The Sun. — London, England, 1827-08-21 00:00:00

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[CES. 63i !, 1.5 i 82.5 671 • (Blue) ommandoi has been . Mathews Lcted at the and Seri(/' ;ht, for the stronger occurred ned to pot even thin iptione, at R.-WC '8 or Tres'', few dar e ormed, bbl occurrenc e ientlernan 9 e arned the urther into the m atter xpect to be ur nat.— SHIPPING IN TELLIGENCE-(T MS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUG. 20,--Wind E.N.E.—Sailed his Ma jesty's ship Rattlesnake, for the River. PORTSMOUTH, AuG. 20.—Wind N.E. to N.— Arrived the Milo, Winslow, for China; Acasta, Parry, for New York. Four Russian line-of-battle ships, four frigates, and one corvette, sailed this afternoon for the Mediterranean ; the remainder of the squadron will return to Cronstadt in a few days. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wiud E.N.E.—Arrived the Nimble, from Rip ; sailed the Flushing, Kemp, Lisbon. FALMOUTLI, AUG. 19.—Wind .--Arrived the Unity, Fox, from Quebec; sailed the Bolivar, Hur tall, for North America ; and Thomas, Battersby, for Quebec. PARIS, AUG. 18.--The Hopper, Malander, from Nantes to St. Übes, was wrecked on the Sarcelli, the 4th inst. The Emma, Frost, from St. John's, . New Bruns wick, is supposed to be arrived off Rye. ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY. HOME C I RCUIT.-MAIDSTONE, AUG. 20. RAPE. Michael Ryan, aged 33, Thomas 0' Connell, 27, and Martin Norton, 18, all Irish soldiers, were capitally in dicted for a rape on the person of Elizabeth Sheer, at Chatham, on the 9th of June last. The two latter prisoners were present at the time of the offence, and indicted for aidirg and assisting Michael Ryan to effect his purpose. .Mr. LAW stated the case, and observed that they had a question to try which involved the best interests of society, and also the lives of three prisoners at the bar. He re minded them that a general cases of rape the proof was confine:' i he evidence of the prose cutrix. In such however, it would be more cha ritable to suppose , -.17.at a woman had submitted to the solicitations of the man, than to decide that the man had for gotten what was due to himself, to humanity, and to th e other sex. In this case, however, he should be able to prove the fact by corroborative evidence. Ile then stated that his client was the wife of a ma riner at Chatham, and the mother of two children; and also the facts of the case as proved by the following vvitnesses: Elizabeth Skeer was then called and sworn. She ap peared a, well-looking woman, of decent appearance, and • gave her evidence tremblingly but without hesitation. She stated, that she was the wife of John Sheer, a mariner at Chatham.. On Saturday the 9th June, she left /ner horse between nine and ten o'clock at• night, in company with Hannah Goddard. Went up Heaviside-lane, leaving Mrs. Goddard at the upper end of the lane. She found several persons passin i „ and turned up into Fort Pitt. In turning to go away she met three soldiers ; the three pri soners were these men. They all came up and took hold of her. She begged them to let her co, as she told them she was a married woman. Two of them let her go, but the third kept hold of her. That Ras the prisoner Ryan. He dragged her to a corner, and when she told him that she was a married woman he said that be did not care. He then dragged her along and pulled her down; the two others were standing very near at the time ; she called out " murder," and screamed out °nee ; Ryan said, that he did not care about the screaming, he would have what he desired ; she struggled to get away, and he said t'i.at if she screamed and made a noise he Would kill She hare described the accomplish ment of the capital offence, during which she strug gled to get up, and he kept fiacing her down with his hand swearing dreadfully at the time. He had accorn- Plished the capital offence. In getti. , 7 •ip he held her down while O'Connell proceeded t,- t.iel'e the same pur pose; she then struggled again; he (( a't;onnell) told her, that if she lay still he would give her a shading ; she begged o f him to let her go to her children, as she did not want him or his shilling, and was a married woman; he replied, that she should not till he pleased ; before Rvan got up O'Con nell was standing in readiness to sacceed him ; she scream ed cut again, and tried to get up, and an old gentleman cattle up ; the two prisoners who were standing struck hirn, and after knocking him about a great deal, he got Tway, and returned with two men, who were forced to d rag O'Connell from her by main force ; she Wu injured in her health by the prisoners. The old man came up when Ryan was with her, but when he returned with assistance O'Connell was with her. ,;,.fines Vishenden was one who came to her assistance, and stvv her home. She then stated to him how she had been use, She saw O'Connell and Norton on the.next ant-ro in& One was in the guard-Louse, and the other in the black-hole of the barracks. Was certain they were the same men, as it was a moonlight night, and she saw them distinctly. When O'Connell was dragged from her he was taken to the black-hole. She then saw a centinel, whom she asked if he had heard her scream ; he replied he had ; his name is Michael Meara ; he was near enough to bear her. The menwere drawn up on the Sunday morning, and she walked along them to discover if the man was there ; there were a great number of men drawn up, and she did not see hint then, but saw him alone on the Monday, when he was fetched to her from the black hole. Was sure he was the man. She pointed out one who was like the man, but found he was not so when she examined his features. By Ryan—On the Sunday morning he (Ryan) did not step out of the rank to ask her if he was the man. O'Connell —How far was Norton from you when you laid down for me? _ . Witness—A very little distance. O'Connell—Did I not give you a sixpence? Witness —No. By the Coun;—Could not say how far it was from the Place where she left Mrs. Goddard. The latter must have heard her call out. There were no houses nearer than Fort Pitt. Had just effected the purpose for which she went down the lane, when the soldiers met her. She was then just coming away. Was certain that the first one (Ryan) effected his purpose. Her husband was on guard on that day. Hannah Goddard in part confiqued this testimony, and added, that when she saw the prosecutrix at eleven o'clock the latter laughed and told her what had happened. Had never stated before, that Mrs. Skeer had laughed. By the COURT.