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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Ayers, Aug. 10. ['nit Tistrs..] Very contradictory accounts were received yes terday from Jamaica, with which it is not neces- Nary to perplex our reader•. We select only that which appears best entitled to credit, and which Is contained in n letter from Morant Bay of the 9d ult., stating that 44 an express had arrived at it, the King's House, Spanish Town, with accounts " that the insurrection of the Negroes in Hano. 'I vol. had been quelled, and that all was once " more peaceable and quiet." Sir J. Keane was said to be on his return in the Hussar frigate, lith the intention of visiting all the principal ports round the island. A degree of irritation obviously prevails among the white population of Jamaica, hi consequence of recent proceedings in this country, particularly those relating to the affair of Mr. Smith, the Missionary, news of whisk had just reached them, which has given a colouring of exaggeration to all the statements respecting the conduct of the Negroes, and ren ders it necessary thut they should be received with caution. Our paper of yesterday contained an ordinance, by which that noble instrument of good govern recut, the gag, hai been once more brought into action for the benefit of the French people• If they like it, long may they enjoy it ; but we are Pound to add, that they can now return the com pliment, inasmuch as there are por►ions of the British empire, and thousands of British subjects, reposing under the shadow of that same paternal and enact wine institution—a censorship of the public press.—(lbid.) rmt:llr 111010 . Little:business vrus transapted yesterday in the Funds, and the price of fid'oilsols was a slight de gree•lower, having closed at 931 for the present account, and 94i for October. The Foreign Se curities experienced little variation : the Scrip of the new Brazilian Loan was done at a discount of per cent. Colombian Scrip b discount.— Spanish Bonds support their improved price, and In other descriptions of Stock there was no ma terial alteration. [DRITI.4II puss.] A contemporary has published an article re presenting the situation of Bolivar in Peru to be precarious, on account of the aversion of the Pe ruvians, and the,strength and popularity of the Royalist army. The article is introduced by some comments on the pretended letter from Guayaquil, published some time since, announc. lug the total defeat of the Spaniards. We have already expressed our opinion of the irnpolicy of employing the Colombian troops in the expulsion of the Royalists from Peru, except as the auxili aries of a native army of Patriots, But we do not therefore► look upon Bolivar to be surrounded by all the perils which seem, in the judgment of our contemporary, to environ hint. Because, he may not have gained a victory, it is not to be presumed he has sustained a defeat. We also hnuarded an opinion that the defection of Torre Tagle was connected with some political arrange ment with the Spanish Generals, for, us we expressly stated, we could not bring our selves to regard him as likely to prove an ordinary traitor. Canterac and the other Spanish Generals, with the exception of Olaneta, were warmly attached to the constitution of the Cortes. They can have no hope of returning to Spain, but meet with disgrace, or perhaps become the tenants of a dungeon. The probability of their agreeing to n declaration of the indepen dence of the country has been corroborated by the last arrival from Buenos A yres. it was then expected that negociations would be opened with Bolivar, who could have no wish nor pretence to continue the war in Peru if he was satisfied of the sincerity of the Spanish Commanders. The abusive Proclamation of Torre 'Cagle, which our contemporary gives, was published in our Paper six weeks ago, and we then remarked that the grossness of the invective defeated the malice of the writer. We confess we begin to be anxious respecting the state of affairs in Peru, but we do net despair of the safety of Bolivar. [MOP NINO POST:I • The French Papers which arrived yesterday contain communications from Odessa to the 21st .which furnish additional details respecting the cause and the manner of the fall of I psara. The former is again ascribed to the treachery of the major part of the Albanian garrilon, but the charge embraces other individuals, unconnected indeed with the island, hut bound by the corn awn tie of Christianity not to have sold the blood of Christians. The Patriarch of tinople, horrible to say, is charged with having taken it leading part In those dark machinations, and to have greatly contributed by his secret ex hortations in inducing the Albanians to betray the cause of the Cross. 46 The position of a Patri arch, placed immediately under the dagger of the iultan," says the acconnts, (and they might have added, the creature of the Turkish Court) "may to a certain degree explain the conduct which he has pursued, but what can the Franks of the Last, implicated in this nefarious transaction, "1 to palliate so atrocious and so Anti-Christian an act. l '.4 We leave them to answer this question at the bar of their own conscience, until they are , summoned to receive from a higher tribunal the awful condemnation due to such deep criminality. The chastisement which they deserve could scarcely he inflicted by man. Divine Justice alone possesses both the knowledge and the paWer to apportion it to the guilty. These " n " munications state that notwithstanding the trea chery 'the garrison, the .brave losarlots, with .