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SICILIAN PAlsglt. The extraordinary prioceedings in Sicily, to which the 13ritisli Minister and Comniauder-in, Chief Lord VaLtAM tENTINCit led to the following explanation in ..The'Re, gistru Politico, dated 15th of November, from Fiderino ' • . INSSOLtTION OF PARLIAMENT, • This event has already been aniiemnced in all the public prints of this Island, and we therefore forbear repeating the -circtimstanCes or transerib.; ing the Speech made on the occasion in the name of his Royal Highnesi, the Prince Vicar, b3l P.xcellency the Prince Della Catholica, Royal Commissary, which has been so generally the subject of conversation, but we conceive it to be our duty to offer Some reflections, not tooliscOtt rage, but on the contrary, to give satisfactiomto the public mind. Those who . are not sufficiently acquainted with the human heart to know the tardiness anti dif ficulty of its progress towards perfection, have been both astonished and alarmed at the disor derly proceedings which have hastened the disso lution of the Parliament of the present year. Murmurs have been heard predicting the dissolu tion of the Government, on the ground of the impossibility of conferring a free constitution on it nation which is not prepared to receive it, ,and which is incapable of enjoying it with discretion ; stud it is further said, that there is nothing to be expected front such a system but the disunion .of the elements of the State, and the introduction of a new Ministerial despotism, more injurious end tyrannical than the worst they had to appre hend from the ancient institution. Such are the arguments Which are employed, but the eye of wisdom discovers in the midst of these political sophisms nothing more in what has occurred than the natural and necessary con sequences of moral improvement. Instead of having his fears awakened, to the intelligent man it rather appears surprising that the .changes in Sicily should have been effected with so - little dif ficulty, and that her regeneration should have been accomplished in so short a period, and with so little disturbance. Whoever is acquainted with . history cannot be ignorant, that not only the re lease from tyrannical chains, but even the varia tions, of a trifling nature, in the scheme of go vernment, have often deluged whole countries with blood, and involved them in all the miseries of civil contention. The Sicilians, however, for tunately assisted by powerful allies, and gene rously supported by the dynasty which rules over them, have become free at one leap front the vortex of despotism, and have obtained, as the basis of their future happiness, a Constitution furnished by a wise nation, and which, to that nation has Bost ages of labour, vigilance, discretion, and courage. Who, then, would have flattered himself, that a transition so rapid, so unexpected, and so extia ordinary, could have been made from a Govern went, absolute in the exercise4if not in the right, and that the hearts and minds of Sicilians 'could have been awakened ,from the long dream of slavery with such a g entle concussion ? The two great co-operating springs.of human action (each of which is represented as superior to the other by the illustrious philosophers of the eighteenth century, Helvetius and - Montesquieu), education, and climate, necessarily operate upon the sensi bility of this people. Their dispositions, naturally filled with .combustible elements, like the august monument of nature on their island, and that ir ritability increased by the influence of they become inebriated with the first draughts . of freedom, dazzled with the -- first : rays of the sun of liberty, and, with the ._honourable exception' of a few individuals, they are led away by their enthn siasin,. and are anxious. to extend the limit of ;power beyond the . trust reposed. in them, and whh out calculating the balance of that power; which mutt ever he preserved. Notwithstanding these circumstances, resulting 1-feom a Constitution bestowed upon us rather by e sudden chance than by sober reflection and pro - gressive exertion, the' great hotly of the nation