The Sun. — London, England, 1823-08-29 00:00:00

'FRE LONDON JOURNALS. Morning .Extracts porn the Morning livers, August 29. [MORNING C/IRONICIA'a The Moniteur, which reached us yesterday, inserts ; a very singular communication from Ma drid, dated 20th instant, referring to advices re ceived there from Count Bourck, of the 13th, stating that the garrison of Cortmna, after keep ing up a smart fire from the 10th to the 12th, had sent out a flag of truce, offering to put them selves under . the protection of the Duke WM goulerne, rejecting, however, the Madrid Re gency, and demanding to await the issue of affairs in Cadiz.. A P.S. of the same dispatch adds, that Gen. 13ourch had agreed that the garrison should place themselves. under Morillo's orders, and that two officers had been sent to that Gene ral to apprise him of these proceedings, whilst, in the meantime, a suspension of hostilities would take place, for four or five days, owing to the distance he was at." For our own part, we cannot conceive any thing more unaccountable than this sudden change in the sentiments of the Corunna garrison, who had so much distinguished themselves in their previous resistance to the French, and whose Commander- l on the preceding 6th, •could tell the enemy that "he and. the whnie garrison were prepared and decided to maintain the place at all hazards." From the si lence of .the French, it is natural to conclude, that they had made no very bold attempt on the place since the tith, the day on which the summons was sent in, for General Bourck says nothing of any military operations of his own, although he acknowledges that the Spanish garrison had kept up 'a brisk fire from the 10th to the 12 Had it . been the reverse, and the brisk firing bad been.kept up on the part of the. French, there might have been some reason for peaceful over tures, provided the damage occasioned had been great; but to see a garrison that had so bravely fought, dowii in a moment on their knees, is to US altogether inconceivable. The garrison.of Corunna is-,chietly composed of Volunteers from Guipuscoa mud Navarre,' who left their respec tive provinces on the entry of the French, and have traversed a large portion of the Peninsula, till they a t length shn t themselves up in Corunna, resolved there to make a determined stand. Hitherto, they have defended the place with the utmost gallantry, and successfully repulsed every attack. The inhabitants have. readily joined in the de, fence; and even the women, in trying moments, behave in the most heroic manner. If the ouster town had been taken, they have still the inner one to resort to, where they aye out of the reach of the enemy's t renv y guns. Why then this sud den disposition ta capitulate ; and more particu larly receive as their commander a Morillo—a traitor—rand a man whose name they have loaded with contumely, and branded with infamy. [Tux Tirocs.l We have received the Gazette of the Regency of Spain,. dated the 10th. contains nothing under the Madrid head, exc e pt a notification that Ferdinand., his Queen, and.the other members of the Royal Family, were in good health on the 11th and 12th of the present month. There are in this Gazette several official articles, none of which are of much importance. One, from the Regency's Captain-General of Old Castile, gives an account of an attack upon a party of 4`2, Con stitutional cavalry, commanded by Don Alonzo Martin, Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment of Algarve, and brother to the Empecina do. The own of the Faith state, that they took. thirty-six, killed two, and that the remain ing four, one of whom was Col. Martin, fled into Portugal, where they were arrested and given up. This story, which has already been told in the French Papers, is remarkable for the conduct attributed to the Portuguese. The delivery of the four refugees to their enemies, if done with the sanction of-the Government, was a departure from neutrality ; rind at any rate was an act con trary to the practice of civilized nations. It ap pears that a remonstrance has lately been made by the. French Ambassador against the practice of . inferior officers and . magistrates giving pass ports, by which " even persons the most noted " for their revolutionary ideas" have been en abled, to enter France. It seems singular that the French Government should wish to stop an emigration Which is. calculated to diminish the opposition to their views in Spain. The Regency, however, in obedience to this hint, ordered that passports for foreign countries shall only be given by. the highest provincial authorities, but that on Ito account whatever shall they be given to persons noted for their revolutionary ideas and attach ment to " what is called the Constitutional Go vernment." •We have also received letters from Madrid to the '2lst inst. They contain no news of importance. The Duke of Infantado ler Madrid on the 19th, along with the Minister Saez to jobs the Duke of Angouleme before