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p i r t-Z-')-z__ 2 zoLppr r mi "3,1 ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, Nov. 6, 1832. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXE CUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AD MIRAL, of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRI TAIN and IRELAND do hereby give Not;ce, that on WEDNESDAY, the `2lst instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, the Admiral Superintendent will put up to SALE, in his Mj,sty's Dock-yard at Portsmouth, seve ral Lots of ~~ I I OLD STORES. con.isting of Canvas, Hammocks, Rope, &e., in Paper Stuff, Lignum Vitae Shivers, Nets, Leather Hoses, Oci am White, Y,rn, Tarred Toppets, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply- to the Admiral Soperintender.t for Notes of Admission fur that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. ADIIIII3ALTY-OFFICE, OCT. 24, 1832. NOTICE is hereby given, that a SESSION of OYER and TERMINER and GAOL DE LIVERY for the Trial of Offences committed on the - HIGH SEAS, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, will he held at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, London, on TUESDAY, the 27th of November next, at Eight o'clock in the morning. 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The absence of the Russian Ambass.dor was remarked "an unusual circumstance. Count nazuszEwtc is still °llt of town. (IN o. 12,530.) LONDON, WEDNES t V EV- NOVEMBER 7, 1842 was reading, filling her brain with romantic star, in stead of minding her dome , ric concerns. When Duffy interfered with his advice Palmer was reading a thick volume, which she insrandy let fly at his head, and followed up the assault by striking him in the face with her. fisr. IRELAND—COkK ASSIZES, Nos - . 2. COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT-13th DAY. TRIAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE BINGHAM, FOR AN ASSAULT ON, AND Palmer, in her defence, called the complainant a wicked old maw, and said that he waned to take improper liberties with her. She repulsed him at first by throwing a book at him, but, finding that he returned to the attack upon her virtue, she then gave him a wipe over the nose, and it made him quiet. The warrant was di-charged. FALSE IMPRISONMENT OF, JAMES HODNETT, ESQ. At an early hour this morning the Court wa. crowded to excess; every accescible virt wa. tilled, and a great number of m-li a , y men co :ill ranks and starions w• re present. G neral George Bingham, with C done' Vinsel and Capt Traver.-, sat in ihe llgh Sheriff's box during h. day. Mi. H ,driett, who had been brought thither h y a writ of Habe rc C wpus, sat under the care of Mr. Wakh, the Governor of the City Gaol, in the attorneys' box, opposi'e to the Gallant General. Fur some part of the proceedings several military gentleman sat I) , side his Lordship. Colonel King was of the number. At half-past ten M. Justice MOORE entered the EXECUTION oF THE TREATY OP Wiien about ai dozen Jurymen had been set aside on the parr of the pro-ecuiion, by the peremp torily privilege of the Crown, Mr. G. BENNETT said--My Lord, if they go on tit this why, we may as well le , the Gentlemen on the other side pick nut their own Jury. Air. Justice MOORE—This is certainly an exhibi tion which no Judge ever witnessed from a B rich before. To set such an array of gentlemen aside on a trial for common assault, is an abuse of the privileges of tne Crown. Mr. BENNETT—I have for a long time gone this Circuit, and in all that time, I car► safely say I ne ver witnessed such. In all the important public trials which took place at this Assizes, the Crown solicitor never set aside more than two or three during the whole Assize. Mr. Justice MOORE—It is an abuse of the privi lege of the Crown. Sir George Bingham was their given in charge to th e Jury, for• assaulting and falsely imprisoning James Hodneit, on the 22d of July, at Ballycaskin, i❑ ihe county of Cork. Mr. O'CONNELL stated the case at great length. Viewing the case in the ordinary point of view, and merely as a common assault, I admit (said the Learned G.