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SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE TIMES.) If the Bills for relieving the Catholics and for purifying the elective franchise have not yet received the Royal assent, that is the only step which now remains wanting to constitute these important mea sures the law of the United Kingdom. He who lives until to-morrow morning will find the sun where he used to be, though Lord Eldon, on one occasion of his long life a poet, assured us that the sun of England " would set for ever." Nevertheless, the Englishman who sees to-morrow will receive the light through his window from the same source and in pretty much the same direction as on yesterday. He will only have the satisfaction of knowing that the great luminary shines alike for his Catholic fel loW-subject and for him,—that the same breeze will no longer parch the Catholic, while it cools the Pro testant and cheers him,—that the Catholic will stand erect beside his Protestant brother instead of crouch ing at his feet, and resent and punish, as an outrage upon himself, what he would formerly have rejoiced in as an insult or a mortification to his deter mined enemy. What, then, will have wrought this wondrous change ? Why, the Royal assent will, in the course of this day, be given to those Bills which on Friday last were read a third time, and sent from the House of Lords to the King, and by an immense majority of the aristocracy of Eng land. We have little to say on this heart-stirring amelioration of British policy. Having long since viewed and discussed it in all its bearing; there is nothing left for us to remark upon. The debate it self was, on Friday, of trifling interest, except for two or throe characteristic speeches. The first was from Lutd Eldon, and was meant, no doubt, for a clincher against the Government. In that point, however, it was a failure, deplorable even to the adversaries of the person who spoke it, for miserable soreness, intemperance, and imbecility of spirit. Except in one instance, and that was an unlucky one,. the Learned Lord never once was betrayed, into even the affectation of a serious objection to the conduct of Ministers. That single exception to the pre vailing character of his speech, was where he re peated the twenty-times-refuted complaint of " - the country having been taken by sur prise,"---a point on which the Duke of -Welling ten re-stated his own satisfactory assurance, that the moment he had authority to act upon the concurrence of an illustrious personage in his views, he did announce it to the nation. Lord Eldon talked of the people of England being dread fully " agitated." We wonder much who are those agitated people, or where are they ? for, positively, beyond a score or so of noodles with coronets on their coaches, we have seen nothing like men at all excited, though to be sure, among the said noodles may be found some one or two in an ugly condition, and not a little to those about them. Jr Lord Eldon's opposition to the relief of the Catholics had any thing either generous or rational to recom mend it, the slightest knowledge of human nature might convince any one that he would neither talk so peevishly, nor so much about himself. If the Learned Lord had available arguments he would use them, instead of abusing other people so grossly. If he had any solid matter to bring forward, he would not lose his temper, nor launch into long rigmarole narratives which concern nobody but himself alone. From the whole personal history of the Learned Lord, we could collect this one va luable confession, viz.—that in his best days he judged himself not fitted for any political station whatever, but only for the professional appoint ment of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Then with what face can this avowed incapable put himself at the head of a furious faction in the country, and attempt to thwart the Government and Legislature upon a broad question of State po licy ? The truth is, that the man was not merely placed in an office for which he was unfit, but he remained a Cabinet Minister a great many years too long, and is outrageous that he cannot rule the na tion for ever, according to his own caprice. The Duke of Wellington's reply last Friday was well worth attention. His concluding passage, where he thanked the old Opposition for the liberal support which they had given him, was the result, we are convinced, of honest and grateful feeling ; nor could it bear, with any particle of justice, the co lour which we learn that some mischief-makers have been eager to fix upon it—viz. that of being a civil conge to the Whigs—as if his Grace's de claration that he had no political connection with them, was to be a sufficient excuse for his treating them, individually and collectively, as a party - who had no claims to his regard in fu ture. Those who saw the Duke's manner while he spoke, will clear him—if a knowledge of his manly character did not—from auy such sinister imputa tion. We are not aware whether his Majesty in tends to do, or whether health or other circumstances 'ill permit his doing, what would be to his Catho lic subjects, and to the powerful and dignified ma jorities by which his own policy has been supported against a fierce opposition in both Houses of Par liament, a most gracious act—viz., giving his Royal assent in person to this the most admirable and tri umphant measure that has for centuries afforded honour to the name of England, and,strength to her mixed- monarchy, and her free and enlightened in stitutions. .The language of Queen Anne from the throne, in announcing her approbation of the union with Scotland, and enjoining her people to act to wards each other in the spirit of kindness and mu tual affection, which that great measure was framed to promote and cherish, would be in nowise unbe coming her illustrious successor, in addressing his three nations on the accomplishment of this im mortal law. (FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE-) Now that the incubus which has so long pressed on the Councils of the nation is at length removed— thanks to the : firmness and good sense of the Duke of Wellington—time may be found for attending to some of those Reforms of our Institutions which are imperiously required to render them available to the wants of age. Among the subjects that will first engage general attention is, the First Report by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Prac tice and Proceedings of the Superior Courts of Common Law, just distributed, which, with the Appendix, makes a folio volume of nearly 800 pages. DM? Report alone extends to 117 pages.