Cadiz. [MORNING !POST.] We received last night, by express, French Papers to the 27th instant. Their contents are varied and important. A, telegraphic dispatch From Lyons announces the death of his Holiness the Pope, who, notwithstanding the favourable reports which had been circulated of his reco. very, expired on the tQth instant, at the ad. vanced age of 81. His family name was Chia. ramonte (Gregory Barnabas), but he assumed that of 'Pius VII. on his advancement to the Papal Chair. He was born on the 14th of August, 1742 ; was created Cardinal on the 24th of February, 1.785, and elected Pope March 14th, 1800. The greater part of his Pontificate was marked by important events and extraordinary vicissitudes. After concluding, soon after its commencement, a Concordat with France, by which the liberties of the Gallica!) Church were greatly increased, he crossed the Alps in 1804 to crown Napoleon ; thus giving an example of humility little consistent with the pride and pre tensions of his predecessors, who, instead of bending beforl the secular power, made Kings and limperers crouch at their feet. At a later ?primd the compliancy of his disposition was p►tt to a more severe test. Rome was an nexed to France, the Papal Sovereignty was abo lished, and the Supreme Head of the Catholic world, reduced to the condition of the first Bishop of the Catholic Church, was removed from his temporal kingdom to inhabit a palace at Paris, if he yielded, or a prison at Fontainebleau if he maintained his claims to the sovereign power.— Pius VII. preferred captivity to abdication, and remained confined in the castle of Fontainebleau till the Allies overturned his persecutor, and re invested Popery, that lay prostrate on the earth, with all the rights and attributes of temporal So vereignty. Since that time his days flowed in peace, for he took no share in the proceedings against Naples and Piedmont, till the unfortunate accident which, in the course of a few weeks, has led him 'to the grave. It is easy to anticipate that the vacancy in the Papal chair will be the cause of much intrigue, if not of serious differ ences. Austria has long had an eye on the Pon tificate for one of its Imperial Archdukes, and France is deeply interested in preventing a no mination which would virtually place the whole of Italy in the hands of the Austrian Government. [BRITISH PRESS.] Our private express brought us yesterday the Paris Papers of both Tuesday and Wednesday. '!'he Moniteur of Tuesday contains a report from De Bourck, from which it appears that Corunna still had not fallen ; that on the night of the lath and on the 11th, the place kept up an incessant fire on the besiegers. Several houses, according to this report, were damaged about the French head-quarters, and the magazine of tobacco caught fire, but was extinguished. About eight in the morning a white flag was seen in the covered way, and a flag of truce was sent to the French. The Constitutionalists exhi bited (in De Bourck's language) high pretensions. They required him to confess they had done their duty, and obeyed Ferdinand VII. They consented to submit to the Duke of Angouleme, but would not hear a word of the Regency of Madrid. They wished to await the issue of the affairs at Cadiz, and the orders of the king of Spain. At six o'clock in the evening, Bourck's account states, a person invested with full powers arrived, after having had a confereoce in the town ; and Bourck agreed that the garri son of Comma should put themselves under the orders of Morino, who was to stipulate for their interests. Two Officers of the garrison were sent to him, to inform him of what had been agreed on, and until their return it was deter, rained there should be a suspension of hostilities, which might last four or five day S, from Morillo's absence. Thus Commie, surprised by the trea chery of the execrable Morillo—stripped at once of defenders and supplies, and exposed to a ruinous fire from the enemy—yet has held out long beyond our expectation, under the faithful Novella, and retaliated on the besiegers to their great loss. It was impossible, while the French ar tillery crowned the surrounding heights, and every shell thrown from their mortars, with red-hot balls, fell in the streets of Coruuna, that the place could hold out, except to be laid in ashes.