-ntleman) that it possesses no feature of public importance, and that accounts for the obser vations made by your Lordship on our setting aside so many of the panel. The rank and station of the defendant—a rank and station of which, from ail I have, except in this case, heard and learned, no man in society better de , erv,s, or more adorns, palmanz qui meruit feral—give it importance; the time and season give it importance; and tire excita tation produced in the public mind, by anticipation of the result and the cons-quences of your verdict, give it an overwhelming importance. If I am rightly informed, in a moment of fury, he sports with the life and liberty of a man in a station of so ciety which, if not as high in the eyes of the world, is at least as respectable. Gentlemen, lam sorry to see one of his honourable profess,on at the bar of justice for anything that could be construed into criminality, still less a charge of the nature of the one now brought before you. 1 am grieved to see a soldier here, and I am bound in honesty and justice to say that, since I entered upon life, and took a part in public transactions— nearly a quarter of a century back, the military, as far as they came under my own observation, and from every soiree of information attainable by me, on all occasions of collision with the people of this country, did their duty well ; but nothing more than thei r duty to their Sovereign. This duty they did with a forbearance which entitles them to the highest cr e dit—so much so, indeed, that when in any . scuffie with the misguided though injured people, lives have been lost, I have always found that the people were in the wrong, and the military in the right, and that they forbore to injure until further forbearance would have been criminal to their K'ng, and cruelty to hemselves. I speak this eulogium as a matt who has, who cart have, no mi tive but truth, and no object but the expression of a con scientious Con Viction, And what is the consequence of their conduct ? The consequence is, that on every occasion the people distinguish between them and that mongrel force which iscomposed of men neither soldiers nor citizens, with just enough of the vices of both to make them obnoxious, and too little of the commonest virtues to make them respected or loved. There is no worse master than a military master; and there is no worse despotism than an iron-handed military despotism. The greatest man of modern times—he whose genius towered above that of all those great men who preceded him—he whose ta• lents transcended the limits of time—annihilated space—and reduced the world, almost, to his obe dience,—he was a military despot, and it was the worse for him, for he fell a sacrifice to his ambition to rule alone, and to stand independent of those_ori whose necks he had fixed the throne of his sore- reignty. He might have been the first of eitizen; as he was the greatest of men; he might have even been the greatest of Sovereigns, as among the bad he was the best; but he wished to introduce into civilized society and social life the semi-balharous institutions of the camp; he wished that the citi zens of a free country should have no more a will of their own than the well-drilled soldier ; he wished that the habits of prompt obedience and passiveness ►which form the character of the army should be come also the habits of the people at large, and he fell from the pinnacle of his power, because it was built on such an unsure foundation—unre gretted by his people, because he was a tyrant— unhonoured and unjust, because, instead of fos tering, be only trampled upon the liberties of the nations of the earth. Yes, the military are the worst possible masters—though, it may be, the best of servants. I never knew a military man to grant a favour but it was granted by him in such a cut and dry style —so much in the rank and file and hollow square manner, awl had so much of the preremptory system about it,as took away a great portion of, if not all, its value. Witness the late measure—the heal ing measure—granted by a military Minister. That measure would hava been effective if it had less of command and more of conciliation in it ; that mea sure is now ineffective or nearly so, because it had too much of the one and two little of the other; because it was framed by a soldier's order, and offered at the point of the sword. The Learned Gentleman then stared the facts of the case, which were given in evidence. At the conclusion of his address, it was intimated to the Court that one of the Jury had been suddenly seized with a bowel affection. Dr. Pitcairn, who happened to be in the Court, examined him, and de posed subsequently that lie thought it would en danger his health to serve on the Jury that day. Mr. Justice MooßE—ls it anything like cholera he has ? Dr. Pitcairn—l would not go so far as to say that; but he labours under symptoms, my Lord, which render it dangerous to remain in Court. Another Juror was then sworn, and the trial pro ceeded. James Hodnett examined—On Sunday, the 22d of July, I was ut Ballycaskin, near IVhitechureh, about twelve or one; I went to the Rev. Mr. Begley' s , the Rlm an C a th o li c C ur ate of Carrigna var, at o ne , and from his house, after we h ad sa i d tnass, and eve had breakfasted, along with a Mr. Ahern, to see a round tower raised by the Rev. Mi. Horgan at Whitechurch. We rode. Befor e we reached Whitechurch, I saw on the road, at a turn, a number of Lancers coming towards us; 1 C-/ --- -••..., _., 7/ . 