hare found this Government established 'in their hearts, and haver fought under the banners of the new Constitution with animation and gratitude; Cranks to the wise Prince who governs us, thanks to the prudence of that person who represents our powerful Ally, and thanks to the discreet Mi nister who occupies himself With so ruuchrdili- Once for the welfare of the island. • Had not the dissolution of the Parliament taken place, a counter-revolution was to be apprehended, but by that seasonable measure every fear is dissipat ed, and every hope encouraged. If there are any who disapprove of, the speech of his Royal Highness the Prince Vicar, pronounced on that .occasion, we beg of them to consider whether in presump tion and arroguice this disapprobation does not originate ; but this speech is rather addressed isi those who have unwillingly been led aside to the right path, than to those who have abandoned it deliberately nail wittingly front the influence - of pride and passion, and to the former a history is given of the disturbances which have arisen, and it is laid before Parliament to spew how far they have been accidentally occasioned, in order that they may be avoided in future. His Highness has pru dently determined, in consequence of these disor ders, to afford the necessary time for the people to reflect that the finances must be distinctly re gulated ; that among the first duties of a Legisla tive Body should be:considered the laws and adtni nistration, and that in politics and in' mechanics it_may not be always an unpardonable error to begin at the top instead of Vie base, in the con struction.of the machine. This. short -time will likevrise.: enable the Metplois of Parliament to re fleet, that the political poWer they arrogate he yowl the limits of legislation, distabs . the just equipoise of the State : that despotism is equally detestable whether in the hands of many or of cite only ; and that the ne plus ultra of the happi ness of a nation nonsists in maintaining the equi lilliThn of the executive, legislative, and judicial o • a t satisfaction must it impart to all good to observe, that a wise, generous, and it •-:l Pi- ince thus, itt his speech,. renews. the of ~- --riuination to maintain which he bas so liberally Catifierecl hint tis. Ne'Ver bah be POrg'otteti the AddresS of this virtudus Prince, on the opening of the Parliament of 1812 never *ill it be 'erased from the Memory of LiiCilians-, that he prOpOsed to them a Constitution oh the niodei of that of Great Britain, which the prosperity of their king doms has proved to be the best that social insti tution is capable of adopting, That - Constitution *as recommended by thePrinee from , thefirm con viction of his mind of its excellence, and froni his solicitude to see the natives of this Country free and happy, from the anxiety he felt, that they shotild rank with the other nations of Enrope, and that they should become even superior ,to those' natibns in proportion to the free character their Giivernment. : . . Dismiss all doubt and apprehensions, and be assured that those .who have given birth to this Constitution, will not stifle it in its infancy. We look with confidence to our Prince, with hope to those potent and faithful Allies who have co-ope rated for our regeneration, and with gratitude,to the Council under whose auspices the political re forms are conducted. We'trrist that :these consi derations, solemnly examined, will tranquilize the minds of 'the Sicilians who assembled in the New Parliament,' or represented by honourable persons influenced by no party, will direct their vigilant attention to those objects which are indispensable to the hippiness of the Country, and to the vigour and permanence of the ffitto . Constitution. DUBLIN, JAN. 13. MURDER. A murder, doubly shocking to humanity, was committed on Tuesday week . at No. 9, I'tunket street, Dublin. A brother had' his throat cut by his brother !! A Coroner's inquest t - ;as held on the, body in the course of Wednesday by three Ma-, gistrates, Alderman DarleV, Dr—Turner, and Counsellor Walker; when the follov,:ing circum stances transpired in evidence.. The first