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tried out, ' For Ood'e sake do not murder Shirley.' Up to
S.W. time the men had mistaken shoe!. for another watcher
sawed May, for one of the poachers said to the other, • On
not kill him out; it is Sterley ; yea have dens enough.'
After this Shirley attempted to get up. but he was so
weak
sato require the assistance of Cotterill. by whom waseceased to Richardson's house. He lingered for about twelve
Joys, and then died from lock-jaw. Between It and 12
o'clock of the night of the tregony in tee Willow lints, Ed-
ward fdornumeut, the beatnemper, in company with Cont-
ent and Richardson, scathed the piece where the affray had
occurred, and found two hats, two caps, and a pair of
gun barrels; the bats, it was afterwards discovered, be-
louged to Cotterill and Shirley, and one of the men (a
hairy one) to leowson. and the other (a Scotch nip) to
Thompson. The gun berries were proved to have be-
longed ea the gun of Dowser.. and hed been broken from the
etocks ; one of the Laren. boil been recently diechanred, son
there was blood on both of them. All ttie prieoneis were
apprehended early en tee lollowin meriting., being found a'
their own heater. TI. ey were entenetted to Durham gan,
and subsequently Th..rasn in tied DoWbOil were tound Riney,
end Oldfield was amino:ed. Sint< r.ce ce death was passed
upon the f• ricer be Boon Alihreen• and the comicts were
removed to the condemned cell. ennee their condemnati
in
petitions numerously signed, both at Staindrop and Durham,
and aloe one from a puhlir meeting in Newcastle, were tor-
warded to the Home Secretary for a reitigat nn of their pun-
ishment, in consequeece ot ehich a comusimication was on
Thursday last received from the Ileum-office, containing a
respite for the culprit Denson Luring her Majesty plea-
sure. The reasons which induced Sir Oeorne eirey to adept
this resolution are the doubm which cent in the mind of the
judge as to the validity oldie indictment as reghards Dunsweo,
eon. No olan ctiore however, was raised by te enl
at ties trial. Thompson was left to his fate. On the night
previous to the executiou, a sniffed was erected in front of
the county court • it was come:4l.o4y elevated. and
hoerboad. ci
is, a beam being 'erected above. The same gellows been
used for many years, the last ereasion being when the
Prusaien mate was exeeuteit for the murder of his captain in
tiuuderland harbour. Whilst the scaffold was in course ol
Collarenerioo, a large group was Cellteted, Many a Whom rains
e-
mained until the tenoning sneering. The early 'tr
poured immense crowds into the city, and by 12 o'clock there
nere prolnbly from eight to ten thosaand individuals as-
sembled in front of the eeol and the immediate neighbour
hood. The great map rite o these consisted of pitmen, mane
of whom had come with ,he chest, market trains and there
was also a sprinkline of women sr t children, but by no
means so many as were lerrarny 'seen present at mimeo
scenes. A troop of the 6th Dog. ens, with drawn swore,.
Was Oto,inweel •on he ennnty WOO
011140r...d in oonsidernble numbers. When the gaol
click struck the hour of twelve, a deatkelike
'Vence pervaded the crowd, and in a few ma
'aunts 00 culprit Inwood on the scaffold. accom-
panied by the gaol chaplain and clerk, the under•sheritf.
and oth, r officials. He walked up to the fatal beam with a
firm step, end remained without any violent agitation until
the executioner went through his disgusting task. The bolt
'Woo then drawn, and n thrill of homer ran through the vast
assembly, with shouts of ' Miarner' and strong exclaim,
tient of sympathy. The imharpy roan died .almost without
a struggle. Instantly the eleeetien was over there wail a
rush front the centre in the mane end, an alarm bieez riven
test ' the &Adler& were ermine; the people were icanere
in all directions, and many ten tee great morn, lessiee
which was read to thtm by the peelie hangman with feel-
ings of horror and inaieeation. The bony remained run
pended the usual time, and was then buried within the pre-
cir.et= of the prison. Tbompeen wee the natural ea of a
gentleman ; he some time ago worked on um railway, but
bat lately followed amicultarel employments. Doweon is of
respectable p ireateen 'thie nenie scene cannot fail to exer-
cise an 1u11,.-nee in leading to the alteration of the rine
laws—one of the most prolific sources of misery and crime,
for experience has shown that the e,ort of the nen,ry hods
indirectly to the death, in nec.orren affrays and ou the scaffold,
of many of the peorer clunes.•'
ESSEJL
.k SYRINGE occnuttr.les btartled the inhabitants of
Rayleigh early on Tharni.sy ter rnir.g latn. Mr. Thos. In
beets, general shopkeeper, nt thu close of the liminess of the
day, having changed his elm es, left home between eight
and nine in the evenir.e, and eid not return till about twelve I
o'clock. His assistant. fi Howard, and the npprentice. I
named Byes', sat no for him, the housekeeper. the only
female servant, retiring to rest. On his return he appeared
to be in excellent spirits, iaid he ad been having a rubber,
and at his suggestion Howard etc d a pipe with him until
about one o'clock. Thy had nothing to drink, and shortly
before one o'clock went to bed, Roberts, who bade Howard
" good night," remaining to rut out the tire d
!an se-
cure the doom, as we custom. lioward
with the apprentice, and had 'wen in bed about an hour
when they were both wince be Mr. Roberts, who appeared I
at their bedside, partially dressed in his peplum and drowere.