—She made no complaint of having been injured. By Mr. L.aw.—She said that she should not have minded it if they had not dashed her down and been so rough with her. Had not said before the Magistrate that Mrs. Skeer laughed. When witness first saw her, she (witness) said to her, " I can't think where you have stayed." Prosecutrix said she had met with three soldiers as she w as at t h e top of the lane; they had ill used hen-- She stated how they had ill-used her. A gentleman was with her then. He went to see her home. Witneee went home with th em to the prosecutrix ' s house. There did not seem to be much the matter with her. By the Counr—She said that they dashed I d leer ' n with a vengea nce . Sh e said that she would not have eared if they had noz 'lashed her down in the Way they did, and behaved ec rk ue, l !:y. Witness did not say so be fore the Magistrate. JohnShilleto passing Fort Pitt on th e 9 t h o f J une , and heard a cry, a s of some person in distress. Went in that directi on , and sa i ls , two soldiers, wh o ' immediately rushed upon him him violently as h, e knock e d hi m d own , an d ki c k e d called, aansdnul the ground. Witness heard " murder !" named Fishenden atveindtSfor assistance. Met two persons, Sparkes, who returned with him. The wittness here stated that the prisoner O'Con nell was lying ith the prose entr i x separated from her by main forCe"d was obliged to be with all his strength. The two otheerheersloupersto then ran away. When O'Connell was torn from the persons, and was knocked down and secure : bystruck at them, in the guard-house of Fort Pitt. At the time the up, the prosecutrix called out to them—.... Help , for . sake." O'C o nnell did not seem intoxicat e d at the time God's Witness was about 2 0 yards f rom the spot wh en he 'Zs. heard th e wo man (4 out. Saw Ryan o n t h e Monday morning, when he went there with the prosecutrix. He believed Ryan to be the man, because when wi tness had asked him why he had beaten him (witne,r) so, Ryan replied, " Why I'm beaten worse. By the COURT.—There arc no houses nearer than the Went some distance before 1, guardhouse. -- 0 met Fishenden and Sparkes, who were coming from the market. Heard but one cry. The prison e r Ryan.—Did I strike you ? Witness. —You struck and kicked me. jam " Fishenden was called to the assistance of Mrs. Skeer by the last witness. Saw the prosecutrix home ; she seemed very weak and ready to faint. John Spades was called, and corroborated the evidence• of the two last witnesses, as to the securing O'Connell, &c. Michael Meara was sentinel on the above night at Fort Pitt ; about ten o'clock he heard a noise mine from the di el.totion of Heaviside - lane; it seemed se if pe rsons were 'lining. O'Connell was brought :9 the guard-house by sme three last witnesses. t 4 y h heard " der . ,he not have left If his he po ad st without an mur order. o called Did not hear the word " murder !" called. Was about three hun dred yards from the spot. Charles D..Pattisou, constable, apprehended the three prisoners, and found conclusive evidence of some violence. That evidence only affected Ryan and O'Connell. Eleanor Godfrey, an unfortunate female, deposed that ou the night of the occurrence she lived servant at the Royal Oak, Chatham, and saw the prisoners Ryan and Norton together in the tap-room. They went out at about a quarter before ten o'clock. They went down Chatham -street, in a direction for Fort Pitt. Ryan afterwards came back to the house at about three minutes to eleven. He then seemed out of breath, very hot, and scarcely able to speak. Richard Wells, serjeant-major, deposed that the prose cutrix had pointed out the prisoners in the ranks. The case for the prosecution being closed, the prisoners were called upon for their defence. Ryan said that he knew nothing about the transaction, as he went home drunk at ten o'clock. O'Connell stated that he was walking with Norton up Heavyside-lane, and saw the prosecutrix. She asked him if he had any money, and he replied that be had only six pence, which he gave her. He was only intimate with her by her own consent, and she did not cry out till she saw somebody coming. Norton walked on. Norton confirmed O'Connell's statement. Elizabeth Skeer re-called and examined by the COURT-- Never said to the witness Goddard that she would not have cared if they bad not used her so roughly. Never laughed when she told her of it, or had any previous ac quaintance with any of the prisoners. The shilling was the first money offered to her. The Learned Judge summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after some hesitation, acquitted Ryan of the capital offence, and of course the two others for assisting. Thomas O'Connell was then indicted for the assault, with intent to commit a rape. The same evidence was adduced for the prosecution. The prisoner called his late fellow prisoner, Norton, as a witness, and, after crossing himself as a Catholic, he told just the same story as on his defence, and added that neither himself or Ryan was at the Royal Oak on that night. They did not know the girl Godfrey. The Jury, however, found O'Connell Guilty ; and the Judge reflected in strong terms on the guilt of all three. Norton had added perjury to his guilt. No one ought to reflect on the prosecutrix for what she could not help, and he considered her without blame. He concluded, by sen tencing Thomas O'Connell to 18 months' hard labour in the House of Correction. Samuel Page was indicted for assaulting, with intent to ravish Mary Helleker, at Stalisfield in this county._ Acquitted. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) t per Load of 36 Trusses.) MES'S. HAY MARKETS.