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Al,I co, o e 10 l °L, to .00 " r ted ' - teo • reS°',(ter d s OOO ri d e b e , e t it° s Ari e) , o j v o i t a he p er e: hoO.he P r w hic h - ted d 60A fr iofe O a f ° 13I'CIC ' 0°V°1' t S l° s t ,' e e° tb t have i' IR E ' f ded iti , o o o ; P u , „co erY raw. tto ciPb k j f the r o s iror"; in dee ° o thel'" c habitof °anceo. is ~1 poi ree", Y the P c o I d 00 ASSIZES RECEIVED THIS DAY. • LANCASTER, MARCH 15. The Court was occupied from nine o'clock in the morn IR until half-past nine o'clock at night in trying Robert ifirkwood, aged 46 (convicted yesterday), John Stan , . ' fif ict, aged 69, Martin Collins, aged 45 (convicted last w eek with S ara h M art i n ) , J o h n C amp b el l , age d 55, an d 446 mas Liddy, aged 28, who were arraigned upon an indictment charging the two former, together with Jonathan Dade (who made his escape out of the Castle), he With having forged certain Si. bank notes, purporting to rna , le by Charles Arkwright, with intent to defraud Richard Arkwright and Co., of the Wirkworth and Ash blourn B a nk ; an d c h arg i ng t h e t h ree l atter pr i soners w i th ua ving aided, incited, abetted, and counselled the other Prisoners and Dade to do and commit the said felony. The principal witness was James 'Wilson, and his evi enee was th e same as on yester d ay ' s t r i a l as to th e part t een by Kirkwood. There were two other witnesses l' ar ned, Anderton and Dunn, who were brought by ','Qbeas corpus from Y or k C as tl e . From th e ev id ence appeared that Stansfield was the maker of " the :!nttoins"—(the paper on which tile impressions fr om the plate were taken, which:he sold at 4s. each)— t hat there were 350 Ashbourn five pound notes printed, hieh w ere so ld to t h e utterera at 1/. 5 1 . eac h , and that ; 41 e other prisoners circulated the notes in various parts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Derbyshire. f The Jury found Liddy Not Guilty, and the other ° Ur prisoners Guilty. As, • -AULT UPON A CLERGYMAN—.IIOOGSON, CLERK, V. 1 TIGHT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff who is the p e rpetual i ncum b ent o f Mil nrow, near R oc hd ale, and b ead mast er o f th e R oc hd a ' e G rammar S c h oo l, to recover fr om the defendant, who is an extensive bleacher near l aehdal e , compensat i on i n d amages f or a gross assau l t and tbattery committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS stated the case for the plaintiff, Mr. PoL,Locx appeared for the defendant. Prom th e ev id ence f or t h e plaintiff it appeared, that on the 22d of December last the plaintiff was in his school • 11 1. ° Q4 1, when the defend an t k noc k e d a t th e d oor an d ca ll e d h ! r n aut. Shortly after th e pl a i n tiff left th e sc h oo l- room .cholars heard a s cu ffl e ou t s id e th e d oor , an d th e plain tiff screaming. The school-room doer was again opened, t°d the plaintiff was attempting to get into the room from he defendant, who had hold of him by the collar of the ;• cl at, beating and kicking him very violently. The de • "'dant d ragge d th e p l a i nt iff to t h e porc h o f t h e h ouse , an d >eated his violence, the con sequences o f w hi c h we r e Ce breaki ng o f one o f th e pl a i nt iff' s r ib s , an d severa l r aises and injuries on different parts of his body. Mr, PoLLocx addressed the Jury for the defendant, and be be in the out se t, th a t thi s was a ca se whi c h oug ht 'Q be vi s it e d w i t h more t h an nom i na l d amages, b ut h e t hr oated th a t w h en t h e J ury h ear d t h e provocat i on g i ven to he defendant, and the great state of excitement under which e labo ure d at t h e t i me, t h at they would be of opinion t hat p th ere was not hi ng w hi c h called for v i ndictive damages. th e the evidence of the d e f en d an t, i t appeare d t h at i n Qe morning of the day on which the assault was corn- Illltteantd, th e d e f en d an t' s son , w h o was not more than 17 ' r of age, was marri e d t o a woman o f i n f er i or ran k i n r , and o f a very i n f er i or c h aracter. T he pla i nt i ff t r tated the licence, and the defendant having called upon Ira and re p roac h e d hi m in very violent terms for having r a nted th e li cence , th e p l a i nt iff ma d e an angry rep l y, d then the assault was committed. The Y erdict for Jury having retired for a few minutes, foul a the plaintiff—Damages 250/. TH E LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS RAILWAY. 11 is now under the consideration of a Select Com- Nttee of the House of Commons, for the purpose of con- Il ti et ting by rail-roads Liverpool with the ports on the U Mber, and thereby to bring the German Ocean and the • sea, the eastern and western s id es o f th e i s l an d, "thin si x hours' J'ourne •of each other. The pla n of thi s o ertaking is to o p en a d irec t ra il li ne f rom Li verpool, to fits* into epic] through the great coal-fields of Lancashire, c ommunicate with the large towns and numerous ma i'afacturing establishment s o f that district; th en t o pene ate across the central ridge of England into the West R t d • tog of Yorkshire, and ultimately to the ports of the i: ta rober. Collateral advantages willl of course be found the facilities which such al ine will afford for the corn 6L'aoication of all these places with Manchester. It is pro ol I clto have four li nes o f ra il way , t wo f or sw if t carr i ages, rig and returning with light goods and passengers, and I \ ,l° for slower carriages, with heavy goods and animals. 'e whole is to be lighted with gas, so as to be traversable kt ) ' as Sight as w e ll day, and the plan of the iron rails will c ore the carriages from obstructing one another. MR. THEODORE HOOK.—In the delineation qf L ondon life, whether in the May Fair, the civic, or t o e aqhurban department, this author may fairly claim Z u ndisputed preeminence. He is emphatically the eorder and historian (though in a novel sense) of fit d on society, i n t o th e recesses o f w hi c h b e penetrates t t , it° all the sublety and magic power of that grand de °' and " unroofer" of metropolitan mysteries, LE rat " Asmodeus." His sketches are given with e, breadth, and the keenest spirit of humour. Mr. dZ ° k's last 'production, " Maxwell," has attained a high arse of popularity. or ejtEDULI TY.— About three weeks ago a gang 14' Nies encamped at Talybont, on the road from Crockers'- o )4 to Lew son , near Whitcburch, Herefordsh i re. In the 4 1 . 4 e, of the eveni ng one THOMAS LEWIS, waggoner to ',#ll „'‘'howN, of Lewson, was accosted by one of the sibyls, told him that a fortune of 2,0001. was unjustly with tat f rom him by a c er t a i n p arty , b ut w hi c h s h ou ld b e 11,t)cred to him in the course of a fortnight, provided he bring to the camp " the whole and sole he may t . he!a , ih,"%essed of, save and except what he stood upright in. 4 11 1 h r%, it appears, gave ear to the " enchanter," and 4 14 4( liately proc ee d e d h ome , an d pac k e d up a ll hi s move tlev ' consisting of eight shirts, seven pair of stockings, a ti 44 Pair of boots, an entirely new suit of clothes, a fr .'', h iacket, i n f act , a ll hi s war d ro b e, toget h er wit h 4p'"' 6d. in money, and a knife which had been his in ff4,;able companion, through mud and through mire," thiand for y e a rs . U pon th e f orma l d e li ver y of th ese to e : to the gip s i es , h e was grave l y to ld, t h at if b e wou ld ks,, t hem on Mastow's-bridge, near the Garron, that day all, d got, he should be put in possession of the . t,OOO/, e r g 'which would, the cunning, smiling, fiat ,*6' nut-brown harbingers of fortune most strenuously Nerved, no doubt, make him perfectly happy for life. Titolcus Law now " whistled and drove his 1 4: - "" 'Fr Lawn now more than usual sati s f a ction to himself and Ar (ht etii i Ployer; and, punctual to his appointment, when the t he B ed diy arrived, he, in f u ll con fid ence appeared on r idge o f M astow, and with anxious eye and a beating l aw, alas! the " glorious setting sun," but no re sibyl w ith t h e h orn o f p l enty. T h e moon at l engt h t;I4,ZVt , r ed, yet all was " s till as d eat h," save an d excep t th e , 14 rtg heart of poor deluded THOMAS Limn, who at 1144,4 a constrained to wend his way home in utter de l't*,Ll. ever touching the expected fortune, or again, with trl 4 - "Ing eye, beholding any of his money or moveables as -1-- -.2 l fonmouthshire Merlin. * , • - ROCIOUS CASE OF CRUELTY.