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43i1 of Elizabeth without any modification to Ire land, and thus give to every man, whether able bodied or disabled, a right to support. These men also re consistent. In like manner I am myself, pardon the egotism; lam consistent ; I recognise the law of nature which entitles every member of society to be sup plied with the necessaries of life. I propose to place in every parish this principle as a sacred de posit in the safe keeping of a Committee composed of clergymen, the official guardians of the poor, and of laymen, the owners and guardians of property, with a joint power 'derived from the whole people,' and to be renewed annually, to judge without appeal in all cases of distress, and to minister relief at th common expenses to every soul that thirsts and hun gers and can fiod no support. Knowing the slender means of the industrious portion of my countrymen, I propose to relieve them ofornuch of their present burden, and place it on the shoulders of the absent or ungrateful owners of the soil; I propose to exclude from relief, except in times of extraordinary digress, those who are able to work, because I know the improvements which can instantly be commenced in the soil arid navigation of Ireland would give employment to all her indus trious people. And, finally, I propose to ert.able parishes to assist emigration, because I wish my plan of relief to be permanent, and that, though, for fifty years to come, all our youth could be located use fully on lands to be reclaimed, yet a time will arrive when a well regulated system of emigration would be the most natural and salutary relief for our coming superabundant population. There is consistency in all this; and, if I be not deceived, there is also in it a peculiar fitness for the state and cirtunistances of this country. I have stated in my letter to Mr. Spring Rice the arguments brought against me. I stated them candidly and honestly, and I answered them even to your satisfaction. I replied in that little work to every objection advanced by yon in your present speech, and yet you adduce those ob jections as if you never had heard of the replies to them, of which you yourself approved. Sir, I think even victory is too dearly bought, when to obtain it men have recourse to stratagems not sanctioned by the rules of warfare which nations recognize. 'Tis so in argument. Disprove what we advance, but do not misrepresent our views, or cloud the vulgar visirn by irrelevant and oft-refuted objections. li ou claim for the poor their legal and equitable portion of church property, especially of tithes. In this we are agreed, nor is any honest man opposed to us ; but even this property of the aged and infirm, of the widow, the stranger, and the orphan, you would take from them to buy drugs and support in firmaries. I would, on the contrary, have it de posited with the Committee of each parish, to be expended by them on the poor before any assess ment on the property of the parishioners could be levied. Be yourself the judge between my opinion and your own. You are unwilling that the question of Poor Laws should be introduced, whilst that of Reform is un decided. The observation is scarcely just, consider ing the state of our poor, with a plague impending, and the question of Church Property, intimately connected with that of Poor Laws, already before Parliament at the instance of the King : but, though other persons should recommend us to " wait a while," we ought not to hear that hated phrase pronounced by you. I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your most obedient humble servant, Carlon., Jan. 6, 1832. J. DOYLE. NOTTINGHAM SPECIAL COMMISSION. NOTTINGHAM-FRIDAY. BURNING OF NOTTINGHAM CASTLE. Robert Cutts, aged 27, and Joseph Shaw, aged 35, were put to the bar, charged that they, with di vers others, did, on the 10th of October last, riot ously rssemble, and being so assembled, did set fire to and destroy Nottingham Castle, the property of the Most Noble Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle. Mr. GURNEY, on the part of the Crown, stated that it was not intended to offer any evidence against the prisoner Shaw. He was therefore acquitted on two indictments against him, and the Court hay . ng admonished him never to mix himself up in riots, ordered him to be discharged. Robert Cutts was then given in charge alone. Mr. GURNEY stated the case. On the afternoon of the 10ih of October, after the Reform meeting held at Nottingham had broken up, a large body of the persons assembled went off together, and having left !he town, went towards Sharpe's 3Lll with the evident intention of doing some mischief, bot finding that that place was under protection, they turned towards Nottingham Castle, an ancient and splendid edifice. When the mob got to the lodge gates, they demanded admittanceossuring t he keeper that no harm should happen to hint or to his family. He very pro perly refused them entrance, and the gates being ex ceedingly strong, they were unable to force an en trance that way, but a portion of the mob made an attack upon the side wall, not far from the gatn, which they soon threw down, and thus effected an entrance to the Castle, the doors and windows of which they soon destroyed ; and having got into the building, they tore down the wainscotting and heaped it up in several places. They then procur,d a light from the lodge, and in a few moments the whole building was in a blaze, having been set on fire in three or four places at once. it was unneces• sary for him to say to those whom he then addressed, that the total destruction of the building was ef fected, with the exception of the bare walls. No evidence which could lead to detection was obtained until after a reward of 500/. was offered by Govern ment for the conviction of the offenders. The Duke of Newcastle had offered no reward. Wilh respect to the prisoner at the bar, he was present when the Castle was set on fire. The only circumstances they had to show to connect him with it was, that he was seen coming in the direction from the Castle when it was on fire, and his own subsequent boast ing that he himself had set it on fire in more than one place. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—Do you think, Mr. Gurney, the facts you have stated will be sufficient to convict the prisoner ? Mr. GURNEY—My Lords, the Counsel for the Crown have felt it their duty to bring the case be fore a Jnry, to satisfy, as far as they could, the ends of justice. 'The Jury, after consulting• together for a moment, returned a verdict of Not Guilty ; and the prisoner was discharged, after an admonition from the Judge. W e understand that ip this case, as in all the other cases tried at this Commission, there was a crowd of witnesses read to prove an alibi for the prisoner. He bowed to the Court, and retired. RIOTS AT WOLL.%TON PARK. William Green, aged 30, John Forman, aged 23, Ric,fmrd Bramstone, aged 23, arid Henry Liriley, aged 19, were put to the bar, charged with having riotously and tumultuously assembled, with divers others, at Wollaton, on the 11th of October, and with having broken and destroyed the gates at Wolla.ton-park, the property of Lord Middleton. Mr. GURNEY—Prisoners, 1 propose to offer no evidence against you in this case, on condition of your entering into recogniz inces to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for two years. The prisoners joyfully agreed to enter into a re coanizance of 501. each, to keep the peace for two yers, and were then acquitted. They were then given 1;1 charge for a misdemea nour aril 11g out of the same proceedings, and were again acquitted. ISCENDI James Woodiva;d , aged 17, was put to the bar, charged with having unlawfully, maliciously, and feloniously set fire to a carriage hovel, and to a stack of beans, the property of Jonn Cole, of Nor manton, in this county. There was another indictment against him for stealing certain articles of wearing apparel, the pro perty of - Hickson. The Jury found the p r isoner Guilty. Mr, Justice LITTLEDALE told the prisoner that no judgment would be passed upon the verdict at this assise, as there had been two or three points reserved in the course of the trial, on which he wished to take the opinion of the twelve Judges. Thomas Tyers, aged 19, was put to the bar upon an indictment, charging him with having set fire, Gn the 1211 of October last, to an out-heuse at Plunttree, the property of the Rev. John Burn side, with intent to injure the said John Burnside. Plea, " Not Guilty.' The evidence did net support the indictment, and the Jury acquitted the prisoner. The prisoner Was then placed at the bar upon an indictment charging him with having set fire to a sta4 belonging to the Rev. John Burnside, on the 29th of October last. No evidence was offt red against him, and theit;ry returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner was discharged after nn admonition from the Court. Mr. Justice GAAELEE tben proceeded to the Nisi Prins Court, to try indictments. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE tried two other cases —one for burglary, and the other for poaching; but they were destitute of interes►,—The Court then adjourned at eight o'clock. W. White was put to the bar, charged with horse stealing, and was found Guilty.—Sentence of death iecorded. John Dexter was indicted for killing and slaying Sarah Bryon, a child 18 months old, by driving ever her with his cart. .The Jury acquitted the prisoner, who, after re ceiving an admonition from the Judge as to his fu ture conduct, was ordered to be discharged. The Court then adjourned till to-morrow at nine o'clock. SATURDAY. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE took his seat in the Criminal Court at nine o'clock this m orning. Benj. Buxton, aged 61, was indicted for feloni oucly assaulting Mary Alsop, aged 11 years, and having had carnal knowledge of her body against her will. The Jury acquitted the prisoner, who was, how ever, ordered to be detained, in order that he might be indicted under the 9th Geo. IV. c. 31, s. 17. Thomas Wedg mood, aged 28, was found guilty of having feloniously, unlawfully, and carnally known and abused Christiana Dent, a girl under the age of 10 years, on the 21st of October last, in the parish of Hordsall, in this county. The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence of death upon him, told him that in this world he must not entertain any hopes of mercv. The prisoner then said, " Give me, my Lord, a long day." Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—There is a practice in all Courts of Assize to fix the execution at a certain period after the departure of the Judges from the assize town. But, lam forgetting, this is a Special Commission, and we must fix the day of execution. Prkotter, I shall consider of your request. The prisoner—My Lord, I am as innocent as a child unborn of the offence of which I have been convicted. If I were to die to-morrow, I should say that I was innocent. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE discharged the common Jury, and the Court was then adjourned till three o'clock in the afternoon. .Maxfield, aged 21, and Benjamin Hud• son, aged 20, were indicted for feloniously taking from the person of Hugh Gunn, on the King's high way, 3s. his property, on the Ist of January. The prisoners were found Guilty. Mr. Justice GASELEE, in ordering the judgment of death to be recorded, said, that under all the cir cumstances of the case, he would recommend that their lives should be spared, but he could not say to what punishment theirs should be mitigated. His Lordship then adjourned to the next Court. SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS. Before the Judges came again into Court, there was an immense crowd collected round the doors seeking to gain admission. The doors were thrown open at three o'clock, soon after which the Court was crowded in every part. A company of the 18th Font had in the interim been hrougl* into the gaol. In a few minutes after the Judges took their seats on the bench, and the prisoners who were to receive sentence were placed at the bar. They were George Beck, George Bearson, John Armstrong, Thomas Shelton, and Charles Berkins. These five prisoners were paced in the front. Wil liam Kitchen, David Thurman, Valentine