2 , .11111 , : c > i iL: 44......_ .......„ _ 41(..........„ " ---, ;.-01'1 ., :, - .- • s.'i ' 4 i - - - - .):"4 - _, ..'o ,• ' 'W'a:_• , -..rU ~, a , '.- ) / ....... / 4 ~ ...---• -7 , , r"" - , •.,-..,..,,,,,-.,--.:.,-:- ,- ..0- t• - 11 _ • • ~'' -•-11- - , •••., .., - • • ...,,; ',, 7 -"'-'' (~,F ~5 .... ; _ , , ,. .:' 4 - 4 . 1 .);4,,,,, ..t,„•.'.... , ~ 4. v• .: •••,. - --,r i ~! - , • - 3 , , ,, i ,- -o •- ---, ~., , ~' --• 4 .- 5 , . , .. z . ~•,-. .._. . :, _ ',' ' d ,, , -- 0.4% ~ • • . 1:1-1. .i; `' , ..,—k••••:`. . , ' .' ''' • NT k ' ' : 1 :‘ .":' ' - ----Z_•'i:: ' - - ' ~ .z _____ -- . , f r. ) l_77li Ty,,- , - ---- -,.. 11 .--rllllii ~.._ N 1,1 , ',1' I/ 1 V ' -. - ' "'I tir • o - N ---!...- iii 1 0 ~ -)) ....... _ , ; e it (..) __l T 1.11111;0 , . _ (PRICE 7I).) knew they were Lancers by their pennon ; to. seeing them, Mr. Ahern said, " Good (Tod, here ire the Lancers!" I said," What harm ? let then , come " When we came to the turn of the road, I , 4W Sir George Bitioham with the troops c 'me nr , tr a hard trot towards me. I moved on the tight -ide of the road to let them pass ; but Sir Georer , vanced about half his horse's length before the only, and said to me, I can't say whether Genera' in \lr., " llodnert, where's your drum-major's sniff? Where's your drum-major', cap and paraph, mil a ?.' I said I had neither one nor the other, arid that if rhotioht it necessary I would have them in my pocket —or rather sorne•hing about I'd have at: eap in my pocket. On that he turned about to the party of Lancers, and said to them, " There he is— he head of the rebels—cut him down —cut hint down—ride him down—ride him down." On this order being given, the Lancers fo.rned into a sem.- e;rcl , , and bole me with tremendous force into the iyke. I was, in consequence, thrust near Sir G. Bingham. Juror—Were they in motion when Sir George Bingham first came rip to you ?—They halted whin they came up to me. On this my horse plunged, and while thu,, I think I saw corn thing like a sword strike my hat on the front of the leaf. Mr. O ' CONNELL—Was the hat cut ?—lt was. A Juror—Di I poi se- th e stroke and the instru ment that struck you ?—I can't exactly say. Th, leaf of the hat was divided. My h or s e got fiy, wounds in the sc , flie— hree blood-wounds, and two dangerous ones —one on the shoulder, one on the fl ink, and one on the fundament. The latter was intl cted with a lance, and the veterinary sun g OH iu whose care I placed him said it was a dan gerous wound. I went from thence with the General awl military to Carrignavar. pile in the dyke, I was laid hold on—caught by Sir George by the collar of the coat. I do not mean to swear that it was done with the view of injuring me, but rather that it was caused by the confusion in which he appeared to be This was subsequent to his addressing me as I described, and before a sergeant or corporal of the troop had put his foot under my leg in the stirrup, with the intention of pitching me off my horse. A , I said, I was driven from thence to Carrignavar, completely against my will ; after the General hail said to me that I roust retrace my steps, I had pre sence of mind sufficient to pull out my watch and ascertain the hour; when I got to Carrignavar I did the same, and I found I had been 23i minutes in custody. Carr;gnavar is three-fourths of a mile from the place where I was attacked; after we hail got to Carrignavar, I was kept in custody for some time ; I asked General B tigoam if there was a war rant out against me, but he would give me no an swer; I went away then. Cross-examined by Mr. G. BENNETT—I think the General asked y.. 0 for your drum-major's cap and staff ?—IIe did. Had you them with you ?—No. Then you have a band and a drum-major— (Laughter) —now, how is the drum-major dressed ? —He has an old helmet, which belonged to the Scorch Greys, and which he got somewhere or other—(Laughter)—and it had orange and green 'rimmings on it. Oh, then, he had a helmet with party colours? Mr. O ' CONNELL—No, fancy colours; the orange neutralizes the green. Wittiess—Fancy colours, not party colours. aid your band any uniform ?—Yes, a kind of scarf which they wore at Mr. O'Counell's proces sion ; they were of the same col m r,. Oh, we're not talkin g of Mr. O'Connell's proces sion now. But did they ever wear them elsewhere ? No, I did not see them elsewhere on any but on two boy.. Bays ! Oh, then, these were boys, too ?—Yes, two boys.—(Laughter.) You were at a good many pubic meeting,, I'll not say for what purpose, with your band ?—I was, and will be again, I hope, when my seven year , have expired.