$OO Albanians who remained faithful, repelled , during the n hole of the 3d. they attacks made by s hout 90,000 Turks on their city. On•thedth the Captain Pacha reinforcedhis troops with the crews' let the Greeks maintaiiied of some of his ship s, an d th e fight till six. o'clock in-the evening, when re- 1 duced to a few hundreds, and overpew,„d with , fatigue, they resolved to put an end to the contest) in a manner worthy of tbe glories of their ancestors. This fact had been asserted before, but it is now confirmed kb% detailett ma►nntr which entitles it to be credited. They tbrew themselves into the fort of St. Nicholas, where their wives and dren had been secured, and : from whence they continued for some time to tire upon the enemy. At eight o'clock the batteries became silent, and the Turks profited by that circumstance to esta blish themselves as closely to the fort as possible. On a sudden a general cry of " Long live Greece!" rose from ull the men and women within' the fort. It then blew up, and buried in its ruins, together with the last of the I pea rlots, all the 'Turks .who were within reach of the. explosion. So complete was the destruction of those brave isltinders (with the exception of those , who were on board 'their vessels of war which escaped) that the reward of 500 piastres offered by the Captain Pacha to those who should bring him one I psariot alive, was not claimed in one solitary instance ! [MORNING cunosstct.t.i A proof sheet has been transmitted to us of a Statement of Facts connected with the suppres sion of The South African Commercial Advertiser, which the proprietor of that Paper was unable to publish from the circumstance of his press being seized as he was about to throw it off, by an. arbitrary order of the Governor. We can not say that we are surprised that acts of this description should take place in our Colonies. Uncontrouled poWer prOduces every day in Eu rope the worst effects on men of the best disposi tions, and the best talents, and the Governors of our conquered Colonies, and New South Wales, are unfortunately quite absolute. In Europe. the people under absolute Governments have this advantage over the people in our Colonies, that men in office are generally selected with some reference to abilities nod acquirements. But with the exception of the East Indies, the Govern ment of which, with all its faults, generally, we believe, avails itself of talents, our Colonies are unfortunately considered as mere places of refuge for the relatives of our Aristocracy of whom no thing can be made in this country. This is what constitutes fitness for a Colonial Office; and so far from beinenstonished at thedisgracefulsceneswhich ire constantly taking place 111 our Colonies, every person capable of reflecting at all upon the matter would be astonished were he to find common shill ties in the holder of a colonial appointment of any • value. Of Lord Charles Somerset the less that is said the better. In fact, nothing more is wanting than the perusal of a Cape of Good Hope A Imanark, to satisfy the British public what sort of personage he is. Would it be be lieved, that in a country of boundless e> tent, ' with only a settlement here and there, where the greatest enemies the Colonists have to contend withoire the wild animals, it could possibly enter into the head of any rational being to introduce laws for the preservation of game ? One would as soon expect to hear of laws in Turkey for the preservation of the plague. Yet it so happens, that a code which would do credit to Sir John Shelley himself, guarding against the pos sible distinction of the game of Africa, oc cupies a goodly space In the Cape Alma nack. After such 01 specimen of wisdom, all criticism on this personage would be thrown away. New South Wales is also dreadfully scourged. We some days ago exhibited a specimen of the impertinence of the Colonial Secretary, Major Goulburn, in the answer which he made poor Sir Thomas Brisbane return to the Presbyterians, who wished to build a church at Sydney. This precious document was published by the Secre tary himself in the Colonial Gazette! What are we to expect from persons so destitute of discres Lion, as to publish such evidence against them selves ? We have before us it blank printed lease by the Governor to the settlers for 21 years, in which, after stipulations for payment of the quit-rent, and the reversion of the lands to time Crown in case no distress be found, there is the following clause Provided, also, that the said shall in no way either divide the said land, or separate or partition off any part or parcel thereof, or directly or indirectly lease, let, sell, alienate, or transfer the same, or any part thereof, or any buildings erected thereon, or any part thereof, without the license and consent of the Governor of the Territory for the time being, for that purpose, first had and obtained ; any or either of which cases above-mentioned this present lease to be and become ab solutely null and void. ' Now, let us only think of the mischief which a clause of- this kind is calculated to do?