--- The inhabitants were straitened in the supplies of previtiions, and almost totally destitute of wa ter. The traitor - Murillo, 'to enhance, hie own services with the Frenchond vile Regency, will insist, if possible, on the ,subluission of Corunna to this body. A. renegade always • has the most embittered feelings ; and every thing arbitrary may therefore be expected from Morillo. Co runna, in itself, is a mere isolated point d'amul; a place of little importance, except inasmuch as it occupies a certain -part of the French troops. Should Corunna be obliged to surrender on the traitor Morillo's terms, De Bourck's force will be released and free to act elsewhere. A postscript to Oudinot's dispatch from Madrid states his having ordered Bourck, on the surrender of Corunna, to leave a regiment there, and proceed With the main force of his division to Astorga, while be sent the brigade of Larochejacquelin to Estremadura, where the Constitutionalists had shewn seine force. It thus appears that at As torga all is not safe or quiet, and that listretnti tird is occupied thickly by the Constitutional Guerillas. The defence of the Cortes and Spain has been paralyzed by the defection of successive traitors, and the forces they could influence, from the national standard. [NEW TIMFS.] The Meeting of Merchants and Bankers to which we yesterday alluded, was yesterday held at the London Tavern, and was most respectably attended. There was but one unanimous feel- ing on the importance of the Act of last SP/10010, amending the law of principal, and factor ; and no less unanimous an opinion that the same principle ought to be carried further by the Legislature at their next assem blage. What has been done, and what re.. mains to be done, cannot be more clearly stated than in the concluding words of Abe Report, which was read yesterday at the Meeting. The first provision gives, by the new Act, to the consignee of goods which do not belong to the consignor, but which shall have been intrusted to the latter for sale, the same lien for his general balance that he would acquire if the consignor had been the true owner, provided, however, that the consignee has no notice that the goods are not the property of the consignor.—The next clause enables the consignee to deposit the goods ►vith any person or corporation, as a security for any sum not exceeding his own lien at the time, whether such goods were the property of the consignor or not.—But this Act does not, in either case, protect the consignee or the pledgee in the event of goods being shipped, without having been Intrusted by the true owner for the purpose o( sale, although the consignee may trot have notice that the con. signor is not the owner, and it therefore conti nues to such foreign owner a right against a 13ri. tish consignee, which, in his own country, and according to his own law, he could not enforce. Nor does-the Act protect the purchaser of goods either from a consignee in this country, or from a consignor abroad, if the true owner has not au. thorised the sale, but such purchaser may be eons. polled to pay a second time for the same goods, 'although he was not aware that the teller was an agent. The partial remedy, provided by the Act, applies only to consignments by bill of lading, and leaves all transactions relating to goods by land carriage untouched, nor does it meet the numerous cases of goods represented by other symbols of property. The defects already pointed out apply principally to mer chants (though not exclusively), who are not safe in making advances upon goods consigned to them from abroad, unless they shall be satisfied that the consignor is the owner, or, if not the owner, that the goods were intrusted by the owner to the consignor for sale ; but the Act is particularly deficient in not affording protection to the capitalist, who may be and is so frequently called upon to afford assistance to consignees and holders of goods, upon which it is only necessary to say, that he can in no case lend his money, with perfect safety, upon the credit of the goods or the symbol of property, but his security is made to depend entirely upon the fact which he cannot possibly ascertain, of the borrower having a valid lien to the extent represented by him, the legality of which lien again depends upon the con signor being the owner, or, if not, then that the goods were intrusted to him by the owner for sale ; and therefore he must make his advance in a great measure upon the credit of that borrower. The capitalist is also exposed to the risk of making advances upon goods, of which the borrower ap pears to be the true owner, and possesses the strongest evidence of title, but which he 'may have purchased for another person,though no industry could enable the citpitalist to discover that fact. The Act in question, defective as it is, was the result of a great variety of circumstances which it would be uninteresting to detail, and is not to be received as the measure of the Com mittee's Solicitor, or of either of the able States men connected with his Majesty's Government; but the Committee stated candidly the ground upon which the Bill, as modified, was acceded to by them ; because, it became impossible, at so late a period of the Session, to combat the se veral inconsistent and contradictory grounds of opposition, which prejudice and want of prac tical information led some persons to offer ; and the Committee would in all probability have sacrificed those objects, important in principle though defective in detail and extent, attained by the Bill, had they at that time per sisted in their application for a more perfect measure ; but