— Of the twelve heads embraced by the Cor. mission, the Commissioners at present confine their :Leport to two, namely 1. The Dispatch of Business : In the Superior Courts of Common Law, At Westminster, In the Counties Palatine, In Wales. Y. Process Serviceable or Bailable : Including Original Writs, Outlawry, Arrest, and Bail. Before proceeding to the immediate subjects of their Report, the Commissioners say— " We shall have no hesitation in proposing the abolition, as far as practicable, of fictions, circuitous courses, and such matters of mere form, as by the progress of time have ceased to be necessary to the purposes for which they were introduced, but which increase the length, and conse quently the cost of proceedings—always keeping in view the condition mentioned by Lord Bacon, that the entire body and substance of the law shall remain, only dis charged of idle and unprofitable matter.' We shall sug gest the abridgement, in many cases, of the form and lan guage of pleading ; some restraint upon the unlimited multiplication of counts and pleas ; and an acceleration of every part of the suit, by allowing process to be returnable, pleadings to proceed, and final judgment, under certain re strictions, to be signed, not only upon default, but after verdict, and execution to be issued thereon, in Vacation as well as in Term. " But whatever may be the cost, delay, or vexation oc isiimed by unnecessary forms, by interlocutory applies tines, or even by prolixity of pleadings, we are well con vinced, that in actions which proceed to this extent - of trial, there is no isurthen imposed upon the parties to be placed t in comparison with the eTpence and inconvenience occasioned by requiring the personal attendance of wit ne6ses for the proof of facts which there is no real ground tot dispute. !t , We have, therefore, spared no pains in endeavouring to dlicover means by which the personal attendance of wit messes may be dispensed with, consistently with the attain m6tt of justice ; and though we are not at this moment peepared to submit to your Majesty the result of our de li4erations upon this particular subject, we trust that in a f4ure report upon the third and fifth heads, we shall be able to show that the body of parole testimony required upon the trial of a large proportion of causes may be ma terially and safely diminished by narrowing the question to be tried to a few precise issues, and by the adoption of proceedings for establishing the proof of certain matters previous to trial." The Commissioners give an account of the busi ness before the respective Courts for the last five years, and allude to the various attempts which have been made to facilitate dispatch in the Court of King's Bench. They then pass in review the various propositions which have been made for ef fecting something like an equalization of business in the Courts, and come themselves to this conclu sion :—" We apprehend that this great object may be attained by identifying, in every respect, the rules of practice which govern their proceedings (a matter in which great and inconvenient variety at present exists) ; by destroying the necessity of the four Attorneys and sixteen Clerks in Court in the Exchequer, and throwing the Court open like the rest to the free access of all attorneys; by relieving that Court from its equity jurisdiction ; and by giving to the three Courts the same advantages, and placing them on the same footing in respect of the mode of appeal from their decisions." It is pro posed that the Exchequer shall become exclusively a Court ofLaw ; that the Court of Error for the review of its ju►lgments should consist of the other two Courts; that the King's Bench and Exchequer should review the Common Pleas, and the Common Pleas and Exchequer review the King's Bench as atpresent. All Attorneys qualified to practise in the King's Bench and Common Pleas to be likewise admissible to prac- rise in the Exchequer. With respect to Serjeants— the Qommissioners say, " we believe that the.cha racter of the Court—(of Common Pleas) for the satisfactory transaction of business, will be better sustained by the continuance than the abolition of the exclusive privilege." But upon motions where a cause has been tried on circuit, the Barristers en gaged on such trials, though without the rank of Serjeant, should have audience in the Common Pleas; and they recommend the abolition of an established professional usage, which precludes any Seijeant, though he may be one of his Majesty's Serjeants, from opening the pleadings on trials at Nisi Prim:. With respect to the number of Judges, the Commissioners think that not more than five Judges should at any time sit together in Banco— and that one Puisne Judge should be exempted in totation from attendance in Court each term. The sittings should be continued from day to day throughout the term, excepting in the case of attend ance in the House of Lords, when required on spe cial occasions. The moveable Terms to be fixed. The practice and rules for taxation of costs, &c. to be made uniform in all the three Courts. - The fol lowing days are proposed for the commencement and ending of the several Terms, viz:— Hilary Term to begin Jan. 14, and end Feb. 3. Easter Term to begin April 10, and end April 30. Trinity Terni to begin June 1, and end June 21. Michaelmas Term to begin Nov. 1, and end Nov. 21. In case of arrears of business in any of the three Courts, the Lord Chancellor may order the transfer of ;tenons, &c. from tile overburthened Court to another less occupied. ~ T he jurisdiction of the se veral Courts of Great Sessious in the County Pala tine of Chester and Principality of Wales to be disd continued, and those parts of the kingdom brought under the Law Courts at Westminster. Certain portions of the Principality contiguous to the counties of Chester, Salop, Hereford, and Mon mouth, recommended to be placed within the juris diction of the Judges appointed to hold Assizes at the shire towns of those counties respectively. The rest of Wales to form four districts—the