawn—And on Sun.lay night to the Minster; the prisoner came back from Leeds on the last day of January. Prisoner—About nine o'clock at night, Sir. Lawn—On Suaday morning, I said he was fond of his lodgings, to come all the way from Tadcaster, where he had to sell 20 books; he said he used to pay two-pence to cross the water for good lodgings. Prisoner—That was down at Shields, Sir. Lawn—These are my pincers. I had them on Saturday at three o'clock, and I never saw them after, until Pardoe showed me them. They used to be kept iu the prisoner's room. Prisoner—Where I slept, Sir. Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAiI—He was a man entirely under his dreams. He said his dreams always came true, sad acted under them. Prisoner—Yes, Sir, yes. Lawn—He seemingly acted under his dreams. When I heard the Minster was on fire, my son said there was a rope ladder. I said, surely it is not you, Martin, that has done it. I knew of his writing threatening-letters to the Clergy. I never saw him after half-Fast ten on Sunday morning. A number of other witnesses were examined, whose statements were partly corroborative of those above stated, and partly cmifirmed Mr. Alderson's speech. The Sheriff's Officer who apprehended the prisoner at Hexham related the conversation he had with him, in which he declared that he set the Minster on fire, and remained in it until the fire burnt briskly. He said he set fire to the Minster to revenge some wrongs he had received from the Clergy, who put him in a Lunatic Asylum, and prevented his wife and child from seeing him. He. said he dreamt there was a black cloud came over to his lodgings, where it shook very much. From these dreams, he said, he thought he waa destined to destroy the Minster. This was on the 7th Feb. He said he took the fringe, &c. to testify be was the person only who did it, that no innocent person should be charged. He talked first about his being advertised. Matthew Wilson, Wesleyan preacher at Hexham, said—l asked Martin the reason why he had de stroyed the Minster ; he said, I have long been of opinion that the Clergy of the Established Church were blind guides, and if the blind led the blind, they would both fall into the ditch ; I asked him if he had any antipathy against the Clergy ; he said no, he was sorry for them, they were leading the higher ranks astray ; he said the destruction of the Minster was for the glory of God, the good of the people of England, but in particular the people of York, because the Minster being destroyed, they would be obliged to disperse themselves where they would hear the Gospel preached; I asked, as a re ligious character, if he felt no compunction in setting fire to the pile; he replied, none whatever, but on the contrary, he felt quite happy; sometimes he praised God because he had strengthened him to do so good a work ; I then referred to the noises that had been heard in the Minster, as stated in the papers, and said, I suppose it was you ranting on ; he replied, most likely, because I frequently shouted glory be to God. He then told me about his dreams. Cross-examined by Mr. BnouanAm—He said he had told his dream to his wife; she made sad work, and so he took her ring from her hand when asleep, and kept it some days, until he extracted a vow of secrecy from her. He then restored it, told her his dream, and she cried. Some of the witnesses said they were of opinion he was insane, and others said they never observed anything in his conduct or appearance that justified such a conclusion. During the time the witnesses were under examination, Martin frequently made observations, and interrupted the proceedings in the same manner that he did when Lawn was examined. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, proceeded to say in a Northern dialect, and with great energy—Well, Si!, the first impression that had about it was from a dream. And after I had written five letters to these Clergy, the last of which I believe was a very severe one, and all of which I dated from my lodgings at No. 90, Aldwark, I was very anxious to speak to them by word of mouth, but mule of them would come near me. Se I prayed to the Lord—and asked him what was to be done. And I dreamed that I saw a cloud come over the Cathedral—and it rolled toward me at my lodgings; it awoke me out of my sleep, and I asked the Lord what it • meant, *trine told me it was to warn these clergymen of England, who were going to plays, and cards, and such like—and the Lord told me he had chosen me to warn them, and reminded me of the prophecies—that there should in the latter days signs in the heavens.