—The y eo o °f Liverpool, TriostAs Hxwrrr mliter, from ,tht*,,:ityres, bound to Liverpool, was relMsed from ti t ,," t 'oe on Saturday last, which she had been placed • ,-„°1 consequence of the death of three of her crew, ,IlitZ4r circumstances of illness in the other part thereof. l ' Y ttj r : t ater was immediately taken into custody by the 1, 4 of I:9iff, and brought before B. R. ROBERTSON, Esq., Ztiob r 15 Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of !‘v 4' 4 , for examination. The remaining part of the I :te h . t his vessel, consisting of four, some of whom e marks of flagellation by the " cat-o'-nine ,Nce „_ ere brought f orwar d an d exam i ne d . Their evi 'rs. ent to s h ow t h at ROBERT Hrwirr, late one of the R' b ka. t he said vessel, had rece i ve d t h ree d ozen lashes on 41 4 ," iti One day, the next day three dozen more, the af ter_ five dozen besides other beati ngs an d kick ; st4oicted by the said master, and he died on • of February, and was then th rown over . th'it ) d th 'at SAMUEL LITTLEFIELD, another of the crewlye , ' lithlour doze n , a f terwar d s two d ozen , an d di ed on o f h Febru ar y d e li r i ous, an d was t h rown over tt4fil)ed ' l ltAlam LORD, another of the crew, had been t t , '4 ,4 ' il l irons f or fi ve wee k s, h a d rece i ve d s i x or seven Otosto'Bes, ch a i ne d w i t h an i ron cha i n ( a part of the both Ptail sheet) round the neck, and fastened dawn t t 44 , f e t :dloch. He died with the chains on, and five , N ag pt,.-tvvards was t h rown over b oar d . O n t h e fore cthe h lde nce, the said THOMAS HEWITT was committed li k ,`io t -tt le day t o th e gao l of Haverfordwert, for "cruelly t6of hiedcausing the d ea th o f t h e t h ree poor men , a kk,411 0 Cr ew." As the Assize is o p en , by the arrival $ 0 Cr ew." ROLLAN D at that place yesterday, his fate ue known, as the witnesses are retained ; but io,‘rhe tried there, or at the High Court of Admiralty, tc*,toror th e d ec i s i on of the Learned Judge. We do cLor s e ct a ny p i ece of cruelty equal to the above, except tti2 t o a Ptain ST/WART (a year or two ago), who mur- Vity rIY of his crew , aga i nst whom a verdict of „.11;as41a brought in. How a nu m b er o f men ( seven ) t hemselves to be so ill-treated without re it e qually astonishing,— The Cambrian. COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday morning, a little before eleven o'clock, his Majesty eft his Palace at Windsor for London, escorted by a party of the 2il Regiment of Life Guards who were relieved on the way by two changes of Lancers. The King arrived at St. James's about one o'clock, and held a Court. Sir George Xavier (Genealogist, and Blanc Coursier Herald), in his full robes, introduced Admiral Digby to the presence of the King in the Royal closet, when his Majesty was graciously pleased to invest the gallant Admiral with the order of a Knight Commander of the Bath. The Duke of Norfolk had an audience of his Majesty in the Royal closet, and presented an address from the Master Cutlers of 'Sheffield, and from the city of Chester, in favour of Reform. Mr. Samuel Wilson was introduced to the King, and kissed hands on his being appointed Gentleman Harbinger to his Ma jesty, and had the honour of receiving from the King the silver stick of office. The Earl of Gosford was introduced to the King, and kissed hands on his being appointed a Lord of the King's Bedchamber. Mr. Grosvenor kissed hands upon his being appointed Comp troller of the King's Household. Count Moltke, the Danish Minister, hail an audience of the King, when his Excellency delivered a letter to his Majesty from his Sovereign. The King then held a Levee. At the entree levee were, the Dukes of Cumberland and Sus sex, Prince Leopold, the Prince of Orange ; the Russian, Aus trian, French, Netherlands, and Brazilian Ambassadors; the Prussian, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, American, Neapolitasi, Sar— dinian, and Wurtemberg Ministers; Monsieur C. Bourke, Secretary to the Danish Embassy; the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the President of the Board of Control; the Secretary of State for Ireland; the Judge Advocate-General; the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the House hold, the Master-General of the Ordnance; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting; Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick; the Lord Mayor, and the Master of the Ceremonies. At the General Levee were : DUKES—Gordon, Wellington, Norfolk. MA ROUlSSES—Winchester, Clanricarde. EARLS—Belfast, Minto, Meath, Gosford, Tyrconnel, Oxford, Ferrers ' Chichester, Glengall, Denbi g h, Amherst, Carlisle. V ISCOUNTS—Strangford, Ennismore. LORDS—RoIIe, Francis Osborne, Foley, Lovaine, J. O'Bryen. RIGHT HONOURABLES—CharIes Grant, Robert Grant. HONOUR ABLES—Henry Windsor, John Grey, Lieutenant- Colonel Knox, M.P., Captain Keith, R. N., Cecil Forester, G. J. Vernon. SlRS—Richard Bulkeley Philipps, Peter Laurie, William Guise, Bart., Robert Baker, Alexander Maki, George Nayler, Mathew Ridley, James Langham, Francis Burdett, F. Omman nev, Philip Sidney. glSHOPS—Winchester, Lichfield and Coventry, Chester. REV. DOCTORS—Shepherd, Humphreys, Pole. REV. MESSRS.—E. Sandvs, Lumsdaine, Courtney. ALDERMEN—Sir Peter Laurie, Ansley. DOCTORS—TayIor, Roget, Dodson, D.C.L., C. M. Clarke. MESSRS.—Edward Foley, M.P., Dr. Coventry, Lubbock, James Daly, Children, Hodgson, M.P., Bridgeman, Samuel Wilson, Konig, W. Irby, William Smith, Kemp, R. C. Fer gusson, M.P., C. Kemys Tynte, J. E. Baillie, M.P., Edward l'rotheroe, Stanley, Hume, ALP., Ross, Henry Smith , S cott, Kennedy, Oliver Mason, Gulston, Aysford Sanford, Singleton, Tudor, M.P., John Holmes, Henry Alexander, Monteith, Jesse, Hobhouse, MP., Lyon Campbell, William Stuart, Chas. Wood, M.P., James Gough, William Laurence, Barret Wad den, George Pearce, Marshall Purland, M. A. Taylor. ADMIRALS—Hon. Sir Henry Bla ckwood, Tollemache, Wolley, Lambert, Hall. GENERALS—Sir John Malcolm, Sir George Anson, Sir John Lambert, Sir Colin Halkett, Poyntz, Egerton. COLONELS—Sir Charles NV. Thornton, Cavendish, Sir Robert Gardiner,Sir Alexander Dickson, Douglas, Lord G. Len. nix, J. M. F. Smith, Tempest, Sir Octavius Carey, Cruise, Tynte, B. Comae. MAJORS—Lord William Pawlett, Trevor, Hartley. COMMANDERS—YuIe, R.N., N. Poyntz, R.N. CAPTAINS—CockeII, Bruce, R.N., Sir N. J. Willoughby, R.N., A. P. Green, KN., Price Blackwood, R.N., Rous, R.N., Sir T. Troubridge, R.N., William Hay Baker, Gresley Stone. LIEUTENANTS—Stanford, Coulson, R.N., Auldjo, Henry Ogle, R.N., Romilly, Oldmixon, R.N., T. I'. Clarke, R.N., Quintus Vivian. The following were presented : The Lord Chancellor, with the following addresses approving of the Bill before Parliament for Parlilimentary Reform—viz.