---In a new Colony, in which every sort of encourage ment ought to be afforded to enterprising indivi duals, the Government tell the Settlers—You may lay out money In the cultivation of your holding, or in the erection of buildings, but you do it at your peril ; if you are disappointed in the expectations you entertained when you made this outlay—if you do not succeed in your under taking, you will obtain no equivalent for the capital you have sunk in buildings and improve ments,—take care, therefore, what you do. Few private proprietors in England, except under very:particular circumstances, would think of re straining a tenant from disposing of his lease; and yet men invested with a trust, having expressly for object the good of time settlers, e ith er f rom stupidity, or from n wish to have every man in the Colony dependent on them for his property, do not hesitate to clog the leases of the public lauds at their disposal for the public benefit with A clause so hostile to all enterprise. [HORNING rikRALD.] There is no leading article in this Paper to-day. Sunday morning last, a female servant in the house of Mr. Block, of Kentish Town, was found i n one of the apartments dreadfully mutilated, t ie r head being nearly severed from her body. A large carving knife was lying by her side,covered with blood. There is no accounting for the trans action, us tho deceased bah been treated by the family and her fellow domestics with the utmost kindness. At the Sligo Assitos, a man named John Bre. Ilene was found guilty rif robbers, and return.: mended try the Jury to mercy, when the Judge, in answer to the retommendation,said,“ Il e should he Banged in the gentlest way possible."--(Wei tern Ltintinary.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. DURHAM, AUGUST 10. CROWN AIDR. At nine o'clock this morning Mr. Justice BAYLEY took his seat on the Bench. His Majesty's Proclamation against Vice and Immorality having been read, the following Gentlemen were sworn in on the ()rand Jury s—The Holt. W. J. F. V. Paulett, M.P. for the County Foreman ; the Hon 11. T. Lid dell, the Hon. A. Cochrane, W. Hutchinson, Esq., C. Ellison, Esq. M .P., A. Aylmer, Esq., it. E. D. Sh aft°, Esq., J. It. Fenwick, Esq., W. Cheater, Esq. `Wright, , J. Allen, Esq., R. Esq., T. R. Grey, Esq., R. M. Dinsdale, Esq., W. T. Green. well, Esq., 0. Fenwick, Esq., G. T. Leaton, Esq., It. Shaw, Esq., J. Cartwright A Esq., G. T. Fox, Esq., B. Abbs, Esq., T. Cookson, Esq., D. Seddon Esq., and F. Johnson, Esq. Mr. Justice BAY LEY proceeded to charge the Jury. He had requested their attendance at rather an earlier hour than usual, because it appeared to him, on looking over the Calen dar, that the time aUutted for holding the Assizes would be hardly adequate to the Gaol Delivery, and the other business of the Assizes. His mind, however, had been materially re. lieved upon this point, on looking over the greater part of the depositions, one which had not been yet returned, and the others had been sent in rather later than usual. He men tioned this only with a view to point out the necessity of having the depositions sent in in time, as it was the duty of the Judge to examine them before he charged the Grand Jury. In case No. 4, a charge of maliciously stabbing, it appeared extremely probable that there would not be sufficient evi dence to support the capital part of the charge ; for, if blows had been given before the stabbing, and death had ensued, it would only have been manslaughter, unless it could be shown that the accused party had commenced the at. tack with an intention to cut and maim the other party. In the case marked No. 7, the prisoner was charged with the crime of murder ; but from the depositions it appeared to him to amount to no more than manslaughter. It was the case of a man who ,had remained until a lat e hour drinkin g in a pub lic-house, and to remove whom force, - perhaps more force than necessary, had been used. If the prisoner, acting under this impreation, lout inflicted the fatal blow upon , the person whom he supposed to be inju r ing him, th e n the offence would amount only to manslaughter, and the Grand Jury would find their bill accordingly. In the case No. 9, a charge of vio lation, it appeared that the evidence of two persons, named Robson and Coats, was necessary to throw a light on the question, and then, whether the statement of the woman was or was not true. In such cases it was generally expected that there should be some confirmation of the woman's state ment, and it would be important to inquire, whether, as soon as possible after the transaction, she made complaints to her friends, or to those about her, of the treatment she had received. In the case marked No. 10 (a heinous offence) they would take care not to find a bill for the capital offence, unless the evidence was fully sufficient to support the charge. As the discussion of such questions was always nauseous, frequently productive of the most injurious effects; unless, therefore, there was su ffi cient evidence, the Jury would find a bill for the misdemeanor. No. 13 was a case which re quired their most serious attention. It wits &charge against the husband of administering poison with intent to destroy his wife. In such cases the wife was a competent witness against her bus. band. It appeared from the depositions of the wife in this case, that her husband had been subject to fits of mental derange ment for some time before the alledged commission