witness was the unhappy miserable mother; she stated,. that about seven 'o'clock her t wo Solis, M. Eaton, aged about and Janres• Eaton, aged about eighteen, had an altercation ;• it commenced - in the street, before the door, and that the i .quarrel increasing, she went and drove them into the house, and endeavoured to stop the ill langtkage , between them, but it rather increasing., she tnrned the eldest, Maurice, out of the place, and she conceived that he had gone home ; 'about hotirGs after; wanting to get so►ne bread acid butter' for her supper, she left her son James behind her in the house, and went to a huckster's adjacent, where she might have staid aboutls minutes ; on her return, melancholy to relate, she found her son James lying in the passage lifeless and in a gore of blood, his throat being cut from ear to ear. ' , Surgeon Rooney was the next witness ; his evidence went to prove that instant death must have been the consequence of the wound, as the windpipe was cut entirely through. Two other witnesses, a woman and a man, were next exa mined ; the woman proved that hearing a noise of shrieking, she came down stairs, and in-the crowd observed Maurice Eaton ; he said, " it was done, and could not be undone." The man also proved that Maurice said, " he would submit to the laws of his country, and that it was but manslaughter in his own defence:" it might be naturally thought that the detesta tion of the horrid crime, and the confession of the fratricide would have aroused the fury and indignation of the persons assembled to some act of outrage—but no such thing ; and to the eter nal, shame 'of that neighbourhood, they. permitted the murderer to make his 'escape, without the slightest endeavour to detain him-. The Coroner's inquest brought in a verdict that James Eaton came by..hiS death by a wound given him some. sharp instrument by Maurice Eaton.—Th u murderer is still at large, but no doubt a reward Will,be offered for his apprehension. A MOTHER ATTEMPTING TO MURDER HER CHILD. ICING'S INN POLICE-OFFICE.—ilan Bowen was 'brought to the Office by several persons, charged wi,th„ll attempt to suffocate her infant daughter, •of abotit tour years old, in the snow, in Charles street. She had thrown her down, and .was pressing' her into the snow, when taken np by the persons who brought her to the Office. WWI she was brought before the Magistrate, Dr. Turner, it 'Was clearly perceived through the misery that surrounded her, that she was un der the impression of insanity. She talked incohe rently, and avowed that her intention was to de stroy the little innocent. She made no display o.l' poverty although it was evident that . she had drank of its bitter cup to the very dregs . T w o, persOns . appeared, who seemed much interested in her behalf, and gave that history of her, which she .was either unwilling or unable to give herself : she had seen better days, but her husband had gone abroad, and left her unable to get a livelihood; she had been a long time in the House of Industry, but, not thinking herself well treated, she quitted it, and had been nearly in a state of starvation ever since ; one of the persons, who was a fe male, and had the child in her arms, knew that she loved the child affectionately, and believed the act she was about to commit proceeded from the distraction of the idea of seeing it die in her arms for want. She concluded her melancholy recital by saying, that she was sure the half a loaf was all they had to live On for • three .days. The worthy Magistrate instantly ordered some refresh ment for the mother and child, and that they should be kept until some asylum would be found for them. At an annual dinner and ball given by Sir JOHN' WILLIAMS, Bart. of Bodlewyddan, near St. Asaph, in honour of bis son, Mr. WILLIAMS'S Birth-day, on the 10th instant, that most loyal and hospilable Bart.igave as a toast after dinner, " A Head to France, and Buoaaparte without one." Mr. WILLIAM M`KENLIE, and Mrs. M‘l.4N ZIE, his wife, are now living in Senhonse itreet , , Maryport, whose united ages make 180 years ; Mr. MiKENZIE 93 and his wife 87. They have lived in matrimonial connexion 67 years. 