The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-16 00:00:00

LENT ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUTT—TA TTNTON, Aran. Is. CROWN COURT. Moses Reynolds Evans, a genteel-looking man, and James Abbot, were indicted capitally for burgla riously entering the dwelling-house of William Bur gess, at Bedminster, near Brlstol,on the night of the' 25th of Auguit last. The Jury acquited the prisoners. GLOCESTER, APRIL 13. The Judges attended divine service this morning, and afterwards went into their respective Courts. Louisa Biwa., aged 18, was indicted for being a common uttererof false and counterfeit coin. A second count charged the prisoner with a single uttering:. Mr. SHEPHERD.—The prisoner is indicted for ut tering two counterfeit shillings, on Saturday, the 24th of March last, to Maria Nicholls, and with ut tering on the same day two other counterfeit shil lings to Ww. Warfield, knowing the same to be counterfeit. If I can prove this, the law makes her a common utterer. Her mode was in each instance the same : she went into two shops, bought trifling articles, for which she offered a good half-crown, and received in change 2s. and some halfpence. Then she said she found she had got halfpence enough to pay for what she had bought, and requested to have her half-crown again, and gave two bad shillings in the place of the good ones. ,~ ..~ Maria Nicholls—My husband is a butcher at Kingsdown. On Saturday evening, the 24th of March, before eight o'clock, the prisoner came into my shop and bought 2d. worth of lights. She gave me half a crown. I gave her two shillings ; and whilst I was counting out the halfpence, she said she would not change, and I gave her back the half crown, and she gave me two bad shillings, which I put in my left hand pocket, whei-e there was no money, except a crooked sixpence. I discovered they were bad in about a quarter of an hour after eiards. The shillings I had given were good. I took the bad shillings in the parlour, wrapped them up in paper, and put them on the mantel-piece, and left them until last Saturday, the 7th of April. I then kept them myself. I did not mark them. They are infamous shillings. (Witness produced the shil lings.) lam sure they are the same shillings the prisoner gave me. I never showed them to any one. My husband, my son, and my daughter, only live in the house : we have no lodgers. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—This evidence is very loose. 1.1 had better in similar cases lock up by itself the money you take. Is there any thing you know them by? Witness—The mark round the inner circle is very remarkably black. Wm. Warfield—On the 24th March the prisoner came into my mistress's shop; before coming in she was with another girl, but came in alone ; she asked what bread was a quartern ; I said 7i , d.; she asked for isalf-a-quartern loaf, and put down half-a-crown ; I took the half-crown to I\irs. Clarke, who keeps the shop, who was in the inner room, and she gave me two shillings and some !Wipe -Ace, which I carried to the prisoner ; I looked at the two shillings I received from Mrs. Clarke; they were both bright and clear, and one had a lion and crown upon it ; I carried the money to the prisoner, who was standing close to the door with one foot out, and gave it to her; she .aid she had rather have the half-crown again, for she found she had halfpence enough to pay for the iced, and she put two shillings and the halfpence in may hand; I went back to Mrs. Clarke, gave them to her, and she gave me the half-crown; hut before I could reach to give the half-crown to the prisoner, Mrs. Clarke ran out, and said, " This is not my money; what I gave were good." Two shillings were produced to the witness. These are not the shillings I received from Mrs. Clarke, one of those I received from her had the lion and crown upon it. Mrs. Clarke—l gave Wartield two shillings and twopence farthing. One of the shillings had a crown and lion. Warfield brought two shillings back, and the twopence farthing. I gave him the half-crown. ;saw the two shillings were bad, and ran into the shop and said to the prisoner " This is not the money." I told her she had a parcel of bad money about her, and I would send for a constable. I was present when she was searched. No money was found upon her. The two bad shillings were pro duced. I have kept them ever since by themselves. I never afterwards saw the two shillings I gave the prisoner. I kept the half-crown. I live in the county, and Mr. Nicholls lives also in the county of Gloucester. Mrs. Thomas—The prisoner came to me on the 24th of March last, and bought an article for 2d., and gave me half-a-crown. I. gave her 2s. 4d. She picked up the 2s. and put them•in her pocket, and then said, she had rather not change her half-crown, she had halfpence. I gave her the half-crown back, and she put in my hand 25., which I thought were the same. The till was open, and I put them in at the end by themselves. She seemed to tremble as she went out, SO I looked at the shillings, and found they were both bad, and not what I had given her. I have never parted with them. The prisoner in her defence said her friends had employed counsel. Mr. JUSTICE—A scrap of paper has just been put into my hands. I told the person I could be of no service, but if your Lordship would allow me, I will beg to ask a question of a juryman. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—Certainly. Mr. JUSTICE—WouId you have known the shil tr y - lings had been bad if you had not tried them ? tra The Juryman—They are exceedingly well exe- no cuted, and I could not easily have told. dit Mr. JUSTICE—My Lord, if I had been aware, ITi would have attended to th e case . TI Mr. Baron VAr:GILtN—No time is lost that is an spent in administering justice, and therefore you can fat have the witnesses recalled, and ask them any pies- be‘ tion you like. His Lordship read over all the evi- for dence to Mr. Justice. Bre Mr. JUSTlCE.—Gentlemen, I am sure you will not press hard upon a prisoner so young as this, and ne , who,:s suspect e d b y h er trem bli ng, f or t h at i s an in- tal dication of virt ue , w hi c h every i nnocent person would feel. Had she been initiated in crime, expe rience would have given her hardihood, for repeated acts of guilt invariably destroy all moral sensibility. She evinces the feeling of an innocent person, and is there a clearer proof of guilt ? I appeal to you as a matter of experience, whether, haring taken such shillings as these, you would, upon such slight marks, know them so as to be able to swear to them with certainty. While the case was going on I took up the shillings and compared them with two of my own, an d I could not have believed it possible there could have been so good an. imitation. Mrs. Clarke may be m i sta k en , in which case the prisoner is innocent ; and you will not convict her if you entertain any e ee ee of Mrs. Clarke's accuracy. Mr. Baron VAuGHAN.