Marshall, and Thomas Whitta4er, were placed immediately behind them. All the prisoners seemed much affected by the awful situation in which they were placed : the pri soner Beck was composed, but soon after he was placed at the bar he began to shed tears, and for the remainder of the time he kept his handkerchief to his eyes. Hearson appeared more firm, but he, too, in a short time gave way to his feelings and shed tears. The other prisoners from the moment they came in seemed wholly unnerved, particularly Shelton arid Beikine ; the former of whom trembled violently, the latter put his head down, and never raised it till the whole of the awful ceremony was concluded. The Clerk of the Arraigns asked each of the pri soners separately what he had to say why he should not (lie according to law. On hearing this, Beck, and some of the others, wept aloud; but the moment the Judges put on their black caps the whole of the prisoners sobbed, and groaned, and cried out " The Lord have mercy on us." This prayer they continued to repeat aloud for some moment,. The appearance of the Judges with their caps—the awful indication that they were about to consign some of their fellow-creatures to an untimely death—the solemn stillness of the Court —interrupted only by the deep groans and earnest ejaculations of the prisoners, gave to the whole scene a degree of awe which will not be forgotten by those who witnessed it. When silence was per fectly restored, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE addressed the prisoners to the following effect _ . . George Beck, George Hearson, John Ai rnstrong, Thomas Shelton, William Kitchen, and David Thur man, you stand convicted, by several juries by whom you have been tried, of the offence of having unlaw fully and maliciously destroyed a mill at Beeston, belonging to William Lone. The wisdom of the legislature, for the purpose of protecting property of this description, has affixed to the commission of this crime the penalty of death; and most wisely has the policy of the law inflicted the greatest pe nalty which is known in the administration of the criminal justice of the country. You, Charles Berkins, Valentine Marshall, and Thomas Whittaker, stand convicted by a jury of your country, of the offence of having unlawfully and maliciously set fire to a house of John Musters, and to this offence also the penalty of death is at tached. And there is, if possible, even a stronger reason for doing this in the case of a dwelling-house than of a mill; for besides the loss of the property. and the terror and alarm which it occasions, the lives of the persons who are in the house may be de stroyed, for want of the power of being able to make their escape. It appears that on the 10th of October last a meeting was held in this town upon the subject of Parliamentary Reform. After that meeting was Over, a number of misguided and deluded men, taking advantage of the excitement which but too often follows the assemblage of a large number of person,:, proceeded to acts of outrage and mischief wholly unconnected with the original objects of that meeting. hi the first place a large and tumultuous as-embly of these persons, consisting of above 1000, proceeded to attack Sharpe's•mill, and then went to the house of Mr. Musters, at Colwick-hall. They armed themselves with iron bars, and wooden imple ments of force, broke open the windows, forcibly entered the house, burnt the furniture in several rooms, burnt one of the floors, and but for the particular construction of the house, the whole would probably have beer; burnt to the ground. Several articles of value a ere carried away, and the family were thrown into the greatest state of terror and alarm. The whole amount of the loss at that place was estimated at from 2,0001. to 3,0001. After this, they went to the ancient and beautiful Castle of Nottingham, the pride and orna ment of this part of the country. On the following day they went to Mr. Lowe's silk-mill at Beeston, where there were 160 or 170 persons earning ;heir livelihood, which they burnt to the ground, and produced a loss nearly to the extent of 15,0001. The mob who committed this daring outrage consisted of between 2,000 and 3,000 persons. Many of them were armed with iron pallisades, pump-handles, axes, hammers, and other weapons of destruction. Wt en they arrived there, they were entreated to desist from executing their ho:rid purpost-, as so many industrious persons would be thrown out of employment ; but all to no effect. The work of destruction was determined upon, and was carried to its full extent, and the mill and ma chinery were soon burnt to the ground. They then proceeded to Wollaston, where they were stopped by the military in the park. On this occasion there does not appear to have been the slightest reason for such conduct on the part of these tumultuous meet ings. There was nothing in the conduct, in the character, or in the opinions of Mr. Lowe or of Mr. Musters, which gave occasion to these acts of outrage. It seems to have been the mere malicious and reckless mischief of a violent and outrageous multitude, determined on the destruction of property for the sake of such destruction and of plunder; and, perhaps, had Mr. Lowe himself been present, they would have injured him, for they inquired for, and threatened to burn and strangle him. It is a most painful duty in a Judge to select those persons whose fate may serve as a lesson of the danger and wiclaidness of offending against the law. The object of the law is not to punish criminals for the sake of revenge for the injuries they have occasioned, but it is that by the examples made, dither persons may be deterred from violating the law by the commission of crimes ; and it has been a most painful act in us to discriminate be tween the various degrees of guilt in which you have been implicated ; but we have made such se lection as we have thought best to be proper ex amples to be made for the sake of the publicjustice of the country, and also such as we think his Ma jesty may, if he should think proper, extend his Royal mercy to, so far as to spare their lives. And ' those whose lives we think may be spared, con sistent with the public justice, are you William Kitchen, David Thurman, Valentine Marshall, and Thomas Whittaker.