—(Laughter.) [Mr. Hodnett was convicted a few days before of attending an illegal anti-tithe meeting, and part of his sentence was to keep the peace for seven years.] You won't offend me, Mr. Hodnett, by anything you can say. I am only doing my duty. You attend a great many meetings, you say ?—Yes, several. Were there were. a great many people ?—Yes, at some, 30 and 40 and .50 and 60,000. How many more ?—About six or seven. Oh ! you're not doing yourself justice, I'm afraid —now is that all you attended ?—T►the meetings do you mew, ? Open-air meetings ?—No. You attended one on the 27th of May ?—I did. The object of which was to prevent the sale of cattle distrained for tithe ?—No. I desired no one not to Iniy. Mr. O'CoNNELL—Mr. Hodnett is under an in dictment for this, or a similar offence or offences. I, therefore, submit, my Lord, that iqr. Bennett hds no right to any answer which might tend to crimi nate him in the trials consequent upon these in dictments. Mr. BENNETT—If I even did get anything from him to that effect, it should nor be used by me. Mr. O'CONNELL—Oh, my Lord, my friend Mr. Bennett is not Attorney-General yet, and Cm sorry for it ; he might not have the di,cretion of using or rejecting it. Mr. BENNETT—Don't break your heart about, it Mr. O'Co► u nell. Mr. O'CoNNELL—I am glad, at all events, that you hold out hopes, and have a prospect of it.— (Laugh.er.) Mr. BHNNETT—WeII, I will not press the ques tion, You were aware, Nlr. Hudnett,for what cause you were arrested ?—I was not. You are apprised now ?—Yes. When Sir George Bin4ham asked you your drum-major's cap and staff, what did you say say ? —I felt annoyed and hurt, because I had always a high respect for Sir Georgp, in consequence of my brother-in-law serving under him, and his always saying how kind he was to him. 1 - lOw kind he was to him ?—Yes. It's a wonder my brother-in-law was not with me that day. I was going to bring him with me; but if he came with me, I suppose he would lose his commission. You need not make these remarks, Mr. Hodnett. They are not called for. My Lord, do you hear this ? Mr. Jus►ice MooßE—Yes, I do, Mr. Bennett. Sir George Bingham has been here for several years ?—Yes. _ This is the first complaint that has ever been made of him ?—Yes, that I heard; and I'm very sorry for it. He is recpected by people of all persuasions and parties P—Yes. Until this, no General in the Col k district was ever more liked. He is not so well liked since ?—'Pon my word, I think nct. You knew Sr George Bingham ?—I did. I travelled home in the steam-packet from Dublin with him. You were civil to each other—dined at the same table ?—Yes. How long before the present charge ?—About three weeks. He was kind and civil, you say ?—Yes. You admit that whatever he did to you, he did ro more than his duty ?—1 think be did—l think he lost his temper. But he was doing his duty P—l don't know what you call his duty; was it his duty to cut me down ? POLICE INTELLIGENCE BOW-STREET. Yeoerday three young men, named Ward, Dixon, and Wil l were charged before Sir F. ROE and Nit.. HALLS, the two funner with having assaulted the police, and the latter with having attempted to rescue tl , ern from custody. It appeared that the defendants were in the shil ling gallery of Drury-lane Theatre on the previous night, and Ward, in endeavouring to regain his seat created a disturbance, which oiled for the inter ference of the police. A constable of the A divi siok was accordingly sent for, who tapped the de fendant on the shoulder and requested him not to disturb the audience. The defendant immediately turned round and struck him. On being removed from the gallery, he repeated the assault, and struck the police sergeant who came to the assistance of the constable. When taken to the station he be haved in a most outrageous manner, and committed an assault on another constable. The defendant Dixon was proved to have struck the police ser geant, and he and Williams, who stated that he was clerk to Mr. Carttar, the Coroner for Surrey, at tempted to rescue Ward from the constables. The defendant Ward freely admitted that he struck the constables, but declared that he had not done so until they assaulted him. Dixon denied that he struck the sergeant, or at 'empted to rescue Ward; and Williams declared that he took no part whatever ti the disturbance, and merely went to the station ro see how the affair would end. Sir F. Roe, in conjunction with Mr. HALLS, fined Ward 40s. for each of the three assaults of which he had been gu , lty, and in default of paymem he was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment fur each offence. axon was ordered to pay a fine of 405., or a month's imprisonment ; and Williams was fined 10s. which he paid. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A tall well-dressed young man, who gave his name Thomas Green, was brought before Mr. CONANT yesterday, upon the following charge : Captain Cotgraverit, R.N., stated that as he was passing the Navy Club-house, St. James's, yester day evening, the prisoner, whom he had never seen before, came suddenly up to him, and asked why he passed him without speaking to him ? He (Captain Cotgraverit) replied that he had no knowledge whatever of him before, but the prisoner declared they were acquainted, and he did not approve of bc•ng " cut" in such a manner. The prisoner still continued to follow witness, and persisted in claim ng upon which Captain Cotgraverit, meeting a pilicemati in Oxford -street, gave him into custody. Captain Cotgraverit was convinced he had never seen the prisoner before, and he could only consider his conduct as an attempt at extortion. The prisoner admitted that he had been mis taken. and alleged that he thought Captain Cotgra• vent was a gentleman, who had, under pretence if treating him to some liquor, left him a score of 25.3 d. at a publ.c-house to pay. Mr. CONANT—I suspect you are one of those scoundrels who infest the streets, particularly in this quarter of the town ; and I have not the least doubt your object was extortion. The prisoner denied that such was the fact. Webb, the beadle of St. James's, here steppe•l forward, and said that the prisoner had been recently discharged from the Life Guards with a tainted eh., racter, and made such other communications to Mr. Conant as induced the Worilly Alagistrate to order the prisoner to be detained until further inquiries were made. Q UEEN-S Q rizi RE. Yesterday, two mi fellows, named William Jones and John Hatt, were brought before Mr. WHITE by Colley, one of the Stamp-office igents, charged with he Poor Ulan ' s Guar dian and the Cosmopolite Almanack, the same nut befog duly stamped. Colley stated that both the defendants had been convicted before for selling unstamped publications; Hatt had been convicted once, and Jones twice, and they had not been more than two or three days out of prison. Mr. WHlTE—Where did you get the money from to purchase these papers? Hatt—l had it by me when I was last sent to prison, and I kept it to purchase more whe❑ I came our. Mr. WHITE said, that as the defendants appeared to like I):ing sent to prison, he should commit them for the full period of three months to Kingston gaol. The defendants appeared quite unconcerned, and were locked up. Colley then got the certificate of the convictions signed by the Niagistrate. LAMBETH-STREET. Yester!ay, three persons, father, mother, and son , named Lolifick, who have been in custo d y f or som e days past, on suspicion of having plundered the dwelling-house of Mr. D. Wert hmer, a Hebrew con fectioner, and collector to several Jewish charitable institutions, in Leman-street, Goodman's fields, of cash and other property amounting io near 2001., were brought before Messrs. \\TALKER and HARDWICK tor final examination. The Magistrates considered that the evidence against the father and mother was not sufficiently strong to justify their detention, and they were ac cordingly discharged, and their son fully committed to take his trial. UNION-HALL. Yesterday, Henry Scott, the young man in the employ of Messrs. Plowright and Bond, linen-dra pers, Blackfriars-road, was brought up for final ex,- amina! ion, charged with stealing goods to a large amount, the property of his employers ; and John Scott, his brother, was charged with receiving a portion of the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Both the prisoners were fully comtnitted. Torn Pepper, a well-known dog fancier, was charged with stealing a valuable animal of the bull dog breed, the property of a substantial ciuntry yeoman. The farmer came up to town to attend the Bo rough-market, and brought his favourite dog ‘vith him. Tom Pepper, who happened to be in the market at the time, perceiving that the animal was a valuable one, instantly pulled out a piece of " pudding," consisting of some substance which the canine species are exceedingly fond of, and rub bing a piece to the dog's nose, walked off. The farmer's dog no sooner smelt the savoury pudding than he quitted his master and stuck close to the heels of Tom Pepper, who was hastening home to his " crib" in the Mint, but unluckily for him be was watched, and the dog was found in his pos session. Tom tried to get rid of the proof of the pudding by throwing it away, but the fact having been sworn to, he was convicted, and sentenced to pay the value of the dog, besides a penalty of 5/. for stealing it. Tom Pepper, being unable to pay, was committed for two months to the treadmill. A WICKED OLD MAN.