--This has been a most prolific half-crown. You well consider the general conduct of the prisoner, and unles s it makes you irre sistibly conclude she is guilty, you w ill acqu i t her. Verdict—Guilty. Mr. Baron AL" Glut - N.—You ar e t o b e imprisoned V Six months in the Penitentiary and kept to hard labour, and find sureties for your good behaviour for nix months further. SATURDAY, APRIL 14. Dutton Clarke, aged 42, was indicted for arson, at Ilaisey Hampton, on the 14th of November. The Jury returned a verdict o f "Not Guilty. The same prisoner, Dutton Clarke, was indicted for having on the same 13th of November, at Fair ford, stolen two cheeses, the property of Henry Tovey. Mr. Ji:yricE observed, the prisoner stood before the j ury as a new man, no more implicated in the last charge than himself or any of the jury. Henry Tovey-1 live at Fairford, and keep a eheesepress in a shed adjoining my dwelling-house. N T Sar ah Mills --At five o'clock in the eveni n g o f ° e u e day, the 13 t h of November, there were two them e 1 ase rn s in th e vat i n the press in the shed. I made yself. Ab out 11 in the evening, I heard a though a vat had dropped. I rose about six the next morning, went into the shed, and missed one vat and two cheeses. Nicholas Dawkin—l keep the Bull at Fairford. I saw the prisoner at the fair several times on the 13th : the last time was at half-ysst ten o'clock, on Town Bridge, about 150 Yards from the stile across the field leading to Mr. Tovey's. He had a wheelbarrow and a sack in it. I asked him if he had seen either of the Tovev's? he said he had not, but was going there. He went towards the stile. He had on a long dark smock-frock. Christopher Pontin saw the prisoner at twenty minutes before eleven, lifting a barrow over the stile. He went on the road to Mr. Tovey's house. Richard Tims—l saw the prisoner a little after eleven, going from Mr. Tovey's house to Maisev Hampton. He was wheeling a harrow. Ruthven the officer searched the prisoner's house on the 21st of November, and found concealed con siderable quantities of cheese. I put some pieces together and they made a whole cheese. I have kept that cheese wrapped up under a seal. Sarah Miles identified the cheese. Mr. Toter—My house is about a quarter of a mile out of the way from Fuirford to the prisoner's house. The Jury immediately found the prisoner Guithi, and Mr. Baron VAUGHAN sentenced him to seven years' transportation. THE LICENSING SYSTEM. The long existing abuses in the licensing system, and the expectation of speedy correction, form the topics of general conversation and alarm amongst a ,very extensive body of affluent men. Magistrates and Brewers, and Members of both Houses of Par liament, would be deeply affected by the disclosure of the facts (connected as they are with some of the most influential men in the country) which have reached our knowledge ! We shall instance a few cases in proof of the baseness of the practice even• day resorted to. It is notorious amongst those who understand anything about the manoeuvres of the Brewers and their partisans, that many of the Licensing Magistrates through the country are con nected with builders ; that the connexion is formed Upon a pecuniary basis of a reciprocal naturu; and that houses, when licensed under such cir cumstances, are not opened by tho persons in hose names applications are made, but are sold ep the highest bidders. If a person to whom a newly licensed house is sold, can procure a large Ipan of money from a Brewer, in he goes, and falls to Work; but then, the house is large, being more like a barrack than a public-house, and the expellees are so enormous, the interest upon the loan swallows up the whole of the profits of the trade, and the house falls, into the brewer's hands, which are always ready to receive all they can grasp. Jobs of this kind turn out so profitably to builders, that the greatest interest is constantly used for the purpose of obtain s ing them. It has not, indeed, been unusual for Mi nisters to interfere in cases where the conflicting interests of builders, and, of course, of Magistrates, are concerned. In one case, a poor man built, in a most eligible situation, a house, which cost him upwards of 1,000/. For three years, he made every eftbrt to obtain a licence, but all he could do proved of no avail. At length, a builder, who had been examining the neigh bourhood, took it in his head to raise a large house within twenty yards of that of the humble petitioner to'their Worships. This builder, who owed a sum of money to a Jew, told his creditor that the only means he possessed of liquidating the debt was by obtaining a licence. " Very well," said the Jew, " I'll get a licence, or I'll know why;" and he set off to a Nobleman of most powerful influence, whom he had been in the habit of accommodating- with cash, in order to defray the enormous expences of election contests, with which some members of his Lordship's family are constantly harrassed. " My Lord (said he), so help me Got, I am mush, very mush, in vont of money ; I shall go to the dots if I don't get it." " I have no money, my friend," replied his Lordship ; " you don't know what a dreadful expence I was at last election ; but what else can I do for you." " Vv, my Lord," said the Jew, " there's a man vat owes me money, and he has built a house, and he can pay me, if I gets a liedose. Now, if your Loseleirsip weld serve me in thin matter, Tv, you know your debt can lie over for a chile, for I won't be so much pushed." " That will just do," returned his Lordship, who is the Chairman of the Sessions, " I dare say I can ma nage him." " Oh, I can manage him myself," said the Jew ; I have a bit of a demand upon him ; he is all right through thick and thin." The Nobleman immediately wrote off to cer t a i n o f t h e gentlemen of the Commission, and the builder obtained the li cense, the Jew his money, and his Lordship a tem porary release from dunning. The unlucky appli cantts house is falling to ruins, he has lately died in distress, and there is no prospect beyond the work house for his widow and children. About three or four years ago, a low ignorant man cut a great figure in the licensing v.'orld. lle obtained ten or twelve licenses without having made more than a single application for any one of them. Some of the houses which this extraordinary licen ser raised to so high a value, were situate in places which had been previously overstocked with public houses. The existence of such a power in a man of such a description excited the astonishment of every'. body. The Brewer's clerks, who are very agacimis in ascertaining causes, at length learned it "general licenser," for whom the Magis tes-: expressed the greatest contempt, but who, twohstanding, triumphed over their ineffectual aqirohation, had a handsome female relation, to loin a certain Nobleman could refuse nothing.