—(" Oh ! thank you, my Lord," repeated those prisoners several times. Some of the other prisoners here again sobbed aloud.) The Learned Judge continued : I lament much that it is not in o ur power to re commend any others to the mercy of his Maj es ty, but a serious example is necessary to he made. In the case of the Beeston Mill, you, Gorge Back, appear as the most prominent person in heading the mob on this calamitous day. The Jury recom mended you to mercy ; and on being asked en what grounds, they said that you had had a good character given to you, and that you appeared in some mea sure to hare been forced into what you did. I la ment that I cannot give effect to that recommenda tion. In case of riotous and tumultuous assemblies, it but too often happens that persons who have borne an excellent character before, will be found to be excited to such an extent as to forget all other views, but join in the mob, and if a former good character was to be any protection to them, the most guilty would often go unpunished. Now as to the force—you state that you were foxed into it ; but even allowing that, of which there is no evidence but your own declaration, how is that consistent with t he fact of your being one of the ringleaders 2 There is no reason for extending mercy to you. With regard to you, George Hearson, you also have been a most prominent person in this tumul tuous mob. You have added to the enormity of your first crime that of setting up an alibi, which the Jury have very properly treated as founded in falsehood. tiohn Armstrong, you have taken a most active part in this work of demolition ; yo❑ assisted in breaking down the gates; you have admitted that you were concerned in the riots at Colwick-hall, Nottingham-castle, and Beeston-mill ; you stated that you had pulled a blind down, and pulled a " swift" out of the engine, and set it on fire. As to you, Thomas Shelton, you also had an iron bar. Ihe things were brought out of the mill and put into a heap, and you yourself set the heap on tire. As to you, Charles Berkins, your offence is, being concerned in the proceedings of the mob at Col wick-hall. You were one of the most prominent rioters at that place, and further to increase your offence, you have set up a false alibi, and evidence given about your shirt which the Jury disbelieved. As to you, therefore, George Beck, George Hearson, John Armstrong, Thomas Shelton, and Charles Berkins, you must all consider your lives as forfeited to the law, and you have now but a short time to remain in this world. It now remains for me to pass upon you the awful sentence of the law, arid that sentence is,—that you George Beck, George Hearson, John Armstrong, Thomas Shelton, and Charles Berkins, be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to a place of execution, and that you be there severally hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your souls The prisoners, who (with the exception of Hear son) were during the Learned Judge's address for the most of the time in tears, now sobbed aloud. The Learned JUDGE then continued his address as follows:—" You, W. Kitchen and David Thur man, have been convicted of setting fire to the mill at Beeston, and you, Valentine Nlarshall and Thos. Whitaker, have been found guilty of a similar offence at. Colwick-hall. There are circumstances in your cases which induces us to rcommend you to the mercy of the Crown, so that at least your lives may be spared; but you must n•t expect that your punishment will be slight, for justice in this case requires that you quit this country for ever. All the Court can now do is to order the sentence of 'Death' to be recorded against you—you understanding that your lives will be spared. The prisoner Whitaker then said, "My Lord, may I be permitted to speak to the multitude around me The Judges consulted for a short time, and di rected Mr. Payne, the prisoner's attorney, to speak with him. After hearing Mr. Payne's answer, which was not made public, the Court ordered the pri soners to be removed. At this moment the prisoner Berkins fell in a fit at the bar, and was removed by the goaler. It was understood in Court that Whitaker• was anxious to warn the multitude against engaging in such riotous and tumultuous assemblies as those which had placed him in his then painful and de wading situation. The Court was then adjourned to the 46th of January. Although Parliament re-assembles on Tues day next, yet no list of new Peers has been published in the Gazette—nor has any official announcement on the subject been made of a nature to set at rest the doubts and surmises of the friends to Reform. • We hear, however, from a source on which we can rely, that all is in a state of readiness, and that, ere many days elapse, the public mind will have full satisfaction on this most important point. In one of their prognostications on this subject, the Tory prints have proved the falsest of prophets. They foretold that Lord GREY could not procure fifty men of rank and fortune enough to justify their creation to the Peerage in the whole kingdom ; and who would at his distinction. Now the fact is, that Lord Gary h as at t hi s hands, and under the circumstances of th e case, accept moment no less than one hundred and forty app li cat i ons the for the Peerage—all of whom, in point of talent, birth, and property, would add to, rather than detract from, the dignity of the " Order." The truth is, Lord GREY is I embarrassed by the number, being well aware how mans' he may displease, on account of his ability to gratify only a few.