by acceding to that which they now present, they have succeeded in disposing of some leading grounds of risk, and have shessiv that those who appeared in the character of op ponents have either abandoned their opposition, or left themselves without the means of support ing it ;' because the principle for which the Com mittee contended has now received the sanction of the Legislature, and no doubt can be reason ably entertained th a t, in a future Sessio n , th e full, simple, and effectual relief will be secured. To obtain so important en object, it is indispen sably necessary that the attention of the Mer chants and other Capitalists in London, should continue, during the recess, to be applied to the subject, so as to be prepared to renew their ap. petition to Parliament at an early period of the ensuing Session, when They may rely with con. fidence upon t he continued co-operation of the Committee in Liverpool, and may hope to derive additional assistance from the mercantile corn munity in various parts of the United Kingdom [mottNiNo uiguAt,D.] We lost night received thefollowing letter from our Madrid Correspondent :--- Mannto, Au a. 14. 7 ,The order of the Duke d'Angouleme for the release of the prisoners for opinion has not yet been ex ecuted. The order is dated from Andujar, the Duke's head-quarters, on the Bth inst. Besides what I have communicated in my former of the ltlth ult., it further commands that all periodicals and other publications be under the vigilance and censorship of the French Authorities ; and that those who oppose the exe cution of the orders be proceeded against immediately. The Duke tie Reggio, to whom it is addressed, immediately com municated it to the Regency and the Ambassadors. The Re gency sent it to the Council of Castile for their report. The report, I understand, amounts to this—that the nation being in the same circumstances as in 1814, when the King ordered the release of the prisoners for political opinions, the same degree of mercy may he dispensed now. Some little difference between the cases, but any thing to enable them to conform to the French Mandate, without lowering their dignity. The Judges visited the prisons to-day, to accelerate the ists l.of the whole for what ever crime, which the Duke Reggio required. According to Spanish equity, a great many have been arrested without any cause being known or assigned by thos e th a t arreste d t h em , other than for having been Constitutionalists. Stone delay is therefore necessary for the lawyers in taking their declarations to worm out something or other from them, in order that the cause of their imprisonment may be designated. Time is also obtained for remonstrances to be made and answers to be re ceived from the Duke d'Angouleme, who, by this measure, has taken the Government. of the country into his own hands, pass ing by entirely the Regency. The Duke has found his honour compromised. In his first Proclamation on entering Spain he promised that none should be vexed or molested for their former opinions. This has no where been complied, and very likely some sharp observations may have been made thereon in the communications previous to the surrender of Hallasteros. The Absolutists are extremely angry, but as they cannot express their resentment openly, they wisely have kept away from public places these two days past. Moreover, there has been a_paper circulated about as the basis of a treaty be tween the King, and the French, sanctioned by the Cortes, as follows :---. " Two ChaMbers.—The first will beoomposed of fifty Oran. delis ten Bishops, an d f ort y (Prohotilbres) principal men of consideration, or gentlemen in the country, to-be appointed by the King. " The second will consist or one hundred Deputies elected by the people-,the clergy to be incapable of sitting, or voting at elections. " The -Decrees of the Cortes, until the 7th July, 1822, to be in due force.. .. " The 20th of August the treaties will be recognised by the Duke d'Angouleme on t h e B r id ge o f Suezo." The Allied Po wers may have decreed something of the kind, or - it may be' perhaps, a tub thrown to the whale but f at present I concei ve i t to be a hoax similar to the King's liberty on the 9th. The Friars say, if t h e Kin hack absolute,Spain alive— does net come they don't kno w - not a Frenchman w ill go out o Si whether to believe it the work of the Constitutionals to create dissensions between the Royalists and French, or that there is a portion of truth in it. Letters from Cadiz received to-day, of the Bth, mention nothing particular. A great quant i ty o f w h ea t an d fl our h a d arrived, and th ey expected not to feel any want of supplies of all kinds o f p rov i s i on*. The difficulty would be in finding the money to pay fo r t h em , From Seville of the.9th they mention that the Royalist Militia, fifteen hundred strong, would be completely clothed and equip ped, to receive the Duke d'A ngoul eme-, who was toUrrive there on the 113th. If he does notarrive there • sooner, it is impossible for him to be at the P uente de Suazo on the Nth. The news was current there that Zaps capitulated had . on the same terms as Ilallasteros. A beginning is making for the raising and equipping of 30,000 Royalists, to h e , p a id b the French. The te wished to ha ve t he disposal of the money, but the Irenert will not agr ee to this; they will liar the disbursement in y l i gene7 their own hands ; in consequence, French and• Spanish Cam. mistaries nave been appointed .to intervene and keep the accounts. CHESTER SUMMER ASSIZES. CONTINUATION of the TRIAL of JOSEPH DALE fbr MURDER. CASTLE OF CHESTER, AUG. 25, 1823. Against the prisoner, the Attorney-General (Mr. Mu.) and Mr. PARK.