of this act. —Should this appear to the Grand Jury, they could not of course find the bill. The charge No. 10, (cutting and maim ing a horse), he wished to allude to, because the law upon that subject had been recently altered. Before the 4 Geo. IV. c. 21, it was necessary to prove that the accused entertained malice against the owner of the horse before he could be con. victed. But that act removed the capital part of the charge, and made the cutting and maiming a smiple felony. The next case, and the last to which lie wished to call their attention, was No. 23, (a case of alleged child-murder), and as far as the depositions went, he was at a loss to see upon what grounds a commitment had been made out. • There was no foundation for the charge. It appeared that the woman had been deliver ed of a six months' child, which could not have been born alive, at least there was no evidence of its having eve! been alive, and yet upon this evidence was the woman committed.— He believed he had now touched upon all the cases that required any observation from him. He wished however to mention one matter for the guidance of the Grand Jury in the very great and important services which they were in the habit of render. ing at the Quarter Sessions. It had been imagined, and the impression had been acted upon in Criminal Courts of very great practice, that the 3d of Geo. VI. had altered the law with reference to the receivers of stolen goods. That question had been very recently under the consideration of the Twelve Judges, and they were of opinion that the Act in question made no alteration in the law, but that with reference to re ceivers of stolen goods , _ that which was before a felony, con tinued to be so, and that which was before a mi3ulemeanour, was still held to be a misdem eanou r. The Grand J ur y wo u ld have the goodness to direct their attention to the gaols, and see that the prisoners were properly employed, with reference to age, previous accupations, Etc. It was for them to inquire and point out if any and what improvements could be made in the existing gaol regulations. Ile had nothing further to add, but should be most ready to afford them any assistance in his power, if they required It. CUTTING AND MAIMING A HORSE. John Hewitson was put to the bar, charged with having, on the 10th of July, maliciously cut and m a i me d a mare an d a gelding, the property Th om „ s , a f armer, resid i ng n the Pariah of Darlington. It appeared, from the prose cutor's evidence, that, In July l ast, t h e prisoner was sent to mow thistles in a field where the mare and gelding were. In a short time he returned, and told prosecutor that the gelding had met with an accident, and had cut his leg with the scythe. Prosecutor told prisoner to get a poke and some oats in order to catch the horse; he then proceeded to the field, and the psi- Honer followed him; prosecutor asked him why he had not brought the oats, and he said there was no occasion, the horse was good enough to catch (easily caught), as his foot was nearly cut off; prosecutor examined the horse, and found him bleeding profusely, his n ear f ore f oot was near l y o fl ', and he was standing on the stump; the wound was on the inside of the leg ; the prisoner said he had laid the scythe down, and had driven the horse and mare into the lane, and that the horse had run back into the field, and got upon the scythe; prosecutor found the horse standing 2544 yards from where the scythe lay; there was no sprinkling of blood, nor were there any horse marks between the horse and the scythe, though it had been raining before, and the ground was very soft ; prisoner was challenged with having cut the horse intentionally, and denied it ; he then insisted on going away, and finally 'el the prosecutor's service, saying what wages were due to him prosecutor might keep as a recompence for the injury done to the horse. The farrier was sent for, and by his advice the horse was killed ; he had had sonic words with prisoner about a week before about the quality of his supper, and he had that morning found fault with him for not getting up to work early enough. On that night the snare was brought home, anti it was found that she had two cuts in the neck. On his cross-examination, prosecu tor admitted that the next morning prisoner came to him and told him he would raise what money he could among his friends to buy him another horse, and would stay and work for him to make it up. Prisoner cried, and seemed sorry for what had happened to the horse ; he went for the farrier. John Darling corroborated the main facts of the prosecutor's statement ; he thought the wounds upon the mitre had been inflicted with a knife, and not with a scythe; the wound on the horse was half way between the fetlock and the knee ; the sinews of the leg were cut' through. lie thought the cut upon the horse could not have hap pened by accident. Sever a l wit tICSNCII gave prisoner an exc e llent character. Vertlict-Not Guilty. CURIOUS CASE. John Parkins, a butcher, was put to the bar, charged with having, on the evening of the 4th of November, at Huddersfield, stolen and carried away a bunk note, value 1001., the property of Thomas Briggs, a clothier, residing in the vicinity of that town. It appeared from the evidence, that prosecutor had been drinking in a public-house on the evening in question, and having got a little