— From the Students of the Inns of Court. From the Mayor, Aldermen, and others of the town of Not tingham. From the four Trading Incorporations of Leith. From the Incorporation of Glovers at Perth. From the Incorporation of Caulkers of Cupar, Fife. From the parish of All Saints, Poplar. From the inhabitants of theborough of Leeds, in public meeting, Earl Grey, with the following addresses to the King, on the introduction of the Reform Bill into Parliament:— From the inhabitants of Hastings. From the Incorporation of Merchants of Leith. From the Wrights' Incorporation, Perth. From the Hammermen Incorporation, Perth. From the Inhabitants of the town of Rye. From the Guildry Incorporation of Perth. From the Merchants' House of Glasgow. From the Inhabitants of Bilston. From the Inhabitants of Belfast. From the Inhabitants and Burgesses of Nottingham. From the Incorporation of Cordiners, Edinburgh. From the Seven incorporated Trades of Easter and Wester Pertsburgh, Edinburgh. From the Inhabitants of Leith. From the Incorporation of Weavers, Glasgow. From the Operatives of Glasgow. From the Inhabitants of Christchurch. From the Incorporation of Hammerrnen, of Easter and Wester Portsburgh, Edinburgh. From the Magistrates, Town Council, Incorporated Trades, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the Burgh of Irvine. From the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Rape of Hast ings, Sussex. Lord Durham, with an Address from the Inhabitants of Sun derland and the Wearmouths, thanking his Majesty for the mea sure of Parliamentary Reform, &c. Mr. James Gough, Mr. William 'Lawrence, Mr. Barrett Wad den, Mr. George Pearce, and Mr. Marshall Purland, a Deputation from the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, with an Address to his Majesty, praying the adoption of the Reform Bill as brought forward by Lord John Russell, by Viscount Melbourne. The Lord Mayor, with an address from the Ward of Langbourn. Mr. Oliver Mason, High Bailiff of Birmingham, and Mr. Henry Smith, Low Bailiff of Birmingham, with an address to his Majesty, by Viscount Melbourne. Sir Peter Laurie, with an address from Aldersgate Ward. Alderman Ansley, with an address from the Ward of Bread. street. Mr. Kemp, with an address from the borough of Lewes. Mr. Edward Protheroe and Mr. T. E. Baillie, M.P., with an address from Bristol, in favour of the Reform Bill, by Viscount Melbourne. Dr. Taylor (late Physician to his Majesty,) with a loyal and con gratulatory address from the town and county of Poole, by Vis count Melbourne. Sir Alexander ;Valet, with an humble and loyal address from the inhabitants of Marlborough and its vicinity, expressing their satisfaction at the plan of R e f orm i n t ro d uce d by his Majesty's Ministers. The Earl of Tyrconnel, on receiving the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverlan Guelphic Order. sir Francis Burdett, with a loyal address from the city of West minster. Mr. J. Holmes, High Bailiff of the Borough of Southwark, ac companied by Mr. Calvert and Sir it. Wilson, with a dutiful an d loyal address from the inhabitants of Southwark:. Mr. It. C. Fergusson, M.P., with a petition from the We s t India Proprietors, and those connected with the West India Co- lonics, now• residi4 in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scot land. Mr. Hume, to present addresses from the inhabitants of Mary lebone. From the Magistrates, Council, and inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Forfar; and— From the inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Lanark, 650. From the inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Berrie. Sir M. Ridley, with an address from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Mr. Hobhouse, M.P., with an address of thanks from the city of Westminster. Sir William Guise, Bart., commanding the East Gloucester Militia, by Lord Edward Somerset. Mr. Monteith, M.P., by the Duke of Montrose. Rev. Dr. Humphreys, on his presentation by the King to the Rectory of Tenby, by Sir John Owen, Bart. Earl Minto, by the I.ord in Waiting. Mr. Jesse, by Colonel Fitzclarence. Rev. Edwin Sandys Lumsdaine, by the Duke of Gordon. Lord Lovaine, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Children, Secretary to the Royal Society, by the Duke of Sussex. Mr. Henry Alexander, by Colonel George Fitzclarence. Dr. Roget, by the Duke of Sussex. Mr. James Daly, to present a Memorial, by the Duke of Wel lington. Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Knox, M.P., by the Adjutant-General. Mr. Lubbock, by the Duke of Sussex. M. D. Coventry, by the Marquis of Chandos Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.8., Aide-de-Camp to his Majesty, on his marriage, by Sir James Kempt. Rev. Dr. Shepherd, by Lieutenant—General Hodgson, Colonel of the e3d Regiment Lord Francis Osborne, by the Earl of Chichester Hon. Captain Keith, R.N., by the Duke of Gordon Hon. John Gray, by the Duke of Gordon Mr. Konig, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, by the Duke of Sussex Colonel Tempest, Ist Royal Lancashire Militia, hy Lord Stanley Major-Gen. Sir John Malcolm, G. C. 8., on his return from India Rev. Mr. Courtney, by the Bishop of Winchester Mr. Lyon Campbell, 16th, Queen's Lancers, by Sir G. Murray Viscount Ennismore, by Lord Byron Mr. Feodor, with an Address from Barnstaple Captain Bruce, RN., by Sir A. Barnard, K.C.B. Lieutenant Stanford, on his return from India, by the Earl of Ox ford Lieutenant Coulson R.N., on appointment to hi s M a j es ty' s s hip .11Jred, by Sir G. Hardy Captain Cockell, on his return from India, by Sir W. Gordon Major Hartley, by Earl Tyrconnel Captain G. Stone, by Lieutenant -General Hodgson Commander Yule, by Sir T. Hardy Capt. Sir T. Troubridge, on his appointment to his Majesty's ship Stag, by Sir J. Graham Captain W. Baker, by Sir R. Baker Major Trevor, by Lieutenant -General Sir C. Halkett. Major Lord W. Pawlett, by the Marquis of Winchester, Lieutenant H. Ogle, RN., by General the Hon. Sir H. Grey, K.C.B. Lieutenant Oldmixon, by Sir J. Graham Lieutenant Auldjo, by Lieutenant -Colonel Fox. Lieutenant T.P. Clarke, by Sir T. Hardy. M r. Hodgson, M.P., by Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. Lieutenant Romilly, by Lieutenant -Colonel Fox. The King gave audiences to the Field Officer in Waiting and the Colonel of the Guard, and received the report of the effec tive state of the three regiments of Foot Guards. His Majesty gave the military pass-word for the day. His Majesty also gave audiences to the Marquis of Winchester, Lord Foley, Sir G. Nayler, the Duke of Devon s hi re, Earl Grey, Viscount Althorp, the Marquis Clanricarde, Viscount Palmer ston, the Prince of Orange, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Hill, Sir James Kempt, Sir J. Graham, Sir W. Freemantle, Vis count Strangford, and Lord James O'Bryen. Lord Amherst and Sir Henry Blackwood were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Soon after five firclock his Majesty left the Palace in his travel. ling carriage, on his return to Windsor. The King has issued orders of invitation for a very numerous dinner party on the `23d inst., to the members of the Hanove rian Order. NORTIICOTE'S LIFE OF TITIAN.