—CA, ST. JA. s. s s. .C. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 5 Clover Hay .......... 4 15 to 7 A Upland Ditto 4lO 515 Oat Straw ll5 2 2 Rye-grass Hay 4lO 515 Wheat Ditto 2 2 2 3 New Meadow Hay 3 5 4 5 A good supply, and dull trade; prices as on Saturday. s. X. s. Clov.lraygenerally 4 15 to 6 10 Do. extra fine 0 0 7 0 Oat Straw 1 16 2 0 Wheat Ditto 2 0 2 5 and prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. X. s. X. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 5w 4 5 Upland Ditto 4lO 510 Rye-grass Hay . New Meadow Hay 315 4 5 Supply good, trade dull, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T.kTTERSALL'S.-Auu. 20. The attendance was both numerous and respectable, and the betting tolerably heavy. Mameluke has become de cidedly the first favourite, at 7 to 2, at which he left off. Granby closed at to 1, at which odds he was backed to a considerable amount in the early part of tile day ; at the close, however, no one would take them. Sancho jumped up from the outside, and found plenty of backers ; why he rose so high we cannot tell, unless it is his having been defeated last year in the only race he ran. Reviewer also made a spring, and was backed at 28 to 1. The others have not experienced any material alteration.—At a little after six o'clock the room closed, when the odds for the St. Leger were as follow : 7 to 2agst Marneluke '4 to 1 agst Granby 16 to 1 agst Nonplus 18 to 1 agst Matilda 20 to 1 agst Sancho (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lunaria 25 to 1 agst Malek 25 to 1 agst Medora 9 to 1 agst Non; 25 t 9 1 agst Lumley's colt 25 to 1 agst Translation 28 to 1 agst Reviewer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Pedlar 35 to 1 agst Antiope 40 to 1 spit Laurel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Popsy 40 to I agst any other. Lus and Matilda. GOODWOOD RACES.—FIunAr, Auc. 17. The Waterloo Plate of 50 sovs. given by the City of Chi. chester. Heats, once round. Duke of Richmond's hi. f. Busk, 3 yrs 1 I Mr. Shackell's br. h. Charnwood, aged 4 2 Mr. T. Jones's gr. L. Laburn, I•yrs.... 2 3 Sir W. Lumley's Little Driver, aged .... 3 dr The Racing Club Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs., and 30 added by the Club. Heats, pne mile. Mr. A. Berkeley's Logic, 9st 71b. Sir W. Lumley's Little Driver, Sat. 71b 3 2 dr Mr. Caulfield's Whimper, 7st. 91b. Mr. A. Berkeley's Edith, Sat. Two paid. A Silver Cup, value 50 sovs. given by the Duke of Rich mond for horses belonging to the Goodwood Yeomanry Horse Artillery. Heats, once round. Mr. Sadler's b. g. Nimrod, 12st. Mr. Henty's b. m. Olive, I Ist. 71b. Mr. Newman's hr. g. Shylock, Ilst. '7lb 4 3 Mr: Woodman's b. g. Artilleryman, 11 st. 711, 3 dr STOCKTON RACES.—T HURSDAY, Auc. 16. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, p. p. with 20 added, for all ages. Two miles. Mr. R. Stephenson's br. c. by Crafty, 4 yrs 1 Earl of Darlington's Serab, 6 yrs 2 Mr. R. Watt's b. f. by Magistrate, 3 yrs 3 The Maiden Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Mr. Marsden's ch. c. Mr. Harrison's b. c. My Lord, 3 yrs 2 2 2 Mr. Chilton's b. f. by Harmodious, 3 yrs 3 3 3 Mr. Farthing's br. m. by Blucher, 3 yrs 5 4 4 Mr. Joblin's b. e. by Abjer, 3 yrs 1 5 5 FRID.A.Y.-Tlie Wynyard Stakes of 10 sovs. each, p. p. with 30 sovs. added by the Marquis of Londonderry. Heats, two miles. Mr. Jackson's b. h. Don Antonio, 6 yrs 1 1 Mr. Hudson's Isabella, 5 yrs 3 2 Sir E. Dodsworth's Miss Patrick 7 to 4, on Don Antonio.—Won easy. A Gold Cup, value 100 sovs. by e Subscription of 10 Novi, each, with 20 added. Three miles. The Earl of Darlington's b. h. Serab, 6 yrs 1 General Sharpe's Canteen 2 Mr. Darnell's Mystery, sister to Ringlet Mr. Watt's b. f. by Magistrate . 4 7 to 2 agst Serab-3 to 1 on Canteen.—Won by a head. BL ANDFORD RACES.—THURSDAY, AUG. 16. The Dorsetshire Stakes of 25 sons. each. Two miles. 111 r. Gauntlett's Garnelia Mr. Farquharson's Presentment Mr. H. A. George's Premier 3 •Mr. Baaakes's cb. c. by Buffalo 4 A capital race. Won by half a neck. A Plate of 50/. for three and four-yr-old. Heats, two miles. Mr. Dilly's b. c. Pandarus, 3 yrs Mr. Day's Black Buck, 3 yrs 2 2 A Sweepstakes of 10gs. each. The winner to be sold for 350 gs. Two miles and a distance. Mr. James's Conquest 1 Mr. Portman's Prosody The County Members' Plate of 501. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Gauntlett's br. h. Comedian, 5 yrs 1 Mr. Jones's Conquest Mr. Radclyffe's Profile A Handicap Stake of 5 soya. each, with 35 added. Mr. Farquharson's Presentiment 1 1 Mr. Bayley's b. h. Naughty Tommy Mr. Sergeantson's Sprite 3 3 The Duke of Wellington was on the Course both clays, and at the ordinary and ball each evening. ROWING MATCH. An Amateur Rowing Match took place yesterday for a superb Cup and Cover, by six pair of sculls, in two heats. The three first boats of the first heat started for the grand heat, and came in as follows' : Mr. W. Tyson 1 Mr. Dobree Mr. Williams The working cabinet-makers of Limerick have turned out for 24.5. a week.—Dublin Patriot. THE SU S PENSION BRIDGE AT HAMMER saurtr.—ln our account of this bridge we stated that the sum expended on the work was 180,000/. It should have been 80,0001. The Company under their present Act are only empowered to raise 8 0,0001. and with that they have purchased the Barnes- Elm Estate, and the expence of the bridge will not ezceed 45,000/_. BY EXPRESS. SIXTEEN MILES FROM LONDON. NO FIGHT BETWEEN BARNEY AARON AND FRANK REDMAN. A second trial of pugilistic skill was to have taken place to-day, in a field near Fordwater Bridge, within a mile of Chertsey. The known celebrity of the Jew, as well as his superior experience, rendered him a strong favourite, and he was backed freely at five and six to four. Red man had been in the ring before with Barney, and was beaten easily, since which period he has kept a public. house, at Loman's Pond, in the Borough, a species of . occupation not deemed the most favourable for fistic pursuits, still his constitution being considered sound, and having gained considerable