inebriated he became desirous of displaying his wealth. He took from his packet-book a note of 100/. and tauntingly asked, " who could show a note like that ?" lis more humble companions were silenced in a moment, and the independent hosier replaced his note in his pocket-book, and Ills pocket-book in his pocket. It would appear, however, that the display of the money had not failed to produce its ordinary effects. The prisoner became anxious to be able to chew such a note, but finding that impossible, he boldly determined, if not on displaying, at least on s e c ur i ng th e identical note its e lf. H ow lie accomplished his purpose did not appear; but he left the house, and the prosecutor shortly after " found his casket rifled, and all hls treasure gone." For some time there was no trace of the robbery, at length the prisoner was detected offer ing the note for change at the Darlington Bank (Bacichouse`s), and not being able to give a very satisfactory account of him , self, lie was taken into custody. The prosecutor said lie knew the note, but he had no marks upon it to distinguish it from any other. His LORDBUIP charged the Jury, who retired, and in a short • In the course of the day the Grand Jury threw out the bill, and the Counsel far the prosecutor having applied for the expences of his witnesses, Mr. Justice Bayley said he had never known such Ai commitment ; a six months' child was brought forth, the bones of which could not be found, there was no appearance of life, and yet it was asserted that the child had been born alive, and that its unhappy mother had mur. wed it I time returned and stated, that they found the prisoner not of stealing, but of keeping the money and appropriating it to his own use. Mr. Justice BAYLEY told the Jury, that they must either find the prisoner guilty of the charge, or acquit him altogether. The Jury again retired, and in a short time returned a ver dict of—Not Guilty. This 'verdict was recorded, and Mr. Justice ILtYLET . told the prisoner that he had had a narrow escape, and advised him to take care and pursue some calling by which he could in fu. ture support himsdf and his family respectably. The prisoner bowed gratefully to his Lordship and the Jury. At this moment a Juror said—My Lord, I think the priso ner Guilty. his Lordship turned round, and addressed a few words to the Jury in a tone so low as to be inaudible to us, as we were at a distance; after which they 'retired. The situation of the prisoner from this moment was pitiable in the extreme. Only a few seconds before, he appeared de lighted with the idea of joining his wife and f a mily ; b ut a ll a t once his countenance fell, and he appeared much more agitated and uneasy than he had been during his trial. In about two hours the Jury returned, and gave in a verdict of Guilty.— This sentence almost overpowered the unfortunate prisoner ; he was removed from the bar without saying one word. Mr. Justice BAYLEY told the prisoner's Counsel (Mr. Losh) that his client should be entitled to the benefit of any point which might turn upon his having allowed the Jury to retire a second time. CHARGE OF ADMINISTERING POISON. Joseph William Hodgson was put to the bar, and arraigned on a charge of administering corrosive sublimate to his wife, with intent to poison her. The prisoner wept bitterly, and put his handkerchief to his eyes on hearing the indictment read.— Ile pleaded Not Guilty in a firm voice. His trial was fixed for Wednesday morning (the 18th). The prisoner Is a surgeon of respectability, and has resided for some time at Sanderland:— He has been married to his present wife, with whom he got near 3,0001, only 18 months ago. It was a Gretna Green expedition. CIVIL SIDE. Mr. Baron Hut Lopcit presided in this Court, but there was no business of public importance. Some amusement was how ever created. by a witness in a trifling case, as to a right of way ; who, to all :Mr. Brougham's entreaties for an answer, continued answering, in the true non mi recordo style, " I have told ye all I know, and I can't say any mare about it." This answer he repeated so frequently, that he nearly out hetoded the celebrated Majoechi himself. OXFORD CIRCUIT, HEREFORD, AUG. 17. BtAre Mr. Justice PARIC. THE KING ON Tilt PROSECUTION OF THOMAS ItTTD, ESQ. V. DAVIES AND SEVEN OTHERS. Mr. Cnoss opened the pleadings. He said this was an in. dictnient for a forcible entry, a riot, and an assault committed on the person of the plaintiff: Mr. LUDLOW stated that this case arose out of a transaction at Wick, in Glamorganshire. Mr. Reed was the landlord of a person named Dunn, who, being in arrears for rent, offered to give up the lease of his farm and crops to the prosecutor, in discharge of the rent. This was done, and Mr. Reed took possession of a rick of wheat and placed it in his own yard. Eight months afterwards, the 19th of May, 1823, the defendant came, at 4 o'clock in the morning, with ten waggons and two carts, and broke open the prosecutor's farm-yard-gate. The pro secutor said to them " lie would die in defence of his pro perty," and they beat one of the horses, and said, " Drive over him and send him to the Devil." The horse pushed against him, and he would have fallen, had not two of his neighbours caught hold of him and prevented the wheel from going over him. The neighbours offered to prevent the seizure, but the prosecutor replied, " Oh