---Tlll5 work does honour to the taste and research of the veteran artist to whom the public is indebted for its production. The incidents which marked the life of the great Venetian painter are carefully recorded, and the biographer has suc ceeded in tracing the history of nearly all TITIAN's pie. tures. The interest of the memoir is greatly increased by the correspondence of TITIAN with the illustrious of his day, and by the criticism s of his contemporaries on his work. This last feature is one of singular curiosity. REFORM MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF IllS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. BERKSHIRE. A public meeting of the gentry, clergy, and freeholders of this county, was held yesterday at Abingdon, pursuant to a requisition addressed to the High Sheriff, C. Eyston, Esq. The meeting was very numerously, and most respect ably attended. A little after twelve o'clock, the High Sheriff, accom panied by several gentlemen of the county, entered the Shire-ball, and were received with loud cheers. There were many ladies present. At half-past twelve, The HIGH SHERIFF having read the requisition, felt himself called upon to explain the grounds why he had called the meeting for that d,y. The second reading of the Bill was appointed for Monday next. He therefore felt that be should meet the wishes of the requisitionists by calling a meeting of the county previous to that day. For himself, he was a friend to free, fair, and open discus. sion ; and if the requisition had been of an opposite cha racter, and had prayed that the measure of Reform pro posed by Lord John Russell should not pass into a law, he should have been equally ready to have called the meeting. He did not wish,—and indeed if he did he could not —to conceal his political sentiments from the meeting. He had taken a great part—some might think too great a part—in discussing the question of Reform in that county ; but be could assure them that no preconceived opinions of his, no party feelings, no political predilections, would pre vent him from an impartial discharge of his duty upon this occasion. It was not for him to anticipate the de cision of the meeting, but, be it what it might, he hoped that it would tend to the prosperity of that country' which they all loved.—(Great cheering. )—The High Sheriff concluded by reading some letters, apologizing for nen-at tendance, from the Earl of Radnor, Mr. C. Dundas, and Mr. Pusey, of Pusey. Mr. MoNcK moved and Mr. lIALLETT seconded the motion, that the High Sheriff do take the chair. The High Sheriff having taken it, Mr. HALLETT rose, amid cheering, to address the meeting, and, after reading the address to the King and the petition to Parliament, ohs, rved that this Bill Would give a voice to half a million of persons now unrepresented, and would operate not merely on those who received the suffrage, but also on millions connected with them. He hoped that some of these half million were married. He hoped that their ladies would have over them that influence which ladies generally exercised over their lords ; and sure he was that if ladies had been sent to Parliament for the last forty years, the country would not have been in the state in which it was at present.—(Laughter.) It had been said that this Bill militated with the spirit of the British Constitution. He looked upon the Constitution as a very fine building ; it wanted, however, repairs—it had been injured by time: many of its timbers were rotten, and what was worse, the under parts of it were troubled with vermin. —(Cheers.) Now if any power were to give the faculty of language to those rotten parts, and to the rats which infested them, what did the meeting think they would say ? They would cry out, " For God's sake don't meddle with the building, for it will come down if you do—it will disturb us particularly, and we shall be obliged to seek shelter elsewhere."—(Laughter.) As to the injury to the Constitution (and he had as great a respect to the Constitution as any man), he would only observe, that the Constitution, as he understood it, consisted of King, Lords, and Commons, and not of King, Lords, and Boroughmongers.—(Hear, hear.) — He was sorry to hear the arguments which had been used by the Hon. Member for Oxford. He had heard a good deal in his younger days of the mode in which the mem bers for the University were elected, and of the expense which it cost them. He knew from one of its represen tatives (Sir W. Dolben), who was a most amiable man, though he differed from him (Mr. Hallett) in politics, a good deal about it. A son of Sir William's had married his (Mr. Hallett's) half sister, and therefore he was on terms of intimacy in his family. Sir 'W. Dolben had told him that he was not permitted to ask a vote or to can vass—that the election took place in his absence—that when he was elected, the beadle called upon him to ac quaint him of his election—and that he then paid in fees for his election the large sum of 11/.,—that he then went round to the different common rooms, and thanked the different members for the honour which they had conferred upon him. He (Mr. Hallett) was sorry to see a gentle man thus elected opposing It eform. Such a person ought rather to say, " Let us take care that all election be con ducted as cheaply as that of the University of Oxford."— He ought to be desirous of giving the people an opportu nity to do to others what the electors in the University did to him. The Hon. Member was not, however, cha ritable enough for that. The right of voting belonged to every man, and never was intended to be confined to a few individuals, who were to exercise it under the controul of some great lord or private gentleman, who wished to turn it into the means of provision for his family. It had been said that a Noble Duke had given all his property to his eldest son, but had left his younger sons to be provided for out of his electioneering property. Look at the effect of this rotten borough system on a Minister. They all knew what Mr. Pitt had said on the subject. His language was, that whilst the rotten boroughs lasted, no honest men could be Ministers. And why was that ? He would tell them. Suppose a boroughmonger should have a son in the army, and should hear of the death of a General who had a regiment. Well, he called on the Minister, and said, " Have you heard the news ?" " No," says the Minister. " Well," says the Member, " General So-and so is dead ; my son wants his regiment." Did the Minister hesitate ? Then the Member opened his hand and showed his fingers. That was enough, for the Minister knew that it meant " I have five Members under my controul, and unless you give my son the regiment, they will all turn against you." Now was it possible that, under such circumstances, a Minister, who had applications for every situation in our diplomatic, military, and civil service, could do his duty faithfully to his country with this burden hang ing over his head ? It was contrary to reason, to policy, and to every consideration of the interests of the country. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving, that the ad dress be presented to his Majesty, and the petition to Parliament. Mr. MONCK rose to second the motion. He congra tulated his Hon. Friend, Mr. Hallett, as a veteran re former, upon the success of this question, which was now supported by the voice of the people, and from one end of the country to the other. This measure, he would con- tend, was a measure that would emancipate both the King and the aristocracy from the pernicious power of a cor rupt oligarchy.—(Cheers.) The aristocracy ought certainly to be the best judges of their own interests, and when he saw the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Bedford, and that excellent nobleman Lord Radnor, all ready to sacrifice their private and personal interests—when he found such distinguished Noblemen as these coming forward in support of the measure—he did think it was a little too much fur any one to tell them that it was a measure destructive of the aristocracy.—(Hear.) If it passed into a law—as he heartily hoped it would—it would form a new era in our history ; that it would be considered as the second great Charter of our liberties ; and as more valuable than the Bill of Rights or Magna Charta. The address was then put by the HIGfI SItERIFF, and •arried unanimously. On the motion being put, Mr. ALLNUTT said that he , vas a native of Wallingford, which was to lose one of its Members; and he was per suaded that he spoke the sentiments of every intelligent voter in that borough, who was not contaminated by the bainful influence of that system of corruption which he blushed to say was so common at Wallingford ; he was persuaded, he said, he spoke the sentiments of every voter of that borough who was above corruption, when he pro nounced a very favourable opinion upon the measure of Reform now before Parliament.