Northern, : Midland, South West, and South East, of which `the assize towns to be Bangor, Dolgellan, Caer 'marthen, and Neath. It is proposed that Stafford and Salop should be withdrawn from the Oxford Circuit, and that the South-west and South-eastern Disti icts of Wales be added thereto. It isproposed that the additional circuit to be established shall comprehend the two places withdrawn from the Ox ford Circuit (viz. the counties of Stafford arid Salop), the two North Wehh Districts ; the Dis trict of Chester, including Flintshire, and the East ern part of Denbighshire, and also the town of Manchester, with the rest of the hundred of Sal ford, in the County of Lancaster. To avoid the inconvenience from holding Assizes at two places in the same county at the same time, the Chester Circuit to he so arranged that when the Northern concludes in Lancashire, the Assizes at Manchester _ should be appointed to be held at the beginning of the Chester Circuit, and vice versa. The population of Liverpool and West Derby Hundred, which amounts to more than 270,000 Inhabitants, and with Leyland to more than 300,000, and Manchester and Sal ford to more than 300,000, make it expedient towards those places that separate Assizes be holden within thew. The compensation necessary to parties is estimated at 100,0001.; and it is proposed that to meet it a moderate duty, bearitt some proportion to the saving expected to be made upon the whole suit, might be imposed upon law proceedings, to continue till the compensation be discharged. Our limits will not allow us at present, to allude to the recommendations of the Commissioners under the second head. We shall advert to them to-morrow. (FROM THE JOHN BULL.) The dreaded, hated Bill has passed the House of Lords, and before we again commune with our readers the Royal Assent will have made it part and parcel of the Law of the Land. Here then ends our resistance; here terminates our opposition. With all the little power we possess, we have firmly, conscientiously, and constitutionally set our selves against an innovation—an overthrow of the established Constitution ; and we had hoped that the spirit which we know to exist in the country, would have foiled the efforts of those who have so triumphantly carried the measure, which so short a time since they as vehemently opposed—but what avails argument—what avails effort ? Resistance in all its stages to a measure in progress, is legal, is constitutional : we have made that resistance, but it has failed—Now—the Bill has become an Act; the measure has become the law; and we are bound, whatever our feelings may be—whatever our appre hensions—whatever our forebodings—to conform ourselves to the hiw, and obey those who are put in authority over us. Discussing the questima now, would be like attempting the reconcilation of two men after one of them had been killed in a duel. Of what use is it ?—resistance to the fiat of the Govern ment, if unavailing, would be rebellion—if success ful, revolution : end surely there are none—we hope not, yet we fear there may be—who would endeavour to agitate the country by a discontent which must be ineffective, and which would only end in miseries which those only who have wit. nessed the terrible effects of civil war can duly ap• preciate. (FROM TEIE EXAMINER.) ALL Is LOST !—The march of intellect has re ceived a check—the tide of mental improvement has been rolled back—the progress of education, from which Liberals and Philosophers had hoped so much, which Tories and Chnichmen had almost ceased to dread, is at a stand. All is lost ! Quin tin Dick, of No. 20, Curzon-street, May-fair, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., M.P. for Orford, and Hugh Dick, his brother, of• the same place, M.P. for Mahlon, have withdrawn their august counte nances from the King's College. Deeply as it grieves us, we mast inflict upon our readers a full knowledge of the extent of the calamity, lest, cling ing to some delusive hope, they might be plunged hereafter into deeper despair. What was the loss of the Alexandrian Library, the Index Expurgativus of the Inquisition ; the proscription of Lady Mor gan ? What were Caliphs, Dominicans, Austrians ? what were fire, torture, or geni-d'armerie, to this ' blow ? Learning is at an end : drooping science sees the destruction of her latest hope : all is lost. Once, only once, the annals of history presented an equal misfortune. " Hoby," said a young gentle man to the celebrated ocreopolist of St. James's street—" Hoby, if you don't fit me better next time, I must positively deal somewhere else, 'pon ho nour ! in fact, I shall go to Stubbs." " Cast up the ledger, James—get in the outstanding accounts, Thomas—George, shut up the shop : Ensign Simp kie, of the 4th garrison battalion, has withdrawn his custom." Beautiful was the equanimity of this re solve ; and thus, no doubt, Mr. Coleridge has closed his subscription books; the Bishop of London hides the gush of his tears in the amplitude of his lawn sleeves ; the Duke of Wellington shuts himself up in his back parlour; and Windsor Castle hears a Monarch sigh "My College is no more ! I !" POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION.HOUSE. On Saturday Mr. Hobler, jun., who is solicitor to seve ral persons who have applied without effect for licences, told the LORD MAYOR that he had been requested by his clients to ascertain from his Lordship whether they might expect that the Legislature would, in the course of the session, make such alterations in the new licensing act as might be rendered available to them. They had, be said, gone to considerable expence in fitting up their houses for the entertainment of company, and had numerous and very strong recommendations from residents in the neighbour hoods in which they were prepared to commence business, but the new act had, in consequence of some extraordinary error in one of its clauses, effectually shut them out from the advantages which it professed to afford in the preamble. The Loan MAYOR said that the cases alluded to had not at all been decided upon their merits. It would be recol lected that Mr. Alley, the counsel for several applicants, bad, upon the last licensing day, very ably argued that the Court should construe the act favourably to the appli cants, as they had done every thing which it was possible for them to do in