—News, BRISTOL SPECIAL COMMISSION. BRISTOL-SATURDAY. Most of the rioters, in whose cases there was no difference, were yesterday convicted. There was nothing either of interest or novelty in their details, therefore we do not give them to the public. J. Harper, William Perkins, C. Coates, and J. Rees, convicted in this Court yesterday, of rioting, recei►eil sentence of imprisonment for two years, with hard labour. Jellemy, William Morgan, George Hying, J. Jenkins, and Peter Brown, for the same offence, im prisonment for twelve months, and hard labour. Richard Phipps, William Beare, Thomas Fitz gerald, John 8 , -itten, Sarah Anderson, James Dono van; Samuel Harding, John Daly, James Elliot, James Bayley, and Charles Turtle, against whom bills were ignored, were or to be discharged. Eleanor Doyle was indicted for receiving a watch, knowing it to be stolen. The prisoner was further indicted for stealing a box with eoit pair of gloves on the Sunday night of the riots. The evidence did not support the indictment, and the prisoner was ac gutted and discharged. This case was the last of those arising out of the late dis:urbances here. ROBBERY. James Taylor• was given in charge on an indict ment for assaulting Ambrose Buttell, a boy of twelve years old, on the King's highway, and stealing from him a metal watch, value 10s., and two seals, value 24.—Verdiet, Guilty. Sentence of " death" recorded. James Haines, William Walker, and Joseph Shoreland, evere indicted for assaulting Mr. Thomas Stokes, a gentleman, 76 years of age, and stealing from his person twenty-one sovereigns, three half crowns, a .51. bank-bill, a silver watch, and a silver pencil-ca-e, on the sth of December la , t. The Jury found the prisoners Gu;lty. Sentence of " Death" recorded. A man named George Fisher was put to the bar, chlrged with stealing five sheep. He was ac quitted. His Counsel applied for his discharge,but it was not allowed, as there was another charge of cow-stealing against him. The Learned JUDGE then gave the Grand Jury liberty to depart, though he could not formally dis charge them, as the commission extended to all com mitments up to the 16th. Some other cases were then disposed of, but none of them possessed any public interest. SECOND COURT. The folhwing prisoners, convicted of rioting yes terday, were brought up at the sitting of the Court to receive sentence : James Phillips, Edward M'Donald, William Ben net, Daniel Sullivan, William Champ, William Hedges, Joseph Hedges, and James Bentley. Mr. Justice TAUNTON Mid, it was absolutely ne cessary that they should be made severe examples; wherefore the five first-named prisoners were to un dergo two years' imprisonment and hard labour; William Hedges and Joseph Hedges, the same punishment for the space of one year; and James Bentley, for the term of six months. Some cases of no public interest were then dis posed of, and about three o'clock the business of the Commission terminated. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BatrssrLs, JAN. 11.—Yesterday all the Ministers met at the hotel of M. de Meulenaere. General Belliard was also present, and when the meeting broke up despatches were sent to our Envoy in London. There was a council of Ministers in the evening. JAN. 12.—An English cabinet messenger passed through here last night. He came from Berlin, and had despatches both for Sir R. Adair and for the London Conference. A Prussian cabinet messenger, also from Berlin, passed through this morning, with despatches for the Conference at London. He said that he believed he carried the ac ceptance of the twenty-four articles by his Prussian Majesty. JANUARY 13.—M. de Meulenaere has not accompanied the King to Ghent, as was reported. The Chamber of Representatives met yesterday, when it appeared that there were 39 Members absent without leave, and only 51 present. The two preceding days there had not been even enough Members to debate. After the reading of some petitions, M. F. Merode, complaining of the negligence of the Members in returning to their post, made a formal proposal that the Members should henceforth be paid only for the days of their actual attend ance or absence on leave. His Majesty's answers to the Chamber of Commerce and other public bodies have given great satisfaction, A grand dinner was given at the Tow►-hall, when the King had on his right hand General Belliard and the Bishop of Ghent, and on his left the Burgomaster and General 'Mellon. His Majesty afterwards went to the theatre, where he was welcomed with the most rapturous acclamations by the crowded and brilliant audience. On the 12th the King gave priva e audiences to the Burgomaster and several other persons; then visited several public establishments, and gave their colours to the troops. His M ,jesty was to give an entertainment at five o'clock, and in the evening to go to a grand fete at the Town-hall.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 14. Wattsaw, JAN, 3.—An ordinance dated January the 27th, 1831, signed by Prince Paskewitsch and Prince Gortschaknw, fixed the allowances to be given for their support for the officers of the Polish army, their widows, and orphans. The preamble says, " The infatuation of the Polish army in following the suggestions of agitators, was the foundation of the disasters that have afflicted the country. Destined to defend the throne, and preserve order iu the country, the Polish army violated its oath, drew its sword against its Sovereign, and thus deprived itself of the rights granted to it by former ordinances. But in consideration of the distress of the officers who have not left the kingdom, but have wholly sukmitted to his Ma jesty's clemency, the Emperor has been pleased to grant them, so long as they are destitute of the means of sub sistence, such relief as cin be afforded them without im posing new taxes on the country, which has suffered so sc. verely by their former errors and obstinacy." General Witt has given notice that from the new year persons will be allowed to go through the streets till mid night without lanterns, and carriages to drive about the whole night. _ _ _ STOCKHOLM, JAN. 3.—Count Willenstadt was attacked with a severe fit of illness on Christmas eve, but is getting better. His Majesty honoured him with a visit on the 29th. The Norwegian Papers propose a voluntary subscription towards building and finishing the Royal Palace, for which the Diet has refused the funds, but which would give em ployment to many persons now out of work. Accounts from Also of the 20th ult. say, that the cho lera had again spread there. On the 16th there were two new cases; on the 17th, twelve; on the 12th, nine (seve ral of the higher classes): nine died immediately, and one recovered. HAMBURG, JAN. 10.