—(Loud cheering.) He had some objections to the details of the Bill, but to the Bill generally, r .he gave his decided approbation. The petition was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. HALLETT the❑ proposed that the thanks of the meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor, for the public spirit which he had displayed on all occa sions. The honourable gentleman accompanied this motion with a high eulogium o❑ the Noble Earl, which was re ceived with loud cheers. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. vN Mr. MoNcx moved that the High Sheriff, and any there of .the freeholders who chose to accompany him, should present the address to his Majesty at the next levee. This was also carrief unanimously. The HIGH SHERIFF said he should have very great pleasure in presenting the address of the county to his Majesty. It was impossible that all present could attend him, but he hoped he should be accompanied by several gentlemen of the county. In mentioning the pleasure he should have in presenting this address, he must say, that if he thought the effect of the measure to which it referred could be to take one gem from his Majesty's throne, he would be the last man to support it.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. MONCK then moved, that the High Sheriff be re quested to sign the petition and address, in the name and on behalf of the meeting. The motion was put and carried. Mr. MoNcx now moved that the petition be presented to the House by the Hon. Members for the county, and that they also be requested to give it their support. Mr. R. PALAIER said, there were many parts of the Bill with which he fully concurred, but for the present he would confine himself to those points which prevented him from giving the measure that general support which the unanimous opinion of the meeting would incline him t o g i ve . His (Mr. Palmer's) opinion was, that it was much too sweeping in its nature to be approached with out the most serious deliberation. He was no friend to the system of borough representation which might be sold like any other commodity, or to seats in Parliament which might be taken on lease, as one might take the lease of a house. But if he had then before him the list of the boroughs which it was proposed to disfranchise, lie could show that many of them were wholly exempt from that corrupt influence which it was sought to diminish by this Bill. In some of them there were respectable bodies of electors, who by this Bill, without any crime proved or even alleged, were to be wholly disfranchised. If the Noble Lord had said that there were many great towns to which it was desirable to give the franchise, he would have agreed with him. He would also have gone with him in taking the franchise from the least populous and most decayed of our boroughs, and transferred it to some of those great towns. He would have concurred with the Noble Lord in going o n i n t h e sca l e o f the small or decaye d boroughs, until he got the required Members for the large and unrepresented towns, but he owned he could not agree in disfranchising at one blow so large a mass of the con stituency of the country. He had always been of opinion, that the greatest evil under which we laboured was the want of sufficient representation ; but this would aggra vate instead of removing that evil. With this feeling, it was his intention, when the Bill went into a Committee— for he would not oppose the Bill on the second reading-- (Hear, hear)—to take the opportunity of stating his ob jection to those details in which lie could not concur. Having now stated his objections to some parts of the Bill, he would state what were the parts of it in which he con curred. He fully approved of that pat of it which af fected close corporations, where the franchise existed only in those to whom the Mayor and Aldermen might give the franchise at their pleasure. It was high time that such a system as this should be altered. Another part of the Bill which he also approved of was that by which the right of voting in counties was extended to copyholders and leaseholders of 501. value. This would include a class of men more respectable and intelligent than many of the small freeholders. He was sorry to find that threats had been held out to Members of a dissolution, if they did not assent to the proposed plats. He would not say that this had been done by Ministers with any intention of inducing Members to violate what they considered their duty ; but he could not say the same of the public press, in which paragraphs had appeared from day to day, to the effect that if they opposed the Bill, they should be sent back to their constituents, and be made to pay the penalty of the oppo sition. He could assure those who heard him, that such threats would not deter him from discharging what he considered his conscientious duty.—(Some disapprobation.) Mr. HALLETT said, that nothing could he more fair and liberal than the conduct of their representative (Mr. Pal -1 met'.) Ile had promised to present their petition, to vote for the second reading of the Bill, and to watch its pro great in the committee. He hoped that Mr. Palmer would not be too nice in his observation of it. He (Mr. Palmer) approved already of a great part of it, and if there were any parts of it really objectionable, which lie (Mr. Hallett) did not believe, there was no harm in his (Mr. Palmer's) attempting to correct them. Mr. GOODLAKE approved of the Bill in toto. The motion that the two Members for the county be requested to present the petition and to support ire prayer, was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. ALLNUTT said, the Bill did not go too far : the Aegean stable must be thoroughly cleansed, and it was ab surd to suppose that they could sweeten it by sprinkling a little rose water over it.—(A laugh.) Mr. HALLETT moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the High Sheriff, for the readiness with which he had called them together, and for his impartiality in the Chair. The motion was carried by acclamation, and The Hunt SHERIFF returned thanks. The meeting was then declared to be dissolved ; but there was a general cry of " Three cheers for the King and his Ministers." The cheers were given very heartily and lustily, and the meeting separated. HENLEY- ON- THAMES. A numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood, took place in the Town Hall this day, to take into consideration the expediency of petitioning the Legislature to pass into a law the plan of Parliamentary Reform, proposed by Lord John Russell. The meeting was called by the Mayor, but owing to his indisposition, the Chair was taken by Wm. Parker, Esq., senior Magistrate. The Rev. J. KING, Rector, in proposing the first reso lution, observed, he highly approved of public meetings of this kind, as it was the only correct means of convey ing to Ministers and to Parliament the sense of the country upon questions of this importance, and as calculated at once to negative those insinuations thrown out by many persons that the King and his Ministers were unsupported by the people in the present question. Wm. COOMBES, Esq. seconded this resolution, which, with the others, were carried unanimously, not a single hand being held up agairst them. Mr. HICKMAN; druggist, in seconding the fifth resolu tion, highly approved of the measure, though it had been said by many to be a very strong one ; disease, lie said, had taken such deep root in the body of the Constitution, it certainly required strong and effective means to arrest its progress. The Russell purge, though a potent dose, he feared would not be sufficient unless fed by the petitions of the people, for from long disease its bowels had becomes° constip,►ted as to render further medicine necessary; and as his brother freeholders at Oxford, at their meeting yes terday, added a little rhubarb to the dose, he could see no objection to adding a little Henley jalap to-day to render it more effective. The petition being short and comprehensive we sub join it; that to the Lords was requested to be presented by Lord Brougham, and the other to the Commons by J. Fane, Esq., one of the County Members. TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COM MONS, &c. THE HUMBLE PETPDIONr OF THE UNDER .SIGNED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF HENLEY-UPON-THAMES AND ITS VICINITY, Shoveth,—That your petitioners have read with the greatest satisfaction the change contemplated in the right of electing representatives to serve in Parliament, by the Bill now before your Honourable House. 