conformity with the act, and that upon the question of law the applications were refused. If the act happened to be so perfect as to be operative, there was still a question as to the merits. It was to be ascertained whether the popuiation of each neighbourhood was such as to require additional public-houses or taverns before the Court could think of granting licences. With respect to the question whether any thing would be done in the course of the session to do away the effect of the obnoxious clause, he had every reason to suppose that no alteration was at present contemplated. Mr. Holder, jun. said, that the large house opposite to the Mansion-house, called " the European Coffee-house," was the means of accommodating hundreds of gentlemen every day. The most respectable merchants dined there in consequence of the extraordinary nature of the accom modations, but they were all obliged to " move off" as soon as the eating was over, as they could not obtain a glass of wine. This was an undeniable argument as to the necessity. The public felt and complained of the incon venience ; and if the merits of a case were to determine the matter, it would be impossible to preduce stronger. The Loan NIATOR said, that whatever claims the ap plicants might have, he believed that the Act would under go no revision this year. He had written to Mr. Peel upon the subject, but had not yet received an answer to his letter. As soon as he should receive any information on thin subject, he would communicate it to those inter Wed through their solicitor. It was mentioned incidentally to the Lord Mayor, that on the preceding day a very numerous and respectable meeting of licensed victuallers took place at the London Tavern, alit came to resolutions by which they pledged themselves to protect the trade. It was meant of course by this word " protection," that every opposition should be given to attempts to obtain new licences. The Loan MAYOR Aserved, that it was but natural for men to endeavour to benefit themselves, and they were perfectly justifiable in doing so, where it could be done without prejudice to the public. Mr. Hobler, jun. said, he should inform his clients of the opinion of his Lordship, and suggest to them that it would be needless to make any application until the next regular licensing day, to meet which, according to the ex traordinary clause of the Act, they should give nine months' notice for the examination of their characters. It may be necessary to mention, that those who have been, without effect, applying for new licences, have been unremitting in their efforts, and that they are determined to persevere. There is not one of them who has not the Licensing Acts now in operation at his fingers' ends. About seven years ago Mr. Hobler, jun., succeeded in getting rid of some informations which were laid against persons for Felling beer without a magistrate's licence, by showing a clause in this Act, which enabled the Commis sioners of Excise to sanction the vending of that commo dity. This was soon discovered, and that gentleman was applied to for an opinion, whether he could not resist any attempt to inflict penalties, if the owner of a house, upon the authority of that Board, retailed wine in his house. To this application the solicitor replied, that he should be very glad to slve his clients the expense of magistrates' licences, as well as the trouble; but that, unfo rtunatel y , the section of the Act of Parliament which he used upon the above-mentioned occasion had been since repealed. MARYLEBONE. Mary Walker, a — very pretty young woman, whose dialect discovered that she came from the north, told Mr. RAWLINSON, on Wednesday, that she was married eight teen months ago, at Gretna Green, to the son of a respect able and affluent gentleman (solicitor) in London, and that after living together in the city of Carlisle until within four months of the present time, he had brought her 300 miles from her friends, and deserted her, and she requested Mr. Rawlinson to advise and assist her. Mr. RAwLiNsos; inquired into the circumstances which led to the alleged marriage, and whether he had been guilty of violence towards her, as well as desertion. She said Carlisle was her native place: she lost her pa rents when she was very young, and not being otherwise provided for, she " was very well to do as a dressmaker," and her brother was her protector ; but at the age of 16 she was persuaded to run away and get married, and that had brought her into trouble. He behaved very well to her while they remained in Carlisle, and they were com fortably supported by a liberal allowance of pocket-money, which her husband's father supplied ; but after they came to town, and took lodgings in Newman-street, be treated her with coolness, spent his money elsewhere, and was often absent at night. A fortnight ago, a dispute arose out of these matters, and he knocked her down, and en tirely left her with only one shilling in her pocket, and a fortnight's rent due for the lodgings ; and she had since found out that he was living with another woman, at No. 16, Charlotte street, Portland-place, and that he bad de ceived the lady who keeps that house by introducing this woman as her (complainant's) own self. Mr. RAwraNsoN immediately granted a warr int on ac count of the assiult, and Wall, the officer, was sent to Charlotte-street, in company with the complaisant, to ap prehend hint. Wall brought him to the office, and the landlady turned the woman into the street as soon as she could get her clothes upon her back (for they found her in bed), and desired the complainant to take possession of the apartments there in her husband's right. The young lady's statement was admitted by the defend. ant to be true, and the reason he assigned for deserting her was, that if he did not do so, his father threatened to disinherit him. Mr. RAWLINSON asked him if his father preferred his living in a state of prostitution. He made no answer, but insinuated that a Gretna-green marriage was no marriage at all. This produced a strong effect upon the feelings of the complainant, and, under great agitation, she drew front her bosom her " lines (certificate) of marriage," and handed them to the magistrate. They were in form similar to those of the Church of England, but more imposing in appear ance ; they bore a magnificent display of the Royal arms, were prefaced " Kingdom of Scotland, county of Dumfries, parish of Gretna," and subscribed by the blacksmith " Simon Lang." Mr. RAWLINSON told the defendant be was acting very unlike a gentleman. He had made, or pretended to make her his wife, and he had induced her to come to• a great distance from her friends, and therefore he was bound to maintain her, and treat her with kind ness, and he required him to give bail for the assault upon her person. The defendant asked if he might be allowed to make an - - - arrangement with her ? Mr. rtAwwisoN said yes, if he gave security for its ful. filineat, and time Wag allowed until one o'clock on Satur. day fdf that purpose. On Saturday the defendant disregarded his undertaking. The complainant showed marks upon her shoulder of addi tional violence committed by him on Wednesday night, and Mr. RAW LINSON said he should be re-apprehended. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Saturday, John Appleward, the maniac, who in sulted the Duke of Wellington in St. James's Park last week, and who was detained until the opinion of a medical gentleman was taken, was brought up from Tothill-fields prison. A certificate from the surgeon of the prison was de livered to Mr. Malt nrclrr, expressive of the insanity of the prisoner. The unfortunate man showed evident proofs-of his in sanity, from his continued incoherent abuse of the Duke, ! about his alleged claim of money owing to him for his services in Spain. Alfred Pople, the messenger belonging to the office, who had been ordered to make inquiries respecting the prisoner, stated, that he had found out that the prisoner's real name was John Marshall, and that he had lodged for about two years with Mr. Longstaff, of the Wheataheaf public-house, in Dorset-street, .Montagu-square. He inquired of the landlord if he knew any thing about the prisoner, or whether he had any friends, and he informed him that he had a brother in opulent circumstances in Derbyshire, but he did not know in what part. The prisoner had been in the army, and served under the Duke of Wellington in Spain, and had a pension for his services. He was, in Mr. Longstaff's opinion, insane, and continually threaten. ins to go into St. James's-park to meet the Duke of Wel lington, about some money which he affirmed the Duke owed him. This was his constant talk ; and if lie took the least drop of liquor, he became most violent ag iinst the Duke. His conduct was generally more outrageous about the change of the moon. Mr. MARRIOTT said he bad no doubt of the prisoner's insanity, and inquired if he had any friends in London. Pople said he had made every inquiry, and could find none. Mr. MARRIOTT said that the prisoner could not be al lowed to go at large, and he must be taken care of by the parish-officers until his own place of settlement could be ascertained. Mr. GKEGORIS said, he believed the Duke of Welling ton had received several. letters respecting the prisoner, complaining of the officers refusing to let applicants see him at the office. He believed, hoWever, that any person was allowed to see him at Tothill-fields prison. The overseers of St. Margareea Parish were 'then sent for, and an order was made to receive the prisoner into the workhouse, to be taken care of for the present. SPRING ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK, ArglL.lo. The Court was occupied, for the greater part of the morning with the trial of 10 or 12 men, whose names were not in the calendar, charged with a riot at Stratford-upon-Avon, and there assaulting an in spector of hawkers' and pedlars' licences named Onslow, and two other persons (brothers), of the name of Sidoway, on the 10th of May last. The Jury, therefore, acquitted them all. David Barnes, aged 15, was indicted for the manslaughter of his brother John Barnes, in No vember last, at Birmingham. It appeared that the prisoner's father, who is a poor tradesman, living at Birmingham, having found some fault with the de ceased, the latter took up a pair of tongs, and first struck him with them, and then threw them at him; upon which the prisoner snatched them up and flung them at his brother, who had run out into 'the street. The joint end of the tongs struck the de ceased on the side of his head, cut through his hat, fractured his skull, and drove two pieces of the hat into his brain. He was immediately carried into a neighbouring house, bleeding profusely ; and the prisoner ran for a surgeon, to whom he related what he had done. The brother having died, a coroner's inquest returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, who was committed to prison, where he remained ever since; in consideration of which circumstance, as well as the peculiar circumstances of provocation under which the offence was com mitted, together with the favourable character given him by his father, who was the principal witness for the prosecution, the learned Judge, upon the Jury returning a verdict of Guilty, only sentenced him to three weeks' additional imprisonment. Charles. Tye, George Lees, Benjamin Brown, and Thomas Hawkins • were indicted for robbing a jeweller at Birmingham of goods to the amount of several hundred pounds. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty, and His LORDSHIP sentenced them to transportation for life. SATURDAY, APRIL 11. Joseph Warren alias Goldby, John Mud:lord, Judith Catchall, alias Ireland, Thomas Darlistone, James While, Penry White, John . White,' David White, John Squelch, John Mellor, and Wm. Goldby were indicted for feloniously shooting at RObert Hood, gamekeeper to D. S. Dtigdale,,Esq., M.P.; at Merivale, on the night of Friday, the 19th of De cember last, with intent to murder him, the said Hood, or to do him some grievous bodily harm.