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one other of the party resolved to return to St. George's by land, while the remainder returned as they came.; therefore, having been ferried over to Somerset, we were obliged to walk some distance before we came to a house, where we hoped to ob tain horses; here we procured twe beasts, neither in flesh or spirit much better than the much cele brated Rozinante. The road for some, miles . - skirts a most beautiful hay, called the " Great Sound," which forms the entrance to the harbour of Hamilton. Numerous small islands, covered with cedar, of a dwarfish growth, intercept the view and add beauty to the seene, while th e boats, sailing to and fro, some going a fishing, others returning from that arduous employment, adds life to the whole. The inhabi tants of this part of Bermuda principally subsist by wrecking. The shoals and reefs of rocks extend many miles to the westward, and many vessels un consciously approaching too near, are caught. The common exclamation when a vessel is on the rocks is " a Turtle's in the net," which soon spreads, and every one is in a moment on the stir. Wrecking is too apt, in all countries, to generate an unfeeling and fornetimes a cruel spirit, but I am happy to say, from the best information I could procure from un prejudiced individuals, that such is not the case here. It is seldom any lives are lost, for in the very worst weather, when a landsman would suppose that their little barks would, if they attempted to go to sea, be in- Eulphed in the ocean, these adventurous men, urged by the hope of gain, that most powerful motive with the generality of mankind, will go many miles to save something from the wreck. The property saved is ,'.eposited in stores, and the magistrates award such salvage as the risk incurred in its salvation, or its Telue, may warrant. There is a high hill here, of a conical shape, called " Wreck Hill," a very appro priate name, for the - wreckers watch with eager eye, and pointed glass, the horizon round, for any poor unfortunate vessel which should approach too near, and thus be entrapped. There is a church, placed rather . on a high situation, and its comparatively tall spire serves the boatmen as a mark to steer by. Somerset is Connected to the main land by a wooden and rather crazy bridge about 20 feet long. We lingered so long in Somerset that the shades of evening overtook us almost before we were aware, and the reader will recollect I before Mated the little twilight these islands enjoy; therefore, almost as soon as Sol sinks below the ocean, becomes dark, unless the silver queen of night maKes her appear ance. Like true knights-errant, we had not made enquiry for a place of entertainment until it became almost dark, when we found we had yet some miles to proceed before we could put up for the night; therefore, as the air was cool and pleasant, we put our jades to their mettle, and about nine te'elock reached the inn. Our appetites being keen, we urged our landlord to use expedition in preparing sapper, anti, in less time than we could reasonably I expect, we sat down to a plentiful meal, consisting of fish,* broiled chicken, ham, new-laid eggs, and de- licious bread and butter, to all of, which we paid slue honour. This climate is so delicious that people generally sleep with their chamber-windows I open, in fact it is necessary; the beds are provided ,vith mosquito nets, without which no one (parti cularly a John Bull) would obtain any rest,by reason j of the bite of these tormenting insects. We rose in the morning before the sun, full of life and spirits, and invigorated by our comfortable rest. Our worthy host was already up, and had prepared for us a kind of stirrup-cup, some coffee, which served as a damper until we should get breakfast, which e purposed taking at Hamilton. The road winds and twists, sometimes verging towards the Great eound, and then inland again. Most of the houses vve passed were provided with verandas, some of which were covered with lattice-work, over which the honeysuckle, the multa flora, the monthly and the sweet rose, entwine and produce the most plea sant shades and perfume. At Salt-kettle the road again approaches the water, when we caught a bird's-eye view of Hamilton, to the rear of which are also hills,but not so high as those at St. George. town is named after one of the former (,over s, who no doubt was its founder. The road ta kes• a considerable sweep before you get to the town, for we had to go through. a- parish called Crow-lane, in which is a neat and commodious ch ur ch. flimilton is at this time the capital of the Tierrnudas, but was not always so, for it is almost a new town ; St, George was the metropolis from the first settlement of the colony, and although Hamilton is more eentrical, yet as the former had enjoyed the distinction eo long(if distinction it might be called) it should have still enjoyed it. The town runs along the water for about half a mile ; the houses are, I think, higher than the generality of those in Sr. GeOrge, and the place has a greater ap pearance of wealth. The harbour is neither so large oe so easy of access as St. George, but at the time of my visit it enjoyed more commerce. From .50 to 60 vessels of various sizez are owned in Ha milton, which are employed in the Newfoundland, "West India, and American trades. It he.e a market, Lut the only thing I observed in it was a little fruit, the vender of which was a mulatto The court-house is a respectable building, situa ted upon a hill, the upper part of which is used as a place of meeting for the House of Assem bly, the lower part for the Court. I wonder if the architect of this building meant the situation to be e f,l s eeorical, for certainly the seekeei Of justice have ~o r ite le labour in mounting the hill on which the temple of s;'e goddess stands. After brealitte.lt, and having exchanged our jaded quadrupeds for be:. sts , of more _mettle, we bad adieu to Hamilton, taking' what is called the middle road. There is a bridle-101J by Government House, which skirts the north side, as far as the Plates, but the one we took enabled us to f ee more of the country. On winding round w h a t j; termed the Lane, on leaving Hamilton, the view stietghes almost as far as Somerset, which is, however, iiuS indis tinctly seen. An abrupt turn