—[The prisoner here used several quotations from Holy Writ. —I felt so im pressed with it that I found the Lord had destined me to show these people the way to flee from the wrath to come. When I bethought me that I could not do that job without being out all night, and I considered whether I should let my wife know. I got every thing ready, and I took the ring from my wife's finger, and talked to her about what I had mentioned—and I told her what" want to do—she grieved very much, and I had work to get off. 1 still staid a few days, but I could gerno rest whatever until I had accomplished the work.— It was a severe contest between flesh and blood— and then I bethought me what would become of her and my son Richard, who I hud at Lincoln. Then the Lord said unto me,s" What thou doest, do with all thy might." I tore from her and said, " Well, well, Lord—Not my will but thine be done." I then left Leed', taking twenty of my books with me, but I had no money, and went into Tadcaster ; there 'I got a gill of ale.—(lle then pro ceeded to state the manner in which he travelled and supported himself to York.)—On Sunday, Feb. 1) I went to the Cathedral service, and it vexed me to hear them singing their prayers and amens. I knew it did not come from the heart, it was deceiving the people. Then" there was the organ, buz ! buz ! and I said to myself, " I'll tae thee down to-night, thou shot but no more !" well they were all going out, and I lay me down by't side of the Bishops round 'by the pillar.—(The pri soner concealed himself behind ti tomb, behind which and the wall there was a space that more than one person might lie down in.)—l thought I heard the people coming down from the bells; they all went out, and then it was so dark that I could not see my hand. Well, I left this Bishop, and came out and fell upon my knees and asked the Lord what I was to do first, and ho said, get thy way up the bell-loft ; I had never been there, and I went round arid round; I had a sort of guess of the place from hearing the men as I thought come down, I then struck a light with a flint and a razor that I had got, and some tinder that I bad brought from my landlord's. I saw there were plenty of ropes—then I cut one, and then another, but I had no idea they were so long, and I kept draw, draw, and the rope came up. 1 dare say I had 100 feet. Well thought I to myself, this will make a man rope, a sort of shrilling rope, and I tied knots in it. Ay, times it, I know it well enough (pointing to the rope which ley upon the table). So I went down to the •body of the Cathedral, and bethought me how I should get inside, I thought if I did so, by throwing the rope over the organ, I might set it ganging, and that would spoil the job. So I made an end of the rope fast, and went hand over-hand over the gates, and got down on t h e other side, and fell on my knees and waged to the Lord—and he told me, that do what %01-1 41 , they would take me. Then I asked the Lord what. I was' to di) with-YePiet, ar,d he told m e (the prisoner here repeated what he had before 'stated in his plea about the robe, cap, and tassels), and thought it would do for my hairy jacket, that I bave At Lincoln. I have a very good seal skin one there. I wish I had it with me, that I might show it you. Then I got all ready. Glory to God, I never felt so happy; but I had a hard nighes work of it, particularly with a hungered belly. Well, I got a bit of wax-candle, and I set fire to one heap, and with the matches I set fire to the other. I then tied up the things that the Lord had given me for ray hire, in this very handkerchief that I have in my hand. [The prisoner then went on to describe his escape by means of the rope, nearly in the same terms us have been stated, and of his proceeding to Hexham; that on the road the coaches passed him, but he laid himself down, and was never seen.] While I was at Hexham; I think I had been there two days ; I had been to pray with a poor woman, and the Hexham man came and tipped on the shoulder.—" I's tired, or I'd tell thee a little more." This is but a small part of what the prisoner said, but sufficient to judge of the nature of his defence. After he had concluded a minute or two, he said to our Reporters—" An you been writing dovin what I said—l think I talked o'er fast for thee !" He then espied one of his publications, and said, " I see these gotten one of my bukes. I wrote mysen at different times, and have sold about 14,000." Several witnesses were then examined on the part of the prisoner. The first was— John Douglas, who is 73 years old ; is now a shoe maker, but, was formerly a sailor on , board the Atlas ; the prisoner was a seaman on board the same vessel ; we were both together at the