— le houses, however, soon got into the hands of eminent brewer, and it is believed that the hide :igalole maker of public-houses is now but little the uteri for his exertions, after having made a large rtune for the disinterested and tender-hearted .t is pretty well known that the twelve most emi t Brewers in the metropolis are immense capi ists. There are very few of those firms in which Magistrate or two are not to be found. There rtainly is a law to prevent Magistrates. being brewers, from sitting on the bench to license public house; but. " there are are other ways of killing a dog besides that of hanging him." The Brewer- Magistrate is a mak of immense wealth : he gives excellent dinners, has a splendid mansion in the country, a park crowded with deer, and, in the veni son season, haunches are to be traced to the tables of those whose votes are to be put in requisition on the licensing day. Lists of the houses for which licenses are sought are regularly marked before the farce of Visiting commences, and all competition is absurd after instructions have been issued. B y the Bill to be brought in by Mr. Estcourt, i t is apprehend ed, amongst the many individuals who derive a vast profit from this nefarious system, that the abuses just stated, and a long train of others, will be effectually met. It has not escaped the knowledge of those who have suffered by the iniquitous partiality annually shown to a certain description of petition ers, that the Magistrate's clerk has, or pretends to have, a great deal of influence. So strong, at all events, is the power of that personage supposed to be, that it is considered matter of the greatest im portance to propitiate him. It is part of the ma chinery necessary to the obtaining of a li cense that he should draw the petition, and write out the notices, &c. ; and there is an under standing between him and the candidate for the li cense, which is rather a test of the liberality of the latter than of th© integrity of the former. The High Constable, too, is a character whose good opinion it is thought necessary to conciliate. This gentleman usually happens to b e a dealer in such commodities as the publican has large occasion for. A good order has never been knii*n to fail in procuring a good the 'purchase of a few na me for a candidate, ant. k . chaldrons of coal has been not en known to obtain for a public-house, through the same respectable chan orine. nel, a re.putation, although it ha s been frequented by b no pe r sons but thieves and prostit utes. --Ma Parer.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1827, Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. .Ld• Vernlam's, by Whalebone Mr. Prendergast's, by Comus Mr. Batson's, by Partisan Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each, h. D. of Portland's, by Tiresias by Teasdale Verularn's, by 'Whalebone Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each ; Sst. :11b, „.,. Mr. Rogers's Apollo D. of Grafton's Roderick I,d. Clarendon's, by Partisan Mr. Nowell's, by Aladdin The Oatlands Stakes of Mr. Wyndham's Chateau Mar. gaux Exeter's Zealot Ld. Anson's Sligo Mr. Wyndham's Stumps Ld. Wharneliffe's El Dorado Mr. Gully's Rigmarole Mr. Payne's Barytes , b. R. colts, Bit. 7lb. R. NI. Mr. 'Wilson's, by Cornus Mr. Hunter's, by Gustavus Lcl. Verulam's Sall h. ft., fillies, Sst. 41b. D. of Grafton's Crotchet D. of Portland's, by Tiresias . fr.; eolts, ; Qlliri , Sat. R. M. U. of Grafton's Paramour Ld. Exeter's, by 'Soothsayer h. ft., colts, Bst. Glb. ; D. M Ld. Jersey's Chrysalis Mr. Smith's, by Blacklock 4r. 'Wyndham's Torn Thumb Gen. Grosvenor's Half Moon 0 sovs. each, h. ft. D. I. lA. Exeter's Hobgoblin Mr. Forth's Shortwaist Ld. Anson's Heroine Mr. Wilson's Maldonia D. of Richmond's Link Boy Mr. Gully's Truth Gen. Grosvenor's Pollio Match-500, h. ft., &t. Sib. each. D. K. Ld. Orford's c. Protestant ILA. G. Cavendish's by Partisan Match—too, h. ft., Bat. 51b. each. D. M. Ld. Orford's Winkey Boss IMr. stonehewer's Theorem Mateh--900, h. R. B. C. Mr. Rogers . .. 3 Monarch I Mr. Payne's Babel Match-100, h. ft. Ab. M. Mr. Payne's Bachelor [Duke of Grafton's Chlons THE RING.—FIGHTS TO COME. April 14.—Harry Jones and Symmonds, 201. April24.—Whiteheaded Bob and Jem Burns, 2001. May 2.—Ben Burn and Tom Oliver, MU May B.—Dutch Sam and Dan M`Kenzie, 50/. to 0 5/. May B.—David Hudson and Larkins, 501. May 29.—Savage and Wallace, 100/. 31uRPfly AND M'CARTify.—These 'men were to have fought in the same ring, with Martin and Giblets. Mac was in waiting both at 3larlborough and Hungerford Downs, for his man ; but Murphy was detained in town on particular business. Mac claimed forfeit ; but, as the first event did not take place, it has been decided that the little mill shall come off in the same ring as Dick Davis and Hell's fight, which will take place to-morrow. WiffTzfh:AfiEn 808 AND Jrat 111:Rws.—The final de posit for the fight between these men, which is to come off on Tuesday week, was made good on Wednesday evening last, at the Castle Tavern, Holborn, in the presence of a strong muster of the Fancy. Baldwin was present, and, although suffering under a slight cold, appeared i❑ excel lent condition. He returned on Thursday morning to Hurley Bottom. Jeni Burns was not in town. YOUNG DUTCH SAM AND APKINZIE.—Th e third de posit for this fight was made good on Saturday night at the Sol's Arms, Wych-street. Dica DAVIS AND HALL.—Dick Davis and Hall are matched to fight on Tuesday next, within 20 miles of Man chester, for 25/. a-side. This match has been looked for by the amateurs for some time, and, from the well-known abilities of both men, the fight is expected to be a real out ' and outer. About four years ago they had a torn-up, in consequence of Davis giving flail a shilling to fight him five rounds ; they fought uptrards of half an hour, with various success, when Hall, considering that he had given Davis sufficient for a shilling, declined further contest. The betting is 6 to 4 and 2 to t on Davis, hut we do not think it quite so safe as his friends anticipate. PETER CRAWLEY'S crib, the French Horn, in Duke street, Smithfield, continues to be well attended. The Champion Club will meet again on Tuesday evening, with a Naval Captain in the Chair. , we are g lad to Lear, carries on a dashing trade at Liverpool, and is patronised by all the Fancy in that Fanciful town. 1 JONES (THE SAILOR BOY) AND SIMMONDi.