4, That your petitioners most heartily concur in the plan of Reform, believing it to be a measure calculated to place the system of election upo n a proper an d j ust footing, highly beneficial to th e p eop l e, and fully securing the advantage and privileges or th a t most exce ll ent Con stitution under which they have the happiness to live. 44 Your petitioners, therefore, most humbly pray your Honourable House to pass the measure into a law. " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, I TIPPERARY. (From the Tipperary Free Press.) In our publication of Wednesday, we called upon the brave and high-spirited men of this county to assemble in their respective towns and parishes, for the purpose of mani festing thei r rea di ness to ra ll y roun d t h e T hrone and the Government, by displayi ng t o th e T or i es an d borough mongers, i n th e most unequ i voca l way , t h at t h e sense an d feeling of t h e people were with his Majesty and his Mi nisters in the glorious attempt now making to weed the country of the horrible evils so long and so iniquitously upheld, and which old corruptionists and sinecurists are now making the last dying struggle to uphold, by using all the arts of misrepresentation and sophistry to persuade the public that vile excrescences are part and parcel of our pure and venerable Constitution ; but the hollowness and delusion of these wolves, are too apparent, and their flat tering speeches will consequently fail to induce the public to rid them of the bone with which they are now about to be chocked, after years of greedy and luxurious feasting. The call which we have made, has been promptly and nobly responded to : we have already received intimation of intended meetings in various places ; the ancient and loyal city of Cashel leads the van, as may be seen by a glance at th e respecta bl e requ i s iti on which appears this day in ou r a d vert i s i ng co l umns , an d Clonmel, Carrick-on- Suir, Th ur l es , Roscrea, Btc. Sec., will immediately follow the exc e ll en t examp l e — as w ill, we may safely add, e very other tow n an d par i s h i n thi s county; but, though w e urge the necess i ty o f h av i ng me etings in the variou s t owns and parishes, we are equally alive to the importance, at this momentous crisis, of a county meeting, and we, therefo re , as th e organ o f the people, call upon th e young and ho noura bl e Hi g h Sh e riff of this county, to convene a meeting of hi s b a ili w i c k at the ensuing assizes, f or t h e purpos e o f express i ng t o his Majesty the gratit u d e of a loyal peopl e , w h o are no t the less attached to hi s Th rone because of yare Clonmela rdaend C ardent loaysehresbofonlibwerhtoym the elective. The house holders franchise will be conferred if the proposed Reform Bill pass, should come forward without distinction of sect or party ; indeed, in the Cashel requisition, there is a judicious ad mixture of Protestants and Catholics, and, we trust, that at the respective Reform meetings here and throughout this county, men of intelligence and property will give their attendance and assistance. Every lover of rational freedom—every man who is truly affected to his Majesty' person and Government, will be at his post. ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.—A requisition hav ing been forwarded to the churchwardens of the pariah of St. James's, Westminster, a meeting of the inhabitants will take place to-morrow (Friday) at Willis's Rooms, for the purpose of voti ng an a dd ress to his Majesty, and petitions to both H Houses of Parliament, In support of the Govern ment measure of Reform. Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. M.P., will take tl'.e chair. The meeting is expected to be very numerously attended. BERMONDSEY.—Pursuant to a requisition nume rously signed, presented to the Churchwardens, a very numerous and respectable assemblage of the inhabitant householders of the parish of Bermondsey, Surrey, took pla,!,e this day in the Vestry-room of the Old Church, for the purpose of manifesting their approval of Lord John Russell's Bill for the alteration and reform in the present Administration of the country, and to adopt such mea sures as were likely to strengthen the plans of his Ma jesty's Ministers, by petitioning the Houses of Lords and Commons in favour of the proposed important question. The business of the meeting was proceeding in the most animated manner when our informant left. BOROUGH OF LANCASTER.—On Tuesday, pur suant to a requisition signed by several of the most re spectable inhabitants of this borough, a meeting was con vened by the Mayor, and held in the Town Hall.— The meeting was numerously and respectably attended, and a petition in favour of Lord John Russell's Bill of Re form was unanimously agreed to. NEWPORT.—On Monday last a numerous and res. pectable meeting of the inhabitants of Newport, South \Vales, was held, pursuant to a previous requisition pre sented to the Mayor, who was, however, unable to attend, and Mr. E. Alfred was called to the chair. The different resolutions proposed at the meeting, together with the address to his Majesty and the petition to the House of Commons, referred to by such resolutions, were pissed unanimously. COUNTY OF HEREFORD.—In compliance with a requisition numerously signed, John Arkwright, Esq. High Sheriff for this county, has appointed a meeting of the freeholders on Saturday, the 1 9th instant, for the pur pose of supporting his Majesty's Ministers in their pro posed plans of Reform and retrenchment. The first re quisition fm- this purpose was placed in the coffee-room at the Hotel, Hereford, and when 75 signatures had been at tached to it in the course of ten days, it was lost from the room, and was supposed to have been wilfully destroyed or purloined. In consequence of this, a second requisition was placed in the bar on Saturday last, and received nearly 100 names in a few hours.--..ifonmouthshire Merlin. PORTSMOUTH.—A meeting of the inhabitants within the borough of Portsmouth, was held this morning (Wednesday) at the new Town Hall, at which the Mayor, Daniel Howard, Esq. presided, for the purpose of sending a petition to the House of Commons, urging that assembly to pass Lord John Russell's measure into effect. Francis Baring, Esq., one of the Treasury Lords, and a Member for the borough, attended and renewed his assurances of undiminishing determination to support the Reform question as proposed. The resolution expressive of grati tude to Ministers was proposed by George Grant, Esq., banker, a new convert to the popular feeling. The pet i tion was moved by Mr. Pafford, solicitor, and seconded by Mr. Sharp, surgeon, and is to he presented to the House of Commons by J. Benham Carter, Esq. and Francis Baring, the Member for this place. TRALEE.