battle of Co penhagen; Jonathan was captain of the foretop; he fell out of the fore-top after the battle, and was ill after the fall; Martin was always particular in keep ing a journal; after the fall, witness observed there was a change in him; it was a 74 On ship; the fall was from the fore-top into the water; he was in the water fourteen or fifteen minutes, and swam about till the boat took him up. Margaret Horton, keeper of the Lunatic Asylum at Gateshead, said that Martin was placed there in Dec. 1819, and remained until the 17th June, 1820, when he made his escape; he was brought back, and remained till July, 1821, when he made his escape again, and was never brought back ; witness has been used to lunatics for twenty-six years; she always thought him really an insane person; he was in the habit of sitting on the floor with two cross sticks. He managed the sticks, as though he were fiddling; at other times he used to sing; the sticks, when he so used them, he said was in imitation of David's harp. He used to fast for some days, and said it was the Lord's orders; he said that our Lord had fasted forty days on the Mount ; they were obliged to confine him at times, to shave him, as he objected to lose his beard ; witness had often heard him prophecy, and talk about his dreams; he said, whatever he dreamed, he was determined to do; she had no doubt in her own mind but that he was a lunatic. Mr. Gbirton, who attended the Lunatic Asylum, said he considered Martin of unsound mind : it was insanity in one particular point; witness should call it delusion; the technical term was monomalia; the subject on which he was unsound, was that of reli gion and that of the clergy. When he became ex cited on the subject, his eye became glassy, and dilated the pupil; this was considered a symptom of insanity; witness lost sight of Martin in 1821, until this morning, when he again saw him in prison, in the presence of the gaoler. Martin immediately recognized him as an old acquaintance. Patients, with such maladies, have very tenacious memories; they never forget anything. Witness, at the time he was with him, had an opportunity of coming to a conclusion of the present state of his mind, and this conclusion was, that he is in the same state now as he was when in the Asylum. It is impossible he could have put on those appearances this morning for the purpose of clearing him. Leaving out of the question the subject alone on which the delusion rested, a stranger might conclude that the patient was of sound mind. Witness was certainly of opinion, with respect to the subject of delirium, that Martin was not capable of distinguishing right from wrong. Mr. George Middleton, tanner, of Darlington, with whom prisoner worked, stated that Martin said he believed the prayer-book had been the means of sending many souls to hell; he got an ass to ride on, in imitation of our Saviour; he went to preach at the Cross of Darlington; he once told me that lie had dreamt Bonaparte would land between Sun derland and Newcastle, and if England did not repent, he would conquer it; he declared that whatever he dreamt was sure to come true; he once agreed to send his son with a Jew pedlar, on the condition that his son, 11 years of age, should daily read the Bible; his reason for so doing was because his son would be the means . of converting the Jew. The keeper of the city gaol,the chaplain, and se veral other gentlemen, gave evidence of the pri soner's insanity. Mr. Baron HULLOCK having summed up the case, the Jury retired ; and, after an absence of seven minutes, they returned a verdict of Guilty—adding, but we are of opinion that the prisoner was, at the time of setting fire to the Cathedral, insane, or of unsound mind.' Mr. Baron HULLOCK directed that he should be letained during his Majesty's pleasure. lie %%as immediately handcuffed to one of the :urtleys, and conveyed into the castle. BRITISH EXPORTS. STATEMENT OF THE QUANTITIES CLES OF BRITISH MANUFACTUI FROM MARCH 20 TO 21 INCLUSII Pieces. Yards. Cotton 134,206 1,158,062 Linen 1,556 148,381 Blanketing - 17,668 Carpeting -- 11,246 Calicoes Kerseymeres - Flannel OF 1 HE UNDERMENTIONED •RTI ME EXPORTED FROM LIVERPOOL, Ends. l Woollen Stun's.. 314 282 Worsted Stu tf5..8,684 ILize t6B Inf:VVoollens, 4,037 Cotton Thread..30.. , 20 Cotton Yarn —40,720 Sail Cloth E 115.3.018 Doz. Cotton Hose 346 Worsted Hose Cotton Handkerchiefs 957 Cotton Braces Hats Hardware £15,067 Earthenware X 10,076 S.,lt White Bushels 171,556 salt Rock 4 ,600 Tons. Cwt. dial. Coal Iron CATTLE. AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL FROM MARCH 23 TO 28, BOTH DAYS INCLUDED. Cows. I Calves. I Sheep. Pigs. I Horses. 