-The fight between these men took place on Saturday last, on Pulp ham Fen, Esser,' within 22 miles of London, in the pre- Jence of a thousand persons. Jones was seconded by P. Crawley and Fogo, and Simmonds by D. Hudson and Cyhletts. Jones had the lead throughout ; and after fight ing 17 rounds in 35 minutes, Simmonds gave, in, declaring his inability to cope with such a customer. JANUARY and HYNEs, the pugilists, who were to have fought a pitched battle on Penge Common, were appre hended, brought to Union-hall on Tuesday, and held to bail, on their own recognizances in the sum of 401. each, to appear at the next Sessions. The artful boy of Clapham has returned to his brother Joshua, in Leadenhall-market, after an absence of six months. " Forgive and Forget" is a maxim, the value of Which he now feels, and lie prudently says he will never make a rash vow again. Old RicumoNn took his Benefit at the Tennis Court, on Wednesday, hnt had not to boast of a very full attendance, nor was the sparring of the highest order ; for this Rich mond may thank himself—he seldom or never sets-to for others, and, of course, he has no right to expect that he will meet with better treatment. The only novelty dis played, was a set-to between Young Spring !so called from his likeness to Tom Spring), from Liverpool, and a New Black, an adopted son of Richmond; but neither of them can be considered as stars. Spring intends at the Castle Tavern, Holborn, to2morrow evening, offering to make a !. match with any- man in England, weighing 10k stone, for ' 100/. In all probability, this offer will be accepted. In deed, Alic Reid has announced his willingness to fight him. provided he can get backed, for that, or even a smaller sum. SHOOTING. PIGEON MATCH BETWEEN MESSRS. °ADES AND T. HAR RISON.-The greatest interest is excited respecting the result of this match that is to take place at the Ineinsure, near the Red House Tavern, Battersea, on Thursday next, at one precisely. From their excellent shooting in general there are various opinions as to the favourite ; the betting ma Mr. Oades is about sto ; Clayards, of Crown-street, is t o procure the best blue rocks. Several other matches at pigeons and sparrows will take place, and it promises to be a fine day's play. On Tuesday next, several matches at pigeons will take place at the Crown and Sceptre, Brixton, between some of the best shots. PIGEON SIooTiNG.-- 7 A match will be shot at the Hope, at Lewishani, on Wednesday next, at two o'clock, between six gentlemen of London, and six of Kent, for 20/. a-side. COCKING. The annual Great Main between Suffolk (Nash) and Middlesex (Cook), took place on the 9th of April, and two following days : FIRST DAY. Nash, 5 main 4 byes ; Cook, 5 main 1 bye. SECOND DAY. Nash, 7 main 4 byes : Cook, 5 main 1 bye. THIRD DAY. Nash, S main 5 byes ; Cook, 4 main 0 bye. TOTAL. Nash, '2O m. 1:3 b. ; Cook, 1-1 m. 2 b.—Nash won by 6m. 11 b. Nash will fight any Gentleman in England a week's play, for 101. a battle, and 2001. the odd, or as much more as they like, either the week before Epsom Races, or the week after ; to fight in London. A main of cocks will be fought to-morrow, and the two following days, between the gentlemen of Staffordshire and the gentlemen of Warwickshire, for 2001. the main, and 21. the battle, at Wolverhampton. Feeders : Hadley for Sta.ffordshir r , aml Hind 3 for Warwickshire. The annual grand main between Chichester and Waltham commenced on Tuesday, at Bishop's Waltham. The fighting was unusually good, and, from the number of cock s matched, the sport lasted two days. From the well know n goodness and celebrity of the Chichester birds, the betting was 5 and 6 to 4 on them ; but the Waltham feeders wo n the main by two battles. A main of cocks will be fought on Wednesday next, be tween the gentlemen of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, for five sovereigns a battle, and 50 sovereigns the odd. it will be fought at the new Pit erected at Hinckley. It is reported that the great main of cocks between Dr. Bellyse awl Sir Harry Goodriche is renewed for the next two years. NESS MARKET, SUNDAY EVENING. BETTING.-From the uncertainty which has prevailed as to which of Lord Jersey's will start to-morrow, or whe ther neither or both, the betting on the Riddlesworth has been rather dull till the last day or two. From the cir cumstance of Mameluke, however, being placed at evens with Glenartney, we should infer that both will appear in that stakes ; Cressida and Shoveller, who have been hacked to some amount, it is thought will not. Lord Grosvenor's two will most likely run, and perhaps Roderick and an other or two ; but the field will he small. Mr. Payne's Eliza Teazle colt is rising for the Derby, having been backed at 25 to 1. Want of time prevents our giving more now than the present odds :--- RIDDI. ESWORTIf. to 4 agst Glenartney, '7 to 4 agst Mame. Juke, and 6to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's two. 15 to 1 agst flame. juke for P.iddlesworth, and Glenartney for Derby (taken). DE REV —9 to 2 agst Gicnartncy (token)), 12 to 1 agst Defence, I 3 to 1 agst Tatter, 20 to 1 agst Gaberlunzie, 20 to 1 agst Marne luke' 20 to 1 agst Espagnolle, 20 to 1 a gs t Spondee, '22 to 1 ag s t Catherine, 22 to 1 agst Trumpeter, 25 to 1 agst Eliza Teazle ',taken), and 30 to 1 agst Chrysalis taken). Oaits.—lo to 1 on the field. APPOINTMENTS FOR T('ESDAV. The Breakfast Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. it., colts, Sit. '7lh. fillies, tst. 31b. I). M. Mr. Rogers's Chieftain D. of Grafton's Daemon Mr. Thornhiil's by Sam Sir J. Shelley's Maresfield Mr. Dilly's, by Blacklock - Sweepstakes of 100 sot's. each D. of Grafton's Zoffani Ld. WharnclitTe's, by Comus Ld. Jersey's Chrysalis HORRIBLE MURDER AT SEA. On Tuesday, at the Thames Police office, Joseph Bragg, master of the brig Valiant, now lying in the East India Dock, was charged with the murder of Francis Williams, a black man, and the cook on board the Valiant. Mr. PIERCE, of Clement's-lane, attended as his Solicitor, and Mr. Aboeullus as his Counsel. Robert Harris, stated, that he was a seaman on board the Valiant, and that the deceased, Francis Williams, was cook, and a black man, and that dur ing their passage to the Isle of France, he had often witnessed acts of cruelty of the prisoner towards the deceased ; that the prisoner was frequently in the habit of kicking the deceased; and knocking him upon the head; and for several days previous to the 16th of September last, he was continually ill-using him ; but upon that day after breakfast, the prisoner came on board and asked where the black rascal was ; he was told that he was aft, eating his break fast. Prisoner then went aft, and saw the deceased with a bone of beef and biscuit in his hand. He desired him to go to the