fame in sparring, added to his being under the direction of the celebrated Dick Curtis, made his chances appear by no means bad. It will be remembered that Dick beat Barney, and from this cir cumstance it was reasonably conjectured by some knowing ones, that he would be able to put his pupil up to Barney's mode of fighting. Redman took his training at Hentley Row, on the Western road, where, by hard exercise, and scientific sweating he contrived to divest himself of that superfluous fat which a sedentary life usually en _ genders. Barney trained at his old ground, the Coach and dorses, at Ilford, within an easy distance of his friends, who did not fail to give him the cheering comfort of their presence. The place of combat having, after becoming deliberation, been, named on Saturday, by the competent authorities. Barney was removed with all due caution to Chertsey, where he remained until the important hour of battle The sporting houses in London were thronged last evening by the votaries of the Ring, who sheaved the blunt freely, and this morning the road to the chosen arena, was blocked up by a pretty considerable cavalcade of toddlers, equestrians, and charioteers among which the Shenies cut a conspicuous figure. The first resting-place was Hampton, and here, both at the Red Lion and Bell, the motley assemblage con gregated in great force. Redman arrived at Staines yes terday evening, attended by some friends. It was the intention of the parties to have the battle fought at Molesey Hurst,. but on arriving at Hamp ton, it was ascertained that a party of gentlemen were to dine to-clay at the Red Lion, the majority of whom, from the circumstance of being magistrates, would be likely not to look with a forbearing eye on the exhibition of manly courage. The dinner is to take place in commemoration of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence's Birth-day, and the Chair is to be filled by C. N. Palmer, Esq.,• M.P. The cavalcade then proceeded to Chertsey, awl at twelve o'clock that little town presented a bustling scene. About half-past twelve, there was a general move for the field of action, and notwithstanding the threatening appearance of the day, every individual was hanging on. On ar riving at the ground, we found that Fishwick, the Deputy-Commissary-General, bad not neglected his part of the important business of the day. He, and that nondescript, Fogo, were on the field at an early hour, and as commodious a ring as a man need wish to set-to in was the fruit of their exertions. Josh Hudson was also at his post—his eye twinkled with joy, as he surveyed the preparations. At twenty minutes to one o'clock we had a desperate shower of rain, accompanied with a thunder storm. " My eyes," said Josh, " what a noise there is about this here fight !" The shower certainly was a soaker ; the fancy got a most complete drenching, but their wet jackets did not seem to annoy them half so•much as the injury likely to be done to the ring by the rain. At one o'clock precisely Barney entered the ring and threw up his hat. He was attended by Josh Hudson and Isaac Nathan. Enquiries were now made for Redman, and after a lapse of about five minutes, Dick Curtis rode into the field and announced that a warrant had been issued by the Surrey Magistrates against Redman, and that, therefore, he could not fight. Dick Curtis went on to say that an officer was at the time in the field prepared to grab him if he made his appearance. It is utterly impossibl< to give an adequate idea of the confusion that prevailed upon this announcement. Carrier pigeons were instantly dispatched to town to convey the intelligence to the many who were anxious to know the result. 20 minutes past I o'clock.—Something like order is be ginning to be restored, and the fancy are about preparing for the fight between Ikey Dodd and Jones the Sailor Boy; but there was a difficulty in raising a subscription. Half. past one o'clock—No second fight—tbe subscription can't be collected. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. GUILDHALL. NOVEL MODE OF GETTING A WATCH REPAIRED.---A hair-dresser of the name of Bu f fet, residing in Field-lane, was brought to this office under the following curious charge. John Leaver, who had been the driver of a hackney coach, but now out of employ, stated, that he called at Mr. Buffet's shop to get shaved yesterday morning, rather in liquor, when Mr. Buffet perceiving be had his watch with him, with that politeness for which gentlemen of his profession are famed, offered to take care of it for him. The watch was given into the care of the Knight of the Comb. Mr. Leaver called about mid-day, and requested that his ticker might be returned to him, when he was informed by Mr. Buffet that be bad not got it. He called again at seven o'clock in the evening, when he was told it could not be given to him. The watch had been since returned, but was very much damaged. Mr. Buffet was willing to pay fur the repairs, and that was all the complainant wanted. Mr. Buffet stated, the complainant was so drunk when he came to his shop, that he could hardly stand, and fell fast asleep several times while in the house. The ManisraATE thought it highly wrong on the part of the complainant, to bring . the case here after the watch had been returned. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. reference to a letter of a Mr. Belt, addressed to you, and inserted in your paper of Saturday, I beg, in the first instance, to state, that the whole of the correspon dence and transactions with the Honourable Board of Ordnance, respecting the Ulva. Marina, has been conduc ted between that Board and myself, and that, whatever hat been subsequently put forth to the public by Mr. Warburg, was done solely in consequence of the communications made by me to that gentleman, as containing the general result, of my operations on the subject. — in justice therefore, to Mt. Warburg, I do not hesitate to declare, that his statement has been made entirely at my suggestion, and by my authority, and will be found to be perfectly borne out by the further explanations, which I shall take the earliest opportunity of laying before the public, supported by such Authentic documents, as will lace the whole subject in its true light. I am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, 60, Lower Thames-street, G. A. COHEN. 