—A well-looking young female, named Mary Palmer, was charged by an old man, named Duffy, with striking him with great violence in the face. The old tnan said that lie lodged in the same house with Palmer, and that instead of superintend ing the household affairs, and assisting in the scour ing out of pots and pans, she was everlastingly read ing novels. Annoyed to see such carelessness on the part of a female, he (Dully) civilly spoke to he' that morning, merely pointing out the nonsense she NOVEMBER 15 (From the Journal des Debats ) The Louden Conference, it is said, is dissolved. The phrase is well contrived to excise apprehension. It only means, /n.wever, that the Conference has finished its wink—that it has arranged everything, foreseen every hat all ►hat now remains to 1 4 - done is to exectre. Tnis is not the hu , iness of the Conference, which has no federal army at ►ts dispo sal, but of France and England, who have tak upon themselves the execution. • The Powers are against us, because of their inte rests and their sentiments. Their interests! No! As to their sentiments, the Powers do not make wars of sentiment; they may like Holland better than Belgium, love liberty less than absolutism ; but their affections are of little consequence. In po lities, Propogandist politics excepted, nobody has the ainlntion of converting men's hearts; ac ions, not sentiments, are the things to be dealt with. Wdi the Powers interfere to prevent the execution of the treaty of the 15th of November, for which England and France have made themselves responsible ? This is the whole question. They will not inter fere. They will abstain from the execution, but they will not prevent it ; and that is the only thing important. All we can concede to the oppo si,ion is, that if France and England are beaten by Holland, it is possible that the bulletin of the defeat would not be everywhere read with equal regret. This is the only effect we can allow to the feelings about which the opposition is so much interested. England is not with us, or is ready to abandon us after the first gun is fired. This strange suppo sition is answered by the treaty of the 22d of Oct. England is with us ; her fleets and ours are united. The mental blindness of the opposition, it must be cont‘ ssed, is singular! France and England sign a treaty—the ratifications are exchanged—in ex cu tion of that t r e a ty the two Powers have summoned the King of H ll an d— t h e fl eets are united, and ready to act. Never was union more manifest, more notorious; and yet the opposition says, Eng land is not with us. But to enter Belgium is war. No! it is the exe cution of the treaty of the I,sth of November. The opposition is talking of war and battles, when what should be spoken of is the issue of a process ; for every thing is done judicially. On the 15th of November juJgment was pronounced in the cause between Holland and Belgium. One party resists the execution, and that party is about to be coerced. A transfer is to be effected, and that done, there is an end of the judicial proceedings. Far from re garding the entrance into Belgium as war, we call it race. The Belgic question is the only one now pending ; all others are set at rest. Let it also be decided, and there will be nothing to prevent the consolidation of peace—of that peace which has lasted two years, in spite of the warlike predictions of the opposition—of that peace which is destined to be confirmed by the very expedition which, ac cording to the opposition, was to be fatal to it. PIRACY AND MURDER BY CONVICTS The following is an ex tact from a private letter received from Sydney, da , ed the 17th of May la-t : " On the 31st of December last, while the Cale donia, a merchant brig belonging to Messrs. Mackay and Co., merchants of Sydney, was lying at More ton-bay, a penal settlement, it was hoarded by 11 desperate Convicts, who, having secured the crew, sent them all on shore, with the exception of Mr. Browning, the captain, an intelligent and respect able young man. They then hoisted sails and put to sea, commanding the captain to take charge of the vessel, and to steer for some of the islands in the South Seas frequented by English vessels, ex pressing their determination to stow themselves away in some of their ships, and thus obtain a pas sage to their native shores. Mr. Browning denied that he was competent to undertake such a task,' but the pirates said they had made themselves ac quainted not only with his character but his corn-i petencc, and threatened him with instant death if he did not comply with their wisres: Finding there was no alternative he took charge of the vessel, and steered in a southerly direction. It was not low; before he discovered the desperate charac ters with whom he had to deal, and in a short time six of the most arrocious entered into a conspiracy