of the road hid fff;tn ns the town and harbour, when we travelled for some distance, between a grove of tall cedars, inter- , spersed with orange and lemon trees. I cannot speak very highly of Bermuda gardens, for they are too often in a very slovenly condition ; however, there is much to discourage those who attempt to amuse or profit themselves in that way. I allude to the want of rain, which sometimes for some months an summer, does not visit them. There are few sp ring s, 'acid most of the wat er used for drinkin g is rain, caught in cisterns, therefore, for fear of a scarcity of that necessary article, none can be used to fertilize the gardens. However, pumpkins, potatoes (both sweet and Irish), carrots and turnips are to be obtained in tolerable abundance. The road as far as the Flatts village is very excellent, of course wind ing and turning in vario us directions, which con tributee much to this beauty of the scenery. Some times we got a view Of the south side, and heard the roa r o f the ocetsn as it lashed the e verlasting . rocks. About six miles from Hamilton is the Ratts village, containing twenty or thirty houses, principally habited by merchants,- from the town. The hoses are built on the side of a hill, and overhang one another. The base of the hill is on a shallow bay, which serves as an outlet to the sea of a beautiful piece of water, called Is Harrington Sound." The only visible outlet to this sound, is at the Flatts, e , narrow passage only about thirty feet wide, and the circumference of the Sound is ter least six miles. It is excessively deep, and has in it very few shoals, and those ne ar its margin; its shore is precifitous and bold, and arising out of its centre are sevesaft little islands, covered with foliage, the colours beautifully mixe d and blended. Their appearance would almost realize the idea of the floating islands, inhabited by fairies. In a little glen, protected by hills on nearly all sides, is seen the unobtrusive' temple of God, surrounded by a burial place,' where the silent ashes of the dea d commingle with their parent earth. The tide only rises and falls in Har lington Sound, about two or three feet, while in other parts of the island the ebb and flow is six or Of fish this island produces gzeat vesietYt p o rgy, Rock fish, Grouper, Hine, Hamlet, Mullet, Mack, are l, and a number of others, too numerous to mention, and the a ,slity is super excellent. seven. The current rushes under the Flatts bridge, with a force sufficient to turn fifty mills. Were I to notice every thing worthy of notice, I could fill a quarto, but must baste to a conclusion. The road from the Flatts again skirts the shore, as far as the ferry, which we crossed in a large fiat-bottomed boat. We stopped a few moments to view the tower, which I have b e f ore s p o k e o f. It i s a nea t piece of work, awl does credit to the engineers en gaged in its erection. The material is a species of fine white lime-stone, found in some parts of this island. The road from this to St. George, is but sorry, and presents little worthy of notice. The population of the Bermuda, or Somers islands, is estimated at about ten thousand, two-thirds of whom are slaves. Slavery is seen here in its mildest form, for rarely does it happen that any cruelty is exercised towards these unhappy creatures. In fact, many of the slaves are the masters, and the masters the slaves. They are. under little restraint, are well fed, and enjoy as much liberty as many of them care for or wish. I was *informed that during the late war with the United States, several Bermuda slaves were taken by the Americans, but so great •was their attachment to their masters that at the conclusion of the war they returned to servitude; however, I must not be understood to advocate sla very, for I consider that no treatment however humane can justify one class of beings to hold in slavery another, equally entitled with themselves to freedom. The negroes arc here the sailors, fisher men, aid mechanics. The island produces little for exportation—its arrow-root is justly esteemed su-_ perior to that made in the West Indies, and. is ex ported in small quantities. The Bermudeans say they have three -mops. The potatee crop—the wrecking crop, and the whaling crop. Three months of the year whales visit this island, it is said for the purpose of eating the grasS which grows among the . shoals and rocks surrounding it. The number caught during the season is about twenty, nearly all y of which are taken off St. GeOrge. The whalers', go off in boats, and sometimes bring in both old and young whale, or as they term it cow and calf, toge ther. The cry of " Whale boats fast" creates almost as much sensation at the east end, as the cry of " A turtle in the net" does at the west, and every one i who possesses a spy glass, hurries up to some emi-i nence to watch the unequal contest, between the skill and art of man, and the strength of the sovereign of the deep—as soon as the whale or whales are killed and brought into harbour, every one hastens to see it—then ensues a scene which beggars de scription. No doubt my readers will be as surprised as I was myself when I inform them that the inha bitaists eat the meat of the whale, and the poorer classes consider it quite a luxury. Boats of all sizes crowded with negroes of all shades of colour, of all sizes and both sexes, are seen winding theirway with the greatest expedition to the whale stations, and as soon as the proprietor of the boats has taken off the parts fit to make oil, the carcase is abandoned to the crowd, who take away as much as their boats will carry. The meat is red, very like beef, but of a coarser grain. The young whale is reserved for the better class of people, and the proprietor generally sends his friends time choice pieces. I confess I was pre judiced, for I was confident I could never touch a morsel of it, but I was tricked by some friend who invited me to dinner, when I was obliged to acknow ledge that the flesh of the young whale was excel lent. The negroes fatten amazingly during whaling season, anti their black countenances glisten as if they had been anointing them with oil. Sharks also come in for their share, and it is exceedingly hazar dous to bathe in the open sea during this season.