1827. Aug. 19, INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY. All who wish for good Boots, When economy suits, To SALE, in the Strand, let them hie ; Of workmanship rare, A prime Wellington pair, For only One Guinea they'll buy. One trial will show, No where else they need go, For leather the best kind of calf, SALE is selling sight well, For he bears off the belle, In the Strand, 33i. LEWES, AUG. 18.—Our accounts from the hop plantations vary considerably this week. At the be ginning they were not so favourable; many grounds were stated to be going off fast, and that others were making no progress, which caused the duty to fall to 90,0001. Since the rains, we have rather more favourable accounts, which has caused the duty to advance, and is now doing from 100 to 105,000/. CELEBRATION of his MAJESTY'S MTH- DAY AT ENNISKILLEN. (Front the Erne Packet. ) The birth of our most gracious Sovereign was celebrated here on Monday, by an assemblage of all the Orange Lodges in. the county. Having formed on the fair green, they walked in procession through the main street and back. There were 134 flags, and on a moderate computation about 4,000 persons in the train. They were accompanied by several of the gentlemen of the county, some on horseback, and others in their carriages. On their return to the green they were addressed by Edward Archdall, William D'Arcy Irvine, and James King, Esqrs. Mr. AnclloALL was understood to exhort them to peaceable good conduct, and concluded by proposing that Sir H. Brooke, Bart. Rev. John Richardson Young, Fotliott Barton, and Douglas Johnstone, Esqrs., be appointed a Committee to frame an humble and congratulatory address to his Majesty, on the anniversary of his birthday. Wm. D'ARCY IRVINE, Esq. seconded the motion. When Mr. IRVINE had concluded, a person from the crowd, whose name we understand to be Orr, mounted on the back of Sir Henry Brooke's carriage, and commenced a furious philippic against one of our county representatives, Lord Corry. Why not, he said, return Sir Henry Brooke, a man of known loyalty and of great landed property in the county, who, at the last Protestant meeting . in this town, came forward with our Protestant petition, and who had been assailed by that most -- rascal, Dan O'Connell ! !! In the evening about sixty Gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner at the Town Hall. Edward Archdall, Esq. presided, and William D'Arcy Irvine, Esq., acted as Vice-President. After the cloth had been removed, the Chairman read the Address, and proposed the health of-- " The King and long may he adhere to the prin ciples that placed his family on the throne." Drunk with three times three, and great applause. The next toast, Gentlemen, which I shall . pro pose is the Charter toast, which I feel myself unable to announce with the honour due to it, but to which I am sure our young friend on the left of the Vice President will 'do ample justice. Here Master Irvine, eldest son of Mr.W. D'Arey Irvine, a fine boy of about ten years old, rose and announced with great emphasis and energy— " The glorious, pious, and immortal memory of the great and good King William, who saved us from Popery, slavery, wooden shoes,and brass money." —May he that would not drink it off in a full bumper, be rammed, crammed, &c. &c. &c.—Great cheering. Mr. KING then rose and said, he hoped he would not be considered out of order in proposinr , the health of Mr. Henry I zinc, the very fine lad who had just given them, in such a spirited manner, the last toast. Young Mr. Irvine's health was then drunk with unbounded applause. Master IRVINE then rose, and with great self possession said—Gentlemen, I feel most sensibly the high honour conferred on me by being taken notice of by so highly respectable a meeting ; but, Gentlemen, when I observe the manner in which you have drunk the health of so young and so humble an individual, I feel the compliment doubly. Gentlemen, I shall sit down, returning you my most sincere thanks, and assuring you that at ail times I shall be willing to give and to drink this our charter toast. The CHAIRMAN then begged to propose a toast, which he did with peculiar satisfaction, from the noble display they had that day witnessed, and then gave,— " The Orangemen of Ireland." Drunk with bursts of applause. Mr. W. D. InvlNl begged to observe that it was the wish of several most respectable persons that a Club, to be denominated a CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB, should - be immediately formed here. A paper was then handed round for the purpose of being signed by midi gentlemen as wished to be come members of the " Constitutional Club." " Our worthy Vice-President."—Drunk with un bounded applause. Mr. D'Aitcv IRVINE rose and said—Gentlemen, we have been most falsely branded by some as the disturbers of the public peace; I fearlessly assert, that those very persons who designate us, are them selves the real disturbers of the peace. Ido net hesitate to name Lord Plunkett, Mr. Brougham, and others of the kind, as the persons to whom I allude, who, by holding out hopes to our Roman Catholic countrymen, which they neither wish or mean should be realized, have led to the confusion in which the country is involved. Several other appropriate toasts were drunk, and after an evening spent in the greatest harmony, the company separated about 12 o'clock. MEATH ASSIZES. The Assizes commenced at Trim on Thursday. The Commission was opened by Lord Plunkett in the Crown Court, and the Lord Chief Justice Bushe in the Record Court. _ _ _ Lord Plunkett congratulated the Jury on the lightness of the calendar, and the increased tranquillity of the county. Some cases, partaking of the nature of Whiteboyism were gone into, when Sir Jonas Green, Messrs. Kemmis, Clarke, and Arabin, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. A few convictions took place, and very mild and merciful sentences were pronounced by the Noble Lord who presided. Robert Cleary and Arthur Moore, were acquitted, it appearing to be a struggle for a piece of ground by a jealous neighbour of the name of Sylvester Mooney, who under went a cross-examination by Mr. Bethel, and who directed the attention of the Court and Jury to the well-known line in Virgil, " Silvestrum tenui Musanx Meditaris Avena." " You see, my Lord, I have some recollection of my classics." I perceive you have, Mr. Bethel, and of your old friends on the Jury ? James Cunningham was convicted of bigamy, marryi ng a second time, his first wife being living. Mr. C. Walker conducted the prosecution.