with a lighted car.dle in one had and a pistol in the other. I
In a flurried manner he desired them both to get up imme-
diately. for, he said. there were seven or eight mm in the
house, who declared th • would I aye money or life; "but,"
,raising the pistol), he added, "I've this ready Inc thorn t"
and he desired the young men to go down stairs. paw
through the warehouse, and so get into the street to &nail
insistence. Mr. Ronertigave them the candle he had with
him, and left their room, saying the fellows were drurik, toil
that he would, in the ineeenece, go down awl keep
them quiet. Howard sett tee sperentice, in a state of
alarm, did as he desired them, min having roured several
neighbours, returned with them to the premises. They pre-
viously fancied they heard the report of a pMistol. and on
entering the home found the lifeless body of r. Retorts
etretobed upon the flour at the feet of the staircase, the
pistol lying by his side, and Moen flowing from a wound in
hi_ forehead, his br...ina using Es:tercel upon the floor. The
attendance of a surgeon was promptly procured. but life was
extinct. The police weer then called in, and on examining
the premises, not the slightest appears, ce of any forcible
attempt to gain an entrance from the outside could be dis-
covered, but in the sitting-room a candle was burning, and
eight wine !glasses, ex-ti clamming a mall quantity of gin,
were standing on the tube the:* was also a gallon stone
bottle whelk had containee gin. We do not learn theta single
article is missing, and the deceased's watch remained safe
hanging at the head of hr bed, stopped at a quarter put
four. From the destine-II state of the Ind it would
appear that he had lain upon it, and it is difficult to account
for his motive in quitting it. The housekeeper was not
awoke until the neighbours entered the house. nor were
there auy noises heard by the young men w: en ar ;use.: by
the deceased. In ilectmed's Letiroom a Mete asei p-ayer
bock were found wrapped in paper with a letter ; the letter
was addreined to a young lady resident in Ray I igh with
whom he was aequaintrol, and in it he promised her mar-
riage. The back part of the premises was guirdtd by two
very fierce dogs which are accustomed to bark loudly at the
approach of steelier, but no noise was heard
from them by the zenstants after they retiree te rte.
The young men, however, heard Mr. Roberti, sleep
and down stairs seemed times before they went tn p
The gin bottle and the wine reuse's had beer. obtained
from separate cupeoaree which were afterwards locked. an.l
the key was found in deceased's waistcoat pocket in Isis
bed.r..cm soon after the alarm was given ; they were not
upon the table the precious night when decenA was I, ft
by Dlr. Howard. The re ..tol ncd a pewder fink were mules
kept in a drawer in the shop, nut immediately on the en-
trance of the police the fleets wes discovered upon the parlor
table. The deceased conducted a very rerrnentble bunness
and was entirely tree Irian penoneiry difficulties.