— There were other counts in the indictment, charging Warren as principal, and the other ten prisoners as accessories. The Jury, after some deliberation, found all the prisoners Guilty. Mr. Justice BURROUGH ordered sentence of death to be recorded, but intimated to the prisoners that their lives would be spared. His Lordship took oc casion, however, to point out the serious and miser able consequencei to which illegal courses of this description were calculated to lead all thot!i who were addicted to them. Thomas Carr, Thomas Murray, and Handy Dillon, were indicted for the wilful murder of , John Dwyor, at Birmingham, on the night of Sundav,the 23d of November last, or the morning of Monday, the 24th. The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the three prisoners. Mr. Justice BURROUGH sentenced them to be se verally transported for seven years. Win. Armstrong, aged 33, David Lush ford, aged 17, and John Davis, aged 17, were arraigned on the Coroner's inquisition,(the Grand Jury having ig nored the indictment),, for the wilful murder of Thomas London alias Massa Malena Corry, at Stourbridge, in September last. The deceased was a native of 'Africa, and went about the country, occa sionally wearing a tin placard, soliciting alms, and generally frequenting races and fairs with a gaming table. On the day is question he had a squabble with the two younger prisoners on the Stourbridge race course, about some money which they charged him with having unfairly won of them, and which they insisted on his refunding. He refused, and they, having called the elder prisoner to their aid, beat him severely about the head with their fists, while Armstrong held him by the collar. Upon his going to his lodgings that night he complained of being unwell, but he afterwards seemed to recover, and (this having occurred on Tuesday) he attended the Warwick races on the following Monday. He returned home early however, on that day, took to his bed, and died in about three weeks, declaring positively that his death was occasioned by the ill usage he had received from .colliers at Stourbridge races. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. W ith this case, which lasted until past seven o'clock at night, terminated the present assizes. GLOUCESTER, MAncif 10. _ _ Arthur Roberts was indicted, charged upon the Coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of his wife Margaret Roberts. William Short said, I am a felt-maker, and reside at Bitton, in this county. I know the prisoner at the bar, and knew his late wife, Margaret Roberts. I reside under the same roof with the prisoner, our houses being separated by a thin lath and plaster partition. The prisoner and his wife had resided there about four years. She was about 22 or 23 years of age. I remember in the early part of Oc tober last, between one and two o'clock one morn ing, hearing a noise in Robert's room, as if there was a strangling in his bed. I heard him swear with very bitter oaths, that he would do for ber and that he would make a madam of her before any very great while. The deceased cried out very much, as if he was beating her. The next morning he said he would take her to see Bath,' which is about eight miles from Bitton. I saw the deceased in the evening, she had two black eyes, her face was much bruised, and there was a good deal of blood about it. She was beat in the most " ridicu lous" manner I ever sawin my life. I said to the prisoner, he ought to be ashamed of himself, and asked him, why he had beaten her so ? He replied, " It was her own fault; she had been with two men." She denied it, with tears in her eyes...) The next morn. ing she came to my door, and brought her clothes ; she wanted me to go with her to a Magistrate%„lhe prisoner came -afterwards to me and said he was afraid she was going, and he should not see her any more. The deceasedafterward returned to her own house, and from that time to the time of her death I had frequent opportunities of seeing her. Before that night in October she had been the picture of health; but from that time her spirits seemed broken, and she gradually declined till the period of her death.l On the 17th of November, the prisoner himself ame to my house just after daylight in the morn ing; he asked where my wife was. I said she was not yet down. He said he wanted her to go into his house, to have her opinion of his wife. I asked him how she was—was she worse?— ! He said she was just alive, and that was all.— 'He said that with a most malicious smile. When my wife came down, 1 went with her into the prisoner's house, and there saw his wife. She was ill in bed, and looked very black all round the face; she could not speak. The prisoner asked me what I thought of her. I said I thought she would be alive but a very short time. My wife said the same, and was quite astonished to see her in that state from the Saturday. The 17th was on a Mon day, and we had seen the deceased on the Satur day. The prisoner said he would go for a doctor, as it should not be said " that she died without a re medy." I saw the prisoner again in the evening, and said it was a very serious thing his wife being in that way, and I told him his conscience must testify to him that he was the cause of it—that he would be brought before the Judge of the world, who knew all things, and had seen what he had done to her. The prisoner cried at those observations. The following kday (Tuesday) I saw him again ; he was sitting on the side of the bed, near his wife, and had hold of her hand. I told him it was enough to melt the heart of iron to see the state she was in. I told him to seek her forgiveness. He said she wished to hold his hand, and that " it would be a good job if she was dead out of her misery." She seemed very composed in her mind and sensible, and looked at me as if she knew me, and knew what I Was talking about, but she could not speak. On the next day, the 19th, she died. I saw her body after it was laid out; on her throat there were marks where the pri soner had taken hold of her with his right hand. The prisoner is a felt-maker. His wife was a very meek, serene woman. She used to go to a Sunday school to learn to read, and I don't think the pri soner liked her so well for that. She was very quiet, and never troubled herself with any one's business, and told but little of her own, except when her husband ill used her. Cross-examined—l should think the prisoner is nearly 70 years of age. The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty of man slaughter by pressure on the throat." Mr. Justice J. PARKE—That is, Gentlemen, on the second count ? Foreman—Yes, my Lord. Mr. Justice J. PARKE then said, that he should not pass sentence, but would reserve the point for the opinion of the Judges. The prisoner's countenance is peculiarly unfavour able. Grey . hair, - dark bushy eye-brows, and dark 'eyes, deeply seated in his head, with a look . of low cunning, watching closely every turn of his