— The whalers run considerable hazard, having their boats sometimes split to pieces, and at other times carried down from under them ; at one time one of the boats was carried down, and the men remained six hours in the water before they were relieved from their perilous situation. The sharks surrounded them on all sides, but from their being excellent swimmers, and keeping • close together, they were afraid of them. Some of the boats have a gun fixed in the bow, from which the harpoon is fired, and it seldom fails to hit the part aimed at. It was with no small regret that I heard it announced that in a few. days the ship which was . to convey me to Hali fax would be ready to sailond it was with still greater regret that I took leave of the island altogether.— Bermuda presents a field of research for the natura list, which seems to have been overlooked by men of science, and in Bermuda the admirer of soft pleasing . scenery will be amply gratifie I. I left it at last with real and unfeigned sorrow, and to the day of my death shall esteem it an honor to enrol among my dearest friends some of its much respected inhabitants. As an illustration of his MAJESTY's continued regard for the science, and its professors, we may mention, that on the evening of last Sunday week he sent for the two (now very ancient) violoncello players, CERVETTO and SCHRA3I3I, and also DRAGONETTI, with his double bass, to perform CORREIA'S trios to him, at St. James's, with which he appeared exceedingly delighted. CERVETTO, who has been a celebrated performer in his day, must now be at bast SS years of age, and is the son of him, who, "in times long past," was dignified with the appellation of Nosey, by the gallery wags of Covent-garden Theatre, and who died in 1783, at the great age of 101. SIR FItANCIS BURDETT'S OPINIONS ON HIGH PRICES.—A more striking illustration of the truth of the Hon. Baronet's opinions cannot be adduced than the following, which lies this week occurred at the quarterly meeting of the Staffordshire iron-masters, held at Wolver hampton, where the contracted state of the currency was freely , discussed, and a decided opinion expressed on the impolicy ,of withdrawing country one-pound notes from cir culation ; and the resolutions entered into state the incon venience that trade has aiready experienced from the partial disappearance of that description of the circulating medium, ;...-rd the still greater difficulty that must arise when the prohi bitory Oct comes next year into full operation. In our hum ble opinion, ministers are now beginning at the wrong end in agitating 111,.2 corn question ; that of the currency ought • most undoubtedly to have preceded it. It cannot, however, much longer remain quiet, as Sir FRANCIS BURDEVI" has a motion to make upon it, soon after the recess. —Farky'g id ristol Journal. On Friday forenoon the dead body of a young woman was found in the Clyde, near Renfrew. It was wog-nisei] to be that of a girl belonging to Anderston, who has dwelt n)issing upwards of a month, and who, there is every rearm tp believe, had, under rather peculiar circum stances, voluntwily put an end to her life, by throwing herself into the tratgr, Nhe had, it is said, been keeping company with a young man far some time, but having slighted him for the sake of one more favoured, and of older standing, he, prompted by revenge, it is supposed, found means to communicate to the ear of his rival, cer tain alleged circumstances derogatory to her virtue. On the chages being communicated to her, she was thrown into the greatest c iistresa, and, stung to the soul at even being suspected, the high-minded girl left her mother's house, and there is every reason to sopect committed that night the fatal act of self-destruction ; from th4t time nu intelligence of her fate could he got till yesterday, when lig body was found floating on the water, She Was a Well , behaved wprp an .— Gl asgow Chronicle. A PROPRE' jN HULL.—A portion of the inhabitants of this town were witnesses, en Friday last, to an extraordinary display of folly j) }WM, at about half.- that ar4fanaticism. An indi vidual of tie v et established B, d t , f.t: n u d y p r o'clock oce : d i: d the t, JOA :INA SOKT aßfoteyrar E n gineers' Station, eg(itaMtionu,Pta6t4SOo.untlian timbers, near the : address the pop ulace. H e was arrayedi i abroad-brimmed w brown hat, w as furnished beard of most profuse gro wth, but which rather dbet than added to, the respectabilit y of IV fr°M, appear ance:, anal bore in his hand a long p a i nte d stick appe" - F 4 of a certain tre e, a b n u d ; mmi t rided ,tle that it was but a litt:e 4 co ti. r u n He ninrolzal that his strange appearance was in obedience to the divine conaMsll,4, and, though it might appear ce insigni ficant to them, Pand laid on our first parents dot to the hr.epking of that small command entailed punishment on All the human race. He stated that lie we 4 travelling to various places preaching the word, in most places he was receiyad with silent attention—that last August he had preached on the race ground at Aber deen to a,congregation of alrout 20,000; that i t i.e was corn. mantled to receive pecuniary assistance from those whom the Spirit of Gon influenced to bestow, and that he should thank Gou for it, exe. He then took off his hat, and made a tolerable collection, several persons gave silver, and copper . pou re d i n t o ,the bat from all varters.—ffpfi Parkec. FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTING OF THE STH APRIL. MEETINGS FOR ELECTION PURPOSES. In a discussion regarding Election Petitions, after several speakers had been heard, M. DE CONNY said, we hear unceasingly of the influence of the public authorities, but this influence is legitimate when it does not exceed its bounds. The freedom of elections loudly demanded that li berty is secured by our laws; but - I will .ask, whe ther it is not attacking it to allow the formation of these Associations, which usurp a power not granted by the laws ? (On the left, "ah ! ah ! there we are ! Listen ! listen !) These Associations, which I shall be intitled to call illegal, far from being au thorised, they are formally proscribed by the laws. I will ask, by what right they are formally assembled in the midst of the capital ? In virtue of what laws do they appoint their President, their Scrutineers, their Secretary, deliberate on the most important questions