—On the 6th we had nine cholera patients remaining. There have been since, four new cases, six recoveries, and five deaths, so that there are only two rem aining.—Hamburg Papers, Jan. 10. BEKLIN, JAN. S.—There are only two cholera patients remaining. The passage of English, French, and Russian couriers to and from London, Paris, and Petersburgh, is very EXCHANGES ON LONDON. frequent.—Humbury P a p ers, Jan. 10. HAMBURG, JAN. 10.-137 3 4 ; two months, 13 64. BREMEN, JA JAN. 6 -6 . . '4 Two months, 612. BERL IN, N. 7. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 27.-109-16. HAMBURG, JAN. 10.--BonsEN HALLE, HA IS-PAST Two O 'CLOCK.—The Stock-market has been inactive since the commencement of the present year, but prices today were somewhat firmer ; discount five per cent. End of January. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent. 63 Anglo-Russian Loan 9 ' 2 H a mburg-ltus‘ian Loan Russian Inscription, 5 per Cent. Russ i a n Inscription, 1831 Polish Bonds Aus t r i a n Bank Shares ll O2 Ditto Metailiques N ew Austrian 4 per Cents. 8.57i 76 —Hamburg Reporter. Th e publication of yesterday's Observer com menced at its usual hour of five o'clock on Sunday morn ing, and finished at eight, containing the Coroner's In quest on Colonel BRERE'row, which was received at the Observer Office, by express, from Bristol, and appeared in the whole of the large publication of the Observer ex clusively'. A Monday afternoon edition of the, Observer is regularly published at four o'clock every Monday after noon, admirably adapted for country and foreign circula iinn,—The price of the Observer Sevenpence. INQUEST UPON THE BODY OF COLONEL THOMAS BRELIETON. BRISTOL, JAN. 14. The inquest on the body of this unfortunate gentle man was held at his resid, nce this morning, at the hour of eleven o'clock, before WILLIAM JOYNER ELLIS, E.g., Coroner for the county of Glouces•er. The Jury having been sworn, proceeded in the first instance to view the body. I: was extended cn the bed,. exactly in the same position in which it was found at the period of his death. Colonel Bieraori had taken off his dressing-gown, waistcoat, and stock, which were laid upon a chair at the foot of the bed. He had lain down on his back outside the clothes ; his right arm was extended, whilst the left, with which he had ob; ionsly com mitted the fatal act, was bent toward, his load, apparently in consequence of a convulsive movement at the instant of dissolution. The eyes of the deceased were open, and the expression of the countenance was fixed and ghastly. There was a wound in the left side, immediately opposite the heart, from which there had issued a copious hemorrhage; part of the shirt was scorched and burnt, apparently from the firing of the pistol, and it, together with the sheets, was dyed with blood. The pistol with which the wound had been inflicted was found upon the floor, its fellow was placed upon the mantel-piece, and two or three guns were hung against the wall of the afar tment. Mary Anne Pitchforth, the first witness exa mined, deposed that she has been housekeeper to the deceased about sixteen years. The last time she saw him alive was about two o'clock on Friday morning. He had not then gone to bed. He had returned home the previous night about elevi n o'clock, but he did not retire to his bed-room fir some hours afterwards. His usual hour of going to bed was about ten o'clock. Witness left him in the sitting-room after he came home, and she heats] him walking about for some time. During the in terval he had remained up, the witness was once or twice in and out of the sitting-room. She saw him with pen, ink, and paper, and observed hint throw ing the papers into the fire. It had been always his custom to visit his children ere retiring to rest, but he did not do so on Thursday night. Witness was that night with the children in the nursery. The deceased went into his bed-room a little after too o'clock, and after the lapse of about a quarter of n hour, she (witness) heard a pistol fired there. Beirg much frightened by the report of it, she wait d for a few moments, and then going into the bed-room, she beheld the deceased lying quite dead, in the exact position in which the body at present was upon the bed. Life was completely extinct. The candle which the Colonel had brought up was burn ing in the room at the time. The witness bad lat ttehrely deceased a ed ed fre g m re ‘ a v t h ffere at tth n e e i de usually the manner of steaily been. He used to call her several times for things to place before him. The difference in his manner she remarked more particularly these last few days than before. He appeared to be a great deal worse since his attendance on the Court-martial, especial on Monday, the first day of its meet ing. He returned home that day, apparently much distracted. Before this period his spirits had been low, and she had remarked that depression of spirits ever since the time of the riots. For tl e last few days he was in the habit of walking through the room, and knocking the things about. He would ring the 'bell for witness, and when she came would speak to her as if he was out of his mind. He would then tell her that he did not know what he said. The state of his mind gradually got worse since Monday last. On Thursday night lie did not go into the nursery to kiss and bid good night to his children,—a thing which he never omitted to do before. When she found her master shot, she gave the alarm, and sent one of the servants off to his uncle, Colonel Coghlan, at Bath. There was no one in the room when the occurrence took place. (This witness was in tears whilst giving her evi dence, and on retiring from the room she fainted.) James Wilson, the footman of the deceased, de posed that he had been in the service of Lieutenant- Colonel Bret., ton for the last seven years. Saw hint for the last time when he came home from Bristol with his gardener at eleven o'clock on Thursday night. He looked down, and did not give his usual commands to witness, but entered the house without speaking to him. He (witness) never saw his mater afterwards, until he saw him dead.