case, rendered his appearance,•under such circumstances, very unprepossessing. RESTORATION OF THE MISSING CHILD. An account of the mysterious disappearance of a little boy, four years of age, the son of a Mr. Sid dons, of the Hackney-road, appeared in the News papers on Thursday last, detailing several particulars. Inquiries were since made as to what had become of the lost child; and to this end the dissecting-rooms of the different hospitals, as well as private places of the same description, were visited, apprehensions being entertaiued that it might have fallen into the }muds of monsters, who after having what is termed " Burked" it, then disposed of its body for dissec tion. In this dreadful state of suspense, apprehend ing the worst, the parents remained for a whole week, no tidings having reached them as to the fate of their child, notwithstanding the usual steps were taken to lead to a discovery. The day, however, following that on which the investigation took place on the subject before the Magistrates, the Master of West Ham Workhouse, seeing an account of the disappearance of the child in a newspaper, and a little boy answering the description of Mrs. Sid dons's having been brought there, he communicated the fact to the Chief Clerk of Union Hall, and on Saturday attended at that office with the child ; the parents having been also apprised of the circum stance, were in attendance. Upon the Magistrates taking their seats, the child was brought into the office, and the moment the mother beheld it, she rushed forward to the infant, and clasping it in her arms, claimed it as her own, and shed tears of grati tude for its restoration. The poor woman's feelings were so overpowered with joy on again beholding her child, for whose safety fears were entertained, that she swooned away, and was insensible to what was passing around her for some time. The master of the above workhouse related, that the child was picked up late at night on last Saturday week in Whitechapel, and delivered over by a boy to one of the beadles of West Ham, who conveyed it to the workhouse, where it remained until the account of its disappearance had appeared in the papers. The child itself is of so tender an age, that it was unable to relate any particulars as to the manner in which it had strayed so far from the dwelling of its parents. The two women in custody on suspicion or hav ing been concerned in stealing the child, were dis charged on the relation of the above circumstances, but Simmonds was again taken into custody and held to bail, for threatening the life of the mother of the child. MURDER. The inhabitants of Saddleworth have been thrown into considerable agitation by the following circum stances :—About twenty-two weeks ago a young man, living in Saddleworth, was missed, and his relations were quite at a loss to know what had be come of him ; but he having been a reprobate and loose character for some years, they imagined that he had fled the country with some of his companions. A few days ago, however, a prisoner in Wakefield House of Correction, instigated, as he says, by the continual stings and upbiaidings of his consc►ence, made the following disclosure :—He says the young man had, with him and others, been concerned in a robbery iu the neighbourhood, • and that having reason, from what he had said, to think that he would divulge and turn King's evidence, they en ticed him to a shed erected over or near an old coal pit, under pretence of arranging and agreeing upon another robbery. When there they took an oppor tunity of seizing him and throwing him down the pit; but before they could accomplish there purpose, the young man struggled very hard, and in the struggle got the head of one of the meu under his arm, and stuck to it so close that in his fall he took the man's hat along with him. The pit has, since this con fession, been searched, and the body and hat found. An inquest was held over the body, on Thursday, but adjourned to a future time, in order to afford an opportunity of taking into custody the others im plicated in the murder. But of eourFe a verdict will be returned agreeably to the above facts.— Manchester Advertiser. At the Cork Assizes, BARTHOLOMEW NEAL, aged 18 years, and ALICE BENNIS, a woman much advanced in years, were indicted for conspiring to murder Mrs. JANE TRAIL'. They were both found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. At the Old Bailey Sessions on Saturday, MOSES JACOBS was indicted for feloniously setting fire to his house in Phoenix-street, Soho-square, with intent to defraud the Sun Fire-office. The Jury prononnced the Prisoner Not Guilty. The prisoner immediately quitted the bar, and several of his friends shook him by the hand, and congratulated him on the result of the trial. NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL '11".-4rhe Eden, Captain - W. Owen, is ordered from the coast of Africa to the South American station ennsequentlr the. Governorship of Fernando Po has been 'eonferrect, on Colonel NicholL, •of the Royal Marines,. who? with Captain Morgan, two subalterns, several none• commissioned officers, and about' forty privates 'Of the Same corps, will proceed to that island in the Champion, 18, Commander Scott. Colonel Nicholls is to form there a brigade of Colonial Militia; sod two steam vessels are to be placed at his disposals for the purpose of more-effectually . suppressing the slave trade. Our cruizers lately have been very successful in intercepting this traffic, Capt, Owen' having, by means of his tenders, seized 2,ooo,tiltiveF in the different rivers in the Bight of I3enin ; and the` Medina, Captain Suckling, having ,captured four vessels with 1200 or 1300 slaves on board. The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, by the last advices (February 1), was in' a progressive" state of considerable improvements Ptovisionsvere" had at a very reasonable rate, and commercial pro!' duce was in much demand; consequently, wore , . •• skins, aloes, fruit, horns, &c. maintained good price s. Freight to England was unusually low,,arising fibre the superabundance of shipping returning in ,balhist from India and the Mauritius—so much so, - that is pipe of wine could be shipped for London for •15s•' being about one quarter of the usual charge.. •A"' considerable quantity of wheat was also to be senr , to the English