—Seven years' transportation. Lord Plunkett left Trim on Saturday morning at six o'clock, in consequence of an express having reached him from his Excellency the Lieutenaut.—Dublin Evening Post. SUDDEN DEATll.—Yesterday morning the wife of Mr. Palmer, corn-chandler, Brick-lane, Spit a h fields, in the act of cutting bread and butter for breakfast, fell into her husband's lap, and instantly expired. GARDENS IN SHIPS.---TO sow in the tem perate zone, and reap between tropics, is a somewhat singular thing. Yet it is constantly don e. For our gr ea t E a u India ships, in imi tation of the Dutch who first introduced the practice, have little salad gardens in flat wooden boxes on t h e i r poops , w h e re the seed, acted upon by a heat increasing daily , shoots up in a surprisi ng l y rap id manner . In these gardens the numbe r of c r ops in the year are more nume r ous than in any spot on eart h, for the gardeners, if has appeared in the papers in just so mind e d, can comm and almost any tempera ture. --Lond o n Weekly Review. CLE RICAL SYMPATHY.—Under this he a d a paragraph condem nat i on o f th e conduct of some clergymen at Bolton, who so fir forgot the dignity of their order, and the precepts of their Divine Master, as to exhibit signs of exultation when the death of Mr. Canning was announced, to which we add a fact that has come to our own knowledge, scarcely less unchristian and illiberal. The clergyman of a parish not 100 miles from New ton-Abbot, was requested, by a deputation of his parishioners, to permit a knell to be rung out of respect to the memory of our late Prime Mi nister; he refused, and his refusal was accom panied by the remark, that the deceased was a Radical." The answer by one of the gen tlemen was short, but to the purpose—" Then, Sir, our Sovereign is a Radical." On the pas tor of the neighbouring parish being applied to, he instantly granted the request.—Devonport j Telegraph. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. A new serio-comic Opera, entitled "- THE FRVE FOOTERS," (which has been hitherto delayed, in conse quence of the continued indisposition of Miss PATON) was last night produced at this Theatre. The music is by PAEI4, a German composer, well known for his Opera of " Agorse," in which AMBROGETTI some years since ap peared to such advantage. It is of a very superior order, varied, and in many respects strikingly original, and never once sinks to the level of mediocrity: the overture is par ticularly spirited, and displays both taste and science— learning and genius. The plot—or rather the outline of it—is something like the following :—Edcardo dei Ligozzi (PeAcatAsi) having married Isabella (Miss Bern) pri vately at Rome, is summoned to Florence—his wife fol lowing him—when she is taken by a band of freebooters, headed by Überto dei Ardinghelli, (H. PHILLIPS) a Florentine Nobleman, who has been exiled from thence by a civil feud. Edoardo, on his return from Florence, with his servant Gianni, (Pea:sole) discovers Isabella i❑ the power of Überto. He, therefore, disguises himself as a shepherd, and obtains an interview with her, when they concert a plan of escape, but an; discovered by Überto, who consents to free Isabella, but refuses the same to Edoardo, who, it seems, had been accessary to his exile. Isabella, however, will not quit her husband, on which Überto relents, liberates'them both, and proceeds to detail his misfortunes--the chief of which was the loss of an only child. Luckily Isabella turns out to be this child, on which forgiveness is the order of the day; Überto reforms, and Edoardo marries Isabella. The reader will easily perceive that there is nothing very meritorious or novel in this plot : the music is the chief attraction. It is, in fact, though rather long, precisely of that nature, most calcu lated (with judicious curtailment) to become popular. Its generally serious character, too, is relieved by the arch melody of Mr. PENSON'S voice, who sung a mock-heroic song with great judgment. But Mr. PHILLIPS 'is the principal attraction of the piece, and though aware of his capabilities, we never before heard him to such advantage. Miss BETTS, as Isabella, gave universal satisfaction ; she is not, indeed a PATON, but what of that ? " A substi tute shines brightly as a king, until a king he by." Mr. PEA RMAN sang with taste and sweetness ; and Miss Gowann as Lena (the wife of Gianni) with vivacity. The scenery was eminently beautiful; more particularly two romantic views of the Alps, both which may rank among the finest specimens of the art. The piece (though at present far too long) was highly successful; and when the curtain fell was announced for immediate repetition. The Queen of WURTEAIBERG left the seat of the Princess AUGUSTA, at Frogmore, yesterday morning, for the residence of the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, in Bushy Park, where her MAJESTY will remain a few days, on a visit to her Royal relations. A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of PORTLAND, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Marquis Of ANGLESEA, Viscount GODEi,ICH, Earl of CARLISLE, Viscount DUDLEY, Viscount PALMERSTON, Mr. WYNN, Mr. TIERNEY, and Lord 12tExLEr. The Ministers sat in delib,2ration till half-past four o'clock. After the breaking up of the Council, the LORD CHANCELLOR. had an inter view with Viscount