—(Here the witness burst into tears.) He (witness) had retired to bed that night a little after one o'clock. He slept in the kitchen along with the gardener. About three o'clock in the morning the housekeeper came down, and awakening him told him what had occurred. He immediately went up to his master's bed-room. The candle was burning on the mantel-piece, and there was smoke in the room. On looking into the bed, the curtains of which were drawn, he saw his master quite dead, in the exact position in which the body at present was. On going round to the side of the bed he observed a wound, and in the morning, when the shutters of the room were opened, he found the pistol that had been discharged lying on the floor near the bedside. His master had placed his watch, comb, and spectacles, on the mantel piece, instead of putting them by his bedside, which was his usual custom. He always had his guns and pistols loaded in the room, and he usually kept his pistols on the chair by the bedside. On last Mon day night his master was apparently somewhat cheerful ; on Tuesday night he was rather down in his spirits ; and on 'Wednesday night he was still worse. He (witness) cannot speak of any peculiar change that he observed in his master's manner. On the last night he came home, as witness has already stated, lie did not look at him, but held down his head, as if in trouble. He was always accustomed to speak to witness before. His pistols were re gularly loaded on Thursday night as usual, and he was always prepared against robbers, of whom there was much talk in the neighbourhood. The neigh bourhood is a remarkably bad one. When witness saw the pistol which he found on the floor in the morning, it evidently appeared as if recently dis charged. The pistols were loaded with balls and slugs. The servants that were in the house with witness, were the gardener, the housekeeper, and a little girl. Dr. Augustus Lewis Loinsworth examined—ls a physician, and is surgeon to the forces. Ile knew Colonel Brereton first about twenty years ago, in the West Indies. During the last thirteen months witness has known him intimately, as he has been his commanding officer in this district. Parted with the Colonel for the last time on Thursday night, at a quarter before eleven, at Reeve's Hotel. He shook hands with witness and another friend, and got into his gig to go home. Had been with Colo nel Brereton from five o'clock that evening until the hour he mentioned, and had remarked that his man ner was very peculiar. Indeed, for the last two months, from the period of the riots, he had b; en in a state of extreme agitation, and labouring under a great degree of excitement. Observed him lat terly both speak and do the most inconsistent things, such as he had never noticed in him before. That change of mariner, was more particularly observable on Thursday evening last, during which he gave the most inconsistent directions to his Counsel, Mr. Erle. Indeed, so altered was his manner on that occasion, that the impression on witncss's mind when he parted from him was, that something unpleasant would occur before morning. Recollects having said to Major Ellard, when he parted from him that night, that, " judging from the strong excitement under which Colonel Brereton appeared to labour, something wrong might occur before morning." By a Juror—When such was the impression of Witness, wliy did he not prevent Colonel Brereton from being left alone ? Witness replied, that aware cf the great avael:- went which Colonel Brereton bore to his children, it was his impression that, on his returning home, their being in the house with him would prevent him from attempting any thing against himself. Cc lonel Brereton had been a Major in the West India Rangers, and he was the inspecting field- Ak er of th e district, Witness was not aware of his having received any wound or accldent. His health, latterly, had not b-en good. He suffered under a visceral complaint, a derangement of the secretions of the liver, for which witness attended him, and which complaint was much aggravated by the state of mind) in which C-rlonel Biereton had been for the last ten weeks. In fact, at the time of the riots the Camel was suffering from the effects of a recent severe liver attack, and he was very unfit ler making active exertions in such a matter. In deed, be had been for the last three months in a state of feverish excitement. His pulse was high, les tongue loaded, and he had little or no eppetite. His habits were always exceedingly temperate. Witness, referring to the question put by one of the Jury, why care was not taken of him on Thurs dsy night, observed that such was the state of fe verish excitement under which Colonel Brereten laboured on that night, the mete mention of any such thing would have increased his complaint ten fold. His excitement, in fact, on Thursday evening, was greater than witness had ever before observed it. The witness was not at the Court-martal, as, being one of those which were to be called as wit nesses, ! e was not allowed to be present. On Thursday night the deceased wanted his counsel, Mr. Erie, to propose such things to the Court es a military man, or any man in his senses, must have known would not have been acceded to. Cr.lonel 11-ereton, while witness attended him, was not re ported ill, as he was still able to attend to his duties. The deceased has left two daughters only, the eldest about six, and the second about three years old. He was au exceedingly fond father, indeed in his ge vend disposition he was a most kind, benevolent, and humane man ; and as to his principles of honour, , f anything, he hail almost too high a sense of it. From the position in which the body lay, he would say that the death of the deceased must have been instantaneous: he could not have struggled a mo ment, as the ball must have passed through the heart. The Jury immediately found the following verdict —" lied from a pistol wound, inflicted by himself, while under a temporary detangement." Toe two orphan girls, who are most interesting children, were observed looking through the cottage ,vitelow, apparently unconscious of the grievous be reavement which they had suffered. Colomlßrerezon was a native of Ross, in Ireland, and was about 50 years of age. He had served in the West Indies, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in o her quarters of the globe, and in appearance bore evident marks of the hardships incidental to a mill.