'He followed a sea-faring life 66, as seaman, mate, ,and captain, and has crossed the,Atlantie 24 tithes. He has not lost a tooth, can thread a.smallimedie without spectacles, and speaks the Crielie lan guage fluently. LAW INTELLIGENCE; COURT . OF Wi;DNEIDA 4 I, JAN. 39, 181,1. nEyOtt IIIS IiONOUit THE VICE-CHANCELLOt. LA,nt Filistes VAT.:E TLlcaPtsT V. LADY, ANTRiNi. In this cast Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, on the part •of the infant plaintiff; heiress of her late father, Sir Hetiry Vane TeMpest, produced a fresh affi davit, as cin a former day promised, frdm Mr. nowbrav, the manager and receiver of the liery, which constiitites a piincipal part of the estates of, the plaintiff, stating that a Stint Of . 13,0001, a year was made from thiS colliery in the life-time of the deceased, while the landed other estates yielded only between seven and eight thousand R year. It was stated that a surd of five thousand pounds woidd be required in advance, in the ensuing month of February, to keep up .the colliery, and 70001. in the month following, as a loan on the estates, the frost at present prevented the sale of any part of the product, and the machinery, &c. belonging to the works, being valued at ,46,0001. and a-fraction, being pledged to Messrs 'Everett' aad Co, bankers, for advances heretofore .made by them, which must be discharged before any other bankers could be applied to to-make necessary ad vances, it being, absolutely necessary to keep the works in constant order. These circumstances further increased the necessity of removing Mr. • intitton front the receivership of the rents, and. .to hOve only one receiver for both, who would husband the monies for the best interests of all the concerns. .• Mr. HART, for the defendant, opposed this statement, adding, that if correct, Mr. Mow bray would be indebted to the estate, during his Receivership and Management of the• Colliery, in a sum of 100,0001. and upwards,; Whitton, instead of - having any balance in his hands, was in ad Vance a sum of 50001. Mr. BELL followed for the defendants, and stated, that this was a marvellous- statement, after Lord Etoom, the pith of whose genius, he may almost say, was centeret; in collieries, had mace: 8.11 order referring it to a . M4ster • to inquire and report whether it would be for the interest of the heiress or not, to have the working of the colliery continued. After a reply for the plaintiff from Sir SAMUEL . ROMILLY, his Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR Ob, served, that , this-ruost importanti.c,ature of this • interesting cause now,' for the first time, was made apparent, since the sole object of this Court was and ought to be the interests of the infant heiress, which he should take some short time to consider, and then give judgment. • The Judges of . the Court of King's Bench sat yesterday in Serjeant's Inn, and heard aigunients in reserved points of Law. Tim- jndgnlentS. on the cases thus heard they will deliver in. Court the next Term, as by this mode, they case the busi ness of the Term. OLD BAILEY. Mary Wilson, a girl of 22 years of age, was convicted of stealing several bank notes from the person of Charles Stewart. The prosecutor, who had made inquiries re specting the condition of the girl, stated to the Court that she had been recently thrown on the town, and begged the Court that she .might he placed . in some asylum, in which there would be a chance that she might be reclaimed from vice. The Court, after some consultation, assented to this request. _ _ tYlury Adtims, a girl of 13, was convicted of stealing 31b. of bacon,' which she had conveyed under her apron while -buying some butter at a SLAT. It appeared that this unhappy girl had very abandoned parents, by whom it was probable she was incited to acts of dishonesty. The Court, therefore charged Mr. Newman, the Keener of Neu` ate, to procure her admission into the Re fuge of the Destitute. The judgment on her was postponed,to the next Sessions, when 'it was un derstood she - would be- tined is --A few inure cases of no importance were tried. • The Sessions then ended, when