market. The men of Wiir in Table' ; Bay were—the Maidstone, Commodore Schomberks Commander Colpoys ; the Tweed, Captain Lord H. J. S. Churchill, ordered to' the Mauritius, on the arrival of the Jaseur ; and the Falcon, Commander Pole. The Russian store-ship Krotsky was= aleA there, having stopped for water on her may to New South Wales. About forty ships. were t ahni in Table arid Simon's Bay. The treublesome'so u suspicious Caffre Chief, Chacka, was lately - killed in an affray with his own subjects. Cap tain KW' who commanded at Port Natal, had died( f ron i-the . ' fatal influence of the fever, which prevails there. ' The settlers in the new colony of Albe.tny•were - is some distress, from the failure of their crops;' pro— visions there were scarce, and the price4wf them Was treble that at which they may be purchiased at, the was: Cape, where• European goods were absundant - and ' very cheap ; French wines could be hail for' 1 2 5. , and Port wine for 20s. a dozen. The 'Governor, Sir Lowry Cole, was carrying on some useful - im provements, not the least of which was :a new road over the great Hottentot Holland Mountains. The' new Supreme Court gave great satisfactie n, and the' Dutch are compelled to admit that Engli . sh Judge' are preferable to their own. The Southampton, .50, with the fill,. of Rear-' Admiral Sir Edward Owen, K.C.B. in h caving Or' anchor yesterday to get under' weigh for the .E 014 1: Indies, carried away her capstan. . The Champion, 18, Commander Scott, went oel of harbour on Tuesday. After conveying Colo Nicholls, and the other officers and nnen of t!!" Royal Marines to Fernando Po, she Will yroceed'i°l Halifax. The Pallas, 42, Capt. Fitzclartnce, with Loa d; Dalhousie on board, will proceed to Calcutta 1° June: - • The Royal Yacht Club gains ground a monlf :th e haul ton. Those who have expressed destre,r be admitted as Members at the 'licit eneii ofVatt ing of the Club in May, are 2 -- . -tord .oionbir o e k s Hon. Major Jas. Sinclair, M.P.,' A l in: Cent', Bart., Rev. 'R. - W. 'Gibbs; CaPe. 4 E1 61 , 14 R.N., G. H. Ackers, Esq., P. Cuthber t, Ruding, Esq., C.' Brett, Evii,," and Minimal:6k° Wyvill, Esq. M.P. All are the .Owneri'lif' feri 'fine yachts, three of them being cutters bf of 100 tons, and four bf 80 'tons • • • • SHIPPING - IN#44l:ppcg. LIVERPOOL. • Al FRIDAY, APRIL 10. —High 'water 47 nurit!tel. r ,.l l three.—Wind ' the Sit'peritte,'"" from New York ; • Mary, Mann, front , Bfalratthare ; South Carolina, Hill, from . Chariesten ; itiotrarch; Moncel! from St. Lucia ; .Elizabeth,. Tobin, frasti4 Denierarap'Air nerve, —, from Charleston; Catedoittitti Drurntso_".. from ditto ; Cumberland, from ditto ; Tiv,iod l "" Dodds, from ditto; America, Kilson, f rom, Siiyasula.b ; Bolivar, Cochrane, from Darien ; Peru,, Mc)-5 bile ; Clyde, Thomson, from Macaio ; Irf.enry _lso'l ker, from , NCw Orleanti •Chirles CartL‘.)l, Norris, you! New York. , Perfect! Wavertree, Short, for Bahis; Prince, for Charleston:' APRIL 1 1 . E.N.E.—Arrived the Orion, front Londonderry ; Lees, ifrona Sligo guen, ,--,. from Dundee. Chit' Saged--ThO Royal. Edward, Harrison, -for naY 'leur ; Vriendechep, , , for Dordt !; Samuel, son, , for Charleston ; Gat-laird, Ofetivr, Bthia ; Barton, ,Dixon, ~fOr Barbados= a ; Lord' BY!'/rf --, for St. Tlinmas ; DefenCe; It r odgees;. kir,lol7 michi; George C.inning,• for Leghorn; 'Exchling . e,'Xi', ll3. : strong, for Barbadoes ; and Good Holt e, De GtO4o'" Antwerp. BIRTHS. On the let inst., the Lady Viscounb gas Perseval, of $ eon and heir. s tea On the 11th inst., at Branch-hill-lodge, lady of Thomas Wentworth Beaumo;at, Esq., 1141. 'F* 7 °f son and heir. WentworthH a mpd , th e the lady On the 10th inst., at Jersey Villa, 'Cheltenham , of John Prince, Esq., of a (laughter. On the 10th inst., at Mount-plac e, Whitech a p el, J. Goldie, of a son. On the 11th inst., in Brompton - squa re, the lad y of IT R. Pearson, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., the lady of T- Mawe , , Egg., New ;44.iv Bridge-street, of a son. , , . MARRIED. At Soberton, Hants, by the Rev. S. :Butler, Captain F. Stayers, to Miss Eliza Ann Macniell, of Torrington-Elto re ", On the Ilth inst., atlSt. Martin's.in-the-Fields, by t h e Rev. E. B. Varden, Mr. John Edmonds,. Strand, to C°" delia, widow of J. Pitter, Esq. • tb, On the 9th inst., at Speldhurst , Kent , W. Goldo ni third BOA of A. Aviolet, Celdbatbl 7 square, to Susannar youngest daughter of the late .Tolna . Richardson, OfiTtor bridge-wells. On the 11th inst., at Cheltenham, W. F. HeatiteriEsq ., youngest son of the late W. Heathtir, Esq.' '• lisekniy, to Phoebe, daughter of Mr. Paine, Park-place, Cheltenhamb On the 11th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, y the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, C. Fairfield, Esq. , t° Miss F. Crosbie. DIED. On the Sth inst., at his house at Shottesham, in Nor " folk, Robert Fellowes, Esq., in the 87th year of his age. , On the 9th inst., Jane, wife of Mr. T. L. Carter, °I Deptford. On the 10th inst., at Penn-bill, Kent, Sarah, widolf bf the late Joseph Sage, Esq., aged 73. On the 11th inst., in Llenriettn-street, Brunswick-90 0e ' after a few days' illness, Mary Anne, wife, of William Dao - Esq., formerly of Cricklade, Wilts}, in the 49th yea r of her age. On the 9th inst., at the house of his father, after a fortnight's slight indisposition, aged 21, Frederiek ,Get ting, youngest son of M. D. Getting, Esq.. East-bil l, Wandsworth. EAST INDIA. DEATHS. At Calcutta, Nov. 7, T. Hewett, Esq. late aPornvi' at-law, aged 34. At Kaladghee, Oct. 5, Capt. W. Babington, 6th Re giment Light Cavalry, eldest eon of Dr. W. Babington' of Aldermanbury, London. At Madras, Oct. 17, Barbara, wife of A. Johnstone, Esq. and daughter of the late Col. Maeleod, L., :pf Aghscloylef J A rgylesh ire. At Calcutta, Nov. 13, Win. A. Livingstone, Evt aged 29. At Calcutta, Nov. 1, Mr. W. Wall, Hon. Compsno Marine, aged 20. Oct. 29, Mr. John Da Costa, the oldest inhabitant f Bantle], near Hoogley, aged 102. At Calcutta, Nov. 12, E. Barnett, EN. of the Civil Service, aged 44. At Allahabad, Oct. 13, after a short illaess, Alice, t h e wife of Mr. W. Sylvester. At Malacca, Aug. 28, H. ()Terre, E.q. aged 48. At Calcutta, Nov. 8, Margaret, vat `Mr. J. 14 * . Cantopher. PAINTED and PUBLISHILD by WORD() Y9IINCii, 0 41 ' 4 Orrrch - 11 2 , SzaiNi); - billitlON•