round-house, which -.cased did. While standing near the round-house, he told him to eat the bone which he had in his hand ; de ceased made no reply, but sat down upon the boom. Prisoner ordered him to stand up, which, on doing, he began to cut his clothes ofd him, leaving only his frock shirt, and even cut that away; he then made him sit up straight on the boom, while he fastened a rope round his body, and then dragged him to the hatchway, and threw h i m down upon some barr e l s lyi ng in the hold. De ceased, after he lay some time insensible, got up and sat on the barrels. The prisoner then ordered him on deck, which he not immediately complying with, he hauled him up. Deceased begged a drink of water. Prisoner called the cook of the day, and ordered him to get a panican of brine (beef pickle), which, on his getting, he attempted to make deceased drink it, and actually forced a large quantity of it down his throat; and on his attempting to resist, he dashed him against the boom, and then struck him several times. Deceased at this period fell from the boom on the deck. He then dragged him along tit e deck, towards the head of the ship. Deceased then made an effort to get up, which with difficulty he ac complished. Prisoner then told the deceased to take a bucket, and fasten the bottom of it. However, such was the state of the deceased, that he seemed quite unable to do it. Prisoner then snatched up a ham mer, stuck the deceased on the head, and knocked him down the hatchway. Deceased fell again on the barrels, which were lying on the ballast, and groaned dreadfully. Prisoner then said, "Oh ! the blacA rascal, I'll take the sulks out of him." Prisoner then called the deceased to come on deck, but he was unable. He then went down, and struck him with a piece of African oak. Deceased at this time was sitting upon the end of a beam, and after he had been struck, he fell on the ballast; and while there pri soner took a shovel, and began to cover him with the ballast, as if in the act of burying him alive. When he had nearly covered him with the ballast, he jlattencd it 071 his chest. He subsequently took the ballast off the deceased, and called out to them on deck to hand him a rope down the fore-hatch way, which, on his getting, he made fast to the leg of the deceased, and dragged him forward. He then called out to the people on deck to begin and haul away, which they did ; hut on perceiving it was the deceased they were hauling, they refused to pull any more. The prisoner, with the assistance of one of the crew, hauled the deceased upon deck. He then made a rope tight round his body, under the arm pits, heaved it over the galley.coppers, end made it tight. Deceased was at this period quite unable to stand. He could not hold up his head; it lay upon his shoulder. He inarticulately begged a drink of water. Prisoner replied " Fetch him a panican of pickle." It was brought, and he put it into de ceased's hand, who endeavoured to put it to his lips, but was unable, and let it fall upon the deck ; de ceased also fell down ; prisoner said " You sulky rascal, I'll make you stand up ;" and he desired Bill Cassan, one of the seamen, to put the poker into the ,/ire; Cassan refused to do it ; prisoner then went and did it himself; all this time deceased lay insen sible upon the deck; when the poker was red hot, he applied it to the back of the deceased, and de ceased shrunk a little ; he Sail, the steam come from the burning back of the deceased; prisoner then took the rope, and cast it round the bow of the long boat, and hauled deceased on his feet, at the same time swearing he would take the sulks out of him ; a rope was then put on the fore-yard whip, and made fast to the arm-pits of the de ceased, and he was then slewed overboard ; this was on the starboard side of the vessel ; he was hauled up on the larboard side; while he was hauling up the side of the vessel, one of the iron hooks struck him on the throat, and lace rated it dreadfully; he then lay on the deck groan ing, until the crew had knocked off work, when some of them said, the best thing that could be done, was to put this man down below; the pri soner replied, "let him lie there—the rascal, I'll take the sulks out of him before I have done with him." He lay there until eight o'clock in the even ing; he had nothing on him but his frock; prisoner then told the mate to put him down below, and four of the people lowered him down the fore hatch way, and placed him on the water casks; there was then very little appearance of life in him, and he groaned occasionally; they then took and put him into his hammock, and placed him upon his back, and they found him dead on the following me:ning, in that position; the watch on deck told ti.. mate that the cook (the deceased) had died, which the mate communicated to the prisoner; orders were given that the body of the deceased should be brought on deck; the prisoner said that he never knew a black man die of the sulks before ; after break fast, the body of the deceased was laid out on deck ; prisoner, on seeing it, desired that it should be sewed up in his hammock and heaved overboard, at the same time ordering the mate to bring some ruin on deck, which he did, and gave every one of the crew half a tumbler each; this was the first spirits they had ever got from the prisoner.— While they were drinking the rum, the prisoner came on deck, and asked them did they see any marks on the body. No answer was given, -apprehensive that they should be served so themselves. The body of the deceased was then sewed up in a ham mock, and a bag of sand put ie with it to make it sink, and it was hove overboard. All the crew were then called into the cabin, and the prisoner asked them would they sign a paper, certifying that the deceased died by the will of God. They all refused to sign it. One of the crew positively refu sed; he said that he could not sign any such paper. The prisoner then asked him what he would sign. He replied, to make things comfortable, we will sign, " Accidental Death.' They did so, but through fear. When the vessel arrived at Port Louis, prisoner employed an attorney, and he asked the crew to swear that the deceased died in his hammock; and on the crew going to explain to him, th e a tt orne y did not . w i s h to hear any thing about th e; ma tt er —all h e wanted was for them to swear that the deceased died in his hammock, which they did. _ John Holmes ( a lad about 17 years old), wa s one of the crew of the Valiant in her late voyage to the Mauritius; knew the deceased, Williams, who was cook and steward ; he died in six weeks after the Valiant sailed from London. I saw my master heave the man overboard on the starboard side of the ship by a rope; that was in the evening. He was not