no, don't let murder be done, let them do as they like." The prosecutor, in his examination, said his neighbours were brave fellows, and if he had desired them, they would no doubt have murdered all the defendants, but he wished to be peaceable, and requested them not. The waggons were loaded by the de fendants, and the wheat all carried off. The prosecutor being cross-examined by Mr. CAMPBELL, said that he was a Lieutenant in the navy, but had been on half pay 40 years. lie had lost a leg and arm in the American war. He denied that he held the crops in trust for himself and Mr. Griffiths the Attorney, but held them entirely on his own account. Another witness corroborated this account, and said one of the defendants loaded a pistol in the farm-yard. Mr. CAMPBELL, fur the defence, said that there had been no breach of the peace, and a civil Action was the proper remedy, and not an indictment. lie was sorry to say that his wit nesses had not arrived. Mr. Justice PA Inc summed up, and said the conduct of the defendants was most unjustifiable.—The Jury found the de fendants Guilty on the two last counts for the assault and riot. Owing to the number of causes on the paper (near 40), Mr. Justice PArtx informed the Bar, that he should sit till twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and then adjourn these Assizes till some day after the Gloucester Assizes, and finish the Circuit at Ilereford.—Mr. 'rAtTwrox said, he had reason to believe the causes would be all got through by Saturday. lIOMI CIRCUIT.—LEWES, Auo. 17. Robert Clark, an officer of the Excise on the Brighton sta tion, was convicted of a breach of duty, in having granted, on the 24th April, 1823, a false permit for the removal of 120 g►allons of foreign brandy, and 60 gallons of Geneva, from the stock of Thomas Francis to the stock of John Slee. The pri soner had borne an excellent character, and in consideration of that circumstance, was sentenced only to four years transpor tation. _ _ Henry Roberts was indicted on the Statute for making a sig. nal on the coast to smugglers, at Bognor, on the 3d June, 1823. The case was proved by Lieut. Atcheson anti two seamen on the preventative service, belonging to the Ramilies,froin whose testimony , it appeared that the prisoner was detected in exhi. biting a !anchor:4 to the crew of a smuggling vessel, who were within fifty yards of the shore when the prisoner was seized.— A party of men, armed with bludgeons, attempted to effect a rescue, but some of the preventive wen coming up the pri soner was secured. Mr. Alto LPIIUS appeared for the prisoner, and made an in geniotts defence. The details of the case were destitute of public interest. The prisoner, under the direction of the Learned Judge, was found Guilty, and, in default of p a yin g 1001. t h e penalty pre scribed by the statute, was sentenced to 12 months imprison ment.—On the Civil Side there was nothing of public interest to.day. EXETER, Aua. 17. CIVIL SIDE.-KERSLAIE V. ROY. Mr. Serjeant Per. t. stated that this was an action brought by the plaintiff for a violent assault on his wife. The plaintiff was a carrier, and rented a house from the de fendant in the parish of Maiden Down. Os the 29th of May, Mrs. Kerslake called on the defendant for a receipt for rent, which he refused to give, and u she remonstrated, he flew Into a passion, and beat her in a very violent manner. Sarah Carriford stated, that she knew the defendant, Robert Roy, and bein g as k e d w h at h e was , s h e replied, " a Scots man." Being asked what was his way of life, she answered, that he was a mill-carpenter, and lived on his substance. She remembered the 29th of May, Mrs. Kerslake coming to Roy's house and asking him for a receipt, saying she would have it, lest he should again call for his rent. Witness saw Roy in a very bad temper the day before. He was also in a very bad temper then. She went into his house and saw Mrs. Kers. lake lying on a chest, and he beating her with his fist about the head, and under the ribs, He then pulled her out to the wash. house, and beat her about her breast and eyes. Mrs. Kerslake did not cry out, but witness did. Witness went home with her —she was very weakly and frail, and could hardly keep herself alive. Cross-examined.—Witness heard Roy say, that the rent was levied by distress, and that the broker WO the proper p erson to whom to g i ve ie receipt. She did not hear Mrs. Kerslake abusing Roy—no abusive words were used by her. She would not be certain whether or not Mrs. Kerslake said to him, that he would be a disgrace to a gibbet. She certainly did not cry out, but witness squalled as loud as she could halloo. Mr. Nott, a surgeon, stated, that Mrs. Kerslake called upon him on the 7th of June—(the assault having taken place on the 29th of May)—she had the appearance of new bruises and scratches. Cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant Witr-Dr.—Did you find it necessary to do any thing else than send her borne ?—Oh, Rave her some medicine.--4 laugh.)—What was it ? —Whitt I thought necessary. The Cows JUSTICE.--SOMething to do :-.er no hann 1) (A laugh.)