Sentence of Death was pas.cd on William Price and Thomas Smith, for burglary ; John Moore, alias Loakes, and Robert Moore, alias Loakes, for horse-steal ing ; George Lentz. for forgery ; Thomas Smith and Wm. Atkinson, for like offences ; James Hall and William Jones, for killing sheep, with intent to steal part of the carcasses thereof ; John Sweet, • alias Manning, for a highway robbery ; Ann Ber ridge and Jane Sharpe, for stealing goods in a dwelling-house ; Thos. Jones and Eleanor alias Helen Munro, for stealing goods privately in a a shop ; and Wm. Petherick, Hugh Donaldson, and Joseph Milbank, for a robbery on John Na din, in his dwelling-hon Se. _ Three were ordered to he transported for life, viz.:---Sarah Conway,•Susannah Hill, and Francis Wilson ; Wm. Johnson alias Stone, for 14 years ; and Maria Mansfield, John Smith, Thos. Raven,. Thomas Hickey, Richard Mickley, Charles BUn man, Edward Footman, , James Chilvers, • James Harrison, Wm. Parrett, Edward Harris, James King, Robert Johnson, James Hawkins, Martha Barmwell, Toscph Martin, Daniel Smith Seton,. James. Golding, Robert Bye; Wm. James .Hewitt alias John Emden, Hannah Housden, Sarah Cope, and John Jones alias GriffithS, for seveayears. Three were ordered to' be imprisoned in the House of Correction, at Clerkenwell, for two years each, 15 for one year, and 8 for six calendar months each-7 for various periods ill .Newgate— to he priately whipped—l I judgments were respited--3 finkd Is. each—and 9 were discharg ed by Proclamation_.—Sessions adjourned to the Ifith February. Tuesday, a man, genteelly dressed, went into the White Hart public-house, at Brompton, and calling for a private room, ordered a bottle of wine, and writing utensils, which were brought him. SOmetime afterwards the-servant going into the_ room found the guest had departed, without paying his reckoni n g, and bad taken with him the decanter, ink-stand, and in - halfpence, which wtte in a ciasvt in the room . PoLiCE ,------- „ . . „ 0 , ' BoVir-sTREiT.;-::-Sainuel Peppar( underwent;° - T . , ifiw other examination befol'e Mr. NARES: eliari=e d ° l n suspicion hi being concerned in fobbing the ' 0 ton and Weybridge bbat of a nnniber of ••kfu" ( i ., of paper ) near, IVestiniriStbridge, which w t i e tent from Messrs. Longman 'and Dickinson, in , t ;, Old Bailey, directed to Messrs. Hamilton's ITh u , inKEStablishment at Weybridge: He was ord er , cd for further examination Join Leroyd, alias Roanely; alias :Simpson ? 'I I, dement another. examination . ; charged on SOr r: , cion of robbing the Bucki ns h am coac h o f a pa. eel; containing notes and bills of various descor tions, to the amount bf 8;00/, sent from Hic r ': wood's AyleSbury Bank; dire c t e d to INfe' . : . Praeds, Bankers, in Fleet-street.. The coach ‘':'; robbed after its arrival at the King's Arms P. 9! in Holborn, when the ki c k er w hi c h c o nta ined 4; and was under the coachman's seat, was not 0 9 i ,1 ' 9 safely strapped, b u t l oc k e d. Th e pr i so n e r vie detected'in uttering a 101:note, which was in t ,' 4e , parcel, and having ran away, and not being 0 , to give a satisfactory accou nt h ow h e 'b eca n ie ' l id?' sessed of it, he was committed for trial. ' . , i ' Mr. Dakin, an army clothi e r in Holborn-, lat e " discovered that he had been robbed of upWards ° f thirty dozen of shirts, sever a l w h o l e ;pieces . _, ° • cloth, a number of jackets, &c. - By the exerts''' of Salmon and Amulet], belonging to tile Offic e / the principal part of the property has been disc () ; vered to have been pawned, and no less than Sil persons are in custody charged; with stealing 111 : pawning the same. The principal-thief seela o s ` i be a boy i ts th e emp l oy o f Mr. Arkin, w ho g ° . others to pledge the stolen property, b u t . I' ll(' must have known at the time that it :was stole l 7. from a variety of c i rcumstances. The chief °i these abettors was a man near seventy year. 1, age, who admitted that the boy had p a id Ilia+ ' l f. berallv for pled g in g •th e p ro p erty. A num ber ,f 1 pawnbrokers a tte n d e d w i t h t h e art i c l es t h a t' l' l f • been pawned by the parties,• and which were itic'!' titled by Mr. Dakin as his property. The pry [ soners. were committed for furth e r examinatioo• ~ Isaac Jones, Francis Smith, and William Robilr t f .: son, three well-kn o wn characters, were • brwi..4': to this (ace on Monday, d e t ec t e d i n t h e ac t ", picking pockets in the Strand. They Were . 