suffered to remain long under water; the ship was then going at three knots an hour. When pulled up on deck, the man was insensible. I re- 1 member seeing him tied up to th e galleys above th e cabouse, and my master ordered Wm. Cassan to put the poker into the fire. Cassan refused, and master put the poker in the fire himself; when it was red hot, he put it to the man' s back, and burned it, and singed the hair off his head ; this was after he was overboard. The deceased asked for a drink of fresh water, , a nd the master ordered him to have a pani can of. brine. Bill Cassan brought the brine, and gave it to master) who endeavoured to make the man drink it. Master had an awning pole in his had, with which he hit the man once, but not very hard. When he was burned with the poker, the man had no clothes on but a Guernsey frock. I re collect seeing master put the ballast over the man, and put it down with a shovel; this was in the hold. James Nuttal—Was seaman on board the Valiant on her voyage to the Mauritius; knew Williams; the man was found dead about four o'clock on Sun day morning; on the day before we were all on deck. The Captain called for assistance to me to haul the cook up by the leg, and when I saw who it was I would not haul him up ; I saw him hauled up to the galleys; I saw an iron hoop put in the fire, and put to the hair of his head; it burned the hair, but not the flesh. William Norman and James Davison corroborated the preceding evidence. Wilson, one of the Thames Police officers, had apprehended the prisoner on a charge of murdering his black cook, Francis Williams. The prisoner said, that he had drawn up an inquisition, which the .crew had voluntarily signed, that the man had died by the visitation of - God, and further observed, that he had a document in his cabin, which would con vict the crew of perjury, if they persisted in this charge. This was the whole of the evidence against the prisoner. - Mr. ADOLPHUS asked the Magistrate whether he considered the evidence sufficient to justify com mittal ? Mr. BRODERIP.--I am of opinion that it is a case that ought to go to a jury, and under that impres sion I shall certainly commit the prisoner. The witnesses were then bound over in their r".cog nizances to prosecute the law with effect against the prisoner at the bar, on a charge of" Wilful Murder," committed on the high seas. The case will be tried at the Admiralty Sessions. The prisoner appears to be a man about 40 years of age, and 'during the examination seemed to be perfectly aware of his perilous situation. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOITTA, APRIL 14.—0 n Wednesday arrived the ship Caroline, Capt. Kidson, from Calcutta, bound to Lon. don, having on board the remainder of the Invalids (the first division arrived here in November last, by the Zenobia and Catharine Stewart Forbes) of the 67th, 59th, and 14th regiments. She left the Cape on the 2d, and As-. cension on the 20th February, on which day the William Harris transport arrived there from England, with stores and provisions for the Island. We may probably have to announce the arrival of his Majesty's ship Tweed, Capt. Frederick Hunn, from the Gulf of Mexico, in our next paper. She had to call at Tampico, to embark 40,000/. in specie, for the Mexican Government ; but as Tampico is a bar harbour, and a strong north-westerly gale set in before she could have reached that place, we are quite satisfied that Capt. Hann would not attempt to enter it until a return of favourable weather. This circumstance most satisfactorily accounts (to those who have any knowledge in these local subjects) for the Tweed not having yet reached England with her va luable shipments. The precautionary means taken by Sir Lawrence Halstead to warn Capt. Hunn of a possible dan ger, arising from our affairs with Spain, though highly prudent in that excellent Chief, yet, as it must be well known, cannot attach itself whatever to the delay ascribed to that ship's arrival. On Sunday last the Slaney, 18, Captain Samuel Thornton, sailed for Woolwich, to be paid off. We learn by the arrival of this ship (in addition to the information con tained in our last Paper), that it was the intention of Rear- Admiral Gage, on the arrival of his flag-ship, the Java, from England, to proceed immediately in that ship, from Boadicea h Trincomalee, om e t . o i% t Mad ar r t a a s b Eng land by th e t rea ty o f p eace ma d e with the Kin g o f :Iva. and d i s Al t a h r e ta s l e i' a w - sea-port ceded decl dispatchto 17.nt thee squadron detached to suppress the Wahabee pirates, in the Gulph of Persia, was not expected to return thither until May, when the Tamar would return to England...__ the officers of our squadron in India, now the war is happily over, are, we are pleased to sex, amusing themselves at Trincomalee with that rational and appropriate recreation, naval Regattas, in humble imitation, as they observe, of those interesting naval spectacles at Portsmouth and Ply mouth. The first " Trincomalee Regatta" took place on the 24th of November last. Among the subscribers were Rear-Admiral Gage, Captains. Honourable J. G. 110113, Furneaux, and Thornton ; Lieutenants Talbot, Stow, Stroud, and Hall; Messrs. Broadhead, Brock, Holman, Lowe, Curxenwan t .and O'Neil, with their cutters, huggers, hermtulians, schooners, sliding-gunterx, and fancy's, named Captain Bock, Centipede, Quiz, Iris, Pett, Fawn, Do It, Dongella, Flirt, Snow Ball, Black Joke, &c. The first prize was won by the Hon. Captain Rous's Centipede, beat ing Captain Thornton's Pett. The silver cup (given by the Hon Capt. Rous) was won by Lieutenant Talbot's Iris. ' The third priza was won by Captain Rous's Dongella. The day, we are informed, was heavenly, and a prettier sight was never witnessed. We are happy to find that letters from Rio Janeiro, dated Feb. 7, state the araival of the Forte, 46, Capt. J. Coghlan, C. 13. in 48 days from Bpithead, with his Excel lency Chev. Von Neuman, and the Austrian Embassy to the Court of Brazils. The Ranger and Heron were lying there ; the Cambridge, Blanche, and Eclair, were shortly expected from the Pacific, on their return to England. The Sy-I)We, 48, Commodore Francis R. Collier, C.B. went out of harbour this morning, fitted for the command on the western coast of Africa. She will sail next week. On Wednesday last, the Maria Dutch smuggling lugger, belonging to Middleburg, was taken into Newcastle, cap tured off the Yorkshire coast, on the preceding day, by the Mermaid, Lieut. Robertson, with her crew of eleven men, having thrown her cargo over board during a chase of seven hours. The Maria is a very fine vessel of about 70 tons, well found with every description of stores, and is a similar vessel to the Anne, brought in there by the Mer maid last September. The Defence cutter, Lieut. 