- taiy life. Toe estimation in which he was held by Iris immediate friends is powerfully evinced by their deep sorrow for his sad end ; and the sobbings of his servants, whilst under examination at the inquest, show how much he was beloved by his household. Iu a leaf of the Bible used for swearing in the Jury, were memoranda of his marriage at Marylebone Church, with Miss Oliva Moss, in 1823; the b!rths of his children ; and concluded, " 14th of January, 1829, three o'clock in the morning, my be loved wife, Olivia, died at my house, in Clifton wood." This obituary drew the attention of some present to the remarkable coincidence, that they were then inquiring into the cause of his death on the very anniversary of her decease ; and it was re marked by others, that it was more than probable, in the aberration of his mind, he had mistaken the day of the month on which he had committed the fatal act. BRISTOL, JAN. 14. (From the Private Correspondence of the Herald.) I have this moment returned from what may be truly called the " house of mourning." The inquest on the body of the unfortunate Colonel Brereton was held this morning at eleven o'clock, at a place called Redfield Lodge, about two miles from the town. The deceased resided here, and here it was that he committed the fatal act which has deprived society of a most excellent man, arid his two heir le,s children of a most kind and affectionate father. As those who were, to attend the inquest approached the door, every countenance they beheld was a per fect emblem of woe. The gardener standing at the give motionless as a statue, wanted words to give utterance to his feelings; but the big tears which chased each other down his cheeks too plainly told how deep was the fountain of sorrow from which they gushed. Shortly after eleven o'clock a very respectable arid inteliigent Jury assembled in the drawing-room. Colonel Cighlau , the uncle of the deceased, had previously arrived from Bath, but remained all the time in an adjoining room, and the poor little orphan children, dressed in deep mourning, were in an apart• merit by themselves, looking out of the window, apparently unconscious of their irreparable loss. Major Ellard, an intimate private friend of Colonel Brereton, attended on the melancholy occasion, and was greatly affected throughout. Ou the arrival of the Coroner for the county, John Eilis,Esq., the Jury were sworn in the usual mariner, and afterwards they proceeded up stairs to the bed-room of the de ceased, for the purpose of examining the body. Here a most appalling spectacle presented itself. The body was found lying in a horizontal position, with the head inclined a little to the right. The mouth tied eyes were wide open, the latter glazed in the frightful stillness of death. The left hand, that which had held the pistol, was firmly clenched, and the right was stretched out on the opposite side, with the palm expended. On the left side, di. rectly over the seat of the heart, a horrid aperture presented itself, from which the life's blood had issued, and the part of the bed on which it had fallen exhibited a pool of clotted gore ; the fatal pistol being at the same time found lying on the fl or close underneath. The deceased, previously to his carrying his dreadful purpose into effect, had divested himself of all kis clothes, with the excer tion of his shirt, trousers, and stockings. Besides the pistol there were also other fire-arms in the room, and it appeared that Colonel Brereton always kept them loaded, in order to be prepared for any attack that might be made by robbers. The Jury, after inspecting the body for a few minutes, were ttbruptll called off by an alarm that the ceiling was givin% way, and it was discovered that it had cracked its several places, in consequence of the pressure upon it, though there were not more than seventy persons in the room. The danger, however, was imminent, and there can be no doubt that if warning had no; been given at the critical moment, many individu:o o must have lost their lives, while an awful calamity would he thus superadded to that which has already occurred in the same place. Before I close this letter I must notice a particular circumstance which deserves to be mentioned only as it shows a remarkable coincidence of dates in re' fercnce to two sorrowful occasions. In the family Bible, on which both the Jury and the witnesses were sworn, I observed the following entry in the hand-writing of Colonel Brereton :—" Died at three o'clock in the morning of the llth of January' 1829, my beloved wife, Olivia, at Clifton Woos House." Th e i nquest on the body of the writer 01 , these words has been held on the 14th January, 18:0' COLONEL BREREToN.---This gallant officer and humane man was the son of Mrs. JOHN KEMBLE b9 t . h"r first h us b an d , M r. BRERETON, the comedian, o f D. ury-Lane Theatre. COURT MAxims.---The maxims of any great man at Court are, always to keep his countenance, and n:ver !o keep his word.—Swift. MYSTERIOUS DUEL—Tuesday a duel WO 9 fought in a field near Castleknock, between two gentleroe° of respectability, form. Th ey were somewhat disguised in cloaks while who wer e a tt en d e d b y seconds in du e .sassing to the appointed soot ; and from the lateness o f the hour, near one in the day, it WnS conjectured that the quarrel had originated from some hot disputation in a p": li7ical arena. One was a tall individual, rather grey, at" idvance./ in life; the other, HS MAURICE QUILL used t 0 ' , ay) "a capital figure for going down a pump." The deadly weapons were handed to the parties, one of theo tired, but without effect ; the other sternly addressed }ld opponent thus You have fired, Sir, I shall Cot so; hail net deprive a man of family of hi s He tiw' fired in the, air, and stepping into his carriage and fiat"' .I rove . ,forward, taking Illsekcguich-road,— Dtthan Time" 1