—Prisoner's Counsel, Mr. JONES and Mr. LAW. Cross-examined by Mr. JoxEs—There is a public-house, sign of the Swan, on the road to Whaley, but where ale has not been sold for two years ; the men were strangers to witness that were running. William Beard, of Whaley, was on the Turnpike-road the 16th July, about 8 o'clock, in Whaley ; the men were running towards the tollgate leading to Brixton, which they went through, one taller than the other two, all young men ; one with light-coloured trowsers, and waistcoat with sleeves; one had something in his hand tied in a handkerchief. Cross-examined—Knows the Smithey ; the country chiefly grass, with stone walls; a man might cross the country over the ails; saw no umbrella. Edward Bothell, post-boy, at the Old ma Buxton ; was at Whaley the lath July last; stopped at Whaley Bridge public house, which is 100 yards from the junction of the two roads; at half-past 8 o'clock was at the Buck public-house; was in the house when one of the three men came into the house; saw two more go along the way; asked him if he was going to Brixton, and whether he was empty ; replied no, had one gen tleman ; he went along the road quick, and joined the other two; did not overtake them; saw them within four or four and a half miles of Brixton ; should not know the young per son again, who was dressed in light fustian trowsers, dark coat, walking-stick and bundle; appeared to be about 18 or 19 years of' age. Cross-examined—Did not see the three men together before lie went into the public-house, but afterwards ; clear as to the colour of the clothes. Jane Broadhurst, landlady at the Golden Lion, Itlaccles field—On the 7th July two men came to her house between 9 and 10 o'clock, A. it, another followed in a short time, all young; one had neither shoes or stockings, but dark coat; another without stockings, but shoes, round fustian jacket, and trowsers ; the last that came in had a blue coat, who stopped a short time and returned ; saw hint change his stockings; had a new pair of half boots ; another I saw change his stockings ; the otherput on the shoes one of them had taken off; the pri soner is like the last that came in in a blue coat; I believe him to be the man who told me he had an uncle in the town ; said his uncle told him he did not expect him these three days; did not wish his uncle to see him in these clothes ; changed his clothes in a room which the prisoner and another asked to go in ; he had on a blue coat and trowsers when he came down stairs; they were new; he left in the zoom a black coat, striped waist. coat, two pair of trowsers, and a muslin handkerchief much torn ; the other man did not go up stairs, but sat in a corner in a black coat; two went out; all were gone before the clothes were found up stairs • witness saw no more of them. The lath July the constable fetched the clothes, which were deli vered by her husband. Cross-examined—lf ei• family consists' of her husband, three daughters, anti herself; her husband is not here; prisoner is like one of them ; is sure the prisoner is the man in the blue coat; the other had on a fustian &Hit, the third a black coat; when she saw the clothes above stairs did not particularly ob serve, as she was passing the moat door, which was a public one, to another chamber ; the clothes she saw delivered to the constable ; the clothes are the same which the three men wore when they came to her house. William Wainright, shoemaker at Macclesfield—Saw the prisoner at his shop the 17th July ; asked for a pair of pumps ; said he had none, but would have them ready in an hour; he purchased two pair of quarter-boots ; he gave the blue cost, shoes and stockings to a poor boy, at the door; went away to Burgess's shop, next door, with witness for clothes, who left him there, front whence he returned with a new blue coat ; did not examine the things given to the boy ; he took the clothes from the boy again when the rumour took place. Cross-examined—Prisoner came to him in the public: time of the clay in the old dress; saw nothing suspicious about his ldirvesersed; theto dithe clotheshy at w de livered directed openly p to ub tli i e ci c y lo t t o hes. be Thonitta Burgess, shopkeeper,Macclestield—Remembentthe last witness bringing