11. S. Perkins, has captured and taken into North Yarmouth, the Eliza Julianna, of Flushing, with 200 tubs of foreign spirits, and a crew of four men. —Hampshire Telegraph. COACH RACING.—The fines of this illegal and dangerous practice being usually paid by numerous bodies of proprietors, in support of their drivers, and being, in consequence, almost inoperative, the Magistrates have taken the opinio❑ of Mr. Starkie, the barrister, who ad vises that the drivers i-hould be held to bail, to answer an indictment at common law.—Doncaster Gazette. cruising we til in with a vessel, officer of his Majesty's sloop Pelican, relates to a gallant The following extract from a letter from noted pain. attack made on a Turkish pirate, in which Lents. N. Smith and Daniel F. Grant (son of Thomas Grant, E sq., being ca l m , we sent away two boats, of Portsmouth) were unfortunately wounded. But we are happy to hear that letters of 10 days more recent date, them in sight for some time, when state that Lieut. Grant was doing well :—" Maacn S.— On rato the of 2 th d o of o this ame o month,while fciiepr tti, armed and full of men, off the island of Ithaca, and at nine man nedin the andarmed, morning, a breeze springing u p, we made all sail after the vessel, and about twelve at noon, got her within range of our great guns, when Lieutenant Grant manned and armed the large cutter, and went in chase, the water getting too shoal for the ship to approach nearer the shore, when the vessel commenced a heavy fire of round and grape on our• three and kept boats ; w e, in return, commenced firing on board the ship to ccver the boats. There was now a running fight with the vessel and our boats for two hours each, going at the rate of four miles an hour. We in the ship c overed our boats with round shot from our great guns : at about three p. ni. the boats got hold of the stern boat of the enemy ; the breeze then sprung up, and the vessel got more head way, when we found our boats drop, and the enemy run on shore. The boats returned with the First Lieutenant wounded in the hand dangerously; Second Lieutenant wounded in the shoulder, and his collar-bone broke through ; the shots in both cases remain, as they cannot be got at. The carpenter, Mr. Case, was shot through the fleshy part of his right arm ; two marines and two seamen killed ; two dangerously wounded, and not expected to live, and others slightly. We then found that the vessel had barricaded herself so with planks, &c., that we could do nothing further with the boats. We came to an anchor, and fired at her for a mark, and after amusing them in that way for about ten minutes, they made signs for us to send our boat. We did so, well manned and armed on all points. Our boats boarded her, and found her to be a Turkish man-of-war of four guns, and 50 men. We had killed the Captain and six men before we had got alongside. After heaving the dead overboard, we took the Turks on board our boats, and set fire to the vessel, as sine was shot to pieces, and unable to float. We then made for th e har bour—the Turks, 16 in number, are now on board the Pelican, and we expect to take them to Smyrna, to-he g i ve n up tb the Turkish Government—Hampshire Tele graph. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. 9ei College,n that q ua lity th e Bi s h opr i c k o f L uc k , and we die till his health sh a ll p erm it hi m to come to (From the Etoile, dated S a t ur d ay, Apr i l 14.) " Si. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 27.--The Emperor has addressed to the directing S ena t e th e f o ll ow i ng Ukase , dated March 11 : " As a testimony of o ur esteem f or t h e di st i ngu i s h es ! merits of Gaspard Ci ec i szews ki, R oman Catholic Billiton of L uc k, w h o b y hi s aposto li ca l l a b ours, and his zeal for the th rone an d t h e c h urc h , h a d ga i ned the geed will of our belo ve d b rot h er, the Emperor Alexander of glorious me mory, we ra i se th a t P re l ate to t h e di gn i ty of Metropolitan Archbi s h op o f t h e R oman Catholic churches in Russia, re taining pense him f rom pres i d i ng i n the Roman Catholic Eccle ia i St. Petersburgh t o ta k e t h e di rect i on of i t. ' " By another Ukas e , of the same date, the Emperor has ordered his Eminence Bishop Pros - lit - 31;y to he eusineolied from Luck to St. Petersburgh, to preside, till further orders, in the first department of the Roman C'atholic Ec clesiastical College. " The ilioniteur of Friday contains, under the head of Department of Finances,' a comparative table of the pro duce of the revenue for the first three months of 1827, with the produce for the same three months of 1826 and and 1825, by which it appears, that there is a diminution of 3,892,000 francs, as compared with the first quarter of /826, and of 3,891,000 francs as compared with the first quarter of 1825 ; the greatest decrease is in the stamp duties. 572,000 f. ; Customs, &c., 2,055,000 f. ; Lottery, 640,000 f., as compared with 1826 ; and as compared with 1825, in the Customs, 3,895,000 f.; duty on salt, 595,000 f. ; Lottery, 678,000 f. (From the Journal des Dobats.) "MADRID, Amur. 2.—A very considerable quantity of powder has been forwarded from Seville to Estremadura and some parts of Old Castile. A great number of labourers are employed in St. Joseph's Park, Madrid, in making car touches. Some are also made at Segovia, and from both places they are despatched weekly, as they are got ready, to Ciudad Rodrigo. " It is generally believed, and besides stated in all the letters from Old Castile, that the Marquis of Chaves will snake a new inroad into Portugal before the end of the pre sent month. This much is certain, that a part of his troops is not yet disarmed. The letters already mentioned likewise state, that the Viscount de Montealegre has re turned to Portugal, disguised as a peasant, and intends to try to get up, through his own influence, an insurrection in the provinces of Tras-os-Montee and Beira. " New and more pressing orders have been sent to the municipal authorities to hasten the completion of the levy of 25,000 men lately decreed. A considerable fine is im posed on those corporations whose contingents shall not be furnished before the end of May. Within a feW days of the end of the month just past, the Governor of Gibraltar unexpectedly received an order from his Government, to place that fortress in a complete state of defence ; and the execution of these orders have al ready commenced by the demolition of some houses which had been built without the walls in the plain of St. Roche, but within the range of the guns of the fort. " Our Government appears to fear the landing of Consti tutionalists on our eastern coasts, and we are assured that these apprehensions have their origin in the reports which the police has received from its agents in Lisbon. Palos, APRIL 15.