of political order, and call on the depart ments of France to imitate such examples ? I ac knowledge, that even laying aside the recollections, which may revive in France the fatal organization of such associations, lam alarmed at the clangers which they may present to public order, which is the first necessity of society, and in such associations is the spirit of anarchy. We hear that it is to oppose the influence of power that these associations are formed, which, though called legal by the parties, even when they violate the country, and assume the strange title of Constitutional Association. But let us come to our. explanation of the nature of the influence which, in a monarchy, the public authority is calcu lated to exercise in the elections. It ought to be legitimate, open, public. The instructions from the public authority ought to be printed in the Moniteur. I will remove from my mind a supposition which was once noticed in our Parliamentary records,where a Department, carried away by the winds of passion, chose as one of its Deputies a man whose name was connected with the most execrable of offences— a crime, the recollection and shame of which can never be effaced by all human power. No doubt so horrible a phenomenon will not be presented a second time; no department of France will choose for its representative a man covered with the blood of his king, presenting himself amid you, and with his head in his hand, demanded his hire.—(A number of voices, "Oh ! ho ! what language !" The Presi dent with much difficulty restored silence.)—No, resumed 'M.. Conny, that scandal will not be pre sented to France. If ever he presented himself to us, the shouts at the indignity which would at the sightl of him, burst forth on all sides, would teach all Europe, that the presence of a regicide shall never defile our benches.—(Repeated murmurs.)—But cannot other circumstances present themselves in which the exertion of power ought to be active in the Electoral Colleges ? If a man, who should have attached to his name the most deplorable cele brity amid our civil discords, were presented for election—if such a candidate had, at another period, demanded the proscription of brothers, children, women, old men—if he had, in the Saturnalia of the 18th Fructider, required the exile of his colleagues, and had sent them to die in the deserts of Synama ria—[whispering in the Chamber]—if, persisting in his sentiments of hatred against the Bourbons, after so much clemency, the year 1815 found him still proscribing that august race—ought the Public Au thority to remain a careless spectator of such a scan dal, for what else could it be called ? I do not pretend to give lessons to the Ministry; but if I had the honour to be Prefect of a Department where such a presentation took place, this. is the way I would act ;—I would print some thousands of the bloody pages where are inscribed the proscriptions and the votes of the candidates of 1828 [on the left " And the Charter !"]. I would have it placarded on all the walls of the town [on the left, " And Article 11. of the Charter !"]. I would send them into the villages and the hamlets [on the left, with greater warmth, "And the Charter which interdicts all ex amination of opinions and votes !" A long inter ruption: After something like silence had been re stored, by the frequent ringing of the President's bell, M. Conny proCeededl.—l would say to the people, " These are the claims of the man who would be a Deptity of France; it is for you to judge whether he can present himself before his King to take the oath to defend him, as a loyal Deputy ought to do." Profoundly convinced that legiti mate royalty is the work of safety to France, and that if it disappeared all would be lost for ever and that we should be thrown into a sea without shores, we have granted to royalty a respect which misfortune has ren dered still more sacred. On the tomb of our fathers have we sworn to be faithful to the Bourbons.—(Bravos on the right.)—lf—which God forbid, for we raise our most fervent prayers against it--new tempests should disturb the repose of the country, we should be under arms to defend legitimacy.--(Great agita tion in the Assembly.) M. ALEXANDRE DE LABORDE mounted the Tri bune—(Profound silence) :—Gentlemen, I mount this tribune filled with indignation at what I have just heard.—(Exclamations on the right; " Yes, yes," on the left.)---Yes, gentlemen, as a Deputy of Paris, and a declared partizan of the spirit of associa tion. What mean this constant talking of revolu tion, and reviving recollections ? Who thinks of renewing past excesses which every one deplores ? But, among those is whom this intention is attributed, are there no sufftrers from that same revolution? 1 ask, are there many Royalists in this Chamber, or out of this Chamber, who have lost their father, and half their family on the scaffold, for the causcof the Bourbons ; who have lest an income of 1,200,0001. by the revolution—who have fought five campaigns, and received ten wounds for the Royalist cause, and who, as the reward of all their sacrifices, have asked nothing of the Bourbons at their return, in order to preserve their independence, and to be able to speak to you at this tribune as I do.—(Bravo, bravo, on the left ; profound silence on the right) ? Let us grant to the Revolution the praises which its fortunate results merit, at the same time de ploring the evils it has caused, and then we shall all agree as to this painful question. Do we not know that we owe to the Revolution the state of prosperity, riches, and glory which France has at tained, and even the institutions which now govern us, and which are its consequences ? Who would wish to restore France to what it was forty years agO ? Who is the Royalist who would wish to descend from Austerlitz to Rosbach, and from the religious tolerance granted by the Charter to St. Barthelemi ? Who would descend from our present Code to the Feudal Law, and her torture; even from the late Ministry to Madame Dubarry, the Abbe Teray (prolonged movement in the Assembly.) Now the most precious of the advantages secured by the Charter of Louis XVIII is, no doubt, the intervention of the community into its own interests. That principle established by the Charter, has, how ever, been restrained by it ; not only has it confined It to 630,000 electors, out of a population of 32 millions, but it has wished that these 80,000 should not be the choice of their fellow-citizens, and that their qualification should depend on age and the census. They have thus rather a duty to fulfil than a right to exercise. Then is it not fair that they should have the widest latitude for fulfilling this duty, for making use of this right on which such great interests depend ? Hitherto what have been the means of exercising these powers. There are three sorts. The first is, by yielding blindly to the Government, which composes the Electoral Lists, which appoints the President of the College, the Provisionary Bureau, which openly points out the Candidate, forces the Public Functionaries, and those over whom it exercises any influence, to vote for it ; which them gives a Chamber like that of 1824.