1 Mules. 8.) 46 1329 3765 12 I 0 THE MARKETS. COAL MA 111. Adair's Beaumont 2B 0 Charlotte • 27 6 Heaton,..32 3 tleblourn Main 29 0 llolywell.. 2B 0 Killingworth 30 0 Liddell's 2'7 3 Ord's Redhugh 26 6 Pelaw 29 0 Pontop Windsor 28 0 Percy Main 0 Shipcote 2B 'Canfield : 4 2 0 Ditto Io Robson & Co. 31 9 Tan field Lea 3n 6 22 3 t Willington 29 0 WOant 28 6 Willa IF,14(1 WI and Co. 29 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co.— 31 6 Ditto Brown's 29 9 Ditto Burraton 29 0 Ditto Carr and Co. 27 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0..,, 28 0 Ships at market, 13©4--,-Shi; F.T.-April 1. . - Walls end Newrnarch— 31s. Od Ditto Cramlington—... 26 6 Ditto Hilda 28 0 Ditto 1 lotspur 28 3 Ditto Not thuniberland 29 6 Ditto Peareth 26 3 Ditto Perkins and Co. 29 0 Ditto 11 iddt ll's Si 6 Ditto Russell's ---.. 32 6 Ditto Wallet 32 0 Eden Main Walls End Hetton 9 Walls End Lambton,...... 33 9 Walls End Lyons— 31 6 Walls End Stewart's 33 6 Russell's Hetton's W.E. 33 0 Cowpeu 2B 6 30 0 W. 25 6 "Fantleld Trader. 3l 6 Londonderry small - 19 0 Walker small 18 0 Umbra') small 19 9 Russell's W. E. small. 18 6 1,4 sold, 73!x-Unsold. 66%. COUNTRY Coll N MARKETS DU I{ INA.; 'mit.: wEF,It. Oats. 'Beatty: - Per Oparter. Abingdon ndiiver Birmingham Ilriciport Cirencester -- Faringdon- Guildford Henley • Hereford Highworth ---,- Maidenhead --- Oakingharn ,—...... Reading Salisbury*. Southampton -- Stroud TewiesDircY_ Uxbridge Warminster Windsor IrVorecater,"...,,.. 11,, 6, - 46 - 48 - 44 -- 48 - - 56 sa 58 Wlict. I Ba4eY. 8. to S. kfl ' S 5 42 INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AraiA :431E IN RR RICHARD DOWNING RICUAR D S. . 1P The insolvent, who was brought up yesterdayllo -be heard on his petition to be diseharged, was Of posed by Mr. Heath, on behalf of Mr. D'Egvilleqi the Italian Opera, who had obt a i ne d 'a veni al against the insolvent, for a libel published in the A 1; rt newspaper. • ti? • Mr. HEATH—What bu s i n es s did 'y ou c a r r y 'O Insolvent—l have l a t e ly be en the printer, ptir : , fisher, and proprietor of the Age. . Mr. HEATH—Were you the sole -proprietor ? Insolvent—Originally I w a s th e so l e proprietor, Ot I disposed of a half share of the property, _ Mr. HEATH—Are you now the printer of tbe paper ? Insolvent—No; I believe the name ea`. tered as printer at the Stamp-office is Ann Durhae; Who do you consider to be your partners in the, concern P—l consider a person of the name la Charles Molloy Westmacott to be a partner in tb° concern, but I believe the name registered at dig , Stamp-office is that of Ann Durham. Am Ito understand that you sold a share-to M Molloy Westmacott ?—Yes. Then you are still a partner in the concern P-111 consider myself to be a partner to the extent of 11 11 4 1 of it. : CHIEF ComattssteNatt—This case Can't be heard' Mr. Heath. In the schedule the insolvent is do; scribed as " late proprietor" of the Age , and ;J l ,, now swears that he is still a p ro p r i etor Of -half 4! that newspaper. His description is wrong, and 1 must, therefore, re-advertise. Mr. CooKE (counsel for* the insolvent):--Prbha' bly, Sir, that statement can be explained. Ptii, Richards, you have stated that you sold half of thii paper to _Charles Molloy Westmacott. Have laa: ever assigned a share to him P.—No ; I have never executed any assignment to him. Mr. COOKS.—DO you in fact , receive any share to the profits of the concern P—l -do not. CHIEF COMIIISSIONER—It is quite clear that W. case cannot be now heard. The insolvent has been advertised by a wrong description. Mr. HEATH—lnsolvent, I have now to stare ea behalf of Mr. D'Egville that he will not offer gni opposition to your discharge, if you will - disclose the name of the author of th e libel upon him. Insolvent—l should consider thyself the most di.; graceful and dishonourable man in existence if I were to make such a disclosure—if I were to close the name of any man who had written an , ar tide in my paper. I would be imprispned for life sooner than do such a thing; and I am convinced that every gentleman who hears me, feels that I should act more dishonouarbly by making such a disclosure. Mr. HEATH—I have nothing to do with the opinions of others ; but I make you a propositiev , by acceding to which you will obtain your discharge. Insolvent—l again say, that I never will disclose the name of the author. I should act most diSho# - ourably by doing so. Mr. HEATII (to the Court)—l am instructed to apply, that Edward Hughes Ball, Esq. a creditor , be appointed assignee. THERRY—I am instructed to oppose the #l 3 " pointment of Mr. Hughes Ball, and to anply tb s t Mr. Cyrus Jay, of Sergeants'-inn, tnd Mr. Cuts