01 ' 1 nutted for trial. 0 MAimnoßouG . ll-STriEr.T. William Vyse: '_'. , charged with stealin g - a -b oo k., a *indlyw ciff l 7:i S,e. dnring the'fire is Denmark-street yestct ( te morning. The prisoner was observed leaviog t ila street with the property by th e watchinaki, ''' .., detained him. Th e property was identified ash '':.l ing belonged to o ne of t h e houses on f re; `'.;.: the defence was, that the prisoner had picie" up in the street. Ile was committed for trO• Yesterday morning early, a fire broke out Mr. Webb's, Pell-street, near Wellclose-V 3 / 1 : ' which entirely consumed the saine.—A broke out at the house of Mr: Carron, the 51 N of the I.llllast Light er , i n Shadwell, which destroyed the house and furniture. One of the fellows who was originc.lly tL 4e ,: i f into custody on a charge o f th e mur d e r of is - Merry, the servant at V aux h a ll, h As t i many close investigations, but nothing ct 0 0 proved against him sufficiently to comtnit 7 ...- the charge of murder. During the difierg°.f i c: rninations, h9w&er, there was sufficient to commit him on a charge of burglary at i i t i 5 ham. Since hi s confinement on this che.rgo o f said, he has made a confession of the lintrdl:l -hoses Merry. Monday morning last, Ch ar l es P ope , a - 04 with one leg, who for many years has been i ll , t o habit of . exereising his crutch on the . Bath roo i o procure "a few halfp ence f rotn t h e p asseng trs,. o found frozen to d ea th i n t h e avenue l ea ding I.„ v Temple-stre e t t o th e J ews ' Sy nagogue , 1365 1 7 , 0 % WONDERFUL INCREASE.—tiL Gentleman rcsi 4ll at WeSton-Underwood, Backs, has now by h; bean about six feet high, and growing thereon 160 kids, containing beans, each kid is supeo to average four be Ins. The whole produced ff ° one single set bean the past year. BIRTH. tt~ On Tues4;iy, .the 18th inst. in Upper Seymour-strce i ? Lady of C7rge Morant, Esq. of a stmt. - MARRIED. p, • On Saturday last, at Heivorth, George William M Esq. of Wimp°le-street, to Henrietta, daughter of t 1) • Henry Ellison, Esq. of Hebburn-Hall, Durham. lED. On the lst inst. at his hous D ein Cupar Fife, 0 1 Esq. - of Kirklands, in the 95th year of his cage. On :the ;-al inst. at Edinburgh, Mrs. Susan Tait ! Crauftirti Tait, Esq. of Harviestoun, Writer to the SiglA On tit sth inst. atArdgowau, Scotland, suddenly , It , tenant-lone) lEneas Macintosh, of the 79th the 54th year of h nst. tis a age. tc ll On the Gth i Musselburgb, Scotland, Lie" t,, 31' Colonel . James Stuart, late of the 67th Regiment of Fc'°Abei On the 6th inst. 4t Castle Fraser, in - the County deer, Eliza Riser, of Castle Fraser. eti Att . , . On Thursday last, at his house in South Andley--st f ` the 78th year of his age, the Rev. William Garstzwg ! 44 ! ; , ; OP , one of the Chaplains of the Portuguese Chapel Royal, ''. ' lli country, - - I • -On Saturday, aged 74, JoShua Ingham,Esq.• of 8 a lie ' 0 and of Iltulersfield, anker. ' i ' '''' V On Sunday d , at the ß advanced age of 84 years, Dr• , il Maclaurin. ef 6/ On Monday, aged 69, Mr. Jo se ph Li ns l ey , M a ster f ro Leeds Workhouse; an office he h a d filled for upwards ° and thirty years. , . airi On the 17th inst at his son's, Grafton-street, SO";' ag e Charles Ray, of Wigton, in the County of Cumberlal l " 66 years. f I Pr ' Yesterday se'nnigbt, aged 102, Mrs. Ann Catton, 0 0 ,0 1 ; gate, in York, a very honest and indust r i o u s poor , ' , .. 30 .1, who was servant in the Carlisle family a t th e time °f . r efe e t the Second's Coronation. She possessed a remarkah l l, o f 0 tive memory, was able to walk about till within - a vic e death, and retained her faculties to the last. • .er COAL. MARKET, JAN. 19 • p t ice.. Ships at Mareet. Ship.s sold. 66 9' 95 Newcastle 144 5 ,25. O. 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