—a Chamber foreign to the interests it ought to represent, because it is not an emanation of it. [Some voices of the Centre, " How, then ?"—On the Left, " Yes, very well ; that's the fact."]—The second means is, of referring to a certain number of Electors who deserved con fidence, and who would devote their time and their understanding to direct the people's choice in this important function which so eminently interests the public fortunes. This is what is called a Comite directeur,' nearer, no doubt, to the national inte rests than the Ministry, but the influence of which might sometimes be imperfect in expressing the general opinion. But let us quit these subtleties. Let us acknowledge that these Assemblies have no thing in them which should cause anxiety, and that at most they are inconvenient to the Candidates, who came to meet the examination of their as sembled fellow-citizens. By that means they give a salutary voice to those who shall hereafter present themselves. They will thence know, that hence forth they must not only present an irreproachable political conduct, but a noble and unstained private life ; that he may be able to exclaim with Hip , polyte-- " Examinez ma vie, et voyez que je suis." [Prolonged cheers on the Left.] This mode of preparatory election is neither hos tile nor illegal. It is the natural consequence of the Institutions which govern us, and of the liberties of which no one must make a traffic; which must henceforth be accepted as a body, for they are as dear to the country as useful to the stability, and to the glory of the Crown. (On the left "Bravo! bravo !") A number of Deputies crowded round the Hon. Member, whose warm improvisation frequently pro duced a lively sensation in the Assembly. The reference of the petitioners to the Ministers and the Commission was carried. IRELAND. CLONMEL LENT ASSIZES, APRIL 5. TRIAL OP THE CONSPIRATORS TO MURDER DANIEL. MARA. The Court was crowded to excess to hear this trial. The prisoners, in number four, were put for ward, but not agreeing in their challenges of the jurors unless they were allowed to select twelve men out of forty, to this the Crown would not assent, the SOLICITOR-GENF.RAL desired that John Keogh and Patrick Keogh should be put forward alone. This was done, and the indictment on which they were to be tried read. It contained two counts, the first setting forth the murder of Daniel Mara, by Patrick Lacy, on the Ist of October, in the eighth year of the King. The second count set forth that they, the prisoners, before the said felony and mur der were committed, in manner aforesaid, on the day and year aforesaid, did unlawfully, maliciously, and feloniously abet, procure, help, maintain, and coun sel the said Patrick Lacy and John Welsh, in the felony and murder aforesaid, &c. Both prisoners pleaded " not guilty," and put themselves for issue on their country. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then opened the case for the Crown. He rebuked the petty juries for their reluctance to come forward on these trials, and con cluded an address, which occupied nearly two hours in the delivery, by calling on the jury fearlessly, but conscientiously, to discharge their duty. The first witness called was Patrick Fitzgerald, the accomplice, on whose testimony the murderers of Mara had been convicted on Tuesday. He stated, that on the 17th of September last year, he and Patrick Lacy, ono of the men who was executed for the murder on Thursday, went to the house of a man named Maher, who lived near Golden. When they came there, they met Pierre Grace, brother of Patrick, the man who had been hanged the assizes before for the murder of Mr. Chadwick. Lacy and he shortly after left Maher's house, and went to Ballytrusna, the residence of old Grace, father to the young men. Pierre Grace was with them; on the way they began to talk about Maher, who gave evidence on the trial against Patrick Grace. Pierre said " that their work must be soon done." This, he understood to mean that the Maras were all to be cut off soon. After they left the house of old Grace, they met two strangers on the road, who, like themselves, were armed—the witness had a gun, the strangers had two blunderbusses, and Lacy had a gun also. The strangers went to the grove near Keogh's house ; and the whole party knew what their intention in so doing•was. The witness and Lacy wont to the corner of Keogh's field, near the house where they took their guns. The Keoghs were making hay, and the prisoners at the bar were both there. He (witness) left his gun with Lacy as he wished to speak to Keogh. Paddy the pri soner, motioned his hand to Fitzgerald not to come too close, and he retreated towards Lacy, who was then near the Dike. Soon after they advanced and entered into conversation with them. John Welsh afterwards came up, and the whole party determined to make Keogh's house their place of rendezvous. Shortly after John Welsh, the other man who was ,executed on Thursday, came up and said, it was a pity that you were not up sooner, as the Maras have only just passed by. They then all went to . the grove, where they were joined by Looby and Daniel, the two strangers, Fitzgerald and Welsh. Here they began to talk about the disappointment. Looby said, it must be put off till another time, as he had to go to the fair of Thurles. They were all armed with guns and pistols. Welsh said they expected the Goldens (so called from a village near where some of the most desperate characters