—Yee, my Lord. Mr. sergeant U'ILDF. addressed the Jury for the defendant. He had nothing to submit to the Jury on behalf of the defen. &tit, except to appeal to their good sense and observation. Let them look to the eagerness of the single witness on whose testi. mony the case rested. Let them consider the improbabilities of that testimony, r.nd he feared nothing for his client. Mrs. Kerslake was dreadfully assaulted—her head and ribs punt. tnelled with unparalleled violence, and Mrs. Kerslake was the most patient of beings in her distress. A woman's defence was generally her nails and her tongue.—(A laugh.)—This l a d y did not utter even a scream ; and this forbearance was wonder ful, considering the little trouble that was necessary to bring the female organ into play on most occasions. Put, said t h e ready , Mrs. Carriford, the lady was too much hurt to squall.._. He heard a witness oats describing a terrible wound inflicted by a sharp instrument- 44 Pray,. Sir, did the blood flow in streams ?".—" Oh, DO, It went too tioep tdem......4 A laugh.) fiey's blows must have been of pecul4r efficacy t. 4 have I I .w=~. been too 'powerful for Mrs. Kerslake'` utterane& irerdio t he plaintiff—Damages 4tts: - CRIMINAL SIDE. Mary Tapper, aged II years, was indicted for setUnget , : . l fire the stable and cow-houses of William Itionyvillt, $Oll Tracey, on the 11th May, and setting fire to his ..... "' on the next day. The evidence against the prisoner was he r own oaf' Shortly after the fire, being questioned by some person, she at first denied all knowledge of the tire, and afterwards began to cry and lament, saying that she carried some fire out in a Mad. She was the apprentice of lionyville, and bad lived witllll lo 9 years. The Learned Judge said, that he should hare been glad t 0 be able to find that tiße prisoner was insane, but no evidence Of the kind being offered, the Jury had no alternative bat to Po' nounce her guilty. The Jury found her Guilty, and recommended her to mart on account of her youth. MURDER OF MR. GOODHART'S GARDENERO at the mansion-hal!!! Emanuel Goodhart, Esq., Langley-park, near Beekehaltr: CA I. ii ? e T s view of the body of Thomas Morgan, under-gardener to Illr , t i e , , r t d ß a ! } a , s f q t e . r , n ( o o :: o n r 0 l a i e n r f l o n r q K u e e s n t t , was held before JOOP! (100 T d h h e fiartrs,twwhiotnwesass calleds ho t by y w as somerobbers Thom a s on Baldwin,Tuesday wb 0 dip7, ___...; as follows s—l am gardener to Mr. Goodhart, as was the d ; ceased, whom I have known for the last 20 Years. Lr b t ous ceased used to sleep in a little house adjoining the no" ; in the garden ; I saw him alive and well at 6 o'clock on . day evening in the kitchen-garden. At 6 o'clock on TU.O7. rn ki o tc m he in n g ga , at the gate, and told me that " Poor Tom," waning w e ....e garden, ewna.s when proceeding , h ea d according .ga rd en e t r o , custom, itir.un t o. owtsta tnl s t i t ceased, "was lying on the stones in the peach-hots**glh::,,, blood, but he did not know what was the matter wit h f i l l I went there, and found him lying on his left side gr.... t in. very much ; there was a great quantity of blood on his sloths we took him up; he was alive and spoke a few words; I r i ;', he said, " Lord have mercy on me. He appeared as " ; was dying. On opening the bosom of his start, I sate r ' ook of several large shots havin g en t ere d hi s b o dy ; they were,.a.,lng ing profusely • he said he had been shot by two meet mw laid him on hi s own bed, we sent for Mr. Ooodhart t Ilkol bot . him many questions as to how and by whom he hadkeel:. it I cannot recollect any other, than that at about halfbn io o'clock at ni g h t , h e h ear d a no i se, an d on proc eeding_ to r . l' w• of t . spot he saw two m en ;h e ca ll e d to t h em , b ut i nste ad ~ IA ing an answe r t h e y s h ot at hi m . Af ter we h a d taken Pf a u doors, we found a gun among the strawberries, in front of re: pine-house; it w as the gun which was usually given to the ceased to protect him se lf an d t h e property with; it was at tr. cock, and no charge in i t ; I trace d t h e mar k s o f blood Mut:. spot where we found him, to the end of the picehouse, , IF OI S I suppose he had r ece i ve d the wounds ; that was the distend. ..: 30 or 40 yards; he was also shot in his arms and hands; ,„ 3 7, satisfied he did not s h oot hi mse lf . l i e langu i s h e d unit' o °' past 2 o'clock the same day, when he died. Charles Willett, another gardener to Mr. Goodhatti g ill similar testimony. 1,, rt. Mr. Wm. Stott, surgeon, of B rom l ey, sworn.— l am 'l.i. nership with my uncle ; about half-past six o'clock an ...,, day morning, a messenger came from Mr. Ooodhart's terl",Z, ing our instant attendance ; we proceeded thither, and saw i .'" deceased in his room • we found strong marks of gun•sr' wounds in the front of ' the chest and body, arms, and Mulls; the wounds in the centre of the chest-bone appeared to ban been mortal ; no doubt sever a l of t h e s h ot entere d t h e taaltl the chest, and probably som e h a d entere d t h e l ungs , t h o ugh 0 did not open the body. The h emorr h age proce edi ng f r om th e wounds no doubt occasioned death. The shot were very Isr and probably 50 in number. Th e d ecease d cou ld spea k, j• could not give any minute account o f t h e transact i o n. * L i s a Chas. Furnaby, a Magistrate, took down the few things ''' said in writing. It was here suggested by one of the Jury, that as Mr. 0 0 ± hart had taken down what the deceased said, they hid bette r hear what that was. The CORONER said, that there was no proof that the 4 .,..; ceased thought he was not likely to live, a nd th er efore Whilts.r i he said could not b e re c eiv e d as ev id ence , b ut h e d e sired 10 Mr. Goodhart might be called forward. Mr. Goodhart attended, and produced the paper containig the deceased's own words. oelliilene de ceased. The ConoxEn told him that the paper could not be Le.' ceived as evidence, but he might make use of it to refresh - ll' memory with. Mr. Goodhart.