the prisoner at the bar to his shop about 10 o'clock in the morning ; said he wanted to buy a suit of clothes for himself and a pair of trowsers for a brother; he bought a blue coat, blue trowsers, and yellow Waiscoat; his dress when he came was blue and black, or dark coloured trowsers; he paid me for them in It. country notes; he went with trowsers for his hiother and said he Would return for his own ; lie returned in a few Minutes and took his clothes he came again dressed ; he wanted si coat and waistcoat to make up the suit 'for his brother ; he purchased them I he then said he wanted a stilt of clothes for a cousin, which he putehahof *it'll:re them in Al: Derby 024 bank Notes ; witness pr oluce4 the Note ; prisoner returned again with a person lustier than himself, to change the trowsers, be ing too large, who was dressed in the clothes witness had sold ; who changed them in the shop ; he that had changed them re turned with another, slenderer than either of them; who pur chased two old great coats, and paid for them in 5/. Bank of England Notes, which witness had paid away ; altogether they came to about 8/. or !V. Cross-exam ined-11 is shop is in one of the main streets ; came at the public time of the day ; went out in his old coat, with the new in his hand ; who had black trowsers when he came to his shop ; his wife, as well as lihnself, saw him in his shop he might have remained at :Macclesfield more than three hours many Derby Notes in circulation. John Longoria, apprentice to Mr. Latham, watchmaker. Recollects two men at . the shop about 2 o'clock ; had blue coat, blue trowsers, and yellow waistcoat; sold them two watches; Baitl for one in a M ace l as fi e ld n o t e an d 7 5 ., t h e ot h er i n a 5/. ank of England note ; the taller of the two in the hitter's note ; took it to the bank of Brocclehurst ; left the men in the shop ; got change, and delivered note to Ankerson, their clerk ; the change in the Macclesfield notes; gave to one of the men 2/. Ms. in change, for the watch amounted to 2!. ts. ; took not particular notice of the men to recollect them. George Ankerson, banker's clerk—Received the note from the last witness ; a 51. note, No. 721 ; the note the same as re ceived from Longstaff • banker's mark is ; kept it in his possession in a sealed paper since the night of the day he received it. Thomas Rowena,. waiter at the Greyhound public-house, 31anchester—Saw the prisoner, 15th July ; in the tap room, dressed in a blue coat, black trowsers, yellow striped waistcoat ; had seen hint before ; Platt and Taylor came about a quarter of an hour after he left ; on the 17th July (Thursday) saw all the three return to the Greyhound a quarter put 5 o clock in the evening ; they stoped about a quarter of an hour ; prisoner had on a blue coat and blue trowsers; Platt, a blue coat, blue trowsers, light coloured tip-coat; Taylor, a blue coat, blue trowsers, brown top-coat; none of them had the same clothes on the 17th as the 15th ; asked prisoner where he had b een , having a new suit of cothes ; said he had been amongst his friends, his former dress being nearly worn out; Dale and Platt left the house soon, Dale first, Platt next ; Taylor was seized by Lavender's man. Cross-examined—flad known Dale before, who always ap peared to be a mild, good tempered lad, and never suspected' hint of cruelty ; never heard any thing against him before. Joseph Lavender, chief constable of the police at Menthes. ter—Took the prisoner on the. 7th August, at Liverpool; brought him from thence to Manchester, on Saturday, to the police-office; asked hint if he was disposed urgive any account of the transaction ; said he had no more to say than he told the propla atisiverpool.; atated that himself, with Plot and Tay. lor, left Manchester on the 16th for Chaple-le.Frith wakes ; on the road, a short distance on the other side Bullock's smithy, they were overtaken by an elderly man, with whomithey got into conversation ; they walked together until they came to the old road leading to Whaley ; from Stockport they proceeded on the old road some short distance, when Platt told him to go to the next public-house, until he and Taylor came to him ; Platt gave him sixpence to get some entertainment ; he went to the public-house, and waited near an hour and a half before they came; when they arrived, appeared in a givat hurry; and observing some blood on . Platt's shoulder and trowsers, he asked them what was to do ; the only reply they gave him, was come along ; they went on running the whole of the way, until they came to Buxton ; they all three stopped at a . publie-house the other side of Buxton; left early in the morning, •and came to Macclesfield, Where Platt purchased some new clothes for them all ; they left part of the old clothes at the public horse ; all the money he had was $/. and some silver ; they returned to Manchester' that evening; and he went to Liverpool the follow ' ing morning, where he remained until he was taken