Gonnum. The Marquis de PALMELLA, the Portuguese Ambassador, and the Count de VILLA REAL, the new Portuguese Minister, had a long conference yesterday with Viscount DUDLEY, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Prince ESTERIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassa• dor, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. HERRIES came to town yesterday, from his seat Montrail, near Seven Oaks. The Duke of WELLINGTON will resume the command of the Army, the moment the patent appointing him COmmander-in-Chief is made out. • Mr. T. P. COURTNEY, Secretary to the India Board, (a gentleman of high and distinguished talents) is expected to succeed Mr. fanarrs, as one of the Joint Se cretaries to the Treasury. This day the LORD CHANCELLOR will at tend the House of Lords, fur the purpose of executing his Majesty's Commission fur the further prorogation of Parlia ment, which stands prorogued to the 21st of August. Prince LIEVEN entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Saturday, at Ashburnham House, Dover-street, among Whom were the Duke of DEVON sninE, the Earl and Countess of CARLISLE, Countess CowrEa, Lord PALMERSTON, Le Comte de Capo Lord DUDLEY, Count ViHa REAL, &e. . Mr. FREDERICK WEST, only son to the Hon. FREDEAICIi NVEst', and brother-in-law to the Earl of CHESTERFIELD, is about to lead to the altar of Hymen, the beautiful Miss WHITBY, of Newlauds Park, in Hampshire, heiress and great-niece of the late Admiral ConNwarxts. The Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY left Hatfield-house yesterday on a visit to Lord and Lady DAcB.E, at the Hoo, near Welwyn, in Hertfordshire, where there are assembled a Fashionable Party. ALTERATION IN TIIE MILITARY COS TUME.-The heavy helmet worn by the Dragoons is to be removed for one lighter and more appropriate to active service. We are much concerned to state, that the Archbishop of CANTERBURY is labouring under very serious indisposition. _ _ _ _ The Duke of WELLINGTON attended the Blandford races last week. As soon as his Grace was re cognised on the Down, cheers resounded from all quarters, and he appeared highly gratified with the scene, shaking hands with many who pressed forward for the purpose. An old soldier, who was selling a list of the horses, was recognised by his Grace, who immediately took a list from him, and gave him a sovereign; the old boy went off well satisfied with his day's work.—Salisbury Journal. TREATY OF LINIERICK.--Mr. WILAIOT HORTON and Mr. SPRING RICE walked together a few days since, to see the stone upon which the Treaty of Limerick was signed. —Dublin Patriot. NEW NOVELS, &c.—The following popular Works of Fiction have been lately published by Mr. Col, num., New Burlington-street, viz.-1. De Vere ; or, the Man of Independence, by the Author of Tremaine, 3 vols. —2. Reuben Apsley, by the Author of Brambletye House, 3 v015.—.3. The Third and last Series of High ways and By-ways, containing three new tales, 3 vols.- 1. The Continuation of Vivian Grey, 3 vols.-5. Hyde Nugent ; a Tale of Fashionable Life, 3 vols.-6. The Nowlans, &c., a Second Series of Tales, by the O'Hara Family, 3 vols.-7. English Fashionables Abroad, 3 vols. _s. The Prairie, by the Author of the Spy, 3 vols.—and 9. The Natchez ; an Indian Tale, by the Author of Atala, 3 vols. TERRY has thus far been very successful With his speculations at the Cheltenham Theatre, which has this season been frequented by all the fashionable visitors—uo common occurrence. Colonel BERKELEY and his brothers have occasionally lent their gratuitous aid, in representing characters in which they are always rapturously received at Cheltenham. They have likewise patronized the Theatre by what in professional phraseology are called " Bespeaks." In addition to these auxiliaries, "the Ma nager acts himself." An Irish gentleman, whose lady had abscond ed from him, cautioned the public against trusting her in these words :—" My wife has eloped from me without rhyme or reason, and I desire no one will trust her on my account, for I am not married to her." Kilkenny Assizes ended on Saturday evening. In the County Court the conviction of a female culprit, for the murder of a poor woman in the demesne of Mr. Bookey, took place on Friday. But for the voluntary con fession of the part she took in this abominable and cold • blooded atrocity, the case against her would have been one of merely circumstantial evidence. The wretched woman's own admission of her crime however, before Mr. B,ookey, became decisive evidence. She held the right hand of the old woman (Catherine Farrell), while a man of the name of Pat Somers cut her throat, and the girl whom Somers called his daughter held the left hand of the woman while the deed was perpetrating. The only temptation to this murder was the little property in clothes and money which the deceased had then about her person. After the con viction of the prisoner, it appeared that she was pregnant, and a respite of the execution f0110wed....-Kilkenny Mo derator. SPIRIT or THI PiALIO fotiRAIUS; Our Lisbon correspondence presents a pic ture of the condition of Portugal, which, so far as that condition has been produced by the gross misconduct of a vicious or senseless Government, is the most deplorable that can well be conceived. The late War-Minister, Saldanha, may not have been—although we have no reason to suppose that he was not—a man of more than middling ability ; it is the fashion among some of his countrymen to call him an indiscreet and me diocre Minister ; but on examining his acts as a clue to his qualifications, there is one-only which appears to us to be characterized by imprudence, and that a species of imprudence which was more likely to affect his own interest than that of others,—we mean the application which M. de Saldanha made to the Princess Regent in his own person, to dismiss the servile Intendant of Police, M. Bastos, without taking the prelimi nary and obvious precaution to obtain the co operation of all his brother Ministers, who had already concurred in framing the official warrant of dismissal for the signature of her