—As soon as I went to the deceased. 'P i ... f ea st. Sir Charles Furnaby, the Magistrate, who arrived in a Sivr. time, in company with another Magistrate, whom he bad In" on the road, Mr. Welland. I had, however , taken they!! caution to put down whatever the deceased said relative_ A row, transaction, and the result is as follows :—He said, that sbor" . ,., after 12 o'clock at night he was watching round thegsrf: and dogged two men, one of whom had a gun ; this wass/ 11 .f.; the little gate of the orchard, the gate that had been brost; open, and he added, " they shot me when I was neist4 door :" I asked him if they had great coats on, he rePu; " No;" I asked him if he called to them ; he replied tbit z , did, hut he received no answer, adding " They fired at me "'. reedy, and I fired directly." Mr It was then thought very strange that if the gun sro - _..aAa and the pan down when it was found, how could the deeee . 7. - . , have fired it ? The Coroner thought there was some little 0 " don in the story. Mr. Ooodhart confessed that he could not account for skis circumstance, but sent for Willett again, who with anotbeer dener named Cooper, found the gun. mi l Willett said that the gun, when he found it, was full col t i t and the pan was down. Ile tried with the ramrod w . ..R e , t o was loaded, and it was not : he was not able to say whether gun had been fired or not. Cooper was called, who also deposed being found as described by Vi'illett. ' c& k e toi .l iew ur ga y rno t —u h n o l u dt g ias i f t o t tef i r f the gun had been fired, it had gol n , . 1 ed, and the pan got pushed down, by the deceased's tr a ili ng 1 along evidence; vt iTC T td n i o le co w n as seq sh u o e t n . ce whe t th o e th r e th d e eer :e a rA: ° du g:4 a his gun or not ; what we want to ascertain is, who fired th i " - c C e; Oß a O n N er E w ß h tl ic )e h n th r e ec j a u p r i y tu r l e a t t u ed rne t d he th m e a f tg o t i r n tr w d o o r iel a — -n persontT` 1 ' Thathe borne deceased o r persons e t r e s do mostne i c s 1 eaeuadxna exemplary npo d giw i a e bnr d ye. by shot-w o u n d s , inflicted 1 1, ' mahirgo unknown." The a t c h t e er seje th ic a e t of ge n h t l ie r g tl o s t : diately after the shocking occurrence, sent to Bow-street, 0 Taunton, one of the most active officers, was instant's a fter down, who has already commenced a most diligent ser: deed adkt a a oc l neg l r tro e uee lw atr u lmni a i s :e p r yra d e ven e wi o od t g e i f i 1001. for the apprehension i t t d i a t h a n Pi n t aie i c k t rp e t es t r : umi f s t m h .i T s e ei a ; o a le n t fr a x t .P l o p"a n a erd c t t i oe . t dn s tto T sor h h tba o e ehn s p asy e e fr d r eev e gre w c w edl a y i p l r b l d tlyi s s tb oo h , e j e ' r n oM h tile t d :7 llltb i lt i , gailty to punishment. —..... BI T c ' tl At 14ryke, D orsets hi re, on R the H of s llth August,sßoni 7th child), the lay of Cptain Joh. Seel. or Army, and late s ec ond in a command n in ß the Is y t Batallo n lar Brigade of his Highness the Rajah of Nag out. Es(l9. On the 17th inst., at Stoke, the l a dy of R. C. Bar°. of Marti mer-street,Cavendish-squ a r e , of a son. MARRIED. h be i el '' On the 17th Inst., at Goodnestone church, tent, t M. Lloyd, Mr. Thomas Dorman, of Cantabile", to tbo, youngest daughter of J. Heritage, Esq., of R" ling ' same county. On Tuesday, the 17th inst. at the parish church of 0 miii ham, Kent, M r . Gil es Long,, of Croydon, Surrey , t Whit"' Frances Whitmore, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas more, of Westerham, Kent. cobl r f On Tuesday, at St. James's, Westminster, !let on 0 ' Cornwall, Esq., of GreatKKn i ght - rider-street, younge to the Lo u dCornwall,aughterofy John n o ß f ic i il V sz es a t so bau n, rn k e s , q. 64 :;(l3 ue I t ; street, Bt. James's, and Epsom, Surrey. An O n n a, T e u ld e es sd t ay d , au h g l t r :te S t at o n f ue l l ,h Lyl a e s s DePleechrcei,ngo,f ETsgon.b,ribagatitier,, Tonbridge Wells. ac O or n g ta n t a ur u da ,e y ;t t . i l,:af f the late Earl of Chesterfield, and sister to the prese nt riiller , °- s )i: n a r i t m h . o u l t .: h s q , 3 R d irk u l i a t. r:d On the Iflth Inst., Sarah, daughter of Mr. Samuel ",,.. far On Tuesday, the 17th hist , Elisabeth, the wife 0 h w e flieltho,fartptlieldelEytDrhic.kHawli,esUt:lErt:qie.,kadhsiroeargibtet ,f . i , n .so th li e c co .to u r, nt l y ti o ch f ln N e.. o n r d ro , lk s , u f fre n t y he , 19 , th . years fy:".iiiioooo On the bth inst., aged 25, Au g usts Efitabeth, wife 0 _ t ine of B i ker - s tre et Portman-squar . , for On the 17th inst., at Dover, it the Nth year of kike,; - Thomas Green, eldest son of the late Mr. Phili p 1 ' daughters 'a ( gl ; 4e (IS t q h el 48,t e B C k t h U ) I►per Tharnes-stroet, London. - a as o lo r lt n F e ra rsi gu n s el o . s h t n t A he r enlodnesdeL. hasi_n.n:dinif Yrinc~vi Ind Published for th• PROPILICTORS , I t the Orrlct, No. 1.19, &nod. by J. B. GARITATH4'