to murder the other five, a diabolical purpose which they soon carried into effect. The first four were soon despatched, but the fifth endeavoured, by every possible expedient, to escape, running round the ves sel, and up the shrouds on one side and down on the other. As a last refuge he run out upon the bowsprit, where he begged for mercy, but in vain. Some of the monsters pursued him with cutlasses in hand, and upon approaching near to him he slung himself fiom a rope, hanging from it with both hands, and again most piteously begged for life; but the mon sters, with demoniac laughter, scoffed at his en treaties, and cutting the rope by which he was sus. pended, thus consigned him _to the watery deep, where, after a few struggles, he sunk to rise no more. Mr. Browning, with this example before him, found it necessary by a resumption of confi dence and kindness to gain the good opinion of the remaining miscreants, and ultimately ran the vessel on shore on one of the small islands in his track, where the ❑atives came on board, and treated them with great kindness. He then discovered that a conspiracy had been formed by his infamous crew to murder him, as the only means of preserving their own lives, should they by possibility be secured. Finding his danger, he threw himself upon the pro tection of the chief of the island, and was thus res cued from impending danger. The ruffians then broke up the vessel with crow-bars, thus cutting off the chance of escape, as they were unable them selves to take charge of the vessel, and Mr. Brown ing refused again to embark with them. Shortly afterwards an English whaler came to the island, to whom he related the situation in which he was placed; part of the crew came on shore, for the purpose of securing the murderers, but they fled inland, and Mr. Browning was taken on board the whaler ; the chief, who had treated him in the most hospitable manner, deeply deploring his departure. He was subsequently put on board the Milo, an American vessel, on the way to Sydney, where he arrived safely on the 14th of May ; the owners of the Caledonia, and all his friends, having given hr►n up for lost." While the Charles Harris, Captain KING, from Hamburg, was discharging her cargo at the London Docks, the landing-waiter's attention was attracte.l by seeing some linen banging out of a Ihig entered as woallen rags. He desired that it should be opened, when it wa , discovered that it contained a stone jar lull of whit brandy. Nine similar parcels contained jars of brandy, amounting in all to 45 gallons. - • • • Tito Rev. Mr. Booloy, and another 'witness, ear. rohorated the facts of the assault. Mr. BENNETT addressed the Jury for the traver ser at much length, commenting on the evidence. There is one topic, s,id he, to which I in the speech of Mr. O'Connell. It is the unfortu nate and unfavourable contrast m ide by hi m „ ,b„, occasion between the military an:i prili e, the civil power of the country. Goo :I Gd I what h :ye you to do with the military or t h.. police? What connection has this case with sue a conrra‘t ? The police are not on their trial; if they deer , e .0 be put on trial, %o they can; bu why try them b -'ore there is cause ? I am free of any political s rjudicm • I trus., which would interfere with my tlu y As an advocate I dep ecoe their introducit , m, aid ever W• 11 deprecate theT introdue•io , ,, in7o qu stion w h; e s, lam c.lled upon to talc part it. d T •oma R mayne S ot , fi 1.1, Eq., ex an •..ed iuy WouLFE—I am a %ha s rate of he coumy. On Su.. Jay, the. 221 of J I .tac ar Wiliteehtirch with many other Ma , zistratei. Sir G o Bingham came with the military to as-ist the Mavistrates in keep;nr; the peace. Mr. O'CONNELL—D , ) you know that, S'r, from pup o-.. ly.oa:lerlge?—N I of Mr. WOULFE—There ,% ere many Magis!rates of the Comity there ?—Yes. Had you any information from Lily one ? O'CONNELL—I object to tha . To make a nagiqrate act legally, he requites in'ormation on ct.i h. Mr. Jostlee 1100 RE (to witness)—Don't tell the flat tit , . of the communication. Winess—A person came to me while we were in he fi Id Wbitechurci. Mr. O'CONNELL—I i - ihject, tn,t /.: , rd, to his re uearine wha- the wirson si d. Mr. Justice MoottE—Was the commimicaiion inade generally ?—I th•nk it wm, my Lord, I think the hotly of the Mig.stra'es was there. Mr. O'CONNELL—Perhaps that man is in Court tVbat is his tiarse don' t know—l—l Mr. O'CoNNELL—Not know it, Sir F O'r ! if British liberty depend s upon this, Mr. BENNETT —Really, Mr. O'Connell, I can't sit ht-re and hear this. Mr. 0' CONNELL—• Here is an individua!, who ned same things, told told the Magi,traies of Lis imagining,. If the Magistrates chose to act on he fancy of individuals, where the lives or liberties of their fellow-subjects are at stake, can we be said to be free and have protection ? A Magistrate ran only act on the letter of the law. To make his in formation valid it must be sworn. \Vas this person on his oath, Sir ?