—The great question brought forward by Lord John Russell, which occupies the public mind throughout the empire, to the exclusion of every other topic, has given universal satisfaction to the people of this independent county, the exclusive loyalists excepted. Kerry has the honour of being the first county in Ireland, to tender its support to his Majesty's Ministers. The re rolutions passed at our meeting on Tuesday last, are per fectly in unison with those sentiments of disinterested loyalty, and gratitude, which mark the proceedings of the different meetings held throughout England, since the in troduction of the Reform measure. The times of ruling by patronage have passed away, and we anticipate for our country, years of uninterrupted happiness and prosperity. —Tralee Mercury. KERRY.—Meetings to support the Ministerial plan of Reform will, we understand, be held in every district of this county, in the course of a few days. The towns of Kenmare, Milltown, Cahirciveen, and Listowel, are already in motion. Dingle will do its duty, and though last not least, Tralee will forth with assemble to proclaim its sentiments upon this vital question. Tralee is des tined to become one of the most important and influential towns in Ireland by this measure. Its interests will be protected by the real representative of the people's choice; its constituency will be large and independent, and beyond the reach of corruption. When rescued from Corporation monopoly, and the selfish influence of Harbour Commissioners our trade will increase, and ship-canal work will be conducted by other, and honest, and inde pendent Commissioners.— Tralee Mercury. KILLARNEY.—A most numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Killarney and its neighbour hood, was held at the Court-house of that town on Thurs day last, to take into consideration the measures of Reform proposed by his Majesty's Ministers. John O'Connell, Esq. of Grena, svas called to th e c h a i r . S evera l resolu tions and a petition were adopted, expressive of the deter mination of the meeting to support the Administration in the present measure of Reform brought into the House of Commons. The petition to the Commons to be presented by the Hon. W. Browne, who is called upon to support its prayer. The Knight of Kerry, and Mr. O'Connell, were requested to support the petition. Earl Grey to pre sent the petition to the House of Lords. This meeting is a remarkable instance of the determination of the people to act for themselves, and to set at defiance the power and the insolence of the oligarchy. Why was my Lord Kenmare from the meeting? All his creatures, too, ab sented themselves. How remarkable is the contrast be tween the patriotic and disinterested support given by the Duke of Norfolk to the Reform measure, and the haughty and domineering opposition of Kerry's Catholic Peer.— Tralce Mercury. PERTH.—The Ministerial plan of Reform has been at last unfolded, and we cannot find language sufficiently strong to express the admiration and astonishment with which it has filled us. Our expectations were high, but it is far beyond what we bad ever dared to hope for. It is a fair, full, and unflinching Reform, entirely free from that temporising imbecility which grants reluctantly, only what it dares not withhold, and attempts to delnde by the adoption of a few feeble and inefficient mea sures, which are calculated neither to benefit the country nor satisfy the people. This plan exhibits no weakness in its conception, and no hesitation in its execution. Every feature of it is stamped with the impress of an honest and a great mind—a mind ca p ible not merely of grappling successfully with the most appalling difficulties, but of triumphing over all those selfish and narrow considerations which would sacrifice the welfare of the many to the interests of the few. We have given a minute detail of this plan at the commencement of our Parliamentary report, and no candid man can pursue it without being struck, not less by its simplicity than by its magnitude. The principle upon which it is founded, the mode in which it will operate, and the results it is fitted to produce, are all so obvious and reasonable as must at once approve themselves to the understanding, and satisfy the wishes, of every impartial mind. It has burst upon the nation like a thunder-cloud, dazzling with its brilliancy the eyes of the friends, and quelling with its glare the hearts of the enemies, of Reform. It has spread consternation, and dismay among the ranks of the corruptionists and boroughmongers, so that they can now only cry out in despair, Revolution ! Revolution ! Revolution! We trust, however, that the Ministry are not to be diverted from their purpose by the sound of a mere name, however por tentous. Let them stand true to their Sovereign and to themselve., and they may feel assured that the country will not desert them. —Perthshire Advertiser. NEWSPAPER AND ADVERTISEMENT Du llEs.—On Saturd a y la s t a d e p u t a t ion connecte d w i t h t h e provincial Newspaper press, consisting of Mr. BAINES, of the Leeds Mercury, and Mr. KNorr, of Aria's Bir mingham Gazette, bad an interview, by appointment, with Lord ALTHORP, the Chancellor of Exchequer, on the subject of the proposed alteration of the Duties on News paper Stamps and Advertisements. His Lordship ex plained that the plan already proposed when the budget was brought forward, had met with pretty general appro bation. In answer to the inquiry when the alteration would take effect, his Lordship signified that the neces sary arrangements would occupy some time, and that they could scarcely be made before the Midsummer quarter on the sth of July. His Lordship was also pleased to promise his best consideration to a suggestion made by the depu tation for the purpose of removing all uncertainty regard ing the duty of the lower denomination by adopting a scale of words instead of a scale of lines, and it is now, we understand, definitely fixed that all Advertisements net exceeding 120 words shall be subject to a duty of one shilling, and all above that number to the duty of two shillings and sixpence, from and after the sth of July next... Leas Mercury. HIS MAJeS'IA'S SHIP TRETIs. COURT MARTIAL 071 the CAPTAIN, OFFI . CER S, and CREW of H. 211. S. - TILE TIS. PORTSMOUTH, MAhCIE 16. I The Court opened at a quarter-past nine o'clock, when Lieutenant Otway was c tiled, and at great length stated the ship's course, and the sails she carried when he had charge of her on the day she was lust ; and also stated that when the Captain proposed to the master to alter the course, that no objection was made to it by the master, and the manse was accordingly altered a point or so. Lieutenant de Butts, Second Lieutenant of the ThPti was next sworn, and minutely gave the direction of the ship between six and eight, which was N.E. by E., under double-reefed topsails, fore and main top-gallant sails, courses, jib, spanker, and reefed topmast studding sails; her rate was about nine cr ten knots. The master was always very attentive to his dnties and constantly on deck lle thought (as did the late Captain Bingham) that Mr. Mends, the midshipman, who relieved him, was perfectly competent to keep the watch and act. Mr. R. H. Mends was then called, and stated in a very distinct manner (which called forth the approbation of the Court) what took place after he took charge of the ship on the sth of December. " I was relieved at five minutes passed eight, and immediately mustered the watch under the half-deck, as it was raining very heavily. I then went on the forecastle to look at the head sails, and warned the look-outs, and desired the mids to keep a good look out on the studding-sails, as it was so very dark I could hardly be able to see front the quarter-deck, when it lifted lightly, and as the breeze waft stiff to be ready to take them in at a moment', notice. I then walked aft to the weather gang-way and loolatd around, after which I went to the compass, found it was, according to our direc tions, that we were steering N.E. by E.. due. I walked forward on the peak of the gang-way, and was met by T. Thomas, Captain of the main-top, who asked me if I re quired an' men aloft, as it rained so heavily ; I aaid no, but let them remain at the foot of the latter, ready at a moment's call; on turning to walk aft I heard a call of land or a vessel ; however, I immediately heard a man, apparently from aloft, call out, we are close upon the shore, Sir; I ran to the weather gang-way, when I imme diately saw land apparently very high, and we were close on the break of it. I ordered the helm to be put hard dawn, and called down the main hatch-way to turn the hands up ; after which I ran to the after ladder, where I was met by the mate of the watch, who I told to go im mediately to the Captain, and tell him we were very close on shore. 