Royal Highness. But, to survey more at large, and very briefly, the transactions recorded by our Lisbon correspondent as a whole :—Here is a Regent acting in the name of a Sovereign who has given a solemn charter to his people, pro fessing also to act in the spirit of him by whom the charter was granted, in support of the free institutions which were founded on the same Charter whence she, the Regent, de- . rived her authority, at a crisis when she and it were alike attacked by _foreign .enemies and by domestic treason. A raging rebellion—the joint work of Ferdinand, 'some powerful -families, and the great' body of the monks—had just, with great difficulty, been repressed. New plots were discovered every day ; and in the en deavour to prevent the detection of one of them, which had for its object the desertion and re volt of a band of soldiers, the treacherous dis loyalty of the Chief Minister of Police, on whom depended the peace and internal safety of the realm, was made manifest by the Minister Saldanha. The proofs of this man's guilt were laid before the Cabinet, who resolved, by a una nimous vote, that his peremptory dismissal should be forthwith recommended to the Re gent. A similar spirit of hostility to the Con- Aitution was found to animate the head of the Department of Public Justice, through whose corrupt interference every traitor to the Govern ment bad been acquitted of his crimes.' This also, the Cabinet were nearly unanimous in urging the Regent to dismiss from office. The evidence of criminality against both these Ministers was submitted to the Princess Regent, who expressed her intention to act on the judg ment of her councillors. But Bastos got hold, by bribes, as is presumed, of a female intriguer in the Princess's Household.' The r assents of dismissal remained without the Royal signa ture. Saldanha, instead of calling upon his eel leagues to accompany him in a body to the - Regent, and press collectively for the completion of a duty so essential to the existence of the state, had the honest, though =reflecting confi dence to present himself alone, and offer the abrupt alternative of his own resignation, or the immediate disgrace of Bastos. , The Princess, well prepared by the corruption of her gossips, took refuge in the affectation of wounded pride, and two days afterwards dismissed the tso frank and uncourtly Saldanha, retaining and cherishing in her service the traitors who aimed at the de :,truction of her Brother's crown.. What then followed ? This shameful treatment of a con stitutional Minister—a brave and honest man, devoted to his country—was received by the inhabitants of 'Lisbon with natural and just con cern. The feelings of the people showed them selves as constitutional as those of Saldanha.— They rent the air with cries of attachment to Don Pedro (their Sovereign), to the Charter which the Princess had sworn to protect, and which she ostensibly represented—and to the patriotic Minister who had fallen a victim to his sense of public duty. There was no attempt at violence—no thought of it among the people— no outrage—no breach of the peace. It was a loyal and constitutional assemblage of freemen, declaring their affection for Ihe Government under which they supposed themselves to live ; and how were they rewarded ? Iu a strain of bitter malignity to the Constitution and its founder, and by an exercise of lawless force which the first nowhere authorised, and the se cond would have signally punished. Above fifty of these loyal subjects of Don Pedro have been thrown into loathsome dungeons, for the enthusiasm with which they applauded his name at a dramatic representation a few days afterwards, on the anniversary of the Charter. —Other loyalists, who addressed the audience and apostrophized their Sovereign's image in terms of praise and gratitude for his glorious gift of liberty—these, too, were pursued by the police familiars of Bastos, in the name of a pretended Constitutional Government, and forced to save themselves by flight ! At Oporto, the Englishman, General Stubbs, had received the representations of the people in Saldanha's favour kindly and graciously, and promised to transmit them to the Regent. The report which reached our correspon ie d bl e te n ei t nt awsduamgs,igenitsshtteadt bydG General Stubbs Stubbs had, consequently , been . dismissed f rom office. Whether true or false, the _report was one n p e a r i a n opinionlful re fl e ction w i gill strike Government eyeevery itself f aw o vh r e tunate country t o r f e which. n we t h w r i a l s i i i t c m o h r i to t he ' t l h o d e t S n e t l a y u t State one bot wa s u r n a s have now been speaking, An English Minister is at Lisbon, accredited to the Recent Represen tative of Don Pedro, the Ally oF his Britannic Majesty. It is evident that the measures of the Deputy are directly calculated to undermine and overturn the authority of her principal—to aid, in the most undisguised manner, the efforts of Miguel to usurp his throne, and of the House of Bourbon to dissolve the alliance of his domi nions with Great Britain. Ought, then, the Eng lisht f the p e issu e r persuaded oes dt s ht h hi o sa u tc l i d r ' sw ili t s e Minister to have looked on, and refrained from interposing, by friendly councils, at least, their of o Englishcourse, and remonstrances, while this work of ruin has and wn Miguel over Pedro been completing ? rmi will not be always resisted. l, in nate, as A s onme unfavourable m en tine ca an ds et hisrs triumph mpEepr operating iun o sz f h w a S i u P l x i i i h li n aries there will be a heavy account to render on the part of those who have see macv. e e xe le c f ul t te t d o tthaekeplans indeed, be but of a transient nature ; there are catastrophe may be postponed, but so much the more dreadful. liumanitv leads us to pray that it may be bloodless ; and Reason, that it may be soon. —Times. If ost ensibly eyen tsb Now that the affected gri e f, an d th e c l a . mourous lamentations of certain noisy partizans of the present Administrati on , upon the occa sion of Mr. Canning's death, have in some de