—No. Mr. O'CONNELL-1 hen, without having a power of doing so himself, he delegates such non-existent power to another. Is Mr. H. er any of us in that kind of country where, because some person says something to some Magistrate or other, his life and iiberty are to he endangered on the one, and to be infringed on the other—that he should be role over or cut down, for that is the question ? Mr. Justice Moon E—l think it quite enough for the justification of this gentleman and the Magi- crates, that they got some information, no matter how or from whom, that danger was to be iippre :tended from illegal meetings, and therefore that their arrest of Mr. 11. is perfectly legal. If a Magistrate apprehend misch of anywhere, he may go there. Mr. O'CONNELL—They are always in the thick of mischief; they are the grtatest mischief-makers in the country. Mr. Justice MOORE—After all I have heard, I ad it this as evidence. Mr. O'CONNELL—. Very well, my Lord; I have, unfortunately, no bill of exceptions to take. If I had there ate things enough to except to in the decision. Witness—A communication was made to me and the Magistrates, and from it we supposed and believed that an illegal meeting was to take place; we artended to preserve the peace, which we thought seriously trifled with; after I had received the communication I spoke ot, I went to Carrignavar with the other Magistrate, the General, and the mi litroy; I rode beside Sir G. Bingham all the way ; about a quarter of a mile beyond the bounds of the county I saw, at an angle of the road, t.:o men on horseback, and a great crowd of people behind them; I said to Sir George, " I suppose these are the. persons?" Yes," said Sir George, " Hodnett—l know him ;" when we came dose to these two men, Sir George and the troop of Lancers pulled up, and Sir George said to Mr. Hodnetr, Mr. Hodnett, I was looking for you —you must go back—where's your drum-major's cap and staff? Mr. Hodnett did not appear to me to pay any attention to what tt:e General said; but he made some observation about his tieing stopped; he appeared to be pushing his way through the Lan cen—he could not pass without doing so—so much so that he got among them; Sir G. further said, " I arrest you ;" this was, I think, after he had pushed in among the Lancers, who had halted. Mr. O'CONNELL—Can you swear positively it was ?—No. Mr. BENNETT —Oh, Mr. O'Connell, this witness is a gentleman, and that is no way to examine him. Mr. O'CONNELL—A gentleman —a gentleman— what is a gentleman more than any man, in the ? Witness—Nlr. H. appeared to pay no atten tion to the General's command, but to push on among the troops. Well, says Sir George, then ride turn down. Mr. O'CONNELL (emphatically) —Ride—him— down T. Witness—After that, one of the Lancers pushed the quarter of his horse against Mr. Hodnett's horse, and thrust him against the road side. Mr. H. then said, " I'll go where you please." I did not hear Sir George say, " Cut him down." I don't know whether any one had given him an order to arrest Mr. Hodnett. Mr. Hodnett returned to Carighavur, and I rode all the way with him. Cross-examined by Mr. O ' CONNELL—I'II hot ask you any questions, Sir—you have proved my case. I'll only confront you with the Rev. Mr. Begley. Mr. Begley, by virtue, of your solemn oaih, did or did not the General use the words Cut him down ?" On my solemn oath he (td. Sir A. Perrier, examined by the Honourable W. PLUM ET—Was with the Mayor of Cork and other Magistrates at Whitechurch. It was he arid the Mayor who had ordered Sir G. Bingham and the military out. Captain Berners, 8.A., ci-devant Aide•de•Camp to Sir G. Bingham, gave similar testimony, denying that the defendant used the words." Cut him down." 31r. O'CONNELL, in reply, was heard at great length. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with an expression of opinion, that in making the assault no bodily harm was intended. Here a tremendous and irrepr , ssible shout burst from one of the most crowded Courts we have ever seen, which was re-echoed by hundreds who thronged the neighbouring streets. The Judge ap peared much agitated. Cries of " Shame, shame," were raised in different parte. Mr. Justice MouRE--.D.,n't say shame; for the conduct now evinced before the Court cannot but excite the contempt and indignation of every good man. It was scandalous and most disgraceful con duct, The laws cannot be administered in a coun try wit nessed in a Courtleweheresuchdi of Justice.sgracefulexhibitions are to be wit- The Rev. 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