BRUTAL TIIIEVEiI.—A robbery, attended with cir-
cumstances of almost unparalltled le utality. Woo peree•ratee
in the parish of Bradweil, on Friday se'nuieht. B.Aween
11 and 12 o'clock, three men, Laving their faces Inackened,
broke into the house occupied by an elderly man named
James Finch. His LOUMPILeeprr, who slept beim. stairs,'!
hearing a noise at the bac!: of the houee, crept to the doer,
which she tome nearly hence .:per. Before she cent get
back, the door was :emcee nein the men entered. She
gave an instant alone, and her master came down in his
night clothes. He lieges eey e Murder !" when one of I
the fellows placed me hand over his mouth, whilst an-
other held a bludgeon, over his heed, and threatened
to beat his brains out if' he made a mese. They then
proceeded to ransack the house, and found :gold
and tiler to the amount of el. They. no doubt, ex-
pected to find a eauni larger sum, tor, in spite of every
assurance that there was no more money in the house, they
continued to examine the place most minutely, even ripping
• up the bed, and emptyine the boxes. Still disappointed,
they made a fire, upon which they placed the houakftper,
holding her by the hand, and feet until her clothes became
ignited. They then r• leased her, and partially exinguished
the fire, still contineine their demands for more money,
end, seizing the old man. placer( him also on the fire, which.
however, by that time heel nearly g sne out • they then tied
his legs, and foretd him up ga.rs; here they tied a rope
round has neck and emu him up to a beam tin he was
burly strangled, then, t ikine him down again, one of the
men put • knife to his name:. arid threatened him with in-
stant death if he did not tee green his money was concealed.
The old man intreatiil Inns to spare his life, snit &ousted
them that they had :sleet. e vt-y farthing he ponsessed. They
then helped themselves te tone hams and half the eunt•nis
of a tuts of pork, all o; .10011 teey carnal away it a rack
and basket.—nwidau Tink,
SUhSEN.
REPRESENTATION 01 Ilui.,,itax.—To fill the va-
cancy created by the unstettin of elr. Jervis ft r Horsham.
ou the ground of tetatine, tine. are already two candidates
in the field—Mr W. R. S. Faze( rald, the unsuce,ostul cam
dilate at the last election, and Sir Percy Shelley, Bam.
They hive each issued au acid :ass to the electors. Mr. F tz-
gerald says he comes forward en the came principles as be-
fore, " the same steady tiotemetation to promote the true
welfare of the country, e no it any senile adherence to
party." Sir Perey se, cis. "He should enter parlia-
ment prepared to suppoi eresent ministers oe len.tt as
they act up to the princinle, .in which they are now acting."
The contest is exeected to
lAAII, in s severelßE. one.
Sll
COMMISSION BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—J. B.
Carter. Req., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
BUCRINUKAMSIIIRE.
Axix.sßura. ELECTION.—Three candidates fire in
the field, Mr. Houghton (liberal), Mr. W. H. Miller
• 11017), and Mr. Quentin Dick (tory). In his address Mr.
oughtn't says "lam an advocate for an alteration of the
• game laws, and am in favour of • Tenant Right Bill. to aft
ford to the occupying tenant security for capital expended in
the improvement of his farm. The Law of Settlement also,
iszzopinion, requires revision. I also think the taxes
be taken off all the common necessaries of life. lam
SlMlennelin to direct taxation, and will support all mesaures
I A
aOnassasMOK _ls national economy. All I have in the world is
had and the landed interest ; sad as we have
prellselige, and free trade in corn is about to be-
e enmelsillairn of the land, we have a right new to demand a
v..kero Wade Is every other article, and the free use of barley
eel* ellumpress, and to bays an shanties in throe burdens
Shat peasheavily and nafpidy on the landed interest."

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fine Ans.
PICTURES AT TRE DUKE Or BUCKINGHAM'S.
A. who'. length portrait of the lion. George Grenville, in
his robes, by Sir Joshua Be)nolds, and " The Destruction of
Pompeii," by John Martin, the painter of " Belshazzar's
Feast, ' are now on view for sale at No. 91, Pall-mell,
the London residence of the Duke of B
nauckine gha
to see m. The
" Sir JoMusi" (as far as a bad light will ebl us it)
seems a capital specimen of the beet period of the master.