resided) to the number of six teen, and they had got arms for them all. Welsh then said he was afraid he could not delay any longer, as they had been disappointed in the Maras ; the prisoner John Keogh then asked Looby and Welsh to stay another night at his father's house, and he himself would go with them the next time. The fire-arms were kept in Keogh's house for the party; they were all given to the prisoners to keep until next day. He (the witness) and the rest of the strangers slept that night at Keogh's, with the two prisoners. They all got up early next morning, and went to Keogh's field, where they helped them in their work. That morning they left behind them, in Keogh's house, two men in the inside room, whose names are Darby Bryan and Ned Ryan. They were making cartridges of powder, and filling them ; and they also had a bullet mould, in which they were casting bullets. He (witness) and the two prisoners were walking together nearly all the day, and their whole conversation was about the Maras and their disappointment the day before, at not getting at them in time. In the evening, after dinner, John Keogh asked him (the witness) to go to Grace's house that night, and to bring the Goldens next day, as they were resolved to do for the Maras, and lose no more time 'about the job. When he came there, Grace was not at home, as he had gone the evening before to the fair of Caber, in order that if, as was the plan at first, the Maras were shot that night, he might be able to get witnesses to swear an alibi for him. After twelve that night, the whole party, consisting of the witness, Walter, Grace ? Lacy Fitzgerald, and Ryan (the other ap prover) went to the prisoner Keogh's house. Here the witness identified both prisoners. John Keogh himself opened the door for them. This wasehortly after midnight. He desired them all to go into the barn, and said, " Boys, I have locked up to the dock, so that he shall not buck at ye." All the Keoghs saw this. When they went into the barn, John Keogh brought them out a bottle of whiskey, and gave each of them a glass. Next morning they were all fed by Kate Costello, in the barn. She brought them out their breakfast of bread and milk. John Keogh then brought them to the grove, and tried all the arms, to see if they were loaded; one of the blunderbusses was not, and he charged it, sayiNg, " That's the sort for the breed of the in formers." They were in the grove all day, but could not obtain their atrocious purpose, as the Maras did not come to work at all that day. Grace said, as they were coming towards Keogh's house that evening, " Every thing is ti going ag a i nst us, we mus t g i ve u p the bu siness for a few days more." They then se pyrated for that time.—{Here the witness stated the names of several persons whom he met on the road, and who were subsequently called to corrobo rate his testimony,]—They (the party of conspira tors) did not meet again until the 25th, a week after. They met at the house of Keogh, but the Maras did not come that day to work, as they had no scaffolding to go on with the building, and they were again disappointed. This was on a Tuesday. John Keogh then said they would begin their work on the Monday after, and he appointed Sunday night to meet at his house. On Sunday night they met accordingly at Ballytrusna, where Ned Ryan, of Golden, the man who wears the straw hat, joined them, and they all spent the night there together. There was a dance, at which Lacy and Welsh, Ryan and Looby, joined. Next day they went to the house of Keogh, where Kate Costello gave them their dinner, and John Keogh a couple of glasses of whisky a-piece. They then went to the grove. Here the witness proceeded to detail the facts con nected with the murder as elicited on the trial of the murderers, and detailed the proceedings of the party at Keogh's house that night until they separated, leaving their guns in his house. He underwent a long examination, which was chiefly directed with a view to exhibit his terrible character, as a plunderer of arms and a murderer, to the jury. He would not, he said, hesitate to kill a man for the boys when he was amongst them, but he would not do such a dishonourable thing as to commit a robbery. He had been at more murders than this; and until he was taken prisoner by Mr. Yokes, he was one of the boys. He did not give his evidence for the reward, but to save his own life. Edmund Ryan, another accomplice, whom the Crown had admitted as evidence, detailed the pro gress of the conspirators at the house of the pri soners. His statement agreed in substance with that of the former witness. Kate Costello, servant in the house of the pri soners, and a whole host of other witnesses, were called, who deposed to small circumstances corro- borative of the testimony of both approvers, and the guilt of the prisoners. The case, on the part of the prosecution, closed shortly after nine o'clock, and the prisoners were put on their defence; they, however, called no witnesses except two or three gentlemen, as to character, who stated their knowledge of the prisoners for a consi derable time, and that they were always considered honest, industrious, and comfortable men. They could hardly credit the information when they heard of their apprehension for this crime. The Jury retired to their room shortly before eleven o'clock, and remained there until within a few minutes of twelve, when they returned into Court with a verdict of " Guilty" against both prisoners. The prisoners, who had during the. day appeared quite unmoved, on hearing their doom shook with terror. John, who was a very fine looking man, and dressed in a manner which evinced his possession of means beyond the generality of the Irish peasants, appeared most affected. The prisoners' Counsel suggested that it was now the Sabbath, and that perhaps his Lordship would defer pronouncing sentence until Monday. The So licitor-General declared his acquiescence, and the Judge consented to postpone the sentence accordingly. In the Record Court, before Serjeant LEFRoY, another man, named Grace, was couvieted of the murder of Mara, and sentenced to be hanged on Monday. EAST INDIA HOUSE. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Yesterday a Ballot was taken at the East India House, for the election of six Directors, in the room of the following Gentlemen, who went out by rota tion, viz.:— The Hon. Hugh Lindsay Robert Campbell, Esq. John Morris, Hugh Josias Du Pre Alexander, Esq. J. Goldsborough Ravenshaw, Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Esq. Esq. At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and deli vered to the Scrutineers, who reported that the Election had fallen on— Henry Alexander, Esq. George Raikes, Esq. William Stanley Clarke, Esq. Sir G. A. Robinson, Bart. R. Chicheley Plowden, Esq. John Thornhill, Esq. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously to the Hon. Hugh Lindsay, Chairman, and James Pattison, Esq., Deputy Chairman, for their zeal and attention to the Com pany's interests daring the last year. The following Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respective destinations, .viz., Captain William Elisha Farrer, Orwell; aptain Timothy Smith, London; and Capt. Philip Baylis, Canning, for China direct. 'l he Marquis and Marchioness DE LOULE (sister to Don 111:GuEL), whose presence in London was scarcely known, but to a few persons, arrived in town last Thursday week. They travelled in the strictest state of incognito. From Falmouth they engaged the whole of one of the common stages, and thus avoided the expence of posting. There were :three female attendants and a homme d'affaires only of their suite. Such was the se crecy observed, that the coach-proprietors, and the English female attendant as interpreter, knew not who the party really were, until their arrival in London, when it accidentally transpired. Extract of a letter from Malta, Feb. 28. " An important trial began in the Piracy Court on Thurs day last. The Captain and eight of the crew of a Greek schooner, called the Herakles, were indicted for having, on the 29th of July last, boarded and plundered a Maltese merchantman between Candia and the Barbary coast. The conrt consisted of Admiral Sir E. Conaiwcrot; ; Sir J. STODART, Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court ; the Honourable SEYMOUR 13AT H U RST, Treasurer of this Island ; and two Captains of the Navy, SPENCER and RICHARDS. The bill was quickly found by the grand jury, and the petty jury were sworn, and the trial began that day. It was continued on Friday, and the case closed on Saturday, at five in the afternoon, when the jury retired to consider of their verdict. They had been kept apart from all intercourse, from the time of their being sworn in, but now they were also kept without food, and so continued above twenty-four hours, and till same of them became ill; after which the court allowed them food and medicine, but would not permit them then to separate, the case being a capital one, till they had given a verdict, which was not till yesterday morning, near ninety hours after they were first enclosed for deliberation ! What renders this the more extraordinary is, that soon after they retired, they sent ward they were agreed on seven of the prisoners, and only differed on the eighth ; and it seems, from the result, that one juryman stuck cut a gainst eleven to save this eighth, who was a young fellow of 17, and whose mother had come from Greece to try and save his life, it being the second time he was tried for a like offence. The judges very properly declared they could have nothing to do with any divisions between the jurymen ; the verdict must be unanimous or none. At list the obstinate man got the better, as is usual in such cases, and a verdict was re turned of guilty against the captain and six of the crew, and not guilty against this young lad. Report says, this juryman, who stood his ground, vas the very person who commanded the guards of . the Sp an i s h C ar t es w h en t h ey conveyed FERDINAND from Madrid to Cadiz, and who is nowan emigrant in the cause of liberty. There were only three Englishmen on the jury ; the rest were Maltese (who are now British subjects), Sicilians, one Frenchman, and the above. mentioned Spaniard. I understand the Greeks had a right to have half foreigners; but they complain that there were no Greeks. If there had been it would have been so much the worse, for these people stick very much by one another, and would probably have held out for a verdict of not guilty in favour of all the prisoners. The defence was, that the Maltese ship was carrying contra band of war to Alexandria, where the Turks were at that very moment fitting out a large armament to invade Greece ; and this would have seemed a plausible defence enough, if the Greeks had taken only the contraband articles, or if they had carried in the ship as prize to their own Admi ralty Courts; but they did neither the one nor the other. They plundered the cargo, and robbed the saptain and crew, and, after all, left the chief articles of a contraband nature. However, it must be owned, that they were not guilty of such violence as we have heard of in some other cases. The utmost they did in that way was to hold the Maltese ship's clerk down on a gun, and thr eaten to flog him ; but this threat they did not carry into effect. Since the taking of Carabusa, we apprehend lit tle from p irat es. The piratical ships there were destroy ed ; at whic h the Greek Government complains bitterly , alle g in g th at they ought to have been given up to them to employ against the Turks. I think, however, it was wiser to make sure of them. A plan is talked of to p revent the men dicity which is as intolerable a nuisance in the streets o f Valetta; but it is extremely difficult to persuade a Maltese that the poor have not a right to beg , o r that it is not an act of virtue and religion to give money to beggars.' PRICES OF STOOKS THIS Bank Stock 3 pet Cent. Red. 83% Ty ex div. 3 per Cent. Cone 93 3(34% 3% per Cent. 90% ex div. Ditto Red. 90%% ex div. 4per Cent. New 1005( Ditto. 1826 idu%% ex div. Bank L. Ann. IS 13-16 ex div. India Stock 245% 6 1i Ditto Ronda 96 87 pm. DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities ..... . ..... New Ditto , IT. ISills. glmo 2,1.61 fiSIO' Ditto ..... 500 2d. 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Provincial Ditto .. ..... .., . 0 Royal Irish Mine ... lin i perial Mine , Mining Co. of Ireland Conuneroial Buildings ... __. RAILS. Arrived, Due. Arrived. Due. U America 1 1 Hamburgh • Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 0 Buenos Ayres ...... 