1, however, immediately beard the Captain's voice calling out, put the helm hard a-port, which I answered was done. She was then coming round very fast, and on the Captain's reaching the deck the jib-boom and bowsprit went against the rock, but the ship not striking with a jerk, or injury to herself, I went forward and manned the main bantlings, which were about half up, when I heard the foremast cracking, and jumping forward, I desired the men to do the same, The Captain at the same time crying out, stand from the main, the foremast is going, as soon as possible. The three masts fell nearly fore and aft, killing and wounding several. As well as I could, I got to where the Captain was standing, on the starboard gangway. By this time the ship's head was conic round, off the shore, and we attempted to set some sails on the stumps of the fore and main-rnasts, and the helm hard a star board. I went below, and gave the order to the Lieu tenant at the helm, and again went on deck, when Mr. Gowdy asked me for a lead and line. 1 also heard that the best bower-anchor was clear, and the larboard one was foul. The carpenter then reported the well dry, and I observed she was fast drifting along shore. The anchor was let go, but did not reach the bottom. She now struck heavily against the rocks, and she began to make water fast. At that time the Captain called out to stand by to slip the cable. Watching an opportunity, when she was hove well up on the point of the rock, in company with others, I jumped on shore, and at that moment the ship head paid up to the starboard, and gathering away, ran round the point, and we lost sight of her. The re maining part of the witness's examination having been de tailed in the public prints at great length, we do not give it. Another witness was called, but proved nothing new, and the Court adjourned at one o'clock. CAVAN, MARCII 13. Our assizes commenced here on Thursday. The ez lendar is enormously heavy. Yesterday morning at nine o'clock the Crown Court was opened by Mr. Serjeant GOOLD, when the five fol lowing persons were arraigned for the wilful murder of Miss Jane Deane, daughter of the late Mr. John Deane, of Drumouslin, who was murdered at Skeane on the 15th of November last—namely, Laurence Finnegan, James Connell, Felix Murphy, John Murphy, and Patrick Crodin. An approver named Peter Igo stated that in consequence: , of a previous arrangement he went on the night in gm tion, in company with the five prisoners, to Mr. Deane's house. They saw the deceased and her sister sitting at the fire combing their hair, when Finnegan fired through the window. The deceased cried out, " Oh, Margaret !" and fell. The prisoners then fled.—(This witness under went a severe cross-examination, in the course of which he admitted having been previously convicted of a petty larceny and imprisoned, but his direct evidence was not in the Isast shaken.) Margaret Deane, the sister, stated that when the shot was fired, Jane fell into her arms. She saw none of the prisoners. Her sister lingered till next day, when she died. Several other witnesses were examined, whose evi dence corroborated the approver's in all the main points. The defence was the usual Irish one—an attempt to prove an alibi, which completely failed. After an able and luminous charge from the Learned Sergeant, the Jury retired, and returned in about half an hour with a verdict of Guilty. They were immediately sentenced to be executed on Monday morning. The prisoners conducted themselves with much pro priety, and seemed deeply affected on the announcement _ of the verdict. They are all stout fine-looking young men. Finnegan is 23 years of age, is married, and has one child. The Alurrays are brothers; one aged about 22, and the other does not exceed 18. Their father is rather a decent farmer. M'Connell is about 26, and M'Crodin 28. They were labourers. The only offence which Miss Deane committed was her father having taken lands from which the previous possessor had been ejected. EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTS FOUND AT THE TUILERIES.-The Court Journal of Saturday will contain several most curious and interesting DOCUMENTS which were found in the writing-desk of the Duchess D'ANGOULEME at the sack of the Tuileries, in July last., They consist chiefly of autograph letters from Crowned Heads to her Royal Highness, with copies of the Duchess's answers, &c. The letters, &c. will be printed in the original with English translations appended. ALLEGED ROYAL PUN.--The two Sheriff's of London were knighted upon presenting the corpora tion address to the KING. It was expected that his MA JESTY would be pleased to name, on this occasion, the day when the City shall have the honour of entertaining him. Upon being sounded on the subject, it is said his MA.irsry immediately replied, " No ; I will not now give the City a day, but I will give them two knights."—Morning Paper. BURGLARY AT ASIIBY PUERORUM.-- JAMES PARKER and JOSEPH FIDLING were indicted for a burglary in the house of ELIZABETH CLARKE, at Ashby Puerorum, and GEORGE PARKER as an accessory before the fact.--The prosecutrix, who is a maiden lady, gave the following account of the transaction. In the morning of the Bth of last January her dressing-room window was broken open, three men entered her bed-room, and came to her bedside. One of them said to her, " Don't be alarmed, for no personal violence shall be done to you or your servant." He put his hand into her pocket and took out her watch. She said, " Surely y ou are not sb g ou o m i t n e g ywo h t n o er r specie." take i eu. t t h ,,2 a t z .. T " lhoes) l l : He said " No, we want not hi ng took h er purse conta i n i ng then took began to rummage kr her keys. When they found her keys in her pocket they gave them to her one by one, until she told them which was the right key, viz. the key of her cabinet. She wished them not to unlock it themselves, as they would spoil the lock. She got out of bed to put on her dressing-gown, and the man who first spoke to her said, turning himself from her at the time, " 0, I know the regard due to the delicacy of the sex as well as any man." She opened her cabinet and gave them about 61. or 71 , a great por tion of it silver, when the polite robber said, " I beg your pardon, madam, for the trouble I have given you, but urgent necessity compelled me." They then went away. After a very long and interesting trial, "the polite rob ber," who had passed seven years in Van Diemen's Land for not being sufficiently expert at his trade, being ad mitted evidence on the strength of t,reward of 1501. and a fr ee pa r d o n, corroborated b y o first i i home to the eth two recorded. soners, and the latter was acqutted. Stamford Champion.