into custody. Croas-examined—He denied from first to last having any thing to do with tire actual murder ; never heard any thing against him before; is of respectable friends to his knowledge; the other persons were known to the police ; Taylor was ap. prebentled on this charge, and hung himself in the New Bailey; Was etarnined at the Cock at Whaley on the 11th' August, and committed; appeared a mild-tempered lad; told a straight. forviard story ; reward on conviction is 4W., in which witness is not interested. George William Newton (Magistrate) produced the volun tary eaamination, which the prisoner wished to bevomtnitted to writing, dited'llth August—Believ e s him to be of a mild temper ; denied having had any hand in the murder. Examination read by Mr. Newton: William Wright, surgeon..—Vie we d t h e b o dy of Wood on the 16th of August, at the Cock; the head had ten wounds ; One of which on the back . of his head wa a,cbitipound fracture, vatich appeared infilqed by sortie blunt instrutnerits, such as , stones; portion of the skull broke into the brahl, Which can his death ; believes the roan who committed the murder must have had blood on his clothe!,. FOR THE PRISONER. - Burgess ..prisoner came into his shop in his own clothes the other men did not come in till they had their new ones. George Huges, of Manchester —Knew the prisoner 7 years; always bore a very good character till the present time ; consi. dered him a quiet good-tempered lad. George Burgess, of Knutsford, constable, formerly lived near Manchester —Never heard any criminal charge against him before ; regularly attended the Sunday school. George lianshall, cotton-spinner—Knows the prinner for three year; a very peaceable quiet lad. The prisoner, when called upon by the Cuitr JUSTICE, it he had any thing to say in his defence, asserted his innocence of the charge. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, Auo. 28.—STATE OF THE ODDS. DONCASTER. ST. LEGER. )3 to 8 agst Tinker 10 to 1 age Claude Lorraine 8 to 1 agst Rosanne 12 to 1 agst Tancred. 10 to 1 agst Sherwood KENDAL RACES—WEDNESDAV. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs, by ten subscribers of lOgs each three es. Mr. Ferguson's b. c. Wanton, 4 y mil rs, est. - Mr. Wardrop's ch. m. Eliza Leeds, 6 yrs, Bst. 91b. . 2 The Town Plat e of 701. f or al l ages ; two mile heats. `lr. Hudson's b. g. Sir Henry, 4 pa, Hat. - 1 Mr. Jaques's br. li. Speculation, aged, Ust. 121 b. . 4 2 Mr. T. Hutchinson's ch. c. Landlord, 3 yrs, Est. 101 b. 2dr Mr. Wardrop's ch. tu. Eliza Leeds, 6 yrs, list. 91b. 3 dr' MANCHESTER RACES.—THE KING'S PLATE. Con RtSPON DElser resp ect i ng hi s MAJESTY'S gracious Grant of a King's Plate, to be run for at the Manchester Races. " " Whitehall, July 28. Gentlemen—l beg leave to acquaint you that his Mskjesty has been pleased to grant a King's Plate of One Hundred Guineas to be run for annually at the Manchester Races.- I have ventured to assure the King that there is no part of his dominions which could appreciate any mark of his Majesty's consideration and favour more highly than the Loyal Town 'of .Manchester.-1 have to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant " ROBERT PEEL. " To the Gentlemen of the Race Committee, Manchester." Answer returned by the Boroughreeves and Const a bl es o f M an , cheater and Salford. " nuichester, 9th of August, HIM "Sir—As public officers of the towns of Manchester and Salford, we have the honour to express to you the grateffil and , lively feelings we entertain for the late Royal act of considerate tion and munificence, communicated by your lett er t o the Gen-- denten of the Race Committee, which has been since handed to' us. It cannot but be regarded as a signal and gratifying proof of his Majesty's favourable attention to these towns, and of the gracious condescension which so justly calls forth their dutiful and loyal acknowledgments, as well as those of the neighbour.. hood in general.—We have the,honour to be, Sir, your d e v ote d and obedient humble servants, " THOS. WORTH IN G TON,Baronghreeve of 3lanchester. " SAMUEL GRIMSHAW, " THOS. lIEVIVOOD, Constables of ditto. JAMES A t o t 7 ! I4, E lio n :or eo h n re sta ev b e le o s f o S f a d lf i o tt r o d : " JOHN WORRALL, " The Right Hon. R. Peel, Secretary of State, itcc .. Whiteliall."' Lratter received in lower to the foregoing. " Ltilworth' Castle, August 14, 1823. " Gentlemen-1 have the honour of acknowleding the re ceipt of your l e t ter o f the thli instant, and I shall not fail to communicate to his Majesty, the assurances of loyal and grate ful feelings which it conveys,. With the sincerest wishes for the prosperity of the towns of Manchester and Salford.-_I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient and faithful servant, " " The Borou g h reeves and Constables ofM ROBERT PEEL. an chesterand Salford." We understand from a friend who has lately visited various parts of England, that take them in general, the corn crops of all kinds were new finer, or more heavy, and that should the present fine weather continue, grain, especially wheat, will ire both plentiful and..cheap. MARRIAGES IN IItELAND.