0 I Jamaica _ 1 D Olin 0 0 Leeward Islands .... 0 . 0 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 I France - Malta 0 b Gottenburgh e 0 Mexico 0 U Guernsey& Jersey. 0 1 Waterford e— HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 49 minutes after 11. I Evening.... 0 minutes after 0. - . I rAgf-. ' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1818. We received this afternoon, by Express, the GIP zette de France, dated yesterday ; but it contains no news from the East later than that contained ill the German Papers received this morning. Letters from Constantinople of the 3d of Marcy► received this morning, represent the state of that Capital as calm and free from disturbance. Trade had somewhat revived, but the preparations o f war were continued with unabated activity. The Franks were still under considerable alarm. Accounts from Liverpool say, that the packet ship Florida, from New York, has arrived off Holy' head, but the letters by her have not arrived. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 3d inst., and the Nuremburg Correspondent of the 2d, have been re' ceived this morning. A report was current 01 Smyrna, on the 2lst February, that the Divan were disposed to accede to the Treaty of London. The Emperor NICHOLAS, it is again said, will join the army on the 20th of this month :--- MYRNA, FE/. 21. A report is eurrent here that the Divan will acce d e 01 the Treaty of L on d on . It i s sa id th a t th e i n t e lli gen t ol d Capitan Pacha, who is personally known to the Admiral' of the Three Allied Powers, will go himself to the Midi' terranean to negotiate with them. , EUCHARIST, MARCH I'7. Accounts from Constantinople of the 4th of March , bring us no more news of importance. On the Russian frontier every thing is quiet ; but letters from Jassy 9 11 1' that the Emperor Nicholas was expected in his army on tb e Bth (20th) of April. CORFU, MARCH 18. It was in consequence of an arrangement made sviP Count Capo d'lstria, that an allied squadron sailed, 1 16 ,.!' e have already heard, under Sir Thomas Staines, against "Z rabuea, and demanded the delivery- of the pirate vellfePP; and the most notorious chiefs. The Council at ConbusA refused to give up the six chief pirates, but were compelled by the measures of Sir T. Staines, who cut off all coo -1 munication with the island of Candia, and the fort WO occupied by one hundred English and French Marino , and sixty ot the new Greek troops. The six pirate chiefs Papa Matinianos Pirakis, Papa Gregorio Damelachi, najotti Panego Callisacchi, Giacomachi Scandalis, Gioul Dutoches, and Giorgio Suppi were taken in disguise, and ere to be taken to Malta to be tried. The fort of Carabno was given up to the new Greek Government, on conditio o that the persons, notorious for piracy, should be given up , and all the stolen property that is found restored to Or owners, and the old garrison changed for new troops. All the pirate vessels were destroyed. LEGHORN, MARCH 15. Cdonel Fabvier has addressed a report to Count Call d'lstria, in which he informs him that a terrible storm ba", obliged the Greek ships to leave their station off Scio, au" that the Turks took advantage of this opportunity t ° throw .one thousand five hundred men into the fort, wil°' in conjunction with the garrison, had made a sally, takid the batteries defended by the Sciotes, and spiked the gut* Order was, however; soon restored by Colonel Fabvior , who came up with the regular troops, and drove the TurlO, back into the fort, with the lose of many kill e d as ° wounded. When the storm abated the Greek ships re sumed their stations off the harbour. Miaulis has drivi o back the Turkish squadron from Mitylene to the Dardr nelles. On his way back to Scio, he captured a merchant' man with provisions and ammunition for the Turks. pant; VIENNA, MARCH 28 . - -Aletalliques, 891 ; Shares, 1016. Manc n 29. —Metalliques, SS 11-10; Bank Shares, 1016' BRUNSWICK, MARCH 17. , Mis Serene Hi g h ness t h e Du k e has g i ven orders tha t Divine service in the Cathedral shall, in future, begin at half past nine instead of nine, because he intends regularly to attend the Protestant service every Sunday morning. Private accounts from Paris state that the French Minister of War has issued orders for completing the Class of 1526 by 44,000 men. By the Elizabeth, Captain ATHERDON, Sydney and Van Dieman's Land Papers, the former to the 17th November, and the latter to the 28th October , have been received at the North and South Arne& can Coffee-house. It is with regret we have to ob. serve that the Governorship of the Lower Colony is administered by a scale of civil establishments IV too magnificent for this settlement. There is 0 Governor at a salary of 2,500/. per annum ; a Judge, 1,5001.; Secretary, 1,000/. ; Treasurer, SOO/. ; Na val Officer, 800/. ; Registrar, 6004 ; with an jai' nity of clerks, at salaries enough to press down the energies of this rising colony, whi c h i s a s y e t for too young to bear the impost. The Van Dieman'o Land Papers are now oppressed with a heavy stamp duty, while others are reduced to half their size.-- Any merchant who sells wine or spirits, must take out licenses. Even the press is attempted to ü beobliging the printer to take o license. Th e acts o f t h e a d m i n i strat i o n of Colonel ARTHUR are therefore looked on with an evil eye, an d t h e re p or t o f hi s real which exists, w ill he h a il e d b y every test i mon y of joy by th e sett l ers on i ts arr i va l . Like all Mi litary t a fettered,Gov•erno by rs his acts seem to be of an arbi" trary character, and his ride that which is very unlikely to give satisfaction, either to the governed or his employers. Governor DARLING, on the contrary, seems, by these Papers, to enjoy the good will and respect of the Upper Colony, and to be actuated by an earnest desire to take every measure that is likely to tend to the benefit of this interesting settlement. The Bank of New South Wales, whilst they discounted for some under peculiar circumstances in the way of renewal, ejected others, and the country appear ° to be suffering from bankruptcy. Some of the m°s4 YEICES OF SHARES THIS DAY ♦T ONE O'4:LOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at W. pra.) £2O II Mexican Mining Co 26 6}i United Alex. Min. Co. 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