ningham, of Fleet -street, printer, who are also ere' ditors, be appointed assignees. I hope when the Court takes into consideration that Mr. Hughes Ball is a man of fashion, and not at all connected with trade, and not residing in England for the greater portion of the year, that it will be of opinion that that gentleman would not be a prudent mans' ger of the insolvent's estate ; indeed, it is believed by the creditors that if that gentleman were aIY pointed assignee, the estate, instead of being mad° available for the benefit of the creditors, would be, destroyed. I therefore submit, that it would bet better to appoint persons conversant with trade, and therefore more competent to administer sue]] prO. perty. A creditor, named Salmon, also applied to be ar signee, and said, that if he were appointed he should be able to pay every creditor 20s. in the pound; bor if Mr. Ball were appointed, his object would be to knock up the paper. Mr. HEATH—You were the printer of the paper' I believe ? Salmon—Yes, Sir; I printed the paper for Mr. Richards. Mr. HEATH— Then I am satisfied the Court will see that the object of the application is to get # friend of the insolvent appointed assignee. Mr. THERRY—If there be an objection to a ppoint a friend there must also be an objection to the BP' pointment of Mr. Hughes Ball, who is un enemy the insolvent. Mr. HEATH—Mr. Hughes Ball has - :no objectie ° to be clothed with the character of an enemy in till s respect. He brought an action, and obtained dit; mages, for which h e t oo k i n execut i on types , c n . which the insolvent was the ostensible owner. Thos o types were afterwards claimed by Salmon and Con' itingliam, to whom they were ultimately given tilh and they brought an action against Mr. Ball, wb ° was obliged to pay them damages for taking tho s s types. Mr. Ball has, therefore, a large claim upcn t the estate, and will do all he can to make the e state available for the payment of his claim. Mr. TILERRY suggested the propriety of appoin t ' ing some person who was neither friend nor e nergy of the insolvent. The COURT declined appointing an assignee at present, and adjourned the bearing for the insolvent to re-advertise by a proper description. MPERIA L PARLIANWNif THIS EVENING, HOUSE OF LORDS.—Seven .9' Clock Up to this hour nothing but the routine business hail:, taken place.—An immense crowd was assembled. BIRTHS. On Wednesday night, in Bedford-row, Mrs. J. 11 ' Robins, of a son. • On the Ist instant, in Gloueester-place, the lady of PO' ' 1 nell Hicks, Esq., of a daughter. On the 29th ult. at Glasgow, the wife of Forbes Ai'Neil l, youngest son of John Esq., of Collonsay, Argyle.: , shire, of a daughter. On the 24th of „August, 1828, at Sydney, New South Wales, the lady otAlexanderill‘Dufi'llaxter, Esq., Attor ney-General, of a son. On the 31st ult., in Euston-square, the lady of Hugh, Fergusson, Esq., of a son. MARRIED, , . On the 31st ult., at St. paqrra@ New Church,• by tbe; Rev. John Tecsoq, Fellow of clare.hall College, 'Caen'' _ bridge, H. ft. Epq., of Church-passage, Guildhall, - to: Elizabeth, daughter of John Rigge, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn• On the 28th ult,, at Stoke-upon-Trent, -o . r.,Aenjsunin Harris; to Miss Elizabeth Orton, of Lane, Statrordshireva the firm of Goodwin, Bridgenian, and Orton. On the 31st ult., at Viscount Middleton's, Upper Brook street, the Rev. William John Brodrick to the Hon.}lae, riet Brodrick, third daughter of Vis Count Middleton: DIED. On the 26th ult., Emma Alice, eldest daughter of the late Silas Hatchman, Esq., of his Majesty's • Dock-yartli Woolwich, and sister of the late Rev. R. J. Hatehroan, . chaplain to his Majesty's Forces at Gibraltar, assiduous discharge of his duties', fell d VietlaP ta l -th'e epidemic fever. On thr 4 4lq ult., E 4 his cottage, Holloway, Captain Ed ward Hariiman; late of the Emit India C,ompitny t o, • service, afte'r a long and painful' illnt;es. On tie 2Vth'ult., Mrs. Baxter, Cumming-street, Pen- ; tonville. Lately, Bernard Coile, formerly of Dublin, and well 'h known on account of his sufferings in the unfortunate die turbances in Ireland at the close of the last century. On the Ist instant, at Walworth, Mr. Robert Ha l% aged 63, many years princip , al she *.'orrartUbiiiq't of the Bank of England. ' On the 29th ult., at Woodbine cottage, Sutton, Surrey, Joseph Cummins, Esq. aged 66. On the 30th ult., in CUnduit-street, aged 41, after a lon illnei.e, the Rev. Rrownlow Poulter, rector of Butltot o lY Hants, the eldest son of the Rev. Edmund Poulfery. Ore/ bendary of Witschestar. ' - r PAINTED and PUZLISIIRD by MURDO YOUNG, At tile Sur; OmeE, 112, STNAND, LONDON.