The head, a little injured, but the whole arrangement admi-
rable; and the smal landscape back ground touched in with
a charming frankness of manner. The " Pompeii," by
)lartin, was a commission from the late Duke of Bucking-
bra. It is a large picture some eight feet by the. The
distaice in tine and effective, and the figures in the fore-
r-und though indifferent not intrusive. There is
on, s aa ima-
gineive air about the composition which with
iuu ilAlofty idea of the scene, and that the picture is the work
ti UJ everyday m nd. It is dated 1822, and was therefore
ealated immediately after the " Ilelsharzar's Feast." It has
nn been engraved. There is no difficulty in seeing the

HER MAJESTY'S THEATEE.—StiII another opera or
Verdi's !—On Saturday evening, " Nabuco " (under its
English name of " Nino "It, was performed, for the ckbui
art a new performer, Signora Abbadia, in the charactt r of
.4b.qaele. This lady's appearance was heralded by various
putts preliminary, in the shape of newspaper paragraphs, cal-
culated to excite expectations which have been entirely
hatdis-
appointed. Before the first scene was over, she showed t,
ninth. r in person, deportment, dramatic talent, nor vocal
power., dill she possess the slightest pretension to the posi-
tion of • prima donna in a great theatre; and the general
feeling of the audience was surprise that she could ever
have been placed in it. Her performance was barely tole-
rated, and we can hardly believe that she will be called upon
to repeat the part. In other respects, however, the opera was
exceedingly well performed. Coletti gave a grandeur to the
character of the Assyrian monarch with which we had not
previously seen it invested. It.is a character, indeed, which
gives full scope to the powers of • tragedian
mid it is only to be regretted hat o
t Verdi's
c• rennin pima music is so much beneath the greatness f the
subiect. Coletti's appearance, as the triumphant warrior,
bursting into the temple of the conquered city, was magnifi-
cent, and his fierce threats and denunciations were thundered
out with terrible energy. The scene where the king, in the
height of his power and pride, is struck by lightning
from heaven, and suddenly becomes a raging maniac,
aa emu a. eeee oo.a. Lim
dbigaele to spare his daughter's life, was full of deep
and tragic pathos, and produced a strong effect
on the audience. By his vocal powers, too—his im-
passioned delivery of the recitatives, and his beautiful voice
and execution in the airs—he gave the music a force and ex•
pre saion in the merit of which the composer had no share.
Another novel feature, on this occasion, was Beletti's fine
per °mance of the high priest Orostaspe, a part which hitherto
had pa.sed unnoticed as being quite subordinate. lie gave
it due dignity and importance, and some of the principal scenes
derived their greatest t from his impressive declamation
and action. Mlle.Veru made a highly favourable impression in
the little but interesting part of Fenena. She was almost
ov.rwhelmed with timidity, hut she received kind ermou-
raaement from the audience ; and her air in the last act,
" Oh, di:thins° êit tirmamento" (the best melody in the
opera.) was sung with a degree of sweetness and feeling
which produced an unanimous encore. The excellent per-
formance of these parts made some compensation for the
I fsiiure is that of Ahigaele ; though this failure, in a cha-
racter of such importance, greatly injured the effect of the
whnie. We have bad no less than four of Verdi's operas
since the opening of the theatre ; and the manager. we
hope. considers that he has now given the public enough el
doe composer for one season. In an establishment like Her
2.lejesty's Theatre, the success of which depends to a great
extent on compliance with the exigencies of fashion, we
c-iinot greatly blame an observance of the maxim that " they
I w, ,) live to please must please to live ;" but the application
of this, as of other whet saws, may be carried to
excess: and besides, in the case of Verdi, it is
not demanded. Though he is for the moment
the idol of " Youog Italy," this idolatry has not extended
greatly beyond the Alpe. In this country, especially, his
reputation is not high among any class of amateurs; and
fashim will be satisfied with offerings upon her shrine, few
and for between, of works by a composer compared to whom
the Pacinis, Mereadantes, and Donizettis of the day, are
great and illustrious artats
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—" Lucia di Lammermoor"
was given at Covent-garden en Saturday evening. This
opera had been announced for some days, but it was per-
forated with an unexpected change of cast. The tenor who
was t s have sustained the part of Edgardo was, on trial,
fm incanintent to the task : and, in the emergency the
occasioned, M. Rnger, the celebrated tenor of the Opira
Comique (who bad been engaged fur a later period of the
season), was suddenly brought from Paris, with Madame
Cuteness, who has performed the character of Lucia with
yea• sue tear at the 'Theatre Italien during the past season
1 hese performers arrived in London only on Friday morn-
ing, and were ready to appear on Saturday. Roger's re-
presentation of Edgardo was pre-eminent in excellence,
and triumphant in suttees. Though entirely uoaccustoned
to the Italian stage, there was nothing " tramontane " in
his pronunciation or accent; and, as a linger, he be-
longs to the best and purest Italian school. The
beauty of his voice we have never beard surpamed.