—The Guerriere frigate, destined to the Pacha of Egypt, and which has been lately built at Marseilles, for that purpose, has quitted that pert for Tou lon. We are assured that it will sail from that port direct. for Egypt, with the French corvette the Circe. (From the Constitutiotind.) " MADRID, Arius. 3.—A1l the reports in circulation are generally warlike, and, both within and without the palace, the most judicious, though they do not believe it im mediate, consider it inevitable. " M. Uses has set off for Paris without his letters of credit, which he was told would reach him at Burgos or at Bayonne; but M. Uzos will perhaps have to expe rience the disappointment of not firei;ng those letters e ven at Paris ; for I can assure you that on the, day on whirls it was presumed he would arrive iss that capital, these letters were not yet forwarded, nor even ready to be sent off. " A whole community of Portuguese monks has ar rived at Zamora. Twenty nuns arrived at the same time. " We learn from Salamanca that the number of Por tuguese refugees in that town is very considerable. There, as well as at Zamora, these emigrants consist, in a great proportion, of monks and priests. " Letters from Catalonia announce that the plan of the rebel Caralists of Tortosa is to take possession of the Seu d'Urgel, while feigning to proceed against other places- This report may be well founded; for au express has beers sent from thence to the Governer of the Seu d'Urgel, en joining him w to hi p c u i mtahyattapkleacpelaicue t i h n e a b le es e t n% p i o r ss on ib e l . e state of defence, and to watch strictly his ga rr i son, as well as any " The Chapter of Valencia has sent an address to the. King, praying his Majesty to visit that city to take sets • baths there, and promising to defray the expense of his journey. PARIS, APRIL 12.-.-HOSTILITIES OF THE JESUITICAL FACTION AGAINST MR. CANNING, THE PROTECTOA Of THE EMANCIPATION Or visa CATHOLICS. -..-The pOliey of Mr. Canning has excited, according to the Quotidienne, alarms iu the party of Old England, because this policy raises the most dangerous passions. The Quotidienne, a Journal accredited by a part of the Clergy, applauds the Duke of Rutland, who expressed to the King of England the desire of seeing Mr. Canning removed from the Admi nistration. It represents this proceeding as an act entirely monarchical. Thus when this Minister sustains, with the noblest eloquence, the cause of the unfortunate Catholics of Iceland—when, horn in the Protestant religion, he &-- mantis Civil and Religious Liberty fur all, that illustrious citizen wishes to throw England into the vices; of a revolu tionary- reform ! What signifies the zeal for the Irish Ca tholics, when their defender is exposed to such insults ? Cease, cease your hypocritical language, ye enemies of the equality of rights! You wish nothing of the kind ; you use religion when you think to find auxiliaries in its Ali-. sisters, and you will riot hesitate to racrifice when men wish to put in practice the maxims which it hallows. Thus Mr. Canning exposes himself by requiring the emancipatiou of the Catholics, to lose the popularity which his talents have acquired him in his country. Our pretended devotees is France throw off the mask, and do not blush to declare themselves against him ; he is the ad vocate of what they do not want--and that is an equality of the rights consecrated by the Charter. To destroy it, hypocrisy, falsehood, ingratitude, every thing is ga d there are no means which they will not employ against every generous citizen who shall dare to contend that mare ought to enjoy every where both civil and religious liberty. (From the Quotidienne.) " Mane" APRIL 3.—The Gazette of this day con tains the details of the rejoicings which have taken place in the army of the Tagus, on the occasion of the birth-day ct our dearly beloved Sovereign the Queen. The soldiers , seized the opportunity of displaying the sentiments by which they are animated. At the close of the repast given by General Sarsf e ld t o th e Staff, that C ommander, un d er salute from all th e ar tillery of the c amp, d rank the a. follow ing; toast Tu the King, to her Majesty the Queen, whose fife we celebrate, to their Highnesses the Infantes, to all the Bourbons ; and to the hope that the fidelity ell" the brave army of the Tagus will procure new days of glory for our Sovereign.' This toast was received with cries of 'Live she King ;' Live the Bourbons.' Ile country people collected from eight miles round to witness this fie.. " General Long - a, having been acquitted by the Court-- martial which inquired into his conduct, is appointed Cap- , tain-General of the provinces of Valencia and Murcia. This indemnification was due to so loyal a servant of the King. " The Portuguese Royalists are so persuaded that their residence in Spain cannot be of long duration, that the greater part of those who were placed in depots have re turned to the towns nearest the frontier. It is generally thought t'eat the Spanish Government approves their con demanded the delivery of the horses belonging duct. This is certain—that they have not been o bstructed in ;their progress. The Constitutional Generals having Roy alists, General Monet replied, that they could not be re stored, because the greater part of them were and therefore Spanish property. • Spain by the Spa " The proclamations introduced into s the adoption of nish Refugees in Portugal, have c aused E several rigorous measures. D o n Nezari° $ a, Captain - the whole safest Gerseral of Galicia, has published through of his province, that persons who carry en any political cor respondenceave. if under the veil of alle gory, with Portugal, g arrison there has marched for Tor shall be liable to the sam e or soldiers svho desert to an enenl. Saragossa, " We learn by letters from that a part of the that the French garrisonof lin Tor tosa. It is reported re . Urge 1, Catalonia, bas been intorced wi t h a battalion.— Upper a ssert, on the credit of letters from Cadiz, Some persons in that that the French Queen's Regiment in garrison place is making prepara tions, which indicate an approaching movement. Gien.ererAn,'MAucis 19 . —The arrival of a Spanish Cabinet courier, with despatches for the Consul, has caused a great sensation. It appears that he also brought letters • for Sir George Don, whhi a were hire immediately conveyed to his residence at Roque. huree.liatel on receiving - them, Sir George returned to town, and Y orders for gave re enovin • ' g Ins furniture hither. This has actually been done to -d ay. punishment to he spies i