—The decision of Judges BAYLEY and HoLROYD, in the trial for bigamy, re ported in 7'he Morning Post of yesterd a y, by which decision all marriages of Protestants in Ireland, by licence, solemnized in private dwellings, are declared illegal, and therefore void. (the late English .Marriage Act not extending to Ireland), has excited on thla side of the Channel . a most extraordinary sense. tion. All marriages between Catholic and Protestant, and a very • large proportion (perhaps the greater number) of mar riages generally, are solemnized at private dwellings in Ire land. Surely it cannot be possible, if these marriages arc illegal, that the 'Ministers who officiate have been all ignorant of the law; in a case of such deep importafice to those who ‘ pay them so well f or t h e di scharge of their clerical duties. It will be found, we dare s a y, notw i thstand i ng t h e d ec i s i on o f t h e English ilidges, that there is some Irish law which legalizes' marriages so contracted ; if not, the bare reflection on the con fusion and breaki ng u p of society; which must be the result, is astounding, unless, indeed, that Parliament shall be called, together forthwith , to . pass a retrospective law—that is, a law radically vicious in pnnciple, to save us from anarchy. Mar riages between Catholics and 'Dissenters are secured, we believe, by a special Act of Parliament. It is the favoured class who in this Instance are to be the sufferers ; but we again express a hope, that some of our legal friends will enable us to set the public mind at case upon this subject, by controverting the ° P in ia° of th e English Judges, and pointing out the particular Act which legalizes marriages in Ireland, not solemnized in church.--(Dublin Morning Post. SCOTC H DIVORCES.—The ) following Avis makes us acquainted with aProcess of divorce at singular as it itsum-.. mary. Some anthivarian civilian, perhaps, 'will be able to inform us how far it is consistent with the law of Scotland : formerly of -----, hereby girl, notice to marl), residing in --, if she sill survives, that he shall hold any agreement or prete:lded marriage with. -bet a* at an end, if within five days she does' not come forward and make' proof of her lawful marriage with him. August 16, 1823."— , By omitting the names of the persons originally mentioned ire : the above, we hope to strike terror and, remorse into the hears of all the truant wives in the land.—( Edinburgh Star. ) A RIED. On Tuesday, th e 26thM inst., a t 'w Wolfinger". Esq., of the Middle Teniple, to Anne. Nasmith, only daughter. of James Marsh, Esq., of Norwich. On Wednesday, the 27th inst., at Croydon, Mr. Robert Dairies, jun., surgeon, of Liol.born-bill, to Mary, only daughter of tbelate T I IOIIIAI Booker, Esq., .of l'eterslleld, Hants. On the 28th , inst., at St. James's Church, by the Rev. J., Knipe, Gilbert East Jolliffe, Esq., to 3largaret Ellen, daughter of sir .Edivani Banks. Yesterday, the 28th inst., hy,the Rev. Dr. Budge, William Freeman, sq., to Miss Maria C an n on , of Mile-end. At L'Orien DIED. t,. in France, .sincerely r egre t te d b y her rel:ttivs and friends, Mrs.Dyas, niece of th e l ate , Rev. Godwin Suitt, of Drumcondra, Dublin, and Lyon'. Den, M eat h, I re l a nd. - On Tuesd a y, t h e 2titll inst., after a very short illness, in the 37th year of his at Eastbou rne , near A l idh urst , Sussex., the .Kev. Samuel Arnott, perpetual curate of that parish, rector of Linch,_ did same county, and late Fellow of St. John' 0 1W i t n t, ti i e u 4ll 27:l o l7 d in E . s i. t. q ,. at Netyingtan-green, hia 78th Year) ,Ben- Smi'h Yesterday, in the 59th year of his age, Mr. Beniam— ot Camberwell, Surrey. Printed and Published for, the PROP furrows, at the su)r- OFFICE. 112, Strand, by J. - 11. (7,..itsTAirts. BR IDGE WATER RACES—TETI:mar. Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 25gs added from the Fund i two miles. (10 Subscribers.) Mr. Fellowes's b. m. Escape, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b. - . I Mr. C. Tynte's br. g. by Colossus, 3 yrs, 7st. . . g Mr. West's br. f. by Pioneer, 3 yrs, 7st. - - 3 The County Members' Plate of 561. 'for all ages.---Ileats, thrice round. Mr. West's br. f. by Pione er , 3 yrs, 7st. - . 1 Mr. Shard's b. 1. 3 yrs, 7st. 31b. (b o l te d) - • dis.r Mr. C. I. K. Tynte's ch. c. 3 yrs, 7st (bolted) On Wednesday the 20 t h, t h e B oroug h Members' Plate of 50/‘ Heats, thrice round. 1 Mr. Fellowes's b. m. Escape, 5 yrs, list. 7lh. - I Z Mr. C. I.X. Tynte's ch. c. 3 y rs , T at . - - 2 2 Town Plate of 501. (handicap.) Col. Tyotes gr. g. Grimace, 6 yrs, list. - I 1 - Mr. Fellowes's br. c. by Colossus, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b. . 3 . 2 , Mr. Melon's c h. h. C ottager, 6 yrs, 9st. - - 2 .i.' Mr. West's br. 1. by Pioneer, 3 yrs, Est. (bolted) - dis. f