It iv at once sweet, mellow, and powerful ; there is some-
thing touching and penetrating in its very sound ; and it is
equally capable of giving expression to the softest feelings
and the wildest bursts of passion. In the gloomy melancholy I
i,t his opening air, " Sulla tombs," in the frantic curses
which Edgar pours on the head of his supposed faithless
mi-tress, and in the dying murmurs of the lover happy in
the prospect of rejoining his beloved in the grave, this beau-
tiful voice was equally eloquent, pathetic, and true to nature.
Roger, moreover, is evidently a great actor. He is too short
in suture to realise completely the lofty idea which ye form
of Walter Scott's " Master of Ravenswood ;" but he is very
handsome both in face and person, his deportment had grace
and dignity, and his whole representation of the part was
impassioned and impressive. Madame Castellan was a very
charming Lucia. Her performance was full of sweetness and
sentiiiiility, and she appear' to have gained sines last season
in vccal power. She was warmly welcomed on her
entrance, and shared with M. Roger the enthusiastic ap-
ple .iee at the cnnclusion of the opera. The character of
A was well supported by' Signor Corradi Sethi, a d,;-
butant on this stage. The choruses, Si usual at this theatre,
were exrell,nt, the orchestra magnifietust, and the ensemble
of the opera highly effective. The new divertissement was
leas successful than the opera. It served to introduce four
'lancers new to the English stage. None of them
superior ability. One poor girl seemed panicatruct°e
two
where were very indifferent ballet dancers, and the fourth,
who had an arch and pleasing Spanish sort of face, though
I fell of spirit and with considerable power of execution, is
II much below the standard required at present upon our stage.
The house was well filled in every part.
THE AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIETY.—The concert
I of this society, besides its general excellence, derived peen-
I liar interest from the performance of a new symphony by a
I young English composer, Mr. Henry Leslie, a gentleman
who, though he has studied music as an amateur, has already
wide himself known by several companions of great merit,
and, in this last work, has displayed genius and attainments
sufficient to give him a distinguished place among the artis
of tie day. To produce a great orchestral symphony, after
these of Beethoven, is to attempt to bend the bow of I lysses ;
an attempt in which Spahr and Mendelssohn alone have folly
a oceeede d . Our y oung English amateur hos been prompted by a
ncble ambition to enter the field, and has been justified not
only by the consciousna es but by the possession of strength.
His symphony is indeed a work of high genius ; written in
a pure ar.d chaste style, formed upon the best modele, and
diaplayiue, at the same time, origi:.al thought and fruitful
imagination. The author shows a ccmmai.d of all the re-
sources of counterpoint, a rich veia of melody, and great
facility in the employment and combination of the instru-
ments. The most striking effects were produced by an an-
drlte religioso, and an animated scherzo, which were vehe-
mently encored. The Amateur Musical Society is entitled
to the sereateet credit for having thus brought forward a
meritorious work of a young English composer, and we hope
that it will continue to pursue the same course, and to show
that it considers the encouragement of native genius a main
object of its institution.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
Oxronn, Motion 25.—Yesterday, the examiners ap-
pnlnted by convocation to elect a scholar on the foundation arising
from the reeenues of the late dissolved College of Hertford, known
the university scholarship fm the encouragement of Latin
literature, notified to the \ ice-Chancellor that they had elected Mr. J.
1. sargent, Poet Neater of Merton College. For this scholarship
there were oo leas than 32 candidates.
Yesterday, Mr. C. Weatherby, 'choler of Balliol, and late of Shrews-
bury School, was elected to an exhibition in the same society on the
toundation of the Rev. R. Greaven
WORMITIM COLIZOIL—There will be an election too seboLurship at
this conette on the foundation of Mr, Sarah Eaton on the 15th of '
June mitt. Candidates must be under four yearn' standing in the
university.
Die Nile. Meninx Aprils in Schots Metaphysics hal:ends est publics,
examinat to seholarium in sacra theologla,
rAMfinll3oll.—Notice has been given that, in addition to
the fixed subjects of examination for the degree of 8.A., the following
are selected for the year 1650 1. The first fourteen chapter, of the Acts
of the Apostles. 2. The Epistle to the Hebrews. 3. Demosthenes
Adretautt Leptinem. 4. Third Book of the Odes of Ilona. 3. The
-a, and Fifth Books of Paley's Moral Philceophy.
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